The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, April 19, 1900, Image 1
_THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL
VOL io.---NO. 12 PICKENS S. C., THURSDAY, API\R1L i, 1900. ONE )OLLAR A YEAR.
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THE BOURS ARE 'TATRIOTS.
STRUGGLE FOft INDICPENVE, lvk;.
Bravo Moln aid Womuen Whi v
Up Their ULv(s For i4'reedom.
lion. Webster Difvis, former assis
taut sccritiry of the interior, whq
rosigned his place so that he couh
speak for the cause of the.Sothi Afri
can republics, addressed an immense
audloce at the Grand opera house in.
Washington 1). C. li reviewed the
i truggle of the Boers and charged that
England Is making an unjust and in
famous war on a 'free people.
" The Boers of South Africa," said
Mr. Davis, "arc among' the pioneers
of freedom-heroes of civil and re
liglous liberty. They were the torch
I-earers who blazed the pathway for
civilization through the primeval
forebts of the southern part of that
great 'dark continent' which has budn
the marvel of the ages. No country
in all the world contains a nobler race
of men and women; the descend ants, too,
of the heroie Netherlanders, who, under
William the Silent, wrested the indc
pendence of Holland from the hand of
the Spanish tyrant. No people in all
the world's history have made a morc
valiant l1fort to secure liberty for
future peoples than they. And no
people have endured more hardships
in the cause of liberty and equality of
rights than they. Indeed, it was and
is their unconquerable love for liberty
that has caused all their troublos."
Years ago, Mr. Davis continued, the'
Beers planted the seed of liburty 'in
the fertilo valleys of the Caoe of GIod
Hope, where a strong national spirit
developed as e.rly as 1806i, when the
colony passed into the hards of lug
land. Soon thereafter ill feeling arose
between Britton and Boer. Mr. Davizs
entored upon an exhaustive review of
the relations between the Boers and
the British goverumen t from that Lime
to the present. le described the
"great trok" northward after the
emancipation of their slaves, the foun
dation of tho republic of Natal and its
absorption by E'ngland and ,he riso of
the South African republic. laglands
acquisition of the diamoud fields at
Kimberley Mr. Da..vis characteNz.td as
a transaction without a parallei "for
cupidity, dishonor and irjustice." Of
tho material growth of the Dutch re
publics Mr. Davis said :
"Cities with all the modcrn im
provements sprang up on the veldt and
in the valleys as if by magic,- and
everywhere the church and school
house told the story of the people's
progress. It is no wonder the Boers
became intensely proud of their lomes
in the Orange Pree Stato and the
Transvaal, and well may they feel that
pride, for they have their homes in
one of the grandest belts of valley,
mouintai n and plain that the world huas
in it.
" in the light of the past history of
the rise and fali of empires, of the sad
wrecks of proud and haughty nations,
who hated justico and honor aod right,
but loved tyranny, oppression and i
wrong, tlnt are strown along the path- I
way of the centurics, I cannot but be- I
lieve that Godt has intended that in the I
two South African republics liberty 1
a.:d equality of rights sha:1 prevail, <
and the rugged, brave-hearted, God- I
fearing Boers shall be forever free.
" But finally this period of peace and c
rest was broken by the discovery of
gold in the Transvaal. Then it was I
that the British government detor- t
mined to seek a pretext for obtaining I
control of the richest gold fields in the I
woild as it had before teured the
richest diamond lills. That, this h.
the real cause for the present war no 1
one can doubt who will but listen to
the frequent remarks made by English
men in South Africa, as well as in 1
England, that te gold mines in the I
Transvaal are worth fighting for and
we are going to keel) on lighting untilI
we get them.' The iBritish love for
gold Is proverbial. Wherever gold
has been discovered, there the Biritish
have turned a wistful and longing eye.
When gold was discover-ed in Alaska,
only a few years ago, It will 1)e re
momhor-ed how quickly an effort was
made to extend the Canadian line far
enough westward to take in the gold
fields. And no doubt had the En~glish
government not boemn anticipating the
present troubles over the gold fields in
the Transvaail there wou'd have been
trouble on the part of the United
States government in keeping control
of the gold tields in Alaska."
R.eferring to the Jameson raid and
certain incidents connected with it,
Mr. Davis asked :
"How long would the people of our
republic stand it if foreigners from
any couintry in the worldl wer~e to
come hue and alter getting r-ich In
our gold mine~s would undertake to
control our government, and failing to
do so would endeavor to destroy it,?9
"No lIIimsier pretext forem robbery
and murder ever emanaited1 from the
wickodest cabinet in 'i~rope in its
pailist days than the Iki tish dlemfanld
for a five-year franchise In the Sout~h
African republic. If this demand were
granted not an NMaglishmatn in the
Transvaal would renounce allegiance
to the queen and swear eternal allogi
ganco to the government of the Sout~h
African republic as against the British
goveaumoint. The idea was to obtain
the power to control the governiment
of the republic and at the same time
remain British subj acts. Who ever
before heard of sucn a prop~osItion ?9
Would the citizins of the United
States be willing to allow British sube
jects or the subjects of any other- powei'
to come here and [control our own
- elections and our own govertnment and
4 at, the same time not, renoune their
allegiance to theIr own countries ?9
" The simple truth of the matter is
that thu British government forced
President Kruger- into a quarrel af ter
ho had done everything In his power
to avoid It. While negotiations were
pending British troop~s were being
massed In South A frica. Tno bgiss of
the negotiations meanwhile were in
geniously shifted so that as the British
preparation for war had grownu more
compiete the acceptance by the Boor-s
of the so-called BritIsh terms wvould
moan an ever-Increasing measure of
submIssion and humiliation on the part
of the Transvaal.
"The Britisi1 demands wore trumped
up and are without a sound basIs,
either in morals or in law. It is a sad
spectacle of the strongest empire in
te world bringing doninecring pros
muro to boar' upon a 'tiny republic to
Intluence a change of cortain domeetic
pIlicios, which are inl no sense a part
j( the business of that empire. lor
1,5o Boers to domply with the demands
)f the British government would have
tnieant tho sacrillee of overy vestige of
3ssenlial sovereignty belonging to the
.ransvaal as an Independent republic.
STihe quobtion.* of the natural izaltlon
)f foreigners in the South African re
public is no more the business of the
British government than are nattirak
:zAtion laws of the repuolic of Mexico
i matter of concern to the republic of
hm Uaited States of America. It is
)no of those questions of internal policy
hat pertains oniy to the Transvaal
-ormenll jlt.
"The Biers have been gri-atly absed
by the British becaueo it is alleged
hey began the war. I n other words,
hu Bers were too hasty ; they would
lot wait until all tlhe British troopt,
iad arrived in South Africa. Who
'ver heard of such nonsenso ? That
.treat civu1iz.d nation of -100,000,000 of
icoplo are complaining because the
pCOpleJ of the two little republies, Who
ho not number all told more than 300,
)M0 people, including men, women and
L.-hildron, insisted upon isbuing their
ultimation and then proeceded to give
battle before the British hosts should
irrive. While on the 3oor side. ill
'0ld, -tlherei were r.ot more than 30,00
mnll and tnese had but a low inferior
::annon and no bayonets or swords ut
ill. Practically the only arms they had
wvereo Maus t r Ii 11:.
" One Boer to ten licithi-h. And yet
Lhe Beers were not, trained soldiers :
Wly simple, p.in farmers; lak tb
Ahousands of ruegcd farmers in our
>wn country. .Tiey ire just plain,
'o n m1Oni pteople, precisely the oame k ind
)f people that Aiabiam I AncolnI loved.
" As citiz-ns of the greatest, republie
n thru world, with waie'n sido biluid
NQ 1Ym pathize ? I say our by i- mpatinLe5
ihouid go out to that brave littie band
*if patriots who are strujgling to keep
liive forever the fires of liberty upon
,be al-tars of those two young re
uublics."
110\\ Sil'.0N oll \%,.\s \vO)N.
Mri. Davis dcterlbed the sto-min ig of
;pioi kop by the I~of.r-, afLer the
3'itish had oc:up1uied it, anid his oiwn
isit to the battle tield seveni day.
ater.
When the fight began," he said,
'a giant B er, in the prime of strength
knd manhood, Was seen carrying a
mall B er ltI.g ; in It short timo he
eli to rieu nao mnore. Then an old
vhite-haired veteran picked up the
)unner and, waving it, urged his comn
-ades on. With liuwing hair and
las ing eyes the old man rusned on,
>ut suddenly a shell laid him low : (re
,he little flag touched tho ground,
moWever, a1 barefooted hLid, only
hirteen years of age, wino had been
i hting in I is sih i rt sleevets, leaped like
pantoer to the old man's bide aid,
natching the Itibg from his grand
atter's n.rvelers hand, raised it, aloft
6ud puthed on. A mighty shout, arose
rom the Beurs as they sw that ga.
ant deed, and with reneweT courage
hey made a fearful charge, following
he flag they rushed liko,aan avalanche
ver the British trenches and Spion
Cop was won."
General Burgers, the Boer comman
ler, had iade repeated attemi pts to
ecure cessation of artillery fire that
he dead mighlit be buried. hnt for
Overal days without succtsd. I'inilly
.encral Baller aceupted the Boer pro
msl to bury the He-itish dead and
>Vfred to pray the bil.
General Burgers regarded this
-eply as an insult," Mr. tDavis anserted,
but, neverthiless, cQneludel to bury
o.e Biritish -dead. Then I visited the
,op of Spion's kop and saw there the
iost hor ile sight, that could be im
igined. U pon every hand were hel
nets, belta, canteens, bayonets and
yearinag apparel scattered about, cover
Jd with clotted blood. We saw feet
and hands protruding through the
roundl, all swollen and skin burst as
iuder, while the rest of the body was
~overed with a thin coating of earth.
'ro cx planation was that these poor
3r'itish soldiers had been buried by
aheir comrades under only a few Inches
>f cirt. In other plaeces we saw teur'es
>f dead British soldiers lying on the top
>f the gronrd jutst where they had
allen, no attempt, having been made
,O buery the mu.
"As we dlescended from the hill we
net the I sers ginrg uip to bury the
British dead, who had been 6o sadly
loglected by their own comnradn.s and
:ommranders, w lbe amuse themselves
y calling the Boiors savages.
"Br-ave were the ancient Greeks of
Athens and Sparta, who, with their
tilles, stood upi to battle and to die to
lefend themselves against Asiatic
uvasion. Heave was Alexander' the
arcat and hIs Macedon ians on the
attic!ihld of I ssus, where they won a
;ictory against over-whelming odds,
B~rave was the strnggle of the Tyrolese
mgainst the leg ions oif Napoleon.
Brave the stand made by the Swit zers
'or liberty against, the Llapaburg.
Biravo the wonderful charge (of
L'iectt's men and tneor tally brave
.lefenso of the uniiirm troonas on the
.:rimson heights of Gettysburg. Brave
wvere the heroic (lead wvho fell at
Salam Is and M ar'athon. Hecave, Indeed,
wvere the famous 300t at Thrermopyvlae.
Buit eqiually brave, gallant and chiival
'ous are the humble pecasants of thbe
voi'dt, who., defending the paases of
Drakonsberg, or seeking death, eimiib
ing the rugged sides of Splon's koip,
willIng to die, If need be, to save their
beloved repiublics from the Beitish
yoke of olp.issioni.
"These men have the same spirit
that prompted the farmers to lace
Lleatah for lIberty at Lexington green;
that nerved the arms of Americans at
ariutQga,. Bunker HIll and 'Brarndy
wino ; thait wamrmled the hearts of
Washington and hlis shl vering patriots
itt Valley Laorge ;and at New Oe-It ans,
where Jackson and his men taught
10ngland that easier wore it to hurl time
rooted mrountaln from Its base than to
force the yoke of slavery upon men de
termined to be free.
"1Then, why should we not symp~a
thlze with themi ? Why should riot
the gr-eatost, reopublic In the worl J
assist the smallest of republics? yIl
the word 'liberty' to beceomo obsolete
In our natIonal lexicon ? Must this
greatest republic of the world's hIs
tory chaIn its -.destiny to the charIot
wheels of the Jritibli empire in ier
mi1ad raceo for lind und gold ? Shall
the fair nanic of tiiis great republic,
wlose prowessi oni land aid sea ha-3
been the iarvel of the century, be
used in iurope, by Iritish ollicials and
the llriti 'h paress, "s a ienitce to other
E'uropeatn powers who are anxious to
astdisL the Boors in tir brave struggle
for freedom aItnd independence
DAUNG CONt'ImiitA'i'i.s.--Thte Louis
vilio correpondent, of tile News and f
Courier says that the conaing gather- 1
ing of the Confederates in that city
will mark the occasion of the reunion
of some of the mlost, daring men who
saw service in thu Confederito army.
'Tie surviving membors of a little band
of twelve orisoners, who escdapud fromn
lmira, N. Y., 11litary pricon cat p,
wil I mUt here and discuss again the
details of their Lhrilling UxjeuriieCe.
It is not knowan how imtany of that dar
ing party aro stiill alive, but oe, .J. .M.
Wonack, of D)%rlington County, South
Carolita, who was a member of lam p
ton's Legion, lives in Louisviiie, and
Capt. BI:rry ritbijin , anotber i inna bet',
Iives in A ugusta. Gia. Catla. rson
and Nluj.r Womack planned the escape
from priSon aid together with the
other prisoneiri-s went to RiCitond and
joined th eir comia inan ds. Capt. I tienson
was a scout for Gula. LngstreeLt and
was in many dariing aiventtures. On
one occasion lie entered the Feder'atl
Hines at night, just to the 'ear of War
ren's corpi, and, reaclinar the tent of
G-.1n. Waa'rru, overheard the ordert fort.
the Ilovtilemt of that, part, of the 'ed
eral army. Lie miountkuttd the horse of
Gen. Watren lind rode safely back to
G;_an. i.anigs!,rect's headquarttors. 11e
wat, afterards cmatured and sent to
the l'oint Iookotut liricon. Lie escaped
fruma that place iauntder the imo, hietroie
Sacrcuast~tancs, butwast. rectltLured be
fote he rc'aehed ti, Cinfderate lints. I
Iie w ab lata' sent, to t.he old Capitol I
riah ait 'ashin gtuot, and latera -et
to E mira , N. Y., whoere he anad Major
Wolmaek planned the eC:uaIJe. Tne
latter' did liot sauy anayth,:ig abouat hhl.i
own exploit.s, but enough was gaatti
ta kt;o.v that he had haud a vitried ex
;w'eraene. The tllicial Irt'epot,'L of th11e
nailra prisont camp~ sha,vs ti;at it :[I
tt~aiui tweti l v .,e Lb ouaand ftr i onte a
tanuari ng the wat', antd this little '.aIad of
tweLive were the only ones who ever'
escaped.
Tii-: SALOiN IN M.\NItLA.--HLv. E.
l- lhtteh, chaiplain of the f'ightecnth
In faantry, writes ats follows in the
Springlield I. !htiblicuan:t
" The garea source of evil inl Mania
hats como from the liquor interests 1
Te' ficat followets of an artmy are the
stloon, with tisremutable vomiien a
close setcond. To It press their perni-1
cious inllihence iitx.. the eforts of
thloe int autholity. One ship lead] of
liquor war. in lManlilait iabort before
Oile city was taeIlAn by thre Ameraiaus. C
'Tihe agt,:L of te comtpauny wa~s with
the armay, wearing a tamilin titaniforml i
under the guie of a " vodunteer aid."
Tlle city taketn. thu " voutLacr aid
cast aside his uniaort located a dIepaot,
and procecded to estabiisht saloonza. In ,
a few ,veeks thi prinicipal streets were t
trtansformed The one brand of wihie 1
key and bee-r hand led by the firm re
ceived a great boom, and in at way got
a great start, of ComtpAetitors. It was
10: for lonr. In i few weeks every brand
of beetr Inld wiiskey in Americia was rev
preanted and the uitfIearent agents vi ted
for. huirss and supretacy. The
salotts wcre directly respontotible fot
imtore of t! e friution, disturba tances and
e;Tia'atrtagrnats with the nativezi tiha
all other catu;e co:mbined."
li.:lt I'utviwa:i:. lti';aawe~a, --T'he
following resolutiont has beena adopted
by the bard of directors of tht State
disensay in regar tat the h.eer pi vi
iet'us in this State:
Ra2solved, Tlhat at, thle exphLirti on of
the tearms of otlic of allI beet' d ispen
srs5 nlow set-ving the sai~ld dispene.ari'es
ar'e her'chy oarderelul discontinued, ex
eep~t as priovided~ btelow: The county<
boards of conttrol elected by thIs ri
soluittion maay estabI lih)ber dlispen
sarit'es antd elect tdispensar-ies fot' stamet
at, the folio..v in g ataed pl1aces: One:
diaspensaray at the towna of lieauafot,.t
two d ispenstaries ina thec city of Ch atr-(
lOs tonti, incluinitg the onea at Lthe Ger a.
mania Irte wer'y attne oan the I:-ie of,
l'ie:two dlispenaraies itt the city ofI
Columnbia: (tie dispensar'y in tbe tliy V
of Gatminey ;onie in the town atof G,~ or gvi
tow a ; one int tie city of G ' retan ile :
one itt the town of lauaens; one itn the
city of Newvber'ry :oneo ini the city of
UO'angeburaig :one itt the city of Spar
tanburg ;one in the town of Sutatt er;
oneO in thbe town atof Union. And it, is
ftarather' ordceraeli that beer d ispensaaries
may carray mtotre thana one badat of
beer', whlen their- patrons tdemtand it,
upon)1 apprtoval of the Staite boartd.
-T'lhe Nw Yoark .Jurn'al pintts a
seansationaal story thaat, a secret lettetr is
being sent, fromti the l.iepublhIicanr head
qu ataers to allI the trutsts in thae couan
tary deam andintg immted iate camaapa ig n
funtds as a praico of prioteetion. Ac
cord.1ing tot the stotry thc lottetr was pro
paaredl t. a contfer'eanc between Senator'
I ana a, la'irst Assistanrt Il'ostanmaster'
G enterai I'erry Iletath antd the moneyed
muember~s of the k publican ntational
coti tittett and has been t st Lottt b~y
Lthat or-gatnIization. - fThis letter'c enIs
attenationa to the prtolits the trtast mianu
factur ieras have baren able to secturo
under ci Ipubl11hIican rutle it the past, and
poinrts out thLtat tot entjtoy theitt it the
futur'e thle r'e-election of I 'reskiant Mc
Kianley is absoluat ttly ntecessar'y. It, Is
clai med that, it is prtoptosed to raitse
$ii,000,000 i n th is w ay.
OU (3G1mAlTI(CST SIIA lST.
It'ta .!i yecars lDr. .I. N en tttn II ataway
has so suaccessfta lv treatead larattic dise-tt~
('s that lie is aak'owledged today to s~tand
at. the had otf hais protfession in thie line.
llis excltusive mthodttt oft tretttlment ftor
of kife or' cntery' entres inia an ea e..
aull ctases. In te tratdment f the lotss oft
VIiat rces. N eryonas I i s'rdeIrs, K litney
P'oisonaitng, Ilaheumat isma, 1 atarrh. and tdhIi
casesA peculialr tat womena~t, he' ts ena!b
sutccessful. Dr. II tataway's pran tao is
more than doubhle l thaf anya ataher sptet
lalist.. Cases prontoun ced hed lCles by~ ttert
in ,ysicians readily vieldl tat his irtatmet.
Mrt hmtoday futlly abult youer c'ase.
He mtakos ito clairge for contsualttaatot atr
audvice, either at his oilice or by mail.
J. Newton Ilathaway, M. 1)., 2%- Soutilb
Broad ear~ot, Aaait., (
[MPEACHMENT OF
ANDREW JOHNSON.
ONIY ONII VOTICv SAVI) iM.
;ix liepulilican Scinators llet'lset to
Follow Their Party-RItos, of ian
fiaw, the Doubtfil Sonator.
iilton iarlan Nortihp, Syracuse, N. Y.
Aaron Burr tieing Thomas .elferson
i tihe electoral college and, therefore,
ailing by one vote to reach ithe pil
icio of an American's ambition:
iatmuel .1. Tilden counted out of the
>residency, lie-st in the electoral col
ege, then in the electoral comnmnissiun,
)y one vote, and AndroeN Johnson
aved from depositlOn from the lresi.
leney by one vote in the Uited Status
-senate-these constituted Ciies in
\inerican history only second to seces
ion and civil war. Pr.3ie itdents hai-o
U:11 mi niado by very nar'row miiiargin.
onIetimes in the electoral colleg'e,
ometiies on the popular vote, as wi b en
over Cleveland was taved from de
eat by a few hundred votes in Ins owii
;tatc. But only Ono Ireident wan
ver saved from being unmade by at-in.
0le vote. On the roll call of the Svnate
ittintg us a court, of illpeacliment
hlirty-live Senators answered guilty
Lnd nineteen Senators " not guitv."
t neCedeLL but tle transfei of one vot
roi the " not guilty " to the " guil ty
vi ere in to have convicted the l'rc
lent of the 1aited State i1 high crums
md misdemeanors and worked il., re.
iovii from ollice, with old 13 'I WadC,
if ().io, tie 'resident pro teml. of tibe
Uenabte taking his place.. What the
oli (uences of such acton on tle
uture of tile re public would have been
S, fit course, all guess work, but, they
ou'l hardly have failed to b) momen
ous and far reaching. The cix I
11hlican SIators who refused to fol
Yw thei' party associates to the cx
remiie of convicti ng the President
ere al, the ti ime the victim1s of untold
use 11(1 viiiicatinlt, but what lIe
0liClan V-onud to-day say their Course
n1 separating from their associates was
(t wI Wit an patriotic '- istory has
V-een their vindication.
Tle dibltlu Senator in whose hands
L, waz ,'leeded the fate o the l'resi
en t. if not, the re uiblic lay, was lI)st,
if la a Wilen the -tLa"ely utIllef
uti .e aitmon i'. Cha e, as3 presiuling
ii :er of the high court i;f Iipeach
nenlt, put the stereotyp ti question :
'.r. Sniator i Isi, how sav you, guilty
>r no(tL guilt- '.-' and the Kansas Sena
or, isinig in Iis plact-, pronounced
le word" not guilty," that Settled
t the i i01impeibers were foiled. 'Tie
the r live lIv-3pubiieans coun:,ed as ant.i
mpe.1achers weLcre known to b3 ironcind:
he verdiCt, Ws as indislUtably in the
iand s of Senator lI-jss as was the
ward of the pies idency nine years
ater within the power of Jd-tic ".Jo"
tradley ih: -he " to 7 " game of the
letoral CommiiiSsion.
The sceue of tlhe impiiechment story
laid in tie wint er and srini g of 1th.
I'mr twe three years following Jonn
on 's accession to the chai r vacated by
he untimely death of Airaham Lin
on naughlit but irritation had maidr(Ud
lie relations of the I 'resident to the
Zebit.li can leaders. ThI I e fri et in
nal ly culminated in a movement to
imponeh and r'emiiove the I 'resident
rum his great, ofliee.
Tne im ipeachi meit Congress " was
lie Purtieth, iected in lli6. in tihe
I ouse, rIebiied over by Speaker
couyter Colfax, afterwards Vice
resident, sat manyi men1 of 1i ini ui:;
d ability-on the lIepublican side
utch iimenl as Ja lies G. Blaine, .1ames
\. Garli ld, Bhnjamin P. Butiler,
N[iliani B. Auison, John A. ILogan,
icneral I!. C. SheieK, subst I iiently
ninister to En lland: (ld Thad S.evens,
;ieiral N. I'. iBn ks, who had been
>othi (overnior of Mlassach usetts and
Speaker of the lon-sc, and e.'-Uover
ior Ilou twecii, of Alassachbusetts ;on
he Diemtocratic side .James 13rooks,
uage N ublock, of indiana ; eneral
dlorgan, of Ohio, and L. Q.. C. I amrar,
if Alississip~pi. Itoscoe (Conkling had
n thbat, Congiress just, gonie over to the
>tlher wing of the capitol and taken
his place in the Senate wvith Chairles
luminer. Wimlliami P itt, Fecssenden,
ohn Sherman, Simon Cameron,
;eorge I". 1XImndis, Ouivier I'. Alort~on,
amies liarian, I .y man T1rumbull and
! verdy .lohn son, Thomsas a l leno ricks
md~ the elIde i ayardi, iamiong the
iakeri dcxz.n of Demoocrats. Con Klin g,
ho hadi~ not yet, reached forty, was
ikIe a game cock as lie strutted up f and
1(owni the aisles of the Senate chiamuber,
ilwvays witli a brig'ht red~ rose1. in his
:oat t tonhole. llis spec(ial del11ight
cdeemu to lie to piod the i'rave andl
Jignmitied~ Summernici. The ieoinile orator
mnd scholar' of il assachuwitte plainly
vinced under the New Yorker's re
ieated g oads. "' The Se nator from
\'ew York," broke out the i itated~
Sumneri~i in q uerulous tonie one day as I
,at in the reporters' gallery, "i wit
nanine rs whichi lie ha ls C iitliy im-.
ior ted from the other end of the capi -
of"-givinmg ai conitemiptuous waive of
he haiid in the direction of the Hiouse
ms lie s poke-"'seca lit, to ausil meio,
liphaii/Ang the "i nLe" s if it, were ii
acrilege. And1( then Sunenr pro
:eedec, to repel Conkling's att1acks. Te
ippreciate '.he fuiIIllimeasure oif the
:ontem pt impl)1ied in Sunier's gesture
ye mnust bear in mind that, the Senator
w'hose entrance to Congres is thbrough
lie Senaito (loor' suppises himself toi be
I superior beinmg to the Senator wholi
:omes to the Senate biy wiay of the
llouse. it corresponds to the fechni
>f an educated West l 'oint ohlli, ,vlo
las never worn aghit, but, an ullicer's
iniform, towvard the man who climbs
ip to a commission from a subaltern.
'his caste feeling stiil exists. Conk
ing smiled serenely while Sumner
,eo:dedl like an old woman.
Impeachment was, as has becen
stated, miany monthbs brew inig before it,
sas actually tried. As obisti nato as ii
nu11o fromi his own Ten nessec, . oh nson
iad pulled one way while Congress
iad pulled the othier from the -'tarit.
As the tfpublicans couldn't iinnage
'imit, they saw no way but to0 get rid1 cf
'1 iin.*
TIhey fouind their pretext in the
l'r-esident's order, removing Secretary
if War Sianton and appointing Genl
iral L'rn'uhzJ T1homas in his pltace.
M3'antoni, it, will lbe rcmombered, acted
in thle laconic advice sent him b)3
Seniator' Simmons, "' stick 1" Theli
Anenae nadonted a enolion adnta.,inn
undef'r the CoiisLtiltt ion and IlwI
thk li 'r.cident hadl no ipower to removc
tit sccretary of war. GIoneral Thomiiaii
triid in vaiill to get Oossession of tI
wir Clc- ossesion carried With it
In that ea:c to 11 poilltas In the gaine,
1'he 1u reZ-V Iconi struction c011 omlilittee,
uder the inspiration (if Thaddeuet
1ev1 1s, Liim most, intense hater of the
l'r:.ident, m tude a re port on W\tashl g
ton'S b[ir thday an nonowCng the adop
tion of ab resolition, " that, Androw
10n.on, lPreidetL of the United1
Stat)s, he impclhied for high crimei
and imlisdeInteanors. " Two days later,
after a hot, debate, tihe l11s10 )aISSCd
the reolutions 1:6 to -11. Managers ti
conduct tile imi peachimeit trial vere
appoiltd, and the trial, iieimioraleu
ili hirtory, proceeded. New Yorkr
fatlius lawyer, \Villiam1 N. iia Ilats,
wIL the I'l'resideit's senior Cons11,01. ai.
nile Veall s later h0 vi:aS aliso 1 sniior
uoul I for Hlayes, claianit for the
prcsidelley, b,.fore the 0 0coeeoral com
nji.mon. Ill the (11e instance his elforts
vere diireced to saiving lI l'residetl
from unlijust removal : in the other'
to seating at l're'sidell Whose chillil
had bcen rtejected it the polls. II
i.h iltinces the great lawyer caeic
oil victoriotui-. " A hlwyer." qo110th ll
old farm':r to me10 0l13 111011 I time
"is like at puppy-he'll balk oil ai
track you set lim ." 1.virts Was evel
oi the ..ide of his it retiner.
The long trial overV, the day foi
polling the count which slit a-, jir
had at liet, arrived. Chief Jlibtiet
ihae, hanldsole aid ilpressive it
lis judicial rob3S, was in) the clir.
and into the Senate chlimber for ti
;ast tiic was ushered the liouse o1
I k-lpre-sentatives, crowiing the cilbal
h.1r to thle itillost. to iari the Verdiet.
It Wa-;, a-i I suirveyed it fr011 ali adVan
tageous positLiol inl 0,0 Seatiel repoilt,
r S }.~l lit'y, la eel of da.liiig bril
iiancy. Sittiiig in a front -t-tit of the
diplotiatic gallely, a con-pieuous
figure, was Athony Trolioie, th
K'nglizb novlIbt, grav aid vi'imrlible,
souggestLing aI old liebrew propliet
'"IT have seCl the ladles in tle gal
leries aid tle dip loma liti c ur ps wI
their ilies, to quote my r cord ad
till presloLs of that tLile, b a5traelll
would certainly have iupposel it wa
Some grand festival occasion, alnd last
of all tbat, it. Might result in the de
position of tle Ileld of a great, re
pubPie." To quote filrtlir frol lmly
self: " Entcring the S-naLe wing,
with cordons of police gtlirds. at the
r-igit of you, police at the left Of YOU,
tbuilderet At for your 'tieket& I
police, ou are retilded foreihby l
the years of martial laW not long gont
by. The tickets ablane Lo tillS prO
longed entertainmet cost the goVern I
m11ent sillewIhCe near $10,0I01. Wadet
ill tenor Voice, calis tile S3cate ti
order, M.n1d Vacates tile Chair lt one
for a wortIhier oeupant, the pl endh
form of the Chief justice. whose im palr
tial rulings ihavo dratwo' uponi 111 him till
COnIdeLnahitiOll of the paIrLiSla imijpeniacl
'Ilien an ( Ifort to postIp110 the VOW,
for four weeks fails iy lb tie. The im
peachers defeated tile lmotion tilm
selves, after seeiig that It.-ss, of Kain
5a, Votd with them. lI lievinig tha
al chllaIlge had collmO 'ver tie spirit o
his dreams they sutidenly renewed Lh
-.iluelis decision and resolved to go or
witih their voteb ill liccordince With
I )ss's btrltegy. 1Hence it was thl
when thec Cilic justice propoudiied th
interrogatory to Senator I Z"ns o
' guilty or riot guilty," ailt eyes Werk
cen tered upon hi mII, and Sellatoril
leaned forwird to catch tie respolls<
ipoll which th Lhope of the conspirat
to: s nlow atone h111g. His low spokei
r iot guilty " caused lb general lliuttei
the chief justice bring down his mai le
to iuppre'ss the all but, applause in tll
giller5its. TeI P'resiLent was acquittle
oi Liiis articio-adll tils the St.roligel
one1-eulch wasi. the feeling of ll a
much0 I as if thle vote hald been1 c01
eluded. All the forms of the cour
were obser'ved. t tile manafluger:
Liable sat all of that nob)ll band of pail
riots of the lien Butler school, eJxcep
the venerable T'haddeus Stevens, til
at the ot~ber table, lit, the chIef justIce
righlt,, Messes. ilart~s, Nelson 1and( Stan
berry, of Liihe (ounsl8 for tihe I'residern
-with the Hiousei of Itap~fresentat~ive
packed iln the rear corner 0f the SenatL
cihaimber.
It req iried twoi thIirds Li) conviet aini
Lihat, twVo-hiird s ire qpuried but Lth<
cehanlge (if lb sinlgle voti--hut lb i 1 aI
lbs good as ai ile. The1( cons8ipirator:
wer OPo111led. ii *d the 1Kanlsais p1rit~e
follosed tile bhe3ats of is pat'y huiis:
who II)can caculaito the stiupenouls conl
Iljipbchm enit,,h alhough idiefeaited
Ihad its aftermalthi. Woolley, a Cincli
naiti 1(obbyi' st, who hadI li bel e actie is
the elfe:rt to save Johnilllson's 1heaid f ron
the baiskit,, was~ seiz~ed andit thro~(wnI inL
pisonl liy ord'ier of tile revenigefo
illuse forI refiinsing Lto tecl a smel11'lii i
tumciiiouis "'W wtress wa. ls fi rst, cull ineIC
in the fore iln liiI' U alfair lommitee rooml
T1he MIep hoisthelane Ibliu~(tlIer secuei 0
anl orderi fromn the i.1 use toi inlcalreeralte
him in tloheis'menit, oif thbe capitol. I
IHulitler's diesig nation of Lihe roomi to) i
001nviete illtLo thle ic iked WVouiey'
pi'i rionihouse, han rgs lb leb . I was Lll
r'oom1 oiccuplid by V ini 10I iiiam, Lii
SCultre'Cs, for 1,he purp'0o (If lilling ali
order for lb stabtue oif A hibahami Lincoh01
---for wIe ~ubi Wlhe was toreeivec fron
tile golvernmlen1 lt, $1 I00mll Silo wa
bus ilIy on gaiged in imakmrg the piilaste
east wheni the( ord(er LII " got, lu,
realchbed her,.. ;e venIIgo is & weett-amfl
lihtler, in the (j Jetiment, of V"iinnh
L u'm, hlad his little revenge. TIl
fair Vin11,ii waIs believed to be somel
ho1w respoi~lel for1 tihe " rnot, guilty
vyt~e enet by3 Senator Poss. Vinnie
mollt~beri kept, lb hoaird illg house, ani
onel (If the b)il(oader wais the K ansa
Sena ltorl. Tihe wIdow and daughte
wer'e morei thanl suspetetd of pIuttin
Inl some pretty effectIve work wit
boarder I so)s against, impeach men
A fter a few; daiys of confinement, Woo
Icy wai- IidJiarged, and the I mpeabch
. rs nur-e-d their wrath with Ioss demflOr
straition.
Th'e hal1f <l z/.'n ipubiIlian Senaltor
who hald the courage to stand betwee
theIr party iind thu colossal folly of al
tempitinlg to depose a President fi
ila'rng Li) defy the party bosses, su(
f.red the peniaity of martyrdom. Ice
ndei(In, Trumbiuli, Henderson, Lih
ant!st (If them all, dropped out, of Lh
s;enaito nover to return. And yet n
men~l In its history ever did a greate
se rvoicn for the Rnohica n in.
'I'H 1E; 1 lICST SPI Itl I ICAPl'INGS.
Tho Fox Sistern Were iho M1tdiminm
anml tho (Originat ors of, 3luder
Spiritualism.
Spiritualists ali over tie world leeb
brated Ma a 3'1 am the an ni veritry c
the origin of modern spiiritualilm, an
It, wis tie pieasant, little villae c
Ilydesvillo, Watyno County. New York
which gave it birth in 1848. It was I
One of these frime.0 houses, still pointeL
OUL to visitors, that In I Sl ocuired thi
tirst mnifesatILons of midern spirilual
sm1 famiil to tht present helover3 h1
that faith.
Though the -ox 6istirs, Mlargarett
aind Catherine, tiroigIi W10houi tbe lies
revelations ofl !Lup1)pot ud SpirlIt pow
were m ade, hiave recenliyadmIiLted ti
fraud, and thouigh ihey have statei
tlit Lhe so Calld " spirit Iinetsiiii,'
which created suen an 10Iimmenl4e sensa
tion so lmny ye1rS a10, were m-t4ine2
by a v'oluntary P'teracking Of their Lit
joints, the faith of holievirs in spiriltu
lisiim is inl no Wise shaken.
The latter 'ay that thOuvh thle lo:
sistors 11ay b1he imlPoIster2 4's, a0 Lh0y hav,
declared tIiihe2mse lves, yt the re
tLruths aind pri'nCiples of 11mlerni spirit
littlsm ltimi Its tir-miy ad slielt a
brightly as ever. Tiey say that tL's
date back fatr ieyon1d I hit time Of 1
Pox girls. I''veni in thalt, low, ram iibin
two-story house in which thes miiiIl)
1ous Young womien firs.t, cracked t.liv4
too joints it is eitinimed that genlin
sp)AHiril 1h1n0 men110111i wel - Ob)erveld 11
for tii, 'Pox girls ever inhabited it.
Ii 1S47 the hioutie was oceupied b1
one Michael Week man and his fitmily
it poor, ignorant laborer. IHt- and Ii
fanily were0 soon1 Lrouhicd by myst!
rios a'ps he'ard in ali parts of thei
d welling, esIieciall' at, ight, ittlan ann
ILnce tiit inc'eas'd to .-uich ai) cxtln
that sIlep hCetunee impossible.
lDi!in a this Lilme 0; li i Ix -histers
thIn iiie'e child ren., tgetl ( ltVCI nur
in years, lIvveI wit i their parelit
severail mlile s awaLy, --i that. the1Y coiub
n0t po y have lttl t 11a111A (i' 1. t01
j ,tit. in thLi mystrious rappin~'lg:' at ,\V
Weekimin'S hiuse. It, was this ton
Stntl)' incealsingz annyanc of hi
rap:; wlkiell. thoupl h dilige-l.t lY itve t
igated, couil not. he traced to 1-ny hiu
man1 hgcy1.1, that Z-Oon Caul-ked 5M1
\ tVckmlan to abhandon hli., rt.: 1h1-neo.
Thell it. was On al'eh I l o I , . ii
D. l'ox andh i-: family becamioe i t.:, (W111
pants. The mlyster 1iouils r-appingis . ,ll
continuedCL. Them(ihbrs er calht
inl on se"veral Jcea- muls and 4-verlv p
ble clort mladet.o trace t,htir (ivi n
but inl vinit. It W:as on the 1ih1 i
NIMarhati f1 oif that:.amiiie year in I 0 I"b1
thle mysterious ralls firstt'ave- Cvblne
Of beiing directed by -Oo contlrolhol
initulligenice. Thlte famt11i' had ret-ire
J1 t urir.g a britef lull ii the mV-LCrio
rapping," wheni !udtdely I it began ag";C
occurring thi:, 11tim t near tle! Id III
I eliplit Ily tit two I lt (l aught'r.
Mlargaret,ta aind Cat-heri no. The hit~t
began t o Snap her lingers in imitatio
of tie sounds whichii iummuilediatl:iy
spondied.
" Now, do as I do,' h cricd, "Cono
2, 3, I, 5, ll," it the :amiii Lime strik
ing her hia nds togeLlier. Mres. Pox, th
girl's mother, then desir-onl thet unlsee
itgency to CounL tei, iand thiat, numbeil'u
Of ras Immediatel foll owIed.
Tell ij tihe al gIf Catiy ' tLi
Younger dagte,"by rapping onec
for elih year," said the moiilther, anl
tn distinct raps wevew ieard. Sitrtle
by these munifeitations, MIrs. lc
a1kedul if it wits a human beinig who wi
rappin, but n4 ait),.nwerii! ;oiund i
lit ard. " If you are a spirit mako t
distinct sounds," she satid aiil two lot
raus resp~ondled,
KaLe lo, Iin her exoslure Of spiri
ii unism, hils declared Liiat, She - adtiil hi
sistel were iroducing thiese my sterio
raps while lying Ili ha-d tid alhi
L choking witih laughter at til elever ii
noit I ion they werie praict 1iing 144 thie
tuotlibr. The~i. powerc4 of 4rneking 111J
toe joints, biy wichI4i theiy produeiii
thir "spirit rappiiigs," 11hey3 had ai
cident341 al ly diisco)vered42( and had14 lie
Licedunt l 441Li becy had acqu ired gre
pric'hticy . .14e Lha~t ats it, may, the
Ssuipposed( mni~Ife2stLaionslI of spIrit pows
creat~ed intonse e)xC1Lteme4nt. Th'le far
i I ly rosa from Lhii b4*ledi andi searichi
41'very'3 poion o)1f Lihe hiouso wi iiur
stilt,. Thiie ne ihboris were~t entl Ied in an:
wiich answrs W)',wer 4e re4c42Ieie from Li
myst'5erioui s raps.
ed1. in tvery1 patrt. [I umly 3 the spiri
wats aisked Lto1~32 Ipe out his or hier 14am3
by raping at the corrueLt h-tters
tube a41lhabet wits rep~ t ted. As' a r4
uit, Lthe name111 of (:barilic) . Isn
Sin LIhe. house91 a fe2w yeatr' be.fore'.
i3 At length tilh) atlb31ed 1.3p4iis con4
iianieted( to tile lox girls their desir
Liitt, there4 .,1033 Ibub be' beh it plii
metingi att which2 ai comitteL( oif lI
Ive-Ligat~ion ebionenI by thu autilienoit
Sgenuine spii'1 ts and piroduc4ed thelir i
8:14u1h It mee1tting. was4 a4icirdinigly 140
itat Corintihan llail, IsocI(hester, in N
Vember1134, 191'd. The (3 ox sister ia i
pe2ar4ed on4 the stage andt the spir itu
tihenomen a, he Ing freely man1 lif!este
weire investigated biy a ecoun3ittee
pro)minent gentlemein, wvho. aft~er en
Li toiing thieir researIches for' severI
days, reported theu'irlatility Lt) tra<
themi to any huoman atid.
T[he fanme of thei l"x 1.1 ister, be141an
3 n atio(n al and)4 whe lieyi i ap'p3ar1 d it4i
3 New York in thec following .\bny, i
-nouincing thiemisel ve21 a, -pir ituall mi
" dis, a phrasui~i wi chi 4 rig1ited.'i wi t
9 theimi, thuy 12r'eated a n intn- 421 ur3or
J Trheso two young girls hitJ thus fom
5 ed a new fai th, Lii wich e thely gatve ii
r name oif 3,) ptiitl ism0.
h nitint a was h Lbaracter o itoh Ifir
-' manIifestation, it, 5(oon found34 a4 m~iuit,
Ludet oif be(lieve.rs in both bhem iphere
-over Lthe141 countr and14 were' soon0 mu3lt1
plied by3i hunriiiedl atnd even by tho
,-. -ihe young mon~i atndwme o~f~fl 4) I
rlii I, I'a., hae a014 novel conih1 et and
1- mu14ta bioycott, onl hand. The your
-womnen declino to receive the ittte
(1 tion4s of the young men~i who reifuisO
(3 be tecLttiaers, a~nd the beautx retatlia
r men who wear bieds onl their hats. Tr
ontant in very spiriterd.
AND SO CIIIP!
'h ae the ex)resiiis v hcar from
Ihe t 11)1114 1 th'l visit mir store every day.
- No1 onl y do we hear tleir ex pres.iis, t)iit
they prove them t, lbe l incerc by their lib
cral piiirh:ises. (wilr trade is till: Iest we
have had in year. a1l wo nui.u to Iake it
mtill letter by ub in the knife in l utting
%vees h enever %%e (,aII. liar<.ains we
n have aluy 0 'lered ; we 111an to offer
'still gre:ueir hargatins." We (14) not m1lean
it ) tell yum that we itileid Selling below
.cost a., you knl'w thmu wtnbi( he impossible.
\h\'at we0 In mean i, ihiu n , Ilall shiaive the
proli I($ llie sm:l le.t marrii pI n p sIsieii in a
leg limale bineO. .\I t we ask is t look
i thai yui may411 ll . m we are doinl): all we
th m \Ve ."ourt 4-4anpa!rison at allt timies.
SPECIAL BARGAINS!
.\s I.on A- They Lasit
) ds I ien ki n worth 101e, for ! 5 .
I e n ant of \'hiite. l'lh 5t. t5 andt 2.4'.
.in yds c 'le ilitut, tuo hi!ors only, tall
ii.! ew blue, wiorth 12 , mir price -i .
lt\\~andies, ohlor:nt blackt, $->.00,
d / -I N 1 (hlil $1. 'I4eilar $1 i4nut
y:11r11" 1411 Bleacrllang for ti.n
LShirt Waists. Shirt \Vaists.
Ihir tite iomplete tr im to1 .t ie.1.
Nearly mad-ott \irt . we show the h14-1.
it iil
\\V have I\w. si I'vial vau < inl llainl
iallelas, N 4. , :) ai i . at and \ it.1 ti -22
at 111c. easily n Oirtb Inlc and 2 .
, Dress (oods. DrCSs GoOds.
\V I aIve them in all ith li Ilt shade-s ill
Il4/rietl't s ani d \\ hipl 'mrdsi. Ole In%\ 11m(4t
-iula weaves this slpring.
In blail-ks we have evev tliin;; (ew that
s out. Y ou kw that tifntZ is aut horitT
on ink I has as we make a siecialtv of
lhack -:oot k. a)tl for Ia i(ldy to s~av Icr (Iress
4r skIri a i tm fr m it t : is tugh f o r
any1- 41ne 14 i w tiolt it i CO C o rrtj l FI t
andl righ i in price . N-1 l' d e4 her-elf
Ini: buyil-t Ili \ a ilark 411kir1 wr rese .
efore I-11uniin; al 'u. li.e.
Ntos. N oos.
hoi itle Ith mst '4 pl1 n110 eic ever tll.
. It for any il lhn yo walln , we, have it.
ILadies, Nec we ;r arft. Tics. I.nce Pl'n,,
Stick Pl's, Pulle10y ill a n. 11 m 'lorl'es for
ne ls : .0 b In aill metaL4 aoin sterliru
lier. aist Sels. R'lhu . lltons. Vatnt
nlard . lve i hin, Ides. Silver Hearts and
1,ravelet,; il ;I Ilinuiuni and tine differ
poil hiln -. A.\sk for -any iH11n:: \\o have it.
Iar Pet . ;I:.:, , 10 1 - h'ulit'luims and
Wuni'w Shae . \\ arS :iw he
Shoes. Shoes.
TI" ry ' IM( Vi e :n .\45;: n ill :lwa s e :4
\Vv haioh- t re k tr IuI
liwe r4-d1 -f :tit.h\ r et r Ever-y Ibint;
w e el nI %\ i r31 i em Ic ' 111w i n 1 ive f,:11u
fat-11 !. We, h-ni\ stiu k onr pal, let
kl cr, folba If vie canl. I Iir stolre Is lin
Ili r !'h ! }11:11'0. ; .1 1, lie pr le t i i m e,
Cal nl 1. ll-,k , :1 \%'11 : rc li.'I plleagetd
b) M0
- W\e mlean -! n
R L. R. Bentz,
L' J , M ) I- I.TI%(> N KiN(],
Li Manager aIey Branch.
x
i 41orev I Invi I II to 1 re.- . .
ir
1)5 theit Mwe:i man L'I . Hee' lhopord 1 h'(1 -1
itlLL tr 141t 1)14') blugt w nth of men
f'inl foo \\'earI ()4 latseial piilCes is
diI~it dra 'Ii g to4ur 11 toinboleilwho apd
pe.rcitetlelad qualit I~rjy,
-1 t til) f<i>tr sIilinre ' de im t '4/ ti
1064uiii~ thS'1h. Main Slitrettrl
i[ ---ett (ev'inth~' filnthof tll wa ign
g. Sot(h A rin n1, 'l pen wih d..ocatches
fl dsa1t.1 IIII the newsl 11nn be)trustld ao
to on the rii4 a rms.)~'I~ Ai) cord1it ng to Can
tnl ,)ligial announeelnen' h t W in h Sl're toa
iO. litged to tihrcaptured byL thec diotrts,
who11 reporliI't-fol rn. otta
- Genral ewetdefetnd he Bitis