The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, January 16, 1890, Image 1

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A-l ESTABLISHED 1865. NEWBERRY, S. C.. THURSDAY, JANUARY PRE.SIDENT KEITT'S ADDRE~SS, Delivered Before the County Alliance at Prosperity January 3d, 1890. Brethren of the County Alliance: We meet to-day under circumstances of unusual moment. The importance of this meeting cannot be overesti mated; for our work to-day will have potent influence upon the future opera tions in this county. In considering matters that are brought before us let our first care be to preserve harmony and unity, for we have a great work before us. As an agricultural and laboriug peo ple we areenvironed by conditions that shut out every ray of reasonable hope for the future. If those conditions re main it is only a question of time when we will sink into servitude. Already enterprise in agriculture has been par alyzed, and in thousands of cases the title to our lands, the heritage of our fathers, is passing into alien hands. The weak have already succumbed, the stronger see no hope until these conditions are removed. A cry for re lief comes now from millions of hearts from the hills of Vermont to the Gulf of Mexico; from the Atlantic to the Pa cific. And the eyes of all patriotic people are turned to "The National Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union" in prayer and in hope that its efforts may not be in vain. Asan integral part of this organiza tion, the grandest upon American soil, we must recognize the grave responsi bilities that rest upon us. If true to our selves and faithful to the purposes of the order, we will assist in casting aside the burdens that now oppress us, relieve ourselves from the bondage of debt and introduce an era of prosperity in our country that can be perpetuated by the will of a free people. Let us be keenly alive to our duty, for with us rests the hope of our coun try. The scope of our work ii not pre scribed by limits except in the wisdom, enterprise and determination of our members. We have resolved by our constitution to undertake to develop a better state mentally, morally, socially and financially, and any question may be discussed in an open Alliance in a non-partizan sense. Some of the most important matters connected with our interest I will en deavor to bring to your attention. It gives me pleasure to inform you that the State Exchange is now ready for business, and we have every reason to believe that the order will be greatly benefitted by it. I recommend that the plan of operation through the State Exchange be carefully con sidered at this meeting and a uniform method of business be decided upon. The warehouse will soon be com pleted....... It is highly important that we prepare as soon as possible to operate through our own agency. It is an Alliance plan and the only reme dy that has been offered that will ef fectually suppress exorbitant charges of merchants. The State Exchange with Allhance warehouse connection in the county will certainly prove very remunerative to members in the pur chase and sale of goods. . While local interests demand 'our close attention it is equally important that we keep abr-east of the times and consider our general interests and our relation to the national order. Since the meeting at St. Louis we are no longer at sea, but as members of the Alliance we are called upon to sup port a well-defined policy. This brings us to the domain of politics. There seems to be an impression asong some people-perhaps members should take no part in politics. It is wvell that all such should recognize their mistake as soon as possible. There is no thing in tile constitution that pro hibits the discussion of any political question or taking such action upon political matters as the wisdom of the body may dictate. The Alliance does not propose to in jure any legitimate business or array one class of citizens against another; hut there are reforms necessary to save ourselves from ruin. To secure these reforms the Alliance is a political body. Among other things our National body at St. Louis adopted a policy to regulate the finances of the country. This action demands your serious at tention and hearty suppo)'rt. The gen eral depression that now pervades the country is due to the pernic is Na tional Banking system. That it was a deeply-planned andl well-executed -crime seems patent from facts dis closed. Upon this point I quote from the National Economist, September 14. 1389: ''The positive evidence of guilt here in alluded to consistedl of a circular issued ini 186- by English capitalists and circulated 'contider.tially' amrong American hankers. This circular hns a world wide reputation andl is known as the 'Hazzard Circular:' "Slavery is likely to be abolished by the war power, anid chattel slavery destroyed. This I and my European friends are in favor of, for slavery is but the owniing of labor, and carries with it the care for the laborer; while the European plan, led on by England, is capital control qo|labor, by controlling wages. Ti-is CAN BE D)ONE BY CON TROLLING THE MONEY. The great debt that capitalists will seeto it is made out of the war must he used as a measure to control the volume of money. To accomplish this tihe bonds must he used as a banking basis. We are now waiting to get the Secretary of the Treasury to miake this reconmendat ion to Congress. IT wiLL No-T Do TO A L LOw THE G REENBACK, AS IT Is CA LLED, TO CIRCULATE AS MONEY ANY LENGTHI OF TIME, FoR WE CANNOT CONTRol THAT.'. "A careful study of this mnfamous document should Convince any man that the present depressed condition of agriculture is the result of deliberate design. and not accident, and at the same time it will reveal who are the criminals that have perpetrated this great crime and show that they are not even friends to our form of govern ment, but desire in its stead an aristo cratic plutocracy. The Congress of the United States and the various adminis trations have been, to take the most charitable view, unwilling, but weak and yielding, instruments in their hands. It would be well for the pro docers of this country to commence now, and from this on make every aspirant for congressional honors an iounce his position on this subject." The National Banks were established and the bonds made the basis of the btnking system. Btnk not?s to the amoun, of 90 per cent. of the capital stock was issued as circulation. Greenbacks were retired as fast as possible until 1878, when Congress sus pended further cancellation, and or dered all greenbacks paid into the Treasury to be reissued and kept in circulation. The amount in existence at that time was $346,000,000. Not withstanding the Act of Congress pro hibiting the redemption of these greenbacks, the Treasurer in his re port of June 30th, 18SS, says that he has r.deened $73,000,000 of the $346, 000,000. In 1872 silver was demonetized and is now money under an Act of limited coinage. The National Banks have drawn in their circulation. The gold coin is in the United States treasury or in the vaults of syndicates and corpo rations. The government has been operated in the interest of those who control the money, and the contraction of a circulation has been so constant that now the volume of money is dis astrously small. The scarcity of money benefits the owner of money by enhancing its value. Increased value to money causes corresponding depreciation in price of labor and produce. The English circular explains the condition: capital controls labor by controlling wages. This can be done by controlling the money. The green backs could not be controlled by capi talists, and during its circulation all busi ness was active and farmers could own their own homes. Let us compare the circulation of money with the price of cotton since the war: High'stprice Circulation of cotton in Year. percapita. NewYork. 1866........$51 01...............51 cts. 1867............. 3751 .......36 1868.............21 47 .......33 869............. 1934 .......35 1870............. 1870 ........25 1871.............168 .......2 1872............. 14 .......2x -1S73......... 5....l 1874.............1451........1S 1875............. 1404 ........17 187.........34.........13 1877............. 1228 ........135-16 1878............1123........123-16 1879............. 1065....... ]&S0..........103.. 1881.......... 11 ... 1 1882.........] .....311 1883...........14....1 1884..........101 .... 151 188............ S.....1 1886..........7 3.... 91 1887.....21 67........11..33 in 186. Mone has...com......... an three imes1a valua.le.co......27 o cottn a d pe hap 4 e..............21 pare toallprouct of1.. ......... b8. made in 1 14 with.the.expe.ta...17 o payingit wit cotton .. at .....13 pe poud asbeom more...th......hree tims a on rou as .....n.it......1 - tracte. Suc debtors.ha.e.....ady become pra 1t 23...............13 th 11o48 ............1 The vlue1o 97...............131-1 Moihn thntree system. I canto isbe aount oil, o thopait oe purtgaged threomes astalaon oarultra eterpis co es rop everly son cof Ourdeae1r6 wirtth estation,o aond atouhast Neconamoetang the follcwidg polcy wats apet glread elifcoe contraly.esaett h "We dealue tha monei nite ttheg andpricent mfpodify itoo present con try isnoti as toalwthr codiin when silvrer -sannohct ayahonst aboriii tae adepcent oulin.nseuae iaiy in Ta the ntr system. ofuIng canb aoliseds and stanatione of sagicultura eterpis ine o every ectio ofh oe ears undesad thusiano,r wor t or farm prtoduat imetingh bafollowit olicy waso andopteda to-v eeothea cu-tray ofc, hc "Wdlhe emnd cntion thUited itasuc forvcrentully itsan preser inn sucagricusturlpem.sa reoUc "i. for stoe anlitsowl b the d uty oimte scointraofsilury opr tme tosue-o iver schrtiicltraans prdun aslimie dfedposi orlliond aeaaeu c-.tificate se of soing herti bamns and ('nitad ttatetdepoitedb ancised. nd nme ofers said theystem oopestbls cnt ver aontnm, o the n ittes that offer foneor suchn othe onerI yeas hie mayre athorize, willars deortheo farclurproducts iin welv, con,h foats ae,f ryertiice, bacon coton,h highes bddugr for the perpef a stsur othet.ceswich hel hae per conntinerwithei sub wareasueshour eleaosa alle toechsarye ao arifefulyhstoing and tre,ervng esharicult urat pr use ane: butre is bursoraesni should be crd the t ouscu-tieasur donartmohene oral clasnsen the and qantyand gven Stat lig te paper boe modern buildings, fire proof and substantial. With this method in vogue the farmer, when his produce was harvested, would place it in storage where it would be perfectly safe, and he would secure four fifths of its value to supply his pressing necessity for nioney at one per cent. per annum. He would negotiate or sell his warehouse or elevator certificate whenever the current pricesuited him, receiving from the person to whom he sold only the difference between the price agreed upon and the amount al ready paid by the sub-treasurer. When, however, these storage certificates reached the hands of the miller or fac tory or other consumer, he to get the product would have to return to the sub-treasurer the sum of money ad vanced, together with the interest on the same and the storage and insurance charges on the product. This is no new or untried scheme; it is safe and conservative; it harmonizes and carries out the system already in vogue on a really safe plan, because the products of the country that must be consumed every year are really the very best se curity in the world, and with more justice to society at large." No proposition has been made to the people in the past twenty years that compares in importance with this plan. We now have an opportunity to help ourselves and should require our Rep resentatives in Congress to enact these demands into law. And in the future we should use the uttermost care to prevent any one representing us in either branch of Congress who does not fully commit himself to support de mands made by "The National Farm ers' Alliance and Industrial Union." On the 12th day of December The Newberry Observer gave the following list as the composition of our National House of Representatives: Lawyers .................. ...............220 E ditors .................................. 12 Doctors.................................... 7 Ministers.................................. 5 Politicians............................. 18 L abor ...................................... 2 Industry .............................. 24 Commerce and Trade............. 24 Agriculture .................... 21 333 Does anyone suppose that the farmers in a disorganized state could enforce a demand in that House? Petitions and memorials are treated with polite in difference unless they are Lacked by a power that means business. We are now organized. Our demands are made. If we want to see them enforced and ourselves respected, we must march to the ballot box in solid pha lanx. Ohio's Next Senator. CoLUMBUS, 0., January 9.- The Democratic caucus to select a candidate for United States Senator to succeed Senator Payne, met to-night and nom inated Calvin S. Brice on the second ballot, giving him 53 votes out of 73 present. The republican strength in the Legislature is 71 and the Demo mocratic 77, one having died since the election, and another is reported dying to-night- There were four absentees from the caucus. The following names were presented: Calvin S. Brice, Chias. W. Baker, John A. McMahon, John H. Thomas, James E. Neal, Samuel F. Hunt an.d George I. Seney. Inundation In Indiana. EvA NSVJILLE, I ND., January 9.-Re ports from points on the Green, Wa bash and White rivers last night were that the water is still rising and spread ing over the low lands at a rapid rate. A large amount of corn has already been Jost, while a number of farmers have lost the greater portion of their stock. The railroads in many places are inundated. People oni Green River and its tributaries are also suffering heavy losses in stock, corn, tobacco and saw logs. The river at this p)oint rose five feet during the last twenty-four hours, and is rising at the rate of three inches per hour. Captain White's Cigarette Oath. [Greenville News.1 Capt. WV. R. White, the genial and ever witty proprietor of the Exchane Hotel, has prepared the following oath, which he desires the youthful cigar ette smoker to take at the Exchanige. tobacco counter before lie is sold a package of cigarettes. The Captain supposes that the boy cigarette tiend under eighteen can not tak e this solemn oath without betraying himself: "1, --, of the State of South Carolina, County of Gireen ville, ('itv of Greenville, and State aforesaid, do affirm to the best of miy knowledge andl belief that I have had measles, mumnps, whooping-cough, scarleti na, croup, nettle rash, neuralgia and( tooth ache and was born early ini the morn inmg eighteen years ago; that I desire to purchase a package of eigarettes and( have the necessary funds for that puir pose; that the said cigarettes are for my own use andl behoof. "In testimony whiereo'f I have here Iunto set the great seal of my hand. On the Wrong Track. [Mfilwaukee Daily Journal.] The people who are digging in South Carolina ter a baig of gold and precio us stonies wvhich John Sherman buried there during the war are on the wrong track. John put down quite a bunch of wealth in the South during the war, but it was buried in Louisiana in the winter of 18S76-77, when .Johni made that famous campaign at the head of the returning board. The war which IGeneral Sherman i"fit into" ended in 186.5, but his senatorial birothier never found it. A Positive Guarantee of Cure Is issued with Dr. P'ier'&s Golden Medical Discovery, when taken for chronic catarrh ini the head, or for chronic bronchial throat or lung dis ease, if taken in time and given a fair tria. Mney returned i it don't cure. The Text of the Clenk4on College Kill. The following is the full text of the (emson College bill. An Act to provide for the buildina and maintenance of the ('lems,)n Agricultural College of South Caro lina. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of south Carolina, now met and sit ting in General Assembly, :nid by the authority of the same. Section 1. That on< -half of the land scrip fund heretofore vested by See tion 1,045 of the General Statutes in the board of trustees of the University of South Carolina, be, and the same is hereby, vested in the six Imenbers of the Board of Trustees of the ('iemson Agricuitural College of South Carolina, elected by the General Asseinbly; and the State Treasurer is hereby author ized and required to take up and ret ire the certificate of Stame stock heret, fore issued to the Board of Trustees of the said University in the sum of one hundred and ninety one thousand eight hundred dollars, according to the provisions of Section 1,045 aforesaid, and the State 'T'reasurer is hereby authorized and required on or as soon after the first day of .July, A. ). iS1, as this Act shall take effect, to issue a certificate of State stock in the sum of ninety-five thousandl nine huntdred dollars, bearing interest at the rate of G per centum per annum, p'ayalle semi-annually to the six members of the said Board of Trustees of the said Clemson Agricultural College, to be held as a perpetual fund, the capital of which shall forever remain undimin ished, the income of said fund to be used by said Board of Trustees for the building and maintenance of the said Clemson Agricultural College in ac cordance with the purposes for which the said land scrip was donated by the Acts of Congress of the United States in relation thereto: Provided, That the State Treasurer shall issue, and he is hereby authorized and re quired to issue, to the Board of Trus tees of the University of South Caroli na a certificate of State stock in the sum of ninety-five thousand nine hun dred dollars, bearing interest at the rate of 6 per centum per annum from July 1, A. D. 1889, payable semi-annu ally, to be held as a perpetual fund, the capital of which shall forever re main undiminished, the income ofsaid fund to be used by said Board of Trus tees for the use and maintenance of the South Carolina Agricultural College and Mechanics' Institute, now in op eration for the benefit of colored stu dents, asset forth in Section 1,046 of the General Statutes. . Sec. 2. That the annual grant of fif teen thousand dollars, commonly known as the Hatch bill fund, made to the State of South Carolina by the Con gress of the United States according to the terms of an Act of Congress enti tIed, "An Act to establish agricultural experiment stations in connection with the colleges established in the several States under the provisions of an Act approved J.uly second, eighteen hun dredl and sixty-two, and of the Act supl plemeintary thereto," approved March d, 1887, be, and the same shall be, on or as soon after the 1st day of Novem ber, A. D. 1800, as this Act sha!l take effect, withdrawn from the control of the Board oif Trustees of the University of South Carolina, whom it was vested by an Act entitled "An Act to amend Chapter XX of the General Statutes, entitled 'Of the University of Soth Carolina,' approved Decemb er 22. 1887, and the said grant of fifteen thousand dollars is hereby vested in the six membhers of the Board of ruste,es of the Clemson Agricultural College of SouthI Carolina, chosen by lie General Assembly, and an agricumlttural experi ment station shall be established in connection with the said Clemson Ag ricultural College, andl under the dIi rect ion of the Board of Trustees there of, to bie suplportedl by saidl grant ac cording to the provisions of the Act of ICongress herein hefore mientionied. Sec. 3. That the sunm of fifteen thous and dlolars be, and the same is hereby, apropriated t.o the building and mnain temmeie of the said 'lemison Agrienmit : ral College. and shall lbe p)aid by the State Treasurer to) the Treasurer of the Boardl (if Trustees signed by their President and1( Secretary; such sumi to be piaid ou t on thle warranit of the (Comptroller Genieral as mn the cease of alhl other appropriations. See. 4. That ten thousand dollars of. the moneys arising fromi the pirivile;.: ax of fertilizers sold oir offeredl for sale in this State, collected by the depart ment oif Agriculture dutrinig the fiscal year ending October 81, 1889, and'now on hand to the credit of said Depart mnt or Agriculture, shall lie paid into the State Treasury, and are hereby ap proriatedl to the btuilding and min tenance of the aforesaid Cliemson Agri cltu ral Colle ge, anid shall lie paid by te State Treasurer to the Treasurer of tie Board of Trustees of the said Clenm son Agricultural College upon the i,r der of said BDaardl of Trustees, signied by ther President and Secretary. An;d iteen thousand dollars of all umoneys arsing fromi the privilege tax on ferti lizers sold or offered for sale in this State which shrall hereafter be~ collect ed for the fiscal year enduing Silst Octo er, A. D). 189O, by the D)epartiment (if Agriculture, or those upion whiomi the duty of collecting said privilege taiX may byv Act of Assembly lbe dlev(lved, shall be paid into thbe State Treasury, and shall be kept on a sep)arate account by the Sta te Tfreasurer, and are hecrebiy appropriated to thre buildinig and mai tenance of the said Clemson Agricumltu ral College, and the State Treasurer is the same annually to the Treasurer of the Board of Trustees of the said Clemson Agricultural College, upon the order of the said Board of Trustees, signed by their President and Secre tary. see. 5. That the Board of Directors of the State Penitentiary are hereby authorized and required, upon the or der of the Board of Trustees of the said (lemsoi Agricultural College signed by their President and Secretary, to furnish to the said Board of Trustees ablebodied convicts not to exceed fifty in number at one time, said convicts to be employed by said Board of Trustees in work connected with the erection of the building of the said Clemson Agri cultural College, or in the -preparation of the ground and materials thereof: Provided, T'at the said Board of Trus tees shall defray the expenses of the transportation of said convicts to and from the penitentiary, the expenses of medical attention, and the expense of furnishing such convicts with proper food and lodging. Sec. 6. That the Board of Trustees of the said Clemson Agricultural College are hereby authorized and empowered to procure forthwith from competent architects and contractors plans and estimates of buildings upon a suitable site on Fort Hill plantation, situated in the County of Oconee, and to defray the expenses incident to the erection of said College. out the funds and moneys hereby, in the preceeding sections of this Act, appropriated and made avail able, and out of such other funds and moneys as may by the General Assem bly ie hereafter appropriated and made available, and to do all other things necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act and provision of the Act en titled "An Act to accept the devise and bequest of Thomas G. Clemson, and to establish an Agricultural College in con nection therewith," approved 27th of November, A. D., 1889. Provided, That this Act shall not take effect until the executor of the will of the aforesaid Thomas G. Clemson shall have executed a deed and conveyance of the property so devised to the State: Pro vided nevertheless, 'T'hat of the funds and moneys by the several Sections of this Act appropriated, the suni of three thousand dollars shall, upon the ap proval of this Act, be immediately paid by the State Treasurer to the Treasurer of the Board of Trustees of the said Clemson Agricultural College to defray the cost of plans and specifications and estimates of suitable College build ings as 'aforesaid; said sum to be paid upon the order of the said Board of Trustees signed by the President and secretary: Provided further, That said funds and moneys shall be paid by the State Treasurer to the Treasurer of the sid Board of Trustees at such times and in such amounts as shall be determined upon by the said Board of Trustees, the same to be paid on the application of said Board of Trustees on tbe warrants of the Compt roller General. Sec. 7. That the Secretary of the Board of Trutstees of the said Clemson Agricultural College shall also be the Treasurer of said board, and for the faithful performance of his duties as such treasurer, he shall give to the said Board such bond as shall be determined upon by said Board, said bond to be approved by said Board. Sec. 8. That the Board of Trnstees of the said Clemson Agricultural College shall make an annual report to the Ganeraxl Assemibly of this State of their various proceedings, together with a full arid itemized statement of all moneys received and distributed by themi. Sec. 9. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with the p)rovisions of this Act be and the same are hereby, reealed. Anl InlcidenIt in Grady's Life. Little things show character, so the philosophiers say. Thlen the following story of Grady, told by himiselftoa friend, and preserved in the Atlanta Cnstitution, proves that .the strong man had a child's heart. He visited his mother on Christmas a year a go, and lie says: I don't think I ever felt happier than when I reached the little horne of myv boyhood. I got there at night. She had saved supper for me and she had remembered all the things I liked. She toasted me some cheese over the fire. Wh, I hadn't tasted anything like it since I put off my round jackets. And then she had some homemade caindy~ she knew I used to love, and, bless her heart! I just felt sixteen again as we sat and talked, and she told nme bow she prayed for me and thought of me always and what a brightness I had been to her life, and how shte heard me c.ming home int every btoy t ha;t whist led along the strteet. WVhnt I went to bed she'eame and t ucked thlie eover atll around(l ne ini the dlear old way that none but a mother's hands know, anid I felt so happy and so peaceful and so fmil of tender love and tender memt~otes that I eried happy., grateful t ears utntil I went to sleep. WVhen he Iinitished, says the narrator, his eyes w ere full of tears. and' so were mintt. He brushed htis hiatud across his bro swftly and sauid, laughingly: "Why,nt what are you crying aboutt' Whai t dlo y~ou know about all this sort of feelitg? ;rad.v was a real mn, and in the presut~ erisis his wise countsels will be greatly mis~sedl. It I)epends on tthe Ihver. 'Is life worth living"''? somebody asked, atnd the facetiotus relyl was, "That dlepend(s on the liver.'' Iealth anti happuiness are t winted totgether. If a manl's liver is outt of order. his whole sstemt is dherantged. He sutlers from totp to toe. TIhis is rte time to take D)r. Pierce's Pleasant P'ellets. These eficea cous littlec globumles are as much in ad vanrce of the ol-fashioned, gripintg, dIrastic pills as electric lights are ahead o a wick stuck ini whale oil. A STRANGE PHENOMENA. The Sumter Colored Girl Still a Mystery. [Sumter Sou!hroin and Watchman.] The strange spiritual manifestations so mysteriously connected with the little colored girl Daisy Robinson con tinue daily with unabated activity. If there be any chan ge at all since we last noticed them, these manifestationsare more frequent and pronounced than formerly. Every day, startling occur rences amuse and mystify the persons who visit the room where the little girl stays with her sister. The picturts hanging on the walls leap from their places. Caps, saucers and other frangi ble articles about the room commit 3uicide, the old sewing machine stand ing near the door persists in toppling ver its side, the organ now lashed to the wall by strong cords shows a rest Less desire to make its obeisance and is )nly restrained.by the strength of the sords holding it in its place, the chairs dance hornpipes and karo, the tables waltz around on first one leg and then mnother, the mirror on the bureau leaves its place and smashes to smithe reens on the floor, brickbats flung by ]ands invisible, fall within the room, the organ stool capers about, and many >ther doings are events of daily occur rence in the haunted chamber. . The things reported in the Watch nau and Southron are beginning to tttract attention at the North, where ;he papers have copied our reports of them. Among other letters received )y Daisy we publish two from a medi am or spiritualist in Philadelphia. In mnswer to the first letter published be ow, a gentleman who has taken great .nterest in the strange case sent the lesired lock of hair. After "sitting in liagnosis," on the hair the results vere communicated in the second let ,er. We publish these letters as written, vithout changing phraseology, ortho ,raphy or supplying punctuation. We iope our readers may be able to under stand them. We must confess that we lo not. PHIL., PENNA.,,Dec. 24, 8 26 P. M. Miss RoBissoN; I was looking over ;he paper called the evening telegraph my your wonderful manifestations I 2e clorovointly claroidenly, Diagnos ud write communication I see comes n my view the form of a mem seems ,o passed away in spirit or dead you call t lie wants to communicate to your mother there is some unfinished busi Zess and if you will ,end me a small iece of your hair I will lookin to the natter and send you a written conmu ication we are spiritualist or mediums is we call thei I give circles private itting and get my endowment from in unseen power and I think I can ielp you out of this do not be frighten isk the spirit to tell you I think there is unsettled property you or your parents should have pardon my seem ng forwardness and believe me your strange and sincere friend. Will help you all I can I am.controlled by Indian shiefs. Yours truly, M. E. MCCABE, 1215 Alder st., Phil., Penna. PHIL., PENNA. 3L ss RoBnssoN: I received yours on he .3rd in reply to your note I set on or Diagnos the piece of hair I see an old man comes to and gives the names of Uncle Jo he is an old slave he has been in spirit for a number years i see 30 he is dark bent with old age he belong to i doctor your father comes light comn plected above medium height comes is anxious to communicate to you here in the form of a spirit name Polly there is a Sue amnd Maggie wants to manifest there is an old dark lady her head you know tied in a red and yellow handker chief wants to tell you there is some uninished business there is something you should have there I see a whole plantationi you do not know thenm your mania does you want to go in a room and sit quiet and when those come ask what they want and they will tell you I wish I could see you I have a young man the spirit picked him up voulen tairly and carried him all around the room it is no fault of yours it is the bidden secret of Ethiopia our Saviour was a mediun and lhe said ethiopia shall tretch forth their hand unto god and become a nationi Ethiopia the black race von mxust wvrite. your friend interested MARnY E. MCCABE, ]2i.5 Alder st. Nothinmg of the antecedents or any facts in the past life of D)aisy or any member alive or diead wf her famiilv was coimmulnicatedl to the writer of the foregoing let ters. Thme parentage of t he little girl ha:s tbeen wit hiheld for obvious reaonis, yet ini tie second letter the Philadelphia correspondent speaks of people who lived and nmoved and had their being in this community. The old Joe referred to was the amalernal grandfat her of D)aisy. Another letter received by the gen tlemen referred to above, as having forwar' ied the Jock of hmai r, fromi an en tirely ditferent source, shows its author to be a man of culture evidently famnil iar ith phle1nmna of a similar kind. Thin king that this letter might be of interest as showing that thme credulity maif est ed here is shared elsewhere, we p,ublish that letter also. li;moia.xs, N. Y., Jan. 2, 1890. U)nnm Sin: Accept my thaiiks for the prompilt answer to mhy inquiry abou t thme Daisy Robinson phienmena. For twelve years I have been p)repar ing~ a book upon tihe "Substance of the Soul." It will soon be published. I havie beenm verifying the reported phe nomena. You apparantly take scienm tile interest in these occult subjects, and I have a belief I may implicitly rely upon your represen tationhs. 1. Can the girl direct this power voli tionally or is it automatic? 2. If she can direet the power by her will is it without bodily action, such as putting forth her hand toward the inanimate objects? 3. What is the effect of her power upon organized, living objects. 4. Any specific phenomena you re .port to me will be duly accredited to you in my book. Very respectfully and fraternally, We do not pretend to any theory or opinion on the Daisy Robinson ca'e. These phenomena are to be daily wit nessed at the house of the passive agent of them. She seems to take no active part in th'm. No phys'cal con tact with the articles of various kinds that cut these queer capers is necessary to make them "perform." The agency of the disturbance is unseen and ethe rial, and entirely beyond us even to guess at. Real philosoptly seeks rather to solve than deny. While we hear every day the small pretenders to science talk of the absurdity of these manifes tations, the more erudite knowledge is aware that the greatest discoyeries in science have been made through be lief in things quite as mysterious be fore their solution and could we find the key to the mysterious manifesta tions in questions we might open the way to yet nobler acquisitions. Wheth er these manifestations are the results of a power within the realm of nature unknown to us and awaiting develop ment by a.bold and great investigator or whether they are wholly supernatu ral we do not pretend to say. But we have evidence that cannot be contro verted that the facts as stated by us are of daily occurrence right here in our midst. "'Tis strange 'tis passing strange." SAM.JONES' PROPHECY. He Frightens the Women of His Flock in New Orleans. NEW OuLEANS, Jan. 8.-The Rev. San Jones, the famous Georgia revi valist, began an engagement in this city Sunday and has had fair attend ance at his meetings. To-night 'he created a real sensation by the predic tion of an awful disaster, and as he spoke there was a disagreeable still ness, terrible and unnatural in so large an assembly. "I am not an alarmist," he declaredr "but do you know what the weather portends? Do you know that before the -1st of next August 50,000 of the in habitants of this city may be slumber ing in their graves? There are many evil cities in the United States, but that has nothing to do with this. You have forced it upon Christ. You let fifty more of these days come and the population will have to hide out, or the burials will be by the ten thousand. You say: 'Mr. Jones, what do you know about it?' I know the year 1890 is going to be an epochal year, and some things hare gone just as far 'as they can go. There may be thousands out of thi's meeting who wvill never see the 1st of next July." Mr. Jones then went on to quote fronm the Scriptures that God affirms that who has been often warned, but hearkenen3th not, shall be suddenly destroyed, and said that God would laugh at their ca lamnity and fear. A feeling of panic seemed to pervade the femaie portion of the congregrtion, and, with blanched faces and trickling tears, thney rush for ward to the anxious seats. Death of Congressman Kelley. [By Telegraph to The Daily News.] WASH (NGTON, D. C., Jan. 9.-Judge William D). Kelley, of Pennsylvania, died at 6.20 o'clock this evening. He was the oldest'member of the House of Representatives in years and contin uous, service having been elected to ffteen successive Conigresses. Recent ly a cancer on the jaw, which he had removed several years ago, reappeared and probably shortened his life, but the immediate cause of his death was in testinal catarrh of recent origin. The Old Roman No Boodler. [From the Chicago Tribune.) (Corxu1's, Orio, Jan. 5.-"I can truly say when I was chosen onl two diff'erent occasionls to the Unitd States Senate nmy elections did not ctost me a penny, not even a drink of whiskey," remarked "the Old Bandanna," AI!en (. Thurman, to-day. A Rexmedy for the Grip. A native Russian informs the St. Louis Republican of the following rem edy for the grip, to be taken in the first stages of the complaint: "Take halfa glass of boiling mIlk and mix it with the samie quantity of imported German seltzer. This remedy was used by the physician of the late Czar, Alexander II, wtsuhgood reutbtat it was p)ublished throughout the empire." An Esisay on Man. I[From Lippincott's Magazine.] IThe following is an extract from a r -al compo)sitioni written by a small bov in Ne'w Jersey. The subject given by the teacher was the extensive one of~ "Man." Here's what the small boy wrote: "Man is a wonderful animal. He has evtf ears and mouth. His ears are mnestly for catching eold in and having the earache. The nose is to get snaiftes with. A man's body is split half" way up, and he walks on the MR. DAVIS, AUTOBIOGRAPHY. It Will be Ready for Publication in a Few Months-A Talk with Mrs. Davis. NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 6.--Recently numerous statements of contradictory and altogether misleading character concerning the promised volume of the life of the late ex-President Davis have appeared in newspapers. With the object of getting the facts in the case, a correspondent was sent to Beauvoir for the purpose of obtaining from Mrs. Davis in person information at once re liable and authentic touching this im portant subject. The lady, in reply to the reporter's questions, stated that beyod the completion of a few chapters by Mr. Davis the work was practically in its incipiency. The necessary data is, however at hand, having been care fully compiled by Mr. Davis previous to his death, so that the labor of collat ing the matter and otherwise putting it in shape for the publisher would, com paratively speaking, consume but a' short time. So far the work remains just as Mr. Davis left it. Arragements = are being made, however, with two very capable gentlemen, who Will assist Mrs. Davis in completing the memoirs. One, a very close friend and sympathizer of the illustrious chief, who, more than any living per son, is acquainted with the political and public life of the deceased, will direct, shape and generally interest himself in that portion of the proposed work, while his colaborer is distin guished for his literary accomplish ments and his practical experience in the art of book-making. When com pleted, the work will be submitted to a number of the most intimate and trustworthy friends of Mr. Davis for their critical perusal and approval, and nothing will be left undone to render it in every particular an accurate and ' thoroughly reliable portrayal of the character of him who, above all others of his time, could ask, in the record of his life, that it be written, "Naught ex tenuating, nor aught set down in malice." Mrs. Davis says if she can only suc ceed in interpreting in a measuse some of those more subtle pointsor features of Mr. Davis' character which she thinks have not been so generally understood, she will have entwined around his memory a wreath which to him would . be surpassingly acceptable, and to her the most precious tribute of enduring love. Just how long a time will have elan sed before the biography will bact in the hands of the reader MrsDavj is, so far, unable to state. She wili however, revise, supervise and look after many of the details incident to 1 publication, and this work she intends to have wholly completed previous to her departure for Europe, where she will join her daughter, Miss Winnie. As 2 the time of this contemplated trip is fixed for the early part of May of the present year, the public may confident ly expect to have the book a month later. In this connection, it would be well to mention that ample notice willi be given in a few weeks of the exact time when the book will appe'ar. Referring to the death of Mr. Davis and the demonstration of popular esteem and reverence for the dead chieftain previous to and on the day of his interment Mrs. Davis spoke feeling It was not, she said, the pomp, which of itself was gorgeous, that afforded her the greatest gratification in connection with the obsequies of her husband, b(lt it was the spontaneity and universality ofaff'ectionate regard as it was exhibited in New Orleans and throughout theen-' tire South on that occasion, that. '2 touched her most and that would abide with her longest. The unsurpassed outpouring of the people of the South and especially of this city and the eminence, intellect, character and citizenship of those participating in the imposing ceremo nies of that day would never be forgot ten, nor would there be lack of appre ciation on her part nor on that of the remaining family of Mr. Davis. As for the people of New Orleans and her grateful acknowledgmlenlts of their de votion to and distinguished considera tion of her husband, words were inade quate to express. There was nothing lacking nor nothing left undone. "Taking it all in all," said Mrs Davis, "1 do not think that there are any people in the world who would have so nobly and unselfishly main tained an unsuccessful man, with noth ing.to confer, or would have rendered' suc~h spontaneous honors to his memo r,as those of the South have dlone in the case of my husband." Charlotte's Budding Tr~ee. [Charlotte Chronicle.] There is an elm tree near the corner of Colonel Johnston's and the Mint yards that will be covered 'with leaves in a few days. if the mild weather cou tinues a while longer. The tree is al ready full of buds. The Bea:n and the Mote. Alice-What an awfully rude girl Minnie Thompson is! Maude-Indeed? I never noticed it. Alice-Just think-after she had passed me on the street this afternoon, I actually caught her looking back at me four times! IMaude-Oh. my, how awful!