The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, August 14, 1901, Image 1
VOL XVI)
r,/\ TTppMc; WEDNESDAY, AUGU'T 14, 1901.
NO. 2.
DIvM?CU iC ?
AND Ii BrUllIvICANISM
A Clear Cul V
enccB Hctw<?. >
Ullited btntes
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Who ,-;>ok?: n! Iii
Union lad w ? v '?.
forenecs between
l'opublicni) in
low -:
m r. Uendur.h mi
issues ;<!<? Intniy 1 '
Ol' (1V< Ml- ; Ii itiohH
Htroycil b\ ? ^? ii?--.
Of UVtU'.V t it 7A II 1 ?
it u of the Differ
i the Partie.', in the
? nd i son, "I A ikon,
v man meeting in
it, ileliuotl I In- tlif
t ? I >. indcrat and
hi country, its fol
?aitl hi opt ning that
nhoil < v hlippi niiiL' j
.iiinttiaUid of de
illid n i-t tin- duly
i iuk?: an active pni i
ill Sllch ( \i lit-. ? A - || people, .is a
nation,1* In siiul, ?? wo occupy ilio
grentcsi oouutry 1 tlie ??nth. Ilorn
uiiii.I i!i poahs Ol' liberl : lib I'i v <>i
conscience, Ibr ' . speech, nn i lib
erty ol religion, s|u; lins b en baptized
in Ilm \vai?.i iulveisit,\ and i- now
marching up Iho slopi > "I up; : rut
prosperity and poWi r."
Tin- peopleoi mp ?so 'hi' iovoiiiiiioul
and nuisi decide iho Issues. All ini
lions of iii, nan,: ..I iii ? An?? ncan
republic inusi it ist- j i\ (; p . |onl
pill I l< s.
Tin- declaration ol iudt'i i di in ? ami
lite constitution "worn begotten in the
revolt of liberty against Ilm royal im
perialistic colonization idea.
"TllO COIISlilUtioll Wils a .^;;,iit oi
power irons tin pi i p|o; \\ lud w n I
iberoiii granted lo the tjoverninont
thereby formed w i- reserved nbs< Into*
!\ lo i|*|U pi opbj.
lively lino, ever*, sylliddd >' this
magna churn i of the i* * i ?: ? ? aas cvolv
ihl from a Bti11 1.1 debate between
centralized governnn : ii < '? ihn oiio
hand ami a govit. im in ol ihe |m ople
un ihu other.
??/i'lie dust of hi Ulo vvhh !i \ .1 dient
od I ho liberty pi iucipli s of t ho con lilu
lioti had scarcely ro ud uw.iy when
llnmilton and his followeta espoused
the cause <?! a couuali/.ed govcrhiucut;
ami .lelTorsnn and Ida 1?>I;<? v\ ^ : ~ tin
cause of a Democracy pure ir.*.<l situ
pie."
Continuing, Mr. Uonderson -aid
that this li-lit had 1 omc down ! ? Ihe
present and is now waged. lie went
on to say that the Dehu cralic pari) is
bonding all us energies for the s reser
vation ol p. pal.11 government and a
strict construction uf the constitution.
The Democratic pin t) has borne de
feat heroically; It has stood Success
wjth equanimity. It haa hen tin
great conservator pi ihe business in
tcrests of the country, demanding com
petilion, so tluil labor and industry can
bo compensated. Ii has stood for the
extension ami protection '-t commerce
by tlic making of hotter g od.-i al
cheaper puces, and it ndvoeutes today
the promotion ol ihiit commerci .
v Tho Denir.ur.uic party has stond for
the defending ol American territory
from i-ncioachim 11 sol foreign ivoild
power.-.-, it hao lo ,0 further, ai.d ,llnts
stood for tin peaceful acquisition of
American lotrilory, for tho prcsorva
lion 01 American liberty and ti c do*
velopihcnt ol American enterprise and
progress, but it never has, and I |>rnj
tiod 11 1.eve:- Will, K n i il s aid and sanc
tion to the acquisition of ft:?igti 'eni
lory for plunder and pvilf."
He fold of the "Louisiana purchase"
under the direction ol Jefferson in
1808. The written coin tact gunrantcid
the lull light of statehood of the com
ponent parts ol tin I rritory. The no
cjuisiliou was ruled with the ci nsctil
ol the governed.'* Mr. Hi nder-- 11 ih -
clarcd iliai it wouhl make ,J< ff< rson
shudder in his eollin to know thai ih
same government i- trying to thru t
itself on unwilling people in ih far
Last. 1'hc Democratic party, "after
it had given liberty to the Texan ic
public, oven by fi reo of anus, saw im
disgrace in hauling down its .^h i-ioua
Hag from the ramparts of Ih? Monte?
/.tunas; and llicro w ill he n-> disgrace in
the hauling down of that Hag from ihe
battlomenvol More Castle when Cuba's
own government is complete, except
it bo tho stigma upon her freedom of
action which the I'lntl aincndmenl en
grafted in its constitution, put there by
tho llcpublicati parly."
He spoke, foelingly -.-i tho friendli
ness ol 1 In- Democrats of Ihe North
11 in the. lime of our dire disaster when
properly values had shrunken to nolh
ing, when hope wns near gone rorcvoi
and the I'cpublicnn party, big ami
bloated with blood and power, sought
to make the Southern Male depen
dencies und the abode ol vultures Id
prey on und etil out the vunls.
"And now 111 the high tide of the
nation .- prngrisa, because forsooth 1 he
Dcmecralic party has been twice de
feated be. au c of some differences ol
opinion a- to certain party p iliciOS and
because, of lie- 1180 1 f ItepubllCnil
money contributed by the enemies of
the liberties ol Ihe people, we are in
vited to .-.wallow, without c ven masti
cation, nil of ihe poWciCM ol ihe party
(>f centralized power and to Clill U pro
yicssise Democracy. Uod save ihe
mark !
" Not .-imply Hint, 1?* 1 ? we arc :i-^k?Mi
lo remain Dem oraito rind absorb und
aa-muilnlo iho bcnoilccnt piinciplca of
liopuhlicuusw because wu livo in nn
oicclrical iigc ol projicas; And because
we nro told hhoil d give up our lia
dillons, our history, onr momorioa und
our past foi?v<! .
"Tho Dcmoctnlic pnity would ho
(toad, tho Republican parly would i'<
(ho master? ol the nil nation and the
acatnto i forcea ol tin pooplo would bo
forced im i iiic Populislic parly, which
is now ?oo.er? d .it by aomo of iis for*
morlv indem . drain ra.
'?Thal is what iho pa < nts who arc
hohtod this movcmi at lo invade I ho
.South hope for, 'm' your good judg*
monl, your pntrii lie purpose nnd high
regard for duty lo the past and in Iho
present will -tamp ii out in ns incipi*
ency."
The Republican paity stands for?
llrsl, lerritorial expansion and aggros*
sion boyond iho Wostoru hemisphere
and goveruuicnial colonization, which
when pushed 10 hs linalily means rain
pant Imperialism; and second, il ad
vocates Congressional absolutism In
the management of such c<'Ionics with
out regard lo the limitation of Lin
great constitution.
In Uh domestic policy it harbors and
upholds the rankest monopoly in the
shape of trusts and combines, la de?
Htruelion of < <>injm? t ii iou^^lrade^UM^
sinking it tin! vcrj tutor lea of Indus?
lii il lifo und homo living uuiong tho
rnnssi s of tlio pcop'e,
A? to tho protective ItuilT, Mr. lion
dorson declared thnt tho Republican
paiiy, not conient in wring from the
|)0< pie "i Is i iioii<_'Ii In pay the i Xpenai >
"i ?. vciioui n(, lias protected favored
ehu u 8 whh I; support the maehinnti< n
jikI plans ol that [larly. Ii la a robber
lurilT vyliich oppresses and tyrannizes
ill ? i who real!) need protection.
In regard lo the slop subsidy, he do*
o la red it a proposal lo grant "bounties
or subsidies to ship lines under tho
pn lonsioii that ii is lo aid the build
ing up of our merchant marine, when
11 is woli known ami utaloisiood that
-.i h favoritism is only lo pay off past
part)'debts and it inaugurated as the
polioy will und to destroy the onor
gh - of our people and their iudivhlu
?\, causiug them to look lo the
paternalism ol ?_? >vt rntnout, instoad of
ying on thoii own offottb lo extend
their Irado."
Mn Ii doctrines uro mul can ouly be
considered Republican i <> matter by
tvI.i promulgate!*. but let those
i\ In* cotuo out mill avow sued hleaa an
uotinco themselves openly as Republi
cans.
What ilo wo want with more terri
tory? There uro waste plaees in our
own laml that need huihling up. There
are idle people horo t<? be employed
?Miii in training up uutamid pooplo
with our capital. Instead ol' spending
in nicy in such a venture, why not ad
ministi r those runde for the education
oi the masses al home? Dowoy added
gloiy to the American Itag, but when
ho look charge of the Philippine arch
ipelago instead of eboying tho order
??tu lit,(I and destn y Iho Spanish lleet"
a policj was opened iij> which portends
i grave and terriblo disaster to the na
tion.
These people wore in rovull against
Spain ami should hnvo boon aided lo
liberty, lint wo were <>n ihe cr^st <>:
victory, and tin Republican pan. fore
saw Hi w in ids for monopolies. Ily the
ireaty of Ports, thai policy of plunder
was attempted to be niollillcd by no
ii i of purchase.
The Philippines will not be enough
to satisfy their cupidity. As to the
dismembci ment of China, this country
needs none ol that loriitory ; all that
il mould seek f01 is fieenud open trade.
I1 will require an iiinr.cusc standiug
aim*, for these I'orcL'U possessions, hut
ihi gives the ndminhl.alien more of.
lie. s for its suppoilciS. It will also
lequire military nrrnugeiuents with
other powers, and this will eventually
lead lo warlike embroilment. He con
tinued :
"To p ipttlnrizo this propaganda for
greed ami gain, the wily malingers of
tin- pulley endeavor lo infuse into it n
destiny und a falo in which they say
religion must take a part !
?? i'he religion ()f ihu meek and lowly
N i/.arene, as given us in the new dis
pensation ol God's Kevelation, was
never iutoiided lo be propagated and
i xlctidcd willi the Ulble ill one hand
and a Mauser rille in the other."
He declared that the Congressional
ihsolutistn, "nurtured by the party in
[lower and advocated by its pimp-, il
not throttled l>y the American people,
v\i'I destroy every vestige of liberty'
left " lie cites the Foraker net,
"hatched in the Interest of the Repub
lican puny and passed, plnciug protec
tive duties on the |iroducts of Puerto
Hlea. I'he majority of the supreme
couit of the United States lias declared
thai tho power nf Congress in its plac
ing of tariff duties on its colonies is
uniiiniU d ; and thus the bridle is taken
Oil the Ii i -e and he is turned loose
from the stall lice to roam where he
may. The power of ihe ICngllsh par
liament is >:i\eii lo Congress in iis
managenun1 of these kingly require
menls ; and the constitution restrains
them in?. It this doctrine be extond
ud to ihe inalienable rights ol lifo, lib
eily and properly, as it is likely lo be,
then u ends a kingdom of imperialism
worso than that ol kings ami cmpc
rors."
Mr. Henderson then paid his re
spects I > the trusts, "those mammoth
monopolies which engulf the nggregalo
capital of smaller corporations with the
object and i iTcci of stilling competi
tion and destroying the opportunities
of business ami livelihood ofjlhousnilds
of men ami families. They should not
he fostered, but ought lo meet tho out
raged opprobrium of all right thinking
people."
lie dcclnrod that our Stale laws
aguiust trusts are ineffective because
conllicting with Interstate commereo
law. . 11 llie roiled Stales statute call
id the Sherman anti-trust act is not
fouud cfllcacious enough to destroy tins
evii, lot the party in power frame
a constitutional amendment broad
enough to r Ot up the evil and submit
it to ihe people under the machinery
of the constitution. This shall he the
rallying t ry of the Democrats in 1004.
As lo ihe Ship subsidy proposition,
Mr. Henderson said that our OX poll
iratio has become immense because of
tlio Industry ul tho people und tho de
velopment o! resources. "Air, Maik
llanna, the king boo ol the grand old
parly, promised Iiis campaign friends a
-hip substd) dose U8 a solace lor then
.nd ami comfurl. Two hundred and
I ihlrly live million* of the people's holi
est oariilugs to In: [laid out at ul) annu
ity of nine, millions per year to aid ex
luting lines ; mill u is said this w.ts Ui
aid in the establishment of our mer
chant marine lo cairy our trade (o tin
new colonies And the world. Our now
apOSllcS tell us to take this do-e al-o
into our political anatomy ; that it
would do ??> good?
??Wo needed no ship subsidy from
I860 to 1800| when Democrats practi
cally ami successfully administered
iho national government, and We Uoed
none, now. This is a Grecian horse
painted wi ll llanna slime " He then
spoko disdainfully of the proposal lo
reorganize Iho Democratic pariv. Tin
party should not i?e descrtod jus on
iiccount of two dofoats.
In concluding, Senator Henderson
referred lo iho fact thai the conven*
lion of 180? eliminated the negro from
politics in this Stato. From Washing
ton eame warning that the Soutb's rop
resontation in Congress would bo ro
duccd. On tho heels of thin is the u I?
monition that there should he two
white parties In thl|< State ; that more
freedom ol speech must no indulged.
cottio iti ihc right wai?as Republicans
und Democrats. Ami when it com??
i' moans ii light o\or the negro. Wheu
Iho whites tlivhl i and one party is
bucked i>\ the patronage of tho powers
at Washington, it moans u now ruais
Iratiou will ho demanded : and the ui
tiro reconsideration ol tho old ipios
lions will bo htoughi forward. Avo
you ready for i* ? 11 o, pin u in."
lie concluded with a beautiful pero?
ration, in which ho pledged Iiis lidchty
tO the pal ly under Which he laol - i \ i d
from 1870 to tins tiuio.
OUR GR BAT 1,1?1$ AT II IS BEST
Recollection ot a Great Itattit
First Impression of Confederate
I/eader.
I distinctly reeall the famous plaec
and the memorable conditions sur
rounding the great soldier when I saw
hint tho Ill's! tune. 1 was then a fairly
observant youth, in my twentieth year,
a period nl which w apt lo receive
and retain vivid in . *sions ol an\
Itiehmond I i mos.
Doled event or famous personage,
personally seen und known. As one
grows old Ihero is a commendable ten
dency to indulge Hie reminisueut mood.
As h mailer <>i blended fuel and
scuthucul, most of es like to look
bnek and lovingly dwell on Hie pleasant
and the notable things ol tie- past in
which wu were actors. At limes I am
given to Mich moods of lender and
pathetic, sober and serious, relleelious.
Then, over the kindly stretch of m arly
two-score years 1 would call up in
proudest memory the lad- less portrai
ture of that manly, heroic ligurc, so
Iii inly ami gracefully sealed on his
noble, trusty steed, in recalling my
llrst view and impression, I lake u to
Oe well within tlio province of this
sketch to .-tan the place, circum
stances, environments, as they wore
nil quite remarkable, now forming
illustrious puges in American histoiy.
Thoy also help to depict to some ex
leul tin; graud character ol one ol the
greatest soldiers of the past iwo eou
turics.
Ii was about noon of September 17,
ISU2, at Sharpsburg, during ihu terri
ble, sanguinary ami indecisive balllo
of Aulielam. Hero 1 lit si saw Gen
oral itob.it I',. Lou, riding along the
tiring line. Ho was inquiring lor
General Jackson. 1 hea*d hiui maku
the luquiry ol several olllccrs l was
so impressed with tho noble beating,
iho stately appearance of the man. ami
bis good, substantial mount, llllll I was
induced to ask an ofllccr near me it ho
was not sonic general olliccr. 1 received
tin prompt reply that the distill
guishcd-lookitig man wm no less a por
soiuigu thuu Geuornl Hoben K, Leo. I
bad thought before 1 put my question
that be was one of our generals, but I
bad no idctl be was our great com
inander-in-chiuf. He wore no sign of
bis exalted rank. His good, gray mil
forin displayed no ornaments jd any
kind, indicating the high grade of bis
?tlieiul position. sii.' toe personal up
pearnuco of such a well-developed
manly (Igurc was very imposing and
attractive, and ho was well mounted
on a large, trusty-looking horse.
I was not so greatly surprised at
being informed Ihnt the dignilied, eoni
iiiauding-lookiu { soldier was I!. 15, 1
Leo, but I was surprised and fe i <|iiitc j
uneasy that be should be where he was
likely lo bo struck down any second. I ,
so ox pressed myself, at tho sane- time
remarking thai I did nol suppose (ion
oral McClellan was in a mile of the
ballle-ficld. I' is no; generally Iho
rule that Iho eommander-in-chief ad
vances with hi? nu n under a lerrilic,
sweeping lire. <d lilies and musketry.
His subordinal, s, from brigadier-gen
orals down, are expected to do ibis,
and, ? CCa8i0Unlly, Iiis major generals
lend their nssuriug presence in a bot
and doubtful Struggle, I "cadily recall
two gallant old brigadier generals
I'atll Scnmies and M. I> (Disc -that I
l ad the honor to servo under, who
always led Iheir men in any and every
gouerul engagomeut with the enemy.
So it came about that 1 lirsl saw
General Itohort 10. Leo, to know him,!
at Shnrpsburg, September 17, 1862,1
while the great battle of Anlietain was
" in full swing''; while f, was raging;
while some 120,000 men were making
the games! light of the nineteenth |
century, not excepting Waterloo,
which, in some respects, resembled
Anticlam, but with very different re
sults, Napoleon being defeated and
leaving the Held with a badly-routed
army, Loo, with his heroic nrinv OCCU
Cllpying and resting on the fluid ol
battle, the entire day aller iho battle,
and then the night of September I8lh,
retiring deliberately, and in good order,
carrying all his guns and baggage.
When I saw General Leo be looked
linn and resolute,perfectly seit p need,
confident,digi Hied. Hoovideiolv foil
that his 110,000 veterans could hold 11 e
lielil and carry it over the 80.000 men
composing the Federal liost.
1 saw otir groat Lee at Iris host, with
tho light Of bat ill; in his oyC, hen.ism
lu every feature. It was during the
most criiicm ami Iryiug pait oi thai
most despornto day, when tho deadly,
bloody lide of dubious conllict was
Uorcely, lurbulently ohhiug and llow?
ing; win ii the rod vintnge ol human
gore ll >wed in corn Holds and apple
orchards; in open hollows ami on
wooded slopes; often Illusion- tho pure
waters of the modebl -treani? and -1 lin
ing the shapely loaves Of lilt -belter
ing forest. <>n this terrible, this en
anuguiucd llold, nt midday, tho drugglo
for sup: cmaey was most OVCniful an<l
uncertain It could not lie t >!?) ivhoro
iho bird of victory would folds its
weary and triumphant Wings. 11 Wits
here " tho red badgo of courage "
flaunted Its crimson hues ovoi ail tho
fair face, of peaceful nature. Ii was
here that knightly deeds far OUlsllOhO
11 he mythical splendor of that vaunted
I time "when knighthood was inflow
er." It was her" Ihn " captains I
oouiagcous" only omulai I the supeib]
courage ?>f their man, tacli ami all
bravely doing amid So many herOOfl
dead and (lying. And it was here and
then the heroic inauho id of Hohen, K.
Lee was tried and tested, ami found
< qual to the emorgi noy of holding his
battle tines of offence and defence
ICPnln*! the powerful enemy.
The night utter the battle, ulier tak
ing counsel with bis genoruls, hp dis
mmwmmmimit* mmtt i ?' 11
A Pale Face
Is a prominent 6ymptont of vitiated
blood, if covered with pimples, tiio
?vldonco Is. com plete. It's nature's
way of warning you of your condition.
Johnston's
Sarsaparilla
never fulls to rectify 0,1) disorders of
tlio blood, slight or severe, of long
Ktftndltig or recent origin. Its thirty
years record pnurantees lt? eftlcaoy.
Bold everyw here. Price Sl.W per full
quart bottle. 1'iepaiod only l?y
JU It'll I'.LAN UK CO COMPANY,
Detroit, Mich.
Kor Sii'o by fchc Liu- i.s Drug Com?
puny, Lauri no, s. U.
! missed ihcm with tin- words: "(.toullo
meu, if (icnci'al McClollon wisiics to
lisdn lo-iuorrow, wo will give him bnl
1 llo; sec that your commands arc hold
ready. Good night." The Federal
I commniidor*in-chicf did not see lit to
j renew the battle the next day. As l
lake it, upon a fair and reasonable os<
limalo, tho relative strength of tho two
armies the morniug <d' September ISib
would ho about '10,000 Confederates and
70,000 Federals. This would bo plac
ing the Confederate loss at from 0,000
to 10,000 inen; the Federal loss at rrom
12,000 lo 15,000 the preceding day.
In simply slating n situation of fact,
now a mailer of history, I have no
nmtuenI lo make as to the reason cn
leitainod by a geiioraljwith 70,000 men
d? dining lo engage in battle with anoth*
or general who del not have 110,000
available men.
The l\vo armies were convenient to
i acli oilier; llicy were iu plain sight of
one in..tli i; ou the same Held they
Ii ill I on ghl on iho day before; there
was no long, weary marching necessary
10 precede Hie deadly battle of musko
i v. iho IoikI lluiuder of attillcrv. But,
forsooth, Ihoro was no lighting tit
Slmrpsburg orAnlietain Iho lSth day
? I September, IS02 History will
securely preserve the mime and fame
f Hoben K. Lee among the truest,
noblest, inosl peerless soldiers of any
ago or clime. A Northern historian
has been kind and honest rind leave
enough to write down the grcnt battle
ni Sharpsl urgor Autiutaiu as '-a drawn
battle." In this brief skptch 1 have
only Witten of it in a general way,
principally t<> recall the llrsltime I saw
the greab si of soldiers, tho noblest of
men; a nnnic respected and honored
alike by frh nd and foo, far and near,
;>i home at d abroad -Robert 1$. Lee.
('. A. It.
Kichmond, Va , July 20, 1001.
AN IMMENSE POULTRY FARM
Incubators Holding 20,000 EggS ?
Kettles That Cook 1,000 Gal
lons.
A corresp ndent of the Kansas Cltj
.S7?/', writing Iroin Dallas, IV nn.,says:
This little village has what is prob
ably the largest poultry farm in the
World. The Meadow Brook Farm, sit
Hilled a .-lion half mile, from the rail
way station, covers eighty-two acres of
ground. The building and yards of
this immense plant cover over thirty
live acre- and the amount ot llooi space
under roof amounts to a little more
than 112,000 square feet, ll is lighted
by electricity, healed by .steam and
watered by a system of pipes, which
are fed by an immense living well ou
the premises.
The business of Iho plant consists of
supplying young ducks ami chickens
to Slimmer hotels, clubs, restaurants,
steamship lines and market dealers w ho
eater to the best trade of the big cities.
lOggs are a,so furnished in large quail*
lilies foi the table ami tor hatching
purposes. The. plan of conducting such
an immense business is an interesting
one.
Tbe incubator building contains fifty
largo incubators, each holding 400 eggs.
The total capacity of (ho incubaton in
use is 20,000 eggs. It lakes twenty
one, days for a chicken to hatch in
tlioso machines and twenty-eight days
for a duckling to come, through. If
ail ihe machines discharged thoir chicks
and ducklings at the same time they
could not be. handled to advantage, so
to overcome this difficulty some ot the.
? machines are loaded with OkRS each
day, so that some of them di-cliargo
their young broods daily. Jly this sys
tem tho ago of the stock is graduated,
so that tho number required lor market
mailtr08 daily, ami is cooped ami ship
ped without l>< lllg kept on (he premises
an hour longer than is necessary.
When the little chicks come from the
incubators they oro headed into pens.
They advance from stall to stall through
those pi ns from day to day until they
arc ninety days of age, when they are
driven into the coops and sent lo mar
ket, i'ln squad that leaves the ma
riners to-day are supposed to keep
each other company from tho incubn
lor lo tho frying pan, barring ihoso
llial arc puny ami have lo he put hack
a lew (lays, or lho.se that are particu
larly hardy and can stand to ho moved
up a pen or two, consequently there
must he thousands of birds on hand
constantly to enable tho proprietor to
till his daily orders.
The sale of OggS for the table is an
| other largo source of revenue. Two
thousand hens will lay iron. 1 ,<)(?() i<>
1,200 eggs a day. Those are, gathered,
the date stamped upon them, wrapped
nicely in tissue paper, packed in boxes
holding a do/en each, and in from six
to twenty-four hours all aio on the
e lok's table in the dilTe.ront Eastern
cities.
The killing bouse, where the poullrj j
is dressed for the market, is doserviii"
of especial mention. In tho height ol
tho season tho men go to work at II
o'clock in tho morning. A little, tram
way traverses the i lithe plant, mid ihe
the live birds an' brought to the killing
house in ears. It has long picking
benches, which extend the entbe
length of ouo side of the building.
lOnch operator ha- a window to afford
bun plenty of light. There arc seald
big vats, feather bins, c< <>1mi<_' troughs,
dripping nicks, paekiugbenches, fenth
er presses, hilling desks, ice break
ers, platform and hatntiug Bcoles, and
uumerous other contrivances, so that
thousands <>f b.ids enn lie turned out
with speed that seems inerediblu.
iSvorythi ig annul the place is e< n
dllClcd Uli ii llll'g? scale. There is a
roof and vegetable store house, where
thousands of bushels of hects, carrots,
turnips, cabbage, etc., arc stored away
every fall lor winter use. Tins house
is built below the level of the ground
lo protect ils contents from frost.
In one of the buildings there is an
immense food conker, which will hold
a thousand gallons. It occupies two
stoiies, being loaded from above and
emptied from below. Several barrels
ol fresh meat and hone are dumped in
here at once, the door is b died down
and a pressure of seventy pounds of
steam is turned into it for thirty min
utes, nt the end of which lime the. 011
lire substance, meal, bone and all, is
reduced to soup. Mule meat is used
almost exclusively ill making this broth.
The soup made from Hie IIorIi of the
inuIch is used to mix with tho foot" of
llu- young lewis. Water is never mix
ed with their food. They are give'
plenty lo drink, ('real quantities of
broad are feed lo ihe gl'OWiug lowls.
They COU8UIU0 from ?00 to 1,000 lonV08
daily. Shell is purchased by the ear
load an<l ground by steam machinery
on the premises. The food is called
aboul the place on the curs of the little
tramway. When Iho track runs through
the yards, as it must in some places, it
is huiit on trestles, ho as not to injure
or disturb tho young fowls.
There are many curious facts in con
nection with Iho business. Little ducks
do not gel dong as well as little chick
ens. i he, are the greatest cowards in
Ihe world. When a stranger enters
their pen they rush pellmcll lo the op
posite side and pile upon each other
several feet deep. As a result of such
a scare there will always be several
?lead <lu?:ks and a number of crippled
ones. H is osliumtcd Ibala duck loses
in weight every tune he is frightened,
so n is a mailer of good business to
koop slrangeifl away from the duck
pi us, and lew visitors aie allowed to go
there. One of the lu st ways to get a
llock of young ducks to venture and
forage foi Ihemseivcs in to put a young
chicken among them. They are gi a.
to follow a leader, and when young
Mister Chicken, who is noi so coward
ly, leads off the ducks are right after
him. But they arc a timid folk : a
light has to he kept burning in their
pens all night. If they arc left alone
in the. dark it is not long until Ibovivid
imagination of one of them will con
jlico up something to get seared at.
He will sound the alarm and the panic
that follows is something lorriblc. The
keeuers uo through at regular intervals
during the ;.:gh'. ''' c due''s become
very fond ol the men who feed im in ?
and care 'or them, but any Other
breathing Illing frightens them. The
machine-made fowls thai are raised so
systematically lack a good many of the
characlcrisltCS of the ordinary birds
and have some ways not common to
the others.
The keepers have a peculiar call,
Which never fails to attract the fowls
from all portions of the place. They
dso have anolhor sound, which is in
tended to imitate the whirring noise of
a hawk's wings. In event of a storm
coming up suddenly they can clear the
pen yards quicker than it takes to tell
it by sounding this alarm.
The natural enemy of the young
chit kens and ducklings is the. rat, but
several ferrets arc kept on the place
constantly and the loss from the de
predations ol the rodents is small.
Tilt: Chi ll SlJSl'KNDKDTHK HULKS.
?The L'itUburg Dispatch says thai
one of the .mist sei ions offccts of the
drought, in Macon County, Missouri,
has been manifested in the village of
Kthol, where forty of the prettiest
girls have, formed what tlioy called an
" Ivnergency Society," the by-laws of
which provide that no member shall
receive " young man company" until
the drought is broken by a real soak
fell and the disconsolate swains hastily
harnessed their best nags and undertook
to break the sparking drought* They
wore childly referred to the spccilica
tio i in the constitution and told to "go
way buck and sit down" till it ruined.
There win a circus the fore part of
the week at Oucklin, six miles from
Klhel, ami lOlhcl was gorgeously de
corated with posters. The lOniergcney
Club hold an emergency meeting and
(leeided to suspend the rules for one
day - circus day. Nolicca were sent I
lo IllO hoys. Bach member leccivcd a
response from iir.r particular admirer
requesting her to bo at the depot in
the morning. Needless to say all the
members of the club were at the sta
tion attired in best frocks and in ?real
gleo at tho prospocl of fun in store.
They wailed till train lime, when the
president of the society looked up the
stroel ami saw a procession moving
station ward. She screamed and the
olii eis and privates of ihe Emergency
Cliih run lo her assistance.
rix- awful truth needed no diagram,
livory imrcgcporulc son who hud in
vited mi Emergency girl to moot Idm
ut the stalio-i was condng lo the train
with a brand new girl on his arm.
TllO meeting which followed was amus
ing; tho girls were yry f riff id; Ihe
boys very gallantly Inquired it the girls
were going to the circus. Each Em
ergency girl took the opportunity to
read over her note of invitation. Bach
discovered that it was merely an in
vitalion lohe at tin: depot; nothing
was said of the circus.
TltO next day the Emergency Club
held another emergency mooting. It
was a ?torm? one. It is said the by
laws were torn up and the constitu
tion burned; but tho truth of the mat
ter will never he known, for while the
girls were in session rain canio.
O AHTORIA.
Boa? tho lnfl Kind You Hive Always Bought
AS TO TIIJv
WEATHER KICK?R
1 ho Public Cannot I) Satisfied
With the Weather as it Conn
The Ai ant i Constitution - \ - thai
went lie l' licking is a uoiillriucd hill
with the pubiie. No luultei Ii n il
hill of laic iay be in ?!.?? wui 1 > ? lin<
somebody always bus a ki< i> roniii ?
Rain ?. shine, hot t r ci?ltl, it is uupos
Bible (?> |? ( a * * * them all.
One might think thai pcihups hail
the publie, at least, could be iiceoiiuuo ,
dated with satisfactory weather, lui
here again is a fallacy. The holder of
Blich a theory, similar to Lincoln's ill >i
??you can lool all Ihu people sonic ol
Iho lime, ami some of I he pe< pie all "i
(he time, hm von can'i fool all ihu
people ;tli of Iho lime," Inn faihil io
lake into consideration thai curious
Characteristic of human linllltu C at it
never appreciates what ii actually li in.
As llccky Sharp says, uwo novel gel
what wo want, or want what we get.''
This is truer ol (ho wcalher than ol
an}' other thing being also a sail coin- j
military oil Iho native (liscot)lrnl ol
man tiinl his utter luck of philosophy
in accepting with notice neither pio
nor con the absolute Inevitable ol
which tbti weather is ;i typical illustra
tion.
The weather has been from lime im
?yoniorial regarded as ?? approprinle
topic <?f cnsunl convi rsation. Onli m
recent years has ih, r0 conin ? ,?.,,
?ose him against Uns lime-worn in ..
lution. Uutil tim prc80n, v , ?,??,.
ury and Iconoclastic limes nooncwoul I
Imvo ventured tin- irreverent mi -??? -
lion thai tin- condition of llic ? 1? tin it
is ren ly not an inspiring topic for con
versational intercourse. It i- t in of
those stolid, irreparable, unarguable
subjects that do not stimiiluli s?cinl -
luting secretions of gray matter, Tin
passing of the weather a- a conversa
tional camping-ground i^ about I ike
place.
In Honolulu, which ha- a "mono o
nous" climate, and where no one would
think of referring to tin- state ol ibe
temperature any more than of n mark
iic thai there was air to breathe or
any ?>ther self-evident fact, they say
that this is one. of the most striking
things to Iravelors about the natives
imagine a whole population ?villi not a
single wenlllOl kicker in it ! Think ol
being Ira its ported to a [dace when
there, was never an allusion lo tie -uu
or the elements, to heal or cold 01
wind or calm.
What a cuitailmuni of conversation
al possibilities ! People would actually
be forced back oil real livu ideas a
matter for talk. There would seem
something lacking if one inhabited a
community where In- was never gn?\> d
with uGood morning, a lined ly in day,
i-n't i: V" or "Hello, ol i chap, beastly
hot weather, don't you think so V" or
"Well, my boy, is ii not hot enough
for you etc., od inlinituiu and u<l
mm tcum.
Think of the revolution in modi rn
conversation if the tiilhjecl of weather
were entirely tabooed. .\s great n
change would be wrought in ibe pit
liminnrics of friendly inte uirse te
was effected in inuti\< ;? In tl.i
Inlroducliou ? t steam ami
Higher mathem ilics d >cs m t sii| ply
any me ins sitfllcimil lo measure tin
number of wasted words (hat have
started eternal vibrations of - und
waves, and all on account Ibis uu
unnecessary .subject, li is responsible
for endless "idle words,'* as the Scrip
ures call lliom.
If some miraculous day should
come?and its dawn is r*,v< n now ' ml
ly breaking when people reali/.ed ..
of a sudih ii that they have been mi
ply wasting time a id breath m ta king
about the weallu-r, what n woiulet
would lake place. Tin y will feel so
cheap to think of the seiious way in
which mankind f r ages past has har
angued ootitiiiu.illy and habitually, in
season and out of season, on tin- one
public topic. And then it will lie drop- I
ped and w hen the weather is once I
finally dropped from polile conversa
tion it Will be the "droppi-dc-l" sub
jeel that can be imagined. Nothing
will ever revive ii again. And a n> w
conversational era will be ushered in.
- ?1 . ? . mm-?
William llollius, of King George
County, Vn., who du d recently , was
widely known as the ferryman who
carried John Wilkcs Booth neroiu Ihe
Itappahnnnock when the latlei was|
making IPs escape from his pursuers]
after the nssuSMiiatiou of I'reshh nl
I lincoln.
My Hair
" I had a very severe sickness
that took off all my hair. I pur
chased a bottle of Ayer's Hnir
Vigor and it brought all my hair
back again."
W. D. Qulnn, Marseilles, 111.
One thing is certain,?
Ayer's Hair Vigor makes
the hair grow. This is
because it is a hair food.
It feeds the hair and the
hair grows, that's all there
is to it. It stops falling
of the hair, too, and al
ways restores color to
gray hair.
$1.00 n bottle. All druiflit*.
if your drngelfll rnnnnt Biu>|>ly yon,
hoiiiI us ouo dollar mill ?w will oxpri'BH
you n iH)tiio. II? HHrc nnri 'iiainti
<>f your iifuroHt o?i?rrn? oIlTi'O, Addn'cs,
,1. C. A \ KU CO., I.owcii, M iss,
\jSjL
Busine? hi <
?XSmkm school-oho. ? .
Actual Business^ rrAt/f/t. S 7 ?. G,
ftChoap Board u atiomq >i irco.
Positions! positions n no ohikci
More ohIIh t Iiiiii w<- ohii |x,h h.i \ Uli. GuiM
ant lie of posit tuns bnokoOj by v><? o. Cou rsot
UOOXuCIIOd. Killer ail) It Uly. CbtSlOtfUO inc
amri'hh coi,r\ntiA iii'siNhss :di, ,KOB
Columbia. 8, 0
Royal ?
Absolutely Pure
Makes the food more delirious and wholesome
HPV AI HAKIVfl rOATflt CO., Nf * WM)K._
A WONDERFUL COUNTRY.
Majvflous Storle? Told ?>f the
hand Just Opened lo Settlers.
I V>p<JI ?!<l 1 ? settlement in Oklahoma
according m the voracious laics <>l rail
road boomers, real estate agents anil
Others iutoicsicd in inakii Illings
j bum nut ihr;?. A man engaged in
; real ? -;,,),. ,,pv i-atimis in ihn \u \v conn
irv in quoted as follows h\ the t'hicago
I lifer ' ?i ? an :
Sav, its tin lines! land u man ever
du : Iii- 1 ? i um?. An he!' in and his
iainil) hie living mi the ol m\ liirins
HOW Till ii hill i- a half W ( I of a
ivntei iiielun sin II. A door i- cut in
the side. The hoiis< was a Ii tili damp
at lilsl, ''ill this wann wiatlu r hilft
dried u nut.
j i In Indian li.ul a It.ml tun?: (.'Utting
I tin melon in iw>>. Me linnlly did,
though, au I ilu iamil\ lite lliiiir way
itlln I in ir llOIUO. Tin- OlIlOl' hail <>l
Uu- im Ion In- uses tis a barn. I woulii
iclch one <?i iho melons riuiu my place
lo lim Uluctign market, bul I can't got
ail rear big enough t" transport it.
As ii is, the imlon- liny Ii been used
lor irrigation during tin- dry spoil
Tie- Indian lias gone around und bored
hole-, into a row and llic wtuor has
miv< 'I ibe corn fori si.
" < ?'in ?.' Say, KIowh <? 'in i> :i
wendet'. **i oll Will ln-:?r il gl'OUU any
nighl from growing pa.ns. The sound
ol lluiso groans nt midnight, mingled
with Ihc eoy< to liowls, muk?s n strange
clients Ihm frightens the tenderfoot ut
lira . l did mo.
"'I'Im.' Indian on my place lost a
promising sou last yonr. The young
buck wad on a holder llial leaned
against a stalk about lift leoi from the
ground. II? was lowering a medium
sized carol corn with a rope, when
he ti II an.I broke bis ?'.eck.
"Crops do not rotate as much in
tie- Kiown country as llio*. do in
Kansas, where llio, torinulo nourishes.
I did noi sei iitiy turned around while
l was theroi Pumpkins do well with
the corn, I'U! are dillicilll to handle
? ingle handed. In Kansas the bum
blebees liave to gel down on their
km es i.. work at lliO pumpkin !>!? s
toms, hul around 101 Ihaio they use
slop ladders.
?? Win ti a threshing machine of >ul
lloicni size is built to handle the crop,
wheat will he raised in the Kiown dis
trit t. The kernels are too large lor
tin- oidiiinry thrasher. That is all
that ki ops the count t) liiu k a wheat
dist n> t The I ndiaii oil my place
plants jtlSl a litll . A kellicl Is id iked
u Water over niirht and liaked the ncM
inornitia. II makes ti loaf not unlike
i'iir Vienna bread. This niet hod saves
.ot of hard work m hot weather, as
the holl-eW lie .. . - :?? ' h '.'.e 10 kill ,'1 I
any ?!? rgb."
I >i .\ i ii in- (Jo I. s. \Vi \' \\< i . Col.
S.tniii! W. VailCl! 1 hi* N;-.l" phosphate
ill-peotor, died at his In me in t'oluni-|
liia on l 'i ul.i\ evening, Aug. ti.ih. 11?-1
had been ill for aboul leu days with
stomach Ironlile, l>ul im one antici
paled n ratal insult. In the evening,
however, bo suddenly became worse!
md soitii began to sink, and In a short i
lime the end liad eoiiie despite all the)
efforts lo save him. Col. \' m< e al the I
lime ol his death was also Iho assistant!
Secretary ol the relate Agricultural and j
Meclianical society, ol \\ liic 1 oigaliix.a
lion h<- lias for lining jcars been olio of
1 In most devoted and eni m st members,
l'lintlgll ( ol, \ am i' li;is Hiii\ hol li liv
ing a few years m Columbia In had
11111113 warm persona! fiieuds Iii Iho
(ity,
('ol. Vance was hum in (.'nkcsbtirv
and was 111 years >>t age. II?* w.i^ a
sun of the la'te Major I. K. Vance,
who was one of Ihe most prominent
and wenllhj cotton hit :i >?! uppei (Jar
?du a before the civil war. When the
war broke onl ('ol. Vnhco was ill Ihe
urst eni in Columbia und lie sei veil
with the cade' battalion. After die
war he went lo Ihe L'nivi rsi'.j ol Kdiu
burgh, bul Ins beallli bloke down'and
he traveled on the eotitiuotil for seve
ral mouths. I'lii 11 lie came home ami,
attended tlio South Unroll 11 C'oIIolO.
li> married Caroline Young, ot
Lauren8 duuiiy, wlio survive.*' him In
gilhei with i \< 11 elilhln n : Mr. .1. K
Vance, sslw haveln for 1 < haiieston
house; Mr, Voting Vance, Mrs. Wm
Dank?, Mi>- l.ily lira) N ame, Nor
wood K.,i iiroliue Kd/.'ihcth and Krank
Vnm 0.
('ol, Vance ivn- nspistanl clerk ol
ihe House ol llepicsenlnlives foi sove*
nil terms in ihe nineties , wns-soerota?
i\ <'i ihoconslituiior.nl convention in
|N!?o ; \v.e~ later Ma ?? lupin: commit*
-1 iner, preceding ihe iucumbeul. lie
\\a< elected Sta 0 | hosphalo inspector
in I85?'.l, ami was 011I3 ahoiil 11 mouth
auo rc-eleciid fertile next tu" years.
Coi. Vanci was iiisuie cipuiin i-l mi i
tta in IS71?, hu roniinis-ioil ???< lug the
Urs I '-.'md lc. (iov. Ilainptoii wholi he
went ie'.o 1 i!i :e,
All inU'lvsllllg i'iii11 ii i I i i h 1 iit sc,
reported by (ho H<iliiiiioi< Sun, i the
innisigcim lit untile by llic Snui'irru
I hi II way t?> plum n large colony of
Kinns on II? lint in Georgia. uS<,ron
10,000 nores of land," it says, "have
In i ll Iil illglll fOl'lllO pill'pOSC, llllll -vital
was donc years wgo success!ul|y for the
rapid peopling of Ihe NoitllWcSt will
iow begin tu Oo done for lliu waste
places in the South, Steady cIToil foi
few yinrs i?) n strong corporation
liko the Soutliuin may In- oxpectid to
i (idnee results, The I'iOIH are an ad
mii'iible people and will ho desirable
citizens."
AI.>ka has the smallest population
if any possession <>i the United Matts.
OASTOIIIA.
Tho he- Sf _^ s
IN A HUMOROUS \1\IN.
Why didn't you study Iho time ta
ble und tlion you would 11? >t havo miss
ed your 11am'.'"
?? I'hal wa< tli?- trouble. While 1
was ilying to translate the limo tnblo
Iho train pul lud out." I Jos ton Jour
nal.
When Iho lira! lircnian caino
up iho ladder toearry liorto safely she
wouldn't go,
Jbas I'anie-striekon, oh?
'its- N? >1 ai ail. She. waited for
the second out who was coming up
another ladder, because ho was hand
s ama than the lirst. Philadelphia
I TOSS.
? h io? ii hurl to he lynched?" asked
the i.endei'loot, timidly.
?? Not alter it*- over." replied Lariat
I,uke, sagely.?Ohio state Journal.
liciierul st.?p (hut I? porter.
Ahl Wlmt ! Don't you want to
have t>iiii send homo an uccount of
\' ur liorou m ?
No. I ,| ui'l want to l>o an Ameri
can hero lor a week anil a punching'
hag lor tin ret of my life?I Ate.
Deacon Serougc ?No, parson, I
don't rightly think wo ought to give
you a vacation. Von known, the devil
never lakes one.
I'arson Knuppcigh He. would, doa
e in, il you didn't keep him so busy.?
Ihtltimoro .\ met ieun.
' w.i I- llelly happy in lu:r mar
I !? ,1 lifo ?
Kslhcr -She ought Lo 1?*'. No less
limn three girls in town were alter hot
< hurley Hosten Transciipt.
Mr*. lirowm Mi>. \Vhilly is For*
ever miking a bo it the repartee at her
house when >m ami her husband on
luiI nil.
Mrs, Malaprop?Ves, I suppose
II it's some cheap kind, i nlways use
Oolong myself. Philadelphia Press.
Fliegende lilaller: "It's time,
Kuil, wo though) of llulda'8 gulling
matrird slie is ulread\ eighteen years
..Id."
? <>h, let her wait lili the riebt sort
? ?I man comes along !"
" Why wait V 1 didn't !"
I suppose your ?m graduated with
high lumoi>?" interrogated, '.'.e bosom
friend.
?? Illumed high 1" replied the candid
old man. "lie had to pay some literary
? hap !<> write his commencement
speech-.*" ? Ihieago News.
Doctor- There's nothing ?crions tlio
(natter with Michael, Mm. Muldoon.
I think a iiltlc soap and water will do
him as much l*<">.i ^ anything.
Mm. Muldoon- -Yis, doctor; an' will
()i give ii t' him hefoor <u afthcr his
malus?? (ilasgow Times.
The lioss If wc arc to retain your
services, Mr. I.amhklu, you must take
more ran- of \ ui- appearance. Von
look as if \i>n hadn't shaved for a
week.
I lie t l< rk Hut, sir, I am -./rowing a
heard.
Thai's no excuse. You must do
thai sort ol thing out of business hours,
t i lasgow Times.
An expressman, delivering a large
ii ix at a suburban residence, conildcd
to ihe servant Ihe fact that a little boy
had been left by '? The Stork " at the
adjoining residence the day previous,
which news llrjdgel promptly cairlcd
lo her mistress. The lady, tr.caning
10 discourage fun her gossip, sillily in
ipiired:
?? How did Ihe expressman come lo
li-ll you that, Uriduct?"
Whereupon Ihe latter replied:
'? Sun-, muni, ho didn't come to tell
11 i thai, he came to bring the big box,
so he did."
N'i 11 Miss Yellowleaf says she al
ways lakes a day off on hor birthday,
helle I though! she generally took
a couple of Mars off. Philadelphia
llecord.
I 44 Somehow," she said," I ucvorcan
-er you without thinking of truth."
? ? I- mal -o?" he asked, boiug a fol
low wll'i was always doing something
? a igimil.
?? 'i os. Truth crushed lo earth will
iisi again, you know."
Yes. liul what has thai got to do
With 11:1 ?"
??Well, you've been thrown down by
nearly every girl in ibis town; hut 1
-i r you coniinuo lo come up smiling."
( in. ago lb cord Herald.
? ?ii is ?ad to see this no nonary
spirit so ilugrantly mauifestod in
p lilies," said Iho earnest cili/.en.
? Yi ," answered Si uator Sorghum.
?? I have fought inralnst it all 1 could,
hui it's no Use. I can't -_'et people to
oto inj waj without payln' 'em."?
Wiisliimrton Star.
"How a I ?< 1 Ihu hoarded woman take
ii when lilt; mtiungor discharged lie ?"
??{Sil? blcud it like; a mall till she
weal in llic dressing-room mid i;ot her
\vhi>k<ns off; t!; n she broke dowu
am find like a woman." Philadel
phia li lilclin.
?? Ni nsunae," ?nid Ihc failh healer
In (he man who was i-ailing lot more
whiskey, "you have nol been soako*
biUun. Vnn only Ihuik you were."
" Weil," Haul Ihc vicllio, pouring
out ?nolher h ilT nm-, "thai may bo all
lli.'h(, 'nit Ihc snake thought he was
mi iL' lo Into me, an.I I can't think as
quick a-- a snake can " Baltimore
American.
OA?TOIIIA.
Boam the 11)8 Kind YOjj Havfl Always ?ourjrt