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THE MACON TELEGRAPH: MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 1, 1903
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PUBLISHED EVERY JlORlflHG AND
TWICE A WEEK BY 1HF. MACON
TELEGRAPH PUBLISHING COMPANY
563 MULBERRY STREET, MACON, GA.
C. R. PENDLETON,
President and Manager.
C. P. PENDLETON . .
LOUIS PENDLETON.
Tin: HOITII IN NATIONAL POLITICS.
TIi* Houtb stands no more shot* In na-
tlonal politic* than South Georgia stands
In < i gla politics. The lightning does
j.oi always strike tbs tallest trees.-Al-
j haretta Fre# Press.
There Is more truth than poetry Jn
the foregoing. But the time was when
the South was potential In the national
arena of politics. Why has there come
a change?
In a convermtton recently with &
Georgian, -one of the oldest and most
nblo of Republican senators pointed
out this same fact, and commented on
It regretfully. Within his own time, he
i Hid. there had come a marked change
la the southern representation in
Washington. "Where are your Ben
Tlllls, your Lamars; your Toombset,
your aeofgca-men that I have known
in the national capitol, to say nothing
of th* older statesmen of the South?"
The Georgian said: "I do not know!"
It might have been said, howsver,
that for forty odd years the highest
honor In the gift of the American peo
ple hns not beert within tfte possible
K r t>n of iY Southern man—that this In
centive to the greatest efforts of our
rreantt men has been denied them,
ar;<l that many of the South's ablest
eon-, have gone Intp other fields than
P'dltlre They are operating railroads.
Linking Institutions, plantations, and
"doing about 1 * In the great Industrial
world. They are being heard from
now, and more will be heard from
them.
Hu* It Is true. nlrn. that outside of
th« fact that the greatest achievement
1m politics is not within the grasp ..f
n Southern man, there ore other dla-
«our iking elements In the politic 1}
Kim.* which have driven many good
»"**« out. The office no longer seeks
tlie man, and he who proclaims that
good old doctrine Is almost held In con*
tempt nnd Is scoffrd as un old fogy.
The pipe-laying bualnes. fo
thing In sight worth having
come ft science, and th* old-time
statesman who sits In his easy .hair
waiting for tho office to seek him. fin
that the fellow who has be. n out nft
It for several years lands tho catch b
fore he begins to expect the possibility
of a chance that It might come
way. The people do not go out
yank Cincinnati!* from him plow tl
day*. Clndnnatus goes out and yi
the
Thin
Before making up our minds as to
ie responsibility of the Russian gov
ernment it was well to recall this
siiocking outrage In Wyoming which
tho Washington government could
neither prevent nor punish. It remained
for Mr, Cleveland to do thla whip* or-
tuln editors with characteristic narrow
ness of vieW, not tof say Idiocy, were
loudly declaring that-w* had no right
to complain 6t Russia because our
males are apt to lynch a negro who ho»
committed a capital crime.
WHAT WK “ *,VY."
Judgs Walter Clark, chief justice of
the supreme court of North Csrollna, Is
tho choice of tVIMsoi J. Bryan for pres
ident. Now wmst doe* the Mscon Tele
graph ssy to that?—Lincoln Home Jour
nal.
Judge Clark may be a very nice
man, we can tel! better about that
when Mr. Bryan Introduces him around.
Mr. Bryan has also made a “choice"
of * man up In Rhode Island with no
more of a national reputation than
Judge Clark. •
If we had "to gajr? about either sug
gestion, We would "say" that Mr.
Bryan knows as well a* we do that
there Is not the possibility of a chance
for the next Democratic candidate to
come cither from Rhode Island or from
North Carolina. We will Illustrate this
case.
When the editor of The Telegraph
was a boy editing a Washington hand
press, John Doe wrote and had printed
in the little paper n communication
suggesting Richard Roe for the legis
lature. Several days after the weekly
publication appeared Richard called at
the newspaper office and said: **jpr.
Editor, when you see. John tell him I
<tm for him." And sure enough, John
got Into the race and waa elected.
Mr. Bryan is not suggesting anybody
from the great pivotal states, nor any
one of national reputation and ttrtnglh
from nny of the states.
That's what we "say."
not like they v?t*r© befo
Jlrtey tiled -not by n long shot.
Wo could wish. howev.r, thnt tl
South would come again into her old
Inheritance of |-r. id dent-making and
slatcsmnn-brocdli’r.
CLEVELAND'S MICRO AM* GOOD
f i:\br.
Mr. Cleveland 1ms been justly com
mended for his ml vice against a rash
arrttlgnment of the Russian govern
ment by our own for the r. sjionslblllty
of the recent mass tore of Jews. And
be should also be commended for find-
inn an American parallel In the unpro-
voke.l slaughter of Chinamen In Wy
oming Instead of pointing to the lynch
ing of negro criminals,' ss has been
done by the New York Evening post
nnd u few other Illogical journals.
It \n titio thut In the excitement and
'rn«e nr.hi-.d by some horrible crime
committed t.y a negro there have been
o.isslomtl outbreaks against Innocent
poop)* of that run—mych more often
in tho North than In the Smith In re
cent years -but. • .-miwratlvelg epcak-
ms such outbreaks were trifling, hard-
1> suggestive even In a remote way of
the recent deliberate massacre of many
.{"'*.< When he Intimated that the
United 8tate* occupied a glass hou*>*\
tb. retore, with hts usual logic and good
t-nse Mr. Cleveland did not find It
worth while to mention the lynching
of negro criminals or attendant rare
troubles, but sought lor vxatftples such
ns really proved hit point, lit said In
part:
1 do not say that the Russian govern-
ww l I* 1 ** n «*. by etna of omleslon or
*n be Justly deserving of our
« t lerrnation: but we should not be swift
» as- :me this, when we remember that
v. -urselvea have found tt Impossible to
l '" v ""t «»"b violence and murderous os-
r*"its upon the Chines* in Wynmtnx and
i • iMiiant,!* Louisiana. 1 am distinctly
n-id unr.juiv 4lly in fneor of Informing
- r k- vrrnment In unmistakable tsrma
vf our {nii-nant and deep condemnation
ot lbs late •“dragee upon the jews |n
Stussla: hut I hope that, in nbedlencw to
the dictates of American conservatism
end moderation, which are never tong ob
scured. we may be even now just and fair,
and that we win be content to forego per
plexing and extreme demanoa upon our
government for violent action.
Thf attack on the Chinees In Wyo-
ti »ng occurred during Mr. Cleveland's
r.rat administration and he took note of
U In hit message to congress tn ms.
Tn the comment on hit reference to an
1.1most forgotten episode It is recalled
that the Chinese minister massed the
evidence going to show that the maeaa-
vie of the subjects of a friendly power,
residing In thla country, waa ae unpro
voked <*e It won brutal; that the gover
nor and prosecuting attorney of the
Territory openly declared that no
t <-iiid V, i nlshrg for the ertme, though
the inurdt-r»r» "attempted no conceal
j 11 f n t t ad the pretended Ju«ll-
«irti pr.». • .-.link* were a "buries.
All tills Mr. Iv.yard had to ,a
Spanking With elt • t of "tb«‘ wretched
traxesty «»f the t
THE FOHRfGN HoltN IN NEW YORK
AND THE SOUTH.
The discussion In metropolitan Jour
nals Incident to New York's 250th anni
versary* is not all felicitation on the
clty'a present greatness and future des
tiny. The Hun confeeeea to misgiving*
because of the overwhelming propor
tion of the foreign born. It'notes that
of the population of New,York In lflOO
only about one-fifth wero native whites
of native parentage. It Is commonly
supposed that New York has drnwn
largely upon the population of all the
states.’ but tho Hun shows thnt nearly
slx-seventhn' of tho native whltea in
the metropolis were born In the state
of New York. The contribution* from
other parts of the Union are ns fol
lows:
From New KntWnd *7.870
From the West jo.jjl
From tho Aouth 25.549
From New Jersey and l'ennsylvnnla.48.717
Of the native whites of foreign par-
entage. n total of 1.271,503. only about
100.000 wgre porn tn other states than
New York. Of tjto xvholly foreign-born
population In 1900. a total of 1,27(
te largest percentages of nation
ere these:
ermnny .V.
Ireland ...........
Ilussla
Italy :
(Ha-llunisry
England f.|
ho Him contrasts the conditions in
v York, where only one-flfth of the
ulatlon Is composed of native white*
of native parentage with the conditions
In the South, the one part of the Union
In which the white population Is almdst
wholly unaffected by foreign Immlgra
lion. In the whole eleven states of the
old Southern Confederacy there nr*
only about one-quarter an many for
clgn-bom as there are In the city of
New York alone, nnd the single statu
of Telia* contains more than one-hulf
of them. The Insignificance of
foreign element In the ten other of
those states is shown In this table from
the census of 1100:
Tot«| Foreign
Population, Dorn.
1.822.07 14.5*2
un.iw —
W.I41
2.21M31
WM.«»
usi.ro
imm
U*".3l§
1.W4.1S4
Alabama
Arkunese ..... ...
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana ..... .
Mississippi
North Csrollna ■
South Carolina ..
Tsnncsase ........
Virginia
91.1
113
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From the Nit.hvtll. llann.r, /
U-.pIt. >11 ih.t ha. h.n »l<l In Ih.
ruhllr pr.M and hr Mr. Cl.v,l,n4 hlm-
Kir lo InAlr.i. hU lnai.po.IUon to no..
,. n ..mlldoif for a third prMtn.ntl.1
trtm. nnd dMpIt. ill |h»l hn, h... n Mi l
lo rhow Ih, Improbability of hi. m
Hon, th, fnn rrm.ln. that th» ,u(m-
Hon of hi. tandldan, h>. raowd » w
rlou.nn. Of rnn.ld.r.llon whlrh h«. n
d«»p politic.I .l.nltlrnnc, Whll, •> r»l
f.w tendlnt journ.l. nnd f.» public m«n
Of protnlitenr. h.v. opmUr and boldly
pronounced In f«»of of pmuai . n’ml
nation uwm Ur Cl.vrt.nd. inr prop-mi-
lion hu hen mrWMI hr ttemoernu i.n
rr.Hr with far ten nunlfnl.ilon of pr,-
ludtcod and vloteni oppoaiiion than It
would bar. boon poulbl, <a bar, »nllc>
paird but ■ f.w ynr» no. Homo of tb.
mor. r.dlr.1 of lb. -Hrjan n.w.paprr.
and pollllfl.na. It la Irur, bar. nr.rrty
drnouncod lb. .i-pmte.nl it . -r.nc-
l.dr” .nd .o-forth, and Ih. ii,,«itlon
of hi. nomln.Hon prop.wt.rou. nnd
upwonby. but in ih. main tb. nbtecthin.
preaontad hr lirmorrailr parn. ban bn i
band upon .IM Inadlvteabmtr of the
third i.rm and upon lha nmuapUou that
b. could not conaotidat. m. party
ilronyib than upon tb. qunUon of bl.
li.mocr.cr or upon ohuoalou. iwirnl-
Hr • U to nonworlbr that in. ao-dted
Ctentond boom b» boon wanted with
a romplaf.nl ron.Mor.tlon -blob U un-
u.u.1 and eutraordinary, In .tew nt th.
crc.nl aninionlama in th, ttemoernu.
party.
Thto dan not .ryu. by any man. that
•hr ttemocntl. party 1. ready i. accept
Mr. norland aa.in •> a teador or that
darotopmool. and condition, will brio,
him forward a* a necessary eamltAate
but It does seem to Indies** that Mr.
Cleveland Is tn a notable nay tbs refre-
sentatty* of n eonservattam which is com-
*•. ba retartkal as sssential »• tb*
nhahOttstkHt and upbuilding of tho party
as a forceful organtaatloa to oppose Re-
publics ntsm with t too pacts of securing
a tfamtnaipy In the government. It shows
a tendency of IVtiwratle sentiment t°-
wsrds a penctlcal r*cognR)te of th« party
TIIK FIPTKRNTIf AMENDMENT
AGAIN.
Jaltimoro Sun. ’ '
Recently the Bun directed attention
o the viewa expressed by a representa-
Ive Northern Journal—Harper's Week
ly-on the possibility of the repeal of
he fifteenth amendment 'to the federal
institution. That Journal concltujel,
if ter a careful review of the subject,
hat "tho drift of public oplnldo is in
the direction" of repeal; that "even
w. at this early stage of the* discus-
slon, a majority of the states would
favor tho repeal of the amendment,
and although the majority might fall
hort of the three-fourths prescribed
by the constitution, Its moral effect on
congrem would probably suffice to pre
vent the enactment of legislation to
make the amendment effective." Har
per's Weekly if willing lo repeal not
only the fifteenth amendment, but also
the second section of the fourteenth
emendment, which provides.that states
that deny the right of suffrage to mafic
Inhabitants 21 years of age or in any
wsy abridge the right to vote, "except
for participation In rebellion or other
crime," shall be punished by a reduc
tion of their bails of representation.
This section, as Harper's Weekly points
out, is practically a dead letter, and
nny attempt to enforce It would prob
ably mult In three-fourtha of the
states combining to repeal It.
In* sharp contrast with the views of
the journal quoted above la an article
of ii rather vehement nature In the cur
rent number of the Independent, de
nouncing the proposition to repeal the
fifteenth amendment as "foolish and
wicked talk." The Independent "does
not believe there Is one state In the
Union, outside of those In which the
negro vote Is suppressed, which would
vote to repent the fifteenth amend
ment." That amendment It regards as
a "righteous rule." "Ue'volutlons," It
adds, "do not go backward. It Is the
drift of things to extend, not to redbee
the suffrage." These are some of the
reasons why the Independent considers
the proposition to repeal the fifteenth
amendment "foolish and wicked talk:"
"It depends on the doctrine that this
Is exclusively a white man's country,
when every man knows It Is no more *
white men's country than It I# an
Anglo-Saxon’s country. Everybody
knows that millions of people not white,
nor only partly white, live In this coun
try and have lived here as many gener
ations at most of the rest of us. ThH
Is their country Just as.much as ft is
any other men's country, and thoa*
who.persist In vociferously nnd con
tinuously denying It are simply burying
themselves deeper under falsehood." t
In the abstract thla contention la not
without force, although as put by the
Independent It Is rather vague. As
suming that It la absolutely sound,
however, It Is Interesting to ascertain
to xvhnt extent the principle which tl
embodies has had practical application.
In the United States. When Jefferson
wrote In the Declaration of Independ-
that all men are bom free and
equal, negro slavery existed In the
American colonies. Ills words must,
therefore, have been Intended to convey
a limited meaning and to apply mnlnlv
to white persons. If It was Intended to
apply to slaves It was a mockery and
utterly meaningless In view of the fact
thnt slavery was protected by the laws
of the nation and existed nearly a cen
tury after the Declaration of Independ
ence waa promulgated.
A* regards the original inhabitants
of this country, the Indians, the policy
of this nation, from the earliest settle
ment down to the present time,' has
been bqsed on the assumption that the
red man had no rights that the white
man waa hound to respect. The exclu
sion of Chinese Immigration has been
Justified principally on the ground {hat
thla ts a "white man's country." Th«
descendants of the New England mis
sionaries who dethroned the queen of
Hawaii and revolutionised the native
government of the Island acted upon
the theory that a "white man's govern
ment" was essential to the welfare of
the Island. They deprived the natives
who outnumbered them ten to one. o(
almost any voice In the government,
nnd In due season turned Hawaii over
to tht United Stales as a territory.
There were fifty Filipinos to one Span
iard In ths Philippines when we ac
quired the archipelago. Evidently we
must have thought the Philippines were
a "white man's country." for wo bought
the Islands, not from the }(\(X»,oon nn
tlvfs. but from the Spanish govern
ment, nnd thus recognised the "white
man’s" title and ownership,
the practice of this nation Is concemsd.
the weight of evidence, regardless of
abstract theories and "noble concept
lonn" of quality. Indicate that, except
during the period Immediately folldw
Ing the civil war and up to the time
that tha Southern states recovered con
trol of their governments, this has beei
regarded as a "white man’s country. 1
Otherwise we would have thrown open
our ports to the Asiatics and hnvo
treated the Indian as a man and
brother.
The proposition to repeal the Fif
teenth amendment Is not "wicked and
foolish talk" except upon the theory
that every war measure is necessarily a
good measure and Anal, and that It Is
wrong for the Southern white people
to preserve their civilisation when It Is
menaced by eeruI-barbarous elements.
It may be. ag the Independent says,
that amendment will never be repealed
and that It will remain a part of the
federal constitution as long ss this re
public Uvea The merits of the ques
tlpn will not be settled, however, by ve
hement denunciations of those who do
not agree with the Independent and
others of its way of thinking. If they
ever have reason to believe that the
welfare of the nation will be promoted
by repealing an amendment which did
not represent the sober, deliberate judg
ment of the country when !t was adop
ted, they will not hesitate to taka such
action as the circumstances warrant.
The problem may not be solved for
many years, but there Is ground for the
belief that when thla solution la made
it will reflect credit upon the Judgment,
the common sense and the Justice of
the nation.
Dil< * Chancellor Andrews made
thla trank admission*. "I confCsa the
error of the opinion I held for a num
ber of years regarding the production
of gold. The output of gold has tn-
cr' aned enormously since 1890. By IS97
it had completely checked the fill which
prices had beta undergoing since 1875,
and since bag caused a consider
able rise In price. I have to admit
that It waa an astounding mistake, and
I was In great and Inexcusable error."
It Is sometimes rather difficult to
make an honest confession, but If such
a distinguishe d student as Dr. Andrews
can afford to confess his error It does
seem that the topnotchers and the
echoes who were honest, even if they
were Ignorant, might have the courage
to admit that possibly their Judgment
warn somewhat In error. At least they
should refrain from abuse of those who
differed from them at th* time and
whose opinions have been vindicated^
Let'* wipe <.ff the state and begin anew.
BPRKE COI IIRAIf ON CLEVELAND.
Two things are perfectly obvious
with reference to the Cleveland
third term movement In the first
place, Jie ha* already received an ex
pression o( popular confidence beyond
that bestowed on any public man
throughout the whole history of the
United States; oeconfl. hls nomination
for the fourth thhe, If accomplished,
must result frpm an imperative demand
springing directly from the people.
'It cannot be brought about by any
manipulation of political machinery,be
cause the tnanngemu.t of hls party is
overwhelmingly hostile to him. From
these two perfectly obvious conclusions
a third Inevitably follows*. If there ts
u popular demand for Cleveland's re
turn to the presidency strong enough
to force his nomination upon the Dem
ocratic convention that same popular
demand will be strong enough to Insure
hln election, because the opposition to
him Is strongest In hls oWn party. Any
movement sufficiently powerful to over-
coma the greater obstacle Is not likely
to be amstad by the Rsa.”
<>rtlocation that '
sad aapeetaUjf t >w..rd* the reln-
\ orgtniutina upon 'safe
k petarlrir* wM*H Mr. Ckrw
beta a consistent M; vetnt.
coxrKtsics 111s Bnnon.
Nashville American.
In Ilk when the money question. As
the leading Issue, was being rertouaty
studied and discussed. Dr. R Benjamin
Vnlrevo^ who was then president nt
Rr-Mtn University, was on* of the in-
flu« ntlal and honest advocates of the 14
to 1 Idea, and hls opinion and argu
ments had great weight. We all re-
memlH r How generally and frequently
Dr. Andrews was quoted. Later Dr.
Andrew ■» reigned from Hrown rnJver*
atty «; 1 ittvaw superintendent *t
schools tn 1 Til. 1 go. From there he . .«
to Nebraska and became chancellor ot
the University of Nebraska at Lincoln,
the how of the Peerless.
Recently in on address to hu class
ONE OF TIIE nEST.
Clinch County News.
The Macon Telegraph Is one of the
very ablest and' best edited papers In
the country, and aven If It were to lose
Its other good features, It would still
command our admiration for the vlgl
lant nnd feartass manner In which It
seeks out and destroys the lies that art
from time to time circulated against
tbe South and Ita Institutions.
.STfttWIIF.HIlIt:* *720 I s lilt ACRE.
Greentsboro Herald-Journal.
8evetrhundr*d and twenty dollars per
acre! That sounds big. and It U big
nevertheless It Is the rate'at which
C. R O’Neal of Blloam raised
strawberries this season. From about
one-slxteentb of an acre he haa gath
ered. by actual count, 450 quarts, and
will probably gather 25 mor*. At 10
cents a quart (some of them brought
IS cents) tli*— amount is 115. Figure It
out: you 'will find that this Is at the
rat# of eomethlr.if over 1750 per acre.
Mr. A.' I). Atk'nson of Ycasey la a
close second, having made 27S quarts on
one-twfnty-flfth of an acre, or at the
rate of >«X7 i^r acre.
Capt. J. R Park of this city Is anoth
er champion In the strawberry line.
From ft spot very tittle bigger than a
minute he gath«-tM over 200 quarts!
•• un>i«Ttet.-in«i that Capt. Park. Mr.
Atkinson, Mr. T. T. Brown and Mr.
O'Neal will plant two acrea each next
•easem. We await with expectancy tha
result of their experiment. ,
GEORGIA NEWS AND VIEWS.
Statesboro is having an ire war.
Darien Gazette: Georgia needs a
lieutenant-governor. Th* rout of keep-
n article like that on hand xtou\fi
be small.
A number of farmers from different
parts of Wilcox county were in Abbe
ville Saturday. They were all looking
cheerful, and generally spoke very
hopefully of crop prospects.
A bill will be Introduced in the legis
lature to establish a system of public
schools In Worth county for Doles and
Ffllyaw schools for two and a hsdf
miles each way from raid school houses
as they are now located.
Washington Gazette: There Is gen
eral complaint that the wheat crop in
this section of tbe country Is a failure.
We hope, however, that this will not
discourage our farmers In sowing this
very desirable cereal again this fall.
We can’t hope to succeed every time.
Balnbridge Searchlight: Hundreds of
hay harvesting machines are being sold
to farmers of the county, and it it prob
able that Albany will have to invite us
up to her Hay Day carnival this fall.
Decatur county farmers are learning
that there 1* more profit In their grass
crop than there Is to bo derived by
stripping the blodee from the corn.
The thriving and prosperous little
town of Barney, in the northern part
of Brooks county, and of Barwlck. In
the western part, are to be Incorporated
nt the coming seasion of the legislature.
Both towns have excellent schools, and
to better subserve the Interests of these
schools, as well as the general welfare
and protection rf the inhabitants it la
thought beat tt have them Incorpo
rated.
Eatonton Messenger: The city gov
ernment would like to know the senti
ment of the citizens of Eatonton ts to
the advisability of purchsslng for the
city, at a reasonable price, the electric
lighting plant, and It will probably en
deavor to obtain an expression front
them on this question. The city now
pays about 11.400 annually for Its street
lighting, and thla .amount, together
with the income from Individual sources
would, in the opinion of many, author
ize a reasonable investment for'this
purpose. It la also suggested that the
water plant could be operated with thla
power to great advantage if the electrio
power waa owned by the city.
REMARKAttl-t* SEASONS.
McDuffie Journal.
Dear Journal: Wo have eurely had a
cold, tyrfekward spring. I hear some
oM folks saying they never saw any.
thing like tt before. 60 I will give a
short account of remarkable seasons
during elxty-four years, touching only
those years that were* remarkable.
Tbe year of 1US had the earliest,
spring end the Isteet Gill I have ev*r
known/ Dogwood blooms were
blown by the 12th of February, when
the usual time Is the 25th of March.
And there waa no killing frost till tho
27th of December. Cotton blooms were
plentiful Christmas morning. Fermera
who usually made five or six bales of
cotton to tho plow, made that year
from tweh*e to fifteen bales.
The heat was Intense, especially In
September and October. The yellow
fe\*er raged In Auguste. The 8ax*annah
river waa so low that "Old Bholty," as
he was called, who was running Ham
burg. 8. C.. against Augusta. On., sui-
veyed a largo portion of the river bed
and sowed It In turnips. The line be
tween Georgia and South Carolina was
the low-water mark on the South Car
olina bank. and. us Sholty had had
some trouble abqut hls wharves, be did
this In order to claim the river, and
build out a* far sa he pleased. A long
lawsuit followed, and my recollection
la that the old German won.
The year 1141 waa remarkable for the
great "Harrison Freshet." Hamburg
waa badly tom .up. and never fully re
covered from th* stroke, although ah#
continued to do a large part of the
business till the canal waa finished,
which proved a death-blow to the
plucky itttl# town.
1IMII.
The year 1845 warn the dryest year
ever known. From May 11 t<*8#ptem
her IS there was not rain enough to run
on hard ground. There were no steam
mills then, and. ss the streams In the
lower counties went dry. the people had
to go to mill to the upper counties.
My father sent me to mill with a crowd
of neighbors. W* found hundreds of
wagons encamped near the'mlll. and
we were told that we could get one
bushel of corn grodhd for each family,
and could come for the balance In ten
days. Bo we left all but the quantity
stated, and went home, after staying
a day and night, and returned ten days
later.
)R4«.
The year 1148 xvas the wettest year
ever saw. The wheat crop was ver
early and extra heavy, but about the
time we had cut wheat one day It com
menced raining and wet till the etand
Ing wheat all eprouted and commence-
to grow, presenting* the remarkabl
sight of a young crop of wheat grow
ing on a fully matured crop. ’
The fairs continued until the wheat
fell dou n. and then when It cleai
\\« kut and harvested the wheat with
ft: *-•> {'••«••• - • <p h-'- k*. - -%
threaded, washed, sunned and carried
th Ftu7 t.» mill at 1 g.'t half-rt
flour. It was "poor cake," but t»
th\n n*> bread, and White folks
*‘m •. c« r lived on it till corn cart
H« ptember. and then ex'crythlng
op now for my b«tt*
THE JUNE MAGAZINES.
THE ATLANTIC.
and notable features are
President Eliot's remarkable a<!dm«s at
H-.-t-'-n Emerson Centenary Celebra
tion. accompanied by George E. Wood-
berry's Centenary Ode dehrered on tho
; occasion. There |x a »weII-Jnformed
and carefully studied paper on the moot
subject of The Negro In the Regular
Army, by Oswald Garrison Vlllard. Gold-
win Smith contributes a pungent article
on The Cult of Napoleon, brilliantly an**
learnedly written from the author's char
acteristic British view of his country's
historical beta nolr. Other articles In
clude a review of the rise of Unltarlan-
lsm. The Changes In Colrege Life In Fifty
'*/ and The Glamour of a Consul-
Ehlp; an account of the pirate kingdom
ofl the New Orleans bayous and a de
fense of Thomas Day. whose repute was
freat a generation since, but who has
suffered of late years largely because
Charles Dickens satirized him for writing
Eandford and Merton. There gre several
pieces of excellent fiction, a paper on
books of art. a number of poems, and the
contributor's clob.
CALIPOI1NI4 1.ADIES* MAGAZINE.
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and published by women only It the only
ladles’ Journal published on the Pacific
coast Ita 4* pages are filled with th*
beat literary and household matter and
Illustrations Among the leading artists
In the May issue are Cardinal Gibbons'
Our Christian Heritage; Four Years Later
by W. H. Matlock: The Imperial Family
of Japan; several pages of fashions, care
of children, fancy work. A full page
Illustration of California’s prlxe-wlnnlng
dogs, a double page on* of famous struc
tures of tbe world, and a full page of
beautiful babies of the coast are only a
partis! list of tbe many In tbe nuoftfL
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THE CENTURY
Opens with an article. Tbe Sultan of ]
Morocco Journeys toward Fes. written
and Illustrated (in part tn color) by Ar
thur Schneider, who lived for fourteen
months with the sultan. It appears from
hls artJde that the sultan would gladly
five up the old-fashioned ways of trav- over ^
ellng in Morocco. He Is anxious to have [ 'phone No
a railroad, but be knows that h# cannot ( - ■— — ■■
allow a European power to build one I . nn ,-, w .
without exciting jealous nvais. The Lor.- ADD I EL M. JACKSON, Dentist,
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illustrated article. Ray Btannard Baker j BlockJ Telephone L.I
In the Great Northwest series describes
tbs salmon fisheries: there Is an excellent
article on Modern Musical Celebrities:
Governor Garvin tells about The Btnto
Boss and How He May Be Destroyed
er Interesting articles. The fiction Includes
an Illustrated story of a boy and hls dog.
entitled Chums, by Edwin L. Babin, &
•ketch that will appeal t'» any man who.
In boyhood, ever owned a dog. Other ato-
ries are by Abigail H. Fttch. Ella^betk
AMERICAN TRADE C OMPETES WITH Cherry Waltz and the Baronets von Hut-
ITSELF.
American commerce, after a period
of foreign expansion that astonished
our c'tlsens fully as much as it star
tled those of Euroneah countries, sud
denly finds Itself face to face with top*
pling exports. Not only is there sn at-
moet unprecedented tzUiz? off of or
ders for machinery from Europe, but
we are once more importing pig iron In
stead'of sending It abroad. This be
comes possible again In our history be
cause our marvellous prosperity abroad
wae caused largely by th# re-equip
ment of the factories, foundries, mines
and machine shops with American mi-
hlnery, enabling Europe today to man
ufacture cheaply American tool* and
commodities, even to our name plats*
on Implements of all kinds, equal in
•very' respect to the original article
which they now supplant everywhere,
because owing to our lurk of foreign
banking facilities and lax methods of
business In securing and holding for
eign trade, we fait to hold against those
wq have enabled to compete with us for
the markets of the world.
The American manufacturer ot ma
chinery seemingly has no fellow feel
ing fqr the Yankee maker of commodi
ties. Entire shoemaking plants are
sent to England for Installation, and
leased on royalty to the British manu
facturer, and so popular Is the Amer
ican “boot" at it is called abroad,
that the Yankee manufacturer of shoe
making machinery Is successful In
compelling the* British shoemaker to
abolish all other, machinery from hls
factory. These American shoe plants
in Grtdt Britain, being much nearer ths
Continental market than our own, are
successfully competing In many quar
ters whert "American shoes" (made In
England) are becoming quite as popu
lar ae the genuine article.
When America began to lay down
tools In Vladivostok nnd Port Arthur
for the Russian government, at a less
price than It cost to manufacture tho
same articles in Germ tny, there wax an
(mediate overhauling of German ma
chine shops, and whllo the process of
re-equlppment with Amerlcsn fnstalla-
tlonsprogressed. our Exports of ma
chinery lncreaxed by leaps and bounds.
Now. however. It ts Germany that lays
down tools In the Far East at the
price It costs us to manufacture them,
and we are doing the overhauling anu
Installation of new machinery to com
pete «Uh our machinery in German
workshops The «Uy» of our "cocn- |
merclal walkover" have passed* We
did wake Europe up and now she fights
us with our own * -ftp-ms —Alexander
Hume Ford. In Colli-r s Weekly.
tea.
COfNTRT LIPB IN AMERICA.
With Ita sumptuous Illustrations srfd
wealth of practical Information covers an
astonishing range of subjects. “A Plant-
Hunting Vacation, shows some wonderful
orchids sod rare wild flowoi* First Prin
ciples of Poultry Raising has some wise
caution and good common sense that be
ginners should heed. Discovering a Coun
try Home ts a breezy story by a man and
wife who abandoned a city flat, tried a
rented house In the suburbs and found
happiness In the res! country. How to
Grow Cherries and Bee-keeping, for Plrn*-
ore and Profit art good practical articles.
How to Build a House-boat and a A
House-boat for Two Thousand Dollars are
suggestive and valuable for people of mel-
erate means. Tbe double pax# Illustra
tion Is a pleture of th# eut-Hwoat trout,
the garnet flah of western North Amer
ica. Peraonal Experiences In Gardening
la a series of eight short articles deacrlb-
Ing new and Ingenious practical devices
sn«| profitable results. Our FrUnd the
Pig tells how to take cart of a pig and
Is Illustrated by amusing pictures. Two
other etriklng pictorial features are Cast
ing a Net for Mullet and How an Insect
Shed* its Bktn. the latter a eerits of ten
pictures of tho eeven teen-year I ecus t.
GOOD ItOCfKKEEPtKQ.
That tho stag* reaches • larger public
than the churches, and that th* charac
ter of tho drama depend* mainly upon
womankind. Is earnestly set forth by Ed
ward If. Bothern In an article writlen
primarily for thla year’s "gtrl graduates."
Alice Katherine Fallows, In After College.
defer.de th* college graduate’* so-called
restlessness and says many things which
parent* and friends should take to heart.
Ella Morris KreUchmar, In the Higher
I-lfe department, assails the theory ad
vanced by a recent writer and Indorsed
by President Roosevelt, that the girl who
prefers her own earning* to her parents’
euppoh la a snob. Other features Include
Short Rations and Long Life, by Anna
Woodward 1 Th* Horn** Life of Gov. Cum
mins of Iowa: A Little Experiment In
Co-operation: Doll Children of Famous
Women; Tb# "Kick" Box. by Julia Ditto
Young; An Electric Kitchen, by H. Ah-
nette Poole; Cold Desserts, by Principal
French of the New England School of
Cookery: and many valuable articles on
Jelly making, preserving and other
branches of cookery.
REVIEW OF REVIEWS.
There Is no lack of variety In this num
ber aside from the Interesting editorial
comment on current events, there ere four
Important AkMrttri article* on »he lat
est methods of treating consumption, cm-
ph%*!iing th< open-air treatment -»p« •
dally: an article -tn The -1 ... if
None 'n'ormlty In Knciaruj !’> W T
Stead, a paper apropos of the VValeyaji
- • J* J M Huckl.y. a
*k-t-h i f ih<» Gov Ramsey, .if Min
nesota, by V-irn-n t’phem; an account
of the government’s expcrlrr.-nfa In lV»r-
e*t lKab'-o* » Barren i-mda by Clarita
if. Burn An American a View* of Par-i-
tonla. and briefer articles on The Col
lege of th* City of New York and Its
New President ami 'The Well-OovemM
District of Columbia." There is ala> a
fiume of the report of the Maeety com
mission of British trade unionists on
American Induttrla! ecn lltlone. The num
ber concludes with sn Interesting review
of "The OlAcat Cod* of Laws In th-
World." th •** promulgated by Khimm i-
r*b4. King of BAbylon. It 1' J.v -it;. « t
recently traneUtad by C. IL W. Johr.a
SCRIBNER'S
Tfce articles.by
hie ir-mori-tt of 1
tlnuod nitff n Mv
battle* of AntloUi
It Will pc hard to
find In w»r
MONT PEOPLE OVEREAT.
A prominent physkdin In New York
was asked by th«* writer tn five hls
opinion on the subject of eating lets
than the usual amount of food. HU
reply waa that It Is not only poaalble
but convenient to live on two meals a
day and upon food commonly consider
ed "light food”; that th? usual boats
of diet Is chemical ana!y*i-*, but that
that such means of determination are
erroneous. It has b**n altogether a
certainty In hH experience, be aald.
that tbe mlaua- of fcoi is the essential
factor In the world’s human misery, j cfsairelimes did
sorrow and crime; adding the com- | to break the dental
m*nt, that - eo'iety Is constituted. ^ *n ~i •*:
11 la a lonely an ! generally too dlffl- i forilm’.ar char** g<
cult task for the layman to dlsaaao. :- j
ate hlnifflf from conventional habits
of eating, and that consequently he ,,
pay* the p*: tlly b»r hi* mistakes in which have mi if thf g»n-ra! aog^puiar
r k: “■ ‘ rr«m.t: r - !•.,?*: as a • f-r-r It. thf g n.mfnt f t* »
other leading physician who has I United Ftat-s s«n-* the war department
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• va . . • r r* thf I-
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ar*; »lxt-* n .-hort atorie* of a high stand
ard of excel!*»r.ro. The verse maintain*
that mert: which ha* won for the mac**
tin# Its literary prestige. The humor
throughout Is of the beat; and there Is.
too. an essay* "Tbe Paasmg of the Arte-
tocrat." by Elizabeth Duer, which U cf
unusual Inters. nl
WOMAN'S HOME COMPANION.
Thla is an excellent summer number.
Thf mr>st valuable feature gi\«-s bints fof
the June w-ddjngtt, with ptciur* - akow*
Ing dfcoratjftr.5 fnr ebureb and bom*.
There 1- a charming artlrl** on Blr l-Lanl
N-.-u.rt-. tn Th- Nature-flHfl Club. *C-I
oth*-r future* ar- An Indian Aristocracy,
H-r -» Who Fight Dtroaee. -.nd a review
' th- winter > |>U>- The fietl'n includes
K ri-- by Edm PhO’.pOtts. CUmF*
Il .ttkM May Hrown and Henry E
Broakfi
give A R
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w Arabian Night*. Tb#
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