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NEGRO AT HOME.
A Reflex Light from Africa as
Sees by a
BrJSTON GENTLEMAN,
. Who Pormcrl? Held to View that the
Negro Was the Natural Equcl of
the White Man But Who
- Has Now Modified Hie
Views.
The following extract! aro fro-? a
remarkable article in the Century
Magazlao for Miy by Charles Frauds
Adams, Mr. Adams ls well and favor?
ably known as holding oonsorvatlvo
views on many questions alf doting the
South. Ills opinions of the negro and
of the future of the negro raoo which
have been, pcrforoo, readjusted after
a oloser contact with tho black man
In his home &nd at his best, aro slgul
M? floant as showing thc tondsaov fco w
fuller knowlodgo of tho raoo and
a truer appreciation of its possibili
ties. Tho article should bo widely
read, marked, and digested.
?LACK A KKK! A.
As to Omdurman (this namo ls pro
nounced with the actont on the last
syllable: tho town is only six miles
from K iartum) tho morning (Febru
ary Uti ) spent thero proved most in
tcresting aud slngulary suggestive.
F.?r the ilrst time I saw Africa-not
Fgypt, but bLok Afrioi-Its streets,
its iutiabitauts, its marts, tts people
As an American, it then carno direct
ly borne to mo what those people wore
and how they lived. I looked on tho
Urgcst mil ve ol ty of a stationary
barbarous continent-the ohiof o >m
merclal centre of au "inferlorrace"
and, comparing it with London, Paris
ir New York, tho??e material outcome
^f the two species ludicated tho dlifer
^oe of their capacities. For, cf
n?ye, races liko Individuals of the
, 'feo, must be measured and
. 00;>y thoir visible output: abd as
^tAaan ls to Loudon, so is the Af
.eatrVi the Anglo Saxon, Distil oily
e difference is too great to adm t of
^easurment. Ai, 3 then cernes ti e
'ful corollary: What ls the duty
what the function of ahe supar
to tho inferior race under existing
fidition, and in tho present advan
?d stage of civilization ? (Jan we,
?nave wo a right to wrap ourselves in
our somewhat Pharisaic individuality
and taking caro of ourselves, leave
the less developed, or wholly undevel
oped, to workout through force ard
fraud a destiny which is uo destiny at
ab? Unless as in the former Sudan,
an unrendli g tale of vlolene and
wrong be termed a destiny. Hat if
we havo not such a right, and are un
der an obligation, what I asked my
self, becomes of all my philosophic Vi
theories heretofore so coulldoutly ad
vanooVr" 1 consess to a faltering. My
morning at Ojadurmau, and my sub
t quent days In c quatorial Af rica, were
in this respect pointedly suggestive
Indisputably educational. When thus
face to face with such a problem one
. .. .. ponders a good deal.
In his do crlptlon of the dreary re
gion known as Sud-the region bc
m tween Lake No and Gondokoro-h i
ker refers to the natives-and he
wrote in 18(M what these who follow
In the track he blazed might write
today-"they are Bomothlng superla
tive in the way of savages; the men
as naked as they came luto the world
their bodies subbed with ashes and
their hair stained red by a plaster of
ashes and cows urine." And agalu
ho addf.-"thc weather today (Jan
21, ISM) 1B dull, oppressively, and
..dead ctlm. As usual eddless marshes
and mosquitoes. 1 never either saw
or heard of so disgusting a country aiy
that bordering tho White Nile from
Khartum to this point." A tjrier
motqultc-breeding locality could, not
be imagined; yet they did not annoy
ns to any notieoblc extent, Tney were
indisputably there; and they bother
ed, making a mosquito netting at
nights a necessity, and mosquito-boo ts
in the evenings very.'fleslrabU : but
,_^they were neither ,.rc::ro numerous
"n?l-^?e'^venomcus than, in their
A season, here on tho banks of B stun'.
E^Charle! ; and the stories heird con
BBttrning them struck us gd cl mos
H?lito-proof Americans as greatly ex
l^aggeratBd. They wore mere more
I babes and sicklings compared with
" the ger uine Jersey bleed.
But to return to Baker's narrative for
ono last extract; he winds up by 8?y
Inp- "it is a heart brcakn g rivei
without a single redeeming point" 1
do not wonder at the failure of all < x
peclltions In this wretched country. 1
could not believe that so miserable a
country existed as tho whule of this
land. There is no ?arne to be BOOU,
few birds, raid not even crocodiles
show themselves: all the water anim i!
are hidden In tho high grass; thus
diere ls absolutely nothing living to
be seen, but day after day ls pais.-d
in winding slowly through tho lab,
rlntli Of endless mftrdh." Then ro
foorlng again to the natives at tin
now abandoned Austrian missionary
station of Konina, ho says "twenty
or thirty of these disgusting, ash
bmeared, st&ik-ruikcd b; lites, armed
with clubs of hard wood brought to a
point, were lying idly about." It was
just so at tho same landing place on
thc 27 vb of February. 42 year.i later.
Tho successors of those Biker saw
were loilerirgabout the wooding sta
tion one of them a man, old looking
and .>maola'?ed, over sevep foot in
in height .itark-nakod with a long
spear in his hand olad all in Inno
oenoel .
Finally, as to conclusions. During
nine weeka passed In Africa, tho only
really suggestive experience was that
cbtalncd above tho junction of the
two N I-s. A strong rtlleotod light
was thrown on our most perplexing
home problem -tho Afrlcanilnj Amer
ica It ?ave much food for thought
-first, as respects Africa; second as
respects the Negro.
AKIUOA'S TIMK 18 AT ll A NI),
i.. ... i., MA ? . ?.' . ? .>.>>?<- la rt-li
X lalluy, KU nilnu In UWIUHIK
to tho African, Africa's timo ls com
ing. Tho Nile problem ls in prccos*
of speedy soluth 'i that of central
and Interior Afrioa will certainly fol
low hard upon it Of theoountry bo
youd the White Nile, whether Abyss
inaa or that shout tho Nyanzas, I
know nothing ; of tho Nile basin I!
know something-not much, I adlai J
i
bub a little; and tho country beyond
U a coronary, to lt. S rath ot Khar
tum-tba? ls up the NUe--there 1B a
very considerable, not as such things
go, a vast region, whloh lt dm'no 1
and then Irrigated, would pre duce
largely ot cotton, sugar, rice and to?
baooo. It is a mere qujstlcn of wat*
er in a country ot unevenly distribu
ted rainfall-whero there is any rain
fall at all-lying under a tropical nun. (
Bub ii .J not A ???^t?y suitable for
tbc Caucasian-lt ls a country to be
exploited and do volo und, not one to
oooupled and peopled. That lt will
now be developed, admits of little
question The co sMruoblon of the
Autumn bom ge, following hard on
tho scion ti Ho occupation of the Sud
an, settles the question. Tarro is
money in lt-and big money I So the
work will hone, forth gb right along
the wators of the Nile will bo cono
mlzod at their pouroes, whether In
Abyssinia or at tho outlet of the Ny
anzas. The gradual reclaiming and
systematic irrigation of a very oonsl 1
orable part of the Nile basin north of
Laka No will follow and oven the Sud
-that wretched, heart-rend ug mor
rass-may, not impassibly he drained
by degrees, and made habitable
N>w a vast papyrus wilderness, lt
would then prove a great rico swamp
and sugar Hold. So far as tho uatlves
are ooioirned-what will follow?
Ulearly, this: The African wll' at
last And his place in o' vlllzitlon, what
ever that place mxy prove to be. In
the Culan and nile basin, I he wit I noe
be brought, as in our Southern States
Into iudustilal conflict wlib|tho white
man. If ho meets with any comp?ti
tion it will bo the Imported Asiatic
the Aulatlo purposely imported to do
what the African will not do or oan
not FO well do. The native African
of tho Nile baslu is now a suv ?ge-he
herds cattle aud cultivates tho soil to
a limited extent. He is distinguish
ed from the brute creation ouly by
tho faot of articulate speech, the use
of tools and weapons of tho most
primitive kind, and a knowledge of
tho proprlUes of Ure. In euch mat
ters as clothes, food or sanitation he
ls lu no essential respects better than
various kinds or anima's A savage,
ho aemits, like nearly ad known ue
gro savages, of an imtbativ3 domesti
cation. Thin, In Africa, the simple
question 1B how far ho can be develop
ed by external ii flnences, and undei
altered conditions; for as yet ho has
evinced no self elevating cs,paolty. I
Africa proper Is now to be developed
and If the laboring white man will
not, because he canuo1), make a nomi
In lt, thc ?ald ls open to tho n*bivo
Can ho oceupy that Held, and till Jr
ar must he, free from foro d, regul .'?
ed labor, languish and die out llkt
the American and the Australian.
A largo question, lt is as interest
l?g as its answer ls obscure-*s yet
Fortunately, Hs solution is In tin
best, of hand-.-those of thc British
Aslatlo experience thus throws Ugh!
on tho African problem; and again
the problem working out in Africa i
full of suggestion as respects America
One thing booms clear, without bo
log reduced to servitude, the inferi?
race must be rccogn aad as suoh. and
In .some way, KO dealt with. Faot
are facts; and only confusion result
when things essentially not iq tal ar
dealt with on the basis of natura
rquality. The world has now f i
some time boon pondering tho Afrl
can rr hiern,-pondering it In Amcrl
o% as well as In the placo of Its orlgir
-lt has teen laying up a store of ex
porienocs bearing upon lt,-cxperl
H noes stretching through ab least 2
000 years. The discovery ( f tho Nil
source was delayed to our time; In it
burn that di c very now bids fair t
involve the fu ure of the negro. Th
wild animals ? f \ frica arc to g ; wil
the negro go with them? Tue alter
native ls domestication. That h
will not go with the wild animal ou
experience shows. That he is lmlba
blvd has been proven. That he cai
over become, or be made, self-elevj>,?
lng in the mass remains to bo shjpwfl
TllK A1UUOAN IN .A .MK HW A
Finally, a? to tho A M yan in Amer!
ca. Whayglcam of suppo.'ablo Ugh
('oes a h,flef visit to tho White Nil
throw on our homo problem? A goo
deal-Vperbaps 1 lu the Urst place
looking ab iib me among Africans 1
j Africa- -far removed from that A morl
joan environment to whloh I hav
[been accustomed, -the scale fell fron
my eyes. I found myself most im
P'essod by a realizing sense of th
appalling amount of error and cant li
which we of the United States hav
Indulged on this topic We have ac
tually wallowed In a bo? of self suth
elent Ignorance,-especially we phil
anthroplsts and theorists of Nev
England. We do so still. Havlnj
eves, we will not soe. Even now wi
not Infrequently hear tue successo
to the abolitionist and humanitaria)
of the auto Civil-war period-th
"Uro'e Tom" period-announce tha
the difference between whiteman am
the black man is much less consider
able than is ordinary supposed, am
that tho only real obstacle lu th
negro's way ls that-"Ho has neve
bron given a Chane ! F r myself
after visiting the b ack man in hi
own hou^c. 1 come back with a de
elded impression that this ls th
sheoresb of delusions, duo to pur
Ignorance of ru 11 men bary facts; ye
wo built upon lt In Reoonstructloi
days as upon a foundation-stone-;
self-evident trutl ! Lot those win
Indulg? In such theories go to th
Sudan, ard pans a week at Omdur
man. Tliat, p!a;e marks In commerce
In litters and In art, In sclonco am
architfo'ure, the highest point of do
velopment yet reached by any Afrl
cn race. As already suggested, th'
difference between Ondurmau am
L >ndon ab.tut measures the di norene
botween bbc black and whlto. la
disputably great, that lt admits o
measurement Is questionable.
So fara? 1 am advised, the Sudan
1 so arc tho llnost raco of the whol
African spooks. Physically, tho'
aro tall, as a who'd well-formed; and
In their savage way, they aro Indis
putably courageous. Yet in theo
not the sllghest Inherent power o
development has as yet com.? to tb
tiirf?C), Ibiker, af^cr living arnon gs
them for years, o<tlls attention to tb
itriklng elementary fact that, ?Inc
bho beginning of timo to th iday tba
now ls, they have neither domestlcat
?d thc elephant nor In von tod pottery
As rcspeots pottery tho Chlneso, fo
ostanco, were "*as civilized as the
iro at the present d .y when the Eng
ish were barbarian?'; ' tho Hlnlno
lomo8t(oated tho elephant at a pcrloi
sow beyond tho memory of man. Tc
lay the Africans uses tho gourd, am
tills the elephant for his Ivor !
B?kcr W?.s a re ugh, typical Joli!
'lull; and as an authority on tho sub
O? Of tho negro what ho wroto 1
rory open to question. A sportimai
nore even than an explorer, ho lo k
d with on tem pt and dislike on tin
latlves; yet he gob along wlbh thom
nd dominated thom. Ho was truth
ul and Ju i, in his dealings witt
Ilm? AHAM I' ?>'. At A ...I-ll.
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r m agency carno, lash out with a strong
left arm It would bc well to offset
his evidence and inference with those
of Livingstone. But, when all allow
au ot? H aro marte, tb Aro ts for Amerl- i
cann muon food for thought in Baker's
oonoluBttns. His verdict Cu the
Sudanoee was at any rate explicit.
"1 believe that 10 years resideuoo in
Sudan and this country would spoil
an angel, and would turo the hast
hoait to stone.1 And again-"the
apathy, indolence dlBhonestly oom
binad with dlrbness, aro beyond des
cription; and their abhorrence o?
anything like order inoreasos their
natural diBhko to Europeans." The
fellowing we also have observed in
America-"lu childhood I believe
the negro to bs in advance In lntelloo
tual quickness,' of the white child of s
similar age, but the mind does not
expand-it promises fruit, but does
not ripon; and tho negro bas grown
in body, but not advanced In Intel
lect." Io this respeot, as tho In
dividual, so ls tho raoo. "In no In
stance has he evinced other than a
retrogression, when onoe freed from
restraint _and hts natural in
stlnots hoing a love of idleness and
savagedom, ho will assuredly relapse
Into an idle or ravage state, unless
specially governed and forced by in
dusbry." Tue "restraint" In thlb
case is nob necessarily physical; lt
may be mora1; hut contact v/ith the
white nun ls ncoessary to koop the
degro from retrogression. Us has
never invented anything -not letters,
nor numbers, nor tools, nor narmouy,
nor arts, nor architecture.;, nor has
ho voluntarily adopted anything, ex
cept, rum and tiro-arms. Ile taught
himself to handle implements and
weapons, both of the rudest and
most ciernen*ary kind; and ho can
balk. Theft his development stops.
In arohitcc'U'o, he has not progress
ed beyond the cave, thehovol and thc
nest. Ia lotbers ho has not? devised a
symbol for a sound. In feeler, co, his
digits represent tho sum total of his
oapnolty for oomputablon. Art,
pocbry, muslo,-lb ls bhe samo old
story! lijltglon, law, medlolne-to
day the natives of Uganda are per
ishing by thousands from a str?ngt
I epidemic known as the "sleeping
sloknets " The prevailing solentilh
otvloblon ls that it ls oauncd bys
poisonous insrot of tho m of quito
; sp: otes, to whose attacks bhe negro ll
peculiarly exposed from the fact bhab,
unlike tho Hindu, for oxample, he
baa not yet got so far as to invent
garments, and cover his nakedness.
And tho worst of lt is that, belt g
thus, he ls stationary. The Instinct
-xs well as the. doslre for development
a ifcOdrg. S lob b)lng the ludlsput
abio fact, Baker, writing in 18(55
oleses his long enumeration of condi
tions with a startling corollary-"Si
long as it ls generally considered that
tho negro and the white man are to
be governed by the samo laws sno
guided by the samo management, so
long will the former remain a thorn
In the sid J of every oommuuity to
which ho may unhappily belong."
If true, bhls strikes ab tho ver)
root of our American polity-th?
equality of man before the law. We
oannot conform to it. If the faot
must bo conceded-so much tho worst
for the fae. 1 By all good Amerloron
ab leaBt, tho theory vVlll none the less
ne maintained, tho principle oontl
dent ly assertec1! We aro thus con
fronted by a condition. The exist
enos of au unerad'oi-- ?and insur
mountable race difference is indisput
able. The white man and the blaofe
man cannot tlourlsh together, the
latter being considerable in number,
under the same system of government
Drawing apart, they will asmredl).
become antagonistic. An opposite
theory oan bo maintained, and will
work with more orJpsa friction when
the white greaJt.lv dominates, and thr
black 11 um ?.uti I? a negligible quantity;
when, h?wever, the blaok predomln
gate's, tho theory breaks down, and
some prsc leal solution ls reached not
In ojnformity with it. As Hamlet
was led to observe in a quite different
connection-"This was sometime a
paradox, bub now tho time gives it
proof."
What, then, is to bo our American
outcome? The negro iq oats at our
hearthstone-wo oan neither assimil?t*
nor expel him. Tho situation in
Egypt is comparatively simple. The
country will be developed hy Europe
an money and brain; and tho African
will lind his natural place in thc t ut
oome. Facts will bu recognized, and
a polity adopted in harmony with
them. Will tho result? reached there
reset on us in America?-Who now
oan Raj ? Tho problem ls intrloato
Meanwhile one thing is olear-the
work done by those who wero lu poli
tical control at the close of our Civil
war was work done In utter lg nor anoc
of ethnologic law and total disregard
of unalterable fact. Starting tho
movement wrong, it will be yot pro*
ductlve of incaculablo Injury to us,
Tho negro, after emancipation, should
have been dealt with, not as a politi
cal equal, much loss forced Into a posl
lion of superiority; ho should have
been treatod as a ward aud depend
ent -tlrmly, bub in a spirit of kind
ness and absolute Justice. Practical
ly Impossible as a policy then, this is
nob less so now. At best, lb is some
thing whioh can only be slowly and
tentatively approximated. Ncverthe
less, it ls not easy for one at all ob
nervant to come back from l?^ypb and
bbc Sudan without strong bumloloi)
that we will lu America make small
progress towards a solution of our
raco problem until we approach lt in
ess of a theoretic and humanitarian,
iud moro of a sclcntlllu, spirit,
(equality results not from law, but
ixists heoause bilinga aro in essentials
Ike; and a political Hystem whloh
tforks admirably when applied to
lomogencous t qual rei ulta only In
ihaos when generalized Into a nos
?rum to bo administered universally.
lt has been markedly so of late with
is.
Wort ii ttomeiii bering.
It has been said, "baking
.brough and through," bhe larger part
rt sorrow and heart soho lb has known
it's nobonr-e through grcab soi row,
mb through little needless hurts and
inklodacss, not so much through tho
forint/ o' Providence as through tho
nl8orderlng% Of humanity. O', tho
layn that are spoiled by smaller lnrtsl
lu dh d because somebody has u fool
Sh ?pito, a wick, tl moid, and uareas
mable pn Judloc that must bc gratlll
d and have Its way no matter whens
Ightrt. plans or hearts aro hurt by lt.
No all realiza that this life ls full of
orrow. Wo are thoro to "heal tho
VOUndfl Rnrt binti t,bn hrnkftn heart,"
nd the only way we oan do this ls by
lelng kind, loving and sympathetic,
leart-slokness ls much harder to holp
tyan hunger and povorby. Show intel
sat In others, try to help thom, go otu.
f .your way bo light m tho burdens of
lui heavily laden. Don't hosltito to
xpreas your kindly thoughts. If you
ro ?trODg, then bo merni ful.
I. .Jil .J ,.-Ai.'.-JJJUU'.jiiUU
HELD AT BAY.
DI U V OFFICIOUS OF JLIAW.
Warrants Issued for the Arrests of
the Outlaws, Who Will
Be Punished.
A dtepatoh from Barnwoll to The
8tate says Thursday morning Mr. /.
J. Bennett, a well to do farmer from
the Baldeo soot lon of the oounty, swore
nut a warrant beforo Magistrate San
ders against Ellie Bradley, a neuro,
oharglng him with breach of tr mt
with fraudulent intent. Sanders seat
me oonBtable, Mr. W. T. Still, to
arrest Bradley and deputised Mr. Lu
oas Bennett to assist in making tho ar
rest. The two went to the home f
Bradley and attempted to arrest him
Mr. Still going in tho house. Bradley
ls a powerful negro and when au at
tempt was made to arrest him he re
dated. The constable blt him ou the
head with a pc ir of bando iff j, o ?using
the blood to ruu freely. Bradley then
managed to got away from the con
stable and secured his arms and defied
arrest. In the meantime a party of 25
or 30 negroes began an approach on
tho houso from all sides, each carrying
\ doule barrol^gun or a Wluohester ri
lli.
Itseems that theso negroes had been
no lil od that tho constables were com
ing to mako the arrest and that they
aad all armed themsolves with guns
?o help their pal resist arreit and had
secreted themselves tn woods around
one house. They advanood behind trees
until within 50 yards of tho house,
wino of the bolder ones oalling out to
Bradley insldo the house, "D >n't give
up, we'll kill them both if they try to
tako you."
The gravity of tho situation in which
the two constables wore placed oannot
be Imagined unless ono is familia
with tho party of tho oounty in whloh
the trouble oocurred.
DJWU lu tho southwestern part of
the oounty in tho edge of the swamp
of the Savannah rh er with an almost
entire negro population, theso two of
licers of the law wore held *.t bay by
an armed body ol' lawless negroes.
They held their ground ? >r more than
three hours, hoping foi sumo white
man to happen that, way and think
lng thereby to frighten away tho neg
roes who were assisting their pal tc
resist tho law. After walting thu*,
until nearly night thoy left tho neg
roes in command and came baok, re
uortlng tho circumstances to Magls
trato Sandors. It was then to late to
attempt to enter their don In the
swamp. Friday Magistrate Sanders had
warrants sworn out for ever negro in
tho party, as all their names were
known by the constables, and ho will
doputi/."d a su Ululent number of men
to KO and get them.
Tillman vs. II >vklriB.
Senator Hopkins tried his best to
divert attention from tho corrupt
methods employed by the Republican
party In assessing national banks to
secure a corruption fund to Influence
elections by abusing Senator Tillman
who roques ed the matter to be look
ed Into. Most of the Northern nt?r' .
Hean pap* rs endorsed Hopkins' wave
of the bloody shirt, and we arc sorry
to say that a few.Jjouthern papers did
the same. Thc real matter that Hop
kins and his associates wou d like to
squelch, ls thc proof about bank con
tributions to campaign funds. Senator
Tillman was more than once prodded
about the source of his Information,
but In the Hopkins matter at least
they woke up the wrong passenger.
After Senator Tillman's colloquy
with Senator Hopkins thc former sent
to thc clerk's desk the article written
by James W. Breen, aid printed in the
New York Herald, relating to the
matter In which; the national banks
were assessed for the benefit of the Re
publican party. Senator Aldrich ob
jected to having the article read, say
ing that he thought thc senate knew
the contents of the article, and that
ic had read it himself. "Perhaps,"
mid Mr. Tillman,''that accounts for
,'our Indifference to have lt read
tgaln." The article was then read by
die clerk. Mr. Tillman called atten
tion to the fact that long ago bc had
irges the committee on elections to
ict on his bill regarding the contribu
ions of national ba. ks, but that the
lill still hangs lire. Senator Lodge de
nanded to know who "this man Breen
s."
Senator Tillman produced certifica
cs of Mr. Brecn's character by letters
>f recommendation from prominent
nen, and among them was one fiom
Senator Knox and another from Vice
'resb'ent Fairbanks? Senator Knox
.ooh tho door and declared that Mr.
boen was a person of thorough rolla?
illlty. Mr. Tillman said that there
vas something yet uncovered worse
han tiny thing that had been revealed
n connection with tho Insurance scan?
bi ls. Ile had a letter from a New
i'ork bank to the effect that if a com
nitteo would subpoena Walter M.
Anthony, auditor of tho republican na
tional committee, lt could lind out. ex
ictly wdio contributed to tho last cam*
lalgn fund.
lilmlnosa lt wurilod.
The man to whom he gavo a por
lon of food during tho Spanish-Amt r
can war has wllbd Charles Mathues
derk In the prothonotary's i Mee at
rledla, Ba,, ?5,000. William Her
:1ns died at his home In Memphis
ast week, and among his bequest*
vas fi u. d thia Item: "I horoby leave
he sum of ?5,000 In cadi to Cha 1 B
?athues, of Media., for a sci vice
willoh ho rendered me wbrn in dire
listiOHO.'* Mathues was a member of
be sixth Bjnnsylvinla. Hid o mipitiy
vas sent to Camp Alger. Uarrpid
dongslde thorn was the seoji.d Ten
lesHee. There was tn ublc about ra
lons for the mon of tho South, and
vbllo tho men from Pennsylvania
vero eating fresh moat and baked
.read, tho others woro compel? d to
ako hardtack and salt meat for their
bare. This continued for a time,
/hon,'without warning, tho provis
ms woro a most entirely out oif. lt
/as at this point that Mathuos mot
larkins, and, loaming of his condl
lon, gave bim bread and moat.
Boru thc Republican congressmen
rom Oregon aro appealing for new
rials on the indictments for conncc
ion with tho land frauds, and tho
rand Jury at Portland has Just In?
icted another hatch charged with
t?o samo offonso.
j.mujLui_^
"MAKES
ft . RHEUMACIDE
all tho germs and po
spots in tho body an
Nature's way. Purel
rnosi powerful of ci
time regulates the Ih
up the entire system
that cures rheumatis
MOST P0WERFU1
CUBES DISEAS
RHEUMACIDE
other remedies and
Percell?*, of Salem, V
dreds of dollars for pl
by half a dozen bot
2120 Ramsay street,
man," Mrs* S. A. Coi
it cleansed her blood
After Noted Doctors Palled
Hero ls n cam cur' <1 by RIP-'UV
ClDK after noted New York soon
Ists had railed, Mr. W. k. t\ue\
writes from / tUins. Va. :
.'Four bottles of kilEUMACI
liavc; ruth ely rmcd mu of ti lc
standing caso of I lu umatism r
Sreally Imi ved my general lion
was a total wreck, hnvinu had rh
mn i is m for I wc m y voa is. I spout s
??ral weeks Slid much money try
specialists iii New Writ, but Kit'
M?CIDli is tho o-:ly cure I lu
found When I beean to use I
welched I IO pounds. Now I weich
pounds, my no?.nal weicht.
"W. K. HUGHES,
TI II rilliLK PLIGHT
Oftlio Crew of a I'Mutilng 8m?ok in
Alexio PM Pftaon?
Languishing in a Mexican prison,
half dead for laok of food and with
their bodies recking vermin, is tho
condition of the captain and orow of
the Pensacola ilshing smaok Silas P.
Stearns, whloh was oaptured by a
Mexican war vessel oil the coast of
Yuoatan ou April 10, according to a
lotter Just received from Capt. Maltl
tano.
Tho letter was written In Italian
.ind was translated by Italian Consul
(Jafiero, a oertitl %d copy thereof balng
tent to Senator Mallory for transunis
don to the state department. The let
.er states that tuc vessel was captur
ed near Graud R >cf Island, th" oause
of the seizure hoing tho vessel had no
license to tish in Mexican waders. I
was lowed to Progresse where the
jrew was thrown into J ill without an
opportunity to communloato witt)
either the American or Italian con
suls. The schooner was placed in
charge of soldiers and the men treater''
'"' 'Vrates. , T?r letter further jays:
k JL.'??day when a strong northeast
wind blow, wo left oil fishing and pro
jeeded to the Island, 30 miles distant.
Torsholter. In the meantime wo wont
,0 the light house keeper to get some
bread und a little Hour. Ho gave u
?bout 10 pounds of soa biscuit. A'tor
tho scooid day wo went out in order
to pioceod to the same place. We left
off fishing and about 8 or U o'clock we
were taken in charge, by the Mexioan
mau of war aboub 10 miles distant,
fortunately we had uo tish on deck
ind were nob Ilshing, or they would
>iave sent us to the penitentiary for
life.
Tho commandant of the man of war
told us he was g dog to take us to
Progresso to make declaration. We
ieciarod that we had been Ilshing 50
.niles distant. This has been our sal
vation and that of our boab. Wo dB
olared that we went luto tho Island
for a little Hour."
The owners of the vessel, Waren &
Go , aro coi. li.lent that the mailor
will eventually be amicably ad ju ?tod.
out are unable to understand wtiy tilt:
United States repr?sentatives at tb6
City of Mexico have s'jnt no mossage
rogarding tho seizure.
A ru olio Benefftotor.
President Roosevelt's Intense dislike
of "the man with the muck rake" can
hardly be wondered at, for "the man"
has uncovered so many scandals that
tho Roosevelt Administration will go
down into history as tho most, disrep
utable era of Republican supremacy.
If there had been no muck, the rake
would have remained idle. VVas not a
rake necessary lo uncover the insur
ance grafting, tho postal frauda, the
land frauds, the Panama grafting and
mismanagement, and would President
Roosevelt have prevented Hie exoosurc
of tiles?! scandals, because it, unmask
ed thc corruption or connivance of
some of tho h'ghost Olilolals of tho Re
publican part}? lt is no easy or pleas
ant, task to wield tho rake, but. tho
man Who does stir up t he. muck In an
evenhanded manner, telling tho truth
wit bout fear, or favor, is a public ben
efactor. The fact, is, the Republican
politicans had become so Intrenched
In power that the grafters thought
that anything they did, however vic
ious, would be unobserved by the peo
ple, but the man with the rake with
his publicity, exposed them and the
Republican party which was responsi
ble for them.
lt pllllllO i. I. i.ll .
One of thc lifo Insurance magnates
has been arrested for giving a large
sum of money, that, should have been
sacred to thc Widows and orphans of
the policy holders, to Mic Republican
National Committee. President. Roose
velt declared before election that no
tainted money was being used in his
campaign, but. the evidence shows he
was greatly mistaken, for the insur
ance trust and other corporations
"caine down" handsomely. Tito
strange part of lt ls that the Admin*
istivtiou organs before tho hist nation
al 'election declared that tho Presi
dent was managing the campaign on a
'.business basis" and receiving daily
reports of the finances 0? thc Republi
can committee from Chair man Cortol
you. Was thc President deceived oi
did ho then think Insurance money
was not, tainted? No restitution bas
yet been made, though lt would SCO ni
that tho ethics of thosltuatlon demand
that tho money bo returned to Its
rightful owners.
YOU WELL
goes right to the seat of the
isons out of the blood, cleans
.d sets af! the organs to v/crl
y vegetable, non-alcoholic, it i
eansing medicines, and at t
/er, tones up the stomach ai
U RHEUMAC1DE is the only
m to stay cured.
L BLOOD PURIFIER T%, 1
E BY REMOVING THE
has cured thousands of cases
famous doctors had failed,
a., spent $200 in medicines s
?ysicians' fees, and at last he w
ties of Rheumacide. C. Die
Baltimore, says it has "mac
-nbes, 114 S. Gilmor street, Ba
I, took away her pains, and rn;
like a new woman," Yi
I, and recommends Rheum
[? CURES AFTER
Sample bottle and 1
i mi for postage to
Uk
1 Bobbitt Chemical
? START TOG
Wo oan neither set a hen nor mar
ry a wife unless she is In tbo humor. .
It is allege? that pretty women are
i becoming very bcaroo In NJW York.
To build up tho tissues of tho bod>
sip a glabs of rich creamy milk before
retiring.
lb is tho greatest of all mistaken to 1
do nothing booause you oau only do ?
little DJ what you can.
Trie average family does not need
coat of arms, but it needs a motte
"Ualted we sland; divided we fall."
D ?l't Und toe muoh fault with th)'
world. If you do, you may be bur?
that heaven won't.ex'iotly suit you.
S niles had you bask to your youth;
tears drag ytu toward old age. It takoi
no more time to laugh than to weep.
Mike the girl in the looking-glass ar
sweet as you cm. She's a good friend
to you, aud you want to treat hei
well.
Most of us oiunt up everything else
but our blessings, il glib thoro ou
adding machine stops. lb itm'b right
though.
Pet dogs in sunbinne'e and bluo
glass speotaoles may be sam following
tholr pwnors through tho Btreets e>f
Borliu'ln hob weather. /
Whenever a girl wants tojflnd a real
hero s io lioki for him bot veo A the
cover pages of a dime novej-that was
written by a man.
A physician's remedy f?.r burns Ik
made from equal pirts of linseed oil
and lime water. Thia m'xture should
always be lu one's medic no chest.
Tho woman who Is not busy ls KC
raro that she ought t:) b^ labeled ano
exhibited In a museum as an obsolete
spcclmcnt of thc daughboru of Eve.
Money may not bring hsppiness, bul
io's good enough to notice when ll
passes by. lb Is also worthy of keep
ing when onoe you get your haneb
upon it.
Whllo extravagance is abso'utelj
wicke t, to be miserly is wor^e, foi
then your money does actual hurm.
Put away a little "roll" as a safety un
brella for a rainy d.'.y.
The poople who win bhelr way lute
tho Inmost re cesses of others' bearu
are nob, you will Hud, u-ually the most
brilliant and gifted, hub those wtv
have sympabhy, pntienoe, self-forget
fulness and that indelhmblo faculty of
eliciting the hotter nature of others.
Wo havo many friends who arc
more beautiful and gifted, but there
ls not ono of them whose companion
ship we eojjy hotter than that of the
plaid faced man or woman who nevrr
makes a witty or profound remark,
bub whose simple ii lallty of humui
?roodness makes up every other deft
ctency.
It is to tho girl who laug'is that *
man is drawn at all tlm^s. Ii3 she ht
friend, sweotlnarb or w.fo be linds her
company ac; lng as a t ?nie on h.s statt
if mind and o institution, Siro seems
bo have a fu-id of merriment and ho
nor which drives away all earea and
lightens the heaviest burdens.
Tho best way to keep the love cf
vcur husband ls to make him husth
to keep your love. Hy this it Is not
meanb to worry or Utry bl n, but in
itead to m ike you'sef a J oiarmlug.
so fascin?t ug, so interesting and
really superior and lovable that yon
havo all tho other women beat to a
finish.
Cottdll lu Iv lu;'..
In tho Horse last week Mr. Harllott,
af Georgia, oallcel at'entlon to the
wonderful elf ob the export of tho cot
ton crop of tho S )uth had on produc
ing the goneral prosperity of bho on
bl e country and. Hbo wed from statis
tics that wbllo the United States bad
?ported In 1905 over $400,000,000
moro than had Loon Imported, of this
mm the cotton of tho South amount'
?d to 1380,000,000 from willoh ht
nado thc deduction that the general
prosperity of the country was dut
?oro largely to the cotton or ip thai
:,o any other commodity. Ho showed
jhab tho v duo of the o itt; n orup of
ih? South f >r the past live years ex
ceed: d by nearly $100 000 000 the on
dre product! n of gold and si ver in
ib? world during that time.
(Jot A c<| II Mt ti toil with Maohinory.
Some men aro horn kickers. HP
who kicks about a now piece of faro
machinery not woiklng Just righi
vould have less to k'ok about If he
would spond a little tim?, on a rainy
lay, studding tho instructions issued
iy tho maufaoburor. Muoh valu&hl
il mo is lost by tho farmer not know
ng bis implements, and bow to us?
md caro for'them. Tho mal-or off
ool, whothe? lt bo a oarpot stretd e
ir a mowing maoblno, knows more
ibout its working patts than a iy one
Iso. Thoreforo, road up and gnt ao
[uatnted with tho now machined.
??r>?_/
i after all
, Austin
srtd hun=>
ras cured
trien, of
le him a new
Itimore, says
ade her "fee!
our druggist sells
lacide.
ALL OTHERS FAIL.
booklet free if you send five cents
Company, Proprietors, Baltimore.
ET WELL/TODAY
Rheumatism, .
Sciatica.. ? .
Rheumatic Gout,
Lumbago,
Catarrh,
Indigestion,
Constipation.
Kidney Troubl?,
Liver Disease*,
La Orlppe,
Contagious
Blood Poison.
AH Blood
Diseases.
DB. HATHAWAY
Blood Poison
Can Be Cured.
At Your Own Hame. If You Hive
Any of Its Symptoms, Write Dr.
Hathaway of Atlanta, Qa. He Can
Cure lt In Any Stage and Without
Great Expense. A Quarter Century
of Experience. Send for Valuable
Itecognizod aa tho Oldest KsUiblished nn<lf?_rt|, nd,,,,. Il!,.,w,,.,i,. /v..<.o,l
Moat Reliable Specialist. DOOK. UtllCl Diseases LUI CCI.
Dr. J. Newton Hathaway of Atlanta, Ga.,
tho South's most export, roliahlu and success
ful specialist in his lino of treatment, says
ainsi positively that, he hus a method that will
;uro any case of Speciflo Mood l'oison or
n'philis whether in Primary, Secondary or
tertiary stago, and ho gives every alllioted nor
ien opportunity to investigate this method. Il ,
you have any symptoms of this dfaoaso. that Is
recognized os tho most treacherous and |far
renching disease that afil?ete mankind, such aa
pimples, sores, ulcers in tho mouth and throat
r sh or copper colored sputa on tho body, bol!?,
fulling nut of hair and oyebrows, etc., write
him a lotter. Ho will send yon a value ble
book on tho diseaso and Iiis expert opinion of
your ci n free of obargo.
Best Obtainable.
Thia treatment assures you of a euro and no ? Nervous DnblHty [Ijist vitality] Vari*
?yUt.or, wlioro or, lo whom you may go you will
Iud no treatment that will give you as suroro
givo y
Hilts, and too, tho cost is voiy moderato.
Dr. Hathaway is not a "mon only" "euro all"
lector, but an honest, upright physician and
peuialist, and you can consult him with poi?
eet confidence.
His specialty also includosothor private and
ihronlo diseases of mon and womon, such os
Socole, Mt vio t ur?', ICtilnoy Rii't Wail
er DIHORH-'H, Catarrh. Sfclu manases.
Diseaseso? tho Heart, htvorand Stom
aot>, IIIHI'P.IXMI i> MuiHiir to wooton, mo,
and if you aro alllictod you caa oonsult him
without charge. Mis homo treatmont plan is
perfect. Kvory thing strictly confidential.
Adrdess Dr, Hatlmway & Co., 88 Inman Bldg.,
Alanla, Qa
We Have For Sale
)ne 25 horse power Tal bott, second hand engine in stock which has rocont
y been overhauled. This Engine is in first-class condition and will be
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THE GUINAKD BUICK WOKKS,
COLvUMB IA,
Manufacturers Hriok. ITIro Proof Terra
Flue linings and Drain Tile,
or millions.
?3. O.
Juta 8aUilu?'Bl??t or
Proparcd to lill orders for tbou ands
a0S?se?ii?*0<Mft*e*'?*??44B?e?*<
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PENSION MOHKY.
ipartamhurg County Doaile While
Keaufort liri HRH Up Hoar.
Tho fellowing table showing the
llstrlbution by counties of tho pen
Ion money presents an l.tWestloy
omparatlve study. Spartanburg. ns
isual, gets tho bluest slice-$18 831) .
0-being the most populous wblto
ountv in the state. Richland gets
nly ?0.820 85:
No. Pension. Ain't,
.hbcvillc. K5? $4,135.26
ki ken. 318 7,SOO 70
tnderson. 503 13,28? 30
Jam borg. 8i 1,771.60
larnwoll. 162 3,080,95
leaufort. 43 8311.75
1er kelcy. 127 2 743.76
marleston. 166 3,610.00
Mierokee. 209 5,710.45
Jbester. 112 3,007.80
Jbestortlcld.202 6,703 05
Marendon. 145 3,770 (it)
holleton. 357 7,056.40
yarlington.220 6;663 36
)orcbester. ?7 2,011.00
Cdgelleld. 121 3,313.05
i'airtlold. 124 3,427.00
florence.200 4,336 80
roorgotown. 66 1,201.35
I roon ville. 450 12,050 05
I recn wood. 132 3,445.00
lampton. 212 4,807,
lorry. 246 6,276 66
kershaw. 131 3 362 70
-ancaster. 2(il 6,648 20
?aurons. 270 7,470.70
?oe. 134 3,432.05
.cxiiigt.011. 246 0,629.60
la rion. 252 6,986.46
I a i l ho 10. Kit? 3,871.66
io wherry. 173 4,295 00
?conoo. 283 7 067 90
.rangoburg. 218 r>jrt>.io
'tokens... 255 6,195.65
Meilland. 270 0,829.85
aluda. 157 4,221.45
partanburg. 710 18,830.20
ureter. 134 3,36230
'nion. 210 5,811.06
/.lllamshurg . 189 4,661.40
ork. 308 8,301.05
Total. 8,915 $224,180.80
Foolish Follow.
John Piiit.lay, agod 19, from
lhcrtsvlllo, Al%., rrcentiy drank
udamim and died In a hospital at
tiattanooga Thurd*> . In bia room
/er a restaurant whore he woikod
10 love lettors, torn to atoms, wore
und. One < f these was addressed
. MI83 Kv* Oonloy, of Rosyllle, Ol.
ivoral letters wore flllod wi ?li How
s and ribbons. Hoon after going to
tattanooga Parsley Jolnod the Salva
on Army. His body will bo ship
id to AlboriiSvlllo, Al&;
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