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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-13

heart leaped at the sign of coming success
What a new meaning love gave to every
event in life.
He worked hour after hour without the
slightest fatigue or knowledge of the flight
of time. He looked up at last with sur
prise to find it was night. and was startled
by the voice of the preacher calling him
from below.
What's the matter with you? Mrs. Dur
ham sent me to find you. She was afraid
You had gone up on the roof and walked
Off"
called from the window.
He found the preacher quietly smoking,
seated on the rustic settee under a giant
oak that stood in the corner of the SQUARE,
Charlie, I've heard some startling news
since you left home, and 1 can't sleep nights
thinking about It,"
You've heard of McLecd's scheme"
Exactly. And 1t means the ruin of this
State and the ruin of the South unless 1t
can be defeated"
How are YOU going to do it,"
ITS a puzzle. but it's got to be done. I
tell you the future of the State and the
South depends on our keeping the white
race a unit in politics and in thought. The
moment We divide while the negro holds a
ballot. the white man will begin to court
that ballot. To do this they must get on
his level.
When the white race begins to hobnob
with the negro and seeks his favor, II
must grant him absolute equality. That
means ultimately social as well as political
equality. You can't ask a man to vote for
you and kick him down your front door
step and tell him to come around the back
way"
Il think you exaggerate the social danger,
but 1 see the political end of It."
Il don't ~exaggerate in the least. I am
looking Into the future. This racial instinct
Is the ordinance of our national life. There
is enough negro blood here to make mulatto
the whole Republic"
Such a danger seems too remote for So
rious alarm to me- replied the younger
man.
"Ah! there's the tragedy" passionately
cried the preacher. You younger men are
growing careless and Indifferent to this
terrible problem. It's the one unsolved and |
unsoivable riddle of the coming century, |
Can you build in democracy n nation in |
side a nation. of two hostile races? We |
must do this or become mulatto. and that
fs death. Every inch in the approach of |
these races across the barriers that sepa-
rate them IS a movement toward death. |
You cannot seek the negro vote without
him to your home sooner or later.
If you ask him to your house, he will break
bread with you at last And IL You seat
him at your table, he has the right to ask
your daughters hand in marriage"
TT seems to me a far cry to that! But
I see the political crisis. What is your
plan?'
~''This-organize the young Democracy In
every township In the State and put your
self at its head. control the primaries and
down the old crowd. They've got to follow
1ou. Eight the campaign with the despera.
Ion Of despair. II you are defeated, God
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-13
Baiing for
Export.

i visited one Of the warehouses Of this
company and watched the process OF sort
ing the tobacco and baling it for export.
Tit packages are opened as soon as they
come in and the leaves carefully sorted and
graded. being kept as far as possible in the
original bundles. After sorting they are laid
one on top of the other in the shape of a
bale about 4 feet long and 2 feet
square. This bale is wrapped in mating
made of banana leaves and then pressed.
The pressing is done by a screw, worked
on the principle of a letter press The
screw is moved around by a score of Chi
nose, who push upon levers attached to a
wheel in which the screw Is fastened.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-13
The Wages
Are Low.

The most Of the cigars are made ny the
lieae' the best women earning as much as
s. per week. while the ordinary rirI dos
very well If she can make - cents a day.
In other rooms Of this factory the workers
are men and boys. The women are the
more skillful. and the best of the cigars are
made by them.
Inc Philippine cigars or OF six different
grades, ranging from light brown to al
most black. TIL tobacco is not so heavy
as our American article. 1t contains ,ess
nicotine and is less stimulating. ct com
pares.' says an old American smoker
with our leaf as beer does with whisky
when the American wants a smoke he
wants something he can feel, and doubt
!: our people will ever care to use the mild
cigars of the Philippine Islands.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-13
CHAPTER vi.
The Rhythm of the Dance

inc hnytnm OF the Dance.
Before boarding the train he was to a
FOR Raleigh, he fingered with Mrs. Durham
talking. talking about the wonder of his
love. AS he arose to leave he said:
Don't let her come till 1 get back. Tell
her the hotel isn't fit to receive guests vet
1t never is for that matter-but anything
to give me time to get here"
He worked with indomitable courage for
two weeks, visiting the principal towns
In the State and everywhere arous.ng in
tense enthusiasm. There was something
contagious in his spirit. The young fellows
were charmed by his eager. intense way
of looking at things, and they caught the
Infection and he made hundreds of stanch
friends.
You're just In time.' cried his mother,
greeting him with radiant face. "She Is
coming tomorrow. I've a beautiful letter
from her. 1 think one of the sweetest let
tiers a girl ever wrote"
Let me see the tip end Of it where she
signs her manner"
You can see that much; there"
Doesn't she write a lovely hand?' He
looked long and lovingly. That pretty
n~ame!-Sallie: So old-fashioned and 30
It's music, isn't it?'
Il didn't know you could be SO silly,
Charlie"
TT is funny. isn't 1t? You know 1 think.
after all, we are made out Of the same
(~Csntinued ON the next DaseJ
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-13

mail patches. although one Of the Manila
tobacco companies has ore plantation on
which are several thousand hands,. The
average tobacco farm consists of hut a few
acres. and its owner produces but three or
four bales of tobacco a year. The seed is
frs: sown in beds. just as IN the United
States. After the plants have well sprouted
they are set out about two or three feet
apart: so close. indeed, that. it is said there
arc sometimes 10.G0 tobacco plants to one
acre. The planting is done late in the fall,
and by March and April the leaves are
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-13
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

gable for small boats FOR many miles. Its
valley north and south is over 100 miles
long. with a width of from five to twenty
miles. The river is subject to annual
floods. during which quantities OF rich silt
are brought down from the mountains and
spread over the valley. TE.; fertiiiZes i;
as the Nile does Egypt and gives it Il soil
which can be used for tobacco culture year
after year without other fertilization. There
arc four large Provinces In this valley in
which little else than tobacco and Indian
corn are grown.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-13
Big Tobacco
Companies.

There are a number of tobacco companies
here Of large capital which handle both
leaf tobacco and cigars and cigarettes. The
business IS about equally divided between
the Spaniards and Germans. with the Span
iards in the lead. The several companies
have their branch houses in the Cagayan
Valley. They send out agents. who buy of
the farmers and ship the crops to Manila.
Some of the companies are large. one hav-
ing a capital of sl5.Go.oC1 gold. 1t en-
ploys altogether in the neighborhod of
1860 hands and has steamers OF its own
to carry its tobacco from the plantations to
Manila 1t has great warehouses there.
where the leaf is packed for shipment. and
also cigar and cigarette factories. 1t an
nually produces about 100. 0O0.O0O cigars and
about half a billion cigarettes. in addition
to some millions of pounds of cut tobacco.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-13
CHAPTER ".
Dreams and Fears.

He was on the train at last homeward
bound. Gazing out Of the window of the
car. he was trying to find where he stood.
He must be in love. He faced the remark
able fact that he had spent a whole week
in Independence at an expensive hotel. n
~squandered every cent of the small fee he
had received for his address in what would
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-13
The Philippines Versus the
United States and Cuba.

In that case there would be at once an
immense increase in the tobacco area.
am told there are vast tracts of wild land
in the islands that might be used for to-
bacco raising. Much of this belongs to the
Government. and it will probably soon be
offered for sale. Under the present condi-
lions there is no reason for alarm. for the
market for Philippine tobacco is already
fixed.
The most OF the product now goes to Eu-
rope and the greater part OF Spain. OF the
leaf exports in 1881 Europe took in round
numbers 2i,Tyo.GO pounGs; England, $780,
90; Singapore and India. $4,000; China and
japan. 274.00. and Australia. 800 pounds.
We took cigars only. OF which We imported
that year 2.5o9.0C) as against Europe's
3t.00o.N9 Great Britain's 2i,OJ1.O and
Asia's 100000. Cuba's tobacco crop ex-
ceeds that OF the Philippines by many MIL
lion pounds. II produces twice as much
tobacco annually as the export CT the Phil
ipplGG leaf. but its exports of cigars are
about The same. each closely appr0XimatinS
2Jr.00o.oG0 per year.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-13

fN vite- the building and walk up the
ita'is. TIL rich smell of the tobacco floats
Fown, and n titlating dust comes into cur
t%ostrils. We pass through a wide door and
fnd ourselves right In the midst of an acre
q women. About one thousand Fflipinos of
n ages are sitting about US handling to-
Pacco with their long yellow fingers. Tbev
are dressed in white and their dark faces
fhine out over the snowy handkercbiefs
ihey have pinned around their shoulders.
hll wear decollete dresses. and those who
pave thrown off their neck covering on ac-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-13
BNlNd TOBACCO
m MANlLA

count II the heat look as If dressed Iur Il
'a'i. mere ard ihsre a dress has been pulle /
to one side and = mahogany shoulder shines
out. All are In Their ba:e feet and We can
see tie slaiely ankles and the uptu.ned
soles and toes o. those who are working
about us. They IA sitting at long tables
not quite a flot high. some are on stools.
but most have their legs bent under them:
others so sit that their knees rise above
the tables. IN what seems to us a most I'M
comfortable way.
They work rapidly. Notice this pretty
maid at the right. She picks up a leaf OF
tobacco from that pile before her. She
spreads it out upon the table and pounds
II with a stone to maxi il lie fiat: To
this leaf she adds another. then another.
and so on until she has enough for u lon;
black cigar. she now rolls this rapidly
around in her delicate fingers and then, put
ting it between her raarly white teeth. she
bites of its end, kissing the cigar. as it
were. before she lays it away. That should
be a smoke for. a king, and that IL how the
girls make cigars in Manila.
You must no: think, however. that all of
the clgarHnakers are beautiful. nor that all
have sweet lips or pcarly white tecta.
among thena NC see many gray-hairei Old
women. with fanGs as blac; rs the tobacco
they bite. aud some, we siEl:cr to roticc.
chew the betcl at intervals during their
work.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-13
The Tobacco Lands
of the P%hilippines.

me best Philippine tobacco cones from
me Island of Luzon and the very choicest
rom the valley of the Rio Grande River in
the northeastern end of thar ieI,,5 M"
Rio Grarde River is a large straam ,arI
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-13

/ After the bale has been pressed to the d.
sired dimensions 1t is again bound with
strips Of rattan and marked for shipment
to Europe.
The work OF handling the tobacco u done
very cheaply and not as carefully az Il
should be. The labor Is everywhere %
cheap that IL the United States should re-
move its tariff on tobacco 1t will be sent
by the shipload TO our markets.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-13
Among the Cigar
eirls of Cuba.

Manila exports about two hundred million
fFgars every year. 1t has enormous facto-
pes. employing thousands OF hands. and 1t
+ said to have the most expert cigar
fakers of the world. The best Of these are
ltfris. ON Filipino cousins nave LONG,
FENDER fingers, which they use with
jwiftncss and skill. which our best cigar
pliers have not. They roll all cigars by
tand. and the greatest care is taken in
Ifaking and classifying the finer grades.
Let US visit one Of the large cir:- facto-
pes. We find them all over Manila. They
IRE situated even in the heart Of the city.
tnd one of the biggest is just next door to
ne leading hotel. The. building is one of
hree stories. with oyster-shell windows and
Fith floors which could be used for making
pianos, the wood is so fine. The factory
iovers three or four acres. 1t has many
Prge rooms. some of which are three hun
FREQ feet long. These rooms are filled with
fofF'-t7. The factory employs 1850 hands.
~ -ccst Of the 3,0oJ are of the femi-
~ 'eg.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-13

ready for harvest. The crop must be kept
weeded and every morning the plants must
be gone over for worms. This work is done
entirely by women and girls. The tobacco
leaves are cured in sheds and then allowed
to ferment. and then dried In the air.
When ready for market they are put I'D
In bundles OF leo leaves each. tied with
strings of rattan. Forty such bundles make
a bale, so that there are Just 4.OOD leaves to
the bale. The bales are wrapped in mats
of banana leaves and tied with rattan. In
this shape they are fioated down the Rio
Grande or other rivers in covered boats to
the seaports, whence they go by steamer TO
Manila The chief tobacco port of Luzon is
APART, at the mouth of the Rio Grande
river.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-13

The fact was. now ne came to think of It
khcre was no need of hurrying home. He
knew there was no crush of business around
bis ONCE door in May. He would stay a
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1902-01-10
Pointed Paragraphs.

Uniform goodness is heavens only
livery.
Many a self-made man has been
unmade by a tailor-made woman.
The average man finds 1t much
easier to pay compliments than debts.
The depth of beauty depends upon
the thickness of the paint.
The first six monts of mstrimony
is novelty-the rest of II is habit.
Women laugh oftener from a sense
oil duty than from sense Of humor.
A girls idea OF swell hat is one
man can't tell from a lampshade.
Try 10 be somebody unless you
are satisfied 10 be clsssed as an "slso
ran"
Instead OF occupying a place on the
table the turkey gobler sits In chair.
Unless a man has rubbed up against
the rough side OF life he never accom-
plishes much
If man has plenty Of push he Is
round to get there-but sometimes a
pull helps along wonderfully.
Adam had his fsults-but he never
called Ewes attention to the superior
biscuits his mother manufactured
Good sense Is heavens choicest
gift-and in order to obtain 1t most
men have to make the trip 10 head
quartz s. Chicago News.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1902-01-10
CASToRTA.
Bear. .A. 1hs Kind You Hsm LIwaIs Bought
''': !; Zm42zNx
Rev. Irl R. Hicks Is Not Dead.

Notwithstanding a widely current
rumor that the Rev. Irl r. Hicks was
dead, he never was In better health,
and never did harder and more sue
cessful years work than that just
closing. He has just completed his
large and splendid Almanac for 1904
and, with his staff Of able helpers. has
brought his journal. Word and Works,
Justly forward Into international rep
utation. For a quarter Of a century
Mr.. Hicks has grown In reputation
and usefulness as the peoples astron-
omer, and forecaster OF storms and
the character OF coming seasons.
Never were his weather forecasts so
sought after as now, his timely warn
Ing of serious drouth this year hav-
ing saved the people from loss and
suffering. Millions Of bushels Of
wheat were harvested through his adj
vice to plant crops that would mature
early. The American people will GER
tainly stand BY Prot. Hicks, when 1t
costs them so little and the benefits
are so great. His fine Almanac Of
400 pages Is only asc, and his splen-
did family journal Is only one dollar
a year including the Almanac. Send
to Word and Works Pub. Co., 2aoI
Locust St., st. Louis, Mo.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1902-01-10
The Spirit of Winter.

The Spirit Of Winter Is with us,
making its presence known in mary
different ways-sometimes by CHEEKY
sunshine and glistening SLOWS. and
sometimes by driving winds and
binding stoms. To many people 1t
seems to take delight in making
bad things worse for rheumatism
twists harder, twinges sharper. ca
tarrh becomes more annoying, and
the many symptoms of scroiula are
developed and aggravated There is
not much poetry In this, but there is
truth, and 1t Is wonder that more
people don't get rid OF these ailments
The medicine that cures them
Hoods Sarsaparilla-is easily obtain
ed and there is abundant pro II tina,
Its cures are radical and permanent
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1902-01-10

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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1902-01-10
Personality of Gov. Shaw. the
New Secretary of Treasury.


He Is an earnest Methodist.
He is opposed to da-cing.
He never drinks liquor or tasted
tobacco.
He belongs to no secret societies.
He is both lawyer and banker.
He leaped from obscurity into po-
litical prominence by replying to a
free silver speech by w. J. Bryan.
He 10 fifty-four; very hale and Wig
orous.
He was born In a log cabin In Yer
mont and spent his boyhood on a
Vermont farm.
He earned with his own labor the
money that put him through college.
He says his success In life Is due to
hard work. He always got to his law
Office at 7 a. m. and stayed there until
10 p. m.
He was superintendent Of two Sun.
day schools for twenty years.
He has high forehead. thin gray
hair. a heavy mustashe and gray,
close-cropped side-whiskers.
He looks, In dress, like Methodist
minister.
He announced at a Methodist con-
ference In Chicago last year: II am an
organization politician. A machine
politician Is not as great a nuisance as
a fool reformer."
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1902-01-10
Odd detectives.

In Newcastle, England, profession
al shoppers are employed by a GER
tain large firm Of drapers to test the
ability of shop assistants. This firm
owns over thirty large shops and EN-
ploys nearly 1000 assistants. To
find out whether every customer Is
politely served number Of lady Gus
toners are employed to call at the va
rious shops. They are told to give
as much trouble as possible, and
sometimes to leave without making
a purchase after looking at nearly
everything In the shop.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1902-01-10

money. A wistaria or climbing rose
that covers a porch with a magnifi-
cent wealth of bic ON cannot be had at
the moment OF any price; but a show
elful Of soil upon a buried branch will
provide plant for another season.
Most of us are fond of flowers, and
most of us have yards that are sadly
In need of their erscefulness and need
Let us keep a watchful eye upon the
vsrious kinds as they bloom, and re-
member those we like best, and when
the time comes. and we are able, pro-
vide them for ourselves and our ger
dens
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1902-01-10

Kempson's nearest friend. at will
kill you, dear, and besides he Is not
worthy of such devotion. He Is In
jail because he richly deserves TO be
there. and you have no right to take
part OF his punishment on your
shoulders"
Mrs. Kempson was silent for a mo-
ment. When she looked up the tears
were rolling down her white face. but
In her eyes shone the light of great
purpose. A.
I'm spite OF everything" she said
in a low voice. The is my husband.
He has done no wrong. ! love him,
and will go where wife should 60
to stand by her husbands side, ro
matter where he is or what the
world says of him."
st. George Kempson was prison
er In the county jail at New Bruins
wick, N. ]. He was sent there chang
ed with contempt OF court for not hav-
Ing obeyed an Injunction requiring
him to 60 to Dakota and secure an
anulment of a decree of obtained In
that State.
The decree had been awarded, lie
gally separating Mr.. Kempsou from
his FIRST vile. After the decree he
had married again. His first wife
had secured an injunction prohibit
Ing his marrying the second time, but
he disobeyed 1t. He refused to go
back to Dakota and have the decree
of court annulled because of the terri
BILE position In which 1t would put his
second wife. So he went quietly to
jail.
Then II was that Mrs Kempson
refused to let prison bars come
between herself and the man she had
married.
Day after day she visited the gloomy
Jail, spending hours with her hus-
band In the prison cell. Kempson
was finally released, but the damp
cell had done Its work. Mrs. Kemp
SON Is dying OF cousumption.-Ex.