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i I I EDITORIAL PAGE THE SUNNY SOUTH JANUARY 2/, 1905 T%t* T «r ^ „ ! they are made to do extraordinaryly foolish or un- XP/JQ \jQUl H accountable things. It is probable, though, that Published Weekly by Sunny South Publifhing Co Businefs Office THE CONSTITUTION BUILDING ATLANTA, GEORGIA Subfcription Terms : To those who subscribe to CAa Sunny South only Six Months, 25c their eccentricities are only the more notable be cause they are lifted above the multitude. If you will investigate the people at your very elbow, those admittedly commonplace, you will discover oddities just as pronounced and inexplicable. Ex cept that in these cases, we are apt to dub the man a crank instead of a genius. With the few genuinely authenticated instances, however, of in corrigible oddity in superlatively brilliant people, we can forgive the strange pranks they play for the pleasure and profit they give us in return. It is undeniable that many “great wits are sure to madness near allied,” but the “madness” of Q ne Year 50c ' sorne of our “great wits” so often has a motive of ! ostentation that in universal disgust we are apt LESS THAN A PENNY A WEEEI ! to exclaim : Entered at the posiofllre Atlnntn, fta.,ni aerond-rlase mall matter march 13, 1»«1 L “Of fools the world has such a store. That he who would not see an ass, Must stay at home and bolt his door And break his lookingglass.” The Sunny South is the oldest weekly paper of Literature, Romance, Fart and Fidtlon in the South ^ It le now re* j Stored to the original shape and will be published as for• ; merty every week & Founded in 1874 It grew until <£99, j when, as a monthly, its form was changed as an expert• ' ment & It now returns to its original formation as a J weekly with renewed vigor and the intention of .clip., fgfl JtltitUCieS €111(1 LOW- ing Its most promising period in the past. Genius, and the Convene tional Viewpoint ANEGYRICS on genius are super fluous. It is a theme which has been exhausted by nearly all of the rhet orical jugglers of recent years. But with all of the light which has been shed on the subject, we are as far from a definite understand ing of the exact origin and nature of genius as we are of the myste- teries of life itself. A dozen and one definitions have been coined, and while some of them are apt lessness CONTEMPORARY, The Pittsburg Dispatch, given to finding unique viewpoints, puts the following in teresting querry: What is there in the mountain air that provokes violence and lawlessness? It then proceeds to cite numerous large and small illustrations, calling at tention to the fued outbreaks in West Virginia, and the mountain ous districts of Kentucky and Ten nessee. It is certainly true that as one leaves the hill-country and descends into valley the atmos phere seems to clear gradually of in a few isolated cases, none have belligerency and the inhabitants to give them- been found to succinctly describe the general condition. All we know Leaves from an Old Scrap Book By A GEORGIA COLONEL. ENERAL HENRY W. AL LEN, when governor of Louisiana, in his inaugu- al address delivered at Shreveport, gave a fearful portrait of General A. F. Butler’s mind and charac ter, and a seething review of his career of robbery in Louisiana. Alluding to the personal appearance of Butler, he said:- "There is in the Vatican at Rome an extraordinary (painting by one of the old masters, is called the "Devil Reproving Sin.” The gTeat artist has by prophetic pencil, por trayed the exact features of Benjamin F. Butler. As statues will no doubt be erected to him in ail the federal cities, I suggest that the Holy Father, Pius the Ninth, be earnestly solicited to send this picture to the city of New Orleans, for the present and all future ages to behold with horror and disgust.” A “SUBSTITUTE" REFUSED. One of the best war jokes in the old, scrapbook was the following taken from, to keep the literary business COlll: | The Hatrford (Conn.) Times: ‘one must take a recess and split rails j ‘‘The draft gives rise to some novel in-1 on the side. | cidenls, of which we give an example: I Many an author who is famous now, A man, who shall be nameless, was i shivers when he hears the waters of drafted. His wife was sorely distressed j Oblivion splash, j at the bare idea of parting, and was Along' the Hig'Hway By FRANK L. STANTON J I ASK NOT THE WAY. I. I ask not the way In the dark or the day, If Love at my calling .hall heed me: Though thorns may be mine, Still the bright stars will shine, And Love to the lillies shall lead me; II. The sorrows—the sighs, And the rain o’ the eyes It j Shall dim the fair future, oh, never! The black storms will cease, And my heart shall find peace With Love and the lilies forever! FROM AN AUTHOR’S JOURNAL. I celebrated New Year’s day by kill ing three of my heroes. One of the critics told me they deserved it. I wrote three love songs for one tur key last Christmas. The incense of the gods is great, but it isn’t tilling. I have come to the conclusion that, “FOREVER AND A DAY.” I. The New Year, the New Year, With wavy locks of gold— But still a hand that lingers In the tresses of the Old! The old friends who loved us— The blossoms o’ the May, Will be our sweetest blessings “Forever and a day!” H. The New Year, the New Year, The summits we must gam— But still the Old Year woos us.— Sweet memories remain! The old joys that brighteued The sky when clouds loomed gray, Will be like fadeless flowers “Forever and a day-” Sfce Busy World A body composed of approximately 3,000 Cossacks has raided southward in Manchuria toward Niuchwang, menacing the Japanese line of communications and clashing at places with the enemy. In two or three skirmisnes the Jap anese were victorious, driving the Cos sacks northward and inflicting an esti mated loss of fort- killed and injured, while they themselves sustained nom inal losses. Outside of this slight fight ing, nothing of moment is reported from the front. Oyama’s army will soon be reinforced by the Port Arthur veterans of Nogi. It is rumored that Kuropatkln will make an endeavor to smash the Japanese front prior to the .arrival of these reinforcements, but no definite news has been received by the great distributing agencies. j Andrew Carnegie, whose name it is ‘alleged Mrs. Cassie Chadwick forged ex- j tensively to papers on the Citizens’ na- There is a -Teat demand for plots i tiona l ban * of Oberlin, Ohio, which led , 1 ‘ r ®, 1 “ , . „ <ovel to t,iie suspension of that institution for not els. .a S ‘ ‘ “ tl has announced his Intention of making with a plot in it as^ ' good ail the losses encountered by those market for some time^ ; j lc sees to designate as “worthy de- ! positors.” It is understood that he ha3 j already deposited a check covering the j amount of these losses, as well as a j check for S3,000 to reimburse the build ing fund of the local Young Mertry SOMETHING AT LAST. “The editor says there was some thing in your last poem.” - “Yes; I inclosed ten stamps!” vainly endeavoring to invent some ex cuse for getting him exempted, when a knock was heard at her door. On open ing the door, she found a rather rough looking chap, who accosted her thus: “ ‘Madam, I hear your husband has been drafted.’ “ ‘Yes, sir, - she replied, ‘he ha.s; but goodness knows how 1 am spare him.’ “ ‘Well, ma’m. I’ve come to offer my services as a substitute for him.’ S ‘A what?’ asks the now excited lady. 'I wish to take his place,” answered the man. ‘You—you take the place of my hus band, you vagabond! I’ll teach you to insult a poor, lone woman in distress, you mean, dirty wretch!’ cried the pros pective widow, accompanying her remark with a discharge of dirty water at tho ,'ho for a certainty is selves more uniformly to peaceful pursuits. The j head of ,he astonished substitute, w , , r F -. ; fled hastily down the stairs just in t“ Dispatch also presents Colorado as a proof of its to escape the pan, which followed THE DECLINED. I. Poor little poem! Here you are again. After many a journey Over mount and main! II But, think you now of resting? Poor thing of dream and doubt! In shine or snow, you’ve got to go As long as stamps hold out! A LIFE TEXT. sav. when the trouble Would come to destroy; “Farewell to Sorrow— Good morning to Joy!” Don’t get discouraged because the j Christian Association, on deposit in Hill of Fame looks steep. Your ability : defunct , to climb is all that’s necessary. PROVERBS OF THE HIGHWAY. When Sorrow knocks, that’s your | signal that it's time to take a holiday witn Joy. The stars make the tilltops allur- ■ ing: but when we reach tne summit the world can’t see us for the clouds. It’s possible to make such a heaven of earth that the real heaven won’t ! seem strange to us. j When Joy goes to whistling, you ! can dance a world of troubles down. I When Love finds thorns along the, way he takes ’em and hides ’em from us in his heart. ho builc ? Merp/ it in 5*1 mncil w-. Sergius IL.tie JDRGIUS ■ resident tussian council^ uinisters, is i-e^. guided as the most influential of all the ■ •zar's ministers at : he present time. Crider his adminis tration Russia made • is greatest progress in internal develop ment. He has al ways opposed the “war party” in the that eenius is unusual ability, j hierh altitude-criminal theory. It will be remem sometimes even attaining a brilliance which we arc tempted to believe must have its genesis in some superhuman source. Its other marked char acteristic. too, is that it is confined to no one field; for there are geniuses in the law, medicine, busi ness, statecraft and crime, as well as in Lite sphere broadly termed art. Heredity and environment alike fail to account for its vagaries, for excep tional minds are often observed in children of commonplace or stupid parents, and the blossom is as likely to flower in a poor house as in a palace—much more so according to history. It is just one of the queer, unfathomable phenomena of life, which comes as a banc or blessing, accord ing to its possessor, or the use to which he puts it. Jt is one of the afflictions of genius, however, that it must be exposed to the ludicrous imita tions and travesties which venal and shallow trick sters employ to gain a transient prestige or easy competence. In all the larger cities of the world, there may be seen congregated a large horde of bered that for the two past years that state has been the theater of lawlessness, closely bordering on anarchy, and that even at present conditions threaten to become unstable without notice. The Bulgarian hill-bandits are mentioned as further proving the theory, while the hill operations of Raisuli, the Moorish “gentleman bandit,” are re garded as finally substantiating it. It is noted, furthermore, that the bulk of England’s smaller wars have been waged against the hill tribes of India. From a casual inspection, this peculiarity would seem to rest on two primal causes of very general application: (i) the isolation of such people from civilization and the retention of the fighting in stinct, untamed by association with more pacific influences; (2) the subtle physiological and pshy- _ chological agencies which, to a greater or less S: the water. The last heard of him he was) flying- into a recruiting office on Asylum street, where he thought of enlisting as a private rather than venture again to: offer his services as a ‘substitute,’ which 1 he now believes to he a more trying and ‘ delicate relation than that of Artemus i Ward’s ’episodes.’ ” The Crafty Boll Weevil, Its Work and Its Doom ^ IN TWO PARTS—PART I. A “BUTTER INCIDENT.” The following is one of the many sto ries told on General B. F. Butler, and which appeared in The Jackson Missip- sippian; “All the world knows old Dr. Warren Stone. He is celebrated for his great surgical skill, as well as for his great ness of heart, independence of character and devotion to the south. This truly great man was selected by General But ler as a ‘shining mark,’ upon which to cast his venom. He was accordingly ar rested and brought into the presence of the tyrant. The doctor walked up to Butler without waiting to be asked, and aid in an abrupt, curt manner: ‘Here extent, pervade high altitudes, making of the race | J ^ S T* of mountaineers a hardy, aggressive folk, quick to j doctor from head to foot, and said con- resent real or imagined insults, informed with; temptuousIy: 1 had you arrested be- , , , . ,, . , , , 11 , ,1 , ■ , ... cause you are a great rebel, and the in- this class—fake geniuses, tney might be called, the keen, pugnacious impulses which are the ais cin 1 lion c * tun muc hirirr eVioro ctorictli'C i~\ T flD/IDlD llA r 1tTO r T1 1 tinguishing .characteristics of people living near the soil in elevated latitudes. It is, perhaps, putting it in too exaggerated form to assert that those living in high altitudes are essentially lawless. A more precise defini tion would represent them as impatient of a restraint, the virtue of which does not appeal to Almost invariably they are roaring social lions, conspicuous guests of honor at dinner parties. If they affect to despise flattery and homage, it is because that will render them doubly interesting to that great section of the pubiic which mistakes deafening noise or foolish oddity for preternatural talent. So we see the paticuar specimen who ac quires long hair; the man given to dinners in which all the appointments are made with a view to impressing the guest with the eccentric temper ament of the host; there is the churlish pretender, too, who resorts to remorse mannerisms or surly speech to dazzle and convert the unwary, and there are a few so feverishly anxious for fast- flving distinction that they drift deliberately into the nauseous mode of life under belief that they are gaining the admiration of the untaught. 1 here are all these types and many more, not so easily defined. It must he understood, in passing, that these maneuvering fakirs always make some pretense at the pursuit of a certain profession, de pending on the creation of what is called a “unique” temperament to attract followers and deflect dollars. Their muchly boasted love of their work or “art,” as the case may be, is gen erally pretty cleverly assumed, and it only requires the pin s prick of the sophisticated to remove the varnish and find the counterfeit beneath. For a brief time they do, undoubtedly, dazzle the man who is too busy or too indolent to invesfgate the j true, and it offers a strong future compensation fraud, but the vogue is short-lived, and they j for present ills—individuals of this impulsive, high-strong temperament, as a rule constitute the most zealous, intelligent and worthy citizenship, once they have become amalgamated with the By HELEN HARCCURT. Written for IT/)c Sunny South HERE is no insect in the United States, or, indeed, in all the world, that is attracting so much atten tion at the present time os that small beetle known as the cotton boll weevil. It measures less than a. quarter of an inch, but the damage it can do to the cotton industry may be computed by the hun dreds of miles. This lit- Ue insect is found in the cotton fields ali through the season, from the first growth to the final gathering of the cotton boll, and all the while it is busy puncturing and laying its eggs Its one of the most difficult insects to de stroy in the whole world. But Ameri cans are not wont to cry out- , ‘Feceavi’’’ I or to sit down before an enemy with fold ed hands. War has been declared on tne boll weevil, and it will yet be wholly ex terminated. There will be no cessation in the attack until victory is won for the cotton grower, for all the powerful wea- great rebel; you can send me to Fort I tion - If not injured until late in the sea- j pons of the United States government are Jackson, and be damned.’ When about; son they either dry o r decay. unsheathed against this “poor little in to be sent on board the boat that was to! The Mexican cotton boll weevil, as its j sect - fiuer.ee of such a man,os you are is dan- in the squares and forms and bolls, perous io the' community. I shall send larvs/, measuring a little over three- you to Fort Jackson to get you out of eighths of an inch when full grown, lives my way.’ The old doctor looked steadily j within the bijd and bolls, and feeds or, into the repulsive -crooked eyes of his 1 their interior substance. The parts thus wicked enemy, as he indignantly replied: | attacked usually drop off, but most of ‘Great rebel, hey? You’ll send me to! the injured bolls remain on the plant. Fort Jackson, hey? I glory jn being a! bl,t in a dwarfed and damaged condi- now imperative. The cotton grower Who desires success, must step out of the old ruts, and get into the new grooves, if he would raise the great staple to profit. The boll weevil lives in all stages ex cept the imago, in the boll itself, and is well protected from any poisonous ap plications. In the imago stage the weevil takes food only normally, by inserting its long beak into the substance of the plant. It is entirely free from the at tacks of parasite and disease, and is be sides wonderfully prolific. T?.e progeny of a single pair in one season may reach 134,000.000. The hoi! weevil also adapts Itself to climatic to such an extent that the egg stage alone in November may occupy as much time as all the immature j it Is understood, by the transfer recent stages put together, in July or August I of the division of postoffice inspectors In short, the dreaded cotton boll weevil, j from the bureau of the fourth assistant because of these several peculiarities., is ! postmaster general to the direct controi . postmaster general himself. czar's council and it is believed that he will be the chief figure in the peace ne gotiations between Russia and japan when the war is ended. M. Witte is also high in the confidence of the Russian capitalists and landowners. OSEPH L. BRIS- -ow, fourth assist- int postmaster gei- oral, whose work it ferreting out the. frauds in the post. ; department brought him so prominently before the public a vear and a half ag . resigned his offi, recently. He was immed: ately appointed Jos L. liristow special agent of L. Panama canal commission to investigate present trade conditions and freight ratt-j between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and across the isthmus of Pamana fur the purpose of determining the best poli cy to be pursued in the management of the Panama railroad company. Mr. Bristow’s decision to accept the special commissionership was hastened, them. P'or instance, the code of the north Georgia j convey him to the fort, Dr. Stone was; name indicates, originated in Mexico, and; j n Mexico, its original home, this fate- mountaineer is riefid as reuards his spoken word, i informed tbat lf be would pay a fine ofj for man r years has flourished in the, ful inscct j s known as the picudo. When l • CJ 1-4. * c ■ a ( *1 l 5500 h0 c ° uld avoid S° in £C down; but the ^on around Monclova, in the state of . t { t Brownsville, Tex.. or his fidelity to a friend; SO far as these great ! old patriot scornfully retorted: -TeU j Coa-huUa. Finally, from 1856 to 1862.! ‘.‘ ^aicotton growers called it tho fundamental virtues extend, he is law-abiding, j General Butler that it seems to be a, 11 became the master Of all that sectioni ‘ , ’ . go doins? they But it is when he reaches the man-made statute of d °' ! ^ W1 .| h . hU "’ bat 11 13 , a ' abandoned’ their'^fiLd^in'^'dcs^afr 0 'and' added another to the many instances of which decrees that he cannot dispose of his corn ■ not give him 5 cents!’ No man in°the. the snow y staple became a thing of the j confusion caused by different names in crop in a manner most pleasing and profitable to , ^! iff' a ^ "hei'ic^y'T^i if t^rin^'hr coUque^s were lnmseli, that he comes to the conclusion he IS came known to ’his friends^ that he could 1 moras ’ antl thence, in 1893, crossed the I rather serious, for when the first of these being oppressed, and that he has the right to ; be relieved on paying a fine, they sent | r ‘ ver at Brownsville, and thus made its [ insects was sent to the agricultural de- the amount to Butler, and the noble old ; entr y into years it has evade such an enactment, as he would evade the encroachments of an officious neighbor. Generally, unlettered and shut off from the world, he has imbibed his viewpoint from the tra ditions of previous generations, and much time will elapse ere he will he brought to the conven tional conception of the law, now prevailing among more highly civilized people. man was released. A RIDE WITH MORGAN. The following item appeared during the war in The Raleigh Advocate: “We had the honor of riding on the cars from High Point to Greensboro on the 24lh instant with General John H. Morgan. He was dressed in citizen’s Texas. Within the last few ■ partment, as having appeared among the is spread northward into oth- I col ton fields, it was called a “sharp notably at San Diego, Alice j shooter ,” and as such, did not at once ; cause the alarm that it would otherwise ! have done, followed by a close investi gation that might have checked the rav- clothes, with a military hat on, a man of i places, and apparently with success. ! er countie: | and Beeville. The weevil is still on the 1 ; march, and threatens, if left unchecked, : to spread throughout the cotton growing ; regions of Texas, and then t,o pass on, of he weeV il in the very beginning, j into other states. In fact, it has al- [ 6 ; ready been found at several points in ] Louisiana, but prompt measures have been taken to extirpate the pest in these This we think will supply the most plausible j fine appearance, weighs about 180. With explanation of the restlessness and combativeness i no superfluous flesh, a quiet, modest. . . , amiable looking gentleman of about thir- oi tne inhabitants ot elevated climes, the world over, varying, of course, with the uperopping of local conditions. This much in addition is also quickly descend to oblivion by one of the numer ous routes which ironic life keeps open for the dallier. It is commonly believed, too, that even the un doubted geniuses of history were remarkably odd men in personality, outside of their own particular calling. Instances are frequently cited in which peoples of the valleys and absorbed a different, more rational viewpoint—for viewpoint, after all, is often sufficient to account for at least 50 per! hope ye’ll live^ to pay the Yankees back cent of what we so glibly denounce as lawlessness. I His only reply was: ‘i hope rn live, i sir.’ ” ty-five years of age. He related to the crowds at High Point and Greensboro, some of the facts of his wonderful escape. ! f a ^ e IrT triith ” it is Two officers accompanied him, said to be | jj* a ’ , other ’ inse( 4 captains in his late command. He stopped at Greensboro to take passage to Danville, Va., where his family have been stopping for some time. His quiet, docile appearance, we admit, did not indicate the dashing Morgan, ’but his eye showed that he was self-possessed and fearless. An Irishman, we took it to be, said to the eneral at High Point: ‘Well, general, I The planters in the more northern sec tions of Texas have for many years ap plied this name of “sharpshooter" to another species of insect, much less harm- , ful. When, therefore, they heard of a MOST SERIOUS PRESENT MEN- ^ “sharpshooter” among the Brownsville ACE. | co tton fields, t’hey supposed it to be only The cotton boll weevil La the most se- ano ther variety of the insect they had rious menace that the cotton planters of| so , ong . been familiar with, one that was the south have ever been called upon to| ann0 ying, but not a serious foe. For Henry IV Phipps rehabilitated. Mr. more than doubtful j ever threatened an! agricultural industry with such wide-j spread injury. Up to the time of the. unepected appearance of this pest in j Texas these existed no obstacle in thei way of the cotton industry expanding steadily from year to year, keeping step with the ever-increasing demand. Tiie New British Cult Would Foster Brutish Instinct s* OR a long time I have seen , empire and as much more of the world j otry which threatens us alike—in our it coming. Peace soe.ie- j as it can reach, from the yawning, siz- j foreign policy, in our criminal law and ties, Audubon clubs, ani- | z,in S abyss of tender-heartedness, for “it mai rescue leagues, pris- is full time in this age of decadent hu- manitarianism that some trumpet-ton- on associations, red acre ■ slU;d protest were raised against the farms and S. P. C. A.’s j prevalent sentimentality, and that there j should be an attempt to organize and couidn t be allowed I conso i idate the forces-at present scat- have tilings all their own prison system, in our science, in our sports, in our fashions, in our diet—ir« everything. Our opponents are fond of using tiie term ’brutal’ in an opprobrious sense; we take up the word like a gaunt let!” YEAR’S SUPPLY OF AMMUNITION. The following was a part of the annual report of the federal secretary of war in 1863: “The expenditure for arms and muni tions of war for sea coast and frontier fortifications, and for the forces in the' field, during the fiscal year, amounted to $42,313,630. “The cannon, small arms, accoutre ments and equipments for men and this reason planters outside of the dis trict affected did not take the precau tions against its advance that they would have done most earnestly, if they had known the true nature of this new ene my. Many hold the opinion that the acorn w eevil found in oak timber sections ! is identical with the boll weevil. This is south produces now an average of ten | a mistake, for they are an entirely distinct and a half million bales of cotton per species. The boll weevil will not feed on annum, and there was nothing in the acorns, nor will the acorn weevil feed, on way of increasing that ten millions to| the cotton plant. The boll weevil flies twenty millions or even morejvery little at night, and has no love for bales. But as it is. most of the author-(lights. On the contrary, tho acorn weev. ities on cotton growing express the fear jj a t times flies freely at night, and at that this little insect, small, but potent, will prevent the desired increase. Cer tain it is that the industry is now en veloped in a doubt that did not exist be fore the advent c*f the weevil. In many localities the fear was ex pressed that the cotton fields would have to be abandoned, just as they had been in those sections of Mexico above ajuded i ^ pa ^ a ^® r * ors ’ the boll weevil escape to. But the vigorous warfare that has'””" 0 ' * ’ way. Sooner or later the tered and isolated—that make for man liness and patriotism.” opposition would be heard Now, 1 confess that I roared long and from, and at last the ; ] OU( j when I first caught sight of The • volume I No. I, of The j Brutalitarian. Then fhe soar gave Brutalitarian—“A Journal for the sane room to the inward chuckle that greets and strong.” I an ingenious bit of cleverness; the new ’ , . , . . . ‘journal, I said, must surely be some “We have let brutality die out too J , ’ . . „ . .. novel brochure got up by the Humanitar- much,” said George W’arrington Steev- By way of launching its highly praise- j horses and ammunition obtained during worthy camjiaign this “journal for the I the last fiscal year, by purchase and man- sane and strong” speaks its mind “rath- i ufacture, were as follows: ian League to satirize their opponents. But no! The thing is no joke; it is no trick. A vast and characteristically Brit ish solemnity weighs soggily upon its every paragaph. It is dead in earnest It aesails the humanitarians with venom ous ire. FdP lo! they are •’undermin- something of a magnificent j j ng the vigor of the national STiaracter." Says Cecil Chesterton: “The | “Obscure and contemptible though they ens. “At the bottom of all distinguished races,” says Nietzsche, “the beast oi iirey is not to be mistaken.” Alfred Lyt telton cheerfully declares that “ail men who are patriotic and sportsmen must feel that there is about war, once com menced, fame " loldier who kills a Zulu in fair fight is fulfilling the golden rule to the letter." Rev. Raymond Blathwayt asks: “May wo not now and again put aside the are in themselves," they have “weak ened the discipline of the English prison system” and abolished “that most useful form of punishment, the tread wheel,” rather maudlin and canting idea that | while even the “cat” is in “grave dan- punishment is only, reformative?” and adds: “I would urge the rcuabilitation of a cruel and degrading penalty, just Viecause its cruelty appeals to what Is justifiably cruel in our nature, and also because it degrades still uruier an al ready degraded scoundrel.” Hence the Brutalitarian. Published in England, it seeks to save tho British ger.” Sad—is it not?—that the “sane and strong” should have made the fatal error” of “trying to pose as the true humanitarians in opposition to our ad versaries, » game in which the fanatics of the Humanitarian League—prepared as they are to go any length—have to do is to make a bold stand against the big- er more fully on one or two of the typ ical subjects with which we shall nave to deal.” The first these subjects is flogging, which the Brutalitarian calls “one of the most essential planks” in its platform. “If wo are fools enough to allow the use of the lash to ale out, goodby to all the sterling traits in an Englishman's character! It is through j flogging that the Englishman has devel- ! oped that toughness of fiber and splendid ! moral stamina which is the wonder of i an envious world, and shall all this be cast aside, as if it were nothing, because a few sickly, neurotic humanitarians are averse to the infliction of physical pain? “But if we are to preserve and perpet uate this wholesome discipline, it can only be by consistency. If we run away from our principles and admit, for ex ample, that females should not be flog ged, how can we hope permanently to retain that most efficacious of punish ments in the case of the male sex?” The second exhibit of the Brutalitari- an’s honorable intention runs thus: “Just as we shall refuse to favor women by supporting the present unjust system of unisexual punishments, so we shali re- CONTINUED ON LAST PAGE. “1.577 field, siege and sea coast can non, with carriages, caissons and other implements. been instituted by the agricultural de partment, and will be carried on to the ■death, against the destructive weevil, has given the threatened localities a more hopeful outlook. In spite of all ef forts, however, it Is the opinion of those most’ competent to judge, that unless “1,082,841 muskets and rifles for foot | some unforseen contingencies occur in soldiers. ] this warfare against the cotton boll “282.389 carbines and pistols for mount- j weevil, the latter will soon so dominate ed troops. the output that there must be a decrease “ 1,295,000 cannon balls and shells. I in the crop, and a corresponding increase “48,719,862 pounds of lead and lead j in tbe br lce - bullets. The chief difficulties in the way of “1,435,845 cartridges for artillery. j checking and destroying the wee\il lie not “2 5 »9.022,216 cartridges for small arms, ‘only in its habits and manner oi work, “317.276,-100 percussion caps. i but in the peculiar methods that obtain “3,925,369 friction primers. i the production of cotton in the greater “5,764.768 pounds of gunpowder. “ . . the gouth . until recently the “919,676 sets of accoutrements for men. “94,679 sets of accoutrements for cav alry horses. “2,281 sets of artillery (harness, each set for two horses.” low price of cotton, and the consequent spfall margin of profit, acted directly in favor of the unchecked spread of the pest. The grower could not afford to use any direct or efficacious means of war fare. T’hey had no weapons to use but their own weary fingers, and to seek to reduce the numbers of their foes in this way was like trying to pick a million all times is attracted by lights or fires. The cotton boll weevil is never, as some people assert, caught by lamps. The sharpshooter” is not even a weevil at all. It is a loaf hopper, and feeds by puncturing, and not by biting. It is well for the growers to note these inder the impression that it is the sharp shooter against which special warfare has not been deemed necessary. The sharp shooter merely punctures the boll with its ! beak, while the boll weevil does far worse, depositing one or more eggs in the inte rior. to become desitructive larva. THE LARVA. The full grown boll weevil varies in size from 3-4 to 3-8 of an inch in length Their four stout legs carry them along quite rapidly, but their wings are less active, and their flight slow and heavy. The size of the weevil depends on the food supply o,f the larva. Lack of proper nuti iment will stunt Lts growth, just as it will that of a child. When the mother weevil lays her eggs in a very small square, the Iittlfe white larva feeds on the interior until nothing but an empty shell is left, and then it changes into a weevil of not more than half the usual size. This Is another peculiarity of the cotton boll weevil—that of adapting itself to its surroundings and food supply. Mr. Bristow regarded the issuance of the order of transfer of the division as «j. retJetDou tfpon him. That the order as to the in-* spectors’ division was not issued with the idea of humiliating Mr. Bristow i > evidenced by the president's action in ap pointing him to his new position. For his services to tho Panama canal commission Mr. Bristow wiil draw his actual expenses and $15 a day. He may also employ a stenographer for $5 a day and actual expenses. The Panama canal commission is directed to supply the funds KW YORKERS are :aking much inter- ■st in the announce ment that Henry VV. Phipps, the for mer Pittsburg steel manufacturer, will give 81,000,000 to ouild mode! tene ment houses in this •ily. By such a system as is pro jected, it is believed the tenement dis trict might soon be Phipps has made a thorough study of the congested tene ment conditions. He proposes to make his terms so reasonable as to place them in reach of all the needy New Yorkers. ONGRESS MAN Vespasian Warner, who was nominat-d or pension commis- ioner, is beloved of ivil war veterans throughout the en ure country. Start ing in life as a newsboy, he hut a mere youth when the war broke out, but at once ha went to the front Vespasian IZ’arner and served 5 years part of tne time as a private. After hos tilities closed he entered Harvard and was graduated from the law department of tha-t university in 1858. Returning to his home at Clinton, III., he began the practice of lav/, and speedily won promi nence in public affairs. His congressional experience began with the fifty-foourth congress, and he has been nominated by acclamation for every term since that time. He was horn at Mount Pleasant, now Farmer City. 111., April 25, 1842. T is announced that Bertha Krupp, tiie ‘9-year-old owm r >f of Krupp gmi works, is betrothed to Dr. Heck, of Rheodt, Rhenish, ’russia. Fraulein Crupp, who is th* vealthiest gir] ir. :er own right in the ■■•orld, owns practi- ally all of the 840 - 000,000 capital Rcnhn iC upp stock of the Krupp works, besides other wealth, amounting to S35.COO.OOO more, which her father left her. and has an annual income from the Krupp works alone of $2,400,000. She has already given great sums to charity and is planning other philanthrophic work for the benefit of her workmen and the poor. She was expected soon to make her formal debut in Berlin society under the special protection of the kaiser, who was a close friend of her father. She , was said recently to have expressed ideas the color of the insect depends on its ! in regard to matrimony which her rela- aeC .', A youn S onc is grayish white, but; fives regarded as “Impossibly romantic. ’ grows older it changes to chocolate ; One of the declarations made was that RODE ON A SCALPER’S TICKET. (Zanesville Correpondence Cincinnati Enquirer.' A stranger who refused to give his , - n^me called today at the Baltimore and needles out of a ha.* stack. Another ole- j brown, the wing's are at first of a clear j her husband, whoever he be, would have ment in favor of the weevil, and against | wine color, and then become darker and ‘ to come and live in the factory town of the grower, is the usually conservative ! slightly hairy. Some adults are black, i Essen, as she would never consent to attitude of the latter, which is opposed rather than chocolate color, while others leave the town where, she said, her life to change in planting practices. As are a light brown. The hairy or pubes- \ work lay in bettering the condition of their fathers did, so do the small plant- I tbe Krupp workingmen and their fann ers of today. But these changes are CONTINUED ON LAST PA GSR* llies. Ohio ticket office and handed Agent J. H. Lee $5.05. which he said was in payment for a scalper's ticket on which he had ridden from Cincinnati to this city fifteen years ago. His conscience had troubled him.