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ET BISH D 85N W E R ,S.C,T USA ,A PIE$.0AY SOUTH CAROLINA POLITICS. The Haskell Brothers Interviewed in New York on the Situation. [New York Times.] Col. John C. Haskell, a member cf the South Carolina Legislature, is at the St. James hotel. Hesaid last night that the political situation in his State pointed clearly to the election of Till man, the candidate of the Farmer's Al liance, for Governor. In the opinion of Col. Haskell, Tillman was not a fit man for the place he seeks, but he had taken advantage of the Farmers' Alli ance craze, and had come out as the leader of the people. What was still more important, he bad captured the Democratic machine in South Carolina, Iaervative Demo ratswere confronted with the affernia tive of either swallowing Tillman or else figuring in the role of bolters. Of the two evils Col. Haskell thought the South Carolina Democrats would probably accept Tillman on the ground that it is better politics to preserve the seeming integrity of the Democracy of the State than to create an open breach. Meanwhile it was to be hoped that the people of South Carolina would shake off the madness that possesses them now and awake to the necessity of pre serming their interests. The policy of the Farmer's Alliance was to demand everything and promise its possible good will in return. "There is to be a Democratic conven tion in South Carolina Septembea 10," said Col. Haskell, "and at this conven tion a candidate for Governor will be nominated. I have no doubt at all that Tillman will be this nominee. He entrols the machine, which he gained while we slept, and he will use it. - That he will be the next governor seems certain, I really do not think that there will be any open opposition to him. There are two other questions which are concerned in this political movement-a United States Senator, to succeed Gen. Wade Hampton, and the State debt. I believe that Gen. Hampton will be his own successor, for I cannot conceive of a condition of affairs which would result in the elec tion of any one else. Our people are mad with the Farmers Alliance fever, -but they are not so mad as to repudiate Gen. Hampton. "With regard to the State debt I am much afraid that these people will not be able to handle the matter. They -e have had no experience in public finance, and, under the leadership of -Tilman, may do the State an injury that will be well nigh irreparable. Still, I think it is wise to let the people of South Carolina go ahead and elect Tillman. That is probably the surest way of curing them of their madness." Judge Alexander C. Haskell, of South Carolina, is also at the St. James. He does not agree with Col. Haskell. as to the policy to be pursued by the South Carolinians in the present emergency. Hedenounces Tiliman as a demagogue, ad says that he should be opposed at every hazard, and although defeat were crtain. He thinks that the. respecta -~ bility of the South Carolina Democrats demands this. Moreover, he does not regard the situation as hopeless. He --believes that if the regular Democrats ---were to organize at once they could - still defeat Tillmaa, notwithstanding -the fact that he has control of the State machine. Judge Haskell believes that if Tillman is successful in South Caro lins he will succeed Gen. Hampton in the United States Senate. Altogether he regards the outlook as I -gloomy, but he is pugnacious and would rather be defeated than not to i fight at all. He says that Tillman is -masquerading as a martyr under the .1 pretense of a fear that he will be assas- ( sinated, whereas there is not the I slightest danger of injury in any form I - . -a fact only too well known to Till- t - -man. Whbile Judge Haskell is anxious 1 to fight Tillman and the Fai-mers' Alli- I S ance, he is sorely afraid that the Dem- 3 ocracy of South Carolina will surrender I -without firing a shot. COlA. JOHN C.- HASKEL L RISES TO EX- I P'LA IN. t [From the News and Courier.] i .COLUMBIA, Aug. 21.--Col. John C. t Haskell returned from New York this s evening to attend the meeting of the State Democratic executive committee to-night. When questioned as to the authen ticity of his New York Times' interview f on the South Carolina situation an interview which was republished in" The News and Courier to-day and ex- 0 e ited considerable comment mn Colum- c * bia, Col. Haskell said that the report of t * the talk was decidedly incorrect, owing a tothe fact not that the reporter was disposed to rmsrepresent them, them, ~ but that~the Times man came to him I whilst he was at dinner entertaining c several gentlemen, among whom was y Judge A. C. Haskell; so that there was no opportunity for a regular interview, - and only a general informal talk was 0 -had. -Col. Haskell says that what he did I sywas that he believed that a ma- t -j- 'ty.of the delegates in the September ~ -onvention would favor Tillman for e Governor,, and if such majority-were1 legally elected he believed the people would submit rather than divide the C -party. He did not, however, express r an opinion as to whether there would t -be a legal Convention or not. -As to the State debt, Col. Haskell ~ said there was a general desire among t the farmers to sustain the credit of the r - State, but he feared that, owing to the a inexperience of many of the officials the new Administration and the desire on the part of Tillmran and his lieutenants a to reduce expenses, the credit of the i State would be injured. Col. Haskellg -did not say he thought it would be wise to let the people go ahead and elect Tillman, but he did say that he feared 1 they would not get over their strange t infatuation before the meeting of the i September Convention. . Gone to Join 'Wilamn Tell. t * [From the Dallas News.] . Nobody believes these days that '- there wa evr a Colossus of Rhodes. t PRECINCTS. Newberry ................ 4 Glymphville ...... ...... Maybinton ............... --- Cromer's Store........... Jalapa ........ . Longshore's Store. Williams' Store......... Dead Fall ................ Pro sperity................ Jolly Street.............. Pomaria .... ......... W alton..................... TOTAL... Abbeville.................11 Anderson......... Oconee......... 20 Pickens................... 10( Total for Congres... OUR ARMY OF PENSIONERS. Re-entorcements Three Hundred Thousand Strong On the Way to Join It. WASHINGToN, August 15.-The most vemarkable passage in the address ol xen. Alger to the .Grand Army veter. ins at Boston was that which declared ;hat "more than 300,000 applicationh iave been made to the Commissionei >f Pensions under the new Disability aw, and he informs me that applica ions are coming in at the rate of about 0,000 per day." Where do we all come from? It is vident, to begin with, that the num er is outrunning what had been ex ected, or at least intimated, in the liscussion of the measure by Congress. :t was then estimated that the numbei of applicants during the first yea vould be about 200,000. And yet with n the first three months of that year the tumber is officially declared to have xceeded 300,000. and to be going on at he prodigious rate of 10,000 per day. a this respect the experience of the )isability law recalls that of the Ar ears Repeal law, which cost about ten imes as much as some of its advocates stimated, and also that of the act ol 818 for dependent Revolutionary pen iioners, under which the number ol >eneficiaries was estimated to be 374, ,nd turned out to be 22,297. Congress, a those early days of the country was lealing with soldiers numbered by housands, but in ours it is dealing i"ith hundreds of thousands: then it vas startled to find that it had in :urred extra obligations of more than Smillion a year, but the new Disability will is involving scores of millions. The question recurs, however, where .11 these new candidates for pensions an possibly be recruited. Gen. Alger s reported to have said that even-the Irand Army could not tell within 250,' 00 how many soldiers of the civil war yere still surviving. That would give n enormous margin for uncertainty; >ut he made the statement prior to the mssage of the Disability bill in order o show that it was better not to try tc stimate its cost beforehand, but to gc head and pass it any way. Commissioner Dudley, about eight ears ago, estimated the total number f enlistments in the civil war at 2,780,. 78. Deducting from these the re-enlist nents, he got a balance of 2,063,291 ac ual individual enlistments. Of those ving at that time who had not ap. ilied for pensions there were 1,009,469, rhile those who had so applied num ered 4,58,553. Last spring Commissioner Raunm 'evised these estimates and put the otal number of Union soldiers, exclud ag re-enlistments, at 2,213,365. From~ hls number the deduction of the de ertions and the deaths in battle or by isease or other cause left 1,702,069 alive t the close of the war. Then, calculat ag, on the usual mortality rates, he >und that the probable number of sur ivors for January 1, 1890, was 1,246, B9. Of these, 373,102 were already then n the rolls so that the remainder num ered but 872,.987. We further find that t that at that date the number of in alid claims pending was 182,955,which~ nill give a ualance, in round numbers, f 690,000 survivots not included in bese classes. And now, it appears, more than .300, 30 applications are already made for ensions under the Disability bill,while de torrent has still head enough to roducc 10,000 a day, which, continued yen for only a month, would obvious r make another 300,000. It must ac ordingly, in view of the figures al sady given, be-a mnatt'er of some as )nishment where the applicants come ~om, and also how many survivors of die war there can be who are in ordi. ary health and strengih. For although, s Gen. Alger complacently remarked, de Disability bill gives a pension to ny soldier or sailor who was honora ly discharged, after a service of ninety ays or more, "no matter wvhat his nancial condition may be," yet at ast he must be "suffering from a men 11 or jTysical disability of a perma Lent character, not the result of his wn vicious habits, which incapaci ates himn from the performance of man al labor in such a degree as to render uim unable to earn a support." If ,eeoe u ftenme fsri RESULT OF THE PRIMA HOUSE CONGRESS. REPRESENT 2 4 3 341. 1319 238 111 98 317 35 I 29i D... . 17.. . .. 3 4 3| 9 4 00 * ...... 17 0 48 32 31 I..... . .... 39 ....... 23 39 19. 10 30 I ...... 98- .1: 8 70 17 15 87 ... ... 43 ...... 1 31 441 18& 54 26 ...... ...... ......6 il 1 ...... 275 1 179 1G1 183' 275 15:3 ...... ...... ~ .... 83 80 23i 8 3 6. i...... ...... 28 41 1 . 59 38 68 201 ......... . 43 26 2 38 8 i8 31 993! 16! 601 812 545: 724) 7781 S - The oicial coi 45 1971 817i 272 428 News-two lessI 60 3 9815151767 The Congress 38 5 440 340 920 The following 404 ...... 48 2 3 1 42 Jenkins H. Sm -- -- -- ----- Th e second ra 5I 208 2396 2167 4758. co, Commits ors who had not already applied for or received a pension, we have these hun dreds of thousands additional who are testifying that they are unable to per form manual labor, the wonderlng in -quiry must.come as to how many vet erans are not thus incapacitated. I It may be explained, however, that Sthe new bill fixes the rate of pensions at $1 a month, and, since this is a higher rate than many existing pen sioners have, a large part of the appli cations are doubtless for repen sioning at the new rate. It was estimated in the House that there would be 50,000 1such cases. Again, the nlew bill makes Sprovisions for pensions for dependent parent s of soldiers and sailors and also fer children. Finally, a large part of the existing pension list is not for sur Svivors of the war, but for the widows and children of the dead. Taking all Ithese facts into consideration, i*0 is more intelligible that the supply of surviv Ing sol Idiers has really not been ex -hausted even by the astonishing rush Iof between 300,000 and 400,000 new ap plications already made and nowgoing on. While noing but the oficial report of the Pension Office can show the ex act state of the pension roll to-day, and 'also of its prospective increase, there are yet some means of making an esti mate on the subject. The last annual Ireport showed that there were 489,729 pensioners on the rolls at the beginning an hrnof the datfsa ea. Tn alli itiifor that teiouplya had beeniv ing68 Todehawas ealy n averaen ex yeause eve ne byrao the asonshngr ofbere,nhowever, had en40,0 newmes, plictions aran unuse'a ndgrow. in Drng. h attevemnh hr Whyilnotdingbu ames ofial frepsup o. the Peolne Oficecanshow the yex at sate ofepension olle to-day 40,00 alsom ordinary prospetie incres, the pson e on the rolls, at the begin niof elt 530,000 year.Thenets addi tions for the reisality bee n creased Tat w erhasaeae of 1,0 a.Sp theinet inease ew applican forstop yars 400000 ntoughrese for ofeers wohihtws n unutsubj,and rowth. p Dring thast00o tee monith onsr ase oensinr alunrecadente acist, istime in addngnamessl,i we sup stol have bee olate over350,000ap these werdiar rcesut,iwe souces,iie soul thet mangero, it the 530,000 ningrfadyia, atotallofn740,000 on ntheio onsdr30,0lapia tis evident that thisabiliaey bil,on cseate cuateo of 0,0hat day Sup axted,00 aThoug Geny of Geranyfand posin at 5of0o Franee aplicinsm arerompaediners ary o then-st soesiae. nCnres esol still Wokafvhein atbleo5,0 Wnewbap-e pliction. Eeni ny 0percen.a. th ES ArRucEssful, we shulst19-Al touo'c the itaing iteroo the 530,00 tseibenclone thit was aevery expe setivm u e cuaionr Fo what pointe expet wfetre. The ky Gerany band tece. o rnc rsalinnm berslyoblowedovithorhismpleyelf pe saionrs. thwssetuonanm berof people ofThe total ath lssaso far as as endstlv. Fu e for kooc thi haterbenklldon the s terdl cycl oe thatrks eAe huepe riecedt Streetocupitd stuc his city Ithame juterier. from wrk, fellint and treeifhinatedso knwre Thle Thet auleaturs.oke staky waf bhlc Treesn were flw on and oted ahue ndd ofhoe were ud.A oottedo, olied, wad wore byha fall,ing buisi tation oueth an stet. upo nmn suferedf peple byThe toallingt oss soar f segserane'sbrwelve Fouathrd men auredow the ae baee killedgh thea. Hazar Wiromplee weoks.on hofs o. BrottSre oupie byc mines Marke Streejt Threredols froior,ftellnin, andxtee othe kinaed. ereortslare RY ELECTION, HELD FRI OF SCHOOL COUN m'COU ATIVES. COMM'R. 0 137 280 304 54 128 313 488 248 11 57 27 16 4 51 21 73' 41 3 41 24 16 .. 26 22 46 32 26 10 46i 226 71 18 13 23 50 2 31 28 61 14 14 74 56 71 9 95 110 44 3 1 121 621 28 19 30 76 22 26 1.5 32 10 9 25 42 5 3 167 149| 277 267 69 117 441! 234 20 1 77 4.5 39 6 89, 85 1 34 26 57 37 36 27 100 87 1 45 .9 22 4 53 2 59 49 579 65511026 489 484 727 1672j 880 41 unt in the County varies only three vote ror Fellers and one more for Williams. nal retnrns show that the second race is are nominated: For the House: Jno. W .h, John W. Smith and J. J. Kinard; C< ce for the House will be between C. L. I ioner: Arthur Kibler and Jno. F. Banks THE BAGGING QUESTION. Talks with Dealers on Jute and Cotton Bagging. [Macon Telegraph.] It is still very early in the cotton sea son, but there are already indications thatcotton bagging will be much less used than it was last year. At least 1000 yards of jute bagging have been sold in Macon this month to every ten yards of cotton bagging that have found a sale. A number of reasons are given for this change: First and foremost, the dealers say, it is because the farmers, having at tained their object of breaking the jute trust and lowered its price, are return ing to the jute as a matter of econo my. "Of course some of the farmers still stick to the cotton bagging for senti ment," said a prominent cotton factor yesterday. "They look upon it as a sort of emblem of their rights, and they feel strongly enough about it to pay a double price for an inferior article of it rather than take the jute as a gift. But a large number of them, realizing that jute is not only cheaper yard for yard, and in every way superior to cotton as a bagging material are sacrificing their sentiment on that poinl. "Jute is now cheaper than ever be fore. The style known as "Dixie' bag ging is selling at 71 to 8 cents a yard. Last year it was selling at 81 to 9 cents. It would be funny if the jute manu factures were to wait until later in the season, when the farmers were com pelled to have that or nothing at all, and then run the price up to 15 cents a yard, as they did when the first jute trust was formed." How are the other substitutes for jute panning out? "Pine straw bagging would be a splendid substitute. It has one fault, however, which is fatal. It stains the cotton, and, although it costs only about 5) cents a yard, the staining makes it expensive. When some en terprising chemist discQvers a process of removing this coloring matter from the straw, or a mordant that will fix thre color so that it will not run, his forune will be made, and thejute will have a formidable competitor." Prominent cotton factors in the Alli ance warehouse took a somewhat dif ferent view of the matter. They said they had not and would not handle a yard of jute. None of the Alliancemen wanted it, as far as they could ascer tain, not one of them had used a yard of the stuff this year. A bout 2,500 yards of cotton bagging which was used on cotton last season has been sold this month by the Macon Alliance ware house at 5 cents a yard. All the new cotton bagging bought in Georgia this year has been purchased from the Alli unce warehouse in Atlanta. While the warehousemen were talk ing about the matter, a Jones County m:un who had brought in some cotton s.i,1 that the farmers wvere still true to cotton bagging and would never go back on it. He said that he was a mem ber of the Etheridge Alliance, and that his neighbors were solid on the bagging question. Most of them, he said, had already sent their orders to Atlanta for their favorite bagging. When asked why the farmers, after having gained their point, still kept up the fight,- he said: "We claim that cotton ought to be wrapped in cotton; it's more natural, and that's the way we are going to have it, too.'' KEEP UP THE FIGHT. LGreensboro Herald-Journal.] An important meeting of the County Alliance will be held in Greensboro to day. As will be seen from the card of Capt. Smith, the president, among the matters to be considered is the question of the supply of cotton bagging. The cotton season is -now close at hand, and it seems to us a matter of grave moment for provision to be made for the covering of the cotton crop with other than jute bagging. There is a principal involved in this matter which the farnrers cannot affdrd to overlook, They instiiuted a war 'against the jute trust because that monopoly was seek ing to extort money from them, having DAY, AUGUST 22,1890. COUNTY ry COMMISSIONERS." TREAS'R. 3 294 347! 260 90 ]--n1 299i 10 188 1 1 34 59 41 27 3 71 i . . 5 *... 8 747 17 2 1 32 :..... 1, 49 59. 62 6 8! 57 ..... 131..... 3 251 46; 5.5 6! 01: 54 1 6 766 90 6312 141 95 ...... 16 7-: .30 421 . 56 .33 1 201 73 ....... 3: 2 1) 19 411 28 1 6;3' ... 6 .. 5: 77 317i 213 200 11207 3 2491 3 D 6 37, 72 49 111 50 7 38; Di 44 75 67 18 11 64 14 2*2 4 21 52! 351 10; 31 50 ...... 9 91 716- 12281 9871 4557 32411105. 351 572 16 from the result published Friday mornin, Sto be between Norris and Johnstone, Fib . Scott; Probate JudW.e: J. B. Fellers; Cot unt Treasurer: C. *. Bo_yd. Ilease, J. M. Johnstone, . D. Hardy and1 ; Flor'County Auditor: W. C. Cromer aM the world. In their fight the Alliance men were aided by numbers of South ern manufacturers, who purchased machinery for the manufacture of the substitute to jute bagging. Without that assistance the war against the trust must have resulted in failure. It is true that the price on jute have steadily decreased and are now at a reasonable figure. But what assurance have the farmers that the trust would not immediately raise prime if the planters were again at their mercy? They have none, but on the contrary there is every reason to.-believe that the extortion would be even greater should the opportunity to extort again present itself to the jute men. To prevent this the Aliancemen must furnish a market for the cotton bagging and othier substitutes for jute. Otherwise the factories which have stood by the planters will stop the manufacture of the substitute and the Allianee again be at the mercy of com bined capital as represented in the jute trust. It is given out authoritavely that there is an ample supply of cotton bag ging to be had, and merchants are onlyI waiting the action of the farmers be fore placing their orders. The Alliance, therefore, should stick to the substitutes and prosecute vigorously the war thus far so successfully carried on against the jute trust. GODO AD HEALIACE Th oenr,WoW e toBeseatr against 260 Al0iance, r 9 at0eas 188ns the37 Aliac 17des In al sp2. 'de Aane he coe-u qarlgis th 49ub-9reasury plan which. isth th order,21 200 decle that 3f 2t4ost To-da the esltliced naoy mrni toeatesendorsmend ohepltfoeri Sott. Proateconvetio.B.FlesCo TiasJ.M actinistnenD asdydey sigFrCountyo Ator: prinCa plorano the wor. oin plteirm is the Allianes mweurelyde bwenumbrsof anduth ern crautersuchoment.se maner otheio oafcturAlie of suitut torgn which bastang byithu tAtlisance the anwndrsement the ptrms ave wstrested failure Itais truet whe prices on ute qaey staainst thecs-reasanurey. a heoAllie eaders But what ssune havebtel famens that theorust wuldav notlincedpitly rais praces fo the planate. Whort agil at their mercy?ndi cTey theirne btion the nosnther the-resuvry reansiton topv tha Gor edor'ertion lmeeens gter shoulad Taof evet Aiane Amlancenh next furisarket fo he ott ono baggingaan fother UbitSttes Senajte ouhrise thfr.Tores Alich haveun sdbdy thae ptre-rsthslsop theg msanuture ofiche subcstiuenaor then' ANwAlliance agS b t themecl. cm bie[cptlro rersntdi the GlbeDmor t ToPK, uut s-TeCties thrisiance supplementary o ctthe am ginrtsb Alace and mchapose onlin wtier prts aton oftefarm, be-wh hotheoe shoul postical toeief uste fandmersemt igorsltehonention tus far and sucfullrred teongaintin This juew aliacenwuumest0,0 meb. oer.,WoWha oB ntr ObeTthe SuTraurylaw." ADENE,A-, August 21.--Aovery igordonow h arrstof hmel sua,rely againlst thn ianet. estaaiR tersolince laders.e in asee-: youerd tonlges oftel ae Allince the nfomites ot sqaely aainst si for Tfanmers amerilo :OUNTY AUDITOR. B-t 4 267 1 50 74 31 32 1 14 6 2 238 1 4 2.1 2 1 14 ...... ...... - 62 1 1 6'. 1 41. 2 14 3 8 48 1 1 47 6 8 21 1 ..... 20 7 . 24 .... 8 4 7 21.55 3 99 26 152 9 3 ...... 61 15 2 3! 481 2 35 2 10 4 10 16 20 2 7 1 28 3 219 248 g by The Herald and Jay, August 29th. inty Commissioners: Geo. S. Mower; For F. E. Maybin. Beauty Hired to Bathe. [From the Troy Press.] I learned this week of a new device )n the part of a Long Branch hotel keeper to draw trade. Noticing a large 3rowd collected about a bathing place, )n which were situated the bath houses and pavilion of a very ordinary 2otel. I journeyed thither to satisfy a 2ot unreasonable curiosity. The crowd was engaged in looking at threeyoung women who had just emerged from the water. The women were fairly hand ome and owned line forms which were somewhat fully exhibited. One 3ad a full bathing costume of crimson, ;he second wore pale blue, and the >ther wore white. They displayed no -mbarrassment as they walked along with a multitude of eyes resting upon ,hem. The young women, I was told, were employed by the hotel keeper for 'he purpose of attracting a crowd to his Dathing houses and pavilion. Getting Back into the Party. [Bill Arp.] Well, I reckon the force bill is dead, but the animus, the malice, the venom that inspired it is not dead. They say that Blaine gave it a black eye and that he kicked the tariff bill in the pit of the stomach, and we say hurrah for Blaine. I'll hurrah for anybody who proves himself a friend and an honest itatesman. I don't care what party he belongs to. The fact is, I havn't got any party now except asouthern party. I chop my stove wood and have a right smart 'tater patch. but Tom Lyon says that won't let me in. He says I must raise some cotton to put in the alliance warehouse that the government Is going to build. But Zachariah says it is all right if I behave. Now, please tell me how long an outsider must be have before he can get his naturaliza tion papers and be somebodf. I would like to get back into the party if I'm fitten. But still the alli ance treats me very kindly. And some of them hauls me wood just the same as ever and takes my silver dollar as kindly as he used to. Old Father Haynie says he will sell me corn and fodder at the town price. Livingston asked me if Dr. Felton was going to run for congress ag'ainst Everett. I said I didn't know. Then he said if the doctor run he would be the worst beat man that ever run in the State of Georgia. "Ill come up there and take a hand in that fight myself," said he. Wouldn't that be fun. Our boys want to see it. The farmers have made splendid crops and they are in a fine humor, and we all want to see some fun. The doctor is a farmer and a pa triot just like Everett, and so the gene ral verdict is, "Let 'em fight, let 'em fight." A Centenarian's Giant Progeny. [From the Globe-Democrat.] CHATTANooGA, August 13.-Prob ably the most remarkable family in the United States is the Walker family living near Hendersonville, N. C. William Walker, the oldest member of the family, was a soldier In the war of 1812, and p)rofesses to remember the Revolutionary WVar. He is generally supposed to be about 110 years of age although the record is not as exact as might be wished. At an early day Walker came to North Carolina, where he raised a family of twenty-two children, equally divided between the sexes. The eleven boys ranged in height from 6 feet 4 inches to 7 feet, and all of them are still living. Seven of these men have sons, and there is not one of these sons who is less than 6 feet in height. There are tweuty-five grown grand sons and five grown great-grandsons, and every one of them is G feet and over in height. They have always lived in the moun tains a few miles from Hendersonville, and follow farming for a livelihood. No record has been kept of the gene rations, and the families have been large, so that the descendants of this man, who is still living, if brought together would make a respectable town. A Free Translation. "I'm working pro bono publico." e"Which translated means ?" MWFo a public bonus." TRIZ UW J5AU1A' U XXAAA What a Georgia Journal Says About the Fight of the Farmers' A m. [From the Atlanta Constitution.] Speaking of boycotts, it may be re marked that the boycott'of the Jute Trust by the Farmers' Alliance has 1 been a complete success. From 15 cents, the price demanded by the trust, which was equal to a direct tax of $4,000,000 a year on the Southern farm ers, jute has fallen to 51. But even at this price there is no de mand for jute bagging on the part of the cotton growers. As a matter of fact the boycott has but just fairly got into working order, and it is not likely that the farmers will again place themselves in the nower of so vicious a 00M., fo ed - jute manufacturers. To resort again tojuteas a covering for cotton would not only be against the best interests of the farmers, but would be unjust to 'o the interests which have been built up as a result of the boycott. The greed of the jute men over reached Itself in this instance, and all the indications go to show that the profitible market into which they en tered as highway robbers will never again be open to them. The Manufacturers' Record makes a a little estimate that*is of special interest c in this con.nection. If the entire new r crop. which is estimated- at 7,000,000 a bales, should be wrapped in cotton i bagging, 35,000,000 yards of it would be i require'd, which is equivalent to 27,000,- f 000 pounds of the staple, making a new a market for 55,000 bales of 500 pounds 8 each. 1 At a very low estimate, It is believed il that this increased consumption will r add to the market price of the stsple at C least half a dent a pound, giving an ad ditional, value of $2.50 to each bale, ( while the saving by the use of jute 1 would be but 23 cents abae. It is not expected that this result will be I brought about at once, but it is certain I to follow the persistent refusal of the I farmers to usejute. t We may say here that an Atlanta d gentleman, whose process for extract ing fibres has attracted attention even in foreign countries, is now experiment ing with"the fibre of the cotton plant, a He thinks that -for a comparatively in- o significant sum e can place on eAchA farm a machinefor stripping the bark. from the cotton stalk directly-the pick- t ing is over, and before the plant has e become dry and hard. From the bari t the fibre can be extracted at a cost 4 almost nominal, and it can then be worked up in the same manner as jute and woven on the same machinery. Kinderwarten Metods AppUed to Chureh s Debt R-W - - [From the Christian Advocate.] That was a novel method of taking a subscription to paya church debt which was employed by the First Congrega tional Church at -Omaha, under the lead of the Rev. J. T. Duryea. When the people gathered on Sunday morn ing they saw before them a blackboard with a diagram whrich looked like one side of a pyramid built of sixty-six bricks, eleveti in the lower row, ten in I the next above, and so on. On each I brick was written a number which f varied fromn 1,000 on a few about the I top to 2A,on those at the base. The I sum of these numbers was 11,300, the number of dollars called for. Tlfe pas tor explaiiEsd the situation of the< cburch and the meaning of the dia gram. He- said the stability of the church depended for a foundation upon a large nqmber of small supporters, represented by the bricks in the lower I coprse with the smaller numbers on them. Cards large enough tor cover I the numbers on the- bricks were dis tributed through the congregation.< Upon one of these cards each one wrote the number of dollars he would pay, and the card was sent forward and 1 tacked on the blackboard to cover the same numtfer there. Where the amounts subscribed were small several cards were tacked on one brick. In1 forty minutes 140 cards were handed in, covering all the numbers on the black board, and making a surplus of $75 sub scribers. REMARKABLE FATAL ACCIDENT. A Little Girl Kinled by the Fall of a Young Lady. [Greenville News, 21st.] Emmie, the eight-year-old daughter of W. H. Moon, living twenty-five miles above this city, in Glassy Moun tain township, was instantly killed at noon yesterday in a strange manner. A Miss Brady .was visiting Mr.1 Moon's family. She was leaning< against a poet on the piazza of the house and the little girl was playing in; the yard. In a playful mood the little girl stole noiselessly behind the young lady and reaching up, suddenly pulled her dress. The playful act frightened Miss Brady and caused her to lose her balance. She clutched the post to keep from falling, and as she did so. the post gave way, both it and Miss Brady fall ing on the child. The little girl was killed almost instantly, to the great horror of Miss Brady and members of Mr. Moon's family. The father of the unfortunate child was acquitted a few weeks ago of being an accessory to the murder of Ben Ross. "Little Bill" Howard is now under sentence of death for the murder. No Umbrella.. [From Puck.].] Ethel-My dear girl, how did you get your bathin' suit wet? ? Maud-I got canght Irn a soge [ow They Caught the Crabs and New the Crabs Caught Them. [New York Herald.] "Crabbing" is fine sport. Some le think it rather tame, but fdur young idies who tried it up the'Hudson the ther day have discovered that it'i spable, under certain eIrcumstances,a. -; f affording considerable ectment. The four maidens' in questionem arked in a boat by themselves, iiot ecause they were averse to masulWne" ompanionship, but because there ha-' ened to be no young men around to ake them out. Soon after st beyfound that their boat leakeda ittle. Then they took of their slies nd stockings and stowed them away' ' and dry on the thwarts, and dab., their shapely little led " twater in the rootseys" in f the boat, and ag at they -w;re, awfully glad" that they hnid rought any horrid man along, hen their little "tootsey w rould have to stay In their shoes tockings, which would co ave gotten wet. THE CRABS CAUGHT. It is a singular fact, or, perhaps ingular at all, but merely 1i If the peculiar Idiosyncrasies o ine nature, that agirl in an abb - ted bathing costume, which disp retty near as much gid as -asiwfr rill make no bones about expoding o*, eet (especially If they are s1apeVfe0 ad even something more than-a-ood, ection of her anWs to critieaLm, p ine scrutiny; but when she Im't m abbreviated and close ents the mere 4eeldenta e ne little pink toe causes - It requires nfore luck than ateh crabs, ano as the fluck they caught a goodly leposited themp in a b a - iw4 a tip toe good timeallround. - a frisking about one of the girls lentally knocked over the bugh none of them noticed thA ri ent at the time. THE CRABS LOOME. The first Inmation that three tahe. irs had that the crabs were loose s prolWnged blood-curdling yelL 1Tr wner of that yell was the fourth u a' the cause of :the yell was_ rhich had grabbed ber e. The kicked so vl1y. rab was mert Bwing the-f4a Ieg he boat, oLnd 'in qonsequVnee as lobtless more. frighPtened d otinded than the girihad been. The three other girls rhen they d or the dden coto and drgpg nes in a jiffy they took refuge ow harts, where they gradually. creaming when. they peoeived he crabseould not get at them. Lea, ly the boat was a beamyiraft, bullt a the scow plan, or she' certainly rould have capslzed, and then thecom _ dy would have been taN~ied Into - ragedy with a vengeance. THE CAPTOBS CAUGHT. But the tables were urned, and instead of four giris ng crabs it was acaseof crabs. our giris. The crabs held in' yosession of the boat, which late etly along the calm bosom of lhe Iudson. Tne girls m nemii held ?i muneil of war, and deededbeywoUIkt lo what girls generely do dben con ronted by the amziaiaie41d anger wep on screamin~g. In due time the screaming attracted ttention, and a boat shot out from the hore, iin which were two young men om New York. When the reeni 3arty of two drew near one of the' girlsr nddenly remembered something and ommnite it to her compnns. rhen they all shouted out In chorus4t he young men in the boat in peremp :ry tone: REsCUED, "Don't come any nearer!" "What's the matter?" howled one o the young men, as they stopped row "W'ebeen crabbing and the crabs e all loose in the bottom of the boat." "Well, why can't we come any nearer?" It was some little time before one of he girls answered, in 'tones hardly dble: "Because we've got our shoes and ad-stoekings off." "Well, what are we to do about It?" was the abrupt but pertinent maseuline inury,.nte Two girls held aohrconference. rhey finally decided that the young men mast throw them a rope and, -ow ter boat to the shore. When this was clone and the boat with the girls bad truck bottom they directed the two young men to. retire behind a point, ud made them promise not to pep for le minutes. At the expiration of that time the -J girls were all ashore, and instead of 'tootsy wootseys," dainty little shoes eped forth from beneath their dresses. I amnable totell this story because I~ was one of the two rescuers. -rhe Deadly Cigarette. ANNzSTON, ALA., Aug. 19.-Walter unalee, first lieutenant of the Wood itock Guards of this city, has become iolently insane from smoking eiga rettes. He was to-day removdto -the tate asylum at Tascaloosa. Nunale was formerly one of the -editorsj proprietors of the Anniston Watchman. He bad purcaeda~~ at adwas prepairing to start a new paper of his own when symjitain tantly compelled him togie1 ?. o.. Hre smoked twenty