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{ ? vol. xxi. Lexington, s. c., Wednesday, june 3, i8?i. no. 28. .tjieslHI
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l^ff- FOR CASH ONLY
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i. $17,000
WfYRTH OF CHOICE
SBE??
FRESH CLOTHE
I Hats, Gent's Furnishing Good^-fobQ sJS&H*1
* below co>t Merchantsy^-^gpecialiy in|p
yited to buy the stock^j^bnlk or in lots to
I w.lf V1^1/ oner is maae m
*s offered in the interest of
B^every" purchaser who wants to buy goods
I I. a?d reliable goods at a sacrifice, This is
?S4 B one of the chances of a'man's life time to
B be able to buy first-class goods
BpgLOW-lNVOICE COST!
^^^B as I hare made all necessary arrangements
" ?>.i>nnf^*.inr)no business as
(VO J*u UUU tu; ui(>u<Jw_..-0
soon as this stock is sold oat. This is
[SO DODGE OR TRICKING
[advertisement. My stock comprises Men's
l^oy's and Children's Clothing of every deeeHption,
Hats and Gent's Furnishing
Goods. Trunks and Valices in endless
variety. This is a
GENUINE BARGAIN SALE,
for the purpose of changing my investment.
Every article wiil be marked in
plain figuies, and positively no deviation
in price to any one. i I
MEPSTirc.
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CSDE5 COLUMBIA HOTEL.
COLl'MBIA, S. C.
( Sept. 7-tf
-LOAN AND EXCHAN6E1IXK
01? S0f!I CiMISL
STATE, cm MO COIYTY DEPOSITORY.
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Paid up Capital $127,000
Surplus and Profits 76.000
IJransacts a general banking business.
Careful atteation given to Collections.
SimGS DEP1HT3E.YT.
Deposits of $1 and upwards received.
Interest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent
per annum, payable quarterly on the first
days of January, April, July and October.
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I a. (j. HASJVr>rrcMueuit. i
W. C. FISHER. Vice President. .
JULIUS H. WALKER, Cashier.
June 19?1?
[ COMMERCIAL BANK.
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Capital Paid $100,000
Transacts a Banking and Exchange business.
Receives Deposits. Interest allowed
on Deposits. Safety Deposit Boxes to rent
' $6 per annum.
"* wsc K. I.rr.ps,. James Ibedell,
President. Cashier.
Nov. 28?ly
CAROLINA
RATIONAL BANE
-ATbD
OLUMBIA, 8. C.
and COrfT? DEPOSITORY.
K * p Capital $100,000
W ;us Profits 60.000
SAYIffcS DEPART.HEYT.
Deooaats of $5,00 and upwards received.
M^Sat^reet allowed at the rate of 4 per cent,
per annum. W. A. CLAKK, President
* Wtt.tt; Jones, Cashier.
Improved cotton seed.
NOW OFFEKING 100 BUSHELS
B a Devsr variety of improved Peterktn
H r * '^^Rwofor sale at $20 per bushel, or $6 per
Peek. It is a Limbed Cluster, very prolific,
fraits from the ground to the top, and matares
every boll. Not likely to dry forms
I ^ on stalk lite other prolifics; not liable to
H[ \ fell out like other clusters; makes about the
same tnrn out of lint as the well known
Peserkin, (from 3# to 40 per cent).
I have three years experience with this
9BA Cotton, and can say that I believe it to be
B^K: \ the best Cotton now m existence.
I hare never offered it for sale before,
. ^nd have only 1< 0 bushels for sale. Order
jsght away if you waut thein.
F I am still offering; my well known variety
?t $1.50 per bushel, price reduced on large
Cash moat aceox.pany orders and freight
H prepaid, as the railroads will not accept
j without ureDavine the freight.
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N. \Tb? price on Improved Seed will not be reduced
r>v taking over a peck, bat will be m j
j'V.A o?b^6ji--<Tdf-red in large lots.
A^afmer who bays a peck of the Im3k|
ftroved Ste?l. will consider himself fortoKate
next la'L I b&ve never seen anything
K equal it.
^1$. A. PETERKIN,
MOttC; S. C. j
AFTERWARD.
if SouiS that bear a'traily- cross, ,
Half-fainting, questioning^ bearing, still,
Some time your lesson shall be learned,
And ye shall understand God^ will.
0, eyes that weep through hours of night,
And veil your wistful pain by day,
Joy yetshall come with morning light, Yet
shall not weep in vain alway.
0, willing feet, that hourly run
On ceaselees errands, here and there,
Fo tried, yet ye shall find a goal,
And cease your weary aching there.
0,
patient hands that toil so hard
To meet the needs of every day,
Some time the work will all be done,
And in rest soft-folded lay.
0. Hearts, where good and ill contend,
Sinning, repenting, vexed with life
And all its cares, fresh courage take,
For victory 8 hall follow strife.
0, souls that bear a daily cross!
O, hearts that strive! 0, eyes that weep!
The time will surely come whew God
Shall give to 'His beloved sleep! "
And every bruise shall find its balm,
Good deeds a full and sure raward,
Pain, toil, and grief be overpast,
And peace shall follow ?afterward!
j
For the Lexinirton Dispatch,
Questions Answered.
On the last page of* the. Dispatch j
of ' May 6, we found a series ,of ten j
Bible questions which seemed to in-:
vite answers at some one's hands.
Having had a few leisure moments on
Sunday afteriioon, we set ourself to
the task of finding th^-^nswers to j
the same and below is lthe result of
our labor. We give the answers in
the order in which the questions ap- j
peared:
1. Rechariah, 8: 5.
2. Jehudi?Jeremiah 36: 23.
3. Eutychus?Acts 20: 9.
4. That dry land had appeared? j
Genesis 8: 11.
5. It was recovered by the Prophet j
Elisha who cast a stick into the water
at the place where the ax sunk and
commanded the iron to swim.?2
TTinore rv-7.
6. Paul.?2 Corinthians 11: 33.
6. Gideon thus routed the host of
Midian.?Judges 7: 16-21.
8. Jacob.?Genesis 35: 4.
9. Rahab.?J-oshua 2: -3 6.
107 A little mafd, a c'amiv?
rrfthe Kingt of |
Syria, was the man who was cured j
and converted.?2 Kings 5: 1-14. k
V. H. H. .
Caughmans, S. C., May 10, 1891.
"How delicous is the winning
Of a kiss, at love's beginning,"?
sings the poet, and his seniment is
true with one possible exception. If
either party has the catarrh, even
love's kiss loses its sweetness, Dr.
Sage's Catarrh Remedy is a sure cure {
for this repulsive and distressing af-!
diction. By its mild, soothing, antiseptic,
cleansing and healing properties,
it cures the worst cases. ?500
r?ward offered for an incurable case. |
2Tew County Question.
For the Dispatch.
Editor Dispatch: Please allow me
space in your paper to call the attention
of the citizens of the lower part
of the county to a scheme originated
at St. Matthews to form a new county,
to be known as Calhoun, by taking a
portion of Lexington county by a
line running from the mouth of Sa- ;
vannah Hunt creek'on the Congaree j
to Witt's Mill on the Edisto, and J
from thence through Orangeburg
county by Jaminson, on the South
Carolina Railroad, down Four Hole
swamp to the Berkeley line and back ,
to Santee river and up the Congaree
to the first named point, thus making
it about fifteen miles wide on the
Lexington end and about eight or ten
miles on the Berkeley epd and about
sixty miles long, with the court house
at. Rt. Matthews.
There was an attempt made to haveit
passed throu^n the last Legislature,
-with a petition signed by some
of the citizens of Sandy Run township
and a few from Bull Swamp.
I sifted it down by examing it closely
and found a good many of the signatures
only transient persons with no
taxable property and some few under
age. Mine ancr Mr. 0. R. Riley's
sympathy was sought in this scheme,
we being the only two members from
the proposed territory. We persistently
opposed it, and I even objected
to allowing it to go before the
committee and get a favorable report i
and then let it lie over to the next
session as was proposed to us. I \
would like for this matter to be
brought squarely before our people j
as it is an important one, involving :
considerable in the shape of taxation
and in placing us in a county where !
the colored vote would double the
white, and I can see no benefit to be
derived only to the few in St. Mat- 1
thews and its immediate vicinity, who,
by the way. have offered, in propos- j.
ing the scheme, to bond the town
of St. Matthews in the sum of fifteen
hundred dollars to build a court
house and jail. There was an arch
built in Columbia for the Centennial
by the friends of the proposed county
which will have its influence. I think
it would be best to have a mass meeting
or two later in the summer in the
section proposed to be cut off from
Lexington. Respectfully,
"VV. H. F. Rast.
, v.
Catarrh Can't be Cured
With Local Applications, as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease.
Catarrh, is a blood or constitutional
disease, and in order to cure it you
have to take internal remedies.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
and acts directly, on the blood
and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh
Cure is no quack medicine. It was
prescribed by one of the best physicians
in this country for years, and
is a regular prescription. It is composed
of the best tonic known, combined
with the best blood purifiers,
acting directly on the mucous surfaces.
The perfect combination of
the two ingredients is what produces
such wonderful results in curing
catarrh. Send for testimonials free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, 0.
Sold by druggists, 75 cents. 31
Haskell Men and the Party.
Greenville News.
A premature discussion is being
started as to whether those who
voted for Haskell at the last State
election will be allowed to vote in the
Democratic primaries and conventions
next year. We confess our
fear is that a good many of them
will not offer to continue with the
party. If we remember arignt tnose
who strayed off after the Greenback
candidates a few years ago
were welcomed back into the fold on
their promise to support the nominees
and the same rule ought to apply
to the Independents of the last
campaign. White men must stand
together. When any go astray the
whole power of the party should be
^jedtonrov^tothemjhat^i"^?8?1^
After that those who are willi^?pB^P
come back and vote with us anrd help
keep the party strong and solid should
be welcomed. There need be no^
killing of fatted calves or putting on
of gold rings to mark the home
coming of the prodical sons, but the
fact that their votes and aid may be
very handy in emergencies should be
recognized.'
The ?efSjpifiiaitic pa*fc? is always
glad to have recruits and to receive
back those who have departed from
its path or its organization. It has
no right to require of any member
more than the promise to support
its nominees and reasonable assurance
that that promise will be fulfilled.
Enm&n Instinct.
So powerful is human instinct,
that some of its suggestions become
embodied in social and household
customes. The people know and
feel that ^at-^the^begmningf^b^Jt^
spring season the system Deeds an
alterative and a purifying tonic and
stimulant. In all parts of the country
it is the custom for the house
wife to dose her brood with sassafras
tea. Among the simple remedies
that our ancestors employed, this decoction
has continued to hold its own.
The demand for a spring alteration
and tonic, however, is filled more
efficaciously by 3- S. S., which is itself
as simple as nature's remedial
medicine should be. It purifies the
blood, cleanses and strengthens the
system,* and prepares the human r&achine
to stand the wear and tear of
the summer months.
/
/
The agricultural department at
Washington has distributed throughout
th6 country 60,000 copies of a report
which contains a number of
colored pictures of the edible ana
poisonous varieties of mushrooms,
for the instruction of the farmers.
Since tliese copies were mailed, it has
been discovered that the word "Edible''
is printed under the picture oi
the poisonous kind, and the word
"Poisonous" under- the pictures of
the edible kind.- Becipionts of the
report will do well to note this fact,
and void both kinds for their own
good. It is not easy to distinguish
between the two varieties and the
poisonous variety is almost as deadly
as a revolver in its effects.
oil nlnppK nil all oc
I Ui.1 Ltluc o, in in *
casions, under all circumstances, for
all headaches use Bradycrotine only.
What is the first thing a man does
when he falls into the watw? Gats
ODDS AND ENDS.
At the present day a ton of diamonds
is worth about ?7,000,000.
School children in Victoria, Australia,
are carried on the street cars free.
Steamboats, it is reported, will soon
be running on the Sea of Galilee.
A handful of flour bound on a se
vere cat will often stop the Weeding.
There is only one sudden death
among women to every eight among
men.
Some lend their hearts much as they
do their money, with a pretty heavy
interest.
Rev. R. L. Kidd, a Canadian evangelist,
boasts that he can recite the en- i
tire Bible from memory.
The degree of success obtained may
often be ascertained by the amount of
jealousy which it arouses.
The "fool's slipper" has a pointed !
tr*? with a. hisrh noint ud the back and i
another one over the instep.
London has 200,000 factory girls, the
majority of whom are only able to make
a "bob" a day?$1.50 a week.
The Greeks and Romans during the
prime of their republics contented :
themselves on one meal a day.
The Chinese and Thibetans have a
week of five days, named after iron,
wood, water, feathers and earth.
Any one who has been_5?2L1ded by
steain should be taken to a w&nn rodtn,
and the parts scalded drenched by cold
water.
By actual count L50 young women
have taken up timber claims in Western
Washington during the past six
months.
ridb of Scotland issued one
pound Dotes asa* 1704, and their
issue has since been continued without
interruption. J
I a the United States there are 2,800,- '
000 hives belonging to 70,000 bee growers
and producing 62,000,000 pounds of
honey yearly.
A Jackson (Mich.) man, recently
married, celebrated the event by treating
his frieDds to bread tickets. He
i passed them instead of cigars.
Professor Boys shows that the heat
of the lunar ravs can be definitely de
term in ed as 150.000 times greater than
those of a candle twenty feet away.
A good handful of rock salt added to
the bath is the neit best , thing to an
"ocean dip," and a gargle of a weak
solution is a good and ever ready remedy
for sore throat.
Water has been discovered in the
Sahara Desert at about 120 feet below
the surface. This is the first time that
a supply of water has bg.en found in
that locality at so slight a depth.
i 1
Ftsh^ Chiirj?l*nr. > ~
besTtlshjjtories told 'singef^
: beii^C-x\2^ ^?biewinter
at St.
Augustine;--rta.. and returned to the
city the other day. While in the south
the genial Thomas took daily strolls
along the beach to get an appetite for
dinner.
One day he noticed a little colored
boy lying upon his stomach along the
bank of the river, with his eyes fixed
upon the water. He watched the little
fellow for fully fifteen minutes, but not
a muscle of his body moved. A few
minutes later be saw the boy make a
plunge toward the surface of the water,
and when he appeared again he held
in his hand a good sized trout.
Tom thought that this was such an
unusual thing that he offered the boy
five cents for every trout he caught
that afternoon. Thomas sat on the
beach and watched the operation. The
| boy caught the trout so fast that Tom.
! fearintr that he would be bankrupted.
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compromised wi!h the lad. He de
clares that his curiosity was pretty ex
pensive.
It is rather a common thing to see
trout charming along the banks of the
southern waters. The temperature is
so mild and the water so clear that one
along the beach-and seesthe
fish jumjKsiluJOst <TTbot above the sun
'face of the vater.?.New York Tele
gram.
? A Diagnosis.
Nature ^ith a lavish hand has en
dowed>h& human body with no less
than st?en million spots to which j
ache or pain can he attached. ;
each bne of these spots, both insi<\* i
and ou^de, is filled with a bard plad- !
num dipped pain; when your head *,
aches V> that you are conscious of al:%
the-^fSes scallops on your brain
jbst as you see thein in the pictures in
yiour physiology; when youf heart
thumps and your stomach wobbles and
you have the feeling that something is
wallowing through your inside works:
! ?rV,An v-nM* vtumnni fpAls stove in and
there is ap uneasiness under your
shoulder blades us though your mugs
were beginning to sprout; when you are
one moment alive to the linger tips with
thinking of the things you must get up
and do and the next completely exhausted
by even the thought of doing
them; when your backbone has the
sensation of being twisted by a monkey
wrench; when you are-so dizzy that
you can't see, and your ears ring, and
your eyes water, and your nose is in
such a state that it is presumption to
lay aside your handkerchief for one
short minute; when you cough and
sneeze and groan In turn?in fine, when
you feel like the very deuce?you e&a
set it down that you have the grip.?
Chicago Herald.
Kaage Cattle Doomed.
Jczeph H. Moore, of Fort Worth,
Tex., whose cattle interests exceed
those of any man in the southwest, was
among the guests at the lick, where in
conversation with & reporter beaai4:
"You have heard a great deal, no
doubt, or did, a lew years ago, at least, j
(4 the famous 'Cattle Kings' of the i
west, who were supposed to reckon ;
their wealth by the millions. The bus- I
juess of raising cattle was conducted on !
a grand scale, and at one time the
profits were simply enormous. This
naturally attracted capital in large :
amounts, and wealthy men from ah j
parts of th* world rushed eagerly into j
iha bgsineas of breeding and raising oat
tie. The result was overproduction and
a serious deciins^'n prices.
'Three vearsagujt became evident to
those who studied closely the course of
events that cattle raising would soon
change from large herds on the range
to small herds on the farm. Those who
were shrewd enough to foresee this took
prompt advantage of it, and today have
before them the pleasant prospect of
good prices and a." ready market. As a
conseouence, however, the days of the
cowboy are numbered, and he is doomed
to extinction just as certainly as was
the buffalo and the Indian. The small
farm is crowding them slowly but surely
to the wall, and in a few years they will
be gone."?San Fratcisco Call.
? .
-A n Tnttirlude.
It waa in of a fashionable
church Jin The organist
was dreaming overa Volun tary. Suddenly
the organ b^wor got tired, or
something gave*!$u*3 for the thunderous
peals came to < full stop, and a
high soprano voice vas heard shrieking
to the contra Kb ''Sow did you like the
circus?"?Philadelphia Record.
Auojjker Voktt of View.
Mr. Fudge?bo Tou wish to marry
mv daughter. do you? ilay I ask how
much you are "Worth?
Mr. Broke?Yes, sir; I wish to marry
your daughter. May I ask how much
you are worth??0 jce a Week.
Some of our people who experience
so much ditfifujty lu keeping up appearances
sh'/agitry a hand at keeping
down exp?g3?
"Worse th&i^^Fiffceen Puzzle.
In the ligo^^^the Nineteenth
century it soMjwoueerly to read of
the practices^^Rie ancient physician.
We ar|Jnd that in the fifth
contpfy-fikJ&iSj a celebrated doctor,
invenfeedjteystic form of letters
called Abracadabra, believed to be
possessed of magical import, whereby
they exercised wonderful healing
powers when used to permit their
free scope, in the Sixteenth century
one physician claimed to have cured
200 cases of" ague by hanging the
words about the necks of patients;
while anoth5f_clwmed to cure toothache
by its use, though the patient
were ten miles off. In contrast to
this, let's loo.k at the most wonderful
remedy recently medical research
has placed in the hands of suffering
humanity. iSr. Westmoreland's Calisajfc
Toaip^repared tKfttugXZZ
mu!* debitiiimpaired
diges&aa, is
a sure feure for dyspepsia, and tones
up a failure appetite. When the
system is run down or over-wrought,
by all means try Calisaya Tonic. Then
too, it is an unfailing remedy in
malarial districts being a sure antiTidT-in/i;
A
AVVWV*
For sale at the Bazaar in 50c. and
$1.00 bottle.
Personalities.
'%K
Keep clear of personalities in general
conversation. Talk of things,
objects, thoughts. The smallest
minds occupy themselves with personalities.
7 Personalities must sometimes
be talked because we have to
learn and find out men's characteristics
for legitimate objects; but it is
to be with confidential persons. Do
not needlessly ^report ill of others,
There are times when we' are compelled
to say, "X do not think Bouncer
is a true and honest man;" but
when there is no need to express an
opinion, let poor Bouncer swagger
away. Others will take his measure,
no doubt, and save you the trouble
of analyzing him and instructing
them. And as far a3 possible dwell
on the good side of human beings.
There are family boards where a constant
process' of depreciating, assigning
motives and cutting up of character
goes forward.
They are not pleasant places. One
who is healthy does not wish to dine
at a dissecting -table. v There is evil
enough in man, God knows; but it is
not the mission of every young man
or woman to detail or report it all.
Keep that atmosphere ks pure as post
?uu ? n
SIDio sua naugut ?u.u gtmiiejuesB
and charity
From Nature's Storehouse.
It stands to reason that a medicine
which will destroy the germs of contagious
blood poison and counteract
the effects of mercurial poisoning
may be depended on to overcome the
diseases that have their origin in
malaria, or that have their seat in an
impure condition of the biood. This
is what S. S. S. has done, and what
it will do, a3 its popularity' attests.
As a preventive, and a remedy for
the long list of affecticns-that display
their activity during the spring
and summer months, it stands with
out a rival. The secret of this is
a remedy drawn from nature's own
storehouse
A
A Wellington, Kan., couple, who
were married in 2 weeks after they
met, parted in two weeks 6f*t- * uov
were married. ?
Sa
Address of Es-President Q-rover
Cleveland at the Reception
Tendered Sim.
At 7.30 o'clock May 12, Cleveland
was escorted from the Hotel Iriqouis
close to the club house, Buffalo, and
the formal exercises soon thereafter
began. It was crowded almost to
suffocation :with members of the
club, as was also the adjoining rooms
and the broad staircase. Cleveland
was greeted by the wildest cheering,
I long continued and often repeated.
| He spoke as follows:
} Mi*. President and gentleman: As
I stand for the first time face
to face with the Cleveland Democraev,
j'
I experience mingled emotions of responsibility
and pride. My sense of
responsibility arises from my relation
i ?i n M
j to your organization as its u-oaiatner,
! and my pride from the noble manner
! in which you have borne my name,
j I acknowledge your right to require
of me at this time an account of the
manner, in which I have kept the political
faith to which you are devoted.
This right grows out of the fact that
] the word "Democracy," as it stands
I in the name of your organization,
! means so much and is so worthy your
Cure, that its significance should n jt
I in the least be clouded by any prefix
| which is not in keeping with Demoi
cratic aims and purposes.
In giving an account of my political
behavior, I can only ofler a rec,
ord of political conduct famaliar to
i all my coimtrymen, and supplement
; this record by the declaration that I
i have done the best I could to deserve
; the confidence in me which you have
so gracefully manifested. For the
character of the record thus prej
sented, you yourselves are answerable
i with me?for it has been made under
the influence and encouragement of
I the sentiments and doctrines which
I the Cleveland Democracy have culti;
vated and enforced. When we started
together in political life and responsibility
your accepted creed taught
that politics was something more than
adroit jugglery; that there was still
flPfiifaliuMMdH* o&rial duty and that
that the Pr>SvIeT to the people
rf^orthy^of our Governstudy,
and that the.'doctrines of true
Democracy, honestly and bravely enforced,
promised the greatest good
to all our countrymen, and exacted
through the length and breadth of
our land impartial governmental care
and indiscriminating justice.
PUTTING BELIEF INTO PRACTICE.
You are not content to allow these
truths to remain with you as mere
j idle beliefs. They supplied constant
| and aggressive motives for your polit|
cal activity and were your inspiration
as you went forth to do battle in the
Democratic cause?resting your hope
j of triumph upon an unwavering
faith in the thoughtful and well informed
intelligence of the American
people.
Thus you were found doing valiant
service in the campaign of education.
As the smote of the last stubbornly
fought battle cleared away, no soldiers
on the field were found surrounded
by more tropies of victory
than the forces of the Cleveland De
!
: mocracy.
Surely your rewards are most
! abundant.' You have not only aided
; in the advancement of the Demoi
cratic standard, but you have alsc
i contributed your full share in demonj
strating that the people can be
trusted when aroused to thoughtfulI
ness and duty.
When I suggest to you that mud
sturdy fighting still awaits all those
enlisted in the Democratic ranks, ]
i feel that I am speaking to veterans
j who have no fear of hard campaign
i ing. We may be sure that unless we
; continue active, watchful warfare we
shall lose what we have gained in the
people's cause. Insidious schemes
are started on every side to allure
them to their undoing. Awakeaec
frv o onriQA wrrnri or ininsti^p
promises of redress and benefit an
held up to their sight, "like Deac
Sea fruits that tempt the eye bui
turn to ashes on the lips." The self
ish and designing -will not forego th(
struggle, but will constantly seek tc
regain their vantage ground througl
! tempting fallacies and plausible pre
j texts of friendliness. I believe th<
most
THREATENING FIGURE
j which to day stands in the way Q
{ the safety of our Government anc
! the happiness of our people is reck
less and wicked extravagance in ou:
public expenditures. It is the mos
| fatal of all the deadly brood bore q
| governmental perversion. It hide:
J beneath its wings the betrayal of th<
people's trust and holds powerless ii
its fascinating glance the people'
will and conscience. It brazeningl;
exhibits to-day a Billion Dollar Con
gress. But lately, a large surplu
s
remained in the people's public treas- j <
urv after meeting all expenditures ; :
then by no means economical. This ;
condition was presented to the j ;
American people as positive proof j
that their burden of taxation was ,
uujusi/ uocauac uimeceBsai^, auu'jci I
while the popular protest is still
heard, the harpy of public extravagance
devours the surplus and impudently
calls upon its staggering
victims to bring still larger supplies
within the reach of its insatiate ap petite.
A few short years ago a pension
roll amounting to fifty-three millions
of dollars was willingly maintained
by bur patriotic citizens. Today
public extravagance decrees that
three times that sum shall be drawn
from the people upon the pretext that
its expenditure represents the popu lar
love of the soldier. Not many
years ago a river and harbor bill appropriating
eleven millions of dollars
gave rise to a loud popular protest.
Now public extravagance commands
an appropriation of twenty-two millions
for the same purposes, and the
people are silent. To-day millions
are paid for barefaced subsidy, and
this is approved or condoned at the
behest of
PUBLIC EXTRAVAGANCE,
and thus a new marauder is turned
loose, which, in company with its vicious
tariff partner, bears pilfered
benefit to the. households of favored
selfish interests.
"We need not prolong the details.
Turn where we will we see the advance
of this devouring and destructive
creature.
Our Democratic faith teaches us
! that the useless exaction of money
from the people upon the false pretext
of public necessity, is the worse
1 of all governmental pervisions, and
involves the greatest dangers to our
guarantees of justice and equity.
We need net unlearn this lesson to
apprehend the fact that behind such
exaction and as its source of existence
is found public extravagance. The
' axe will not be laid at the root of the
1 unwholesome tariff tree with its vic
ious inequality and injustice until we
' reach and destroy its parent and sup?
port.
* unconcealed and dreadful- manifesta- i
tions, force us to the contemplation
! of other crimes, of which it is unL
doubtedly guilty, besides unjust exactions
from the people.
1 Our Government is so ordained
that its life blood flows from the virtue
and patriotism of our people, and
its health and strength depend upon
( the integrity and faithfulness of their
public servants. If these are destroyed
our Government, if it endures..
will endure only in name, fail,
ing to bless those for whom it was
created and failing in its mission as
. an example to mankind.
Vvl-I a nvlvn vo r??o-non in ifa ml o fi /\V?
, JL UUiiV CAl/i. a T Ug UJUVV/ ALA 4VO JL VAtVViVAi
to
INEQUITABLE TARIFF LAWS
; not only lays an unjust tribute upon
the people, but is responsible for un
fair advantages bestowed upon special
. and favored interests as the price of
. partisan support. Thus the exercise
of the popular will for the benefit of
. the country at large is replaced by
sordid and selfish motives directed to
; personal advantage, while the en[
couragement of such motives in pub.
lie place for party ends deadens the
> official conscience.
Public extravagance directly dis?
tributes gifts and gratuities among
. the people, whose toleration of waste
is thus secured or whose past party
i services are thus compensated, or
; who are thus bribed to future party
' support. This makes the continuance
; of partisan power a stronger mo.
tive among public servants than the
j faithful discharge of the people's j
? ! trust, and sows the seeds of conta- I
I .- - t
j gious corruption in the body polity, j
j But, txf'my^ mind, the saddest tmd '
) | - MOST FRIGHTFUL RESULT
I of public extravagance is seen in the I
' readiness of the masses of our peo- j
5 pie, who are not dishonest but only j
I heedless, to accustom themselves
^ to that direliction in public place
" which it involves. Evidence is thus
3 furnished that our countrymen are
} in danger of losing the scrupulous
1 insistence upon the faithful discharge
* of duty on the part of their public
3 servants, the regard for economy and
frugality which belongs to sturdy
Americanism, the independence which
f relies upon personal endeavor and
1 the love of an honest and well rog
ulated government, all of which lie
r at the foundation of our free institut
tions.
f Have I overstated the evils and j
s dangers with which the tremendous !
? I
a | growth of public extravagance j
i threatens us? Even* man who loves I
| # I
3 I his country well enough to pause and
y think of these things must know that i
I have not.
s Let us then, as we push on
>
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campaign of education, especially
impress upon our countrymen the
lesson that teaches that public extravagance
is a deadly, dangerous thing,
that frugality and economy are honorable,
that the virtue and watchfulness
of the people are the surest safe
guards against abuses in tlieir government,
and that those who profess to
serve their fellow-citizens in public
place must be faithful to their trust.
Won't Accept the Bible.
A Baptist Minister Gives His Hearers
A Dose Of Heresy And then
> Resigns. * v
R<&hester, Pa., May 22.?Rev. A.
G. Bonsall pastor of the Pirst Baptist
church here, preached a sermon
yesterday that a most took away the
breath of his hearers. Then he prer
sented his resignation, ancj^V will
probably be accepted on Wednesday.
? i ?
in cue course 01 ms sermon ne saia:
* "It is questionable whether Chrpt^-^ "
gave us a book and told us to swallow, v
it all. "We are told that Moses to^? ; '
the account at hand. There is noth- ;'*TV
ing positive as to their authorship;' \r/'
and'I do not believe that all of the * Bible
is inspired of God.
"TVliy are we to believe Paul was
inspired when he says he was nott
As to eternal punishments, I believe
man will always be within the mercy
of God. I do not believe Christ when
in the manger and while he walked
the earth was so consecrated that he
was God. I believe, however, God
was in Christ."^
Mr. Bonsall 'is very popular as a
pastor. The acceptance of the resignation
depends upon whether or not
the failure to accept it will be con- ; -/
1 - - ? J L U.'n
strucea as an enu.orseuie.ui, ui i-u.->
news.
A dove that had reached the age x m
of thirty-two years,died at Greencastle
Penn., last week. v *
A small box filled with lime, and ^ k
placed in a pantry, will absorb dam
and keep the air sweet.
A mohogany tree lately cut down in
Honduras, Central America, made
three logs, which sold in Europe for
$11,000 ??
jxuasa and Eve -imdifee earth at
'vne time.- Their ext>eriezice should be ,
a warning to those people wno
it to-day.
Pensions are now paid by the gov- *
ernment to the widows of three presidents,
eighteen generals, one colonel,
and two rear admirals.
"Bridget, what is that child crying
so wildly for?'1 "Sure mum, he's
/^wtTilrn/1 oil Vvia fl/VltVllTl' gvmn
J U9t IUAVVA C4JUI MMJ.KT WWW V?^
and et the cork, and I dCn'fc know
what ails him unless it's the bottle
he wants to schwallv."
It is now said that the la grippe
has numbered more victims than the
small pox, cholera, and yellow fever
combined. In Chicago, alone there
has been 10,000 deaths from it this
winter. The doctors do not know
what to do with it.
When Qneen Victoria is travling
by rail in her special train she exercises
no deadhead rights. She pays
at the rate of SI,92 a mile, whatever
the distance in addition to first-class
fares for all the party, servants included.
Her saloon carriage cost
830,000.
The Squire?It's no use for you to
deny your guilt, Johnson. The
chickens were actually found in your
coat tail pockets. Bre'er Johnsing
(stoutly.)?I kain't help dat, sah.
Hain't it pooty tough to hold a poor
niggah responsible fo' what's going
on behind his back?
Advocates of the phonetic system
of spelling are making an effort to
have the United States government
adopt their mode of spelling in all
government publications, and in the
printed proceedings of Congress.
The. following is the new hair flirtation:
Hair hanging over the left
shorlder, "I am engaged;" over the
right shoulder, "I am married;" and
hanging straight down the back,
"Go for me, boys, I'm your oyster."
Tongue cannot describe the love
of Christ; finite minds cannot conceive
of it; and those who know most
of it can only say with inspiration
that it "passeth knowledge."
At the close of a long prayer by a
father who had prayed for the poor
family his son said: Father, if I had
* \ _
as much wheat m tne oarn as you
have got now, would answer that
prayer myself.
A Massachusetts man with more
money than brains proposes to erect
a $7,000 dog house, and still there
are people who wonder at the discontent
of the poor.
A New York girl was rendered so
desperate by an attack of the grip _