The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 24, 1896, Image 4
SPEECH THAT
MADE BRYAN.
A SYKOl'&lg <>K Til K 81'KKCH
THAT WON T11K NOMINATION.
<?
it Captured the Convention and
Cauncil tho Defeat of tlio He
cognl/.od Candidates.
. ?
Ilolow Is a synopsis of 1 1??? speech l>y lion,
W. J. liryau lu tho Niitloi.nl Democratic (,'on
vontlon ut Chicago, 111., Thursday that uiado
him famous and that nominated hi "w.
,vMa. Ciia^iman and (Iks ri.?Mr.s'Wr Tin
CoNVKNTlojti^^ woulil bo presumptuous,
indeed to prosoSiniynelf aguUiatJji* dls
tinguisliod geutloiiuJtH ta-w^tflrnT" you have
listened, If this woro but a meeting of
ability, l>u t this Is not u,^rftit?'?t among
persons. TIhh {nimblest citizens In all tlio
land wbou clad la tho armor of a righteous
cause 19 stronger than all tho whole hosts of
error thut they can bring. I como to apeak
to you la dcflcnao of ft cause as holy as tho
cause of lib6rty, tho cause of Immunity.
(Loud applause.)
"Nevor before In thehi/tory of this country
has there been WlthvasoA such a contcst as
that through which woynave parsed. Nevor
boforo lu tho history of American politics has
a groat issue been fought out as this Issue
has boon by tho voters themselves. Oa the
4th of the March, 1893, a few Democrats,
most of thom mouthers of congress, issued an
address to tho Democrats of tho. nation ?s
Hortlng that tho money question was tlio
{?aramount Issuo of tho hour, assoiting also
ho right of a majority of tho Democratic
party to control tlio posltiou of tho party on
this paramount Issue, concluding with tho
request that all believer* lu free coinage of
silver In tho Democratic party should organ
l/.o and take charge of and control tho policy
of tho Democratic party, Our sllvor Demo
crats wout forth from victory ui^to victory
until tlicy r.ro assembled now, not t?? ')igc*U6#.
uot to debate, but to enter tho judgment
rendered by th* plain people of this oouutry.
(Applause.)
"In this Contest brother has boon arrayed
against brother and father against sou. The
warmest ties of lovo and acquaintance and
association have boon disregarded. Old load
ers have been cast aside when they refused
to give expression to '.ho scntlmcuts of those
whom tliey would loa I, and now leaders have
sprung up to givo direction to this cause of
truth. (Ohoors.)
?iThus has the contest been waged, and wo
have assembled here under <>? binding and
solemn Instructions as woro over f.tstenod
upon tho representatives of a people. Wo
do not ooino as Individuals.- '< Why, as in
dividuals wo might have been glad to com
plluiont the gentleman from New York (Hen
utor Hill), liut wo knew that the people for
whom we .sptak would novo* bo willing to
{>ut him in a position, jniero lie cYiUW thwart
ho will of the Dt inuKratle party, |('hecrs.|
1 Say It was not n^ftfestion of person.-; it wan
a quo*4i.oji oL, principle, and it in not with
aladness, fflyTrlonds, that wo 1 1 n > I ourselves
brought lntoconllict with tlnmo who aio now
arrayed omtlie othor side.
"Wo say to you Hint you h?vo mndo too
limited in Its nfydlcntlon tl liit definition of tin*
business man. Tho mint who Is ??iii |?loy??l
for wagca ta lis muoli n business man ns'liis
omployor. Tito attorney In a country town
is na much n buslnoss man as tlio corpora
tion counsel in a great metropolis. Tim
merchant at lhotH,.ps?ronds" store is as tnuoli
n business man as tfiirniWcIint of New York.
Tho farther who gouH forth in tho morning
and tolly all liny, begins in tho spring and
tolls nil Kutumet;, and hy tho application of
brain and muscle to thn natural resources of
this country crciUcs wealth, Is as much a
businosa man as tho man who goes upon tho
bonril of trade nud bets upon tho prico of
grain. Tho minors who go a thousand foot
into tho earth or ulUnh 2,000 foot upon tho
cillTa and bring forth from their hiding
places tho precious metals to bo poured Into
tho channels of trado are iih much business
men as tho few financial magnates, who in a
back room, corner tho mo my of the world.
"Wo come to speak for this broader class
of business men. Ah, my friends, we say not
one word against those who live upon tho
Atlantic coast ; but those hardy pioneers who
braved all the dangers of the wilderness, who
bnvomade tho desert to blossom as the rose
? those pioneers >n way out there, reading
their children mHir to nature's heart, whom
they can mingle their volet s with the voices
of tho birth; out there where they huvo
erected school houpes for Ihe education of
their young, and churches where tliey praise
their Creator, ami ceimffcricB where sleep
tho ashes of their (lend, Vi re as deserving of
tlw) consideration of this parly as any peop.'o
in this country, (drent applause.)
"It Is for these that we speak. We do not
oomo us aggressors. Our war is not a war of
<i>Diiuost. We are lighting iu tin* defense of
our homos, our families ami posterity. (Loud
upplause.) We have petitioned, and our pe
titions have been scorned. We have <mu rent
ed. and our entreaties have been disregarded.
Wo have begged and t'.ey have injeked,
and our calamity caino. We l>eg n- longer.
Wo entreat no more. We petition no more, i
Wo defy them? (Urent applause and con
fusion in the silver delegat.oiis.)
"They tell us that this platform was made,
to catcli votes. We reply to them that chang
ing conditions make new issues; that tho
prlhciples upon which rest "PemoiJ arenu
everlasting as the hills, but that ^ney must
bo applied to new conditions as they arise.
Conditions have ark en and we nru attempt
Jug to moqt those conditions.
"The income tax is n just law. It simply
Intends to put tin* burdens of government
Justly upon the backs of the people. I am in
favor of an Income tax . V> hen I Hun a man
who Is not willing to pay his share of the
burden of the government which protects
him. 1 llutl a man who i.t unworthy to enjoy
the W^sslngs of a g??\ t-rin.n-iit IlKO ours, lib
eaya that we are opposing the national hank
currency.-. It Is true. It you will read what
Thomas Benton said, you will llml that lie
said that In searching iil-tory he could Had
but one parallel to Andrew Jackson. That
was Cicero, wh<i destroyed the conspiracies
of Catiline ami saved Koine. II.* ? 1 i < 1 for Home
what Jackson dH when lie destroyed tin)
bank conspiracy and saved America. (Ap
plause.)
"We ray in our platform that we believe
tho right to coin money and is;.iie money is a
function o:' government. We I cllcyc jt. Wo
believe it as ;i part of sovereignt y, and can
Hotnoro, with safety, he delegated to private
individuals than wo could alTonl lo delegate
to private individuals tic power to make
penal statutes or to levy laws for taxation.
Mr. Jefferson, who wits once regarded as
good Democratic authority, seems to have a
different opinion from the gentleman who
Iils addressed uson the part of the minority, j
Thosowhoare opposed to this proposition !
tell us that the issue of paper money is a J
function of the hank, and that the govern
ment ought to go out of the banking bus
fi ess. 1 stand with Jefferson, rather than
with them, anj tell them, as ho did. that tho
issue of money is a function of tho govern
ment, and that trio banks ought to go out of
tho government business.
"They complain al>out the plank which de
clares against the life tenure in ofllce. What
we oppose In that plank is the lifo tenure that
? being built up jn Washington which ex
eludes from participation In tho benefits the !
humbler members of our society.
"Let me call attention to two or three great
things. The gentleman from New York says
that he will propose mi amendment prov.d '
Ing that this change in our laws shall not
affect contracts already made. Let me remind i
him thnt there 1? no intention of affecting I
those contracts, which, according to the pres. j
ent laws, aro made payable in gold. But If j
he means to any we cannot niango onr mon
etary system without protecting those who j
Lave loaned money before tho chaugc was
made. I want to ask him where, in law or iu
morals, ho can Ilnd authority for not pro
tecting tho debtors, when the a?t of 1873 was
paaeed, but now insists that wo must protect
^the Creditor! He says ho ?U<? wants to
^ amend this law and provide that if we fail to
maintain a parity within n year that we will
then auap^nd the coinage of silver. Wo reply
that when wired vocate a thing which we ?>e
lleve will bo successful we are not compelled
to raise a doubt as to our own sincerity t>y
trying to show what wo will do if wo can. I
aak him, if he will apply his logic to us, why
be doee not apply It to himself? lfo saj i
thai fr want* this oountry to try to secure an
latefrfcatioaal agreement. Why doesn't ho
fall at what he u folog to do if tboy fail to
eeouro an International agreement? Tbcrt H
more reason 'or him to <lo that tluin for us to
full to maintain the parity. They have tr tea
for 80 years- for .'10 years to secure an inter
national agreement, nud those are waiting
for it most patiently who ?loa't wai.it it at
all. [ClKOrlnft J.aughter, long continued.]
"Now, iny friend*, lot us como vo^he great
paramount Issue, If they ask us horo why
la it thai wo fcay more on ttio money question
than wo *uy upon the tariff quce^on, I roply
that if protection lifts ?Vi,n thou?????l?,tli#
gold standard has slains its ton* of thous
nnds. It they ask us why yvo did not em
body all those things in Jour platform whieh
WO bollovo, we reply to llietji that wheu we
have restored tho money* of the (,'onstltution,
all other necessary reforms will ho possible,
and that until that is done there Is no reform
that can be accomplished. Cheers. Why Is
it that within threo months such a change
has oomo over tho sentiments of this coun
try? Three months ago, when It wo* confi
dently asserted that those who believed in
the gold standard would frame our platform
and nominate our oGJidldate, even the advo
cates of the gold Ctandard did n6t think
that wo Could elect Ul'rosldont, but they
had good reasons for mo suspicion, because
there ifi scarcely a Btato hero today asking
for the gold standard that is net within tU#
absolute control of tho Republican party.
"llut note the ehango, Mr, leKlnley was
nominated at Kt. Louts upon a platform that
declared for tho maintenance of tho gold
Standard until it should bo changed into bi
metallism by an International agreomout.
Mr. McKitiley was tho most popular wajp
among tho Republicans and everybody throe
mouths ago in tho Republican pur'y prophe
sied his ele 'tlon. Ho.w is it today? Why.
that mun who used to boast that ho looked
llko Napoleon ? [laughter and choorlngp?
that man shudders today when ho thinks
that ho was nominated on the anniversary of
tiie battle of Waterloo. Not only that but as
ho listens ho can hear with over-Increasing
distinctness the sound of tho waves as they
boat upon the lonely shores .of Bt Helena.
(Cheers. J
"Why this change? Ah, rny friends, Is not
tho change evident to any one who will look
at tho matter? It Is no private Character,
liowo\er pure, no personal popularity, how
ever great, that can protect from tho aveng
ing wfath of an Indignant people the man
who will either declare that hois In favor of
fastening thogo'd standard upon this people,
or who Is willing to surrender tho right'5 of
self-government and place the legislative con
trol iu tho hands of foreign potentates and
powers. [Cheers.) /
"We go forth confident that wo shall vln^
Why? Because upon the paramount issue in
this campaign there is not iipot of ground
upon which the enemy will damta challenge
battle. Why, If they toll us that tho gold
standard H a good thing, wo point to their
platform and tell them that their platform
pledges tho party to get rid of a gold stand
ard and substitute lilinetallsm . [Applaused.]
"If the gold standard Is a good thing, why
try to get rid of it? If tho gold standard,
mid I might call your attention to tho fai t
thut some of the very people who are in this
convention today ami who tell you we ought
to declare in favor of international bimetal
Ism and thereby declare that a gold standard
is wrong and that the principle of bimetal
ism Is better, these very people four months
ago were open and avowed advocated of the
gold standard and telling us that we could
not legislate two metals together oven with
a!! the world .
"I want to suggest this truth, that If tho
gold standard is ;i good thing we ought to
declare In Jfavor of lis retention and not In
favor of nlffUidonlng It; and if Die gold stand
ard is a bad thing why should we wait until
feme other nations are willing to help us to
let go? Here Is the line (J battle. We care
not upon wbf'h Itihio they force, the
light, we are prepared to meet them on
cither Issue or on both. If they tell us
that the gold standard is the standard of civ
ill/.a/atlon, \Vi? reply to tlnun that tills, the
most enlightened of all tie* nations of the
earth, has never declared for a gold stand
ard, and both tho parties this year aro de
claring against it. | Applause. J If tho gold
standard is the r.tamlard of civilisation,
why, my friends, should we not have
it? Ho. if they como to meet us on that, wo
can present the history of our nation.
"More than thut we can tell them this, that
they will s< ar -h lli<> pages,.of hh t >ry iu vain
to find a single in-datmtt In Whl> h the com
mon poo pi ? of any land have ever declared
themselves In favor of a gold standard, 'l'hey
can llnd where the holderg of fixed Invest
ments have. Mr. ( 'aril- said In 1878 that
this was a struggle bet \Veou tho Idle holders
of idle capital and the struggling masses who
produce the wealth and pay the taxes of the
aountry. an?t, my friends, It Is simply a ipies
tlou that we shall decide upon
which side fiball the I>emocratlo
party light? I'pon the side of the Idle holders
of Idle capital or upon the side of the strug
1 1 ( I X Illl'.fWtt I I l.'ill fulfil' 1(11' nnwii i ii" ('IIIIJ
lllUKt IIDHW'T II-- t ami It lllllst bo (III
B\vor?'tl by one 1 1 Individual hereafter.
'?Tho iiyini'iil hies of tin' Democratic piuly,
lis described liy tho platform, nro on tlio wide
id the si niggling masses, who linvo over been
tlio foundation of tho Democratic) .party,
Thoro are nvo M<'iih o( government, I'horo
nro tho:;o who believe that 'f you just legis
late to ninku tho well-to-do prosperous tlint
llielr prosperity will leak through on tho.?e
holow. Tlio Democratic idea has boon that
if you legislate to tn.iko tin* masses prosper
ous their prosperity will find Its way up and
through every oliu>snnd rest upon It.
"You come to u.s ami toll u> that tho groat
rltlos nro In favor of tho gold standard. I tell
you that thogroiit eillos rest upon tlieao broad
and fertile prairies. Iltirn down you r ?-lt los
nnd lonvo our fnnnn and your eltlcs will
spring up again as If by mavl<\ Itut doHtroy
our farms and tho grass will grow In tho
streets of every olty In t >1 is country. My
friends, wo ahull declare that this nation la
able to legislate for Its own poopli* on every
question without waiting for tin* aid or ?*on
m nt of any other nation on earth. Upon
that Issue wo expoct to onrry every single
State in this t'nion.
* ? 1 1 is tho i-suo ?d 1770> o vor again. Our
aiioi .-tors, wliru but :i, 000, 000. ha<l tlio cour
ago todoohiro ih?"ir j>olltii'iil bob pondoneo of
ovory other nation upon earth. Shall wo,
tholr descendants, when wo linvo grown to
70,000.000. declare that wo are loss iudopoiid
< nt than our foro-fnrtht'rs'/ No. inv friends,
it will n?'v?r b?i tho judgment of this people.
"Thoroforo, wo euro not upon what linos
tho Initio is- fought. If t boy my l>|
11 otalism is good, but w? cannot linvo It till
pome nation helps us, wo reply that, Instead
of having a gold standard because Knglaud
litis, we shall restore I 'invtallsm ami then let
Mnglaml have l>lmetallsin pocau-o tin* Culled
States huu. (Applause. 1 ylf ih<y ilaro to
ooino out ami in tie- opi'ii inid defend t lie gold
standard as a good thing, we shall light tlioin
to tho uttermost, having behind us tlio pro
iliioing masses o! this nation and tho world.
Having behind us tho commercial intere>ts
and the laboring Interests, and all the toll
In^ masses, we *ha!l answer their demand:*
for a golil stamlard by saying to them, you
*ha!l ii"t press il >wn upon tlio l?row of lnl?or
this orown of thorn*. \ -hi shall not crucify
mankind upon a Toss ol go' I."
ANO I 1 1 IC r< DKFAI'Ij I KK.
Cashier Myors, of t ho A. L. at Cliar
lotto, N. M a It os Away
?Joseph (l, Myors, ca.si.ior ol tho Seaboard
Air-I.ino at Charlotte, N. C.,h?allod t ?.? parts
inknown and loavw his hook.i m bad shape.
Besides lie Is a ib-'a,:'*. r to the amount of
thirty* six hundred dollars, and I: is thought
that a closer cxamfnnti-in of tin* books will
Increase this amount at least II vo hundred
dollars. Myers is bonded in tho American
Surofy t'oinpiiny, and the Seaboard will liot
lose :i cent, as Ills bond is for II thousaud
dollars. At tho bottom of tho affair Is a
notorious woman, who has ruined mora than
two prominent mou In South Carolina boforo
coming to ( hnrlotto.
It Is said that Myers left with her Saturday,
going to New York where they expected to
sail for Europe. Myers had nearly nil 0/ tho
?t d"iwnonoy on his |orsop at tho time of his
lllght. II" leaves an excellent wifo nnd
threo .small olilldron. Myers belongs to ono
of tho 11 ost prominent families In tho State.
A serious incident occurred at Kalyvea,
Greece, on Sunday. The Cretans on ^b^ro
II rod at a Turkish vessel which was coming
a Christian coaster. A Turkish crew of ulna
men wero landed and all were Immediately
kilh>l l>y the inhabitants. Tho Turkish v.n
wl Chen fire,] amongst the women nnd ohil
drch^on jhoro ami killed a large number.
Tho consuls of tho powers at Can<*a have
protested against th? affair a* a violation of
tho armistice. Murders of Christians con
tlr.u9in the province In Crete,
With
M.irderlng Christians.
JJvmocratlo Womtnfc for Vtculdcnl.
W. J. Jiri/fiii, of A fhraaka.
Democratic IS' online# for Vice- P resident *
Arthur Scwa?lt of Main o.
TUfi CHOI'S IN DIXIR.
Tho Outlook for Cotton Hotter ? Too
Much Kit In 'In Virginia and
North Curolluu.
Tho following ?rc extracts from tho'sum
inary of tlio weekly cllvintd nud crop bulletin
of tho weather bureau at Washington:
Virginia ? Itiehinoml: Excossjvo ami con
tinuous rainfall has dono nintfh dumngo to
wheat, oats, corn, tobacco anil' ootton in tho
southern t lor of counties; northerly, two
thirds of tho Htato are free from Special in-,
Jury nnd crops are rouortud In good condi-'
tlonj cultivation and harvesting Impossible.
North Carolina ? iinlclgh: Week extremely
unfavorable, with excessive rains. Hooding
rivers from tho French Droad to llyanoko.
destroying thousands of bushels of lowland
corn. Other crops injured by standing water'
and local atortrts on tho 8th; cotton but
tdightly damaged, though shedding souio
forms; a week of fair weatV-r will probably
lessen (lie estimate of damagNi,
Huuth Carolina ? Columbia: Heavy rnir.s iu
western portions caused overflow*; <lnm?K
ing bottom land crops seriously; high winds
blew down nod bioko corn, tangled largo
cotton and shook off remaining fruit; very
little sunshine; falling oIT in general condi
tion of corn and cotton, but minor crops Im
proved decidedly.
Georgia Atlanta: The heavy rains during
tho early part ol' tho week seriously injured
crops in tlio lowlands, but exceptionally lino
cotton and corn weather has prevailed for
several days and all crops an* doing well;
cotton Is fruiting heavily; grapes uro good
but other fruits are inferior.
Tennessee Nashville: 1). imaging rains in
enstern portions nnd excessive in Wiidflle por
tions; warm, humid weather promoting
growth but unluvorublo for cotton and to
I Hccc ; corn developing well; cotton with lino
prospects, fruiting well, tobacco extra line,
.-till much frenohlng; wheal aid oats sprint
ing in shock ; thrashing au<l haying retarded;
young crops growing well.
KIIA'KU IN CKKAT Klil TAIN.
Much Pleased Over the Work for Sil
vcr in America.
The Bimetallic I. cage of Creui Prltaln held '
its annual meeting Monday In London. Tho j
animal report declares that tho cau*o of in
ternational bimetalisiu has made substantial j
progress during the yef.r, both in tireat l'.rit
aii and abroad, it mentions resolutions
adopted by lhA Chamber of Deputies lu
France, the Chamber of Kcprcsontativcs in j
Itelgluin, and the 1'russlan l>lct. declaring )
for bimetallsin. A largo se. tion of the peo| In :
there are, however. ?o strongly convinced (.f ;
the urgent necessity for the femonctl^arloii
of silver that they ar1 indisposed to wait *or i
International agreement. Nq parly of any j
importance lu tho United Stale* favors gold j
monotnetalispj."
The report conclude# ns follow: "The re- !
sponsibllity for the present and growing dan
gers to the industrial life of th<> nation re.>ts j
upon those who oppose that monetary sys- |
torn under which our prosperity advanced by j
leaps and bounds."
ClfICAUO'4 11 KS II lOWICK.
To Ho the Tallest Structure Kvor He- j
fore Krected
Chicago expects to have a tower which
will bO/the highest structure of it- kin<l ever
coastrtrctcd. It Isto bo called the City Tow
er, and will be 1,160 feet high, and 300 feet
square nt the base. The tower company has
been Incorporated and the lofty *t<el struc
ture will beerpilppod with a theatre, restaur
ants, searchlights and telescopes, while bikOi
entertnlnmoots as airship flights, balloon as
censions, parachute drops nnd high tiirht
rope performances, n< well a? tight-rope and
pyrotcebnlcal displays, will l?? given. Its
promoter* say that tt will have fourteen ele
vators and claim tnat it will surpass th?
Eiffel Tower io r?r.s.
DEATH OF HX-(iOV. ItUSSKM-i.
Thrlco <*overnor of Massachusetts anil
Spoken of for Presldont.
A apodal from 8t. Adelaide I)o Pabos, Quo
boc, Thursday, horaldod tlio death o( Kx
Oovornor Wra. T. HussoH's death nt liis fish
ing camp. Ho wns accompanied by his broth
er and Francis Peabody. They all retired
early, th^Jovornor apparently In good health
and spirit^ Upon his ccupanlouB trying to
nrouso him tliuy discovered that ho ipasdead.
Death must bavo resulted from yfieart dis
ease. The position of the body and tho ex
pression on tho dead man's faco showed that
bin death was painless. After an inquest tho
remains woro^taken at onoo to his homo In
Boston.
Tho Hon. William Kustls Russell was born.
In Cambridge, Mass., lu 1K>7. Ho was edu
cated in the public schools ami In Harvard
College, where bo graduated In 1N77. Ho
thru bog sin the study of law under his fath
er's direction and took a oourso of threo
years In tbo liostou University Law Hcliool.
Ho wa.< admitted to tbo Suffolk Bur lu tbo
A pril term of 18M0.
Air. llussell was only '28 j^ars of age wbon,
In 1886, h<? was elected mayor of his nativo
<*lty, having already served as councilman
and alderman. In 1888 bo was nominated
for Oovernor, but was dofeatod by Ames. It
wad in tbis year that Mr. Russell pave evi
dence of his gifts as a stump spef.kor. Ho
worked and talked incessantly, going from
one place to another.
Ho was renominated for Oovernor In 1889.
Thin time his compeiltor was Oovoruor
lirnokott. Mr. RusshII, atthoeud of a vigor
ous campaign, reduced (ho plurality of bis
opponent from 29.000 to f>,77(>. Next year on
bis third trial, ho waa uloctod by a plurality
of 9,000.
In Ills Inaugural message bo suggested
many reforms in Stato management, bat few
of them became operative owing to a hostile
Legislature and r. hostile council. Russell
was ro-eleetcd Oovernor of his gtato twlco.
He retired at thwciid of his third term to ro
sumo the practice oT Inw.
Russell's name was mentioned by HI* ad
mirers In New Kngland as one which would
look well at the head of tho Democratic na
tional ticket. At the Jefforson celebration In
Montlcello, Va? early lo this year, tbo ox
Oovernor made a strong declaration to fr.vor
of honojt money. IIo wa a associated with
Henator Hill nnd ox -Secretory Whitney In tlio
oontest over the platform At tho recent Chi
cago convention '-J
tJul)#c?ibo for tills frifxsr.
Ki-novt uxor. nnssKix,
TRUfV.^ET CALLS. '
Vam't Horn ?orLi<lt? u Warning Noto
to (ho ^uri'(lr?uied> <
T H M 1* T ATI ON
realiited, !tt a Hum
tdaln.
No man ovor
'hroko Ids hii^k by
tryinvj to llfl tlio
JoaJ Cod gine
lilni.
Men who try to
serve Clod for
gain are willing
i to horvo the devil
for nothiug.
The world was
plunged Into sin, because the ilrnt Milr
looked at the forbidden fruit ; uot tr
eatise they climbed the tree.
1'Hlti^c tlio roil will do no good unless
the hand that holds it Is) moved hy love.
Tho moro an enemy, ha too ?i?, tho
hotter tho lire kindness will kindly on
his head. *
There aro too many popple j In the
church who wouhl ruthor bo comets
than suns. I
( Many a procession that Vis marcJi^ng
Straight toward tho pit Is beaded by n
knod Miito drinker. .
Skeptics mi^ tear tho Hlbloito pieces,
hut they ran mako no reply 4$o a con
sistent Christian life. f f
There Is hope for the man ^ho doeai^H
)mvo to fall down inoro th^n onco to
learn l ow to stand up. \
' The lessons wo learn In tho^ school of
'experience cost tho most, but^they are
lieiuetubered the longest. V
i The devil never wastes anjJ powder
'on tho man who only wants to^bo relig
ious to make him feel good. J
A 'revival meeting Is sure, to drag
when the leading members feel most
comfortable In tho back-seats.
Whoever keeps close to Christ will
soon learn the meaiilng{of being perje
cnted for rlghjeousm'ss' sake.
In h!s 'wisdom (Jed has ordained that
tho samo golden opportunity shall nev
jr knock at the same door twice.
ThoC devil Is not tlirowlng any darts
at tho man Who thlnka he can bo u
Christian without going' to clwtrch.
Living to please (lod is tho most .<pi
portnnt of all things to us, becauso
nothing else can do so much for us. /
I'nde'rtake something for tlio Lord, In
tho name of the Lord, and you will soon
be surprised at how much you can do.
The devil spends a good deal of tljno
In persuading one-talent people to be
lieve that nothing Is expected of thv?m.
There is too much singing, "Tnkonny
sliver and my gold," and putting noth
ing but copper and nickel In tho bas
ket.
O rnnilmottier'B Diplomacy. J
Evn, the fair, with soft^flaxen hnir,
And clear azure eyes, like her father
land's skies.
Said, tdfyly and low, with dimple* aglow^
''.Mamma, will you bring /'
A little gold ring f
From tho town, when to-morrow you' go?"
JJul the grave mamma's eyes were solemn
and wise; , '
"Why, Eva, my dear, you are only o
child, /
And should think of your books ^
Instead of your looks;"
So, sagely, the grace mamma smiled.
"Uf vain, fnoiisa tilings,
Like jewels and rings, t
Don't think till you're older, my child.".
Grandma, the fair, with soft silver hair,
In Lor eyes .n "long-ago" look,
With a half-inuring sigh her glasses laid
by,
And dreamily turned from her hook.
"Kings did you say?
My thoughts were away;
'I -remember so well the tjpst^that 3'0,i
wore! S
You often had coaxeU me for trinkets
before;
And once, in the town of Hamburgh, 1
bought
A tiny gold ring, b:> quaintly wrought ?
How you danced and sang for joy that
day? .
Do yon remember it, daughter May 7
Ah, me! ah, me! f\
i So long ago.!
You scarcely were old ns Eva, I know."
Eva shook dowirthe ringlets bright,
To hide in her eyes the mischievous light;
Mamma carefully guided her seams;
Grandma went back to her "long-ago"
<lreani8. ,
O! rare diplomacy, ' ' V W
Quietly wrought,
In the town on the morrow the ring wa?
bought! ,
Lottie M. Hose.
May Bo Stanley's Pgymle?.
It Is sii itl that a young Philadelphtnn
named Donaldson H111 1 1 li. who has been
traveling In Africa, claims the discov
ery of a race of pygmies previously un
known. The brief description of them
given in tlip Philadelphia Times would
Indicate that thepe are the same people
described quite fully by Henry M. Stan'-'
lcy" ? ?
' Kon\e Journalists are born great, and
Botno acquire greatness through expe
rience. The late Col. John A. Cockerlll
belonged to the fojmer- category. Ho
jiosKe^aed an instinctive quality which
won for him success in his profession.
He had a nose for news, and ho knew
how to treat it to the best advantage.
It would be extravagant eulogy to placo
birji In the front rank of the grent Jour
nalists of Atactica. Ho was not enti
tled to be placed there, lmt he possessed
some of the attributes that aro essen
tial to tho attainment of that rank, and
was Licking In others. ,
Occasionally we think that tfio un
derdog receives more attention than
lie descrvca.
Rf*nlt? prove Hoodoo. the best
blood purifler.ftppetlEor *nd nerve tonic. In fact
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
la the OnoTrue Blood Purtfler. AHdranrlnte. fl
How IniecU Multiply. ' "7 ' i
Tho power of reproduction In insects
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he claws of a lobster. The end of a
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i lid If cut Into three pieces the fcnlddlo
produces a perfect head a?fd tall.
Wo always And an excuse for our own
blunder, and sometimes forget that
(hero are others.
p
Au luterettfutr Subject. . ?
Mr. Gladstone missed a great oppon
tunlty when ho re/need au offer front
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word for an article on any subject whaU
ever. Me ought to have written 10,000
words on '^ho Foolishness of Mnga^
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^ A Disappointed Diplomat,
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recognition as the first ambassador to
this country. lie was told that Sir
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his government, lie was an^ry, and
wrote to tho President requesting bin
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