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SKCkKTAY WILSONS ANNUAL HIU'OKT. M.itiy ntatlt iH AfiVetltlg the Kami eis nrc Discussed and lix ? plained , ThO lljrrll :iu.Uli! H(ii|l ul Uio RC'Cr?; tary of iigrfcuhiiiu, Holl. .Jaincn Wjtaun, in cnnHul<jiiahl.y Imgcr than in former yours, rffk>c:ing thereby tin' ^ronl (growth ioiii ?I?: vI - piiii'iit which hn nltoiidcd sins ihpiutmcnl during hi? Administration. Ho nnudtuico? um impoitufil c tlonsioti for the forecast Huld <>i ih? wcnthcr huronU) which now Includes reports . I'iom certain point- in Ilm Kiitish ielo? ntjd on ilu continent of liJuropt, froiu ihd Azoren, Nassau, lli-inuxla ami Turks ist Mid. The Atlantic foiccaal oiiRcd upon 11)080 ropoita bow l<>rm pint of tin: regular nigiit' forecasts issued iri Washington, Throe new forecasts district have beep 08tublixhotl . in HoslO'l. New Oilcans and Duti; mark. An uxiunsiou <<l tbo roiOoaal? to hinnoia through I ho rund free delivery ia contemplate!. .-Mibsiaui inl improvements arc repotted in Ilm department's system oi wtrclgas tcl.: * grajihy, of which the sein i.n \ >i oe. Ill coil! lllSlOli: 'While thorn i- hiucli experimental work yol lo bo done before tho preset11 system Is reliably for Intorship <wiiy innoicution or beforonny two systems cud work williiu the saints Hold wiih <yjl oa< h rendering the other h:<i I .-.^ such progress has hcuii Hindu by iho government, experiment! is that, wMi no ihlOrforonco by private syt-tc'fii, stations Oan bo. successfully operand ovornlloust 1/50 miles of uoutd due, and the.) an: now in operation on th(. No)th Carolina and Virginia eoas(8 arid soon will 1?: instituted )?> two, the Karall ?no blind and the inainla and Tuloosh i laud ami Iho inainla od i?n Hm Pacific coast," nd. A largo pot lion of Mm ivpoil cover* iho Kbbjcci ol animal industry. The grand loud of animals and union. I products exported driving in \our exceeded $200,000,000 in value. The secretary joiggesia thai with ?he ohoriudim interests out? stock? iai-<? ii;(\e ;ii stake, and inspection or (jUiVinuium affording after nil, n re lative, noi :tn absolulo guarantee ol proi u? I ion, it might he well for this country 10 follow the example- of Uro.il Iii iiain and oxcludo livu slock I mm dl her countries entirely. Thtl moal inspection sorvicc involved lln inspection at liine of slaughter of neai ly lit til,ntlt.l animals. Investigations' (n plant physlolog) and pathology havo been lull Is dev< It 'I lo iho study of cotton diseases Ihn diseases of orchard fruits, and ol I'oiCBlS ll'OOS and c< msl I'llCl '? II limber. Ah interesting discovery to cotton growers is roporlcd of n cowpoo/ r< si-i ant lo ihn fungus that destroys tho coltoirroots. The cowpen hem;' used in rotation with cotton, Iho securing of a resistant cowpoa will bo of the greatest possible value in cotton grow ers. Ucmarkahlo Bitceosa h ruporUd in experiments in plant breeding lo U'citru santpl sol cotton resistant,to wiIand other diseases. Numerous valuable hybrids have alo been do-, voloped. Oiic from no American iij I in?l collotl and an l?gypliilll variety promise's lo bo greatly superior lo obhi i parent. Tito deparin cnl has been for several years trying |.o so i ure, by brooding a race 6l oranges resistant to frost. A crosi of Imnty Japanese wi|h the riorida swool orange ha? resulted iii iho hardiest overgructi orange known, and thoio is proini ol ultimately securing a hardy Iruil anil of a ';t.< d quality. CoMsidoriihlo Sucres has also been allaincd in breeding raison gropes lesisl'iuil lo the disease known as 'colnre.' The phmologicnl Invoflligiitiods . have beeil especially dircuMd to iho unteusion of our fruit mar ,uts abroad :tit? i t<> eiiconngonioiit ol! the dome: lie production of fridl hitherto Urgely imnoitcd. Progress Is reported in propaii::g the Arlington farm 10 s. iVe in cou dueling experiments, as an adjunct t.o ibe department, The Beeret try cordially commends iho experimental work now carried on t,i Suumicrviilc, s. i;., under tho direct supervision of Dr. C. II. Shopdord. Abtul4,r>00 pounds of high grade tea, which found v ready inuikol, were produced hutc dm in.; Iho year. (U'out activity has oharaolcri/.cd the introduction of valuahlo seeds ami plants from abroad, with most SlUlS factory results. Tho development, of iho rice Industry in Louisiana and Texas since tho introduction by the doparlmont of Iho Japanoso rice, dur ing ihe post three, years, has been re markable. At tho sumo lime our im ports of this product have dccroa od from Ifi 1,000,000 to 7:1,100,000 pounds. . Progress is reported in the mtroduc I. lion ol ICgypliai) cotton. I'orcSt Investigations include, the study ol commercial trees Rod ocono* * inic tree planting, of forest lircs, graz ing, liih'ibotlng, forosl prod notions and other uuporiani iin-s. The region containing iho proposed Appalachian forest reserve was examined in co operation with iho l; Ite.d Stab .; lo glcol survoy and noaily 10,000,000 acres woio mapped, Iflii.h class.lied und Mio forest, ca.-cftdlysUldicd. Th? secretary roijardij fJ>q creation . f lli? proposed foroal ros?rvu us urgent in oidor to protect the head waters of urn POrtanl .stream', lo tnniutain the al ready greatly Impaired supply of tun? her and to provide (t national reerea t ion ground. The work of lli(! stations is heroin inn hctlor understood by the farmers, and a bio idor, deeper foundation of _ . si'h iilili ' inquiry is being laid qfld) V?. r. 'Jooporatfon between tins de partment aud tho fttution8 conlinir ? to [oerbaae; ami the value of tho*o e<>. operative methods to I ho agricultural iutoroM a o very goncrtdly ackfiowlcdg? ed. As a vc?Uil of llio practical con fidence, no attained, Congicss and ibo State Legislatures have abown a dis i>. ition to bo liberal with this depart ment aud with tho stations. The move ment Cor tho aoparatlon of the o(Jb;q of director <>t the alalion from that of President of Ibo college has advanced, and M prise?t tboro arc ..but eleven Slides and loriitoricH in .which Um r I logs sident exercises lite functions Of director of the ataUon; Attbeaamo J tune, ihm? nut of tt .11 hing tOquirutl <>f ' statum < llicerx hu hec-.i nialoi lally re ducod. Ho rovie.wa very full} Iho great do volopimul in the w-'iK <>r farmers1 hislhuu <. In IN?U over 2,000 farmers' iiistttnto'a were, hchj ui thin country, attended by ovor half a million farm era, Those woro hold in fortydhrcu StatoB and torrilorlos. Tho secretary thinks that there is room lor much useful work by bis dcpnrlmonl in aid <?l Ihis and ollici movements lor ihn I education ol our, fanners in the im [ provotnoul of out agriculture II? httb therefore a-k d for it special appropria liou of #0,000 (<> ouablo Hio ollleo of oxporimout htatious to enlarge in* work with a view to giving dclinilTuuid und ohcourngomonl to raifiuera' tiisliluios in the difforont Stales. Attention it directed lO the growth j of irrigation in the. humid regions,'niid | Ibo iuiuaikibio fact la stated (but inj Louisiana more money baa boon ex [H ndod on pumping pi mis in l io pasi two yours than in any arid Stato lly 'rrigalion rioo growing in r^oulaiatni and Toxaa has raised I he piieu ol land originally worth $/i ??? 5M0 per n ie Im jfco and even $1.00 pei aoro. Uoforring to tho grazing lauds, he lays probably 400,000,000 acres of the public domuiu bus uo agricultural vuluo except for pasu rage. It is at juosont an open Common, wiUl U'> law-* lot' ils piotcclion or disposal. l?o refers lollio l'icqiic.nl c mlliets <-i ihc farmers tiudor iiriguiion will? Iho range stuokinouj ami recommends, as a remedial and beneficial tnoasu e, tho leasing of Ihe gra'/.iug land in silllll a way as Do to jntbrft.ro wi h thu homesteader. In establishing an otlleo of public load ll.ipiiru .-, .tin- obj et was lO pro mote l.lio improvement <>i imblic roads throughout the country, KIT iris wore tiyM directed to nscorUiiif Iho condition Ol Iho roads, tin- hlnte of |iul)ii>; opiu> i in in iognrd to iholt unpro\pirn iU, he ubduelus in the way, and ihu i"st m.thuds in in' i mployed in securing butter i.' d.i -in b h is been in?1 w-ik of ibis i Un i iip io jli*) present. Kor spreading tnlYii In iiion and awakening interest, nothing has i>????-? i loinid so ? ffvciusl ih the " Object ! '.<-i>ii " 01 sample roads which, during the past year, have boon built in nine. Si ales under Iba advice ami stipi I'Vl-Uoll ol the oilice. In building Lhcse t-ninplo roads, macbiilcs have boon loaned h) lunnuructiiiers and carried free bj the railroad companies, while, the local coiriutiuity fuinlslies material and la bor. During the year, for tho hotter carrying oui of iho work of Iho bllhie, the I'niled Slates <vas divided into lour divisions, the eastern, middle, western and southern, each under a special agent. The highest record previously attain ed in the export of agricultural pro duets in ls'.is -was surpassed by ovor ?00,000,000 In tho fiscal year 0! 11)01, When a value of over $000,000,000 was readied. Of tho morchandiso sent abroad during the year, 05 per cent, originated on the farm. Of foreign customers for our ngrioullural products, the I'niled Kingdom stands first, hik ing over CO per cont. The. next most important markets aronff >rded by Oer many, l-'ranco, tho ?Netherlands and 11 I iinn in the order named. Tho sec lion of foreign markets has begun Iho preparation of a most comprehensive report on Iho chaiactor of our agricul tural importations received by the United Kingdom fidin coanlvies ' than tho llniled Stales. The Impor UllH'.O of this ro ort is evidenced by the I'acl thai, large as were uin 1 x ports !o <?... United Kingdom, they com prised oui/ ono-lhird of the foreign furm produce purchased by thai coun try. S|)ecial*8lalistiCS have been com piled by 1 he section of foreign inui'kots relative to our trade in farm products with our new insular possessions. Our agricultural exports to Ouhn, I'ortti ItlCO and the Philippines during the year comprised about ?S per cent, ol the domestic merchandise fiont to ihesc is.'iimls. Our Imports of agricultural products from these, islands oxc< oded our exports by just $80,000,000. < longrosa appropriated $3,yO'5,COO for the United Slates departnie.nl. of agii culluro lor tho fiscal year ended .June ::o, 1001 . I) ing an increase of?008,020 over the ^*?nopitalioti lor tho preced ing year. When ail ac. ounts shall have boon dually settled tho payments will amount to about $.1,220,000. Tho regular appropriation of $15,000 for each ?I the forty-eight agricultural cxpi rimcnl stations in the several Status was jilbo made. Sponok CaK'C.-?This cake can be both made and baked in thirty-live mlnUleS. A good SpongO should he yellow as gold, of velvety softness and lender as a marshinnllow. if the rule here glvon is strictly followed, such a cake will be the result: Separate the whites and yolks of four eggs. Beat the whites until stiff enough to remain in bowl if it is inverted, then In at Into them one-half cup of sugar, which must he line granulated (pow dered sugar makes tough cake, and piopor beating docs away ontirely with the. grains). Heat the yolks, add to 1 In m one-half cup of sugar, boating for live minutes by the clock- this lat ter Oeing important, as the delicate texture of Hie coke dependi upon it; | ii'ld to lino volks Lfto grated rind aticl juice of one lemon. Now bout well tOgolhOr; tli<! yolks and whiles. At this sta.-o healing is in onlcr, but must bo absolutely avoided after adding l he Hour, Of which take one cupful. '1 he mixture should now look like a pulT ball, and l'io Hour is to be tossed or Btlrrcd into it with a light turn of the woodon spoon. stirring is nnilo dif ferent from boating. The cup of sugar must be generous, the Hour scanty. ]>akc lor twenty-live minutes in a m oil era to ovon. Just beforo pultinj in the oven sprinkle on top through a sifter about n l?blespoonful of granu lated sugar. This gives (he "c.raokly" lop crust so desirable. CASTOR IA For Infants ?tnd Children. The ?i You Have Always Bought Poiirs tho j Stgner^ve of TOUR OF TUR PIlIIylPPINIvS Senator Bacon Says the Natives Desire Independence Above All Things. Hon. A. O. liacon, of Georgia, ban just returned from a tour of the Philip pines, and gives bis impnssionH in nu interview for the Atlanta Constitution: " With regard to tho Philippines, it is next to impossible to give within th<j confines of a newspaper interview I uiiy adequate sumiuiu-y of tho impres sions gained during Ihe mure Ihnu a month 1 devoted to a study of the is lands and their people. It is a great big subjoct. I spent somu lime in Manila, which is the metropolis of the Philippines, and I think 1 gained much valuable information there, but in somo respects the most valuable portion of lay siny in the Philippines was that devoted to a tour of the islands, which gave mo an insight into Iho different parts of tho nrchipolago and the dif ferent people who comprise its popu lation. We went down as far as Jolo, which is the capital of the Solu group, and is almost down to Borneo. Wo saw the principal Visayan islands, which form a very important section of the group, and had excellent op port unities of gelling nn insight into I lie conditions as they uro now. " For one thing," continued Senator Bacon, " 1 realize that the task we have undertaken in tho Philippines is many limes greater and many times more serious that. 1 thought before 1 went (here, it i.> extremely dillicull for anybody to realize the magnitude of ibis task who has not been down ihere and who has not come in actual eoninot with (ho islands and tho pco [do. It was the belief that this was so that inspired me with tbedosiroto visit I i he i> lc <|s and I am more than gl id I | availed myself of tho opportunity which presented itself, i do not know whether it will be possible to impress l he. people of the United Stales with a really, it ion of the actual conditions, for, as i have said, nobody who has not boon there can understand these as well as one who has. " I have been greatly disappointed 10 have, bad to come to the conclusion that the people of the Philippines arc unfriendly to the Americans. With I hem the sentiment of nationality is undoubtedly strong. ICven thoso who for business reasons protest loyalty are, not f riendly to American sovereign ly, but have in their hearts tho desire lor nationality. I do not believe there will be a time for a generation at least when this sentiment will change, and I am convinced that wo will have to kee p a very large army thcro for an in definite period. " My conclusions have been drawn from the testimony of army ollicors, Olllcials of the civil government and from interviews with the leading un lives who protest friendship for tb-j American government. Tho conclu sion to ho drawn from this testimony? the only conclusion that can be drawn from it?is (bat the Filipinos feel they tire, entitled to nationality; that they desire beyond all things a brown man's govoi nmont. ?'There, are buL two ways in which we can govern the islands," continued Senator Bacon. "Theso aro either absi lute military rule on the one hand, or such a liberal government as will satisfy tho people, on tho other; there can he no half way business. "As for the Filipino people them selves, I found them distinctly superior lo what. I had oxpected. I beliovo this won hi bo the conclusion of every fair man who was brought in contact with them. Sinco 1 left Washington I have been brought in touch with many brown races and 1 do not hesitate to say that I consider the Filipinos equal to any and superior to most in point of character ami menial ability. They I ibor under the handicap of a tropieal climate and, thcroforc, arc not as vig orous physically' or as industrious as the Chinese or the Japanese, for in stance, and this must bo taken into ac count m dealing with them; but as I have said, I am convinced that they ftro the equals of any in point of char acter and ability. "With regard to tho climate, wo were there at the most, favorable tinio, just at the eloso of the rainy season, when the southwest monsoon was blowing continuously, and so long as a person was in tho broczo he could be reasonably comfortable, but once out of ibo breeze, oven if ho was in the shade, he would lind it very unpleas ant, for he would perspire profusely and would feel as if liable to being overcomo with tho boat. The country. taken as a wiiolo, is in this regard like nil other countries in tho tropics and near the water. " Thcie has bcon no revival of ihe business enterprises of the islands such as 1 cxpeclcd to see. That this is tho case?that, thero has been return to the conditions which existed boforo the war?was admitted on all sides. Nevertheless there has been quito a boom in Manila on account of tho large amount of money beiic apent tboro as the result of American occupation. Tho same amount of monoy spent by j tho goveinmont in any American city wouul glv? it a grout boom. Manila is being benelilcd by the lurgc oxpeudi .lure of money for Which, tho Amorican peoplo have to foot tho bills. Whelhor there is any ehnncc of its being a pay ing movomcnt is something? that the people will, I thiuk, consider pretty carefully. 411 am con vi need that wo havo vol. uutarily undertaken the most dltlicult and most oxponaivo problem that has over fallen to tho United tftutea gov ernment . that it will involve a vast amount of labor, expenso and tronblo of all kinds before wo work it out. What tho end will ho, no roan can loll. " 1 gavo the moat caroful study of the situation in all its bearings that I could, Booking iuformntion from ovory poaaiblo aourco that 1 thought could throw light on the subject. For a wcok I was tho guest of Governor Taft at his homo in Manila and from him and from other official* of the civil govoinmenl I got tho viow of the sllu otion held by the civil government; in my travch through tho islands 1 was , thrown with army olliccrs of n'l runks, many of whom had seen long service I m Iho island*, and fror.. 'hCIty I gotlbti Iarmy view ; then whenovor it was pos sible I had talks wiih prominent Fili pinos who talked frtoly us a ?uie, and from them in thin way I gn< ihu opin ions of the men upon whom we must, in a great rnOABUro, rciy for lue woik ing out of the great problem of win ning the friendship ? f Ihu people. From what these men?eivil ofUcial-t, military oilieors and 1 >ndiuu Filipinos - -told me and from what I saw with my own oyes, I havo secured informa liou in a general way which I I rust may bo of some a sislauco in tho effort of Congress to <lonl with the Philippine [Hohlem? " Iu my opinion, tho Philippine question iuut-1 , to a Voiy groat cxtcul at loast, cease to ho political iu It* Ohara? tor, but it is hutin I to ho Tor u long limo to como a veiy t-erious husl ?less and public question with which Congress must >!?,.!. 1 do not heii ve that the United Stales government, or tin* peoplo of tho United .SUit< c iu their private capacities, will ever get back one-tenth of tho money lhal has been spent and will have to bo spent iu workint' it the problem, and 1 lind this Hit * gonoral opinion of army ollicors i he blinds who arc most familiar wn tho conditions there and with the material resourcccs of the country." " Did you sco Aguinnldo V" M No, 1 did ujpt. Although the house in which ho is hold u prisoner is in tho samo block with Governor Tnfl's rcsi deneo, where 1 stayed, and although I had plenty of opportunities to sec him. L did not think from my interview wilh tho leading Filipinos whom I bad met that Agui* Mo now cuts much llguro. I came ' j conclusion tied, to a largo extet at least, his influence is gono and I did n t think anything that ho could say to mo would ho of any real consequence. Then, in addition to this, I saw no good purpose in I .. terviowing him, for 1 did not go to the Philippine islands with an idea of hark ing back to tho past or of listening lo tho grievances of Filipino military lenders, no matter how much they clnim lo have boon badly treated by our people. I went to tho islands for Ihe purpose of gel ting in touch wilh the present conditions with a view to an understa ding of what is best lo do for tho present and the future. In other words, 1 could sec no good in wasting time in (baling with those questions of tho past when there arc. so much larger questions of tho present ami futinc. 14 I made it a rule to avoid newspaper Interviews and speeches as much as pos sible, The only speech 1 made was upon an occasion when I thought it well to impress upon ihe Filipino lead ers that it will be impossible lo do any thing for tho people so long as there is armed opposition to tho Amoncim forces. I felt lltat it was necessary for those men who wcro leadets among the peoplo to understand that thoir friends in America, those who wish best for them, could do nothing so long as this armed opposition exists. " With regard to what is called the civil government, I would like lo say that 1 do not knnw of a better man in tho United States of cither political party for its head than Governor Taft. He is a man of llrst-class ability, line address, of unquestioned integrity, is very Industrious and painstaking, and thoroughly devoted to the work he has undertaken. He realizes the difficulties of the task ho has on baud, and no man looking into the situation could help realizing it. When I said goodby to him, I wished him ? good luck' and remarked incidentally that ho would need every bit of that commodity in solving the ditlicullies of his task." Senator Bacon said that while his trip through China and Japan had, of course, been very pleasant and inter esting, he regarded it of value to him self in the information ho had gained by a personal visit to lltese countries, by sooing tho people themselves, and in talking wilh men who wore on lite ground und who aro mot-t fain.liar with the conditions of those countries and the problems which they present in their international donlings. Being a member of the foreign relations com mittee of the Sonnte, ho made it a point '.o investigate as fully as ho possibly could. Ho believes that familiarity with tho people and with Iho countries will ho of valuo to him in dealing not only wilh intoruational problems in which they may bo involved, but those bearing upon tho business an trade of the United Stales wilh those countries as well." TlIK Fl.OUiDA OltANOK CllOP.? TIlC mos? optimistic, estimate lor the oratlge crop of Fluiidu iho present year places the product 1,000,000 boxes. This is in contrast with the 7,000,000 box crop cf lH94-0fi. The new orange area of Floilda'is the lower east coast and immediately surrounding tho Everglades. The oranges are, up to Florida's finest da vor, but as tho aren is limited, it is doubtful if it will ever meet the de* in mils or the union. The northern region, which was tho backbone of the orange grovos of ten nnd Of loon years ago, has not come into favor for re planting. Tho immense, losses from the great front have impoverished tho ownors. and there is a probability that renewed work thoro must bo under taken by new men. The fault about tho old system was that the orange tree was trcnted as an annual. Tho owner would wnlch it grow the year round, sell his crop and no thanks to tr o treo. Although it it was perfectly well known that occa sional frosts were certain, no thought was givon to the protection of the treo. j It did not occur to the owner that a grove bringing ldm in #5,000 n year I was worth an expenditure of a f w hundred dollars in tarpaulin covers, and a little vigilnncc in wntclrng the advent of Irost. This a work to which the capitalist of the futuro will lond Iiis attention, and then Florida will ho coma again ono mighty orange grovj. Tho Wurth Atlantic squadron, under command of Admiral Iligginson, will reach Charleston next week to lako part in the oponing ceremonies of tho Exposition. OA0TOXIZA. Bmti tb? II* KM You Haw Always Bought Big aatu* /^Tff StS.?-*-^??* An imperfect skin is always caused by bad blood. Remove the cause I Improve your blood. How? By tak ing the blood purifier that has stood the test for thirty years Sars&parSlia 1 i i 4 QUART BOTTLO. It has thousands of happy friends. Quart Bottles sell every where at $i. "TMD MICHIOAN DRUd COMPANY," Pet roll, Mich. ?verettes for Liver Ills, Iii? Famoua LU?o Uro Fill*. 4 For Sa'o hy the Lhurois Drug Cum i)nny, LaurctiH, S. O. 1,1 PIS OP MUCH ADVUNTURB. Postmaster Ensor Was in Federal Army ? Experiences as a Revenue Officer. Dr. J. b\ Ensor has received Iiis commission as postmaster at Columbia. Mis appOinlmout was announced some lime ago, hut ihore was a lot of red lapc to be complied wilh. A few days ago he filed his bond for SM.OOO, secured by personal collateral. He says that his rcnppoinlmenl is due lo the endorsements given him by the commercial interests of Columbia, ad ded to the support of tho Republican parly. Dr. Elisor in Iiis early days led a life of adventure. U^c was born a 8011111 urn man, but seivcd in the I nlon army. His father resided in Baltimore County, Maryland, and was a lover 01 line, hoi'808. lie was also an ardent supporter of Iho cause of Stales rights, and partisan feeling was so intense in the border States that Dr. Ensor says lie was n ally glad when the Yankees took all of his father's line saddle horses. His father never forgave him for entering the Federal army. He went into service as a lieutenant and assistant surgeon of tho First Mary land cavalry, and was afterwards pro moled to major and surgeon. He went home with his major's epaulettes and doUbbfbreaslod coal, but bis fath er did not receive him cordially.' He novor saw his fallier again, lor the (dd gentleman was so heart-broken over Lee's surrender that ho died two months la'or. Dr. Fnsor, was detailed for military d ity in Columbia immediately after the war. He gave up his army duties to become superintendent of the Stale' hospilnl for Ihe insane, and ho left that institution when the Democrats got control of the Stale government. Dr. Ensor is aboul the only ouo of old Republican regime who has kept bis head above water. After loaviug the insane hospital ho was appointed to Ihe revenuo service. He made a daring and relentless raider and the moonshiners haled him. His narrow escapes were numerous. Ho tells one incident which is characteristic of the life of a revenue olliccr. One day be received a mcssago tell ing him thai an illicit still was being operated near Tryon, N. C. With a depiny he set out for that place. They had traveled sevorol miles ovor coun try roads when they were suddenly halted. ?* Oh, doctor," camo a voico from tho dark, " Don't go any fur* iheroryou will be killed. That message was sent, lo decoy you up hero. There arc six men up boyond lying in wail for you wilh double-barreled shotguns. There were seven there, and 1 was tho seventh but as I lay there in the bushes I happened to remember that I had sat in the samo Masonic lodgo with you, and I slipped away from tho others to warn you." Tho doctor didn't go any further,' and ho is now a more devoted Mason than ever. In speaking of Dr. Ensor's reap poinlmcnt as poslmaslor, a gentleman whose name is a symbol of good judg ment, remarked that "die is one of tin old lino Republicans who kept his head above, water. Ho showed whai was in bun when be was BUporlnten dent of Ihe asylum. The credit of tin Stato was at a low ebb then. Thoasy lum could not get credit any whore on Main streel, and Charleston s ion shin down on the Stalo instilulious. There, were several hundred inmates in tin asylum. What would become of tbeniY Dr. Fnsor wi nt to tho (Jovornor, It K. Scolt, who ngrocd to aid Dr. Iinsoi 10 borrow tho money on their own re sponsibility. Later Scott bucked out. Dr. Mo so r in desperation boarded the train, wont to Pennsylvania and on his own nole borrowed $10,000, which ho' advanced lo the institution. When tho Hampton > ov ;vimic.nl came into power so m afterwards, this is ono obli gation Of tho Republican ad minist ra tion which was paid without quibbling ?Columbia Slate. When Franklin was about to eatnb- \ ii si 11 tho Ponusylvnnia Gazotte, in 1728, his fiionds warned him that thoro wore already three newapapors in tho country, und that ho would ovordo tho husinoss. "The raoro papors," bo replied, **will make themoro road- | ers." Today there arc 2,158 dailies and 20,870 publications of all sorts in fie United States. I A cyclist in Ireland waa bitten by a ilog. Ho wrote a complaint to tho local paper and tho communication oloacd witli tlioso remarkable words: " The dog, I understand, belongs to a luaedatrnto who reaidos in tho neigh borhood, and la allowed to wander on tho road unmuzzled, and yet sits on . i. ie bench In judgment on others." 1*0 .?41k. id *x* ohxa m 8mm th? y?lhe Kind Yw Haw >Kww a**** THE GRAVE DOES NOT KN1) IV Exil 8aya We l.o.un Somethi>ij>; Eveiy Way of Our 1,1 vch Lady Montagu said "Thore is no entertainment to eh- ap m-: rondin ; ftud no pleasure so Justing.,1 The pciu?n! of biography IS a great comfort. 1 wish that ?vory family had a (Jjt'lu pcdia of Univ?v sal Knowledge?some thing they Could turn to for refor i < t or instruction or e. itortninmcnt. ?jcl ?? oediiis eosl ruuoh money, but tin amount spent in a year or two for all sorts of mode u literal uro would pi) for Applolotrw m some other standard vork I was ruminating about this be cause my filon. Murphy told am (In 1 the woodc ck db (tot. ruiso heryoung in a neat, but curried th< mahout undor hor winga and lud then; as she journey ed from pl?ee to place. Murphy is considered nulhority 00 hunting and i fishing, but we do not give lull credit to fishermen's yarna, and sol urued to the cyclopedia and found it just us he said. The bird randy has more than two young ones and can it s them about with her nestled under her wings. This reminds nie that old Tom l'jice, an illiterate man of great obser vation, said that the big owl laid but one egg and when it was hatched ami tho young bird feathered she laid an other ej;g and made the young bird cover if and hatch it while she was foraging aiound for food for both. IOnservalion and experience are good school teachers, and if a man has a good cyclopedia for reference lie can get a prclly good education. And there is the comfort of studying ihu lives of great or notable men and wo men. lu idle moments it is a recruit lion loopcn a volutne.al random and to read these brief bill lucid biographies of Socrates, Plato, Galliloo, Seneca, Archimedes and other grand old men of the olden tiino, and of Mozart, [Iaudl, Raphael, Beethoven and ihe great masters of art and music. Tin other day I chanced upon Con nie* a Spaniard?tho author of " L)ou Quixote." and it was a revolution. If In hud been an Englishman he would h ive ?aken rank with Shakcspcaio and Mil ton and Pope. Indeed most id the English writers borrowed from him U r they could translate his bright sayings and quoto (hem in English without fear Of detection. "Don Quixote" (pronounced koo ho-lc) is not his best work, but is the most enjoyublo and it effectually par alyzed tho prompous chivalry and knight errantry of the. time. The knights soon became Ihe butt of univer sal ridicule, and yet there is not a malicious or malignant line in the bo:>k. One who enjoys Mich sarcasm can read and laugh until he has the aide ache. IMlllip ill saw a student reading a book ami convulsed with laughter, lie said: "Thatyoung man is crazy or he is reading ' Don Quix xote.'" Cervanlos became a soldier in early life and joined the Christian army against the Turks. He was des poratoly wounded at the great buttle ol fjOpuntoand lost the use of his left arm lor life. But llO BOOI) joined the. ai my again and was taken prisoner by ihe Moors and kept in prison for live years, lie was ransomed ami then b. gall bis literary career. Dante and Ta.-sj had then begun to illuminate the literary world and Shakespeare was close behind, bill Cervanlos was seventeen years oldei than Shakespeare and they died on the snne day in the same year. For in ;x uns und epigrams Cervantes never had an equal. They have, become house hold words in all the world ? we lind iomo of them in Shakespeare, but they wore borrowed fro.n Cervantes. "Make hay while the. sun shines," " A bird in mind is worth two in the. bush," "Mut ier will out," " Little said is soonest .neildi'd," " More knave than fool," "Faint heal I ne'er won fair lady," ?' Ian k bololo you leap," "Tho prool of the pudding is the eating of it," " Never build castles in Ihe air," "Honesty is the best policy," "'The iot should not. call tho kettle black," " A peek of troubles," " Don't count your chickens before, they are holcll :d," ' Don't loook for birds in last year's nosls," " Plain as the nose on a man's face," "You have, got the wrong sow by the car," and scores of others dl came front Cervantes. To eap the climax of his character, no was a good man?good lo his wife ind children and always cheerful and had no enemies. Once he was put in prison for a little debt and wrote him u If out by si Hing sketches to the press. President Oilman says' that the young ,iCOp|o read loo much and clog Iheb minds wilh a mass of trilles and trash, but reading the biography of gn at hinkers, Witters, inventors and mas tors of art and music is storing away usuful knowledge, i'he examples set >y tho good helps to mold our owi characters, for, as Longfellow said: '? Livis of great men all remind us We may make our lives sublime, And departing leave behind us Footprints on the sands of liinu '' What a debt of gratitude we owe to those who have gouo bofoi'o us. Old Dr. .Johnson sind lo 1 Jos well: " Wi can nover pay it, sir?not a tithe ol it, but it is every man's duty to do some thing for posterity. Ho should wrttt i goo I bo -k or invent some useful thing or raise up a son Who will he a good cilizon and light tho balll. s of his country. If he can't do anything i Do. sir, be can plant a tree or a vine lhat will give fruit or shade to Ih'Mo. who coinu aft'-r him, fiflt no mini live u blank nod iliu like a dog!" 1 believe ibat our odueation begins here in infaney mid continues through youth and manhood till wo dio and goes on without a recoss or vacation The Wo. >> Greatest Cure for Malaria X For alt formB*Mf Malarial polson l< Intr t?k? John?on'.? Chill and P?ve Tonic. A taint of Malarial polw>n ' >: tn ypjr hioort ineimnmlwry and 'ftllnro". IllooU niortlclnti" can'teure Malarial nolaonlnK. The nntliloto? for tt tn JOHNSON'S TONIC. Oat a botua to-rtuy. rosti \* finite If Ii Cor??. When using baking powder it is always econ omy to buy the Royal. Royal makes the finest, most wholesome and de licious food. in booh ;if ih? spirit reach s luavou it it goes tln'vo. This life i? '?in, ;| i' ??? balioi), :i Iii idoi'gui I i), n I \ !>? > I ihc lifo'Id C'iiiio 1 I vvaal lo ho an a ig? i; a hup within in) html,' a v? ry :hildish idoi <>l heaven n>l ?<> ; Ihm other cotinlol: "'Teach 3 801110 melodious son not Hung I. taming tongues nhuvi ' Music, will ho taught there, id" > ? m . hut will nol It*: uiiLT by tongues "ii lire i heliovc that our elevation in scidiico iiii?i nil will ho gradual and progressive, jnsl na it is ii< ro. The inlolligoni soul will !>?? employed hi mastering >h< inyMories of honvcti und cm Hi and ill" univorso. Wo at ruin our thoughts mow l,o roach llio rouioli ?I planet, and wonder what is aw iv bo yond and win re the Ih'iminiclil ? . ? Kvory y ;ar reveals m w wonder* hi to thai were never dream d <l by mi faih.'is. Isaac Mewton said: " i liuve si lvid i liido, i.e.ii the shore, hut the vast beo.it i of inysiory la s heyoud. ' We uro climbing higher ami higher, and it Is the iluiy of every one iu > limb as high as ;s? pos ihlu no us Ui iave' a good ht'ivl a the ni'xl life oil; rwiho wo will he Hsigned i " Lhu llt'si grml ? or poihnps ;;o foot. I have llionghl thai Moses iiud K'ijili were ehoa n i - witness the tiuiisligutalioii because of <heir high lank in heave ly inents. It will he ail right (01 Ii II children to liugiuul tin b.dloin, h will i.e uioriifyiiu to <ii people, how ever good they may he, to have in into an hlfnili "lass. Vo , I hi Ii ^ there will he. adiools ihoro and leach, ers whose di hghl will be In educate and < l<:vrate. the willing luinda i their |iup It mid witness their expan sion as, one by one, the tnyteilei of hon von's urcana uro unfolded to them. Wbul supremo dobghl will >?.<> man have in glowing llowcrs-iniu m . 3olors ami forms, in making pearl ami rubies and sapphires Iroin heaven** ihnnonis, hi singing lhu Bongs iif the iingels and luloruiujj lhu u mi lus ol God. Ves, I huiinl Jenny hind slug oner. and 1 hope to hear hoi' I illjLj ?>" dll. I beard George I'carce preach ol oo, and I hope Lo hear him again. I ii (il I n lie e with rapture to j.)f. Menus as he ? among the still's and lifted our \ ling minds up higher and liighei until almost r? ait.it he could Ii I come down without a fail lie i~ up am-m ? stars now. ami is happy. Ves, 1 !i ipi lo see johll MlllOII Ilium ami ho.il' llllll tell of I'aradisn regained. Hut Ibis if enough) lam not preaching now i wish 1 was. ifJLbete were tioolliei in lue.emcuts Io draw u- heavouwiird ii is-enough llllll wo will meet eil the groat ami good men ol whom we have read. And n w In ning from things heavonl/lo thoso thai tire ol ??earth, earthy" and dirty* mo, it i- amusing to nee our Legi?! iturc having a mighty uouliQverpy nlioul redislrlcfiiig the Slate.. 'They ilou'lt'CClll lo kllOW llllll Congress will MMill save Ihom that trouble., for I he resolution !.-? already pro pared lo reduce nur representation from eleven to live illsuiels. The ax is hud (I the rOOl ol Uli' I ice. Tbc New Y?i h I'rcst says thai Con '??rcs.s will only wad foV tho census . toil lo he preeu'td itiul Ibis report will show that live Slate" hav <\ 'flail ithised the ne-;toes bj IllW lllld Ih.'C.i (Georgia, h'loridit mid Aikiii a-) -Iis frauchi??d ihem in tact b? ? I ber nie thods. Georgia Id put down til 211?, UOO nogroes pni?lically disfranchiap<i The proposed nil Mill toi tue llio t> presentation ol eight S ale i rrom ~> ' ? 110 roprosonlativcs. AI aha ma will lo I, A k'uisas 1'iorid.i I, Georgia 0. Louisiana I, Mississippi 5, 'South Ca im Una 4 and Virginia .'. The otbet Southern Stale.-, have i >i yet bei n ?MllCIICod, The LVcus uya ill-; ilx House is hound hy lio rums < i din ind it is not nei'oss.uy i" li id that Liu iiegroOS have he-n denied by I ?.> ; bll it is only accessary lo llnd Uinl hen rights have heendenied and lh< ceiisiif returns will prove thi< and llu i in wil certainly be minie. H is about 1 im. now for the IJuu iiuil Lhu gray loom iraco again. lllhL A Hi.'. Theodora Itonsovell/s nccossion to the chief in ightr.iey adds aiiolhet i the list of pre Hehl? who Invo hui one Chrlslian numo. <M lhu twenty live prosidcnln Im: i\, lu ynuiigi Adams, iho elder Harrison, ; Urant, Ililycs nilil Arthur, had two Mr. (JloVuidlld, *illco the (hath nt c.\ I'reside nt U.iri iaon, is the only liviiij ox-presulei.l Tlmic have been bul i.hrec other ins'iuieco whom ihero was hut ono miviving. In 1880 win Madison id John Qtiinuy A Innis alone sui t ivcd; in 1874, ?.sinn Pill more died, A drew Johnson, and in 188 - Arthur died, II,iy .-. There h i h heen hut two occasions whim there was none surviving ?during tho term of John Ail urn, wh? n Washington died, and during Ilm nccoud tonn ol (Irani, in 1875, tvbon Johnson died. Tin; prize money fur the Santiago victory lioa been npporiionud, Sampson receiving $'20,00(1, nfrivlnd after I ho battle was fought j nod Sehloy, Who was tho victor in ihc light, receiving #210. Uewey, for lit s share in the prlzo money in the battle ol Manila, received more tlinn $0,000. A PI,?.A FIX? BIJTTIJK ROADS. i lie Prcaetit Road IVnwa Ate N<>? Worthy of the Southern States. Montgomery ( Ma.) AdVorlincr, That the ? good ronda" I rain and i i". < onvcul ion ui good roads udvoi alos coming to Montgomery will bo of Mined I iml lo d ill hied. 'Tin r? will In will? ua men who have niado a ousi n ? s <?i "ond-making and who are lilted, both from study and hj practical Ox* peri on-, lo educate our poonl : on a siihjeel a'diiit which Ihot'O isceilainly much io bo learned. VVc arc behind most pails of llui civ I'/, si world in iliis respect, nil'1'ho .nine has., come when we cnuno? afford longer Lo.ru? iiiaiu behind other prog'eshivo cni imiuiiios. K has nlIon been remarked that the |ieusanla of I'Vame owe inuell of Iheir ? j - riiN In Ihn ease and faeiliiy With which they can niarkul the product.) of their liittc far ins. We have Keen the : dement, on wind nppoors lo he good authority, Ihnl a pair of the llrlllntiy hoi tin can pull from three, lo live, tons over (in.- ol the roads in the vicinity of ill - Urge eilie . Tlii;; would he. the i Univalent, of twelve lo twenty hales of cotloli. Compare this with conditions which ' ;isl in tliis country, and with which ? an- lanncts g< in1 rally ore familiar. W iih , undi r favorable circumstances n ir of mules may pull Ihrcuorfoiii hale of cotton, it is well known thai t\." India vtlll he a fair avorago for our itoun I-' roads, and sometimes one is suilk-unt to tux the Slreuglh ami en durance ol two mules or horses. The Southern Knilwoy, in providing t?.i tunning its ?good roads train" through llioSouthern country, is doing ihis cnUro section a service, hm oui ij ?? people must meet it half way and lake advantage of llio opportunity foi getting information which will ho pre scnlcd. As'-Thu (JhnlLuiioogn Times" r? mark-, if our part of Ihu country "is ever I,, hiVVCi any roads worthy of a truly civilized country, they must i?e got through Mime putentiiilily other than lh" State government's, There isn't a toad law Oh the statute honks ol any Southern Stale that Is worth the p iper it is prints d on." Tills Hi.iv he a lit tie severe, lull there is loo much liulh in it. Our road laws are r.Ot effective, whether the fault, he in the laws themselves ol III tho man ner of their cnforcomc.nl -or non-en rorccmenl. They keep (ho road-, in passable condition, and that is all. I'hal is, the roads can bo traveled, hui i! won hi bo n gross exaggeration to ?peak of ihein as good roads, oven at their niosl favorable times. The nomi nal ii provided by I In road laws id \1 ibuma, ov<it they are imposed ami colhcted, arc only sulll -iont to nIVecl mi h ???Ii i have plenty of time and little money. In olhor cases llio eiti/.oii had rather pay the small penally than do I he \\ brk, and then tin roads suffer. Tie (1 who live in and ttdjoilli Ig this . ii . havi had some object lessons wilbiii ;i us Mil pi : iod iliat ll Would be well lor nil citizens of Alabama to sei-. They have BCCtl wagons C?lUlllg InlO town ?vor llio j nod roods lately buill, loaded n n way that nobody would have ever II reamed of o few yours ago. A wagon romin ? in from tho prairie legions of Monigoiuory County with ton or twelve bales ol cotton on ii hit pal paid i and indisputable cvldonco of the ld\ iinlllgc ol having highways made .ii seie. it die and Clldui'iog lines, ami tin lime inusl come when such roads is we h ive, or 1)1 tier ones, will be the lllc al over the M ile. \Vc hope. Ihe road convention will bo well attended, and thai it will bu composed of intolli genl and observing citizens, who can Understand and appreciate the informa tion which will he at thoir disposal, and can m ike good use of what they I car11 l?verpoi I bos the biggest winohouse i|i tho WOfld. It is buill beside the docks, and is intended to house Ihe imports tobacco which form so im pol'lanl Ii part of Liverpool's trade Win warehouse Is 725 Ir2 foot in length, lOfi foot wide and I :\ I feet teil Inches high. The ground area is 18,1100 ?qil.iro V?rds and tho area of the ??. vi ral lloors I71,00M equaro yard?. There at present in bond in Liverpool some 08,000 hogsheads of tobacco, voightng 30,000 tons which is equal. roughly estimated in ti custom duty of C 18,000,000. A Philadelphia mm tells Uns *ioiy on himself, Ifi^ daughter Who is the wife hi nil nrmy <lllcer in llio Philip pines, if on llio way t<? j dn he litis? hand, in Sail Fiam iseo she rcmcni bored ihai hor rut her appreciated line old Ut ir 'i ll wines. She shipped him .1 cue of a dozon Sollies by ex pro-s, and wi'OlO that ullO wovi.d have to change a #100 bill to pay the charges sb ? had Hi iii It C. O. X>. The wine nr. ivc ' u rlgol. l*apn paid tho ex j pr hs ;,v\ - 7.?O, on a package valued at $4,80, We are lohl that the Jordan, during ltd eoii'so, fulls over 1,200 feet. AI no point i? ;;. navigabl?. even by a small craft, to any consldi rablo <iis i i.i ami pro8cnls Iho unique spooln eh-i.i a river which has novor beoni navigated llowhl.i into a sea 'eh contains not one living oreaU