The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 10, 1892, Image 1
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CAMDEN. S. C.. FRIDAY. ,TTTNE I ft 1892
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god and our native land.
SCHOOL
I '??*OlAlr LESSON FOR
; 12. 1892
jg-C^nnXitnd^ ari 1 thev
F** him into the Jen of !
*JJgom pa.s-ed into the
i?"? made Daniel the
?*? over I *) provinces.
ia??*r pr^ilenti hated
Jj***"P'wh his death, as
??fgg.|^s P*rt of thr- chap?
K>n v- '*on s d-n. and
-b*.. P^febe-J. The kind
a bop^ that it mav
*Q a.?uran^e that it will
^?*tb^?^ronKht anl !*id
ggWtfth* den; and the king
f2tl^wn'!inVtV S?th,i5 ,in*
XsttKk ^ ? an?' the devj! m
s* ra? or ?* n* >n
?j* ?? tfcenj (P;,. ixjfii j.?
2*5-. ?. B?t ?h? chiia ?t
titera theae things. and
nor ^off-nded
^wtb. X.. ?:?>.; I Pet iv.. ! >. 13;
to his Pai^v and
?A5BF-*' Although the
fctoWM labor*l hard to deliver
eveo f-he king. with
!: ajainst the law,
ft not na e^'in *^at '^ve cannot
fit fi-?n kw save any one.
Baot oi' W <S ho'y an'l Jiwt
B. 2lRiTe 'fe rpor justify the
?the^L?" ? in.. 20).
Ki aro^- very early in
**<?nt m haste unto the den
<X IwVj victory and
<fahv?i! to v/"*-v ??gg<*tiva ol' a
for I)an '<??'* people,
l??ng nigh. See P,. txx..
!Ti itY\ U; cxxx ? ^
LoL... * ls ?&o seen in the early
i ?* Mark vi., 4*>-4g.
lwtt? kT people, however, for
. ?? o? no morning (Isa. via.,
?^w^ant of the living God,
>th # tervest continually.
^V?,? m the lions'*' It was a
Wb<e cry trom the greatest
1 or the tini*, a ?? ry of hope.
, '?c*- I' he known the
laniof EHvVl he would not
? W1 af^ tj} deliver. K^aij
. g 2L?a-vH ??*" p?ul in I Sam.
kJ. ,T /!'' r* and 7et J?'?r
- 4 if? pe*>?uirt>ed that ifc-is
*?? 12).
:Vg**d Daniel unto the king, O
.fapever. With what eagerness
.have listened for a reply from
IJT hoping for yet hardly *dar
Pj5'?P*y? But there -is a rer>iy
? Ji j r, anl th* kiQg'* hmrt Is
8jad (vers*? 23). Whatever may
we sigjnficince of the words,
?? the believer in Jesus knows
aai life (John v., 24: vi., 47.)
i|God hath sent Hi$ angels aaA
lions" mouth?!, tb^yH^yJb ^r-,~
Blessed be i*-* rt'..^ve
angels that
ommands, har& ' ' *m
1,22). Consi le-^ f" H,a T
, >1 ?k i power of one
h?- an<l of
i ?5txt'h^;4;>OIf>^i1 6 1())' and
^L-ts evZMZSS**1* are y0ur
^*r" . you, -serving
out of the
found upon
--y? ? -iod.*1 Daniel,
5ef eitrem- penalty of
? forth fr?>m the place of
[death and judgment, without
1 hurt upon him. Every true
(i? now dead with Christ,
land has parsed from death
L,l-3; John v.. 24>. There is
l to tfiem that are in l^hrist,
rate us from His love, and
;o< resurrection it ah all lie
5 a bair of our hea 1 ha? per
.v8?? 1. &?*; Luke ii.. 18).
king commanded, an i they
i which had actnis-^d Daniel,
t into the den o( lion:--, them,
, and ttieir wives." 'l"he
the wicked is short, and the
Bcrite is but for a moment
This is a sample of th?)se for
lao morn m i. or who in the
jtory of tbope who trust in the
ipunisQe-1 with ever! istm^ de
^BBapresenceill The>^.
/were aff'icted bv rh"ir ^in.
loato hims^lt'. Wear??always
.neither tor good or evil
Xing Darius wrote uuto all
ii an 1 languages that dwell in
L Peace be multiplied unto you."
caosetl Darins to make this
pjtoail nations wa; the power of
[ivaeJ manifeste-1 on behalf of
lam* Th?time will come when
[ this same (ro 1 shall b?? so mani
rotair Israel that ad nations
^nw trod and honor Him as the
Ittrtole earth (Ezek. xxxvii.. 2?>
te m decree that in every do
rktogdom m ;n tremble an I fear
of Daniel."' Thus Dar^s
(thin? any man every did or
ilts G>l, he nloriri >s (i) I be
^nd speaks of His eternal
make> u> think of the time
s;ia: t fall down b ?;.?r^ Him;
I stall serve Him"' i.P.v Ixx-i.. 11;
Kl). "The lofty loo'cs r.f man
jgtnblel, and th*? ha*i ^htines-i of
(ta bowed down, an; I th- Lord
in that May" (Isa. ii.,
iW??th anrl rescti?tb. and Be
, and wonders m b-?aven and
hath deJiverel Daniel from
the Hon-^." Darius h-i.i ,-een
of one man from a lion's
J could tell of t'n* deliver -
ifirom the bon ing-- >>f K;?ypt,
xning from !imv mi every day
mm, of sea and river div>'le<) for
itfcrough on dry land, of waUed
mm down as men shoutel, and
Rgoderful works of a wonderful
.tell of ?lead bodirt? actually
?graves as Laz tru- and oth
> when all in their graves
and of some who will
us magnify th*> name of
eth all these thiiu-.
^.initd pros{?er 1 m reign
fe the reign of ''yrus- the
[all because he wa<i? man of
? wito him. He feare*!
ru^r diil h?- fear death;
l^jqlytosin aga^st He
god God "honors I hin, even
(1. Sam. ii., ">0\ . ? Lesson
>?
iia
M
op?
(-Aide^I Industry.
ient of the bans.na tra3e
'aBtration of the marvel' made
PBT-2L^~. through m?xleru cairy
bf science tii
-? ' Only
four years aj;o H.
purchased thirtj-five^uare
in Dines, Cuba, then
(w* ?
with a denfo forest an } having
, jababitints. Alx>ut half the
been dcared and LKMK) acres
nitb bananas. Brood roa?is have
ioo". a railroad ten tuiles lou"
a town of ,S5(H) inhal?>
been created, and nine steamers
jeeofng thrt>nghou? tac Ttsir to
fea iana product to N?5w York.
(N. J.) American.
From Banana?.
American Rep ub
a nevv use lias been,
which will greatly add
of that fruit. ' In several
America flour is now
fro i bananas, which, under
anaij is foun.i to contaia
than nee, heaos or corn,
on a large scale w being
Port Limon, L'osta Rica. ?
Star.
IN ALLIANCE RANKS.
The Questions of Discussion Among
the Brethren.
The Line of Action Being Pursued in
Tennessee.-? "Cents Versus
Sense." by Dr. Houghton.
Washisgtoh, D. O.-It has been as
serted that the binding twine trust pro
poses to put up the price of that tt t< icle
from 9 cents per pound to 15 or 16, while
in Canada it now brings 14 cents. If this
rumor is substantiated by the investiga
tion? now going on, many Republican*
will vote for free binding twine.
******
CENTS VERSUS SENSE.
BY I)*. A. 3- HOT.'OHTO*.
.5'ist aft?r the war tn th" year sixty six.
When our currency wa? in a terrible Dili.
r tras the custosn whenever a dollar w e got
T.> nx tn r&latlons by what tt had bought;
An-! to 'lav It seems proper to meet the pretense
<>t those who >ar diver's worth seventy cents
To -how that a dollar's worth what It will buy
Whether popular office or newspaper* He
A ad th^ doliar i&at pays for the best tn tne land.
That circulate: freely to counter from hand.
Is The old stiver dollar, colonial fame.
Our old standard dollar, a "daddy" by name,
i >ne century old on the second was It.
For ?-arly transactions It surely wa? fit.
And those who defame It wflt render account
H'h?n the people awake and the war horses mount
This dollar, by Spaniards first minted and milled..
The wants of the Yankees for money has filled.
Ever ?tnce from our shores Biitlsh banners we drov?
And the scepter of freedom through tyranny clove
'Twaa the dollar that Washlnjffv' as?u to emp'oy.
That Jefferson used In all trades from a boy.
Thai Adam* and Madison. Jackson and Clay
Had only been happy to get L. ihelr day.
v'rorn (kern down to Lincoln no otJier we used.
And no thoughtful man thrtr?mployment abused,
In all if tint time not one statesman of sense
Ew hinted their worth was Tust seventy cents.
But today the traditions of grand Bunker HOI,
So longer the speeches of orators fiU.
And the heroes of Concord and kexmgton. too.
Are lost to the modern mugwumplan view.
Our very first families never recall
The tth of July or observe It at afl
Whlle the pompous four hundred as exiles appea?
At London or Paris a part of each year.
N *> longer the doing of Jefferaon find
The verr first place to--* Congressman 'a mind.
But the custom* to which they most often allude.
Are the doings ami saylnjwof some English dud*.
And thus tt has heppene i tt Conaiess this year
That i d?x-trtne. to t aakees decidedly qtieer.
Hn-> found an acceptance 'mid bankers I'm told.
That the only good money Is Johnny Bull's gold.
But whit* lirlght silver dollar* say taxes and rent.
Let us sttcfc to their use In most any event:
And whtle they continue to de/ray my expanse
' ve no use for the statesman M ?oventy sense.
* * *. * * *
The PittsburgsKansan, (Pittsburg, Pa.)
says: The French government is to
inaugurates loan scheme that will afford
a precedent for the People's party. M.
Costans, minister of the interior, will
bring forward a measure called "Credit
Agricola." He proposes that the Gov
ernment shall loan to proprietors of farms
money at an interest les3 than 2 per cent
Of course the measure has aroused the
opposition of 'the monty brokers of
Kriwce^ but theiagriculturists of France
$j^tnaking identically the same demand
as the fanners of the United States, and
demand is so emphatic that M. Costans
makes haste to heed it and brave the
opposition of French plutocracy.
* * # * * *
The Nonconformist, (Indianapolis, Ind.)
?ay3: The silver dollar is legal |tendei
for only $5 or .under. Make silver dol
iars legal tender for all debt0, public and
private, and issue greenbacks to three
times the amount of the free and unlim
ited coinage of both gold and silv/r.
This will give us |50 per capita and will
settle by practical test which kind of
money the people prefer.
* * * * * a
The People (New York) says:
The jmiior of all the Vanderbilts is
spending four million dollars on a fort
ress at Asheville, N. C., which he in -
tends to make hi3 home. The basement
walls are from twelve to fifteen feet thick
and the architect of the structure is quot
ed as saying that tbp young plutocrat
looks ahead to the tinie when an outbreak
may test the strength of those cyclopeao
walls.
****??
The Unionist, (Kv.) says: There are 12,
ftOO.OOO homes in the United States.
Nine million of them are under mortgage.
Only 3.600.000 homes in the land of the
free escap^theextri tax of mortgage in
terest. Why? There is not enough
money.
THE .UjLIASCE ^0?**ART1SA!?.
The Nashville Toiler giyes the follow
ing definition of the non-partisan course
the Alliance is pursuing in Tennessee:
"The members of the Order every
where surely understand the non-partisan
character of the Alliance. It is for the
benefit of those on the outside of the
Order that we again present the duties
of Alliance lodges toward political par
ties. Ti> is is made more necessary be
cause of the poa'tion taken by the Toiler
on independent action.
"So far not a single Alliance lodge
has endorsed the People's party, although
many People party clubs have been organ
ized in the State. We sincerely hope
this policy will be continued. The Alli
ance is aimed to be a school for the farm
ers, where they can discuss the science
of government in a "strictly non-partisar
way.'' The necessity of continuing the
organization non partisan canjae clearly
seen when we consider the question of
its growth. If to join the Alliance meant
to join the People's party, the Demo
cratic and Republican farmers who have
followed their parties through good or
evil, and who have never been taught to
doubt the wisdom of bossism, would re
main out of the Alliance, and for that
reason the scales would never fall from
their eyes.
"The education acquired in the Alli
ance lodges has developed into the most
wonderful concensus of opinion ever
recorded. The investigation developed
a wrong, further investigation developed
two wrongs, and still further investigate i
ion developed three wrongs, which are
covered by the St. Louis platform, un
der the heads. "Money. -4>end and Trans
portation." It was by agitation and
education that we concluded that the rem
edy lies only in the fermation of a new
party. You know that you would never
have joined the Alliance had it meant a
slipping of the party collar, because you
once loved that dtar old halter. Then
when you lookgjat it in that light it ifi
best never i??Tdco*v*n Alliance lodge, tc
attempt an endorsement of the People's
party . Hav"e your clubs to meet the
same night ifter the adjournment of the
lodge. E?6h lodge should stand firmly
by the Ocala and St. Louis demands^
but do not put the party bridle on inside
the lodge. Let Democrats, Republican#
and People's party men all feel free."
Dan Taitaage's Sons have information
net which they base the opinion that th?
rice crop in the southern states this year
will exceed that of any previous year by
??<> per cent and will hardly fall short of
s,? 00.000 bushels under average growing
>n<5 itions. This iadicates a disposition
I -1 the part of the cotton planters to
\ ii versify. . "
AN INEXCUSABLE LYNCHING.
A Negro Taken from Officers and
Hanged for Larceny.
Columbia. 8. C. ? Laurens county has
apparently broken the lynching record.
Governor Tillman received a tele
gram saying; "Friday night last a ne
| gro, Dave Sbow. under arrest for larceny,
; was taken- from the officers by a mob and
j lynched. The body has not been found
! but evidence of lynching were plain
; No investigation has been made by any
I officer of the law. We, as law-abiding
| citizens, ask you to have the matter in
| vestigated at once. Thi9 occurre 1 in
' half a mile of Merna postoffice, Sullivan
; township, Laurens county."
The Governor telegraphed to Solicitor
Schumpert to investigate. the matter.
A dispatch from the town of Laurens
states that Shaw was arrested on suspic
ion of having stolen $40 and that while
constables were carrying him to a trial
justice a crowd of fifty men rode out from
the sid? of the road and demanded the
| prisoner. The constable's party can't say
| whether they were white or black men on
j account of the darkness The crowd
i fired pistols and threatened the life of the
i constable if he refused to give up the
prisoner, The constable complied and
i the crowd carried Shaw off. He has not
been heard from since. Some think he
:V?lHiung and a place was found in the
woods where there were signs of what
they supposed to be the execution. Shaw
is said to have been a notorious thief.
THE FLORIDA OUTLAWS.
Two of the Train Robber^Murderers
Killed by a Posse.
Palatka, Fla ? Two of the gang,
Jim Williams and Haynes, who held up
the train Saturday, and .murdered San
ders. the express messenger, were killed
at Buffalo Bluff bridge, four miles south
of here, by a posse from this
place. At noon two watchmen stop
ped a party of three m n who attempted
to cross the bridge. On being halted
j they drew revotoers and fired at the watch
men. After aa\^terchange of shots, they
fled inter the tb?v v undergrowth close by.
The posse was sc once summoned from
here, and went out on 8 special ear. Cros
sing the bridge, they were tired on by the
concealed outlaws, and a lively fusilads
| followed for tea or fifteen minrites. Wil
liams and Haynes were killed, and the oth
er one fled into the swamp, pursued by i
bloodhounds and the posse.
Haynes was severely wounded first, and
finding he could not e?cape, he penned a
farewell to his mother in Arabi, Georgia,
and then, putting h s pistol into his mouth,
fired. Haynes was the oue who murdered
Sanders.
The city is wild, and the corpses of the
two outlaws at the depot are being viewed
by hundreds
Condition of the Three Cs.
The report of Receiver D. H. Chamber
lain of the operations of the Charleston,
Cincinnati & Chicago Railroad from March
15, 1891 to March 31, 1892 has been filed
with the clerk of the United States Circuit
Court at Charleston, S. C. Mr. Lord
was appointed temporary receiver Decem
ber 10, 1890. at which time the road was
in operation to Rutherfordton. N. C., but j
during his tenure it was extended to Mar- I
ion, N~.C., 171 2-5 miles of main track.
The permanent receiver was appointed
and took possession March 15. 1891, and
since April 17, 1891. has operated the en
tire mileage mentioned
The total earnings of the road for 1891
! '92 were $ 170.245. 87. an increase of $20,
058.06 over the preceding year. The ope
rating expenses for 1891-'92 are $185,342.
52 against $183,216 49 for 1890-'91. Tlw
deficit for 1891-'92 is $15,096.65 against
$33,028.68 for 1890- 91. Mr. Ward, the
general manager, states that the road
throughout its entire length (excepting
trestles and bridges) is now safe and can
| be operated with economy. The trestles
and bridges, of which there are nearly six
miles, will require immediate attention,
and an expenditure of from $25,000 to
$30,000 for labor and materials is deemed
necessary. The cost1} of this work, the
receiver states. < annot be hoped, to be
met by the current earnings.
Bessemer City, N. C.
This town was planned and laid out by
thcBessemer City Mining aod Manufactur
ing Co. less than a year ago, with Col.
J. S.Carr, of Durham, president.
Iron ore veins were opened, and min
ing of the finest B ssemer ore has steadily
been pursued, until now several hundred
tons are shipped daily. Birmingham,
Ala , mills at present taking most of the
ore.
An hour's ride south from Charlotte on
the Richmond & Danville railroad brings
one to Bessemer City, whcb,. in addition
to its fine mineral properties, is calculat
ed to become one of the finest health re
sorts North or South An immense ho
tel. with all the modern conveniences, is
being erected on the summit of a beauti
ful mountain spur, from which, on a clear
day, one can spy out the surrounding
hamlets in the different contiguous coun
ties, and the cities of Charlotte and Spar
tanburg. King's Mount in is the ver
dent, silent sentinel that keeps watch
close by, while rhgged Crowder's Moun
tain frowns steadily, ? tf to the northeast
two miles. Already numerous cottages dot
the slopes of the mountain where the ho
tel is budding, and altogether Bessemer
City promises U> become one of the favor
ite resorts of Carolina.
'ANCHORS OP HEMP ROPES. '
8am Jones Advocates the Lynching
of Rapists.
Chattanooga^ Tenn.? A special re
eeived here says Weems, the rapist, wi?b
officers, lK>arded an East Tennessee train
at Ooltewah, fourteen miles northeast of
here, this morning, and Weems is now in
jail at Knoxville. A crowd of Chattan
oogians will go ever, and probably thi*
lynching may occur there before sunset,
as Rev. Sam Jones has been preaching
frhat ''rapists must be the anchors of hemp
rope-;.'7
A Fair Showing.
During th-? t welve mouths cndiog-April
30 there were incorporated 176 new na
tio a! banks with an aggregate capital
' stock of $1*.. 1*0.000. In the list Texas
stands at the head with twenty-one new
banks, with capitil stock amounting to
Sl.SlO.'HW. In West Virginia five new
banks were organized, ia Kentucky four,
North Carolina four. Tennessee four, Ala
V bama two. Florida two, Maryland two,
Ark&nsa* one, Georgia one asid Virginia
j one. Forty-seven ne a banks in the tjoutb
is the year i? not so bad a showing.
THREE STATES' BRIEFS.
A Condensation of the Principal
Happenings.
The Hews Gleaned From All Sources
and Prepared For Our
Busy People.
VIRGINIA.
The 4Drys"' won the victor? in North
Danville.
The Democrats won in the city election
in Roanoke.
Hon. Jno. A. Buchanan, Judge - Mann
and Ex-Congressman Tucker are b ing
actively pushed by their respective friends
to fill the vacant Senatorship, caused by
the death of Senator Barbour.
The Richland* Coal Co. contemplates
opening another coal mine and building
about fifty coke ovens
The Virginia Hard Coal Co , just or
ganized at Radford, prop ses to develop
coal nnnes in Montgomery county
The Pocahontas coal business at Nor
folk. gradually increa cs. The exports
from Lambert'? Point piers during April
amount to 125,000 tons employing 137
vessels.
The World's Faircommissionf rs in dis
tributing specifications -forbids on the
coats of the uniforms for the guards at
the exposition, jcquire that the material
used shall be either the Charlottesville
(Va.) Woolen Mills sky blue doeskin No.
1,179 or of equal quality.
NOBTH CAROLINA.
A roller flouring mill is to be built at
Elkin.
Additional machinery is being put in
the Wadesboro Silk mill.
A force of laborers is now at work cut
ting brownstone for the new Park Hotel
Raleigh. The stone comes from the San
ford quarries and is rich iu color.
Asben'lle's new public building was oc
cupied for the first time Thursday.
The sum of $30,000 has been subset ib- J
ed for the erection of a cotton mill at Nich
olsonville.
The following ordinance is now in force
at Washington, N. C. , "An^ boy under
15 years of age found on the streets after
ten o'clock at night, without consent of
parent or guardian, shall be suoject to a
fine of two dollars."
SOUTH CAROLINA.
The Seaboard Air Line has securcd the
railway from Columbia to Clinton, S. C..
and will operate a line from Columbia to
Atlanta.
Hampton is to have a cotton mill.
The Newberry cotton mills will double
their capacity.
The Rt. Rev Bishop B. W. Arnett,
D. D . of Xenia, Ohio, ^ho has been pre- i
siding over the colored Methodist Church
for the South Carolina district, his been
succeeded in this position bytheRt. Rev.
Bishop Moses B . Salter, D. D., who has
just been elected.
Bishop W. B. W. Howe, of the diocese
of South Carolina, has been stricken with
paralysis and now lies in a critical con - j
dition at Saluda, N. C. Bishop Howe
left Charleston about a month ago to re
cuperate has health. The episcopal func
tions are now being performed by the
bishop of North Caroliua.
OTHER STATES.
A cocking main between fowls from
Georgia. Tennessee, and Arkansas,
which had been going on at West Mem
phis, Tenn., for three day3, was conclud
ed Wednesday night. Georgia and Ar
kansas were tied, each having won fight
battles and the last, resulting in a dra*.
failed to decide the contest . Five thou
sand dollars was up ou the contest.
The citiaeus of Memphis will send a
steamboat load of supplies to the Arkan
sas flood sufferers at the request of the
Governor of Arkansas. The crops of
4,000 laborers are destroyed in Arkansas,
and Arkansas City is completely und-'r
water.
MONEY FOR THE FARMERS.
Union Store Company Lends $30,000
on. Which to Do a Credit Business.
Columbia, S. C. ? Col D. P. Duncan,
i he manager of the State Alliance Ex
ch inge, who recently went to New York
on important business, returned to the
city yesterday, and he brings good cheer
<> many of the farmers of the State, in
the shape of $30,000 borrowed New York
money, to be used for the purpose of run
ning them through the summer and till
October and November, on a credit
l?asis.
The m^ney was borrowed from the
l\ i -n Store Company, and that company
made the loan for the purpose of allow
ing its five stores in this State, which are
b -ing rui under the management ot the
exchange, to do a credit business with
the farmers Each farmer will be given
a check book and will pay his bills with
these checks. He will be charged at the
end of the season 7 per cent, interest.
The company will reap the harvest not
only from the interest, bat also from the
profits on its goo is Col. Duncan says
/that it is the best that could be done for
the fanners and is more than he expected
to accomplish.
Cotton Planting Delayed.
The May crop report of the statistician
of the Department of Agriculture savs:
"The returns show delay in the work
of cotton planting from low temperature,
drought in manv districts, and in pome an
excess of rain. Germination is arrested
and the plan firlstart slowly. Some replant
ing will be necessary. It is estimated that
86 per cent, of the crop is usually planted
by the first of May. This year the esti
mates make only 78 3 They areas follows
for the several States: Virginia 34. North
Carolina 70, South Carolina 83, Georgia
*5. Florida 90. Alabama 83. Mississippi
7*. Louisiana 72, Texas 83, Arkansas 64,
. Tennessee 45 ? average 78 3. These fig
ures represent the proportion of the pro
posed area already planted, and show that ]
planting is materially later than usual.
"Some imlicatio nis giveo of the in
te ided area ns compared with that of last
year. It is difficult to forecast a result
that was partially in the future, and the
averages are only given to show what
correspondents believed to be the intention
to the reduction of area. The decrease
of area, as indicated, averages 18.6 per
cent. The percentages are : Virginia 72,
Ngrth Carolina 7*>, South Carolina 80,
Georgia ?!3. Florida SO. Alabama 85, Miss
issippi Louisiana 82. Texas 82. Ar
kansas 80, Tefln^-f^e? 74, Missouri 74 4
liradstreet's now inclines to the opinion I
? l> ;t the reduction in cotton acreage will
in- cearer 15 per cent, than 20 per cent.
WILL LEAVE THE CHURCB
Dr. BrigfkWill Probably Join the
Cht&teh of England;
The Presbyterian Assembly Votes
Unanimously Against Him.
Portland, Ore.? Tbe Presbyterian
General Assembly -votes unanimously to
sustain the regularity of the proceeding*
jf the Committee of Prosecution of Dr.
Briggs in bringing their appeal directly
to the General Assembly without delay
ing to be first heard by the S) no? of the
State of New York as the intermediate
Court of Appeals
This is a great triumph for Col. John
J. McCook, the astute counsel of the
committee, and for Dr. George W . F.
Birch, its chairman. All the noise that
the defendant raised below this point
proves to have been only for buncombe,
as Dr. Briggs himself was present when
the vote was taken, as well as all of his
sympathizers.
BRIGGS WILL LEAVE THE PRESBTTERIAN
CHURCH.
It is now stated in a select but usually
well-informed circle that no matter what
miy be the outcome of the trial of Dr.
tfrigiS, he will within six months leaye
the Presbyterian Church and go into the
Church of England. If this is so, it will
be because Dr. Briggs must have found
in his visit to Oxford, Eng., last vrar, a
more congenial atmosphere than he ever
exoects in America for the exploitation
of nig theories of redemption after death
and that he himself may be called .upon
in the spiritual world to preach the gos
pel to the lost and be enabled to save
them if he will endure the torments of
Gehenna, as the condition neccessary to
his being allowed to preach it there.
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Story of a Shattered Mirror.
Hanging in Inspector gthaack's room
?t the East Chicago Avemj4 polioe station
is a small dressing mirror. Though
badly shattered the Inspector would?not
j part with it for a large sum of money,
I for it tells a story "which, through true,
is stranger than fictiofi.
The little mirror was once the property
of George High, of Bellevue ^jlact; and
I Was the means of faring thac gentleman
a loss of about $ 25, 000. About 7 o'clock
on the evening of October 8, 1886, Mr.
High, his family, and several guests were
eating dinner. While they were thus
engaged two burglars, who bad evidently
been "spotting" the house for some time
placed a ladder against the rear of the
house. By tbat means one of the men
reached the second story window and
entered the house. Walking straight
through the hall he entered Mrs. High's
bedroom. Tbat evening Mrs. Higfr and
her guests were going to attend a re
ception, and their diamonds and jewelry "
were spread out on the dresser. As fhe
thief entered the room his eyes caught
I the gems and he started to possess him
self of them.
The small mirror hung in the corner
of the room opposite the mirror in ths
dresser. As he reached out his hand
for the diamonds the thief saw what he
supposed was a hand stretched out to
grasp him. It was the reflection of his ]
own hand on the large mirror ^reflected
in the smaller one. Believing that he
was about to be captured the burglar 1
whipped oat his revolver, turned quickly,
and fired. He hit the man in the small
mirror and forgot all about the diamonds.
Running to the window he jum[ied
upon the ladder and slid to the ground. <
Alarmed by the shot, the family rushed
upstairs and found the room full of
smoke and the smell of gunpowder.
Looking out of the window, Mr. High j
saw two men running dowu the tilley i
towards Lake Michigan. In the corner
of the mirror was a bullet hole, and
broken glass was scattered over the floor.
The esse was reported to Inspector
Schaack, but the "climbers," as they are
called by the police, were nevei captured.
?Chicago Inter- Ocean.
The Surplus Energy of Lunatics.
Over on Blackwell's Island the most
violent patients in the iimme asylum ?
those who a few years ago were kept
wholly behind bar? ? are now employed
in the laundry. There arc tub3 with
scalding water at command and rcdhot
furnaces encircled with convenient irons.
On one occasion at least, an 1 it may be a
daily occurrence, there were ninety cf
these women washing and ironing, and
only one attendant present. It was Bed
lam indeed. Imaginary enemies were
being rubbed to nothingness on the
washboards and the life being pressed j
out of them with scorching hot irons. I
The talk was blood curdling, but it was j
only talk. Noobody threw boiling water
nor used the hot irons as missiles. The
work went on, and it was th? washing
and ironing for the Blackwell's Island
colony. The shirt bosoms were immac
ulate, the starched clothes ail that could
be desired. This work is not so much
an economical as a remedial feature. In
the vigorous exercise o' washing and
ironing the superabun lant vitality of the
violent patients is expended. This de
crease is so marked that on Monday,
after the Sunday's rest, the patient# are
much more unmanageable. After a suf
ficient time of laundry work it is often
possible to remove patients to the less
violent wards. The value of regular
employment in strengthening the faculties
and giving health to the mind has been
abundantly demonstrated at the insan*
asylum on Blackweli's Island. ? jNew
York' Sun.
#apane?e Crystal Halls
Crystal balls, the most valuable stone
which Japan furnishes, are those called
rock crystal, or sni-rho (seki-ye) crysta
lled water. These, balls, "which are cut
out of colorless crystal, reflect beautifully
the forms of objects around. Their
?ftlue increases vrith the purity of the
stone. They are found in manyrrf the
mountains, and are ground and polished
j intp. perfection only by the use of (kongo
ifaa) diatoM sand, which, conies in the
form of little round grains and which
?how more or less distinctly the gurnet
structure. 'These crystal ball* are verj
fine and handsome,, add gieatly to |
any curio collection. "Diey are haid to
distinguish from dromonds, aad *un,'e in
price from about four dollars to hun
dred dollars. ? New York C'oman rt-i ??!
Advertiser.
POLITICAL PBOBLEMS.
Maneuvering For Control of Govern
ments.
Four Part 1m Actively At Work Furth
ering Their Interests.
people's PARTY ORGANIZED IN ALABAMA.
Birmingham, Ala., May 30. ? In com
pliance with the call issued by 8. M.
Adams, State president of the Farmers'
Alliance, 48 counties hare delegate* here
to attend a labor conference. It
was for the purpose of endorsing or re
jecting the platform adopted by the la
bor conference in St. Louis, February 22
last. Adams was made chairman of the
meetiDg, which endorsed the St. Louis
platform with only one dissenting rote.
After the adjournment of the meeting
about half the delegates present formally
organized the People's party in Alabama.
A State committee composed of two from
each congressional di-tiict anlTfdurat
large, with George F. Gather as chair
man, wai appointed. Speeches were
made fare ring the People's party, and the
meeting adjourned .
The North Ca? olina delegation to Chica
go will go in two chartered Pullman cars
ifrom Washington, firing in them while
attending the contention.
AN OCEAN STEAMER IN CHIGAQO,
~ j/
She Conien All the Way Froin Jftr
way, *md la Welcomed With
Great Joy.
Chicago, III.? The Wergenland, the
first steamship to make the trip from Nor
way to Chicago, arrived in port at aoon.
Thousands were gathered along the docks
to welconie the foreign . craft, and three
steamers loittled with enthusiastic Nor
wegians met the Wergerlsnd twelve
miles out and accompanied her to the
city.
The Wer^erlatd left Bergen, Norway,
April 13, with a cargo of fob and cod
liter oil, and will return loaded with
provisiens. The trip is an experiment,
and if it proves financially successful will
be the bfeginmo^ of direct traffic between
Nerway laid Chicago. \
Songs and Their Writers.
<(The composition of a really popular
song, one that catches the fancy of the
classes aid masses, is a feat that is gov
erned more by luck than knowledge,"
recently remarked a well-known music
publisher.
"From a literary point of view the
majority of successes in this line are
atrocious, ' while their sentiment ? If they
are of the sentimental order? is gener
ally inclined to be both insipil and
mawkish.
well, written piece of verse, con
.veying an unconventional sentimental
idea, would have about one chance in a
thousand to succeed. Tne quality of
the entire composition must be moder
ately bad, viewed from a high-cla>s stand
point, but exactly h--?w bad only "the
fates can decide. ?
? "In comic songs that <:atch on original
jideas are absolutely necessary, though
;any humorous ballad ii> which the char
acters are knocked down and dragged
out with great frequency anpeals strongly
,to the popular fancy.
14 'Down JVent McGinty' and 'Throw
jHim Down, McCloskey' arc beautiful ex
amples of this type.
"Some song writers make a great deal
,of money. from their compositions.* The
author of 'la the Gloaming' raked in
\about #15,000 from, it, but the greater
mrmiier do not' realise much from their
work.
"But it is like gambling in a way, and
the knowledge that some day they may
stumble, on a song that will bring them
fortune if not fame? far nobody eve*,
remembers the author of a popular
j ? keeps, them at it. And it's almost s
certainty that they'll never be able to re
peat their first success." ? New York
Commercial Advertiser.
The Seven Moons of Sonoma.
Sonoma Valley, in Sonoma County,
California, is, in one repect at leas*, ooe
of the most remarkable spots on the con- J
tinent. It is the only place in America j
where the moon may be seen to rise and j
set seven time? in one evening. The j
Indians gave the valley the name it bean !
away back in the misty past, and many i
have been the explanations offered by |
the white man to account for it. Even a
slight acquaintance with the language |
spoken by the original inhabitants^ the j
valley teaches one that when the *ord i
Sonoma is attached the whole phrase '
means "Valley of the Moon." But why 1
does this natural sink have Luna's other '
name n ached to it? That was the que*- j
tion asked and left unanswered for many
years, even though the phenomenon
which had caused the observant red mat
to give the valley its name was regularly
witnessed and ad mred. A year or two :
ago the editor of the Sonoma Index -Tri- J
bune visited an Indian who was supposed ;
to be between 100 and 150 years old. Ia :
course of the conversation the old la- I
dian stated that the reason the valley j
was cal led Sonoma was because it had j
"heap muchee moon," meaning many
moon?. Then he told how between the
town of Sonoma and a certain peak the
moon, when in its full, cin be seen to
rise seven times in succession in one
evening, owing to the peculiar forma
tion of the mouutains. This oddity was
noticed centuries ago by the Indians, \
who, cn that account, called the depres- j
sion "The Valley of Many Moons." ? St.
Lodia Republic.
"?a4am. She am
There are strange chamber-maids at
Sheapherd's Hotel in Cairo, "Egypt. A
lady declares that the one who waited on
her room and attended to all the duties
of the calling, even to making the beds,
was a French-nan, dressed ai if for a din
ner pa .'ty, with white waistcoat and dress
coil, sad having the air of a refined and
educated gentleman. It was really em
barrassing to accept his services in such a
capacity. Ooe lady, on arriving at the
hotel, rang for the chamber-maid, and
this gentleman presented himself. Sup
posing; him to be the proprietor, at the
very least, she said, "I wish to see the
chamber-maid." "Madam," said he po
litely, in the very be-t Euglish he could
inu^er, "Madam, *be am II" ? Argo
naut.
G. A. R. MEMORIAL DAY.
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An Ex-Confwl*tate Officer at River
8ida Park.
Col. llartkalV Payi Tribute to a Fed
eral Commander and Bays. ''No
Such Peace at Our Peace."
I New Yobk Citt, [Special )-Thc
grand feature of Decoration I)av in this
Ojty was the militaiy parade which took
vphce this morning, and in which the
regular troops, the militia, the naval re
serve and the G. A. R. took part. After
breaking ranks, the different pests and
associations went to the graves of the
falloo heroes. There were special ser
vices aMhe tomb of General Grant at
Rivertid^Park. Genet^l Horace Porter,
chairman bf the Grant flNj'uuient com
mittee, delivered an eulogy on the char
acter of the biro. Member* of the Loy
\Jj ^fioa Kere also present at the tomb;
ajso a number of ex*< oofederates. Among
theuowas Col. Marshall, who delivered
an address, and in part ?aid :
1 It is not eaaj to express the thoughts
that Ihe scene before me inspires io my
mind apd in the mind of every man who
understands the full meaoing'of this oc
casion. Men who once were ar
rayed against each other in deadly
strife are now met together to do honor
to the memory of one who led one part
of this audience to a complete and abso
lute rictory over the other part, and yet
in the hearts of the victors there is no
feehng of triumph, and in the hearts of
the vanquished there is no bitterness, no
humiliation.
l'No such peace as our peace ever fol
lowed immediately upon such a war as
our war. The exhausted South was
completely at the mercy of the victorious
North, and yet the sound of the last guo
had scarcely died away, when not only
peace, but peace and good will wire re
established. I am here today with some
of my late companions in arms, and with
the belief thfct I express the feelings of
every Confederate soldier, to bear witness
that the American people are indebted
for this great blessing, for all the good
that followed it, and for exemption from
the countless evils that were averted by
it, to the illustrious man whose grave we
strew with ilowers of gratitude aud af
fectionate ?enerat:on, more than to any
other, and to none is the duty of recog
nition of his great services m>re grateful
than to the soldiers of the Confederacy.
At Appomattox, during the meeting of
General Grant and General Lee, the con
versation turned on the subject of a Gen
eral peace, as to which Geueral Grant
had already declared want of power to
treat ; but ia speaking of the uieaus by
which a general pacification might be af
fected General Grant said to Geueral Lee
wjth great emphasis, and strong feeling:*
" J-ee, I want this war to end
without the shedding of another drop of
American blood.' Not Northern blood
not Southern blood, hut 'American
blood, for ir. his eyes all the men around
him and all those who might Imj confront
in* each other on their^ fields over the
wide area of war, were 'Americans *
These words made a great impression
upon all who heard them, as tbey did on
General Lee, who told us with no little
emotion that he took occasion to express
to General Grant his appreciation of the
noble and generous sent ments utt> rrd by
him. It is in the light of this noble
thought of General Grant that I have al
.ways considered the course pursued bv
him. At the moment of his supreme
triumph, at Appomattox, and Z?-nin
njthmg could be grander, nobler or more
magnanimous nor more patriotic than his
conduct on that occasion. Hat so si m
p'e, so patriotic was th? mind <f General
Grant that the fhought of self seems
never to have affected bis conduit. I
doubt if the self abnegation of Washing
ton at Annapolis whs greater than that of
Grant at Appomattox, and it is the glory
of America that her institutions breed
men who are equal to the greatest strain
that can be put upon their courage and
their patriotism."
Col. Marshall, in concluding his ad
dress said: "Atx the entrance of the
great harbor of our, commercial metropo
lis standi the representation of 'Liberty
enlightening the world.' In her hand
the figure holds the torch toward which
the artist desired to draw the eyes ?( all
nations to the hope of the oppressed and
helpless of mankind. Here upon this
sacred spot, ray brethren, raise a noble !
and grand temple, the hope and assur
ance of the defenders of our national '
faith, and upon this altar inscribe for the i
teachiDg of the coming generations of '
Americans, the illustrious nam* (irant
of Appomattox, Grant the Maciuni
mous. ' -
At the conclusion of the ceremonies a
number of the ?. A R. p?sls strewed
.ac tomb with floral offerings.
Another National Park.
The Alpine Club of Portland, Oregon,
wants the Government to reserve Mount
Hood as a National Park. The only value
that the land possess is the magnificent
timbers that covers them, as they ?rc too
mountainous tor settlement, ami the ob
ject of the Alpine CMub is the preserva
tion ot these timbers and the wat??r that
has its sources in them. The denudation
of the land would probably hav a disas
trous effect on Hood Kiv?>r and injure
the agricultural conditions of Hood River
Valley, which at present is on*1 of the
Biost delightful and productive spots :a
the State. ? New Orleans Pica\une.
The Cause of Trichin\>ls.
The Secretary of the Massachusetts
State Board of Health aa>d the other
day, in response to an inquiry as to what
that Board had to state regarding the |
trichina cases, that if people wr.uH eat
raw pork they would be sick, and that <
since the middle of February there had
been upward of fifty cases of trichinosis
in Boston, with five deaths, a larger
number than had ever before been re
ported to the Board 'in the past fifty j
years. One tenth of ull the pork aro md
Boston, he said, was affected. The
only safety in the use of pork was in iU
thorough cooking. ?New York Tinw*.
V
N \ The Record Broken.
Knoxville. Tenn , ? Signal's Lily
Flagg, a Jeisey cow owned l>y General
Sam Moore, <>f Huntsville, Ala.,^ias just
broken the record as a butter producer
She has gone through a year's test and i>
now ahead of the record, with four d:i\>
to spare Her production for t yeat
will be approximate to 1,040 pounds.
This makes her th'- finest .I*-i -?-> <*?w
ilie world Her pedigree is r!l ^
l?er recoid tiue.
EMPHATIC * fflLVEBTIES.
| ?
They Score and Prod AS the Parly
Br4 Leaden.
lumping on Wall Street With Both
- Feet. ? No Faith in Xfetemattoa~
al Monetary Conference.
Washisgton, D. C.?The silver con
ference met in its second (1 a? V section,
with Chairman Warner presiding.
B. K. Thomas, Of Pennsylvania,- a
farmer, made an interesting tad original
speech in which he said that rather than
vote for Grover Cleveland (as it seemed ?
that he would be the logical candidate
for the Democratic party), with his Brit
ish free trade and single gold standard
ideas, he would vote for Queen Victoria
or some other old lady. Ha paid blare* *
spects to the Republican party by saying
that rather than vote the ticket of that
weak kneed, hypocritical party he Would
vote far Cleveland; but, thank God, he
added, he was not compelled to vote for ,
either.
Captain Nichols^ of Boulder, Colorado, L.
made a vigorous ppfetch in favor of the r
free and unlimited coinage of aihrer. He j
said that since the aqtion of the bandits
who passed the act of 18T8, he had voted
against every man, from the office of i
President of the United States down to
the dog-pelter, who was in favor of free
coinage and would continue < t >:do so as
long as he lived. Restricted coinage was
the direct result of the enormoub wealth
that is constantly beting amassed by the
rulers of Wall street it the ex^enseof the I
farmer and working clalsee ^whb ire be
Ac*e
commg poorer,
F. u. Clark, of Ohio, assistant
tary of the convention, said that the
movement on the part of an administra-'
tion for an international monetary confer*
ence was simply a subterfuge to. deceive
and appease the Silver people! until
after the election,' when it would openly
fight the unlimited cpinageof silver.- The
result of any conference in which Eng
land was a party could only be dettimea*
tal to the United States and ailvar, and
favorable to John Sherman and Job*.
Knox and the other gold bugsi
Chairman Warner; introduced Morton . ,
Frewen, representative of the Bi- metallic ,
League in England . Mr. Frewea said j
that we nevei should have had a silver j
question in thit world but fof the die* j
covery of America, and but for the act of
1873 there would be no silver question
to-day. W
Gteo. Svmes, of Denver,^ closed the
speech making and ?u adjournment was
taken until evening*
Judge Joseph Sheldon, of Connecticut, ?
opened the evening session with an ad
dress on tl^e effects! of the demonett9*
tion of silver and the benefits which
would result from its free coinage. The
proposed bi-me'alliq conference, he eaiiil,1
was only a mode of ^elping the gold men \
for four more years.! B. Clark Williams,, ,
of Colorado, presented the following re
port from the committee on refolnttott?*:L
Whereas, With the single gold stand*'
aid, relief from the evils o! ^vtttinued^
falling prices is impossible; and whereas
the restoration of the bi- metallic (tandird
with the coinage of both metals on equal
terms, lies at the foundation of ; all econ* ?
oinic reform: therefore
"ftEsoLYEg, That the free and unlim
ited coinsge of silver on equ^tl terms
with that of gold,\and on the ratio now
established by la\v< is the paramount is
sue before the American people te day.
and shall not bo suppressed.
"Resolved That we, in answer to the
demand for honest money, declare that
the debtor will have discharged hie fall
duty to his creditor by )*jing to him
such money as was a full large tender at
time the debt was contracted^ j
"RJLsolved, That we will not a ipport
for a legislative er executive office any
candidate who i3 not thoroughly commit*
ed by. platform and declaration to the full
restoration of the monetary syitem vio*
lenMy disturbed by the legi^ation de* >
monetizing silver in 1873.
"Rbsolved, That while we would haii
with joy the co-operation of other nationa
in the restoration of silver to ita proper v
monetary position , yet we demand that
the Hnitea States right the wrong it baa
perpetrated upon the producing
and industrial classes without regard
to the action of other na^ons." %
Ths report and resolutions were unani
mously aueptsd. 1 /
W. H . Slater, of Colorado, presented
the report of the committee ou the or
ganization of the Bi-metallic League.
The report lecotnmends the formation of
such a league, the object of which, it
says, shall be to unitedly resist the
purpose to fasten forever on the
couutrv the single gold standard and to
labor for the resolution of Iree bimetal
lic coinage t? tlie people of the United
States. The report was adopted.
SOUTHERN PRESBYTERIANS.
A Separate and Independent Oolorad
Synod to be Organized.
Hot Springs, Ake .Vt the meeting
of th ? Presbyterian Assembly majority
and minority reports were Mibmittcl by
th* cojnmi'tec on bills and overtures on
the subject ->i the scriptural element tobe
u-? d in the. Lord's sopper. The majority
advoeatcd the use of fcrmco'-ed grapo
juice and the miuority fa voted the unfer
mentciU j.
The report of the comm ttee on eolofetf
synod ^vas submitted and ado pted. : It
providde that the churrh approve the idea
of organV.ing a separate and independent j
colored synod and appoint a committee]
to act in the premises. The commitU
was authorized to call a convention bf
Presbyterian colored minister*, ^ to
held at Birmingham. Ala., al j time t4jbi j.f
designated by the Hev. A. L. PhiiHKKij:
commissioner. ' dT/'Els. :?
A SO, 000, 000
The choir of our new cathedral iis toon
to be begun, *nd, it is hoprii^ MwW4
ready for dedication and the conduct of
services by St. John'* Day, December
27th, 1895. It will be 150 feet in heijsrht
and 150 in length. whij^ the completed
cathedral will l?e 250 feet long ? a* long
as the longest Ku^lish cathedral*, which
are the longest in the world, :? I plough
being very narrow, they do not j&ver as
much sr round :ts f-ome threat q/^tiaental
churches. Two contribution^?!1 $20,000
rarh have recently been received for the
building fund. Bui they/do not sound
v? rv hopeful when one is lold that the
choir will cost *?<jm,000 aid the whole
church some ??*>, <?')0, 000. 1 Ju&t where
the money is to come from^ or even to be
expected from, is not generally diviael,
and the site itself has not. yet been en
tirely paid lor. ? St. Lou;* Tost Dit
pat&ft
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