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OLD TIMES RECALLED. D(t. TALMAGE DELIVERS A DISCOURSE ON REMiNISCENCE. I Is Appropriate Sometimes to Conte3 - plate the Panorama of Our 1.ivee I n a Spirltof Gratitude to (lodt For li 1tieuo 1.a.. BROOKLYN, Aug. G.--ev. Dr. Tal mage has chosen as the topic for tothly a panorama of reniniscences appropriate to the season, t,he text selected heii Psalm xxnix, 3, "While I was musing the tire burned." Here is David, the psalmist, with the forefinger of his right hand against his temple, the door shut against the world, enisged in contemplation. And it would be well for us to take the same posture ol'ten, closing the door auaimst the world, while we glt down iml sweet solitude to contemplate. II a sMall island oil the coast I once passed a Sabbath int delight til solitude, for I bad resolved that I would have one day of entire quiet before I e:tered upon autumnal work. I thought to lisve spent day in laying out platis for (1h-is tian work, but instead ol that it becatie a day of tender rentilniselice. I r( viewed my pastorate. I shook handi with an old departed f1riend, whion I shall greet uvain when the cutrtains of Ife are lifted. The days of my hoyhood came back and I was 10 vears ot age, and I was 8, anid I was A. There was but one house on the island, and vet from Sabbiathi daybreak, wl en the bird chant woke me, until the evenin- inelted into the bay, from shore to hiore there were ten thotusand memories, and tlie groves were a-hum %ith voices that had long ago ceased. Youth is ayt, too much to speild till its time in looking forward. ( Ild ae i: apt too much to spend all of its time inl looking backward. leoiple iml i<i,ilifi! and on the apex look hoth ways. Ii would be well for us, 41 think, litiwi-ve, to spend more time in reiinicenvo. I Byv theconstitution of our nature we spoini most of the time looking ftorwird. A itd the vast majority of the people live tiot so much inl the present as il the iittire. I tind that you mean to imtake a r Ilitl tion, you mean to establish ymirsell, and the advantages that yig expI to achieve absorb a greatdeal of your time. But I see no harim ill this if it does noit make you discontented with the jreselt or dsqualiy you for existin.-, duties. It is a 11s fl thing son'etimes to look back and to see the dangers We have es caped, an] to see t.he sorrows we have Buttered, and the trials and wanteritigs of our earthly pilgriiage, aid to stum illp cur enjoment,s. I mean today, so far as God may help me, to stir up voir memory of the past, so tilitt ill the C view you nity he encouraged and uarged to uray. There is a chapel in Florence withit a fresco by Guido. It was covered ill with two itches of stiucco unitil oir American an(d European artists went. there and alterilong toil removed ilho covering and retraced the fresco. AndI I am aware tlit the miemiory of the iast with many of you is covered m> with lei thousand obliterations, and I riopose this morning, so for as the L.oni nt y hell) me, to take away the covering that the old picture uay shine out again. I want to bind inl 011 sheal all your past advantages, and I want to bilad in another sheaf all yotur past, adversities. It is a precious harvest, andi I mllust he1 caut,ious ho0w 1 swing ihe scyt,be. Among the greatesi, advantages of your past, lifej was an early home andh its surroundings. The bad meon of the daty for the nmost plart d111 t.heir heat.ed hias sions out of the boiling spingL of ami im. happy home. We tare nlot. Stillprised that lIyronl's hetart was ai coniceintrat.ion of siR when we hear his lt other was abandonied, and that shle madle sport of his intirmity and often called him "'the lame brat."' lie who hlas vicious lmtr ents has to tIght, every inch of his way if ho would maintainl his integrity ande at last reach the home of the i.oodii ini heav en Perhaps your early home wais in the city. It may have beena ill thle days whien Catnal st,reet, New York, was far up town. Th'lat old hlouse ini theo city may have been demolished or chiangedl imto stores, anid it, seemied like sacrilege to you, for there was more meinglil. ini that plain house, ini that, smlall house, than there is ill a granite milSoni or. a turretedi cathiedral. Looking back this morning, you see it, as though it wvere yest,erdlay-the sittmg room, where the loved ones sat by the plain lamlldighlt, the motber at the evenling stand, the brothers and sisters--perhaps Ilang ago gathleredl into the skies-then plotting mischief oni the dloor or undi(er the ta ble; your father, with a firmi voIce, commuaind ing silence that lasted half a minuitte. Oh, those were good (Ia ys! I ftyou haid your foot hurt,, your mother always had a soothing salve to heal it. II yotu were wrongedl inl the street,, your fathier was always ready to pirotect youi. The year was one rounld of frolic andt miirthi. Your greatest troubhle was anl A pril shower, more sunshine than shower. The heart had tnot been ranlsacked by troubles, nor hlad sickness broken in, and no lamb had a warmer shleepfhl than the home in which youir chilhood nestled. Perhaps you were brought til ill the country. You standl now todlay In memory under the old tree. You clubbed it for fruit that was not, (uite ripe, because you cou)lda not,wvait anyl longer. You hear the brook ruimblin'g along the p)ebbles. You step again in-. to the furrow where your fiathier in his shirt sleeves shouted to the lazy oxen. You frighteu the swallows fromn tile faters of the barn said take just Otne egg and silence your conscience by saynli they will not miss it. Yo u take a drink again out, -of tile very bucket, that the old well elieie upl. Lioi go for the cows at night and hiand them wagging their heads through the liars. *fttimes in the dusty and busy streets you wish you were home atgain on that cool grass, or in the hall of the farm. house, through which there was the breath of new mown hay or the bloso of buckwheat. sm You may have in your windows now beautiful plants and flowers brought from across the seas, but not one of them stirs in your soul so mneh memoryI as the old ivy and the yellow sunnfow er that stood sentinel along t,he garden walk and the forgetmeneta pllayimg hidle and seek mid the long grass. The fa ther who used to come In sunhurned from the fields and alt down on the door sll and wipe the sweat from his brow may have gone to his everlasting rest. The mother who used to sit at t,he door a lIttle bent over, cap and spectacles oil her face, mellowing with the vicissitudes of many years may have put down her gray head on the pIllow in the valley, but forget that home you never will. Hare you thankred nd fr. it? Hav.. you rehearsed all t,hese ble8sed reni liseenses? Oh, thank God for a Christ in father. Thank God ibr a Christian nother. Thank God for an early Christ an altar at which you were tiuiglit to meel. Thank God for an early Christ an home. I brim:; to mind another pas ka-e in the history ol your life. The dav -ame when you set up your owii house h1old. The davs passed along in (1uiet, I)lessedness. You twank sat at the ta. Ile mornii,_ and ni,ght and talked over voir. plans for the htitlr. The m1st Il siguilicant alaitir in your life became the 4ibiect,ill 1 1u1,-al consull at ion w'il ad viselllit. Youl Were '4 h y11a1ty you 1)1m I YOU .!tIVC Cuti ld Ii., ai k:11 11 r. One day a1 dark cloull hiver1-1-ve ylirdwelling, a d it gol liarkorl. anllt <darkor. Bunt. ot ot' that, cboml Ilhw shinling Inesselgetlr of' Cod de-Sevilded 1) illarnlate al Itmiortal split. Two litt e fet. stared m anit etoricil toureyi. anl v wll youwere tol Ivald . ii. A gf-il to dlli tit heaen' corouit, ul you hi polish it. eft11 11 aivs (ot light lld darkl n.l s watvil ins il t tarillg m , )t a niewly creatted IbIngty. Youll r i alnd yotllI t-m ,1111 at 'te responsibility tI I A ll yolir possession i iinortal i reasine was placed. Yott pr .tyed and111 rejoicint and yk-ltt and Won lort-d and puavvtd :and rejoict'd a.1. wept and w,nidervd; pitd you Were i it sipplivnt ion thaL t you Ilght all it biroigh lilt int.o tilh iingdom or 411od lhre was a Irxtmor in youir i-arnest. less; I.herv Was l toIble illtire tL aboilt 1111 hollt.I; t yhler( I was ai t aI it.iolal it erest why yott shoul<d slay there and ' tail,hf,l, atwlwh tWlit a few Illont'hs roiur houlse W.as lilledt wit.it thet 11111-it >1 the child's aay ht.er y0ii wero s'ruicli hrough with tv*e.tfit I hat, you iiiil a Ot.upendolls iltessionl. Itr 0 )'M I 'lill t-1 itt VOW ?I I Itit) YOU184 VlaWe yn kEaeptu ti.at a I llav youd' W.1g1ecti-d an1Y of Ithivi dii.m-s ? Is youir lome a ui h 1 y o. y'(i as it. l ised L t t.o 111avSt Whsniciti-1LUINs bWVen gr.i lied ? (lhllwi ll h yoll tollay inl yourlI sol It'n ril inlst-c t anld et his inercy a;ll '111mi yotir 4mil it' your kindtues's Its bi-en ill re,loilt.ed. G;od have rnervy ml tit- pa3nit, oni lithe wrinkles of whse tiCt is Writ Cith story of' t 1-h11hd's sin. (#(i haive in"rcy on I.he ianWho-r who inl addiiLion Io P'er ot her :11gs la:i ht panlt of' a child's initpli I y. I >h, there aro mtany, mantty .4:kj ini ltds li this sai world, it, cthe sal blst som id that. is v\er ivard i-s t1h Wivttilr g ol a liother's hmart.. A re 1,herrt anly here who rvembfnbr t hat, inl 11t.hat, hoii t.h y were minfait ulitl ? A re tHicre those who wanttortd off 1roi I halt arly hone and t11,1 the mother to() ille with a broken heart.? Oh, I Iktt t. at.reinliscene today. I flid anotheir point in your life his I1ory. Yok ollad onm day youl wl!ra inl t he wrmig ro..d; yoti conild nottstep aIt lkight. Thero Wat:i just, ov.e word thal, meemei U.i sob 1.hroughi yotir banking h1ous, or through yir tiffive, or youir shop, or ymur bedroonm, andlt haIt wr wi "utl ritt. y." Yl 4:01.i: "1 atm not readY for it. O Glu, have tuerey'" " Th 1,ord ea your Peht e1,(1 r 1(1ar'.. iY oember how yourmn tirltI bled a yout look the (ur o toihe holy coiamunion. Y oil rvilnitbr. I he ori muinist.Lr who consicnt a it., a tl revillolhb'l thie chtirebi o1livi dls who (a.:L. ried it, ll-ot ugh the aisle. You r-n m-1111t her 1, peopl Wiht ;at. Lth cloAte of te strvice took Your hiand ln Il Chirs iln coligyrae.lating SY1 pt11aty, as I ch a4 ill say, "Iel , i ho i yolu lost prolli gal," and though hose handj(Is Iatvi ill williered away that connililio oi bath is resuirreeted with all iis ple.rS aid mongs and ifars and 0s1r11111S~and transligiauatio. llave your kt thloe GOdH help1 yo lhiwat L ord' kne sl foot of ercy and4 VI stardt aga'yn for Iheen fortoI.da asnth youn Inthrye thn.t Irs your srouliby .h:ow dei you gt overiit' (lodse< colmfore yoj. Yu haite egeng aver 1 ead1;1t.aee efvetr sice. In ja r p the ;lin n gaeof he, andpihe yin ad the pn mlIngc of thepen ing. gatee hev enr, ynod boiht inrrelsbne ;irth' ilige hevenwrd.v crownhae lIepir .f erand soierofyo hearver always UIL snghthwln h littlSoe 01f or are lain tyear ago-t-yt ares artutid yoreck ainld maid: "(ood night, papa; gook niit, mamma. Meet me in heaven." Hut I lust, cOmO dowi to your lal itr sorrow. What was it? 'erhaps i was sickness4. Thel( child's tread onl th itair or the t ick of tim watch on t,I itand distirbs )oil. Throuth the lon weary days yoil coulteI tho figttrvs nt the caript or hLitt lulowers in the wall p.1 pee. (OIh, the wearinless and exhaus l ion' Oh, t.he burmnlg pang.! WVotll Ihml it %vre iorning, would (,>d i wierv nlight, Were yolilr fre(ttPi. cr) Ihil y.m are il-.tr, perhaps even well I iv %-(It thaliked G'od that to day yo, [i411 ' ive It )iit iI itho fresI air; t hat yo ar iro t his p' Ili , xe. to Ihe:mr ( o4i,o's iamu iatid I,) smng 1hw'paike andti oimuplor (hl pip i Li ask Iotot's Iorgivte iw: ? Iless tie( Lord Wiol hwalel.h a I)III ist.;sois anld retdol. t10 h ooir lIIvv frmii destrict.ion. l'krhIIaps yo last sorrow was a I ruacial v memtr iriti. I congr,itt hate stimle ill you ont Yomr llerative pll< fvs'isioll or occiiationl, 0) ortilth .g p.rt-1, onl a commtlu rev"ilh-il-v i-vivi thing ymi pull yuitr hind to seem Lio ti rnto gold. l'iii he re :trie (t lers yoll whoIi) are. like thw shipn wi %hic Vill s;iled wIlwre twvo sras It0., an Yoti are brokiii Iy I he violetie of it! W;V'S. IY a 111wivise<i indorseiieni or by a colijillICIlO )f' unf11'0-orese vvent4, rI, by firi ur storm, 4or- a sienl less palnic, yoll lhtve bwenl1111 h livaw;, I'ng, alld \vweti yoll once( di-qpenst rrvat, charitit-4 now yon hitve Icar work io liak ie twomid; tilt-l. llave you forgot tenl t toiillk (bod ti your dhays ofl pro.;j)rit,y, ;and tit; throutgh yourt.rials somue )t'you [,,o Ituvlan illvest.niilt-i which wVill co(lt i aft.or t,he last, bank ot' this world h. ix 'ploded and til ilv llli goi' ; luolh-1n inl lire4 of ;a h)1r1111g w(rll Hlave yo aittili all N"ir losscs il Iliscoltlrage'lilit'-;' 1",)I. lgqt th;ut t he w, broad ()it yom-r ;li t.- m i lornin!Tg, ;wl t.hat I'.herl. :hiall lwva .414.1-l. f'r Vo'. hvat ii fron li lte- s tiii, ;ti I.herc is I fo r your1lugs, alld blooll f"r yol lloart, idiill. for11 y-mil. vv, ;uld gladt andt j."loliilli4 andl 111iljlp Ill!. 1-' ligion for yoir s nII' *y l'virh;pi ymur last, r-ibihi- wal a b r11,tyV 1'1111i'. i t , lit'; lI 'w i llh i l.jh L hol, Wst your rfuige,". Ihw lunt rv-t; lItri, al(a whlihli |is bl'i l ;t qqll- (t thle 41116li-k est, syillip;l'.hy 4-vi -I- st I Ie. ; sit il e IIy bt-volil'tl t'i i A a i aw. l0%w Solit- lli '4es, rVl('.14 j it4 il SlIi altioyalee allol \V0 h1 .11 th-11bwratl.io YMaI s;ly," " I lI w atl Icll lIW,1tar Ili ih(Oll.(hi t, Ila ils :oil yo I, " I :;, e l iot her., O r l1hw ilt I il r, w%,il \' i ic li| I'vt lder, h ll al, e : 'Is rl itS! il l I tig - -w il eit ill 1*F i l _\ it w i vs, c1.1 aill, over y0ill, suces wil hou s;ayirl nillot11, tl lht)l.h ||w tIll 4 jpl,q)i tib) ; I, over iy theill lh 4 Is l.Ri'll ;woo-i forever. ()I- t1hwre wvits voulr c4imp;wiiir) Ii lit' sLiati:I Ofit li4 ii Joys iti i s Ierow i; t -iik u JOVi' Ilii.1 :111!1 :81. It vi ig thv Ile;ti ;it 41(1 ilill, w ilen. .j Of w ilitis bllw 4\'r it wdo. \vild4 t illo ilio Il ;t l 11 ' 144, th n t: i l' t he df-.w drivligix anr)S lilt Im; t. \whicb 411 ihomittl1 4 lilth gar,. n t)! i ;.i t. 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W |ttlh5i.1t ,l ie, iv that h i llbl otlvela haside atr.i is tm' dvt thyeretwaillaselleili ehtrhonr Voem, aJo lel' Bobli Meilfisend w;,4 al Snohl tarny'" Leirs Juo' bhimgo r inantrcne, nams shknowu, flhont- recel wna, "thitlway priove f Ia. Js 19 )s . \ iiih i .e h s r:l ; I' UNCONDI'IONAL REPE OF THE SHERMAN LAW ADVISED PRESIDENT CLEVELAND. i Sal i l l ati lent.e a1 4 ri I 1,nt 1t4e)( .p1rq "?%eI Si ait I nao ey--Tha I .alu VAsui I Nio_N, 1). C., Aug. . followiig is the lessa.ge of 're4i Clevel-a1 sent, to Congress at nool e day: 1 Fo the Conigress of the UI - Sl at us: A "Thel ex istenec of ain alarmInini g anw tralordinlary bi nilless sittat,ionl, itn, in Lt.i welfatre atld prosperity of I . i r pi-ople, has coist,rained me t,o I ot'et her in extra session the peo representat.1ves in Congress to th t hat thrcoigh a wise anl patrioti e vrise of I.I'h legislat,ive dilty which tey solely are charged, prI h evils Illay bm 111itizatevd and dfar dI threatt.ei i1ni I tl iti tre may be ave 14"hir muitorfminate flimaicial plig iot. hli resilt. of tit-owar( event-4 cotiditions relatedt to otir natur. sourets, nr is it, t,racetIl to a1 . the alfect.jois which frelitently el I tint iral growth aul prosperity. pletimoIus crops, wit.hi abifindanitp i.mi of' renimieral.1Ie production r inani 1*actuIre, wit.h 11nns91al invit t to safte inivestment, and with sat,isf ry assm-an-o Ito( bii4itmc.:' ent.mirp siltilenly 11i11acal distrist, and Ive spring uipl (i1n every side. N vrous loneyed iinst.ittatiotis have pelliled tit-caltse abiltidantl, aset's riot illilliediaitely avalilbe to inee Iitaids of 1'righl oned depositors; viving corporat.ions ant individtial contiat. t keep in haili .ho motley it e wmually anxious t,o Ioi, and I r engaged inl legitimate bisinvss are prisuld ti, findI4 th:t, the svcarities t4ler Ior loais. 1.though heretofort isl'act.orY, are no lonigvr accepted; I 11% slip p po'ld t? le li xed are fast be ilf, l-M I.e-C rl .t i 1114 a,-4 Wil fat have invaled every bratich of Isi "I be-lieve (.beso thingti are princ Iv II rgIrq.abb'I to Cong ressioltIal ly ia t iiauichiag the ptiirhaseand coi )[t silver by Lhw geieral governn 'I'hik legislationl is emblodied in a llt, passed oil tho I It h day of .1ly which was the mulmination of i gi t at ioa on i tie sili ject, ilnvolved \%hich mu y be cosittered a truce 1 t 4ling st Ilrgglo between t.he i advol 40f tr#1 Sil Iver coinage. and those int ing h) lit more constirvative. doubtely-I 1.w miontaly purchas - tI'l- goverlimllt1 of 'I'o> U,0110 otinc siver, vidorved ider that, stA wt,rk! regarded by tihoso inftere4te I'i r prohiictii as a certinii Liar "I it- increatso in price. 'le( re h,avvr, lias Ieen etirely diffe rl[ inlimliklliatlvk f'ollowing a..;paslr mid sliti. iso l heprice of silver b lI' l , aloller t Ipsslage the \ct b h s siNUIreUt-dt.i IlIt(e lowest, I kil-ow n. Th is cdisap pointl li i Hk,I to rem-wi-d and persi., it1r it the direct.ion of* free s wiliW4e . .iemwhile not only art " l l t 's of t l operation of 1.he i t 1-1,a:w colstanItiy aticcumulaling I fil I ml, to whicb its extclt,ion I 1 v 1 b0 b-:adi , is te'n1011ing1 4 Palli 1. ) t 1 wl li h rivft the least. hiveli to 1 -I"lis I;tw provid(ts thkat inl oayi 0 I t ltur inillimis and fiv i him V i u -:a i , nces 1' silver h llion m h 1,114 -trl-tary to!' o ''reasury is IIIiula t purchase itonly 1I ill11 b14 iV' i e 'sultrauyt.isrede ih '' lise1ret iIx:l of3 I 111 Secret r -rera 115 r ofill' thIrasry, andglt it vs nte ru y teisu4 It,I 5 1 ()i ltL s e hvrotele.!I in14'l iin' A et illb Iih 'Verlshall ptahetty of thi l'ntal t to ml4 iiiu itih 'Itawi ts is onI t.a p1 l wit hI WI ht oft inar. uponIVul thet prst (1 rS i.t,tI(5r4)l..ch l raii as iny bespro Ihe allltios at t.heLt Stretary ofe Treasu'~ 4ry a)ii 14> rvth 'treexr i: lte tI d is etioiaP 11 I soi ain allyve tedin i* b,I'11 I uch51 n.in I te parity betr t .1bi o14' ilver nIy h e giVriitrbed 14 * l1111 ll a eII lnyIheScrta necei lytI5' r iut in taa' hir (llsc ita ttI'preilten a hla in pyh 51 illn tile,l o woolt' i I'lesto the ilsh in at ilisetii Ion Ill y tavotI gl. t. l'y ti o t eIt d ayli of ,4'(t ly, : IItlmmutgitf 'V-i1V7' 0,:1 ),whil e ll but 11e1ry 1 m alt < Vl)tatitou.is b(i on(1 m.uuslI alit o I- anilit.hots an is i th Treasury. Manyl oft r' Iatl' ttin g 11. ira i il utra ' tei ltbt i, liaity i'II rtwen t oa s htn 41)hetl Iid a.\lav,.'.t2 anctsi te rli,hda ofu, lt9:list hit nolt, (ell o 1.h it k ~~ind (Xis:e tit tuet. foresilvtr blVtionV amo I s-u a14 ht i more than rglity fou mti oflllars, iitg~tati tinilduri. ,h er"\4thi abolgtt fot,-in illin silve aoi li Itt in iton o suchlxt( oes. laicytl IIt teWsarl t>tedH o)0 a Wt.eetoter. (ol''1 has n o t.pare ol)a reser11 voflt, S C oI 1 long Sst. as, nor coh du governi rleption perforanher not,s oblihisl haimaoed ybn suhjoprve for the ford the pirsle thne st,ncd isacretn ver oug o occyaaaer pted AL our currency and the currency of the world through general international co operation and agreement, it is obvious BY that the United States will not be in a position to gain a hearing in favor of such an arrangement so long as we are willing to continue our attempt to ac to a complish the result single-handed. "The knowledge in business circles "ing amnong our own people that our gavern 4.ag inent cannot make its flat equivalent to intrinsic valie nor keep inferior money on a parity with superior money -The by its own independent effort has re suilted in such a lack of confidence at lent home in the stability of currency values I t that capital refuses its aid to new enter ied priser while millions are actually with drawn from the channels of trade and commerce to become ile and unprodtic tive in the hands of timid owners. 11 of Foreign investors are especially alert atl not only decline to purchase American securities bit make haste to pie's sacrifice those which they already have. "It does not meet the sittiation to say ex- that the apprehension in regard to the wit future of our finances is groundless, sent and that there is no reason for lack of gems confidence in the purposes or power of red the government in the premises. The lit is very existence of this apprehension and nor lack of confidence, however caused, is LI re- aI nenace which ought not for a mo -V of menit to lie disregarded. 'ossibly if the ick undertaking we have in hand were the roi- maintenance of a specific and known a"l tiantity of silver at a parity with gold our ability to do so might be estimated wtoi and gauged and perhaps, in view of our unparalleled growth and resotirees, rise, might be favorably passed upion. lit fear when our avowed endeavor is to main " tain such a parity in regard to an sus- amomnt of silver increasing at the rate vero of .5i-)0,000,MO yearly, with no lixed ter Stile mnination to such increase, it can hard stir- ly be said that a problem is presented are whose solution is free from doubt. they "The people of the United States are hose entitled to a soind and stable currency stir- and to money recognized as such on th'y every exchange and in every market sat- o' the world. Their government has Val- no right to injure them by financial ex Speriments opposed tothe policy and l Dractic ofothor cilvilized States, nor is it justilied in per,nitting an exag ival- goerated and unreasonable reliance on isla- otir national strength and ability to iat're jeopardize the somidness of the people's lent. money. "This matter rises above the plane of iel politics. Its vitality concerns every id lsinees and calling and enters every fter household in the land. There is one ,ates important aspect of the subject which 'ld especially should never be overlooked -. at times likes the present. When the s by evils of unsound finance threaten us L; Of the speculator may anticipate a har i vest gathered from the misfortune of I in others. the capitaist may protect aiLy h1inelf by hoarding or may even find profit in the fluctuation of values; but rt the wage earner-the first to be injured odic by a depreciated currency and the last 'gm to receive the benefit of its correction anid -is practically defensele?s. lie relies mint. for work upon the ventures of conli re. dol, ant contented capital. 'l'his fail teit ing liim, his condition is without al ilver leviation, for lie can neither prey on thle misfortunes of others nor hoard his res- 1ihor. One of the greatest statesmen but our country has known, speaking more 111t. Mhan fifty years ago, when a derange ,le ient of the currency had catised com mm'e mercial distress, said: 'The very man of 1 all others who has the deepest interest in nenit a soind currency, and who suffers most dred by mischievous legislation in money hichI matters, is the man who earns his daily bread by his daily toil.' Thi.ese words here are ats pertinent nowv as on the day they .were tittered and ought to impressively n 41 remind is that a failure ini the discharge i. or duty at this time mi':Z especially hat. ijtire those of our couritry, the men 1(Wwho labor andi who, because of their nui tmber andl( coindlition, are entitled to ate to) thle motst watchfuli care of their 'gal "It is of the tmuost i mportance that deil such relief as Conigress canm afford( ini rom;Is lie existIng situation be afforded at the once. The mlaxim, 'he gives twice who uing gmve's <ilickly,' is directly applicable. himii It may be trite that the embarrassment see from which the b)usinedss of the country Ian. is sitffering arises as much from evils y to apprehended as from those actually mill existing. WVe may hope, too, that cairn andi counisels will prevail, and that neither on- the capitalists nor the wage eariiers par- will give way to unreasoning panic and tahl. sacrifice their property or their inter -of (eati ndler the influence of exaggeraten so fears. Nevertheless, every (lay's delay len removing one of' the plain andJ prin thle cipal causes of the p)resent state of' ut thing enlarges the mischief already re. <done and increases the resposib)ility of' 'fi.- the government for Its existence. t.he WVhatever else the people have a right een to expe'ct irom' Congress they may ce thei tainly (demand that legislation con y of demtniedi by the ordeal of three years as lIy, a disastrous experience shall be re I in imioved from I-.he books as soon as their ritedi represeintativyes can legitimately dteal ioas with it. ame1t "It was iiy piirpose 1.0 sum mon Coni dol- gress in special session early in the gobil coiming September that we might enter 'i'he promiptly iuponi the work of tariff re yiiig torm., which the true interests of the t.he courntry clearly demnand,. which so large aigo a majority of the people as shown by the their sutffrages desire and expect, and [titi to t.he accomplishment or which every pay. effort of the present administration is ting pledfged. hnt, while tariff reform has f. ail- lost nothing of its immiedifate and per ence manienits Iiportanice. andl must in the iP(i nmeam'rtitiiure engage the att,ent,ion of Conigress, it hais seemiedi to rme t.hat the 'tioni Iinaincial condition of the couintry othi. shiould( at once, and before all other siub) adld jects, be cornsidere'd by your honorable ni, body. ctedl "I earnestly recoimmnend the pirompt golul repeal of the provisions of the ActI ro passed July 14, I1890, authorizing the cease purchase of silver bullion andl that na. othfer legislative action may put be gold yoind all doubt or mistake the inten Ii rg l.ion andi' the ab ility of' theO governmifent iiore to futilI it,.a peciiary obligations in ions iioniey tiiversally recontifzed by all [ily, eivilizeud countries. 18'.3:. |hned| "'iiO i C.:v. ..A Nin. -eas. "I xecuit,ive M ansioni, A tig. 7, 1 x93." Ireo A M ooniiil nt Mu.rtie. l:i -Nv ii i..<:, S. C., A ugitst 7.--John si . l*Ifenison, a whIte maui, came here. Fuirdrhay ani..l testifieed before t,he UnTiited .ilSt a tXCommision,er in a revenuie case. lies h~i~ s ben-i working with a dlepuity marta aaistblockaders. Hle start ust ed f or his home in t lie mountains, about ms-twenrty-live mtiles from here, and staid irce, veFridfay night witn a friend, amnd ub'resuimed his journey Saturday mnorr.ing. laJate~ that eveninrg lie wvas found in a Q. lonely side roatd, withIn a mile of lisa own house, (lead, with his neck broken, erni- his inmile and wagon standing a short. t(iistanice away. Ilie was evi dently iuit Isilletd for informing. 1.0 tO a.v ami iecemnt,er.. ri ty CiTv- om' Mico, Aug. 8.---One of' X- the most remarkable mautrimioniial lr-events on record in Mexico is reported te fromi Coatzacoalcos, where a sprig.htly oldt tintlemn, 99,years of' agec, whose ient. name is Sant,iago tnmibell, and who ,hails f rom the P ilpine Islands, married )OOii a good lookinig girl of 16, rIch and be - uise longing to one of the first, families In ney. Maimtitilan. ie took t,he precaution of ,8si- gett1ing himnself bapiltized half an hoar e in befre- the cer..o.. Homuo Folk In Washington. WASHINGTON, Aug. .-All the nembers of the South Carolina delega ,Ion except Senator Irby and Repre. ientative Talbert have arrived in Wash ngton, and the letter are expected to >e in the letter are expected to be In ,beir places when Congress meets to. norrow at noon. I met Senator Butler ,o-night and he pre<dicts that the session will be long and the contest over the inancial question stubborn. Ile advo -ates the repeal of the Sherman law ac soipanied by a provision for the repeal )t the State bank tax and the imposition )t an income tax. This is not in ac :ord with the Administiration, but the ienator appoars to be in a mood to ac :ept a reasonable comiromise. Repre ientative Brawley is the only member )i the delegation who is prepared to itand up for an unconditional repeal of ,he Sherman law and take the chances for other financial legislation later on. I'here are cenflicting prognostications is to what the outcome of tile coming iession will be, but they are purely ipeculative, as the best informed men in Lhe Senate and House frankly admit that Jhey are still in the dark on the subject. ipresentative Shell reached here to. lay and learned from Messrs McLaurin, l ,atimer an( Starit all the details ot last night's catucuis.-News and CourIer. Almont a Lynchinr. A niv im LE, S. C., Aug. 9--Columbia has just had enough lynching for South Carolina, but Abbeville came very near having one the other day. Mrs. Thomas Perry, a charming brunette, who has just, been married a few months, went out walking a good ways from the house down towards the watermelon patch. When she got there, to her sur prise-, a big black negro approached and made several proposals to her. She went to the house and the news spread like wild fire,a posse was organized and the search began. After a dilligent search of six or seven hours he was caught. As luck would have It most of the posse were old men living in Abbe ville's charming siibuirb, "Due West." It was therefore agreed as long as the would-be rapist had not accomplished his purpose, for each man to give him seventy-live lashes and give him twen tv-four hoirs to leave the State of South Carolina.-Augusta Chronicle. lIon,gi on I he Conntal,Ie. 1,AURENS, S. C., Aur 9.-There are tliigs more potent than ancient eggs. ,ast week a citizen arrived here and soon beigan to announce that lie wanted i drimk. Ostensibly lie was peddling a small mechanical contrivance but, lie was very soon suspected of being a Till man spy. Ie seemed painfully thirsty and expressed contempt fir a town where ia gentleman could not get a toddy. -one of the boys caie to his rescue. His thirst was quenched, but he retired to private life for several (lays. The story Is that the to:ldy contained crol.mn oil. rbIIao anIE organ i. Now is the time to )iiy summer plan 525 cash balance November 15th 1813. Will buy a Piano at spot cash price $10 cash, balance November 15th 1893. Will buy a organ at spot cash price. See the list to choose Irom. Steinway, Mason & llamnlin. Mathushek and Stir ling Pianos, Mason & lailin and Stirling Organs. Fifteen days test trial and freight. both ways if iA satis factory. A large lot of nearly new and second hand Pianos and Organs at bar gains. G~ood as new. WVrite f'or p)rices, N. WV. Trump, Columbia, S. C. * $50 Or a TIrip to1 the World's Fair.Fre. T. X.L. THlE.-EXCELSIOR INIMEN'I l'he great, pain alleviator, is strIctly p. and free from op1ates'of all kind-i, /g relieves pain in all its foirms. whif g properly applied. 14ull direc) with oach bot tle, for 25 Cents Sobi by duiggists everywhiiee. Six bottle-s by e xpress fomr II. I 'repared by TI. X . Company. (C. M. Dmenpsy, Manager,) 230o Main Str-eet, Coh aihia, 5- (. TiH E MURRAY D)RUJ COMP'ANY. WVholesale A gentsi, to0limbia. 5. U. Fumll particlar-s sent, by 'mail for 1w '(tamtps. WOOl) WORKING MACHIINERLY BRICK AND) TILE BA RREEL~ STAV E" GINNING GRAIN THRESHING" SAW MIlL, RICE lIUL~lING EN(s1NES AND) BOIILERS. State Agency for Talbott & Sons' Engines andl BoIlers, Saw and GrIst MIlls. Urower-'s BrIck Machinery.' D)ouble Screw Cotton P'resses. TIhomas' DIrect Acting Steam Presses, No Belts. Th'lomas' Seed Cott n Elevafors. I Hall and Lummnus' GIns. Enigleberg RIce Huillers. 11. B. Smith Co's Wood-WorkIng Macii eiry, PlIaners, Band Saws, Moulders, Mortisers, Te'noners-compis ig corn le,~tei eq lpmnent for Sash, Door,i, and1( Dl)o 'acheo's Plant,ation Saw Mllis, varla ble feed. ilelting, Fiutings and M achinerySuppliesi. WrIte me for p)rlces, V. C. UA 111A M, Mtallager, ______________COLUMi'MA, S. C. F'or the treatment, of InebrIety, Opium, ( Morlphine, Chloral) anid CocaIne liseases, Toa,laco~ lIIablt and Nerveus Exhaustion by fhie methods of LeslIe E. Keeley, M. I)., L. L. D., Surgeon Chicago and Alton Rail way and( formerly Surgeon U. S. Army. 3 For lIterature or further information please address THE KEELEY INSTITUTE, UJOLUMBIA- S. U. 1ADGETT PAYS THE FREIGHT I& hy Fay Fxtreme Pdces for Coods I end for i alalogue and See What You Can Save I 1RIE Plow. $i .1 ls, aill priv 9%$69 ">w; xx$37 -1 -lit 1 lilt roluove I ivi No freighit pntid oit him Or ' lenat (lh 'li t I III t, ii t I g I If S on, .\rt) t I t ill m int I r, re-lIva , 1 41 2 ito \t iir w 1-' $45. W ill <Il!IIV4el I to you Il10 1,11r $33. -- T I11. No.7 COOKIG, >STOVE Pw. h I 21 - ware. will -ed to y 111i only$12 ri-gtilar pr*e15. 43 s wV1'VN MA%CITNE -----ONLY $18.50 Ill ver 1 1 1 1.r p he v X111-11s nt 14 1 ll I hlenII 4m t hIis lIotig y-M. 0 - OGO PI A NO t4i~i tr I ll 11 1 4 1 I__ So-14 1401 1': r 4 i l r.1gans Pi - 6411b\f 4~ 4 i l i . \ . V' , l.~ l. I I Ilims, To: SOIs. I siIII 6 ets. I.ampll. , and AVI-'.4 .\ IN - '.Y. r bItrrn(I St reet L.F.PADGETT A , THE POLGIES ___ (W 11E __3 EQ.UlI'aDIC L116 Embody every good quality found in oth er standard compa nies and have many points of superiority all their own. HIVl[ YOU AN EQUITABLE pOLIGY ? You should have. If not, why not ? Write for particulars, W. J. RODDEY, Manager, FOR T HIW CA ROLINA S, ROCK HILL, S. C. I will he P'ledised to Fuirniisha Prices for IIarness, Carriages, unggies, &c., I larness Leather aund Saddlery, II ardtware, TIeamn and IHtggy Collars, Collar P'ads, Whips of all kinds, Lap Robes, Dusters and Fly Nets, A xle Oil, Axle Grease, Ilarness Oil, Ilarness Sealp, I Iarnests D)ressiing, Saddles, lI ridlIes, andt any arid everything kept in a lirst chrtas IIarness andl( Carriage Store. Givo me a trial and( I will save you money. J. S. DUNN, 13:'; M sint Street, Coluimbia, S. C. -- TO-- -' AA N1 E1 IMANUFACTURERS: Asi a maiittter ofC buinessII' inte.re4st to you ad~ ourseQlves w41 ask you to allowv us the irivilege of miakintg I'st,imaI'tes~ upon any nacintery you may wish to buy before )lacling youii ordlers elsewhere. Our facilities tn connecI'tionsL~I1 with man ifacturers are such thiat we can" qutIo On ~he samoe goodis as low p)rict's as are obtain ible in Ameriea. It le~ but a narrow mind that would pass by the hiome deOale'r to pay' an equal or greater price to) a foreign lealer or mnuifacturer. Only give us theo opportunity andi we will serve you to) advanltage, andit keep at hionme a small part of the money which Ia going ftway from our State to enrIch others. W. H. Gibbes Jr., & Co. COLUMBIA, 8. C. 9