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ITISH BLUNDERS IN AFRICA. DISAFFECTION OF TBE DUTCH IN CAPS COL? ONY Cape Town. Dm 2 ?Replying, at Stelleajboab. Cape Colon j, to an tddres* preeeoted 10 win by the leaders of tbe , Afrikeoder Bond. Mr J X Merriman. ?Ottoer treosorer of Capo Colon?, in tbe OwOrao of oo itapeeeiooed speech, de ?psjossd loo wnr to 8notb Africa aa ???wool tbe blacken spots io Briliab ettoele.'' Too p.sseot method* of gVitieb warfare, bo said, woro aoab aa ?SJOOOref ed too worst elements oo botb ooooo ood woro booad to pr oo fotal to tbe oiaieooto poooo of tbe ooootrv. Re 4poOw7oeJ tbet oeither bo oor Mr J W Svwot, former commissioner of public woold ottend tbo Woroootor loot it aboold bo said Ibot roe engineered by poltti Otoo? owe) bo appoaled to oil Afnkeo slofo to apeak boldly wbeo opboldtog bwoir rigwbt aod yes to "avoid wild . ItOMfJof o or ootiwwo. wbteh might lead ' to two ?brwgetioe of tbo loot toot ig o of oft Sowar, wbooo apooob wss rotbor wjpgojgH, desoaodod tbo removal of Sir AJsYed Miloor, wboso bo deveribed aa ' ?f loltoHy Aoti-Dotth " Ho deelered obwt if Oroot Britalo deprived Iba two tOfoAHoo of tbotr iodopoodoooo obo tJOtjH looo tbo affootioo of all 8oo?b AMoowi. Roforriog to tbo Worere OOf Oowgrooo. bo orged tbo dolegatea to tbotr sVoaoooa LORD ROBERTS AT LADY SMITH. UsJyetoitb, Natal Deo 1?Lord Roberto, who arrived here oo Friday, trod ioepeeted Majoba aod Lsiog'a Nek ?Jwitt ow rooto. I Ro pry tog to oo eddrere frost tbo ?PWwepeople boro, bo ei pre seed bia wiotiratioo of tbo fallest defence of ?to towo. wbtob bo ebereoteriged oa a "gleriooe memorial of British pldok ooo) oodoraooo. ooly equelled by tbe slotec mioaitoo aod brovery of tbs roUcviog for oo " Ho to id bo treated tbo day wot tot for ditto ot wbeo poooo woold reign More eat, aod 1 without ill feeiiog to Wwfd o eoeqeoved foe " Lord Roberto bee eiaited Ooleoao tod Owe eorrooodieg battlefields. FA0IT'8 FIQHT WITH THE B0ER8. 0|>omfontein, Dee 2 ?Fortber de ?aim beta boot reeeived regardiog tbe *fgkt oear Reitfooteio between tbo Siii tab, ?oder Geo Paget, end tbe Loers, ?oder Commaoriao'e Viljneo aod 15-as? ?two, Notember 28 tod 29 Qeo Paget, toward oveotog oo tbe aeoond day. olosed io opoo tbe Beer pee in on with tbe iateutioo of etttokiog wen dty at daoo Tbe Bear, bow teer, wttb r hfore meets, itoloding tbree foot, made a deoperale atteek anil tevere sighting ensued m Tbo Boers, wbo were repolard with beivy loss, withdraw io o northeasterly dtrootioo Geo Peget. bating oocopietf tbotr pooitieo. seot eooooted io norsuit Tbo New Z'elender* displayed grear gallaotry, loeiog five oot of tue tbe rix DI WET HAS 7 BRITISH GUNS. Loodoo Dee 3 ?No fortber detail? bove been reeotved regarding tbe ooptore by tbe Boera of tbe Britieb garneoo at Dowetsdorp, November 23, bot it ta ?eid tbat Qeo De Wet baa oo?eo goes. ALGER 1N8?LT8 GEN MILES. Nee. till*. Teoo, Dee 1 ? Ex 8oo rotary or War Rosiell A Alger passed tbreogb Nashville today eo roote to Georgia Speakiog cf Commissary Qeo Kg to Qen Alger seid : "Goo Egeu'e reetorattoo is t mttter wbiob Itee entirely io the discretion of tbe Preeidoot He forgot bimse,I, ood was ooeoldierly io bis vitopera ttoea, Oot bo eteted what be believed to bo troa aod what waa proved to ha troe, io ieogoage onbeoomi? g t eoldier Ha wee wroogad by Geo Mitee io bia ebarga oo tbe beef question and lost eootrel of himself. He waa coe of tbe boot eommtssary geoerala ever in tbe Orsoy, aod, while I regard tbe affair sa o very great eaiefortaoe, tt tbe same time it it impoasible to mske a state, etooi aa to bie restoration to aettve oerviee n ARSENIC IN BEER Loodoo, Deo 1 ?Tbe beer poieou iog epidemic ot Mencheeter, which boo oo worked op tbo north of Eng* lend, bee sow apretd to Loodon. The county cooncil ootiouocee it ie taking ootive meoeuree to protect the community Many eempleo of glu eiooo oeed by the breweie hove been foood to cootoin ereenio In the Mancbeeter end Liverpool diatrioto tbero ore already o tboueend patiento. ood there hove been nearly 70 deotho doe to o particularly b%d lot of glu oloee aopplied to favorite local brew A poblio enalyaiet euggrnt* that tbo mystery in the Maylirick caee ?tight b?te been e<?!?-? I V.ri the facto oow anode poblio in regeid to areeoio is boor been koown ot the 41roe of tbe trio). No Settlement in China. German Foreign Office Offi? cial DiBcuaaea Situation. Berlin, Dec 1 ?A tepresentative of tbe foreign office here informed the correspondent of the Associated Press today that Germany bas not indicated a deposition to modify her demands for the punishment of guilty Chinese official, since she docs not yet know what the different powers want "Germany, above all," the official said, ''wants harmony of action Germany foresaw that tbe note formulated by tbe Pekin ministers would not be accepted entirely by tbe powera We been to admit that several of tbe powers, including Rossis, desire a change in several of the provisions. Tbe whole matter ie at it I involved in greet uncertainty, ao that it ie impossible to predict what form tbe final agreement will take." Tbe oorreepondent of tbe Aaso oiated Preae today interviewed the Ohioeee miniater here, who eeld : ? There cannot be e queation of the execution ef Prince Toon or Gen Tang Fab Sine, who ere still de faoto Io control of tbe eourt They both keep tbe emperor eod empreee virtually prieooere Tbe oourt ia unable to go to Pekin even if inclined to do ao Beeidea tbe long journey from 8iao Fo to Pektn, now that the enow ie oo tbe ground, it almost impoeeible witb tbe vehiclea in tboee primitive districts Starving oat tbe ooart ie oot feasible Tbe allies will be unable to oerry oat eocb a mess ore However, eveo if it were pos sible, tbe provincee would riae in a body for tbe coort'a defeoee. "The woret feature ie that tbe ooart bee loot confidence in Li Hang Gbeng end Prinoe Ohing, wbo have demonstrated their impotence to deal properly witb tbe iovading powers Under tbeee circumstances (l ia cer tain the Chinese trouble- cannot be edjneted before 6pribg or summer " Baroo Von Wangerbfttl'e assertion in tbe reiohatag that Emperor Wil? liam ie systematically misinformed ie ?till discussed by tbe preee. Tbe Cologne Volks Zeitung says editorially that it it notorious that hie majeaty does not read tbe papers representing tbe various partiea, bot only doily extracts made by personal employee "Thus," tbe paper adds, "depend ing upon tbe personal prejudices of bie entourage, be sees only such dippings aa bie entourage wants and ie necesasrily getting wrong im presaions " The Volks Zeitung strongly ad moniabea the emperor to hereafter devote half an hour daily glancing personally over the leading organs of each party, saying that then he might rea'ly "feel the pulse of tbe nation/* The disproportionately large shnre which the socialist members of the reichstag have had in the debates since the reichstag convened arouses moon press commeuta Tbe Deutsch Tag Z Hung saya : ' It sounds strange, but' it csnrfot be deni"d that the socialists already dominate the parliamentary proceed* "V"_k_ Frankfort, Ky., Dec. 1 ?An ap? peal ol ex Secretary of Htate Caleb Powers from tbe life sentence ver? dict for alleged complicity in tbe Goebel shooting wae filed today in tbe court of appeals Raleigh. N. C , Dee 1 ?Ths jury in ths libel ease of Gsttis againat Kilgo, O'Dell aod Duke, at Oxford, returned a verdiet this evening of $20,000 for tbe plaintiff. ?i?a**w*^msa??? Hob9oo Taken to Hospital. New York, Deo. 1 ?Lieut Richard Pearson Hobson. US N , wss this sfternnon taksn from ths Army aod Navy hooss to the Presbyterisn boapi tel. He is threatened witb typhoid fever. Lieut Hohaon was taksn ill in Washington three days ago. He imme diately came to this oity eod pot up at the Armj eod Navy eloh Last night he breams worts, sod a physician who wss sailed io etayed with him all night. Today it was daeided to take him to ths hospital. ?awje* ^ns? Aiken, Deo 1 ?Senator D. 8. Henderson bad e narrow escape from being sbot Isst night He waa ? passenger on tbe train from Charles? ton due here at 9:20. When the trstn wee pulling out of White Pond some uuknown party fired a pistol from the outside The ball passed through the window and psssed just over Mr Henderson's head, the broken glass falling into his lap. The aim was so deliberate that there fs some suspicion that it was an attempt to essssinete him -?^^mwmw*~ ???? -^a?^"? UOR1 IT PAY TO BUY CHEAf T A cfu?' *remedy for BBSJSjfel ami Sales H all right, but y u w mi ???Ii.-tl. hi; that wil re* lievo and cure the BN fa sfvru aad daageeoBI remit* of throat m l lung Iveoblei What ?hall j'*u do ? Oo to | ?armer ami ware NgB l*r climati* ? Ye*, if Beostbls | if not aaeeible for you, then in Sttaei rg?e take the i?alj fBW ?dj thiat ha* ' en ifitini'uced in all Sivtllssd countries with nueee** mi severe thront ami loni( troubles, ,4B.??clie')'n Herman SyrBB.N It not only h ein ami ntmini.iten iho tissue* tu destroy the germ dise*-<s, hut ?Iinjr? iriH.iiu nation, causes easy eipe 'torat ion, give* a good eight's r. -t. and cure* lha |>atient. Trj one bottl i Reeasjmended muny years by all drug glftf in the world For s.le by A J China. 1) Germans and French Are Still Looting. Removing Instruments From Famous Observatory at Pekin. Tien Tain, I) c 2. via Sbanehai, Deo 2 ?Protests aud request! hav3 been forwarded to Field Marshal Count vou Wuldcrsee by the representatives o( ihc power? urging the preventioo of tho removal of astronomical instruments from Iba observatory, at Pokin. Most of tbe principal instrumenta have been prepared for shipment aod labelled for Brim or for Paris Tbe Chinese themselves do not protest because, as members of Li Hang Chang's staff pot it, their objeotiona would be useless, as whatever they say or do in the way of protests only elicits uncivil treatmeot. Tbe obsbrvatory is universally reoog oiied ae oae of the most interesting sights io Pekin Most of ths iostro msots oow not of pises are over 150 years old. Many of them are magoifi oaok bronae.and althoogh not of modern type, ean atill bo need for the purposes of astronomical obaervetioo f Ths number of Chinese returning baa been aooaidarably augmented during the laat few days. Apparently they are friendly. The provosts marshals of ths various nation* are being daily informed as to whereabouta of the rotnrniog Boxers, bot only tboss are arrested against whom there is conclusive svidsoee of hev ing killed native Christiana. Tbe first locomotive since the siege of the legations ran yesterday from Tieo Tsio to Pekin. Tbe line will not be opened, however, for geoersl ose ' until about Dee lfnh London, Deo 3.?Dr Morrison, wir. ing to Tbe Timea from Peiio says : "Io porsuanoe of their regrettable poliey of appropriation the French aod German generals with Count von Wal dersee's approval have removed from tbe wall of Pekin tbe euperb aatronom ioal instruments erected two centuries ago by tbe Jesuit fathers Half of them will go to Barlie and the rest to Paris. "Tbc ezplaoatioo nf this aet of vandalism is that inasmuch as tbe return of the court h so improbable, snoh beautiful iesiruraevs should not be exp'>8?d to lbs pJsHOih ies of u ju y when Pekin is longer tho capital " ? m?m * ? ? ? BWS Emperor William Snubs Kruger Berlin, Dec 2?Mr Kruger has abandoned his proposed visit to Ber I'm owing to the receipt of an rfficiai intimation that Emperor William re? grets in cousequence of previous Arrangements be will be unable to receive him The Boer statesman, therefore, will proceed direct from Cologne for Holland He telegraph? ed to this effect this afternoon. The Cologne Gazette, in an inspir I communique, says: ed"Mr. Kruger'e visit is not sgree ! able to Germany, hie aim being to bring about intervention in South Africa It would be a grave political mistake, it would be even e great crime, to allow him to entertain even a spark of hope that Germany will render him any practical support " This declaration is accompanied with reproaches, Mr. Kruger being charged with "having encouraged a useless guerilla warfare and having disregarded Germany's advice when he still might have followed it " Tbe preae generally strikes the atme note. The Boat Plaster. A piece of flannel dampened with Cham? berlain's Piin Balm and bound to tbe affect* ed parts is superior to any plaster. When troubled with lame back or pains io tbe aide or cbest, give it a trial nod you are cartaio to be more than pleased with tbe prompt relief wbicb it affords. Paio Balm also cures rheu? matism One application gives relief. For sale by A. J. Gbioa. The Cotton Crop. As is usual at this time of the year there is a great diaorepaooy between estimates of tbe cotton crop Mr Neil I, secretary of tbe Now Orleans ootton exobange, whose cotton estimates are always received with respect by the public, plaoes tbe crop now being marketed at between 9,500.? 000 and 9,700,000 bales. Tbe New York Commercial, a very oareful newspaper, considers Mr NoilTe estimate too high Tbe Commercial estimates the crop at 9,237 793. This conclusion is based upon information from correspondenta in all parte of all the ootton states and if it is oorrect this year's crop is about 200,000 less than that of lau ytar Texas and Arkansas are tbe only stati'i in which ihero watt an increase of ootton production this year. Tbe moroses io Tries wan over 500, 0(10 belaa and in Arkansas 40,000 bales. Tho Uommoreiel plaoea Georgia*! crop at 91,000 bales less than it was last year Tlx- Mississippi shortage ia placed at 200,000 halts. Tbe Coaiuior oial's ostitnato is the tuost conservative one that we have seen, but it oomes from a very jotelligeut souroe end is based oo largo information from trust? worthy sources?Atlanta Journal i Treaty Willi Nicaiagua. Graotiog ? S Solo Prtvilego of Building Caoa). _? Weibiogtoo, Djo 1 ?Secretary Hay this moronic, f>r tbo government of the United State?, aod Seoor C>roa, tba Ntcaraguan tninis'er for hin own gov eminent, bigncd a treaty whereby tho latter governroeof. e mcede.; to the gov ornment ' of tbe Uoited S;ate* the oec(8)ary nghifi and privilege*, within her bestowal for the construction of th> Nicaraguan canal This aotiou is takoc in anticipation of oongrefsioual aotioo upm the pond? ing Nioaraguan bill aud the Hay Paunoefote treaty. Pending the sub mission of tbe document to tbe eeoate, whioh body most ratify the agreement, its terms will oot be made poblio It is understood, however that generally, Nicaragua grants to the United States goveromeot tbe exclusive right to eoo struct aod operate the eaoal between the Atlantic end PaeiOe aoroes Nieare goa, ioelodiog tbe free oae of tbe See Juan river, aod of Lake Managua as part of the water course Niearagoa ia also to rid hereelf of toy ootataodieg treaties that woold teod io any way to abridge the privilegee to be arqoired by tbe Uoited States. It ia understood also that Nicaragua oooeedea to tbe Uoited States foil authority to police the eaoal. Nicaragua ia to reeeive io compensation a eertaio amount of the securities of the eanol construction company, although it ia oot oow possi ble to learn tbe figure set down io the treaty, it is believed to approximate $5.000.000 The State department has already en? tered into an agreement oo similar lines with the republic of Costa Rica. This was because Costa Rioa has ea tablisbed a olaim to the right hank of tbe San Joan river, wbioh must of ne otssity form about a third of the length of tbe canal, should the Nicaragau roote be selected aod ooosttucted oo line* wbioh will b? tuggested by the Walker oommission An understanding also has troo ar rioed at with the Uoited States of Co Icenbia covering the eamo right* and privileges for the Panim* roote as are convened by Nicaragua and Costa Rioa in the cafe of tbe Nicaragua route. 5i the State department has oow cleared the way for suoh aotioo as oongress mar Bare to tuk?' in tho case of ?Mtber of tho on al routes wbioh have beco foui d feasible HOW KINGSTREE RAPIST ESCAPED Gov McSweeney has received tho following letter from Sheriff Daniel relative to the escape of the negro. Lespsne : Kingstree, S. C , Nov 28, 1900 Gov M. B. McSweeney, Columbia, SO Dear Sir : Your9 of the 24th ask iug why 1 did not at once report tbe escape on November of Mason Lesesne has jtiet been received and in reply 1 deBire to gay that at the time I did not think it necessary to report ond ask that a reward be offered, as everything was being done that could be for hie recapture I had o posae oot in every direction, the roads and bridges guarded 1m ; mediately wired Greeleyville, hie home, Salters and Lane's, the rail rood stations below Kingstree, Cade's ood Lake City, the stations above, ood Sumter, his old home. I at once wired Copt Wheoton, with chain gang, to bring dog (we only hove one), also to tbe sheriff of Florence county for their dogs, but did not get them I felt confident that we would get him that night or next j day Thought be would, on account ' of hie youth, sorely return home or to that neighborhood at least I kept up the search and a vigilant lookout for several days. I took Lesesne out of jail that night, about 8 o'clock, after potting a pair of handcuffs oo him ; did not bind his legs, as I intended taking him a roundabout way across fields, ditches, etc, to or near tbe depot and secret him there until the down train to Lane's I did not use or exercise tbe precautions I would have had he been a man He was a mere boy, some 14 or 15 yoars old, said he was 14, weighed about 90 or 100 pounds When 1 got him down to a little culvert on tbe railroad just above the jail be made bis escape. I could, of course, have gotten help to tako him to the depot, but did not wish to at? tract attention, if possible. After his escape 1 immediately went to the jail and gave tbe alarm and apprised others of the facts and immediately began the search, with results an stated. In conclusion will say that I bad no desire for him to escape or the remotest idea that he would Neither did any lynching party take him from me Respectfully your obedient servant, J D. Daniel, Sheriff Wiiiiamsburg Co -?? * ? ? ? mm Chicago, Dee. 1 --Tho Tiroci Herald tomorrow frill Hay : A corner bap boon made on eggs The price is now HI cente a dozen and how high it wi'l go no one but the men who ore engineering the deal can tell. The men, Armour, Swift und other packers and dealers who con trol tho corner, have already made about half a million dollars aud their profits have only begun. CLEMSON COLLEGE SUDDENLY CLOSED. One Case of Scarlet Feyer io the Corps is the Cause Special to Tbc Bitte. Olemsoo College, Doc 3 ?Hy the tioje thin is read most of tbj Glemeoo 001lege students wili be at their homes, the immediate c?u*e of the dilbaodiog of the college being th* development of a oase of scarlet fever in the hospital. The young man who has the disease is Cadet G D Levy of Sumter. It hap, been known for two weeks that there were a number of oases at Ncwry, a mill town six miles west of Clemsoo The authorities here redoubled their rigid precautions, and it wes thought that by establishing a striei quarantine tbere would be no danger of getting tbe disease bere. Dr Redfearo, tbo college surgeon, watobed olosely every slight iddtepoaitioo and had any young mao who was even slightly uowell to report to the hospital. How Mr Lsvy contracted tbe diaease is oot known Dr Redfearo decided yeaterday that Mr Levy had scarlet fever. Dr Hardio, a prominent pby sietao of Waabiogtoo, D. C, who is visiting bio father, Col M B Hardio, oonourred io this opinion. What to do waa a question It was thooght to be a serious matter to die baod? a snore seriooa one oot to At most institution where tbe atodeot body is scattered it woold oot be necessary to do so. bat here, where tbere are 476 students io one buildiog, the ease ia different Not to disband meaot aBoot 500 eases ; to disband meant possibly I only one, probably a dogeo After eareful consideration of tbe matter tbe authorities decided to give tbe stodeots leave of absence ontil notified to report fur doty. It was thought best to sus* pend immediately, because the disese woold have spread here until it would have beeo necessary to suspend a little Inter anyway, wbeo there would be danger of spieadiog the fever else where Tbe corps waa assembled io the col lege chapel and Dr Hartzog explained the existing conditions Dr Retlfearn ?gave advioo as to what ehould be done if anyone developed a case It was a solemn scene, not because of any great danger, but because tho work of a great iottituticn must stop Still, since Christmas holidays are so near, oot more than two or three weeks' work will bo tost. During tbis vacation barracks will bo fumigated and every meaos of contagion removed. D.* Harting will keep in touch with tho students, end the exercises of tbe coU iege will be resumed as early as praoti* cable. Twenty Persons Killed and Sxty iDjured io a Colli? aton. San Antonio, Tens, Dc 2 ?Ei ward Rische, of this oiiy, ban Joel ar rived with the details t a terrible wreck of two trains on thi Mexican Central Railway last Thorsday, by which more than a i-core of persons wsro killt d and sixty injured many ot thorn fatally. Both trains were running at thirty miles an hour, when they met in a vai ley between two greit hills, fifty miles south of Jumilioo, midway between tbe towns of Tamanachr Symon One train carried a coontrootioo orew of l?? men, and the other was a freight made up of fifty-fivo empty ears Three engines and forty car* were piled op io a mass of debris thirty feet high, in which tbe dead aod wounded were buried. Two of the train employes are Amer loans aod tbey saved their lives by im mediate flight, as in Mexico employees of a train most suffer death if fatalities attaoh to a train wreck. Tbe survivor* attempted to lynch tbe Amerioae, bot they have reached the Uoited States territory, where tbey are safe. Mr Kieobe can give but scant details of tho wreok, wbioh is said to be tbe worst io the history of Mexico He left the scene before tbe names of the killed and injured bad heed obtained. A movement is on foot io New Or leans and elsewhere to have cotton seed quoted io tbe market the same as cotton is quoted. Tbe New Orleans exchange will probably adopt a regulation provid iog for quotations. Tbe oottoo seed industry has now grown to be of so much importance that tbe need of some authoritative guide in prices is serious? ly needed. Tho Wright dispoosarv bill has been defeated in tho Georgia Legislature. ? ? i ^s^^^? Mark Twain, since bis return from a long sojourn abroad, is doing straight forward talking to his northern country? men He suspeots that the devil has more to do with the burning aod slaughtering and seisure in tho Philip? pines than any other agenoy employed. ? ? ???? A grand daughter of Commodore Vaoderbilt has just gooe upm the vaudeville stage because she says sne is poor and must wake a living -?a^B> ???? - Atlanta, Ga , Dec I ?At a meet? ing of prominent oitiieoi here today it was decided to begin a movement lor an international textile eipool tioo to be held in this city in 1902 London, Dec 1 ?A special dis patch from Naples nays the steamer St Mare, trading between Naples and Marseilles, has been wrecked and that 45 of her paeeengers and a part of her crew have been lost. SMALLPOX BREAKS OUT IN ASYLUM. Supt Babcock, However, Hopes to Coutrcl Disease. h doeg n'Qtn hard tb.it aftcr all the efl rr* ])r J W. Babc.ck the able so periettcdent of the state hospital of tho tof-aoe, bns aiade since tbe appearance of smallpox io this State to ker-p that ui-ease from getnug wuhio the walla, it ebould be sent to him as tbe negro fo well expresses ir unbeknownst '* Bat it ts tbe>e, and Dr Bibcock ts ap? plying all bis knowledge and rxper? ieooe to confine it to tbe ward ieto which it was iotrodooed. It was sent ioto the institstiou io tho I most unexpected oiaooer. It ceeme that there are a number of cases io Uaioo county, aod reeeotly several oases developed io the county jail. The couoty offioials, despite tbis, tent a oegro lunatic to ths jail while bia com mirmeut papera were being prepared.? e>a eooo es tbe papers were made oat the fellow wae hrooght oo here to the hospital. No word of warning waa giveo to tbe hospital authorities and tho man was plaeed io tbe ward to the eaeo'a baildiog Io a day or two ha developed a ease cf smallpox. He waa I forthwith takes from tbe ward aod isolated epoo the hospital farm aoder guard. Bat the micebief was dote lo a few days others developed the disease aod oow there are three other oaaes, eeeb of rather maligoaot type. Dr Babeock ta applying all his knowledge of tbe disease aod hopes to oontrol it. At present tho infection is eoo6oed to the men's baildiog for negroes, sod it te believed it oan be kept there Dr Babooek states that ell cf tbe patienta io the inetitu:ioo have been vaooinated aod r< vaccinated in tbe last few daya* He was the snao wbo d?d so much to stamp out tbe disease when it was in Colombia, aod met witb success, earning tbe gratimdo of tbe people of the State. He ie now confronted with a bad situation at a mc6t unexpected moment, bui there is no man in tbe State more competent to meet ir end master it.' Those wbo have fricods and relatives within the wails may rest in? sured that Dr ?abeoek will kok after them wiih ibe same personal interest that be would display were they his own cliidren. Tbe man ts constituted that way ?The State. ? -?.???>- ??>?? -????? An English View of Our Cen? sus. The mighty nation has now a pop ulation of 76,250,000 In tbe short epace of ten years there has been an iucreese of nearly 13 250 000, which is equivalent to almost 21 per cent for the decade, or rather more than I per cent per annum When we remember that 200 yesre sgo the population of tue States was under 3l'0,00G?or rather more than the present population of Bradford?and that 100 years ago it was but little over 5,000.000, it will be seen with wuat amazing rap'dity the young giant among tbe nations has built up his strength The growth of popu? lation is the ii.fallible test of national prosperity and advancement No nation has ever yet risen to greatness with a dwindling population, and probably none ever will Declining numbers have been the invariable concomitant of national stagnation and decadence The growth of tbe power of Great Britain, Germany and Russia bears witness to the truth of this sweeping generalization Americans, therefore, may be welt content witb the progress they have made in tbe last decsde. These figures afford tbem ample reason for pride and jubilation The only great power of tbe present day which can vie with them in numbers is Russia, and in wealth, in energy, in adapta? bility, in education and in that cunning industrial skill which is tbe foundation of material prosperity they far outstrip tbe subjects of tbe czar. Rapacity Knows No Bounds. The extortion of the trusts are first made io those artiolee which constitute tbe necessaries of life. It is easier to oolleot tribute upoo the food whiob the people eat than in any other way But we have also tbe spectacle of Andrew Carnegie holding up tbe United .States government nn a coctraot for armor plate for our new warships, showing that the limit of the power of monopoly is oot the domestio necessities of the people, bat extends to inolude tbe neede of tbe nation as a whole ?Boston Post. - mm . ? ? - mm - It is said that tbe feud between tho Rookefeller brothers has become so bit? ter that they will not attend the ssme church If they keep on at this rate, tbey may both fiod themselves io the same hell.?Wilmington Star Vinegar. I have on hand a lot of flome-made Vinegar of> very (ine quality. The flavor is del? icate, while the strength is ecfual to any to be had. Will be sold at my residence or 40 cents per gallon. N. a. ostki;v