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FRENCH TAKE STEPS TO
STOP BIRTH DECLINE.
AUfAd at Tramaadaas tala
tfva Dacllaa In Popalatlao, and
Paarind Inevitable PellUcal
Lutfnlllcanca, That OHar
Pnninu far FamUle* at
Thraa ar Mara CUIdrea.
Xtrbtnond X*<r«-L«adrT.
There will be no '*race suicide”
in France daring the next few
centuries, according to a report
received by this government, if
the "National Alliance for In
creating the French Popula
tion" keeps up the work it re
cently began.
So alarmed baa * France be
come on account of the fact
that sbe has been ateadily losing
in population while nearly all
of the other countries of the
world almost have been mak
ing rapid gains that she baa set
about about a reform through
this alliance which will tend to
1 stem the tide of decreasing
_1 -A. I_
Prom 1850 to 1890 Great
Britain increased in popnlation
14,115,000; Germany increased
, 29,948.000; Austria-Hungary,
15,587.000; Ratals. 62,183,000.
and Prance only 3,701,000. It
might be added that during the
same period the population of
the United Scales roae from
23,191,876 to 76,303,387. an in
crease of 53,000.000, or 14,000,
000 more than ilie present popn
lation of ' Prance. In other
words, the population of (he
leading republic Of the new
world, which was 12,000,000
less than that of Prance in 1850,
is at present double tbst of the
leading republic of the Old
World.
The National Alliance for In
creating the French Population
was founded in 1896, its object
being to point ont to every one
the danger with which depopu
lation, threatens Prance, and to
introduce fiscal rpeasnres, or
others, to: augment the number
of births. Alter all other plans
had been adopted for the pAr-.
■ pose of trying to stop the de
crease the Alliance hat gone
about its work on the
following principles: They
say ‘ that Prance Is on
the way to become a third-class
power and that this tendency is
die to the. diminishing birth
rate. It ik the dnty of every
■man, m set forth by the Alli
ance. to contribute to the per
petuity of hit country as much
at it is his dnty to defend it.
They say further that to»bring
up a child is a dnty of the State,
. equivalent to paying taxes, or
■ HV AfflAt rlufv It U also m .a^
of the plan of the Alliance to sea
that every family shall have not
less than three children, certain
ly, and exempts from taxation
all those families having more
than this nnmber.
It la also further pointed out
by the Alliance that the present
Taw of inheritance aad the
methods of dividing property
should be modified, since the
laws, as tfyey now exist, are not
oonducive to large families.
v Another step taken by the
Alliancf la the protection of
infanta m order to diminish
mortality of the new-born.
. So alarming has this question
of depopulation become in
France that tbp chamber of de
puties ft looking exhaustively
into the question.
Lack of religions beliefs and
practices la MMto .be one of the
'/r9J I
a -; v *■ ;*
foods. These Several* taxes are
necessary in order to raise the
sum of $223,000,000 interest oo
the national debt alone.
According to the plan of Mr.
Bertillon, an authority in the
matter, every family should have
three children at least, taro to
replace the father and mother,
and one to add to the population
or fill up a vacancy by emigra
tion or death.
Pashlen Ckia|n la Misaeuri.
Hmrard (MoJ Cooramt
How times do change! In years
agone it would have been con
sidered bad form to chew gum
all evening at a party. * * *
Some of this year’s new clothes
are holy frights. One youth
who follows the styles has a new
coat with the tail ao abort it
jooks like a vest with steevea in
it. „ Every time he bends over
be exposes his suspender but
tons.
Nr. VuMsrMlt had Planned a
Lava Party.
Aftfccvtll* (iiirtte Ncwn. Uifc.
We arc now in position to ex*
plain the whole matter, lor the
benefit of those sdpcrscositive
members of the "fourth estate.”
At the time the editors held
their meeting in Asheville it had
rpined almost every day for
weeks from Philadelphia, to
Jacksonville, and Asbevijle had
and escaped daily showers. The
day the editors went to Billmore,
in response, to Mr. Vanderbilt's
invitation, ft looked very ranch
like rain during the forenoon,
and when the young men in
cl large of the refreshments took
a glance overhead they came to
the conclusion that the tables
had better be placed under
shelter. When Mr. Vanderbilt
came down to the barns he was
as much surprised as anybody to
find the people eating there, aa
he had planned a lawn party.
****<• fat an explanation,
and the threatening weather was
Riven as a reason for the change
in plans. Id short, the idea oi
$ “|D* tbeUUes in the barn
«•<* not originate with Mr. Van*
aerbilt.
Dmi Family Cwai?
renlmd Omtoniu.
"1 go a great deal oo family,"
remarked the Ward McAllister
of the community. ”1 tall you
there’s loti in blood; family
counts.”
Ah! does It? *
Abraham Lincoln’s father
J**?; that the negroes
called him "po white, traah.' and
Abe him self was boro in a log
but with cracks in the wall so
wide that you could throw a dog
through them, and hia mother’s
name waa Naacy Hanks.
Tha father of John Adams
ran a comer grocery, John
Quincy' Adams however, bed
"family" back of him, for hia
father, John, had been Presi
dent of the United States.
'James K. Polk grabbed roots
on a U«w farm in North Caro
lina until ha got too strong to
worlf for hia father, then, lie
managed to secure a job in •
country store.
Andrew Johnson' married
family" lor hia wife knew
enough to teach him how to
read.
Join Keats waa. the son of
a hostler and was born In a
livery stable. • . . .
Kara Ben Johnson laid brick
while he was learning Latli.
.,ChV15* J- Boo upon* in a
•family" map, bet Napoleoe
Beoaperte once remarked: "I
am ay own ancestors."
Did yon ever happen to bear
who wan tha father of Homer,
or of Shakespeare, or of Olnd*
atone, or of Socrates, or of Walt
Whitman? , ■
Sahecrihe for Tut OasSTTg,
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<t .JS- A «, > . i
OtOUWP POES
Maw aa lagaatriaas Ix-Caa<
Mar alt Mafcaa It bnr Vaga
taMsg br a Faadhr #1 fir# aaf
W7f Warti for Salt.
Comramxitcmud to VrosnMtve Kimu.
Visitors to tba Chsriestoa Bx
position interested in agriculture
were attracted by a large picture
on exhibition iu the North Caro
lina section. This picture rep
resented an old Confederate
soldier with his wife and two
daughters in their garden gath
ering peas. This pictnrs was
made from a photograph of Mr.
Lewis Grady's " Unique Truck
Garden" in Kinston, NC.
- A certain seed bouse has been
widely advertising this garden
as a specimen of what can be
done when their aeeda are used.
A fertiliser company has been
announcing that the results at
tained by Mr. Grady were dne
Carolina futures all visitors to
the State Museum that the re
markable yield of vegetables
from Mr. Grady's garden is
clearly due to the soil of East
ern North Carolina. Some of
us who have watched the man’s
methods of cultivation have
gotten bold of the idea that the
nran has more to do with It than
Pllkar e\f »ka aVaM«
. Mr. Grady’s garden occupies
Inst an acre within tbe corporate
imits of Kiastou. Prom the
windows of tbe train on tba A.
and N. C. Railroad hia garden
may be seen about a hundred
yards to tbe north of the railway
track, perhaps tonr yards east of
the depot. There is nothing
unusual about the soil. Tbe
fertiliser used is a brand coqi
monly used by toe track grow
ers fa this section. After pre
paring tba, land in early spring,
about tbe only tools used by
Mr.' Grady are aa ordinary boe
and a smaller hoe of his own
manufacture made from a baggy
spring bent at a right angle and
bolted to a hickory hoe helve.
Mr. Grady told me recently
be had something in Ilia garden
to sell every day in tbe year.
He believes ia intensive cultiva
tion. He rents the acre • of
groand, paying $20 per year
rent, and nearly every year
raises radish enough in odd
corners to pay the rent. One
year he sold $23.20 worth of
radishes, besides having
for his family and sending quite
a number of bunches to hia
friends. He has a great diver
sity of crops. This year be
planted hia peas January 3rd,
and will continue to pleat
something np to next January.
Throughout the season as be
removes one vegetable from the
garden he immediately plant!
another in its place. He grows
iq his garden radishes, turnips,
mustard, garden peas, beans,
com, okra, lima beans, kale and
collards. He keeps his groand
highly fertilised and works it
tborouvhlv.
During the past three years
hit income from this one acre
has been as follows: $147 70,
$183.50, $181.05.
This strikes me as being a
fairly good showing for an old
crippled Confederate soldier
Working for a few hours in the
morning on one acre of land.
He baa produced enough veg
etables to supply a family'of
five and then sell in three
years $412 25 worth. ,
, ' B. W BMUtAM.
I<«K>ir CoM N. C. .
00DD0IHM OP T0UN8 CAUL
AakpvUla, N, C.. July J.
3. Canr. the young man who
•hot at bis reflection in a mirror
here and proved by other acts
‘hat h* & fnantally unsound,
^abeen taken by su officer te
bis borne near Durham.
Carr is nineteen years old, he
says, and hla »p peers rice corrob
orates hjs statement Hla full
l* J«wea Sanford Cmr, and
hla father, whose name, be said,
waa Richard Carr, is a farms*
living fifteen miles from Dur
ham. No relationship (rim
betwaan him and General Carr,
ha stated, nor fa he on sack close
terms with Andrew Csrnegi*
and Pierpout Morgan as to }ut
tify hia telegraphic request ou
Tuesday to them to 'come te
Asheville at once."
Mr. Carr had a number of lat
ter* which the police reed la or
der to l«frn who be won. In om
letter be gave an order for black
rabbite te mock his farm, and it
another he ordered several dooet
tstNtejnsuE
tiket ha famed they would eai
him up eUye. '
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—"wuon&m
Ships Ware Shams, AmmonlHm
Fsnhy mi Craws Mat is#**—
Tv* Ships Casa ad nghtfag
mi Idaarad Mm.
SaWafcrws.
Paris, July 20.—According to
tha St. Petersburg correspondent
of La Jjberte, Admiral Ro
iestvcnsky. in his report of the
battle of the Tsushima straits,
which resulted la the practical
annihilation of bis Sect, says
that bis ships wan bad. They
had bees not only hnsdlv, bat
disbooeatly built. The tbiek
oeaa of their armor did not
r* with the official figures la
case of any of the vessels.
Moreover, it was of inferior
gpality. The shells were bad.
Two-thirds of them did not ex
plode. None of the ships were
able to carry the necessary coal.
None of them attained the
guaranteed speed. The engines
and boilers were poor and al
ways required repairs. Taro
third* of the crews, including
thoae of Vice Admiral Nicbo
g* toff’s squadron, were in
capable. The gunners were
‘tj'fwant of the elementary laws
of finoir.
A annoy occurred while they
vert at Madagascar and II were
executed. Adtsirel Rojeslven
•ky hid to train gun* on two oi
bia ships, the Admiral
Scnsvieu and Admiral Aprax
ine, to restore order. The crews
bad decided secretly to surren
der to the enemy. This was
discovered too lots. There was
another mutiny on Admiral
Niebogatoff'a squadron. Admiral
Roiestveusky saw that the
Admiral Scnavien and Admiral
Apcaxiae were not figbtingand
were ignoring orders. They
only fired when be sent turpedo
boats to them no less they
obeyed.
If Admiral Roiestveusky had
not been wounded at the be
ginning oi the battle the result
might have been different. Al
most simultaneously with his
removal on a torpedo boat
Admiral Enquist disappeared.
Admiral Poelkersabm was
killed and Admiral Niebogatoff.
who was unpopular with the
sailors, was obliged to take
ccmmand. Then the rout be
gan. Admiral Niebogatofi’s or
ders were ignored. It wssevery
one for htmself. The crews oi
some oi the ships threatened to
kill their officers unless they
surrendered.
Admiral Rojcstvenaky coo
firms what is generally known
of the shattering and scattering
of his fieet. He. describes the
attempt to blow up the Orel
after she had surrendered. Ha
**ys that a party of angineeta
aad young officers were sur
prised by the Japanese just as
they were about to fire the ■hip's
magazine. A struggle followed.
If the Orel’s crew bod supported
their officers the conspiracy
would have succeeded, but none
of the men stirred. The admiral
confirms the reports already
published that ha rylied on the
fog to enable him to get through
the straits, bat says it lifted two
hours too soon.
^ Snutntawa.
A few yearn ago, in the town
of Littleton, N. H„ lived « turn*
named Ben Flake, who waa the
typical New Englander. One
i*T • tdahora* Ma booae asked
Mm if he had,a large family.
"No," he yepHed "I live only
throe girls, hot I have 100 ton*
in-lawo.
"How la that?" asked the
My oldest girl married a parity
good aort of a man. Be count*
one. The other two married
good for-uotbing an. Aa 1
and two ciphcn make 100,
you’ve got H/>
«.—a— man.
Call libit chick and abo
amileat call • woman a ben and
she howls. Call a young wo*
man a witch and abe la pleased;
call an . old woman a witch
*ud «ha is iudigo.nt. Can a
girl a Mttou and *he rather
Dima U; call a woman a cat
and aba bataa you. Women are
qnetr. \
It yon call a maa a nay dog it
will Softer him; call flmapSp
a bound, or a car, and he will
a to altar the map of your fact.
doesn’t miad being called a
bnE ar a badr, yet he will oMect
to belag mention ad aa a calf or
• et»b. Manartqoaar.too”
. T«* Gaxstt* Printing Mouse
for all kinds of naat )ob print*
; hs. _
flabaeriba to Tug Oaaroitu
Otatm.
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There moat be aotne vitality in
the recipeoeity idea wbenhosi
■Maaeo cao deliberately con
cert on the brink of wstaerto
begin aerioua agitation of the
wbola question. The aunnfac
turn of Chicago, of the Middle
West, and of USe Northwest, art
begia^ag to demand a "farther
extension of onr foreign trade
and th* holding of that which
wa bave woo.* The caU for this
dcw^ national1
lion, to be held
August IS, is __
seat stives of the
of Trade, the Illinois
turers’ Association, the
National Federation, the
tionnl Aesoefatfon of Agricultu
ral Implement and Vehicle Man
n fact arm, and many other
bodies.
The sponsors of the conven
tion annoenee that they p"rptt
to can agon their Senators end
exer«Sentbdr**ji5iSc5rI^wer!
regardless of party, in behalf of
nurer trad* relatioaa
« weB ar with tbe
Orient - Tbe Movement looks
formidabtsbaeattm tbe miilem
¥ «*• Northwwt. with whom
are allied tbe Iramrnallaialal
railroads, are enlisted la tbe ef
fort to taka down the bora, aad
also been— tbe agricultural
implement makers, a vast inter
ere, are leading their support.
The whole of New Baetaad is
dooiotlM mood to trade with
Coaada if tbe
who leer some __
their handful of hog and _.
ea* be placated, aad there is a
general deurc among maoofar
taiers and prodaccn to sell more
goods abroad to sach as will bay
(best: bat thrut «Ka r ■ ngim «**.
suksfrom this agitation should
caO to mind the Tree which be
fell the Kaaaon reciprocity treat
ies id tbe Senate. Everybody
wanted reciprocity, bat nobody
wanted the kind of reciprocity
whkb Mr. Kaaaon had prenrldted.
A maanfactarer of chop beam
o lew gewgaws might find their
way to America; a few knit
goods mea aad tbe Uko stepped
the progress of the German
treaty, aad ao oa.
cooda; nobody wanted
of reciprocity if ft
chance that any
should self any moan cooda to
ns. A' little local interest in
Kalamasoo is id held
op a treaty as lone as a8cnator
exerts his might.
The convention is not going
to bring about reciprocity. Soma
rede, aggressive - nation like
Germany, for Instance, will open
oar doors sooner or later. The
German Baneror and bis Reich
stew will denounce onr tariffs
aud shot ns oat of the German
market, and then our Senate
win begin to act bechaaa the
people will wake op.
We paid absolutely no atten
tion to the squirming of the Chi
mm who begged and preyed,
solicited and appealed to this
government lor nor treatment of
the excepted classes of China.
»*» at onr parts of entry under
the treaty stipulations, bat the
instant the Chineae begun to
boy cott OUT goods ear President
2jt£rity J5 iSipdJSdTwb^
the Germans touch the pocket
nerve more heavily, even the
Senate will {wan.
JadgcC—km.
We police from the proceed
SSS'fc,‘&c!Et2f
iSSiinssS'-jSiJ: e:
tnt-£?&rstsxi
tfyuan *asx
hwaiaam* pad Um lawyer* me
pot allowed to ait with their
fact "cocked up" oe the tables.
Good.
♦ochaad Woj*a.
; >«»l Mwtoa. «t« tlOOLOOO a
gggsr.feg
holder, to placataMd Toyohaa
had ooly a few tboarolTjK
j&r 4cs
{•bora me omraad Mcrtoa1.
upt
coald not ha WM in a day.
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