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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-09-06
WEATHER CROP BULLETIN
OF the South Carolina Weather ano
Crop Service.

STOp ScTNlCC.
Director j. w. Bauer has issued the
following interesting bulletin for the
past week.
The weather conditions were, on the
whole, favorable to crop development
during the past week, and there is,
consequently, better and more hope
ful feeling extant among farmers,
especially IN the northern and western
countries, where the improvement was
most marked The only crop that did
not share fully in the general improve
ment was cotton, for which there was
too much rain, in places causing she'd
ding and rust to slightly greater
extent than heretofore, especially in
the eastern half of the State; in the
western counties the weather was en-
tirely favorable for cotton.
The percentage of sunshine ranged
from 40 to 90 of the possible, with an
average of about 20 for the State.
There was n heavy wind and hail
storm in the vicinity of Winsboro op
the Goth. There was also hail in the
vicinity of Cartersviiie, Florence
County, on the 21st, that riddled to-
bacco and corn fodder, and damaged
crops generally. On the same day
there was n violent wind storm in the
vicinity of Floroncc, Orangeburg
County, that blew down treos, corn,
etc
Many of the reports on cotton say
the crop is all TINT can be expected,
having grown well and fruited heavily
since the rains became general over
fhn Western Of tho 4,
few say it lis growing too much to weed;
there is scarcely n section but that re-
ports excessive shedding and the ap-
pearnnCe of rust, but both are more
common III the eastern portions of the
State; the crop in general is in a very
satisfactory condition; the bolls are
opening freely in the eastern and cen
trial sections and picking will begin
this week; the first bal0 was marketed
on the Goth, which was six days later
than III 1894. Boil worms have APP
peared in Edgctied county.
Late planted corn continues to i'm
prove, being greatly benefited by the
heat and rains and is practically all
made; the only source OF danger Is
freshcts III river bottoms. Fodder
tla -. 80.
.'o '''"''' n"' ii,"oh VI INC 'o"'
,.I, ~ VIC i"in'' 'D'i1'
on .ie ','iH IN "n'' ,i'"h "ni'o "'AnS
s",noi .u, 'nr "e".ne' "nr SonS'm,4F
entire corn crop is Of uniform excel
lencc over the whole State.
Pens are growing we'll and early
peas are being gathered, but tho.
''''H W '"o '''P 10 N""
- 80, '"I'.'' 1'' !" 'i' Menus,
Wv, ""1 W. n"'h ~ 'no ''"l' - ~ E"'N'I'"
"na ."',,' az" ,,;ns 'oi', nI ri"P
was "n ",,"S"a;iS "no oAc "'-' - III
nc Ia, i"' '''' S"N l'' Sn."ll way
r,nI n'i' W I' , ,, 'n E'H.'li' n"'n up
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-09-06

or bitnminous coal, over ope-third
is produced in Pennsylvania, while
Pennsylvania and Illinois together
pI IoIuce little over nps- hNf.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-09-06
ARDENT
ALLIANCEMEN.
THE STATE ALLIANCE CONVi!NES
IN ANNUAL SESSION.
President Evans Address. He Says
the Alliance is Il Political Organ
ization of the Highest fCorn.

annual sessions III the Senate cham
Der Mt the State capitol, Colum bin,
last Wednesday. 1t was called to or
der by PrcsiIc"t ". ID. Evans, whose
term Of Office expires with this meet
ing.
Tho committee on credentials repor-
ted that the following delegates wore
entitled to seats III the body:
Abbcvi!i"-J. q. Graves, J. Il. Blake.
Aik"u-R. II r.mrl"-aan. T.. l.. Tyler.
And"reon-J. ". l. B'wd"n, u. X. Norris.
Barnwci-W :. iiImh"rS.
Ih"e:yt-T. J. Cuuuiugham.
C"rstcrn,Id 7. l.. Taylor.
Clar,ui"r-p. I Eradham.
Cu,!";on-L. T. rs:!"r, ID. NJ. Warn.
DarIinctnu- W. H. Lawrence.
Edg"H"li-W J. TnIh"rt.
Falr'i"'d-R. y Means.
TluT"uc,-J. y. N!:.- =. &. W;lloughuy.
iI,rrs jams. \. Lewis.
L,u,u-:'r ". q. A. rurt"r.
l.Iur.r,.-lnhn Il. tlHi.-":Is.
i.rNiu.-:"u-Dt E.".:.".
N@r.'u-W. StarGhn.!a" L.. JGrucGan.
,I"r,n,c"-D. ". M,i&urir.
.rw'"rry b' W. t. Luk", j. a. Sigh.
. ou""-J. i. r,t"tt.
GrauS"n,iG- u. }. ". stoke, l.. i. Wal
j. ;an~ John T Bog.:.
i aAd !. = Whitman.
&r.r:.l'.r. " j. B""wn, $. y. =. Ian
ca...T
Un,"n- =. :. .... u. G. Little
ra--W. II. :. WA" :. uui " y. E'!"-.
= hon .nc body he'd h"en properly
orenul<"i President Evans proceeded
to deliver !" annual address, speak
Ing ~ !. .iow,:
70 the McEn,ra a. the South Caro-
linn Allinuc" and Industrial Union:
Th"r" uevcr was II ,r:n" "im"" th" :irs:
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-09-06

Captain Thomas l.. Henry. the once noted
Guerri'h oi kentucky, will soon become Q
preacher
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-17

A large quantity OF Gibbons unpublished CORE
sponienee with his stsp-mother and with LORD she''
hsd ana other friends will appear in the forthcom
ing edition Of the six original versions OF MS
autobiography The present Earl OF Sheffield has
written A preface for the work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-17

o, somewbat testv on this point Perhaps
10 ,,,sh.s 70 nrovoke the Jewish critics who look
49, ,ha hook az an excrescence They are glad
to blame Heenism for its sceptcai NUM-, =
And Renan. with that cynical temper ""''
often shows itself In him, makes close pai"'
lei between "Ecclesiastes' and the scepuo's'"
~ the Cyrenian philosophers, and then insis's
thu, ..E,verything in the book is explained py
the logical development of Jewish thought
Renan must not be taken too seriously mere
He is merely making a face at Professor drae'"
The author Of Eccesiastes, as he describes HIM.
was man Of the world. brimful of experience
hut guilty Of the worst Hebrew In all inc
Biblical writings. He was then, perhaps not
trained literary man. but one who, after seeine
much of life. was impelled to put on paper HIS
far from gloomy pessimism. Renan compares
him TO Schopenhauer to the disadvantage OF the
latter and he cannot fOrbear his joke at the
man who was sentenced by cruel fate Ito i've
az German tables d'hote." as II that accounted
for Schopenhauer's philosophy. On the other
hand he pictures the author Of "Eccesiastes
as IAN exquisite a man of faultless manners
the ancestor of some rich Jew Of Paris. who mas
strayed away into Judea in the days of Jesus
or Of the Maccabees." But If there is any doubt
about the Hellenism Of Koheleth, there is none
in the case Of Philo. Here was wealthy Alex
andrian Jew. who gave a long life TO the work OF
adaptng the old Hebrew Scriptures and tradi-
lions to what he might have called the teach
ines Of modern science. He SO far removed
from the Judaism of Palestine that he possessed
little knowledge of Hebrew. But he wrote
Greek as one who was born to it. and had made
the whole circle of Hellenic literature cultivated
in Alexandria He loved Greek science. but he
also loved his inherited religion. He would
unite the two and he accomplished the task
with speculative enthusiasm. 1t is useless to go
into details but here Renan is on firm ground
in the matter of chronology, and so the argu-
rnents bv which he shows Indebtedness to Phio
ON the part of the author Of the prologue to the
GOSPEL according to Saint John and of Saint
Paul must be considered on its intrinsic merits.
In the doctrine of the Logos Pho fixed his
claim upon all future philosophy, while in his
study of the contemplative life he anticipated.
If he lid not prepare he way for Christian
asceticism In his works. In the sibyllne
prophecies Of the Jews. and In other literary
works of the times, Renan sees the promise of
what was so near at hand, the destruction Of
Judaism AS a political force and its complete
realization as q moral force in the teachings Of
the Founder Of Christianity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-17

most apparent is their flexible humor. the quar-
ity which they brought from channels OF ac-
tivity far removed from Horace In oooKIet
entitled "Dies Irae" CO. p. Punams Sons) we ma
nine original English versions OF the chant made
by Mr. w. w. Nevin. He prefaces his TRANSACTIONS
with an interesting little essay. and though MS
stanzas have no poetry. they and his study
make curious and profitable reading. Very Gu
rlous, very profitable, and saturated with the
charm OF a magical subject and an equally po-
tent celebration OF It, Is the thin book by Ar
thur Way and Frederic Spencer which gives
The Song Of Roland" (Macmillan Coz, in "A
summary for the use Of English readers. with
verse renderings Of typical passages" We do
not think much Of the verse renderir gs," but Of
the broad value Of the work there can be no
question 1t brings the heroic Song out from
the difficult environment Of pedantry and cold
scholarship in which 1t Is usually left and
while handling II with understanding. makes 1t
accessible tc those who desire just glimpse OF
one Of the noblest narratives In history.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-17
POETRY.
THE OLD AND THE NEW.

Mr.. Stedman's victorian Anthology Nough-
ton Miffiin & Coz is different in character from
any other collection Of verse we know. 1t is more
than charming assemolage Of poems, rejecting
the personal taste of the editor. Its good quail
ties are chiefly due to the scientific criticism
which makes Mr.. Stedman's victorian Poets
source Of authority. The book is critical and
historical 1t is divided into three sections. and
il is in the instructive character Of these sections
that the book finds large part of its value.
collection of Victorian verse might easily be
made which would include everything Mr.. Sted-
has included and yet not prove half so in
teresting. for the present volume is intended as
application Of the authors prose survey Of
the period illustrated. and he aims to show in
both books not merely the bulk but the organic
development Of English poetry in the reign of
Victoria. The poets who have encircled the Par
nassus Of England during that reign have stood
on various levels. but they have been linked to-
gether by the strain Of thought which. broadly
speaking, makes modern poetry modern. Mr..
Stedman never loses sight of the connecting
links. He begins his book on the serenely
chanted note of Lander and closes ii on the tun-
ings and tinklings Of the minor poets of yester-
day and to-day English and Colonial The march
is long but ii Is unbroken, and this latter fact be-
comes intensely interesting as the editorial
scheme of the anthology is apprehended.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-17
"
MORE SELECTIONS AND TRANsLATIONS.

MORE SELECTIONS AND TRANSLATlONS.
There is some doggerel in the edition OF
"American War Ballads and Lyrics &c. L. Put
MANS Sons edited by Mr.. George Cary Eggles-
ton but there is more poetry, and that or STIR
ring sort Indeed. the average OF this verse is
surprisingly good Dramatic events passionately
celebrated could not well help but snake the
emotions and Mr.. Eggleston does not appear
10 a patriotic audience alone In his considerable
gathering of songs. quite impersonai reader Is
hound to feel the swing in Bryants song Oh
Marions Men" and poems like The ReveiiIe
of Bret Harte or Mrs. Howe's Battle hymn or
the Republic" strike fire wherever and whenever
they are met This volume covers wide field
and fills at once place in popular literature put
- cannot pretend to be placed in any serious
library until it IL provided with an index. WITH
ont one much of its value Is distinctly dimin-
ished There are several other anthoogies to be
mentioned in this place. "A Century OF German
Lyrics" frederick A. Stokes Company "hich
has been selected arranged and translated by
Kate Freiligrath Kroeker, gives with falr literal
moss English versions of Heine. Grillparzer,
Goethe. Chamsso and others. The translation
has not been done well enough for the method OF
selection to be made matter of criticism.
\ charming plan has been charmngy carried
ont bv Mr. H. c. Beechng in "A Book OF Christ
mas Verse" G.ondon Methuen & Coz. seec-
ton Of poems which he has formed with admir-
able taste. and FOR which Mr.. Walter Crane has
made ten appropriate illustrations. This Is as
successful a holiday anthology as we have met
In some time From the dainty press or Mr.
Thomas b. Mocher. in Portland, there come
three modern classics OF translation. He has re-
printed Mr. Lang's "Aucassin and Nicolette.
the imperishable "Rubaiyat" OF Omar as Fitz-
gerald did them into English. and. possibly most
welcome Of all. because most difficult OF access
nowadays the "Sonnets OF Michael Angelo" In
the version OF Mr.. Symonds. Mr. Mosher also
brings out a new edition OF THE Blessed Damo-
eel" with other selections from Rossetti, and he
prints all these volumes on exquisite paper In
piquant form. and with fine typographical eff
feet In the field OF translations we have re-
ceved, in addition 10 the books mentioned
above a new edition of the Echoes from the
Sabine Farm Charles Scrbners Sons) which
was put together by the late Eugene Field and
his brother. partly as "A translation. but chiefly
as a collection Of adaptations and paraphrases.
Considered In the latter sense IL is q clever gath
ering OF rhymes. but with nothing classic In It's
atmosphere. and in the long run 1t leaves "A
trivial impression. The authors may have used
some scholarship In their work. but what 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-17

| difficult They are all minor poets. save kipling,
| and none OF them need inspire much thought as
TO how much they represent OF the victorian
genius They represent the breaking up OF that
genius into thousand differing little directions,
the breaking up which ushers In another period
., transition The miscellaneous collection OF
verse they yield may be taken as rehectihg very
fairly the miscellaneous character OF the move
ment" Of English literature just now But there
is genuine difficulty when II comes to saying VINO
shall stand and who shall not stand as belonging
70 this literature with enough in him to be taken
seriously Mr.. Sladen Mr. lie Caffeine and
Others in Mr.. Stedmans book whom we might
name are hopeessly futile and unreadable. But
Mr. Stedman might retort with justice that
futile and unreliable things are among the most
essential products OF the latter years OF her
Majesty's reign. and that In an historical an
thology they must be included as wei as the
e,est songs of the noblest singers This Is an
uncomfortable but convincing fact. ana IL quite
prevents any serious objection to the presence OF
,hos, medocrities we have named few OF
,heu can readily he condoned for the sake of the
snIendid line of poets with whom Mr.. Stedman IL
chiefly concerned. There arc few pages In the
hook over which 1t is not delight to inger. In
each of the three divisions which make the ouih
-, .bo volume there Is more to enjoy than 10 re-
~
ioct. and even in the fourth when Is more III
tho nature of an appendix being brief resume
~ Colonial poetry there is the admirable work
of Mr. Charles G. d. Roberts. THIS Colohlai sec
ton. by the way is one more testimony 10 ,he
rerfact critical and historical method which mas
heen followed in the preparation OF the "oih'
Tho aim of the anthology is not to snow VIC
,or,an noetry as fastidious editor might thinK
&, ought to be but as critic who Is as just as ne
t., faetidious knows that il actually Is ana mas
hoen through long and diversified era MT
stedman shows Victorian poetry at full length
and with n concise completeness that gives the
student a thoroughly firm basis for his inVestga-
,iops Omissions there IRE. of course, out mere
tho ouestion Of individual taste arises and the
matter is hopeless Every man mas MS own
anthology Mr. Stedman has prepared one Which
,o,,ld satisfy every man VINO is willing to Danisn
a,,irelv from his horizon the misleading guide OF
a personal preference
We have mentioned the valuable table of con-
fonts At the end Of the book are compete Do
oranbical notes an index of first lines an INDEX
y, titles and an index of the poets. names. Inc
nress work is admirable. and though the double
coIumn ARRANGEMENT has required the use OF
email TYNE II is not too small, but permits the
reading of the work with and pleasure
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-17

THE Brushwood Boy Is the title Of MI Kip
,ings story contributed 10 the December "cen-
fury" The scene we tod, Is laid In England.
India and the world OF dreams
Mr. killing by-the-way. viii go on writing FOR
"St Nicholas during the coming year, though inc
Jungle Stories have arrived at what most OF 10
must think untln.e;y end.
The editorial critic of The Atchson Daily Globe"
thinks very small, beer Of Mr. kIp.ing. "Rudyah
Klplne" he says rs supposed to be the cleverest
man now handling the pen. The magazines accept
everything he writes. and pay him fabulous prices
Klpling Ia now printing n series % Jungle stores
tina; are 20 weak and foolish that We have never
been able 10 read them. They are not iapes' "'ey
are stories OF animals TALKING and they are point
less far the average reader Is able 70 J"fse.
We have asked a good many magazine eitoTs a"ous
Klplng's Jungle Stories, they all express the 'fms
astonlsnment that the magazne editors aceep' '''n'
Klpllng Will soon be DROPPED by the magaz.ns
editors they will Inevitably discover that Ms stores
are not admired by the people. Robert Louis steven
san died iust IN time T. save him from the ssms
fate Every nan writes out. excep; n the case OF
an occasional brilliant genius. Dickens was
genius OF this character, Thacker1y Vas an'iher
and Walter Scott another. But ninety nine out u
every hundred men who handle pen write out
and should step aside for younger men,.
Mr. pu Maurier has declined - be uotfed around
the country to satisfy the curiosity % me PUBIC.
He will no, lecture In America nor anywhere else.
The fact emphasizes another which people seem
disposed to forget. that the genial caricaturst o'
Punch" and SIN more famous novelist is one Of
the mos, retiring men OF his profession. He won
his fame as writer by putting himself into his
books Peter Ib5eison" and "Trilby" would not ..
the enchanting books they are without me presence
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-17
FICTION.
NOVELS AND SHORT STORIES.

RED MEN AND WHITE. BY owen Wister Illus
trated by Frederic Remington. svo. PIP TX go
Harner AZ Bros
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-17

Justice Fields book of "reminiscences. printed for
a. few friends not published" deals chiefly With
his early days in California and has some thrilling
as well as humorous passages.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-17

Harper Bros. 1885.
A SINGULAR LIFE BY Elizabeth Stuart Phelps.
(Mirs. Ward) l6mo. PIP. i26 Houghton Miffiin
~
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1895-12-10
Death Of Miss MettIe Curry.

News reached this city yesterday
that Miss Mettie Curry who went to
San Francisco to undergo an opera
ton, died a few hours at. - passi4g
under the surgeons knife.
This was not a surprise her c.,r-
dition was very critical wien shr left
here. ana the Operat. a. - Is regarded
by her physicians "G1 members of
her family as a forlorn hope. NJ.
Curry was n of the best known
people in Carson's society and he'd
taught school here for may years,
She had a large retinue OF friends. not
only in Carson. but Virginia City and
Reno.
She was "a very quick witted, bril-
liant woman, noted" everywhere for
her quickness of repatee. She was
at a loss for a witty reply and
some Of the smartest men who ever
lived in the State will be able to re-
call the quickness with which she was
able to give a counter thrust. II she
was ever caught mapping on occasions
Of this kind, nobody can ever recall
the circumstance.
AS soon az the news reached this
city, the Curry Engine flag vas
placed at half mast, from the fact that
the Engine Company was named after
the Curry family. Yesterday the silk
banner presented the company by the
Curry family was hung on the en-
CINE. 1t is Of silk and inscribed in
gold letters. Presented by the Curry
family. Mrs. A. Curry, Mrs. A. w.
Turner, Mrs. F d. Turner, Mrs. J.
A. Cowan, Mrs. J. H. Sturtivant and
Miss. NJ. Curry.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1895-12-10
Be Careful How You Talk.

Every man in Carson who can pat
a cartridge into the butt end Of a gun
barrel considers himself Il sport. But
d man 10 be. a regular spolt-daal
game and all that-mn9t be able to
know just how to talk Of the game he
meets. \ man in this citv who claims
to know all about 1t gives the APPEAL
the f !lowing:
n oovey Of partridgos: q niIn or
nest f phea5antS; a he'd Of wans:
an eznltjng Of larks: a Watching OF
nightingal"s 2 team of ducks; a mas
ter If ~peacOcks: a bevy Of Quails: a
flight of doves a flock OF gaggle of
PHasp a spring Of teals: a fall Of
~T..'toocks a pack of grouse: a triy II
"i}geon a wisp or walk Of snipe."
This is the English parlance and "a
this country is becoming rapidly John
Builed, the above may be considered
the correct thing in talking Of game
killed in the vicinity Of Washoe Lake.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1895-12-10
A Remarkable Feat.

Last Saturday evening Marshal
Humpries called upon Johnny Vierra
and made arrangements with him to
shave the members Of the iurv now
trying James Heney in the United
States Court. His instructions were
that he should not speak one word in
the presence Of any juror, under pen
atty Of being pulled up before Judge
Hawley as the News editors were last
summer. This morning large crowd
assembled in the courtroom expecting
hat Vierra had violated the injunc-
ton and would receive a few DAYS
lodging at the Hotel de Kinney. but
the Judge went on with the usual
Court proceedings, much to the salts
faction OF those present. 1t is a con
lecture to know how Vierra was re-
strained from conversing with the jury.
Some say he was gagged, but there is
no proof Of this. Yesterday a piece Of
sheet iron was found directly under
the ~juryrOom window, with teeth
marks in it, which it is thought was
given to the barber to bite on in his
agony. The latest reports are that
HUMPHREYS and Heney held shotguns
on Vierra.
We learn that Mr.. c. A. Witherill is
very i'll with consumption in San
Diego, Cal. Mr.. and Mrs. Witherill
left Carson last year hoping that the
change Of climate would benefit the
formers health.
Neither the Silver Knight run in
New York by Senator Stewart, nor the
National Bimetallist edited ia Chicago
by II. f. Bartine is very strong in
cartoon work.
L. b. Hickey and wife arrived from
San Francisco yesterday morning.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1895-12-10
Tom Evans all Right.

EDITOR APPEAL Tom Evans, a
former partner in the firm Of Parry &
Evans, Reno, is lying at the point of
death in a San Francisco hospital"
Seeing the above in the APPEAL, I
wish % E~g the favor through your
columns to \correct an error. I am
Just in receipt Of a letter from Thomas
Evans and he is neither in a hospital
or confined to his room, but is on the
contrary on the street every day. He
has been singing in several Of the
church choirs Voluntarily, and ex-
poets soon to get a permanent position.
He has been suffering with nervous
prostation, but is now greatly i'm
proved. He neither uses tobacco or
liquor.
BY inserting this you will relieve
the anxiety Of Tom $ numerous friends
and oblige,
Yours Respectfully
JOHN COUGHLIN.