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r& | , i i -iii i fc??aefeoQ? ANNUAL REPORT |; e e On the'Charitable and Penal State t s Institutions. i j i e !h WORK OF THE PAST YEAR. * e The Condition and Work of the j 1 Various Public Institutions Reviewed by a Legislative ( Committee. j ^ Following is the report of the legislative committee on charitable and penal institutions for the fiscal year 1S98: ! To the General Assembly: M Gentlemen: The committee appoint- | ed at the last session of the general as- * sembly to examine the books, accounts and vouchers of the penal and cbarit able institutions of the Stale, beg leave to make the following report: INSTITUTION Foil T1IK DEAF ANI) BLIND. Your comiiiittco -.wis highly pleased } with the magnificent management cf' f this institution. We were kindly shown through the various dr part merits by Superintend* ut Walker. We realize 3 the need, ar?*i recommend an appropria- I tion by your honorable body of $3,000 for the purpi'-c of erecting and ctjuipping briek building for the mechanical 3 department. A new building for the I colored department is also badly needed. but on account of the depressed conniMioriK df our tax- 3 U1UULI Ui a lai^'v ii?wjv4?v pavers, we leave this matter for your ; 1 due consideration, without any special recommendation on our part. The books and vouchers are neatly and cor- 3 rectlv kept, and we feel that too much 1 cannot be said in praise of Superintendent Walker aud his able corps of assistants in their work to promote the hap- ) piness of this unfortunate class of our I population. With an average attendance of about 153,/if we remember cor_ rectly, the appropriation for this insti- 3 tution is judiciously and economically 1 spent, as the following statement of re;?n<3 disbursements will sho?v: RECEIPTS. 3 Cash on hand Jun. i, 1S9S? I support fund $ 830.19 Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1898? ' repair fund 287.77 3 wk?_ Appropriation for 1898 for I maintenance 19,000.00 Received from other sources_ 239 31 S20.377.27 3 DISBURSEMENTS, For maintenance?Jan ?1,807.97 For maintenance?Feb 1,809.09 For maintenance?March.... 1.772.S5 3 For maintenance?April i.?-?.p< For maintenance?M= y 1,751.35 For maintenance?June For maintenance?July ~- 1 For maintenance?Aug 592.3? 1 For maintenance?Sept 1,074.60 For maintenance?Oct *2,091.-0 For maintenance?Nov 2,500.&6 For maintenance?Dec 1,975.34 1 vpnnirs ? b^.<< Total amount of disburse ments $10,782.99 Gash on hand 484.28 $20^377.27 1 PENITENTIARY. We found the prisoners well cared for. The sanitary arrangements of this institution are most excellent for an ^ institution of this kind. The young , convicfs are kept separate from the j.1 older ones at night, which your com- J mittee was pleased to note. We vHted the State farms and found them in excellent condition. The following improvements have been made on the l\eid farm during the year 1898: Depot warehouse, wagon and grain house, commissary building, house for trusty convicts, smoke house, blacksmith shop and furnaces, cattle Ko cKoji fnr milk cows, sin house and engine room?, saw mill sheds, two F engines and boilers supplied, two gins, o: one press, one thresher of 3,000 bush- t?' els capacity per day, one reaper and T binder, and other minor improvements. 0 A large amount of corn and peayine tl hay was made on all the farms; and we b are pleased to learn that the superin- ir tendent and directors have decided to a< plant a still larger acreage in food S crops. "We found the mules in fine ir condition. The Reid farm managers F has a considerable number of line hogs a1 and a large number of cows. We sug- r< gest that a greater number of hogs be m raised on ail the State farms. d We found the stockade on the Lex- Q ington farm m a dilapidated couuituu, xr and recommend that a new one be built, pi We find some accounts due this institution for convict hire unpaid, and sug gest that they be collected as soon as possible. The receipts and disbursements for s| the year 1898 are as follows: , RECEIPTS. u.: January i? 0,714.14 ,C3 February 7.949.12 r Marc 4.499.15 " April 3.043.33 May 9.504.04 ** June 2,591.30 g July 4.074.93 ? August 3,134.11 ? September 4.070.98 " October 7,942.16 ^ November 3.397.31 ^ December 11,391.91 Balance from 1897 1.097.43 ^ Total $70,009.91 ^ The following statement will show tj from what source the above amounts were derived: Convict hire $43.57(5.45 Sale of farm produce 16.154.26 Sale of sundries 2.074.64 ei Sundries, rent of water pow- K er, dieting prisoners, etc.. G.207.12 w Balance from 1S97 1.097.43 st Total 7*70.009.91 DISBURSEMENTS. *< January > 7.366.03 S. February 5,340.77 Z? March 4.3S0.96 tc April 3.500.13 y5May 7.093.56 T,,r"* 3.965.76!St July 6,822.96 Iw Augu^ 3,005.55 i m Septetuber 4.193.65 P] October 7.96(1.50 J November 2,625.78 December 8,853.82 I C Total $05,205.47 Balance brought forward to t * Jan. 1, 1S99: 4,804.44 j Ui In checking the vouchers, we found . ,the following errors: No. 16, for the . month of June. Keid farm, $10in favor CJ of the State: No. 28. for the month of ^ October, lieid farm, *1 in favor of the State; No. 19, for the month of Decern* her. 46 cents against the State: Xo. 11. for the month of December, error in v posting looks. 820 against the State: Xo. 16. for June. .">0 cents against the State. ,t , " We found the books and vouchers j " neat!v and conveniently kept. * STATE HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE. Your committee found this institu- a tion in a highly satisfactory condition. V The books and vouchers are well kept. t] In the disbursements of over $100,000, ? we found only one small mistake. ? voucher Xo. 4. for the month of Janu- r< te ^ isA rv ii ? ' 'fWra?a? irf"'l i ? * ry. 20 cems figarost the State. We ote with pleasure that the per capita xpense ,'o) last year was less than has ver been in the history of the institution, and a great deal less than any imilar institution in the United States, 'he Parker building is about complet d. at quite an economical cost. The logs, cows and farm are all in a most xcellcnt condition. A 51 Of NT or RECEIPTS. Appropriation for support..$100,000.00 Appropriation for negr > men's building 13.52().S0 Appropriation for insurance, 3 years (5,000.0(1 Appropriation for regents, 1.000.0C )verdraft, regents accounts. returned 64.2C Appropriation to meet Nicholson notes 4,920.CC ic-eeipt* from pay patients <>,13").1-J * ' ? 1 1Q1TO Receipts irom saies 'cceipts from insurance on barn .J:9.9!?: Total $134,832.1)1; DISBURSEMENTS FOK IS98. January. tlouthly reports.8 6.977.37 Payroll 3,320.45 ?10,297.85 February. 'Iontiily reports.$10.0G<! r?0 'ay roll 3,337.05 13,404. K March. 'lontlily reports.5=13.021.79 'ay roll 3.375.35 ? 16,397.14 April. lontbly reports.* (!,270.68 V roll 3,354.80 9,625.45 May. IoDtlily reports.$ 5,704.50 'av roll 3,268 94 8,973.5( June. IoDthly reports.$ 5.033.13 *ay roll 3.285.32 8,378.4; July. loathly reports.$ 5,120.00 oaa net 'ay roll 3..3vu.u.s ? 8,400.2:" August. lonthly reports.$ 6.105.28 *ay roll 3,177.75 ? 9,283.01September. lonthly reports. $ 6.523.35 *ay roll ? 190.45 $ 9,713.80 October. lonthly reports. .$6,364 53 ay roll 3,280 40 9,644 92 November. lonthly reports. .$5,263 40 >ay roll 3,406 62 S.6T0 02 December. lonthly reports. .$6,087 92 'ay roll 3,37177 ? 9,459 69 "otal amount of scheduled bills $122,18823 'ayment interest on Nicholson notes not scheduled.. 4,480 00 t-T.oor _q 17<) n /eucit tit uegmuiufc, ui $129,8-17 34 Jalance on hand at'the end of the year 4,985 35 $134,82:2 69 We desire to express our appreciaion to the officers of the various instiutions for this assistance and courjsies shovrn the committee in the perarmance of their duties. KeFpectfullv submitted. W. E. Love. On the part of the Senate. L. K. Sturkie, G. L. Toole, On part of the-House. 4c. Cotton Makes 4c. Prices. Xot o~ly on Provisions, Clothing, uraiture-and all the actual necessaries f living, but as well on thiDgs apperlining t: our enjoyment and culture, 'his :s specially true as to Pianos and rgans. Wise Manufacturers realize lat in these close times prices must e exceedingly low, and they are meetig the emergency. Notice the latest Ivertisement of Ludden & Bates outhero Music House. Savannah, Ga., 1 this issue., and write them for their our Cents Prices. This is a widewake-never-get-left ana thoroughly iliable house, whose offers always iean just -what they say. It costs othing to write Ludden & Bates for atalogues, Prices and Easy Installtent Terms, which they send with leasure. Old Tom MackeyA dispatch from Charleston TV. Va., T 3 ?. ^TkA??Aa TAffA*?r?AT> ATOAI-OV lys: o uuge iuuuia."' ncutijuu , ie South Carolina jurist, who was inicted at the November term of the ircuit court in this county on the iiarge of bigamy, left here this mornlg in company with Deputy Sheriff . C. Young and his counsel, Cleon foore. for M-rtiasburg. W. Va., where e was admitted to bail before Judge aulkner. He married Miss Katherine orterfield, daughter of Col. Gr. A. Orterfield, cashier of the Bank of harleston. in July last, and a few eeks afrer a woman claiming to be his wful wife turned up in New York. ... ? . y . 1 1 he sued hira lor a divorce, wmcn nas eca granted in that place, and now he ill be remarried to Miss Porterfield, iq license having been issued Friday. Killed by Robbers. A dispatch from Havana says Fransco Godoy. Ramon Cabbelt and Jose igeno Perez, three Spanish soldiers, ere arrested at the Regia Railway ation Thursday as they got off a train om Matanzas. The prisoners are ,'cused of murdering and robbing a panish major of guerrillas at Matanls. Information of the crime was :legraphed to Havana and officers ere sent to Regia to watch the incomig trains. When the prisoners were lurched at police headquarters S3,000 as found in their possession. This onev is supposed to have been the roceeds ot tue roooery. 3Ir. James M. Smith of Columbia, S writes: Pear Sir?It zivos me eat pleasure to say that tne Uid ortn State Ointment bought of you xz tntirely cured me of eczema when rerything I had used previously failed ) giye any relief. It is a great mediae. and I would not be without it in y house. I use it for almost everyling, where any medicine is needed, id have gotten the best of results rery time. Respectfully, JamesM. Smith. Where Oh. Where? The Springfield Republican says: Ex-Pension Commissioner Corporal 'anner is in favor of opening the sellers* homes to Confederate veterans, nd the St. Paul Pioneer Press Is free ) say thai the north went too far in ra Ifying the 15th amendment and giviDg tie ballot to the negro! Where is the lack man likely to be fennd \7h->n the ^conciliation is complete?" ? - ....... _? ' ' ~ ' ' ''' . "* fccriiirr-xiini^ IM J I[ THE PHOSPHATES. Siate Inspector Jones Makes His ! Annual Report. . | i davai tv dain m tuc qtatf | r\v/i ali i ? m u w i ib. w m ' j The Industry Has Improved a 1 Little. Full Facts and 1 Figures About the Phosi & phate Funds. i The following is the annual report of ' me ^caie pnospnau; juspeciui. ; To llis Excellency W. H. Ellcrbe.governor, and chairman board of phos! phatc comuissioners: I Sir: I have the honor to submit this my annual report as State phosphate inspector for the iiscal year ending December 31st, 1898. The condition of the State's phosphate industry January 1, 1898, was far from encouraging. The mining plants of all the large companies had ? 1 ' 1 ?* I. a been ciosea uown, wuu uiw: citcpuuu of the Beaufort Phosphate company. ' The pnco of rock was about the cost of production, and sales were hard to effect. About February 1st, the situation improved, and there was a demand ' for our river rock. This demand has since continued at advancing prices, and our shipments would have exceed. ed last year but for the advance in > ocean freights, caused by the enormous shipr?euts of cereals and the war with nf hot air dried river rock on January 1st, 1898, was two to two dollars and twenty-five cents per ton, f. o. b. On December 1st, 1898, one of our companies refused an offer of two dollars and sixty-five cents per ton ' f. o. b. COMPANIES RESUME. / The Coosaw company resumed min< iDg operations during the month of February. The Central Phosphate company (successors to the Farmers' Mining company), resumed work about ! April lsf. STORMS OF 1898. A.,* nnoct TH9a 9 cr?l 1 n SWPnt bv tWO VUi V-UttOV *? M.O ? ^ ^ I disastrous storms, on the 28th of Au gust, and October 2d, doiDg great damage to the mining fleet. The Beaufort Phosphate company were the hea> viest sufferers. Their two dredges, "Oglethorpe" and "Tomocheechee," were badly wrecked; their hands picking flats were blown- ashore and damag; ed. The dredges were towed to Savannah for repairs. Little mining was done by this company in September and none in October. The loss in produci tion to the several companies on account of the storms would aggregate ; about 8,000 tons. To this add the loss * 1 *? - * rtAmnonr? I id production 01 vv/iu^aiuj i during January and part of February, say 6,000 tons, together with the Farm. ers Mining company's plant for Janua. ry, February and March say 10,000 tons, and we have an unavoidable ag, gregate loss of about 25.000 tons during the year, But even with this loss the i production of the State's mines shows a gratifying increase of 23,002 tons over last year, 1898, as the following statement of operations for the year will show: OPERATIONS FOR THE TEAR. Tons. The total number of tons, of rock mined during the year snding December 31, 1898, is 99,315 A c otfroin t la?if vAar 76,313 Increase in production 23,002 The total number of tons of rock on hand December 31, 1898. is 33,015 As against last year, 1897^... 26,659 Increase of rock on haud of.. 5,356 SHIPMENTS. Tons. The total number of tons of rock shipped during the year ending December 31, 1898 94,098 24 Against last year. 1897 95,237 A decrease in shipments of.. 1.138 76 Of the rock shipped or sent to market there have been shipped: To foreign ports 64,174 50 Coastwise ports |11,761 Charleston and Beaufort. 718,162 74 Total shipments 94 098 24 ROYAMTIES. The amount of royalty due the ~ - l State for the year enaing Dec. 31 is $25,179 SI The detailed amount of royalties is as follows: Royalties. *The Coosaw company on > e e aat * smpmeot qi u,o^ij. tuu: ov cents $ 5,310 50 The Coosaw company on ship ment of 2S,780 tons at 25 cents 7,19500 The Beaufort Phosphate company on shipment of 15.836 50-100 tons at 25 cents 8,97102 The Empire Mining company on shipment of 1,918 tons nt . 479 50 James Reid, by Thomas Talbird, State's attorney, on shipment of 169.74-100 tons at 25 cents 42 44 Receiver for Farmers' Mining company on shipment of O A A Q f of <?Artf o * O, TTl/ tUUO li Li VVU wo . . . . ? ? ? Total royalty on shipment of ' 04,098.24-100 tons. $25,179 SI *The 6,621 tons shipped by the Coosaw company at 50 cents per ton was the balance of the rock on hand April 1st, as estimated by the company. See report: TIIE FARMERS' MIXING COMPANY. Statement of royalty account: Oct. 16, 1897. To balance doe the State - $10,38400 To be accounted for by receiver ef Federal court. November, 1897. To 2,411 tons shipped at 25 cents per ton. $600 25 Year IS98. To 3.449 . tons shipped at 25 cents per ton .... 862.25 1,462 50 Total royalty due $11,846 50 A Very Sad Case. Hn Tnac/lar mnrninc nf last; week Mrs. Waring, of Georgetown, who has been stopping at the Nixon house at Sumter, S. C., was found in an unconcious condition in her room by the chambermaid. At a glance it was seen that something unusual was the matter, and a physician was summoned immediately. She told the doctors that she did not want to live and there is no doubt that she fully intended to end her life. A letter was found in her room asking thatN. S- Gibson, of Florence, and5lr. Waring, of Georgetown, be notified of her death. -rirV in 11 rT " i i-i - " NEW PENSION ROLL ! How It Is to be Made Out and by Whom. I I AN INTERESTING DOCUMENT What Names are to be Stricken From the Rolls and those Who Are to be Added. The Comptroller General lias issued the following instructions for the guidance of township and county boards of pensions, as authorized by an Act with reference to pensions, approved March S. and Act ameuded thereby: The pension boards as organized in 1897 will meet as required by law on the third Monday in January, at a convenient place in each township, for the purpose of examining the township rolls of their respective townships, and for pasMng upon any new applications for pensions. All new applicants fur pensions must appear in person before township boards. Said applications must have the approval of the township and county boards before the tate board can approve. The township boards may drop from the roll of pen 31UWL10 uauiv. vi uaiuuo kji a.U^> |/a.i CJ> or parties which, in their judgment are uot entitled to a pension under the law giving the reason therefor in writing, and also erase the names of those whom they know to be dead. They may add to the roll only such names of new applicants as may file applications. Those already on the pension roll need not prepare nor file new applications. - in new applications nut prupynj and correctly filed in eaoh particular, although approved by township and county boards, will be disapproved by the State bo*-rd. The county boards are requested not to forward to the State Board the name of any pensioners disapproved by the township or county boards. Complete county and. township lists as approv (1 for 1S97 are herewith sent to the township boards, from which they are expected to make up the list of those to be continued on the roll; the same will be handed to the county board for their approval. m l .1 J _ *11 jLOwnsnip ana county Doarus win notice that the law provides three classes, ?A;" "B" and ;'C." (with five sub-divisions of ciass '"C,") as follows: Class A.?Those who have lost both hands, or both legs, or both eyes, or whose absolute disabilities arising from wounds are equivalent to the less of either, and whose income does not exceed $250. This does not include soldiers whose disabilities arise from diseases or causes arising since the war. Class B.?Those who have iost one arm or one leg, or whose disabilities from wounds are ecpiivalent to the loss of an arm or a leg, and whose income does not exceed $250. Class C?(No. I.)?Those soldiers and sailors disabled by wounds, but not sufficient to be placed in Class B. whose incomes do not exceed .$250. Class C?(No 2.)?Those who have reached the age of (JO years and whose incomes do not exceed $100. Class C? (No 3.)?Widows of those who lost their lives while in the service of the State or Confederate States, and whose incsmes do not exceed $250. Class C?No 4.)?Widows above the age of 60 years, whose incomes do not exeeed ?100. Class C?(No. 5.(?Widows of pen sioners. This class is not mentioned in the printed Acts sent out, but by the Act approved 9tL December, 1891. Blanks for the reports of township and county boards in accord with these classes and sub-divisions have been prepared and will be mailed to auditors for distribution among the boards. Class A gets $6 per month, or $72, and will be paid this amount; Class B, $4 per month or 48; and Class C, with each of its sub divisions. $3 Der month, or $36. AFter Class A shall have been paid the balance will be pro rated be'tween B and C on the basis of $4 to $3. This money will be sent to tne clerks of court as heretofore, as has been provided in the Appropriation Acts cach year, and will be sent just as soon as the roll for the State can be corrected and verified. Township boards cannot be too careful in these matters of "income" and "physical condition " It is a very p)or man whose gross income from labor, rent, and other sources, does not exceed $100, or poor lands, if any, which will not produce this amount gross. ^ */% iinn. si 1 flO in rruperwy SUILWCUU IU yiw a plicant's or his wife's name debars him or her. Where soldiero or widows dispose of their property by giving or selling to their chi'dren they are debarred from receiving a pension. The question of service to the State in connecting -with the various classes of reserves tailed into the service of the State just at the close of the war will depend roueh upon the evidence submitted to the State board. When real service was rendered the pension should be allowe . Any citizen of the State, over 60 years of age, and otherwise qualified, is as much entitled to a pen ' ' i i j sion as tnat ciass 01 ner gyuu ciuwus who merely met aad organized on call without real service to the State. Please note very carefully the follow'ng: Let township ar.d county boards act promptly and fairly, giving full information with complete reports by township for cach county, writiug names full aud clear, with particulars for approving or disapproving in each case. Township boards must nrst approve or disapprove, in writing, each new application, and then county boards and afterwards the Stale board. In making reports to county boards township boards' reports should be signed by each member. D. A. To npkins, Seeretarv of State. W. A. Barber. Comptroller General. L. P. Epton, Attorney General. State Board of Pensions. Attest: Kate F. Maker, Pension Clerk. A Desperate Hegro. A special from Selma, Ala., says: Sheriff Joseph Lumpkin, of Dallas county, was shot three time3 last night by Charlie Nelson, a negro who he was trying to arrest. Nelson had been in jail, charged with shooting a man some time ago. The negro broke jail, after overpowering the jailor, and officers have been searching for him. Last night the officers surrounded a house in which Nelson was located and attempted his arrest. He opened fire on the officers,- and the sheriff was hit three times. jS'trae of the wounds are thought to be dangerous. The Negro escaped. &; / 6 | ~~ farming is THE SOUTH. I A Laudable Enterprise on the Part of the Atlanta Journal. The Atlanta Journal of "Wednesday ! Iioc on An tkn cifnotiAn a? f Via i iiu>j au ui li^iv uti iav ji bua vivu vi luv j farmer, from which we clip the followi iag: "The farmer, as Sam Jones says, is in the middle of t.vo bad fires. Ht i* between var} ing conditions of nature, which he cannot control and the caprice of the markets, whick is beyond the comprehension or control of human beings. A prominent man said that it is harder to run a farm than a business establishment with the same capital iivolveil. Business principles are well established and comparatively simple. The conditions that control the result of farming are complex and ever changing, never exactly alike two years in succession. Yet, difficult as it is, the nrobleu of the farmer's success must be solved. Upon it the prosperity of all classes depends, and in the business itself a large majority of the people fo the south are directly engaged. This question is worthy of the earnest and sympathetic study of all classes, and no one is without a personal interest in the subject. With this view of the situation The Journal has instituted a searching investigation into the condition of agriculture in Georgia aDd the south. The services of an experienced agriculturist have been engaged, and the counsel of manv mnrp will he sought and laid be fore the public. Leading farmers in every county in Georgia will be consulted and the best informed agriculturists in other states will be brought into the discussion. What is needed is the practical suggestions of experienced and successful men and in the multitude of such counsel wisdom will be found. The journal earnestly invites | the attention of all thinking men, par ticularlyof men experienced in agriculture, to the solution of this problem, which is the greatest before the people of this section for solution. Concise and pithy communications on this subject by experienced and practical farmers are invited." , This is a subject in which every body has a deep interest in common with the farmer. And as the Journal says, there is more advice dumped upon them than upon any other class of people. And theories do no good. The reform must come from' the farmers themselves, from within outward, and not from the outside. The investigation proposed will get facts which we believe, will stimulate thought and action among the farmers and do good. Free Delivery on FarmsCongressman Stokes has introduced a very important and practical bill in the House providing for free delivery of mail on the farms The title of the bill is: "A bill to extend free delivery of mail along star routes." Undents terms all future contracts for carrying mail on star routes will include this increased service. The star route contractor will have this in mind when he puts in his bid. The additional service will be slight, the additional cost to the government correspondingly slight, but the benefit to the people will be very great. Carriers, as a general thing, deliver mail now along the line of their route by private contract for $1 or less per annum, to each family served. Of course, taking it. in gross for everybody it could be done for less still than for a few. It is confidently expected, howeTer3 that instead of such serrice as is provided in this bill being a ?harg? upon the government it would be a iour?e of revenue. That has been the hiitory of 11 ?;i m. an increases ox imtu iwiimss iu wc past. The incre*ed eost of the service has invariably been more than offset by the increased revenue incident to better facilities. This bill of Dr. Stoke* provides that mail boxei shall be placed along the star routes on the roadside, and for convenience, numbered consecutively from the initial point of the route. Those mail dp-nnnitad in th?se 1 UV/OHlU& ?-X- r boxes will leave with the nearest post- j master od each side of them a written , request for delivery of their mail to the j carrier, designating the number of the bos in which it is to be deposited, and thereupon it becomes the duty, of the carrier to deposit said mail in the box without charge to the addressee. Thus every person living on or near a j star route would get his mail erery time the carrier passed without expense or I loss oI time in going to the postoffice. It is easy to see that my multiplication | of the star routes, radiating from the ~ -- 1 ^ 1 ynr, /I nfllMO Tflrv AATl I social lamvau vimvvuj ? ? ~ and effective free delivery system could i be realized?one that there is every j reason to expect would become at once selfsustaining. For the present, the people who get ! this service would hav? to furnish their own boxes, but the bill contemplates that ultimately these shall ba furuished by the government, if the service justifies it. The cost ia large numbera would be small to the government; but that is what is being done in many of the city districts, says Congressman Stokes, and :'I am in this asking only that the country residents be fed out of the same spoon that the government uses to dish out benefits to our eity cousins." Dr. Stokes does not offer this bill as a substitute foi the free rural delivery with which he has been prominently identified in the past, but as a supplemental proposition-a sort of transition stage. A general system of rural free delivery is bound to come in the evolution of our postal system. It may be in the form already inaugurated here j and there throughout the United States, or it may be through some modification of this star route system, or it may be through a system of postal wagons radiating from several railroad offices. Bui whatever may be its final form, as approved by experiment, it will be a permanent system and will b? self-iuiiaining. The plan saggested it now b?in{ successfully worked in this and all th? other counties of the State on a small scale arid we see no reason why it could not be made general and work equally as well. We believe that Dr. Stokes' bill will solve the free rural mail delivery problem, and that in a short time it will be in general use on every star route in the country. We hope the bill will be speedily passed by Congress, and the experiment of delivering mail free on the farms will be tried at once, If the soldiers in Spain's Cuban armies knew what was good for them they would remain on the island, beat their swords into pruning-hooks and grow up with the country. There is plenty of room for them there, and the tropical sun might in a generation or two roast the most virulent of theii Peninsular qualities out of them. Il ripens the spirit of insular patriotism as it does bananas, with extraordinary rapidity, and they would become good I and loyal Cubans almost before they ; knew it. ir ' ii "-"-Yii -?ft? _C200SlN(F BRIDESMAIDS. j Prospective Brides Should Select j Girls Who Walk Well with Gracefnlly-I'oised Heads. "In selecting- bridesmaids,"-said she of the emerald and diamond ring to the New York Commercial Advertiser writer, "it is not- beauty that counts so much as style and carriage. Mosi brides take a great deal of pride in ihcir bridesmaids' costumes and want them to show to the best advantage. It is very important that a bridesmaid should walk well. The \ adding marches are more suited to grand opera stages than church aisles, and while Elsa's or Lucia's attendants can walk ia gracefully to sucn music, tne mosi graceful of girls is apt to sway and fal;er Trying to keep time and step with j 11 e same strains. I've watched bridal processions and I've seen radiantly pretty girls lose all effect of their good looks by a hobbling- walk. A brides- . maid should glide, not limp or hop. The beauty of a faultless frock and the stateliness of a picture hat vanish when the wearer is awkward and obviously ?!'. at ease. The bride herself is helped by her long train, her drooping head and the leaning on her father's arm before and on her husband's after the ceremony, but the bridesmaid wears a short gown, carries her head erect, j walks up and down beside another girl, and. so has her own grace aione to depend upon. A girl who walks well, whose head is wel]-poised on her shoulders and whose hair arranges well , makes a good appearance as a brides- ' maid, and?well, all mine are like that." COWARDLY SPANIARDS. ] ] The Dlaplcable Conduct of the Viz- ( coya'i Cre*v at the Battle of Santiago. The contrast between the two nations , stands out very clearly in connection with the Vizcaya, says Ira Xelson Hollis in the Atlantic. The torpedo boat Ericsson ran close alongside o uer, and sent a small boat to take oft all that were 4 1 - - . - - , - . ? , alive oi iier crew, a lew ooats irom tnc j Iowa assisted. The Vizcaya was on fire ? fore and aft; the ammunition on board ] was exploding, and the guns that had t been left loaded were going off one af tor , another in the intense heat, to say notli- j ing of the proximity of the shore. The ] position of the little craft has been de- \ scribed as perilous in the extreme. Ou r ( UiCU 1 1J 'VO * * " help their fa'^cn enemy; but no sooner c were the Spaniards transferred to the ( deck of the ?ricsson than they urged , immediate withdrawal without regard ^ to their comrades who had been left i behind. To the honor of our navy, t Lieut. Ushur remained until every liv- t ing being bad been rescued from the < burning ship. A similar scene was en acted around the two torpedo boat de- 1 stroycrs. It was a case of mad panic on the one side, and of perfect coolness ; on the other. One officer of the Viz- t caya afterward stated on board the ; Iowa that they were obliged to close the t gun ports on the disengaged side of the i sliip, to prevent the men from jumping i overboard rather than face the Ameri- l can gun fire. j CRIMES OF COOLIES. \ f T)i# vpfl Mnr>trnl Aro an Pntu nlnff as Foxes and as Covr- A ardly as Wolves. j i They are a queer crowd, these coolies, s whether on land or sea, says the Lud- ^ g-ate Magazine. Cunning as foxes and t :owardly as wolves, they resemble the pariah dogs of their own cities in point of inability to hunt any prey save in packs. I heard of an instance where ( a gang of them, employed as navvies Ji the cutting of a railway, killed their overseer with shovels and fled into the bush. Nobody was ever hanged for the :rimc, because some 40 of them were in ? ^t?and that would have been rather a j iarga consignment to condemn, even j in the far east, where human life is so s jheap. c There are 230,000 Chinese in Bang- ? kok alone, and they do not appeal to $ me's cordial emotions?very much the v iontrary. And should this catch the p ;ye of any intending visitor to the far east, I would urge upon him the un- f wisdom of venturing to spend a night r on a Chinese junk without so much as a revolver to defend himself with. Oc- s 2asionally a European is discovered by 0 the marine police floating on the wa- v ter with his throat cut. In such a case it is highly probable that he had been D foolhardy, as I was. But different peo- a pie are born to different ends, and the j Chinese contempt of the European is frequently justified by facts. n * f: TALLEST IN THE MORNING, s: 0 By Evening Most People Have Strnnk Half an Inch?How Men Get Into the Army. I* "The singular fact that people are r, about half an inch taller in the morning t] than they are in the afternoon has en- b abled many a fellow to slip into the army," said an officer who has seen a o gcod deal of recruiting service. ''Time end again when the examinations were being conducted at a tolerably early hour men have been passed in my pres- b ence who were barely up to the regula- 1^ tion height, in fact, they were under ?> it a shade, and the thickness cf a card- If board would have resulted in throwing tl them out. I am perfectly confident i1 that if these same men had been re measured just beiore taps m me evening they -would have fallen so far short that they would never by any possibility have been accepetd. I have heard n it said that a man can put nearly an . inch in his height by staying in bed for a couple of days and meanwhile taking several hot baths, but I have never seen the thing tried. The average morniog and evening variation I have found w by a good deal of experimenting- on w myself and others to be a little less than ic half an inch." b | j A col ored debating society in Jones j precinct had this weighty subject un- * I der discussion the other night: "Which 2 is the most useful, the sun or the ? moon?" After considerable wrangling s ?n both sides, during which they waxed ; warm and eloquent, the judge, an old 2 Negro, promptly decided that the moon | was the most useful, as it "shined at s night when the people needed light, ; while the sun, he only shined in the 2 daytime -when they could do without 5j f." i The Braadock, Pa., physician who is | interested in statisticts of American jj hero-worship finds that he has peronal- j ly ushered into the world Sve Deweys. * three Hobsons, one Schley and one ? Miles, and in the households of his pa- . (jj tients 20 dogs, 17 cats and 9 goats an- ? swer to the names of the heroes of | 1898. | The York Yeoman says if Tillman | had done nothing out appoint Babcock | superinsendent of the insane asylum, he a would not have been governor in vain. | "n? ie Ana a loo Oilier ot. I 8 JL/X* JLPCfrk/VsUVA xo vug \ja. vuv v-. M peits in the United States on insanity, | is a native South Carolinian and loves a his Btate and the work for her poor nn- | forfunates. t ' - ' x-- -:mm% APPROPRIATED HIS CLOTHES Bat the Soldiers Cave Them Back and Cheered lor the Yoansr Correspondent. Here is one to the credit of Richard Harding Davis. After the battle a heavy traveling bag or trunk was found with no owner at hand to claim it, says n Nashville American correspondent. Several negroes of the Tenth cavalry regulars opened ft and found a variety of fancy shirts, trousers, stockings and such like. These they immediately confiscated and began to bedeck themselves with. Shortly after Richard Harding Davis came upon the scene from another part <jf the field. He saw he had been despoiled, but entered no complaint. An Lllicer of the regiment, however, began to make inquiries. He asked where ihe clothes came from and was told. Turning to Mr. Davis he inquired: "Are these your clothes?" Mr. Davis bowed in the affirmative. "Then, men. . ou should be doubly ashamed of your . onduct. You ?.ot only did wrong in u,ening the trunk at all, but you have nade a brave man your victim. When ^?J t In. we were nrea upuu num aiu^uou the Spaniards Davis here was right in front of our column pointing out the Spaniards for us to shoot at. A soldier was shot down by his side. He picked up the gun and began firing immediately. He has just returned from the pursuit. Take off those garments. Mr. Davis, in behalf of my soldiers, I ipologize for their thoughtless conduct." There was a cheer given for Richard [Jarding Davis, which the big, broadshouldered war correspondent acknowledged with a smile, and the incident was ended. IN THE ARCTIC CIRCLE. The Possibilities Developed in the Extreme Xorth in Late Years. The close of the century discloses for !he first time in the world's history a practical purpose to develop the reiourccs of the Arctic circle, says Les ie's Weekly. The discovery of gold in :he Klondike has sent a flood of immigrants into a territory which -was supposed to be almost uninhabitable. And sow scientists of Great Britain are makng a careful investigation of enormous leposits of iron ore, some distance from Stockholm, Sweden, within the area in:luded in the Arctic circle. These new :>re fields are apparently of limitless extent and of the greatest possible alue to the iron industry of Great Britain, which is rapidly finding itself mable to compete with the cheap prodicts of American ore. These Swedish ieposita are said to be among the most -aluable ever discovered on either con:inent. Following tbe discovery 01 go:a u: Alaska, this may be taken as an indica:ion that the mineral wealth of the \rctic regions ma}' ultimately lead to he establishment of a large population n those parts of the world nearest the aorth pole, which have hitherto been ittle explored, because of their inhos>itdble climate. An ingenious philosopher has outlined the theory that the jrecious metals of the world will be ound in greatest abundance in the Arctic regions, because, when the world vas a molton mass, revolving on its ixis, the tendency of all metals was, laturallv, toward the axis or the poles, md that when the plastic mass solidiied the gold and silver were concenrated near the poles. SNOBBISHNESS. >ne Meet* It Everywhere?Not Confined to Any One Set of People. A iadv living m an uniasmonaoie itreet invited a gentleman of leisurely ife to her home, because in her similicitv she thought he seemed lonely, ays an exchange. He came and at the lose of the evening remarked to her: I had no idea I should meet so many !istinguished people at your house " his oice unconsciously emphasizing the ronoun. In a little book, "About PeoiTe," Mrs. Kate Gannett Wells gives the ollowing instance of a lack of good lanners: "Snobbishness is not confined to one et of people. Emphasized by fashion r literary pretensions, it spreads from illage to city. It exists in sardine facjries and in palatial mansions; it is let with at picnics and dances, as well > at dinners or conversation parties, "he link^ are close. "One of Boston's oldest families gave reception. Two scions of other old umilies attended, to whom the host aid: 'I'll introduce you to those ladies pposite,' and he moved toward them. " 'Excusc us,' said one of the men, "U ~ In uc muJca aic ui a pcuaum si>ic UJeauty; it is hardly worth while.' "The host bowed low in recognition f their far-seeing power, adding: 'Yes, jev are my nieccs from the country, utl will not trouble yon.' ">'o apology would lie receive, though, ne was eagerly offered." Poor Drcsrs foisted on Japac. Inferior and adulterated drugs have een introduced into Japan in such, lrge quantities that a law had to be nacted to the effect that all drugs mded in Japan must be inspected at le government laboratories before beig offered for sale. Durable Clotli of Old Egrypt. The cloth of the old Egyptians was soood that, though it- has been used for aousands of years as wrappings for lummies, the Arabs of to-day can wear . It is all of linen, the ancient Egypans considering wool unclean. Women Scarce In Egypt. Egypt is the only country in the orld where there are more men than omen. 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