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VOL. XVI. LAURENS S. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1901. NO> ( . POLITICS IN THIS STATU. McIyfiurin'B Position as it Appears to an Outsider. Mr. W. K. Curtis, cornspondonl of the Chicago Record-Herald, who was recently in Chntlcslou and other parts of South Carolina studying the politi cal situation developed by Senator Mc? Laurin, writes to Iii? paper from Co lumbia his improssious of the caso. lie ?ayn: "The politics of South Carolina arc in what in. y ho called an interesting Situation, but to appreciate the signi ficance one must take into considera tion a few events in history, Hclore the war South Carolina was ruled by what is familiarly known as Iho "plan* tation aristocracy,'' a close ami cxclu Bivo clan which was autocratic ami iu dependent. After the war enroc what iB known as the "carpet-bag" period, wlien former soldiers and camp fol lowers of the Union tinny organized the newly enfranchised negroes into a Republican party and controlled the ollices ami the iinances of the State. These were overthrown by force?a political revolution. Senator Till mau says, 44 We shot 'em, we scared 'em, we cheated 'em, and we drove 'em away from the polls." Then the ex soldier came into power, the 'Confed erate brigadier." Nobody could get an ollice or exercise any inlluetlCO un less he had served in the Southern army, and if lie had left a leg or an arm upon the battlefield or carried the marks of the conflict on Iiis person bis influence and position was advanced. During the rule of the "Confederate brigadier" the Farmers' Alliance was organized and Senator Tillruau emerg ed from obscurity to become the politi cal dictator of the State. He has been an absolute monarch. His will has been law, and the great voting mass of the Democrats have stood by him and obeyed his orders in a most rc maikable manner. Neither Bryan in Nebraska, nor Croker in New Volk, nor Gorman in Maryland, nor Hanna in Ohio has ever had so complete ami unquestioned authority as Tillnian. The old atistocracy, the commercial clement, the manufacturers and other people of means have been opposed lo Tillnian and his L'OpullSliC policy, hut ho bus preferred their opposiliou i > their support because it has strength* aned him with the "woolly hat" ele ment in the country, as (he rural vo ters are termed. Hut Uns opposition has never organized. It has realized that it was in a hopeless minority ami that resistanc j to Tillmuu was useless. The Republican party is practically extinct. The negroes no longer vote and the while Republicans are so few in numbeis that they are only able to lill the Federal ollices. They have maintained a nominal organization for the sake of seeming recognition at Presidential conventions and in the dis tribulionof patronage, and have not encouraged anyone to join their party because of fear the new comers might seek ollice. This was the situation in South Car olina last winter when Senator Ale Laurin, a young man ol good family, excellent character, unquestioned in tegrity, but limited ability, took an independent stand in national legisla tion and gave his hearty support lo the policy of the Republican administra tion, It was not a new thing for Mc Laurin, Jle was in the habit of voting with the Republicans now and then and against his own party on the tar ill and currency questions, both in the House of Representatives and in the ?Senate, but had never gone so far be fore, and had supported Hryan both in 18UG and 1000, McLaurin comes from the southeastern part of the Slate, where his family are planters, well-to do people of Scotch-Irish ancestry. It iB said that he was originally intended for tlio ministry, but drifted into the law, was elected to the Legislature, ap pointed Attorney General of the State, was sent to Congrsss to lill an un expircd term and formally elected at the next campaign. He pleased the people ami gained Tillman'a conlidence so that when ?there was a vacancy in the United Slates Senate McLaurin was appointed to lill it and became u candidate when the election occurred. Tillnian preferred John Gary Evans for bis colleague in the Senate, but as the tight wuo between two of his fol lowers he kept his hands olT. The more respectable element of the State, the business community, the professional men and others who were interested in the result supported McLaurin be cause they considered bun the better man of the two, in character, ability ami in all other respects. McLaurin had been on both sides, however, more or Icsb. He had failed to sustain Till nian several times, and although no pledges were exacted from or offered him during the campaign of 1807 he knew, and IMllman knew, and the anti Tillman clement in the State knew, that he desired or expected to lead or at least to become a figurehead for the latter faction. In other woids, he was taken up by the anti-Tilliuan element to break Tiliman, and Tillman'a sup-' porters called him contemptuously, 44 Curly-Headed .Johnny." When McLaurin got Into tho Senate, ho and Tillman hud very little lu do with each other. They wore merely friendly, and each watched the other with suspicion. McLaurin wan in fre quent consultation with representatives of tho Manufacturers' Association and other organizations that ignored Till man, and was looked upon us their representative. Whenever legislation vital to the Republican interests or strongly desired by the administration was pending McLaurin habitually voted I witli the President's party, which caus ed some comment. It was understood by the Republican leaders that his vote could be depended upon when ever it was needed, and as a matter of reciprocity the President and the members of the Cabinet Accepted Iiis recommendations in appointments to olllce and other ollicial mutters in South Carolina. Last spring Mr. McLaurin notified Senator Jones, of Arkansas, that he should ant attend the Democratic em eus any longer, because lie was not in sympathy with his party upon soino or the .principal issues pending, nnd to avoid embarrassment to himself as well as them preferred to remain away. When tho commotion occasioned by Ibis announcement was at its height ho made a speech at Charlotte, N. C., be fore, the Manufacturers' Association, in which he dclined Iiis position. Mr. MeI.aurin's announeetnents anil the circumstances attending thein cre ated a great sensation in .South Caro lina, although they were not unex pected. Taken with the fact that sev eral young .uid active men who had formerly been Democrats were ap pointed to Federal Ollicos upon his re commendation, it was properly iishiiiii ed that he intended to revive or at least re-establish the Republican parly in the Slate. This he denies, although many of his lieutenants have incau tiously admitted it. It woultl be im possible, h mover, for Mr. Mcl aurin just now to bin n his bridges behind Li tu and declare himself u Republican, because he could not then be a candi date lor re-election to the United Slates Senate. It is the custom tioro, whoro there is only one party, to hold Democratic primaries und vote for all the candi dates to ollice. This is a sort of pre liminary election. Any man who wants to he Uovomor or Senator or Congressman or hold any other gift of the Democratic parly has his name placed upon the ticket, and in AugUSl all Democrats are allowed to vote for their choice. Tho Democratic ticket at the onsuiug election is made up of the candidates receiving I lie higho&l number of votes at the primaries, and the State Legislature unanimously ralillcs the choice of the party for a United states Senator so expressed. Therefore, it Mr. McLaurin should formally withdraw from the Demo cratic party he could not be a candi date for re-election to the United States Senate at the primaries, and no one would vote for him in the Legis lature. Hence he. will be compelled to remain nominally a member of that party until the election is over. The Tillmanites or regulars propose to read him out of the party and make it impossible for him to be a candidate by adopting a resolution at the State convention providing that every man who goes before the people at the pri maries shall pledge his faith to the support of the platform, and then make a platform' denouncing expansion and advocating free trade, free coinage at sixteen to one and other l'opulislic principles, which it is notorious that McLaurin does not believe in. This would be a good thing for several rea sons, although it might be rather pain ful for McLaurin. It would bring the issue squarely before the people and make a tight on the principles ami not on the man. It is believed, loo, that McLaurin would be much stronger if he forces this issue, than if he tries to return to the Senate by the back door. He admits that he favors protection, expansion, a single gold standard, sub sidies and other Republican doctrines, and, if he asks all the people of South Carolina who agree with him to cast their votes for the candidates for the Legislature who aie pledged to support him for the United Slates Senate, the real sentiment of South Carolina will be disclosed. The other candidates for the Senate will be Representative La timer of the Seveulh district, wdio is supposed to hnvo Tillmau's support, ami Daniels. Henderson, a lawyer of Aikcil, who is also friendly with Til)man. It is un derstood that Henderson and Latimer are working together with some kind of an agreement as t<? the result-?. Latimer has taken charge of the tide water counties and the lower part of the State, while Henderson is working in the Piedmont region among the maililfaclUlillg districts, where Mc Laurin is strongest. A third candidate is VVylio Jones, cashier of the Caro lina National Hank at Columbia. He was a colonel in the Second Carolina volunteers during the Spanish war and is chairman of the Democratic Stae executive committee. McLaurin lias already begun his campaign, although the election does not take place until August, 1002, His recent speech at Charlotte may be call ed the keynote, but on May 22nd he appears again at Qroonvillo, when it is expected that he win delino his atti tude and creed more in detail, lie in tends to make "a campaign of educa tion," speaking m every county in South Carolina on the gospel of prog re. s, expansion, protection, sound money, subsidies, liberal appropria tions for public improvements and other Republican doctrines, but 1 un derstand that he docs not intend to go into State issues at all. Unfortunately his health is poor, and it is doubtful if he can endure the labor that is re quired to cat ty out his plans. He has never been able to stand excitement. He has a nervous temperament, is dis posed to insomnia and has broken down in every seven; campaign he has ever undertaken. The Tillman people arc planning to drive Mr. McLaurin troin the canvass. I They know his weakness and will worry him until be quits. They are aware, how sensitive he is to criticism and have already attacked him in the rear, as it were, by accusing him of plagiarism in ono of his recent speech cs. Senator Tillman makes the charge himself. Mr. Curtis, after quoting from the attack made by Tillman, and Mcl.au nn's reply thereto, concludes: It Will thus bo seen that tlio two Senators from South Carolina are still on speaking terms, and if the cam paign begins by an exchange of thisj sort of compliments, how will iL end ? OF INTEREST TO FARMERS Methods. UHed at the Experimen tnl Form at Southern Plneo, N. C. Having had an occasion in make h business trip lo North Carolina. 1 em braced the opportunity to visit South' ern Pinos ami made a thorough exam* (nation of the work being done at the Experimental Fn?mof the North Caro Una Stete Horticultural Society. The farm is situated near the city of South ern Pines, in Mooro county, North Carolina, some sixty-six miles south west from Raleigh, on tho Seaboard Air Line. Tins location was selected principally on account of the line ciunutc and soil, both most favorable for experiments. The soil has proved to bo well adapted to the growth of grapes, peaches and other fruits, and wilhin a few years the region around .Southern Pines has hecome quite an important fruit growing district. The land is level and uniform, and thus well suited for the extensive scheme of Hold experiments conducted by the. SOCietyi The area of the farm is sixty live acres, with the addition of the vegetable department, consisting of lifteeu acres. All the work from the cleariug of the land, down lo the pre sent lime, lias been very exact and thorough. The principal object is to determine by series of actual experi ments on the farm, the best quantities and relative proportions for using tlie various fertilizing substances in older to produce the largest crops at the least es pCIISO. No commercial brand of fertilizer is used, hut fertilizing ingredients are employed in various combinations. Tho work that lias boon done and under eonlc"nplation is so vast, that it can bo well said, and is said, to be the most extensive and scientific experi mental farm in the world. Two series of investigations are now being con ducted, one devoted to vegetables Hold crops, and the other to fruits. The series devoted to pears (Kcifer) were set out in 1800, eighteen trees to the plot of one-tenth acre. As an illustration loshowlho vigorous growth of the different plots, as the results of the different combinations of fertilizer ingredients, imagine yi u are standing at the lop of a Hight of stairs, looking down nl the bottom step, the top Blep represents the plot fertilized witli a complete fertilizer, nitrogen, phos phoric acid and potash, with a liberal quantity, the bottom step denotes the plat unfertilized, nothing but the natu ral fertility of the soil, the intervening steps, those plots that have received fertilizers of various combinations and ainouu'S, This illustration well an swers for the appearance of the series With peaches, apples and plums. The series of plots devoted to grapes were set out in 1805, one-twentieth of an acre to each plot. Here some extra Uno work has been done, not only showing the effect of different fotins of plant food and in different quantities, but the different ways of pruning and form of ttainillg the vine. The vines are now cut back to the. ground in order to try a new method of training. Due feature of the woik done at the farm is that clippings of vines ami other wood growth of trees with specimens of fruit and vegetables are sent to the laboratory for analysis. Series of e.xpeiinients have been made with strawberr'es and red raspberries, but llio soil does not serin to be well adapted to these fruits, therefore, they have been abandoned, but will be re sumed again with irrigation. Series of experiments are being made with Austin's Improved and l.ueretia dew berries and lull series of blackberries. Till: VKOKTAULK DKl'AHTMENT. In this department, experiments were not fully under way at the time of my visit. Series of experiments will be made this season with aspara gus, corn, Spanish peanuts, artichokes and sweet potatoes. Of sweet potatoes there was grown on one measured acre 630 bushels of marketable potatoes at the farm last season. The society is now contemplating putting in an irri gation plant and bring the water in iron pipes from a distance of over a inllo, storing it in a reservoir, holding over one hundred thousand gallons; when the plant is finished they will experiment with different ways ol irrigation. The object of these experi ment that have been made and those that are. being made, is to show the comparative fertilizing power of dif ferent forms of plant food, also the comparative effect of lime and green manuring, or in other words, the plow ing under of leguminous crops to furnish nitrogen and humus to the soil. Special attention is being paid to the study of different methods of resisting and treating the attacks of fungus dis eases and of insect pests. All the fruit trees on the farm have been treated with hydrocyanic acid gas for scale insects, which method has prov ed effective, but expensive. The fruit and vegetable growers throughout the United States ought to prolit largely from the. results of these experiments and work at the Experimental Farm. The results of these scieutilic ex periments should show to the farmer the most proper and economical way for chemical fertilizers to be used, and in buying fertilizing materials adapted to his soil and crops, he must recollect that all crops are not alike, and that it is neces-iary for different and proper combinations of fertilizing materials to produce great results. Elaborate re pot ts of the operations of the farm are. sent out annually and bulletins quar terly, anil are free to all who may apply f#r them. I found the farm well laid off with driveways and avenues, and a house in the centre of the farm answered for a committee room for the recention of visitors to the farm ami as ? residence for the superiutendouti I hud the pleasure of meeting some members of the supervising committee of the Ex perimental Farm, Coli .1. Van Lind? loy, president of the State iiorticul lural society, and Mayor Heck, of Southern Pines, also Captain A. 1). McNair, the general superintendent of ? he Expoiimonlal Farm, and biseslM I mnblo wife. While traveling from Atlant? to North Carolina over the Seaboard Air Lino, I wan surprised to Bee nearly a do/en now COM on mills under construc tion. Some in (;< orgia, and all along the line, through South Carolina ami North Carolina. Not only nre cotton mills being constructed, but every sta tion along tbo lino is building up other manufacturing industries. The Indus trial l evolution that is sweeping over the South will make these Slates the three great manufacturing States of the South. Alabama will furnish the coal ami iron. 1 wish to make this prediction: that in less than twenty live years the bulk of the cotton crop grown in the South will be grown west of Alabama, and that the three South Atlantic States cuu and will become the cotton manufacturing centre of the world. What cotton is grown in the South Atlantic State? will be grown as SGROFULfl AND ITS flV'^UL HORRORS ??CUUED UY Johnston's Sarsaparilla QUART BOTTLES. JL IVIOST WONDWUFUL CURE. A Grand Old Lady Olvca II?r Kxperlence. Mrs. Thankful Orllla Hurd lives In the beautiful village of Brighton Livingston Co., Mich. This venerable aud highly respected lady was born In the year 1812, tho year of the great war, In Hebron, Washington Co., New York. She eaiue to Michigan lu 1840, the your of "Tlppecanoe and Tyler too." All her faculties are excellently preserved, aud possessing a very re tentive memory, her mind is full of interesting reminiscences of her early life, of the early days of the State of Michigan and the Interesting aud re markable peoplo she has met, and tho stirring events of which she was a wit ness. But nothing iu her varied aud manifold recollections are more mar velous and worthy of attention than are her experiences In the use of JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA. Mrs. Hurd inherited a tendency aud pre disposition to icrofuln, that terribly destructive blood taint which baa cursed and Is cursing the lives or thousands aud marking thousands more as vic tims of the death angel. Transmitted from generation to generation, it li found In nenry every family in on? form or another. It may make Its ap pearance in dreadful running sores, in unsightly swellings in tho neck or goitre, or in eruptions of varied f^M)" Attacking tho mucous membrane, it may be known as catarrh In the head, or developing in the lungs it may be, and often Is, the prime cause or consumption. Speaking of her ease, Mrs. Hurd says: "I was troubled for many years with a bad skin disease. My arms au(i .Mmbs would break out In a mass of sores, discharging yellow matter. My neck began to swell nnd became very unsightly in appearance. My body was covered with scrofulous eruptions.. My eyes were also greatly Inflamed and weakened, und they pained me very much. My blood was In a very bad condition and my head ached severely at frequent interval-, and I had no appetite. I had sores also in my ears. I was in a miserable condition, I had tried 3very remedy that had been recom mended, and doctor after doctor had failed. Ono of tho best physicians lu the state told me I must dlo of scrofulous consumption, as Internal abcesses were beginning to form. I at length was told of Dr. Johnston, of Detroit, and his famous Sarsaparilla. I tried a bottle, more as an experiment than any thing else, as I had no faith In it, and greatly to my agreeablo surprise, I began to grow better. You can be sure 1 kopt on taking it. I took a great many bottles. But I steadily Improved until I became entirely well. All tho sores healed up, all the bad symptoms disappeared. I gained perfect health, and I have never been troubled with scrofula since. Of course an old lady of 8S years is not a young woman, but I have had remarkably good health since then, and I firmly believe that JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA Is the greatest blood purifier and the best medicine In the wide world, both for ?crofulu and as a spring medicine." This remarkably Interesting old lady did not lok to be more than sixty, and sho repeated several times, "I believe my, life was saved by JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA." Fo? .Sale by The Laurens Drug Co., Laurens, S. C. a surplus crop nnd au inlonsive s/s-i lern will be followed, such as will pro duct' in ordinary seasons from one to three bales per rule. Lauds that are now devoted to cotton culture will be devoted to growing of llOIUO supplies and to feed the great army of indus trial workers. Before closing this article, 1 wish to say a few words about Southern 1*11108 and Piliohurst, two typical Yankee towns, that have been built by North? ein men as winter resorts. 1 found the hotels were quite crowded with North ern visitors who have come down from the cold region of the North to enjoy the balmy climate of this region. Some id' them have become permanent res idents and are highly satisfied with their new home. I was surprised at the small number of negroes there and was informed that they had all they wanted. Thus by contact with a few may bring about a better understanding of the disposi tion and character ol the negro race, in a way that finally the North will lind out thai the Southern people are. the only ones who know how and able to settle the negro problem. U. VY. MoituiLL, JlfiUCON, (in. NORTHERN PACIFIC STOCK Distinguished Men Who Were Caught in the Recent Crnsh. The Washington correspondent of the Richmond Times gives an interest ing story about the losses caused by speculation in the stock of the North ern Pacific railroad, which swept away millions of money in a few hours. He writes as follows: Wall Street "caught" a few dis tinguished gentlemen last week. A South western Senator, it is slated, lost $76,000 in a day. If his name was mentioned it would create a good deal of gossip in the Southwest. He is not a man able to specuhite, but has been given certain "tips'' by his friends in the Senate, anil an unexpected drop in Northern Pacific stock left him with out a cent. The fever of speculation attacked all classes, from United States Senators to messenger boys. There was a good deal doing in the bucket shops in Washington, as well as in Wall Street, last week. The Western Senator mentioned is not considered a speculator by any means. lie is regarded in the United States Senate as a "Ilolman" of that body. It will be recalled that Re presentative llolman, of Indiana, was looked upon as the watch-dog of the Treasury. This Western Senator is a member of the appropriations com mittee of the upper House. lie never loses sight of the fact that the country and the treasury should be protected either in committee or in debate. It seems, therefore, rather odd that this Senator, who is so anxious to keep down government appropriations, lost $76,000 on one deal in a Washington bucket-shop. If is said that, attracted by the spectacle of lapully increasing prices, lie had gone into the market, (lealing on margins in the ofilco of a Washington bucket-shop, and had made, an excellent deal, as he con sidered it, of #100,000. This Senator was unwise enough to put all his prolils up, principally on Western railroad stocks (Northen; Pacific). When the crash came, an Kasten) Senator endeavored to ' margin" the j Southwestern Senator's deal, but as the amount was so great ho was uu ablO tO do ho. There was something like $200,000 Involved. Tho personal loss lo the Senator from the Southwest, who, as is well known, only draws $5,000 a year, made for him at one time the most extravagant deal in his life. To-day ho is sorry, em is the Kastern Senator, who endeavored to carry his bucket-shop transaction. It is staled in Washington, it might be added, that in government departments many pools had formed, into which each member put from $25 to ?100 for I investment through local brokers. All! of these pOOlfl have been wiped out. A young woman in tho treasury de partment, who recently inherited ?5,000 through a life insurance policy, put if all into the slock market. Her i profits amounted to about ?14,000 up to Tuesday evening. The drop in slocks on Wednesday and Thursday cleaned OUt all her profits and her original s?.r>,000. ? I.um is (i. Hlnino is a well-known i sp< < u'ator in stocks. Within the pus year, it is believed, Mr. Rhone lias beaten the market for something up wards of $350,000. Mr. Rlaine is n conspicuous figure duriugmarket (touts at a well-known stock-jobbing house on F Street in this city. When lie is not playing the stock market business he is usually found in au automobile with Miss (Iilchborii, to whom he will be married Juno 1-Mb. Mr. BlaillO is referred to incidculaly for the reason that he was "caught sliort" on North ern Pacific stock on Wednesday for $125 .000. There were others who ligured in the Northern 1'acilic deal in Washing ton. One of tin; men saitl to have been speculating on Northern Pacific dock was i no less a person than William McKinley, I'resident of the United Stales. His agent is also a distinguished politician and statesman. Marcus A. Hanna, of Cleveland, Ohio, United Stales Sena tor, and the in iker of 1'iesidenls, was the man who handled President Mc Kinley'? money in this slock deal, and not only lost it, but, it is believed, two or three hundred thousand dollars which he personally invested. There are others. Some people who seem to know about the crash in Wall Street'think that Secretary Gage, of the Treasury Department, invested quite a bit of money and lost. It is further stated that the "tip" given the President, and others under him in official life, was furnished by Daniel Lamonl, at one lime private secretary to Grover Cleveland, ami after that Secretary of War, and at present the man in charge of the Northern Pacific Railroad. These matters are merely mentioned to show that oiliuiOS Pres idents, Cabinet members and others fail to get the right tip on the stock market. Nol long ago former Senator Petti grew, of South Dakota, who is now employed as an attorney by .lames F. Hill, the railroad magnate, made in Wal' Street, so it is believed, upwards ol S'J00,000 in two days. Mr. Petti grew, it will he recalled, prides him self upon the fact thai lie is an anti trust man, an anti-monopolist; and while in the Senate frequently declared that the people of the country were. : being robbed continuously by Wall Street brokers. In view of the fact that Mr. Petti grew left the Senate without his own consent, he dabbled in stocks, suggest ed by Mr. Hill, ami made a quarter of a million dollars within a very brief period. Mr. Hill, the man who] " tipped" Mr. Poltigrow, dabbled a little, bit himself just previous to in forming Mr. Pottlgrew thai there was money in investing in the Northern Pacific Railroad. Now, as to Mr. Hill today, with the exception of .1. l'ier pout .Morgan, he hasmado more money in speculation than any other man in the world. It is well kimwu in the West, if nol in the Fast, that he clean ed up four millions of dollars within a week in Wall Street. The Vandcr biltS, the Goulds and Dr. Depew lost this amount. This is history in New i oi k find is woll known among finan ciers nil over itie United suites. It is held Hint "no farmer is pre pared to raise hogs in any considera ble numboi8 unless provided with pas ture grass lands in which abundant water ami shade are accessible at all limes. With these provided hosa will grow und thrive, requiring little or no grain from early spring until the now crop of corn is lit lor use ami the work of fattening has been entered upon." Oranges might be grown in Tennes see, but hardly at a profit. So can any Florida, Georgia or Alabama farmer raise eolton, but when the condition of soil, etc., are taken into consideration as compared with the MisHissippi valley, can he compete with them at it profit V [f not, then why not turn his attention to feed crops and stock to consume them, in which there is a sure prolit. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. Ilia Kind You Have Always Bought Boars the Signature of BILL ARP'S IDEA OF ROASTS The Ignorance ot the Northern People About the Negroes. Koasls! That is a newspaper word for large headlines. It attracts atten tion like lire Criticise wouldont do. The reporter must have a word that bums or scotches. There is a good deal of this roasting going on. The Govcruor roasts tho Yankees who come prying around, Dr. l'arkburst and Broughlou roast the Governor, and the negro preacher, LawpkitlS, roasts L'arkburst. It looks like every body and everything has to prey on something. The eagle catches the hawk; the hawk catches the chicken and the chicken gobbles up the worms ami the bugs. Everybody and every thing is in constant peril and it is well we don't know it, tor it would make us very miserable. The people of (inhesion and Jacksonville escaped: the worst alllictious?the dread storm and tire?llie agony of fear and appro- ? hension. What a noble and generous ' deed it was for Gnlvestou to do to give $1,000 to Jacksonville. What a j redeeming trail in our Northern cities to give help to the South .-ru sufferers. ' 1 think 1 think more of them than 1 think I do. There is still a power of good in human nature everywhere and 1 reckon that Ogdcti A: Co. had good intentions when they caino down to in speet us. Tho trouble with '.hose ,>co- ! pie is that they think they know more I about us than we know ourselves and ! arc surprised when they lind us a ' civilized ami respectable people Dr. I l'arkburst admitted that he had never been .South before. They know less' about us than they do about the 1 French or the Germans or the Chinese, ' and thoy know nothing about the negro. Olio of them remarked: "These neguros seem to be quite happy. 1 bear them laughing quite merrily at the dapo. I had supposed that Lhov I vvero very miserable, indeed." NOW, Dr. Park bin.st says that WO bate (ho DCgro ami say so, but the Northern man pretends to luve him and lies about it. The Dr. is mistaken. We do not hate the negro. We hate the mean ones, whom the .North has contaminated, but there are lots of them in every community whom we have respect for and who are good, useful, law-abiding citizens. We can pick out Beores in our town who are ' useful and industrious and pay respect to the respectable white people. For many of these we have more regard than for Pat Hanks and all his sort. Pat breaks into jail and breaks old. I'at broke into the chaillgailg and 1 j went down to see the prison commis sion, and begged him out for his wife's sake and paid his way home, and he ; has been in jail or the. calaboose or the chaingatlg ever since, and yet his poor I wife sticks to dim and follows him with her little children when he runs away. They arc hid out somewhere now and nobody cares for them. Oh, the bonds ?the chains cd* matrimony that tie a poor, pitiful, pleading woman to such a man as that. Yes, there aro many better negroes in this community than some of the i while folks. 1 had rather depend upon them in time of trouble. My daugh ter would trust her two little children with her servant, Clurissy, as willing ly as with most any while woman oho could hire. Clarissy is kind, watchful and affectionate and the children love her. She is a good servant, and you will lind such in almost every family that is able to hire one. AU such ne groes are contented and have the com forts of life in their homes. A good negro will give the sidewalk to a man whom he respects and will tip his hat to him. Social equality is not wanted nor expected. Social equality is not a fixed, univer sal privilogO ill auy race or people. 1 would step aside and give the sidewalk to a king or a president or any great man. I am not envious because a rich man can travel in bis private car. 1 recognize the fact that I am in an hum bler walk of life nml must not intrude. And so 1 am one of the old-time masters who require the same respect to be shown to me by the negroes now that they exhibited in the olden lime. No more, no less. Those who do not do it are the negroes whom we hate; for those who do, we have a regard that is akin to affection, and we would defend and protect them. Here is Sam EInndorson, who gardens and chops wood for half a dozen families, and they are all bis friends and would help him in time of need. What a college education is doing for this generation of negroes I am at >? loss to know. If I have ever seen one of them he was not at work. This thing of education is changing BO rapid ? ly that we old-timers can't keep up with it. The most important feature of it now seems to be kicking or batting a ball, and some of the colleges send their boys 501) miles away to play a gaino. 1 had hoped that the Tech boys would come out good mechanics, but they don't seem to have time to do anything but play ball. The develop ment 01 the mUSClOS of tin; arms and tho legs is very important. Such boys arc needed in every town and city for firemen and to inn with the hose reel and climb the ladders, so I reckon it is idl right?1 hope so. Hut we are all getting along fairly well now and in the enjoyment of more blessings thai) cuises. Tho weather is delightful, tho (lowers are in bloom, the garden prospering and we are luxuriating on green pens, strawberries and asparagus every day. The. chrys anthemums are looming up am! my wife wants me to separate them ami transplant, but I don't feel like it. I plucked the first Mnrechal Niel rose this morning ami stuck it in her l'oen- j liontas hair at the breakfast tahlo. ()n the 1st of next month she will be born again?that is to say, she will have another birthday?and 1 am ruminat ing what little token of devotion to give her. Two weeks later will be my scvcnty-liftli anniversary and I hope BuO is ruminating about a token for me. All's well that ends well. So moto it ho. Bill Aiti\ OASTOniA. IN A HUMOROUS MvIN. " Whoo's Mr. Schnorer?" lie's in tho next room." " Arc you sure?" 14 Ye*, i just overheard liim taking a nap." ?Philadelphia Times. She?How do you dellnc rcpnitec? He-?Well, ii'.s the thing that's smart when you say it, but impudout whoil the other fellow says it. A teacher was explaining l<> a lit lie girl how ihe trees developed their foliage in the springtime. " Ah, yes," said the little miss, "1 understand: they keep their summer clothes in their trunks!" A little boy, healing BOIUO ?>ne re mark that nothing was quicker than thought, said he knew heller than thai ; whistling was quicker than thought. Heilig nsked to explain, he said: >? In school tho other day 1 whistled before 1 thought and got a licking for it."' Mrs. llattcrson?u 1 am going to meet mv hushand at 1 o'clock to select some decorations for the drawing* room." Mrs. Callcisou?*? What do you want him with you for?" " Well, in case they don't turn out right, I can say il is his fault." I life. "There's something in a shirt-waist that nearly al ways appeals to a fellow," coufided one young man t<> nnother over his ?jlass of COCO-oola. " And that something," answered his friend with a glance at the table opposite, <l nine tunes out of ten is a girl." llattie? I hope you don't believe all Fred. TllO'npsou says about your good looks and your brilliant conversation, and all that son of thing. Uessic?Can't say its 1 do; but what of that? If he didl. t think a good deal of ine ho wouldn't take the trouble to fiatler tue.?Boston Trauscript. Ilumpseti?11 1 hear your engage mout wi'h Mis* Minks is broken off? How's Hint?" Hill "Well, you see, Hint beast of a parrot of liors was ?I ways yelling, uOh, Charlie, you shouldn't.' " Hampscn? " Hut what difference did that make? Vour en gagement was not a secret." Hill "No; and my name isn't Charlie." Gln8sgow Kvciung Times. Teacher -" Now, children, who can tell me what an epidemic is? What! Ni no of you? Let me prompt your memory. It is something that spreads. And now ah, I see ono of you knows. What is it, my little frioud?" " Jam, sir."--San Francisco lOxaminer. An Irish recruit was once brought up for breaking into barracks thai is, getting ovor the wall instead ol enter ing by the gale. " Mut, Murphy," said ihe ollicer, "though you were late, you should have come in by the gate." " I'laiso yer honor," said Murphy, i> l was afraid of waking the sentry.'' Tit-Hits. " Dear uie! Have I got to write it myself?" said a woman at the Whist Congress last v\eok, ul the ! rcdenttal Coiumitlcu's request that she should register her name and address. " It's unfortunate, because, you s, r," em barrassedly, "I am from Cincinnati and-" " Well," interrupted the clerk. " 1 -J never can rcmcillbcl how to spell it," died tin woman. ? N. V. Sun. " Do women who have had tin' ad vantage of advanced education make good wives?'' asked the bachelor, thoughtfully. At this the benedict took him to one side, where he c< uld speak conUdentially. "If you ever many," ho said, "anil lind occasion to frame up a real good excuse for a pro tracted BesSlCll at the club you will ills cover that it is possible for a woman to know too much." -Chicago Post. " Was it a love mnrriagi , do you think?" " Certainly. All tnarriajes are b)VC marriages." " Isn't that rather a sweepiug state ment?" " Not at all. There is a love of ad venture, you know, love of luxury, love of advertising, and various other kinds of love. There is no need ol going into details when one speaks ol n love marriage."?< hicago IS veiling Host. Ono Sunday, as a certain Scotch minister was returning homewards, he was accosted by an old woman, who said: "Oh, sir, well do 1 like the day when you preach." The minister was aware that he was not very popular and answered: " My good woman, 1 am glad lo hear it. There are too few like you. And why do joti like H when 1 preach?'' "Oh, sir,"' she replied, "when you preach 1 always get a good tcntl" - Scottish Nights. " Here's n Btory <>t an Ohio girl who bet that nIo* could win a husband by advertising aid she won the bet." " Well, in that connection, there's a litllc bot that 1 would he glad to make." " What is it?" ?< Why, I'd like to bet an 1 IM uivc odds, too?that inside of thirty day* she'd he Willing to pay double the reg ular Advertising rates if she could lost! him the. way she wo.i him." Chicago Tost. An ill-favored individual sat across the aisle in an Indiana Avenue Blrccl car the other day and by way of larnel practice squirted tobacco juice dan gerously near the silken Hurts ol a lashlonnblndooking and Bl^lishly dressed woman. She naturally WttS inuch annoyed ami finailv in despera tion appealed to the conductor of the car. " Conductor,'1 she said, with much llOftt, u do you permit the chewing ol tobacco on this car?" "Yes, madam," was tho polite reply. " Do you wish a c?ow?"?Chicago Sunday Chronicle. - k ? ? ? $gm CJ J\. JBI T O Tl I J\. . Bttrt tt.o BlgDAtnro ?f Tho Kind Vmj Have Al>%a>s Bought Every cotton planter should write for our valuable illustrated pamphlet, "Cotton C"i:liiii-v*.*' It is sent fivoi c til'.KM AN i. V! i v.. ; KS. .; n ? .... St.. N. V. St.\ i.n ani? l*\>itTY.?Soven is n holy number. forty, liko l!l, is a superstitious ouo. 1 *i? t you over try to enumerate "it-1 virtuos V Moses was IU days on the M Hint; Klijali was 10 iltiys fed 1>3 ravens; the rain of tho llootl Cell 10 days; another 10 cluys ex pired before N'oali opened tliu window ol lliu n;k; In dins was lll? period of. embalming; Nineveh had 0' dav.-* io repent; our Lord l'uslud 10 days; IIo was seen |o days after 11m rosurroc lion; m. Swilhiu betokens 40 days of i.on or dry weather; a quarantine ox lends lo 40 days; ihr privilege of sanc tuary Was lor In days; lo days was tlio limit for the pnyiiu lit ol' a lim lor man slaughter; the widow was allowed to remain in licr husband's house lor hi days alter his death. iXC. IlllllllCl loved Ophelia linrdoi than 40,000 brothers. 'I hr best i do of the "Ara bian Nights" is iib?tit Ali Habit and tin r >riy Thicvcst We all take 40 winks torn short nap. The 510articles of the Anglican Church are "forty stripes save one." The Hebrews wen: forbidden by the Mosaic law io inflict more than 40 strlpi s on an offender, and for fear id' breaking the law they slopped sinnt oi the number. And so forth lllld so oil; -New YoiL I'ress. An < >i.i> Oil V-Cii I? i a i >\ i.i; i.11. Senator (Jock re 11 of Missouri has pro ?('iitoil to tlic Treasury Department at Washing)on a check given twenty years ago i<i the l;?tf Iteprcsontntivo Ultimi, pi Missouri, ami vvhioli lia~< just come i" light. Although the check iVna given as n government payment, n was ilrawu upon a personal uccount in a Philadelphia bank, ami Senator (,'ockrcll was ivrerred to tlic hankers for redemption. In issi Mr* Miami was a member of a * 'ongrcssionul com mittee thai inspected the Philadelphia mini. Tlic superiuli mluut of the mint gave uach of the commilloc a chock l<>r his expense neeounl, umouuliiig to ?SM a loan. Mr. Ultimi put his check in his pockclbook, hut on Ins way up town was robbed by pickpocket. Afraid pi being ridiculed lor being robbed, he said nothing of the loss ami ?hew for enough money to gel hark to Washington. Not long ago a contractor, in tearing down au old building in Philadelphia, found the cluek. where probably it had been secreted by the ihtef. He scut it to Mi-. Bland, who recalled the story of the loss and forwarded the check lo Senator (J u'krcll to have it cashed. S 11 i.i. L'SINO QU I I.I I'lvN.S.? The LT 111 led Slates supreme eourl holds on to precedents nft141 Iradilions of the past with more tenacity than any other body in the country. This fuel is shown in j little as weh as in groid liftings, says the Washington Mar. The court kept up I the practice ol lllliiig its oillcial snuff box longer than did the United St"tCH Senate, ami the Senate held on lo iho once-popular drug Ion-.' after il had ceased to he u-ed. 'lie lOVO "! ijftC old way i~ shown in the KiiprcUic court every lime thai august body meet b) Iho array of i|Uill pens distributed ovei the desks. When tlic quill was tin only pen, instructions were given to have a certain number of tltein placed on the desks for members ol the court. Very few pcoplo now use tin: quill, and those who do would :.rei along vor) weil with a steel pi n. liul no one has ever dared to interfere'with h custom once established, and the qilill pen doubtless still 11a - il loilg life in illO court. Tlic supteme court holds ciga rettes as an uboiiiinulioil, though it irivcs a respectlhl place to the ciisi >m of smoking tobacco, in flic clerk's room there is displayed a large notice ?" Cigai'cllo smoking prohibited"? hu. cigars may he 11 ocij used. Fim.au- '? i;< ritici i .. ?During tin: lug rain ... u\v Orli ins reee.ntiv hall the streut cilis vn111< h were in t put. nut of H?? by iho il ?>d were innre <m Irss charged with electricity, und when II man, al'tor having rolled his shoes ami stockings Into a handle ami iuadu a Kncippctiro da n i passing tram, ho was greeted hy a diabolic niuiiifcs? tat ion in llii shape of blue fringe. , Some of th"' < ouduelors had lo pull down the trolley pole before tlioy could lOU?ll the lair register, and. social conventions being generally disur? tanged, passengers were soon swap ping experiences without waiting for an introduction. Orltann Tinu - lh ?toeru.. Ai the last cicclion in i!unih< rilutd County, Maine, ihr. liquor men iioinl milcd a preacher for slier ill, more as a joke than anything^'I sc. lie accepted, made the race and wits elected, Since that time the liquor men have seen no peace. The prciiohor-shonlf lias been enforcing tin lev. lie said u day or IWo ago thai lie had indirectly roeeiv? od an offer <>i 810,000 ii li" would re sign, or lake a vacation i?? Kuropi for the remainder <>i Iii- term. Ii is a wise joker Who knows thai Ids runny business dl not prove a boomerang, yuvuunub News. Bigunturo of