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Volume. VII. <;??<! uihI Our Native NO 28. tt Mo. ? IVANS, DUNCAN AND KAHLK CAN* DI DAT ICS rOlt Tlllfi SKNATK. - >i ' ? ??? ? ? ? IBS STATE BOKD C0KM1SS10M3. .a * The Minor U?ht..-\Vhat Is Said aud # ? v Done by Tblm Day by Day* TUB CAMDEN MKKTINO. At (bis town tho campaigners met With a hospitable rbooption. There wore ftbout 400 people present. It was a mont orderly and undemonstra tive Assemblage. Col. W. D. Trautham, county chair man presided aud prayer was - offered by Kev. G. M. Davis, of West Wateree. C fof. Tr&ntbnm wolcoinod the small crowd in a -few well-ohosen word," and read telegrams frbm Governor Evan a, Gons. Watts, Ellorbo aud Mr. Norton, who could not bo present. The Congressional caudcliatos had the opening, Senator Finloy leading off. He began his address with* a few pleasant remarks as to his candidacy, ?y Ho said he was a Democrat and stood squarely upon the national Demooratio platform. Speaking upon the tariff he said that since there must bo a tariff for reveuno.hebolievedin placing *ohe on cotton, so ns to prevent com . petition of Egyptian cotton with that of the South. Disoussing the financial question be said that ho had for years ^ favored the free coinage of silver at 16 ^ to 1. Mr. Finloy roferred to his ligis lative rooord in the Sonato and House, saying that ho had always voted for a roduotion in expenses and was the au thor of tho only salary roduotion- bill which has been passed. < Congressman T. J. Strait being next introduced^ jumped immediately i^to a disoussion of linnncos, holding that England was trying to enslave the peo-' pie of this country by her financial schemes* sinco she could not do so by the force of arms. Up to 187a we were on an equal footing with England, but now . she owns a large portion of our bonds, railroads, mines and lands. He Baid it was heartrondipg to see tho peoplo economizing and working to build up a few monetary sharks. This Southland was a great country, and no man had ever seen a native South Caro linian a tramp, bnt the people had to j toil in sorrow and depression to ponr i^mo'noy ' into tho coffers of the rich. > Tho oloction of Bryan, he believed, would break their shackles and bring forth again an era of prosperity. Gen. Riohbourg was the next speak? er. Ho reviewed his record as a sol dier in the war, and referred to his long connection with .the militia of tho State, as reasons why ho . was compe tent, to fill* tbo duties of Adjutant General, saying that if elected it would be an office of love. Mr. T. 0. Robinson, candidate foi Superintendent of Education, address ed tho andienco next. Ho reiterated his previous statements as to his posi tion on the educational matters. He said he was not running ag&inst' Mr. Mayfleld because it was supposed, that he would be a candidate for Governor. Mr. Mayfleld had been Super/ntendont * of Education Six years, Slid he held * to tho idea that the Superintendent t'jould have a life torfnre of office. Mr. Mayfleld got veryisarcastic in his reply to Mr. Robinscfc, saying tha doubtlccu the audience very dearly understood his plan for improving tbe schools ? the improvements he talked .about Ho said that he had given tho schools all'of his energy and ability!""" Tillman and Evans praised my admin istration, yet iHs loft to Robinson to find oti t 1 h?t it trntj a mistake. Mr. Mayfleld received considerable ap plause when ho oonolndcd his speech. Attorney General Barber made his second appearance in the campaign and oaught the crowd from the start by * Istnting that he had no opposition, and bo was glad of it, and telling some ? fopos jokcsT^ lie Si i i bo was iicro to meet the slanders snd slurs cast against the Reform movement, and was pre pared to prove that they were falso. As to the Dispensary law ho held that it was tbe best whiokey law over placed on tho statute books. It was tending towards what prohibitionists wanted. If a law bad not beon properly en forced in somo respects JLh&t was no reason why the law itself should be condemned. According to statistics drunkenness had decreased in South Carolina 67 per cent; eases of drunk enness before mayors' courts bad de creased 60 per cent and the consump tion of liquor 47 per cent. He denied fiat the Dispensary was a monopoly. He held that considering the treatment the oonstables had received, they were the moat oonsiderate set of officer* ever seen on earth. They avoided difficul ties bf 4 enforced the law.' Other wiso they would hare been unworthy of their eonimissions. eloeed by ask ing the people of Kershaw to endorse his roCord in hie fight against Federal jodieiel usurpation* of authority in trying to rteves^dke hokKog of the Gooctitatiottl STiiMtaUoD . Mr. Ddd^i Tn t&e conrse of bii ad' drett ntd tbtt iii|bc? Tillman's oe!o britod ?p? oh fn the United HUtcc Mkato It bad oom? to piui In the comity like H vm in South Carolina; ft wm TWoon or mU'TUImq, Bo tfok* of tbe dirkioni ?od beartbnrn iifi ea? d by Ikt flgbt, lint he Mtonked Ood tk?t bow all eookt nnite OhomHomI free ?ihtr pletf? tn. Tke tfiMllw kriM lk? fm tilvtr tklo m&m m am to Ben against each otber in a KOlut pUaiaux ? I on? for a single goM standard and tlio othor for tho double. Ho expressed tho hope that ho would not bo handicapped any longer by the abscnco of unj candi date. Inferring to Gtylg* Karle ho ?aid a who stoo*^ feetwoon two factions flot the support of neither. Judge Karlo folio wod aud was re ceived with sometyplauso. He btarted out by telling a story and compli mented General Uarbor, saying that' he too had filled tho duties of tho of floo of Attorney Genoral. There was talk about things being wrong and ha took the stump in 1890 to dofo&d tho administration. As ho prooooded the ory constantly ineroasod, 4 'hurrah for rillmah. ' Ono of tho handsomest compliments evor paid him wa? by B. R. Tillman, who said: "Horo is am honest man and I wish I had him ou my tiokot for Attornoy Gouoral." Ho said I had oonduoted my campaign on a high piano, I had a right to aRpour bofore tho pooplo aud oppoeo Tillman and the latter says so too. Whon ho was eleoted, In responso to a query from tho News and Courior I advised the poople to lay aside bittorness and give Tillmau crodit for tho good ho had done. Ho stood by that senti ment now. Ho Ireapeoted tho pooplo of the State and ,they respooted him and ho would domand that rospoct. He urged tho pooplo to lay aside bit terness aud unite and work for each others welfaro. CoL Trantham followed as a oandi dato for Congress. He said ho stood I squarely on tho Chicago platform and was in favor of tho freo ooinago of sil ver at 10 to 1 independent of thoaotion of' other ngtipus. Ho also favored tho Nicaragua C^nal. Ho f%vorod tho re peal of tho ten per oent. tax on bank Jssuo. Senator Harrison addrossod tho I audienoo in advooaoy of his candidacy f for governor. Tho majority of his ro marks wor,e in rofcronoo to his Dis I peneary idea. J Mr. Whitman jumpod on tho pap I suckers and tho Roform administration, I but when he began to critioiso Sonator Tillman on his revorsiblo qualities tho orowd wouldn't listen to it aud began to yell: "Tillman, Tillman," aud Mr. I Whitman had to take another tack. Hi* MojBwooney made his debut bo I fortT a Kershaw audiouoo by roferriug J to the groat uiou sho had producod ? Kershaw, Kennedy and Chestnut. Ho spoke on the educational qiioetion and expressed opposition to pulling down any State institution. He also ex pressed tho boliof that 13ryaa would win. Mr, J. Wm. Thurmond and Solicitor P. H. Nelson spoko last, and thoy only announced their candidaoj* and made 1 few very gonoral remarks. MEBT1NO AT IiANCASTER. The meeting^! this point was th? first, since tho opening of the cam paign, that thoro was any lifo in the debates. Tho crowd numbered about 400. Chairman W. G. Porter oallod the meeting to order, and after a short prayer it was announced' that tho Sen atorial candidates would' be tho first speakers. Mr. Duncan xnado his usual bond speech, adding one or two new points, ag^lit was noticcablo that ho is improv ing in dobate very much. Howevei^" thcro was very little spirit in tho crowd ?during his address. Theohief incident of tho day was a series of questions propounded by Judge Earle to Governor Evans as to how many meetings the Stato Board of Control had in 1895. Govornor Evans admitted practically that none bad been, though he said thero was little use for them as all members were ?g?C?lLftLfa> policy. Judge Earle Interrogated bim about cancelling Dispensary insurance and giving it to bis brother at a higher rate and Governor Evans" most positively and indignantly denied that ho had ^?ve* done such a thing or know that it had been done. He retorted on Jndge Earlo that bo knew be (Gov. Evans) did-not know it and Judge Earle said ho did not, but while not responsible for the questions' wbieh were gifeu to bim bo was cor tain tbat Gov. Evans' answors would be replied to. Gov. Evans replied thnt ho would hold Judge Earlo responsible fAt both questions and answers, and the latter replied very forcibly tbat ho was re sponsible for anything bo said now or anywhere. 1 Gov. Evans, said ho was too, and during this colloquy the crowd pressed icloqe around the stand to hear overy word. Jndgo Earle had a good many friends in the Audience who cheered 'him, but unquestionably tho larger toart of them were with Govj Evans, as Was shown by their voluminous yells for him. A Mr. Walt. Whitman made his usual charges againftt Tillman and tho Re form movement and waa as a rnlo lis tened to very quietly. Among come of the new thinga sai l by bim was tbat !the receiving by Dry Bates of $2, (Kfo Jin connection with4 t hp bond matter ovght to be a disgrace to any man. Ho ?d the Beforni movement bad prom d not to disfranchiso any 19*0, but warned all poor men who couldn't read to cfeto'e "a-running" and ? get registration certificates if they wanted to get vote*. Mr. Harrison devoted his remarks mostly to his Dispepaary idea. In ?peaking of the eoat of eonatablee he aaftd tbat thirty-two eonatables cost tbo State $1,900 per month or #68,000 ? year. They go fro* om end of the State lad their railroad ?zmmm will amoutto $t%0QQ or a total o! ?26,000 mrmr. Bmtdm oost, mm of the p^tssiu ?otaataUM atdths peopH wot>M he doM away with largest la ?Mh ?ioa he spot* oi tha ?inasilty for "the ? .. - --rl tho ROiorm movomont liad a ccorn plishod, bclil thai if it hud done noth ing olbo but givo tho people an oppor tunity of voting fof every oflicer in a primary (hut would bo enough to en title it to the lasting gratitude of the people. The Reform movemeut wiib never intended to destroy those who honestly differed with its principles, in the course of his spocoli he advo catod a liberal support o{ the Htato ed ucational institutions aud said that un der tho buuubr of, Bryan the true De mocracy of tho oouutry would win a sweeping victory. Gen. Barber in his speech paid he had contempt for uuy man who om burkod on a ship and thon desorted her. Ho was prepared to prove that tho Reform movemeut wai upright, honest, just and oeonomioal. ? Gon. Watts was next introduced. Ha spoko with prido of the oouditiou of the militia, aud said that ho felt that ho was ontitlod to tho improve ment of tho same. Ho also said his campaign was on hit) merit and that ho was not in tho mud blinging business. His opponont had gono down in the slums to make charges of a personal nature, which ho cojuld not prove and that no Confederate soldier, as he claimo to be, or a fcentloman would bo guilty of makingf and ho dismissed them with tho contempt they deserved. Ho conoludod by racing that his op ponent had run for,<>iTloo on tho Has kell, coneervativo Reform, aud Ro formor tickets aud Clod only knows how ho will run next time. CUn. Richburg followed, and he soid: "I fcavo been ^cousod of open ing tho eJmcoal houso in this oam | p,?/^n. It is not true. I began it witfj tho det3rmination to conduct my part of it curfejhlgh and digniflod plane ? tho l?velftbat was natural to me ? to run on rey own morits and let my cop pe*.itor conceal his demorits and in competency as best ho could. * But ho could not hold up his end of it on that "-?? ?ir> yceortcd to personalities and an appeal to factional prejudice.' Then mid only thon did I tell iny fellow-citizens tho real obj<vjt I had in running in this campaign. As I havo said beforo, I havo friends, strong porsopat friends who aro ad dicted to t&o excessive nso of liquor, but thoy hold no publio oflieo, and 1 should oppose any ono of them shonUI ho apply for suoh an offloe. >1 regard tho oflieo of Adjutant Gox&ral in this Htato as a high one ? one/that should bo filled with dignity and society. Tho Adjutant General is tho head of Sonth Carolina's soldiery ? a soldiery that Imih alWaya won gjijtfy in war and which should not bo/dfdgraced in peaco by a drunkob and?<Tnbompetent head. Tho othor spealrerB were Col. Tran tham, SenatoryFialoy and Congress man Strait, candidates for Congress; Mr. MayfijtttT and Mr. Robinson for Superintendent of Education. Mr. <T. K. HeiiVy for solicitor and Mr. Wil born for Railroad Commissioner wero present, but neithor had any opposi tion. THE YOItKVIIiLK MKKTINCI. ? Chairman Brico callod tlio mooting |o order in tho court houso, tho stand vfoeiug abandondod on account of the -threatouing weather. Rev. . L. A. Johnson offered prayer. The attend ance was something like 300. Chair man Brico paralyzed tho candidates by presenting oaoh with a printed slip, showing tho assessment levied upon each candidate upon "State ballot," which read as follows: "All fees of candidates upon "State ballot" shall bo pai&on or before Mon day, August 10, 189G, and no vote for any Stato candidate who refuses to pay tho abovo assessment shall be counted; nor shall tiokcts containing the namos of such bo distributed, nor will the oxeoutivc committee tabulate or report tho voto of snch candidates. "J. 8. Brick, Chairman. "VV. J. Davis, Socrotary." Thero was a good deal of dissatisfac^ tion expressed, but each candidate will most likely pay his assessment. Walt Whitman was tho first speaker introduced, and he based his remarks on industrial and higher education, like CVemson and Winthrop, but was opposed to State aid for thom. He op posed tho sale of liquor by tho State, except os a beverage. Senator Harrison followed. Ho did not consider the Dispensary law a com promise on prohibition, but consider ed it the best solution of the whiskey question. He d i nclnded his remarks by explaining hra Difcponsary scheme and reiterated his views as to the priv ilege tax. ( Congressman Strait opoiyfci the Con gressional debates, and he said four years afto' lto appeared before tho peoplo under difficulties, bat he was hero now to hrftot. He spoke at length of the resulUTof"lhe demoneti zation of silver. Ho concluded by saying that we need a new Declaration of Independence. It mnst come frjm the Son tk which contains thcT9VIfWv> Americana left. We ought to stand together as a unit and prepare our selves for the storm, and plaoe thic country back where oar forefather* left it. Col. Tmntham spoke at length npon the all-absorbing topie ? the money question. He favored an honest dollat bat not one that made the rich riebei and the poor man poorer. He wanted it aa fair for one map .as another. Si ' closed hy announcing ft is candidacy tot Congress, sajing his first, laat and highest ambition would be to lift tin bu. dona .from the backs of oar suffer ing people. Senator Finley spoke in referenoe tc national polities. He said be stood eaoarely on the national platform, s platform of principles foanded bv Jef ferson and taaght by Jackson, Mao roc and Oalhoon. He believed the free eoinage efjlwat IfJo 1 t^ oe lot the beat lalsiests of ^ae olassea isd. WW v* km I'tiii" '4 ISUm- .Iw ? J . . \ ^ ? bo triumphantly elected? because thoj rcpreseut tho interests of a groat ma iority of tho American party. Hu be lieved thoro would bo froo ooiuago and a safe amount of paper currenoy*ia?ucd, which would bring prosperity to tlu oouutry. Tho ctaudard of tuoutty ol thiH country ttxea tho prico of oiHton. It is uot tho standard of Englaud 01 any other country. Before lH7ii thi? country had gold aud silver as mono) of Uuftl rodemption, and th- prico ol cottou was high. Why was it thul Kngluud did not flx tho prices durinp that period ? Hho had tho gold stand ard sinoo 1810. J udgo Farlo lod oft' tho Senatorial dobato. Ho roforred to Mr. Duucau'* objection to his oleotion on tho grouud that he had not started in tho canvas* from tho first. The reason ho didn't was because ho' had to attoud to tlu duties of tho oourt at Charleston, J udgo Earlo reoo inted his positiou in tho campaign' of 1800 And how ho had lost tho Distriot Attorneyship by rea son of his position takon aftor thai eloctiou in icforenoo to Tillman, lie thon entored upon a discussion of the monotary issue. Mr. Duncan in opening his speocL said that ho camo before the pooplo u young man without tho exporionco ol his competitors, but fooling oonfldont ho could roproeont his State in the Unitod States Sonato. Ho oamo out because right at this timo tho Stato ncodod a man. Ho did nob ask Ben Til 1 m au t<> make him Benator, but all know ikat he oan mako mo or oither ol mv competitors Senator. I did not ask him to do that, but I consultod with him boforo ooming out, and ho said he was hands off. With this in troductory stntomont ho procood||<r7!Jft tho sainQ linos as ho did at Choutor. Mr, Robinson, candidate for Super intendent of Ednortion, dismissed edu cationnl matters, giving hia ideas bow tho publio school system should be improved. Oou. Riohlmrg said ho had run <v* n Consorvntivo in 1890, but two ypnts later bo had joined tho reform party, belioving it to roproeent true Dornoo raoy and since that time ho lias stood squarely on that platform. lfo spurned, ho said, imputations cast on his Domocracy by his oompotitor. RAILROAD STATISTICS. Tho Report of the Intcr-Stato Co*n r inorce Commission. Tho report of tho intor-Btato commerce commission for tho year emling June 80, 1895, shows tho total railroad mlleago in tho country on that dato to have l.('0,65'Onilo8, an incroaso of 1,948. During tho year 14 roads woro abandoned, nJno fhorgnd, 32 ro organizod and 28 consolidated. Thoro ap pears from tho roport to hqyo been a do oreased efficiency in the number of men em ployed by railways of 0.046 as compared with the previous year. There was an in creaaMln the amount of railway oapital dur ijgr tho year, aggregating #1B8.729,812. "Tfhe gross earnings of the railways for the year ending Juno 80th. 1895, wero 91,070, 871,462, aninoroase of 9 2.009, $05. Passenger revenue was 9252,240,180, shoeing a decrease of 938,103,878. Freight revenue increased 930 002,549. The number of railway omployes killed dtlcjug the year was 1,811, ana tho number injured was 24,690, a decreaso of 12 killed and an Increase of 2,274 injured. THK BOND 1 N VJC8TIG ATION. Senator Harris Suyi tho Committee ftosJffot Completed Its Report. Senator Harris, chairman of the' Senato committee to Investigate recent bond issues, says be has not yet determined whether the committee will wait until fall before going on with Its Investigation or will oompleto the work, frame the report and intake It publlo this summer. Tho last meeting adjourned subject to the ^ call xjf the chairman and its present purpose Is to wait until fall before continuing into the Inquiry, but Senator Har ris says that conditions may arise, incident to the campaign, that would mako It desir able to present r 11 the faots and the report to the public at onpo. In doing this, he addod, no polUloal- mo tives would be Involved andthe only purpose would be to olear up doubts and unfounded charges growing out of the excitement aris ing from a National contest. " The chairman says that If public"\mlsapprehenslon should arise on bond questions It would be proper to give the public theamplest Information with out reference to whom It would benefit or In h">t ? ? Lilvftd Well In High Mfe. Tho manager of the Americus, Ga., water works department climbod to the top of tho etandpipe the other day to mako some Blight repairs, when ho noticed sovoral fish awlmyl ming In tho iron tank, 135 feet above the | earth. Having a llr.e In his pocket ho cast a hook In the clear water and soon caught^ three flab, each nearly a foot In length. A very flue trout that would probably weigh five pounds was also seen in tho tank, but wan too smart to bo caught. The Ash had evidently been there a long time and livod well In nigh life. Reports on Epidemics. At Washington, the Marine Hospital Bureau is receiving full reports of the pro gress of the yeUow fever, cholera and small pox epidemics progressing I* various parts of the iforljl. While these show a heavy mortality for the hot months, their averages are not snob as to cause fear so far as this country is oonoerned, The isst reports from Cuba show that smallpox is proving more K deadly than yellow fever. The' fever is epi demic at the seaport towas, where the Span ish troops are garrisoned, but the smallpox Is virulent throughout the Interior. Immense Forest Flrea. . A special from Spokane, Wash., says forest fl res are raging throughout the oountry north of that dty In Washington, Idaho and British Columbia. Millions ^fsA^tlmberfl haknlready been destroyed, and throughout numerous minim camps situated In the path of the llrss great damage Is bates done (a the destruction ' of property. The smoke Sboat 0poka?e Is so disss as to almost shat out the sun And at Besslaad and to was further north the unosphm Is se ladea wtthsasoke and tMt beat from the trees Is so tot? as that lite Is made almost unbearable. Tfaay ettlsens ate flocking to Spokane for reUst . Otebllsg ' Under a dseMon stags by Judge *<*??. of % Criminal Court, Kaasi* 0*y, Mk, gambling on hone metag outside of theSMe mS^SSrn:mom0m'' A CHRISTIAN MOTHER ? ? 1>K. TAIjMAUK'S SI'NI>AV Till'. >110. Hannah Mttilo Willi IU r Own IIaimI a iaurincnt l'ur Mnuiuvl anil Touli II Ovt'r to 1 1 i in. Tkxt: "Moreovor his mother m.t'lo htm :\ llttlo ooat and brought It t<> htm from your b year when alto oamn u it with hor husband to offer tho' yearly saorlfloo."?! Samuel 11., 19. Tho stories of Deborah and Abigail are vory apt to discourage a woman's soul. She says within herself, "It i* Impossible that I ? ever aohlevo any siioh grandour of tiharae* tor, ami I don't uvau to try,'! as though a child should refuse to play tnJLoight notes boon use ho cannot oxeeuto a "William Toll." This Hannah o I the text dlffora (rwa tho per* sons I just namod. Slio was an ordinary woman, with ordinary intellectual oapaolty, placed lu ordinary oireu instances, an 1 yet, by extraordinary i*(ety, standing out to fore all the ages to wftie tho Ideal Ohrlatiou mother. Hannah was tho wifoof Klknnnli, who was a person vory much llko herself - unromnutlc and plain, nOvor having fought a battle or boon tho subject of a marvelous psoapo. Neither of thorn would havo boon CHliod a gouius. Just what you and I might be that was F.lknnah and Hannah. The brightest time In all tho history of that fam ily was tho birth of Bamuel. Although no star ran along tho heavens pointing down to his blrtbplaco, 1 think tho angols of God stooped at the coming of so wonderful a prophet. As tfnniuel hud boon givon lu an swer to prayer, Klkanah and all his family save Hannah started up to Hhtloh to offer sacrifices of than'osglvlug. The cradle whoih tho child slept was altar enou/h for Han nah's grateful heart, but when the t oy was old euough fho took him to Shiloh und took three bullooks and an opah of flour and a bottle of wino and made offering of Buorlftoo unto tho Lord, und there, acoordlng to a previous vow, alio loft him, for there ho was to stny all tho days of hlsllfo and minister in tho sanctuary. Years rolled on, and every year Hannah mado with her own hand a garment for Kamuol and took it over to him. Tho lad would have got along woll without that gar ment. for I suppose lio waft well clad by the ministry of tho temple, but Hannah could not be contented unless sho was nil the time doing something for her idolized boy. "More over, his mother mado him a little* coat and brought it to him from your to year, whon she came hp with her husband to offer tho Annual sacrifice." Hannah aland, s bcfoio you. then, to-day, in tho first place, art un industrious mother. Thoro was no need that sho work. Elkaimh, hor husband, was far-'from .poor. Ho be longed to a distinguished family, for the Bible tolls us that ho was tho son of Jorohaui, the son of Kllbu, tho son of Tohu, tho son <>f Zupb. ''Who wore they?" you say. I do not know, but tlioy wore distinguished pec Cle, uo doubt, or tholr names would not liuvo c mentioned. Hannah might have sealed ho." slf in her family, and, with folded ai'ms aud dishov'clved hair, road novels, from year to year, if I hero had boon any to toad ; but, whon I seo hor making that garment aud tnklng it over to Samuel, I know she is industrious from prlnciplo fts woll an from ploasuro. God would not have n mother be come a drudgo or a slave j ho would have hor employ all tho helps possible in this day in Ihe rearing of her ohlldren. But Hannah ought never to bo ashatnml to be found making a coat for Buir.uol. Most mothers ueed no counsel in this direction, Tho wrinkles on tholr brow, tho pallor on their oheok, tho thimble mark on tholr flugor, at test that they aro faithful in tliojr -motherly dutioa. Tho bloom and tho bright noss' and tho vlvaolty of girlhood have given placo to tho grander dignity and useful ness and industry of motherhood. But thoro is a hoathonlsli Idea getting fibroid in Bomo of tho families of AmorlcnnB; thoro are mothers who banish themselves from tho homo circle. For tbroo-fourlhs of thoir ma ternal duties thoy provo themselves incom petent. They aro ignorant of what their children wear, and what their children oat, and what their children road. Thoy Intrust to Irresponsible persons thcHO young Im mortals and allow them to be under influ ences which may ^cripple tholr bodies, or taint their purity, oir spoil iheir manners, or destroy tbelr souja.' From tho awkward cut of Samuel's co^ft you know his mother Han nah did not mako it. Out from under flaming ehandcliore, and off from imported oarpots, and down, tho granite stair* there is coming a groat orowd of children In thia day, untrained, saucy, Incompetent for nil tho practical duties of of life, ready to be caught in tho fjrat whirl of orimo aud sensuality. Indolont and un faithful mothers will mako indolont nnd un faithful ohlldren. You canaot expect nOut noas and order in any houso whero tho daughters sco nothing but slatternliness and npsldo do wnnti venoms In their parents. Let Hannah bo Idle, nnd most cortalnly Samuel will grow up idlo. Who aro tho in dustrious men in all our occupations nnd firofeeaions? Who aro they munaging he jfierobandlso of the world, build log tho walla, tinning tho roofs, weaving tho carpets, making tho iaws, governing the nations, making tho oarth to attake and heave nnd r>ar and rattle with the tread of glgantle enterprises? Who aro they? For tho most pari, they du&ccndod from industrious mothers :%ho in tho old homestead used to spin their otoQ yarn and weave their own carpets and plattihoii; own doormats and flag their own chati* and do their own work. Tho stnlwart tneit and tho influential women of this day, nlimy-nino out of 100 of them, camo from such an illus trious ancestry of hard itnuoklcs nnd home spun. Ana who nro th*6o pooplo In aocicty, light as frotb, blown oVory whither.of temp tation and fashion ? tho peddlers of filthy ^tories, the dancing Jacks of politicr.l par ties, the scum of sooiety, tho tavern loung ing, store infesting, tho men of low wink, and filthy chuckle and brass broastpin nnd rotten associations? For tho most part they came from mothers idle and disgusting, tho scandal mongers of society, going from house Jo house attending to everybody'* butdnofcs "but tholf own, believing in witches and ghosta and horseshoes to keep tho devil out of tho churn, and by a godless life Rot ting their children on tho very vorge of hclJ.. The mothers of 3nmuol Johnson ?n?l of Al fred the Great and of Ieaao Nowtoii nnd of St. Augustine and of Richard Cecil and of President Edwards Jor tho most part\foro Industrious, hard working mothnre. Now, while. I congratulate nil Ohrlalintr mothers upon tbo wealth niul tho modern science which may afford them nil kinds vf help, let me say that every mother ought fo be observant of her children 'h walk, hor chil dren's behavior, her children's food, her .chil dren's book*, her children's companionship. However much help Ilannab may have, I think she ought every year, at least, to mako one garment for Samuel. Tho Lord havo. mercy on the man who Is so unfortunato as to have had a laxy mother! Again, Hannah stands before you to-day as an Intelligent mother,. Jfrom tho way in Which she taikod in this' chapter, and irto ; the way she managed this boy, you know she was Intelligent. Thorearon? persons la n community who need to be so wise and well Informed as mothers. Oh. this work of cnl* taring children for this world and tho next ! This child ie timid, and It onfSist ?>e roused bp and poshed ont Info activltlef^his child is forward, and be most b? beld back and famed down Into modesty and polltcnew. BewardsTor one. punishments for another. That which will make floor*? will ruin John. Tbo rod 4usnR*nr fn one case, while a frown or dlapleaauro is mora tfett enough In another. Whipping and ? dark eioset do not exhaust all the rooada of domestic discipline. These Inure been children who bavo grown ?p arid gose to glory without ever having thwr ean toll. Ob, how m?eh earo and IntellUenoe ?NMCMsaryla tho tearing of etdldreitt Nut tm Ntts day, when there are K> m any boolri TasSterssrasTOKir ?*32. 7 IF| us? ?ovt pc dfauti**. there* would not bo many dyapoptlo stomachs, and weak uorvo*, nndinaoilvo liv ers among children. If parents know moro of physiology, thoro would not bo #?? mnuy curved spines and crnmpod ohttftf, ami in (lamed throats. and ditMtod lunvjsas thoro nro among ohildron. If paronta know moro <\t art and woro in sympathy with nil thnt la beautiful, thoro would not ho so numy ohU <lr?'n o^mlng out in tho world with boorish pr.vilt 'It !*?.-. It parents know moro of Christ uinl < praoticcd more of ills religion, thoro woilhl not ho so many'littlo foot already starting on tho wron^ road, nnd nil around u-4 voices of riot and idasphomy \v(>uld not oomn up with such ccdosy ot infornal triumph. Again, Hannah stancshoforo yon to-day as i\ Christian niothor. t'rom hor prayers and from tho way shp tfoysncintod hor hoy to God I know sho tf'is good. A mother may havo tho finest oulUiro, the most brilliant surroundings, imt sho Is not lit for hor duties unless sho ?>;? a Christian mother. Thorn may bo well road libraries in tho house, and exquisite musio In tho parlor, and tho canvas ol the host nrtist adorning I ho walls, an I tho wardrobe ho crowdod with tasteful apparel, and tho children l>o woudorful for their atlalnments and mako tho houso ring with laughter and Innooont mirth, hut thorO Is something woefully lacking In that homo If It bo not also (ho residence of a Christian mother. 1 hUvn God that thoro ? nro not many prayorluss mothers. Tho weight of responsibility Is so groat that thoyfuol tho nood of a divliin haud to help and a dlvlno volco to comfort and a dlvlno heart to pym/iathizo. Thousands of mothers havo been led Into tlio kingdom of Gqd by tho lmnH of their llltfo ohlldrotl. Thoro nrc hun Irods of mother* to-day who Would not h iv > boon Christiana had It not boon for tho praWloof their little ones. S'andiug some day v^n tho nursoy, thoy bethought them selves: "V'This child Cod has gtvon mo to raise forsoternlty. What Is uiy influence upon U? Not lining a Christian myself, how ean I ever expect him to bocomo aChrisllan, Lord, help mo!" Every child Is ft bundle of tromomlous pos sibilities. And whether that child shall como forth in life, its heart attuned to tho eternal harmonies, and after alifoof usefulness on earth, go to a life of Joy In heaven, or whether across It shall jar eternal discords, And aftor a life of wrongdoing on earth it shall go to a homo of impenetrable darkness and an abyss of I iu measurable plunge ? l.t be ing deoldod l?v nursery song and Sabbath lesson and evening prayer and walk and rldo and look -and frown and smile. Oh, how many children in glory, crowding all tho battlements and lifting a million volood ho sdiina, brought to God through Christian paroutagol Ono hundred a?id twenty qfergy men .were together, and they were/fell fug their oxperienoO and their ancestry, and of tho ono hundred and twenty eforgymon, how many of thoui, do you suppose, OS S' I guod as tho meant; of their conver sion the iuf!uonoo of a Christian mother? Ono hundred out of the hundred and twenty. Philip Doddridge was brought to God by the Heripturo lesson on tho Dutch tile of tho cbimnOy llreplaco. Tho mother thinks she is only rooking a child, but at the satuo time sho may bo rooking tho destiny ol empire.), rocking tho fate of nations, rocking the glorlos of heaven. Tho taino maternal power that may lift a child up may press a child down. A daughter came to a worldly mother and said she was anxious about her sins and sho had been praying nil night. Tho movhor said.. "Oh, stop praying! I don't boliovn in praying. Get oyer all those religious notions, and I'll give you a dress that will cost live hundred dollars, ami you tnay wo:ir it ne^tweek to that party." * Tho daughter took tho dress, nnd sho moved in tho gay circle, tho gayost of all tho gay that night, and, sure enough, all religions impressions wore gone, nnd sho stopped praying. A few months aftor. sho came to dio and in hor closing moments said, "Mothor, I wish you would bring no that dress that cost ?500." Tho. mothor thought it was a very strange request, hut hh" brought it to pletiso tho dylug child. "Now," said tho danghtor, "mother, bang that dress on tho foot of my bed." And tho dress was hung there on tho foot of tho bod. Thou tho dylug girl got up on ono elbow and looked nt hor mother aud then pointed to "tho dress and snUl, "Mother, thnt dress Is tho price of my soul." Oh, what a momentous tiling It Is to bo n mothor! Ax.iln, and Justly, Hannah Manila beroro you today, tho rowardud mothor. For nil tlio coats ?ho h<i? inado for Kumuel, for nil tiio nrnyera alio offered for him, for tho dla olplfnu sho exortod ovor him, alio got nbua daut compensation in tho piety and useful ness and tho popularity of lirrson Harnttol, and that is truo in nil ngo. Every mothor gets full pay for all tho prnyora and tears la behalf of hor ohlldron. That man unerul in commercial life, that man prominont in tho profession, that mastor mochanlc? why, every stop ho takes in llfo has nn ooho of giadnoHA in tho old heart that long ago taught him to bo Christian and horolo nmL. earnest1. Tho story of what you havo dono or what you Jiavo written, of tho influence you havo exertod, has gone back to tho old nmnostead ? for thorefs somo ono always ready to carry good tldings-and that story makes tho needlo in tho old mother's tremu lous hand fly quicker and tho flail in tho father's hand como down upon tho barn floor with amuro vigorous thmiify- Parents lovfe to hear good nows from trvflr} children. Do you pond them good nows, niwjqr^? Look out for tho young mnn who of his fattier as jflP ''KOV^rnQP.^ Ih^lBMjfarrd'' or tho "old chap." Look out Inrlrn/r young woman who calls hor mother w?atorn a I ancestor" or tho "old womnn,'1 ')Tno oyo that mockuth at his father and rmdsoth to obey bis mother tho ravens of tho valloy shall pick it out, and the young cag!es shall oat it.'' God grant that all those parents may havo tho great sutlsfaclion of seeing their chik'ron grow up Christinas. Hut, oh, tho pang of that mothor who, r.ftor a llfo of atreot gadding and gossip To talling, hanging on her cQldrcn tho frip peries and follies of this world, sees those cljlldroi) tossod out on tho son of llfo liko foam on tho wavo or nonontitles in a world where only brawny and stalwart character can stand tho shook.' hlessod bo tho mother who |oolr>. upon her i-^Mron &s sons ? and daughters of tho" Lord Almighty! Oh, the satisfaction of llannali in seeing Hatnuol serving at tho altar; of Mother Eunice In .s'-oing hor Timothy learned In tho Scriptures. That ;? tno mornofs ^rteomponso? t?v see children coming up.-?*eful In tho world, re claiming the lost, healing tho sick, pitying tho ignorant, earnest on* useful In every sphere. That throw* a new light back on tho o!d family Uiblo whenever sbo reads it; and that will be ointment to sootbo tho ach ing limbs of deereidtude and light up tho olosing hours of life's, day with tho glorioe of an autumnal sunset. There she sits ? tho old Christian. mothor ? ripo for heaven. Hor oycslght Is almost gone, but the splendors of the ool^tial olty kludlo up hor vision. The gray-JIght of heaven's morn has struck through tho grey locks which are folded back over the wrJn klod temples. 8I10 stoops vory much now ah <lor tho burden of cere sho nsod to entry for hor children. Mho sits at home to-day, too. 'old to And hor waj t wMio house of God; but whllo sho sits thern nil the past comas baok, and tho children that 40 year* ago trooped nrounffhor armchair -with thoir little griefs and joys and sorrows, thoso chitdron ant -all gone now? somo caught up 'into a belter realm, wherethojr shall never die, and others oat in thn broad world, attesting tho excel lence of a Christian mother's discipline. Her last dnys are full of peaer; an 1 ealm?r and sweeter will her spirit become, notll the irmtfu of Ufa h'jbII lift and let tho wornodt pilgrim ..into eternal springtide and youib, where tho limb.? never aeho nod the eyto never grew dim and tho staff of the exhaust ed ?nd decrepit pilgrims shall become the l>altu of tho Immortal^thletr Farmer* aad Free Silver. ^ ? The AgrieelturalCotkfrree, which will meet ot Bed* PmI oa September 17, will dlswme, ?nnrmaf, the deeliwMMty ef mm IllwMiill e?ree?f*t aad the r?Uo of *be omUI* TO DUl'llLK TIIK OD l^'UT. Ylio Mint to Stump il, 000,000 Silver Dollars Kvory Month Hereafter. Owing to tho fact th'.t ;;ru?'.;intof silver dollars In tho Treasury at Washington, available (or tho redemption of Treasury notes,* has boo o mo reduced to $10,059,58,4 and will ho further reduced by redemption during tho current month, tho eolungo ol silver dollars hy tho mints will ho Increased from one-half million dollars to three million dollars per month from tho 1st of Aliquot, and will probably bo continued at that rato In order that tho Treasury may have h suftlclent stock to redeem Treasury notes presented in exchange for dollars. On the 1st of Mavob, 1893, tho Treasury, held 20,890,401 standard silver dollars for tho; redemption of Treasury notes under tho act of J*-y. 1830. Wednesday tho number of .nil-' vor dollars hold by tho Treasury for tho roO deiuptlon ol Treasury note# was f 10,060,682.! SineO tho 1st of March, 1893, tho eoluugo of] silvtr dollara has aggregated $11,988,050. Of* this sum, however, $2, 811,077 was profits or ?elguorngo. which Jolt $9,071,370 tor the re domptlou of Treasury notes. Tho amount of: Treasury notes redeemed in silver dollars and) cancel led from November 1st, 1893, to Ju'y' Hth, 1800, was $24,402,268. SIliVKIC KKI'U HMCANS. Teller and Ills Associates Issue an Ad dress. . Senator Teller and six of his associates who left tho national Republican convention havo made public tho following address to tho sil ver Republicans of tho country, sotting forth their views of tho situation: ? Wo deem It fitting that wo, who, havo heretofore affiliated with tho National lto publlcau party, and who have rejected tho financial plank of the platform ndoptod at Nt. I.ouls and refused to support tho nomi nees of tho conven^ou, should state our po pltinn In tho present ctmpulgn arid givo briolly our reason In support thereof. "When certain delegates to tho National Itepul licnu Convention repudiated tho Na tional financial . plank of tho platform and withdrew from 'tho convention w? determined that wo would give our support to such omi (lldates as should appear most wiling uud capable hi aiding In tho restoration of Bilvor to Its rightful place as standurd monoy. "The Democratic party in its Chicago con vention him taken a position in Its platfo.rm so pronouncedly; favorable to sllvor, and has nominated candidates <>f such unusual,- un questionable convictions in favor of tho bl metallic polioy and of such high personal character, that wo havo determined to give tin'm our support because tlioy represent tho great principle of tho blirfotnlilsts which wo believe to bo tbocauso of humanity and elv ili/.iitlon and tho paramount (piestlon now before tho Amorlcun people, "We therefore announce that wo shall, by volco and vote, support Messrs. Hrvan and Hewn II for President und Vlco-Prosldent, and we appeal to all citizens, and especially 'to Itopublienns. who fook up wo do that gold monometallism would WT of lasting Injury to the country, to act with us In securing their eloctlon. After arguing the gold standard and Its evils, setting forth the virtues of Mr. Bryan, the address concludes as follows: "Profoundly Impressod with the Impor tance of the issues of this campaign, for our selves und our associates, wo respectfully submit tho foregoing to' tho candid consider ation of the'Amttloan people." (Slgnod %1. Teller, Fred T. Dubois, Leo Mantle, Charles S. Hurtmfcn, Hdgar Wil son, John F. Shafroth, A. M. Htovenson; cornmittoe. Manton, Ci.l., July 30, 1890. ? ^ TKLLKR WHITK8 BRYAN That Ho Will Support Iltpf in lit* linco for President. -} Tlmt Wm. J". Bryan' will rewivo.lhe sup port of llonry 11 Tailor of Colorado, thero can bo no longer any doubt. Mr. Bryan ha* roooived a letter from SonatorTelier in which ho assured bitn that ho would export him la' hl? nice for President; The letter received roads a# foWowa : "DBNven, Cot., July 18, 1890. "Hon. W. J. BnYAN, Lincoln, Nan. "Dkab Sia :--I congratulate you on your nomination at Chioago. I think the country 1h to bo congratulated also. I noed not an Huro you that wur nomination waa more than satisfactory. I think wo shall . be ablo to consolidate the friends of freealtvtrta your support, and if wo do this I think yon will be eleotod, although I do notpvorlook. the tremendous power that will bo put up ntmlimt ua in this campaign, All the power ofmoney and organized woaltb, corporation* and monopolies of all kinds will be against uh. Justice la on our aide, and thai* the cause of tho pooplo, It Is ? oonteat for in* ble that in suoh a contest before the Amer ican pooplo thai Justice .shall Ml and wrong prevail. ( do not b?-> llevo wo shall fall. I think I can protniso you tho cordial support of the West* -erasthrer men wtnr havo nerettffOTB" Mted with tbo Republican pnrfy,~ and If jrou gist that 1 think all of the Western coast and inter mountain States will be with you I will not offer any suggestions to you save to advtoo you that as you were nominated without pledges or favor or privileges to any one Unit you maintain that position and make no" pledgee or promisee, so that you may go Into tho great oQlco of President of tho United HtnU* wlthttyt tho ombafrMsment that fol lows pledgos or promises even if they are such as may bo properly carried out. it will afford me pioasuretoplaco myself at the dla poMl of the national oommittee to mako speeches in your behalf, ,ao my health will permit, where and when they may think I may do the most good* "I am to xy respectfully, ? "H. M. TEixaa." Mexican Boundary. Along no inconsiderable portion .of, lt? course the Rio Grande constitutes, Inter national boundary between the Ignited states and Hexloo. Until within a ftfw yeaJt 4TtO; Rio OrAndo sorvod tho purpo&ta of a.lound aryline Terr creditably and satisfactorily, but recently the settlers of Colorado apd Maw Mexico? away up atream^-bave taken ao much water out of the river for the parpoaa of irrigation that the old b oundary line be comes obliterated during the dry season, aod this has made so much trouble for the Mnt fans that their government etaicas of tW United (Katos 931.000,060 damage*. , Number of Idle Spladlo* In tl* A circular letter reoelved froo^ T. tL tin, secretary of the Souther* Textile elation, states that of the i, In the South 1,098,000 warn log terms. The motorics < located a a follows: " dies: OeovsK 400.000) ! 000;Teon<Usei, I-'? O Ol Virginia, Kentucky, >1,00 of tbeae agree to 00 daya aad