The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, October 24, 1900, Image 4
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oi Co~lege Ufe.
PRACTICAL SUGGEST ION
For Those Who Are R quired to
Leave Their Hcmes-Heip
faness of Early Chris
tian Teachir'g
Dr. Talmage staid in London to oc
eupy the famous Wesley pulpit in the
City Road chapel, where he has reach
ed several times before, always rrcei -
in'g a hearty welcome. Thence he
went to Ireland, preaching in Belfast
and Dublin. The discourse he has
sent this week describes the bchavio
of a young man away from home and
s-iggests practical lessons for people of
every age and class. The texts Dsn
iel i, 5: And the king appointed them
a daily provision of the king's neat and
of the wane which be drank; so nourish
ing them three yea-s, that at the cud
thereof they might sand bef;re the
king."
My text opens the door of a college
in Babylon and introduces yon to a
young student 17 years of age, Daniei
by name. B not surprised if in the
college you find many hilisrities. Pit
a hundrcd young men together and they
sure to have a good time. There is no are
harm in that. God does not write out
the trees and the grass and the blos
some in dull prose. The old robin does
not sit moping in the nest because of
the chirpings and the lively adventures
of the fledgelings that have just begun
to fly. D., not come into an orchard
looking for winter a;'ps on a May
morning.
But Daniel of the text it far from be
ing gay. What oppress've thoughts
must have come over him as he remem
bered that he was a captive in a s-r _o
land! The music that came into his
study window was rot the song of Z on
but the s-und of flate, sackbut and
dulcimer in the worship of the boa''rer
god. Moreover, he had no hope cf
ever getting back home again and n,,et
ing those who had missed him long and
missed him bitterly, wondering if he
were still alive and finlhng m.ny a iuY
ury tasteless because they di-? not know
but Daniel might be lacking bread.
When you and I were in school or
college and the vacation approached,
we were full of bright anticipation, and
we could not study the last day, and we
e~uld not study the last night. The
lexison and the philosophical apparatus
were transparent, so we could see right
through them into the meadows and
the orchards. Not so with poor Dan
iel. He did not know that he sh~outld
ever escape from captivity, or escaping,
he did not know but when he got home
the loved ones would be dead, and he
would go wandering and weeping
among the sepulchers of his fathers.
Besides that the king tried to make him
forget his home and forg'3t his country;
for that purpose actually changed his
name. The king wanted him to be a
prodigy in per::ona! appearance, and so
be ordered meat and wine sent from
his own table to Daniel, but Daniel re
fuses all this and puts himself upon
the humblest diet, the poorest of a'.
herbs, called pulse, and plain wate:.
His attendants cry out against this and
tell him he will perish under such a
diet. "No," he says, "you try us for
ten da3 a, and if at the end of that time
we are not full cheeked and robust as
any, it will be surprising." Ten days
pass along and the students come up
for emmintion, and all declare that
none are so ruddy and robust as Dan
iel and his fellow captives. The days
of industrious pupitage and the years
pass by, and the day of graduation has
come, and Daniel gets his diploma,
signed by the king and reading as fol
lowa: "In all matters of wisdom and
underatanding that the king inquired
of them he found them ten times better
than all the magicians and astrologers
that weri in all his realm." And so
Daniel took the first honor, and here
the story ends, for Daniel the stude.nt
hereafter will be Danial the prime min
ister.
The first thought suggested to me by
this subject is that young men may be
tarried into captivity by their enemies
The're is a captivity mn re galling than
the one in whieh Danmel was transport
ed; it is the captivity of evil habit.
Men do not go into that wittingly.
Blyly and imperceptib'y are the chains
forged upon them, and one day they
wake up to find themnselves away dowvn
in Babylon. Cyrus afte:ward consent
ed that some of his captivles should
return, and 50,000 of them accepted
the opportunity, but tell me what evil
babit ever con'ented to let a man go
Ten plagues made Paaraoh consent to
the departure of God's peopie, bat tell
me what Pharaoh of evil habit ever
cheeerfully consented to let any of its
iictima go. Men talk of evil habits as
though they were light and trivial but
they are scorpion whips that tear the
fesb; they are spikes more bloody than
the path of a Brahimam; they make the
poisonous robe of Nessus; they are the
sepulchers in which millions are buried
live.
The young are in more peril be
cause they are unsus ecting. The
liona are asleep in their soul, an i their
power is not suspected. The time when
a ship's company makes mu:iny is
when the watchman is coff his guard.
When a spider meets a fly, it doesa not
say, "Go down with nme to the place
where I murder insectse." No; it says,
"Come and take a bright morning walk
with me on this suspension bridge of
glittering gossamer." Oh, there is a
difference between the sparkle of a
serpent's eye and the crush of its slimy
folds. There is a difference between
the bear's paw toying with a kid and
the crackling of the bones in the ter
rifie hug.
Pike's peak looks beautiful in the
distance, but ask the starved travelers
by the roadside what they think of
Pike's peak. Are there those around
whom suspicions companions are gath
ered? Do their jests and their enter
tainments make the hours go blithely
by when you are with them? Have
you taken a sip from their cup of sin or
gone with themin one path of unrighte
onsness? Turn back. From Dabylon
they came and to Babylon they would
carry you. If so many plague stricken
men would like to enter y our compan
ionship, before any one is ailwed to
pass into the intimacy of yur heart
put on them severest quarantine.
My subject also impresses me with
the fact that early impressions are al
most ineffaceable. 1)aniel had a relii.
ous bringing up. From the good mean
ing of his name I know he had pizus
purentage. But as soon as t'e comes
iito the possession of the kilog hi
name is changed, all his suriounuings
are changed, and now, you say, will he
.in the demoraliation of hts caracte,.
i e eitenhazzar, which means
,etreasurer ci the god k:1.' Now
ou F.p et to see him overthrown
ic these changed cirzurstances
S1, r.' Daniel started right, and he
keep3 on right. When I find what
Daniel is in Jeru ;alem, I am not sur
prized to find what he is in Babylon.
I wish I could write upon all parents'
hearts the fact that early impressions
are well nigh ioeffhcable. We n I
see Joseph, a pious lad in the beuse of
his father Jacob I am not surprised to
ee hm acting so nob y down in Egypt.
Whet. I rd -s ul, a pious lad, in the
house of his mother IIhana. I am not
surpri-e i that he gives tcrrible smiting
to i.olatry as soon as he comes to man
hod. David plhnn;d the temple at
ujaicin and gathered the materials
i' buoriig, bus Solomon, the son,
e1we ard put up the structure, and
rhat goes in all ages. The father plans
the oharacter of the child and its de
stiny for time and eternity, then the
son completes the structure. You
might as well put down a foundation
ten feet by five and expect to rear on it
a great cathedral as to put down a con
tracted character in a child's soul and
yet rear upon it something extensively
grand and extensively usefal.
LI t me say to those Christian parsnts
who are doing their best in the educa
tion of their children: Take good
heart: your sons this morni-g may be
tar 1R ay from you and in a distant city,
but God, to whom you dedicated them,
will 1 y..k after them. The God of Dan
icl will take care of them far away in
Babylon "Train up a child in the
way he should go, and when he is old
he will not depart from it." He may
wander away for awhile and fall into
sin and break your heart, but before he
is done with th's life, you having com
mended him to God, he will come back
agair., for I put the em hasis in the
right place and on the w, rl "old' when
I repeat that passage and say. "Train
ur' a child in the way he -huld go. and
when he is Old Le wil," not depart from
it May you all have the gi 'rious
satisf nc:ion of seeing your children
wtk in pi hs of rigteou;nes and peae2
o 'e wi the) on earth, may you be
one with them in heaven!
Bamt I learn also from this suhi -e
the beauty of Cristian s briety. The
meat and the wine that were to come
1o D~iia "able ar-:--, toco m foo
the ki'gs t.able. W d!, D ~iel had no
:ight to take that food. The king w is
a heathen and, like all the heathen.
was accu-tni d to a'k a bassing be
fere he partook of food. and in :hat
blssing they al-vays dedicated the
f..od to the gods So that if Daniel
had taken thi* food he would have
brsen the law which finnbade the taking
of food dedicated to idols. He chose
pulse. It was a miracle that he did
nft dwindle away. Tbere is nothing
in pulse, such a poor herb, to make a
man ruddy and health'ul Some peo
ple talk as thouch that were a kind of
diet which would mike a man swarthy
and competent to do the duties of this
iifc. That is not the leEson at all. B i
for a positive miracle Diniel w u!d
have dwir d ed away, and when God for
his self denial putsupon him this bene
diction he puts a benediction noon all
Christian sobriety. I would not have
r-u class your preacher among those
who would put unnecessary restraints
upon lawful appetiti's. There are
those in t bis da7 who dispu'o the grant
which God give to man for animil
food, and they make a religi'*n of trieir
hunter as the Pharis'es expccted heav
en for their L sting Dniel did no;
always lire on puila. He was not a
Grahamite; he was Lot a vegetarian.
Ho went thirough tha szlf denial be
ause the foed offerea him was idola
trous food. When 1 see God filling
the earth with all varieuies of food, I
have not much confidence in the teach
ing of those who would put us on severe
regimen. There are parents who, with
a wrorg theory in this respect, deny
their children all harmless luvur'es and
without suffcient ingairy send them
ot to boarding sce owi where their in
tel.ects are cultured to the d'eadvantage
of d-eir s:ar~ed bodies, so that from'
mny a boardir g school a class of 20J
will graduate, 19 of them gho: ts. Now
whe-n I see the three ar-gels eating the
cif whioh Abr~ham sle w and when I
fid Christ eating br~iled fish evena
ter his resurrection I come to the con
luon that the theories of the vege
tarian are not from a religious starnd
point well founded
But, oh, how marny temptations to
dissipation! With so many things to
tempt the appetite, how many tempa
tions to gluttony! With so many
sparling bevarages, howi much tenmpa
tions to drunkennesy Could I bring
before this morning tLhe mothers and
wives at'd sisters who have wept at the
raes of the inebriate.-your soul would
be overpawered with the spectacle.
Could 1 show ,ou the maly forms
robbed of their becauty,. the eya fish
ings quenched i-n the wine cap, the
rnddy cheek from which rum has
wormed the rose, your souls would re
coil with hoinrr.r and you would rise
p and cry, "Begone, th-na dreamn of
Are you fond of pictu-es? Here is
one drawn by Solomon: "Who bath
woe? Who hath sorrow? Who hath
conentions? Who hath babbling?
Who bath wounds without cause?
They that tarry long at the wine; the~y
that go to seek mixz-d wine. Look
thum not upon the wine when it is red.
when it maveth itself aright in the
cup At the last it biteth like a ser
pent and stinget b like an add:-r."
- Do you know what you are doing?"
said a mo:.her who had broken into a
resau:ant, the door locked against her,
er son inside. She came up to the
counter and saw the man of the restau
rant mingling the intoxicating cup for
her own son. She said to the man be
bind tbe counter, "D. you know what
yo ares doing?" "No," sid he, "I
don't." Says she, "You are fattening
graeyards"
I think the most thrilling passage of
a young man's life is when he leaves
home to make his fortune. The novelty
and the romance of the thing may kee p
him from any keen sorrow, but the o'ld
people who have seen the destruction
of so many who started with high hope
cannot help but be anxious. As long
as he was in his father's house his way
wardnss was kindly chided, and al
though sometimes he thought ahe re
straint ratihor bitter and rather severe
in his calmer moments he acknowledged
invwas silutary and righteous. Through
the irnfluenee of metropolitan friends
the father has obtained a positionl for
his son in the city. The comrades of
the young man come the night before
his departure to bid farewell to the ad
venturer. The morning of his going
away he walks around the place to take
a last look at things-perhaps comes
upon some object that starts at:,
some old familiar place, but no o n
sees the tear. The trunk is put upon
the wagon, the young man is off for
the city. He- is set down amid eXeiLC
ments and 'smid associates that are rnot
overcareful about their words their
thoughts and actions. Morning co:ne:s
r'pblt t T:' e .t ""t ? ~ =!a s
ove cares whether h^ ^.m. S C..1 u 1
or dos not COnl. O I ' A I
fro:n the store he d a
nouncinegt a we a::; c: -> v.'
ment. lie ha: vu greetin at the doer
of the boar iing . . ib. has no ap
p 'tite for the f I No one c ;res
whether he eats >r d )e; nut eat-rather
be would ot- -:t is cheaper' A fter the
tea he goes into the parlor, tages up a
book, finds it dull, no sister to io.k
over it with him. Goes up stains to
his room in the third story, finds it
cold and uninviting, and in despair he
rushes out, caring for nothing but to
get something to make hi.n stop think
ing. He is caught in the first whirl of
sin. He ha= started out on the dark
sea where the gleam of the j y is the
fishing of the pit a-d the Laughter is
the creaking of the gate of the lost.
On, how many graves in the country
churchyard which, if they could speak,
would tell of young man who went off
with high hopes and came back blastei
and crushed to disgrace the sepulcher of
their fathers!
And yet this exodus must go on.
As from distant hills the rivers are
poured down through tunnels to slake
the thirst of our great cities, so from
distant country places the streams of
incorrapt population must pour down
to purify our great cities. To morrow
morning on all the therougt fare, in
every steamboat and in evary rilway car
will be young men going f>rth to seek
their fortunes in our great towns. 0
L rd God of D niel, help them to be as
faithful in Babylon as they were in
J.erusailem! Forget not, 0 my young
friend, in the great seaports the moral
and religious principles inculcated by
parental solicitade, and if todiy seated
in the house of Gad you feei the ad
vantage of early Christian culture for
get not those to whom you are most
iudebted aid pray God that as old age
comiis upon them and the sbad;w of
death, the hipe of heaven may beam
through th' darkness. Gy)d forbid
that any of us throagh our misc >nduOL
should tring disrra:e upon a father's
name or prove recreant to) the love of
a 1:thcr. Tue dreamtist mike n ex
ameration when he exclaimed, "How
sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to
have a thankiess child!' 0, that
God would help you as parents and as
young people to take to hears the les
seas of th" imoort.ant subjee, any if
we shall seara that th?ere is daeger of
being o.rrit.d in o ca-iti.y, and that
early im:,7ereionsa:C Albt inff -ce
able, a::d that titer- is som-thing beau
tiful in Christian sobriety, and that
there is great attrtetiveness in piety
away from hom;-then it will be to
you and to me a matter of everlasting
congratulation that we considered how
Daniel behaved when he became a col
lege student at Babylon.
A GREAT LOS.
Texas Crops Damaged Five Million
Dallar by Storm.
The s.atistician of the department
of aerieu1:ure has comleted his inv:s
ti ation of the aaricaltural situation in
those counties in Texas which were
visited b-y the We-it India hurricane of
Septemer 8 R.eports have been re
ceived from the department's corres
pondents and from many other promin
ent citizens identjiid vwith the agricul
tural ani e~rmmrci interests of
su:herni Te-xi. The special agents
have personaliy visited the storm swept
region and carefully investigated the
exstinlg situa ion. Mluch valuabl~e as
sistance has been rendered the depart
ment by the census off1 ie in dett r uia
lg the acreage of crops prior to the
storm.
Tne area under cotton in the coun ties
which seriou, damage resulted fro~m the
st-rm was ap, r.>xi nately 1 300.000
acres with a protoise on Septemu-r 1 of
a cre p of ahkut 640,000 bales The re
duet on of tle er-sp is estinnted at
e:out 63,000 ba:es or 10) 6 pcr cent.
oi a ba--is of $50 per bale tbe amount
destroyed wouid represent a value <,f
$3,400000
Tearea under carn is estimated at
about 925 000 acres with an estimated
production of 17,500.000 3usnlels This
los, to the crop is estimated at about
a million bushels or 5 7 per cent., rep
reenting a valae of about $500,000
The loss of rise is esoim sted at 73,
000 barrels of four bushels each. rep
resenting a value of about $219,000
Of pecans, there is an estimated loss
of 2,500, 000 pounds vralued at $100.000.
Three thousand trees valued at $75,000
are reported destroyed. The loss of
farm animals is estim-ated at 300 horses,
150 mules, 20,000 cattle, 2.8u0 sheep
a?d 900 swine. lepresenting a total
value of about $190,000
The loss of sugaroane. sorgbun and
other minor crops has not been aseer
taned with suffi ient dj'fi:aitene.n to
warrant the publication of an es.uwove
Ex-.lusiv;e of the dama se to~ fa n pre)
ducts, machier., ete , the tojtal ins is~
etnated at $5 000) 00P.
It should be :tated that all the ecu i*
ties visited by the stor-n wre ine~uaed
in the crop report issued October 10.
THE INDIAN FAMINE.
The Viceroy's Report Shows the Ter
rible Extent of Piague.
The Vieeroy of India, L vi Curson
in a speech Frida7, saidI the famine had
affced a quirter of the population of
nda and that even now t so millicos
of people were receiriog relie f. Hc c x
presd the hope, ho.vvr, that in a
month these would return to their
homes. His lordship further saidi that
hilf a million deaths were traceable to
the famine and that the loss of the
erop.; involved the loss of fifty miilions
sterng, pius some millions for tite los
o: eatue. It wil never be kno~vn how
rany were affected by the calamity
aL'ong the hill people and waode~ing
tribes, while the aims distributed were
unprecedented.
At the end of Augast 854 lakhs of
rupees ($42 500 000) bad been experded
and the govern ment further expected
to spend 150 lakhs ($7,500 000) up to
March next Besides this, 258 lakhs
($11,900,000) of land toxs had been ad
vaned to cultivators, many ]akhs of
land taxes had been remitted, 34 crores
(35,000,000 rupces) ba-d been ient to
the native States, and nearly a million
s.erling had been centributed by p:-iv
ate charity.
The viceroy complimsnted the relief
committees, alluding to mauy instances
of native chivalry and devotion and to
Baglish military and civil servants dy
ing at their posts. He said the cotton
rop was worth 13 000,000 pounds sterl
in on the ground...
Alluding to the shocking mortahity in
the native States, Lord Curson said
that, broadlyv spaaking, no relief sys
temn in the world culd counteract the
efects of re-duedi fod the cessation of
wages, high pri es and the breaking up
of the hiomes of millions, or prevent
EXPECTS TO WI
Br yar 8-Iieves That He Wi i
C rry This Electior'.
NEVER TOO TIRED TO SPEAK.
DescripAon of His Special Car,
Hi; Daily Life, Wardrobe,
D'et, Cmpaions
and Habits
Mr. Bryan thinks he will be the next
president. lie has perfect faith in him
self and his theories. H1 knows he is
fighting his last battle. If he does not
win this time he never will attain his
ambition. H-e realizas that his person
ality has more to do with the result
than any other factor in the campaign,
and his plan is to get in personal touch
with as many people as possible and
make them friends.
le is never too tired t, make a
speech. He never keeps the people
waiting. When his train gets into a
town Bryan is on the back platform,
and he insis:s thvit the local chairman
shall waste no time in intred icting him.
A few words is all he will permit
Then he does the rest of the talking
himself. His hand never aches too
much to keep him from shaking hands
with every one who can get near him
He submits to the rudest prattling with
a s nile aod laughs when the people
shonts, "H di1o, B ily! 'an i "H )w le do
Bl:!' H, is campaighing for thi pe
ple and the people can have their way.
MR BRYAN S SPECIAL CAR
Nr. Bryan's friends prevalied on him
to take a patvate car f-r the last great
s ing 'r...uad the eircle he is now mak
in.. I protested, but they prevailtd
Tie7 told him he was killing himself
with work, and he owed it to his p &rty
and bime!f to make himself as com
fortable as possible. So three weeks
ago the co-nbination dini g .and sleep
ing car "Rambler" was sent to Siour
City, [a , aani B:yan and his party went
into it to stay untii election day.
The ' Raubtler' is the ordinary type
of the Paulan combiaa:ios car. It has
a kitchen at cne end, and then a living
room into which at night eight berths
can be let down, From the dining ro.;m
a narrow hallway leads to the observa
tion room at the rear and the wide rear
platform.
Mr. Bryan's stateroom is the fi-st off
the hall from the dinning room. it has
a wide bed, that is always down, and a
little table. There is one camp stool in
the room. If there are tvo visitors one
of them has to sit on the bed. B-yan
always sits there. There is a little toilet
roo-u and a closet, where Bryan keeps
a small steamer trunk, and next is an
other compartment, where his tere
tary, Rebr: E. Rose, a Western news
paper man and brother of Mayer D)avid
ti .s, of 3ilwaukee, has his ts pewr~t r
S 3rct.ary I ise and Mr. Bryais per
sonal re presenta ivp, National 'omnmit
teeman James C. Dabhluan of Nebraka
sleep a their ro 1m Taen there are a
csupie of Iockers. andi that, besides teie
observ'ion-room at the rear of the ear,
where there arc several ea-y chairs and
a Icuorge, is all. Dahlman is an old
friend of B-yan's. He is a smal wiry.
smooth-shaven. keen-lookieg man, who
sa-2ds between B 'yaa and the ou s'de
The newspaper correspondents u te the
ining room fir a working reoom and
sleep there at night.
HSIS DEMOCRAtTIC MANNER
A side from B 'Sen, D.Lhltnan and R wse
and the newspaper m mn, the only other
persons on the C .r are the negro cook.
porter and waiter. Bryan is very fond
of these three men, who are the pick of
the Pullmau employees. The other day
the special train was stopped out ii thle
country in Odio to let a p.hotographer
get a group picture of the pirty f >r the
party's own use. The people were posed
atogs'de ot the car. J:ust as the pio
toraoher was about to make his ex
posure Bryan sh'.uted: "Here! wait a
minute. Where is the cook?'' A id he
insisted that the cook, the ps~rter aud
the waites should be in the picture.
Bryas is a good travelling c~rnpa nion.
E-s me-s -notic !ablW habit is his u'.iver
sal good humor. He never seems to b
ut of sorts. Som :times he is tired and
looks it, but he is always pleasant. T'be
:.ate and local committees, thinking
nly of their own advantage, work him
unesingly. They stop the train at
places not on the schedule and ray.
"Just a f-sw words here, Mr. B 2. a
r ' Came out on theC platfor here, Mr
Bran;" and he never ri fe?es
Oae day's life on the Ramebler is much
ike another. Trae speakotg always be
in; early, generally at 7 o'clook, and
bfore that ume ever, body'mst be up
B yan goes to be~d as sion ai possib e
a.er his evening speeccai and never has
to be called. He has a suit o-f gray
:aa'-:d cloth he uses for day meetin~gs,
ad he jump's into that in aT: instant
his samer~ are all of medl:a; cloth, mnst
f them blu2 striped aod all with soft
osoms. He wears turn down c..iars
ad sm-all s:ring ties. Bryan has a
small, well-shaped foot for so large a
man, and has several pairs of fie calf
shoes wit3 him Shoes seem to b y his
uly exti .vagance, so far as apparel
g ~s H ts stateroom looks like the sho~w
window of a haberdashery st-ore. for he
wears many shirts in a day and has
then 1.ung around the rooa' on lines
strch-:d along the walls.
Usuall tho first speech come3 before
breakfast. Mr. Bryan always goes out
to tha kitchen and drinks a cup of cof
fee Then he steps o'at on the platform
and talk fi ,e, ten, fifteen or twenty
minutes as the case may be After that
ome.s brakfast. B:yan has a s~at at
the hea-i of the table. I there are any
gueuLs they sit t-r. to him If nlot the
party consists of the candidate, Dth!
man and Rose and the correspondents
Te man at the foot of the tables serves
Bryan talks with everybody about
everything, somestimes about politice.
but generally not.
EATS MCH-iJRINES NONE.
The people who wonder how he can
stand the great strain he is under
should see him eat. That is the secret
of it. He has the appetite of a growing
boy. The man who serves sometimes
asks the others what they will have,
for there is always a choice of meats.
but he never asks Bryan. He takes a
liberal po-;tion of everything there is
ad generally comes back for more.
Bryan likes coffee and drinks it at
every meal. He also likes milk and
drinks that sometimes. He never
drinks any liquor or beer and does not
smoke. He does not try to force his
ideas on others, however, and sits for
a fe,, minutes after the cigars are
lighted.
More likely than not the train stops
in the middle of crowd of yelling en
tuiasts while breakfast is on. Bryan
does not stop to finish his ceffee or his
eyg. "Here we are," he says, and
sprnt for th re ar platform and makesa
MN sapoi. - Thin he cui' E
anish'ze hi: mneal. I i the a-nc A!
luxnch~eci, b~ut dinn er is always so pian
ted as to give 1--. - P aa time to est
in cmufort.
rTC.NIIxG 7 Is 'AIL.
Grea burches c#f letters are .anded
on the train at each stop almost. Bryan
li s on is hack on his bed, reads them
ani dietaes the ajs vers to tLe secre
tary, who ' ches on the edge of the
bed and uses his knee for a desk. When
B:yan gets a telegram be reads it and
puts it in his trousers pocket. Some
times the pocket bulges with thirty or
forty m'esages.
Bryin spends most of his time in his
slateroom. Two or three times a day
he comes Olt into the newspaper men's
room and talks with them or comments
on some featurcs of the day. He sees
the local dignitaries in his stateroom,
but he is alone for a god many half
hours. Those on the train know he
needs all the rest he can get and keep
away, and the others have to.
He reads every newspaper that comes
on the car, and is as thronghly in
terested in the news of the day as in
the political nevs. A favorite habit of
his is to bring a nosnpaper o the table
and comment on the news as he reads
it aloud. Yesterday he had a copy of
Friday's World at the dinner table. He
laughed at an item and then said:
'Here's a story about a hen laying a
glass egg I suppose the Republicans
will claim that is a Democrtie scheme
to break the Glass Trust."
After Bryan makes a long speech he
takes off all his clothes and is rubbed
down. Then he grabs ano:hcr suit of
und rwear and another blue strive i
shirt and is ready for the fray again
His speeches ar, nece sarily ou the
same topics every day, but with an e-e
keen tai the advantag-s of pub'icity, he
seizes on anything new that there may
le and uses it in such a way as to in
.erest the newspap.rs.
Bryan never ha= any d:ffi :ulty in
making himself heird. no mat'er how
hig the crowd is. He can talk to 40,
001) "r to 500. and there does not seem
to be an eff.rt about it. He is a mar
velo:is judge of distauce. an-l uses only
enotzh voice for his crowd.
His constant outdoor work has made
hin brown a. a ber. His h %nds are
tann.>d like a sail' r's'. They are gen
erally scratcbed on the back also, for
the thouar ds that grab at him some
times have long finger-nails.
The gray sack suit does business
through the day. At night, however,
Mr. Bryan sometimes puts on a black
cutaway coat and gray trousers. and
wears a white shirt. He has a silk hat
with him, but generally wears his bla;k
Fedora He does not take any chances
with coli, but wears his overcoat when
ever he is driven fr -m the car to a
stand.
GETS A HAIR CUT.
Mr. B-5 an's beard is b'ack and heavy.
Generally he shaves himself with a
safety raz)r. but some days the shave
is neglected, eppe cially if there are
mary ,pec.e; to be made His hair
has been pr,:tty long for a couple of
Svee , 6 d at various places along the
iine irrev.;at 3oungsters have advised
him to get it cu*. He took their advice
yestcrday.
Byan's only disiti:,n is peanuts.
H-1 eats themr whenever he can get
hem. At night befo>re he goes to sleep
he has t wo suices of unb-attered bread
and a glw of uiik.
Th map~e'ie personality of the man
isnweemore apoarent than in the
ihmbler. Even the autocratie omok ad
m'ts "He's a mighty fine gemman, Mr,
Br:yan is; 'deed he is." He is whole
souled, j .lly, cons-derate and demo
cratic. .every man who has been in his
campany for any length of time comes
away saying "Bryan's a good fellow'."
Politier aside, that's it.-New York
World
Kerely an Incident.
What a revelation to the readers of
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" it would have
been to have wi nos:-d a httie occur
ren.~e at a mon~eutou-, gathering in an
old Southern home on Blanding street
last Wednesday morning. The occasion
wast a weddt;g~-a bappy, jiyful home
wedding-the incident was wbon jist
before leavine the l'o-ise for the train,
the handsome, yonthful 'bride slipped
away from all the ga:hr og of merry
j oy'us sa m .athetic friends antd so'ught
uoi of the btack parlors where were
otehered the old family s.:rva~nts Some
of themn had held her in their faithful
old ar os, and guided her baby steps,
sotothed ther little troubles, as only a
sout bern chi'd's black matxjma could
?ende'd her so faithfutly, loved ter so
fondly and now as she stands on the
.hreshold of her new life th~rr faithful
o&d hearts are glad for her happiness,
and no more fervent good wishes are
spoken than is expre-s c in their '-God
bless you honey." ' tiod watch over
my baby always " "May de gui Lawd
keep ho'd o1u nvur hand honey, for d:2
sud ola mis y mni miss; sake, an-i hole
it ti.~ht nos dr- old mammna can't reach
it no) mi." Who wodu' cr.&ve a richer.
sweettr ble~sing. what mrnie .was needed
to crovva the happiness of this wedding
day' So with words of warm appre
cisti in and a band sha~ko f',r each one
tiis S 'utherrn bride wi:1 always have
en: < f th.: wartzzest places in the re
uembranccs <f her girl life.-Colum
bia State.
Hester's Weekiy Statement.
Secretary Hester's Weekly New Or
lhans Cotton Extchange s atement is:
T'oday shows an inereaso in the move
ment into sig:u. comnpared with the
s,ven days euding this date last year
i'i round figures of 94 0110.
For the 19 -days of October the totals
show an increase over last year of 210
The 49 days of the season that have
ela:sed, the aggregate is a'head of the
49 days of last year1.000. TIhe amount
broegh: into sight du-Ing the past wet k
has been 495,53, against 401 737 for
tae last seven days ending October 19,
last year.
The mement since September 1
shows receipts at ali United States
ports 1,600,393, against 1,492 363 last
year; to Northern mills and Canada,
106.241, against 191 761 !aet year.
Southern mills takings2i9S05, against
223.653 last year.
Foreign exports for the week have
been 263.188, against 199,229 last year.
Northern mill takings and Canada
during the past seven days show a de
crease of 42,401, as ecompared with last
year. Tot'ai taking of American mills,
north and south and Canada thus far
for the season have been 384,647,
against 524,958 last year.
A Tramp Lynched
Frank Hardeman, a tramp negro, was
lynched at Wellston Ga., early Wed
nesdsy morning for assaulting Mrs. B.
H. Peirson, the wife of a Baptist
preacher. The woman and three small
children were in the room at the time
and raised an alarm. The negro burikd
himself in a cotton patch but was found
and lynched. His body was hung by
the side of the railroad in view of
BISHOP IRELAND
Gives Out IntuEvji w Calculated to
Make Votes for McKinley.
THE VIEWS OF THE POPE
Will Have Weight in American Elec
tion. Anxious for Us to Pro
tect Church Property
in Philippines
Archbishop Ireland, in conversation in
New York Friday touching the senti
ment at Rome towards the Catholic
church in the Philippines and in Cuba,
remarked that he felt quite willing to
repeat what was recently said to him
in Rome on this subject.
He said he did so the .more readily
because the eminent personages with
whom he had the honor of conversing
on the matter showed themselves to
be in no way unwilling to have the
statements made by them become pub
lic. The archbishop said:
"In one of the audiences which he
graciously granted me, the pope said:
'We are well pleased with the rela
tions of the American government to
the church in Cuba and in the Philip
pines. The American governmE nt gives
proof of good will anu Exhibits in its
acts a spirit of j istice and of respect
for the liberty and rights of the
ohurih. The re'presentitions to b-sips
and others indiwate un-s. Dfiou sties
of detail occur as a conseuence of war
and of newness of compiexions. But
we understani such tL:ags. We have
confidence in the irtelligerce and the
spirit of justi.e of the American gov
ernment and people ard believe that
the future will not lead us to change
the sentimeAts towards it. Uder the
American government there will be
due respects for rights of property and
of conscience. You will thank in my
name the peesident of the republic for
what is being done.'
The cardinal secretary of State,
Rampolla, on my telling him of my
conversation with the pope, said that
the statements made to me by the
pope were such as he, from his own
personal knowledge and belief, was
ready to repeat, and that I was at lib
erty to make them known to the Ameri
can people at large. The cardinal said
furthermore that on no less than three
different occasions petitions were sent
to the vatican, in the name of Philip
pine leaders, to have opened between
them and the vatican direct official re
lations. but that the vatican always re
fused to listen to such petitions out of
consideration for the American govern
mCAt.
"The church, said the cardinal needs
in Cuba and the Philippines the co
operation of the American government
for its rights and liberties, as indeed
the American government needs the
cooperation of the church for the pai
fiction of these countries."
"Cardinal Gotti, before his elevation
to the cardinalate, had been suj.erior
general of the Carmelite monks and
had established in Cuba antecedently
to the American oecupation. three
houses of the order. He said to me:
'I received a few days ago letteri from
the several Carmelite houses in Cuba.
The fa-.bers tell me that they enjoy, un
der the present administration of the
island, full liberty ; that they have un
distur bed posseesion of all their proper
ties, and that they were nev,.r in bet
ter position to labor for the progress of
religion and the salvation of souls.'
[bhe authorities of R-ome," added
archbishrop Ireland, "are informed to a
degree that both astonished and pleas
ed me about matters rel'gious and po
litical in the Pilippines and in Cuba;
and as they have the interest ofthe
church in those countries most deeply
at hsart, and know far better than we
in An.erica could know what the rights
of the church are and how best such
rights may be defended, Americans,
Catholics and others, may safely accept
their judgment of things and riot give
themselves further and needless trou
ble about the religious conditions of
he Pnilippines or of Cuba. Ai a
plain matter of fact, the only safety
which. the Catholic church at the pres
ent time has in the Philippines for
the possession of het properties and
for the lives of her priests, is the pro
teouion afforded by the American flag.
and all this is fully understood and
i eccgnized in Rome."
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A Cuban Tragedy.
A dispatch from Havana says Maj.
Petr-on, the chief conmmissary of Cuba,
die.i Tnursday of yellow fever. Mrs.
Pterson, his wife, wh->arrived at Hav
ana iss: Mboinday from Cit cinnati to
nurse him, shot hersa1t in the head
wi.h a revolver one hour alter majr-s
death and died instantly. The
remains of Maj. Peterson and his wife
were interred this afternoon with
military honors. The flags at El More
and on the public buildings were at
haf past. The tragic ocurrence has
greatly deprs s-'ed the whole military
community in Havana.
Were Rescued.
A cable dispatch was received from Gen
MacArthur today giving the casualties
of Capt. Shield's command in the is
land of Marinduque. Capt. Shields
and his men were captured by the in
surgents and afterwards rescued by
Gen. Hare's troops. The total casual
ties of the party appears to have been
four killed and six wended. Among
the latter is Capt. Shielde himself, who
was seriouisly wounded in the nek,
m~tuth and shoulder.
Why She Kicked.
A Georgia woman sued for divorec
from her husband because he insisted
on her reading some verses in the Bi
ABSOLUTELY I
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ROYAL BAKING POW
REPUBLICAN BLUFFERS.
Bryan Supporters Fail to Get Them to
Put Up
New York Democrats willing to back
their political opinions with their
money are beginning to tire of the
chase after Republicans whose confi
dence, according to National Commit- !
tee press agents, is such that they will
lay enormous odds on the success of I
McKinley. They have searched for
these liberal layers at home and abroad,
and the result has been uniformly the'
same. Everywhere there appears to be 1
a vocal willingness, but the money is
not forthcoming.
Comes a rumor from' Wall Street
that Blank, of Blank and Dash, is of
fering 4 to 1 and 5 to 1 that McKinley
will carry the country.
"Just left" "or all" taken is the
word when D.mocratie money appears,
bat next day in the Republican pap, rs
appears a record of a bet, coupled with
a statement the a-nount of the bet
could not be asocrtaineo, but it is sup
posed-to run into theuwands."
According to men who bet from
judgement on the elections, 2 1 2 to 1
on McKinley i-4 the top betting, and
very little big money is being offered
at tho=e odds. Not more than $1,000
was actually wagered on Saturday, and
that was at the office of Bell & Co.
"There are other bets," said a book
maker yesterday, "and the odds an,
nounced may reach as high as 3 to 1,
but those bets are not looked on ser
iously. They are regarded as in the
nature of complimentary bets for the
purpose of influencing opinion. That
is as much a part of the work of the
Republican Committee as anything
else now. They have an enormous
fund, as every one knows, and by an
nouncing these bets they hope to do
good. As a matter of fact, I have not
heard of any sum of money, large or
small, offered by a bona fled bettor at
odds of 2 } to 1 or bettor which has not
been taken. The Republicans have
announced that the shortest prices they
give is 2 1 to 1, but at that we see no
money jn bight."
As an example of the hesitancy of
Republican bettors on last night at the
-Hoffman House a Republican announc
ed that he had $10,000 to bet on Mc
Kinley at 21 to 1, Finley Peter Dunne,
author of the "Dooley stories." heard
him.
"I will take a thousand of that," re
ma-ked Mr. Dunne quickly.
-Very well," answered the first
speaker; "I will see my principal."
"Suppose we put up a hundred as a
forfeit?" suggested Mr. Dunne.
"Um-a no," was the hesitating an
swer. "I don't see why I should put
up a hundred." Then with a burst of
frankness, "How do I know I can get
the $10,000?"
LEFT BY FRANKLIN.
Bequest Whi1-h Boston Will Spend
in Building a Public Hall.
The Franklin fund. which now
amounts to about g400.00, and which
represents, with interest, the result of
a bequest of ?1.000 which was left to
the city of Boston by Benjamin Frank
lin in 1791, is to be expended. The full,
vote of the Aldermen is needed as vet,
but a plan has been broached and ac
cepted by the subcommittee to use one
half of the sum for the erection of a
public building which shall have a hall
to be used as a public forum. The
other half of the fund Is to be spend
for the extension of Mayor Quincy's
bath and gymnasium schemes.
The public building is to be kno
as the Franklin Building, and it wilt
be built in the south end. It is planne~
to hat-e various meeting rooms in it
and to carry on courses of lectures 0
trade subjects. The original idea of
the fund as left by Dr. Franklin was
for the erection of a trade school.
When this proposition was advanced
by the committee two years ago all
the labor bodies protested, and the Ala
dermen were forced to retreat, havin#
gone so far as to secure a plot of land
for the building. The trades union
men objected to boys receiving instruci
tion at trades -unless under their direct
tuition. as apprentices.-Exchange.
Used His Brains.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroil
Company a few days ago sent a brake
man, as a gift, a check for $50. "for.
using his brains." as one of the officials
expressed it. A freight train while
coming down the grade between Cran
berry Summit and Rowlesburg stopped
very suddenly, making a horrible rack
et. The brakeman, who was on the
front of the train, knew something was
wrong, and, realizing that the we.'t
bound Chicago express No. 7 was
about to pass. withot~t investigating the
trouble he rushed ahead and flagged
No. 7. Had he gone back to investigate
it would have been too late and No.
7 would have dashej into tour or five
derailed cars and turmbled over into t'ae
river. For his good judgment the cori
pany made him a present of $50. ar'd
has posted a bullet~n so that those.
"who run may read.''
Morsel of Land for $5,000.
A triangular slip rf land, containh..g
about 10 sqluare feet, in the Wall street
district in New York, was sold the oth
er day for $5,000. or more than $.300 a
square foot. The morsel of real estate
about as large as an ordinary kitchen
table, if it were square, has been in dis
pute between the Stock Exchange~
Building Committee and the Commer
cial Cable Company for years. The
dificulty was settled by the cable com
pany buying It of the Stock Exchange
people.
Still a Democrat.
Regarding the statement made in a
recent speech by Gov. Rooseyelt that
he was glad to see such men as Gen.
Wheeler supporting President Mc
Kinley in the present campaign, Gen.
Wheeler said Friday:.
Gov. Roosevelt is honestly mis
taken. He made the stanemnent on the
strength of a publication malie by a
man in a New Yore district unfriendj
to me, that I had deliver a Republican
specch at Florence. In cangress there
is only one member who has so lcng
and so consistentlyas I have su'pp:orted
the Democratic masures. There is no
need for me to deny these statemen ts.
The people of Alabama do rot doubtI
my fealty to the Democratic party." |
Can't Become a Citizen.
A New Jersey .iudge has drawn the
color line again and has refused natur
alization papers to a foreign-born negro
because. under the Fedrrai statutes,
only "white males" can become cit
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ART OF SNAKE CHARINING.
Feats Which Are Nothing But Tricks
of the Trade.
A few days ago there appeared in one
of the daily papers a wonderful story
bf a snake which was dharmed by the
strains of a jews-harp. The story was
to the effect that a countryman meet
ing a dangerous reptile in the road,
was horrified at seeing the creature
prepare to attack him. Being an en
thusiastic performer on the jew's
harp he immediately struck up the
tune. "St. Patrick's Day in the Morn
ing," which either paralyzed the ser
pent or sent series of sentimental chills
down its undulating vertebrae. At
any rate it discarded all hostile inten
tions and became motionless, when the
countryman mercilessly ground its
head in the dust.
This is an example of the many
"snake stories" which appear constant
ly before the eyes of credulous human
ity. It originates, like all of its kind.
from superstitious sources. Snakes
are utterly devoid of any sense of ap
preciation' of music. They have no
ears, and although they may distin
guish vibration of heavy sounds upon
their heavy scales, a voracious, hungry
serpent is entirely ignorant of the
presence of the chirping bird, provid
ing it does not see or scent its prey.
The familiar exhibitions of the East
Indian fakirs, during which the deadly
cobra is made to "dance" to the
music of a flute, have led many to be
lieve that these creatures are extreme
ly sensitive to the sound of music. But
exhibitions of this character are only
tricks practiced by the clever Hindoo,
and the cobra, instead of being in a
quiescent, charmed condition as It
waves its body to and fro, is really,
in a fit of intense anger.
Not long ago a large cobra was in
the possession of Dr. Joseph C. Thomp
son, of the United States navy. This
reptile was purchased by Dr. Thomp
son in South Africa. It was then In
possession of some professional snake
charmers. After it had left their hands
it was made to go through a lively
performance without the accompani
ment of the wierd music of the fakir.
The operation of making the cobra
dance is very simple. The reptile has
the characteristic habit of elevating
the forward part of the body from the
ground when annoyed, spreading Its
neck or hood and glaring fiercely at the
object of its anger. When in this po
sition it keen eyes watch eagerly for
a chance to deliver a deadly blow, ob
serving every movement of the object
or person in front of it. If one mov
es, no matter how slightly, there is a
corresponding nervous movement on
the part of the snake. Here the entire
secret of the snake dance is explained.
When the Hindoo opens the snake bas
ket the cobra rises ominously to their
peculiar position of defense. He now
commanos the snakes to dance, at the
same time beginning a lively tune up
on his flute, and swaying his body from
side to side in time to the music. The
nervous cobras follow the- motion of
the supposed charmer. They are not
dancing to the music, but, intensely an
gered. are seeking to revenge them
selves upon their human captor.
The snake charming act of the be
spangled female with the giant boas
and pythons at the circus, Is even more
simple, says the New York Times. The
large snakes used in these exhibitions
are in the first place of a harmless
nature. Secondly, they are most in
offensive in their habits. The lazy
boa will lie for hours or days motion
less in its cage, when suddenly awak
ened from a long nap is utterly indif
ferent to what is going on around it.
After a few weeks in captivity these
huge reptiles become very tame,. and
seem to enjoy being handled with one
familiar with their movements. The
chief requisites of a "snake chamber"
are great deliberation and sufficient
nerve to handle a 10-foot boa, or ana
conda without the slightest hesita
tion. A nervous movement is apt to
annoy the snake and cause it to bite,
while if treated gently and handled
with movements corresponding to its
sluggist habits, It evinces the utmost
good nature.
Accounts have been published of
large snakes coiling thiemselves around
the object of their annoyance and dem~
onstrating in .an exceedingly uncom
fortable, if not dangerous manner the
power of their scaly bodies. This
characteristic is popularly supposed to
be commonly resorted to by the "boa
constrictor." but the idea is purely er
roneous and originates from an aver
sion to the serpent race from which
have sprung innumerable fallacIes and
superstitions.
Dog-Tight Gates.
According to a recent decision of a
Prussian court. the railroads in that
country must have dog-tight crossing
gates, or stand liable for any canine.
injuries resulting from a failure to do
so. Some time ago, while the gates
were closed at a railroad crossing in
Munster, an aristocratic hunting-dog,
In the active pursuit of his vocation,
eluded the obstacle and struck the
track at that point simultaneously with
an express train. The train passed on
unscathed says Law Notes, but the dog
had to be picked up with a sponge.
In a suit by the owner to recover $50
damages for the taking off of his blue
blooded pet, the railroad company
claimed that it had performed its whole
duty in shutting the gates, and that If
the dog was so ill-mannered as to
climb over or crawl under in the face of
such a manifest desire to exclude him,
then the blame was with his master.
The Court. howee r. held that it was
the duty of the railroad to keep the dog
of" its tracks, and appointed experts to
f.'termine whether the barriers provid
ed 'were reasonably calculated to pre
vent the passage of unwary dogs. They
reported adversely to the defendant,
and, after a further reference to ex
perts in canine pedigree to determine
the value of the deceased, the plain
tiff was awarded $60. with Interest
from the date of the catastrophe.
"Why, darling." exclaimed the pret
ty bride of three weeks as she rushed
to embrace her husband. "how good it
was of you to skip baseball once and
come home early! You're just too
sweet."
And he accepted it all without say
ing a word about there being no game.
Detroit Free Press.
Miss Chaa-That sporting widow
who got the brush to-day has been in
at the death a good many times.
Miss Hunt-Yes, and each of them
left her a fortune.-Brooklyn Life.
Bryan Gains.
The Newport News Herald says the
situation has changed somewhat. Po
litical si'.ustions, like that of the weath
er, often change in a very short while.
We know not whether it was the wis
dom of Mr. Bryan or that of his advis
ers, but that matters not, the fact is
that it was wise for Mr. Bryan to in
vade Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. His
invasion of those States has increased
his ohances of election wonderfully
and it need not surprise any one if he
carries the two former and gives Mr.
McKinley a gre-.t scare fox his own
tate ('nio.