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NEW A. C L AGENT. Hr. D. M. Bianding Appointed to Succeed Mr. C G. Howland. Mr. C. G- Rowland, for a number of years the agent of the Atlaotic Coast Line, resign d a short time ago, bot bas remained io charge of tbe office until bia successor should be ep- j pointed. Mr. D. M. Bianding has been ap- j pointed agent and an official from beadquar tera was here yesterday checking OD accounts to turo over tbe office to Mr. Bianding. Mr Bianding bas occupied tbe responsible posi? tion of cashier in the freight office for ten or j twelve years and by reason of b:s long expe? rience and familiarity with railroad affairs, and witb this office particularly, is especially well qualified for the po3it-on of agent. His j promotion will mee: with the heartiest ap prora] of the business men of this city, and j bis macy friend? are gratified that bis wortb bas received this we!l merited and substan? tial r?cognition. Mr. Thomas V. Walsh has been promoted to tbe cashiersbip acd bis experience of sis or eight years as clerk in the freight depot i9 a guarantee of bis fitness for the position which be will now occupy. Mr. Rowland, the retiriog agent, is too well known and bis efficient management of the business of the A. C L. ia this city is too generally recognized to require comment at tois time. He has made one of tbe most acceptable agents in tne service of the A. C. L. and as a business man bis wortb and abil? ities are so highly esteemed that be ba3 beso calied to a responsible position io the Sumter j Telephone Manufacturing Co., tte biggest enterprise of Sumter, and he will remain in ? ibis city and be more intimately associated with business affairs than ever. Persia, Persian People and Their Homes. Rev. H. H. Shimmon, a native of Persia, lectured in tbe Presbyterian Church Monday night. His lecture was about Persia, Per? sian people and their bornes, and was illus? trated by the use of tbe stereoptican. The lecturer appeared in Persian costume, ? and s*og in four diff.-rent languages. This voung man left home and loved ones and cerne to this country that he might learn more of the wonderful tea?: "sings cf Christ, and is preparing to return to bi3 own people to preach onto them tbe troths of Christianity. Association of County Teachers. A very attractive program has been ar? ranged for the next meeting of the association at 12 o'clock on Saturday, 21st of present mooth. A large attendance is expected. EASTER ELECTIONS. At the congregational meeting of the Church of tbe Holy Comforter, Sumter, ibe following officers and deputies to the annual cooncii were elected : Wardens-Mark Reynolds, Dr. J. F. W DeLorme. Vestrymen-R. Doz:er, J S. Moore, Dr. J. C. Spann, R. I. Manning, R. L. Cooper, P. P. Gaillard, Geo. D. Shore. Deputies to the HOtb Diocesan Council that meets in Aiken oe May 9tb Dr DeLorme, R I. Manning, J. S. Moor?, R. L. Cooper. Alternates-Geo. D. Shore, B. G. Gibson, Mark Reynolds. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE Miss Melly Bryan of Clarendon County Takes Five Grains cf Morphine. A short time ago, Melly Bryan, a young white woman, attempted to commit suicide in Manning by taking two ounces cf lauda? num and was thwarted only by prompt med? ical attention and careful watching. After she recovered from the effects of tbe drug she expressed regret for the attempt to take her life, and it was thought that she wonld not again try to destroy herself. Thi3 was a mistake, however, for she came to tbis city last Wednesday, and after writing a letter to ber father went to the Jervey House and. securing a room, took five grains of mor? phine. It was ao overdose, however, and instead of causing immediate death produced nausea and defeated her purpose. When she was found to be ill a doctor was called and sbe received tbe attention required to coun? teract tb? effects of the drue. Since theo she has been watched constantly, and today is said to bs out of danger There is a sad story back of ber repeated attempts to com- j mit suicide, and it is now feared tbat she will eventually succeed in taking ber own life. Bishopvilie Elects Council. Bisbopville, April ll -The manual election for town council was heid yesterday. There were two tickets in the 6eld and considerable efforts were made to elect ac entire new coun? cil, bot it failed, and the old council, witb Mr. W. E.Crosswell as intendant, and Mr G.O. Rogers as an additional warden, was reelected by a safe majority. This is fortu? nate for the best interest of tbe town, as this administration is the most successful the town bis ever had. MAYOR'S COURT. Mayor Stuckey presided Friday morning at bis first 9e98!on of tbe M?>or's court. There were three prisoners in tbe dock and none of them escaped pu n ish meo t The following were the cases : Benjamin McKnight, boarding a railroad traia in violation of the ordinance. Guilty : $1. ' Anna Scott, disorderly conduct, cursing on Bee street Guilty ; $5 or 10 days. John Henderson, throwing brick und strik? ing Tom Brown. Guilty ; $2 or 4 days. The Best in the World. We believe Chamberlain's Cough Remecy is tbe best in the world. A few weeks ago we suffered with a sevsre cold acd a trouble? some cough, and having read their advertise? ments in our own and other papers we pur? chased a bottle to see if it wcuid affect us. It cured us before the bottle VHS more than half used, it is the best medicine out for colds and coughs.-The Herald, Ander?onville, Ind. For sale by A J China. Sons of Veterans. Camp James D. Blandi??, Sons of Confed? erate Veterans, will bold a meeting in tbe Court House nest Wednesday afternoon, April 18th, at 6 o'clock. Tbe purpose of ?be meeting will be to elect delegates to tbe Aonual Meeting of tbe Sons of Veterans, to be beld io Louisville ; to elect officers of tbe camp, to serve for the eosoiog year, and to transact ?nj other business that may come j before the meeting. Jobo M. Knight, Adjotont. PRIVATEER PERSONALS. Privateer Towosbip, S C., Anril 16, 1900. Yesterday WHS aa ideal Easter Sunday. The air was warm and peasant, tbe frky w 8 cloudless and the beauty of the day was added to by the pretty appearance of the trets clothed in the bright green livery of spring time. In the mornicg the wood thrush-the sweet singing branch bird gave utterance to its silvery flute lise notes, which signify that frosts are OTtr. At his last appointment at Beib?l Church -a week ago yesterday tbe Rey J. I. Ayres j preached a fkte sermon on cburcb discipline. Mr. Matt Jamesy, who is an authority on j such ?sufcjecti, estimate.? that the oat crop is j one third destroyed in this section To show { the backwardness of the season as compared with 1565, Mr Ramsey mentioned the fact I that on April 13 of that ye*r, corn averaged about 10 inches high and this year i: wouid i not average 4 inches. We return tbaoks for aa invitaron to at? tend the picnic recently given by the Provi? dence school of this towLsbip. The following is a list of the young people of our community who are attending school abroad. Cadet Willie Cain, Clemson College: Cadet LeRoy Wells, Orar.geburg College; Misses Kate Bradford and May Annie Jack? son, Sumter Graded School; Miss Fannie Nettles, Wedgefield School. Mrs. Willie Cain and Mr Dwight Cain have returned from a visit to Edgefieid. Mas? ter Scott Cain remains ihsre. Mrs. M. A. Hugbsoo, of Sumter, is visit? ing in this community. Mrs. Whitfield Weils is visiting at Wedge? field. Misses Winnie and Talulah Rivers are vis? iting down in Berkeley County. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Chaplin, of Darling? ton County, have been on a recent visit to the commaaiiv. Mr. John Baker, Sr., of the Jordan com? munity, is visiting in tbis community. Mr. Marvin Ingram has a position at the asylum ia Columbia. Mr. Dave Alsbrook is lamplighter at the Privateer station. Speaking of this station, we will remark that the depot there is a sorry little affair-it is hardly a di.cent apalogy for a depot. The railroad authorities sbouid do better than this. Mrs. Clark Brown, formerly of this com ? munity, but recently of Colum?ia, was j buried at Bethel Church last week. She was , a Miss Geddings Fannie Williams, an old colored woman of the township, aged 31 year3, died on Friday. McD F. Miss Barringer Re-elected Elliott, April 13-The Elliott High School closed today. Miss Sara Barringer, who dis? charged ber duties so creditably, bas been ucaaimousiy reelected as teacher o? :h ?3 ic siltation. & Frighftal Blander Will often cause a horrible Burn, Scald, Cut or Bruise. Bucklen's Arnica Salve, the best in the world will kill tbe pain ana promptly ?ea! it. Cures Old Sores, Fever Sores, Ulcers, Boils, Felons. Corns, all Skin Eruptions. Best Pile Cure on earth. Only 25 cfs, a boz. Cure guaranteed. Sold by J. F. W. DeLorme, Drug gist. _ ' _ 1-5 Catholics Oat of Politics. Paris, April 17-The Rome corres? pondent of Tbe Temps iu a dtspatob that bas almost official significance, says: ''The papal decisioo prohibiting the Assamptiooists from ccotinaiog the editorial management of La Croix, was arrived at after a solemn conclave of bishops and cardinals. "Hereafter DO religious congrega tiou wil! be permitted to take any part in politics. This decisioo is binding up?>o Caiholios all over thc worid, in? cluding the Americas Paulists/' M. Comely, commenting in the Fi garo upon the decision, says : "This decision is exceedingly wise and is in? spired by the best interests of the church, for few are broad-minded enough to differentiate the priest from ^e religion, and if respect for the one is lost many care no more for the other ? Washington, April 16 -Complying with a resolution of ioquiry, the presi dent sent to the senate today an item ized statement of the expenses of tbe Philippine commission. The statement includes the following items : Com peosation cf $10,000 each to Com? missioners Schurman, Worcester aod Denby, $30.000 ; per diem allowance to commissioners after their returo to the United States, $5,285 ; secretary to commission ^compensation, $8,500 ; per diem, $3 660), $12.220 ; trans portatioo, $13,687 ; household expeo j ses io Manila. $9,252 ; clerical cervices, $81 701 ; miscellaneous, $14, 998 Total. $117,185. The president also trat-smits with his endorsement, a recommendation from Secretary Hay that provision be made for the payaient to the naval and mili tary members of thc commission (Admi? ral Dewey and Gen Chis) for their services at the same rate as that paid to the other members He says they have received nothing for their services in excess of their regular salaries MORGAN" REELECTED. Birmingham, Ala, Aprii 14 -Re? ports from all sections of the State indicate a pronounced victory for Senator Morgan as result of the Dem? ocratic primaries heh] today. A summaiy of the Morgan column shows 42 counties to his credit, with a total vote of 83 in the legislature, which insures his return to the Uni ted States een^te The result in this, Jefferson, the leading county of the State, and the home of the governor, shows a major? ity of 3 to 1 for Morgan Johnston's home beat went against bim by a vote of '?94; to 104 Johnston head? quarters were closed at ll o'clock tonight and nothing was given out for publication Mrs Caroline Stanoard Tiltoc, widow of Frederick W. Tiltoo, of New Orleans, bas given $50,000 to tbe Tolano University, of Louisiana, for tbe parp?se of erecting a library build? ing, to be knovo as the F. W. Tiltoo M em or? si Librarj. Duke D'Arcos Insulted. Invited Spain's Minister to Dewey day. Duke D'Arcos' Reply. Chicago, April 16 -Mayor Harri? son today received from the Duke D'Arco8,the Spaoish minister at Wash ington, the following reply to an invitation to attend the Dewey cele oration in Chicago : Washington, April 14, 1900. Sir: I return to you, here enclos ed, and invitation from the city of Chicago, for the celebration of the second aooiversity of the battle of Manila, which I take for granted, has been 6ent to me by mistake, as it is the first discourtesy I have met with since I am ia the United States. lt is impossible for me to be lieve that you have advisedly asked me, the representative of Spain, to go to your city, and rejoice with you OD the destruction of so many brave sailors-my compatriots That would have been simply an insult ; and, as I do not deserve it, and it cannot have been your intention, I am perfectly sure, as I say, that all this is the result of an error I have the honor to remain, sir, very respectfully yours. Arcos In repiy Mayor Harrison has written the minister, explaining that the invitation was sent through the carelessness or ignorance of a clerk, and extending sincere apologies for tbe unintentional discourtesy. Desperado Shot to Death Hopkio8ville, Ky, April 16.-A ?czen enraged white men shot Morgan Boone, colored, to death on an excur? sion train Dear Siaughtersville last night. Boone's body was theo thrown from the rapidly moviog train. Boone and bis companions io the secood class car had been drinking heavily. As tbe train approached Slaughtersviile Boone started tack tbroagb tbe coaches, brandishing a revolver and threatening instant death to any one attempting to intercept bim A panic ensued among the women mi children. One of the male excursionists wa* aboot to rise from his seat when be wa* felled with a coupltog pin which Booree oarried. As the wounded man's cry rang 'brough the train a dozen white men rushed after the oegro, who took refuge io the smoker. He was given no qaar ter- and fe 11 mortally wounded at tbe first volley His body was dragged to tbe platform and throwo cff into the brash beside thc track. OPENING OF PARIS EX? POSITION. Paris, Aprii 14 -Tho Exposition of 1900 is opened, but it will be at ieast a month before anything but buidings is to be 6een. The day's ceremonies were a peculiar mixture of sumptuous splendor in the Sailes Des Fetes and widespread confusion elsewhere ? Nothing could have exceeded the picturesque stage setting in the beautiful building in which tne inaugurated ceremonies were held, the gorgeous uniforms of the dipio mats and soldiers, the splendid orchestra and chorus, and the magni ficeot effect produced by the grand staircase, up which Presideot Loubet proceeded to view the Exposition, lined with some two hundred picked men of the Republican Guards, with jack boots, white breeches, gleaming cuirasses and horse hair plumes streaming from shinning helmets. At the top of this stairway was a room the Salles Des Fetes and this was hung with priceless gobelins from the Louvre. Into this splendid apartment Prosident Loubet entered, and from there waiked dowD the avenue to his boat. This part of the day's arrangements was perfect, but thereat was chaos The weather today was luckily ail that could be de j sired. Fourteen thousand guests had been invited to the function and they had, because of the fine weather, only the dust to en- ! dure Had the day been wet the unrolled paths of the Exposition grounds would have been turned J into a mass of mud Ooe of tbe young men who will be among the riebest of the rich woo of the first decade of the twentieth century is Harry Payne Whitney. He is at present the heir of three great fortunes His father. William C. Whitney, is worth probabiy not lesa than $75,000, 000 ; his uoole, Col Oliver Payne, has nearly as much, and it will go to bim His wife, who was Gertrude Vander? bilt, will receive something like $15. 000,000 fr-.-m her father ; so, taking it all in all. Harry Hayne Whitney is liable to be one of the richest men in the Uoited S-atcs a quarter of a cen fury hence. He is a tresb faced young tuan, is a ?over of all athletic sports and is cot averse to the club and social pleasures, wbioh he can so well afford Chattanooga, Tenn, April 15.-A through freight train on the Southern Railway struck a mule and was wrecked wbile ronoiog at full speed, near Huntsville, Ala The engineer, Percy Armstrong, and the firemen, Sandy Gib?me, were killed, and five of tbe train's erew wtre leriootlv injured. m Prospects For Democracy Continue to Improve. PEEPAROJG FOE CONFLICT. RepublicansArrogant and Puffed Up by Success. SOUGHT BY MASS! HANNA'S BOODLE Think That tho LO::K Sn?'erinjr Peo? ple Will Stand Anything-The Cam? el's Duck Near to Breaking-Defec? tion of Webster Davis-Rhode Is? land Democrats - At Bunker Hill Monument-The Idaho Outrages. [Special Washington Letter.] Democratic prospects have improved 50 per cent in ?30 days and are still im? proving. Two months ago it did not seem to an impartial observer that we had one chance in 20 of winning this fall, but if the election wore held next week there eau be little doubt that we would achieve a great and sweeping victory, electing a president, house and senate. Since writing my last let? ter 1 have been in and through ten j states of the Union, not one of which gave Bryan its electoral vote in IS'JG. I find that everywhere the Democrats are full of hope, are girding np their loins, perfecting their organization and burnishing their arms for the great conflict of 1900. Of course they will not carry all of the ten states to which I allude, but they will carry some of them, and in the rest the Republicans will know that they have been in a fight On the other hand, the Republicans are everywhere snapping and snarling at each other. The old saying "Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad*' is peculiarly applicable to Re? publicans in the present exigency of their fate. Puffed up by success bought with Mark Hanna's boodle, they had become so arrogant that they conclud? ed that the long suffering American people would bear all things, but the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, thc Porto Rican tariff bill and the evident entente cor? diale existing between the administra? tion and Great Britain were the straws which broke the earners back. Webster Davis and the Boer?. The action of lion. Webster Davis, who has been touring South Africa and investigating for himself, in re? signing the assistant secretaryship of state to go to lecturing for the Boer cause will make Republicans have a creepy sensation in the region of the spinal marrow, for Davis is a Missouri orator of approved capacity. For more than three years last past he has been put forward and boomed by the Repub? lican press as the orator laureate of the administration. That that same press will endeavor to belittle him now and discount his oratorical prowess I have no doubt, but they will learn to their sorrow that it is too late. With bis emotional nature and his tongue of fire I predict that Davis will set the country wild on the lecture platform on behalf of the Boers. Perhaps he may force the administration to show some sympathy for those brave and j heroic people who against such fearful | odds are fighting for their altars and 1 I their fires, fdr their Lares and Penates. ; ! for their wives, their children, their j homes, their native land. If he does. | Webster Davis will deserve well at the hands of the American people. I spoke before the Mohawk club in Detroit and found the Democrats en? thusiastic to a degree to warm the cockles of one's heart. The general de? moralization of Republicans over the | Porto Rican tariff bill, the Ilay-Paunce- j fote treaty and other things, together with exposures of corruption now be? ing made of local Republican matters in Michigan, give the Michigan Demo? crats hopes of carrying the state. The city and town April elections show large Democratic gains and indicate which way the cat will jump in No? vember. While I was lecturing before the fac? ulty ?nd students of Michigan univer? sity at Ann Harbor I received a tele? gram from Senator James Iv. Jones of Arkansas, chairman of the Democratic national committee, urging me, really ordering me, to go to Rhode Island and make some speeches, which I did. Rhode Island Democrats. I found the Little Rhody Democrats fighting an up hill battle with astound? ing fortitude and courage. They did j not win. The odds wera too great, but they waged a battle which shows that they will ultimately redeem that little midget of a state from the malign reign of the Republicans. lu my judg- | ment one can see Republicanism in its worst estate in Rhode Island. They j have the unfairest apportionment for j legislative purposes to be found on the American continent. It is so arranged ! that the city of Providence, which con- j tains nearly half the population of the j state, has only one state senator out <>f 37 and only ll' members of the lower house out of 72. The Democrats have j always a fighting chance of carrying j Providence, but not n itch of carrying ! the outlying rotten boroughs. Ex-Gov- j ernor Davis told me that under the outrageous apportionment it was so fixed that about 3G,000 people out of 1 400.000 elected a majority of both houses of the state legislature, so that over :?OO.(J(X) of the people of Rhode Island are practically disfranchised for 1 legislative purpose ami consequently 1 for the election of senators of the United States. The method of pro? cedure as to the latter seems to be that some very rich man boodles the small boroughs, which enables him to buy a seat among the conscript fathers at < Washington. Yet all these things are done by the party which prates a great deal about a pure hanoi and a f; :*ount and whose heart is always ble< ?iii; for the wrongs of the poor neg flown south. Why don't these hyj .rites and comiptionists give the po white juan of Rhodie Island a chan for his political life? Governor Davis also told mc th about 40 Republican multimillionair absolutely control the politics of t state, another evidence of the mu vaunted purity <>i' tile Elepubliean pi ty. Some day, somehow, thai old an rjuatcd constitution and apportionmc will bc busted, and men will ha their rights. Still another sign of the love of li erty possessed and exhibited by Rho. Island Republicans is the fact th they still maintain and uphold a pro erty qualification on the right cf si; frage, the only state lu the Union, believe, which retains that relic barbarism. I here quote a most peculiar cai paign document issued by the Rho< Island Democrats: AX APPEAL TO REGISTRY VOTERS IN CITES Rhode Island is peculiar in having a class half voters. About 30,000 voters, constituting every city a majority cf the electorate, are c prived of the American right of voting for ci council. Against this wrong Democrats have at eil tirr protested. In both eem-ite and house at the i cent session of the general assembly they pi sentcd and voted for an amendment to the sta constitution conferring the rieht, but were c posed and defeated Ly the solid Republican rn jori ty. No rer.son exists for this disfranchisement. C der the limited suffrage both Providence ai Pawtucket have higher rates of taxation and ? larger debts than are averaged by cities of t same size in other states. Registry voters of cities, arc you going to co tinuc year after year in political serfdom? I yo.; intend to imitate the southern negroes wi supported the Confederate armies which we fighting to keep them in slavery? The Repu Hean machine which controls this state is whol responsible for your disfranchisement. It needs no prophet to predict that should y< by your votes render every city Democratic ye would obtain equal rights within three years. Registry voters in cities, whatever your n tional polities, why not in all state election commencing now. cast your ballots for eve: Democratic candidate? This is the sure ar speedy way to a full and just suffrage. DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COS?MITTEK. For Political Pnrposes Only. Another queer manifestation of Rhod Island politics is that it is open! charired and generally believed tba Senator Wetmore is a citizen of Rhod Island only for political purposes an is really a citizen of New York, th paradise of multimillionaires. Still, b reason of his big checks for campaig purposes, he is likely to be returned t the senate of the United States. But even in Rhode Island all Repul Heans cannot be induced to swalkn the nauseous dose now being prepare for them at Washington. Both Rhod Island senators and both Rhode Islan representatives voted for the Torto R; can tariff, but Governor Dyer of Rhod Island, the outgoing Republican, thu slaps them and the administration i: the face: I believe it is the duty of every Republican t stand up and with no uncertain sound condem any course of procedure by congress which brin? into question the honor of the American natio toward tho?e new peoples who have come undc its protection. In the very beginning of the wa with Spain, when it was uncertain what the r< suit would be so far as added territory was cor corned, the United Slates went to Porto Rico; i made no excuse that the island had been mis^oi crned by Spanish rule; it made no.apologies; i said the island of Porto Rico is the gateway t the Ant ilks. To treat these people now as i they were aliens, as if they had no rights at all to have gone over and taken possession ot* th. i i.-:and, tu set up our own government and the: to impose duties upon them just as we vvoul upon the people of Haiti or Santo Domingo, i one of the mo^: outrageous transactions that couh be thought of. It is most encouraging that so many of th mm who meld public opinion have taken th' stand they have. It is not a que.-tion of const: tutional rieht; it is a question of simple justice Nations have moral obligations restire upon then cs weil as individual?. Cod forbid that any peo pies should have to say that they preferred Span i.-h rule and that they trusted more in Spanis! honor than they did in the hunor of the Unit? States. The Republican party has always bec: loyal to the principles it has enunciated. I be Heye there is today sufficient manhood in th< party to stand up and not only protest against but to refuse support to any men or any measure: not absolutely committed to the principles of na? tional justice and national huiiur. What a spec? tacle it will be to European nations that this people, having been conquered by us and brought into our field, should be treated as strangers and taxed without reason for brineine their products into our ports. We might just as well tax the people of Block island for thc fish and farm products they send to the mainland as to tax these people cf P^rto Rico for wnat they bring to us. This question is one in which every Repub? lican should be interested. I believe that before the time comes for the meeting of the national convention in Philadelphia this question will be settled and settled with justice and honor, not only to ourselves, but to the people who by every moral right should be a part of our nation. Carrying Coals to Newcastle. One thing I hamed in Rhode Inland gave me pleasure, and that is that the new statehouse is built out of Georgia marble! This is carrying coals to New? castle. For generations federal pub? lic buildings iu the south and ceutral west have been constructed of New England marble. New. England granite and New England stone, though such material was abundant in most of the states where tho buildings were erect? ed. Rut the tide has turned at last, and Rhode Island leads the way for using southern and western marble and stone. From Rhode Island I made a flying trip to Boston. I visited Bunker Hill monument, the Old South church, the old statehouse. Boston Common, War? ren bridge. Faneuil hall and the place where the immortal tea episode occur? red. I saw the statues of Colonel Prescott, elil Sam Adams, Daniel Webster and ether great worthies. It does a patriot good to be amid such scenes and to think of the men who made them famous. Close to Bunker Hill monument, in a little park in which there is a splendid monument to the ?lassacliusetts soldiers who died in the civil war. there are bronze tablets or plates bearing the names of the Ameri? cans killed at Bunker Hill, and, strange to say. the names of the privates come first upen that enduring scroll of fame. After theirs come the names of the officers, beginning with the immortal one ?'f Major General Warren. Near the great monument itself, nt the laying of whose cornerstone and at whose dedication Daniel Webster de? livered two of his most celebrated ora? tions, is a monument to the memory of Colonel Prescott, topped with his statue One of them sat down" on its base. Another said: "Get up. Aren't you afraid of that oid iron man at the top?" "Xo," replied the sitting one; "he's dead." But nevertheless the memory of what he and his brave companions did on that spot on a certain 17th of June in the long ago will never be for? gotten while the earth spins around on its axis or slides down the ecliptic. I picked up a little piece of stone at the foot of tiie monument and a broken twig on the Common to take to my lit? tle boy. who was born on St. Jackson's day, as keepsakes to remind him how American blood once reddened those spots of ear;h dear to the American heart. After "doing the Hub" in a hop and skip sort of way I went down to the Southern Union depot, ate a dish of genuine Boston baked beans and med? itated upon thc virtues of the sacred codfish. As I looked our upon the lean, rocky, unproductive fields of Massachusetts. Rhode Island and Connecticut and upon the clean, wei! built, busy, pros? perous, wealthy and almost innumera? ble cities and towns I wondered how the early settlers ever managed to wring a subsistence cut of such soil. I confess it gave me a higher opinion than I have hitherto entertained of the virtues, industry, courage and fortitude of the pilgrims and their descendants. Their present wealth and prosperity can be easily accounted for. The rest of the country has been laid under tribute for their benefit for more than a century by federal tariff legislation, but how the deuce they made shift to eke out a living, to propagate and mul? tiply and even to accumulate some? what of wealth by agriculture, is a mystery to one accustomed to the un? speakable fertility of the Mississippi valley. I honestly believe that one county in my district produces year by year more food for man and beast than the entire state of Rhode Island could be made to produce by any sort of farming and any quantity or quality of fertilizer. It contains an area little larger than the average county west of the Mississippi and that small area "mostly water," as one humorously inclined Rhode Island? er told me. TI:ey manufacture every? thing in Xe-v England, but even for that business they are inconveniently located, being compelled to bring in nearly all their raw materials, includ? ing fuel, from the south or west. Why don't the southerners and westerners do their own manufacturing? I could not help trying to imagine what a pop? ulous and wealthy region the Missis? sippi valley will be when to the won? drous richness of the soil is added the incalculable wealth which manufactur? ing institutions will bring. On the whole, after a hasty personal ocular in? spection, my solemn conviction is that the present New England is the most amazing monument ever erected to hu? man energy, intelligence, industry and ambition. First and last, 1 have now been in 20 states of the Union, in two territories and the District of Columbia. The more 1 see of our country the more I thank and praise Almighty God for giving us such a home, and the mere heartily I sing. My country, 'tis cf theo, Sweot land c; liberty. Of thee I sir.?. The strangest and most pleasant bit of political information I picked up on this trip is the fact that the Rhode Is? land Democrats are as fond of William J. Bryan as we are out west. Outrages Irs l?stho. The investigation which the military affairs committee of the house is mak? ing into the outrages committed under martial law in Idaho is bound to help the Democrats a great deal in the im? pending election. Great credit is due to the Democrats on that committee for holding on with bulldog tenacity until they get at the truth. John J. Lentz of Ohio and William Sulzer of New York are taking the leading part in prodding the Republicans. Both are good lawyers, and 'they can't be bull? dozed, browbeaten, terrorized er chok? ed off till they ascertain the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth out of the outrageous, un-American and brutal capers cut out there by cer? tain persons dressed in .a little brief authority. When fully told, the tale of the Idaho "bull pen" will rival in ghastly horrors the story of the black hole of Calcutta, which Macaulay has made immortal. Things were done in Idaho under Republican misrule in the dosing days of the nineteenth century which rival in damnableness any of the acts per? formed in the dark ages. Little by lit? tle, inch by inch, the Democrats of the committee on military affairs are drag? ging the truth to the light of day. When it is published, it will malchi the American people from ocean to ocean gasp in astonishment and iii! them with honest indiguation and tvrath against the men who have either caus? ed or connived at such atrocities. The popular account against the Republic? an party is already a long 'one. but it grows day by day, and there will be an accurate and stern settlement^of it on the first Tuesday after the first Mon? day in next November. Perhaps it will bc a final sen lenient with the Re? publican party, fer. having-abandoned every principle for which it originally stood, ir has no raison d'etre-no rea? son for being. Progress. An Egyptian paper announces that "first class, up to date, modern dining' cars" are to be run this season between Cairo and Luxor and that "an Ameri? can dentist has started in business at; Assouan, which is on the edge of the! Sudan." A "palace hotel" at Khartum' for the special accommodation of tour-' tets will also be completed and opened1