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SENATOR TILLrMAN'S SPEECH AT MANNING. His Defence Against Appelt's Charges. Candidates Should be Pledged to Abide by Purty PlutforniH. The political meeting at Manning waa not characterized by any sensa tional event, and Senator Tillman's speech waa not extreme or denuncia tory aa many had expected. The rev elations about whiskey rebates on the part of Appelt did not amount to any thing, and Senator Tillman's failure to bring any proof of McLauriu's party treachery waa equally disappointing to the audience and the public. Mr. Appelt announced that he was satisfied with the explanation he had received from Till man ae to the re bates, but insisted that he was in the Democratic party and would always re main a Democrat, and that bis whole fight was to keep the party as it now stands. There were about twelve or fifteen hundred people present, and as might have been expected, Tillman had a hand primary and the result was almost unanimous in his favor. At the opening of the mooting Sen ator Appelt presented the following questions, which he stated contained everything that he wished information upon: 1. Was not the primary sybtem in augurated to give every white wan a voice in the selection of candidates for office? 2. Does not our party pledge allow every white man to bo a candidate who pledges himself that he is a Democrat and will abide the result and support the nominees of the primary, then why change it now? 3. Was not one of the main tenets of the Reform movement to briug the candidates face to face with tho people and that there should be free thought, free speech and free action? 4. Are you and some of your pro tended friends not in favor of fixing the party pledge so that a man who does not agree with you on certain questions, notwithstanding he claims to be a Democrat, shall not be allowed to give the people an opportunity to decide whether or not he is a Demo crat? ?. When the dispensary system was inaugurated, did you not make laige purchases of the stock? 6. Did there not exist at that time a whiskey trust, and did you not make large purchases from a member of that trust? 7. Did not the trust have an agree ment to pay its purchasers a certain rebate ? 8. During several months of your administration large quantities of liquor were purchased, were there any re bates recorded on the books of the in stitution ? 9. Why do not the rebates appear on the bocks? 10. Did you ever get cotton seed meal and have it charged to the peniten tiary and insist upon that institution paying for it, and onlp paid for it after two years and then by compromise ? 11. What authority did you have to buy for your private use and have it charged to the State ? 12. Did you uot get brick for your private use that belonged to the people of the State? Would you have offered to pay for these brick had it not been exposed through the Meal investiga tion? 13. How many bushels of oats did you get from the State farm and have shipped to > on at your home in Tren ton? 14. Did you have the right to run a private farm at the expense of the State ? 16. By what right in law or morals did you get the authority at the State's expense to get wood, coal and vegeta bles? 16. Did you not continne to receive products from the penitentiary at your home at Trenton as late as 1897, not even paying the express charges ? 17. Did you not denounce your predecessors in office and charge rotten ness, because of alleged pilfering from the penitentiary ? 18. Was not a committee sent to in vestigate the dispensary transactions refused the right to examine the books, and did not the members of the trust refuse to be subjected to an examina tion on oath ? 19.' Were not your dealings with the trust questioned, and did you ever de mand of the trust that they permit an investigation of your transaction ? 20. Did you not on the hustings create the impression upon the minds of the people that the cause of their oppressed condition was largely due to corporate greed and that the State of New Jersey was an incubator for frau dulent corporations ? 21. Are you not a membor and a director in a New Jersey chartered corporation? 22. Did you not denounce the in terference of a United States Senator with our campaigns ? 23. I? it not against the law for you to UH a free pass, express or tele graph frank, and do you use them ? 24. Did you not aa a Governor of the State, and as chairman of the board of directors of the State penitentiary, instruct the book-keeper of that in stitution not to charge anything on the books to yon or to open an at count against you ? Aa to the dispensary matter Senator Tillman said that the State got no re bates. Neither did he aa Governor. Thai the dispensary started with $50-, 000 capita:; that $25,000 of that amount waa used in the equipment; that it waa out of the question to get a stock of goods for leaa; that he had Uie opposition newspapers and whiskey dealers to fight, who said that the di . pensary would be a failure, and through the kindness of George Hnbbell. of the Mill Greek Company, who had faith in him, he got the supplies and he waived I tho right of rebates so as to get the necessary credit. The Slate did not pay for its liquor for a year or two after it got it, and by mixing cologne spirits with two stamp liquor the amount of the rebates was absorbed, and thu cost ths State $1.86 per gallon This. TUlman said, was the purest, cheapest whiskey that the State ever got. Ue emphatically doniod any re bates. He said thero was no proof, and that time and again efforts had been made to got proof against him which did uot exist. As to tho penitentiary charges, he showed that he had paid for every thing, or it was givou to him by Col onel) Neal personally, who had a per fect right to give him whatever he pleased, and that tho report showed that the State had never lost anything by him. And that ho himsolf called i* attention to the oats purchased by him and to his failnro to pay for some on account of not being able to get the bill. He stated that if ho wont to stealing, it certainly would bo for moro than a few potatoes, tomatoes, etc. Helativo to .his connect ion with tho Sabino Oil and Marketing company, ho : stated that ho was simply gambling; ' that Lockwood, the president of the compauy, was a friend of his who had gone to Texas, aud that he had always fought the Staudard Oil Company. When Lock wood wont to Toxas he offered to take him (Tillmau) in as a stockholder and Tillman invested $1,200, all of which ho now believes he has lost, and that it was after ho had gono in tho compauy that his name was used as a director. Tho company was organized in New Jersey. This company, lie said, was amenable to the laws of Texas aud that ho, as Sonator, had nothing to do with it. As Senator, hoof all men, would not advise the people aa to a choice of can didates ; this was his chief ohjection to Hampton in 1800. He said that the use of the frank was not prohibited in Washington, and it was not a violation to send a message from Washington to Manning, S. C, and that ho did not deserve any blame. He did have a frank, but was not to be bought by $5 or $10 work of telegrams a year, and no vote of his would over show that he had been bought by his telegraph frank and he did not use tho frauk iu the State. He presented a letter from Uurriss that he did not instruct him not to charge articles to him bought from the penitentiary. Upon State and national politics and the duty of tho Democratic party in tho May convention, Senator Tillman spoko an follows : There is a matter of deep interest which will come up for discussion and settlement in the comiug May conven tion, and as I am the repiesentative of the Democracy of this State upon tho national committee, it may not be im proper for me to express my views on it, and to inform you as to the senti ment and feeling of the Democrats in Washington on tho subject. The Dem ocratic parly in South Carolina has oc cupied a peculiar position for twenty flve years. The whites are in the minority in this State, and under the reconstruction dispensation thero were some thirty-five thousand raoro negro than white voters. The conscquenee was that aflor the overthrow of tho carpet bag government iu 1870 we adopted a system of party government and the white people of the State were educated in the employment of politi cal methods that obtained hardly any where else. We have had an " im perium in imporio," or a government within a government. Democracy has meant white supremacy, and Republi canism meant negro equality. The ne cessity for white unity overshadowed the other considerations, and tho Dem ocrats of the State were taught that submission to the will of the majority and loyal support of the nominees of the party were paramount to all other considerations. Hampton taught us that an independent was worso than a radical. Like ail of his actions and utterances in these trying days, that advice was the very essence of wisdom and patriotism. His clear judgment, which was his most distinguishing characteristic, saw the danger to the State of a Democracy split into factions and appealing to the colored vote. And 1 take this occasion to say that no other living South Carolinian moro willingly or gladly pays tribute to his leadership or has a bettor realization of the invaluable services to his people and the State rendered by this groat man In '70. It was only after the revolution of 1800 that there was anything like free dom of political utterance and action. The convulsion which brought this about also brought with it an attempt on the part of those who were in the minority to withstand tho popular will, and some of those who had boon most clamorous for party regularity and sub mission to the dictates of a convention in selecting candidates bolted and ran Judge Haskell for Governor. The Haskell movement was based largely on personal opposition to me, aud there was uover any question in regard to the loyalty of those who supported Judge Haskell to the genoral principles ?f Democracy in the nation. Follow ing the independent action of the Ilaskellites came the rebeiiion of those who voted against Cleveland for Wea ver in '92 amounting to seme two thousand or more white votos, mainly in Pickeas a?A Oconee counties. Then in '94 there waa another rebellion on account of the adoption of the " Col letou plan." Dr. Pope ran as an in dependent candidate for Governor and received several thousand white votes. So there have boon three attempts to resist the will of the organized De mocracy speaking through regular channels. In each of these instances, those who bad broken fealty with their fellows, and who failed to support the nominee of the party as thoy had pledged, at the primaries to do, were forgiven and admitted back to fellow ship without any quo 4 ion. In each case those who resisted the will of the party of course felt justified in acting independently, bnt they were private i soldiers, so to speak, and tho desire of j our people for continued fellowship, and good will among the whites hat prevented their expulsion from th< party. Mow we aro confronted with a differ ent condition of affairs. The new con stitution adopted in 181)5 has oliiuiuatod for the present tbo negro majority. Tho number of negroes eligible to vote does not exceed 15,000, but it is con stantly increasing aud there may bo a good many thousand who are not reg istered who would bo oligiblo to regis tration. Thoro have boou in tho recent past evidences of Republicanism crop ping out in South Carolina in various directions. There is no doubt wo shall soon have a white Repubhcau party appoaliug to those nogro voters. The action of ono of our Unitod Stales Senators in advocating Republi can doctrines and voting with that party on . all essential moasuros, con tending all tho whtlo that ho is a Dem ocrat and that ho has tho right to deflno ?bat Democracy means, has brought things to a focus. Tho Dem. ocratic party in South Carolina, and it is well understood that the State is over whelmingly Democratic, has a right to be honestly represented in the Senate and in tho Houso, and in fact, I do not believe tho Democrats of the State would intentionally and willingly elect any man to any ollice whoso Democracy was unsound if they know it. Our presout danger is Republican ism iu tho guise of Democracy. The . fore tho quostion has becu raised ..ad it is now aa issue, aud it must bo set tled as to what constitutes Democracy and who shall dofiuo it. It is con tended that we should leave tho pri mary just as it is and make no new rules aud regulations to prevent a re currence of tho election of a mau or men whoso Democracy does not tally with that of tho national party. Wo arc urged to permit every man to vole who will take tho pledge, and not to require of the enndidalo any other plodgo than the one uow in forco. To the first proposition there can bo no serious objection. We uoed not be solicitous about tbe rank and Hie; at least 1 do not think tbe time bus yet como when we must drive out of tbe party individuals who will pledge them selves to support the nominees, state, and national, though they may be dis loyal. It would bo manifestly unfair to permit Republicans to vote in a Demo cratic primary, thereby endangering, if they woro in suilicient numbers, the election of a genuine Democrat as against some mugwump or traitor. I do not think, however there are enough avowed Republicans who will take the oath to make it necessary to traue their records back to tho preced ing Novomber election and sec wheth er they voted as they pledged them selves. It may in time become necessary to U80 tho registration lists at the legal election to purify tho club lists, but wo cannot well make the rules so exacting that wo will bar out men who want to act independently in merely local mat ters. The fact that our light is in the primary and not in the legal olection, and hardly half of the Democratic votes are over polled at tho legal elec tion, would make it ditllcult to devise n scheme to prove who or who had not supported tho " nominees of the party." I will not, therefore, discuss that phase of tho subject, but it is a matter of vital necessity that wo should make candidates define their altitude and give explicit pledges as to their ac tions while in office. Senator McLaurin was charged with Republicanism in his race |in the primary of '07, but he deuiod it bitter ly, and I thought ho was honest. Ho denies it still, but his utterances now are all in endorsement of tho Republi can policy, and his votes tally with his speeches. Wo must have a revision of tho pledge givon by condidatos which will make it impossible for any honorable mau not a Democrat to se cure the nomination, if wo aro to keep the party from being stabbed in tho back and not have a repetition of tho present disgraceful state of affairs. At this timo South Carolina really has no voice in shaping public mat ters in the Senate, and if she has a voice the votes of tho two Senators aro nearly always on opposite sides of any given proposition. This is something that does not obtain in any other Dem ocratic State, and I know of no way by which we can guard against a recur rence of this condition, except to re quire all candidates for tho Senate, State oftloors, Congressmen and other positions of honor and trust to pledgo faith and loyalty to the doctrines and principles of the party as announced in State and nationil conventions. Tbis will leave their status as far as it can be devised in words as absolutely known. Senator McLaurin is no longor a factor in dealing with this question. He is simply an illustration of what might happen again under tho present loose regulations. While his actions have shown the necessity tor a revision of the pledge to be given by candi dates, the party can act without con sidering his case at all. It is even de sirable that be bo given an opporlu ity to go before the pooplo and let them show him how thoy fool about his treachery. The revised pledge can be required of all other Democrats Without charge of persecution or por sonal application. Tina is imnortant for the future welfare of tho party. Let him run if ho desires to fnco the people and bo elected if he can got tho votes. If he can win in tho primary after his record is set beforo tho peo ple he can win much easier as an inde pendent if he hr denied admission. We do not want to be unjust to him or to his followers. If the Democracy of South Caro lina wants to put none but Democrats on guard it must doeide the Democ tacy of each candidate by requiring >?? pledge iu writing tbut will detineclear ly what the candidate's opinions are, and a solemn pledge to stand by thoso opinions. Of courso men may sign i such a pledge and tbon deceive tho people afterwards, but wo owe it to our fellow Democrats of tho country to at least safeguard our Democratic primaries as far as possible. There is one other subject connect ed witli parly policy that demands se rlous consideration. The large number of candidates who seek the various State offices and Congressional* and Senatorial honors rendjft it impossible in one day for thoefvfcandidates to have even a respectful hearing. Any man who is fit to Ve Governor or Senator oanno*,'2.:cw:tiBB public questions in any i intelligent way if his time is limited. Soine plan must be dovisod by which those candidates who 1111 the really im portant offices, and who will shape aud control affairs, must bo giveu sufficient opportunity to mako the people under stand whethor or not they are compe tent. Many of tho positions which are sought arc largely ministerial and the duties are well dcliuud, a.ni those olli cers canuol change or shapo public policy in any material degree. There is no good oxcuse or r ason why seven or eight candidates for railroad com missioner and ?fteon or tweuty of tin other Slate offices shall bo given timi at a State campaigu moetiug, or so lit tie time as to merely get up and make their bow. In the last Slate canvass it required about five hours foi tho rospectivo can didates, allowiug only thirty minutes for tho candidates for Governor and ton minutes for the othors, not counting the cnudidate for United States Sonato, who usually came last. The limitation on the time of tho candidates for the important offices, if it bo continued, will absolutely destroy all interest in the Sluto campaigu meetings, and final ly destroy the primary system itself, and I am strongly of tho opinion that it would bo well, indeed necessary, to have two campaign days iu each couuty, say six weeks or two months apart, at which certain specified candidates shall address the pooplo. Tho suggestion has beeu niado that thoro ought to be a limitation on the number ot meotings to ono in each Congressional district. This will never do, because the people aro entitled to see and hoar tho men who seek their votes, and if such a system were adopt ed thero would be few, if any, citizens at such mooting other than thoso who livo in the couuty where tho meeting is held. The nowspaper reports would have to bo depended on entirely in or der to get any sort of information as to what tho candidates were saying and what impicssion they made; and this would moan tho use of the press by thoso who wore able to obtain its sup port to control elections; and this does not imply that tho press is venal. Few people tako daily papers, and nearly all tho weeklies havo patent outsides. Somehow all of Senator McLaurin's speeches wore published iu those out sides or sent ae supplements. It was legitimate advertising, but wo do not waut rich men who aro able to pay for such advertising to have advantago o? tho poor mon who cannot. Tho only safe way is to have the candidates faco tho voters and let each man decide for himself. 1 warn tho peoplo against surrendering the right to judge fop themselves. Government by newspapers may bp. a very good thiug, but tho people off South Carolina repudiated it in 18?0; and I have no idea thoy aro going to return to it, and I am therefore! prepared to urge tho scheme i havo| outlined, as tho best which suggests it self to mo. The two sots of candidates could begiu on opposite sides of the* State and ihus not intcrfcro with each other. Tho pcoplo ought to devoto ai least two days to tho selection of thai best men, and this cannot bo brought about without hearing them fully. If? tho pooplo lose interest in their gov-J eminent that government must bc-l como bad. " Eternal vigilance is tho] price of liberty," is as true now asj when it was uttered. ? Tun FARMERS and tub Mkat trust.?The Farmers' Grain associa tion of Kansas, which has been in suc cessful operation for a year, now pro poses to begin operations against tho bocf trust. James Uutlcr, secretary and o.ganizer of the association, hus issued a stalomeut to the 10,000 mem bers of tho association and tho public, iu which ho outlined a plan to defeat the trust. A part of tho statement is as follows : . *? The farmers and business men of Kansas aro in better shapo to eolvo tho hoof trust problem than those of any other State. This is a State which produces an enormous quantity of moat, and we havo demonstrated our ability to compete with tho beef trust. The Farmers Gram association can greatly assist in the work. Our plan is on the co-operative order, and pro vides for the organization of companies iu every county of tho State. "The companies will include the far mers who bring in tho stock to market and the men who consume tho meat. Wo propose to havo co-oporative ice plants, cold storage and packing houses erected at contrnl poiuts. The auimuls can bo slaughtered thoro and the meat which isn't sold on tho local market can bo cured and shipped to some largor packing centre. This will save the two freights which tho consumers now pay. Thoy are obliged to pay tho freight to the packing house and the freight back on the cured product* This plan has been discussed by some of the leading men in various lines cf business in the State and thoy declare it will win." Admiral J)ewey has been invited to] Denver as a guest of honor at a banquet which tho First Regiment of the Colo rado National Guard will give to Gen eral Frodorick Funston, commandor of tho department of Colorado, on May 1, the anniversary of the batllo of Ma nila Ray. Dr. Henry G. Moore, of Wabash, lud., hos an old batllo flag in his pos session said to have been carried by Gen. Anthony Wayne (" Mad An thony") during his campaign through Northern Indiana and Ohio, toward the close of iho oighteenth century. The.WcnT s Greatest Care fof /Hafaria X, ?Vit all form? of Malarial pojaon . ni Uke John.un'a Chill ani Pave* TofilT. A tatntof Malarial polaon hi rr^iabhWI nvt)iinsml"*rT M?1 "iJolaonlng. Tho antidote for It I? JOHNSON'S TONIC. lot a bottle to-day. tttttt 50 r.tnti If It twit. THIS ISLAND OF PORTO RICO. The Fertility of its Soil und the Variety of its RcHourees. The Porto Rico Trade and Agricul tural Journal is published iu English and Spanish, aud is devoted to the in terests of commerce and agiiculturc. The 1 olio wing extracts from i s columus are valuable aud interesliug : Tho Island of Porto Rico has been correctly termed tho richest island of tho West Indies. To the marvellous fertility of its soil is added un.old riches iu miuerals, which, if scientifically miucd and haudlod with improved processes will greatly add to ils most enviable reputa tion as a wealth producer. Among the many kinds of minorals to be found in Porto Kico, the most important, both as to quality and quantity, are gold, copper, iron and silvor. The existence of these minerals has been established beyond doubt by olllcial data, and tho vestiges of the work done centuriea ago by tho Span iards. Lead, peroxide of manganese, lignite, quicksilver, BUtphurct of lead, bismuth, jot and sulphur arc also found in quantities on the island. Tho first Spaniards to arrive on tho shores of Borinqucu, appreciating the proportoo8 of tho King of Motals, un dertook tho task of ridding tho island of its gold and, with this end iu view, thoy sot about washing tho sands of tho rivers and streams and sinking shafts in tho hills. Notwithstanding their primitive and most imperfect methods of mining, the results were quite satisfactory and, according to authentic documents the production of gold from 1500 to 1530 was 3,405,800 dollars. It must ho borno in mind that thoao results were attained by tho first set tlers of tho island who knew almost uothing of tho land and were hamper ed In their labors by ignornnco of piiiung and deficient methods. In view of these facts tho question arises?what uro tho results to he pbUiiued by modoru machinery and scientific mining? I Tho island is traversed by a range of mountains running from east to west which extends through tho Windward I.-lands on tho east and to the Desechco Islet, on the west. Tho most noted ridge of this rauge is called Luquillo, about 3,500 foot above tho level of the sea and down whose sides How a serios of rivers and creeks, the most impor tant of which nro Mameyes, Hio Prleto, Sabana, Fajardo, Gurabo, Kspiritu Santo, Hio Grande, Filipina, La Maquina, Tahonuco, Cajones, Gua tagua and Anon. In tho bods of nil '^'"uforogomg rivers gold is found, as 'o/jfg 0y -?o pounds of this metal huv 1 n%d from the Anon in one k Tho most abundant stones in Bk-\\lameyes river bed are feld-spar I porphiry, striped with veins of Pms andiron pyrites, tho alluvium ljle>\ occupying the low aud midway 2Jth\#f theso river-beds. *P?\1SORKT OK TIIK SKASoNS. ? Aio \ ue'f \'ue3v'011 " wncn to plant " is a i 0? to the i'orto Rico agriculturist. \,yy^i8 to make no great difference (K / a crop is planted, the result is |W*' the same?a good harvest. Jl/^ycars ago, one of the island's BM'/ "nthusinstic agriculturists, iu on 5 /'''Ing to force unturo to divulge /',ei8on secret, planted a patch of /Co'och month consccutivoly for a i y?uith the result that sixteen months . ffo/he timo of the first p'anting he ' ^fcajwarded with bis twelfth good Q?SC? There was a slight difference in yle jight of the December crop from ' chv^r elevou and it was a few days {OOffjp iu ripening, l?ut, aside from ^?hese two differences, thore was noth ing to show that Naturo favored one J^rop more than another. Another prominent grower, in ex perimenting with pineapples, produced an abundance of this fruit in March, fully thrco months befoie its "season." Theso two citations of the many like experiments that have been mndo on tho island make it easy to understand how it is possible for tho people in the United States to havo fresh fruit and vegetables 305 days in tho year. TIIK Cyi.TUKK OK COTTON. During tho Civil War and as late as 1800, cotton of a very flue quality was ruised on the Island of Porto Hico. At this limo, whon the planters of the United states had once n.oro givon thoir undivided attention to the raisiug of cotton, Porto Rico cotton-men trans formed their cotton fields into cane fields and cotton raising iu Porto ltico has since been woefully neglected. That this industry could bo made a money makor can be seeu from a few figures obtained from statistics of va rious kinds and from the books of an old-time cotton raiaor. Thore aro appioximaloly .300,000 acres of idle land on tho island of Porto Itico upon which cotton could be raised. This land will produce 750 to 1,000 pounds of cotton por acre. Tho land can bo purchased for $15 to J10 por acre. It will cost no more th n $5 to plant an acio and tho bost labor is procurable at 40 cunts a day. Cotton machinery is comparatively inexpensive and silk cotton, the kind which scorns to do bost in Porto Hico, (in quality about tho samo as uplaud) is worth 8 cents f. o. b. San Juan. From tho abovo it should not be dif ficult to seo a good thing in cotton rais ing in Porto Hico. CATTLE AND 1IOKSKS. There is no spot on the globo whero thoy rniso bottor milk cows and beef cattle than in Porto Hico. It may not be gouorally known that Lord Durham took with him to Europo in tho 18th century a numhor of Porto Hico cows and bred them to Holstein stock, thus producing the famous Short Horn Durham, but such is, nevcri.be less, the case. Jp Foed and water arc most plcyflfui, the cattle need no housing uror care whatsoever and there tsphuuCy of shade for them in most parts of the island? a combination of condMnons that fore shadows a bright fuflrro for tho cattlo raising' liidMtojUaf^ono Ulco. The Porto Hico horse, strictly opea - ing, is the result of in-breeding of up wards of two hundreds years and the result obtained has been an animal of great endurance and hardiness. It has been stated that the Porto Hico horse can claim origin from Arabian stock ; this migbt have boon tho cuao bad tho question of sizo alono been taken into consideration, but with very few ex ceptions tho quality of the Arabian is lacking in the present horse of tho Is land. Endurance cortaiuly is sbowu in a marked degree, as well as well defin ed conformation. A crossing of the Morgan with tho native horso of Porto Itico should produce very satisfactory results. Tho two marked characteris tics of tho Morgan blood?quality and endurance?addod to tho wonderful on durauco x?f tho Islnnd horso, should make a perfect, medium sized animal and one admirably suited for park and ligbtw? iijht harness work. There is no reason why tho native horse could not bo most successfully bred also for pur poses of polo. The essential features always sought for in tho making of polo pomes are agility, endurance and size ; tho former two qualities the Porto Hico horse already strongly pos sesses, tho question of sizo is one to bo oasily overcome Thoro are somo sheep on tbo Island, but these need cousidornble eare and do not thrive iu the warm climate of Porto Kico on account of their heavy wool. Goats, however, aio found to be excolleut substitutes. Their meat is of a delicious llavor, thoy givo an almost incredible amount of rich, sweet milk and it does not cost much to raise them. A young goat, properly roasted, is fully as nice as tho fattest lamb and many Americans in Porto ltico prefer tho goat moat. A ** nanuy " is worth $2 to pi and it is true that they thrive jn the proverbial M tin cau." SUGAR AND MOB. A recent trip through the sugar hells of the island showed a very promising stale of affairs iu the gathering iu and grindiug of the cane. Particularly was this noticeable at Manati, Dorado, Vega Raja, Arocibo and Camuy. From indications, tho facilities for grinding at lho)c points were inadequate to meet tho present large crops of cane. As these crops will increase in volume on tho Island, it must, of necessity re sult in tho early erection of larger Cen tralos, and the consequent introduction of improved machinery for grinding. Tho importation of rjco from the United States to Porlo Hico is an enor- j inous item, ami it has boon estimated that upwards of 27,000 tons arc con sumed annually on the island, rice being tho staplo food of the natives. Duo to exemption irom duty, the .Japan Iviushu rice, growu in Southorn Louis iana and .Southeastern Texas, and grades of an inferior quality, now con ti ol tho Porto Rico market and con sequently command high prices on tho island. An industry well worth the con sideration of capitalists is tho erection of an up-to-date plant in Porto Rico for clcauing rice. Tho Fast India rice in the husk, on which there is an im port duty of 75 cents per 100 pounds in Porto Rico, could be shipped to the island, and allowing for all charges, rice of a very superior quality could bo sold at a figure far below that now ruling for the American product. The revenue to the island would amount to more than $1:15,000 annually from duties, with a further direct benefit to the natives of $150,000 por annum in wages and the difference in retail prices of tho two articles. . VALUE OK CULTIVATION. While it is true that the rich soil of Porto Rico yields wonderfully large crops, it is also true that much bolter results can bo attained and the land made lo produce fifty per cent, more than it does if the agriculturalists can bo induced to alter their time worn customs of cultivation. Old fashioned implements aro used almost exclusively in Porto Rico; the crops aro planted in such a manner that cultivation by modern methods is impossible; tho cost is double tho amount it should bo, the work is im perfect and the result is consequently one half of a crop. Nat uro has done much for tho Island, but she cannot do it all and for the best results she must have assistance. CLIMATIC' AND 1IKALT1I CONDITIONS. The climate of Porto Rico can well be said to bo remarkably equable. As tho mean temperature on tho Island doos not vary moro thnn (> dogrecs Fahrenheit throughout tho year, with a lange of tho thermometer of only 40 degrees Fabrouhoit, Porto Rico enjoys tho distinction of having continual summer. At midday, the temporature rises to about 85 degrees Fahrenheit. Tho coolest months of tho year are December, January and February, whilst the hottest months are June, July, August and September. Brac ing, cool weather predominates in the mountains. Snow and hail arc quilo unknown in Porto Hico. The; Island is also blessed with plentiful nainfaMs-, which greatly assist vegetation, and add to the largo wator supply of the rivers. For a tropical country, l'orto Itico is remarkably healthful, and compares most favorably with tho health resorts of Europo and the United Stales. Duo, particularly, to the very efficient and thorough sanitary moasuros which have been adopted by the Uuited Slates au thorities, yellow fever and smallpox have bcon completely stamped out of tho Island; an observance of tho usual dietary precautions generally taken in all tropical countries by intending set tlors, will ensure perfect and lasting health. Dr. R. M. Hernandez, the president of the saporior board of health of Porto i!icf>, in his annual report of last year, to tho Commissioner of tho Interior, sta'ed that as a result of ?com* douce with Uum Secretary of the Now York I'U* insuranco company the ex tra pEMmium formerly charged by that f^mpauy on persons living in Porto Itico, was abolished iu September, 1000, and the remission was granted solely on tho favorablo statistics sub mitted as to sickness and mortality on the. Island. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought The Finest Cake Is made with Royal Bak ing Powder. Always light, sweet, pure ^ wholesome. in a KP ON ROOSEVELT, He Says the President Should Have Apologized When He Ca tue South. Atlanta Constitution. Ae old Undo Hob Rogers said, "The Southern people are the most forgive ness people iu tho world." They will suffer more and suffer longer, and then if their enemy smiles on 'cm and foods 'em with a litllo sugar, they will lick his hand and forgive him. I was ruminating about tbii when I read of the President's visit to Charles ton, and the grand ovation they gave him. It hasn't been two months siuce he said iu public at a banquet that our secession was anarchy. It hasn't been, very loug since he wrote iu his life of Tom Bentou this sentence, " Uefore .Jefferson Davis took his place among the nrch traitors, he had already been known as one of the chief repudialors of bis State, and it was not unnatural that to dishonesty ho should add treachery io the public." Mississippi did repudiate her public debt, and so did Michigan aud some other Northern States, but Mr. Koosevelt singles out a Soulborn Slato to give a slam at Mr. Davis and the South. Now the trulh is that Mr. Davis had nothing in the world to do with it. It was done be fore ho camo into public life or hnd anything to do with public affairs. I rockou Roosevelt got il from John Stuart Mill's slanderous history when ho says *? Mr. Davis was Governor of Mississippi, and when the Legislature passed a bill to pay the repudiated bonds he vetoed il." What a mon strous liel Mr. Davis never was Gov ernor of Mississippi, and no such bill was ever passed. Again Mr. Roosevelt says in bis book, 14 The moral difference between Benedict Aruold on tho one hand und A.iron Burr or Jefferson Davis on the other is ibo difference between a poli tician who sells his vote for money and one who supports a bad measure I) get a high political position." What malig uaut venom there must be iu a man who would class Jefferson Davis with Arnold and Burr.; what amazing igno rance of historical facts to call him an arch traitor and a chief rcpudialor when at the very time of the repudia tion he was organizing a regiment to light the battles of his country on the soil of Mexico. There he was desper ately wounded, and for live years went on crutches. Our Southern people re gard Jefferson Davis with emotions of the highest admiration, and I have su preme contempt for the ignorant or malignant historians and politicians who assail him. It gratillos mo im mensely that the President and General Miles have fallen out, aud that Miles got the worst of it, though I don't know who deserves tho most scorn, the President for slandering Mr. Davis or Miles for putting shackles on him. Now if Rooscvolt was man enough to retrncl what ho wrote and ascribe it to ignorance or misinformation, he could restore bimsolf to some extent to Ihc I favor of our people, for it is a fact that ' wo arc ihu m * forgiveness people on the earth, hut 1 have never yet known a Yankee politician to apologi/.o for anything he did. Thoy are the saints. Tho G. A. It.'s invito our boys to ban quet with them, but they don't apolo gize, and they wouldn't vote us a pen sion to save our lives. I don't under stand the President, and my opinion is ho don't understand himself. 1 don't believe ho has mind enough to know his own mind. If ho is really for civil war reform and an honost government, what did he turn out Kvans for and put in a figurehead, unless it was lo tickle the G. A. IC's (grab all rascals) and get their inllucnco in the next nominating convention. Perhaps ho is tho man " who supports a bud meas ure lo get high political position." Woll, of course any son-of-a-gun can got a pension now nnd some who novor had a gun. I bolievo a Confederate .soldier can get one by grousing the pension agont. Only last week one of our esteemed fellow-citizens had busi ness thut called him to a city in New York Stalo aud on being introduced lo the pension agent as Captain-he was asked what sorvico ho was in. Ho roplied, 4t In tho Virginia army." "So was 1," said tho agont. " Have you gotten a pension ?" " No," said tho captain. " Well, let mo make out your application; it is tinio you had one." The captain humored him for some timo while he was filling up tho blank. "Wero you at the surrender?" said ho. " I was," said tho captain. ' Whoso command wore you in then?" said tho agent. " Gonoral Wade Hampton's," said the captain. " The devil you Bay; you wore a rebel, then, (isnflicmo v hero is the llrst rohfO. Vnavo ever made out a tpvnriion cluiui for and lie lowks Tiko such a gentleman. I've a good notion to send it up and get him one." The captain says ho could havo gotten ono as oasy as falling off a log, if ho had just lied a littlo. Nowt Tumlin told mm- a long time ago that the only wi y to got even with tho Itopublicans was to grease 'era or jino 'cm, but it was safer to do both. Hut our peoplo will forgivo Teddy if ho will apologize for tho past and be have in the futuro. He has some good traits which ho inherited from his mothor, but his impulses and emotious aro not well balanced. His gun goos off half cocked and he shoots with tho OASTORXA. Bun tho lh9 Kind You Haw Always &Whl double- wabbles. 1 think ho has about lot tho nigger alone and so has the North gonorally. Wo lynched one in Homo tho other day and I have never seen any mention of it in thoir papors. Our Governor didn't even offer a To ward nor has the circuit judgo mado any fuss about it. I reckon the towns aud cities will now sympathize with the country people, for the crime in this case was committed in the very center of tho city and so was tho lynch ing, and nobody was disguised. 1 have been in fayor of lynching ever since they burned that uogro in Dallas, Tex., aud I am still. When they lynch ono they ought to pick out nbout a dozoti bad ooes and whip thorn and mako them leave the country. That's tho way they do in Texas. Every com munity is in danger from moan, idle negroos. Whose wife or daughter will be the next victim? If Teddy had been in Rome, I won der what he would have done. 1 be lieve he would have joined tho lynch crs. Why not? lie is killing them by tho thousauds in the Philippines for no crime except loving their country. Our so-called soldiers are putting them to torturo of tho most horrible kind, and burning their towns, and cali it a war for the honor of the Hag. It makes the blood boil to reud about it. They learned all this from Sherman during our civil war, and havo im proved upon the lesson that he taught them. Hut I won't ruminate about it any longer. It makes me heartsick to ponder upon the iniquities of this administration. Those ten million ne groes cost us 82 a head, and it has al ready cost us ?200 a head to subdue them, and we hove hardly begun. Let mo go out and dig some .in the garden. Bill Aur. P. S_An old soldier, C. W. Shi. , , of Water Valley, Miss., sends me his photo as he lies in bed, whore lie has been for twenty-two years, paralyzed from wounds received at the battle of Franklin. He enlietcd in company G, First Mississippi infantry; was iu tight at Fort Donaldson and Fort Hudson, and followed Hood from Atlanta, to Tennessee; was wounded at the battle of Franklin and taken prisoner. Ho has written a poem aud dedicated it to bis comrades. His homo has an old debt of 6400 hanging over it, and will be sold before long. How many of tho veterans who are going to Dallas will send him a dollar ov half a dollar to save bis old heme? He will send each one his picture and a copy of his poem. H. A. P. S.?I receive letters every mail asking questions or wanting favors of some sort. 1 answer those that havo stamps inclosed. H. A. A. V. Winters, a veteran from Macou, Ga., died from heart disease at the depot at Terrell, Texas, while on his way to the Dallas reunion. The gold contained in the medals, vessels, chains and other objects pre served in tho Vatican would make more gold than the whole of the pres ent European circulation. During the past year tho Kaiser has decorated no fewer than 2,473 persons with cither a star or a ribbon?a greater number than any year sinco Wilhelm II ascended the throne. The beautiful South Carolina monu ment on tho Chicamauga battlefield, consisting of a large bronzo palmetto tree on a marblo base, has been consid erable damaged recently by storms. Owing to the oppression by the Bus* sinn government of Finns, the latter are beginning to emigrate, and it Is claimed that the majority of those who leavo the Czar's domain come to this country. The Japanese eat more llsh than any other people in the world. With them meal eating is a foreign innova tion, confined to the rich, or rather to to those rich peopio who prefer it to tho national diet. In Humboldt and Mendocino coun ties, California, thore are thirty-six saw-mills nt work upon the famous red wood forests, which aro gradually dis appearing, tho value of the output of the year 1000 being nearly ?5,000,000. Mrs. Klizaboth H. Horton, of Salom, Mass.,ownor of tho famous interna tional doll collection, which has earned nearly ?25,000 for charity has just re ceived from tho Queen of Houmania, a , doll with which the Queen once played. The newest lighthouse on the French const shows a beam visible et a dU< tance oi thirty-nine nautical miles in^ clear wcathor. It is silua'??h-"Tm iKe lie Vicrire, off tho Fj&ntim coast, to the nor.'. nalj^L ushaut, tho lantern being 2^l>cTeot abovo sea lovnl. [^The musket used by Major John lint 11 irk at tho North Uridgo in Con cord, on April 11), 1775, has boon pre sented by his two groat-grandchildron, the only remaining member of tho family, to tho state of Massachusetts, and it is to be dopositod in the State Houso in Hosten for pormanent pres ervation. A gigantic crane, which is styled by tho Goimans as " the largoat crane in the world," is to be soon in use at Kiel. Its own weight is IAO tons, and it is capable of lifting as much as nit tons. Its arm Strolches fifty yards from point to point, and is fifty yards and moro about the foundation. It is workod by olectrlcity. OA8T03RIA. Emm the ^^^^^^^^^BOBgM