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VOL. 42. YORKVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JTJ3STE IP, 1896. NO. 47.
THE FITTKS1
BY ?J. II. CC
^ Copyright, 1896, by the Author.
CHAPTER XTV.
It was Chester Sewall's first entrance
into a gambling saloon. As yet ho did
not even know which of the games was '
faro and which roulette.
The oolorod servant who had admitted 1
and guided him to the parlor went to a (
large, red faced man, sitting in a high \
chair behind one end of the faro table,
m and whispered a few words which 1
caused him to look over the heads of 1
the players at Mr. Sewall with a nod '
and smile of welcome.
The darky, returning to his place at ,
the door, reported in a low tone to the ~
visitor:
"He'll be wif you in a few moments,
sah."
To kill time the young man timidly
approached the table and looked on at
V the game. It seemed very simple.
When the "deal" was through, the
red faced man put a temporary substitute
in the high chair, and merely glancing
at Chester's note of introduction welcomed
him with effusive cordiality.
"Come this way, where we can chat
without interruption," said Mr. Cofferty,
who was the red faced man, lead
ing the way into a small poker room at
one side of the parlor suit
The polished gambler's exceeding af- 8
{ability quite won the young fellow, 8
who was at heart little more than a 0
sensitive boy and really suffering for .
lack of a few kind words from some one J
who would take even a pretended interest
in him. In a very little while, ^
with hardly an effort at inquisition and G
* certainly none that his subject was con- .
scions of, Mr. Cofferty had possessed 1
himself of all the salient points in the 8
young man's short but vicissitudinous .
career in the metropolis, excepting that ,
Chester's pride would not admit of his
humbling himself to the extent of tell- J
ing how really desperate was his extremity.
8
In return Mr. Cofferty talked a good 1
deal about local politics in a general V
way and was profuse in his promises to
do all in his power for his young friend,
not so much on account of the boss' introduction
as for his own sake. In a few
days, "when the commissioner got back
to town," he would "go to the front"
and, he flattered himself, not without
accomplishing something for Mr. Sewall
A party of poker players coming in to
take possession of the room, social converse
necessarily gave way to business
Mr. Cofferty and his visitor returned to
the parlor and stood near the roulette
table. The game seemed to Chester even
simpler than the other at which he had
been looking, and he said, with a little
nervous laugh:
"It almost tempts me to try my luck
or would if I did not feel that it would
be an ungracious thing for me to come
in as I have and win your money."
"Oh," responded the old gambler,
with a genial smile, "that is what they
all come here for. Have you ever
played?"
"Never."
"Well, I would as a friend, advise
you not to begin, only you might think
I was afraid of your having 'beginner's
luck,' which is said to always insure *
winning. I cannot say, though, that 1 ,
have found the saying hold good in every
instance." 8
4 4I believe I will try the experiment'' J
"As you please. If you do, I wish you g
luck. But I must ask you to excuse me now,
as I see my partner is making n
v signs for me to.return and take my ^
place. He wants to go out"
Mr. uotrerty went dock to nis nign ^
seat, and Chester, placing himself in t
front of the roulette wheel, threw upon ^
the table a $2 bill, all he had except a f,
little small change. It fell in the center
of one of the numbered squares and he ^
let it lie where chance had placed it. n
The dealer twirled the wheel and spun v
upon it the little ball, which went roll- ^
ing, jumping and clattering until finally n
it found lodgment in one of the small r
marginal compartments, and the dealer, ^
lifting up his voice, announced in a a
singsong tone, ' 'Seventeen; red,'' simul- 8
taneously pushing over a great heap of n
ivory "chips" to Chester, who could
hardly believe in his good fortune. h
A love of the excitement of gaming 0
was innate in Chester Sewall and now, 0
awakened into full activity, fairly took 0
possession of him. Hour after hour went p
by, and still he continued playing, dead a
to all else than the fasciuation of the ^
game. For a time he won almost con- n
stantly, until he had a series of stacks ^
of chips of various colors ranked up be- ^
fore him, enough, had he converted them ^
into cash, to have kept him many weeks
and made him independent of the boss. ^
But by this time he was playing for a v
fortuna 0
Mr. Cofferty came over once, looked
^ at him withont attractinc his notice and _
walked away, smiling. p
After awhile his luck seemed to have n
"run itself out," as gamblers say, and a 6
season of intermitted ill fortune set in. f,
All his winnings were speedily swept n
away, until at length all, even the orig- p
inal $2 note, had gone "into the box," ^
and he had left barely enough small v
coins to get him a breakfast When ho (
Hour after hour went by. ?
went out to the street he thought he t
had been gaming but a little time?for g
the sun was still up?and wondered that a
he felt so weary and feverish. But soon j
he noticed how the shadows fell and \
jpalized that the sun nowjhinintWflfl c
r SURVIVES.
NNELLY.
hat of another day. He had stack to
ihe roulette table all night
Hungry and tired, he went to a cheap
restaurant for his breakfast and while 1
t was being prepared glanced over a
norning paper. Like every one who has
wer dabbled, even a little, in Wall
?treet speculation, he turned to the
financial" column. The "bulls," he
read, were rallying from their long period
of depression and the market was j
urain active. The verv stock in which
le had lost everything was leading the
ran in the npward movement Could he
lave held on to the amount of it he conrolled
at one time, he would be already :
i comparatively rich man, and in a good
vay for soon becoming one really. A
lavage longing to be revenged upon fate 1
jy retrieval of his losses in the very '
itock that had caused them seized him. 1
1 he could only have a few dollars with
vhich to operate now?half even of the
)ile of winnings he possessed at one
;ime last night?he could clutch fortune
>y the throat and master her. But they
vere gone, and where else could he now 1
jet a few dollars? Even the last little
louvenirs of his mother that the pawn- 1
>roker would take were gone. And the '
nore he thought of it the more he felt
l conviction that fortune was sure to '
mile upon him if he had only a little <
apital with which to woo her.
At last, from the heart of his intense I
lesire, the lurid light of an evil suggesion
flashed out upon him, one that, 1
vhen he at first repelled it, returned to J
issail him with redoubled intensity. <
His friend, John Latham, treasured 1
n a leathern case in his room a huge 3
liver flagon, a racing trophy won by his
ather half a century ago, the one heir- 1
oom of his family and cherished by
lim almost as the apple of his eye. It
vas a thing of no practical utility,
>ut nevertheless of considerable value,
ind its associations made him very
>roud of it If, Chester thought he
jould only borrow that flagon and pawn
t for a few hours, just to get a stake
' * 1 1J
or me rouieiie tame, ue wuuiu uc uuio
o redeem it, restore it to its place with>ut
John being any the wiser and with
he surplus of his winnings could make
mother dash into Wall street and con[uer
fortune. Nothing could be sim)ler,
few things more certain.
He did not at once give way to the
emptation. Not until afternoon had he
tilly made up his mind to yield to it
But having done so he was impatient
o act
That was the purpose he had in view
rhen he entered John's room after Ad- i
lie Hall's departure, and it was to <
wait Lottie's leaving him there alone 2
nthin reach of John's silver flagon that i
te seated himself at the window. 1
CHAPTER XV. 1
The pawnbroker looked askance at ]
he big chunk of silver, scanned sus- i
ticiously the inscription it bore, and 1
iter a good deal of deliberation said he i
rould advance $25 on it He admitted i
hat it was intrinsically worth ten
imes that sum and perhaps more, but 1
hat was all he proposed to risk on the c
hances of its bjing reclaimed by the t
olice. 1
Chester burned with indignation, bat t
lid not dare to resent the fellow's in- ?
alts, for it was quite true that he had 1
10 right to dispose of the property and
-ne wanted the money. With the J
mall sum thus obtained at such a sac- t
ifice of honor and self respect, he al- e
lost ran to Mr. Cofferty's gaming ta- i
le. Within an hour he saw he dealer's t
rag, snaky fingers close upon the ivory s
isk representing the last dollar of the t
wenty-flve and with easy, graceful in- i
ifference slide it upon a pile of its t
ellows at his side. \
The young man walked slowly out, t
own the stairs and away, feeling stoned
and moving in a dozed, uncertain t
ray, like one walking in a dream. The t
low seemed to have induced a sort of c
lental torpidity, in which somehow he t
ecognized that he was an ungrateful, t
estitute, hopelessly dishonored thief, i
nd yet even that thought could not I
ting him into wakefulness and mad- t
ess. It slipped away from him. c
An electric light a long way before t
im fascinated his sieht and he walked 1
n and on toward it mechanically, withut
purpose, thinking of nothing. Out
f a saloon door, suddenly opened as he
assed, came a burst of coarse music,
nd the strain he caught of it clung in
is dull brain, repeating itself monotoously,
making him unconsciously time
is steps to it. It was finally dispelled
y the vehement profanity of a cab
river in front of whoso horse he deiberately
walked at a crossing. He heard
he man's lurid remarks, but went on
without answering, changing his gait
r looking back like an automaton.
After a time he noticed a bench and
at down upon it, as if his muscles had
emembered that they were weary.' A
a an in a gray uniform camo out of the
hadow of a clump of evergreens a few
ect away from him and stood in the
aiddle of the road, regarding him susiciously.
Partially recalled to himself,
e looked about him, recognized that he
ras in the be veil th avenue entrance of
Antral park, and, rising, went out to
he street again. Slowly ho walked
restwardly.
A fine, penetrating, cold rain was
ailing, and gradually a sense of phys
cal discomfort iorcea ltseu upon nis 1
onsciousucss, at tljo same time waking 1
, keen mental agony. Since his neces- 1
arily frugal breakfast he had eaten ?
lothing, and now, in addition to being ^
aturatcd by the rain, chilled to the r
one and very weary, he was horribly ?
itmgry. Worso than all?ho was an 1
utcast thief. i
Where he was he had no idea further t
han that he must be somewhere far up i
own on tho west side, in a residenco 1
ection of the city, very lonely and quiet
,t this hour, particularly on such a c
light as this. If he could find a place c
rhere he might get some food and a cup ?
f hot coffee, he would jiot care where ?
he was. "Careful search through "his ?
pockets brought to light but one solitary i
nickeL It would be useless to find a ?
place for refreshment without having
more money than that. He sat down i
upon a rock near a street corner, with a ?
growing, sullen indifference to everything.
m
The rise of the hill cut off from where
he sat a view of the Sixth avenue elevated
railroad to the eastward, but he could
hear the trains moving on it to I
and fro. After he had rested a little he I
would go over to it, find a station, use J
his last nickel to get down town and
ask somebody for means to get some
food. Beg I Yes, he had come to that -I
Why not? He was a thief. Could he
sink lower? No. He might as well he a
beggar?or dia Die I Well, yee; that,
too, might be good?but?later. \
The figure of a man appeared, coming
down the little hill toward him, i
from the direction of the railroad. He
would have a chance to try begging
without waiting to get down town. He
stood up, waited until the man came
close, and then said in a trembling,
choking voice:
"Excuse me, sir. Will you spare me c
the price of a meal? I really need it or t
I would not ask for it" a
The sidewalk was narrow, owing to d
(he piles of broken rock heaped up on r
Bach side from a great excavation just D
within the pavement line, so that the t
two men faced each other, with only a C
couple of yards of space between them h
But the man addressed, after hearing ii
him through, took a step nearer and exclaimed
: 6
"You have a genius for surprises, Mr. 1
SewalL" t
His fur cap and muffler had con- c
sealed his identity until he spoke, but a
his voice and the jeering affectation of ii
sonrtesy in his tone made Chester recog- Ii
aize him at once. It was Mr. Will- v
marth
The horrified young man stood silent, a
motionless as a statue. C
Dealt the scoffing banker a blow. ?
"So this,u the banker went on mock- j
ingly as if enjoying the situation, "is g
lie profession upon the profits of which D
rou contemplated matrimony I I had no g
dea that the solicitation of eleemosy- t|
lary pennies was so good a resource e
Fou must have become very proficient n
? make it support so well the social t]
phase of your career. Evidently there g
3 much to be said for mendicancy as a
msinesa. Do von tbinlr mv daughter
would, be an apt pnpil in it under your ^
ns traction?" l
"Mr. Willmarth," replied Oheeter, a
jrea thing very hard and speaking with >j
lifflculty through jaws that were trying tj
o clench themselves together, "I have ^
>een terribly unfortunate, but you have g
lot the right to insult me, and even if .
rou have, you had better refrain from e
t" c
"Insult youl My dear sir, how can e
rou so mistake the expression of my ad- tl
uiration for your genius? You do not
ippreciate how you have awakened my ^
ntereat in your profession. The next n
ime you honor my house with a visit I k
hall want you to show Irma your ar- b
istic style of work. Your 'price of h
neaT act is charmingly realistic, and tl
vith proper accessories, such as a cold fi
actual basket, would, I should imagine, tl
>e quite irresistible " q
It seemed to Chester Sewall as if t<
hat mocking scorn was an insolent ex- b
iltation oyer his accomplished ruin and b
lespair, as if the man before him was v\
he personification of all the cruel an- tl
agon ism with which the world had
net him, as if Richard Willmarth was ft
jersonally responsible for all the ill h
hat had befallen him. In a sudden ac- ft
:ess of blind rare he dealt the scoffing ai
>anker a blow so violent that it felled &
rim as if he had been struck by light- n
ting. The next instant the young man tr
lalf regretted the act, but only half, for d
vith what there was of regret blended
i sullen self justification. tl
"Why didn't he keep a civil tongue tl
n his head?" he said to himself. "I U
rave him fair warning." ai
The man laid where he had fallen, n
rery still, and silence as of the grave p
vas all about Even the wind had ef
eased. An indefinable dread of some- tl
hing sent a tremor through Chester's ]y
lerves. He stood waiting, he knew not a
or what, and held his breath. A por- jr
ion of the clay bank of the excavation gj
>ehind him, softened by the rain, gave jt
vay beneath the weight of rock piled C(
>n it and fell with a loud splash into w
ho stagnant pool below. The mist thick:ned
into a fog so dense that the street
amp three yards away looked like a lit- ^
le phosphorescent patch upon the vast tj
vhito, ghostly obscurity of the night g
Still the man laid motionless. Ches- ^
er's dread took definite shape. Quickly ^
itooping over the prostrate form, ho put ^
i hand beneath its shoulders and raised a|
t to a sitting posture. It yielded limp- c|
y, and, the head falling back as he held
t up, he heard the sound of something w
'ailing in a slender stream from the
lair to a dark puddle on the ground.
Jimultaneously he felt that the hand ^
vith which he supported the shoulders
ivas covered with some fluid warm and .
ilippery. Suddenly conscious of what it ^
vas, he uttered an exclamation of hor or,
let the body fall back, and, tearing 11
>pen its coats and vest, placed his hand ai
nsido them over the heart It was still
lichard Willmarth was dead.
In tho very act of making this hideous
liscovery his hand came in involuntary
sontact with a wallet in an inside pock- a!
it of his victim's vest Acting upon a'
i momentary desperate impulse, he
matched "It out, thrust' it Into one o
lis own pockets and, rising erect, fle<
rwiftly.
He fancied that something he coul<
lot see nor hear ran noiselessly at hi
boulder with him, '/
piscellaneous Reading.
mm of me ml
? 4?
low South Carolina's Deb
Was Refunded.
.*>
VHO RECEIVED THE J- COMMISSIONS
r?
lie Baltimore Correspondent of th<
New York Times Compiles an
Ugly Story Prom the
Court Records,
few York Times, June 4.
Baltimore, June 3.?Senator Till
nan, of South Carolina, has been ver
ree with his criticism# of the uatioua
.dministration for its manner of con
lucting bond operations, and in thi
ecklessnessofhis rhetorical frenzy ha
iot hesitated to impute improper mo
ives to the president and Secretary
'arlisle. In view of these facts a litth
listory of one of his own bond deal:
3 instructive and interesting.
About $5,250,000 of South Carolim
per cent, bonds fell due July 1,1893
Tillman was governor of the Stab
hen. John Gary Evans, the senator'!
losest political and personal friend
nd said to be slated as bis colleagu*
a the senate, was the administrator
sader in the legislature, and Dr. Batet
ras State treasurer.
The legislature, at its session in 1891
dopted a refunding bill, suggested bj
Governor Tillman. This provided foi
n issue of $6,000,000 4 per cent, bondi
o fund the outstanding 6 per cents,
nd Treasurer Bates and the sovernoi
rere appointed commissioners to man
ge the matter in behalf of the State
The acts of Messrs.; Tillman, Bates
nd Evans are outlined in theevidenc<
a a suit developed in this city for th?
ivision of the commissions involved it
be transaction, the brokers and th<
yndicate which took the bonds having
uarreled. The action was bronghl
ere because the funds involved wen
eld by a Baltimore trust company.
The evidence shows that one of the
rst steps taken by the commissioners
ras to give a monopoly of the entin
ransaction to a Mr. Bbind, a broker o:
LUgusta, Ga., whose name does not
ven appear in the commercial reports
fr. Rhind testified that early in 189'
e was approached by Mr. Evans
ow governor, and asked to place the
outh Carolina 4 per cents. He ob
Etined the exclusive option on the
ntire transaction from Governor Till
ian late in May, the contract being
bat he was to receive a commission o
per cent, on the $6,000,000?a mat
3T of $800,000.
Mr. Rhind failed to make the trade
owever, and in October surrenderee
is option. Then Governor Tillmai
nd Treasurer Bates took a turn at it
'hey visited New York and roamec
arough Wall street. On returning
ome, they declared that a 4 per cent
outh Carolina bond would not sel
ven at 95, attributing the State's pooi
redit to the course of Charleston bank
rs and other political opponents o:
tie State administration.
Mr. Rbind again was called in te
ike the job in November, 1892. H<
lanaged to interest a New York bro
er in it, after having exhausted all
is own efforts and influence. Anc
ere the curious fact may be noted
aat Mr. Rhind testified that he at
rst did not approach this broker or
le subject, although making head
uarters in his office, regarding him a;
io small an operator to undertake sc
ig a trade. Yet this broker is rated
igh in the reports, while Mr. Rhind
'ho controlled the option, and wai
ying to use it, is not rated at all.
With the assistance of the New
rork man, a syndicate was formed
eaded by the late F. O. French, of th<
[anhattan Trust company, whict
greed to take $5,250,000, of 4J pel
snt. South Carolina bonds on a nomi
al basis of par fiat. This arrange
tent fell through when Mr. Frenct
ied.
The New York broker then enlistee
ie aid of a Richmond broker, anc
ie two again went to work, the legis
iture having met in the meantime
nd started its machinery to pass s
ew refunding bill, which, it now ap
ears, by the evidence of people interred,
was suggested by the brokers,
trough Rhind, to Tillman and Evans
[r. Evans was not only the adlinistration
representative and leadei
1 the legislature, but he was at the
ime time the attorney of Rhind, havig
been engaged in that capacity, actrding
to his own sworn statement,
hen Rhind was appointed fiscal agent.
It is, therefore, established by unoubted
and unchallenged testimony
iat Governor Tillman not only let out
ie job of selling the bonds of his own
tate exclusively to one man months
efore the time of sale, but permitted
rokers in Wall street and elsewhere
> dictate legislation to his legislature
ad allowed a paid attorney of the puraasing
parties to construct and steer
irough the legislature the act under
bich the bonds were to be issued.
The act provided for $5,250,000 4J
er cent, bonds, to run 20 and 40 years,
hese bonds were to be dated and isled
July 1, 1893, but they were to bein
to bear interest from January 1,
393. In other words, a bonus of six
ionths' interest, or 2$ per cent.,
mounting to $118,000, was offered to
boeVer would take the bonds and pay
ollar for dollar for them.
The syndicate organized by the
ew York and Richmond brokers
greed to take the bonds at par and to
2cept three-fourths of 1 per cent, of
le bonus, amounting to $39,000, ma
r king the net cost of the bonds to its
members about 99J. The remain,
ing 1J per cent., or $78,000, ostensibly
went to Mr. Rbind, the man who
8 had been chosen by Mr. Evans, the
administration leader in the legislature
; the man who had employed Mr.
- Evans and Major W. T. Gary, Mr.
Evans's uncle, as his attorneys, and
who had the option on the entire bond
1 issue before it had been provided for
by the legislature.
It does not appear that Mr. Rhind
V A. 1 _ x XL - 5
cook any active part id toe organization
of the syndicate. It is in evidence
t that he borrowed $500 from the New
York broker, with which to meet his
traveling expenses. There is nothing
in the testimony to show what services
p Major Gary, who is a citizen of
Georgia, performed, but the sworn
s statements show that he was paid $1,000.
Governor Evans, who was supposed
by people in South Carolina to
be acting in the interest of the State,
testifies that he came North in Mr.
Rbind's behalf, and after the squabble
- over the division of the commission
/ arose, urged on the members of the
1 syndicate the propriety and justice of
- allowing Mr. Khind to receive his
e share, then tied up in the Baltimore
3 Trust company by litigation. The ex
pense account of the syndicate shows
j that Governor Evans was paid $100
3 attorney's fee and that Treasurer
i Bates was paid by the syndicate $2,330.88
for "services."
i Mr. Rhind testified that he had not
. yet, so far as his part of it was con3
cerned, paid Governor Evans's fee or
s learned what it would be. It appears
, on the record that at least two of the
3 three State officials actively engaged
i in the negotiation of the bonds were
31 employed and paid by the purchasers.
! The impression given to the persons
, most actively engaged in tne synair
cate at the time is clearly set forth in
r the testimony. Certain members of the
i syndicate expresse4 curiosity and in,
terest natural, perhaps, in the circumr
stances. They inquired why it was that
- of $118,000 bonus offered by the State
. to purchasers of the bonds, only $39,i
300 was available for the actual purchai
sers who were to furnish the money,
) while $78,700 was to go to Mr. Rhind,
i who was furnishing no money and api
parently taking no active interest in
; the dicker. The Richmond broker told
i them he understood?presumably from
) Mr. Rhind?that the bulk of that sum
was to ((be divided among parties in
) South Carolina who bad political ini
fluence." The New York broker,
s who was in close association with Mr.
f Rhind, and whose opportunities for
t knowledge were best of all, replied
. that they "would better not invest!
2 gate that; that it was to go to people
, who would better not be known."
) It reads that way in the testimony as
taken.
t When Mr. Bhind was on the stand,
he was not pressed regarding his use
I of his part of the bonus, and offered
f no explanation.
It is not in evidence in this case, but
it is a fact capaple of easy and direct
, proof, that Mr. Bhind, while holding
I the option on the bond issue and eni
deavoring to induce the formation of a
. syndicate to take it, stated that he
I would not get more than enough from
I it to pay for his time and expenses. It
. is also true that members of the syndiI
cate who were willing to deal directly
r with the State and take the bonds for
a commission of $ of 1 per cent, were
f officially informed that no propositions
could be considered unless they were
> sent through Mr. Bhind?that not
i even an offer to par net without any
. commission, would be considered, alI
though at that very time Mr. Bhind
I was demanding a 2} per cent, commisI
sion.
L When the time came for division of
i the bonus of $78,000, the New York
man took $20,000 and the Bicbmond
s man $5,000, for special services and
> expenses. Mr. Bhind got $48,500, and
I Major Gary $1,000. A peculiar and
, perhaps significant circumstance is
s that Mr. Bhind took his $48,500 not
J f. -I D?U:? T.nnt
IQ uue UI'tML UU tut) uaiuuiuic iiuou
r company, but in three separate drafts,
, all payable the same day?one for
> $25,000, one for $9,000 and one for
i. $14,500.
r To sum up, according to the sworn
. evidence on record :
Mr. Rhind, who has no special promi
inence or standing in business circles,
and who was not a citizen or resident
I of South Carolina, was approached by
I the present Governor Evans, then the
recognized administration leader in the
> legislature.
k He was given by Governor Tillman
. and Treasurer Bates an exclusive op.
tion to place $6,000,000 4 per cents, at
, a commission of 5 per cent. 14 months
, before the time for the bonds to be
. issued.
He failed to effect this, and Governor
Tillman declared that, after a personal
. visit to New York, he became convinced
that a 4 per cent, bond could
f not be placed. The governor again
gave an exclusive option to Rhind to
place a 4J per cent. loan. The syndicate
formed to take this fell to pieces. 1
, For the third time Mr. Rhind was given
the exclusive option,
i The men who composed the syndi- 1
cate got $39,000, or J of 1 per cent, i
i The men who organized the syndicate i
got from Rhind $25,000, or less than }
of 1 per cent. Mr. Rhind realized $49,000,
or nearly 1 per cent., on the option
given him long in advance of the 1
time for placing the loan. So far as j
that part of it is concerned, it appears <
to have Deen a iree gin, irom toe state of
South Carolina to a chosen citizen
of Georgia, who employed the present
Governor Evans and his uncle as his
attorneys.
The $2,000 and odd paid Treasurer
Bates by the syndicate is said here to
have been for services in removing the <
money sent by the syndicate from i
Charleston to Columbia.
Governor Tillman demanded that i
the syndicate pay for its bonds in cur- <
' rency in Columbia. That was in June, <
1893, just about the time of the panic, !
and it was represented to him that the
currency could not be obtained except
in silver, which would load six freight
cars. He replied with the declaration
that the six cars shonld be delivered to
him at the State line, and that he
would order out the troops to escort it
to Columbia.
I "By 1" he exclaimed to the
banker Who was negotiating with him,
"you can't scare me by threatening to
pay in silver." But he was finally
pacified and induced to accept exchange
on Charleston.
It is possible tbat the continued employment
of Mr. Rhind and the renewals
of the exclusive option to him
were the results of the confidence be
inspired in his ability, and that his
$49,000 commission is his exclusively,
not to be shared with anybody. It is
also possible that the duties of Mr.
Evans, now governor, as attorney for
Mr. Rhind did not interfere with or
affect his actions and course in the legislature,
and that he could and did separate
his private interests and his public
duties entirely. It is further possible
that State Treasurer Bates earned
the $2,000 paid him by the syndicate
fairly and fully. In tho language of
Marc Antony, they are "all honorable
men."
It is not possible, however, for Tillman
and his followers, in view of this
transaction, with any consistency to
continue to accuse the president and
Secretary Carlisle of mismanagement,
waste, favoritism, or worse, or to denqunce
with horror the idea of attorneys
or members of trusts, corporations,
and syndicates sitting in congress.
A GREAT MILKMAN.
Berlin has a great milkman of whom
an interesting account is given in the
Chautauquan. Fourteen years ago
Herr Bolle, a poor German peasant,
came to Berlin with two cows and
began selling pure milk. He met with
success at once, and today his establishment
is the largest in Berlin and
one of the largest in the world. His
carts are greeted familiarly by the
people, "Here comes Bolle." One
thousand men and sixty women are
employed by him. In the place of
two wagons there are now two hundred;
and one hundred and fifty horses.
The milk of fifteen hundred cows is
used, from sixty to seventy thousand
liters being delivered daily. In his
buildings and grounds the most immaculate
cleanliness prevails. In one
department the milk is sterilzed, in
another the pure sugar is extracted,
to be used for babies' food. So great
is the care, that a baby who begins
with either morning, noon, or evening
milk, receives the same always?every
one of the innumerable customers receiving
individual care.
The milk is poured into compartments
of the spotless carts, which are
then locked, and the milk drawn off
through faucets, to prevent the possibility
of adulteration by any dishonest
carrier.
The scrupulous care extends even
to the homes of the employes, for
whom nurses are provided in illness
while schools, halls, fresh-air funds
and so on, are organized and sustained
by the wise fore-thought and benevolan/ia
nf Won- Unllo Th? vflrv nlntliM
worn by the employes are washed in a
model laundry on the grounds.
Herr Bolle is now more than eighty
years old, a very short, white haired
man. His whole success has been
owing to the same honest and clearheadedness
which led him, a poor
peasant, to take his cows to the great
capital of Germany and sell "pure
milk" in defiance of established custom.
SHELLING A PORT.
Bombardments are very terrifying;
but small arms do the killing, says The
Southern Magazine.
During the bombardment of Fredericksburg
only one citizen of the town
was killed. Vicksburg was often
under bombardment during two years,
and prior to the siege only two persons
were killed. Shells were thrown
into Charleston during the whole period
of the war, but only a few persons
were fatally hurt.
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barded Fort Fisher all Christmas Eve
and all day on Christmas Day, 1864,
throwing into the place 10,000 projectiles
and killing three Confederates.
Marshal Bazaine's statement that
50,000 of bis soldiers were struck by
the missiles of the enemy during the
siege of Metz is incredible.
If Sarah Bernhardt was so much
impressed by the recent shelling of
Rio Janeiro, what would she have felt
could she have witnessed the bombardment
of Fort Morgan by Farragut.
For 12 days and nigets the firing
was kept up. At times 800 great guns
were incessantly firing, except when
they ceased action to rest the men and
cool the pieces.
Yet the loss of life was small, and at
Fort Powell, which place he bombarded
for 12 days only one man was
killed.
But in all the history of the war the
defence of Fort Sumter will ever
9tand the most memorable. For four
years that Confederate fortress was
under almost incessant bombardment
by the heaviest artillery in the world.
The Rev. Johnston, now rector of a
church in Charleston, was major of engineers
in the fort. He tells us that
during the last two years of the war
over 46,000 cannon shot and shells
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THE LAWYER AND THE BIBLE.
"I was trying a case at Geneva once
before Judge Wilson," said Lawyer
Pat McHugb, to the Chicago Inter
Ocean. "The lawyer on the other
3ide, who was a great talker, strongly
warned the jury of the danger of receiving
hearsay evidence, which he
described as often misleading and unreliable,
saying that no matter how
honest witnesses were or intended to
be there was always a chance of their
having misunderstood a man's meaning
and language. For example he
quoted, or pretended to quote, copiously
from the Scriptures, giving the
four evangelists' accounts of the crucifixion,
which he described in detail.
At length the judge said:
"Will you be kind enough to giv6
the references?"
"I am quoting from the Holy Bible,"
said the lawyer.
"Yes, yes," said the judge "that's
all right; but we want yonr references;
page, chapter and verse if you please."
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lawyer turned upon the judge and
myself what was intended to be a look
of withering pity and contempt and
said:
"May it please the court, I am addressing
the jury. If I were addressing
the court or counsel I might feel .
it necessary to give reference for what
I quote; but I am addressing religious
and God-fearing men, who read their
Bibles with care and devotion, and
who know exactly where to find the
quotations I give without having to
be helped out by the chapter and
verse as if they were unenlightened
infidels."
The judge and myself hong our
heads under this scathing rebuke, and
the jury were so tickled with this flattery
of their * Scriptural lore that the
lawyer won the case.?Ex.
Sixteen to One.?What does 16
to one mean? We heard of a very
intelligent gentleman recently who
said he was in favor of it bat did not
know what it meant. He said it was
enough to know that it was Democratic.
But it - is not enough. Every
man who is in favor of the free coinage
of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1
ought to know what it means. Under
the coinage law of 1792, 871} grains
of pure silver were put in a dollar
and 23 1-5 grains of pure gold were
put in a dollar and 16 gold dollars
were to weigh as much as one silver
dollar. Divide 371} by 23 1-5 and
you will find that the quotient is aK
most exactly 16. That is what 16 to
1 means?simply that there are 16
times as many grains of silver used in
coining a silver dollar as are used
of gold in coining a gold dollar. The
goldbugs claim that many of those who
were in favor of free silver at 16 to 1
do not know what it means. This is
the explanation. - And under that law
any man who had 871} grains of
pure silver or 281-5 grains of pure gold
could take it to the mint and have it
coined into a dollar. The law stood
for about 80 years and under it the
countrv nrosDered and crew great and
rich, and increased from 18 little
straggling States to 86 great and
prosperous, ones.?Anderson Advocate.
Singu lab Bequests.?From the
will of General Blackett, governor of
Plymouth, proved in 1781: "I desire
my body to be kept so long as it may
not be offensive, and that one of my
fingers or toes may be cut off, to secure
a certainty of my being dead. I fur- v
ther request my dear wife that, as she
has been troubled with one old fool, she
will not think of marrying a second."
From the will of the Rev. Dr. Appleby,
of St. Bride's, proved in 1798 :
"I leave my body to be dressed in a
flannel waistcoat, an old surtout coat,
and breeches without lining and pockets
; no shoes (having done walking)
and a worsted wig, if one can be got,
in order that I may rest comfortably."
Here is also evidence that wives in
1795 were no better than those of the
present day. It is an extract from the
will of a mariner of Bristol: "My executors
to pay, out of the first moneys
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one shilling, which I gave as a token
of my love, that she may buy hazel
nuts, as I know she is better pleased
with cracking them than she is with
mending the holes in her stockings."
An Insult to the Hog.?Some
witty paragraphist seeks to insult the
Porcine family by this comparison:
"Men are just like hogs, however
distasteful this may sound to the hogs.
When a hog gets an ear of corn, every
other bog will trot along behind him,
squeal and whine and toady for a bite,
but just let the front hog get fast in a
crack and every son of a sow will
jump on him and tear him to pieces.
Just so with men. As long as a man
is prosperous and has money he can't
keep bis friends off with a baseball
bat. The minute he is unfortunate
and his wealth is gone he is not only
snubbed by his former alleged friends,
but they at once begin to do him all
the barm possible. When a man
starts up grade the world falls behind
and pushes. When he starts down
grade the world steps to one side and
greases the track."
Puzzled the Teacheb.?Country
school masters have peculiar experiences
sometimes. A rural pedagogue
relates that one day be received from
a small boy a slip of paper which was
supposed to contain an excuse for the
non-attendance of the small boy's big
brother. He examined the paper, and
saw tnereon toe wora: "uepaiomiogotaturing."
Utterly unable to make
out the puzzle, he appealed to the
small boy, who explained that it meant
that his brother had been ''kept at
home to go taturing"?that is, to dig
potatoes.
Ifir Some idea of the terrors of a
bursting volcano may be gained from
the account of the last eruption in Hawaii.
The crater of the volcano was
filled from 600 to 1000 feet deep with
molten lava, which finally forced its
way through a subterranean passage.
It was 40 miles from there to the sea,
yet this avalanche of molten rocks
reached the water in less than two
days, destroying everything in its track.
It continued flowing for three weeks,
heating the sea water 20 miles out
from shore.