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l VOL XL VI WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1890. NO. 39. (COTTON STALK BAGGING' WHICH PROMISES TO BECOME THE ' SUCCESSFUL RIVAL OF JUTE. i Hr. W. K. JackxDi Solves tli? Co l<*u Buj. ' gia? iO?e*ti?u?A M^okin* to i>ocwrilc*te i tii* Cvttoa fctai:. Sutuplhg mt i \\'?ve> from ihe liber. Auo-usta Chroxlcie. K. Cotton baj^inj from the cotton j 1|L>- It lias been the dreni* of theoris-1 W ing economists. ! I Like many theories its waaliatened! |i* to andsmiled at. Hfi Xdward Atkinson, of Boston, tiio I BK eminent Anteriean statistician, was i thought to be phrasr-makinj; whan at I BL Atlanta he predicted that the prod- J BHL nets ol tli* cotton plant would jSp prove mere valuable than its li??cy g Was he the mouthpiece t>f aaiure's B decree [run me cuuun , itself cover, as ii lias fructified, the W .snowy burden? r Let it bufliee that the jut* problem i thut h?s xtar?d u very cotton planter k-: in the face, is now at jlu end. k. Til* MA* AT THE WHEJL. K Mr. Win. E. Jackson, a young JLuV gusia, lawyer, is th? nii?n who offers ? the solution of the question to th? I South iii hit b*g?iii? manufactured -+- 1- Tiw*. 9 Il'OIIl Olxi Ilt'lU CUIrlAAU SWUUI .?? __ 110 theory there on Lis office lioor Hv yesterday, but a roll of baggixg, and gruy-iiettded cotton 'actors and mer^ criuiiits Wiiiited to ciiew as tixey fingered the- new fiber in the yank# and woven in warp and woof. ? Very few of Mr Jack?on's friends had any idea that Matters other tkan A chose of a Isgal nature were occupying ST ilia time; aid this announcement in che Chronicle of the success of his of R- iorts will be the Jirst intimation that V iie hiis been busy in experimental A Chronicle reporter has knows of - t v J his labors and with their success me l baii of secrecy is removed. I DEMOXSTKATDiG ITS UTILITY. I The Col. Sellers element was not ft desirable. This theory must be de h jnonsrraied as practicable, and not ] hL only tliis. but the sentiment against Hpr xhe jure baling trust was not desir- j ed as capital. The new enterprise K must be demonstrated as fully capa- ' ble of coping v, itli as strong a ri- ' F val as the jute bagging t ust before , nrPTia of competition was enter L Besides the roll of bagging 011 the floor there were bunches oftJtie cotton 3 stalk liber in various stages of its ' Wr preparation: jute butts, bear grass ' Hm? and other fibers to make comparisons. ' i'aiiers had already gotten wind of the K-?kmn'.bg and gathered in Mr. Jackson's law office. There were ^ many cotton men in the number and , v their questions elicited the informa- ' v tion that e very intc lligent reader would j ft ask for. M SOME FACTS ABOUT IT. < p Mr. Jackson had his thoughts turn-. ' ed to the utilization of someone of our . f many native fibrous plants :ts a competitor of the jute article. Ke rigged up cru ie machinery at his home in tHiUTisonville and for the past six months has been experimenting. The c-olton stalk rewarded his efforts by being found susceptible of treatment in his miu-iiine which separated a tine fiber, resembling jute in every respect, from the gum and skim of the stalk. He grew sanguine a a this fiber wan subjected to first one and then an* " * * 1 other test and liokting nis counsoi Mr went diligently to work preparing & I quantity of this. About two w^eks ago the Chronicle printed a parson*! : !/ mention of bis departure for X?w rYoik. With him he took his newfo;ui i liber. At tho juie bagging ) factory of }Ir. J. 0. Todd at Patter- < 1 oon, N. J.. Mr. Jackson spent seroral i .-?ovin?r f/>v ] IU4JO av/* L TH? K.SAL TKST. 3 Hr Ho was kindly assisted by the pro- < Wr prietor. Mr, Todd, who turned over j fif his factory and help to him, and at : W the end. of three days the jute ma- , cliinery turned out h roll of cotton ; stalk bagging1 that was pronounced j by Mr. Todd equal in every respect < ' to the demands af the cotton planters ^ and the ti.ule for cotton covering. Tl " +"Uio T/.11 fllftf TK nnw Hk. L V IS home M tituo 1VM ? .. creating such sensation K in cottoiLt'ifcleb here. Bp Mi-. Jackson separates the fi^er oa K a machine which was patented and perfected for South Aniirica nber ex[ periments. He found it the same L- thin<j us his experimental apparatus P i;nd secured it. He holds letters L patent on the apparatus, which is I covered bj letters patent in the United States. Canada. Mexieo.South WBr" America. France, Gmnar.y, Encland. Spain aiid Belgium. It cost J liOW THh MACHINE WORKS. The i." intipJe consists in running thesi.a.1::* between a corrugated drum revolved by an eeeentrm attachment on a similar coivngatfld concave bed, ; . and the clsarga between is washed by a ilowrmg stream of waier jo | wash a%v:iy the residue of ^um and r, bark. W -> Mr. J. J. Doughty was among those ? who saw the now cotton stalk bag*" 1 ??+ />iu> m>iu in a j 1000 who handles cotton, unless he { W: had :uivised previously, would ' P know the new candidate for favor | j from jute l>ugirin?r. it uiay be a i [ shade ilarke:. i?ut ll t:iki\s niavkjitgsJ k easily and i.-* soft and pliable. Th^ j B sample was made from stalks that j f ii:ui been exposed for two months, ft having lx-eii gathered only late in February. When th^ stalk is hai??? bored, as it will be now that it has V a commercial ralu*. i4-; iasticity and ? tenacity will jiuToasc .it l*asi \:5 per f rt-ul. | VALUE OF THE STALKS. Figures have been amassed and these shuvv that there need be no j. e.... leal* Ol a l.'U'ii 01 I lure* l>:urjraitr to cover the entire crop each year, as an annual yield of stalks covrTs three yearly crops. These stalks will now represent h L source of revenue to the planter, as lm the Cotton Stalk Bagging Company will pay about ?2 per tc.n for the ! stalks. It is estimated that the develop- ! merit of this new industry will put | two million of dollars in the farmers' j p H-kets Mid represent a j^i oss saving1 i - i a..? .?:i i to this country 01 aoout ium: mu- , lions.InYentive genius semi to be I the smiling ajjent that is to reward i the planter an<l end the bitter tiiflit! agaiust jute baggiug, which has j prompted him. whether an Alliance J iaau or not, to send his cotton to | market swathed in cotton, burlaps, j or pine straw covering at an actual I loss of something like a dollar and a quarter a balo SOME OF ITS BEAUTIES. it will not stain cotton as the pine straw did, and from tests has been found leso inflammable* than the jute. One of the spectators put in when its various favorable features were being commented on that the greatest had not been mentioned?it is made at home of home products. It does sound too good to be true that the cotton stalk which lias had to be removed either by burning, pul ing up or beating down and ploughing nnder is to be a source of income to the planter. He will harvest his stalk* and call them to the railroad, receiving in return funds or bagging, and at a time when his teams and hands are idle. "I would rather hive perfected that process than be President," was the enthusiastic rem?irk of another spectator. Mr. Jackson was sought by a i Chronicle reporter for sou>e inside data, but found that, beyond the f&'-t of feeling assured of the success of his work, he had no schedule of procedure mapped out. AUGUSTA WILL REAP BENEFIT. Augusta would be the headquarters of the new company, and the offices and main factory would be Tim mrtflllDPS LiCl c. J.U.V. VUVV4 will be placed in sections of the country convenient to the mill, and j the fiber will be there prepared, baled and shipped to the looms for weaving. The ordinary water or steam power used to our gins will operate thefibermachine. The roots of the plant are used along with the stalk. "When the fiber comes out it is a blight russit color. The jute people he saw in the North said nothing to him further than one par- 1 ty asking him to bring his sample around and exhibit it to some of the officers. He (will, in his plans, look to keeping it a free bout horn mans-1 try, untrammeled by pools, mid lot { :ke fsumers look on it as it really is, i :lie one tiling desired to make them j independent- He trusts to having j ?aeli section interested in the near- 1 i*st mill and the fiber preparing st:i- ' tions. :! AUGUSTA THE FARMER'S FRIKXD. Augusta is getting to be the Mecca .A >f the farmer. It was Augusta that j ^ irst took a decisive stand in regard : j ;o the bagging question. and Augus- , ;a mill men and cotton men placed \ ;hemselves on record as friends of the t ottori planter i)y agreeing to rue iw | :-snts reduction when the cotton < loth bagging was decided on to meet i the autocratic position of the jute c trust. Now comes Augusta with the soiton stalk bagging. I Through the industry ana p< rse- 1 iterance of Mr. Jackson. Augusta has ; sertainly been placed in a favorable light as a claimant for the cotton * planters favor, and when she pushes s :o the front still further?probably j is the first inland cotton market ? f l the United States?to Mr. Jackson in i l:a-ge measure the advancement of ^ tier cotton interest will be due. t He is being congratulated 011 all t jides. : AN ELECTRICAL STORM AT SEA. * ri.** Hn irmisliiillv ! 1 Brilliant Illumination. ? Passengers on tlic Aurania, whieli 1 arrived yesterday, wlio ventured on leek on Sunday evening, were treated 1 ;o a remarkable display of electric il- | .umination. Few people besides the j officers and seamen witnessed it. ( however, for a heavy rain was falling 1 it the time. The vessel was about , eighty miles off Fire Island, and sail- j ing through a dense fog. At 9:30 the rain became a torrent, while the fog continued, and lightning began to dash in all directions. The ship was in the midst of a great electrical storm, and thunder crashes followed j imur nn<Vill?l V_ The I LXl\T . , masts of big boats like the Aurania i are provided with lightning rods, 1 which are made serviceable by running insulated chairs from their lower lower ends over the sides of the ship and "grounding" them in the water. This apparatus was unreeled as soon oo cflmi ac litrlifm'nor nr>-nAsirf?d. but no bolts bit it. For three-quarters of an hour the flashes were substantially continuous, and. in spite of the mist, were blinding in brilliancy. One of the officers described the effect thus: "The continuous light looked through the mist as if some one were swinging a gigantic lantern behind a curtain. 1 his of itself was very bright, enabling us to see the rigging with distinctness and the xea for a wide .space around. There was no wind and hardlv a noticeable swell on. At frequent intervals, certainly no more than a few seconds, there came vivid Hashes so bright that we seemed to l>e looking squarely itt ihe suu. These were accompanied by loud thuuder claps some of the loudest I have over lie:ird. and for that matter I have never seen so continuous :i display of lightning ;tt sea or anywhere else. X do not think that more than two or three passengers came oui of the cabin, for the l ain was drenching and the thunder terri fying. There was no danger of any con^quence to the ship. We moved ; out of the electrical storm, or it ! moved from us, at akeut after 1 whifli tin- ni~ht was perfictly .Krk ! and the lain continue <1 for som?- time { ; louger. i saw no fireballs oi" ?.?i Lic*i" i ! illumination of the van Is, except the j j natural reflection of the water divps.; j which made yards and rigging glisten i j at the edges."?New York Letter. j ?The beautiful residence and farm \ oi the late Jauies A. Seddon. Seen ' tary of War of the Confederate States, j la Goochland county, twenty miles west of Richmond. Va.. has been sold for ?20,200 to a party of Richmond gentlemen, who will probably use it as a stock farm. ^ MEN'S WOMEN. What They Art- ?ud Why They Otiarm j the Mitnt-uliat; Sex. "Wimt ait qk'jj's women P' asked ! ouly the other tl.iy the most charming J of her sex. "Men aro forever saviug of So-ahd-?o, whom, by tin* way, I detect, that irhe is a iuau,s woman.1 Teach mo how to he one. please? Where% ?\ li/AO ? Krt /.li.irni'J T uthii' it ] your Venetians? Must I talk hur?e? Must I adopt all the other of your < dreadful way*?" ' Certainly not dear wad-amo. Yet it is quite true that while one man's ideal i differ# most fortuitously from another's, 1 as one star dilfereth from another star ' in glory, there arr those who are known ' among us "men's women" for a happy s combination of qualities somewhat dif- 1 tA flnuMrilto *4.\ nviii'i wr?inf?n 11 f -- ~ , to begin with. Is old enough to know I the world thoroughly; vat. though, she < need never have beeu beautiful, she must have kept her youth. She is in no sense 1 alight woman.neither is she over-intol- 1 lectual; she would not ai>oak Greek, 1 even if sh? eould. She is a creature of i infinite tact, whom every being with ] the outward semblance of a man in- < terests profoundly. With him she is < always at her best and contrives to get ? out of him the best there is, She listens * well, tiud grows sympathetic as she ? listens. Has he a special weakness? She J half tenmts him to believe it is a virtue. ' An adept in the subtlest forms of fiat- ^ tery, she would force the meanest of j us to shine even when lie is ill at ease. * Ami yet. above all, she remains sin- ; cere. Her interest in him is real, and * survives the fleeting moment. He is a 1 man; that is to say. for her, the bright- t est page in nature's book. She re- s S peels eon volition well wlieu she may > venture to be unconventional; yet she '< is unapproachable and irreproachable. 1 In return he adores her. ] This is all very well, you say, but I i don't like that woman. Dearmadam, as < it never enters into ner calculation mac you should,she does not take such pains * with you. She makes dear foes among '< you. of course. Sometimes, even, she ? does not escape calumny. But this, I having no actual basis, fails of its own t weight, and in the end, as you yourself J will admit, you staud in awe of her. Your question proves it. i have tried to tell you why we like her; and if }'ou must have a word definition, here it is: Sin: is one who has the gift to study men, and who. having studied many, f umi> tui; >im <uuu.-?iu^. ?i >uu ? Jack this primal requisite, abandon tho e uuc*?|ti;il contest; you will never be- b come like her !>y a servile imitation of t' tricks and her maimers. In spite of ti these, which set you so against her, let v me ifntreat you to believe her a ileserv- a iug woman indeed.?Scribnei^s Maya- e zin< c Bargaining In Algiers. b ? ^ You select your goods with slow de- Q iberation. pile them together casually t n a little heap, eye them askance with g m inquiring glance, and t3*;c a cor- j. nr tn-n .at incivrino' nii|wu<v pu v. ?..u .?r-;~a j voccl in solemn silence, says a writer r, i) the Gentleman's Magazine. Mo- J lainmed Ali responds with a puff from v lis eigaretto in grave concert. Then <j ;ou walk once or twice up and down j he piazza slowly, and, jerking youi ? lead with careless ease in the direction j. >f your selected pile, you inquire, as if or abstract reasons merely, in an offland tone, your Moslem friend's lowest j. ush quotation for the lot as it stands. ' Two hundred francs is the smallest 0 >riee. Mohammed Ali paid far more ^ han that himself for them. lie sells iitunlv for occupation it would seem. l> - i- am a >0<>K HI I lie WUIK, UlUUSiUUl. .fill g graven brass, not more repousse metal, ^ >r real old chain-stitch, alike on both f ;iilcs?none of your wretched, eom ^ non-place, modern, machine-made emjroidery. You smile incredulously, and remark -v vith a wise nod that your Moslem iieud must surely be in error. A misake of tin; press. For 200 francs read >0 /ranes. ^ Mohammed Ali assumes an expres;ive attitude of virtuous indignation iud resumes his tobacco. Fifty francs or all that lot! Monsieur jests. He t shows himself a very poor judge, in- j leed, of values. ^ Half an hour's debate and ten sue- r cessive abatements reduce the lot at last to a fair average price of 70 francs. Mohammed Ali declares you have robbed him of his pro tit, and pockets his ;ash with inarticulate grumblings in the Arab tongue. Next day you see in 1 the ltue Bab-A/.zoun that you have paid Lim at least 80 francs loo much for >our supposed bargain. z j insurance Against Burglaries. 1 I For two years past there lias been an i Insurance company against burglaries c tlourishing in Loudon. According to c Lhe new rates you can i:isur?; the con- t lit' viinr residence, or tiu: damail6 c .o it through burglary, or any speeiaJ f article you desire. 1 ? ?? r Copper Brads in Shoes. "Do you see these large copper bratli j in the sole of my shoe?'" asked a <reutlemau of the St. Louis llzjnibli'S's Man j About Town, as he held up to view the sole of one of his shoes. On bein^ answered in the affirmative lie said: ' "To these simple brads alone I attri- ' bute my present good health. Foi 1 years I was an invalid, sulijeet to dys iif?nsia_ neuraliria, headache, and othei J innumerable pains, and traveled the ; country over in search of health. Id traveling out west amen:* the Indian U'ibes I was struck with their remarkable health, and expecially their exemption from the maladies that afflicted me and also with the fact that the strongest and healthiest went barefooted altogether. I sought an explanation of the matter and by continued observation and study was finally led to the conclusion that the aches and pains to which civilized man is heir are nuin" to the manner in which we in " *" ?o - sulate our bodies from Mother Earth. Science is every day more clearly de wonstraiing that electricity is the vitalizing constituent of our bodies and that this globe of ours is a mighty battery, continually generating and discharging electricity. Now, I reasoned, if this was correct the secret of the Indian's health was in his bare feet,which exposed his whole body to the vitalizing influence of the electrical earth curinv ill health \v:is attribut j able to my feet being insulated from these curreuts. Acting on this hypothesis I sought to restore the broken connection by inserting these bnuls in the soles of my shoes, and the result, 1 musl say, was astonishing. My feet, which formerly were nearly always cold, sooc became warm and moist; my healtfc commenced shortly to improve, aud iu a few months I was entirely relieved oS ! all my pains, aud have ever since en* j joyed good health. It is a very simple | thing and easily tested, and I feel surt j would benetit any one alliicted as ; i was. i The Author of M'GSnty. The man who envolved from his 1 teeming brain the ballad which narrates the tumbles taken by Dau jlckiiuty is probably :tt the present moment the most talked about of the minor poets of America, says the Ho jncdLui x/tmyc/ui- unu w*/unu;ic. "jjuwn lYent MeGInty" has arrived at the dig- * nity of being "the" gag of the day. So < ivlicn the reporter was informed that < jo;* Fhnn. the undoubted author of ^ the moM popular song of the season, | j ivas singing it daily ami nightly at a iocal theater, down went the writer to ^ lie bottom of the hall that connects ^ :he upper tier ot dressing-rooms at the }pe?n-housc and found himself in the iwfu! presence of the origimi McGintv, ivho was engaged in extr: .itiug him- ! ?e!f fron. his grease paint, prepara- 1 .orv to uouuing "his best suit of t jlothes.'1 j Mr. Flvnn s a nuod-lookiny. #iaek- i niurotl ami b.ack-eyed voting fellow, i ,vho takes the sucrt-ss of his muse in t .lie most philosophic and modest man- 4 icr. Of the origin of the famous song ( lie said: "If you ever beard the story )f the Irishman who was successfully r jarried ia a hod to the top of u seven I itory building by a friend, us the re- , >ult of a bet that the feat could not be successfully accomplished, and who re- * marked on paying over the money, *'Wall U'ftii -f-iivlv lint W'luin C yer foot slipped at the sixth ilo<n\ be "V abers, I had hopes!1 you know what t suggested the lirst verse of the song, if c fou ever heard the air of the old song t ibout the old man who had a wooden +. eg, and who 'had no tobacey in his old t ;obaccy box.1 you can guess whore the : suggestion for the tune came from. 1 ] vrote tho song some time last Apr-J r md did not think very much of it. vhile my partDer, Mr. Sheridan here. ' bought nothing of it at all, We tried s t on for the lirst time at the Provi- ? lence opera-house. That important h ivent took place on t he evening of May 1* J last. The soug caught on at once, md we, ami, as far as I can see, every s rong-and-dance man, have been sing- a ng it ever since. I suppose" it took mo d ibout half au hour to write the son^ 1; ifter I had <?ot the chorus in mv head.1 a } Two Fools and Their Money, 1 The eccentricities of the late Dr. lenry Killer and "wife of Wilmington, ,l ta9S., whose fad was magnificently ^ arved and luxuriously upholstered urial caskets, have been described in P he press already. The doctor's funeral v 30k place a year ago, and the corpse p ras carried to its last resting place in ti silk-lined, gold-plated, elaborately u arved casket of solid mahogany. v Xot satisfied with the ghostly magnifi ciioo of a year ago the widow has ;l >een at work on the construction of j; ew caskets, one for her husband, the ^ tlier for herself. Each casket is in wo parts, the basket proper and the ? arcophagus. The material in all four 3 solid mahogany, imported specially rom South America. The upholster- t. ag inside is as elaborate as money k ould make it. Corded silk of the t< alue of $40 a yard is the material uv?d. h ?he lids are made of separate panels, } tighly polished, richly carved, and h astened by solid gold hinges, with f :nobs of solid gold for opening them. ^ ."he doctor's new casket is fastened by . heavy brass door of Gothic design, laving a knob made of six pounds of J olid <rold. On the panels are solid ^old tablets ascribed with the doctor's ^ avorite passage of Scripture. * Mrs. Hiller has also made for herself v . burial robe of which it may be truly v aid that it beggars description. Tho 1 ressmaker completed it after four t; nonths1 labor and an outlay of $20,000. ri ."he robe is made of white ottoman t, ilk, corded heavily. There is also a wilderness of white silk lace running ^ a perpendicular panels and tucked ^ ,nd gathered and fluted until it stands ^ ut to a distance of live inches. Tlift total oiitl.-LV bv Mrs. Hiller will ie nM far short of $500,000. The nausoleum will be of hammered gran- u te. In the four walls will be built v windows, through which it is plauued 1 o have rays of colored light enter, a s iflferent light to each window, which, A lending, will fall upon the caskets a esting side by side within.?Boston '-raid. a COOKING IN BRAZIL. J ."he Coffee Is Delicious?The Hotels Ar? T "Wretched Places. ~ The domestic cooking of urban Bra- o ilians, as a rule, is exquisite, says the j. yTew York Times. There is a very r arge French population in Rio, and a 'winnti mietAma rind CVliSinQ are 1 n vogue. The wines arc superb and u :heap. The Oporto claret, which 1; :omes from old estates in Portugal to elatives iu Rio de Janeiro, is deli- ' :iously mellow,and unrivaled in flavor, Sherry and Madeira are likewise fine, t 3ut of course Oporto is a specialty, t rhe red -wines ar? always good, even J rin ordinaire. Fruits form a principal ;> part of the dessert, and such fruits! c eruitof Conde, Pernambuco pineap- -v pies, Bahia oranges, grapes of Petro- ^ oolis?ah: the memory thereof will last *_ j ?t ilways, ana tantalize one in uieamji ( &nd the cofffce! It is elixir?fit for th* , jjods! But when one leaves the cities one J bids farewell to palatable cooking, j Black beam, charqui, and farinha form * the staple of edibles, unless.indeed, one 1 is given "toncinho," greasy pork, with ] black beans and farinha. The mandioca < root supplies the "staff of life" to the J Brazilians of the interior. Farinha if 1 the coarse meal?the grated juice-ex- ] pressed, oven-dried mandioca. The raw mandioca is poisonous, but the j poison, being very volatile, ia driven ' - * ' - ^ 11- a oil dv neat. uccasionau/ uu? uuu.? ?. fair bottle of claret or rame rare old port, but usually the win* is sour villainous stuff. The coffee is alwayi good. I speak now of tho vendas?the common, the only country inns. If oae is thrown upon the hospitality of priests, as often happens, or the doors of a coffee planter's "bazenda" is open by letters of introduction, the traveler fairs sumptuously. But hospitality is always the rule, and not the exception. Everywhere one is made welcome, even by the poorest. Even the vfindas ?not often clean or comfortable-?have a hespitable air until one comes 10 paj the reckoning. The hotels throughout Brazil, even in Rio de Janeiro, are wretched affairs. The Hotel Estrangeiro is tho best, the rooms being large and airy and the beds clcin ana comfortable. Tho resi.aurants, as a rule, are poor, even in Rio. The Globo is fairly good. Butter comes in from the United States and Sweden and is to be avoided. Milk, save for cafe au la.it in the morning, is not in demand. Families are served directly from tho cow driven, with calf at heels, to the door, and -the modicum milked while the olaek servant waits and gossips with the milk* man. PETTICOAT RULE. 1 WOMEN TO GOVERN A CITY FOR A YEAR- 1 rho I't'ciilinr SSutc ot' At'tairs ill Dil^vrton, K:i k:i-?T!u; Triumph of Petticoat I'ol- , itus. -x njf. * itix u viii ivaiisao | ^ says: Petticoat politics have triumph- ] ?d at I'Myffrtcui. Kan., and during the j joining year the municipal affairs of , :Liat city will be administered by a \ [X-ttieoat government. ( At tiie recent city elections there ( ;he ladies earned the day. It wasn't ] :heir fault that they did. They didn't ] ry to a'id they didn't, want to, but i .liev carried the day just the same, tud now tiud that they must slioul- j ler cue responsibilities of the city jovemmeiit. Of course they might osiiru their offices, but that would * X- at to'tid variance with the Kansas ustom. Besides, it would necessi- ^ ,ate the trouble and expense of a new r flectiou, and that the women have " letermined to avoid. They won't have very much to J jo vein. Edgerton is only a small J own, and. its most enthusiastic roomer dare not claim for it more c lian 450 inhabitants. It attained lie distil, aon of becoming a city ^ >nly by \irtue of the Kansas law, r vhich allows the smallest eommuniies to incorporate cities of the fourth ^ lass, and to govern themselves by he same methods as then- larger sis ers. F.dgerton is an old town, how- ? J.T. .i. ^ c<4. .j... ...1 j.1. J ver?i.juu is, m :i ouut; vvmif huliidates back further th:ui Jolm ^ down's residence ti l&re.the Quantrell ^ . lid. and the border wars, it occu)ies a picturesque location in the ^ outhwest comer of Johnson county, ^ 11 the Southern Kansas Railway. It i i a qua;nt and typical village of the ilain. Tlie prohibition law lias done ^ way with the saloon, and the abence of the saloon has in turn done ^ way with a great deal of the village runkenness and rowdyism. The . idies won't have much to govern. ** It came about in this way. A year jro the candidates for Mayor were !l Jsithan Ross and H. B. Brown. Mr. c"; loss is the village school teacher, -, nd beuur a man of considerable tact |1] ml some personal attractiveness, a lade a very popular candidate. Mr. ^ Srown was a grain dealer and pro- n rietor of a lumber yard. He, too, as popul;u-, and the figlit at the " oils was a close one. The registra- L' ion list contained only about 125 " ainois and the count was kept even " rith the balloting. It was a neck " nd neck race, and when the hour pproached for closing the polls frown had a lead of three votes. Ross ^ ad polled every vote he could com- Ir land, and defeat stared him in the ice. His pedagogic mind was fer He in political resources. None of lie women had voted. Why not ring his friends among the women " r* 41.n rw.ll.-v nl:in wjjs ^vpented d unit dnaely upon its conception, and ^ Ir. Ross sought out eight women, ^ lotliers of his favorite pupils, took ^ hem to the pods and they east their ^ allots for liiiu. ^ This coup d'etat brought conster- P ation into the camp of the enenn. ?he only way to light his opponent ? ras with his opponent s own weapon. ie pressed his friends into his serice and they scorned the town for r< rornen who would vote for Brown, dually nine of them were found and c: aken to the voting place. Too late. ^ .'Lie polls had closed. The school 11 eacher had been elected Mayor. 11 Brown's failure :ii tb<- polls rank- ^ ?d in his breast. He treasured up is defeat and planned the revenge hat lie would visit upon the women, ^ he cause of his misfortune. 11 "When election time came around cgain the political issue in the village u /as the Sunday closing question. (1 Niter Doran. ex-Mayor.dcclarcdliim- ^ elf in favor of the open restaurant. ^ l meeting of his friends was called 11 nd he ^as nominated at the head of ~ city ticket on a personal liberty, ^ nti-blue law platform. >* -VII went well for Doran until a few >J ays before the election. Then came a Jrown's opportunity for revenge 11 ioth upon Doran, who had been a ^ loss man. and the women who had Instructed his ascent of the political is xdder. Ho would defeat Doran by it unning :< woman ticket against him. s ,11 d at the same time humiliate the r idit'S and heap ridicule upon t hem by h lacing at the foot of the ticket the tl lame of T. H. Strong for the City P Council. e Now, Strong was the Micawber of ti bo town, the corner grocery wintler and dry goods box story teller. is ie was ignored by most of the men tl md sromed by all the women. By i< Meeting him. the only man on tlio v voman ticket, the ladies would be o lumiliated mightily. v Brown matured his plan, amiounc- 1: ;d his candidates, and printed his ieket.s. At the head of the ticket he 3 )laced the name of Mrs. "W. H. Kel- a y, the wife of the City Clerk, who c 1 1 lllo/.O 1>V c liUl UC'UU tuv ^ lis foe. Nat Ross. For Judge of the Police Court lie named Mrs. T. S. 1 jrreer, who had vot??d for Ross at the former election. In the list of c Lite prospective Council he r. placed the names of Mrs. "VY. S. t Swart, Mrs. Nat Iioss. Mrs J. Stew- 1 iirt.and the latter s daughter, Mrs. R. (t. Hoi den. all of whom had assisted Ross to the Mayoralty. At the bottom of the ticket he plac- t ed the name of Micawber Strong. < The women were scandalized and < indignant, but still, not fearing elec- 1 tion. took ]!0 great interest in the 1 campaign, me inuiunu i-ubuuco ^ Brown, however. desirous of seeing his revenue fail of its objects, issued a new ticket, omitting the name of the village Mieawber and sustituting that of Mrs. Brown, his own wife, thus stealing his thunder and threatening defeat to his plans. Mrs. Brown was absent from the city and could offer no opposition toliernominxtion. : When she returned she cast her lot < with her village sisters and. lather thau see them humiliated and made ridiculous by the election of Strong, 1 1 il.,. ,?v? n-ifli flinw emereu mt' mn. and fought lier husband, politically, as bitterly as his most desperate enemy. But, the die having been cast, Brown was not the inau to shrink from the result. He had placed Strong on the ticket to be elected and he would not allow his defeat if his political shrewdness could pre vent# He went into the campaign n to elect Strong and defeat his own wife. At this juncture in the campaign, tlie Sunday cider question became a side issue, and Mr. Dora.il practically withdrew fr?m the contest, although x few of his friends 3tood by him to the last, ^"hen election day came there wore threo tickets iu the li?ld. known tus t he Duron, the Strong, and :lie Brown. Dorau had the united support of two restaurant proprietors. with their cooks anil waiters, rleven all told. Strong was supported by Brown who owned twenty balots, and a lew who thought it would jc a good jokv on the women to force liui upon them in the City Council. Mi's. Brown had the support of the est of the c ommunity. The womirn left the management >f the campaign on election day to ;heir friend*. of the sterner sex, quite generally retraining from electioneerng, and only fourteen of them voted, rhe men. however, took unusual in erest in tlie contest, and pursuing j lie usuaal election-day tactics, made lie tight a close one. When finally he polls were closed tnd the ballots :ounted, it was found that iue womtn had been successful. Sixty-live otes were cast. Of these Doran eceived only eleven, and the women rent in with a rush. Mrs. Brown ras the candidate upon whom the ight had been made, and she defeat id her opponent, Strong. She re eived 27 votes to Micawbers 21. [he city administration, then, for the ; nsuing year, is composed as follows: \ -layer, Mrs W. H. Kelly; Police udge, T. S. Greer; Council- > romen, Mrs. S. E. Stewart, Mrs. \\r. ^ j. Ewart, Mrs. 11. G. Holden, Mrs. \ Tat Eoss, Mrs. H. G. Broun. The ( treasurer, Cir:y Clerk, and City Mar- , hall hold oiice by appointment. ' 'lie 'women \\ ill turn the rascals out ] nd rill the places with otricers of ] heir own sex. , Mis. W. H. Kelly, the new Mayor, ^ ; probably the youngest Mayor in : lie country, being only 23 years of ' ge. She is a native of Johnson ? ounty, and has been married three < ears. She believes in woman's ( iglits, although she scys she wall not llow her official labors to conflict itli her home duties.. She is the lother of a youg baby who will pre- j itle with iier over the Uouiicii meet- 1 lgs. She is bright, pretty and ill- f iJligent. She says it will be her en- ] eavor to conduct the affairs of her t ilicial post with an eye to the city's ] est welfare. c Mrs. T. S. Greer will dispense jus- ( ce from the bar of the police court, t he also is very young, only 22. She \ ; a native of Van Buren county, 1 own, but has lived in Johnson covin- g r for tt n years. She is bright, viva- t ious. and quite too charming to in- t uire into the merits of "drunks" ml "vags." She confesses that she J oesn't know much about the law, t ut sli;; does know what is right and r hat is wrong, and she ' will trust to 1 er woman's instinct for the rest, he will enforce the laws to the letsr. If there is a penalty to be iinosed it will be imposed?"and not * :> be i emitted, either," to use her 1 w 11 words. "What is the use of lin- ( jg a man and then remitting his ' lie? They must pay up or break ; jcks when I am Judge." Among the members of the Couii- b Q Mis. Brown is tbe wife of Brown J iie avenger. She is young and the * lother of a family. Mrs. Stewart is * widow on the other side of 50, and j ill have a subduing effect upon the <outhi'nl flavor and her Council com- T anions. Mrs. Ewart is on ? lie other side of 50, a widow, and } lother of the regulation number of * bildren She is an ardent suffragist, ud is elated over her political ac- A M . or. C UH Uilit/ilbft. ^?JLxr>. iiuiucu 10 ?.wnu. Lie mother of three children. She is tie daughter of Councilwoman Stewrt. }.Irs. Boss is the wife of exlayor lloss, who defeated Brown at lie election a year ago. She is 30 ears of age and has five children, he is a believer in woman's rights nd will watch the experiment of felale government with a scientific invest. The fight for the appointive offices >, quite as brisk among the women as : succulent Government jobs were at take, and fail* contestants are alL-ady bringing personal and political ltluences to bear m tneir iavor m J lie hope of wresting their coveted * rizes. There sire several seekers for ach office. Among those who want i serve the city in the capacity of i larshal is Miss Mollie Tunney. She > a handsome girl of 19 years. She ( oes not seem to have a very clear j lea of the duties. When asked J *liat sue expected would be required 1 f her she said: Oh. you know, all I ( .-ill have to do will be to light the ] imps." , When informed that it was also the ] larshal's duty to make an-occasional 1 rrest she was for a moment discon- 1 erted. but recovered, and a danger- ] >us fiush lit her eyes as she remarked, ] 'I guess I can manage that, too, if I : lave to." i The first nieetingof tiie new Jioard , )f officers will occur on tlie third ; Thursday in May, when the city will i >nter upon an era of petticoat govern- < nent. : The F'irstSunday School. In a recent publication. Savannah md its Surroundings. the following itatements occur, which shows that John Wesley, in addition to his other nonors,was entitled to that of estab.ishing the first Sunday-school. ''It ivas in Christ Church that the first Sunday-school was established by John Wesley, nearly fifty years before Robert Kaikes, who is honored is the founder of Sunday-schools, originated the scheme of Sunilay-seiiool instructions in Gloucester. England, and eighty yean before the first. Sunday-school in America on ilu- Raikes plan was established." ?One of the 1 irgost bears ever killed in Wyoming was shot a^ few j days ago by a ranchman near Lara- j mie Peak. Bruin had been playing J havoc among the cattle. He hadj killed a cow. upon which he had | feasted once or twice, but when he I returned again to take another meal! he found serious business ahead of i liim. Dressed the monster weighed J 1,086 pounds. From the nose to the I nd of its tail it measured nine feet ' * ^ THEY LYNCHED HIM ANYHOW. The Indignation of the People at the I^w' Delay Prompts Them to a Bloody De-d. The correspondent of the Green- j ville News gives the following account j of the lynching of the negro Willie j Leaphart, at Lexington, S. C., on the ! 5th inst.: '*Willie Leaphart, convicted j . : n.. I*:. ui cJL"iiimia.iiy asssiiui mif; Cannon, was lynched here this morning. The lynching party numbered about one hundred. Some were from the country and some from town. Its members make no effort to conceal ] their identity and openly acknowl-1 edge and discuss the matter on the streets. The bogus detective. Foster, was in the cell with Leapliart when the mob entered. He was shot in the arm and had a narrow escape from death. By desperate fighting he freed himself from Leaphart's grasp and got in another cell. The mob forced themsalves in the cell corridor and poured volley after volley in the cell with little effect. Leaphart keeping in a comer at the entrance Three lamps were brought and he shivered them to pieces with a stick. Five men successively attempted to enter the cell and were cracked over their heads.After several hundred shots had been fired a bullet struck Leanhart in the head. hurling him to the floor. He was then dragged out and sixteen balls t'rom a Winchester were tired into him. The intention was to hang him in Graham's yard, but the mob had ho kill him to get him out of the celL rhe lynching was caused by a rumor to the effect that Graham and Deputy United States Marshal Miller had Dbtained a further respite and had jiven the papers to Sheriff Drafts yesterday and that Leaphart was to oe transferred to Columbia. Gralam and Miller left here this after- , loon for Columbia on foot to ask the protection of the Governor. The ?ii.? ?a lJiCLLCl JL& v tTA \ UCi C. rLe situation is marked by a total ibsence of excitement. The lynchers seem perfectly willing to take the ionsequences of their act" < THOSE AFFIDAVITS. Governor Richardson has made i mblic the affidavits on which Leap- 1 leart's respite was based. One is 1 rom W. J. Miller, United States Deputy Marshal, alleging "that after he trial and conviction of Willie Ljeapheart, Charlie Cannon, brother >f the young lady, stated t j depon;nt in the presence of oilier witnesses i hat lie did not believe \V line .Leap- i ?art assaulted liis sister, and that re believed that she had been per- < maded by certain persons to state hat the negro had committed the lime in order to convict him." There are also two letters from j ?Iiss Cannon to her mother, stating hat Leaphart did not hurt her many ; nanner except when he caught her >y the throat. A Startling: Statement. 1 J Columbia, S. C., May 7.?There is < low very strong reason tobelieve that 1 he affidavits and letters which se- 1 ured the respite of Leaphart were ? orgeries. In regard to the affidavit i*ifh cinrntmv mt_ 1 aclied :md alleging to have been i ;wom before J. P. Bodie, notary pub- 3 ic, April 28th, Bodie has tt*ritten a J etter for publication in which he ;avs: "He made no such affidavit j >efore me. I did not even see Mr. . Gannon on that day." This affidavit vas to the effect that Ruth Cannon j leclared that Leaphart had not at- ] empted to assault her and only in- \ ended robbing the house. Capt. J. B. "\Vmgard. the attain ev i vho assisted in the prosecution of the sase oil beliall or Miss Cannon, ar- ' 'ived here to-day and said that he 1 isited Miss Camion this morning, ; vho stated upon her word of honor j hat she did not write a line to her . notlier and that all the letters pub- ] ished, alleged to be to her mother ( md corroborating the alleged state- j nent to her brother, were forgeries j aid that she would make affidavit to ; hat effect at Lexington to-day. Cap- l ,ain Wiagard said the affidavits were ] jure fabrications, hatched by Lawyer > jrraham and Deputy Marshal jMil- j er and if they had been made known tffidavits in rebuttal from unimpeachable people could have been i presented. Maw Htwrflino' Columbia, S. C., May 8.?blatters 3 n the Lexington tragedy have taken 1 i new turn. Fresli developments oc- : ur almost hourly and more are ex- ] oectel Attomey-GeiieralEarle went to ' Lexington last night, ard as a result j ;his moining warrants were sworn . >ut for the arrest of F. C. Caugliman. j Pearee Taylor and A. Marks as being j concerned in the lynching of "Willie 1 Leaphart. The parties have not yet i D;??n airested as they were not in the \ rilhige. Caughman swore out a war- ; rant for the arrest of Attorney Gra- ' jam. charging him with forgery and ' iubomation of perjury. Graham was 1 nn.Ao)'/..! Iiova ?ii/1 luc UICOLUU m iv IWU4AJ M*wwv/Ai-?vj? John Bauskett, sued out a writ of ! habeas corpus before the Supreme ! Court this evening. Bail was grant- , ed in the sum of 251,000. Miller has made an affidavit in which he denies , having made the original affidav.t whereupon the respite w;i gran.ed. He stated to the Attorney General < that he was drunk at the time and that Graham wrote axd he (Miller) signed it unawares. Governor Richardson, however, states that Miller brought the affida- | vit to liirn and affirmed its genuine- j ness. The Governor said that Miller i was perfectly sober at the time. The j other parties alleged to have written j the remaining affidavits and letters I have made affidavits swearing that j th jse attributed to them are forgeries, j F. C. Caughman stated here to-: day that he would swear out a war- j 1 ant for the arrest of Governor Rich- j ai'dson for being accessory before the j fact. m m ?Letters received from Josephine j *?" - - 1 ^*.1 1 i??ane JDtruaru. out- innniig gm wi | (lime museum fame, by friends in the French quarter in Lewiston, Me., state that Miss Bedard, who, it is alleged. has fasted for nearly eight years, and who has been critically ill for some weeks past at her home in Tinwick, Quebec, is now recovering, j and since her illness has been blessed: with a vigorous appetite. Mi TRICKS OF A TRAPPER. tn.: ?1. tt- nr.- v... aklm a ^ v0 IV ITU1WU IIO ?T A5 w D* J awij .-VJIWJ>t*ru His Mole, ' There were thirty of us in camp on. a spur of the Black Hills mining for gold, says a writer in the N. Y. Sun. when one afternooa we looked down upon the level plain and saw four mounted redskins chasing a white man on a mule. He was making for us, but they were rapidly overhauling him, ami it was plain enough that; we could render no assistance. The foremost Indian iired a shot, and man ani mule fell in a heap. The Indians pressed forward, yelling and exulting, but the faint reports of a revolver reached our ears, and we saw redskins and ponies tumbling' over at every report. Some of our men slid down the steep mountainside to take a hand in, but it was not needed. When tkey reached the man he sat on the ground laughing as if he would split. "lo think!" he shouted, as soon as he could control his voice, "that these 'ere Sioux, who are rated sharp as razors, could be fooled by that old trick?ha! ha! ha!" And he laughed until he had to wipe away the tears. On the ground near by were three dead Indians and another about to die, while two of the ponies were dead and the other two badly wounded. It bad all been done with an old-fashioned Colt's revolver, loaded with powder and ball and carrying a percussion cap, but the work had been rapid and sure, ^ The Indians had closed in on him, supnnsinor him to be dead orbadlr wound ed. wliile neither man nor mule h&d been touched. After a bit the man, who was an old trapper, went over to the wounded warrior aud said to him in the Sioux dialect, and chuckling between the words: "Say, did any of you fellers ever see a white man before?" "Many of them,'" gasped the warrior. ; "Didn't you ever hear of that old trick before?" "Isn't the white man wounded?" "Not by a dozen, Nancy Jane. Tha* Ivnllof- Hi/ln't- f>r\mo within u rnH rti' mo I gave my old mule the signal to squac and down we tumbled to draw you on. The other three are dead, and you are about to go. Say. I don't want to hurt a dyin' injun's feelings, but?ha, ha, ha?but it was 'nuff to kill a fellow to see how you four opened your?ha, ha, -eyes when I began to pop. Funniest thing I have seen in a year. Durn it, [ won't need any qui'neen for a month. I'm just sweating the chills off with laughing." The Indian gazed at him in a trou? bled way for a moment, seemed to realize that he had been duped, and he closed liis eyes and died withou t ever raising the iids again. The Hardest Worker In Jamaie*. Everywhere, where the water is quiet in bays and harbors, one sees the mangrove at its silent, ceaseless work. The - ^ parent trunk, growing from a little piuii stem, siiuuik up iliiu a ivn suiuu with wide-spreading branches, clothed perpetually with glossy green leaves, from these branches long slender roots 3rop into the water beneath, where, in the muddy soil at the bottom, they themselves take root, and in turn be:ome trunks and trees. And eveiyA-here under the snake-like net-work of roots which rise out of the muddy soil, and in a tangle of branches above, life is pulsing and rustling. Innumerable irabs, with long red legs and black aodies peppered with white spots, scurry and crawl in and out upon the rank mud beneath the arching roots, ind droll hermit-crabs draw themselves with a click into the burrowed aouses?strange-looking shells with nnir cnin?? snirals mnfctlfid >vith blue aud gray and yellow. In the days of the Spaniards vessels used to sail up the Rio Cobra to Spanish Town; now it is wellnigh Jhoked with the wash of centuries. To 2nter it you pass around a long spur ot >and that stretches far out into the bay, i roosting-place for sleepy pelicans resting from their fishing?"ola Joes." is the islanders call them. The channel, aarely deep enough for the light canoes >f the fishermen, is tortuous and wind ilg, aiiUlUllllCl up 1U3 VVUAO^ 10 learly roofed in by overarching trees, - tnd bordered by impenetrable thickets J ;hat now forever shut out the life that . 1 jsed to come and go between the harx>r and San Jago de la Vega.?Howard Pyle, in Harper's Magazine,. SUBSTANTIAL HANDSHAKINGS. ? . 1 Preacher's ParLthioners Play aa Eajfy. able Little Joke on HimIt was years since, in the Ozark region, where I was riding a circuit. -t :hat I saw a minister enjoy a most substantial handshaking, says a writer in the Globe-Democr'it. Shaking hands j ivas his peculiarity. He believed in the potency of a cordial grasp to win men :o the church, and though successful in tvinning souls he was very unfortunate in the matter of getting dollars. In fact poverty ooutinually stared him in ihe face. He owned a little farm and mortgaged it as long as it would yield x dollar, The mortgages were failing 3ue, but there was no prospect of paying them. But it did not bother him a bit. He shook hands more heartily ""V than ever. "I haye unbounded faith iu. handshaking to bring everything out right," he often said, until his penchant came to be th^ talk of the town. At lasi camc the day when the mortgages must be foreclosed that would deprive him of the little home that sheltered his lainily. On the eve of that day a knock at the J ~? 1**" wk?/*k woo ? UUOi Ui Ili? UUUX, VT LtlVU <1M ? ...... way from town, called him. When he * opened the door a whole crowd rushed in, and, without saying a word, commenced shaking hands. He felt some'.niug cold in the palm of the first man, and when the hand was withdrawn it stucK ^ ...s own. "That is the most substantia*. 8hake I ever experienced," _ he said, as he held up a $5 gold piece. . % hnf ti1t? np\t; man stf>D?ed ud and a silver dollar was left iu the preacher'* palm. No one would say a word in explanation, but pressed in on him as fast as he could stick the metal ami bills into his pockets. The house wi' not large enough for the visitors, eacl ?^ one of whom deposited from $1 to $1( !- I A Vnnh lU uie (JU15H trujnvu nauu< juuvi mthe moment his littlo errand wa? complished. and not a word could b had in explanation, except the last one, who, as he turned to go, remarked: "We wanted to play a little joke on you, and we have." The several t "jokes" netted just $871. His home was saved and a neat balance was left _ besides. The minister maintained that be had contracted a habit that night that for a year afterward, when he spook a hand, prompted him to look gj into his own palm, jalf expecting to 863 a piece of iuetal there. ? . - M *"5. iMsSbsBkBI3SB&? ^ M