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_IN1 e-bem tien-jr1- eratb Glb tjo H5. ETABIHDI 85 --_-- NKEWBERRY, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1887. PIE~5 THE INTERSTATE CONy E NTION O FARMERS. Resolntions Touching Various Subjects of In terest to the Farmers Adopted by the Inter state Convantion Recently held. in At lanta. Whereas, the national banking act was conceived and enacted in a time of great national emergency to meet a then imperative demand for assis tance to the general government in the need of civil war, and, Whereas, all these conditions have long passed, and yet the law remains substantially as originally enacted, and does not in some respects meet the requirements of an agriculturui community, which has to rely almost entirely upon land as security for the loan of money, which security for the national banks are prohibited from accepting; and, Whereas, the cotton States of the South need capital to develop their resources, and the farmers the facil ities for borrowing money at a low -rate of interest; Therefore, be it resolved 1. That in the opinion of this convention, it is expedient that the National bank ing act be so amended as first, to re peal the tax now existing 'on the issue of State bank circulation. Sec ond, by repealing that clause of said act as prohibits national banks from accepting land as security for the loan of money. Resolved 2. That the secretary of this convention be instructed to de liver a copy of these resolutions, at tested by the sigratures of the pres ident and himself, to the chairman of each State delegation here present, with the request that he will transmit a copy to each member of congress from his State." "Resolved, That this convention appreciate the action of congress in appropriating fifteen thousand dol lars to each State for the agricultural experiment stations of the various States-under the conditions of the so called Hatch bill. "Resolved, further, That congress be urged to make the neceessary ap. propriation- at once, so that the law . may go into immediate effect." COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. Resolved, That our senators and representatives in Washington be re quested to use all efforts in their power to advance the department of agriculture to the dignity of a cabi net position. INTERsTATE COMMERCE. Resolved 1. That this interstate convention of farmers approve and * indorse the said interstate commerce act as a wise and patriotic measure and a step in the right direction. Be it further resolved that this con vention hereby memorialize the con gress and President of the United States to and sucb legislation to this lay as th'e interest and safety of the people and country may hereafter re quire. MEMORIALIZING CONGRESS. '-Whereas, it is of vital importance to the agricultural interests of the south that the voice of this conven tion be heard and recognized by our lawmakers at Washington. There fore, be it Resolved, That it shall be the duty of the vice presidents from each State here represented, f' appoint from his State as many 4 -iegates as there are representives in congress, who shall meet with the farmers' congress at their next regular meeting, and c'onfer with that body as to the best means of influencing proper legisla tion in the interest of the Southern States." TIIE CAUSE AND TIlE REM!EDY. "Whereas, it appears, and really is a fact, that great depression exists throughout the whole cotton grow ing region, and whereas we believe it to be the duty of this convention to ascertain the cause and to find a remedy, therefore be it Resolved 1st, That we believc the cause to be two fold, to-wit, first, un due taxation, 2nd, the raising of too much cotton, tuereby neglecting to produce home supplies. Resolved 2nd. That we believe the remedy for the first, is the united efforts of public servants in the legz islatures and in congress, snd this convention ~earnestly request both these bodies to grant us relief, and be it further Resolved, That it is our duty to * elect no man to either of these places unless he be willing to use his best efforts to relieve us of this unjust burden; and be it further Resolved, That each member of this convention on his return home, use his best efforts to induce farmers to organize and let our watdh words be : "Our farms shall be self sustain-I iag; that dur cotton crop should be -u surpls; we believe that unless we do* this a state of abject slavery lies before our sons and daughters." THE MORTGAGE SYSTEM. "Among the many evils under which the agriculture of the south is laboring and among the serious ob stacles to its progress is the crop lien and chattel mortgage system; now being a part of the business methods of large portions of the States here represented. Therefore, be it Resolved,that this convention urges upon the farmers' throughout the south the pressing importance of bringing to bear upon the legislature of their respective States all legiti mate influences which may tend to give speedy relief to our farmers and final abolition to this pernicious and ruinous system." FRATDULENT SECURITIES. "Be it resolved, That we demand a law making it a high crime. and mis demeanor for any corporation having its existence by permission of the federal government to issue fradulent securities upon ficticious values and offer the same upon the markets of this country. We demand that the law-making powers take early action upon such measures as siall effec tually prevent the gambling in futures of all agricultural products, pre scribing such procedure in trial as shall secure prompt donviction and enforcing such penalties as shall se cure the most perfect compliance with the law. We demand of the government of the United States a financial policy that will cease hoard. ing unbounded.wealth in our national treasury, thereby holding the rate of taxation above the needs of govern ment and the ability of the people, and depriving us of a just amount of circulating medium. COMBINATIONS DENOUNCED. We urge on the-farmers the necessity of running their farms economically; producing all that they can, and buy ing only such articles as they are necessarily compelled to have; sell ing only the surplus." Whereas, Certain corporations aLd individuauls have from time to time, through certain and peculiar meth ods, combined and conspired to de stroy or to depreciate the value of the agricultural products of the cot ton States which conspiracies or com binations have resulted to the detri ment of agriculture and large finan cial loss to the farmers of the South ern States That such combinations and con spiracies, in their operations and effects, result in the robbery of the producer. Reference is here especially made to such speculation or gambling as that usually termed "dealing in futures," with the prospective cotton crop as a basis. Also to the operations of the American Oil Trust company in their well nigh successful effort to crush out all competition either in the pur chase of seed, or the sale of the pro ducts thereof, by which process to monopolize the transactions, in the cotton seed of our production al ready resulting in great loss to our farmers. That these are methods of 'rob bery, devised by modern ingenuity, for the purpose of evading existing statutes. That they should be char acterized and as such punished; therefore, be it Resolved by this convention, That the influence of the entire agricultural population of all the States here con vened be brought to bear upon the legislative powers of our respective States to secure the enactment of such laws as will properly define these crimes and furnish commnen surate penalties therefor. That a copy of these resolutions be furnished to the legislature of Georgia, now in session, and subse quently to each legislature of the States here represented at its next session. THlE COTTON TAX. -We desire that congress shall pass a law returning through the States, to those entitled to the same, the money unjustly collected on what is known as the cot,ton tax. "-Favor a liberal appropriation by congress for the improvement of the Mississippi river and its tributaries, which is exclusively u9der the cen trol and jurisdiction of the general government. With the assistance and aid result ig from the passage of such laws as here indicated, a strict attention given to our farms and the business per taining thereto, as shown by the able addresses delivered on this floor, we hope and believe that the farming industry of the country will soon vie and1 prosper. ALONG THE NEW RAILROAD. The Great Three C's Road Rapidly Bf ing Built. CAMDEN, August 24.-Solicito Nelson was accompanied by you correspondent on a trip up the lini of the Three C's Road. At the resi deuce of Capt. L. L. Clyburn, wheri we accepted of his hospitality in th< shape of a good dinner and the usua prelude, we were in the line of fir from the "pine-log" cannon erecte< by Col. William Washington in 1780 and pointed at Fort Rugeley, whicl was at that time held by one hundrec Tories, and which surrendered t< Washington, fearing death from i pine log. I believe this battle ii known in history as the battle o Rugley's Mill. At this place is thi Graney Quarter Grange Hall an( voting precinct. Crossing over t< the Robeson road after dinner through the Cauthen settlement, wi had the pleasure of riding down thi line of the Charleston, Cinginnat and Chicago Railroad for about thir teen miles, and of seeing the fini work in grading and trestle-building The Gum Swamp and Sanders'; Creek trestles are ready for the rails and look like they will last forever The timbers are very massive ani inely put together. Railroad Notes. Yorkcille Enquirer, 22. The Charlotte Chronicle of Fridaj says that Smith & Ripley, principa contractors for the grading of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicag< Railroad, whose office is in that city disbursed on Thursday to the sub contractors $150,000, the amount o last month's estimates. On Saturday, Griffin & Gortor paid off the employees-on their con tract near town, disburaing abou $7,000. Col. T. E. Matson, chief engineer was in , Johnson City, Tenn., las week, and informed the editor of th< Comet that he will have an engineering corps there by the 15th.of September for the purpose of locating the roac from Johnson City to the coal fields and that work will be commenced or that portion of the road about thi middle of October. Messrs. B. W. Butler and A. W Jones, two of the members of Capt Whitner's crops, who surveyed thi line of the Augusta division fron Newberry to Sharon Church, in this county, arrived here last Saturday having walked the whole distanci from Augusta to Sharon for the pur pose of making a topographical sketcl t the country traversed by that route Mr. Butler is now engaged in th< hief engineer's office at iRock Hill and Mr. Jones returned to Augusta In regard to the Augusta division it is stated on the authority of Sena tr Butler, that the Charleston, Cmn innati and Chicago Company di( not get possession of the property fo; the purpose of killing it, but to con struct and equip the line. The rea son, they say, that they are not push ing this branch is because the con tract calls for the completion of th4 main line by a certain time, andi will require all their energies to carra it out. Cotton Picking. 1R. J. R?edding, in Southern Cultiiator. The' characteristic farm work o this the first fall month is cot:on har vesting. The fruition of the cottoi planter's hope of a successful, prac tical mach9~ne for gathering cotton i yet in abeyance, and the work mus still be done by nimble human fingers Inventors, however, are earnestly a work seeking to solve this great prob lem, as will be seen by the illustra tions and descriptions in this issul of the Cultivator. Cotton-picking b: hand is by far the most expensivi operation involved in the productio1 of raw cotton. Moreover, the cost a nearly every operation, except pick ing, may be reduced in proportioi as the yield per acre is greater There is practically but little differ ence in the cost per pound of gather ing by hand the crop from an scri producing one thousand pounds a seed cotton and another acre yielding only half as much. Hence the su preme importance and universal de sire for a practical machine to super sede the work of the hand. Such; machine must necessarily he so con structed-to be efficient-that it daily capacity will be almost in di rect proportion to the yield per acre Much has been said and written o late years about the importance o gathering cotton free from trash, t use the farmer's vernacular; an< some of the writers, although righ in the main, are evidently but littl familiar with the req*ements ani conditions that must be practical]; met on a cotton farm during the bs, vesting of the crop. Some years an apparently otherwise intellig English writer undertook to sh that there was no excuse whate r for the presence of sand or soil r bales of cotton; that the cotton cr opened (all of it, was his idea) September, a month in which th was little or no rainfall. Ile c eluded, and reproved and lectu: the farmer accordingly, that the sa was fraudulently added by the fart as a make-weight. While it is desirable to house cotton as free from leaf and hull may be, it is of the first importar that the crop be "gone over" as of as the quantity open at one time sufficient to enable hands to d f fair day's work. In the interest economy, and with a limited picki force, celerity of movement, nimb ness of fingers, and the weight of c ton gathered per hand per day ; the points to be observed. They All Say Cleveland. Not long since the Arkansas ( zette sea-t to different leading m - all prominent in politics, through( the West and South asking for pressions of opinion as to who - next president and vice-presid< would be and what, from their stal point, the political horizon indicat The distinguishing peculiarity the present political situation lies the fact that although the national : ministration has but little more th half finished its term, the Preside is recognized by democrats as 1 only candidate for the succession. Among the Republicans there i strange mix up. In one State Bla is wanted, with Sherman as a secc choice. In another State Lincolt thought to be the strongest man, w Allison second, and so the story ru One thing is certain; the Democr are united in party and of one mi as to who will be the candidate president in 1888-Grover Cle land, of New York. The Repul cans have not much of an idea, a look to time to settle for them a qu tion of a choice. Among the replies sent in, the lowing comes from South Carolir John J. Ilemphill, M. C.-] president-First choice, Grover Cie land; no second choice. For vi president-no choice as yet. I opinion is that the labor party m not materially alter the vote of Stwo great parties. As between Cle land and Blaine, Cleveland will ca -South Carolina by over thirty th sand majority. A Year's Disasters. From the Springfield Republican. Jhe record of the year's raily disasters is already a terrible o The Railway Review gives the lowing pertinent figures in the ca: "This makes the eleventh her railway accident of this year. 'l preceding ten, which have led up this climax of horror, may be e merated as follows: Januarn Devil's river (Texas) collision, fift< killed; Republic collision, sixti killed, twelve injured. Februarj Woodstock (Va.) derailment, thiu two killed, thirty-six injured. Mar( Bussey bridge, thirty-one killed,< hundred injured; Norfolk and Wi ern bridge, eight killed. Apri tNorthern Pacific collision, six kill eighreen injured. May-Pennsyl 1 nia railroad collision, eight kill - eighteen injured. July-Grand Tri Scollision, twelve killed, two hund in.fred ; Erie collision, thirteen kill .five injured; Chicago and Alton 4 t lision', fifteen killed, thirty injure - Certainly figures like these go - show the urgent necessity for si an overhauling of our criminal b as will make the penitentiary a po Sbility to be taken into account in homicidal mismanagement of r t ways. Wanted to Encourage Him. - Merchant's Traveler. "Patzy, come here. I want to t -wid you. Will ycz loan me Sdollars ?" . f "Indade I wull not. Its~ yer ;that's bin owin' me a dollar si - the fourt' av July." - "An' wasd't it partly to pay -the dollar I owe yez that I wantec borrow the money ?" -"In that case Mickey yez have it, for Oi always loike to -courage a man in payin' his hor -debts." f gi Wanted to Join MIcGarigle New York Sun. t Visitor (to "boodler" in penil tiary) -"You realize now, my frie what it is to have gone wrong?" SBoodler (bitterly-"I do indt sir. I should have gone to Cane SThen I would have gne rig-ht." go A STRANGE STORY OF THE WAR. ,nt -- A Soldier's Parting from His Family, OW and the Little Picture Which He Ver Bore Away With Him--His -n Daughter's Strange Adven ture at the North, Etc. op in Special to Atlanta Constitution. are EDGEFIELD, S. C., August 24.-The 3n- death of Col. W. R. Smith which ed took place in New York a few weeks nd since, has brought to light a very re ler markable incident. Miss Rhett Myron, the principal figure in the he drama, is a personal friend of your as correspondent, and from her the fol ice lowing facts have been obtained, ,en with permission for their publication. is Hayne Myron, the father of this a young lady, was a planter in South of Carolina. His home was a typical l ng southern home, spacious and hospita le- ble, surrounded by broad acres, and 0t- faithful slaves. His family consisted are of his wife and Rhett, who was then a little child, and the idol of her father, as well as the pet of the plan- t tation. At the breaking out of the ' ,a- war, in the fall of 1861 Hayne My. en, ron joined a volunteer South Caro- i )ut lina regiment. ex. Before leaving home he had a pic ,he ture of his little girl painted in mini. ,nt ature and encased it in a locket that id he placed next to his heart, saying. ed. "My darling, this will be papa's shield of when he is in danger, and his sun. in shine when he rests;" and with eyes ld- filled with tears, he smothered the an fL.e and sunny head of his child nt with farewell kisses and hurried he away from his peaceful home out to the world of danger. Six months s a later, in a skirmish in Virginia, ne Hayne Myron was killed, in close nd combat, by a federal officer. Only a is few words were sent to the old home ith to tell the sad story. ns- - During General Sherman's inva its sion into South Carolina the Myron nd homestead was destroyed. The wi for dow and daughter continued to live ve- on the plantation in an out-building, >1- supported by the rents from the lands. nd Two years ago Mrs. Myron died, and es- through the influence of friends, Miss Myron obtained a position as gov erness in the family of Colonel U. R. L:mith, of New York. She stated to or me that her first meeting with Colo re- nel Smith was peculiar. That when ce- his wife introduced her to him saying, fy this is our new governess from South ill Carolina, Miss Rhett Myron," his ,he face became deathly white, and he ve- gave a sudden start. (He was ab ry sent from home when E1rs smith en Mu- gaged her.)He mechanically shook hands with her and tried to speak, but his lips seemed sealed. But later his manner changed to kindness and cordiality,.and she was treated ,a more as an honored guest than a e. salaried teacher. He insisted on -b, paying her fo'ur times the amount she i charged for her services, and made ,vy her duties light. One evening she 'he was sitting in the family circle, tell to ing of her past life down in South au- Carolina, of the spacious house with _its twenty columns, of the dusky eslaves, who used to sit her on their en shoulders, calling her their "little queen"~ as they carried her through the cotton dields that looked like seas hof snow foam. Far the first time she me spoke of her father, how handsome st- and sad h~e looked as he went away |on that dreadful last day; how he ed, took her picture with him, and told va- all he said. She states that she was ed, forced to stop in the midst of her ik words, for Colonel Smith turned red ghastly pale and left the room. It ed, all seemed strange to me then, she tol. said, but the meaning is plain now. d." Miss Myron continued to live with to Colonel Smith's family for two years. ich "It was a haven and home to die,' ws she said, "I had so long toiled and ~si. worked on our plantation, isolated the from society and all advantages, it i. was like a fairy life had opened to me of ease and luxury, but my heart was almost breaking, as I remem bered all that I had lost in those sad sweet days." alk Six weeks ago Colonel Smith was wo ta.ken suddenly ill, and when he re alized that death was inevitable he elf expressed a desire to see Miss My ce ron alone. She states that as she neared the bed of the dying man, she ez saw him holding something convul Ito sively in one hand, as'he extended the other to her and exclaimed, an "Rhett Myron, forgive me belore I in- die, without your pardon I cannot est die, come close and listen to what I have to tell you. It was I who made you an orphan, my hands are red with your father's blood. Take this," he said, handing me the package; "I found it on his dying breast. It en- is your face; your name and his n,nanme are upon it. Take it and try edto forgive one who has tried to ex da. piate the wrongs done you. Oh ! can you frgiv a dying 'man?" and the roice became faint and low. "O fir, you both were soldiers; I freely orgive," and the poor girl could say o more, as she fell unconscious upon he foor. "Thank God," he mur nured, and all was over. When Rhett Myron, recovered, ,he man who had killed her father, ind who was later the best friend she ver knew, was dead. In his will, e bequeathed to her the generous um of $15,000. He also left a let ;er giving all the particulars of hei 'ather's death. , Only a few days agt saw the picture-a sweet child face n an azure cloud, and on the little lush case were marks of blood 'his is certainly the most remarka le incident it has ev'er been m; rivilege to record. Our Millonaires. Manchester, N. H. Unon. The number of millionaires in the ,ountry has steadily increased, and ,he number of poor men has beer nade to increase with them, thougi n a ten-fold ratio. The almshouse ecords show this latter fact, and a ecent statement of the number of nillionaires, even in New York city done, indicates the correctness of the 'ormer. There are scores of mer here whose wealth ranges from $1,. )00,000 to $10,000,000 each, and nany who go beyond either cf these igures. John Jacob -Astor is prob ibly the wealthiest man in the me ropolis, his possessions being esti nated at $200,000,000. Jay Gould s thought to come next in rank, and here are those who judge him to be he wealthier of the two. Estimates i to other New Yorkers are interest ng. Cornelius Vanderbilt, $100,0000, )00; W. R. Vanderbilt, $90,000,000 Eussell Sage $60,000,000; Winslow Lanier & Co., $30,000,000; D. 40 Iills, Whitelaw Reid's father-in-law p20,000,000; Pierrepont Morgan. $18, )00,000; Bob Garrett, $20,000,000 Fred Vanderbilt, $15,000,000; Syd iey Dillen, $10,000,000; Addison Jammack, $8,000,000; John Rocka eller, -the Standrrd oil man, $10,000, 00; Hi Rockafeller, his brother 8,000,00; August Belmont, $20,000, )00; Cyrus, W. Field, $10,000,000 Deacon S. V. White, member-elect o ,te new congress, $7,000,000; R. P Flower, $6,000,000; Wash Connor Na Gould's old broker, who has jus arried the divorced wife of the ex Lttery king, Simmons, $3,000,000 ictor Newcomne, $4,000,000; Henr: lart, who is manipulating Pacifl4 ail, $10,000,000; Oswald Ottendor rer, editor of the Starats Zeitung 5,000,000; James Gordon Bennett f the Herald, $10,000,000; Austii orbin, $30,000,000, Erastus Wil an, $3,000,000. .Oil on the Waters. Philadelphia special to the Nev ork Herald: The British steamn ship Lufia arrived at this port yester a from Rio Marina after a passag4 f nineteen days. The vessel wa Loaded with 2,100 tons of iron or ud toward the end of the voyag had a memorable experience. J ~errific storm was encountered, *an( had it not been for the use of oil thi vessel might now be at the bottom o the ocean. In speaking of his ex erience to the Herald correspon ilentyesterday Captain Robert Camp bell said : "On the 17th inst., in latitude 3: deg. 20 min., longitude 65 deg., w ncountered a heavy gale from thi orthwest, or about two points ofi he squalls were violent, and th: heavy cross seas swept over us for: and aft. We had to go out of ou ourse and run before the wind. "About an hour after the ston broke I decided to try oil. I stuffee some oakum in the bottom of a hep per. and then poured in about a gal lon of lubricating oil. The oil rai hrough the oakum into the sea, bu did not do much good. Then I trie: ordinary engine oil, but tbat did no o much better. Finally, I mixe< oza and linseed oils together, an: before we let out a gallon of it w were not shipping a drop of watez Then we turned and proceeded om our course without further interrur "Oil for high seas is the greates thing ever advocated for navigation ?very winter I rig a boom across th forecastle, and every time there is storm or bad weather. I hang ou two bags of oil, and the vessel's al right. Two gallons of oil a day, use in thi'~s way, will save a heap of troc Given F(air Warning. BaZlinger, Tex., Leader. The next chap who hatches up gret big lie and comes in this offic oget it published is going to ge iked. THE SUMTER DEFALCATION. The Government Inspector Takes Charge of the Bank-Reasons why Bartlett Should Have Been Re- C moved Long Ago. t SU .LTER, August 24.-Mr. Samuel c D. Tate, of North Carolina, a Gov- 1 ernment bank examiner, arrived here late yesterday evening and was closeted with President Wallace un- c til a very late hour in the night. He 1 took charge of the bank this morning l and has been busy all day examining I its affairs. He cannot yet say anything c definite about its condition, as the. i investigation has not progressed far enough.r He says, so I am told on g the streets, that the examiner who was here in March last, and who pro- i nounced the books in excellent con- t dition, could not have made a very i thorough examination, or he could t not have made such a report, as the books were then, as well as now, in a 1 very bad condition. It seems that very few persons, if a asybody at all, had an idea that I Bartlett was speculating in futures, 1 although it was known that he pos sessed great betting propensities and f has for several years been investing - heavily in the Louisiana State Lot tery. On Monday morning, a short I time after his flight became known, t an express package was delivered at t the bank for Bartlett, which, upon < being opened, was found to contain a E check of a New Orleans bank for I $150, and - $124 worth of ,lottery i tickets. During the Presidential cam paign of 1884 Bartlett is known to I have won several hundred dollars on t the result. At that time one of his bondsmen wrote him that he desried to come off the bond, but for some reason he remainnd on it. No sus picion was entertained then, how ever, that anything was wrong with him. One of the counsel for the bondsmen told me this afternoop that they intended 'ghting the mat ter to fthe last. Major Green Bart lett's father-in law,. telegraph& -his family that it will be impossible for him to come out here at present. THE RECEIVER OF THE BA.L Mr. John E. Phillips, of Charles ton bookkeeper for George A. Tren holm & Son, has been appointed re ceiver for the Sumter National Bank, which has been placed in such se- I rious straits by the Bartlett defalca- i tion. Mr. Phillips was appointed at the suggestion of Col Win. L. Tren holm. United States comptroller of the treasury; and having wide ex perience in the .keeping of accounts will no doubt give general satisfac tion. He has already furnished bond to the amount of $20,000, and will immediately assume charge of the bank. DID BARTLETT GO WEST ? A railroad man said to a Reporter yesterday that he was of the opinion that Bartlett, the absconding bank cashier, had gone West via Charles ton, and the theory that he had bought a ticket to the North in order to throw the officers of the bank off his track was the correct one. "The correctness of this theory," said he. "is borne out by the factl 4 his was the shortest, quickest and most convenient route by which he could get out of the country. The -train which took him from Sumter reached Florence at 1.13 A. M. At 1.30 he took the fast mail train for Charleston, reaching Ashley Junc tion at 4 A. M., when he boarded the train for Savannah. This train car ried him through to the West, iand ing him at 7 o'clock the next morn ing in New Orleans, where the Southern Pacific Railroad makes close connection for Mexico apd pointb in the far West." A Chance for Civil Service Graduates. bWASnINGTON, August 25.-The civil service commission to-day re ceived from the secretary of war a request for certificates of 212 eligi bles all male, from which 58 selec tions may be made to fill vacancies DOW 'existing in his ofie in the $1,200 grade and 45 in the $1,000 grade. This is the largest requisi tion ever -made upon the commission, and to fill it at least four certificates were made for each of the States and Territories. These appointments are .for low grade positions made vacant by the promotion of clerks under the new rules governing promotion in. the departments. The House of Millionaires. From Life. The United States senate is said to be the richest 'corporation in the world. No one knQws the amount of its dividends, but they are said to be From the St. Louis Repuslican. "What does the president cost the ountry per annum?" is a question hat is very often asked.- He get. 150,000 a year and "found" as. they ised to say in the west and sout rhen they ga-e a man a certain sum and his living expenses bec_iesa ['he president's "finding" is very omprehensive, covering about every iossible requirement of a famiy; 1is private secretary, the clerks, *4 :eepers, messengers and the stes r r butler and three other servat nclading firemen, costs the nstoo 33,865 a ycar.. There is a "contin. :ent fund" (that he may use as e leases without telling any one hw t was expended if he does not wish o) of $8,000 a year. Then in fc iture and repairs to the white.ha__ T he sum of $16,000 more is to be. a the president may-see ft, pro y the nation and is always, d. For fuel alone $3,000 isallo nd for necessary repairs of, tonse there is $4,000. Footing itn; re discover that the presidentfa 'finding" annually amounts to' nug sum of $64,865, pr nearly^ ban $15,000 more than his'saar . and the two aggregate $114,866. nembering then that the presidet' esidence is "found" and hat the servant's bills are paci ept the personal attendan verything provided, it'seems a resident, especially one who ge to entertainments except those pr cribed by law or custom, should mble to live on $1,000 a month, hough he be married. The Hebrew in America. )r. A. S. Isaaes, in The Amica., His dispersion has been a pow timulus to his activity, and gi tim a strength that has deded- me md circumstance. The poor, t. ore emigrant, greeted with scon >bloquy, has his compensation . lescendants, who-belong tothe ocracy of wealth, culture and ion. Will America intencI Fewish population, asindenflb1 ias been infuenced-in other 'he American spirit is alreadf work, but not in Jewry -Oly :reds -feel the effect-'of onditions. The ..foreigner arf iere with his 'traditional -sto nsages-gond, bad and indi his lares and penates, from is :ant town abroad. These aboni ~heir interest and importancr as acquires wealth and an Ame multure. .The -second generation re gards them with coldness; the is almost ignorant of their -enig The past few decades have' wt nessed rapide changes in 'Amerea Judaism. There has been a rtlni of old armor, and a good deal of Nii eient scaffolding has fallen to 'pies.[ rhe essenti Is of Judaism. howeyrr ire still untouched; upon the whole, there is a more intelligent -spiri& manifest than ever before. Dead ian Debts.. From the East Oreqonian. "The debts c" "ead Indians are< paid by their relatives," said an ex. merchant on Main street, Monday "When Anderson and Bernhardt," he continued, "killed an Indian sevea~ years ago he owed me $345. Siace that time $380 of this amounts hasa been paid me by his relatives. Ken tucky died the other day owing m' $50. Already his relatives liveq proache'd me on the subject and made arrangements to pay me the amonnt.. [t is a law with them to pay the debtsi of their dead relatives, andthy' tever break it. I amn sure ofgttg my money it an In'dian dies sowig me, but if a white man dies. leasng no property, no mitter how rich his relatives are, I never expect to-get a eent. There is a great deal of go& about a dead Indian, anyhow," sad the ex merchant, as he closed his can rersation and walked away. The Diet of Stroug Nern. The Roman soldiers who builtK such wonderful roads, and carrieda weight of armor and luggage tha6 would crush the average farm 16nd1 ived on coarse brown bresad an& our wine. They were temperate inZ liet, and regular and constan inea rcise. -The Spanish peasant work every day and dances half the nih yet eats only his 'black bread, onion. and watermelon. The Smyrna pr~ tr eats only a little fruit and some' olives, yet he walks off with his~id o a hundred pounds. The CoolieZ fed on rice, is more active and c n endure more than the negro fedna-l fat meat. The heavy work of 4 world' is not done by men Wh; the greatest quantity.- od n die~t seems tobOJiper unadnrnnce. < ' "