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NU. 45. REGNANT COMM KRCIAMSM The Men of the Present Fnll Short of the Stature of the Olden Time. The literary address at the rone meueeiuent of Converse College wah made by Dr. S. M. Smith, of Co Uiitbia, ami was the gnat event of the il.iy, Dr. Smith bad not ieduced Inn remark* to willing, Mud did not have even an out me of the address on paper, but the following summary will give some idea of the line of thought pursued. The Bptuker lagan with some re mark tetiiini-eeiit of a visit ten years before, v\ hen he raino to deliver the addr s at the li -t commencement of the college. Congratulating both the town ami the college on the great ad vance made during the ten years' in terval, he introduced his address by a conversation had in a I rain going west a few day s In Ion , when a thoughtful man asked the speaker whether or not lie thought. Hie men of the piesent day in the various callings of life measured up to the Standard of the former gen eration. Starting with this question, the speak er said with all icgaid to the natural tendency to glorify the past at the e.\ pcubc of the pre , nt and having also due reference to IhS goner.il elevation of average intelligence and ability, he felt nevertheless constrained to the judgment that the men of the present in ail departments of activity fell short of the Stature of the olden time. That with tiere and there a few exceptions the leaders in politics, press, pulpit, law, and medicine were not equal to those of the generation passed and s L111 passing. That the dominance of per sonal influence Seetued going; men like the Mattet horn lifting themselves far beyond the level plain of humanity and catching on their lofty brows the morning of each new advance long ere it l< Iii bed the vale; or standing like weather signals among the peaks prog* Duplicating the imminent storm of her alding a coming calm to those who had long studied the sky about their summits. That such pre-eminent men sfieined growum fewer ??*r l?u v^nr The reasons for this decrease might be mauiiold. Aiuon& others lie would meutiun llrst of all a regnaut c m mercialisui. The great prospeuty uf the couutry wan the Ihumo foreveiy tongue: the aggregate of increasing wealth was beyond intelligent, ade quate appreciation. Wealth grows so last ttiat (he country is dominated by its influence in every department of life ami every phase of activity, '/also ideals aie set up and standards prevail which must rule out that type of per sonal greatness to which reference has been in. de. A supremely commercial people can never be a truly great peo ple. The man who deems the end of his life llie mere making of money can make n< th.ug eise. This spirit con verts poli ics into a trade, makes pa triotism a I) alter of bargain anil sale, prostitutes the press to pecuniary ad vantage, ami contaminates even in the pulpit und di si crates the sacred ollice of bun who umlerlakes to speak for (iod. More than this; it instils and culti vates a spirit of seltish indulgence and personal aggrandisement which cuts up real greatness by the very roots, since tin liinai religion and the pro fouudcsl philosophy unite in declining that he who would be the greatest of all let bun be the servant of all. " HI fares the land to hastening ills a prey, | Hli.re wtalth accumulates and men de cay,1 The second reason for I ho decline of j such men was n> be found in the pre cipitate ha-le. to accomplish the ends ' ol life. This leads to the discount of slow, cart lid, thorough preparation for life's W?lk. Men are impatient of the drudgery involved in faithful lh< r oughness. Theie used to be a time when a liberal education and broad culture were deemed essential prercq uidles in all callings. Then there came a sad period when men had neither the means nor the leisure for euch culture. Under this dire stress they were compelled to enter life well or ill Iprepartd and do tbtir best under the Circuinstances. With heroic, courage and indomitable energy they fought .life's battle to victory. Un fortunately their success leaded for quite a while and other men more for tunately situated than they, mi-inter preted the lesson of their noble hero ism ami discounted the importance of thorough preparation and it became torn moll to crowd into the various pro fesrdotts and o tilings by short cuts. The law-i < f mechanics teach us that the height of any structure bears a constant proportion to the bieadth of its base. No short cut ever leuds to any destination really worth reach ing. Lives of towering influence need biva<l based foundations, such as must lie laid in patient, faithftil thorough* nets thtit beats the yoko in its youth ttint it may wear the crown in riper years. Ahe I that men bhould be in such precipitate haste In the telescopic range and telegraphic speed of Amer ican enterprise and effort in our mod ern days. There is no calling or busi ness in life that does not suffer from this disposition and tendency. No man under the influence of it can ever reach his highest and best develop ment. A third adveisc element is to he found in the tendency to curry special ism to a hurtful extreme. This is em inently Hie day of the spicialist. This watch is doubtless much superior to the one worn by my grandfather; probably several hundred men arc en gaged iu its manufacture. Of these men, one does nothing hut turn the pivots of a wheel; another spends llli whole lifo grinding the little jewels, a third devotes his whole time to tin making of the hair-spring, and so on through the whole. The result is Ilm most pcrf"ct timepiece the world knows. In the case of the grand-1 father's wa eh probably one man made the whole and spent months in doing " it?the wa'ch much inferior, but what of the watch make i ? Specialism vastly improves the pro duct, but it infinitely dwarfs the pro ducer. All knowledge is now special ized and the aggregate of the known Is immeasurably increased. Amu. spends months ectutiumng an iusioi through a microscope, mid inu< !? to the world's kuowlcdgc of the P.se? i but how narrow becomes the horizon Of Bitch a man ! The world of scholarship is much broader, but it. is by m> means mm. that the individual seholtr mcasnic* up to the stau?lard ol the forinei gi n (?ration; many very ordinalv prenelu r.? knotv many things UUkllO iVIl in i'.. Ii ip LightfOOl's day, bUl y< u make a e .\ v jjurncy through prominent luolcru universities without Unding a ?-e.liol.ii whose loins arc as thick as Light fool'* little liugei ! The old CUiriculuill of -ix oriijhl professors is now divided among a hundred or more; every duparinioin divided and sub-divided again and again, but I fear thd -ueh specialism has greatly sacrificed the comprehen SiveneSS ami the b oudih which hi ii d out the old scholar 14 terea lotundua ?pie." Specialism In a certain extent is good, hut there is reason to fear that it may lie cairicd too I.e. A god dollar ctU be beaten so thin that tissue papor is gross beside n; it rcUlidli-? gold, but too diaphanous for dai . use. The speaker hero Iurued lo iho in tlucuce of [deals on lifo and llttoil l?i theme to the occasion by reclining t < wltat lie termed n golden sentence m l>r. James Mortis Whitou'* setinon ol Hie day before, in which Dr. Whilon had said: ?? lOveiy ideal that rules the worlil ia eilhor made or Ban tioued by woman." This sentiment Dr. Smith most heartily endorsed and pleased upon llie young women llie importance of Stich high ideals. Let the practical man tuner if he will at such ami call it sentiment and theoretical speculative and high in air. In such atmosphere the whirl wind is born and from mi h al ilttdes diops the thunderbolt. | We may consent to be styled vision arh 8 ami dreamers if only our du aim join the heavi ii to the earth, 1 kc Ja cob's dream ladder, they shall he. the stairway for the impels. Del us then dream on ami cliinh even round until lost in the brightness of the bunding heaven. BIM, ARP AND THE VJgTERAN A Grent Gnthering of Ilrnve men at Memphis-The Old Soldiers Were Hnppy. Atlanta Constitution. Forty years have, passe.I since these soldier boys IIret shouldered turns and hut tied to the front? No such mroy of patriots 'vere ever seen, for there was not a Lory among them nor a foreign hireling, ami even the. Nor h orn-born citizens of the South volun teered with one accord and caH their lives and properly in the common peril of their adopted Stale. To that class we ( ?'c dl in. nvv.*e honor for u was ?> great heart struggle, to sever the bonds that bound them to their kindred and the place of their bit til. Foitv years have not effaced nor dimmed the me mory Of those four long years from the minds of the veterans who gathered at the Memphis r> union. As time rolls on they seem the more eager (o con gregate ami commune together; and happily, there are none now to molest or make lh< in afraid. Happily the sold lei 8 of Hie blue ami the gray an: Incoming every year the more COUSidOtnlO of the fe* lings and pilnciplcs of each other. The soldiers, I say?Iho^e who fought against us?for the bravest are the lenderest. It is the politicians who saw the battle from afar, who still re fuse to give us back our ll igs and are still worrying over the rebel brigadiers whom we have sent to (' ingress. lint lime is a good doctor, and soft woids take away wiath. That was a grand convocation that paraded the streets of Memphis. Hearts beat rapidly ami eyes were moist with tears? ? While memory lingered o'er the sad re view Of joys (bat faded like the morning dew." That was a boautifd prayer sent up to heaven by our beloved grand chap lain, Itcv. .1. William Jones, ami faith ful bulwark of Confederate history. I know that the. blue and the gray clasped hands and hearts as he. invoktd a blessing upon Mr. and Mrs. McKinley and asked for her restoration to health. I tell jOU, my brethren, there is noth ing small or selfish or in an in the hearts of our great leaders. In war and in peace they have been and are gentlemen. There was not a Nero or a Duke of Alvi among I hem nor a heartless desttoyerof the innocent nor a violator of the laws of kindness to women and childtOn. Out soldiers fought a good light, on patriotic prin ciples, and it rejoices us that tbev have kept, the tailh at)(l ale. Ilrf (rue HOW to the nation an they were then lo the principles for which they >fotlgM. Those principles uro not dead; an I we. believe that if I his republican govorn incnt is pre; erveii from the<torniuation of imperialism! witli which it ia threat' 61)0(1, it will ho the conservative Bpilil of the South (hat will do it. The spirit of conalilutional liberty is yet alive with us ami will he transmitted to our children. iL is high Urne that the Northern preachers ami teachers and editors wero learning a salutary lesson from these annual reunions of Iho old Conftd cratos. !f I Itad heen a Federal soldier and lived up there, it seems to me that I would say, u My brethren, llioto rebels must have heen tremendously in earnest? There is no hit up or abate ment in their faith. Forty years has not humbled them one iota. We had belter make friends with such a people and divide honors and pensions, too. They have carried an awful ImiuI foi all these \ears. They have, lo pay ?.< good put t of the pensions to our sol diers and all of the pen*ions to iliel I own und a big lax 10 educate 1i eir iic? I groes; and they lu.d lo ent'ure the rav ugcs and stealagesof the carpel-bagger* for years, but they never complain They fight back and defend their honor, but, like the sons of Atnoinok, (bey nover complain. Surely they are a great people. Thoy suffer, and nro strong, and when soldiers were wanted for Cuba and the Philippines they came at the lirst call. Urethren, let's slop all this anti-Southern sentiment and make our preachers and editors stop it. |Tio:'o is no good in tubbing ai old sore. We ilou't know what may h?n |)0i1, Mid Hi iniy ni i il thi-e b ?)8io save the country. IMw ? I wu-rans ttr? citing uul, hu1 ihoir s ins arc the same old slin k. I i South IS IllM coining in llic fi'in . i i i destined ti< bu a great power in oi i. and il we ki >op on uggravul ? . i ? m w iili i?bu ? , it is possible lboy ma i tlih i ?-? ni >\ boiuu "i i beau iIii\h an u ? ? ? civii v\.ir and Ii?i i Vi .. n> again, eoinc pr i u< i i i Ii o'.i Wtlul I WOtlhl >a\ il i * .-? il ; I O'. These arc ill il? 11 n ; i ? m . v i--, Urea, il mils. Aw.til < o .m i.><i mid on llie Pea, ? i>i?tii- i ? n:i es, wrecki on i'lliIrou |?i, ii.und i -, Miicnl-*, robberies, abduction* of cliiMivn, mid worse than all, i In re seems to bo no stop to these bun Udo oul rages of luulal negroes. Then thoio is tin- iusubor (liuatioti ot students i:i our eoilcues ami i ho infamy of lia/.iug is still going ! on. It disltc-sseil mo t<> ?co among those expelled from West INmil ihn n mies of two Southerners?0110 from Alabama and Olio It in Texas Indu ration and discipline seem to he ili\o e- ' I'd, Tune was when Mr. lb man I hoaslcd lhiit In; hutl suhdtlcd every hig boy in I.in school mhducd him hy the rod. (>1<I mau I .slum i did the same thing, and so did Dr. I'iiHOI'soU llircsh out tlio worst boys at out Manual l/ibor school; but now u is lim boys who rule I lie Icachcra ami make. <b in mils, and the consequence IS OUI colleges have no discipline and Ini/.ing seems to be. as pO| lllar as ever. I thought that this ba/.ing liusine-s was a modern invention, but in Iho si ec ml volume of " American [atom lure " I liu I a l< Her of .lohn I.iwson, a Scotchman, who livod for years among the No'Hi Carolin? |i?di iUS. lie is willing to his folks at home in 17 l i about the customs til those Indians, and says the. way they make warriors of their young men is to husquetiaw them in eaily manhood. They are shut up m a dark log house for six weeks, ami kept half starved ami made to drink a dlCocllOU of pellttoi y h irk, which renders lliem raving mail. They make Iho most dismal, hellish ere s an ! howling* ever heard. When given a I little meat it is mixed with nasty, j loathsome, lilt by stuff. After six weeks liny COUIO out as poor ami inis erablo as creatures eve- become, s -me of tin m die iimler this diabolical treat ment, and some young men tun away lo avoid it. The savages told tun that this hardens lliem to the fatigues of war ami kills off the weak ami in linn and cowardly who would bring dis grace upon the nation. Ilusquotiaw nig I Thai's it that's where ha/.ilig started, and West l'< hit is where it J matriculated and llourishcdl This insubordination of college boys seems t<? have crept Into our own j S uthern institutions, and has wed- ( nigh demoralized Oxford and TuFca-I loosa. What does it inCUIl'i We had nothing like u in our day. We feared our fat hi i ' and we. feared and respect i d the faculty. The Tech hoys caught . the infection not long ag>; hut that uou't mailer very much, for if those boys do anything else, besides play hdl, the newspapers don't publish it. Kail SeCtliS lo be the only textbook in the curihulum. Their accomplish ments in that line may be satisfactory IO the le ys and the professors, hul (lie patrons ami Iriends of the institutii n are BUI felled, and w llld advise a 10 cc>.-! Hill pi iv is iMIOlhur Indian gamu in which the savages excelled. I THAT SENATORIAL MUDDI,!?. What Attorney General Bellinger Hon. c. Duncan llellingcr, Attorney General of South Carolina, ha* been interviewed by the News ami Courier on the Tillman-McDnurin situation, and bis expressions along that line will be. read with interest and some profit. The Attorney Ceil era I was careful to remark that he is not in a position to uive an extended criticism of Iho Sena loiitl Ugh', hut here is what he said: ??1 do not care to have very much to say on the subject," explained At torney General llellingcr, "but th. re are a few ilnngs I wh>h to say in de ft nee of the Governor's action in 1C plyinglo Senators Tillman and Mc I,am in. To he explicit I refer parlicu huly to the minors that Covernor Mc Swecuey acted upon advice received after he returned from Cbickiunntlgn. Such a report has boon in circuint.on, I believe. As a matter of fact the. Covernor formed Ms opinion in the. mailer In fore he left Chickamatigii, and as soon as be. returned lo his desk he drafted the communication to the Senators Hint has caused so much crit icism. Thai he. was not advised as to what COIirvo to follow after returning from the unveiling I have been assur ed by him. '?My opinion ol his action in reply ing to the Senators that they should (??consider their ncUOil is that he fell in'o an error of expression. 1 think to the average mind there can be no i liter conclusion than that the Gover nor rcfllSOd lo aCCOpt the. resignations, I and thai is the way I consider it. I Hi i.t. A UP. Thinks About It. ing his form of expression. The facf, ton, Mint tho resignations wen: return cd'for consideration' adds lo tho con* elusion Hint Lhu Governor's loiter was a refusal an.I not a 1< Her of advice. I am prompted to add, however, that 1 do not I'jlicve that the. Governor in tended to convoy the impression that tho resignations would he accepted. "The action that he look was abso lutely without legal advice and I must concur with Senator TiUman that the Governor in so doing liansce idod his power A roMgna ion euch i?s was , it need in Hie Governor's band is iclf* operative, ami it is neither in llio Gov ernor's domain to lU'COpt or to reime t? accept, Iiis position in the ninller i purely miuMeiiul. It is verv much I us ilia1 of a (own < iii i. lie. t an ail- I .ounce iii-- ro'lgnniiona mid nollii <r uorn. ?< Il I?, however, wilhlll (ho power of the Governor to appoint, The mo ment tho rosignati >ns are signed tiiey practically become operative. It is not left to the Governor to Hay that. Ihcy nto not accepted, except, of course, in the event lhat ho defdres to express himself as i\ private citizen. Ho eould not appoint, however, uulil .Septem A Word ? T."': Suffering: Women. No one but yourselves know of the Suffering you go through. Why do Jrou suffer? It isn't necessary. Don't ose your health and beauty, (for the loss of one is speedily followed bf the loss of the other.) Don't feel "weak " and "worn out." Impure blood is at the bottom of all your trouble. _ -Johnston's will purify your blood and bring ? AfCAnAfi 1 If^ the bloom of health Ut< k into your Jl ? cheeks. Kach bottle contains a QUAKT BOTTLGS. "THE MIOHIQAN ORUcjjCO^MJeJt^^ Llvcrstte* for Liver IU?. The Famoaa LI UU Ltvcr Pills. *>;c. LToi ?ale by The Laurens Druy; Co . Lai rens. S. G. her l?th in Ulis case, ami tlion call on Uu! Legislature to approve of Ihm nc Iion. Tlio resignations were placed in I he Governor's possession foi t Iis pur pose of notifying Id tu and not for the I urposo of gelling legal or moral ad vice. " Pirn Whole error of the Covernor, [ as I explained, was his expression. I feel confident that he was under the impression thai the people did nolcarc ! for a campaign this summer and that I lie acted for the interests of the peo ple This is another question Ui.it ho I lias assured me. His action, therefore, ' was inspr.cd by a high motive. Hut unfortunately he overstepped his ! hounds ami lie did it upon his own re I spousihilUy, "lie has made a second mistake in [replying to Senator TiUman's reply, j Tim h Her win given out by the Gov i rnor Wednesday afternoon an I ap pealed in the aflernoi n papers of that day. The mistake is not to he. iVuad in the ho ly ol the reply, hut from the fuel that u does not comport wiih the ? ignity of the < dice of cnici ICxeculive lo i nter into a public controversy with any nfliccr or citizen in the fashion that he has. 1 do Uol deny that it. would have been eminently proper for bun to have will ten a personal letter lo Senntor Tillmau embodying Iho in formation that he wished to impart, and Iben, if Senator Tillinan so de sired, he, and not the Governor, could have given the loiter to ll e public. "There are, of course, si vend * lews of the Governor's original action, hut there can be only one right one. I con sider that the only icply necessary f it the Covernor to have made, upon re ceipt of iho loiter of resignation of the Senators, was that they had duly been p a :ed into his hands. From this it Is clear lo see Ihn' I do not helieve the Governor has the right to say whether or not a piimnrf snail be hold in an off ye ar. Such a question is 11 ?I to be determined by the Covernor ao centing or rejecting the rcsigmVion of a United Stabs Senator. "A point lo be considered u> this connection is the Governor's relation in the. State. Democratic executive committee. His relation to that body is the same as a private citizen and no more. Therefore, at the present, it could be p ssible lor the. executive e unm'tllcc to nr ler a primary, the C (Vci nor's recent ncinm to the con trary. Tbl', h? w ver, is highly im protmhlu. I h? lieVo thul if the OXCCU-l live committee desired to take action/ in the mailer it would, as a mat ler id* expediency, consult the Governor bc foro acting. "It is apparent also that either Sena tor Tillmau has made a mistake in re| lying 10 the Governor or else Sena Ii r Mcl/Hirin has fallen into on or. Undoubtedly, fltnn what I have said <? 1 the subject, ll is clear lo presuppose my opinion on this question. 1 do not criticise Senator Till man for replying, hut I hold that his views are not wrong. In other words, 1 Agree with him, us 1 said at the outset, in that the Governor transcended his authority in declining lo accept the. resignations, j "Senator McLiUrin has made a mistake similar to that of Governor McSweency in the announcement that he is willing to withdraw Ins nsigna iion; that is lo abide by (he opinion or decision of the Governor. In this he is at fault. Hut Senator Mcl/iurin liught say that he made this declara tion in view of (he advice given by 1 McSwci ney as a Citizen and not as the chief Olllcer of the Stale, j "II.all Senators made a grave mis take and showed little wisdom in re signing as they did. It is clear to my ' mind tl at they did it without reflec tion. As the expression goes, "one 1 made (he bluff ami the other one call ed it. H dh claims the honor of having ' ealle I the bluff, that u ii it is an honor. I 1 he Senators are morally respond ?.. to tilt: people ami legally roapOUsi ill t?) the legislature. Therefore in r? Kilning ihey shattered both moral all lc<_ral obligations. I believe, as m it other pe pie do, that I hero was more personal animosity in the move, than a high conception of duly. 4,A great injustice lias been done Governor McSweenoy i>y a report to the effect that he was in conspiracy with Senator Tillnian. It has been said that the (iovernor came to an understanding with the senior Sen . w ibut it the resignations woresubm m, lit; wouid knowingly transcend Ins an lliorily and refuse to liccopl them u order I i etiab e. Senators 'I i Ima i ail1 Mel, mi in to light It out M xl auiittnci. Hid in Ihn! event ihoGoVOIUOr wouln i csigii in favor of Lieutenant (Jovei Ilm ,1 a rood II. Till tmin, who in turn wouhl j appoint McSwoi in y lo till out the i hol t term ami then appoint Iii? mu le, lien Til)man, to his old ollico. Along with this report was n Htalement that the hot reply of Senator Tillman lo Ihn GoVOrnor wax only a blind and simply a put t of the scheine. This i? Ia Cruol in justice to all parties concern ed and 1 am glad that lew regard the rumor as nnytlrng moio than idle talk." W hile, upon the. subject of "rumors'' Attorney (Juno*al Dellinger was asked if ho had fully decided to announce himself for the United .Stales Senate next summer. lie replied that ho had not yet ao decided, but he thought it most likely (bat lie would run for Me l.iurin's scat. COTTON CROP ESTIMATED. An Increase of the World's Crop in Acreage of 5.05 Per Cent The New York Financial Chronicle's estimate of the colt in acreage for the present year has just been published. An increase of ?.ti? percent, for the whole country is reported. The depart ment of agriculture in its statement May :U ropoitod an increase of S .'{ per cent. On the same date. The Journal of Commerce and Commercial liulluliu issued its special estimate of I .it per cent, increase. itoth the Chronicle's estimate and that of The Journal :>f Commotco and Commercial Hulluiin ?vere cousidcrab'y below the trade cs timates, which often figured about a 7 p :r cent, increase and 111 some cases as high as 10 per cent. 'I he Chronicle's statement in part follows : Cotton acreage and condition figures procured the latter part of May and the first week in Juno this year are subject lo the possibility of larger ? 01 notions later in the season than usual, mis is due to two facts : First, that this crop is no doubt a backward one -indeed, for the whole cotton section wo believe it averages among the very latest in germinating we have ever had to record, and, second, Hie rainfall, which has Start0(1 much of the seed hitherto lying dormant, is very recent, and while we may now pronounce the results of the rains as extremely bene lieial biter tidviccH may require im 111 some measute to modify that conclu sion. As to acreage our information in clines US to I be opinion thai the in ( lease, is in.I as large as early in llio si asou was generally anticipated would be the case. Hut notwithstanding this more moderate increase, in acreage (I hau in 11)00) enough col ton has been planted to make an enormous crop il all the conditions could be. as favoiahic as in the sprint, summer ami uuluiuii of 1807and lSllK. Probably HI pircent, cent, more laud has been under cotton 111 the South this year lb ? ii-ni either of Hie. years mentioned, and yet the aver age rained, as already Haid, in each of vbi'se years was about 1 1,200,000 bales. Hence, as the. acreage averaged in 1807 and 1808 over 2:1,000,000 acres and is now, say 20,000,000 acres, it is easy to see that under like conditions of de velopment the possibilities of this year's acreage, lOUghly speaking, would be a yield of say 12,600,000 bates. We sum up in brief the. following as the conclusions with respect to acre age, conditions of plant, etc., to which our investigations have led us : The inclination al the South this year was quite generally in Hie direc tion of enlarging cotton area. Hut we lind no evidence of any radical ten dency in that direction except in the newer sections, hence the net pel celltago of increase for the whole, conn try is only about half as great as in 11 ?00. The poicentago of increase and the estimated acreage for 1001 in each State follows : Virginia (."! per cent.) 54,850 acres ; North Carolina (2 per cent,) 050,010) ; South Carolina (3 por cent.,) 2.264,725; Georgia (4 per cent.,) (1,007,308 ; Flor Ida (10 pur cent.,) 1100,525 ; Alabama (0 por cunt.,) 3,440,761 ;Mississippi (I per cent.,) 3,300,100Louisiana (.'5 per ecu. ,) 1,360,008 ; Texas (0 per cent..) 7.083.702 ; Arkansas (f? per cent ) 1 , 048,002; Tennessee (('? per cent.,) 712. 1HMP ; Indian Torrltory (14 per cent.,) 882,100 ; Oklahoma ("JO percent.,) 2.T2,2U0; Missouri (4 per cent.,) 70,450; total, .r) 0f> per cent, 20,808,001. Tliia compilation hIiowh ttiat with a net increase compared with I'.nm or f? O? per cent, the total acreage reaches 26,808,001 acres in 1P01, against 21,. 025,044 acres in 1900. With regard to maturity, cultivation and condition the conclusions reached are as follows : 1. in maturity liiere is no doubt that the crop is a late one -even later and moro widely backward than that which preceded it. There, are complaints Ii (im many Stales itiat ili'outh ami wit .Vcuihar each in turn an I ln?v lumpeiu .uro all through the planting n-asol uivo bindet ed work and ilelayed g r ninatlnii. '2. ('illtiviiii mi is salisfactorv when Iho plant i-* far onotigh advanced foi chopping out. Ilocoht heavy rains have put Holds in the grass in somo sections, hut with charing weather work is being vigorously prosecuted. I Fertilizers have been more extensively used. .'{. Condition is apparently below the average at this time. There is no doubt lha. the plant will need a succession ot favoring weeks to bring it up to a strong and healthy condition. M'LAUKIN ISSniylv TALKING Declares lie Is a loiter i>-?".> Thun Win. Jennings llrynn. A Washington special says Unit Sen ator McLauriu, the leader <>t tue no* political crusade in South Carotin , tu rived then' on the s;h in t. an I in ? <Ii a tour of tlie Vuliotis lie] art n uts in the iulcrcsi of his const .tue us. in ferring to iho pending eoi les' hot tvo-m Senator Tilhnau ami hiiin-elf, Souator Mcl.au: in expressed hitnsell as being entirely fuddled wllh the p CSeiH status of liffuirs, " 1 am happy ami gooduatiueo, in spite of the disagico able rental ks mad. about me l>j my enemies. As I cittue on to Washing ton I was surprised to liml the people along the route, at the van us stations, pri part d to give men In.Ily gnat tug. At Honett Path, Helton and other points, wkcie none Im fill liier? reside, dole wire several bu in I red people at tlie station to greet me aim wi h me success in th i llglll 1 am making I iii i popular outpouring convinces nie that I mad m t only depend on the imiuu finlureis and lho liuaueiers .1 iho ?lac fur suppi ll in tin- battle lam waging lor tin ii si interests ol Iho entire State, will,t ut regard lo oieupa llon i I soeial Slumiiog " The Senator was ready and anxious lo talk a out hit) t'ibiiku '.o Mr. Ill**,an for meddling In Sotil i Carolina politics. ul am more a Democrat than Mr. Hryitn ami I proved when we served together in Congress. I voted with all of tho old-lime Democrats for Crisp, of Georgia, for Sp a I or, while M . liryan ran oil' with the Mugwumps on the ground Hint he con d out ulYord to vote for a man who had served in the Confederate army. As a Democrat 1 know a good many things which w u d not he well for mo lo discuss 1 Would not have mentioned the Hryan in cident hut for the fact that Mr. Hryau, Us the sell constituted leader < I the Deinoeialie parly, saw lit lo illtHMc himself into the controversy Senator Tilhnui) and my self arc having uhoiil purely State all'aiis. A meddler seldom proves to he a welcome guest at any hearthstone. S >, because of hisolli oiousms-. Mr. Ilryail will have to take his medicine as a third party in a family tpiarrcl. 1 am not going to wash any Democratic duty linen at this time." Continuing,Senator Mel/iurin, with considcrahlo vim and po>iiiveuess, said: o Hul I waul it known to the. p -oplc of South Carolina, ami the peo ple of the South generally, what kind of a Democrat Mr. Ilryan is. Tins is a family row between Senator Tillman and myself user local questions, and; tbo people of South Caroliua are the ' jury. Mr. Hi van's interference was gratuitous ami UUl'oitunatc for him, lor St on tor Tillman is eapable of tak ing eure of himself ami I hope 1 am able io protoe.i my own internals with out any foreign interference. The I people, of the South loved Mr. Crisp,' ami he was honored ami respected hy Hie pi ople of the North and W e t. and it will not help the future political prospects ol Mr. Mrs an, if he has any, to have it known that he was afraid lo vole for Mr. ( nsp for Speaker of Hie House of Itrprcsculiilivcs through fear that the I'opulist voters of Nebraska would resent In- voting tor a man who had served m the Confederate army.' T'liis i- ul; I have io any ii |ire8cnl re guiding Mr. Hi van.-' Senator Mcl/iunn says ho has no regrets to oiler lor the course Delias taken al home ami lie i- prepared lo abide the risull wlmlever ii may bo. lie sa\s he differs With Sclinlor Till man hone. Hv on many lititio ml issues, nid al 'io with the old mossliacks ol Solllb I'm Iiiiii, w Ii i e standing in tili! < ay ol their prog.'ess ami advance- i men). He bore ill silence as long as he could llio abuse and viluperalion heaped upon him until human nature ami m mhood could el) lure it no longer. Ho denies 111t the South Carolina hirmera are. all with Tillman and pre dicts I lint tin- resuli of Hie regular Stale, piimaries will vindicate his jmlg ment, TUIJ UNITIiD STATRS BANK. Pinna for Having a Monopoly of the Government Deposits. A Washington dispatch Bays'.hal .1. 1'ierpont M roan's plans for a gp at bank of the United states, which ?hall stand towards the United S ales eOV? eminent as the Hank of Knghiiul stands toward* the llrilish government, are. rapi Hy taking shape. Agents of the. combine which is engineering the deal, have been here lor some time, oiling the ways lor Hie new bank, which is expected tin euivc deposits of millions I roin tlie government, coffers. The ?Ulmes of iIioho iiitctestcd arc kept scen t for the moment, hul it is under, stood that Mr. Morgan and Oakley Thome, president of tbo American Trust Co., are the. moving spiri s. Curiously enough, the hank will not have a lur^o capiiuli/.diioii, this being ItXOd ill only 5) 1 ,01)0,000 a most In significant him >iini. compared (o the loliil dcnn-its which are expected. One. hundred shares of stock, ni $10,000 n muri', "in ho issued lo 100 of Iho largest hanks in iho country* It will lie iiii'i' su) l<ii a l?aiik lo 1)0 a share holder in llio now ins'iiiitiou in older to make deposits with il. I i.e. b.iiihera' hnliK proposes to pay ! per iCUl. illlei'esl oi all ile| OStlS, ?vhteh i" neatly double the picscot rate paid by banks in New Vork tvhh'll serve a1* depositors for Chi cago and oilier out of-town banks. I'llO promoters of the scheme are ijOUVinccd that they will ha able oi pay a larger lUnotllll ol illlcicM hati other hunks bc?au?e they expn* normous in I- !_?<i. im iimi. hi i|i>|)usil>. mil i -Inn id- ihm ir i milling < \ Mists will ho enii?lthMiih|y lower, I ii iHiin rii ,is (hero will he only I'd Imposit ors Mini tin- mnouul plnccd on depo-il csi i'i'ilii,'.' I irjzn it is nnid that iho iHTcssily fin- a InrgO working force ?clerks, bookkopers, ntonographor?, Old - will )io obviated and iho total expouso of running Ilm bank rorrea pondingly reduced. Mr. Th ?rno, it is R?%^JL powder Absolutely Pure Makes the food more delicious and wholesome _RQvAl OAKINO rOv>0fR CO.. NFw ynnn._ said, will be president, hul there will tea in- many oilier ollieers, ami thus the l>iu' salai'tea usually paid high olllcinls will lie tii-|n used wilii. Out' of ihe features of the proposal which ii is expected will bo particularly ailiuciive lo m??st liunncicrs is that which makes each depositor in the new h?iik a pailner iu it. It will bo a ?nu llial at i.noji men', ami exorv hank in teiesled iu it will share in the prulils ami native it dividend at the cud of stilted periods, in addition to the '?'< nor cent, that will bo paid tin deposits. 11 i> expei ted ttint as many as t wool y live hanks in (Jhieaeu will become members of lite bankers' bank, nearly as many from S'. Louis and n propor tionale number from other cities out side of New Volk, ll is not known I who will be the. local rep rest illative of the new littst, but il will bo some hank I already ei joying inside facilities will) llic administration. The projectors of llio scheme, ii is said, will establish Lhu (tank in Ibo fall even iftbcy do nut gel fifty shareholder* at the start and have to buy the remaining shares themselves, so cottuin aie they ol Ibe feasibility of the proposition. It is expected by them, however, that tins will not he neces stry, its they are Con Ilde n I that tiny Will get the desired number of banks id i nee, and that their deposits will bo immense. The headquarters of course w ill be in \. w York. With 'his immbOUSC concentration of capital, depending on huge d< positi fiom the government I without interest to uuiih:e ii lo pay .'1 percent, on its ether deposits, lomy will be so concentrated in this city that ils power will hccjllie Ii IIfold greater I ban it is at prese.nl. Of coin s.; it will bo exerted unsparingly in favor of the Itepuhlieaii party Ahdaguinsl tlic Dem ociiitie, which could be depended upon io curb its overweening powers ii it ?jot a chain o. Siicll a U lis , it is said, would be far more dangerous than even Ibe Stauda id Oil and Steel trusts, ami ?nay call forth another Jackson to for cibly remove United Stales deposits from ils vaults, as Ohl Hickory did ilh its prototype years njjo. DO WK IS AT TOO MUCH MEAT ? An Eminent French Phy.sii.inn Connects Appendicitis With this TM-:* The people oi this country eat .. ore meat In the aggtcgalo nml a gilater quantity per capita than any ollu rs, thai they eat I >o much meat is llie opinion of many scientific authorities. An eminent Kreuch physician, Dr. t hampionerre, of i'aris, receiuly read a paper In lure the French academy, in which he treated thin suhject in a Heist i (cresting manner. Dr. Chnmpiouerre contends thai ap pendicitis has evolutcd in the last twenty jcais. 11 ? - thus combats llie theory held by physicians generally ih.it the disi use has existed from lime immcim rial, and that iucdie.il science has only recently advanced far enough (o recognize it lie does nut contend that appendicitis is a new disease, be cause the llppi lldix has always existed and heeli hall e lu Hill UlUIUItion. 11111 ue docs hold that it > I' i *?? it ? ney has in c:cased va ry greatly . The main reason fie' this, in Dr. Champioiioire/s opinion, is the in creased consumption of meal. W hen the masses ol the people ate little meal and people subsisted chielly upon vege tables, nppcndict.is was almost un? known. The appendix is, of all tin n'gan* of llie body, (be most suscepti ble to disease. Dr. Chnmpimcrru si\s: o Its direct connection with the in testines makes ihe appendix the de pository ul Ihe most virulent infections if the body, mid since the organ has no outlet these, toxics multiply, In crease in powt r a il linal'y work the most violent couscuiieuces. " l have shown thai t?? Infect the in? leslinos is lo affect the appendix. N iv, to go lurilor, iliconlOallhlu re cords prove that every epidemic mulli pheH inloi-tinul infections, ami that pat lii ulai ly has this In en found line of lllllu? n/.a. " T.'ie change in our food, the shift ing from Vegclab.u to animal foods, has Worked aliiictlirnl changes in the intestines ami made them more liable lo disease. Aiiiin.il food contains to a much greater degree properties ininii i d io hcalih, ihm Ibe codi umptlou of meal is i ci'c.udilg daily. " 1 have never seen or beard of a vegetarian heilig a vie im oi appendi citis. In countries where a vegetable regime ?tili obtains appendicitis is practically unknown,ami Mindly in the two countries wheto meat eating has llsglcalesl vogue Kngland and the United Sal.-.' here are more cases t iiipendieitH than in the rest of the entire WOl'id put together. I >o no', these, tacts point iheir obvious moral." riiere is no doubt thai the increased ealing of meat has in ide many diseases in He. frequent, ami Di. Chnmpioncrrc ? IVOS impressive reasons for his belief thai cases of appendicitis have become much in in- numerous < u this account. I'he health it ml bappiuuss of our peo ple would be greatly increased if they ivotild e n has incut, i specially at this (?ea?-i li Of the year. I lie COSl ol IVltlg kVOUld also be very niad I'll* 11V reduced LlWyci Vs \iitl lillslKIII I lllOil lll ic-lale \ ? Ii All?, "I < um , :t I a i liinl Willow Oll, I Itopr In gt'l ins four"' lie. was my lllitd, J'otl I-now I'.roi k lyn Lifo. The iiiri-Iin-i hw does n >i prohibit a farmer from ?* watering In* stock.'' It wouhl 1)0 well (or some <>l Ihcill il Hie law eompollcd them lo do so. ???? ? ? OASTOIIIA. Honrath? /) ^ll9 ^ V|lU *'^)s B0"fiM IN A HUMOROUS Vl-IN. I'it pa Hf hasn't proposed vet, h s he? She No; bul ho will the ll'nl lime he isn't interrupted. I'uok. Says the sage Ihtuoii Herald: "Willi Iii? gardcn*m iking si iisou ul h ind, the mho" Stairs of ihi< Union ran enjoy winching Ida ho." Well, al least we'd 1)0 ulild to have Tcuuic-scc it. t'l-'volan 1 I Main Den'cr. ?? llrlffijs s.i\-- his ttaiightoi lo.-ks like him. Did you ever see her?'' No, und I nevi r want to see her if she I oks lik- ling.**.''?Cleveland I'luui Dealer, Customer (in li no. on rest, hi ran I) ? Waiter, have you any fried eels? Waiter We ha * i ? I -. sir, ami II.oy are susceptible of being fried. - Leslie's Weekly. " llf is an old-lushiuiicd person, you Bay?" Y cry. lie f intiuucs In ?_'<?' t xc ted over intornuli"ii'il exp ?hinns and btnoball games.'' Chi? g> Itccoid Herald. "Isn't he litht uttats? 11 ?< snj 8 a uhiss of Scluty I kill water rotni ds hi n ?11 a jewel.1' uOh, Ihat'f i i t In i'i umlalxut way of putting it IIa n feih to the con sistency of it." I'hihdclphh I'riss. "She caught a n el in the |i iuse and chased Iii111 I an h o l>," said the adtnuim' friend. "Isn't it sttuugc," (???plied tho sar castic rival, ?? how some girls are al ways tiller the nun?" Chicago I'ost. She You v;lV |,; .. v , v fornuil? lie- I s h mid it> ?.' Why. if he s iw a man w liking ? IT w ith Ins urn hrelhi I don'I find, hi <l speak in htm wi hout an inlrodiiciioii.?Voiikors Stal'Sina;:. Lawyer- My client wants iw ? pen sit IH. Pension Agent Two? Lawyer -Yes; -he can prove that her ikveastd luishainl won It In'I have gime ti> vvar at all it he hadn't made him.- -Chicago Ifccord. llov. Mi. Arliugt Y?iu should al ways he particular a'??.; ' d< -iil-, Miss I ucKcr. Ii i- the luie- Illings mal tell. Nellie ?I kn ?W Ihal. I have three littlo si*l is. Tit- Hit ? "Tin- trouble with our sex." de clares the I'e nalc Sull'iagis', " is lack til decision." 11 That's right," replied the cynic, ?? hall of you h i\< n'i decided win tin r \<ni want In h ? W n.r mi II." ?? 11.'.Hi- -1..n i led him, you kli .V !u- n .1 i.. >ay there wasn't iiiioihi > ni in like him in the world." Yes, an.I now she say s she'd halt! to think that there was." Philadel phia I'rcss, Jimmy Me aunt was Iryin' to ted me that sinokin' is lujin'oils. 'I' nun V Wt II, 11 might he, if \ er >!e man ken lies \cr, ruck. Authol 1 im Moulded with insom nia. I in awake at night hour after hour, thinking ah.ait my In* rary work. Friend How very silly! Why don't you get up and read some of it? -CIllS* gow 1 tai ly Times. ?? Ii seems in me Itriggins has all j the new d.sca-cs about as fast as they I ciiine mit." ?? Y?s; lu.'i always changing his gt rnis " ('lueagii II c ud Herald. .1 u !< ! Ion*I V at think that woman, is a rule, pit fi r- a man Who is her inns-el? 1. he. Nut 11 all. she pre fets one who thinks In is - Tit-Hits. I'i'iilv f/idy i\'n? ihiil your sister I suv \ ii wi Ii \ ' - 1'nlny, lo'mny? .1 ihiiiiy ( urcil ii) |) . I look like a fclluvv who'd w.i-i. Iiis tim?.: on sisters? Ii isinii Tr.insei i|>t. Till! shy d.illlsi I ivlioill I III! UllSUSpOCl ing youth Inul takiui in I lie* restaurant h.nl induced evoiAthing on tho menu except bread und hinter, when she turned lo the youinj in in and said: '? I ).> you k'lOW, I am not our I it hungry," 'I hr poor man fell llie dollar and ihirty cents in hi- vent pocket, laughed feebly, ami impiircd: ?? Are yon hi you that is arc you doing this on a hot .'' Haliimoro A ncricau. I' iterfainili i* l.'uiii ny, slop pulling tli ii poor niltail. T iiuinv I'm not pulling it. pa; I'm ?tilv 'Ui In it. The cat's pulling it. Tit-Hits. Ii wa in i I'udiii oi sleeper, ai d just across from 'he bachelor's berth was a handsome little woman and her lbrec-yo ir old hoy. Kirly in the morn ing the two were laughing and playing togctlp r. am' llie good naturcd bache lor smile ! io himself as he arose lo dress. Siiddonly i little fool peeped loiilroni (he curtains of tho opposite n nil ami, wiih a twinkle in his eye. ihr bucht lor ginhhc?! Ihfl plump too p <| hegtn: 'This litllo pig wont to narkH, tili* little" -Tl.at la inj loot, dr,*' Kaiil Ifin indipunnl voice of n wo nan. Th Bilenco which followed cnli'd In1 Ik r>l :>!? iVO the roar of tllO Irnin. ' !h'n n News CASTOR IA For Infantt and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Hoars tho Stgnuturo of