The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 09, 1904, Image 4
MMOL "HUP IN BOTHAM.
Tammany Leader Out for Cleve
taad-Bryan Talks-Other Mat?
ters of Interest.
Special Correspondence to Daily Item.
Kew York, March 5.-The open dec?
laration of Murphy, the leader of
Tammany Hall in favor of Cleveland's
nomination for the presidency has
Drought a tri fie more clearness into
tho political atmosphere, but the final
outcome of the complicated situation
,is\Bot by any means removed from
tne speculative stage. The friends of
Judge Parker are beginning to fear
that there is trouble coming their way
and it is said that in the honr of need
-they have even tried to obtain assist?
ance from Wm. Jennings Bryan. Al?
though it is quite well known that
Mr. Bryan is not an enthusiastic ad?
mirer of Judge Parker, so far as his
-views on the silver question are con?
cerned, but it is believed that his
Seeling of opposition to Cleveland will
be strong enough in him to induce
his to intercede for Parker, although
tho latter is not his favorite candi -
-date. At the same time there is trou
"We brewing in the Republican ranks.
For some time there has been friction
between Governor Odell and Senator
? and*, although a truce has been
patched np for the time being, it is
^"believed that a serious break is sure
come. It is stated in well i nf or m
circles that Odell is pretty sure of
tt least twenty of the forty-seven
embers of the State central commit?
tee while only fourteen are conceded
, to Platt.
Always accommodating and obliging
to newspapermen, William J. Bryan,
upon his return to this city from his
last trip through the south allowed
"himself to be interviewed upon the
subject he likes best to discuss. He
was asked how the Cleveland boom
-was progressing down south and, an?
swered with surprise that he did not
know there was such a boom; he
sorely had not discovered any evi?
dence of it during his southern trip.
Ia the same Loerview Mr. Bryan ex?
pressed his conviction that the Demo?
cratic National convention would re?
affirm the Kansas City platform, as
it was the only one, according to
?r. Bryan's idea, that could possi
.b?y harmonize the different factions
of the Democratic party.
There seemsJo be a good prospect
' for the rapid development of New
York's snbway system. When the
Belmont syndicate entered into nego*
: tiations with the construction of the
.^subway system now' in course of con
^traction, a great many wiseacres
-shook their heads and expressed grave
fi doubts as to the advisability of in?
vesting such enormous sums in an en?
terprise the success of which, at least
.?from a financial point of view, seemed
to them rather precarious. Tim^3
^ave changed and with them the
views of the most conservative capi?
talists. It is quite characteristic for
Ibis change of opinion., that even be
:3ore the completion of the first sub
- way system plans have already been j
submitted for a second, equally exten- }
sive: system, which is tc connect the
??. battery with Harlem by means of a
"*ttttme? running mostly West of Broad
way. The plan has been suggested by
?the Metropolitan Street Railway
'Company which intends to make a bid
-for the construction of the subway, if
Ipi* can secure the franchise. Accord?
ing to the plans of the company the
funnel is to connect with the new
^Pennsylvania Railroid station and with
HBhe station of the New York Central.
The Metropolitan offers as a special
inducement, to give free transfers
I ifirom the subway to the crosstown sur?
face 2ir.es. I* is understood* that the
? -Belmont syndicate also intends to
make a bid for a similar subway sys?
tem and there is every reason to be
-?eve that it will be possible for the
city to obtain, some valuable conces
mons from the company that is granted
the franchise.
-The season of "Parsifal" bas closed
.and now, that it is all over but the
^-shouting, it may be said, that it was a
SPiest artistic and financial success.
The net profits from the season are,
^-conservatively estimated at $100,000,
.aa unusually brilliant result in view
of the fact that the theatrical season
sot only in New York, but practically
-all over the country, has been rather
-unprofitable this year.
-One of the members of New York's
Japanese colony, a young clerk of the
-same Tei Suzukios, has started a
aso ve m eut for the erection of a Buddist
temple in this city. At present San
/Francisco i* the only American city,
which can boast of such a temple, as
rfc ia probably the only city in this
country with a Buddhistic population
large enough to require the erection of
a special temple. As to New York,
the number of Buddhistic Japanese
lend other Easterners is comparatively
small and it is doubtful that they
would have accomplished their aim,
vere it not for the interesting fact
that there are a number of wealthy
TBociety women in this city who have
cither become converted to Buddhism,
^wr pretend to be converts to that reli?
gion. These women have contributed
liberally to the fund which has passed
$20,000 point. The temple will
probably be built in Harlem.
The Tama?itos do not expect any
trouble on March 29, the day on which
-the primaries are to be held. In
former years regular battles were
fought between. Tamanites and auti
Tamanites, especially in some of the
tougher wards but as there is nothing
present to disturb the peace in
ranks of the Democracy of greater
?tew York, it is believed the day will
without bloodshed. De very is
id to have expressed the intention of
rring up a little scrap in the Nine?
teenth ward, hut he is not taken ser?
iously and it is not believed that lie
aad his statelites can raise much dust.
Educators all over the country
be interested in the discussion of
the question who to deal " with the
school children how are mentally de?
fective and not able to keep pace in
?their studies with other children of
the same age. The question is rather
important from an educational point
?I view, because these defective chil?
dren retard the other, brighter chil?
dren, in their progress. It has been
suggested, to segregate the defectives
sad provide for their education by
special teachers and in separate schools,
bet objection has been raised to that
plan for economic reasons.
The New York Tax Reform Associa?
tion has prepared tables based upon
-^tb?R vear'? assessed valuations of real
estate, contain some interesting
figures. According to these figures the
! average value of land per acre in
Manhattan is $165,563; in the Bronx
85,190 in Brooklyn, $6,617; in Queens
$804 and. in Richmond $464. The aver?
age value of improvements per acre in
Manhattan is $84,644. The present
density of population all over the city
shows an average of eighteen people
to the acre.
The health food craze has struck
Wall street aud it is estimated that
more than one hundred brokers and
bankers, many of them millionaires,
have given up expensive lunches dur?
ing the noon hour and now take
health lunches in their offices. It is
not because they wish to or have to
enconomize that they lunch on whole
wheat bread, Grape Nets and similar
patent preparations supposed to. be a
panacea for all the ills that flesh is
heir to. No, they say they like it and
insist that it is doing them incalcul?
able good. There is even a rumor
that the health foods will have a ten?
dency to strengthen the market.
That there is enough superstition
among the big and small speculators
on Wall street, has been known to the
world for some time. They are all
more or less gamblers, and gamblers
are proverbially superstitious. The
extent of superstition common among
the Wall street fraternity may be in?
ferred from the fact that in many of
the buildings occupied by brokers and
other men of finance the number thir?
teen is tabooed. There is neither a
thirteenth floor nor a number cn any
dcor that contains thirteen or any
combination of that number.
IKE OKLAHOMA PRAIRIE FI3E.
Three Lives and Half a Million Dol?
lars Worth of Property Lost.
Oklahoma City, Okla., March 4.
Three persons perished in Wednesday
night's prairie fire and the financial
loss by the fire and gale is estimated
at $500,000. The dead :
W. H. Moyer, near Walter ; overcome
while fighting fire..
Dr. Harmon, near Lawton, burned
to death in his stable.
Unknown boy, near Lawton ; body
found on prairie burned to a crisp.
Further reports of property loss by
both fire and wind indicate that the
first estimate was too low. The dam?
age by wind extends over seven coun?
ties in the southwest. The total losses
from fire and storm can as yet only be
estimated, but it is the general opin?
ion that they will reach $500,000. ;
Hastings, Olustee, Walter, Leger,
Granite, Elk City, Cache, Temple,
Snyder, Willow, Bloomington, Sayer
and Mountain Park all report damage J
both in town and surrounding country !
by wind.
Scores of people are suffering from 1
burns and broken limbs.
The area from which reports of dam- 1
age by wind come covers 100 miles '
square, and means of communication !
over the district are" meagre. This
difficulty is increased by the fact that 1
joles are burned and wires blown 1
down? !
The little town of Francis, west of 1
Mangum, was destroyed by fire, but !
no particulars are obtainable. ?
Kansas for Roosevelt.
Wichita, Kas., March 8.-The ad- :
vance guard of delegates and visitors j
to the Republican state convention has i
arrived and the hotel registers aie <
rapidly filling with the names of the ?
party leaders of the Sunflower Stete. ?
The convention will be called to order |
tomorrow morning. Candidates for
the state offices to be filled at the elec- (
tion next fall will be nominated and <
de legates- at-large will be chosen to
the national convention at Chicago. ;
The opponents of the state machine, :
so-called, which is headed by Cyrus
Leland, are assured of thc complete
control of the convention and antici?
pate no difficulty in naming E. W.
Hoch, of Marion, their candidate for i
Governor. Strong resolutions indors?
ing President Roosevelt and his ad?
ministration will be adopted and the
delegation to Chicago will be instruct- ?
ed to vote for his renomination.
Prospects of a Coal Famine
Akoona, Pa., March 6.-Sub Dis- '
trict No. 1, of District No. 2, United \
Mine Workers, of the central Pennsyl?
vania bituminous field, has unanimous?
ly adopted a resolution insisting on the
continuation of 66 cents a ton for pick 1
mining, 59 cents a ton for machine
mining, an increase of 40 per cent over
the old rate, and au increase for drivers
and day laborers. The annual Dis?
trict Convention will be held here next
week. The delegates have been in?
structed to resist any reduction, even
to the point of striking. The central
Pennsylvania delegates led the fight
for no reduction at the Indianapolis
Convention.
Jackson, Miss., March^2.-An in?
junction was granted today in the
United States Court here against the
State revenue agent, restraining him
from taking further steps toward
assessing the Union Tank Line and
the Kentucky Distilling Company on
cars used in this State. The injunc?
tion was made returnable May 4. The
State agent some weeks ago assessed
the leading distilling, brewing, pack?
ing and oil companies of the United
States on their cars used in this State,
which, it was alleged, were not assess?
ed by the railroad companies. It is
stated that other companies that have
been assessed will apply for injunc?
tions.
HAY0R'S*C0'URT.
Ben j. H. Leo, white, who claims to
come from Florida, was before the May?
or's Court Saturday morning to answer
to the charge ot drunk and disorderly
conduct. The specifications were that
yesterday afternoon while, intoxicated,
he went into a number of houses and
frightened the inmates by his boister?
ous conduct. At one place he torced
his way into the parlor and seating
himself at the piano proceeder! to give
a drunkard's concert. His only defense
was that he was drunk and did not
know what be was doing. He asked
to be permitted to leave town, having
been so treated in Darlintgon where he
created a similar di>tarbance a few
days ago, but the Mayor was not dis -
posed to send him on to some other
town to repeat his disorderly perfor?
mance, so he imposed a sentence of 10
aays on the chain gang.
THE MORMON CANCER.
Progress of the Mormon Inves
tigation in Congress.
President Joseph H. Smith, of the Mor?
mon Church, Again on the Witness
Stand.
Washington, March 5.-Admissions
drawn from Joseph H. Smith, presi?
dent of the Mormon Church respecting
his continued violations of the law
forbidding polygamous cohabitation,
again constituted the feature of the
proceedings today before the Senate
committee cn privileges and election
against Senator Reed Smoot, of Utah.
The witness, angered by the persistent
efforts of some members of the com?
mittee to obtain from him every detail
of his remission in obeying the law
turned upon Congress and charged
that body with interfering without
authority in bis private domestic
affairs and usurping the powers of the
Utah Courts, which alone, he asid
possessed the right to hold him to
account'for his conduct.
While the witness had been taken
in hand by the defense for purposes of
cross-examination, the members cf the
committee in reality consuemd the
greater portion nf the time, and matters
were brought out along the line*follow?
ed by the prosecution in the three first
days of the hearing. Some of the
testimony proved highly sensational.
At the beginning cf today's session
Mr. Smith gave figures showing the
proportion cf polygamists in the Mor?
mon population, saying the number of
polygamists originally excluded from
voting was 4,000. Mr. Smith said that
in 1902 only S97 were still ilving.
Referring to Senator Bailey's ques?
tions yestreday in regard to the mani?
festo, Mr. Worthington read from a
sermon of President Woodruff, deliver?
ed a year after the manifesto, against
plural marriages, in which President
Woodruff declared that he was moved,
and 10.000 Latter-Day Saints were
moved, by the Spirit of God tc aban?
don the practice of plural marriage.
Senator Bailey contended that it
was in obedience to the demands of the
law, or fear of the consequences of the
law that inspired the revelation.
Continuing, he asid: "'For my part I
dont' have much faith in a doctrine
that doesn't get arevelation command
ing a change of conduct until there is
a statute competing it."
"When the laws were passed which
were not in harmony with the teach?
ings of our Church," said Mr. Smith,
"we held that they were unconstitu?
tional. Of course, our own rules com?
manded that we obey the Contsitution
of the land, but we fought the validity
of the new laws from the lowest to
the highest Court, and when it was
settled by the Supreme Court of the
United States that plural marriages
could no longer be indulged in, ct
course, we were inclined to obey. But
we had a revelation on our own statute
books in regard to plural marriages,
and it was necessary to obey that in
order to obtain certain blessings that
could not be received without obeying
it. Whether we should obey the law
of the land or continue to practice the
law of the Church was a serious ques?
tion. We hold that the president of
the Church is entitled to receive reve?
lations inspired by the Almighty God.
"President Woodruff sought guidance
from the Lord, and the Lord made it
manifest to him that it was his duty
to stop plural marriages. He pro?
claimed that re vea lt i on, and ' it was
submitted to the entire Church and
accepted by the Church, and thus it
became binding, and from that day to
this the law of the land Las been kept
30 far as plural marriages are concern?
ed. But there is a great difference
between taking a plural wife contrary
to law and in taking care of the wives
taken before it was a violation of the
law. I would not desert my wives. I
would not abandon my children. I
will run my risks before the law.
President Smith's voice shook with
emotion. He showed more feeling than
he ha any previous time exhibited as
he leaned forward and said: "Butit is
to the laws of Utah that I am answer?
able, it is.the law of my State that has
tho right to punish me. The Courts
of Utah are of competent jurisdiction.
Congress has no business to interfere
with my private affairs. If the Courts
of my State do not see fit to call me to
account for my conduct I cannot help
it. Congress bas no right to interfere
-it has no right to pry into my mar?
riage relations and call me to ac?
count"
EDWARD ?NIHTW?R.
An Alleged interview Expressing
His Views.
Paris, March 7.-The Matins' Lou?
don correspondent sends to his paper
the report of a conversation had last
evening with a personage intimate
with King Edward who had jost left
the palace. This personage said the
king spoke upon the subject of the
war in the far east and he repeated
his majesty's words as follows: "I am
much distressed at the Russo-Japa?
nese war, which I consider a most de?
plorable event. On the other hand I
consider that our good understanding
with France has never been more use?
ful than it is at present and believe
that it is likely to become more and
more useful, not only in the interest
of France and Great Britain, but in
the higher interest of general peace.
Should complications arise despite all
efforts to prevent them the union be?
tween France and Kngland will render
the greatest service. That union must
be closely maintained for the good of
all whatever may happen. 1 hope the
press of all conntries, the Knglish in?
cluded, will strive to attenuate diffi?
culties rather than to aggravate them. ' '
Tho correspondent adds that the in?
terlocutor not only authorized a repe
tion of the king's words, but read
from the correspondent's dispatch
affirming that his majesty's remarks
were correctly rendered.
Strike on the Coast Line Ended.
Wilmington, X. C., March 4.-In a
circular issued March 3rd, President
John T. Wilson of the International
Brotherhood Maintenance of Way calls
off the strike of the Atlantic Coast
Line railway, the men attributing the
failure of the strike to a majority of
the employes who disregarded the
orders of their leaders and returned to
work.
MAD DOG SCARE IN CHARLESTON.
The Situation Such That the Mayor
Issues a Proclamation-Vigor?
ous Steps Being Taken.
Charleston, March 4.-The mad dog
which bit Dr. Edward Rutledge on
Wednesday afternoon was killed last
night, not, however until it had bitten
a number of persons and dogs and as
a result, there is a great mad dog
scare in Charleston. 'Major Rhett
issued a proclamation this afternoon,
forbidding dogs on the streets without
a muzzle for the next ten days, and all
dogs which are found on thc streets
will be arrested and impounded and
after 3 days will be executed unless
reclaimed and a tine paid. Women
are especially fearful of the dogs and
there is a marked diminution in the
number of children to be seen on the
streets and parks as a result of the
scare. The dogs which are known to
have been bitten by the mad canine
will be shot by order of the mayor
without regard to the wish of the
owners, and every possible safeguard
will be put into practice according to
the city official for the protection of
the public. One dog was shot this
morning in a Battery borne and this
afternoon a large New Foundland dog
which was bitten yesterday, atlhough
the owners deny that it was. was taken
up and the order will doubtless be
given to kill it. The public approves
of the vigorous measures for abating
the dog nuisance.
HESTER'S COTTON STATEMENT.
New Orleans, March 4.-Secretary
Hester's weekly cotton statement
issued today shows for the four days
of March a decrease under last year of
24,000 and a decrease under the same
period year before last of 4,000.
Of the 186 days of the season that
have elapsed the aggregate is behind
the same days of last year 16G,C00, and
behind the same davs vear before last
92,000.
The amount brought into sight du?
ring the past week has been 137,197
bales, against 176.9S9 for the samejsev
en days ending this date last year,
156,121 year before last.
The movement since Sept. I shows
receipts at all United States ports to
eb 6,476,881 against 6,626,518 last year.
Overland across the Mississippi, Ohio
and Potomac rivers to northern mills
and Canada 756,212 against 865,595last
year ; interior stocks in excess of those
held at the close of the commercial
year, 296,115 against 225,742 last year;
southern mills' takings 1,244,000
against 1,221,358 last year.
The total movement since Sept. 1
is 8,773,208 against 8,939,213 last year.
Foreign exports for the week have
been 101,301 against 161,434 last year,
making the total thus far for the sea?
son 4,994,514 against 5,213,951 last
year.
The total takings of American mills,
north and south aud Canada, thus far
for the season have been 3,014,480
against 2,884,788 last year.
Stocks at the seaboard and the 29
southern interior centres have decreas
ed during the week 75,295 bales
against a decrease during the corres?
ponding period last season of 48, SOO.
Including stocks left over at ports
and interior towns from the last crop
and the number of bales brought into
sight thus far from the new crop, the
supply to date is 8,941,007 against 9,
154,287 for the same period last year.
Dunn's Trade Review.
New York, March 4.-R. G. Dun &
Co's Weekly Review of Trade to?
morrow will say : Business continues
to improve despite the difficulty of low
temperature and high prices. Weather
conditions have been singularly unpro?
pitious, deep snow retarding distribu?
tion of merchandise and excessive cold
delaying the opening of the spring
trade and structural work. Yet re?
tailers are making extensive prepara?
tions and plans are submitting for
numerous building operations. Pros?
pects have improved on tte Pacific
coast, where mach needed rain has
fallen and reports from the south indi?
cate exceptional prosperity. Buyers
continue to arrive at the leading mar?
kets, but the volume of trade is re?
stricted to high prices, praticularly
for cotton goods.
Railway earnings for February were
,22erp cent less than last year, bad
weather restricting traffic.
An abundance of buyers in the dry
goods market failed to produce any
large volume of business,, although
there is a disposition to advance bids.
Recovery in the raw material cor?
rected whatever tendency there was
last week to make concessions on for?
ward business and the average of cot?
ton goods is at the highest point of
the season. This naturally checks
operations for the future, particularly
iu export trade, which is very dull.
Failures this week in the United
States are 236, against 229 the corres?
ponding weke last year.
Destructive Earthquake in Peru.
Lima, Peru, March 4.-A tremen?
dous earthquake which did much dam?
age occurred here at 5.20 this morning.
Nothing comparable with it has been
experienced during the last 30 years.
New York, March 4.-Advices to
local houses having connections with
Lima state that though the earthquake
was the severest, in many years, no
lives are reported to have been lost
The principal damage was caused by
the cracking of the walls of? business
and residential structures.
Letter to E. T. Windham.
Sn tnt ff. S. C
Dear Sir: The cheap paint to buy
is the one that covers more than you
think ; the cht*apone to wear is the one
that is young when old.
Mrs. Moore of Kelsey, N. Y,, bought
16 gallons Devoe to paint her house
two coats; her painters said it would
take that. Had 0 gallons left.
Mr. James Ackley's house, in Cairo,
(Catskill Mountains), N. Y, was paint?
ed Devoe; it wore 14 years: and the
paint was in good condition then. Be
was going to paint, the last we knew,
though. That's the way to preserve
a house: repaint when there's no
occasion.
Yours trulv
U F W Devoe & Co
P. S.-L. B. Durant sells our paint.
HANNA'S ROMANCE.
Young Crocer Aspired to Hand of
Coal Magnate's Daughter and
Won Out.
Nearly thirty-eight years ago Mark
Hanna was just strating on his busi?
ness career as a grocer in Cleveland.
He was poor, plodding and to the
casual observer a very every-day sort
of young man. Daniel Rhodes was
one of the rich coal owners of the
State. He had one daughter, Gussie,
the very idol of his soul. Around
this lively girl the busque old father
had wreathed all the sentiment, all
the hopes of his future existence.
Everything was to be done for Gussie.
Mrs. Rhodes, her fond mother, was a
joint idolator at the daughter's
shrine, and the doting parents had
dreams of a rich, influential suitor, a
splendid marriage and a brilliant so?
cial career for Gussie, when, as us?
ual, the unexpected happened. Gus?
sie Rhodes met and loved the ob?
scure, poor young man, Mark Banna.
Mr. Rhodes was astonished when the
daring young grocer called upon Jiim
and asked for the hand of his daughter.
He refused absolutely to grant the
young suitor even time enough to beg.
He said "no" curtly and sharply, and
when he saw his daughter he tried to
scold her, but instead he took her in
his honest arms and begged her not
to think of *" this unknown man, Han?
na." He said he never, never could
consent to such a choice for his child.
Gussie Rhodes told lier father, with
many a reassuring embrace, that she
would never marry without his con?
sent, and she added: "But, papa,
dear, I shall never marry anv man
but Mark Hanna. "
Then she promised her father not to
see her lover or write to him for a
year at least. She kept heT promise,
and in the course of a* few weeks, al?
though she never audibly murmured,
and was sweetly gentle and loving to
all about her, she grew pale and wan.
She neither ate not slept. The old
father was at his wits' end. Someone
proposed a foreign tour for that
change of scene which is supposed to
work wonders in heart affections, and,
presto ! at a few hours' notice, father,
mother and daughter were on board
an Atlantic liner.
For nearly a year the "change of?
scene" prescription was faithfully
pursued, and the . patient, always
cheerfully submissive, gentle ano
charming, obviously grew frailer day
by day. Almost in despair the old
man brought his child home again,
and ene morniong he gathered the
courage to ask her if she still cared
for Mark Hanna.
"Why, father," she replied, "I
shall always love Mark. I told you
that, you know, a year ago.-"
Poor old "Uncle Dan" Rhodes!
That was a bitter day for him, but he
was equal to the occasion. Sending
for the obscure young man, he said to
him :
"Mr. Hanna, Gussie loves you, that
is my only reason for accepting you
as her future husband. You are poor
I'll fix it so Gussie can live as she has
been accustomed to, and I suppose I
must see yon marry he'."
Now the coming young man cast
ever so slight a shadow of his future
greatness on the opportunity of the
present.
"Mr. Rhodes," said be, "I most
gratefully accept the gift of your
daughter's love. To marry her is for
this world to become a paradise for
me, but I cannot make her my wife
unless she will be content to live as
my means will enable ns. I can
neither accept aid nor permit my wife
to accept it from any one. I'
So Mark Hanna and Gussie Rhodes
were married, and the bride went from
her father's big house to live in a tiny
little cottage, where, with one "iaid
of-all-work, she was as happy as.a queen
for some years.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
An American Nils Valley.
The Imperial Valley in southeastern
California, up to the summer of 1900,
was as true to its name of desert as
any stretch of rainless, sun-dried land
on the face of the globe. During the
year of 1902, crops were produced in
this valley that averaged from sixty
to eighty dollars for each cf the one
hundred and sixty-five thousand acres
irrigated. This result was obtained,
and this unparalleled transformation
effected, by running a sixty-mile canal
from the Colorado River and distribut?
ing its silt-laden waters over the
gently sloping valley-floor, where once
was the bottom of a great inland sea.
The land was settled, as fast as water
was available, by farmers from all
parts of the country, and in less than
two years from the time that water
first began to flow upon the land the
population of the valley was in excess
of ten thousand. Half a dozen pros?
perous towns sprang at once into
existence, several of which now have
banks, refrigerating and electrical
plants, and all the other conveniences
and comforts of old communities.
The great yields in this new desert
garden have been obtained from fields
of barley, wheat, alfalfa, sorghum,
milo maize, and Kaffir and Egyptian
corn, bu? experimental plats of rice,
sugar beets, cotton, vegetables, melons,
and many other sub-tropical products
have proved each well suited to the
conditions there prevailing. In fact,
the whole Imperial enterprise will be
of inestimable value to the Government
in furnishing a parallel by which to
direct its own vaster work of reclama?
tion and colonization.-L. R. Free?
man, in Review of Reviews for March.
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Opelika, Ala., Mardi 5.-C. H.
Sparks, a negro murderer, was hanged
hore todav under exciting circumstan?
ces. Before being taken from his cell
Sparks assaulted and severely wound?
ed one of the guards with a knife.
Sparks was then pinned to the wall
with pitchforks and the sheriff and
deputies overpowered and handcuffed
him, after which he was led to the
scaffold. The first drop was unsuccess?
ful on account of the rope being too
lon}?, and it was necessary for the min?
derer to mount the scaffold again. The
rope was shortened and this time his
neck WTS broken.
This is expressing it teisely, but
there is a heap of truth in its sugges?
tions. The Pey Dee Educator, a negro
paper, says: "The negro question j
will never be settled as long as the ?
north wants him to vote, but won't let
him work, and the south wants him to
work, but won't let him vote. "-Flor?
ence Times.
4 CORNER IN QUININE.
According to Dutch Indies Papers
the Intention of the Prospec:
tive Trust is to Erect More
Quinine Factories in
Java.
Probably no drug is SJ universally
used for medicine a quinine, and
therefore it is not surprising to hear
that a movement is on foot to form a
Quinine Trost. It is more surprising,
in these days of great combinations,
that such a trust has not been created
before.
Nevertheless, the forming of a
monopoly on such a household remedy
as quinine is an unfavorable sign of
the times. With the control of this
drug in the hands of a single corpora?
tion, it can be imagined that the price,
now so moderate, might be put np to
such a figure as to make it practically
prohibitive to the poor, just as the
Anti-Toxin Trust boosted the price of
that remedy.
The greater part of the world's
quinine comes from Java. It has
been estimated that 75 per cent, of the
Peruvian bark used is secured on that
island. Only eighty planners are en?
gaged in cultivating trees, and,
according tc Dutch Indies papers, the
intention of the prospective trust is
to erect more quinine factories in Java,
and it is believed chat at least one
half the yearly output of bark will be
manufactured into the d::c*g at the
Java plants. It is planned, according
to these 'same reports, to interest the
owners of other quinine factories
throughout Europe in the new com?
bination, so that it will be in position
to dictate the price to the world.
Whatever the ultimate injurious
effect of quinine may be, there can be
no doubt tbat, in the present stage of
medical science, it forms one of the
mest valuable and necessary, articles
in the pharmacopoeia. Many doctors
pronounce it a most harmful thing to
take into the system, but the multi?
tude of sufferers from that commonest
of maladies, a cold, would find it quite
as difficult to give up as tobaoco or
coffee. Yet it may be that the Qui?
nine Tust will have the effect of great?
ly reducing the consumption of the
remedy, and it may be that the strut,
in curbing the excessive use of quinine,
will confer something of a favor on the
world, besides filling its own pocket.
-Chicago Journal.
BLOSSOMING OF KORT PUNTS.
Or. de Saussure Records an In?
stance After a Charleston
Cyclone.
The recent report in these paget-,
says The Literary Digest, of observa?
tions by a French botanist, M. E.
Apert, going to show that trees that
have already blossomed and have
grown buds ready for the next season,
may be caused to blossom again in
the autumn by removing the leaves
or otherwise wounding them, has
elicited confirmatory testimony frcm
several correspondents. Dr. P. G. de
Saussure, of Charleston, S. C.,
writes :
"In August, 1893, a fearful cyclone
visited Charleston. The force of the
wind was such as to blow nearly
every leaf off of two peach-trees in
my yard. Now, these trees had borne
fruit-one in June, the other-in
July (1893).. In October the trees
both went into blossom again, not
one or two flowers, but whole branch?
es, and in a few days afterward fresh
green leaves appeared. In other
words, the trees behaved just as if it
were spring; the fruit was apparently
maturing, when frost came in No?
vember or the earlv part of Decem?
ber."
A similar experience is related by
Mr. G. Treanor, of Savannah, Ga.,
who writes :
"In August, 1881, twenty-seventh
day, on the coast of Georgia, we had
one of the severest storms known
here. I was then trucking on an
island ten miles below Savannah. On
the night of the 27th the storm swept
most everything standing, also every
leaf and twig from trees which did not
go down before its fury to such an ex?
tent that next day the woods looked
like midwinter, so completely were
they denuded of their foliage. In
about two weeks they commenced to
bud forth afresh, and in a month's
time 'were in full bloom again. In
the case of mulberry-trees they put
on a second crop and were ripe before
frost, which usually comes in this
latitude about November 14. Mul?
berry-trees in this section usually
ripen their fruit about the last week
in March or the first of April. Wild
plums and peaches also bloomed and
put on fruit, but did not ripen, as
frost caught tho second crop. Tte
effect on most of the trees noted was
disastrous, as the strain seemed to te
most too much for their vitality.
The next spring many of tbem did net
put forth any sign of life, being dead:
others showed no bad effect from their
unusual exertion of two crops in one
season. ' '
Sam Jones of Georgia, who was a
warm advocate of the dispensary, has
returned to his home after visiting
Charleston and other South Carolina
towns. He advises his people to stick
to saloons in preference to the South
Carolina method and says: "It will
take South Carolina a hundred years
to recover from the effects of the dis?
pensary : for dispensary liquor not onhy
debauches the poor devils that drink
it, but the dispensary will debauch
the whole State in its poiltics and
morals. 1 am as much against the
open ?-aloon as I ever was. ? am as
much against the dispensary as I am
against the saloon, and for the same
reasons." All of which is instructive.
-The State.
M ll -
Georgetown. March A.- The boilers
in tb,e power house of Fitzgibbons &
Co., oar manufacturers, exploded this
morning, completely wrecking the
plant, and killing one man and injur?
ing a few others. The estimated dam?
age is about $2,000.
- ?????!!>- . O -CT ? ? i -
Laurens, March <>.-Mr. John L.
Pitts, a young farmer of Tumbling
Shoals, Sullivan township, was in?
stantly killed yesterday alternoon by
a falling tree which crushed his he<.d
into an unrecognizable mass and pin?
ioned his lifeless body to the ground.