The Gastonia
Devoted to the Protection of Home and the Interest* of the County.
xx.__GASTONIA. N. C.. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30. 1800. '!
TRAMP WITH TRAMPS.
TEH TEARS Ili KOBOLAHD BT
8TTOEMT8 OF 800I0L0QT.
Miniltd «• ktifljr 111* JmIaIi
lljni Val«Bt«rll> h Ualfflil
ortho D*cl)r IUn4 la drtlrr In I'rnlw
oIm* With null Hludj ill** Klfr*>* at
Ht»ninMli/-lNilt« of hi* Ufamrchtt
t^lkodMd la llk]No« Baaki, **rr«ii»|*
lug Wilh T— 1*11 y aud 1 naiitry
light.
N«*h TmK Trai
1 .earned works mi sinology and
cilmlnology awwiia tame mid their
speculative IheunrsunsHtufilug before
such a book as Hint wrlllru by Joaiah
Dyut. With u * theories In prove,
with 110 fad* In holster up, lie went
dowu into llio leihor world and for
lea years lived uisoug liaaipa —u»t as
so outsider, as ooa of them. Xu study
tramp* he became a tramp, lived thrir
live*, and nearly a* he could mi
tered Into tbetr lliuughle *nd frsling.
In Oar many, Russia. England, and
the United States thousands and
thousand* of vaguboiul* main about,
llvlog without wurk and fuimiug a
distinct social grade—a grade which,
moreover. Is an much detached from all
other grades of society that ll forma a
separate people, bound together by
customs sod ties which task” it almost
Ilka soma great secret society. The
criminal cU»i ii distinct from the
liamp class, though the two sou.elitnra
impioge ou each oilier. While the
criminal Is an active menace to society
and Uib on* therefore from whlolt
society o*a prj'.nc'. Itself, tin trauip
class is a passive mansue. with which
■o -loty has as Tel found no way ->f
dealing. The United Stales Is ll>e
happy hunting ground of tlie tramp,
nod he has Increased iu numbers uf
recent years to as to become some
things Of which organized society must
take oognlzsi.no. in short, the tramp
has becoma a “problem.”
Prof. Wyekuflt gathered a lot of
valuable Inforciatloo cnucarutog the
unemployed laborer whoa be became
for a lime ooa of them; but the unero
ployed laborer Urea in our own world
lha irsmp in a far country which before
Mr. Klynt. no traveler had come in tell
hit tale. Iluw wide ware lh« borders
uf Uobulaod. how lOroeroua its tuliab
Hunt, and exactly whkt sort of people
i huso inhabitants were the world did
not know until Mr. Klynt went on hut
exploring expedition, from which be
- now returns with rich end Important
mull*. The population of linlmlantl
la kept up. sod in fact, annually in
creased, by children, some of whom ate
afflicted with ••Wandertaod" nud go
there voldnlarlly. but the whom are
lured there by older tramps These
children are initiated Into all the tuya
leries of tbs fraternity, and as anon as
they gel old enough become full Hedged
tramp* themselves and “sasre*’ other
“kide” to enter the ranks.
ORKAK1NO IK DOT TBJUI'j.
Mr. Flynt “In Hoboland the
boy’s Hie may be likened to that of a
voluntary slave. lie is forced tv do
exactly wlial his 'looker’— It* man
with wbotn be la traveling—tell* liltn,
and disobedience, willful or iDuoeent,
brings down npon him a meat cruel
wrath. Uesld* being kicked, slapped,
and generally maltreated, he 1s also
loaned, traded, and even sold if his
master sees any (honey in lb* tiurgaln.
Thera sre. of ennrse, exoeptluua, for 1
have known sums ‘junkets’ to be almost
as hind as a father to Ilielr boys, but
tbev are snob raretiea that one oan
never onuut up>u them. When a lad
enter* trampdom be must be prepared
for all sorts of brutal treatment, and
the sooner be forgets Ills bom* goo lie
uvea tbe better It will be for him
“In payment for all this suffering
and rongb handling h« is told through
out his apprentlopiblp that some day
he, too, will be able to ’snare’ a boy
aud make him beg and alav* for him
aa he has stayed for others. This la
tbe oce reward tbattrampa held out lu
Uielr ‘prusbuue,’ and the lltlie fellow
cberlsh It eo long that when llsetr
emaocipatlou dually oomes they nearly
all gtsrt oft to do tbw very sacs* thing
was done to tham when they were
children' * * * In thl* way tbe
number of boys In IloboUnd is always
ktpt up to a certain standard. Every
tears number are graduated from tbe
‘prnahun’ class and go lato the srorld
Immediately to Hud youngsT children
to take tbe place they have left. In
time tbee* do the same thing, and so
ou, until to-day there Is no line of out
lawry so sore of recruits ae vag
abondage. Becb beggar is a propagan
dist and his brethren except from him
at least one convert.”
nuvwiuu «wo rwwTci itumifranii
from another cl***, which Mr. Flint
cell “dtaoragcd criminal*." They art
men who have tried crime end made *
failure of It ant eo give It up perma
nently aa a butlnea* and become
tramp*. There are gradation* of ao
clety In Hobolaud. Ju*t a* lliere are io
other eouotry and tha dteecuragrd
criminal la le the lowed of that*. and
generally become* a ’torn* too in rag,”
tha lowed type of the tramp.
A elaaa ef nomad* of which little i*
known la that of the "ambulator*.”
They travel about In wagon*, and
when premad by tha law to give iome
•neooat of Utemaalvea any that they
an gyp*!**- “But next of them.”
eaye Mr. Firm, "aie degenerate
Aaaertoaaa. How they become a* <■ a
quart lou which admit* of much ooo
jmtur*. and In gtvtog my own opinion
I do not waot It to ba taken a* applica
ble to the entire cleat I know only
about fifty r*ml)le*, and them o»t at
all faatllarlr; but thoae whom f do
ko*>w teem to me to b* (he victim* of
a pule and alaaplt leatnea* down from
generation to generation. null) It li*e
Iweome a ebrornc frmilv diwiaaa.
• From what U<ay have tobf me con
(Ideallaity about their natnnU Metory,
I picture iheir forrlalher* a* barmlean
village -do noihloga,’ who h-uag* |i<
nororr grooerlre, hung about taeurna,
aod followed the fir* engine* and the
qlreua. The aeeaad g—erallow ra
prubuMy tno neaneiou* for the lorn*
puristi. )u <] turned out, to find roomier
luui aai It mntt hove wandered far
aoil long, for In Ibe third generation,
the m:e that 1 know. I lie lore of room
ing defended to such » degree Hist ull
North America u none too large toy II,
<)o where one will In ilia moat dismal
aordi, th" darkest lanes, ur i n the
'ambulator' may be found, Irnllng
with li i larae unkempt fauniie* Ho
fuiuea ati‘1 giien Ha till iratleaa spirit'
dictates, and the hurts and a agon
fair) him from Siale to Stain.” Mr,
Flynl estimates Hurt l Item aio at least
1,000 ''ambulators” In the United
Stales. i
VUA3IIH rKAR JAM. AND WORK.
In tpetrklngof (be Mump ‘qeogr*|>hi.
cully.” Mr. Klynt imy*. ' One of the
r»*iOL* wht Massachusetts is such
poor territory fur lie nsu») class'd
Vngraut* Is lla jail ays'era. In towny
oMbeaejrila llieordrr and diaclpluia
ure sup'rb uDd work la required ol the
pr!s men—and aruik la lire Last thing
a real tramp aver roeana to awIrrlaM.
I cannot bell' looking forward to
trrmpdon from Hie Influence of Haw
present Mwssuoliuaalts jail system; fur
anything which bring* ti.n roving
beggar into coDlurl with sobriety ami
labor la bound lo ham a bereflcl.il
effect. Now York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Michigan
are all fairly good tramp Stales, and
all swarm with allowed beggars. Tire
most remarkable feature nf vagrancy
In Kew York State la llort wonderful
town known among vagrants as the
‘City’ and also hs ‘York.' This is tba
most notorious tramp nest lu the
United Slate* • • * One rather
odd pirate o.‘ tramp Ufa in New York Is
the shifting boundary line that mark*
the charily of the I own. Several years
ago ElgUynlnt street was about as f. r
uptown as one could etcuro fair re
wards for diligent begging.
“Now on* can eee tramps, ana
winter night especially, scattered along
lkoth street, not because Ibia street Is
the only ‘good* one,' but because K la
so ‘good1 that heller prods are realised
than In Ibnae father down. And for
clothes 1 have always found Harlem
more profltahl than other part of the
city. New York Is also one of tba
beat plaoea tn tba county for ‘snaring’
a kid’ — pm suadlug no mo youngster la
accompany air older beggar on the
road. There are so many ragamuflius
lying arunnd looaa and unprotected in
the more disreputable quarters of the
town it taoily oectsssry to tell Lbawr a
few ‘ghist at odes’ (fancy talas or
tramp life) lo make them follow tbe
story-teller an umeatatlngly a* tire
boys nf Ilstuelln matched after the
Pied Piper. Almost every third lay
that ona meats hi American vagabond
ag* halls from New York. • • •
Over in Jersey I think there are more
tramps 10 the square mile than iu any
other State except Pauuaylvania. Tne
neighborhood around Newark la simply
lafestcd with beggars, who meet them
on their way to and but of New York
* * * It Is soprlstng. too how well
they are red, when one remember* Ural
they bare 'battered' tbia community
for years. It la’ In Pecoaylrauia how
ever, Unit tbe tramp ta beat fed. while
I (till malotaiu that be get* lours
money ia New York City. 1 do not
knew of a towu or village io Hie Key
stone Slate where a deoeutly clad
roadster cannot get all that be wants
to eat wltliout doing n stroke of work
to payment. The Jails are also a great
boon to tbe fraternity. In the major
ity of them there Is no work to do,
while acme foraUli tobacco and tbe
dally papei*. Consequently in winter
ons can aes tramps sluing comfortably
on heoobea drawn closa to tbe Ore and
resdlng their morning paper and
smoking tbslr afterUreakfart pipe as
complacently and aa camly aa the
merchant in bis counting room. Here
thev Had refuge from tbe storms of
winter and make tbemaelvrs perfectly
at home.”
Mr. Klynt bellevae that a help in tlm
solution of Ih* tramp problen would be
tbe closing of the railroad* ugaloat tbe
wandering brother*. Its says: *‘lt is
probably Impossibly *v«r entirely to
eliminate the vagrant element la a
nation's life, aud no such hope I* held
out In connection with tbe reform
advooated In this article, but thla
much ia certain: had all tbe railroads
been as closed to tramps sa oaa of
them lisa reoently become, ons mao, at
least would not have attempted any
free riding and would not have found
as many I ran pa to study.”
CRIMINAL IN RANK*.
A valuable portion of tbls book 1*
that devoted to the consideration of
criminals. “U la mart than a decade. ’
seye the author, '-sines I btuaeaeac
quainted with tramps. My purpose in
seeing them out was to learn of their
life, and I soon saw tbit Vo know It
well I mult brooms iolned to It and be
part and parcel of its various manifesta
tions. At different Limes during tbls
period— some of tltem lengtbanlog out
Into mouths—I have lived Inllmhirly
both with Uie vagal'Obda of Kngleact
and the United States In the tramp
class, or so near It that the separatio..
Is almost Imperceptible, are to be
found auy number of criminals assnel
atlng freely either for purpoee of Uui
u*se or ecclablllly, with their less am
billons bretbern. ”
Mr. Fly lit In spite of the clssslHe.
tlone of Isombreeo, says that iu bia
rapvrleooe be bee found only one cUee
of orlmlnala of any great Importaoc*
tbe professional. Da does not leper*
Ibat people go lute crime Ueeaua* tl.ey
are unable to krsp body sod soul to
gather la any other way.
He aaya: *'Tlie people who go leto
srltaa fur this reason are lees numerous
Iliac la a»nerally supposed. It Is l-oe
they coma, as a rule, from the poverty
atnekea district or our largv cltlra and
tba standard of life In these district,
purlieu la rly for famlUea, Is pitifully
kiw; bet a tingle person can llva Isr
m«ia sataly tbae In* philanthropists
Uilok. The cacarautles of life, for lo
Uanoe, can be had by simply beggteg
snd ibis la tba way ihsyue foe do by
the majoi Hy of the people who urn net
willing to work for tbsm. Tbssrtmteal
however, wants the lukarlee of Ilfs as
stall; seeds gold a*.d the meat sir pc naira
plcaaerea that gold oaa bey; ned them
bo prey* upon llnwe that bay# It."
bo far fiooi tbs cilaloel being tho
tctiio of bl< envnoon ent, Mr. Flynt
hellers* that lie If (xmesred of more
aiobllloo uod foroo uf character ihun
hly felloe.
Tbe people from whom criminal* am
recruited, be safe, mainly pauper*,
"nod the* bave ucen to such a long
time and ao oUw and unaccuatotned
to anything l»l!• r. ev. n In the United
States ibat li.i v M-hi»iu tunks soy se
rious effort to get uul of tbstr low con
dition. * * ' In this same clas* a re
aome who are boro with ambition*, and
who have energy enough to luldll them.
Tbeao break away frcm clas* condl
Uou», but, uufoTluoately, the ladder of
respectable bualueas lm< no foothold to
their environment. No ooe of their
uequulniaoew has gone splinting up it*
round* In tempting promotion*, and,
although tb« city raluioonry talU them
that there aie those who thus sueoeed,
they will not believe him—or, rather,
they prefer to Iwlievc tbe to them inoie
probable stories of tucoeu which they
read iu the Police UautU sod the
IVnceolc ( nleiulor. Most of thru know
perfectly well I hat the succors Ilia*
portrayed t* the luaolt of Uwbiesking,
uod that they wi.l De punished If caught
trjlsg in achieve it. But va L* a slraioe
between the miserable slum, which
they hate, aud tiie possible wealth,
wlmli they covet, and they determine
‘to .tun tbe risk.’ "
WHAT A RIAL CHIMIXAL LOOKS LUCK.
Regarding another pbasauf hts study
of crlmiunis, Mr. i'lyi.t says : "it bus
hesu Impossible lor n>e a fellow-travel
er will] tramps and hut s casual ob
server uf criminals, to conduct roy
Inviellgaiiuns as arleullOc observers of
prison specimens bsve dyne. I have
not beeo permitted lor Instance, to
weigh them, to inrpeet tbeir leeUi and
palsies, uor eveo to teat their pulse un
der excitement. It has beeo possible
lur me, however, to study their ooun
teaauors, to get ecqualiitsd with Uielr
type, as It Is veiled, and to c<*mpnie it.
ue I have aeeu It lu the open, wliii its
pictorial rcpreeuolation lu books aud
pbampijIetB. As a rule, these ploluies
ere very different from the type that 1
have known. Only In a fsw caws have
they ever sppruximatsd to the troth,
end why artists have niton us snob as
their models is more tnan I mu under
stand. In New York I onoo showed a
uilralna) one of these caricatures, aud
asked him wliat be thought uf It. He
replied: -Why, 1 wouldn’t be found
dead lookin’ like that !’a seotimeut
which l consider both juetlftrd aod
representative. The trouble It that
writers about crime have gentrelly
plckid out as illustrations for their
isMiki i lie very worst sped mens possible
and the publio has been lad to consider
these as bun lepreeentatives of the en
tire ulaes. A retreating forehead lor
example, and lire roust depraved ex
pression of lie eyes slid mouth era to
day considered topical stlguiata of the
criminal's face. Thu majority uf lluise
with whom I a.u acquainted, particu
larly those under thirty years uf age, if
well dressed, oould muster lu nuy class
uf society; aud i doubt very much
whether an uninitiated observer would
he at'ln to pick them out for what they
are. After thirty years of age, and
sometimes evoo younger, they do ac
quire a peculiar looav but Instead u!
calling it a criminal look, In tire sense
that the lost loctlve offender is criminal
1 should describe It as that of a long
resident In the penitentiary. ' Prison
life. If taken In large down* and often
enough, will glee the most moral men
In the world criminal features aud It Is
no wonder that men who make a busi
ness of crime, sod sre so ranch In prison
possess them.
"Kveii men who arc Lusted In the de
tection of crime have more or leas sim
ilar facial ehsracUrlaUcs. 1 never met
a detective who bed been long Id thy ser
vice that did not have some features or
habits common to tbs criminals he
wssaugagodln hunting down, and [
know Several detective* who hive been
lakeo for crlmlti-ls by crimloels, sim
ply because of tin lr criminal looks.
“Ill regard to other abnormalities,
•oeb abaenoe of hair on the face, re
markable eyesight, length of eertaln
Soger*. tnaenaibUlty to pain, uouaual
development uf the lower jaw, high
ebeck bones, Hard eyes, projecting ear*
and stopping moulder*, which are aald
to diffvraoliato iha criminal from Ibe
ordinary bumao belog. 1 cm only
report Lbat I have not found (hem to
be morn noticeable io the criminal elam
than among normal People. In the
majority of came a criminal can grow a
beard, and Is glad that tvs ean do to
Without this ability to chaage lile looks
be would be areally handicapped In bla
bualnee*. and I know that he usually
has a beard ocoe in two yerua. It baa
been aald that bla habit of tatoolng la
evidence of his abtcienees ta pain but
II la not easy to see why. At the
worst It U not a trying ordeal, and the
little iuff*rlng that it doe* ocoeatou la
ta much felt by the criminal aa by toy
oo* elte. Moreover, thoie that 1 know
are not M> prono to be taloood aa Is re
ported. ladeed, It la oonatdarad a mia
lake to have marks on tb* body for
they naturally aid detection On all
there question* of the keoses crlminnlo
glils have railed altogether on what the
criminal bimvelf ha* (old them. They
glw him something to Uale oraiovll, or
prick I'lio with a needle, aad lila reply
I* noted down a* acler.tlSc evidence.
How do Uwy know Its baa n.* +>mt
object In view lt> tclliogf them what he
doci r He may want lu appear degeo
crate nr queer, or ta perhaps,
atniply mlaohevhma, and lays lli* trat
thing that unmet Into hia bead. Until
inurnment* have beau Invented which
0*fi dlacnver Ibe truth quite Inuepee
denlly of the criminal's ;wr*onet teai|.
raony nothing really positive can bn
known eenonarning whatever freak* of
the mrieeu may have lieen wrought In
| lit* ertmluel’a organisation.
I'HUON WllWtrU oof » HIALTIt.
*'Tb» yonaraU haollii of dm criminal
laiowJ. CJp to twaaly gra yoara
**• ho la m hardy and rtferooa »• th«
araraga paraoo. Although ho oamoa
•taiM Ho toadwr, a rwy fair
nnaalitatlao, .ud If ha would ouly uka
eaia of it bo Wight lira to a good old
aga. Wbon l<o oaara hla Ihlrtlatb yaar
iiowevrr. bis ttrvnglb tod vigor brglo
t« fell him. By ibat tiros liv baa
served a number of terra* in prlano,
vd It la tbli exiatencr Ibat drum him
down. In lira open lui seem* tub* a-1*
to endure a great deal and still keep hi*
health, but behind lbs bate, ear* fur
lit® M the penologist will, be weaken*
and wither* away. Thla aid* nf bl»
Ilf* hat vcarcely receive] Ihn aUaiill-Xi
It deserve* from the Inyrallgatora who
llnd tho criminal dlteuaad. That he
l-ecume* diseased roust readily iw ad
milted but, aa a lulr, It U only
after society ban tbot lilro up In It*
penal lustltutloiia when a ten year uon
vlet la released and law bow hn look*.
1 did tbli, and n *ora* wreck of a for
merly healthy man 1 have oevei en
countered -u belLg ruined In both body
and mind, a victim of patalmf wbtch
In the opeu be would bare ehborred.
There la ro better proof that It I* tla
prlsoniaod not hla Ilf* eod bualnret that
make ib* criminal dtreated than that
famished by trimps. There men live
almost entirely In the open, and, a* *
general rule, bare a balder life than
the criminal; yet they are about the
hrellhlret people In tha world, ia the
Polled Stales It I* one of ibrlr so per
•tlttoue that tkry simply oanunt die
Ilk* other men—or disease— but bare
to he killed. Tbb is what happens lu
a greet many of Ibero. They fall fioro
freight train* at night or are found
starred to death, loekod fret lo a bo*
car i-n enure dlataut aide track.
Li closing hit oiiapter on criminals.
Ur. Klyut wots
• i * •**» Btmllcd llw criminal to
«oy purpose, it tt with Urn rvenlitog
oon notion Hist he la physically, ar«ti
Islly rrep.milbte, ami that though n*..
happy in Ills l>|rth aud environment,
lint v«iy energy which lias enabled him
lo get away from lilt poverty In ibe
'promise of potency’ of a baiter hr*.
Aud liuman hope looks forward In a
day when. In reimnaratluiia of hi* data
he aball be born into a better thing
than orimn.’*
In apeaklug nf the uuthmalnlr* «f
criminate, Mr. Flint inters a state
went which la aura to osuae rrlUoiacii
aud argument, lie eaya : 'Concern
Ing tlieir natloualliia*. 1 mull say that
mnat of them are iodlganona lo llm
coaoirlr* In which they live. In this
country it is often laid Uiat foreigner a
I are (be main offenders, aud a great
‘deal haa lawn written about lbs dump
leg of European criminals no Amerl
can shorn, but tbe >uMn offender*. In
the opeu at least, are ciinerxlly of Irish
American parentage. Ia England un
mlxad ulood I* a liuie more noticeable.
Ireland ia said to be the total criminal
land In all Europe, aud Hits may be the
Ctee so far as loosl crime is ooiic.rned
hut more orimioals iraoe their auoae
try hack to that oouuiry Uiao to noy
other where Eugllali laapoltru. Indeed
In A (Mi lot It I* considered xoitvailiiog
quit* out of lb* urdloaiy if Hie crtml
car.tiot allach himself In iouim way to
tbo ‘Knterald Isl*,* mid o itbiug lisa
hindered me iu«re lu my intercourse
with him tliau the fset tnst ury own
connect ion with Ult very alight.1’
Ur. Flynt aaya that there I* no class
In whlob defarsnoe lo see anil losiura
oplolou la more Insisted upm tbau lu
the criminal class, and th it should the
criminal be won over lu deorot living
he te suro to bv oonacrvatlve roller
than radios I lo tbvaffalra nf itate.
Of how he came to mako Ilia investi
gations and vxplorallont. Mr. Flynt
says: “flaring my university atodh a
In Berlin l aaw my f»llow student*
working In aelaulIQe Ulroralorira to
dlsouver the mloateat prrsaltlu f >r.oa
of life, and later publishing (hair ills
eoiscla# fo book form as vsluaWa a >u
trihators lo koowledgv. In writing
wtrat I have learned onncarnlag human
parasite* by an txparleuce which may
l* called scienllOo in so far sa it drat*
with llm eui jset on It* own ground and
anvlrotiateuta, 1 area lo aayevlf lo lie
doing a elm liar work for a like pur
P°*e.” ______
Wlwaabar caa b* «a»a rar Negligence,
HaluleU Tln>a
In an Interview wllb Ool Olds. Prof
W. Y. Massey, who ha* bam at Orem*,
bnro Insisting the dr/eoltre sewerage
at the Normal and Industrial College,
Mid I hat the persona who did the
, plumbing there could be sued for crim
inal neglige nee, and Intimated that
tliere might ba a tell He aald It la
daughter had typhoid freer and ae did
•'liter tick si udeeta; that telic about its
being malarial freer war all staff, tie
says that lbs plooib-n. being slworl of
Imti piping, used twelve feet of lens
eotta pipe from water eloaa'a. and (tint
the ateam pipe ran dlreolly aver this
sawer pipe roil saturated wltb sewerage
making It aa Ideal breeding place fur
germs, lie aaya ba eerrr saw greaUr
criminal careiamuem.
SuMTiSaTna
AabHioni Courier.
Tliere are fow grasshoppere In North
Caroline, but oow and then wliera the
birds ate oauebt up loo clner there are
■rtaabopia-rs and other insects. But
we started oat to tell about young
Tbormen Warren’s rapedanra. near
bis mother's bom*, close to bianley
Recently the lad MW a live bird,
known aa the top-knot bird by some,
uylag lo nap;are a grasshopper sod
was flying away with It. when the
grass hopper, by a aorsmrni of Its legs
so choked the lbs bird ae to oaaae It
to fall to Ike ground, Urn young War
reo eaaght tha bird while Urn grata
Hopoer m ill had It la Its olulhes This
alary Is said 10 bo true and vouched
for by good people.
I kuiknUal Bala Balaa Ulna iHk
•n. Wfcjr *•* (Mf
My wlfa Ua» barn utlag Cbambrr
Inin** Palo Mai*. with good raaul's,
. for a Uaa tboubhr that baa pa toad Ini
oontlnualty for ala* ycara. W* ban
tried all kind* of akadldnta and dooton
without rtorlrlog any baucfll fro a any
of than. Oaa day wt aaw an admtlta
OMMit of lit la mad brio* and (bought ol
trying it, wbMt at did with (bt baat
of aaUafaaltoo. Sbt bat oatd only oaa
bouit and Nr Mtnaldtr It alaoat atU,
— Ar>OT.m L. MlLLtT. Maacbaatai
N. n. For tala by I It. Carry A Co.
ARP AT M8RID1AI.
WRITES ABOUT THE BEWARE ABLE
OROWTH OF TIB OITT.
mis WIIH a XsrllMra Mmmt »l*«m
Wltb N4m AMil Will tnallMSlBi
KS»eUow-m» Uam T**t itMn'i rail.
UUI Arp. la Atlanta OaoatirvtUo,
Uii me wing.—ilia outer ulgut I
dropped d.iwn from Cbaltau>o<» lo
Metldiau. It !• over 300 mltee, but it
•eauied Ilk* dropping dawn, for Uie
Out train on tba AJsbamsUraat BjoiIi
*rn carried me there in lees then eight
■tour* while 1 slept. Beautiful oar*
•i*l aanooLh track made tba trip pleas
ant to rvsu a vutoran. t had some
ll altering ealli lo tbe cut loo bell of
Alabama ai.d Mluiaelppl, and aa Iba
Urdar waa low sad the family porta
looked like aa elephant bad trial on it,
and taxes wet* lo pay. *'*d coal to buy,
aod my female folk* ware In aard of
winter garmeoto, my wif* said l bad to
■o. That Mailed It and ben [an at
iferldiaa. Many years bare pa Mad
since I Vlilted this growing oily and 1
hardly rvaugafie U. It baa aloe* grows
from MO lo 18,001 paopls, and patoou
lamrvpoliten airs, far It la tba largaat
lowo lu MiMlaalppl. it uued to be i
dirty pUoa. and waa a dag out far aa*
loom and disreputable quarters. 8UC
leant ago there waa a great awakaatng
and Iba aalouu* were a lot laded and
many uf those who supported them left
fur parts uubnnwn. Ora** didst grew
in the streets a* waa predicted. but Uie
(own look on new life. Mr. l>tal Was
elected ma>ur on tauiperanee p< lumpier
and a ayaiam of pablte work* waa at
unoe Insofar aura. Since then fifty
miles uf avwev*g* baa Inn laid and
thirty miles ID atdew ilk paved ; and
twelve Uhieks of etrrwle graded aod
paved with vitnfird brtab and a* many
more with chart. Two notion mill*
and an utl mill aiid a fartllli-r factory
and a splendid system of water works
have been eataUlabed. itlx Urge build*
Inga for the public aobooi* u*ve been
nected. Two faaala collage* have
been planted than*. Tim oeW Oily lisa
gas works and atrert ears; sad new
rnldencea with handeoma arabitecture
are In tight on all high laud* that a<*
vmm the city. 1 never knaw before
that Uiera waa a liill'witlilu ml lee uf
Meridian, but there era not only bills,
but a mile or two auuth liter* aia
mountain ridgea like ilum lu upper
Georgia. and from thrae cum* the
gudiiug aprloaa liut supply Uw ally
with the puiuat of water, vhure la no
larrier kept hotel than the huutbeni —
good beds, goo J service uf every hit*! —
and wlut Is best uf all to m*lh* people
gave me * good audience, all select, rt*
iiecially the eight college girl* who
cantM urrayed lo college onlforth, I
*sw more Cut ton yesterday lhao J ever
•aw before at cos 11 mo and place M*
ridlan complexes sod markets 160 KJO
Pair*, and half •>( it Is (tiers now in lit*
warrlioinoi mid outside. Mush uf it
lias Imtii sold, nut frill not be a ifed
for lack of car*. Cotton Is still king.
Willis st breakfast Mils morning twu
oortlieru mso look Hall at the ua*
table and one imoarhud : *'Yhto low*
ii on a ouurn. iwv an uunuiug a a
over It.” Yaa,” Mid the other, "the
Whole Math ta oat Dm upgrade, god If
It keepi am Mi-yen won’t carry a single
southern State.” Well, they were for
McKinley. nf course, bat ll>ey will
know by walttug. A northern aia
who be* dewr been soalh 11 ids much in
Interest end astonish bin. Hot lung
ago Mayor Dial look nan ovei the olty
anil naked him what he would like tai
see specially. He replied that he would
like very much to see where the ne
groes lived end how lliey lived. &>Um
mayor drove up lo negro toeo where
be atw numerous women and ohUdrea
aud heard them laughing and talk In y
merilly. ’ What are they laagliing
at 7” ha Iq ilrwl. ‘I didn't kanw
they ever laughed.” •* Why," aald llr.
Dial, "they laugh all the day long; they
lengli a*, anything.” "le It povelbte 7”
i xclslmed tne Yankee. '‘Suppose era
slop and ask ibeua wluitlhev are laugh
at ? My curiosity la nreetly excited.”
So the mayor stopped, sod celling ana
of the women whom lie keew to the
gate.eald : "Hannah, this gentleman
le from the north—ep In bod's country
- and aaye lie didn’t know the evgioes
down lie ye rm laughed, and lie waste
10 know what you wave all laughing
about as ws driers up.” This of euttvae
provoked another spell sod all they gut
oot of them was that “Jinny eked
Manny which was ihs meet alike, a
'possum nr a e-mat 7” The stranger
was profoundly I tap reused, and mads a
note nf It In hi* memorandum bank.
Well, 1 have been Impatiently wait
leg oo the stare, bat do oot believe that
this the year foe the meteonw-my
books do not Say so. Humboldt la
pretty high authority, sad so Is Apple
tab's cyclopedia, m d both say the pert
odlo Interval It thlrty-fimar yean In
stead nf thirty-tbrw. They full lu 1899
sod lo 1833 sod a partial display In 1897
and to they will u»t come again until
1901-year after seat. And the an at
vsraary wse 19th nod 13lh af Mover*,
bar, which h*a already paaaed. Hot
we will know by wailieg soother dag
whether Mr. Aahmeee la tight or Hum
boldt. I rem*mher well the fall la
1888 and «e«M like ta me another be
fore I die. and I w|ah my wife and
ohUdrea to see one. U lea grand *i-d
Sole mo aigbt.
Am I Urn ln( mil too mr lot-dl”
-toanaot tell alia.’'iiMlw. "tom
Ml out. Y»« ara • Ire Hr thr teat of
lb« buaoh
Bring a iMfni m*td, »hr waa eoa
taut with Uiat.
n *111 i*ot ba a aorpriaa to nay mho
ara at all Nmtlar trlib tba good qaalt
ttea of Cbamtertata'a Couth Ramadr,
•o boom Uiat paot>!a rmrtlian taka
plaatoru lo rrUu.g thoir rxparlraaa In
tba uaa of that aptendtd mcdtelaa and
la laltlng of Um buerfli that bara ra
aatrcd from It, of lad aalda tt turn
on rad, af tbraalraad atlaoka of anaa
aminla U haa averted aad af tba ebH»
dran It haa aarad tram altaaka af amug
aod vboaotag couth It la a grand.
R*£ medwlaa far mla by 1. U.
Cincrj A Company.
cnutruM wtaanUR,,
•M*rik« »■——aWtaMy b»
H. L. lUnUr. la CkarteM Mm.
OovaeaUuf avila of ban worabip
•altb* teugenloelfeat to lb# war
toMt; Ua# Aabarllla ClUaan uUan
UU tiOMly warn log: ■•To* want
thing about Uria hrra wan Up la Uia|
H glrca iba roong toau ate tha afaU
drau iba wruue Ur* of Nfa. It oMaata
ate bogaa. Ttoa bait llfti la Iba lift af
labor, of prodaolloo. Worabip of war
baroan UaabM the yoaog that tba Iteal
Ufa la oaa of altaraat* Uote ate Ml*
mm, of Uz-anting ate bnua boltona,
of might agalMt right.1'
Lately our people bar* ted a *ur
Mt »T bm wuraMp sad ttef Crt Ilka
• hf1KJ** *r**u; rmeiiaghl
baa teaa tba D*w«y teaTntaa that tte
principal ta awed by tb* megnlSccoo*
of vb* dtapiay* at b& Moisten. a* l*
, a muab smaller man new, la the cyan
*M* •wia'nmaw,tbaa whew ha ic
turned to Ml satire (bores. One* we
thought bla poaaaaad of a goodtjabara
of raederty aad abore the sordid ailaro
■amt* ef ordinary mortals, bat UUer
, ly, it sere**. that Iw accepts of ivory.
1 !f‘n5'? w,Uu»*» • V*T
ily bo la to fur ib* “staff." «lr* aa a
irotoo Ua wry, bot so, not yet, act
until«bail rumphlal areb la balk to
Imitation of the way tb* dig thing* In
.W&StkJT&'SJSaS;
ags?aiairjf,-li*rw-»F
aad ngll* Agulnaldo, obala thaw la
Bomsn fwiMon to tb* chariot wheel*
of Lord* Otis aad Liwtoc to gratify
lbe Wood thirsty Uat*s of tba Beans
‘'patriot," To complete tte nma* n
Ira, caarcb around for that oM rag.
opeacauwa MttemMsa oftbafNC.
\uuaiay ttarliiaibr PalHppiara, bo
dmygled with mod end wire. Lift It
up. shako it writ. It naads a good
ntasolaa. being Is borne, stick I* mi a
pole, c«rry It amandin the triumph tel
prooaariua and no "traltur” wIB data
to paH it down.
Undoubtedly tbs object of Uimu
■ummotto demount ad hm* is n Uu
pert of Ui* tori**, to sti as slate tbte
war ferror la fartheraab* of tbak In
fernoa* war aobmaaa, and possibly
U.’wey aa tte rletlm of mrrsiaatsn nq
Mi a pray to Um poUtLes! trap Istau
tionnily cat fur him. If cntreppwi by
their nefarious aebacnaa or wnttf of
bl* fact b* tb* glnsMur of the boar be
Is to bo pitied.
On an Island aot far away flsndl a
buiW-eoarsd rate ran the hemic Gomaa.
who imt rsoeutly daelior.l te inna[il
the proffered donations of his durutc I
followers. Ua is poor, bat te tea tb*
world know that lie Ir hoc a bagger.
•O temporal 0 more,." eselalmad tit*
Ildiaaa orator as ha beheld Um aacJs of
moral depravity Ukm* rank root
amoag blromuirynie t. Hut li I* rr
freshlug bi Mow that boat ter mueb
tba heart steksns, tba Ira* an* worthy
are still to b* found. arau ilnugli are
UlUSt scarrb fur them beyond uur
Sborea. It may bo feeee>« aide, and, I
way tie asllad a trait ir I v Ceyiaa it,
but to we Oman look* like a bigger
OSSO than Dewsr. IT heeler Ponatrm
Mill RoomtvU all too ek'd topotlier.
Thia loaely qaartotu. «rllh fcoblag
(•Ibm, oaaaad to b* hvtw iim lx.
•toot Ibaj airpptd tale ito abara of iba
Spaniard*. taking up ttolr co-trab at
tot barlty. to UMko war aealnrt tnoo
uootpeople soetaodlaf fur ttolr horaaa
and QraatdM, Pirate* and and towf
lar* bat*, at Heart, dlaplayed inartrl
ooa oouraf*. bat they baa* naaar nak
ed aa botoaa. JCvary auldler aalMiwt
fto tto puraoat at froalog aufftrlag
Cab* from flpaaito Umlldom etbtbT
tod a eptrit la kaapiag wtlb ttntotgtjt,
•* days of ebivaliy, bat na amoaai of
brawy wUl arar make berota of toot*
•ogaged la tto Ptilllpplo* war. Ylg
oroa* effort* mad* by ta* tary pnaa to
«iya Of Faoato* bar* prayed a
dlaisal failure. Poor fallow, to eat to
ad to raatlae iba awkwardnaae at tto
poalUoo; It ontorranad him; ha waa
aoxloaa to qatt. hat pubtto opto la*
and tto rteuortolem tore laah whipped
bin book Into I la*, aodao to to offto
to* wan agate, where. In a tala par
nf tmj Jrek-oMrnloroa,
will toad bla a lively yao*. Aad wfaat
baa taaoto* of Wtoaler. lb* doogbty
littl* liara of Saaliagn faatof Hto
aamo la no loo ear heard. 11# tooawa
tto tlaUrn of baaty draogbn at Mo
Klatortoa and Ml fay Iba wwetoda
And Roorrvalt, wbat af btmf Ha l<
tb* aharpeat Taakaa of Maai all.
Kaowtog Uatou glory aoaM ba «*ta
ad from tto Haaaa war af glaodet
aad oonqaeats to baataaad to make a
fat Job aad a tomb proof pefftlia, a*
to to afford blm aa *a**aa far krap
Ing out a< aa aapopuUr war. Vow to
•It* at bit deak ta bla oamr arm atotr
at a very eafa dtfUoea aad orgaa olb
«™ *•*»£• N^'oc, Wtritot battlag
etto aplthrta at all wboopooa* tb* prat
ealadaiatotraMon of raptaaaMI wtr
dor. Ho baa fallea to too tom with
to* lowaat demagog** Uatbaraklto.
Obi bow Kara Um wlgkty Mtoai
Draana dtoetoatod; Male touUmtd
Ukatoaalda toat ftaab atbarart iba
toy, aao* iba ptaoaa arblob kotw
them atoll kaow ttom aa more.
-Mtobito right," to a daeptoabto
oroad. aad tad* lilgimiat, mb with
tto greatly daprayad. UtoihadavTa
aw*. Fai*pfiriwad by the •*>
•oped o* totoUa of yaUmat baighta.
iimvr/, iii« m inu owa OMR |q
•or hunoUia. to lor aar giHui amt
taatreattoa. IuIhrmm fraataaN
wbo obaaaa ta praflt ta ta, avd Um>
ptalaty imm M brutality, ta may
■at*a timar MM,taada taK* Mb.
Mnto* •< MMMHivMhta. Kandana
f *f pchM tain*. f<* raat-baM, batataM
Md blaytla rMturMWONM, lata
rrldanaaad oat art vat aatf, aad, If
mm atacfcad, tba Mat will nav aatu
aach van «M MW la aaitata «a taar
dWi«t« yaanitaga Dbaaaada wtb tal
l«H» tar abraagar dvat—Mora tdaad tar
, Ua aaraeltaa aav. **aa bad Mb
1 tail aat autaaa. titan aaartbaa atn
MraMrad. Oladtaartal Imi wMI
omm ta ta aaytty Uria daniud
trnlaai van tar triad aad aaaaaaat
. all karp tba maaaa >a«ri.7fm
iksTiswoo all peStowwtliaHesad
U my ppw. Tkw M m
tblatlnc U Mat way. I ted U« mad
tm In UisouselTbst Umr w*Uy om
iNiMUwmitf MMh| aU>«
Imbclattod.Horepeoptonidtessaw»
•O prrra today tbao w4 the WHroeolt
tarn pews, butteaiseatte Miealif bsw
klm mw mb boobs, mw lawUu
W for hlwedf bam so eeartotlaw that
ba loaf raid will bare tbeparty.be la mm
rtlya tatolsMebesdeef tbs s«wisc
Urn wbsssoUMUbssNvpram. Tteoson
try sdHor taw tbs poswr aad Is tb* Jo
wl fl'W dork ibs msik that mate*
rnwKMcK, MStlortf vmmwmKi
LeiMaton sad ssmou edtm. sad
tbsa ha la «IriM ot £mmHin bs
ba* made! Ha work* barter tkas
mom ouyhoby fay all b* essr gate sat
«< lb* publla crib. 'while Ibwwmd
m Into power pabMs thowaud* ml
i*a mUltosa. ft# to afraid that * bs
tabs* a ptoUm so* la barmosy wttb
Ibaaa doooer*. Umy vW take a say a
lUtto awl (nmlls Mat ba am u
tho paella sctvimi! Tba eoauiry sdi
lor seldom raada books. Alibis Mass
oo m* fram Urn papers ha rate, and
as stray mw of thsw. libs himself k«
so a* u» triad. Umy are omMieiUy
dsoaviay ih-m. Bant and ibara yos
•HI dnd Mi ft) l» m rfH of a p tm+t
Ibaa two •il'iras. Tot an tbs man
wl*o d» in a nosh to tbs cdtoial enat
area lb#/ bars mads. Tbs sawed M
lowe doss wit ka«w Ibat Motehrr tela
hbrpiwsrfsia u«ik toady but man
u«o Hi* m»|*>rlor ludxso.w. Tba
d iff mom btsam aw m Ms litis
tees maatly la wbat Ma wind Mate.
vim country moot WHI Ininbta hl»
•rtf iwfomUMOnagraraatn or <>Umt
••■aptUH” baln« bopfnl to got a lluU
oCIjm. Worm ha wiaa ha wnM atafea
L'ira o HI err liombls an*
Um editor raatty ha* in bit ham thn
politic «L May adltor with ordinary
aitaralaMIlty, b< raadlag hooka an
political ooouaay. both bidao, an*
■tta biaoaif Mt aQ awor hta rkatt.
oaoe with a oaoll eouaty popor. Than
wbohtaannaar rand aaah houfco a*
•• Wraith agaiaat Uraanwialtk,” "A
Oo-0DemUf« CooiaxMifMiltfc.** »Pr*
dtaot add Forarty,r“,Eqa*Hty." “Md.
hMpU tton-ipjllaa.” add attar re
ferred In In thaao werfca, nrw uat It
Maaun* to adit a popor aad ara motor
board of oatoMd tta narrow at Mia of
lhair oouuty. If yoa an adlUag a ra
por.lf yoa art pdriag ad h fiiMW UaS
or, and want to bo daoaaihmg yon oan
do a by InnwUgaUag «U oldoo of al
pabUe rpootloaa Md tta be I wl lint
gained will el*.alee yuan* power a*
mo It Why bd a Dotting whaa mm
con bo orxnottlaa ? Do r>u asppooa
that G reefy. or Brwtaa, or PraaUla ar
aa? of Uao attar uan that haw
bafpad to raootd tta world would been
oaar boaa boaod of bad tdap only wad
poparo and mtttobpot bolt T
Oanvorttag a »»«■ Itllllllo,
^ Oooo. wrUao aa .aid jaaraoMW. ^wboa
oradutra. toaaatoaod a raXttot H
paid trt odwtUM. Hd aa a thirty
aruopmo* ambaal, aad I triad (hr a
long Uom to ara Ma to taaortaa ad
wntaoraout fa atyptwar. -Oh, nn a*
ora ha w.ndd o<y«. ••faowr nod ad
■Iradrag. IbaliareYa'bdeartMaf,tab
a way will (ran ttarifaa ttepabtte.
Stt’SU&'iySnC
nawparar dortgra ttaa «tnnldM got
araaa aa If ttay wara iihia." ‘•Wag."
aaM I “if I oaartooa yaa that people
do raadihe adeertiolag dagw of noy pe
parts?*** •*'*—
it Will
KSattlRS.
Mra bp ara tag who*
that babaggid rartba
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