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wavm TOJL. XII. wLAURENS, S. C TUESDAY, OQTOBER 13, 1896. NO. 16. Bryan's Campaign Speeches. AT ST. LOUIS, MO. A Htlrrlojc and Patriotic Address at the National Association of Demo cratic Cluba. A ooovontlon of the National Associ ation of Democratic Clubs was held in St. Louis last week, and Mr. Bryan was Invited to attend. He reached thcro on Saturday afternoon, and in the evening ho was greeted by an au dience of 17,000 enthusiastic admirers at tho Auditorium, whero he spoke as follows : Mr. Chairman, Ladlos and Gentle mcnt: For just a little whilo I ask your utte r tii>n. I don't require a great deal of time to say all that I havo to say to you tonight. Tho club can be of more service now that it was in pro vious campaigns because this cam paign is being run by tho people them selves. Tho club havo adopted a button which bears tho likeness of Thomas JolTorson. (Applause.) If you had searched through all history you could not havo found a man more worthy of boing taken us your ideal statesman. A Voice?"Except Bryan." Mr. Bryan?Because, In all tho his tory of the human race, thoro has nover been but ono Thomas Jefferson.; A Voice?" You're another." M. rBjryan?Of all tho constructive statesmen of whom the world has ever seen, Thomas Jefferson stands Urst. A Voice?" And Bryan next." Mr. Bryan?At a time when this Government -was an experiment, ho wrote thut immortal document which doolarcd that all men aro created equal, that they aro endowed with inalien able rights, that governments aro in stituted to preserve these rights, and that governments dorivo their just powers from tho consent of tho govern ed. In stating these four propositions ho stated the Alpha and Oinoga of Democracy. (Applause.) Men may write books and men may fill libraries with volumes, but they can never improvo upon that state ment, rooordod in a few sentences and yet comprehensive, that this is u rov eminent ot .the people, for the people, and by tho people. In my judgment, no statesman ever lived who so fully underotood human nature as Jefferson did. No ono moro fully understood tho capacity of the people for self government; no ono moro fully un derstood tho dangers to bo guarded against, 't Ho stated tho principles which underlie Democracy and then applied those principles to every question that arose during his time. The greatest danger which a govern ment has to fca>', when trusted in hu man hands is favoritism. Favoritism is the curse of all governments, (applause); at least among govern ments like ours, and yet favoritism is tho dangerous strength, even in our government, becauso our government Is adminibtered through human beings and human boings aro human. My i friends, if you would havo a govern ment to iill the ideal of a perfect gov ernment, you must havo a government ; that is no respecter of persons, a gov- 1 ornmcnt which deals with eqaal hands, < a government which gives to none, which takes from none, and a govorn- i inont which in the daministration of < law und justice, treats all alike and punishes the great villian as it does tho petty scoundrel. , If you ask mo what is my highest ambition, 1 will say that above all of- , llces that humau hands can givo, , above all honors which confidence and , esteein can bestow, if I could choose , tbo namo by which I should bo known, 1 would havo it this, that I have done ne west to make tho Government what Thomas Jefferson desired it should be. I (Great applause.) My friends, govern- 1 inont has drifted away from the old 1 landmark. (A voice: " Wo have not.") ' In times of passion, in times of selfish- 1 noes, the instrumentalities of govorn- ' ment have been turned to private gain ' and government instead of dealing out j equal and oxact justice, has boon a re fuge of thoso who, having obtained 1 positions, havo used it to enrich them- ' selves out of tho toil and sweat of their 1 fellow men. 1 Behind tho bulwarks erected by our ' opponents, havo boon gathered every public enemy who preys upon the peo ple, and they can call to their aid but j a small portion of tho unjust gains < that thoy havo wrung from tho public I through vicious legislation, but a small i portion of thoso gains will bo a cor- > ruption fund, tho like of which has never boon known before in any government on tho face of tho earth. (Applause ; aud cheers.) i A Voice?"If Mark Hannaicould only l hoar that." Mr. Bryan?Against this enemy sup plied with all tbo material that Is sup posed to bo valuablo in such a conflict, against this oncmy, confident, arro- < gaut and insolent, we have nothing to opposo except tho consciences in seventy millions of people. (Applause.) My friends, those who live fifty yoa,7b from now, reading tho pages of his tory, will envy those who livod In t'ais day of such wonderful opportunities. As tho Presidential norniueo of tho People's Alliance, I want to say to you that I do not desire tho involuntary support of any citi/.en of this nation. Wo appeal to tho will, wo nubmit our causo to tho judgment, and if I am elected, I want to foci that behind mo I have a majority of theso peoplo, and thon, so help mo God, I will oarry out tho platform to tho letter. (Great ap plause and cheers.) Bo not discouraged by abuso, abuse has always boon the lost of those, who fought against intrenched privileges. If you becomo annoyed, turn back to tho pagos of history and for every namo that is applied to you, you will And ono equally severe applied to Jefforson. Ah, my friends, may come nearer than that. That groat spirit yonder (point ing to a portrait of Lincoln), was as malignantly attacked by the aristo cracy of wealth and would bo as un popular to-day in Now York or Boston, among our financiers as Jackson was or Jefferson was in hit) day. Thero is nothing, my friends, which so Inspires as truth, and thoso who fight with tho consciousness that thoy are right, fight on with perfect confi dence, and if thoy die, they die in the faith expressed by tho poet, as ho wroto of thoso who foil upon the battlo flcld : ? Yea, though thou fall upon the dust Whon they who help theo turn in fear, Dio full of hopo and manly trust - Like those who fell in buttle here. Another hand tho sword shall wield Auothor hand tho standard wave; Until from the trumpet's mouth is pealed The blast of triumph o'er their gravoB." Ml HOIK. IIOUT TBNNKSSEB. Hnthuslastto Oowdn Mark His Course Through, the State. Groat crowds greeted William J. Bryan , in his oight hours' journey through Tennessee to-day. People thronged from the surrounding country to every station where Btops wore made. Mr. Bryan traveled in a special train paid for by those accompanying him. Arlington was the first stop after leaving Memphis and several hundred peoplo pressed around the rear plat form oi the candidate's- oar to shake hands with him. Brownsville came noxt and the crowd was largo and full of enthusiasm. A tremendous orowd was at Hum bolt. It numberod 6,000 or 7,000, and was packed around a stand that had been erected near the railroad tracks. A pathway that had been kept for the candidate from the train to the stand was lined with young girls wearing Bryan and Sewall cups, white blouses and white skirts, who waved flags and shouted a shrill wolcomo. Thore was wild cheering whou Mr. Bryan appear ed on tho speaker's stand, and ho spoke in part as follows : Follow citlzons : I was not expect ing so large a proportion of tbo voters of this county assembled horo when our train pulled in. This is one of the largest crowds that I havo found at so small a town. lam very much grati fied to And tho iutorost which is every where manifest in this cause. It Ib an evidence that tho peoplo aro investi gating and well may they investigate. 1 can not but beliovo that when the people understand what has beon go lug on uuder our present financial policy, that thoy will arise in almost ununlmous protest agairst it. Wo have been maintaining a gold standard, and In order to maintain that, thoy havo is sued $202,000,000 in bonds iu tbo last three years to buy (?.old and maintain tho policy, and tho end is not yet. For tho present our linanclors aro furnish ing gold, and why ? Because thoy do not want another bond issue before the election. That is the only reason. And yet, thoy aro furnishing moro gold in Huch a way that undor tho present policy they can go down tho day after election and draw out overy dollur and force another issue of bond*1. (Ap plause.) Under our presont poliey tho bonded debt of this country does not depend upon tho will of tho people. It is not determined by what they think is best, or by what thoy aro willing to pay in terest on, but is determined by those financiers who, under the policy of the treasury department aro able to draw out gold and forco an issue of bonds, aud thon draw out tho gold to buy the bonds with, aud demand another issue of bonds without limit?no end to it at all, because, my friends, when they is sued the tlrst $50,000,000, they drew out $18,000,000 of tho gold to buy the bonds with, and whon thoy Issued tho second $50,000,000 they drew out a larger pro portion than they had tho first lime. Thon thoy got what was callod the Rothschild contract which, In my judg ment, was ono of tho most infamous contracts-ovor entered into by this government with private citizens. That contract, my friends, was bud, not merely because it compelled tho peoplo to pay a largo amount of inter est which was necessary, not merely boeuuso bonds which ought to have beon worth 119 at the time, wore sold at 104i. Tho contract was bad for these reasons, I say, but worse for an other reason. That contract was worse because it stipulated that a few finan ciers wore to take care of tho treasury id tho United States in return for what had been done for them. I beliove that the peoplo of this coun try, acting through a government which respects their will and protects their rights,are strong enough to carry do this government, not only without bho aid of syndicates, but in spito of anything that syndicates .in do to prevent it, Tho Chicago platform does not pro poso to injuro any, but it simply pro poses to prevent peoplo from Injuring l/heir fellow-men. Wo find growing up over tho country moro trusts and combinations of wealth, and thoy aro combining together, and aro able to drive out tho humbler competitors, und thon, having destroyed competi tion thoy are ablo to prey upon socioty and get back from helpless consumers moro than they havo lost by competi tion. 1 uuderstund that you havo had jome exporienco in this State. What was it that you bud a trust in, here? Dotton bagging? My friends what can bo dono in ono thing, can bo dono in al< things. It is [>no of tho things that wo rojoice at in this contest that we do not havo the support of any trust or combination of syndicates of this country. (Cheers.) Throo thousand demonstrative peo ple were, at Milan and Mackenzie had even a larger crowd, whon Mr. Bryan spoke to them as follows : It givos me a great deal of pleasure to become acquainted with so many of the American people. Tho only trouble I find is that instead of showing any coldness, they are apt to overcome mo with demonstrations and manifesta tions of affection. I wish I had time to prosont to you tho issuos of this cam paign, as I look at thorn, and yet it would bo a waste of time down horo. I llnd that In Tonnesseo It Is liko giving medicine to thoso who are already woll. I can better save strength and employ my tlmo talk trig to peoplo In other parts of tho country than in talking to yon, my friends. For tho past tsvonty years or moro, our government has beon operated in my judgment, in tho interests of a few people and against tho rights and wel fare of the groat masses of tho peoplo and now, when tho peoplo aro assort ing thoir rightsoto proper considera tion, wo find that thoso who aro in trenched behind these bulwarks, which huvo been thoir hopo in the past gen oration, eall us anarchists and social ists and disturbers of public order. My friends, as 1 look into tho faces of these peoplo, I oaunot believe that they aro anarchists. I do not believe you find anarchists out upon the farms and plantations and in the workshops. If you were to send me out to find an archists, I would find thorn at tho head of tho groat syndicates and corpora tions, which thluk thoy are greater than tho government and refuse to re epoot tho law. Mr. Bryan spoko from the rear plat form of tho train to quite a large au dlenco at Huntington. Ho was present ed by Sonator Harris and in the courae of his romarks said : It was not very long ago that tho I 'resident, asserted the Monroe, doctrine and you found that tho gamblers upon the stock market, the flnanoiors of Now York, who had been Mr. Cleveland's devoted admirer?, expressed a doubt us to whether or not wo were in a position to assert a foreign polioy of our own, and the pooplo of the South and tho West woro tho ones that promised to stand by him while ho onforced an American polioy. (Cheers.) You can not have an American policy as long as you havo your financial system rest ing upon n handful of gold, with for eigners ready to pull it out from under you at any tlmo. (Applause) Tho gold standard ie a tyrant in times of qulot and has always boou a ooward at t in first suggestion of danger. (Croat applause.) mim%. AT TUB HKHMITAGE. Free Coinage of Silver Is Not an Ex periment?Ktidorsed. ?yftue History of the Human Kaoe. Ladies and Gentlemen : It was my good fortune to visit Nashville more than a your ago when we were begin ning the fight which resulted in secur ing the control of the Democratic con vention. I remember with pleasure my visit then and it gratifies me muoh upon returning to find that the senti ment in favor of the immediate restora tion of the free and unlimited coinage of both gold and silver at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1, (oheorsj without waiting for the aid or consont of any nation on earth has expanded until today a vast majority of tho people of Tennessee are arrayed under a double standard banner. I bog to thank the young men who haveoponed this meet ing with our campaign song?our bat tlo hymn it might be called?for in this fight for tho defonso of tho homes of this land, the humble as well as the palatial home, wo well might tako as our battlo hymn that most beautiful of all songs, " Home, Swoot Home." (CheerB.) Our warfare is in one sense aggres sive, in another sense it is defensive. It is aggressive in the sense that we are asking for romedial legislation. It iB aggrcsslvo In the sense that wo are insisting that somothlng shall be dono, and it is defensive in tho sense that wo aro fighting for our homos aud our people from tho; invasion of a foroign financial policy. (Choors.) As I passed through tho streets to night and listened to tho exolamationB of tho people, I could easily beliove that I was In a city so near that sacred spot, tho Hermitage. (Cheers.) I can understand why tho people of this Stato should feel so deep an Interest In the causo which is being represented by the Chicago platform, becauso, my frlonds, wo are fighting today the bat tle that Androw Jackson fought whon ho was In ofllco. (Great oheers.) Wo lind arrayed against us tho same com binations, tho .- ? aggregations of wealth, wo meet tho samo Intoler ance that ho mot : wo suffer from tho same abuse that he sufferod from ; every name is appliod today to the advocatos of froo coinage that wore applied to Old Hickory whon be fought for tho American peoplo. (Great cheering.) It has been the lot of thoso who havo espoused our cause to be donouncod and abused by those who favor tho gold standard. It has been the lot of thoso who have de fended the causo of the common people to be assallod by thoso who doubt the capacity of tho peoplo for self-govern ment, and would dony to them the right of eating tho bread which they earn. (Cheers.) In declaring in favor of bimetallism wo are standing upon anciont ground. Tho free colnago of silver is no experi ment. It Is endo^sod by history of the human raco. It has tho sanction of all tho great statesmen of this uution from the beginning of our constitution al history down to 1873. No person will assert that tho American peoplo abandoned bimetallism after a full and complete discussion. If you read tho 1 records of the time you will And thut the newspapers whieh aro so quick to 1 grasp upon any Item of news and so ready to spread it before tho public 1 did not understand and explain that 1 tho law ot 1873 demonotized silver, closed tho mints to tho coinage of the white metal and left us with gold only 1 as our standard money. l?ver since that day wo havo boon seeking to undo what was done in the dark. (Cheers.) i My friends that man who talks about 1 our not needing any more money in 1 this country is a curiosity. I havo I always noticed that the man who thinks wo do not need auy moro money { happens to bo the man who has the ' money. (Cheers.) Lot me show you J thut our financiers themselves acknow ledge our need of moro money. Our ( financiers rojoioo at tho thought of I money coming from abroad. If we ' havo enough money In this country 1 now why should wo want a single dol- ' lar to come from any other country ? I Do wo want too much monoy in this country ? Nobody wants too much, wo j all want just onough. My friends, whenever wo admit, that wo ought to < have any monoy corao from abroad, we udmit that there Is not enough hero and whon wo admit that there Is not 1 enough monoy, now then I assert that it 1 Is bettor to lot this country get out of our own mountains'tbo money than to go abroad and borrow money to be paid . I afterwards in Interest. (Cheers.) But thoy ask us how aro wo going to got hold of this monoy oven if there le moro. It is a very easy question. It is true that you cannot got monoy until you have something to sell, but it is just as truo that every producer ought to havo something to soil, and tho price he gets for what ho has to soli, deponds upon how much money to buy what ho has to soil. (Choors.) Whon a man asks you how are you going to got any of this monoy unless you have something, let mo glvo you a question to ask him. Suppose I have something to sell ; how am I going to, got anything for It until I find some body with money to buy what I havo to soli? (Great applause.) My friends, we havo lost sorao Domoccats is- tihis"' fltrht, butrfcam-mighty "glad that most 61 those whom we lost wore genorals. Wo havo not lost many privates in the army. (Applanse.) Wo might havo kept all tho Democrats who aro gono if we had been willing to pay tho price thoy askod. If we had been willing to raako the Democratic party tho agont to fasten plutocracy upon tho American people we could havo kopt ovory man who has left us. But we havo to choose between throwing overboard thoso who have been mill-stones about tho neck of Democracy and throwing ovor Demo cracy Itself, and wo prefer to savo Democracy and let the aristocrats go. (Groat cheering.) My friends, we have not lost by It. it has beon our ga'n. It is always truo that thoso who daro to do right are rewarded in tho long run, and tho Domooratlo party is re ceiving its reward?not evon waiting for the long run?1? is receiving its re ward right now for daring to do right at Chicago. (Cheors.) We are drawing in our ranks thoso who aro in tho Republican party for bi metallism. They havo como to us be causo thoy see now that tho hopo of international bimetallism is a delusion and that it is used only as a oover while tho loading Republicans are at tempting to fasten the gold standard permanently upon the American peo Sile. And not only are wo gathering rom tho ranks of the Republicans, but the Populists in thoir national con vention wore willing to go outside of ] thoir own party lines to nominate a* their candidate for the| presidency* tho man airoady nominated by tho Democrats and free silver Republicans. Here, where you still oherish the mem ory of New Orleans?here where you still boltevo In the right of the people to govern themselves?hore whorp you aro true to tho traditions of tho Demo cratic party?I havo no fear that you will falter now in this supremo oonfliot botweon Democracy, In its broadost sense on tho one side, and on the? ether every enemy of this country and every man who would use government for the purpose of private gain. (Cheers.) AT INDIANAPOLIS. The Republican Annex Ticket Re ceive* a Proper Share of Attention. Tho outpouring of the people at Indianapolis was most extraordinary, and the crowd was estimated at 00,000. Tho speaking wa9 in the State House rounds, and Mr. Bryan was introduced y Governor Matthews. He Bald : This city enjoys tho unique distinc tion of being tho birthplace and the deathbed of a so-called party. (Great and prolonged cheering and laughter.) It calls itsolf the National Demooratio party when it does not expect to carry a single, county In the whole Nation. S'beers and laughter.) It calls itself a omooratic party when it was organ ized for the express purpose of electing a Republican candidate for President. (Great oheering.) If it was big enough to justify a name, I would call it a stupendous fraud. But it is too small to bo called stupendous. (Laughtor and oheers.) I will call it a transparent fraud. (Cheers.) It was tho iirst political con vention ovor held in this country whore tho members of tho convention nomi nated a ticket that they did not expect to vote for, and tho first place whore mon havo received a nomination and don't want to be voted for. (Choors and laughter.) The minority plank at Chi cago opposed free coinage on the ground that it would intorfero with International bimetallism. (Laughtor.) Thoro could bo no clearer evidence of Intended deception than is found in tho fact that tho minority at Chicago whon they had things all thoir own way, repudiated the planks they stood on there and came out in favor of a gold standard instead of International bi metallism. My friends, I am willing to moot an open onomy in an open field and concede to that enemy ail tho rights and priv ileges of opou warfare, Out when our opponents call themselves advocates of sound money and want to fastou upon us an unsound financial system, when they call themsolves tho advocates of honest money and then doal dishonestly with tho American people whon thoy say that they are mombers of a Demo cratic party, and yet omploy speakers and openly say thoy aro going to vote tho Republican ticket, that party does not deserve to be treated like an open enemy in this campaign. (Great cheer log.) My friends, I havo no criticism to make of any man who believes that the election of tho Chicago ticket would de stroy this country and who in that be lief votes the Republican ticket, but, my friends, to lind a man who wants to olect a Republican tickot and thou has not tho courago to bear the odium of advocating it, is an entirely different matter. (Great cheering.) "Give it to Bynum," cried a voice in tho crowd. "If you want to know what that dis tinguished citizen"?continued Mr. Bryan. "Extinguished," came from tho crowd. Mr. Bryan : The gentloman suggests extinguished citizen. (Groat oheering and laughter.) But I will say distin guished, because ho has a past, wheth er ho has any future or not. (Laughter and cheering.) If you want to know what ho said about tho gold standard, let mo read from his speech in favor of silver iu 1880 : "Again the advocatosof gold ap proach us with open hands and smiling countenances, but I fear with a dagger concealed beneath their coats." [Cheers.) Ah, my friends, he understood the nature of tho animal boforo ho began bo associate with it. (Cheers and laugh ter.) Ho is right in his description. Tho gold standard never fought an open light. My friends, instead of say ing now that wo will adopt bimetallism and drive other nations to it, he says that we will stand by tho gold Btandard and allow other nations to drive us away from It. (Cheers and laughtor.) [ might quote to you what Mr. Bynum .I noted in that speech from Mr. lngalls. Now, note tho language quoted from Senator lngalls. Mr. Bryan quoted several paragraphs from Mr. lngalls, beginning : "No en during fabric of national prosperity can bo buildod on gold," and followed tho quotation with these romarks: "Those aro the words of the distin guished Republican Senator and those, words aro truo. Gold Is arrogant, ty rannical in times of peace, and it de Borts any nation in time of war and never Is a friond whon a friend is need ed. (Choors.) And yet our opponents aro insisting that we shall maintain this gold standard until foreigners como to our roliof." Tho rest of tho speech was devoted to a discussion of tho silver q lion on lines familiar to readers of nis previous addresses. When ho was nearly through, people in tho audience, called out: "HitBynum again," "Give it to Cockran." THE SEABOARD HAS BEEN SCOOPED. TA?itXS""?ND-' XW?TT^RiE Tiwi PURCHASERS. Tho Rate "Wars Will Now Cease? Tho New System Will be Friendly With the Southern Railway. Special to Atlanta Constitution. New York, October 0 ?Tho nows flew through Wall street late this afternoon that Thomas P. Ryan had bought a controlling interest in tho Seaboard Air-Lino system. It was said ho paid $HU a share for a block of 4,000 shares, and thoroby secured tho noedod majority. Mr. Ryan and his associate, General Sam Thomas, aro tho holdors of 40,* 000 shares of tho Central of Georgia stock, or thoy so Stated to the Georgia railroad commission a few months ago whon that body was trying to discovor if the Southorn Railway control led the Central. Messrs. Ryan and Thomas also own or hold in trust tho Port Royal and Augustu railroad, which thoy bought recently at recolvor's sale. If it turns out to bo truo that thoy have scooped tho So.iboard. and thoro are a number of corrobating circum stances, the system is to ho morgod into somo of thoir other properties and will bo operated in porfeot harmony with the Southern. It is the under standing on tho street hore that Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan Is tho real owner of all these Southern properties. The Seaboard's purchase, if made, was to j take it out of the field as a competitor and demoralizer of rates Mr. Samuol Spencer, president of tho Southern, oharged recently that the principal owners of the Seaboard had'offoroa to soil tho property to him, and that he had declined to buy. It has been street talk for a long time that a pool had boen formed by Mr. Hoffman and his no.ids to force tho Southern to buy thoir stook. It may be that tho pool has suooeeded. Whether 9110 was tho prioe the pool first askod is not known on tho out side, but as the stock has been above $50 and has been as low as $30 within the past few months, It is probable that $110 was not considered a bid prioe. Recent statements of the Southern show that in its ret earnings for the first ton weeks of the prosent financial year, beginning July 1st, the system foU ^bohind $190,000, or nearly $100,000 a month. This was in a largo measure duo to tho rate war Inaugurat ed by Mr. Hodman's management of the Soaboard. Mr. Uolfman's re-olectlon as presi dent of tho Soaboard would be tho usual movo in the event of the com pany's sale to Mr. Ryan. In tho present siato of publio mind in the South, it would make matters worse to opeoly announce that the Seaboard had boeu bought up by its compotitora to get rid of competition. Mr. Ryan wont down to Portsmouth last night ou one of tho bay boats with G. B. M. Harvey and somo friends from Haiti more, Dispatchos from Norfolk intimato that Mr. Ryan got in somo missionary work boforo the meeting and arranged the deal for tho block of 4,000 shares. He was working hand in glove with Mr. John Gill, who had been managing tho Baltimore end of tho campaign, diroctod toward tho acquirement of the Seaboard. Tho common stock of tho Seaboard and Roanoko consists of 10,587 shares of a par value of $1,058,700 aud tho guar anteed and preferred make a totul of $1,302,000. It is just possible tbat tho Soaboard system and the Central of Georgia will bo consolidated, though it is more probable that it will bo merged with other Ryan and Thomas properties and handled for tho present as a separate system. It is said that the ontire manage ment of tho Soaboard will resign with in thirty days. The Sale tu Thomas and Kyan Is Fully Confirmed.?What the Now Deal Means. New YORK, Ootobor. 7.?Thomas F. Ryan, In reply to an inquiry from a representative of tho Associated Press, said that ho would not dony tho report that ho had bought for himself aud others a majority of tho stock of tho Seaboard and Roanoko railroad. Tho Soaboard and Roanoke owus a controlling interest in tho various roads that compose tho Seaboard Air Lino. Mr. Ryan and Gonoral Thomas have mado other purchases of railroad property in tho South recently, includ ing the Port Royal and Augusta, and Port Royal and Wostorn Carolina and havo consolidated tho two lines into one system, tho now company operat ing as tho Charleston and Western Carolina. Tho importance of tho transaction lies in tho assurance of pouceful read justment of tho rolations between the Southern railway and certain of i<s competitors, who havo boeu respon sible for radical disturbance in ratos. Ryan and Thomas are known to havo beon operating together in Southern railroads for some time. General Thomas built tho East Tennessee, which is now part of tho Suuthoru. Mr. Ryan is a Southern man and a very close friend of William C. Whit ney. Ryan and Thomas hold a con trolling interest in the Central. It has been intimated by Mr. Spencer that tho Southern, which is the suc cessor of tho West Point Terminal, has a bcnelicial interest in tho Central and has determined to have that in terest closed out aud tho money paid over to tho Southern. if this takos placo and Ryan and Thomas havo obtained the Seaboard Air Lino it moans tho creation of another great system of railroads run ning into this section under distinct ownerships, but controlled by men who aro ontiroiy in touch with each other and who will conduct a friendly com petition for business. It is also bolioved that the Thomas Ryan lines will work In oloso connec tion with tho Louisville and Nashville, practically a joint operation. The Southern comprisos tho ol 1 East Ten nessee, tho Richmond and Danville, tho Georgia Southern and Florida, and the Georgia Midland, and this system will bo tho groat competitor of the other. This would create two great systems touching nearly evory part of tho southeastern States. Ryan and Thomas and Morgan and his associates aro jointly interested in a great many other enterprises. So long as tho two syetoms aro controlled on tho one sido by Ryan and Thomas and on tho other by Morgan and his associates, competition between them will not bo carried,to tho extent of rate wars but will bo upon thoroughly con sorvativo lines. On tho othor hand a theory is pre sented that Ryan and Thomas merely represent Morgan and his associates and that tho roal purposo Is to consoli date both systems, while they are b"*T parontly separate. If the sale has Deren accomplished it has boon through the agoncy of Gonoral John Gill of Balti more, who is well known in Atlanta. Ho was for a long time tho friond of President Hoffman and was a close friend of John M. Robinson who pro ceded Mr. HolTman as Bragi??hi Oi'lno Seaboard. -* "General Gill's trust company was trusteo for tho Goorgia Southorn and Florida. It is now trusteo fo* tho bonds of tho Georgia, Carolina and Northern. It has boon known for sometime that ho considered tho extromo course of Messrs. HolTman and St. John unwise and ruinous to tho property. Hisadviee. not having boon hoedod by thoso gen tlemon he is supposed to havo formed an alliance, with Ryan and Thomas and set himself to work to obtain control ot tho stock of tho Soaboard for tho pur poso roally of protecting tho property against the oxtremo mothods that aro boing usod by Messrs. HolTman and St. .lohn.l.I f ho has in factobtainod control of tho property there is no question that his associates aro Messrs. Ryan and Thomas and that a, furthor align ment oither in tho direction of an in dependent system, having friendly relations with tho Southern or as tin adjunot to tho Southorn, will bo carried out. Another Smart Woman. My hutdmnd 19 poor nut proud and h?d?x a not wn.i&me to work, as I havo nothing to do I 'rei i c ,i le u, niul after reading In your pnner Mm. ifn . ir experience Holling sclf-hotttlng I lui ii Hilft I concludoU 1 would try it. I wroto to .1. P. Onsoy iV Co.. Ht. I<oiiis. Mo., and they troatml iuo so nicely that 1 felt very mueli on counigoo. Aa Boon as I got my sumnlo Iron I started ilit. and sold H Irons tho first tiny clear ing $12. J havo not sold loss tliiiuHany day since, an* ono day sold l . i now havo s itt olnur iDoiny, and my hoHimnd docs not know I havo be\ \ working at all, but I am af raid hu will bo ma) . whon I toll him. liavo I done right or should I quit work und leave him to strugglo n one. An Anxious Wike. You aro doing Just right, your husband should Ik> proud of you, go ahead and show tho world wunt an anergotlc woman can do. That Holf-hciAtlng iron must bo a wonderful sollor, aa we hoar of so many that ara . coedlng milling 11, ?All of t he money of tho State sink ing fund nas now boon loaned out upon tho dcpoftlto of Stato bonds in tho treasury (with tho oxcoptlon of about $12,000. The monev thus loanod out amounts to'about $170,000. Over $56,. 000 of the money was loaned last week BILL. A Kl* ON A A HON BURK. His Father Was a Groat Preacher? He Killed Hamilton Without Regret ?Incidents of His Strange Iiife. I soe that my old friend, Sam Carno chan, of Rome, has recently celebrated his eighty-sixth birthday. He is still halo and hearty and loves to talk to bis friends about the good old times. Uo is a harness maker by trade, and porches <n his stool and talks while ho wor*s and feels tho fooling of an hon est, industrious man. Apprenticed to the trade when he was fourteen ears old, ho has continuously pursued is calling for seventy years, aud in all that time 1 do not supposo that ho over defrauded any man. 1 have never heard him complain of his lot or of hard times. I never hoard him abuse anybody more than to say, "Ho should not have done that. It is wrong. What a pity ; what a pity." Aud yet he is a man of opinions and convictions and does not hositato to express them. How came old Father Carnoehan to bo so industrious and work so hard and live so long and enjoy life and have good health ? Ho says ho reckons It just happened so, but my~oplnion is that his early habits had much to do with it. For seven years bo was "hound out," as wo used to call it. Bound to a saddler and harness maker In Now York city to learn tho trade. That used to bo common at tho North, and I have kuown some cases of Um South in tho long ago, hut not many. My fatherhad an orphan boy bound to him for 6ct>oii years, and tho covenant was board and clothing and two months' schooling every year and $200 In money at the cud of his time. Ho was smart., handt-omc and willing, and mudo a good merchant and married well. Mr. Carnoehan nays ho had to work diligently, and by tho timo his term was out, the h?lfet of work wus fixed upon him and kept him outof mischief. Thero is tho secret. But fow of our hoys have formed u habit of work. If they do any at all, they look upon it as a hardship. Tho old man says that Aaron Burr traded at their shop,and he remembers him well, a handsome, courtly old gon tlemun dressed in tip-top fashion and with manners like Lord Chesterfield. Years boforo ho had been forced to leave tho country and lived in exile, but ho cume back wnon tho storm blew over and he was euch a groat lawyer that ho soon got lots of praetico and made lots of monoy. Ho drove lino horses and was a high-horn aristo crat and never lost a minute's sleep about killing Hamilton. I was ruminating about that, for thero is no story liko it in American bjography. The young pcoplo ought to read it. His father's namo was Aa/on Burr and he was a very learned and pious preacher aud teacher. He was founder and first president of Princeton college, and is buried there, and six other presidents are buried noar him. Ho married Esther, tho ouly daughter of Jonathan Kdwards, tho great preacher and profound thinker. A man whose sermons mado tho people tremble and cry out aud beg for mercy. The younger Aaron had a sister named Esther, and these two wore left orphans at an early age. They had a good estate and the best of guardians, and received a good educa tion. Aaron was sent to Princeton, whore he graduated with distinction. It was expected that he, too, would ho a preacher, but he suddenly astounded his friends by denouncing Christianity as a humbug, und declared his admIra tioo for Lord Chesterlield, whom, ho said, was the llhest gentleman in tho world. Then he studied law, and soon became the top of the profession. When the Revolutionary war was im pending ho was given a high position, and became an inmate of General Washington's family ; but ho did not liko Washington's steady habits aud religions principles, and left him. At the closo of tho war he married a wealthy widow?a Mrs. Provost, an 1 accomplished and pious Christian woman. She became tho toother of Theodosia, celebrated in her day for her beauty and her graces of mind and heart, and universally lamented for her sad and mvstorioUd fate. Her only ohild, a son, died when ho was thirteen 1 years old, aud she herself was lost at sea but a fow weeks after; no one ever hoard of tho vessel after it sailed from Charleston. There are many stories ' about it having been seiend by pirate? and Theodosia with other pass- ' engors being mado to walk the fatal plank that dropped them into the sea. Not long before this sad ovent Burr had forced Hamilton to light a duel with him, and killed him, not only without regret, but with unfeigned satisfaction. This put him under the ban, and he had to fly to avoid arrest. He fled to Carolina, where his daugh ter lived. She had married Joseph Alston, ono of South Carolina's best citizens, and who afterwards became Governor of tho State. Burr wa3 vieo president of tho Unitod States when lie killed Hamil ton. After this ho conceived a great political scheme to found a .''iTiileu iTi",r.llr.('n.v in the Southwest, With New Orleans'as tho*2??t ?ov' ernment, and hn was to be tlio nt{,n" arcb. His treasonable designs were discovered, and ho was arrested and tried, aud barely escaped conviction. Theodosia saved him through her pleadings, her devotion and her fas cinating beauty. But such was the public temper that ho had to oxile himself and escape to Paris, where ho lived for several yours under tho us BUinod name of Arnot. When he dared to return he resumed the practice of law in Now York, and soon became ontanglod in many scandals and in trigues. When ho was seventy years old ho was still handsomo and engag ing, and so boguiled a French countess of great wealth that sho married him. lie wasted her money so lavishly that sho separated from him in a short time and ho was loft penniless. His few friends abandoned him and ho died degraded and disgraced at the ago of fourscore years. In his last days he. read tho Bible anow?read and ponder ed, and with sadness and contrition said: "Thero is tho most perfect system of truth the world has over soon." What a life, what a rocort, what a wrick of groat talents, and all because ho forsook tho teachings of bis noble Christian ancestors and became a scoffer, an infidel,a Obosterfleld. What hitter memories?what anguish ho must have felt in his last days?his last hours, when ho begged to bo hur ried at Princeton by the grave of hi father. Verily it sooms liko Providouce followed blm with uu avenging hand and hoaped misory upon him all his lift. And my old friend Carnoehan saw that man and hoard htm talk and felt magnoti/.ed by his presence?and ho was old enough to voto for Jackson for prosidont and since then has votod for seventeen prcsldonts. What a world of momorlcs tho old man has. You oan't alarm him with fears of tho na tion going to ruin through tho cur ronoy question. Ho has heard the cry of ruin too long and too ofton. It makes him smile to hoar the boys talk ruin now. It is tho samo old too sin that pealed tho alarm in Jackson's day, when the United States bank was demonetized, and he remembers that. It was a bigger fuss than tnis, he says, though thoro wasn't so many people nor so many nuwspapurs to make it. Tho old roan came South in his early manhood and rode on tho first and only rallroadof any lengththat had tbenbeon built. Ho is concordance, aohronology, an antiquity. Thero aro sotno older men, but not many who are as bright, as genial, as contented. His long life of Industry is an object lesson to tho rising generation, and 1 hope thoy will seo it and think of It. Ho has done no big thing to glvo him farao or fortune, but he has foughta good tight and set a good example. Peace to you, my old frlond. May you keep on living until you aro tired and then depart In peace. Bill Aup. THE ANCESTRY OF BItYAN. Promtnoiit m.tl Successful tu Ijsw and Politics ?eo. H. Harris in Denver Times. Tho clomont of popularity which characterizes a numo that has been honored at borne and has also been mado conspicuous by the acknowledged revorenco of foreign nations, is in it solf a sufllciont proof of tho popular esteem and appreciation of tho morits aud actual worth of the individual who bears the name. Bryan is by no means a common name. Ti-.cre aro very many names that appears moro frequently In the directory lists than this namo does. Yet thero are but very fow names that have beon moro prominent In tho po litical history of our nation, that have received a greater degree of distinc tion or havo had a more honorable mention by the American people. Tho services of men bearing the name of Bryan who havo hold positions upon the supreme bench, or who havo tilled cabinet positions, and havo been sont as embassadors to foreign courts, havo been recognized and justly appreciated, both at home and abroad. Thtre appears to havo been one or two divisions in the Bryan family. Tho thrice nominated candidate for presi dential honors came from the family of Bryans who first settled in Virginia. This branch of tho family, like all tho other descendants of the Bryans, were largely Inclined to the legal profession and tho titlo of Judge Bryan has been of common occurrence. Early in tho forties Henry Bryan, of Oiean, N. Y., moved his family from that town to Racine, Wis., where ho established a law otJicc. Mr. Bryan was tho lirst mayor of the. city of Racine and was also judgo of tho county court of Racine County. Tho Hon. John A. Bryau, of Meonah, Wis.P studied law with his brother, tho late Judgo Henry Bryau, and became In courso of time ono ol tue most promi ncntmonof his day. Judge John A. Bryan held a cabinet position and was also a minister to South America. Cor nelia Bryan, a daughter of tho late John A. Bryan, was tho first wife of BX'Govornor Weiler, of California. Her brother, (Jhas. A. Bryan, distinguished himself in the legal profession aud be come one of tho foremost lawyers of California. Chas. A. Bryan has been knowu to receive as a compensation for a single ploa in behalf of the Marizop pa claim many thousands of dollars, sufficient to place any ordinary man in comfortable circumstances for life. Mr. Chas. A. Bryau died very suddenly it few years ago in Nevada. While Dating dinner at a hotel one day ho tocidontally swallowed a bone, which produced strangulation, causing death within a very short time. Tho two brothers of the Chicago Bryans havo ilso identified themselves with prom- ' inont positions at Washington, D. C. Ono of tho brothers was first assist tut postmaster general. Thero are pe- \ mliar characteristics in the Bryan Taniily which establish beyond doubt Lho relationship of this remarkable 1 family. The full face, a robust const! button, keen perceptive faculties, Ro- 1 man nose, lips olosoly pressed, indieat- 1 ng perseverance, and indomitable will, in untiring devotion to domestic rela tions, faithful and honest in every position of life, upright and candid in ' til business transactions, friendly and sounding in all positions of honor and trust, Tho Jaeksonian Democracy perme ated tho views of all the Bryans and was early incorporated in the life of ' avery descendant. Nearly a half cen tury ago, when John A. Bryan was a resident of Ohio, and established tho town which still bears his name, tho precedent became established and has almost universally remained true to its original principles, that there was not \ a Bryan that ever suffered defeat, whenever a man of this name under took to obtain a public office. Such was the determination and per* Bevorattoc of these men that it was thought unnessary oftentimes to make any contest of election or to show any light by nominating a candidate enter taining different political opinions. Some four or five ye ars ago the writer's wife, who is a eousiu of the lion. W. J. Bryiin, hud occasion to writs him, when ho was a member of Congress from Ne- I braska Tue closing sentence of Mr. | Bryan's letter, which hu wrote in reply I lx>4w0 'otter sent him, indicates tho callbof- *n<l BtH.Y'ng qualities of the I man. fie sam that on account ojt^j." j extreme viCVrfi upon too sliver question ! at that time ho stood almost alone, and ? was vory unpopular at Washington be- j cause of the stand he had taken upon I this question. j Glancing backward from the present condition of things, it is not difficult to imagine the trying position in which this man was placed at that time, fight ing for a principle that he knew to bo right and ono that was for the best in terests of the Amoriean people. Liko other heroes and great thinkers, Bryan lived In Advance of his time. Still the great mats of thinking people are be ginning to appreciate the services which lho Boo. W. J. Hrjan has ren dered them during tho past live years. Tho desire for popularity is universal. Everjf ono thirsts for popular ostoom and tho pood will of their fellow man. This element in man's ehai acter takes its origin in widely different motives, and 1b soldom satisfied unless called forth by noblo impulses or gonerous thoughts. There aro common, ovory* day people whom the world admires, because they unselfishly leave a homo of COtnfurt and luxury for the purpose of ministering to the wants of the sick and unfortunate. The gallant fireman who braves the dangers of a burning houso to save tho life of some helpless inmate is rogardod as a hero and we i acknowledge his bravory. So it Is in all spheres of Ufo. Tho manor woman who, from a generous impulse, risks danger or death for othors, or who from a similar impulso boiomos the subject of suffering or In convenlonco that othors may be ooneflt od compels the homage of every cogni zant heart. Wo receive tho world's estocm only as wo pay for it in advance, and oven thon our sacrifices will avail little or nothing unless thoy aro mado without roloronco to tho object of gain ing popularity. A good doed or a per sonal eaorlilco fo. othors, in order that ftdfMfiEMi mm I H HI wM It may merit approval und approbation, should bo> tho spontaneous offspring of an unselfish, chivalrous heart. Such trials of magnanimity, personal sacri fice, generous and noblo impulses as are revealed to us In tho lifo of W. J Bryau command our admiratloa ou ao count of his impulsive and uncalcuatlng geuerosity, his unswerving devotion to a cause that he knows will benefit mankind ; the conscientious regard for t he rights of othors ho ha? elosoly ad> j horod to for a number of years before tho pcoplo Ivgun to realize the stupen dous efforts ho was putting forth in their behalf. BRYAN GROWS IN BATTIiK. The .Judgment <>!' a Goldhug Newe? . papers on His ltcmurkubio Cam* paiga. Washington Post. St. Louis saw and hoard Mr. Bryan barely a month ago. Since ho awaken ed the admiration of friond and foo In September, ho has travoled to the Atlantic anil back, speaking oach day ? and often several times a day?to an audience peculiar to tho place whero ho stopped. Ho has dollvorod his message of montary reform to tho South erners of Kentucky and Virginia. He has appeared before tho worldly wise Washingtonians, tho conservative Baltimoreabs and the commingling of business men, workingmon and profes sional mon that makes up Tammy. Speaking at length and extempo raneously under all those rapid chang ing conditions?a feat of physical and mental endurance nc vor attempted he* fore by a national candidate?ho has displayed neither weakness nor weari ness. Though his speeches havo been reported for tho press exactly as he delivered them, often without his hav ing an opportunity to seo a line of the copy, ho has made not a singlo mis take which the enemy could uso to ad vantage. Ho has endured a strain which would break dowu most men who aro called robust and return to St. Louis, ripened and developed by tho exorcise of meeting great demands with groat powors, to deliver too most powerful address of his marvelous canvass and to arouse tho enthusiasm of a mighty audience to a higher pitch than that of his first visit, though tho warmth of the September ovation has surpassed any experience of St. Louis in modern campaigns. A man who can increase in power under such extreme demand is tho man of a century, if not of all tho cen turies. Nothing but extraordinary strength, constanty recuperated by perfect health, could carry on the task for a fortnight. The Democracy has chosen a cham pion for whom no apologies aro neces sary. No apprehension Is excited. Ho can .'-al-ecare of himself and his party's Interests wherovor bo goes. As a Western man in the East trf has In spired respect; as a Norther; nKSjain the South he has won alTectPn; as JV^ young man among' veteran/ ho has commanded obedience. ir is a far more, wonderful achiovoyOnt than Alexander Harailitou's Infiymce In tho organizing period of the/imtion, or than Chatham's part iu tl/' overthrow of Wal pole. -Wash i ugtonrost. The Month of Dkc/mbbk.--Rev. ihk. Hicks, the notedAvoather pro? phot, makes the follow/ig predictions for the month of Decenvor : The month of Dcoetuber will bo ono of the most severe tl/it we. have ex perienced in years. At is not likely that the storms will/be dangerous, be cause they do not cimo at the period :)f the year when dangerous storms aro to be expected. Bjft you will got all the old fashioned /.izzards you want tluring tho last flirt of that month. Things will grow interesting about tho I'Jth of the moul/h and will continue until December.loth. Wo will have a good sprinkling of bad weather before that, for the winter will begin curly md be a cold one. but the centre of tho worst period begins December 10. During this time tho Influence of Mars will be added to others, producing a join motion in the earth's atmosphere which will be felt by all inhabitants. ? -Tho American board of foroign missions has adopted lengthy resolu tions touching the Armenian question. The resolutions urged the President of tho United States to insist upon tho issue by the Turkish government of the proper exequatur, that our consuls may securely occupy the posts which this government assigns to them, and ?'urge the President of tho United state.-, to demand of the Turkish au thorities at once and peremptorily, in demnity for the wrongs inflicted on Americans, reimbursement for the de struction of their property and the punishment of those persons who havo been guilty of these crimes. Wo be lieve thut the adoption of such an American policy will receive tho loyal support of tho American people." Noaii and Money.?"The financial situation has caused considerable re search on the subject," remarked the cheerful idiot to his pastor tho other day. "1 suppose,".ho continued, "that you have made a study of tho moneys oUhYv^r ...v.-.;,,,, "Oh, yes," replied tho h..fflb blandly. "I am familiar, to bo suiv with the Biblical coins." " I infer that paper money was used at the time of tho flood ?" continued the Idiot, sparring for a ehanoo to make a home thrust. " What has led you to this conclu sion ?" asked the pastor. " Well, wo read of whero tho dovo brought tho green back to Noah." A (/'hanee In Make Money. I liuve made $1,6(0 clear money m HVdnys and attended to my household duties besides.Mtfib*. 1 think this is doing splendid for a WoHHW'trn OXporloncod in business. Anyone can sell what everyone wants to buy, and every family want: (i Insli Washer. I don't canvass at all: people com.? send for the Washer, ana evo>'washer (hat goes out sells twoorthrco moro, it-< tiie\ ds the work to perfection. You can wash ami dry the dishes in two minutes. 1 am going to devote my whole- time to this business now and I am sure l can clear $.r?,wiO a year My Hlsler and brother have .started in business and me lining splendid. You can get Complete lust rueilons and Ion id reds of testi monials hy addressing Ilia Iron City I)lsl? Washer Co,, Station A, Pitt sburg, Pal, and If you don't make lots If money it's vour own fault. Mrs. W. H. ? If a vornan would bellovo loss^of what a man tolls her before marriage ami mot e afterward, the wooded state would bo a much move harmouious affair. ? ? ??? ? A Dandy Thing to Seht I have been doing so well this - uminer sell Ing combination dippers that I think It Is my dun to tell others alxiut It, 1 have not mads as much money us some I rend about, but I never make loss t turn .y, and often 16 a day: the dipper oan ho used as a fruit Jar filler; a plain clipper! * lino sin norj a furinoh a strainer funnel) a sick room wariuing pan, and a pint measure. These eight diller hi uses makes the d' ppcr such a necessary in t i clo that It, sells at nearly overv DOtfftO. as It I* so cheap. YOU can gets sample hy sending, as I did tH-tWO-CClli slauit In p.e. postage, etc.. to W. II. Ualld A Co. Stilt toil A Pittsburgh l'a., and hey will mall yffua din per, and you can go ght to work. Any'one can make ffB or ft ad i> aaywhere. AllBAnEu^