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AT
HOME AGAIN.
HIS PEOPLE B?CEIVE
HIM W?m OPEN
ARMS.
Lincoln, N eb, Deo. 23.-Co!. W
J. Br jan returned to Lincoln this af
N ternoon and wai tonight tendered a re?
ception at-the Oliver theatre bj >be
Wornanya Bimetallic League. The
house waa crowded sad Coi Br?ac re?
ceived aa ovation. He was introdceei
by Governor Holcomb, wbo formtlfy
welcomed bim lome and complimented
bi? for bis patriotism io enlisting io
the army.
After thanking bis neighbors for
their cordial welcome and compliment?
ing the members of bia regiment ?od
V Co!. Yifijuaio. ra whore c o arge he left
them, bo said:
"1 bad live moo shs of peace io the
army sad reoigoed io order to take a
part ts a fight, i am as much ?? ter
este? io the people of the United Skates
as I am io the people of Coba, and aa
: ; lesa I am mistaken io judging we are
?ailed upon to -meet more important
problems ia the United States jost now
tbsp will coo hoot ocr army in Cuba.
'*Some of si^sa^pfoblems were coder
discussion before hostilities began; oth?
ers bate been tbrast o pon os; as a ?re?;
snit ol the war. Let me i o pro ve tb i a,
. . - ?y firsi opportunity, to assays yost that
-my seal fer the reforms advocated a
few months ago bas not io gfce least
abated. .
"Vital questions cannot be Killed or
boried and wojpere.dealing with vital;
questions whef " tbe^: cali. tq ar??' re?
sounded t*rou^oat^vla#4
"The Asaetean people have ?ot ac?
cepted the gold standard aa fina!. Ie
has wrought more rojostice is oar
country dudog the last 25 years than
Spainoas wrought in ail ..-her .colonies,,
and opfXteifcios so H will grow 'until the
gold and silver coinage of the cocstitu-.
?on is &?^f?4?^t- The; trusts ?hieb
-430W fionna b in defiance ol law J are
taore merciless than the paper tioney
k trust?-wbieh is seeking to obtain eon
R trot ol' alf the paper money of th? na
B ?ion, and is a greater menace to the
ft country's welfare than any foreign foe.
Ba "Tib?re are, however, two new qaes
WB lions, ubis a deland immediate attention
B because congress is asked to act apon
Irate3 Ai OOC8* ^9 Pre8'?ent reoom
BBSQ?ads that the regular army be perms
|Bpeotr?xincrea9ed to 100,000 men. Thia
jw question must be met DOW cr cot at
W Taking up the snbjeet of imperialism,
I Mr. Bryas said that the presider t had
I mbio?9pieted the sen?ment of the
i pe^ie, ^ Theare ?ongose? to giving
I. th* Fh^p^??slan?f back, to Sf>aiu,/
Pi bat they have Bot: as. yet ?declared io
fever cf embarking upon a colonial
policy. So great a chance, he said,
could mot be undertaken without more
investigation and deliberation than the
people had yet gives JD. the subject. ,
The principal part of Mrv Bryao's
speech was devoted to the Philippine
fctfiesttoa. Ic this connection he re?
8 H& tc President McKinley's ia
Ky, "who will baal down the flag?"
K replied; "The fltg is a national
H Bnhleiz? and is obedient to the national
Kiii. _ It was made for the people, not
Hfthe people for the flag. When the
gr American people want the .flag raised
? they raise it; when they want it hauled
i down they haul it down. The flag-was
raised upon Canadian soil during the
war of 1812 ?nd it was ?aoled dowo
whoa peaee was restored. The flag
was planted upon Chapulleps* durra
the war wi tb Mexico and it was ban?sd
down when the war was over. Tbs
morning papers announce th*: Gen.
Lee ordered the flag hauled dowo in.
Cuba yesterday, because it was raised
soo soon. The flag will be raised in
Ceba tg??n on the 1st of Jan nary, hot
the presiden;, declares in bis message
that it will be bau led down ss soon as
a stable government is established
Who will deoy to the people the right
to han! the flag dowo lo the Philippines
if they so desire, wheo a stable govern,
ment is established there?
"Oar flag stands for so indissoluble
uaioo of indestructible States. Every
State is represented by a star aod every
territory sees io the ooostitutioo a star
of hope that will some day take its place
io the constellation. What is there io
ktbe flag to awaken tbe zeal cr reflect the
aspirations of vassal colonies wbiob are
good to be east away, bat not good
enough to be admitted to the sisterhood
of States
"Shall we keep the Philipioes aod
amend our flag? Shall we add a new
star-the blood star, Mars-to indicate
that we base entered cpoQ a career of
conquest? Or shall we borrow the yel?
low, which io 1896 was the badge of
gold and greed, aod paiot Saturn aod
his Hogs, to suggest a carpetbag gov?
ernment with tts schemes of spoliation ?
Or shall we adorn our flag with a milky
way composed of a multitude of mioor
stars, representing remote aod insignifi?
cant dependencies ?
"No, a thousand times better to heal
down the stars and stripes aoc sabsti
tute the flag of ao independent re po bl io
than to surrender the doctrines that give
glory to 'OA Glory.' It was the flag
of our fathers io the yesrs that are
gone ; it is the flag of a reunited
country to-day ; let it be the fhg of our
nation in the years that are to corns.
Its stripes of red tell of the blood tbst
was shed to parchase liberty ; its stripes
of white proclaim the po.e and heaveo
k born purpose of a government which
Mgerived its jost powers from the consent
r of tue governed. The mission of that
fi>g xs to float, oot over a conglomera?
tion of oomsaODWsaiths, bot over tba'
Maud of the free and ?be borne of tbe
brave.' Aod to that mission it mast
remain, 'forever true-forever true.' "
PEACE COMMISSIONERS
RETuBN.
New York, Deo. 23.Tbe American
Hoe slea ca er St. Louis, from South
bamptoa, ?as sighted east of fire island
at II : 12 p. m. The American peace
oom missioners are OD board.
Tbe St. Loois arrived at quarantine
at 2 a. m., aod ?ill reman? there until
daylight. Sbe iras no! boarded
Spat o Has Her Revenge.
Santiago de Cuba, Dec. 25 -Lieut.
Coi. Henry Ray, ?bo bad reported
to Geo. Wood, military governor of
the deportment, that Col Francisco
Valiente, chief of gendarmes, bad
been among tbe insurgents, and tbat
several bands of lobbers were ope?
rating io tbe neighborhood of Guan?
tanamo, arrived bei? to day. He
repeats bis charge* against Coi.
Valiente, declaring tbat they are
weti founded. He admits tbat Go!.
Valiente was tbe first Coban officer
who seminally disarmed bis men,
merely requesting permission to
j guard the ?rms With a fqbad-of ?bis
own troops. Ti$fi request was gj^ t
[ed by -Majos Harria, V;j?prei?ntiag
j Lieut. Coi. Bay at Sagos De Tanamo,
1 for Harris even promised to supply
rations to tbe guard According to
Coi. Ray, Valiente, before starting I
for Santiago,.turne dp ver to several
Cuban captains thu six hundred rifles
thai were stacked by bis men when
they were disarmed This fact was
only recently reported to Col. Ray.
Tbe latter, on arriving here, saw
Col. Valiente and repeated bis accu?
sations. Valiente declared tbat be
[ had not armed tbs Cubans, bot bad
merely given tbe rifles ioto tbe
charge of tbe variou s officers.
Co!. Ray claims that tbis explains
tbs existence pf the troublesome
band8of robber* wbo bave infested
the districts around Guantanamo. Io
one case a Cuban major went so far
as to order tbe proprietors of a sogar
estate not to grind. Co!. Ray sent a
company of United States troops to
guard the estate, whereupon the
Coban major took to tbe woods witb
a band of meo who have been ever
since robbing aod pillaging estates
nearby.
As a result of this condition of!
things Col Ray's entire regiment,
with the exception of two companies,
is now scattered about tbe country
guarding private property. Col. Ray
says " oe bas the names of several
prominent Cabaos who have censored
Yafi?nie^for returning bV anns.
Valiente replied that be bad the arms
ander guard, and would keep them
safe until it was seen what the
United States weald do Moreover,
Coi. Ray insists that the Coban
police wbo were seat by Col
Valiente to captare the chief bandit
were worthless and proved dishonest,
as they allowed the robber to sleep
. undisturbed in the next boase to the
one in which they were quartered.
To morrow Col. Ray will, return to
Santiago He intends to mount some
of his own men, and to captare the
robber chief Meanwhile, except ia
the guarded estates, work io his
district is practically at a standstill
An Epidemic of Grippe,
Philadelphia, Dec. 22 -Ic ia esti?
mated that between 25,000 and
30,000 persons in thia city are suf?
fering from grippe and the doctors
report the epidemic on the increase
At the board of health to day six
deaths were reported to have occur
; red within the last twenty-four boors
directly doe to grippe and twelve
other deaths were traced indirectly
to the same cause. All the hospitals
have an unusually large number of
grippe patients, and in several in?
stances the sufferers have lost their
reason and have to be strapped to
their beds Of 140,000 school chil?
dren, nearly 10,000 are sick at home.
The city council could barely raise a
quorum to day, there were so many
absentees from grippe
Reports received from eastern
Pennsylvania and south New Jersey
point to an epidemic of the disease
io those sections
Rome, Deo. 25.-The Ageozza Ital?
iano asserts that a German syndicate has
promised DOD Carlos a loan of thirty
million franc* ia three instalments-tbe
first ?bea be bas tea thousand meo na?
der arms ; the second wheo he has oap
tared Bilbo*, Capital of the proviooe of
Biscaye, aod the third two months after
operations are eommeooed.
The Federation of Labor bas put
itself on our reoord as opposed to a
large standing ?army. In taking this
stand the Federation of Labor ie entirely
justified. Great; armies are a vast drain
upon the publie resoaroes, sod by so
maob as they cost they diminish the
food from ?hieb the pay of the la?
borer is drawn. Federation of Labor
sboald have a oare tbat by fomenting
disorder and dissatisfaction among work?
ingmen it does 13ot pat new agreement
in the mouths of those who think tbat
orderly government oaooot be maintain?
ed unless men are pricked to it at tbe
point of the bayonet -Philadelphia
Record, Dem.
INTENTION IS TO
TAKE WAKE ISLAND.
The Bennington Ordered
There to Hoist Old Glory.
NO INHABITANTS TO FIGHT.
Washington, Dec 23.-The gov?
ernment bas determined to hoist the
flag oyj&i^another island far ont in the
Pacific ocean and orders were sent
ozt late this afternoon to the com?
mander' of the Bennington, Capt
Taossig, to proceed at once to take
possession in the name of the United
States government of Wake island,
lying in latitude 19 north, longitode
166 east It ia distant about 2,000
miles from Ninan, the westernmost cf
the Hawaiian islands, and 3,300 miles
east from Guam.
. It is almost in a direct line be?
tween these possessions of tt e United
States aod is admirably adapted for
use as a station for a Pacific cable to
connect the Philippines with Hawaii
and the United States.
It is about three miles in length
and encloses a lagoon of salt water.
The average; height of the island is
eight feet, above high tice. It is
scarcely capable in itself ol' sustain?
ing life, bot it is expected that a
cable station can be maintained with?
out difficulty by the ?rection of a
condenser to supply fresh water
Some station in this locality is
deemed to be absolutely nesssary to
the maintenance of a cable, and for
that reason the Amercan peace com
missioners at Paris endeavored to
secare one of the Caroline islands,
bot without success.
Wake Island Is said to be by right
already American territory, for in
1851 Admiral Wilkes surveyed the
place aod asserted title It is not
inhabited so far as koown at the
present time, though io the past some
guano gatherers have temporarily
lived oo the island.
The Bennington is now at Hono
lulu and the orders to her gp out by
steamer. After hoisting the flag oo
?Vake island she will proceed to
Guam and make the survey of tbe
island which was ordered some time
ago She has already completed a
survey of Pearl harbor, seven miles
from Honolulu, which will form the
foundation of the governs ent plans
for the enlargement of tie harbor
there and the straightening of the
channel connecting the inner harbor
with the ocean.
The Crisis in Mad nd.
London, December 26-The Mad?
rid correspondent of the Scar dard says:
"Senor Sagasta's illness has brought
to a standstill tbe political crisis aod
the negotiations for the reo .ganization
of the Liberal party. Man j Liberale
are opposed to Geo. Weyler'm becoming
minister of war, because they fear be
will aspire to succeed Sag aa ti as leader
of the party.
"Ei Liberal publishes an interview
with Weyler, io the course of which be
is represented as declining to give toy
information regarding the crisis, but as
iosisting upon? the necessity of a strong
government. Such a govern mest could
not, he said, be dr?wo frota a. party
led by Senor SUvela Gen. Wey 1er
hinted thai the oouotry would ruo great
risks unless power were placed io the
hands of s Sagas ta-Wey 1er coalition
government "
"The Bank of Spain has ceased to
Blake advances opoo Philippine and
Cobao bonds, and has asked a supple?
ment guarantee for previous advances,
owing to the decline io the value of
booda. Tbe government bus arr&oged
with Madrid acd Barcelona bankers to
advance the amount needed for the in?
terest of those beads io January."
Chicago, Deo. 24-Cbioago bas become
the chief battle ground in the ooctest
between the American Sugar Refining
company and tbe Arbuckl e aod tbe
Doorsodors, its powerful rivals. Yester?
day the price of "outside sugar was cut
ooeeighth of a cent below l;rust price,
reaohiog almost tbe lowest quotations
on the record The cut was accompa
oied by developments that ?bowed the
existeooe of a little trust among the
wholesale grocers to suppor t the Ameri?
can company and also that ?new Rich?
mond was io the field io the shape of a
beat sugar supply. Tba American
company was oot ready to meet its
rival's prices, but ii expected to do so
to day
Kansas, city, Mo., Deo. 26 -A dis
patch to The Times from Texarkana.
Tex., says; Two persons were 'rilled
aod another seriously injured to-day io a
shooting affray near Foulte, Ark., a
towo 18 miles from here on the Texar?
kana aod Shreveport railroad. Two
meo named McKnight ?od Firqueo
quarreled sod fought over a wagoo
trade. McKnight drew a revolver and
fired at Firqain, but shot wildly and
mortally Wbite fiasley, a yoong man
who stood oear by. Easley died within
a few minutes, but while life lasted be
drew a revolver and shot ioto Mc?
Knight's bouse, kiiliog an 18 year-old
daughter of McKnight aod seriously in?
juring a younger daughter. Mc?
Knight is under arrest.
-- - ?? JU- -II m --
The happiest ladies are those using the
Whitesewiog machine.
Washington Letter.
Washington, Deo. 26 -The Demo,
orats in Congress maj not succeed ?Q
defeating scheme to increase the reg?
ular army to 100,000 men, but they io
tend that the country shall be thorough?
ly acquainted with the enormous aod
permanent taxation which those who
are behind the scheme are trying to pot
apon' the people. The report of the
minority of the Boase Committee oo
Military Affairs, signed by every Dem?
ocratic member of the committee, bas
been filed with the clerk of the House
-owing to the railroading of the Hull
bili through the committee aod report?
ing it to the House before tbe holiday
recess, they had to prepare it after
Congress adjourned-and it is an in?
teresting document. It points oat that
while ao army of 100,000 meo would
be a menace to oor liberties in time of
peace, it would be too weak to cope
with any first-class power io war, that
the cost of the Holl bill wooid be about
?150,000 a year, which added to the
pension payments would bring our
military expenditures op to nearly
$300,000,000-more than is paid by
any one of those great European na?
tions which keep their armies practi?
cally oo'a war footing all the time.
Here is a clause of the report, espe?
cia ?1 j deserving consideration: "It is
well understood that the great corpo?
rate interests of the coon try demand
this large army for obvious reasons. A
president with such a force behind bim,
could invade our liberties, suppress
freedom of speech, aod even desecrate
the ballot itself." The Democrats oo
the committee accompany their report
with a bili, with which they will pot
the House eo record, by offering it as a
substitute for the Hull bill. It pro?
vides for a regular army of thirty thou?
sand men, aod for the enlistment, for
oot more than two years, of ?0,000
volunteers, for servioe io the new pos?
sessions of the United Sutes aod io
Cuba. There is . no reason, at this
time, to believe that we will have any
actual oeed for ao army of more tbao
30,000 meo two years hence, as tbe
islands which we are oow compelled to
garrison are likely to be either govern?
ing themselves by that time, or owned
by some other goveromeot.
f: Professor Blair, of North Carolioa,
who is io Washington, said: "The
purpose of the North Carolinians to
follow the example of Mississippi, Sooth
Carolioa aod Louisiana, aod accom?
plish the partial disfranchisement of
the negroes, is worthy aod commend?
able of all supporters of tbe institutions ;
of this country Ii is quite io line j
with the most advanced idea of the Mc?
Kinley administration, represented by
Senator Coilom's Hawaiian Commis?
sion, wbioh, by the way, has modeled
a splendid plan for the disfranchise
! meot of the North Carolioa negroes,
i without, intentionally doing such a
thing The bill he has reported, dis
j franchising the natives of the Hawaiian
islands, is a very good one, io that the
oatives of the islands are oot fit to
govern an American territory. If this
is true io Hawaii, it is doobly troe io
North Carolioa."
Geo. Miles badly frightened a com?
ber of persons, aod some of them hold
U. 8. Com m issi on a, wheo he said that
be was making a personal investigation
into the seodiog of "embalmed" beef
to our soldiers io Cuba aod Porto Rico.
An investigation-a real investiga?
tion-is about the last thiog anybody
connected with that "embalmed" beef
wants to see, because, io the first place,
it would show that those high in
authority agreed to making ao experi?
ment that endangered the health aod
lives of thousands of soldiers for oo
more apparent reason tbao that it
would be very profitable for those who
sold the government the "embalmed"
beef.
Senator Gray, the only democratic
member of tbe peaoe commission^
which bas just returned from Paris,
bringing the official copy of tbe treaty
of peaoe, expressed pleasure to learn
that democratic senators generally bad
accepted Col. Bryan's idea, tbat the
question of expansion was not io any
way iovolved io the treaty, aud that
consequently there would bc no party
opposition to tbe ratification of the
treaty. Failure to ratify the treaty
might cause international complications,
while its ratification will clear the deck
for a domestic contest, as to whether we
shall keep the Philippioes, give them
their independence or dispose cf them
to some other country. Senator Gray
declined to express ao opinion on this
matter, farther tbao to say tbat be was
a democrat, which probably means that
he will oppose oar keeping the Philip?
pines.
There is one tbiog connected with
the treaty of peaoe that may force an
extra session of tbe next congress.
That is the $20,000,000, wbioh we
have got to -.ay Spain Tbe treaty
provides that this mooey shall be paid
within six months after the interchange
of ratification of the trsaty between the
two governments ; also that the treaty
shall be ratified within six months from
the date h was signed It is expected
that the senate will ratify the treaty at
this session, bot both Seoate aod Rouse
will have to pass a bill appropriating
the money. If the present House fails
to pass the appropriation, an extra
session of the next Congress will have
to be called to get within tbe time
limit.
The sooner a cough or cold is cured with?
out harm to the sufferer the better. Linger?
ing colds are dangerous. Hacking cough is
distressing Cae Minute Cough Cure quick?
ly cures it. Why suffer wheo such a cough
care is witbio reach ? It is pleasant to the
taste.-Bogbson-Ligon Co.
Filipino Congress \
Fails io Formulate.
Aguinaldo's Cabinet Besigns
Wliat the Leader of the In?
surgent is Now Trying
to Do.
Manila, Deo. 26.-The so-called
congress of tbe revolutionary govern*
ment of tbe Filipinos, which has been
in session for some time at Malolos, has
unexpectedly adjourned, owing to tbe
difficulty of formulating a constitution.
The cabinet of President Aguinaldo,
appointed at Baooor on July 15 last and
named in the Bacoor proclamation
issued that day, has resigned.
Gen. Aguinaldo, who bas been at
Malolos, came from to Santa Anna, a
suburb of Manila He then visited
Patcrnoes. - Now it is reported he has
gone to Ca vi te Viejo, the old town of
Cavit?.
Reliable advices say that while ne
was at Paterno he was indefatigable io
bis efforts to overe?me tbe policy of the
militant factious which is hostile to the
Americans It is probable that hts
in f?nense will avail to avert trooble.
The Filipinos cabinet, proclaimed at
Baooor on July 12 io oon for mi ty with a
deeree issued by the revolutionary gov?
ernment on J noe 24 was made op of tbe
following personnel :
President of the council of piasters,
with, the ad interim portfolios of foreigo
affairs, marine and commerce-Gen.
Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy.
Secretary cf war and public works
-Seoor Don Baldannoro Aguinaldo,
nephew of Gen. Aguinaldo.
Secretary of the interior-Seoor Doo
Leandro Ibarra.
Secretary of agriculture-Seoor Doo
Mariano Trias.
Unrest m Cuba.
Habana, Deo. 26.-Francisco Quin?
tero, a Spanish guerrilla, while walking
along Genios street today was fired at
from the roof of a house sod seriously
wounded. During the last 24 boors
one man bas been killed and 12 have
been wounded in affrays in different
parts of tbe city, and ll burglaries
have been committed. The oity is io a
state of unrest.
Three more wards of Habana were
evacuated today.
La Lucha says it can see no disloy?
alty to Spain oo the part of Spanish
residents io Cuba if they choose to hoist
American and Cuban flags, because
Spain renounced the ?Blaad without
consulting the Spaniards.
Cspt. Gen. Castellanos, after for*
mally delivering over the island to the
American authorities on January 1, will
leave for Matanzas, where he will re?
main a fortnight, going thence to
Cien fuegos
A party of colored Cubans this morn?
ing entered the wholesale grocery es?
tablishment at 113 Sao Jose street,
owned by the Spanish firm of Mestro &
Mata, sod ordered Senor Mestro to
kiss the Coban flag and to cry "Viva
Coba Libre." He refused to obey,
whereupon one of the Cubans cut his
head with a machete.
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?What Gov. Ellar be Says of
Seizure and Release.
Gov. Ellerbe was interviewed yester?
day by a State reporter in reference to
the seizure of the New England Society
wine by State constables. The follow?
ing extracts are taken from the
interview in to day's State :
Gov Eilerbe stated that be had
ordered the liquor released "out of
consideration for the distinguished
guests, Senator Hoar and Senator
McLaurin "
He said that the constables bad dooe
their duty, and he had not reprimanded
them. He denied the right of the club
to receive whiskey, except in the names
of the individual members, and for their
own personal use.
However, without explaining the
legality of his position, he said that he
had ordered the stuff released.
Attorney G?nerai Barber stated in
regard to the matter that the society
certainly had no right to receive liquors
in the way in which the confiscated
stuff was received. That the queston of
"personal use" had already been
decided by Judge Simonton to mean
that one individual oould order for his
own use, but that he could not inolude
even one other party in the transac?
tion
He thought, too, that the matter of
referring such matters to the governor,
except in extreme oases was not io
aooordaooe with the dignity of the
gubernatorial office. Every time a
negro had a jug of liquor seized, and
claimed that it had been confiscated
wrongly, he must apply to the governor
for its return.
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Dewey Senior Officer.
Washington, Dec. 27 -Admiral
! Dewey is now the senior officer of
the American nary, having reached
that position without congias^ftvoal
action through the retirement Sunday
last of Admiral Bt?nce. He will cor.?
tinue to hold that distinction until
the 26th of December next, when be
will go upon the retired list, unless
congress excepts him from the opera?
tion of the law, and, after .making
him admiral of the navy, provides
that he may hold that office in active
service without age limitation..
We are fond of looking over to
Europe and pitying the poor people
there, "crushed by militarism." The
Germana especially. Well, Germany
had last year in her active army or
subject to immediate service, exclud?
ing the first and second reserves,
22,340 officers and 1,946,380 mea.
Her military and naval expenses thia
year are: Army, $ J 52,050,512;
navy, $30,513,636; pensions, $15,
051,588; total, $197,615,736. Our
awn expenses for the year 1900, ac?
cording to the official estimates and
demands, will bet Army, $166-,
726,599; navy, $47,630,531; pensions,
$145,233,830; total, $359,590,960.
Why should we spend almost twice
as mach as Germany, which is in the
middle of the armed camp of Europe?
Bring it down to the army alone,
why should we spend nearly $15,
000,000 more than Germany? Be?
cause we are told that we must hold
down one island which rushed into
our arms, another, to which we have
pledged friendship and independence
and a group of islands in which we
can secure all the benefits of trade
and investment without any military
establishment whatever. To be
"crushed by militarism'7 seems a good
thing-for us -The State.
The man who keeps cattle, sheep
and hogs, and breeds bis work mares
regularly, has his business so ar?
ranged that mouey is coming in at all
seasons. His cattle and wool goto
market i a the ?pring and early sum?
mer, andi his boga and motton sheep
go in the fall and winter. If prices
are not best for all, they are sure to
be good for one thing or another.
Hts corn and hay are all fed, and be
still has his wheat to sell for cash.
His income comes to him at sucif
times tiaat be has no use for the
money louder, and he has no notes
to meet or interest to pay.-Grange
Bulletin,
The Japanese always bury their
dead with the head to the north, apd
for this reason no Japanese will sleep
with his head in this position. Many
private houses and hotels have a
diagram on the points of the compass
pasted on the bedroom ceiling for the
convenience of guests.
The citeel shipbuilding industry of
the Great Lakes gives promise of
considerable activity in the coming
year. Already there are under con?
tract in the various yards twelve
steel vessels, eight of which are
modern freight carriers, two passen?
ger steamers, one oil tank and one
large tug -Spartanbnrg Herald.
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