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6 te&fcnnmal CLARK HOWELL Editor W. A. HEMPHILL Business Manager Entered at the Atlanta poatofflae as second-class mall matter November 11,1873 The Weekly Constitution SI.OO Per Annum. Clubs of five, 31 .00 each; clubs of ten fI.OO each and a copy to getter-up of club. . . V E WANT YOU. Tmc Constitution wants an agent a» every poatoffice In America. Agent’s outfit free and good terms. If you are not In a club we want you to act as agent at your office. Write us. r b&n*e of Address. When ordering address of your paper changed give ths old as well as the new address. Always give postoffice, county and state. If your paper Is not received regularly, notify us. If you send jean order for new subscribers please allow us a week to get the names on the list and paper started before you write a complaint, as wo aie very much crowded now. l»o not forget to make your renewals In time. Watch your direction tag and see when your subscription expires. The next six months will be full of Interest, and you should not mlssa single copy of The Con stitution. Mend your orders at least a week in ad vance to make sure. It may not take a week In every Instance; will &et them on as soon as possible. The Results of Negro Coalition. In another place we print a letter from (’harman Nimmons, of the democratic state committee of North Carolina, in which he thanks The Constitution for the good work it has done for the party in that state by showing the awful ef fec' O s the n< gro coalition entered into by the pomilists. XVe do not print Chairman Nimmons's letter as a matter of self idorification, but in order that our read' rs may share with us the grat ification we feel at. such an inspiring « omm< udation. I he Constitution has a. larger circulation in North Carolina perhaps than all the daily newspapers in that state combined. It goes into the homes of democrats and populists alike, ami we have already received evidene< that, (be facts which our staff • orr< : pondent, Mr. Weldon, lias brought to light have caused a change of mind to mat. v populists who have not yet frit t ;e effects of tiie coalition. \fte making his timely visit to the -n: h district in this state, Mr. Wd ,,<>n returned to North Carolina, and, < n an.>:her page, we present, some of the facts lie has been able to gather. I’m-.-, fai ts are of a character to at t...t tiie attention of every honest and fa r-mind--d populist, in Georgia, and , s p«•ci.-liy in the eleventh district—and to , erv piilist. in North < 'arolina who has bo n deluded into a partnership wi'h the negro party. It is true, so far as Georgia is concerned, that no o; > i: effort has been made to yoke the populists with the negroes except in the eleventh congressional district, where the populist voters are openly asked to support the nominee of the negro party, b t it. .- equally true that if the coali tion in that district is successful —if the populi.-t voters can be deceived ami de luded Into opposing the principles they to si id for i nto becoming ■■ negn>< -. then an effort will be made to fasten the negro coalition on every county in •he state. Jt is >■ this reason that we commend the le'H , of oiir staff correspondent to the attention of every white farmer in North Carolina and Georgia who has a wii- uml daughters looking to him for protection; to the attention of honest ami self-respecting populists in every part of both states. There is nothing but degradation in any such coalition. The unscrupulous leaders who may be i the result of it will no' suffer to any great extent, but the small farm . it-, the rank ami file of the voters th<'se will ;ay the p; ice. If they on e enter upon such a degrad ng ad\titare, they can never there after recover their manhood. The shame and disgrace of it, however, will fall most heavily on those they hold most dear -their helpless wives and still more helpless daughters. Tne populist voters may be sure that when- there is a partnership so disgrace ful In its mi'ir e, the profits thereof must !>e equally divided. When they go into the negro party, they must, do so a.- yoke fellows of the negroes. There is no (| ;r Won of superiority here, Equality is tin- basis of partnership, political or coniine.■< ,al. It is this bitter fact that the populists of North Carolina have learned; it is this bitter fact that the populists <>f Georgia--of the eleventh congressional district must learn if tii<y enter upon this shameful partner ship. If they go into the coalition they must shoulder the consequences; and the cry that goes up from North Caro lina that rises from the wives mid daughters of the poor deluded fools who haw suffered themselves and their Tam ili' s to be whirled into degradation on lite car of rascally office-seekers —shows what these consequences are. American Interests in Chinn. The announcement that an American syndicate has just been granted one of the most valuable railroad concessions that, has yet been given by the authori ties of ( itina has a natural tendency to draw attention to the possibilities of China as a field for American enter prise. This syndicate, of which ex-Senator Calvin S. Bile,- is the head, has been granted the right for the construction of Iroad gh one- of t he most pop ulous sections of the Chinese empire un der terms which are regarded by cap italists as exceedingly liberal. The American company is composed of men of wealth, and judging by the names of those connected with the enterprise, it will not fail for any lack of funds. This movement is of general interest, not so much in itself as from what it may mean as the pioneer American en terprise of magnitude in the Chinese empire. While the great value of Chi na has all the time been understood by the busitt'-ss men of European nations used to handling great enterprises, our consular representatives in China have had little success in making American capital see the possibilities in that di rection. There have been efforts to push American commerce on a compar atively small scale, but until now there has been no substantial movement of a large character. There is every reason to believe, how ever, that American capital will be high ly successful in China. The Chinese government has all the time been friendly to this country and American enterprises are not apt to run against the vexatious embarrassments which rival diplomacy has endeavored to throw in the way of the enterprises of the dif ferent European syndicates that have endeavored to operate in that territory. There is no limit, to the possibilities of American commerce with China. It is a vast, territory with a vast popula tion, and in a sense, is the one section of the world where there are really great possibilities of commercial development. Naturally, this territory belongs more properly to the United States than to any other nation, for the groat, highway of the Pacific brings us in closer touch with the field than anybody else is. It is, in short, ours for the cultivation. We not'd it. As our commerce prospers in the markets of the world, so will the country nt large prosper. There is every reason to believe that, with proper encouragement the greater part of this vast commerce can be se cured for this country, and that, the beginning in the development of China to be made by this railroad syndicate will be followed by many similar enter prises, which will benefit, not. only those directly connected with them, but in directly all the people of the country. It. is for this reason that the operations of the China. Development. Company will be watched with deepest interest by till of those who have an eye to the materi al success of the United States of the future. Bury Them Out of Sight. It is to be hoped that no democratic voter will remain away from the polls next Wednesday in the belief that, be cause there is a prospect that the can drdates for governor and statehouse of ficers win receive an overwhelming ma jority, his vote is not necessary. There is but. one way to secure these over whelming majorities. They are the outcome of an enthusiasm which urges every voter to go to the polls with the purpose of contributing to and partici pating in the honors of the result. But the result would be quite otherwise if manv voters, quieted by their confidence in the purposes of their neighbors, should conclude that their presence at the polls is unnecessary. The campaign, thus far, has been one of the most remarkable that ever oc curred in the state- -remarkable, for one thing, in the fact, that it has been car ried on by candidates nominated directly by the voters of the parly and not. by the politicians; and remarkable, for an other thing, in the fact that the party, having brought about all the reforms made necessary by democratic progress, has been able to make an unanswerable appeal to till democrats who have been acting with an opposition parly to re turn to the organization and take then old places in its ranks. What is more remarkable still, the answer to this appeal has been so satis factory to lite democrats, and a.sioni.sh 'ing to the populist leaders, that the tat ter have been driven into a scheme of negro coalition so dangerous and dis gusting that it. will complete the demoli tion of the populist party in this state. This sell' me lias for its purpose the uni fication of those populists who will stick to their party under any and all cir cumstances with the negro republican party of Georgia. .Men wno left the democratic party in Georgia because it was not democratic enough to suit their ideas of democracy, are now asked by the populist, leaders to take hands all round with the negro voters and support republican principles and republican candidates. This proposition, has had the effect of alarming the decent and respectable pop ulist voters of the state, and they have seized on the opportunity to cut loose from fellows.up with the tins' tpulous men who ct uceived the dangerous scheme of negro coalition. And it. is wed for them, their wives and their daughters, that they have done so. This same infamous*scheme has been tried in North Carolina, and it was car ried out witii a success fatal to the in terests of the people and to the happi ness and comfort of the wives and chil dren. of the small white farmers. XVe have received letters from women in North Carolina detailing the miserable conditions which the negro coalition has entailed on the families of the waito farmers. Not. content with these re ports, The Constitution sent to that state one of its staff correspondents, Mr. Erank Weldon, who not only con firmed what had been said, but added some details which our casual corre spondents had omitted to mention. The attempt to fasten the hideous re sults of such a coalition on the white farmers of Georgia should send to the polls next 'Wednesday, in support of the democratic candidates, ever.v democratic voter and every populist, voter who has self-respect enough to resist an effort to degrade him. The unscrupulous lead ers who, in connection with Hanna, are trying to fasten negro coalition on the white voters of Georgia, should be buried out of sight. Europe’s Great Matchmaker. Queen Louise, of Denmark, who recent ly passi-d away at Copenhagen at tne ripe old age of eighty-two years, en joyed the distinction of being the great est. of royal matchmakers . Indeed, such was the pronounced success which attended her efforts in this direction that she was facetiously termed the mother-in-law of Europe. Os course Queen Louise did not employ her talen in the furtherance of mar riages beyond those of her own immedi ate household. Site found her time fully occupied there without going any further. Heaven blessed her with six fine children, in whom her royal joys centered; and while King Christian IX busied himself with the affairs of the kingdom over whioh he ruled, Queen Louise devoted hcrfeelf to the nurture of her children and to the perfection of her matrimonial schante.s. With shrewd tact and wise diplomacy she addressed herself to the problems which grew up around her fireside. When tiie last of her children had been safely launched upon the matrl- TITE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, G.A.. 4 MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, IS9B. monial sea she enjoyed the complacent satisfaction of knowing that she had not only found royal part tiers for each of her' children, but that she had linked herself with the destinies of almost every throne in Europe. Let us briefly scan the record. Her eldest son, I’linci Frederick, who was born on June 3, 1843 married Princess Louisa, daughter of King Karl XV of Norway and Swe den. Her eldest daughter. Princess Alexandra, who was born on Decem ber 4, 1844. married Albert Edward, the prince of Wales and lite heir-apparent of Great Britain. Prime Wilhelm, who was born on December 24, 184 u, was made king of Greece when only eight een years of age, and immediately after ascending the throne of that little coun try he married the Grand Duchess Olga Constantilia of Russia. Princess Ma rie Dagmar, who was born on Novem ber 26, 1847, married Alexander HI of Russia, and became empress of that great world power. Princess Thyra, who was born on September 29. 1853, married Prince Ernest August, duke of Cumberland. Prince XVuldemar, who was born on October 27, 1858, married Princess Marie d’Orleans, eldest daugh ter of the Due de Charters. Such is the record of marriage made by this greatest of matchmakers. No other royal mother in ’Europe ever before made such brilliant matches for her children. When Queen Louise married Prince Christian of Schleswig-Ifolstein-Sonders bttrg-Glucksburg she little thought that he would become king of Denmark. Chance favored him, however, and he was called to the throne in 1853, twelve years after Itis nuptials. Before that time it is said that he ami bis coii'-'ort knew what it was to be poor. They lived most happily together for fifty seven years. In many respects Queen Louise was otto of the most renMtrkablo of women, and her death will be sin cerely mourned. Russia’s Proposed Canal. While tiie construction of the Trans- Siberian railway is on.' of the greatest enterprises ever undertaken in Hie his tory of nations, Russia not. only appears to bear the burden of that enterprise with ease, but she is also at. the same time engaged in the prosecution of an other stupendous movement which is scarcely of secondary importance, 'i’ltis is the construct ion of the long-discussed and much-needed waterway between the Baltic and Black seas. In order to open up this canal it will be necessary for Russia to expend Hie enormous sum of $100,000,000; but such are lite strategic and commercial advan tages to bo gained from it that, despite the immense cost entailed upon her by the construction of the Trans-Siberian railway. Russia is fully bent upon com pleting the canal. Four years at least will be required to finish the work. In length, when completed, the canal will measure something over one thou sand miles, but on account of the num ber of natural streams which can Im utilized along the line of the survey, it will not be necessary to construct arti ficially more than one hundred and twenty-five miles of the channel. Work has already c< n menced upon the canal, and no time will be lost in pushing it forward. On account of the rapid prog ress which the European powers are mailing, Groat Britain especially. Russia knows that the canal in question is es sential to her thorough protect ion as w< 11 as requisite to her commercial in terests. Site is a.t present greatly ham pered by reason.of her interior location, and she needs some convenient outlet Into the Mediterranean, both for her battleships and merchant vessels. Her relations with Turkey are such that site will encounter no difficulty in obtaining the privileges of the Dardanelles and tile Bosphorus, even if she has not ob tained them already. According to the specifications which have been, drawn up by the contractors, the canal will be deep enough to accommodate the largest battleships, and so constructed through out its entire length that the high rate of speed of six knots per hour can be made by vessels without corroding the banks. At. the present time Russia’s two prin cipal fleets are stationed in the Baltic and Black, seas, but they are so com pletely isolate'.! that they cannot re enforce each, other in the event of hostil ities. But when the canal is finished, each will have access to the other with out passing through the Jurisdiction of any foreign power. From a strategic point of view, this will be a great ad vantage. to Russia, since it will enable her, on short notice, to concentrate her two fleets, cither in the Baltic or in the Black sea waters. W<- do not pre sume to say what secret relations exist between the czar and the sultan, but we entertain no doubt of the fact that the plaits of Russia have been so perfected that when the canal is completed she will not. only be able to concentrate her fleets at, either terminus, but she will also bo able both for strategic and commercial purposes to make use of the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus in going from the Black sea into the Mediterrane an. Wo cannot, state what effect this scheme is calculated to have upon the European equilibrium or what attitude the European powers will assume to ward it later on; but wo cannot escape e . , >n v iet ion that the czar I d< ■ tgning to extend the domain and prestige of Russia, and that ho seems destined to succeed. With the Trans-Siberian rail way stretched across the northern fron tier of Asia and with the proposed ca nal reaching from the Baltic to the Black sea. Russia wi’l acquire within the next few years sucT immense strate gic and commercial advantages that she will be in position to dispute with Great Britain for the acknowledged suprema cy of the, eastern hemispliere. Tn the meantime we will do well to keep our eyes upon Russia. Savings Bank Deposits. While frugality is not one of the car dinal virtues of Americans, there are gratifying indications of the fact that some progress has been made in this di rection during the past one hundred In 1820 there were only 8,635 savings bank depositors in the United States, and the total amount of savings aggre gated only $1,138,576. At the present time there are 5,201,132 savings bank depositors itt the I tilted States, and (he total amount of savings aggregates $1,939,376,035. Is not this progress? Still, in comparison with other coun tries, there is room for improvement. Great Britain, Holland, France and Ger many are all ahead of the United States, and radical steps of some kind should be taken in this country for the purpose of encouraging frugality on the. part of its humbler classes. Happy is that country whose prosperity is rooted, not in the opulence of its aristocracy, but in the- independence of its peasantry. Democracy Growing. No doubt the gold organs will endeav or to wring a thimbleful of consolation out of the fact that the democratic state convention of New York made no ref erence to the silver question in its plat form. TLcy are welcome to this thimblef’il of consolation in view of tiie fact that the whole course and outcome of the convention shows that the drift and tendency of the party in New York is to place itself squarely in line with the national organization. As Now York city is the headquarters of the money power in this country, we had expect ed that its influence would not. only prevent, any indorsement of free coin age, but cause to be placed on the tick et only the names of men committed to the gold standard. That an effort was made to bring about this result, is very well known; that it resulted in ignominious failure is shown by the result. The ticket from first to last is composed of men who were enthusiastic for the platform and candidates of [1896, and this victory for the national party is as complete as it was unexpected. Judge Augustus VanWyck was an earnest, supporter of Bryan, and is a stickler for the organization. Elliot Danforth was one of Tne seven mem bers of the New York delegation who refused to bolt at Chicago in 1896. Ho accompanied Bryan on b.is tour through Now York, and stumped the state for the national ticket. And even Frank Campbell, the new chairman of the state committee, is an enthusiastic silver dem ocrat, being a member of the national committee. As significant as any event was the uproar of applause and cheering occa sioned by the mention of Bryan’s name. Delegates stood up in their seats and waved their hats and canes, and in various ways expressed their enthusi asm. The demonstration not. only shows tiie strong hold which this re markable man has on genuine demo crats in all parts of the country, but shows also that in tiie east tiie princi ples for which he stands are growing more popular as time passes. .Xml why should this not be so? Every principle advocated or announced in the platform is more Important, and more pressing now titan it was before. In the west the people are again con fronted with the prospects of 50-cent wheat; in the south the producers have 4-eent cotton; amt in the north and east, the toiling millions arc compelled to accept wages that are lowur than those paid to the pauper labor of Europe. This fact is admitted by the republican news papers so far as the cotton mill opera tives are concerned, and the fact that, in all lines of productive industry our manufacturers are now nb'e to compete with Europe in her own markets shows that, wages here are low : - titan those paid to the European pm.pers. It is owing to this degrading condi tion of affairs that dcmo< atic doctrine is growing in popu'aritv in New York and the east. Two years front now the demand for the free coinage of silver will be imperative in the north and cast as is in the west and south; ami it will come, not from the f ;l ; •rs. but from U o overworked rnd rd ■■ paid toilers, and from the str.i.i bitt- • a-.'-s men whose prosperity has b<-> tt or will be wreck- d by the trusts and combin.-s made pos sible by the gold standard. Democratic scntime.at as represented by the Chicago platform will grow and spread with the growth and develop ment of the awful ..uid lions imposed on the country by tb<- gold standard, and by the time the democrats enter the campaign in 1900, all the workingmen, all the producers and all the victims of low wages and d -ar money will be found united for the democratic candidates. The majority of prominent, democrats who visit Washington t tese days are of the opinion that the democrats will carry the next house. The War and the Navy. It is evident that the men at. the head of our navy propose to profit from the lessons taught by the war experience through which they have tmtie. The re cent awards for the const: action of three new battleships demons'rate that it is the [tut pose of those in charge of naval construction to keep fully abreast of the times in ail respects, and the specifica tions under which these awards tire made show a realization of the value of highspeed even in tiie ba Lieship, which tiie Oregon in particular taught the world. The battle of Santiago showed the world that speed, heavy armor and great gun power are tli< three requisites of the successful lighting v- sei. Construc tors have been agr<. d as to the last two of these requisites, but there has been doubt about the necessity for speed in a. battleship, the theory being that the cruisers could do all the running necessary; that the battleship should be designed more for defense than for pur suit of an enemy. That, may have been all right In the ory, but the Oregon showed the great value of speeil in the actual business of fighting. Had it not been for the speed of that, stanch ship some of Cervera’s ships would have got away. Had it not been for the extraordinary speed shown in Iter run around South America, there would have been no Oregon in that splendid contest. In the original snorifications for the three new battle.-'hips, which are to be known as the Maine, the Ohio and the Missouri, speed of but sixteen knots in each was called for; but the awards call for eighteen and a half knots in each, and when they are completed they will take their place alongside of the Oregon. With this speed, and with the coal capacity of 2,000 tons, those battle ships will be in reality an advance upon anything we now have, for the coal ca pacity of the Oregon is not. so groat. It is worthy of note that for the first time since the construc tion of tiie modern fighting ma chines of the seas, tiie naval con structors of tiie world have the actual experience of war to guide them tn fu ture additions to the navies. The re sults of that actual experience arc inter esting to note. XX’e have seen, for in stance, that the battleship about which so many of those who clung to the old order of things were dubious has mag nificently sustained itself. Instead of careening over from its own weight ami going to the bottom or being sent there by a single shot of the enemy, the bat tleship—the Oregon, the lowa, the In diana and eyen the much-maligned Tex as-- fulfilled to tiie full its every duty. Then there is the matter of armor. There is no doubt that the government was made to pay a much too high price for its armor in many instances, but there seems to have been no ground for the oft-repeated charge that the ar mor put upon the ships was rotten and incapably of meeting the requirements. Another fallacy laid bare by the war was that of inefficient machinery. In time of peace wo heard so much about the minor accidents to the machinery of the ships. XX’e were led to believe that when called upon for active service they would be incapacitated by the break downs. As a matter of fact, the ships themselves seem to have forgotten all the ills of peace in the excitement of actual warfare, and if there was a break down of any serious character in any of the ships we do not recall it. In a word, our lighting ships have shown that they could fight. They have demonstrated that wo have made an ex cellent beginning in our navy. This warfare, showed what was good and gave our constructors valuable object lessons. That, wo are to take no back ward step in naval development, is cer tain. nor must we take a backward step in naval construction. The navy has brought great honor to itself and the country, and has demonstrated its su preme usefulness. In the conditions which the war has brought about—the addition of outlying territory—the need of a first-class navy has boon demonstrated beyond the pos sibility of argument. For its size, our navy is today equal to the best. It must always be that. In the construc tion of other clti-ses of ships as well as of battleships, our constructors must al ways keep abreast of the times. Congress will sustain them in this, ami the people will sustain congress. There nre no two opinions on that score. The people have seen for themselves the great val ue of a navy: they will not countenance In the future the false economies of pol iticians willing to make a. record for themselves at the expense of the navy. - Philadelphia is going to have a peace jubilee. XX'e hope she'll rope the re publican politicians info it. and induce them to resolder the broken silence. —• The Christian Religion in China. Twelve years of continuous residence in China ought to be sufficient to enable any person of observant, mind to form some idea of the work which Christian missionaries have accomplished in that remote empire; and whatever testimony one thus qualified to judge of the sit uation in China might bring back with him to this country would certainly ap peal with deep force and interest to Christian people. But still greater credence must attach to the views of one who has been so distinguished and experienced in the diplomatic affairs of the east as ex-Unit ed Stales Minister Charles Denby. 'l'ltis worthy official has just returned home after representing the United States government at the court, of Peking dur ing three successive administrations. XX'ith exceptional opportunities for in quiring into the facts by reason of his official position and yet at the same time without any of the bias which might naturally be imputed to the over-zealous missionary, ex-Minister Denby ought to be considered one of the Pest of witnesses; end such bo is undoubtedly. This brief introduction opens the way for the statement which cx-Minister Denby makes without the least reserve to the effect that the in fluence of the Christian religion has already made phenomenal headway in China through the noble and patient efforts of Christian missionaries, and that Hie ultimate result of the work which has thus been started will be the complete redemption of China. This unequivocal statement is well calculated to gladden the hearts of de vout Christian people in the United States who have long yearned for the realization of the prospect thus glowing ly pictured. Ex-Minister Denby explains that much of the progress which Chris tian missionaries have made in China of late years is due to the practical help fulness which they have infused into their spiritual labors. For example, bo savs that these consecrated men and women have so equipped them selves for effective work that they are able to give secular as well as religious instruction and to heal aH manner of diseases. XX’ilh respect to this latter requisite, he says that, more scientific and curative skill is to be found in the ranks of Christian missionaries than in the whole medical profession of China. ’Phis ought to encourage the sending of more medical missionaries not only to China, but to other countries as well. Men are more apt to heed instruction when it comes from the lips of those who can do them practical good than they are wlicn it comes from the lips of those who cannot. But ex-.Xli'lister Denby goes on to say that Christian missionaries have established week day schools in China as well as Sunday schools, ami that such has boon the progress which they have made m puri fying the civilization and uplifting the morals of China that ever.v part of the empire has felt in some measure the benefit of the influence thus shod abroad. Before the advent of Christian missionaries into China ex-Minister Den by states that the bulk of the empire’s population was densely ignorant, but that today, through the agency of those anointed gospel teachers, better condi tions prevail. In brief, ho declares that the Christian religion has rceom plished vast results in China. XX’hat makes the prospect for the future ex ceedingly bright and hopeful is the fact that there is today no part of the em pire into which Christian missijn tries cannot go. This has not always been the ease. Ex-Minister Denby says that at. present. Christian missionaries have more privileges in China than foreign merchants. He says that foreign mer chants can establish themselves only in one or more of the thirty-live treaty porls, but. that every port is open to Christian missionaries. In view of this testimony, is it foolish to hope, despite the antiquity of the religion of China and the hold which it has upon its wor shipers, that, the day will at length come when the Christian religion will dom inate the empire? Ex-Minister Denby since returning home has been appointed to serve on the commission charged with the in vestigation of the war department. He is one of the most intelligent and useful of our public men, and never shrinks from the performance of any duty which he is called upon to discharge. What, he says in regard to China will not be without its stimulating effect upon Christian people in the United States. Ofttimes depression ami discouragement settle upon Christian people because they cannot see any immediate results from the contributions and efforts which they devote to the cause of the gospel in foreign fields, and they need such encouragement as comes from ex-Min is ter Denby. It is not thought that Teddy will have a walk-over. A Plea for the South. In searching for words of wisdom, we always look to the north and east. In those quarters, age has brought up experience on the bottle, and allowed tne patent medicine men to use her name, as a. guide to health and wealth. But tiie north, in our geography, implies t lto west, and so, when we are searching for real wisdom, we <l° not venture out side the domain of New England. There wo find it in all Rs freshness and beauty. Thus, if we want to find out facts about the cotton year, we have all the England papers to select from, and if our choice falls on the remarks of the Springfield Republican it is because wis dom seems to ooze out. of their very ret icence. From an abundance of material in sight we select the following, winch is of some interest in this benighted re gion: The Financial Chronicle’s r j' vle, X, cotton crop and movement for tne J ,■ ending September Ist. an exceptiomuly thorough performance, gives P :u 111 u ,‘' tention to the matter of southern competi tion in manufacturing. It must be admit ted that for the. moment the sollth Mm l '' 3 ™ to be in possession of th« 3 liekl. bcaiceiy any addition was made during ttio ye..r the number of spindles in tho north, wrnie the south increased its number of em ployed spindles by nearly 12 per cent and tho consumption of cotton by 20 per cent. The southern mills have increased their cu paclty by 71 per cent in live years, and their consumption of cotton has more than doubled In tho past seven years. Nevertheless, The Chronicle can find no certain evidences of a transfer' of the In dustry from tiie older northern centers to tho south, or from England to America or India or Japan. England should be the first to exhibit signs of such a movement if it exists, since England is more remote from the cotton supply than New England. But Old England's exports of cotton goods were larger the past year than in the pre vious year and her trade In this particular is one of pretty constant growth. Lower wages is affirmed to lie the chief advantage of the southern over the northern mills, lint the tendency here is toward an equaliza tion of rates. Tho southern operatives will not long put up wild wages considerably below tho New England standard. This shows how wisdom may go hand in hand with consolation; but it is sin gular how large a door is left, for omis sion to escape by. There is not a word here in regard to the recent, discovery of the editor of The Cotton and Wool Re porter that the wages of the New Eng land cotton mill operatives are on a lower level than those paid to the pau per labor in the English mills. The chief note of complaint is the so-called cheap labor of tiie south. This, we take for granted, is dwelt on with in tent to deceive. Misrepresentation could have no other object in this case, no matter whether it appears in tiie col umns of The Financial Chronicle or in those of The Springfield Republican. The remark of the latter that “the south ern operatives will not long put up with wages considerably below the New Eng land standard” can have no other pur pose than to convey to the minis of the New England operatives the false idea that they are earning more money than the .southern operatives. This is not true now and has not been, tiue for some years. The statistics on which the conclusion is bared arc not. only in accurate, lint, ar" intended to be inac curate. Th< y are compiled wii t Hie in tention of d« eeiving. It might, he said with truth that the southern operatives would not tolerate a movement to re duce their wages to tiie New England level, which is known to be below the pauper level of England. According to the statistics with wltwh the public has been made familiar, tin wages of the New England operatives, ten years ago, were about 30 per cent higher than those paid to southern operatives. 'But all this has le> n changed. The New England “standard has fallen below that of Lancashire, ami the result is that the eastern operatives are tn a state of dire poverty. When the strike occurred last full some ol them were in it. state of starvation before a week had passed, and our correspondent saw them fighting over a ration of stale fish. The southern operatives have been saving money for years, and tltoy are saving money now. They earn more each week tnau the N< x Ln-. land workers. They have no summer vacations, no shut-downs, no aguia vating fines. They have hardly begun to make fine goods, but when they do begin, as they will, they will run the New England fabrics out of the mark<w. XX’e are not gloating over the situa tion nor are we expecting th< New Eng land mills to succumb at once. Ihe whole process of changing the center of cotton manufacturing is one whnti will cover many years, but it. has going on at a very rapid rate during the past decade. Hearts Unite Across the Mason and Dixon Line. From The New York ITeraM. Tho untimely death of the “.laughter of the confederacy” him evoked a sad wall of irief fr.un the entire south, united once mot-;, in an expression of love and sympa thy that does honor to the brave he.tits that Muster their memories of too past around this beautiful and amiablo wo rn in. Yet w:> cannot suffer our brethren south of the Mason and Dixon Uno to monopolize tho sorrow that the whole country feels at the death of Miss Davis. XVo have not here the veteran associa tions of the confederacy, or those strong personal feelings of acquaintance and inti mate companionship that never die, but it must rot t o forgott m that Mrs. Jeff rson Davis and Iter lamented daughter have been constant and welcome visitors at the north for many years, and have won a place in our affections second only to the honei.ro which was their duo at home. We of the north would join in the sweet and mournful sentiments expressed in the south because of Miss Davis's worth and for the sake of tlT»: bereaved mother’s Let us be brothers in Rt'ief as we were only the other day at. Santiago brothers in arms. A Good Selection. From The Newspaper Maker, New York, The president cannot be accused of parti san bias in tho selection of men for the in vestigating commission. Thus far they are citizens whose character assures the most thorough search and a just and honest re port. One of the selections cannot fail to be gratifying to tho newspaper profession, ns he represents the highest and best form of American journalism. This is Captain Evan P. Howell, late of The Atlanta Con stitution, a man whose experience tind judgment fit him eminently for the work n hand. Occupying an enviable place in the heart of the southern people because of the eminent service be has rendered that s •<■- tion, he merits national confidence because of his national spirit aim exalted wor;h Captain Howell will do his full diitv, and do it so htstly as to make it convincing to the American mind. “Songs of the Soil” By FRANK L. STANTON. Hope for All. Tard times come an’ hard times go Sunshine tangled up in snow; But. rain or shine. We’re right in line/ . This here country’s your’n an’ mine! Hard times come an’ hard times go Yet the spring’s sweet roses blow; But, rain or shljXi. We’re right in line— An’ this here country’s your’n an’ mlnel Our’n with all her hills an’ riffs— Mockin’blrds an’ whippoorwills! Rain or shine. Wo stand in line — This here country's your’n an’ mine! •** • • Two Little Fellows. Two little fellows, as fair and sweet As roses that bloom at an angel’s feet; And the grief’s at the heart, and tho tear’s in the eye A.s one loans in the darkness to kiss them goodby! As he faces the gloom of the desolate years And only can give them his love and his tears! Two little fellows, whose violet eyes Held glimpses of heaven—of lovelier skies. Two little fellows; and what shall they know— The roses of life, or tho winter’s wild snow? The cares and the fears of the desolate years— And nothing to give them but one’s love and tears? Two little fellojvs—but may they rest XVhere once they were called—to the peace of His breast Who, treading all ways of life’s desolate d a j's. Shed over the darkness God’s heavenly So, what of the cares of the desolate years? He shall kiss from their eyes ail the grief all the tears! « * • • ♦ His Idea of Time. "Don’t wish for the time to fly so fast.” says dad. “XVl.'iy, it ain’t a day Senee your mother an’ me wuz sweethearts, under the blossoms of May! Sence we stood out thar, by the garden gate—happy as hearts could be; An’ I fooled her—jest like we fool ’em all info keepin’ the house for me! "Don’t wisli fer the time to fly so fast,” says dad. "It wiiz yesterday That age, with the wrinkles an’ frosty locks, ’pcared to bo fur away. Thar wuz birds in the rnornin’ singin’, an* blue an’ bright wuz the sky; But the evenin’ belts wuz ringin’ ’fore the bird songs ’peared to die! “Don’t wish fer tho time to fly so fast— It’s fast enough—God knows! Like a drap of dew on the daisy it shines in tho light and goes. Life’s like a drcam that reuses away with tho evenin’ light: AVo only saj- ’Good rnornin’, 'fore It’s time to say ‘Goodniglht!’ " ♦ • ♦ • • A Billville Lyric. I don't keor what troubles—What troubles may be, Senco my i: it’s a-thinkin'—a-thln!dn‘ of me! Bence 1 know that she’ll R»ve me Fer all skies above me— Sence my gal's a-thinkln’ of me! I don’t keep <f never a rainbow T see, Sence my gal’s a-thlnkin’—a-thlnkln’ of me; Seme 1 know that she'll love mo Fer all skies above me— Sence my gal’s a-thlnktn’ of ma! Harvest Time. Harvest time in Georgy—the fields with cotton white, An’ the dmcln’ In the cabins whar the blue smoke curls at night; An’ ob! the candy-pullin’s, an’ the cane juice droppln* sweet, An' harvest time in Georgy Is the hardest time to beat! Harvest time in Georgy—when you strike tiie big, blue skies, That are lookin’ at a feller like his sweet heart’s lovin’ eyes! You may talk of spring an ’summer, but thar’s nothin’ half so sweet As liarvest time in Georgy: It’s the hard est time to beat! »»■»•* Changes. There’s a greener growth of meadow, there's a bluer glimpse of sky; There are sweeter sounds of music in the streams that ripple by, Ami Sorrow is a shadow, and song hath ceased to sig’h. ( The storm hath bent tho rainbow; Peace hallows nigftit and day; The Winter w> ars tho welcome of the rosiest smile of May. There is no dark in heaven light hath not kissed away! A Thankful Soul. Thankful for the weather. Lord! If It's storm, in sweet accord XVe go singing down the way That was violet yesterday! So we feel tho fall of light— Rest beneath tlhy stars at night— Know thy loving kindness still. Let thy weathers work their will! Thankful for the weather, Lord! Still the ample autumns hoard Golden treasures, #iat thy poor Hunger in thy sight no more! Still our steps by tlheo are led; Still thy tallies wide are spread; There thy blessings falleth still: Let thy weathers work their will! Here, for all tiie storm and strife. There are little links of life XX’here tin- poor man’s shelter charms— Neekiaeed by his children's armss! Star or storm, the way is sweet So tiie heart for love shall beat. So tliy blessing falleth st;A, Let thy weathers work their will! A Georgia Opinion. Talkin' ’bout times in many a place—an’ lots of ’em’s good to see— Thar ain’t no times like the Georgy times in the Georgy land to mo. Why, the sun gits up at break o* day, an’ it chines jest out o’ sight, An’ ns fer the Georgy mockin’ birds—they sings the live-long nigilit! Talk 'bout crickets singin’ on hearths, an' nightingales—all, Why, Georgy’s ahead from the springtime till tne cotton whitens the fall! She’s jest the best old country, an’ she's what 1 do prefer; An’ cf she's goin’ to glory. I'm goln’ along with her!
