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