_ Th e Gastonia
Ootiitoii to »hu Proionfion 01 Homo *nd tho Intnnmt* of th County.
Vrol. XX. {hV'«mtiastoulu, X. CM January 5, 1800.
PATS CHRISTMAS GIFT.
,1111*1. AKi* tiOT HIM orr or Tin:
IIA I *0.1*0.
||U4HI>«Mr Wax n l.hcbt «ur-lb«< ia>
(urlaiHlc Unit UmI but IVn l’rl*>mU
iui<l Km Wmm Vr«i toitir CiialniiAnx
fardauH !■ Tlin»c«lj»oiul ihrtuliiiaii
rvt
n il Art* In Atlanta C.*«!«• Uuiioa.
Pal Uauks I' Just a o-itiuujii mm—
typical of a Urge clnis that fO'm the
laboring yeomanry of this mountain |
country. Ho U « combination man —
half liorae and half alligator—half Ifiah
and half Anglo Jixn-i.nl Work*
when Itu l» obliged to. ami fiolica when
ho cun. Pat doea not drink bur smu
bio, but la Tery social In Ida nature,
and dearly loves to nl amt a round "lid
talk with tho hot*. Ilo la an unskilled
laborer, nnd jobs It aiouud, but dura
not like aolitnrv conOncnienr. uud
lienco does not like to pick c itton for u
living, but works well Id a brick yard
or st any tiling where 1 e c > n ulk to the
boys. The Irish predominates In Ins
uaiure, for he li ijuick t * resent and
enjoy* a fight when he thinks lie Is tm
jHieed on.
Last Juno Pat had been working
faithfully for .1 ihn Ullhuiu In a brick
yaid. and made a good bund, bu'. one
Saturday there mm to bu n Iwsi lull
game lu the subu'bs of our town, nud
Pat told Ullburn lie wasn't feeling veiv
well, and would like to take a day o.T.
Hllbutu wasn't crowded with wink,
and as bn liked Pat, lie gave him tli»
day nnd I'st went to nee the jubilee.
He wasn’t one of the nine, but it seems
thnt th*ro whs n mtaafug ru.m. and Pat
was lOTitrd 11 take Ills place, a
strange man by Hm name of Weaver,
from Atlanta, n.ia tlni pltchr., uud
while Pat w.u »t (lie li.it Weaver,
pitched a foul and Pit cnuipialuoP of It
and they had words a-.d used lairrusgr
very riisrvsp’ctfnl. nnd finally mt to
gether. P.lt hit 1dm a murderous
blow wllli tho bit uud knocked him to:
bis koeca, a*.d Wwsvor was takou final
the Quid *’liars da combit,’’ cr woidsto
that effoot.
nnv i». »yp***r» m.% h
<m a boll-doxing youth from the great
city, had some kiu folk mound here
who felt aggrieved, at d they bad Kit
arrested and hound over tn court Inr
assault and twltery. Hut Weaver
wasn’t as mucb hurt as I* tbruitbt he
was, and wan up unrt about the next
day. At the July terra of court Kit
was arraigned and tried and found
guilty. TUe vHitWri were stock'd ou
Pat. and Id* lawyer didn’t know it.
Evert tbc judge w«a surprised. and (uld
Pat he wouldn't puuiah hint if he would
join the anny and so to Cuba xml do
lit* lighting on the Spar, lards IV.t
didu't have much, tiuio lu r-nl-c.. u»d
accepted the condition. Tlu.' recruiting
nltloer took him down tn Griffin and
Pat was duly enrolled. A few days af
ter lie got there a Urdu came along
with eick amt wounded nuldtei* from
Cuba. They were an awful liuid lot,
and os Pat looked at litem lie Iwcaiun
horrified, and that night tie departed
those cossta at.d waited all the wav
back to CartervlUc—over a hundred
rutlc* He said lie wits willing to light
anybody who Imposed on liim. but ho
lied nothin’ agin the Spaniards and
didn’t thiuk that country was healthy.
And so Weaver’* friend* got Ibo
sheriff after him again and brought
him up before Ills houor ami be was
sentenced to Uic chaingang (or twelve
month*— not so much for the light,
but because of id* desertion from the
army. Poor Pat liad un friend* and
w«* forced to acquiesce in the hard
ships of the law. for live moullia lie
worked lu the county cliatugaua aud
then wa*aold on’ to Atlanta to work
in their cb ilngang. lint there is a
pitiful sequel to this story.
Pat has a write iinrl thno children —
two boys, aged live and seven, aiul an
Infant child at Us rant her’* h eist. (*<■
he* an aged father wh . was a soldi-r
In the regular »rm> before Ibo civil
war, nud a tnotlo r who 1* to’d-rM 'ert
and hua not walked a step in seven
years All lln-co conalltule Put’s fam
ily, aud it’ll ItxrJ work to kotp Urn
wolf from the (Imi-, ui-d slue* Pat’s
imprisonment they havo suffered -suf
Cored from hunger unit cold. They
have shelter lu -lohu llllbnrtt’s little
house, but Johu Is poor himself and
bus, they say. twelve cr thirteen clitl
drsu nearly all of a «ix>, and nil he c*u
do for Pat’* family la to let them stay
In tils house and pay no rer.V The
two little boy* can’t pick more Ilian 7S
pound* of cotton, and that pays ubout
30 cent* a day. Tlilx I* the only In
come of III* family. How Is that far
poverty. <uy brethren I
nr*u, now i'mi wne ana molli
or is • bravo little woman mid whiu
she o*me to our house und told her
story to my wlln and daughters, and
the water wae glistening In brr great
lug eye*, and aim ached for work and
arid alia wne a»haraed to beg. and
when she talked about Pat und ox Id ho
had Ilia failing* but was ulwaya good
to liar and the children and helped to
nnrse hla go-id old mother, the leara
came la iny wife’# eyee. nnd after aha
was gone my Utile grandchild naked
mo If 1 couldn't do something for Pil.
I never laid anything, but I ant *1111,
aud looked Into nnr comfortable lire
aud ruminated. My folks had already
made np a bundle nr food and clothing
and placing a half-dollar In her hand
told her to cheer up and thn major
would see what lie could do.
That meant me, and aa my wife
thinks that I cm do anything she
wsnta me to do, I went down town af
ter dinner In ecu the judge--Judge
File, a Juat aud human* man. Wlien
1 told Idm Hm* Story. |-e said: ••Well,
major, dn you draw up a petition fur
Pst’i pardon sr-d I will sign it. lie
haa been punished enouah. Clot him
out and make a (.'hrislam* oift nf him
to Ids wife aud children. 1 fear It will
not be a very good one. hut If they
«aot him. they altould have him.
Pat’s offense did not iuvolen malice
-forethought or moral lurpidud*. and
there are woes* men at liberty Ye«. I
will cheerfully sign a petition fur Ida
pardon.”
A nil so I drew il U|> aud tie slgnol
it t.nd Colonel,Mu.ddox, luo solicitor,
signed il mid so did tho clerk and tiro
altwlll and I tonk Vlie train next inn ru
ing and wvol down aud Interviewed
the governor and 1‘ls heartwr.s touched
aud be sold: "Taku Hits to the board
of pardons and if ynn talk to them
lllrn you liivo to it;* they will gram
this pardon at mice and t!i»n bring it
(o nee and t will i»gn it nnd yuu cm
take pal liuiuc with yi u nnd m 1V0
yotir Chtiatmas plft.” liut atari Tlie
IhmrI did not meet Unit day. Only
Uenerwl Evans was tlier- ai d linin'
wua some red l.i|io In ihn way and I
did not pvt Pat out hnv.* to go hunk
ugnlu iiud mv wile is dis ippiliiled
N" vert I tides*. I will pellillb unr-Uiued
uud uuslrlprd bsfoj" ll'lt u renl by
your rrivirit a*id wih in a a- poverty
suiilo ouca nuue. S'" If I don't. Too
tear-eyed write and til* chillr.'l »;*ll
lie lis;«;*y at Cbii*'inttl. rvm t‘an' t’lt
Iseut uinrli aco-'rint, aa t.!» i nabi.g -ay
Ilia wrl!n never iu idu u eo'oplnl >t
<u nu<t him oil. n:*il 'a a»l lor him
ami si 1.1; "Pill •» lulvhly g.mil to help
ar-unrl w rlli hi* uiuii.nr unit ih.-c ill
dii'ii." O.ie rainy niglil I saw It.II
Alp's wife le 11 HD", five nill-M Irniit
her li.oac. Iiu-'tlng aroiiiid for ho
iiutlvand aud as she went i|»ou one ««•
loon l» another shell iju.r d in a Hint I.
humble voice: "la uiy Wilburn In
lielef” Wh n sllr found him she hd
him lie. me nnd Villa! I,Is fact*
nnd put bun In lied. film wild to me
on«'e: * My WlllHm Is n mighty gno.1
little I linn, hoi yi u know lie lias Ilia
fa'i'iias” Obi Ihe liienr*d. ioiliiii'.
loac-sulf.-ilnt: women. Wbut wmhj
m-o do Allbout them, cud wh.l wo Id
brs-nue yf lli" chddiiii? Pal's «lle
Slid tint the two lull.' Ui>h nude
Clough picking C-llo-i 10 keep lliam
'n nretid ui.d wood, but the wenlhrr
had been awful hard op them uni Iheir
I’rr. 'lld-ll.illd chill's were nil to pieces
fr "in the bneis ami cvcklelnir* ui d she
had |siltl.vd them ami patched them
lilt tlier* was Duthiug left to |m!cli
Site is a comely woman and tier face
wn* clean and In < hair brushed ii'id
In r cororoon chlhe* wens put an In i
treniau lib* u .ir.m r. John liiltiuro
says: "Major, the is a woman Midis
always al wink lit rnui'-lhinx and
never complain*. She never had lo
beg liefiire. and rJie wouhleul do It
now if Shn ouul't "el work Aarl l’at
will work, loo, when l:o can cr-t il. lint
Irene of us cun gel it regular there
hind limes."
Wliiie I was 'iiiu!u)Mu< ( could lit
IHp tliiukiuif utviutlhi ditfernnc* ><•*•
tween llinl woman1* Inline and our* so
fur ** Co-morns tlm comfort* t-.fo.
Wlut a iliffen-iiB • b-uwoen her rhil
ilreu nml tltr.ee of mir i.righb ir* \v'i >
ale already fernting upon Cltr.alm is
aid wear (p ud, wauu clothe* nnrt k'nop
In good boil *n<l am happy all the ii.y.
My own happy cb'Mh ind t» a blessed
iu.nlcry («• ir.e and it (tii-v** mo lo
bear of IIMls innocent children suffer
ing for the ii.-re»*m!o* end ..onfoils n?
111-.-. 1 lliought of Tom Hood'* ph* I
lnts for '.Im p mr—
",t laity Heir, a nan.-I tl-ior.
A l/ro-uii uIiai*:
A mhII ••• tit.irtfc, lot w'i.i'1'bur I M mu.
Fur rMDuctiiin-A fiiili.»c i into.
l fin* .14j»n’« tiUfA.
TiuotrU fljom^il lirciirnwy <#i Utnli
Tosln*«*0 tllOMII Hll'J iwt t*scl«‘ll*f
i>r u*o lat nf bw mrti.,
”T<* me» *»ich hiimtlo mud*
A* boru>4- UImit i*4ii;
A lw»r*r Mod n «TH« t>> l!ic tfr.t'V «*f Cl.s I
Am! litlk liwuikJt Us ra in,
“1)h ! mt*i Willi tisfinr*
'‘0*1! l«rn with ifwfl*m* ,in«1 wiviw,
L** A in 4«t i ho Oo<« or thr »ufT«'rl:ia i*o» i
A»M M|ut«M up iMr liomw-."
I.Uir-A telegram from A Haul.i
cuys Diet has been pard-iucd and
will h* lions* tn speed Clnlltiras with
III* family.” It Is possible for prior
| folks to l* happy some' irnes.
Times (a IXlua. XI.TOO.
I AiathM lik* Loiiftiuarit.
Itev. Ii. W. llru*Dc, a Uapt 1st mis
sicu ry to China. w!m I* well known
to many of him Lindin i.i'* renders,
lisa l.-con visiting In Northt nrollii* for
a hunt a year n-nl i* now prepnring so
r. linn h) (llilili with Ids family Il»
h night a ticket lint olhrr day *t Mor.
rlsville. W«ke county, for himsilf and
(••inlly, imying therefor tl ilki. This
ticket MVH» nil IriiTaliiig |-Xpxi.*-.T of
Mr. tirecne and family from Mniris
vllle to Canton, ChluH.
f-vnotr Tul*!.-'* Usurps.
Oiir Tiaiv. U. W. Green end family
arc on their way hack to Chiu*. They
started Monday morning. Mr. tJreeno
wat In Jtaleigb last Friday and pnr
chased it tlckot from tho Southern
lUllway from there to Canton, China
— paying Sl.loO for tho came. Tlile I*
an Id tn be the largest auic ever paid
for a ticket In llalclgh.
. _ i ..ii 1—ii ■? —
Tiny Came lewiajr.
firniup Wisconsin.
One stupeiidou* and cot.elusive fact
must not ■>• forgotbeu — stnndins armies
wlien once Oxed. are never dec reset d
The lalluii.ee of ilia military men of
the country It a > perverting that a de
crease will lie Itupnaailde, mid IhenTorii
let tho nation lie thoughtful Ii- lr**.M
leit it. drop Into tlie blunder* which all
oUier gurprotoonia hart citcmiiled In
Incresalug the array twyond Hi* aliao
I win needa of tbn eountry. Hard-work
Ing men, the taxpayers, have to tup.
port Ihe army, mid thcri-foro every
true friend of the people will luxllalc
hefote ho casta Ills foie for a Urge
standing array.
__
Oirrti Aw.^jr
H ie cntnliity gratifying to the imb
I in to know or one concern In tlwi lun.l
I whn are not uftMlrt to be m oron* to
J the needy ami Buffering. Tlio I'rcial
j Mora of T>r. King'* ft a w IHaoovetj
| for Conanmptlun, Congo* nmt OnliV
; Imiyo given nwny over ten million trlol
j l-otI!••• of tl*ta grant irnilieine; nnl
j tmve Ilia iillufurtion of knowing II
{ Iin» absolutely ctnert llmnaaniU n|
I Iioim-Ims caee*. Artum*. UrorirtntU.
I Uimraani-M eml all til »».«*«* of tin
| Throat, tihnrt nmt I.tiug* are surrli
I ourri] by It. CnII on J. K. (lurry Sc
Oo.. Druaelat*, anil ant a trial bn’ltr
! free. Itrgular «x» .TOe. and Cl Kv
ary bottta gonr.intenl, or iirleo rr
! funded.
FREE PAPER AND FREE PULP
.* tun cixriir. kih v r 1'irzii tki mt
Thr \nrrkw >(e<y»|irr Pablbbrn'
Varncliilloii tlM.a <'ou»rll.tH CnytT
e«lf*n the free Lhl-TlipOiyiirlcii.
Itnu nr III" lujfr kill Trn*< mail tltir
It Itan up PitnfWwIliltm Mill*
| r»li«i 1*1* l> * (o.nlilun - Him ill*
tr**:;:»(i*n4i*a Xvaiiiar** t»n!ili«ii*
! era.
OboHnli i- t'ler-r» vr.
WamuxmtoX, D.*c. 27. —TUt> .VtDerl
C.III Nowapiper l’ubba'iert’ Association
ho* pn«*"led to Him Anglo American
10)11'. high cuuimlaai-.iiieri c narcfully
pvepvrtl .irgmnsnt It faror of fije
paper anti lev pulp. Cu'i following is
it ay'.hibu* »r tit* ar'Uwe'll: Tin* dt
rani»r« of iho An>*nc«u Nnw*pi;n*r
PaWWerj' AinocUlion. rrjinaientiiii
137 dally nesrspipcra of the United
S'at.M. and mi'rrai'nliriir the bulk of
tin' lolul cnn-uinpMiiii of print pi|>er,
lire In favor of fr ot super and frenputu.
The tariff "f fG p r too on print paper
la proM'.dttiry and wo belief* lit.» tint
ns1* of 51 r.7 iwr fon for me •hanln.illy
ground wood pulp is excess!*'; tlut the
American paper imuiufaniuicni ne«d no
protection, beoauto they eou msnufan
lure iuiur chenp r llion It duuc In xu>
other put or ihn world, unit they «re
now supplying thn Australian. Jupau
rii.'MiiiJ Uritlsh linin'.-i* |n conpetP i>u
With Sw.alia;! «•») Carman nmnurao
turn*; th-.t no |»r ol |’»i*er la brought
li.ro low United Stales, hut ilia> dm in#
tin. lost vear, tin- •X|**r1. had orenirvd
over l.utlll inm; per wiek and that Ilia
entire reve'.ie rec»l»*ul fu.ni the tm.
pirtuiimi of nirclmrifcatly gruuid wood
pulp was only (ll.PId last year, so tW
i.o ai.riuu* qiK-ation of n itlonat oe i.m
my could he urged in opposIMou to
free pulp and fieri paper, Tie* Atue.rl
a'ill nigiuifantore's »r« protected to
lb" i xlonl of hi tH) |K>r ton bv reason of
'heir proximity in their umwoioi'i».
Th« difference in Hie cost of tmns,»»r.
tiltloo to nuiUnt Is their pre.il gu.inan
Ue of eecoriiy agio.at Canada, or nny
foreign country. TU"y me. u)*o, pro.
tent-d liy re.umu of their ability to
'.blniii chea|ew and more n.my«iid"nt
auoplics of coal uud cltmrical* wlllcil,
os yr r, nre not oblalnn'ulo in Ihi* Cmiii
i'l.ill fnreats.
I in JiibuarY, Iwis. nl! the bis m.il
l<rofi'.able mill* of Hie United
Slsls*. willi a few unimportant 1X0*11
■ limn,were merged inti* t1** 1 uternaliull
! a! 1‘iper Company, a ro.iibiailUn that
! absorbed 21 mill*, producing »b>nl SO
I l"*r rent, of l]*e American nu'put.
| Till* corporation, or trust, w.s* capital
j i/**d i)|*un h t. i»ii of foo.OijO,IViU. Tim
* ptclest given for the i.rg.tti1x*ltt>ll uf
I the turn ma Hie i.iu'dhty uf mtlia In
in.»';u piper *i prevailing price*—that
! baoknipler *‘junl Ibeuj tn lliu f.;0e.
I Tin'coitdi na*i >n w .» re.illy turned
Itu protect llio propni-.lor* wit <en iniIIe
woio in pair localities, nr on strewn*
tli .t were imiutng dry. Kvcry mill
owner win* entered lltxl tru>t invited »
withdrawal of governnieiit. fuver. Kx
cen.ive end Improper price* wem p.i|,t
fur iu ii ) mills tli.it were incited on «X
heilstcJ wnter counw* and Hint were
tnbutarv to denuded timber tract* for
mills llml Ht periods uf Uio year have
ioMtllloknl Supply ot water, nr are un.
der water; f..r mills that are inferior
and worthies, machinery, ei|iiipuuiit
and construction; for mill* that tuns’,
pay rxeraxlvc run till for water imwer;
for milts Unit do not own or control
woodland*: fur mills that have cell her
polo grinding mine h in ruts nor tulp)dm
pulp wnxilUrtm. The orguaive:* uf the
trust frankly adaiiltrd, at Un- oqtaet,
that in e oumou sVick represented no
liivmt..)ent,ysta divldaud or I iiereeut.
mi I he Com lunn stuck vras duel.urnl in
Not ember. paynbie Dcemimr 31, ISrtt,
Tlila coinin oi at**ck is now selling on
Wall street at ltd .V clicolur based up
on liifiirull in ‘‘(urntnlivtl by olUoer*''
the loternali Mill l*.i|y.-r Comptny,
I Should that In .1 .If the trust. vnsmik'
l*i-l o pr.itlt uf frill per ton on lie out
put. Toe entile output- of turn coip.n
. atlon. representation 1,420 Ion* for
theoretical riipscity, c-nld be rupro
dne<-d by a present lores;iu**iit of $14..
OUO.OWl so lltxl I ho American
caiP'Uir.rM of ii. wspiper* are forced to
p*y div.Ceuds upon un Infilled ami
wholly flelllluus Vidua l uni of ul least
340.003.(101).
tin too Ilslely ufltr the brgnafr. itton
of the trust. It raise.) Hi* price of pa
iter whunrver possiblu In llmt cists
II isi*ed it* price $10 per tun. iirul tin*
nve raged $3 per too on its dally output
of 1,420 tons, equalling un fiicreniwd
tax of $2,130,000 i*er iuidiiui upon the
r ewipapfr* uf the country which nuw
pry a total exceeding ?2O,<XXl,00!) tier
annum fur llielr p»|>ei supply. The
enlighluiicd policy of Mew York and
otlicr AtatS* In proteetiuf forest*
i should bn encrmrngs*d by putting tin
ned.no pulp hi.iI paper on lbs free
list.
Every inore.iv: of n quartet osnt per
pound lu the piles ot newspaper mid
I sjH4,(S)0,000 (o the vnlutfon of the
i rust recur I tie*
\«r14pnt l» Hnuln riwu
V«vki Ilk) l£n.|ulriT.
Mr. J. Krntlon l/ixty «*i painfully
humid nl a Oil rid u>*« in* celebration
given tn lh“ young ptuplo of Hi*
Cliuroh of the (iooi Khupanl ut llnit
ton’g Hill ln»t Tluradny night. While
Irni-Monatlng Manta (.'lout, hi* c*,».
Inm* Uiiiglit lire m.d It was not with
out oonaiderabSo iliflli’iiliy. a Hondo,I
by much ricltcimuil. ilint tha llunra
wrm pgllngulihod Ilia hair ami gyg.
brow* Urn) ginned god I,I* foot way
, nonvlilirnhly aenr :tir<); lint ho m >iHI«
to be up jihI ah in ngiln all right.
Tit llnffll# lliailo On* Mrruril.
Wii klo-.iun lilioaokai h nil.
Tin1 crnlaer BulT tto arrived to-day at
Port Buhl, on muto for Mil’ll. ju*t 10J
dn>» <m! from Near Vi*r». rout aim
• haa broken all oiival record* up to IhHl
point In bar voyage. Sb« hi nos ho!
| badly at Maull-i, an dia Carrie* ?(ll aail
j or« to rotlrva man In Dewey'a ll wt
I whoa* 1 Imr hag long riplred.
tair n«r.K wan kvsu.«i;i>.
W»a PreirmJ irilk fteemlewlw mid
lla-l Ikr Udai' I*l a tkarpu- lager I rat
Wit* tiiiirilMlaa n«M< - N«mr*an
knlr Tarauki* Nlgtil an Nei*»l*wiljr*«
knmilalni* tUiUurw.
IVjuimxotov, Dec. M,—1*h» war
lnv*st lit* lion cotamt-kiort lie id n lirhf
executive omaiuii In day un.l tic nnou
sdjour.o (I mill "unsd-iy. Jsouttry 31.
There urn* n.i Important I’oMnu lit tu*
d.it’a meeting, and the mutter of re
cnllln; Coum lam-tv Geuenl Eium'I.
Majnr General Shatter Mini General
M .tea m a result of ti*a Hgilailott aver
th* beef Kt'inl to the array l*i Mia. wir
(viuliu uiiitv'.etmined. A declaim
probably Will la t.-uc'.nsl next Til-nluy.
wiien it U likely there will bn n full
Ht'enU.ii'ne •■rtliecemn.lfgion. nhagi.ee
over the holidays nf n majority of the
memlicra ir-inlllng in muklna i he pn«t
week’s * reneedinyi of an imlraji .rtaiit
»mJ roflliie cimn-uter. Tiie commie
• ion t •iluy made puli lu n report,
omilteil In tin* Mai*meet pivrn eut
yiMtortlny. heating on Mie b*i*f comm*
v.'rsy. it It from M*j tr IV. H. l>.ily,
ciiiel rurgeuu tt array hmdquintera at
Tump*, prior lo Mm “ailing of tint
Shu Tier expedition, and Is u« follows :
Wa«iii\«itox. Sept. 9l,lK!i8
*‘T.. tho Aselsinut Adjutant U.nejal,
"llnulqnait.te of Hie Array Wash
ington, I). C.I”
"Kir; I li.ire ihe honor t»' iwonrl lu
tin* intertills of ihe service (list In tin.
several lnaia*ct|on« 1 made In tho varl
on* e.imjK and tnm|> slil;« nl Tntopi.
.I'CksMiedh*. tihi-uunausa »ntl I'nrto
IIIimi, I found the fresh tr ef to be
apuirnilly prssotr*d with secret olieml*
cull, which U**strota Its natural Outer,
and which ( also helleva lu b« detrl
tu-nlul to the tirultli of tli* triH»p«.
‘•Wlnlo on duty at tho lieiidquariiirs
of Ihsaraiy «t Tsmoa. nl Mio time of
| the embarkation cf lb.; Sluiflur CXiw-dl
tl»w, Colonel Watson, llio cllieie::t chiif
Com ml saury. allowed me • quarter of
beef. Ill it had ilieoly as a test bent
alxiy huiira i.i tin* sun wiMmut being
pare'pi ib'.y i tinted. an far as the aeiMu
of sme’.I c**n U1 del out. It is irapoiaible
t*i keep fiesb twur so long im tainted, lu
tl o miii I-1 IhuL climate witbeot the uas
of dcl-terioui |ir?* ivntiyp. anoii hi
luiric Hci'l. sulycllic Held, nr i. Unite of
iiiiush P J.icted lute It in quunlltlei
likely U» be harmful lo lh* health of
uw cnnuiurrr. I'tjncp. imuf ivk ',
rr.nrh of the I wf 1 <x**nlnt<l arriving
»n the iranaparls from (la Unlud
Htates w.is aim. uf l!ii! aacce cl.ancle. .
Iming ap|'ut-otly preserved hv Injected
C!li"idc:ilfl tu aid deflcln.it cold SCira/c.
“WUer.. efficient cold st,>nic :* im
possible, traavporth g beef alive I* 'be
root hod that should reedro the fullest
con«hl*-rat‘>*u by tb» nmenl, ai
i>HSf Mfe:.l lor tie* health nf tile C'Vi
surnrr. When detailed tu Ci':-! chars* |
of the trantprrt lbr.iam»fur oonvsymg
o*invft!rye>i,.« to the I'nh.i"’ d'a'c* I
obtained I wo tl-onsjnl p i iu Vi of fresh
b« f flora thecnmraitn.y ul l*«i .n.» It
looked w»!i. but liad tin odor xia>,1i*r l*'
that uf a datrt human leely after b-nntt
injected with prescrv itlvor, nrut lasted
when drat conked like »l,‘Oi mpoaed
tioric Mold, wJills after aUrulh g a «hl*
for further inspection It b renin** eu
latter, nauseous and un|>*!»tuhle a* to
lwqullolir|XKieiblafor us». I era* tiler.
fon* obliged. owing to ’l< condition,
and tha ju<t eoioplai'its "f the sick
about It, and tlie dlajcdsllnislv sickeu'.ua
odor It emitted when lei rig Ccml;-! am’
Its mawkish fla* but a when served,
and f.>r the ssfatv of the pxtlcui*. two
hundred and fiflV-Hv* convalescent
soldier* on board. t» orgunlra a heard
of turviy, condemn amt throw fifteen
hundred pounds, all we hail, over
board. Consequently the cunv.ileeeent*
Were eitlrely without much needed
fresh lieef. lnaktnr the duly of bring
ing the raou to the United Mtntes in an
lor.prnvrd condition a serious mailer.
“In ray Inspection uf ll»e Fourth
Doited Suites volontser Infantry nt
Jacksonville recently l obeeiv**) tJie
tains odor ami taste npnn the fies'i
beef, Jiut not so marked; nnd at the
C-noo of ll * Sixth United Sillies volun
teer infantry at Olitckamsux.i, I »l»o.
at Severn I ln*p*S'l"n'. observed It
markedly. I ther* Inspected a lot of
lieef just issued to (list rejloimt m.d
while it |.-..iked well, ll was of n sicken
ing odor like a human Indy dend of
tllaenae and tl)j*Cb"d With preservative*,
anil when oiaked It was iptile nnp il i-,
tab!*; rvi.neqnuntly It was likely to
prove un efficient c*u«« of lll-hoahb,
Tim roen eomplsir.ed of lu insipl.l and
mawkish llivor llist h>Rh Masoning
could n >t cohCVsl.
“Relieving Hint the omumUmry d*
pnrtiuent had bera Imposed siyx>-» by
the misdirected commercial srlift of
pnr*<-ns furnishing frnsh btaif, | re
spectfully recommend that tlm matter
b i invynlijaied bv rXpert*, milking a
tiuanllllva and quillltalivo oheiut.:*!
itnn lysis of the several ;«escrvalIres
suspected to h* ww' by getting Sim
pton of the la»f furnlslied for export to
Cuba unit l’orlo Rico.
“If tli* qti**th>o arise* th»1 a report
should hsva li*eii wads by am earlier, I
be* to say that I have e-denvorcd wllti
all my opportunities to first linfurm
myself by observation uf (ho condi
tlons abnvn noted snfllrlenlly to wur
raul my drawing tho MtWitlftji of the
Ai'joiniit Uenernl at iHMdqn trier* of
tt»* wiiuy to tho matter.
“Very rrspsclfnlly.
(Signed) ”'V. II, D.tutr,
• klsj >r and Chief duigmiu y. 8. a..”
y- - ii
UfWPm
The l’roaldrnt »»>"* that Ilie idea of
|>l*elu« the *myc« <*f < nnf. derate jm|.
•Her* under lb« rats* of ibegovirn
input Arat oeourre.l I'' him iwrlv« yearn
ii*n wlmn ho ylilted I he city of rreder
ickshor*. V*. He found lh» Cmfeilii
ule eomeierr In * deplorable oiiidittoii.
while under III* mro of lh* ijhmrt■ r
mnator’n department the eraeen ■ f |;M,
federal tint were nicely trimmed nu.l
kei>t In perfect order, lie rreuierd
I hen that h« wonld lake the first
opportunity to hrlnf IWa matter l.ofor*
thn nitration of Uie country. and he
Uilnkn the tlino ha* now eome whon
11 lm dead of both arm lee ilnjold U looked
I after tiy the acre rmatul
*«upr rw Mr raau m. ' |
rartu llln mralaUea a Pine Oppar- I
luallr Itor Trial* -rartaaa la tlnai»m I
UnlwHo.
Wsohimpan ha. .
Tim Philadelphia <'oonnerci.il Mu
sroin Ima Jusfc Issued h pamphlet an
Awerlriiu trad* wlili Porto IUci>. Id
Wlddl 111* itrrwii Imamus conditions,
of the ialai.d and tho method* of o«)i
darting comiunraial transaction* ora
fully desarliied. The Information which
llie paxpl.lel contain* waa atcurnd by
a iprcial rorira-nutieeof t1i« mnaiow.
who recently returned from a tour of
Hhi lalsn-1. and through rorrraiioodciico
with native aiercfcaut* nod importer*
1 of llie best standing- The pamphlet
j 'm» bum sent to the snliscrlbers of tbn
Inti .Hutton nnl t casmenilal organ!
ml Ion* who urn cuiuineted with I lx
uitioeiim In the capacity o' member* of
IU ndvisory IxMrd.
Tfcu imiuplilrt «tat< » lu the very bo
gitiii'tig that “the mom potent way to
extend trade Willi Urn Ida-,id I* hy cow
ing In contact with tlm l’ .rto lllotu aa
well a* the Sptiilili mcre’.i mt. It may
be u-illeetl lliat E >gla d. <i«rto my,
ui:d Prance have obserrtd tills klud of
policy In nrdvr to lUteceMfDlly capture
the I r ide which prevloui to the war
waa utmost foil U ollwl hy them, and
li iw that America will control the lar
ger part of the tmUo In the )*1*0(1, !l U
worth while fur tbe manufacturer la
Wilt country. If hr withes to expand or
ratal* Ills hiieiQ.'tl III (be island, to
very piuticulsr in tit* way of du
ll lift ill R hit 1-um.M* at tli.i beginning,
for t U« hn»iui »i people of Porto Klco
liar* not hewn *ceu<towd l j ril*li, lint
I majority “1 them having pern spoiled
by tliv Un'opmit merchants, who. in
order lo captivate the trade. w uiM al
low them all aurl* of cnnvvnieuora.
“Por (Ihi preiwiit all business trsaa
ilc*(on* should l>> made (n Sptuisli, far,
altlmugh there is ..Iready a great rfe
mold for the English tansange. and
many htvn already started to acquire
In roitn way nr otlwr dime English
nriocitioo, the business )iin)du of ilia
ciunti) will i nth* trained to do buii
a?** 1u a general American way for
soiu* time to coins”
FlISPICUKgCC ton AXBIilCAN PilO
tiff Tg.
•'ll s-*** without (aviog,” ibe
p>.nphl*i *<j<, --litnt lli.- Forto lliom
ami a I my* imuil-er of Amrrlcmiixvt
<|MiiWi merchant* u« well wil: pivfcr
anything American. proof of thi»b»lng
*li '»u before and during the war. Tim
love ami fruition fit for America lints
iiect* shown hi every opportunity. n'i<1
if more bua'ues* retail oil with the
United State* wen- not rniablithed
prevfcms to the war it wu* because ui«
•urc'ixnU of ilo* WUnJ found nu ci
eenr»go;neiit from American imi.lal
ids, mnl nlien Hume I all.' ptvaaed, the
ruorohauta lint tofullliickon lioropeac
ctpiuliaiv. who atoml mrd> ti fat-lil.
late any .'0Hve11icr.ee or auconnn >da
tlon naked of them. Till* U Ifm way
foreign capital. eaiiectally German. ha*
found tn mneli pr\.t)>at«tf> investment.
' Tlx demand for Amerioin raw im
lerlatn and loanuf.inttired r-.tnd* la al
ready imsreaiing. It.ighmsni and >ep
rras<.ta'.ivi-a of capital ore to tie seen lu
nil part* of the ulaiol surveying and
overlooking Mi* (round wr.t’i o viuw r>
budding railroad* and el-attric line*.
sliI drownor* f -r m leiiinrrv nod ngrl
Cilnr.il impir n.rnl*, Urenrui*. bicycles,
and and caitdiu liouncs ire cun
viWrlug the local lejilnw rele.bdth
itienta for order*. Agencies have si
ready been esinbllnhed for Imolier
Ilf ws, Ri te* iniiHUfaoU>rli:s, and liraaer
ie* III ttie principal cltU*. Op' oituni
ties f t tlie investment of capital 111
tuaUiifaetnrt'iit or faronia: exist on
oveiy *ld-r.”
SOIL I* RVXDRKl't’Ur melt.
Two pave* are devoted to the »gt|
culiursl Int'Tvsta of (up fitauil. It
would not tie MU exaggeration, the re
jnirt says, to any that I tie soil all over
the tdand la wonderfully rich. Ferti
llf*r« «iv quite unknown. breauae they
are niiuecee*enry. Die soil seemingly
tiayinv a recn|ietativc power within
ilS'lf. PnieMpplet MHil mange* grow
ulin lit wild, the oreuge* being marc
delicious mid lender tliaa even I’iom
from Flonda. Sugar o*i»e I* grown on
the plain*, and level ground aloug the
coau and the •>tlier portion* of tie- 1*.
laud are devoted to coffee and tobico
raising. Tlicao lhr>w comprise* tlw
jrtnrlptil Industrie*’>f the taiaod, terry
portion nf which i* settled and very
much under cultivation. Mcduru earn
and skill are not practiced In the Him
of anieulluro and ore iihuutt un
known.
Form Ubitror* receive from 12} to
AT omiU a day, nod work from 5 o’aiuek
In the morntiiR until 0 o'clock at
ulflil. Very tartly wore than 2U coni*
a day W |will to laborers, and mauy
only work for a living, being iiippliml
with tlie poorest food of the country,
and tmly oocualonally lieiug Riven a
little money. IXiffae pickers rveelirn
about 11 ceiila a day, aud laborer* in
the elite* ;IT cent* a d*y.
The price* of land In the plantation*
arc very Much nnaettled. Tbrra l« «
deep and Mtter •pliit of vangeonee
union a tli* I'orto ltlcana for the Spai
lard*, and Uiecu ara mauy cue* where
Die Spoilali planter* have heen killed
and tbeir lioltsre bn rued and others
warned away. Out- plantation*, which
yielded a pri'di of 14.000 prune utmiinl*
Ijr (810,VX)). and wna valued at 1106.
<OU. wj* add by » Spaniati*. m order
to yet away for, Utl.OWX
Irarr Men Pall
Victim* to stomach, liver and kidney
(rouble* as well a* women, nod ail frel
the Keult* in loa* *f appetite. ]«ol«oo*
in Um’’ b'oxt. backache, cetyoutnea*.
ItfToUche and tired. Hat lea*, rundown
f< cling. tlot Ihere'a no weed t«* feel
like that, l.1«(en to 4. \V. U.rdner,
Iriaville, Ind. lie aaya: “Elevtric
lllUer* arc ]«»t the thine f >r a nan
when he I* all rwu down, and don't cure
whether he hv«a «r diva. It did non
In give me now Mrencth and good
appetite than anything I rouM take. 1
ihiii now eat anything and have a uee
l«a*e nn life.” Only OO rente at 4. B
Curry and OompMf’s Ihag Store
Every bottle guaranteed.
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line, rnarh Mb Wtaalaa r»>HMwkl»
film.
kMCi stwnua Ujeorviir.
St*ahlog nf Um appointment of Cap*.
W . U. Day aa snprriuiendfiit of thy
panllvoUary. Ilao. Francis 1). Winston
mt mber-elect from Her tie. U quoted aa
wylog:
“I want to know U Govrraoi ItuaauU
tlitok* lie is fooling anybody Y Tha
Democratic legislature will ho likely to
Dittos tht various olBcers hi taka charge
■if the Slate’* Institution. The Leg
lalaturo will not ba diver tad fnm> a
Ut'irough luveattgatlus Of ih* various
colors n mr.ectcd with State admluls
iratMii, regardlea* of an?anwdotinsult
Ilia Governor way make This la said
wIllMMt regard to tbe character or dt
uraa of ai » of tbe Governor*! appoin
tees. Hi* course Is giving odor to Uie
ides that there U something rotten all
akiug UM lino."
r*aav*MhMet Oo».
Vviitb* Cauiuaniou.
When the eaUbiialiaaut of Um mint
arai ouder rfiacuwiou. In Washington’*
time, them wrr* some aautlng debate*
la e mgrer* concerning the device* the
eolus atiould I war. Here I* an aoceual
nf one fimay aqosbhlo over the design
for t bo silver duller:
▲ member of the liouse from tbe
south bitterly opjaifOl the choice of the
vagle on Um around of Us being Um
"kiag of bird*," aad htnoo neither
proper nor suitable to repreeout a na
il oti wb'we iustllutlons aad ialareau
were *h<>lly Inimical tn mnnarchioal
form of government Judge Thacker
In reply playf-illy suggested that prr
h»t» * rook: might suit the ga'itlemea.
as it was rather a humble sod republi
can bird, and Would al*o Im serviceable
In o.lM-r ifs pent a, aa tbe gulling* would
aiuser la place upon ltie rtlrw*.
Tina reply treated considerable mcr
rlment. and the Irate •-•ulhrrnar, con
sidering the humorous rejoinder an ln
suir,* cent a challenge tn tie-judge, who
promptly (leclinvd It. To* bearer,
natoniabed vM, "Will yon be branded
u* .i coward ?'•
••(.'ert-iliily. if Itn pleases." replied
Tustclmr. “1 always wua nue, Rud he
know lt.br hr uevrr would have risked
M illllliOIIB*.’’
The allsir ovauioonl much mirth;
hut dually cordial Hitlnni wen re
sio-ed, llm irritable s mUietOerconulu
iling tiler* was nothing In lit Rslucd in
lighting o:m win fired aoVol'ig but
j ik**._
Wb»f fit* Wmr l^i.
liilMutorr 6un.
Tho *xpe:i«e< i»f thn wav ol> to Odo
her 31 were exclusive at
tin.* amcnnt spmion irmvaud navy Ust
J*ar. Up to Jane 30 rext the total
nu'go oti account ut thn war aad garri
»'M In our "colonies'’ laesUmstHl at
s-ivt,000,000. Excess of rxpeaditura
»0ot« ordinary cost of tin peace estab
lishment mars* tb« war expease. Ths
Cleveland * emsrxency fuod” or MQ.>
UUO.OOO, Ux liuQ.OUJ.OOO raised by tlx
war loan aud tlx proceed* or tho war
laxes will, it Is thought, meet the bills
aud lease an naUmatod surplus In June
next. Tlx Caah balance at that data.
Including tint gold nxerva, la figured at
over W*),000.1)00. War taxes care the
failure <>( Ux Diugley act and the
anntlily defllolie are now growing very
small.
r*» is, ISyssa
0.*uiu> ttcuenl.
The fact that most of the county offi
cer* of this State ara new Democrat*
aiKiuld not detor a Democratic Leglala
lux from reducing their fans. Th*
only qaestion lit ought any of their feet
to l>c reduced f If they ought, tlxa re
dace Uwm r>*gurril«** at tbs politic* ol
the ofllcern who will be aBeelai there
•*y. Our legislator*should retseenhet
that Uiey are r spec ted to legislate aud
eoaci law* la tha inter sat of the lax
payers «nd not of tlx ofllee-boMrea, ark
ia«*t of the taxes are paid hy the Data
MfliA.
NMIk IkMMm'a iMlkMH.
CWuti.bU Mur.
Nloo alia* *i*t of Kook JTfU U tlw
Indian i**rrtatWn. M wfclth bio to
ut'd about li.lf a rull-btood«d
»"d •*»»■» 7i »i*lf btvw Catawba la
dlAiik. For Akvrr*l jiuru Ui« gtulo
luu brou appropriating f*X> for tba
tuptXMl of Mimo Indiana. TbU yoar
'irk) Wui »*h«d for aeboot purport*.
*W*M'»JA a Ui
k*u mm* (m*.
U jnror dvaraal.
A omu who intoe t Iom> ago bought *
of iDtrriui* Iiuama fraw Mr.
l*iyfr «Mii tiirm Wok to hi a tto othrr
.Joy raylug» -Ht-ieo 1 bought thww.
jllw woman that I w.t* going to onirr
hat rrfuwd to Join homlf to m, and
! to I »ta:i to Morn iWu* null at 4
VuM.”
Four nagr.ut «ra uudor urrrat to
for Mrallng iMga bringing to
IW r«nlt«ntt*ry Thbur** woroTu •
lot D**ri* a ad or th« thulat of thu
prltoo wklU.
ar.fcouM Uipuwu-.
nil in Ohio hM called open .
dost In criminal, then the
OH Company ta guilty of sueh
Hr. To this oonelaslon the <
of several corroborating
point* •' ^ .vi-.
vS&SSStSSSASSU.
land. O.. lot tasted by tba AU__
litoersl of tbs titslo for flagrant *M*
Uoo of thb laws, ft was Am that
■rntral boars of the Coal OU Trask's
books. oowUititoii “.
Trust's
•Mate relied to prove Its __
had been thrown Into the furnaces <
the Htawlsrd OU Company by order of
oflMala of tha TruatT*^
Tba lea maters who hauled tba boitis
and others to whom they allowed rolls
of money, wl.loh they boasted while
drunk, they had rtorivwd foe burning
ay lhe bonks, tteUOad to tha troth yg.
tlw Incriminating charge*. A Wither
of l be l’raaldeot of tba Standard OH
GjDMDT hit bMD nMarwl nn-rtwf at.‘l1
reat for complicity |o tb« burning of
Ilia record#.
This is a utopia of Trust morality,
exhibited by tba biggest and meat com
plete Trust la the whole Trust brood.
It is no new thing for tbs 8taadsr< OH
Company to bs SOSttSCd Of S dlWOgard
of Hie oommssdbmafs wkish forbid
greed and tbs nsaaaa that lead to Us
craUitoatfoa.
It baa been sUsrgsd with mqr spe
«k* of law bnsktag form wreck log tin
plants Of Wesker competitors and rati
rasds that refused to submit to the oat
rates it demanded for banting Us prod
nets, to debauching legislator— and
pacing its tools in both orwoftM of
Congress.
In Uni matter of Immorality the
Mtsodurd 0(1 Company la not slows.
It list mi no oi pun lone a large and con
stantly growing colony of law breaking
syndiesVM. Tliey mats Uwa through
purchased loatrumoBU and break laws
oracle 1 to curb their rvpaolty. It la
brtlar that they should be crashed by
the people before they crash tba people
and become a law unto t hems sir—.
Xrn atiMm ■!■»■« Wmw MMM.
Waahlsw r.\ TH**r.it* to CM saw* trifcane.
NuarMextoute clamoring for aUU
boji. nod to-dav Governor OtwooeUtd
up>ii tin 1‘maUJ-nt to talk over seat
Wa la reUUu itu that Territory. White
Governor Otero d-m* not believe Mala
bo^ will bp ootaforrtt upy.i SnrhU
loo at thM MWian of Cougran. ha o*».
hero u> u roe the i mporUnea of snob no
tion- The population Of the Territory
H i30,UiiO there are J.OOJ mllet of rail
road within ita border*, ami the prop
*«T hMeUri there I* eternal at $W,
UOb.OOO. Ne « Mexico ha* no area equal
to Xew York, HonaiylrMli and Ohio
eombmrd nod ee Ita pope let loo nod
wealth ere crowing larger every day
Governor Otero heliavee that the priv
Hear* of «vote hood ahoaid be greeted,
eud ie Udfopplnlen be in, of oourie,
eappnrud T>y thoeaUr* popoktlaaof
the Territory. Congress. boweeer, will
b» Mow to ee?, e* Xew Mexico bee not
made progress enough In edasaUee
or in Um oae of tlm Eugtish laageegnU
■euafy meoahere that U to ready for
statehood. Oklahoma wtU gat Into the
l.nloe. In ell probability, loe# before
Arla-nis aed Xew Mexico.
nnteaMMeieaea aw.
CbtUwa kifi
Tha State eeaiUtaUea (la sect Ion Id
of article lit) prohibit, the LegtaUtiuB
from diminishing the eateries of Urn
Governor eud other executive Stale oA
otrs daring tha term for arbleh they are
alerted Therefore tha salaries of ear
preaeat ftete ofltemeaaoot beradooed.
•**n if oar next Legislator* ahoelil
*!?!» .V ** •» Bat It te ounrwtaa
wUhttM fbsaend aeUytaaaf oat eoan
ty n«owa. f,*r by aeeUoo 18 of artiste
IV Of tlweonrtUution tha LegteUtme
te expressly euthorintd to regulaU
tUML ______
™ taw « M SfmlMMWi Ml MM
A*Mv«m Ovm. Om.Tt.lM.
Napoleon Lnr, a aolerrd Mm,
was triad to Jaattea HMth'i east*
thta Moraleg. sharped wHb being
drunk on tho public highway la Wtt
maro yesterday. :*f* wm WH «*.
d*r eaetloo I ot etiaptar »7. la«a of
1907. wbteh prendre that any one
fnond drank on tbe highway la Baa
eoMkr, TrxoayWani* or Beadoraaa
aoaaUM shall bo fined net Icm than 910 •
T-ova woe 'glean bis ohotoa hatwooa
»10 and 90 dart oq thr road., aad took
Uie Uttar._
•"•SA*!** **■ ttarloao dotat
•ador, died at aahu.gtoo Mat Vrtdoy
worming «fb* an operation far agpaa
dMtla. Ha had keen In rallies health
aiaea the death of Mralu>M«rv. Wktq ’
| he rrtnraaJ froae Martae. wMtkar the
body waa carried tor later—»*. ka was
' notably la brefcoa aad fab log aaalth.
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