The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 24, 1896, Image 1
Volume. VII.
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NO 28.
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Done by Tblm Day by Day*
TUB CAMDEN MKKTINO.
At (bis town tho campaigners met
With a hospitable rbooption. There
wore ftbout 400 people present. It
was a mont orderly and undemonstra
tive Assemblage.
Col. W. D. Trautham, county chair
man presided aud prayer was - offered
by Kev. G. M. Davis, of West Wateree.
C fof. Tr&ntbnm wolcoinod the small
crowd in a -few well-ohosen word," and
read telegrams frbm Governor Evan a,
Gons. Watts, Ellorbo aud Mr. Norton,
who could not bo present.
The Congressional caudcliatos had
the opening, Senator Finloy leading
off. He began his address with* a few
pleasant remarks as to his candidacy,
?y Ho said he was a Democrat and stood
squarely upon the national Demooratio
platform. Speaking upon the tariff
he said that since there must bo a
tariff for reveuno.hebolievedin placing
*ohe on cotton, so ns to prevent com
. petition of Egyptian cotton with that
of the South. Disoussing the financial
question be said that ho had for years
^ favored the free coinage of silver at 16
^ to 1. Mr. Finloy roferred to his ligis
lative rooord in the Sonato and House,
saying that ho had always voted for a
roduotion in expenses and was the au
thor of tho only salary roduotion- bill
which has been passed. <
Congressman T. J. Strait being next
introduced^ jumped immediately i^to
a disoussion of linnncos, holding that
England was trying to enslave the peo-'
pie of this country by her financial
schemes* sinco she could not do so by
the force of arms. Up to 187a we
were on an equal footing with England,
but now . she owns a large portion of
our bonds, railroads, mines and lands.
He Baid it was heartrondipg to see tho
peoplo economizing and working to
build up a few monetary sharks. This
Southland was a great country, and no
man had ever seen a native South Caro
linian a tramp, bnt the people had to
j toil in sorrow and depression to ponr
i^mo'noy ' into tho coffers of the rich.
> Tho oloction of Bryan, he believed,
would break their shackles and bring
forth again an era of prosperity.
Gen. Riohbourg was the next speak?
er. Ho reviewed his record as a sol
dier in the war, and referred to his
long connection with .the militia of tho
State, as reasons why ho . was compe
tent, to fill* tbo duties of Adjutant
General, saying that if elected it would
be an office of love.
Mr. T. 0. Robinson, candidate foi
Superintendent of Education, address
ed tho andienco next. Ho reiterated
his previous statements as to his posi
tion on the educational matters. He
said he was not running ag&inst' Mr.
Mayfleld because it was supposed, that
he would be a candidate for Governor.
Mr. Mayfleld had been Super/ntendont
* of Education Six years, Slid he held
* to tho idea that the Superintendent
t'jould have a life torfnre of office.
Mr. Mayfleld got veryisarcastic in his
reply to Mr. Robinscfc, saying tha
doubtlccu the audience very dearly
understood his plan for improving tbe
schools ? the improvements he talked
.about Ho said that he had given tho
schools all'of his energy and ability!"""
Tillman and Evans praised my admin
istration, yet iHs loft to Robinson to
find oti t 1 h?t it trntj a mistake. Mr.
Mayfleld received considerable ap
plause when ho oonolndcd his speech.
Attorney General Barber made his
second appearance in the campaign
and oaught the crowd from the start by
* Istnting that he had no opposition, and
bo was glad of it, and telling some
? fopos jokcsT^ lie Si i i bo was iicro to
meet the slanders snd slurs cast against
the Reform movement, and was pre
pared to prove that they were falso.
As to the Dispensary law ho held that
it was tbe best whiokey law over placed
on tho statute books. It was tending
towards what prohibitionists wanted.
If a law bad not beon properly en
forced in somo respects JLh&t was no
reason why the law itself should be
condemned. According to statistics
drunkenness had decreased in South
Carolina 67 per cent; eases of drunk
enness before mayors' courts bad de
creased 60 per cent and the consump
tion of liquor 47 per cent. He denied
fiat the Dispensary was a monopoly.
He held that considering the treatment
the oonstables had received, they were
the moat oonsiderate set of officer* ever
seen on earth. They avoided difficul
ties bf 4 enforced the law.' Other wiso
they would hare been unworthy of
their eonimissions. eloeed by ask
ing the people of Kershaw to endorse
his roCord in hie fight against Federal
jodieiel usurpation* of authority in
trying to rteves^dke hokKog of the
Gooctitatiottl STiiMtaUoD .
Mr. Ddd^i Tn t&e conrse of bii ad'
drett ntd tbtt iii|bc? Tillman's oe!o
britod ?p? oh fn the United HUtcc
Mkato It bad oom? to piui In the
comity like H vm in South Carolina;
ft wm TWoon or mU'TUImq, Bo
tfok* of tbe dirkioni ?od beartbnrn
iifi ea? d by Ikt flgbt, lint he
Mtonked Ood tk?t bow all eookt nnite
OhomHomI free ?ihtr pletf? tn. Tke
tfiMllw kriM lk? fm tilvtr tklo
m&m m am to Ben
against each otber in a KOlut pUaiaux ? I
on? for a single goM standard and tlio
othor for tho double. Ho expressed tho
hope that ho would not bo handicapped
any longer by the abscnco of unj candi
date. Inferring to Gtylg* Karle ho
?aid a who stoo*^ feetwoon two
factions flot the support of neither.
Judge Karlo folio wod aud was re
ceived with sometyplauso. He btarted
out by telling a story and compli
mented General Uarbor, saying that'
he too had filled tho duties of tho of
floo of Attorney Genoral. There was
talk about things being wrong and ha
took the stump in 1890 to dofo&d tho
administration. As ho prooooded the
ory constantly ineroasod, 4 'hurrah for
rillmah. ' Ono of tho handsomest
compliments evor paid him wa? by B.
R. Tillman, who said: "Horo is am
honest man and I wish I had him ou
my tiokot for Attornoy Gouoral." Ho
said I had oonduoted my campaign on
a high piano, I had a right to aRpour
bofore tho pooplo aud oppoeo Tillman
and the latter says so too. Whon ho
was eleoted, In responso to a query
from tho News and Courior I advised
the poople to lay aside bittorness and
give Tillmau crodit for tho good ho
had done. Ho stood by that senti
ment now. Ho Ireapeoted tho pooplo
of the State and ,they respooted him
and ho would domand that rospoct.
He urged tho pooplo to lay aside bit
terness aud unite and work for each
others welfaro.
CoL Trantham followed as a oandi
dato for Congress. He said ho stood
I squarely on tho Chicago platform and
was in favor of tho freo ooinago of sil
ver at 10 to 1 independent of thoaotion
of' other ngtipus. Ho also favored tho
Nicaragua C^nal. Ho f%vorod tho re
peal of tho ten per oent. tax on bank
Jssuo.
Senator Harrison addrossod tho
I audienoo in advooaoy of his candidacy
f for governor. Tho majority of his ro
marks wor,e in rofcronoo to his Dis
I peneary idea.
J Mr. Whitman jumpod on tho pap
I suckers and tho Roform administration,
I but when he began to critioiso Sonator
Tillman on his revorsiblo qualities tho
orowd wouldn't listen to it aud began
to yell: "Tillman, Tillman," aud Mr.
I Whitman had to take another tack.
Hi* MojBwooney made his debut bo
I fortT a Kershaw audiouoo by roferriug
J to the groat uiou sho had producod ?
Kershaw, Kennedy and Chestnut. Ho
spoke on the educational qiioetion and
expressed opposition to pulling down
any State institution. He also ex
pressed tho boliof that 13ryaa would
win.
Mr, J. Wm. Thurmond and Solicitor
P. H. Nelson spoko last, and thoy only
announced their candidaoj* and made
1 few very gonoral remarks.
MEBT1NO AT IiANCASTER.
The meeting^! this point was th?
first, since tho opening of the cam
paign, that thoro was any lifo in the
debates. Tho crowd numbered about
400. Chairman W. G. Porter oallod
the meeting to order, and after a short
prayer it was announced' that tho Sen
atorial candidates would' be tho first
speakers.
Mr. Duncan xnado his usual bond
speech, adding one or two new points,
ag^lit was noticcablo that ho is improv
ing in dobate very much. Howevei^"
thcro was very little spirit in tho crowd
?during his address.
Theohief incident of tho day was a
series of questions propounded by
Judge Earle to Governor Evans as to
how many meetings the Stato Board
of Control had in 1895. Govornor
Evans admitted practically that none
bad been, though he said thero was
little use for them as all members were
?g?C?lLftLfa> policy.
Judge Earle Interrogated bim about
cancelling Dispensary insurance and
giving it to bis brother at a higher rate
and Governor Evans" most positively
and indignantly denied that ho had
^?ve* done such a thing or know that it
had been done.
He retorted on Jndge Earlo that bo
knew be (Gov. Evans) did-not know it
and Judge Earle said ho did not, but
while not responsible for the questions'
wbieh were gifeu to bim bo was cor
tain tbat Gov. Evans' answors would
be replied to.
Gov. Evans replied thnt ho would
hold Judge Earlo responsible fAt both
questions and answers, and the latter
replied very forcibly tbat ho was re
sponsible for anything bo said now or
anywhere.
1 Gov. Evans, said ho was too, and
during this colloquy the crowd pressed
icloqe around the stand to hear overy
word. Jndgo Earle had a good many
friends in the Audience who cheered
'him, but unquestionably tho larger
toart of them were with Govj Evans, as
Was shown by their voluminous yells
for him. A
Mr. Walt. Whitman made his usual
charges againftt Tillman and tho Re
form movement and waa as a rnlo lis
tened to very quietly. Among come
of the new thinga sai l by bim was tbat
!the receiving by Dry Bates of $2, (Kfo
Jin connection with4 t hp bond matter
ovght to be a disgrace to any man. Ho
?d the Beforni movement bad prom
d not to disfranchiso any 19*0, but
warned all poor men who couldn't
read to cfeto'e "a-running" and ? get
registration certificates if they wanted
to get vote*.
Mr. Harrison devoted his remarks
mostly to his Dispepaary idea. In
?peaking of the eoat of eonatablee he
aaftd tbat thirty-two eonatables cost
tbo State $1,900 per month or #68,000
? year. They go fro* om end of the
State lad their railroad ?zmmm
will amoutto $t%0QQ or a total o!
?26,000 mrmr. Bmtdm
oost, mm of the p^tssiu
?otaataUM atdths peopH wot>M he
doM away with largest la ?Mh
?ioa he spot* oi tha ?inasilty for "the
? .. - --rl
tho ROiorm movomont liad a ccorn
plishod, bclil thai if it hud done noth
ing olbo but givo tho people an oppor
tunity of voting fof every oflicer in a
primary (hut would bo enough to en
title it to the lasting gratitude of the
people. The Reform movemeut wiib
never intended to destroy those who
honestly differed with its principles,
in the course of his spocoli he advo
catod a liberal support o{ the Htato ed
ucational institutions aud said that un
der tho buuubr of, Bryan the true De
mocracy of tho oouutry would win a
sweeping victory.
Gen. Barber in his speech paid he
had contempt for uuy man who om
burkod on a ship and thon desorted
her. Ho was prepared to prove that
tho Reform movemeut wai upright,
honest, just and oeonomioal. ?
Gon. Watts was next introduced.
Ha spoko with prido of the oouditiou
of the militia, aud said that ho felt
that ho was ontitlod to tho improve
ment of tho same. Ho also said his
campaign was on hit) merit and that ho
was not in tho mud blinging business.
His opponont had gono down in the
slums to make charges of a personal
nature, which ho cojuld not prove and
that no Confederate soldier, as he
claimo to be, or a fcentloman would bo
guilty of makingf and ho dismissed
them with tho contempt they deserved.
Ho conoludod by racing that his op
ponent had run for,<>iTloo on tho Has
kell, coneervativo Reform, aud Ro
formor tickets aud Clod only knows
how ho will run next time.
CUn. Richburg followed, and he
soid: "I fcavo been ^cousod of open
ing tho eJmcoal houso in this oam
| p,?/^n. It is not true. I began it
witfj tho det3rmination to conduct my
part of it curfejhlgh and digniflod plane
? tho l?velftbat was natural to me ? to
run on rey own morits and let my cop
pe*.itor conceal his demorits and in
competency as best ho could. * But ho
could not hold up his end of it on that
"-?? ?ir> yceortcd to personalities and
an appeal to factional prejudice.'
Then mid only thon did I tell
iny fellow-citizens tho real obj<vjt
I had in running in this campaign.
As I havo said beforo, I havo friends,
strong porsopat friends who aro ad
dicted to t&o excessive nso of liquor,
but thoy hold no publio oflieo, and 1
should oppose any ono of them shonUI
ho apply for suoh an offloe. >1 regard
tho oflieo of Adjutant Gox&ral in this
Htato as a high one ? one/that should
bo filled with dignity and society.
Tho Adjutant General is tho head of
Sonth Carolina's soldiery ? a soldiery
that Imih alWaya won gjijtfy in war and
which should not bo/dfdgraced in peaco
by a drunkob and?<Tnbompetent head.
Tho othor spealrerB were Col. Tran
tham, SenatoryFialoy and Congress
man Strait, candidates for Congress;
Mr. MayfijtttT and Mr. Robinson for
Superintendent of Education. Mr. <T.
K. HeiiVy for solicitor and Mr. Wil
born for Railroad Commissioner wero
present, but neithor had any opposi
tion.
THE YOItKVIIiLK MKKTINCI. ?
Chairman Brico callod tlio mooting
|o order in tho court houso, tho stand
vfoeiug abandondod on account of the
-threatouing weather. Rev. . L. A.
Johnson offered prayer. The attend
ance was something like 300. Chair
man Brico paralyzed tho candidates by
presenting oaoh with a printed slip,
showing tho assessment levied upon
each candidate upon "State ballot,"
which read as follows:
"All fees of candidates upon "State
ballot" shall bo pai&on or before Mon
day, August 10, 189G, and no vote for
any Stato candidate who refuses to
pay tho abovo assessment shall be
counted; nor shall tiokcts containing
the namos of such bo distributed, nor
will the oxeoutivc committee tabulate or
report tho voto of snch candidates.
"J. 8. Brick, Chairman.
"VV. J. Davis, Socrotary."
Thero was a good deal of dissatisfac^
tion expressed, but each candidate
will most likely pay his assessment.
Walt Whitman was tho first speaker
introduced, and he based his remarks
on industrial and higher education,
like CVemson and Winthrop, but was
opposed to State aid for thom. He op
posed tho sale of liquor by tho State,
except os a beverage.
Senator Harrison followed. Ho did
not consider the Dispensary law a com
promise on prohibition, but consider
ed it the best solution of the whiskey
question. He d i nclnded his remarks
by explaining hra Difcponsary scheme
and reiterated his views as to the priv
ilege tax. (
Congressman Strait opoiyfci the Con
gressional debates, and he said
four years afto' lto appeared before
tho peoplo under difficulties, bat he
was hero now to hrftot. He spoke at
length of the resulUTof"lhe demoneti
zation of silver. Ho concluded by
saying that we need a new Declaration
of Independence. It mnst come frjm
the Son tk which contains thcT9VIfWv>
Americana left. We ought to stand
together as a unit and prepare our
selves for the storm, and plaoe thic
country back where oar forefather*
left it.
Col. Tmntham spoke at length npon
the all-absorbing topie ? the money
question. He favored an honest dollat
bat not one that made the rich riebei
and the poor man poorer. He wanted
it aa fair for one map .as another. Si
' closed hy announcing ft is candidacy tot
Congress, sajing his first, laat and
highest ambition would be to lift tin
bu. dona .from the backs of oar suffer
ing people.
Senator Finley spoke in referenoe tc
national polities. He said be stood
eaoarely on the national platform, s
platform of principles foanded bv Jef
ferson and taaght by Jackson, Mao roc
and Oalhoon. He believed the free
eoinage efjlwat IfJo 1 t^ oe lot
the beat lalsiests of ^ae olassea isd.
WW v* km
I'tiii" '4 ISUm- .Iw
? J . . \ ^ ?
bo triumphantly elected? because thoj
rcpreseut tho interests of a groat ma
iority of tho American party. Hu be
lieved thoro would bo froo ooiuago and
a safe amount of paper currenoy*ia?ucd,
which would bring prosperity to tlu
oouutry. Tho ctaudard of tuoutty ol
thiH country ttxea tho prico of oiHton.
It is uot tho standard of Englaud 01
any other country. Before lH7ii thi?
country had gold aud silver as mono)
of Uuftl rodemption, and th- prico ol
cottou was high. Why was it thul
Kngluud did not flx tho prices durinp
that period ? Hho had tho gold stand
ard sinoo 1810.
J udgo Farlo lod oft' tho Senatorial
dobato. Ho roforred to Mr. Duucau'*
objection to his oleotion on tho grouud
that he had not started in tho canvas*
from tho first. The reason ho didn't
was because ho' had to attoud to tlu
duties of tho oourt at Charleston,
J udgo Earlo reoo inted his positiou in
tho campaign' of 1800 And how ho had
lost tho Distriot Attorneyship by rea
son of his position takon aftor thai
eloctiou in icforenoo to Tillman, lie
thon entored upon a discussion of the
monotary issue.
Mr. Duncan in opening his speocL
said that ho camo before the pooplo u
young man without tho exporionco ol
his competitors, but fooling oonfldont
ho could roproeont his State in the
Unitod States Sonato. Ho oamo out
because right at this timo tho Stato
ncodod a man. Ho did nob ask Ben
Til 1 m au t<> make him Benator, but all
know ikat he oan mako mo or oither ol
mv competitors Senator. I did not
ask him to do that, but I consultod
with him boforo ooming out, and ho
said he was hands off. With this in
troductory stntomont ho procood||<r7!Jft
tho sainQ linos as ho did at Choutor.
Mr, Robinson, candidate for Super
intendent of Ednortion, dismissed edu
cationnl matters, giving hia ideas bow
tho publio school system should be
improved.
Oou. Riohlmrg said ho had run <v* n
Consorvntivo in 1890, but two ypnts
later bo had joined tho reform party,
belioving it to roproeent true Dornoo
raoy and since that time ho lias stood
squarely on that platform. lfo
spurned, ho said, imputations cast on
his Domocracy by his oompotitor.
RAILROAD STATISTICS.
Tho Report of the Intcr-Stato Co*n
r inorce Commission.
Tho report of tho intor-Btato commerce
commission for tho year emling June 80,
1895, shows tho total railroad mlleago in tho
country on that dato to have l.('0,65'Onilo8,
an incroaso of 1,948. During tho year 14
roads woro abandoned, nJno fhorgnd, 32 ro
organizod and 28 consolidated. Thoro ap
pears from tho roport to hqyo been a do
oreased efficiency in the number of men em
ployed by railways of 0.046 as compared
with the previous year. There was an in
creaaMln the amount of railway oapital dur
ijgr tho year, aggregating #1B8.729,812.
"Tfhe gross earnings of the railways for the
year ending Juno 80th. 1895, wero 91,070,
871,462, aninoroase of 9 2.009, $05. Passenger
revenue was 9252,240,180, shoeing a decrease
of 938,103,878. Freight revenue increased
930 002,549.
The number of railway omployes killed
dtlcjug the year was 1,811, ana tho number
injured was 24,690, a decreaso of 12 killed and
an Increase of 2,274 injured.
THK BOND 1 N VJC8TIG ATION.
Senator Harris Suyi tho Committee
ftosJffot Completed Its Report.
Senator Harris, chairman of the' Senato
committee to Investigate recent bond issues,
says be has not yet determined whether the
committee will wait until fall before going
on with Its Investigation or will oompleto the
work, frame the report and intake It publlo
this summer. Tho last meeting adjourned
subject to the ^ call xjf the chairman and its
present purpose Is to wait until fall before
continuing into the Inquiry, but Senator Har
ris says that conditions may arise, incident
to the campaign, that would mako It desir
able to present r 11 the faots and the report to
the public at onpo.
In doing this, he addod, no polUloal- mo
tives would be Involved andthe only purpose
would be to olear up doubts and unfounded
charges growing out of the excitement aris
ing from a National contest. " The chairman
says that If public"\mlsapprehenslon should
arise on bond questions It would be proper to
give the public theamplest Information with
out reference to whom It would benefit or In
h">t ? ?
Lilvftd Well In High Mfe.
Tho manager of the Americus, Ga., water
works department climbod to the top of tho
etandpipe the other day to mako some Blight
repairs, when ho noticed sovoral fish awlmyl
ming In tho iron tank, 135 feet above the |
earth. Having a llr.e In his pocket ho cast a
hook In the clear water and soon caught^
three flab, each nearly a foot In length. A
very flue trout that would probably weigh
five pounds was also seen in tho tank, but
wan too smart to bo caught. The Ash had
evidently been there a long time and livod
well In nigh life.
Reports on Epidemics.
At Washington, the Marine Hospital
Bureau is receiving full reports of the pro
gress of the yeUow fever, cholera and small
pox epidemics progressing I* various parts
of the iforljl. While these show a heavy
mortality for the hot months, their averages
are not snob as to cause fear so far as this
country is oonoerned, The isst reports from
Cuba show that smallpox is proving more
K deadly than yellow fever. The' fever is epi
demic at the seaport towas, where the Span
ish troops are garrisoned, but the smallpox
Is virulent throughout the Interior.
Immense Forest Flrea. .
A special from Spokane, Wash., says forest
fl res are raging throughout the oountry
north of that dty In Washington, Idaho and
British Columbia. Millions ^fsA^tlmberfl
haknlready been destroyed, and throughout
numerous minim camps situated In the
path of the llrss great damage Is bates done
(a the destruction ' of property. The smoke
Sboat 0poka?e Is so disss as to almost shat
out the sun And at Besslaad and to was further
north the unosphm Is se ladea wtthsasoke
and tMt beat from the trees Is so tot? as
that lite Is made almost unbearable. Tfaay
ettlsens ate flocking to Spokane for reUst .
Otebllsg
' Under a dseMon stags by Judge *<*??.
of % Criminal Court, Kaasi* 0*y, Mk,
gambling on hone metag outside of theSMe
mS^SSrn:mom0m''
A CHRISTIAN MOTHER
? ?
1>K. TAIjMAUK'S SI'NI>AV Till'. >110.
Hannah Mttilo Willi IU r Own IIaimI a
iaurincnt l'ur Mnuiuvl anil Touli
II Ovt'r to 1 1 i in.
Tkxt: "Moreovor his mother m.t'lo htm :\
llttlo ooat and brought It t<> htm from your
b year when alto oamn u it with hor husband
to offer tho' yearly saorlfloo."?! Samuel 11.,
19.
Tho stories of Deborah and Abigail are
vory apt to discourage a woman's soul. She
says within herself, "It i* Impossible that I
? ever aohlevo any siioh grandour of tiharae*
tor, ami I don't uvau to try,'! as though a
child should refuse to play tnJLoight notes
boon use ho cannot oxeeuto a "William Toll."
This Hannah o I the text dlffora (rwa tho per*
sons I just namod. Slio was an ordinary
woman, with ordinary intellectual oapaolty,
placed lu ordinary oireu instances, an 1 yet,
by extraordinary i*(ety, standing out to fore
all the ages to wftie tho Ideal Ohrlatiou
mother. Hannah was tho wifoof Klknnnli,
who was a person vory much llko herself -
unromnutlc and plain, nOvor having fought
a battle or boon tho subject of a marvelous
psoapo. Neither of thorn would havo boon
CHliod a gouius. Just what you and I might
be that was F.lknnah and Hannah. The
brightest time In all tho history of that fam
ily was tho birth of Bamuel. Although no
star ran along tho heavens pointing down to
his blrtbplaco, 1 think tho angols of God
stooped at the coming of so wonderful a
prophet. As tfnniuel hud boon givon lu an
swer to prayer, Klkanah and all his family
save Hannah started up to Hhtloh to offer
sacrifices of than'osglvlug. The cradle whoih
tho child slept was altar enou/h for Han
nah's grateful heart, but when the t oy was
old euough fho took him to Shiloh und took
three bullooks and an opah of flour and a
bottle of wino and made offering of Buorlftoo
unto tho Lord, und there, acoordlng to a
previous vow, alio loft him, for there ho was
to stny all tho days of hlsllfo and minister
in tho sanctuary.
Years rolled on, and every year Hannah
mado with her own hand a garment for
Kamuol and took it over to him. Tho lad
would have got along woll without that gar
ment. for I suppose lio waft well clad by the
ministry of tho temple, but Hannah could
not be contented unless sho was nil the time
doing something for her idolized boy. "More
over, his mother mado him a little* coat and
brought it to him from your to year, whon
she came hp with her husband to offer tho
Annual sacrifice."
Hannah aland, s bcfoio you. then, to-day,
in tho first place, art un industrious mother.
Thoro was no need that sho work. Elkaimh,
hor husband, was far-'from .poor. Ho be
longed to a distinguished family, for the
Bible tolls us that ho was tho son of Jorohaui,
the son of Kllbu, tho son of Tohu, tho son <>f
Zupb. ''Who wore they?" you say. I do
not know, but tlioy wore distinguished pec
Cle, uo doubt, or tholr names would not liuvo
c mentioned. Hannah might have sealed
ho." slf in her family, and, with folded ai'ms
aud dishov'clved hair, road novels, from
year to year, if I hero had boon any to toad ;
but, whon I seo hor making that garment
aud tnklng it over to Samuel, I know she is
industrious from prlnciplo fts woll an from
ploasuro. God would not have n mother be
come a drudgo or a slave j ho would have hor
employ all tho helps possible in this day in
Ihe rearing of her ohlldren. But Hannah
ought never to bo ashatnml to be found
making a coat for Buir.uol. Most mothers
ueed no counsel in this direction, Tho
wrinkles on tholr brow, tho pallor on their
oheok, tho thimble mark on tholr flugor, at
test that they aro faithful in tliojr -motherly
dutioa. Tho bloom and tho bright noss' and
tho vlvaolty of girlhood have given
placo to tho grander dignity and useful
ness and industry of motherhood. But thoro
is a hoathonlsli Idea getting fibroid in
Bomo of tho families of AmorlcnnB; thoro are
mothers who banish themselves from tho
homo circle. For tbroo-fourlhs of thoir ma
ternal duties thoy provo themselves incom
petent. They aro ignorant of what their
children wear, and what their children oat,
and what their children road. Thoy Intrust
to Irresponsible persons thcHO young Im
mortals and allow them to be under influ
ences which may ^cripple tholr bodies, or
taint their purity, oir spoil iheir manners, or
destroy tbelr souja.' From tho awkward cut
of Samuel's co^ft you know his mother Han
nah did not mako it.
Out from under flaming ehandcliore, and
off from imported oarpots, and down, tho
granite stair* there is coming a groat orowd
of children In thia day, untrained, saucy,
Incompetent for nil tho practical duties of
of life, ready to be caught in tho fjrat whirl
of orimo aud sensuality. Indolont and un
faithful mothers will mako indolont nnd un
faithful ohlldren. You canaot expect nOut
noas and order in any houso whero tho
daughters sco nothing but slatternliness
and npsldo do wnnti venoms In their parents.
Let Hannah bo Idle, nnd most cortalnly
Samuel will grow up idlo. Who aro tho in
dustrious men in all our occupations nnd
firofeeaions? Who aro they munaging
he jfierobandlso of the world, build
log tho walla, tinning tho roofs,
weaving tho carpets, making tho iaws,
governing the nations, making tho oarth to
attake and heave nnd r>ar and rattle with
the tread of glgantle enterprises? Who aro
they? For tho most pari, they du&ccndod
from industrious mothers :%ho in tho old
homestead used to spin their otoQ yarn and
weave their own carpets and plattihoii; own
doormats and flag their own chati* and do
their own work. Tho stnlwart tneit and tho
influential women of this day, nlimy-nino
out of 100 of them, camo from such an illus
trious ancestry of hard itnuoklcs nnd home
spun. Ana who nro th*6o pooplo In aocicty,
light as frotb, blown oVory whither.of temp
tation and fashion ? tho peddlers of filthy
^tories, the dancing Jacks of politicr.l par
ties, the scum of sooiety, tho tavern loung
ing, store infesting, tho men of low wink,
and filthy chuckle and brass broastpin nnd
rotten associations? For tho most part they
came from mothers idle and disgusting, tho
scandal mongers of society, going from
house Jo house attending to everybody'*
butdnofcs "but tholf own, believing in witches
and ghosta and horseshoes to keep tho devil
out of tho churn, and by a godless life Rot
ting their children on tho very vorge of hclJ..
The mothers of 3nmuol Johnson ?n?l of Al
fred the Great and of Ieaao Nowtoii nnd of
St. Augustine and of Richard Cecil and of
President Edwards Jor tho most part\foro
Industrious, hard working mothnre.
Now, while. I congratulate nil Ohrlalintr
mothers upon tbo wealth niul tho modern
science which may afford them nil kinds vf
help, let me say that every mother ought fo
be observant of her children 'h walk, hor chil
dren's behavior, her children's food, her .chil
dren's book*, her children's companionship.
However much help Ilannab may have, I
think she ought every year, at least, to mako
one garment for Samuel. Tho Lord havo.
mercy on the man who Is so unfortunato as
to have had a laxy mother!
Again, Hannah stands before you to-day as
an Intelligent mother,. Jfrom tho way in
Which she taikod in this' chapter, and irto
; the way she managed this boy, you know she
was Intelligent. Thorearon? persons la n
community who need to be so wise and well
Informed as mothers. Oh. this work of cnl*
taring children for this world and tho next !
This child ie timid, and It onfSist ?>e roused bp
and poshed ont Info activltlef^his child is
forward, and be most b? beld back and
famed down Into modesty and polltcnew.
BewardsTor one. punishments for another.
That which will make floor*? will ruin
John. Tbo rod 4usnR*nr fn one case,
while a frown or dlapleaauro is mora
tfett enough In another. Whipping and
? dark eioset do not exhaust all the
rooada of domestic discipline. These Inure
been children who bavo grown ?p arid gose
to glory without ever having thwr ean
toll. Ob, how m?eh earo and IntellUenoe
?NMCMsaryla tho tearing of etdldreitt Nut
tm Ntts day, when there are K> m any boolri
TasSterssrasTOKir
?*32. 7 IF| us? ?ovt pc dfauti**.
there* would not bo many dyapoptlo
stomachs, and weak uorvo*, nndinaoilvo liv
ers among children. If parents know moro
of physiology, thoro would not bo #?? mnuy
curved spines and crnmpod ohttftf, ami in
(lamed throats. and ditMtod lunvjsas thoro
nro among ohildron. If paronta know moro
<\t art and woro in sympathy with nil thnt la
beautiful, thoro would not ho so numy ohU
<lr?'n o^mlng out in tho world with boorish
pr.vilt 'It !*?.-. It parents know moro of Christ
uinl < praoticcd more of ills religion, thoro
woilhl not ho so many'littlo foot already
starting on tho wron^ road, nnd nil around
u-4 voices of riot and idasphomy \v(>uld not
oomn up with such ccdosy ot infornal
triumph.
Again, Hannah stancshoforo yon to-day as
i\ Christian niothor. t'rom hor prayers and
from tho way shp tfoysncintod hor hoy to
God I know sho tf'is good. A mother may
havo tho finest oulUiro, the most brilliant
surroundings, imt sho Is not lit for hor
duties unless sho ?>;? a Christian mother.
Thorn may bo well road libraries in tho
house, and exquisite musio In tho parlor,
and tho canvas ol the host nrtist adorning
I ho walls, an I tho wardrobe ho crowdod
with tasteful apparel, and tho children l>o
woudorful for their atlalnments and mako
tho houso ring with laughter and Innooont
mirth, hut thorO Is something woefully
lacking In that homo If It bo not also
(ho residence of a Christian mother.
1 hUvn God that thoro ? nro not
many prayorluss mothers. Tho weight
of responsibility Is so groat that thoyfuol tho
nood of a divliin haud to help and a dlvlno
volco to comfort and a dlvlno heart to
pym/iathizo. Thousands of mothers havo
been led Into tlio kingdom of Gqd by tho
lmnH of their llltfo ohlldrotl. Thoro nrc
hun Irods of mother* to-day who Would not
h iv > boon Christiana had It not boon for tho
praWloof their little ones. S'andiug some
day v^n tho nursoy, thoy bethought them
selves: "V'This child Cod has gtvon mo to
raise forsoternlty. What Is uiy influence
upon U? Not lining a Christian myself, how
ean I ever expect him to bocomo aChrisllan,
Lord, help mo!"
Every child Is ft bundle of tromomlous pos
sibilities. And whether that child shall como
forth in life, its heart attuned to tho eternal
harmonies, and after alifoof usefulness on
earth, go to a life of Joy In heaven, or
whether across It shall jar eternal discords,
And aftor a life of wrongdoing on earth it
shall go to a homo of impenetrable darkness
and an abyss of I iu measurable plunge ? l.t be
ing deoldod l?v nursery song and Sabbath
lesson and evening prayer and walk and rldo
and look -and frown and smile. Oh, how
many children in glory, crowding all tho
battlements and lifting a million volood ho
sdiina, brought to God through Christian
paroutagol Ono hundred a?id twenty qfergy
men .were together, and they were/fell fug
their oxperienoO and their ancestry, and of
tho ono hundred and twenty eforgymon,
how many of thoui, do you suppose, OS
S' I guod as tho meant; of their conver
sion the iuf!uonoo of a Christian mother?
Ono hundred out of the hundred and
twenty. Philip Doddridge was brought
to God by the Heripturo lesson on tho
Dutch tile of tho cbimnOy llreplaco. Tho
mother thinks she is only rooking a child,
but at the satuo time sho may bo rooking tho
destiny ol empire.), rocking tho fate of
nations, rocking the glorlos of heaven. Tho
taino maternal power that may lift a child
up may press a child down. A daughter
came to a worldly mother and said she was
anxious about her sins and sho had been
praying nil night. Tho movhor said.. "Oh,
stop praying! I don't boliovn in praying.
Get oyer all those religious notions, and I'll
give you a dress that will cost live hundred
dollars, ami you tnay wo:ir it ne^tweek to
that party." *
Tho daughter took tho dress, nnd sho
moved in tho gay circle, tho gayost of all
tho gay that night, and, sure enough, all
religions impressions wore gone, nnd sho
stopped praying. A few months aftor. sho
came to dio and in hor closing moments
said, "Mothor, I wish you would bring no
that dress that cost ?500." Tho. mothor
thought it was a very strange request, hut
hh" brought it to pletiso tho dylug child.
"Now," said tho danghtor, "mother, bang
that dress on tho foot of my bed." And tho
dress was hung there on tho foot of tho bod.
Thou tho dylug girl got up on ono elbow and
looked nt hor mother aud then pointed to
"tho dress and snUl, "Mother, thnt dress Is tho
price of my soul." Oh, what a momentous
tiling It Is to bo n mothor!
Ax.iln, and Justly, Hannah Manila beroro
you today, tho rowardud mothor. For nil
tlio coats ?ho h<i? inado for Kumuel, for nil
tiio nrnyera alio offered for him, for tho dla
olplfnu sho exortod ovor him, alio got nbua
daut compensation in tho piety and useful
ness and tho popularity of lirrson Harnttol,
and that is truo in nil ngo. Every mothor
gets full pay for all tho prnyora and tears la
behalf of hor ohlldron. That man unerul in
commercial life, that man prominont in tho
profession, that mastor mochanlc? why,
every stop ho takes in llfo has nn ooho of
giadnoHA in tho old heart that long ago
taught him to bo Christian and horolo nmL.
earnest1. Tho story of what you havo dono
or what you Jiavo written, of tho influence
you havo exertod, has gone back to tho old
nmnostead ? for thorefs somo ono always
ready to carry good tldings-and that story
makes tho needlo in tho old mother's tremu
lous hand fly quicker and tho flail in tho
father's hand como down upon tho barn
floor with amuro vigorous thmiify- Parents
lovfe to hear good nows from trvflr} children.
Do you pond them good nows, niwjqr^? Look
out for tho young mnn who of his
fattier as jflP ''KOV^rnQP.^ Ih^lBMjfarrd'' or
tho "old chap." Look out Inrlrn/r young
woman who calls hor mother w?atorn a I
ancestor" or tho "old womnn,'1 ')Tno oyo
that mockuth at his father and rmdsoth to
obey bis mother tho ravens of tho valloy
shall pick it out, and the young cag!es shall
oat it.'' God grant that all those parents
may havo tho great sutlsfaclion of seeing
their chik'ron grow up Christinas.
Hut, oh, tho pang of that mothor who,
r.ftor a llfo of atreot gadding and gossip To
talling, hanging on her cQldrcn tho frip
peries and follies of this world, sees those
cljlldroi) tossod out on tho son of llfo liko
foam on tho wavo or nonontitles in a world
where only brawny and stalwart character
can stand tho shook.' hlessod bo tho
mother who |oolr>. upon her i-^Mron &s sons ?
and daughters of tho" Lord Almighty! Oh,
the satisfaction of llannali in seeing Hatnuol
serving at tho altar; of Mother Eunice In
.s'-oing hor Timothy learned In tho Scriptures.
That ;? tno mornofs ^rteomponso? t?v see
children coming up.-?*eful In tho world, re
claiming the lost, healing tho sick, pitying
tho ignorant, earnest on* useful In every
sphere. That throw* a new light back on
tho o!d family Uiblo whenever sbo reads it;
and that will be ointment to sootbo tho ach
ing limbs of deereidtude and light up tho
olosing hours of life's, day with tho glorioe
of an autumnal sunset.
There she sits ? tho old Christian. mothor ?
ripo for heaven. Hor oycslght Is almost
gone, but the splendors of the ool^tial olty
kludlo up hor vision. The gray-JIght of
heaven's morn has struck through tho grey
locks which are folded back over the wrJn
klod temples. 8I10 stoops vory much now ah
<lor tho burden of cere sho nsod to entry for
hor children. Mho sits at home to-day, too.
'old to And hor waj t wMio house of God; but
whllo sho sits thern nil the past comas baok,
and tho children that 40 year* ago trooped
nrounffhor armchair -with thoir little griefs
and joys and sorrows, thoso chitdron ant -all
gone now? somo caught up 'into a belter
realm, wherethojr shall never die, and others
oat in thn broad world, attesting tho excel
lence of a Christian mother's discipline. Her
last dnys are full of peaer; an 1 ealm?r and
sweeter will her spirit become, notll the
irmtfu of Ufa h'jbII lift and let tho wornodt
pilgrim ..into eternal springtide and youib,
where tho limb.? never aeho nod the eyto
never grew dim and tho staff of the exhaust
ed ?nd decrepit pilgrims shall become the
l>altu of tho Immortal^thletr
Farmer* aad Free Silver. ^
? The AgrieelturalCotkfrree, which will meet
ot Bed* PmI oa September 17, will dlswme,
?nnrmaf, the deeliwMMty ef mm IllwMiill
e?ree?f*t aad the r?Uo of *be omUI*
TO DUl'llLK TIIK OD l^'UT.
Ylio Mint to Stump il, 000,000 Silver
Dollars Kvory Month Hereafter.
Owing to tho fact th'.t ;;ru?'.;intof silver
dollars In tho Treasury at Washington,
available (or tho redemption of Treasury
notes,* has boo o mo reduced to $10,059,58,4
and will ho further reduced by redemption
during tho current month, tho eolungo ol
silver dollars hy tho mints will ho Increased
from one-half million dollars to three
million dollars per month from tho 1st of
Aliquot, and will probably bo continued at
that rato In order that tho Treasury may
have h suftlclent stock to redeem Treasury
notes presented in exchange for dollars.
On the 1st of Mavob, 1893, tho Treasury,
held 20,890,401 standard silver dollars for tho;
redemption of Treasury notes under tho act
of J*-y. 1830. Wednesday tho number of .nil-'
vor dollars hold by tho Treasury for tho roO
deiuptlon ol Treasury note# was f 10,060,682.!
SineO tho 1st of March, 1893, tho eoluugo of]
silvtr dollara has aggregated $11,988,050. Of*
this sum, however, $2, 811,077 was profits or
?elguorngo. which Jolt $9,071,370 tor the re
domptlou of Treasury notes. Tho amount of:
Treasury notes redeemed in silver dollars and)
cancel led from November 1st, 1893, to Ju'y'
Hth, 1800, was $24,402,268.
SIliVKIC KKI'U HMCANS.
Teller and Ills Associates Issue an Ad
dress. .
Senator Teller and six of his associates who
left tho national Republican convention havo
made public tho following address to tho sil
ver Republicans of tho country, sotting forth
their views of tho situation:
? Wo deem It fitting that wo, who, havo
heretofore affiliated with tho National lto
publlcau party, and who have rejected tho
financial plank of the platform ndoptod at
Nt. I.ouls and refused to support tho nomi
nees of tho conven^ou, should state our po
pltinn In tho present ctmpulgn arid givo
briolly our reason In support thereof.
"When certain delegates to tho National
Itepul licnu Convention repudiated tho Na
tional financial . plank of tho platform and
withdrew from 'tho convention w? determined
that wo would give our support to such omi
(lldates as should appear most wiling uud
capable hi aiding In tho restoration of Bilvor
to Its rightful place as standurd monoy.
"The Democratic party in its Chicago con
vention him taken a position in Its platfo.rm
so pronouncedly; favorable to sllvor, and has
nominated candidates <>f such unusual,- un
questionable convictions in favor of tho bl
metallic polioy and of such high personal
character, that wo havo determined to give
tin'm our support because tlioy represent tho
great principle of tho blirfotnlilsts which wo
believe to bo tbocauso of humanity and elv
ili/.iitlon and tho paramount (piestlon now
before tho Amorlcun people,
"We therefore announce that wo shall, by
volco and vote, support Messrs. Hrvan and
Hewn II for President und Vlco-Prosldent, and
we appeal to all citizens, and especially 'to
Itopublienns. who fook up wo do that gold
monometallism would WT of lasting Injury to
the country, to act with us In securing their
eloctlon.
After arguing the gold standard and Its
evils, setting forth the virtues of Mr. Bryan,
the address concludes as follows:
"Profoundly Impressod with the Impor
tance of the issues of this campaign, for our
selves und our associates, wo respectfully
submit tho foregoing to' tho candid consider
ation of the'Amttloan people."
(Slgnod %1. Teller, Fred T. Dubois,
Leo Mantle, Charles S. Hurtmfcn, Hdgar Wil
son, John F. Shafroth, A. M. Htovenson;
cornmittoe.
Manton, Ci.l., July 30, 1890. ? ^
TKLLKR WHITK8 BRYAN
That Ho Will Support Iltpf in lit*
linco for President. -}
Tlmt Wm. J". Bryan' will rewivo.lhe sup
port of llonry 11 Tailor of Colorado, thero
can bo no longer any doubt. Mr. Bryan ha*
roooived a letter from SonatorTelier in which
ho assured bitn that ho would export him la'
hl? nice for President; The letter received
roads a# foWowa :
"DBNven, Cot., July 18, 1890.
"Hon. W. J. BnYAN, Lincoln, Nan.
"Dkab Sia :--I congratulate you on your
nomination at Chioago. I think the country
1h to bo congratulated also. I noed not an
Huro you that wur nomination waa more
than satisfactory. I think wo shall . be ablo
to consolidate the friends of freealtvtrta
your support, and if wo do this I think yon
will be eleotod, although I do notpvorlook.
the tremendous power that will bo put up
ntmlimt ua in this campaign, All the power
ofmoney and organized woaltb, corporation*
and monopolies of all kinds will be against
uh. Justice la on our aide, and thai* the
cause of tho pooplo, It Is ? oonteat for in*
ble that in suoh a contest before the Amer
ican pooplo thai Justice .shall Ml
and wrong prevail. ( do not b?->
llevo wo shall fall. I think I can
protniso you tho cordial support of the West*
-erasthrer men wtnr havo nerettffOTB" Mted
with tbo Republican pnrfy,~ and If jrou gist
that 1 think all of the Western coast and inter
mountain States will be with you I will not
offer any suggestions to you save to advtoo
you that as you were nominated without
pledges or favor or privileges to any one
Unit you maintain that position and make no"
pledgee or promisee, so that you may go Into
tho great oQlco of President of tho United
HtnU* wlthttyt tho ombafrMsment that fol
lows pledgos or promises even if they are
such as may bo properly carried out. it will
afford me pioasuretoplaco myself at the dla
poMl of the national oommittee to mako
speeches in your behalf, ,ao my health will
permit, where and when they may think I
may do the most good*
"I am to xy respectfully, ?
"H. M. TEixaa."
Mexican Boundary.
Along no inconsiderable portion .of, lt?
course the Rio Grande constitutes, Inter
national boundary between the Ignited states
and Hexloo. Until within a ftfw yeaJt 4TtO;
Rio OrAndo sorvod tho purpo&ta of a.lound
aryline Terr creditably and satisfactorily,
but recently the settlers of Colorado apd Maw
Mexico? away up atream^-bave taken ao
much water out of the river for the parpoaa
of irrigation that the old b oundary line be
comes obliterated during the dry season, aod
this has made so much trouble for the Mnt
fans that their government etaicas of tW
United (Katos 931.000,060 damage*. ,
Number of Idle Spladlo* In tl*
A circular letter reoelved froo^ T. tL
tin, secretary of the Souther* Textile
elation, states that of the i,
In the South 1,098,000 warn
log terms. The motorics <
located a a follows: "
dies: OeovsK 400.000) !
000;Teon<Usei, I-'?
O Ol Virginia,
Kentucky, >1,00
of tbeae agree to
00 daya aad