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BY AUNT SUSIE.
(Thin a corner set aside for the Little Folks Tub Constitution for their en e u
■tent and levelopnient in the art of letter-wri*UX«J .
Hollies Dow.
Come, my darling, drink it up;
Oh, you mustn't make
Jjreadful faces! Though, my love,
I know ’tis hard to take!
Rut little dollies must bo good.
And take their med’cin’ as they should!
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For, when you get a bigger doll.
My precious little pet.
The med’cin’s they get worser.
And sometimes worser yet!
But great big dollies must be good.
And take bad med’cin’s as they should.
Dear Children—A few mornings ago I had
L call and I don’t think you could guess
who was my caller. It was our friend
"Ernest Willie,” and 1 cannot tel you how
sorry 1 was not to be able to see him, for
I have been quite sick and am still under
the doctor’s care, and shut up in my room,
so I could not see our dear friend; but he
brought me one of his beautiful books, and
it has been my constant companion, to cheer
and comfort my sick and weary hours. 1
wish you couid own one of these books, and
if I were you Id go to work and make
money enough to buy one. The girls could
sell eggs and the boys cut wood for their
neighbors or make money in sime way.
neighbors or make money in some way:
There never was a truer saying than that,
for 1 Imre always noticed that if people
want a thing very earnestly they are very
apt to get it. At any rate it is a good rule
for young people to accept and work up to.
It will make you strive harder to attain
what you desire. Now, if all the boys and
girls who are old enough would go to work
and make the money to get one of “Earnest
Willie’s” books, just think of how you
could help him. while you are helping your
self. With his book, he brought me a let
-j. ■- her had written to you, for he is always
working for the good of the young folks.
1 know you will enjoy his letter.
“AUNT SUSIE.”
Constitution Boys anti Girls; Did you
know this is my birthday? Yes, I am nine
years old today. Nine years this morning
since, a new kind of lift which I nad never
dreamed of dawned upon me. Do you ques
tion? It is just nine years today since I
was hurt—since that fall in which I went
down “the rosy dreams that, gladdened
youth,” the shining castles that inspired
me, and the singing hopes that led me on.
Ah! how the commingled memories of dis
appointments keen and heavy to bear, and
virtories happy and thrilling, crowd upon
nie, arf the past with a wealth of unique
trial and experience looms up in inspiring
panorama before me.
It was a cloudy morn when I fell, while
prosecuting my labors on the farm, but
life, with all its inviting promises, spread
out before me with all the brightness with
which the golden glory of this heavenly
Sabbath breaks around me today. Could 1
but then have lifted the veil that shut the
future out! Ah! human nature can't un
derstand it all; but I am happy to trust
happy to follow Tom F. Mcßeath’s words
of lender beauty and wise consolation:
“Work, watch and wait!
And trust His tender love whate’er befall.”
i know one in.ng—l have Peen nappy
during all these years of trials, and 1 am
happy now. Many friends have been gra
cious enough to tell me that God has been
pleased to bless my nvalid life and make
it more fruitful of good than it would have
been had I continued in health ami strength.
If this be verily true, then J thank God
lor my affliction. The glory of His name
and the uplifting and brightening of hu
manity—this be my burning wish—my
crowning ambition, jf I know my heart.
Another tiring 1 know—if 1 had never been
hurt, my book would never have been felt,
thought and written. And the sweet, beau
tiful ami happdy cheering letters I am re
ceiving from over the south where the book
1 as gcae, bearing commendations twice as
high as I expected, humble me and gratify
pleased to bless my invalid life and make
me nope that before many months, 1 will
be free from the debt which the large edi
tion brought upon im, and then be better
prepared to enlarge that sphere of useful
ness which 1 earnestly hop., and pray may
widen and deepen e'rrv dav.
The completion of my book, “Earnest
Willie,” or “Echoes from a Recluse,” a
volume ol nearly 650 pages (about which
our generous “Aunt Susie” so sweetly and
tenderly told you some time ago) is the crys
tallization of one of the brightest dreams
that has inspired my head ami heart durin
■ll the years of my invalid life. It seems
that even yet 1 can hardly realize that
it .is finished at last—so much of
anxious labor, prayers and anxiety, smiles
ami heartthrobs the preparation of it h -s
cost me. It will not uo lor anv one to get
the idea that because my book nas been
written by an invalid it is a volume of
sombre shades and contains a gloomy mel
ancholy story. Ear from it. i have’ been
happy myself during all these years and
1 have tried to put myself in my book ’so
Jl hope it will be happy, too. 1 nave earn
estly sought to reflect in its pages that hap
piness and hope which God amt my friends
—bless their noble hearts— have put into my
heart and life.
Now, alter all my work, you can imagine
how gratifying to me are letters like this
from far-off Texas: “Dear Earnest Willie-
Here is $1.50 for your handsome and de
lightful book. I was visiting a relative and
saw it there, and so much did its cheery,
yet earnest pages inspire me that 1 fell i
must have a copy, too. It seems sad for
you to be so afflicted, but after seeing and
reading your book 1 can but thank God
that He gave you to us just as you are.”
Just imagine yourself in my place and
you will partly understand how happy and
sweet and gladdening assurances make my
heart.
Allow me to thank in this way all who
have written me such cheering letters,
which my meager strength rendered it im
possible for me to answer. Each letter ac
complishes its mission of cheer and inspira
tion. And to those who have said such
beautiful words to me about my poem,
“Mother at Fifty,” I waft a special mes
sage of thanks. Every boy and girl, of
course, feels like he or she has the best
mother in the world, but it seems to me
that I just know it. During all my years
on bed I had a better opportunity to realize
a mother’s love and blessing than most boys
and girls have had. And the memory of
her sweet face, bending -over my bed in
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION : ATLANTA, GA.* TUESDAY. MARCH 20, 1894.
smiling, anxious tenderness will go with
and bless me throughout all life, and I
trust be sweet to me in heaven. God bless
that mother and bless you every one. Your
invalid friend and comrade,
“EARNEST XVIELIE.”
YOUNG FOLK’S CORRESPONDENCE.
Letters of Exchange Among The Consti
tution’* Little Folks.
Robert Beckman Lee, Tilden. Ala.—l am eight
years old. Igo to school and study geography.
Instory, spelling, arithmetic and fourth reader; I
finished my reader today.
I have a line pony, and papa is going to break
him and buy me a nice saddle so I can ride. I have
a pet dog and eight puppies. I have several traps
and have caught several birds, but have a hard
time getting them out, and sometimes let them go.
1 will close by answering Hattie White’s ques
tion :
Al ter the war of 17.19 between England and
Spain, Governor Oglethorpe returned to England.
Pauline Harris, Caddo, Texas.—l come from the
west as you will see bv my address, but my native
state is dear old Georgia.’ I live on alarm and en
joy the freedom of a country girl. One of my
chief enjoyments is horseback liding. I have a.
splendid pony and I very often help father hunt
There are many curiosities to be found here in
the shape of rocks. There is a little hill not far
from here that is called Petrified hill, on which
can he found limbs of trees, fish bones, and many
other curious things that are petrified.
A round the ant beds on t his same hill can be
found rocks in the shape of wheat. I could tell of
many other things, but as this is my first attempt
to write to the corner, 1 am (raid ,ot the waste
basket.
Correspondents solicited.
S. H. Witherspoon, Pulpit Harbor, Me.—l am
from the frozen regions of old Maine. It is very
interesting to me to read the many letters in The
Constitution from the cousins in different parts
of the country.
How would some of them from the sunny south
like to come north and have a snow ball with me,
or dig caves in the huge snowclifts, and slide
down hills with a merry crowd of girls and boys?
Well, I am not begging exactly, but wish some
Ot the cousins would send me some old canceled
stamps, either United States or confederate. Also
confederate bills or bonds. I will give in exchange
the odd looking sealurchin, the quaint sand dol
lar, and curious starfish scallop shells, with flow
ers painted on same by hand in oil; also variety of
shells from the coast. ’ 1 shall hope to hear from
many.
Clara L. Bonner, Crawfordville, Ga.—l live in
the country one mile and a half from Crawford
ville, where I attend Stephens high school. We
have a large school. 1 attend Sunday school every
Sunday. We have a sunbeam society of seventy
members. We meet on every first Sunday after
noon. Our dues are one cent or more. We have
the birthday box.
I have a nice flower yard with an orange tree in
it which is five years o’ld. It has nice leaves on it.
1 have two brothers that have cotton patches
around the yard which they sell to get their Sun
day school sunbeam dues.
I‘apa has an orchard of all kinds of fruit which
is very nice. I wish you and all the cousins could
be here tn the summer to enjoy eating fruit with
me.
XVillis Johnston. Emily, Ga.—l have long been a
sih nt. admirer of the Young Folks’ Corner, but
never had the courage to write.
Well, cousins, how did you all spend Christmas?
I didn't have a very nice time, for my father was
down sick with pneumonia, and I had to stay at
home most of the time, but hope the. rest of you
hail a nice time.
Aunt Susie, please tell us some more about
monkeys; 1 did enjoy your rotter about monkeys
so much, for 1 live in the country and know noth
ing about such things.
Well, for fear of the waste basket,! had better
close by asking some correspondents, either sex.
Mattie Smith, Millington. Tenn.—l am a little
country girl. I’apa takes The Constitution: has
taken it for seven years, and 1 like it. 1 always
read the cousins’ letters first.
I am going to school now , and we have a nice
teacher; she is a sweet lady ; I like her very much.
I have a pet lamb, it is very playful.
Old Santa was very good to me this Christmas;
he brought me candles and a nice doll; I named
her Maggie Lena; I think it is a pretty name.
1 have one sister ami two brothers.
Aunt Susie, your letters were so interesting
about the world’s fair. 1 would like to have seen
the lovely things that you described, it was so in
teresting.
I would like to have some little girls to corre
spond with me from Georgia.
Sadie Farr, Stop, Ga.—My father has for many
years been a subscriber of The Constitution, and
since ! have been old enough to read, it has been
one of my greatest pleas ires to peruse its inter
esting pages, especially the Young Folks’ Corner.
We live in the country, in a community of many
pleasant advantages, among which is a flourish
ing school. We are so fortunate as to have one of
the best of teachers, who labors earnestly for the
good of ner pupils.
My father has a large family, but all the chil
dren are married except four.
I am one among the cousins that will be glad for
Aunt Susie to write more about the monkeys, as I
W ell-Attested Merit.
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher writes :
‘‘4o Orange Street,
“ Brooklyn, N. V., February ri, iSgo.
I have used Allcock's Porous Plasters for
some years for myself and family, and, as far as
able, for the many sufferers who come to us for
assistance, and have found them a genuine relief
for most of the aches and pains which flesh is he:r
tq. I have used Allcock’s Porous Plasters for
all kinds of lameness and acute pain, and by fre
quent experiments find that they can control many
cases not. noticed in your circulars.
The above is the only’ testimonial I have ever
given in favor of any plaster, and if my name has
been used to recommend any other it is without my
authority or sanction.”
George Augustus Sala writes to
the London Daily Telegraph:
“ I especially have a pleasant remembrance of
the ship's doctor—a very experienced maritime
medico indeed—who tended inc most kindly dur
ing a horrible spell of bronchitis and spasmodic
asthma, provoked by the sca-fog which had
swooped down on us just after we left San bran
cisco. But the doctor’s prescriptions, and the
increasing warmth of the temperature as we neared
the tropics, and, in particular, a couple of .All
cock’s Porous Plasters clapped on - one on the
chest and another between the shouldcr*blades —
soon set me right.” s
Russell Sage, the well-known
financier, writes:
“ 506 Fifth Avenue,
“ New York City, December 20, 1890.
’‘For the last twenty years I have been using
Allcock’s Porous Plasters. They have re
peatedly cured me of rheumatic pains and pains
in my side and back, and, whenever 1 have a
cold, one on my chest and one on my back
relieve me.
” My family arc never without them.”
Marion Harland, on page 103 of
her popular work, “Common Sense
for Maid, Wile, and Mother,” savs :
“For the aching back Allcock’s Porous Plas
ter is an excellent comforter, combining the sen
sation of the sustained pressure of a strong, warm
hand with certain tonic qualities developed in the
wearing. It should be kept over the seat of the
uneasiness for several days—in obstinate cases, for
perhaps a fortnight.”
Beware of imitations, and do not
Ask for Allcock’s, and let no solici
accept a substitute.
think they are great curiosities, and will be
glad to know all 1 can of their peculiar nature.
I also appreciate a letter that Aunt Susie
wrote on temperance. And I agree with I{. W.
Gadd, that it would be wise for the cousins to dis
cuss the subject, as it would probably yield a good
influence on some one and cause them to stop
and think of the evil caused by intemperance.
I am agr at lover of the many beauties ol na
ture that God has in His wisdom prepared for us
to enjoy. I take great pride in my flower yard;
also my hothouse flowers, and have a splendid as
sortment.
I have a craving for knowledge, and will be glad
to have a correspondent among the cousins that
would lii.e to exchange ideas on some good sub
ject. I will be glad for them to select the subject.
Mae Smith. Millington, Tenn.—l, like most of
the other cousins, am a little country girl. 1 liked
your world’s fair letters so much ; 1 thought them
so interesting. I’lease write some more about it.
We have been going to school since Christmas.
We have to ride, as it is muddy. 1 have a good
many pets; for one 1 have a real nice horse which
1 caii ride. It has been snowing some this week,
and raining too.
I am so glad when spring comes with all of her
grasses and flowers, for 1 am a great lover of
flowers.
Aunt Susie, don’t you think it is ridiculous to
be so foolish over a dog as those young ladies are?
The very idea of giving n dog an entertainment.
We live about two miles and a half from Mil
lington
1 would like a few girl correspondents. Age 13.
Eugenia Hamrick, Troy, Ala.—l live in the nice
little city of Troy, which' is surrounded by a fer
tile farming country.
* 1 have no pets, but I must admit I have quite a
number of (lolls. 1 spend most of my time in prac ■
I icing on the piano, as I am quite fond of music.
My good uncle in Macon, Ga., sent me several nice
pieces of music Christmas.
I am going to send for one of little Edna Brow
er’s pictures. Some of mamma’s pupils, together
with sister, brother and myself, sent her SO cents
in money and 1.752 stamps. Some of them we col
lected by having a little show and charged ten
stamps admission.
I am just entering my teens and am in the
freshman class. Geography is my favorite study.
Bessie Jeffers, Wild Rose, Wis.--We live in the
central part of Wisconsin, about one hundred and
twenty-five miles from Milwaukee, where we have
snow and skating in winter, and it is as warm here
in summer as it is down south ; 1 think 1 would
like it better up here.
I live in the country and walk one and one
fourth miles to school.
’to the southern cousins I would say we pay a
dime for three oranges, lemons are the same.
I never saw any cotton grow. X\ ould it grow
here as a house plant?
Zaccheus Marks asked who deserves the most
honor. Columbus lor discovering America, or
j Washington for defending it? I think Washing
ton lor defending it.
I Igo to school.
j I would like to correspond with some of the
i girls. Age fourteen.
Mina Boone, Barrv, Mo.—l am a little country
1 girl ten years old. I live one mile and a half from
, Harry, out on the prai-ie, which is covered with
i snow fourteen inches deep.
I 1 nave been going t > school all winter, and have
• six studies. My teacher’s name is Miss Carrie
I Higgie; 1 love her very much. My school wif.
i close in one more week. L
I I have three brothers, all younger than niyselV
but no sister. Mi papa and mamma were bot\
Georgians, and last winter we visited my only
grandma, If. E. Boone, in Ga nesville, Ga. 1 like'
i my western home better t han the south.
Essie Lee, Carter, Douglas I’. ()., N. C.—l will
■ tell the cousins about my pets. They are not very
numerous, but I think tuey are very sweet. I liav-fc
three large cats and a doll, my uncle gave me tor a
; Christmas present, though the sweetest of all is
' my little sister just two months old; her name is
Daisy Florence. ’
Aunt Susie, as this is my first attempt to write,
please don’t criticise it.
Aunt Susie, please tell us about the family of
monkey’s you read of; I am sure we would en
joy it.
E. Ira Watts, Improve, Miss.—lmprove is a post- (
office, situated in Marion county, about ninety
miles above the gulf coast, in the heart of the
great pine region of rhe south.
I bis is a delightful country to live in, although*
it is thinly settled. Improve is about nine miles
northeast of Columbia, the county seat, which
is a thriving village of 500 inliabitantr.
The Columbia high school is situated thereg
which is probably o e of the best schools of its"
kind in the state! Besides this, there are several
other thriving institutions of learning in this
county.
I live on a country’ farm and enjoy farm life
very much. Our principal crops are cotton, corn,
potatoes, rice, sugarcane ano fruits of various
kinds, are also raised for home consumption.
When, and bv whom, was the Colorado river firs
discovered ami explored? a
By whom was the city of Rome founded? r
Correspondents solicited. * (
Annie Dcsse. Columbia, Fla.—Dear Aunt Susie,
will you be so kind as to permit a little girl to
join your band of cousins? (
1 live on a beautiful farm three miles from the
pretty little town of Columbia. I prefer the coun
try to the city, although I think it is very nice to
live in a city.
1 am learning how to cook. I want to grow up to
lie a use! nl woman [wonder how many of the
cousins help their mammas cook?
| School closed a few days s'nee. I regretted very
I much to give up my teacher, she was so good and
kind.
I have no pets except a dear little brother two
years old.
I will answer Jennie Ligman's question :
It was the city of Rome that was saved by the
cackling of a flock of geese.
1 would like a few good correspondents about
my age, from Ncrth Carolina especially. Age 11.
B. C. Browning, Long Lick. Ky.—l have been a
reader of The Constitution only a short time, but
even in that time. I have learm’d to like it ever so
much, especially the Young Folks' Corner.
I live m the blue grass region, and. as is natural,
I I think it the best country in the world; at least,
] I would not exchange it for any that 1 know of.
1 have had a splendid time this winter going to
parties. I will tell you, Kentucky peop'e believe
in having fun, although some of it is not of achar
acter to be sanctioned by good people.
We have had many suggestions lately from the
voting f olks as to improving our column, but as yet.
I have seen no substantial evidence of it. Os
course there could not be much expected from a
clumsy, awkward farmer boy like myseli.
Now, cousins, let ns lie up <nd doing. Let us
I take the golden rule for our motto and commence
; at home. There is the place, in my opinion, where
j good deeds should l egin. I am sure we can all
find something to do.
1 would like to correspond with some southern
' girls.
The Rev. Mark Guy Pearse writes:
" Bedford Place, Russell Square.
“London, December 10, 1888.
“ I think it only’ right that 1 should tell you of
how much use I iind Allcock’s Porous Plas
ters in my family and amongst those to whom I
have recommended them. I find them a very
breastplate against colds and coughs.”
W. J. Arkcll, publisher of Judge
and Frank Leslie's Illustrated News
paper, writes :
“Judge Building,
“Cor. Fifth Ave. and Sixteenth Street,
” New York, January 14, 1891.
“ About three weeks since, while suffering from
a severe cold which had settled on my chest, I
applied an Allcock’s Por"US Plaster, and in a
short time obtained relief.
“In my r opinion, these plasters should be in
every household, for use in case of coughs, colds,
sprains, bruises or pains of any kind. I know that
in my case the results have been entirely satisfac
tory’ and beneficial.'*
Henry Thorne, Traveling Secre
tary of the Y. M. C. A., writes :
“ Exeter Hall. Strand.
“ London, February 2, 1888.
“ I desire to bear my testimony’ to the value of
Allcock's Porous Plasters. I have used them
for pains in the back and side, arising from rheu
matic and other causes, never without deriving
benefit from their application. They arc easily’
applied and very comforting. Those engaged, as
I am, in public work which involves exposure to
sudden changes of temperature, will do well to
keep a supply of Allcock’s Pokous Plasters
in their portmanteaus.”
Hon. fames W. Husted says:
“ When suffering from a severe cough, whic’i
threatened pulmonary difficulties which I was
recommended to go to Florida to relieve, 1 deter
mined to test Allcock’s Porous Plasters.
I applied them to my' chest and between the
shoulder-blades, and m less than a fortnight was
entirely cured.”
Henry A. Mott,Jr., Ph. D., F. C. S..
late Government chemist, certifies:
“ My investigation of Allcock’s Porous Plas
ter shows it to contain valuable and essential
ingredients not feund in any other plaster, and I
find it superior to and more efficient than any
other plaster.”
be deceived by misrepresentation,
itation or explanation induce you to
UNREST OF FARMERS.
IMPORTANT PAPER ItT T>R- MERI
WETHER, OF JOHN HOPKINS
University—The ( aw Impartially Presented
—Conflict Between Urban and Rural
Coui inunilies—Needed Reforms.
The farmer movement goes back to the
beginning of city life and rests on the
struggle between urban and rural com
munities. Social ease and readiness make
the dweller in towns ridicule the "country
crackers” and “country jakes.” This rail
lery and contempt typify the contest al
ways going on.
The farmer is undoubtelly overreached by
his city competitor, but he has no just
ground for complaint except in these cases
where the governing powers aid the munici
palities to fleece him. He has loudly sound
ed his grievance against middlemen—com
mission dealers —but he has here no cause
to murmur except at his own obstinacy’
and ruinous independence. He can co-oper
ate with his neighbors and ship to an ap
pointed agent, and reap all the profits him
self. Jf he will not adopt this plan of com
bining against the tacit combinations of
cities then he will have to stew in his
igorant fumes until poverty brings him to
his senses. The standard of life is higher
in cities and the man in turn has a com
manding position in the higgling in the
markets.
Undoubtedly trusts are a heavy discrimi
nation against the farmer. No “combine”
can raise the price of his wheat, his beef,
or his cattle for him. and yet nearly’ every
implement he buys has a fictitious value on
it, and it is put there mainly through the
aid of the governing power. Trusts rest
on two things, the tariff and patents. Both
of these are a matter of legal regulation.
In such instances the fanner has his only
genuine grievance, a grievance against his
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DR. C. MERIWETHER.
government because it extends special fa
vors to some. Legislation is so often for
special classes, with a sop now and then to
the great bulk of the people—the patient
agricultural masses. The halls and corri
dors of the eapitol at Washington are being
worn smooth by the protectionists crowd
ing and clamoring for pet schemes, but the
solid tread of the plowman is never heard
there.
It is only when the supreme authority
that we ail support turns its beneficent rays
upon a chosen few that the farmer should
raise his voice in protest outside of govern
ment interfernce; his contest with cities is
on an unequal plane, and if he is beaten by
cunning and compact voluntary organiza
tion he can only blame himself lor not
uniting into an industrial army. But. when
his representatives are hoodwinked and
Bf'friboozled by shrewd lobbyists and impos
lelegations and cooked-up petitions tn
' Hutes that gently but mercilessly
’: his pockets the hard earnings of
then he has a righteous cause ot
gtion.
: Jj- Tias made an outcry about his mort
gages, but their amount and number only
show his distress. Under our present so
cial and industrial system he has no basis
of atack in this matter, as he freely as
sumed those obligations under the law of
suppiy and demand. The holding of these
claims so largely by eastern capitalists on
southern and western farms is an unfort
unate occasion for the development of a
sectional feeling.
But the farmer claims that his chief
burden comes from having to help carry
other vocations that, the government looks
on with partial eye. The establishment of
banks is peculiarly facilitated and great,
power is put in their hands. The expen
sive requirements make such a business
hopelessly beyond the reach of nearly every
farmer in the land. 'Their control over the
volume of currency is complete. Such sway
la too potent for evil to be delegated to
another agency.
But it is on the silver question that, the
farmer of the south and west is stirred
most deeply and resentfully. He knows
only too well that there has been a sad fall
in the prices of commodities sime the de
monetization of silver by the leading na
tions of the world. He argues that thia
fall is because of the previous government
action, and no one can disprove this. He
has not lost heart in his fight for free sil
ver. He has got his second wind. The re
peal law last fall no more ended the strife
than Cleveland's defeat in 1888 was the
death of tariff reform.
But the strongest counts in his indictment
against the government are connected with
the general appropriations and the railroad
question. In the past cities have been
created by the breath of rulers. St. Peters
burg has sprung out of the marshes of the
Baltic. Berlin has taken on a second
growth through the confederation of Ger
many. What is Washington itself but the
stroke of a President’s pen? How much
have the vast sums voted by congress aided
in the upbuilding of New York? Then add
the millions that have been put into public
buildings, into river and harbor improve
ments. The half million people in Balti
more have public buildings many times the
value of such structures in a rural commu
nity of the same population down south or
out west. Os course in all wise internal
Improvements the farmer indirectly gets
the benefits, but the profits—which are
sometimes enormous—all go to urban con
tractors and dwellers. We must have these
expenditures, but they ought to be as wide
ly distributed as possible. The congestion
of people at a. few points is a portentous
evil and the engine of domination should be
careful not to encourage this centralization.
In the postofflee there is much tender soli
citude to serve the city patron. A carrier
brings his mail before breakfast and keeps
up his kind visits all through the day. But
the farmer, who at bottom pays for at
least half of this luxury, can plod through
slush and snow in winter, heat and dust In
summer for one. three, five, ten. twenty
miles to get his mail. There is some need
for an energetic wholesale merchant to re
ceive his letters three or four times a day,
but no one can satisfactorily explain why
deliveries should be made oftener than once
a day in the resident portions of a large
city. The average friendly letter is a very
airy affair, ami it is safe to say that not
more than one in a million of them grows
stale by being a day older. If a country
family can wait not one day only, but one
week, or one month for such gassamy noth
ings, surely a city family ought to be satis
fied with one daily mail. The money thus
saved could be spread for better advantages
In the farming districts.
If a farmer wants a book he must pay
postage at the rate of 8 cents a pound.
On cheap paper-bound volumes this is a
verj' serious additional percentage. But
people in cities have the bookstore and can
buy without a cent of postage. Efforts
have been made to reduce the postage, but
the express lobbies have always been
strong enough to head off the farmer. For
millions of these farmers the only higher
education they can get is to read good lit
erature. Literature is a university itself.
Public schools are free and the mails ought
to be as near free as possible.
The farmer has absolutely no safe means
of sending mopey through rhe mails. At
his little neighborhood postofflee he can get
no money order. He must trust his money
to a registered letter, and if this is lost the
postal officials complacently try to trace
the loss, but very seldom or ever do. But
in cities a man can obtain a money order
and be guaranteed against even a shadow
of loss.
But the evil of evils for the farmer is the
railroad. It was against this enemy that
he first organized, and this is the most vul
nerable point of assault to-day. The farmer
is tied to one spot and sells all his crops
at one season. He is bound hand and foot
and cast into the lion’s den of shifting rail
way rates. Competition in rates for him is
a. malodorous failure. The grangers made
the first move lor breaking up the feudalis
tic regime of transportation bossism. The
keynote sounded tiien has furnished the
strain to the present. The farmer’s only
salvation is in government ownership or
strict government supervision. The rail
roads came from the government and they
can be controlled by the government.
The farmers’ movement has; been sneered
at and abused as socialistic anti anarchistic.
But the farmer is neither a socialist nor an
anarchist. He is of all men the conserva
tive member of society. He does not ask
for equality of distribution, but he does
ask for equity of treatment, lie does not
want revolution, but he does want reform.
<’. MERIWETHER.
Johns Hopkins University.
(•ONVICT'jT ESCAPE.
They Burn Holes Through the Floor
with Hot Wires.
Raleigh, N. C., March 14.—(Special.)—Last
night three desperate white convicts es
caped from tlie workhouse of this county
in a daring and singular manner. Two are
tramps, sentenced for house robbery. The
third was Burwell Perry, a notorious crim
inal, who many years ago escaped from the
penitentiary, at the same time releasing
six other convicts. Perry yesterday sham
med sickness and, while left in the quarters,
obtained a piece of wire with which he
burned holes through the floor under a
stove. Last night the two other men com
pleted this work of burning holes and then
the three broke through the floor and got
away successfully, though many people were
in the building all night and guards on duty
in the yard.
QUEER TnTNGS~IN GEORGIA.
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