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NO. 31.
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Announclnf candidate fo Stata at
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CAR09-PROFESSIONAL. It.
GEO. F. WEBB,
Attorney at La'w.
O0o la th Butler BalUlag, Liberty,
aaitaCcaaty, Ml. U-f-N
D. C BRAMLETT,
WOODTILLK, KIM,
Will practice la U th Oowrte l
aadte tad adjoining counties, and la th
Supreme Court M Jackaoa. 1-fL
THEO. McKNIQHT,
Attorney at Law,
SUMMIT, MISS.
ITlll praotlc la all the Oearta ef
lk and adjoining eouatl, ana la
Ih Buprsui sad Federal Court at
Jtoktoa.
J. R. GALTNEY,
Attorney at Law,
LIBERTY, MISS.
ill business confided to kl tar will
Metre prompt ntu tloa.
E. H. RATCLIFF,
Attorney at Law,
0LOSTGE, MIS.
WU1 ataoaka la all the Oavraj 4
Aalt tn adjohu.ig MnaUetaad la taat
tprtst Court at J aokaoa. UHM.
I (1. Rataiff, W. H. WiLKimoa,
Cluster, Miss. Glotter, Ulna.
RATCLIFF & WILKINSON,
Attorneys t-Law
LIBERTY. MISS.
Will practice la all the courts of Amltd
ud adjoining countlu and In th 8
)rtYt Court at Jack sue.
WILL A. PARSONS,
Attorneyat'Law,
10STER, i t t l MISSISSIPPI.
praotlc In the oourU of AinUt
d d joining countios, In both criminal
d civil cases, and In the Bupreml
Court.
Office la the rear of Ratcllff ' drugstore,
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liiil tails to
6t Louis, MUtourt.
It McDOWELl i :
Amite County, Ml,
HOTEL
And Livery Stable
LIBERTY, MISS.
The undersigned begs to announce
the li bow prepared to recoiv
wwdere and entertain the traveling
Mic, Fare tbe beat the narketaf.
"Ms. 8he la also prepared to meet tbe
ta of the publio in tbe way of feed.
t. tabling and grooming stock wbick
I be cntr jated to her care. Charts!
"Moaablo. GiTemeatrial.
HRS. V. V. WEBB.
tHlS PAPER IS ON FILE
.W CHaCACO
asd syEW YORK
"BOBOLINK."
Boerln- high up In ther bright, Mue ,k
Can t keep track uv him if yr try
FlitUn' er-round In ih. .'1
Liki tr b frifndly sooner' n not-'
rancln' er-long on ther or rail ttnit
Sunshine and Hower, where' thfr woodi
commence;
Got so he almoa' talks tr me
Head er-noddln", sn he:
"Bob-o-link. o-link. o-link."
Clover an' buttercups Jest setm ter try
oaxtn him up In ther medder ter fly:
Bees huntin' honey keep buuln' er-round,
Beem ter know fees' her1 there sweetes' l
found;
Almos- forget when a-hearln' him sing
What kind uv honey they all kum ter
brtng;
Pert an' sassy et he kin be
Tall er-flittln', he tea. set he:
"Bob-o-link, o-link, o-link.--
Things get black an" gloasy ei silk,
alstcoat er-glemln' ea white ea milk;
Dainty an slender, qulckefn ther light
tra in ther mornin'. las' one at night,
lerched on ther post uv ther barnyard
(rate,
Blngln' hla tweetes' ter waken his mate;
iM-essln. his feathers an' winkin' at me;
Mincln er-round. he sea, sea he-
"Rob-o-llnk, o-link, o-llnk."
alter S. Stranahan. In Chicago Newa.
IS LIFE WORTH WVIUG?
IX the columns of a first-rate news
paper printed in this city appeared
u few days ago a long earnest article on
the question "Is Life Worth Living?"
and a great many of the persons whose
views helped to make up the newspa
per "story" wrote in a pessimistic way,
as though they wished Death could get
some of the Star Pointer strain into his
pale horse, so that he might rush along
a little fnster aud relieve them or euit li
ly tribulations. That their troubles
weighed down Very heavily these
sharers in the symposium ulkiwed to
be ktjowu, and they did nnt fed like
bracing tip and trying it over. They
alluded to the luck which hud Kloii
likcd others and had given themselves
nothing but the t'hilkoot pass. They
talked of poverty, disease mid lack of
employment, anil in general painted
things with the hue of indigo.
Certainly it does take pluck to enable
one to forget puRt woes and to hustle
on and make future benefactions of
them. But it can be done. Level-headed
philosophy will find something good
even In the vermiform appendix, which
physicians pronounce the most
useless and mischievous thing
short of a bicycle Scorcher. And,
Indeed, speaking of the vermiform ap
pendix in this connection serves Ao
bring to attention as a proof the case
of a Chicago man named Maggies. It
is always well to have corroboration
bandy.
Jlaggles is a solicitor of subscriptions,
nnd is employed by the management of
a machinists' publication called Pumps
and Cogs, a journul devoted to ma
chinery, and as dry and uninteresting
to the average person as a punk. And
yet Maggies uiukes from $13.5U to $40
a day in persuading hotel clerks and
lawyers und restaurant keepers and
clothiers and others to subscribe for
bis little paper with Its portrait of the
discoverer of a new eccentric shafting
on the front cover.
It Is all owing to his vermiform ap
pendix. Snatching happiness out of the
jaws of misery, Maggies causes his
old, trouble-breeding appendix to
bring in subscribers in waves, like pros
perity. A year ago Maggies found there was
something w rong w ith his own physical
running gear, so he went to u hos
pital and learned that, as he certainly
did not have grip or consumption or
smallpox, he must have appendicitis.
That was the time when appendicitis
was being had by almost everybody
and was holding popular attention. (It
ran its course in public esteem and
then gave way to airships.) .Maggies
bad it in such a way that the surgeon
chuckled in grewsome glee and told
him they would have to open him like a
pocketbook and remove the useless
little contraption and they did it, too.
It was a long siege, and Maggles'left
the hospital away in dfbt and out of
employment, and, indeed, under such
circumstances as to make the world
seem rather bleak to his view. Hut
In his hour of darkest w oe he was a care
ful, long-headed inhn. lie preserved
the miserable little cause of his ill. A
less thrifty person would not think of
avinir such a reminder of days of pain
and grief, but Maggies knew his busi
ness.
It would be wasteful of words to at
tempt to draw a picture of Maggies'
hard chase for a job; but, bitter as was
bis expcrience.onc thing buoyed him up
and sustained him, and that was the
possession of the little, white, leech
like torturer in the small bottle of al
cohol, and at last he obtained a place
on the Pumps and Cogs paper. Then
fortune smiled.
The man who publishes the paper
had no. thought of Maggies making
more than 75 cents a duy in commis
sions.and when the new solicitor turned
In reports showing himself to be en
titled to $12, the publisher doubted their
authenticity. But Maggies turned over
the cash to prove the worth of the sig
natures, and the Pumps and Cogs man
went into dreams of joy. The next day
Maggies appeared with orders and cash
approximating $30, and on the third
day his own commission was $17.45.
Then the editor begged for an explana-
l' "Yon're a wonder," he said, " and 1
just want to know how you do it."
"Well, I'll tell you," said Maggies.
"It's an easy thing, and if I didn't have
p monopoly I wouldn't give it away.
Now, to-morrow you arrange to call at
Johnson & Jones' law office, in the Cham
ber of Commerce building. Be there at
ten o'clock. Have nny old excuse and
alt frr me and you'll see how it is.
So the Pumps and Cogs man went
round to the Chamber of Commerce
J,uilUl" the next day. o4 waited. U Uw
I "wptlon room for Maggie. Vi earn
nu a ct.tery step irnd a copy of the
I p 'per. The solicitor cutereil the Inner
I rami, at the summons of Johnson, of
the law firm, and carefully left thed-.-or
ii- open. Then, takius-a seat, h.
plteed before Johnsou his eoov of th
vtiper.
"What's that?" was the first and nat
ural inquiry of the attorney.
"Pump, and Coirs," Muffirlea mi.
sw
Su
ered. "What do vou think of It?
bscrlbing for It, you know."
"Oh, pshaw I Is that your business?
I jo
Ion t want "
Well, then, what do von think of
th
is? drawing a little vinl from hi.
pocket. Johnsoe bent his bored irase
upon the bottle.
'What s that? Lia bean?" he asked.
Wu, sin that's a vermiform appendix.
pendlcitls. VoU know."
At this Johnson became tremendous
Interested. He adi listed bin irl:iv4
. n
id examined the thing carefully. "You
n't mean it." he said. "Sn hnf. h.
affair the grape seed gets into and kills
vou? lm. Ah."
"tlrape wed and lemon seed. Odd,
n't it ? That w as subtracted from me.
you know."
"From vou? You don't sav so?
d it hurt? Tell me all about It." Then
bnson leaned back and called in bi
lerk, warning him that he was not to
aisturoeii on any account. And Mag
's started in. He told how- he had felt
first, and Johnson, the oreat nnd nrn.
found guardian of the legal interests of
a dozen mammoth cornnratiniis took n
box of forty-flvc-cent cigars from his
rsK ami passed it to the solicitor.
"I've often thought maybe I have that
ilment, you know. Go on, Mr. Mag
les. Did thev nrv It nut like a ntumn
or cut It off like a sapling? Let's look
at u agnin, please. '
then the editor heard Maggies fair
ly wind that great lawyer around his
flnirer. He held him in thrall, and
caused him to send tw elve clients away.
He told him about the glass of lemon
ade, to a seed of which he attributed his
attack. And Johnson rubbed bis hands
and looked scared, and incidentally
mentioned that his w ife's uncle had died
mysteriously twelve venHa ntrn and
that he himself, in the light of this Mag
gies revelation, was satisfied that ap
pendicitis was wnut nau got the old
man. And nil the time he kept eying
the little bottle with the aueer-looklnir
object iiiRide. Fifteen minutes after
Maggies appearance in the office he
was "my dear Mr. Maggies," and in half
an hour he was familiarly "Mae-
ex." Ahollt tluit time Minrirlen niuj.
n - - no ' r
cested that he must irn nwnv nnd trv to
0. ... p
gi t some subscriptions to his Pumps
and Cogs publication, but, as he was lu
EXAMINED TUB TIIINO CAIIEEILLT.
the middle of a discourse of the symp
toms of appendicitis which he Illustrated
bv frequent references to the small hot-
tie, Johnson simply would not hear of
his departure.
"Here," he said, taking Maggies'
bunch of order blanks. "As I said, I'm
not really much interested at this time
in Pumps and Cogs, but perhaps there's
a fund of information in your paper,
and I ought to study up on it. Also, I
huve ten or twelve friends whom I
know- to be almost Insanely attached to
such technical works, and I'll just sub
scribe for them, too. (loon, now, while
I sign the orders. You were saying
that you felt dizzy nnd a little weak on
your legs the month just preceding the
operation. By the way, let's go down
stairs and have a drink first. 1 leel as
though I'd like one, don't you? Did
your head swim nny ?"
And with this question they parsed
out of the doorway, nnd also out of the
hearing of the hypnotized editor, who
had never heard of a subscription solicit
or being taken out for a drink by a man
w hom he was working. Maggies came
into the publication office that evening
with $37 worth of commissions, and he
said that Johnson was going to intro
duce him next day to a bank cashier,
w ho had always been wanting to know
about vermiform appendix, nnd whom
he expected to subscribe for at least fif
teen copies of Pumps nnd Cogs.
Just think what a mistake Magglea
would have made had he gone and
plumped himself into the river when
he learned that he had the dread ail
ment which comes and seeds a man like
n lawn and then harvests Tm into
death. This should teach tTe sere dis
tressed to be patient and thrifty and
success will surely follow. Chicago
Record.
Tlie Haothor'a Hexperience.
Authors have their tribulations like
other more or less famous people. Mr.
Pembcrton's first book was entitled
"The Diary of a Scoundrel," about
which he tells an amusing little inci
dent: "I was spending a few days at
a seaside-town with a friend, who one
evening- wanted to buy my book. We
strolled to the railway bookstore, and
he asked the clerk for a copy. " 'The
Diary of a Scoundrel.' Ob, er; that
is the hexperience of the hauthor, I ex
pect,' said the young cockney clerk aa
he handed it over. I retired modestly
from the scene." Bookman.
If only good men could marry the
world would be lull of o'4 maiiav
J&m't Horn.
SUCCESSFULLY TESTED.
A New System of Drought-Defy-lug-
Soil Culture.
Invented by Hardy W. Campbell, a
Oakaia Farmer. Bat Not Patent
0 Uosd Tklaai far YVr.tera
a'nratera.
(Special Chicago Letter
Drought is no longer a terror to farm
er in the semi-arid regions of the west.
A new system of soil culture has been
devised which does away with the ne
cessity for expensive irrigation and
makes the raising of good crops a
certainty, no matter how scanty tbe
rainfall may fee.- Complete success iu
crucial tests Is reported from a number
of experimental stations conducted
under state and railway supervision in
Kansas, Nebraska and the Dakotas, and
the experts in charge assert there can
no longer be any doubt as to the great
utility and benefit of the plan. By this
new system vast tracts of land which
have hitherto been classed as worthless
for agricultural purposes owing to lack
of moisture in the lummer and absence
of irrigation facilities may now be
brought under cultivation and the re
sources of the country largely in
creased. Four years ago Ilardy W. Campbell, a
farmer living near Aberdeen, 8. D., be
gan to investigate In a modest way the
poatibilities of overcoming the evils of
18 ii iiu! ii! ! ti w n 1 if Jin, if If
Bi'KCIAL TOOL FOR FERTILIZING SUUSOIL.
drought In thnt part of the west. He
ascertained that the average precipita
tion from snowt and mini in the tenil
arid region is 20 inches a year which is
equivalent to 2,000 tons of water on
every acre of laud. Most of this moist
ure comes in the winter and souks down
deep into the earth from which it is
rapidly exhausted by the hot suns and
warm winds of early summer, leaving
the grouud dry und parched at the very
time when the moisture is most needed
for the sustenance of plant life. Ex
perts have established the fact that a
crop which in this dried stage weighs
three tons to the acre does not require
In its growth more than U00 tons of
moisture per acre, leaving a waste by
evaporation and surface drainage of
1,100 tons of water from each acre every
year. To retain thit excess of moisture
by storing it in the earth to nourish
growing crops during seasona of
drought was the object Mr. Campbell
sought for.
Tbe ordinary method of cultivation
In the west is such as to encourage tbe
maximum of wuste in moisture. Land
Is shallow-plowed to begin with and
after tbe plants are above ground the
earth is stirred with a deep-reaching
cultivator which turns over all the
broken soil and at tbe same time dis
turbs tbe fine roots of the plants. Be
fore the first of August the cultivator is
laid by and a bard crust at once forms
CULTIVATOR USED IN
on the surface of the ground. On this
crust tbe sun and wind act with terrific
energy and in a few days the earth is
sucked dry of all moisture. The season
of drought is then at bund and tbe
crops wither and die from excessive
heat. In working his kitchen garden Mr.
Campbell noticed he never bad trouble
in raising good crops of vegetables
while a fair yield in adjoining fields was
a rarity. As tbe methods of cultivation
were radically different he concluded
the secret must lie in this. Extensive
experiments satisfied him he was right
and he communicated his discovery to
bis neighbors, to the state authorities,
and to railway managers interested in
western lauds. This was in tbe fall of
1804. Since then the matter has been
more thoroughly tested over a wida
area of territory with results that make
the most conservative of men give the
lystem empthatio indorsement.
In working bis garden Mr. Campbell
used a band boe continually and tbe
mrface soil was kept finely pulverized,
forming a sort of dust blanket which
choked tbe pores of the aub-soil and
prevented the escape of moisture except
as it was drawn up by tbe roots of the
plants. That this theory is correct wus
proven by taking test tubes of earth
from the garden and adjoining fields,
and sending them to different chemists
for analysis. Thia earth was in all in
stances taken from tbe uniform Cepth
of 12 inches. That from the fields yield
ed only seven per cent, of moisture
while that from the garden gave be
tween 18 and 19 per cent. Tbe hnpor
tence of this variation may be Icarened
Iron (lit tact tbat tarlb cpeUinirjf
only seven per cent, of water 's U-y and
powdery to the tou-.-h; that - chick
holds 19 percent, can be squeezed into a
mud bull. Satisfied he had struck the
right idea Mr. Campbell's tieXt Uiuie
was to detite a means of putting it
into practical operation. Larj,- ticldi
cannot be economically cultivated on
the same plan at small gardens, asd a
radical change la tillage methods had to
be evolved.
The ground la first plowed deeply, to
as to atir up the aubsoil and at once
gone over repeatedly with a novel con
structed harrow which thoroughly pul
verises the top earth, while at the same
time It packa firmly all the ground
four or five inchea below tba surface,
thua preventing tbe escape of moisture
before tbe crop is put in. Under the old
plan the ground was allowed to lie for
days after being plowed before a harrow
wat started and the evaporation of wa
ter through the freshly-broken surface
was rapid and exhaustive. Immediate
pulverization of the top toll following
its turning up by the plow reduces thia
evaporation to the minimum. Croptart
then aowed or planted in the utual
niauner and the moment tba plant
shows a fair growth cultivation ia be
gun with a specially designed machine
which just scratches the surface of tbe
ground without disturbing tbe earth
around tbe roota of the plant. By con
tinuous use of this machine so long as
tbe horses can make their way through
the fields the top earth ia kept in finely
powdered condition and serves aa what
Mr. Campbell calls a dust blanket. By
the time the planti are too big to be
worked any longer the shade they cast
will keep off tbe aim's rays and even the
hot winds will not be able to do much
damage. The process is so simple that
many farmers are at first Inclined to
doubt it efficacy, but the results are be
yond dispute. It not only insures crops
In dry seasons, but It increases the yield
per acre when there Is seemingly no ne
cessity for its use.
For two years experimental stations
have been In operational Oberlin.Knn.;
McCook, Iloldredge, Alma and Broken
Bow, Neb.; at Lisbon, Jamestown, Pin
gree, Dawson and Ulenullln, North Da
kota, and other points on tbe Great
Northern, Milwaukee & St. Paul, Union
Pacific, Burlington and other railroads.
From all these placet the reports are ro
seate. All sorts of crops have been
treated, nnd under all sorts of condi
tions. Corn, small grains, hay and root
vegetables all are benefited by the new
system of cultivation. It might seem at
first Impossible to raise anything but
hoed crops where a cultivntor hue to be
kept constantly in motion, but wheat,
rye, barley and oats are handled with
great profit, if seeded or drilled In rowt
from IS to 24 Inches apart. There is a di
rect gain in quantity of from 25 to 33 per
cent, in the yield over the old system,
and the quality is much better, as there
is no dwarfing or retardation of the
plants or grain berries by drought.
THE CAMPBELL METHOD.
Statistics which have been carefully
kept at these experimental stations put
the cost of cultivation by this new
method at about 90 centa an acre over
the old plan. Thia increased expense,
it is asserted, Is more than met by the
extra yield, thus virtually furnishing
insurance for a crop in dry seasons
without cost.
There is no patent on the Campbell
system. Everybody is free to use it
The necessary machines are cheap and
may be made by any handy mechanic.
There is no apprenticeship to serve In
learning to operate them. These are
points which commend the new method
to western farmers and are likely to
lead to a revolution iu the farming busi
ness beyond the Mississippi. Ilailway
men think so well of it that they are
sending instructors through the coun
try to teach farmers how the thing
is done and organizing parties to
visit tbe various experimental sta
tions to benefit by practical object les
tons. Tbe directions are aimply these:
Plow deeply to start with; right behind
tbe plow have a circular harrow that
will pulverize tbe surface soil and while
doing this pack the earth under it firm
ly; after tbe plant are above ground
cultivate them by merely acratchlng
the top of the earth, making sure the
packed subsoil is not disturbed. By this
course the moisture will be beld in
store until it is drawn off by the plants
instead of being evaporated by the sun
and wind. Tbe whole thing ia ao simple
as to a ppear almost ridiculous, but there
ia plenty of incontestable evldcuce that
it ia productive pf surprising results.
.W. i. JACKMAff,
AEP'S CH0LEB IS UP.
Tba Bartow Philosopher Does Not
Like McKInley.
Says Be Finds It Hard t Reaneet
Even Friends Vte Still Stand -If
tor the Man. treat
Ohio.
Vhen Abasuerus got so dreadful mad
with Hainan be didn't do anything rash
all of a sudden, but walked out in the
garden to cool off to let bis choler
down. Thafa the way I am doing
now every day, and am thankful that
I've got a garden to walk in. When my
good old father used to feel ttie rheu
matic palna coming be didn't sit down
and grunt and look miserable, but seized
his hat and bis cane in a hurry and
started out to peruse tba farm. In an
hour or so be would return all in a
sweat of perspiration and the rheu
matism wag postponed for a time.
Walk about tome and commune with
nature when you feel bad. Almost
every day I take on a new mad, a
fresh Indignation at McKinley, and it
1 didn't walk in the garden and peruse
tbe roses and posies or feed the pet
rabbits and the peafowls or pick a lot
of tomatoes for dinner my choler
wouldn't come down and I would lose
my appetite and my serenity. Dogon
him, confound him, dod blast him! The
Good Book eny "Cursed be the de
ceiver," and if he hasn't deceived us
no man ever did. I never voted for
him and I am thankful for it, but I did
have respect for him and believed his
sincerity and his national patriotism,
But he has falsified our faith and
broken our hopes, and my personal
contempt for him Is amazing. I didn't
know what my kind, gentle disposition
could generate so much contempt for
any mun. We. didn't know that he was
a south-hutcr per se and had smothered
it in his bosom all these years only to
be uncovered when he got us In his
power. Some say he is a fool, omc say
a knave and somo that ho has been
hypnotized by Hunnn; but my con
viction is that it is a deliberate party
policy to open the breach between the
north and the south, to set the healing
wound to bleeding agnin. They have
despaired of capturing: any southern
state and now seek to raise hell be
tween us and the negroes. Oh, my coun
try! was there ever such heartless,
reckless tyranny of official power, such
insulting humiliation?
Let me stop a few minutes and walk
In the garden. I see the beautiful flow
ers from the window, the ennnas, with
their turbnncd tops, waving in the even
ing breeze; the zenlns and dahlias and
geraniums in all their variegated col
ors. I see the flocks of little birds pick
ing tbe sunflower seed. I am looking
upon th Innocence of nature, and I
grieve that man Is the only creature
that disappoints and deceives us. Let
me go out among the flowers and ru
minate and calm my fretted thoughts
and comfort my olfactories with a sprig
of lemon verbenaand heliotrope.
Well, now I think I feel better. Let
McKinley proceed with his procession.
The governor and tho press will attend
to him. I liked those headlines of the
governor: ''McKinley' Skirts Stained
with Loftin's Blood." Thnt Is a fact,
and his party's skirts have been stained
w ith a good deal of negro blood since
the war not a lynehiug has taken
place that was not the result of their
teachings. Just look at the animus
that seeks to provoke a war of races in
the south. "The New York Tress," in
spitting Its venom nt the south, says
the national government should atonce
arm every colored office holder and pre
pare him for the fight nnd back him up
In it. Which means, of course, arms for
his friends nnd soldiers stationed near
at hand and an Internecine strife and
at last another war between the north
and south. What is all this for? What
necessity? Who is Loftin or Lyons or
Dent that they should put the south
in such peril? The post offices of all
others belong- to the people of the
towns and cities. They ore nearly as
close akin to the color lino as the
schools nnd churches. McKinley knows
this and knows the temper of our peo
ple on this subject, and he knows that it
will not be peaceably permitted. It
will widen the breach not only between
the north and the south, but between
the whites and the blacks. But nil this
has been said over and over again by
the press and our senators anil repre
sentatives all over the south, and it has
been felt by millions who think much
and say little. I wonder if Hannah,
McKinley & Co. think they can by force
reform and regulate the sentiment of
a great and mighty people a people
who want peace, but are not afraid of
war when they arc trampled on or In
sulted. But I must walk out agnin or
change the subject. I believe I will go
and see some of the little grandchildren
and play horse for them. I like that.
I had rather nurse and pet the little
chaps than to hate McKinley. It pays
better. But the greatest trouble I have
now is in trying to keep my respect for
some of my friends who still stand tip
to him. I don't see how any southern
man except an office seeker can stay in
Ms party. The average office seeker is
a politician, and Bhakespeare says "a
politician would circumvent God."
But here I have got back to the same
contemptible subject. Plague take the
niggers. I wish that Bishop Turner
would hurry up his transportation.
This everlasting fuss has been going
on 34 years since freedom came and
half a century before and the end Is
not In sight, and now half the legisla
ture is lu session as a committee to de
termine what to do with the 3,000 or
4,000 colored convicts and more to come.
It will cost the state a million1, of dol
lars before the new plan Is carried out,
and the national government ought to
pay it or ship them away. The north
first brought them over here from
Africa and In coarse of time sold them
to ti and then set '.hem free and rc-
fu4 to ff tbo roi'D'y hack, (logon
'em I coafoand 'em! But wa are get
ting along fairly well notwithstanding
our troubles. We were hoping for a
peaceful and prosperous administra
tion, but my faith weakened mbta 1
read that McKinley was boo-hooirg?
over John Brown'a grave and said tba
very place waa an inspiration, les,
sympathizing with that old crczy fan
atic, who seized the arsenal of tba
United Statea at Harper' Ferry to get
arms to murder Virginians, and be ia
looked upon as a saint and his grave aa
inspiration. I wonder if he didn't taka
the shoe from off hi feet. But I must
have some fresh air before 1 quit. I
can't do justice to the subject, and mutt
wait until I peruse the dictionary and
find some more fitting language where
with to vent my Indignation. . As it is,'
I am just voicing the sentiments of
our people our whole people. Any;
negTO who seek and accept a post
office place In the south 1 a foolhardy.
fool, for there are some lawless, des
perate men in every community north,
and south. If Lincoln had a Booth
and Garfield a Guiteau, how can a de
fiant negro politician expect to escape)
when the entire community ia against'
him? What would become of him hi
Versailles? What good will his arma
do him even though furnished by tha
government? Now look at the folly,
of these negro politicians. There la
Dent, the superintendent of tbe pegro
schools In Borne. He ha a good placa
and a good salary, but wanta the Bom
post office. Well, of course, he wilL
be turned out of the school and he will
be miserable in the post office if bo
get it, and every white man, woman
and child In Borne will hata McKinley,
for it. It seems to me that I would
rather have the lore and respect of tha
people than their hatred and contempt.'
Bill Arp, In Atlanta Constitution. .
REVENGE OF PIZEN GULCH CITS.'
It Wa Twt Week Late, Oat No'
Apaches Were Left.
"The man who said that 'the only,
good Indian was a dead Indian' waa
about a sear right a men get," re
marked Col. Ham Sploggett, of Arizona,
the other evening, a he wrestled wiUs
a mint smash, "and if any man oughter
know what he' talking erbout In them,
matter I guess it me. I went, to Ari-
zony a mighty long time ago. Then,
darned Apache win erbout aa oneryi
aa erry wort of) Indian, and sot a day
passed but what we feller down t
Pizen Gulch heard erbout men losing
their scalps and women and children
being butchered like forty, the new
coming from way out on the frontier.
I wus sorter getting a grip oniArizony
jes then, an.' I didn't want to lose it, so
I jess stayed away fro i the line an'
'tended ter business with one eye open.
We had ter get out and hustle, however.
Indians wuz getting more rampagedtla
every day, and finally a band of tha
measly, murdering robbers rid Inter a
small settlement erbout SO miles front
the gulch and killedievery soul thar, not
leaving one to tell the tale. This riled
the boy at the gulch, an' we thought
the time bad come to do something.
Two hours after we got the news we
wuz out for biz. We rode away, an' on
hour afore sundown we reached the
place wlinr the settlement had been.
Wall, sir, I've keen many odd sights in
my life, but thnt little settlement ma
erbout the saddest thing that ever met
these old eyes, not so old then, neither.
Ashes showed wher some cabin had
stood, anl thar, too, could be seen whst
remained of home things, nn' jess on the
outskirts of the settlement we found;
the bodies of the folk what had formed
the peaceful village.
"Men, women and children alike had)
gone to satisfy the avaV greed for
blood. They had been drugged together
and the bodies, must have been about
20 of them, were piled in a terrible
heap, mutilated and horrible to look at.
The saddest sight of it all was the form
of a little baby. The ftmall critter wu
lying on tbe breast of a woman, maybe
itsi mother, end its little fists wuz fast
ened in the long hair that was all
tangled and flowing like. At futt I
thought it wua sleepin', but It wuzn't. .
It wuzdcad.on'a Kttle round black hole
right in the middle of ita forehead
showed whar the bullet hod done it
work. Thar it wuz, a monument of
Indian ferocity, an' the poor little limbs
of theboby wuzcuddiled upan'ita white
face wuz amllin' jest as though death
had caught it while it wuz lookln' right
inter its mother' eyes. The sight of
that little one thar, naked to the skies,
made the grim look on the fnces of the
boys jess kinder deepen like until they
seemed desperate and deadly. We left
the place without a word, but when we
crept up on the band whatdld the work
we paid theim back to thedieath, even if
it wuz two weeks lateT. Them wuz bad
days, I 'tell you." Two Republics,
Mexico.
Knperflclal Examinations.
A writer on military subjects In an
article published recently in a pop
ular magazine says thnt the amount of
superficial matter employed In conduct
ing the examination of nn army officer
for promotion suggests the fact that
neither Caesar, Napoleon, Wellington,
Nelson, Trince Eugene, Washington,
Jackson, Scott or Tailo., could have
stood any possible show of passing one
of our modern armyi boards. Military
Gazette.
New Lllit Arrnnaem eat.
A new arrangement of tbe electric
light has been tried in the German
army. From tbe captive balloons kept
always in readiness for military work
was suspended an electric lamp tome
5,000 candle power. At the approach
of darkness the current, carried by aa
insulated wire, wa turned on, and the
light reflected downward.
The Ileal Iteatoa.
"I think," said the colonel, "that one
of the reasons why many of our yourg
men don't get married, is they are
afraid to pop the question."
"Possibly so," said Mrs. Cobb, re
flectively, "but I think, as a rule, young
men are lest afraid to pop tbe question
than (9 question tbe pep,"
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