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CRIME IS RAMPANT Dr. Talmage Says a Monsoon of Swindle Is Abroad. A SERMON ON DISHONESTY. On Every Side Are Men Wno Have Abused the Trust R.posod in Them. Banks Bankrupted and Funds StoiEn. This. like many of courses, ree-'nw' ;m" ria; dnaf this world aV wil pe heavenly world. Te: . 1. "Whose trumt skal K a si1er s The two mtot kiti I arcitcts i: a! the world are thl bee atd the apiaer. The one puts up a sugar manufacetory and the other builds a laught lr house for flies. On a bight sumn. r mornin, when the sun cona out and ne upon the spider's web. bedec with dew, the gosamer tritn : bright enough for a suo ipi" e for aerial beings to er(-.-'n. 'l t lpabt for the poor tiy wich j th of tbat very day hu * caught and dui-- t' . The fly was anor te bridge and wold t - al the other eud .f th4 'a:d was its own li. T i\ thre comes down a U . "ind away go the web and t'he :nraUmag spiCer and the vietiuin' fly. 6o deleate are the silken threads of the r web that many thjuands f tAe ale put to gether before they bece nvi ible to the human eye, and it takes 4.000 1."JU of them to make a thread as large as the human hair. M1ost cruel asw;ell as most ingenious is the spider. A pri soner in the Bastille, France. had one so trined that at the sound of the violin it every day came for its meal of fies. The author of my text, who was a lead ing scientist of his day. had no dcubt watched the voracious process of this one insect with another and -aw spicer and fly swep down with the same broom or scattered by the same wind. Alas that the world has so many designing spiders and victimized flies! There has not been a time when the utter and black irresponsibilit y of many men hay ing the tinancial interests of others in charge has been r.::re o0Vient than in these last few years. The tanruptcy of banks and dsappeaan of adnimis trators with the funds of large estates and the disordered accounts of United States officials have sometimes made a pestilence of crime that solemnuizesj every thoughtful man and woman and leads every philanthropist and Christian to ask, What shan be done to stay the plague? There is ever and anon a monsoon of swindle abroad, a typhoon, a sirocco. I sometimes ask myself if it would not be better for men making wills to bequeath the property directly to the executors and offi( er of the court and appoint the widows and orphans a --ommittee to see that the former got all that did not belong to them. Thle simple fact is that there are a large number of men sailing yachts and driving fast horses annanmem bers of expensive clubhouses and con trolling country seats who are not worth a dollar if they return to others their just rights. Under some sudden reverse they fail, and wirh afliieted air seem to retire from the world, and seem~ almost ready for monastic life, when in two or three years they blossom out again, hav ing compromised with their creditors that is, paid them nothing but regret and the only difference between the second chapter of prosperity and the first is that their pictures are Murillos instead of Kensetts, and their horses go a mile in 20 seconds less than their predecessors, and instead of one coun try seat they have three. I have watched and have noticed that nine out of ten of those who fail in what is called high life have more means af ter than before the failure, and in many of the cases failure is only a stratagem to eseape the payment of honest debts and put one world off the track while they practice a large swindle. There is something woefully wrong in the fact that these things arc possible. First of all, I charge the blame on careless, indifferent bank directors and boards hiaving in charge great financial institutions. It ought not to be possi ble for a president or c-ashier or promin .wat officer of a banking institution to vindle it year after year without detec tion. I will undertake to say that if these frauds are carried on for two or three years without detection either the directors are partners in the infamy and pocket part of the theft or ther are guilty of a culpable neglect of duty, for which God will hold th~em as re Fponsible as he holds the acknowledged defrauders. What right have promin ent business men to allow their name~s to be published as directors in a finan cial institution, so that unsophisticated people are thereby induced to doposit their money in or buy the scrip thereof, when they, the published directors, are doing nothing for the safety of the in stitution? It is a case of deception most reprehensible. Many people with a sur plus of money not needed for immediate use. although it may be a little further on indispensa ble, are without friends competent to advise them, and they are guided solely by the character of the men whose names are associated with the institu tion. When the crash came and with the overthrow of the banks went the small earnings and 1limited fortunes of widows and crphaus and the helplessly aged, the directors stood with idiotic stare, and to the ianiry of the frenzied depositors and stockholders who had lost their all andl to the~ arrnignmecnt ofI an indignant publi had~ nothing to say exeept: "We though t it was all right. We did not know there was anything wrong going on. it was thi-r duty to know. They stood in -a position wxhich deluded the people with the idea that they were carefully observant. Calling themselves directors, they did not direct. They had opportunity of audit ing accounts and inspecting the books. Notime to do so Then they had no business to accept the position. It seems tobe the pride of some moneyed men to be diretors i '-great many in stitutions, and all they kniow is whlether or not they get ther di'viden-ds regular' ly, and their nani-e' --re u- d as decoy ducks to bring oth-~re" nea enough to be made game of. Whairst of all is needed is that A>U ban-k directors and insurance compny~ *ieor. teignI or ttend to their bui- Yirc. The business worl Ill be full ofrau just as long as iraud is so e N\ When you arrest the president -and secretary ofa bank for an emib zzlemient cairried on for many years. be sur to havte plenty of sheriti out the sam day to arrest all the directors. The\ are guil - ty either of neglector c-ompliety. "h"some will say, " better preach the gospel and let business matters alone."* 1 reply. if your gospel does not inspire common honesty in the your gotp and piteln ilito the 'Iepth of the Atlantic ocean the bettc;. An ort bedox swindler is -s.rse than a heter d so iutilr. The recitation of al the catechisms and creeds ever written ai partaking of1C all the commiluni ion chai ces thoat ever ghitteredl inth chiurches of Christendon will n n r saveyour SC ul un! - o- ut-jiC, chiaracter C'orrespone wu ir realt'',C - hers of curce,.il aud they :stit SkruM abut e wls f I heo I mo - t mesid t have tie IUlits preach th:11 wib vould either brinu them to re ntan ce or thuinder thein out of the heir COmmunlilitoins where their presence W.ai a Scurilege anin iiilaimly. We ilust epecially dep.lore the li u of banks il varil t.; tf this eonntrv in that th:: dLaoe the banking instititnti. wh -h is the creat cOnivt'ienee of the centuries and iidi., pe-nsable to commerce and the aivance of nations. With one hand it blesses the leuder, and .vith the other it blesses the borro.*er. On their shoulders are :he interests of private individuals and ,;reat corporations. In them are the great arteries through which run the currents of the nation's life. They have been ti re.o'urces of the thousands oftinancr ill day, of b'tsinut exi Zgen1cy. They% :stami! f: r* ;Weemunll piation. for fae.'lity. folr iniiivil a1. stale an11d natioal relie f. At their Icad a11nd in Iir anagePni t therc are a" mi.ch interest annd molral woirtii as in any Cl isZ Of ine r h At1I1a 'S 11Ore 0 I V l ie fariou, then. tie behavior of those who bringz disrepute upon this venera ble. benignant aind God Iomnored insti tution! We also derore abue of trust funds. because the abusers fly in the face of divine goodness. which seems deter mined to bless this land. We are having a series of unexampled national har vests. The wheat gamblers get hold of the wheat. and the corn gamblers get hold of the corn. The full tide of God's ntercy toward this land is put back by those great dikes of dishonest resistance. When God provides enough food and clothing to feed and apparel this whole nation like princes, the scrabble of dishonest men to get more than their share and get it at all haz ards keeps everything shaking with un certainty and everybody asking, "What next?" Every week makes new revela tions. How many more bank presi dents and bank cashiers have been speculating with other people's money and how many more bank di:-ectors are in imbecile silence, letting the perfidy go on. the great and patient God only knows. My opinion is that we have got near the bottom. The wind has been pricked from the great bubble of A-mer iran spocuiation The men whothought that the juigment day was at least 5.000 years off found it in 1S9S or 1897 or 1S96. and this nation has been taugh, that men must keep their hands out of other people's pockets. Great business built on borrowed capital have been obliterated, and men who had nothing have lost all they had. I be lieve we are started on a higher career of prosperity than this lana has ever seen-if and if and if. If the first men, and especially Chris tian men, will learn never to speculate upon borrowed ,apital-if you have a mind to take your own money and turn it all into kites, to tiy them over every common in the United States, you do society no wrong, except when you tumble your helpless children into the poorhouse for the public to take care of But you have no right to take the mon' ey of others and turn it into kites. There is one word that has deluded more people into bankruptcy and state prison and ruin than . ny other word in commercial life, and that is the word borrow. That one word is responsible for all the defalcations and embezzle ments and financial consternations of the last 20 years. When executors conclude to speculate with the funds of an estate committed to their charge, they do not purloin; they say they only borow. When a banker makes an overdraft upon his institution, he does not commit a theft, he only borrows. When the officer of a company, by flaming advertisement in some religious paper and gilt certificate of stock, gets a multitude of country people to put their small earnings to an enterprise for carrying on some undeveloped nothing, he does not fraudulently take their money; he only borrows. When a young man with easy access to his em ployer's money drawer or the confiden tial clerk by close propinquity to the account books takes a few dollars for a Wall street excursion, he exnects to put it back. lHe will put it all back. He will put it all back very soon. lIe only borrows. Why, when you are going to do wrong, pronounce so long a word as borrow, a word of six letters, when you can get a shorter word more descriptive of the reality, a word of only five letters-the word steal. The greatest evangelistic preacher the world ever saw, a man who died for his evangelism-peerless Paul-wrote to the Roman-i, "Provide things honest in the sight of all men:" wrote to the Corinthians. "Do that which is honest,' wrote to the Philippians, ':Whatsoever things arc honest;" wrote to the He brews, "Willing in all things to live honestly. " The Bible says that faith without works is dead, which, being liberally translated, means that if your business life does not correspond with your profession your religion is a hum bug. Here is something that needs to be sounded into the ears of all the young men in Amnerica and iterated and reit erated if this country is ever to be de livered from its calamities and com mercial prosperity is to be established and perpetuated-live within your means. Spend no more than you make. And let us adjust all our business and our homes by the principles of the Christian religion. Our religion ought to mean just as much on Saturday and Monday as on the day between and not to be a mere peripbrasis of sanctity. Our religion ought to first clean our hearts, and then it ought to clean our lives. Religion is not. as some seem to think, a sort of church delectation, a kind of confectionary. a sort of spiritu al caratuel or holy gumdrop or sancti fed peppermint or theological anos thetic. It is an omnipotent principle, all controlling, all conquerirm. You may get along with something less than that, and you may deceive yourself' with it. but you cannot deceive God, and you cannot deceive the world. The keen businiess man will put on his spectacles, and he will look elear throgh to the back of' your head and see whether your religion is a fiction or a fact. And you cannot hide your samples of sugar or rice or tea or coffee if they are false; 3 ou cannot hide them under cloth of a enlmmunion table. All your prayers go f'or nothing so long as you misrepresent your banking institu tions, and in the report of the resources you liut down moie specie, and more fractional currency, and more clearing house certificates, and more legal ten der notes, and more loans, and more discounts' thtan there really arc, when you give an account of your liabilities you do not mention all the uinpaid divi outstanding. and the individugl depos its, and the obigations to other banks and haukers. An authority more sera tinizinr than that of any bank examin er will go throuuh an-d through and thri u'h your businesss. A niissionarv in on,, of the islands of te IPcitiU. p )r!an I dishonesty. and ti nxt ' nr!ig h, looked out of is in.do. ai lhe i a.v biMs ard fuli of ghis of ll kinds. il wOnIered nod asked the cause of all this. -Well sail the native. "our gods that we have been worshiping permit us to !teal, but accordin'g to what you said vesterday thc God of heaven and earth will not allow this, so we b-ing back all these goods. and we ask you to help us in takingr then to the places where they belong." If next Sabbath all the mnxisters in America should preach sermons on the abuse of trust funds, and on the evils of purloiniung, and the sermons were all blessed ot God, and regulations were made that all tuese things should be taken to the city halls. it would not be long before every city hall in America would be erowdcd from cellar to cupola. Lct me say iu the most emphatic mnanner to all young mincl. dishonesty will never pay. An abbot wanted to buy a piece of ground, and the owner would not e'l it, but the owner finally consented to let it to him Until he could raise one c:op, and the abbot owed~ avorns. a crop of 200 years And i tey! you, i oung man, that the dishon estis which you pladnt in your heart and life wiil seem to b. very insignuii cant. but they will grow up until they will overshadow you with horrible darkues, overshadow all time and all eternity. It will not be a crop for 200 years, but a crop for everlasting ages. I have also a word of comfort for all who suffer from the malfeasance of others, and every honest man, womin and child does suff.r from what is going on in financial scampdom. Society is so bound together that all the misfor tunes which good people suffer in busi ness matters come from the misdeeds of others. Bear up under distress, strong in God. He will see you through, though your misfortunes should be cen tupled. Scientists tell us that a col umn of air 45 miles in height rests on every man's head and shoulders. But that is nothing compared with the pres sure that business life has put upon many of you. God made up his mind long ago how many or how few dollars it would be best for you to have. TrI.t to his appointment. The door t: soon open to let you out and lee you What delight for men who for 30 y 7 have been in business anxiety MnIeu they shall suddenly awake in everla ing holiday! On the maps of the arctic re gions there are two places whose unmes are remarkable. given, I suppose. by some polar expedition, Cape Fare vell and Thank God harbor. At this last the Polaris wintered in I871 an.d the tigress in 1863. Some ships have passed the cape yet never reached the h:irbor. But from what I know of many of you I have concluded that, though your voyage of life may be very rough, run into by icebergs on this side and ice berg on that, you will in due time reach Cape Farewell and there bid goodbye to all annoyances and soon after drop anchor in the calm and imperturbable waters of Thank God harbor. "There the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest." Desperadoes Held in Check. There are many indications that Manila is full of desperadoes who had intended to cooperate with Aguinaldo. The police are continually capturing men and women with weapons concealed in their clothing. The vigilance of the authorities in this respect is highly reassuring. Last Saturday about mid night two Englishmen accidentally en countered a gang of armed natives in a dark side street. The natives, fearing discovery, imprisoned, them until morning and threatened to kill them unless thev'maintained silence. Many native clerks employed by mercantile houses are missing. As it is impossible that they should have passed the lines, the inference is that they are in hiding in the city. Several atte.mpts were made to assassinate Americans on the streets. but that danger is now at a minimum. The natives are terribly cowed and the precautions taken, especially against in cendiarism, are admirable. 4e C>tt~a Mtks3 43. Prices. Not o'ly on Provisions, Clothing, Furniture and all the actual necessaries of living, but as well on things apper taning ta our enjoyment and culture. This is specially true as to Pianos and Organs. Wise Manufacturers realize that in these close times prices must be exceedingly low, and they are meet ing the emergency. Notice the latest advertisement of Ludden & Bates Southern Music House, Savannah, Ga.. in this issue, and write them for their Four Cents Prices. This is a wide awake-never-get- left and thoroughly reliable house, whose offers always mean just what they say. It costs nothing to write Ludden & la.tes for Catalogues, Prices and Easy Install ment Terms, which they sendl with pleasure. Farmers and Fertilizers. Whether it is owing to the agitation to reduce the acreage or whether thenf nancial condition of' the farmers is such that they cannot purchase fertilizers, the fact is that up to date less than half the amount of fertilizers has been bought this year than there was last. Those who watch the trend of events say that this means less cotton plant ing and more grain. This is said to be particularly true of the up country. In the middle and coast sections of the State it is said that about the same amount of cotton will be planted as last year, but even in these sections more attention is being paid to the raising of home supplies.i-Chrleston Post. Did Up the Machines. A prisoner is in custody in Fort Scott, Kan.. on the charge of making and passing counterfeit nickels. It is said that he toured Missouri and "broke" every slot machine he cam'e across by playing spurious coin in it. It is a question whether playing counterfeit coin against an illegal device cons i ttes "passing" in the eyes of the lat The Appropriation Bill. The House of Repres.nia~yes V t ed considerable part of last weck to thle consideration of the -appropriationi bill. Most of the items in thle bill were passed as fixed by the committee o;n ways and means. The figures will be published as soon as they can be pr'o ured. The salaries of most of the offi ials remain at about the present fig ures. Fire Plugs Frozen. Belmond, a town of over 2,000 in habitants in Wright county, Iowa, was visited by a destructive fire Thursday. The thermometer is 21 below zero. and the fire plugs are frozen up. Thirteen bsiness boleks and a number of resi dences were totally destroyed. The los wil foot~ up - ove n10,00 WHISKEY PROFITS. Annual Report of State Board of Control for 1898. THE FiGURES GIVEN IN FULL. Large Business Transacted and Much Money Handled. Ex pense of Board as Per Diem and Mileage. The figures presented in the annual report of the State board of control just issued from the printer are of interest the statements being closed Dece'm'ber 31st. 1898. A. summary follows: ASSETS. Cash in State treasury... 46.07:3.24 Merchandise in hands of dispensers. ..........227.743.99 Merchandise stock at State dispensary.. ...159.275.39 Supplies ..... 31.172.66 Teams and wagons (invent or%)..... .. ........ ...275.00 .Ieli inery and oilee fixtures 2.SSS.30 Conirtrnd........... . 8325 Real estate-purchase of property and imiprove ineuts..... ........... 33.615.99 Personal accouits due State for tax advanced on bond ed spirits, empty barrels, and kegs, alehol, royalty on leer not received, etc. 16,838.44 Totwl a-sets.......... .$51S,718.26 LIABILITIES. School fund... .. .. ... .$395,690 46 Suspended accounts....... 174.61 Personal accounts due by State for supplies, whis kies. wines, alcohol, beer, etc.... ............122,853.19 Total liabilities. ......51S,718.26 PROFITS. Gross profits on merchandise sold...... ..........$376,355.53 Discounts on whiskey pur chases..... ..........25,654.12 Contraband seizures...... 10.137.32 Permit fees......... .... . 28.00 Profits from beer and hotel dispensaries (State's Share)...... ..........26,740.04 Amount of warrants issued prior to March 31st, 1897, and never presented for payment, passed to the credit of profit and loss account............. ... 6.04 Total gross profits.. ...438,921.05 Expenses.. ..........282,111.44 Net profits ..... ....S438.921.05 Under the head of losses the f3llow ingL .nounts are given: Supplies, bottles, corks, labels, tin foil, etc., $113.017.33; constabulary, $35,152.63; breakage and leakage, $1.250 48; freight and express charges, $76.019.65; labor, $15,041.21; rent of A tricultural hall, $11,030; litigation, $SS2; loss by fire at Eutawville, $48S.34: shortage at Chester, $739.34; stolen from Hampton dispensary, $213 80; loss by fire at Rantowles, s1.339 19; loss by fire at Manning, $926.87: and other items, the total ex pense being, $156,S09.61. Itemized expense account: Salaries. comimissioner, $1,900.07; superintend ent, $970; head drayman, $600; state chemist, $999.96;.two clerks to com missioner, S2.400; three clerks to state board. $3,623; salaries and expenses of two inspectors, $2,700.67. 'The expense account of the State board of co atrol is given as follows: J. D. HIASELDEN, CIIAIRMAN. Per diem.............. ..$836.00 \1ileage.................. 392.70 Expenses to Laurens and return on official business... ...... 7.70 Mileage from Sellers to Dillon and return........... .... 1.10 Charges on official telegrams paid by Mr. Haselden....... 1.66 Expenses from Sellers to Dillon and Marion and return on offi cial business....... .... .. ..3.10 Expenses to Charleston and re turn on official business.. .. .00 Total. ...............$1,269.26 L. J. WILLIAMIS. Per diem.. ..............$436.00 Mileage...................228.00 Trip to Charleston on official business................34.70 Charges on official telegrams paid by Mr. Williams.. .. ...... 1.00 Total.................$997 .J. B. D)OUTIlIT. Per diem.................$184.00 Mileage.... .. ...... ....248.00 Trip to Greenville (ofieial).. 11.00 Total......... .. ......743 .0 U. 31. 3IrLES. Per diem........... .....$456.00 .ileage........ .... .... ..... 241.00 T.t.. .............. .... .$697.00 31. it. COOPER. Per diem.................$528.00 M1ileage....... ............399.15 Telegrams (official)............1.50 Total....................$928.65 WILIE JoNES. Per diem.................$ 52.00 Total expenses of board.. .$4.390.01 RECEIPTS. The cash statement for 1898 shows the following: Balance in State treasury D~ec. 31. 1897.. .. .. . $ 61,901.26 January receip~ts.... .......2.437.84 February receipts.. .. .. . . 1,574.:32 31erc~h receipts..........S89,733.S3 April receipts........... 678G9.22 M1ay receipts.. .... .... . 80,093.34 June receipts..... .....80413.61 July receipts. .. .. .. .. . .72.499.76 August receipts... ..... .93.4:36.03 September receipts.. ... ..100.594.05 October receipts.. .. .. . .1 535 November receipts....15.0. December receipts. . . . . . . l. 0 Toaydiu. -e. ne. t... .155 3 7 1-e uar leursements. .) O9,7928 31arc diibursements. .. .10.67973 April disbursements..... 63.05.11 May' di bursements..... SS,0597 June dis-bursements... ...71.3i42.06 July disbursemecnts... .... 69.17d3.59 August disbursements... 7,72.17 September disbursements.. 96,690.23 October disbursements.... 141,349 SO November disbursemnents.. 12:3. 137.S6 December disbursements.. 221.502. 26 Total disbursements for year..............1,227.SS87. 63 Balance in State treasury Dec. 31, 1898. .. .. .. .. 46,073.24 Total.. ....... .... ....81.273.960 87 The year's purchases were as follows January.. . ... ........$ 59-864.27 February.............. 40,39h.94 April ... 4.5 1) 25 Ma y.. .' . 5 19.75 Juee................. .b701 74 Jul-.... . . . . 4 .41-' 2-2 August.. 59 SZepteinber.. 9 1.175 .7 O Iitr . -2 T ()I 17 O c r .. .... .... . 1 2 .7 )1 S7 Ill IG414 11; In a Bad Position Oar Judgement is that the Republi can party was never in greater dalnger than it is now. Rojoicing in what is claimed to be a "great victory ind having coiplete control of the execu tive and legislative branches of the gov erument. the lcaders feel that they have a free rein ,o legislate as they plea-e. That every Piece of parti.an Irgislationri eUaCted by the next Cn1gress in aiy way relating to finances will be dictated b they ''mne power goes with ou saying. it is almost a certainty that some line of the-various currency re form bills nov before congress. with perhap., a few trifling ameiudinents iu matters of A'etail. will be enacted into law. This will not only commit the Republicau party thoroughly to the gold standard. which it has so olten cou demned, but it will do more. It will include the retirement of all national paper currency and surrender the en tire control of our pap.er money to the banks. leaving all business at their mercy. This is a scheme that can never be defended in the great forum of the peo ple. We also believe that the prosperi ty wave based upon "dollar wheat," etc., has reached its height and broken upon the shoals. The war excitement will have passed away, and the people will be prepared to consider calmly the questions of its management, and especially the bond issues and other fi nancial measures designed to furnish the money for it prosecution. They will see that there was never a more un necessary measure t..an that which authorized the issuance of $500,000,UU in bonds, and they will not forget that the administration bill forced through the house by whip and spur provided for $100,000,000 more than that sum. They will see that Wall street influ ences absolutely dominate and control the leaders of the Republican party and that the interests-of the common peo ple receive no more consideration at their hands than maybe deemed neces sary to enable them to carry an elec tion. The masses of the voters cannlot be deceived all the tiuie. In 1888 Benjamin Harrison car ried Kansas by 8(.1,000 majority, which population consieered, made it the banner Republican state. The next year it was swept by a tidal wave of Populism. If the allied forces will lay aside all selfish bickerings and thrust into the background everything except the great principles upon which tkey are agreed, we believe that their chance of electing a president in 1900 is now decidedly better than it would have been if they had elected a majori ty of the house. We grant that we wanted to carry it, and especially re gret the unexpected losses in the sen ate. But there is a "silveer lining* nevertheless, and we look for a glori ous sunburst in 1900. Heavy on Strait. In speaking of the Strait address. which is published in another column the Columbia Record handles the cen gressman without gloves. We quoft the Record's article in full: "The time for the withdrawal from congress of Dr. Strait, the representative of the fifth district, is close at hand. He sig nalizes the nearness of that event by publication of a screed in this morning't. State in which he makes a vigorous and wholesale assault upon Senator Mcbau rin. The junior senator is amply able to take care of himself and The Rlecoyrd will not seek to forestall him. But when Dr. Strait makes an attack on the forty movement, that is a horse of an other color, for the editor of The Re cord had much to do w ith the inception of the forty movement. W~hen Dr. Strait says the forty movement 'has for its object the destinction of the Re form party,' he makes a foul and false imputation of treachery against forty two (for thett was the real number) of the purest and ablest men in the Re form party. Whatever may have been the effect of the forty movement, its oojec' was the good of the whole state of South Carolina, an object which it is noble to seek to accomplish, even in the expense of party or factional advant age. Possibly that principle is too lofty for Dr. Strait to appreciate, just as his intelligence seems too dense to grasp the difference between 'object' and 'effect.' The forty may have been misguided or mistaken. Un that there may be room for argument. But it cannot be questioned that their mo tives were pure and patriotic. Dr. Straits successor in congress was a lead er in the forty movement, and that fact may account for Dr S trait's animosi ty to the forfry. It is probably true that the forty movement is resp~onsible for bringing about a condition of affairs in South Carolina whereby men. oh Strait's calibre are shoved into the background, to the advantag3 of men of brains." The Good Old Days. A law was passed by the State of Tennessee in 1788 which pro-ided that the salaries of that conuinonwealth should be as follows: "'His excellency the governor. l.ri annum. 1,000 deer hides. "Hlis honor. the chief justice, .G'J der die "Tescetary to his ex'ellency, the -zor 50~ A0 raccoon skins. "County clerks, three hundred bcav "Clerk of the house of commons. 210 raccoon skins. "Members of the assembly. per diem, raccoon skins. "Justice's fees for serving a warran:t. mink skin. if we would adopt the hide s :alceof paying the salaries of our State and ounty officers fewer men would want he offiees. Mr. James M. Smith of Columbia. SI . writes: Dear Sir-it zive me reat pleasure to say tnat tne ud North State Ointment bought of you has entirely cured me of eczema when everything I had used previously failed to give any relief. It is a great medi ine, and I would not be without it in my house. I use it for almost every hing, where any medicine is needed, nd have gotten the best of results every time. Respectfully, JaomesM Smith AB59EUTELY h Makes the food more d( ROYAL SAKING POV A PLAIN SPEECH From Senator Tillnan on Fili pino Question. THE PRESENT AND FUTURE We Can Shoot Them to Death But Is It Right? How The World Will Look At It. For two hours or more the senate Tuesday of last week had the resolution declaratory of a policy of this govern ment in the Philippines under discus sion. but no vote was reached and the resolution went finally to the calen da r. In accordance with the notice given Senator Tillinan addressed the senate upon the resolution making a charac teristic and picturesque argument. Mr. Tillman said in opening that he had listened to the debate upon the treaty with interest. but without taking part in it. He had contented himself with occasional little forays and with indulging in a little guerrilla warfate. "The first thing that strikes me," said he. "in the reading of this resolu tion is its absolute uselessness and its cold-blooded purpose-its simple de claratior. of purpose to buy and sell those people of the Philippines for our interests and steadfastly to ignore their interests. If I mistake not the tiend of events the ratification of the treaty promises disaster to the party responsi ble for it. If it was right.? said he, in discuss ing the changes of votes on ratification, to defeat the treaty on Saturday. it was right to defeat it yesterday." iHe .aid that never in his itgislative ex perience had be heard so many speeches against a proposition. followEd by so many votes in favor of the proposition. To his mind it indicated that certain senators had yielded to pressure." CoucerniVg the constitution. he de clared that the only scintilla now left of it was that which required that a treaty could only be ratified by a two thirds vote of the senate. The ratifica tion of the treaty. he said, had deter mined that fact that in law the Filipi nos were rebels against the United States. If they fire on our flag they would be regarded as rebels. That was he way the worldsaw it. Howeverthe trouble in the Philippines might termi nate, the Fiiipinos would be regarded as patriots who were fighting for their liberty just as much as were the Amer ean revolutionists. ~If any resolution is passed here we ught to pass one bringing peace to the Phili ppines, not disaster, --The questionl now is: "Are we to take the place of Spain as task masters ;ed tyrants?" Turninz to MIr. Lodge who was lisreniug to the speech, MIr. fillman inquired if the situation in the Philippines was not unique. was not unduplieu ted anywhere in history? "1 think,? replied MIr. Lodge, "that the situation is unique in this that the people to whom we have taken 'iberty and freedom have turned upon us." MIr. Tiliznan declared that the situa tion in the Philippines was similar to that which confronted G'reat Britain in the Transvaal and after reviewing Eng land's trouble in South Africa, said that we wanted nothing in those islands except the power to control their for eign policy. "Of course,' lie continued, "we can send tens of thousands of troops to the Philippines, and as the senator from ontana, (Carter), said the other day, we can shoot those people to death; but ought we to do it? Is it honorable for us to do it?' 3Mr. Tillman then read some verses from Kipling'slatest poem, "The White an's Burden," which he regarded as exactly fitted to our case. - Every man in this chamber, but five." said he. "who has had to deal with the colored race voted against the treaty. We of the South have borne -The W hite 3Man's Burden.' It was handed down to us by your fatlier and mine and it clings tous like the shirt of Nessus. - ie maintained that we did not want to incorporate into our citizenship the mongrel population of the Philippines and inaugurate anothier race struggle in the United States "There arc two cities in the Pacific." said Senator Tillman. -over which our flag breaks to the breeze. Over the one it is a harbinger of peace, good will. prosperity and liberty. "Overthe other-31anila-it is cold blooded and determined-to do what? lo force upon these people a govern ment whether it be satisfactory to them or not. The debate for the day on the MIc Enery resolutior. was concluded by MIr. Lodge in a brief speech in the course of which he stated somie of the facts rlatinr to the insurrection in the Phil p;!e against Spain and the part Ae:iinaldo took in it. 'lurther along MIr. Lodge speaking of the restraints placed upon the Ameri can forces in the Philippines. said -Strinent orders have gone from the president to Gen. Otis and Admiral Dcwy to exercise the greatest care in their- treauncut of the. Filipinos, and :t by wvord or deed to provoke them. ortnirht aro Gces. Otis. in accordance hi i orders rececived from the adminis .r:t o fil!! informed Agruinald3o tat he had no ientioni of making an uneak upon theC Filipino troops. Sen tr Lodacecoejlued by reiterating his t eu:ct :b-at it was hi- belief that th~e piinos had maide a preconcerted and erancd -tta-k-upon our troops at Manla for the purpose of influencing ation upron the tre'atv. 3r. Tillman secured the floor again o ad a paragraph from 3Iaj. Bell'sre port oni the conudition of the Filipino ustrgets. aa concluded with-the de ciaratin that the fcace comiione i S hd onec to Paris with the puirpose of t'siig the Philippines and that it was ow tie pupose of the annitmstration A ~Tleai Luck. A ires air mic *a< oi rced tile city 'f Atlanta :!10, 11e a free pub!ic hibrar. 1r. Carneie ma~kes his offer otdtiioal to the extenit that Atlanta shall furn ish thle -s;te and appropriate 0.000li Thursday fr the- nuainte~uance of the library 3r. Cairnegie recently ave $100.000t to the cty of Washing to for a nnhic librarr PURE 4icious and wholesome IDER CO., NEW YOIK. The Same Everywhere. Ohio. like South Carolina, has a law which provides that when a person suf fers death at the hands of a lynching mob the next of kin or heirs of the vie tim may recover from the county )ccu niary daiaes in the sum of Eve thous and dollars. The first case under the new law in South Carolina was tried a month or two ago, and the veriiet was in favor of the county. This occa sioned some rather tart criticisms from the Northeru and Western newspaper press. The first case under the new law in Ohio was tried a few days ago, and, as in the South Carolina case, the verdict was in fator of the county. The Savannah news says: "We shall now await with interest the com ments of the Northern and Westcrn newspapers upon this Ohio court and jury. The lynching upon which the Ohio suit was based will be remem bered as the Click Mitchell lynching. in which the negro was taken out and killed in the streets of the town of Ur i bana, before an audience of 10,000 per sons. Lawless Negro Troops. The Negro troops have been giving great trouble in Arkansas and Georgia by their lawless acts and general rowd ism. As the regiment from Arkansas passed through Inka, Miss., some -n known persons set fire to the ammuni tion car, wHch was almost filled with cartridges and powder. It was entirely destroyed and the rest of the train was 'barely saved. Three Negro women, who were following the troopers, are re ported to have been killed in the burn ing ear. A dozen of the men were in jured. At Walker switch the burning car was discovered by trainmen and side-tracked. The lives of the crew were in danger. as the cartridges were exploding in every direction. By the time the switch was reached the ear was a mass of flames. The loss will be heavy. Killed Each Other. Bob Marks. a noted sporting charac ter and typical deadshot Texan, was killed in a duel Thursday with John W. Bennett. proprietor of a saloon and gambling house at San Antanio. Tex. Marks had been drinking and annonne ed as he left his own saloon that he was going fo die with his boots on. He entered the Silver King saloon and threatened to shoot out the lights. Words were passed and revolvers were drawn. Marks emptied the five cham bers of his revolver, shooting Bennett through the abdomen. Stretched on the floor, mortally wounded, Bennett fired three shots at Marks, killing him instantly. Bennett died Thursday. A young married lady one morning gave her husband a sealed letter, which he was to read when he got to his office. Hie did so, and the letter ran as follows: "Iam obliged to tell -you something that may give you pain. but there is no help for it: You should know every thing. whatever be the consequences. For the last week I have felt that it must come to this, but I have waited until the last extremity. Do not over whlm me with bitter reproach, for you will have to put up with your share of the trouble as well as myself." Cold perspiration stood in thick drops on the brow (of the husbaed, who had prepared for the worst. Trembling, he read on: "O0ur coal is al'l gone. Please order a ton re be sent this afternnon. I thought you might forget it for the tenth time, and therefore wrote you this letter." But he didn't forget it that time. THE feeling is growing among many prominent Democrats, and some Repub licans, that the only plan to prevent the purchase of senatorial and other offices is to amend the constitution, giving the people the right to elect by direct vote. Even that old and emi nently conservative paper, the Phila delphia Record, takes strong grounds in favor of that view and asks: 431ast the country forever witness the recur rence of these scenes of corruption?" It looks as if this is the only plan to prevent corruption and purcha~e of offices. AN inventive genius of Alexandria Ind., is converting the flintiest and roughest of limestone r-o'k into soft white wool. He expects to revolution ize the wool and cloth man ufacturing industry. The discovery was the result of an accident, though none the less valuable. Apparently the rock was common building stone, and was used fec that purpose until the discovery was made. It can be spun and woven nto soft, durable dress goods, suitable for garments for both sexes. JERRY Simpson, whose term in con gress will expire with the present ses sion. lives frugally in modest quarters and is believed to have saved $3,000 yearly out of his $5,000 salary. Hie will retire to his farm at MIedicine Lodge. Kan., and~declares that in fua ture he will devote himself to tilling the soil, having had enough of politics. CzREAT excitement exists on the mim ing stock exchange at Colorado Springs over a fabulously rich strike in the Isa bellIa Mine, at Cripple Creek. Assays frm th'e strike run from $40. 000 to $1t0,000 to the ton. The stock jumped from 97 4 to $1.50 rer share a few days ago. Over 100,000 shares changed hands. Six weeks ago the stock sold at 22 cents. THERE has been a clash between the Americans troops and the Philipinos at Manila, and twenty American were killed. It now looks as if we have bargned to pay Spain twenty million dollars for a protracted war, in which thousands of our fellow countrymen will be killed. A retiring armay doctor has achieved some fame at San Francisce by being arrested for being encased in a half a mile or so of silk goods, which he was wearing as a protection against the customs collectors. The little gamre of suggling didnt work and he had to shuck his silk easing. Frozen Stiff. The body of a workingman about 50 years of age was found frozen stiff in the west b'ottom of Kansas City Wed WAYS OF CANTON PIRATE In China Their ;us'nies Is Neither Has Nor an.:,ous. Probably never s-nce Canton wa open to fcreign tr::i., says Mr. Const Brenan in his report on the trade the city, has piracy been so rife a during last year. The boldness of th pirate is, however, surpassed by tb apathy of the provincial Governmen Perhaps the word piracy is scarcel applicable to the acts of these adver turous robbers. They have no arme craft of their own with which to giv chase and run down thir victims. Tb usual plan is for a band of half dozen men to go on board a passenge launch disguised as honest men. Whe: a suitable spot is reached they thro1 off all disguise, overawe the cre1 and passengers by flourishing revol vers, and then half the party stan by ready to shoot while the rest prc ceed to search the passengers and the! luggage; and when they have take: all they want they transfer themselve to another boat or :and near a friend; village, where a division of the spoi takes place. They are not devoid o a certain chivalrous feeling. Case have beena known where, after havih robbed some rich passengers and mad a-good haul, they have restored to th poorer passengers what had alread: been taken from them. On other oc casions they have overpowered th master and crew of a launch and "bor rowed" the use of the vessel for a fel hours, during which they have over hauled a junk known to have valua bles on board. Having pillaged th, junk they have steamed away to thei: own village, and before landing. the' have offered to pay the master for thi time his launch has been detaind The owners of passenger boats are nol given to engaging some old pirate 4 a detective. He points out 8u=160.2 looking characters whom it Is not to take on board, and kEeS 1 c-heck any of his own friends whg ma: have been premeditating a coup1. "S1 James' Budget." A Gravy Bath for a Boo4. During the excitement of the'recen South African elections two Dutchme at a boarding house dinner table wer eulogizing the superior virtues of theL race as opposed to the English. Pres ently Queen Victoria was mentioned when one exclaimed, "D-l Victoria. With that the Englishman who sa next to the offending Dutchman threl the whole contents of his plate on hi head-meat, potatoes, cabbage am gravy. Every other boarder threw a him the article nearest at hand-half I loaf of bread, a hot potato, or a jug o water-until the poor victim cried fo mercy, which was granted him afte withdrawing his words and making suitable apology. Gold Coins in the World It will probably be a shock to maE to learn that all the gold coins cur rent throughout the world .could i comfortably stowed away in any. onq of thousands of English drawink rooms. A careful estimate of the gold cur reney of the world places its amount a 2755,000,000. Althought this enor mous sum will .probably exceed oun entire national revenue for the net seven years, it could, if converted inti English sovereigns, be placed in .i room 33 feet long, 30 wide and 20 feel high. Fish as Turtle Catchers. . A curious mode of catching turtleil practiced in the West Inidies. It con sists in attaching a ring and a line tc the tail of a species of sucker fish which is then thrown overboard, and immediately makes for the first turtli he can spy to which he attaches him self very firmly by means of a sucking apparatus arranged on the top of hli head. The fisherman then hauls boti turtle and sucking fish in. An Aristocrtic Cat. Chicago glories in a cat 19 years old that has eaten $2,050 worth of cooked turkey Igeat since "Tom" Major adopt ed it and gave it his name. The cst will eat nothing but turkey meat, save an occasional bit of calf's liver fried i butter, and is generally considered the feline aristocrat of the west. Otter a Fast Swimmer.. The otter is the fastest swimmingh quadruped known. In the water it ex' hibits an astonishing agility, swim' ming in a nearly horizontal position with the greatest ease, diving and dart ing along beneath the surface with a speed equal if not superior to that of many fishes. Luther's Bible. A museum in Berlin has secured pos session of Luther's Bible, which he used in his study. Its margins are coy ered with notes in the Reformer's handwriting. It was printed at Bsle in the year 1509, and is said to be in an excellent state of preservation. Miuscles of the Head. The head has 77 muscles-8 for the eyes and eyelid, 1 for the nose, 8 for the lips, 8 for the jaw, 11 for the tongue, 11 for the larynx, 11 for the ear, 17 for motions of the head and neck, 1 to move the hairy scalp, 1 for the'eye. brows. An Albino Squirrel. One of the very rare albino squirrels was trapped recently by a Maine hunter. There Is not a colored hair in its white fur, and the eyes are of a bright pink. The Elephant's Ear. Although the flap of skin which overs an elephant's ear is of consider able size, the ear Itself is very small in proportion. NO A LEAP YEAR.---Next yejr ot a leap year. The authorities exa plain it this way: "Leap year; every i'ourtt year, in which a day is added to the month of February an account of the excess of the tropical year (365d. b r. 4S min. 46 sec.) above 365 da~ss. But one day added every four years is equivalent to six hours each .yearl which is 11 min. 14 sec. more than the xcess of the real year. Hence, it is ncessary to suppress the bissextile day at the end of every century which not divisable by 400, while it is re tained at the end of those which are, divisible by 400." At thir old tricks. Cotton men i te nied1 cities ar already fixing tha price o this ye'ar's crop, even before a -~d is planted. In New York futures ere steady on Saturday for the follow ing months: September 5.94; Octo e er5.th; November 5.95; Decembg .7. Tuat means less than five cents ppund for the farmer. Fe luction of' reage is the only possible remedy.. Lynching would be better, but unfor - untel it is not practic able