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-?-? TILLMAN ON GOLD BUGS. Re Tells the Maryland Democrats' AMttln Truths About their Coudl tlorl. Baltimore Herald, 11th hint. "There la one thing," said SoDator Benjamin B. Tlllman, of South Caro lina, while addressing a large and en thusiastic audience at Haine'? Hall last ulght under tho auspices of thu Demooratlo Committee of 'U?, "in which we cm join handa with our gold bug friends, and that la In dufunae of tho national honor. "It Is gratifying to mo that I waa able to do consistently a few days ago In the United Statea Senate- an act in which Doniocrata, l'opubliata, Hepubli oana, goldbug? and ailvor men all joinod together onthuaiaaticully, and that waa In voting an appropriation for national defonasB. (Great applauac ) It llluatratea, to my mind, that there Is one thing that wo all cau join togeth er In, and that ia defending thu Ainuri oan Hag. When it cornea to our na tional honor wo know no party or faction." (Knthuaiaatic applause and orioa of " You aro right!") Senator Tilltnan'a addroaa waa a characteristic one, and bristled with denunclatlona, which highly pleaaed the audience present. Maj. John 1. Yellot, of Baltimore county, presided, and opened tho mooting with a olever , liMlc apeech, In which ho delined tho theories of froo bilvor. When Seuator Tlllman camo to the front of the atuge he waa greeted with long and loud ap plauao. He said, in part: "You have hoard much ab.tso of mo through tho capitalistic proas, and no doubt think mo a atruugo article. But the peoplo often love men for tho ene mies they have made. 1 have received a little f"eo advertising from the gold* bug dailloa. Hut what of that? If you trace back our country's history you will find that there were other ptrfflio men ontitleU to the recollection of tho American peoplo who were also abused by an opposition press. JelTer eon was the target of thu abuse of plu tocratic papers, and ao was Jackson, . Und so was Lincoln. But, although they were denounced by newspapers, tho peoplo rallied to their support. You are alao ignorant ol me as I am in reality, as well as you aro of the true . merit of froo Bilvor, because you have not a single newspaper iu this city to advocate freo silver, aud that stands for Democratic principles. You aro blindfolded, because you aru kept in Ignorance by tho goldbug press. They keep you in ignorance und then ask you to vote their ticket intelligently, I come befor vou as thu anostlc of the only Democracy. *' I am tho apostle of the now Demo- | oracy and of that party which has Issued anew Declaration of Indepen dence. You must study the linuncial queatlons of tho hour and onlightun yourselves If you would he free. Sophis try and falsehood is now your daily food as furnished in tho daily press. In 18* G the Democracy of Maryland, as ruled by your bosses, consented itself with adopting a gold standard platform and sent a delegation to the Chicago Convention. But when William Jennings Bryan was nominated by that convention tho course of some of your leaders was not an honest one, and you Were stabbed in tho house of your friends. Last summer you did poorly because the party straddled. All things vcro all tilings to all men. And you wero defeated, as you deserv ed to bo. "No man lb fit to lead a people un less ho is disposed to bo honest with his followers. The question of the hour is whether the people or money shall rule. (Applause.) It is pluto cracy or Democracy or geuuine Kupubi eaaism. The opponents of free silver want dear dollars and cheap men. iApplause.) They denounce the now )emocracy as anarchy. " And yet the condition of tho work ing people of this country toduy is a more gallinsr servitude than that of tho black slaves of ante-bellum days. Tho negroes of the olu South were-, better off than are tho miners of Penn sylvania today. The so-called Cleve land ideas of Democracy mean live white slaves for every black one that used to exist. (Applause.) You have been bamboozled by the politicians for years, because the loaders of both parties conforrcu and settled all policies beforehand. It made no dif ference which party triumphed?gold buglam survived. (Applause.) The leaders of the Democracy of Maryland now say to you that a light can never be won on thoChica^o platform. They are afraid to say anything. But 1 tell you that with a rejuvonated party, with new leaders, and that equality of opportunity and of money which tho Chicago platform sets forth that men will rally round your standard in this State. I believo that with a square, honest tight, on a free-silver platform last year tho present Legislature would have been Democratic (Applause.) "Your great dallies all say that silver Is dishonest. Well, why don't ""?^-^rVPPerlty return ? Why don't the goooV. times come buck? Where aro they \rono P (A voice "Cut West.") Oh I no ; they are not out West; they are just nowhere. (Laughter and ap ?lause.) Why did wheat go up? imply because the European crops failed. Wheat went up because tho Kuro fleans needed our wheat, and wo, hav ng more than wo wanted, could sell it to them. Next year, when tho Euro pean crops aro all right, wo shull see another condition of things. In 'act, the laws of supply and demand govern wheat, as well as all products. The laws of supply and domand govern money, don't they? (A voico. "Of course.") I say thoy do also, but tho goldbugs say thoy don't. Thoso peo ple contend that you can't make a silver dollar out of a gold dollar. No, of course not, because they legislated all the valuo of the silvor dollar. Thoy made it a commodity, and not money. I do not, howovor, class all of tho gold bugs as our onemlos. Some of them are greedy, and tho balance aro igno rant. Some aro wealthy, and the rest are poor as Domocrats. (Applauso and laughter.) How long are you men of Maryland going to listen to bosses ? We aro going to win out in 11)00, and wo want old Maryland back in tho Democratic column. Yourbossos want the offices. They don't want anything N\elso. That is why they aro afraid ol \what they call our radicalism. Aro you going to. / away from us and listen to tho booac or not ? What is money ? A creation of law. It has three functions?it Is a moasuro nf value ; it dotorminuB the- prico of othor things, and it 1b a legal tondor for taxes and debts. And yet tho new* papers tell you that gold is tho only standard of valuo. What is intrinsic value, anyhow ? It is that which is properly necessary to man's conveni ence and life. The goldbugs say that law has nothing to do with making a dollar a dollar, and yet, in 1873, they, by law, unmade tho silver dollar as a standard of valuo. Such is tho incon bletenoy of their arguments. (Ap plauso.) McKinley will not daro to sign a coinage bill at prosont without pressing the button and calling up Wall street. (Applause) Well, that Is what they oleoted him for. They knew that if Bryan was elect.id they could not control him, and that is tho reason that Mark Manna could milk $16,000,000 out of the national banks to defeat him." ?It is probable that If the United ?tatos had been represented at Madrid by Fitzhugh Lee in 1873, when the Vir glnlus affair occurred, it is almost a certainty that It would not now be necessary to appropriate $50.000,000 for hurried preparations for wuir with the decrepit Dons. That \ Irginius affair ffftvo the Dons an tmprt Ijj^p that tho United States would ?uYdkwmr> anything rather than run tho jW Engaging in war. ' TIIK POWKit OF GKNTIiKNK8S." A Strong Senium Which Won a Prize ol' Ono Thousand Dollarn. Uov. Richard G. Woodbrldge, pastor of tho Central Congregational church at Mlddleboro, Mass., has just received $1,000 from tho New York llorald for a short sermon on " Tho Power of Gen tleness." Tho Herald recently oll'orod a prize of that sum for tho best short sermon sent In, and also olTorod three other prizes of fjOO, *:{00 and $200, respectively. Tno contest for tho other prizes was not closed until tho lOtb of March, the docislon to be awarded on the 20th of March. Tho sermon winning the first prize is given below : "TUB POWER OF GENTLENESS." Thy gontloness hath made mo great. ?Psalms, xviii, 36. There is littlo In tho popular Idea of gentleness to n.ako it desirable for God or man. Wo think of it as lack ing in vigor and a long way removed from greatness. So suggestlvo is it of weakness and softness that wo want very little to do with it. Our ideas of gentleness need rectify ing. We speak often of a gentle hor.-o. What do wo mean by it? That horse is gentle that is nervy and full of mettle, able to pass anything on the road, and yet so easily subdued that the voice of a child would bring him to a staudstill at once. That man is gentle wtio has tho strength of a Her cules and the tenderness oi a woman. Gentleness is powc withholding itself and spendii g itself In goodness. A good illustration of gentleness was that on a Spanish battlefield. A gal lant Kronoh soldier's sword was up lifted to strike his foo to tho earth, but ho saw as the sword was about to descend that his antagonist had but ono arm. Instantly lie stayed his sword, brought it to a saiuto and rode 00. Gertleness in a woman is love's .nighty magnet, and will attract its own from the ends of the earth. A woman without it is a monstrosity ; a warrior with it is greater far than ho who shows his power by burning villages, destroying crops, executing prisonon. The great general at AppomattOX, considering tho Interests of tho men In gray, treating them as his fellow-countrymen, silencing the salute already under way to celebrate victory lest thoy should be further humiliated, and sending tho defeated ones homo well fed and equipped for labor on tho farms, declared himself a gentle man as well as a great aoldler, und did more in that hour to make his country groat than other groat men have done in a lifetime. Grant could have crushed the South iu that hour ; instead ho caressed it as a mother her I weak and wayward child, and melted it to tears. Wo speak often of tho power of God, but it is tho gentleness of God that WOlka tiio greatest wonders. It is this that makes men great. See the gen tleness of God at he beginning, it is not the strong arm, but the louder heart that concerns itself with f?llen man. It is not a king's voice that we hear in Kdon, but a father's. Pathetic cry thnt, " Adam, Adam, where art thou ' When God came down in hu' <ui llesh to save a lost world lie came in the same spirit. A still and quiet night it was when the Savior was born. The stars looked down peacefully upon tho shepherds us they watched their sheep. The worid was wrapt in slumber. It was into this Stillness and quiet that God's augols came and Gcd'a glory shone around Gentle words those wero tho angel spoke. " lie not afraid." So sweet and gentle was the music of the angolic host thai no one save the shcohcrds beard it. The spirit of the gospel is the same. It Is summed up in the words. "A bruised reed will ho uot break ; the smoking ilax ho wilt not quench." It is by gentleness that God seeks to win the world to righteousness and truth. "The Lord God is a sun." Sooner or later cold and icy hearts must give way before him. We need more gen tleness on the part of parents. You can shout at your children and bring thorn into trembling submission ; you cau thrash them into obedience : you can starve them into submission. The strong can bring the weak to terms for a while by any o{ these methods. But It you want to show your child the sweet reasonableness of your position and to make him docile, obedient trustful, sit down and talk gently witli him and seek to make his heart your own. Wo need more gentleness on the part of children?gentleness of speech, gentleness of manner. Children to learn early how mean a thing it is to tyrannize over any ono weaker than themselves. There is no one for whom a healthy boy has more contempt as he grows oldor than for a bully. Wo need moro gentleness on the i art of teachers. It is by appealing to the best in a boy chat the best is developed. Humiiiato a boy, degrade him, ridicule him and you have not subdued him. Beam upon him gently and lovingly, apart and alone, and he will be your friend forever. Wo need moro gentlenoss on the part of preachers. " The servant of the Lord must not strivo, but bo gentle toward all men." The Groat 1'readier was so gentlo that Simon tho Pharisee asked him to dino with him; the poor harlot ling^rouV^-near His feet cares singly : /. locheus and Matthew, the publicans, became His loyal disciples, and even a thlof, in the agony of cruci fixion, cried, " Lord, reinomber me !" The world noed? nothing more than it needs gentleness and love. Human hearts aro hungry for the music of gentle voices And tho touch of tendor ness. Why shr^fcd we not all try to show that wo aro the sons and daughters of thogontlo God ? Hough, rude boys havo been mado great for time and otornity by tho sweetness and gentloneus of mothers and sisters. Dull, wilful, petulant scholars havo boon mado though ful and earnest by tho tondor, pationt lovo of solf-donying teachers. Souls small, mean,-'selfish, sinful, havo been mado great by tho gentlo faithful labors of thoao not willing that any should perish. Tho night of life is coming on apace. It will be sweot to havo the gates swing inward at our approach to the city otornal, and to bo welcomed by some watching for our homo coming, and hoar from joyful lips such wordr as thoso: " Thy gentleness hath mado me great." HMOKULiKHS l'OWDKH. KxpnriinctitH in Explosives Itelnir Made by Different Concerns. A roproHentatlvo of tho Associated l'ross called upon Lowis Nixon in Now York and directed his attention to tho statement in morning papors that the powdor mills of tho country could only make about a half-ton of smokeless powdor a day. Mr. Nixon said: "I do not bellovo this statomont. for tho facilities of the powder mills of the country must bo far in excess of tho amount named. I know, howover, of a now smokeless powder and high ex plosive factory which can turn out now a ton a uay, and oan in 10 days 1 > In position to turn out five times this amount. This manufactory is now making smokeless powder, giving an unusually high velocity with very moderate preesuro, and a temperature which will not cause tho rapid erosion which now limits tho life of a large gun to a few rounds. " This factor y was built to meet the demands of an undertaking having nothing to do with the present crisis, but it now becomes available In tho general soheme of national defense. Numerous new machines havo been built, and a numbejM^avo been im ported from K ruppMtLGormmiy, ho thatovory.retlnemojfl Bfen in modern powder maklngjjl Kble and ac- 1 tually at work on powdor and explo sives of proved elllelenuy upon the waters of Greater Now Yo k. Tho subject of smokeless powder it) at pre sent engaging the uarnost attention of tho most famous chemists and explo sive exports in Kuropo. Most ol tho powders are made of gun cotton and nitro glycoriuo in varying proportions. The exudation of nitro glycerine has led to numerous accidents. Tho United States uavy department seemed to pre fer what is tormod a gun cotton pow dor, but tho practice abroad is to usu a good deal of nitro glycerine. "Tho concern 1 had in mind usee in its powdor now chemical compounds, in many respects similar to Uioho used j by others, but with just enough variation to give a far greater stuhl lity. In addition to smokeless powdor they are making gun gelatine and tilling shells for high explosive tiring. The shots recently heard in tho neigh borhood of Now York aro nut those of an enemy's battery, but they are made witli a viow to perfecting new fuses to bo used in high explosive warfare." Inquiry at tho Dupont powder works at Wilmington, Del., elicited tho in formation that a comparatively sin 11 quantity of smokeless powder is now being manufactured for tho United States government. A member of the I h*rm said: "Our works aro not yet I fully started on a govornmenteotitract, and tho quantity turned out is email as compared with what wo will be able to make when fully started. Wo aro now turning out about 4000 pounds of smokeless powdor a day. but will turn out more aftei t while, when wo aro underway." When questioned as to tho capacity of the worksOO this grade of powder in the event ol an emer gency, he said : " We OBD turn out about 111,000 pounds a day." TIHO COUNTRY BDITOR. A Freiing and ISIouuont Tribute to | tin; Members of tbo Fourth Batate? In tho liouso of Representatives, when the Loud bill was under consid eration, Hon. Champ Clark, of Missouri eamo to tho reseue of tho country newspapers against whose interests the bill was directed, and his speech had an efleet in scouring tho defeat of the measure, which was pressed vigorously by the author and others. Mr. Clark said : "The great objection to this bill is that it is detrimental to DO WS papers, and diminishes the diffusion of infor mation. Having once boon a country editor myself I entertain ti must kindly feeling for my old confreres. I am willing to make affidavit that the eleven months I spent editing a rural I journal were the most beneficial of mv life to myself und perhaps to others. I am proud to havo belonged to tho editorial guild. I am unalterably op posed to anything that will injure tho country editor, curtail his profits, cir cumscribe his usefulness, or place an additional thorn iu his pathway. The I rural editor- God bless him?is tho ' most persistent of teachers. Like chari ty,as described by St. Paul, in the thir teenth chapter of First Corinthians, 'ho sutTeroth long and is kind: he cn vieth not himself, is not pull ed up; doth | not behave himself unseoinlv; soeketn not his own; is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, rcjoicotn not in ini quity, but rcjoiceth in trot .: heareth all thing", hopeth all things, enduroth all things.' "Ho is tho paekhorseof every com munity, the promoter ofuvery laudable enterprise, tho worst underpaid labor er in the vineyard. Counting bis space as his capital, ho gives more to charity, his means considered, than any other member ol society, lie is a newer in I politics, u pillar of the church, a leader in tho oruaade for better morals. He is I pre-eminently tho frioml of humanity, j Lino upon line, paragraph upon para graph, day by day, be is embalming in cold typo tho facts from which tho Herodotus, Tacitus, Sismondi, or Ma oaulay of the future will write the his tory of our tunes, lie Lilly chronicles our advent into the world, brie Ii y notes our uprisings and our downsittings, and sorrowfully records our exit. "As a creator of beauty, ho double discounts Mrs. Ayer, who professes to ir crease feminine pulchritude only in particular instances while tho country editor, exercising plenary power, beau tifies impartially all women whoso names appear in his columns. Hy a touch of his magician's wand, he con verts paste into diamonds glittering upon beauty's neck, and with a skill of which ancient and ambitious alche mists only dreamed, and svith a polite ness which Chesterfield might have en vied, ho transmutes brass trinkets into golden jewels, when worn by mem bers of u subscriber's family. Ho is tho groatest and must ingenious of manufacturers, for wlltlsOthers man* ufacturu perishable stuh's, ho is on gaged in manufacturing Immortal statesmen out of raw?sometimes very raw -materials, an industry which oven tho ?ingloy tanIV cannot protect. He is "To our virtues very kind, And to our faults a little blind." "Wo aro ail more or less?generally mor .??his handiwork, und the creature should not be ungrateful to his civator. Without his generous uud enthusiastic labors, meat of us would never have boon here; and, when ho tiros of us, most of us will return to private life amid rural scenes propitious for secret meditation and silent pruyci. Worki.ig night and day during tho campaign when tho election isovei and tho time comes for tho distribution of the loaves and fishes?now vulgarly called '1'ie'? by some strango lapse of memory ho is generally forgotten." A It HS VOLUTION A It Y RELIC. Tarleton's Sword That Was Lost at tho Battle of Oowpens. A priceless relic of Hovolutionary days has recently boon olacod in the State Mouse at Columbia, S. C, for safe kocping. It is tho sword which Tarleton used in lending tho British troopers at tho bultlo of CoWpens, against the patriots under Morgan, Piokens, Sumtor and Marion. Tho sword is tho property of Colonel T. 10. Dlckson, and has been placed with tho sword of Marion and other revolutionary rollcs In tho possession of tho State. Tarleton loat tho sword ut the battlo of Cowpena, whoro tho patriota won auch a signal victory, a victory which put frosh hoart In their brethren throughout tho colonies and hastened the coming of tho triumphant end of tho war at Yorktown. (Jolonol William Wash ingt; n, the gallant louder of tho American cavalry, pressed Tarleton to olnsoly in his fight as to be ablo to have or.o ex change of saber blown with tho Iii itish leader. Washington's nword out T?r loton's fingers and tho liritlah colonol droppod his stool, spurred his steed and obtained safoty by tight. William Scott, tho father of Colonel Dlckson's mothor, wae an Amorican soldier in tho battlo of Cowpons. IIo saw tho fight botwoon Washington and Tarloton and picked up the tatter's sword when ho droppod it. Tho sword has evor sinco boon proservod in tho family as a priceless trophy of ancestral prowess in the Revolutionary war. t?o sword or sabor, for tho blado ourvoe baok so an to glvo gr??ter force to its blows, is long and heavy. The blado is a yard In longth, whilo the hilt is sllghty over 0 inches long, with an iron guard. Thero is a long scratch on tho guard and a cut iu tho iron knob at the ond of the hilt, which aro believed to havo been mado hy tho blow of Washington's sword whieh forced Tarleton to drop his weapon or which knocked it out of his hand. The Iron shank of the hilt Is oased in w x;d, whioh was covered with leather, much of which has been worn away. Upon tho blade, close tu tho hilt, Is ongraved tho word " Pottur," probably tho uamo of its luukor. There aro many notches in tho blade, and some rust upon it, pussibly by tho blood of patriots who had felt its odgo. In this connection it will not bo amiss to repeat two anecdotes about Tarleton and Washington. Tho patriot ladles of tho Revolu tionary times had keen wits. Uu ono occasion Tarleton in a bragging mood was telling a patriot lady how ho wished he could meet "their boasted Colonel Washington." Her prompt reply was, " If you had looked behind you whon running away from Cow j pens, your wish would havo been gratified." On another occasion Trrleton was speaking contemptuously of Colonel William Washington to a patriot lady. " Why," saiil Tarleton, " they tell mo ho is so ignorant that ho cannot even write his name." With a meaning glance at Turleton's right hand, which Washington had wounded, the lady re plied, "But nobody is better aware than you, Colonel Tarleton, that Colo nel Washington knows how to make his mark." ?Washington Star. WHAT SPAIN THINKS. Our Wur Vessels Ought to Leave Chilian Waters-More Promises ol' Autonomy. Bpeoial to The Atlanta Journal. Washington, Maroh 10.?Spain has protested against our naval dis play in Cuban waters and has asked what our preparations mean. Tho , protest was the outeoiuo of tho tirst ollieial visit of Sonor Polav Bernarhe to tl\<> State department since Iiis re ception thoro. Assistant Secretary of State Day do elincd to givo a detinite response to tl.v; Spaniard regarding tho continued preparation of war vessels in Cuban waters, but in reply to the question as to why wo were buying war ships in foreign waters lie said, as far as I can learn . " We are purchashing war vessels in foreign waters to take the place of the battleship that was lost in foreign waters." No one believes bore for a moment that Spain's demand that we withdraw our ships from Havana will ho met. It has become evident hero that the prediction made in those dispatches by Quesada that Spain would try to delay matters further by more promises of autonomy, wore well founded. There is now hardly any doubt that the new minister's special mission to this coun try is to secure our eo-ODeratlon in ??. new autonomy Boheme for Cuba. The Spanish minister's n quest for the United Slates to withuraw our ships from ttavana is based on this p.an. The United States is informed that the presence of battleships in Cuban ports is a hinderance to Spain in curry ing out her program of perfecting autonomy. The ollieial replies of tins country to these requests have not ut been mado, but it is not thought that they will besuch as to propitiate Spain or further j opardizo the Interests of the Cuban insurgents. in pursuance of tho expressed de termination oi tiie President yesterday to continue preparations for war. Secretary Long has practically closed the deal for another vessel. The vessel in xuestion is the May (lower, a steam yacht built by Ogden Gillette. Its deck is protected and it is one of the three fast yachts in the world. It will be litted out as a torpedo dispatch boat. This will make tliree vessels pur chased outright by the government in one week. In addition to tnia Secre tary Long has the option on the dy namite throwing gunboat Nichthoroy which can be closed as soon as hOStl j litios seem inevitable. The president bus endorsed the purchase of the Muy tlosver und Secretary Ling has order ed the boat to proceed to New York at once. Too President U quoted by a Senator ' as Baying ! "1 would rather see my administra tion an Ignomenious failure than that It should be responsible for an unholy war." This shows that the Prcs'dont, while preparing vigorously for wurture, Is praying to avoid one, if possible. Tnis same Senator sain : "The President will maintain tho honor of the country and insist upon full reparation for the Maine disaster, incidental to recognizing the indepen dence of Cuba. 1 do not think ho will be swerved from this, tho main issue but 1 do expect to see him secure Cuban independence without a svar. flow, 1 don't know, nor do 1 think he does at this time.'' Wiicn the naval appropriation bill is dually reported to the House it will more closely resemble the naval budget of Great Britain than erer before on tho score 'of economy. Tiie appropria tions for increase of the navy l.avo been kept down in recent years, but this time attempts to hold buck the committee will prove futile. As the bill stands today it provides for three now battleships, six torpedo boats anil six torpedo boat destroyers. The aggregate cost of this great addition to tho sea power of the United States will be at least fifteen million dollars. ? ? ? -? A SIGNIFICANT ANSWER. Spain's Demand lor Withdrawal OaiiHCH More Ships to Report at Key West?The Court of Inquiry Bends its Report to the President. Special to The Atlanta Journal. Washington, D.C., March 17.?The United States has mado answer to Spain's request that wo withdraw our Hoot from tho vicinity of Cuba, by ordering moro ships to concentrate there. Tho Marrettu, tho Machias, tho Doipnin and six torpedo boats have been ordered to report to Roar Admi ral Sieard. I wired yesterday that Sjnor Polo y Beroabe had requested the with drawal of our ships from Havana, It is given out sumi-ollioially that lie re quested tho withdrawal of our lldot ItOOQ the vicinity of Dry Tortugas ami Key Webt. Assistant Secretary Day iius made unswer to thib unolllcial de mand by reinforcing tho Meet objected to. The relations between Spain and this country aro more strained today than ever. It is in tho air. When ever there is no sensation ircidont to base dispatches upon or no offioiftl act a host of people at onco mistake the calm for peaee. Tho President fully realizes tho situation and the gravity of tiie out look. Spain is trying to make it ap pear to Kuropo that the United States is tho aggressor by objecting to the presence of our ships. Tho President has yielded in one minor point by ordering tho Montgomery to join the squadron, but he has omphasi/.ed his purpose to interforo by further con centrating his navy in the vicinity of Cuba. Spain's seml-otllcial announce ment that she will not oven consider tho proposition to sell the Island may bo responsible for tho evident anxiety porvading odicial circles. Thoro Is no uouDL t mil tho President hud lookod upon tho purchaso of tho island by tho insurgents and tho guarantco of tho paymont by a joint syndicate as a pos Biblo solution of tho question. Tho situation is sutllclontly aouto to ollolt tho ordor from tho seorotary of tho navy for absolute Bocrocy in tho department regarding tho movoment of warships and transportation of troops. Tho tlrao has eorne when the government fet Is that it dhould sur round its preparations with secrecy. From now on every movoment will be mado under cover and the utmost aoerecy ooaerveu. Tho Presidont oxpoots the roport of tue court of inquiry tomorrow or oezt day. It may oven now be on its wav from Key West to Waehiiigton. When the court arrived at Koy Weat yester day from Havana and reported to Admiral Sicard what progroaa it had made toward reaching the end of IIa long tusk tho Admiral promptly com municated with the secretary of the navy. It was tho Seerotary'a purpose to have a full synopsis of tho court's conclusions put in cipher and tele graphed to Washington. Upon con sultation with the President, however, this plau was abandoned. Admiral Sicard was directed to placo the docu ments in tho custody of some naval olllcer, according to tho usual method and forward them to Washington in that manner. Whether this ollicor has started or not is not yet known, but if ho and Admiral Sicard have executed their orders with the regular naval promptness it will not be long before the President is placed iu possession of such information and conclusions as he court has so far reached. lOvery precaution that human in genuity can suggest will be. adopted to safeguard tho report, the main appre hension being that there may bo some how a publication in th > newspaper j press that may interfere seriously with I tho successful working out of the j policy of tho administration. The I document will be sealed at Key Went under tho personal observation ol Admiral Sicard and the naval officer who takes tiie papers in his custody* will bo expected to deliver the envelope with seal unbroken into tho hands of the secretary of tho navy. It must be rem be rod that tho Ad miral ordered the court and to him the return must be made. Technically he must also review tho proceedings and conclusions and submit his own opinion on tin so in an endorsement to the de partment sent along with the papers. as Acmtrai Slcard is the very In oarnatloo of caution in tho discharge of ollicial matters anil as ho is techni cally responsible for tho safe delivery of toe court's reports to tho aeeretary of tho navy, it may ho safely set down as a fact that any publication that at tempts to sut out either in full or in su instance tho court's report will bo absolutely conjectural in its basic It will take some time for tho cabi net to go fully into the report prepa ratory to framing a demand. It is believed here that the report will fix the cause of tho explosion as external and the delay has been due to the fact that tiie board has been endeavoring to locato the guilty parties and place the responsibility where it belongs. IM ? J? THE H011ROR8 OK CHIVY. Ktiuving N<)ii ('<iml)jitimlH Arc Shot When They Attempt K'senpe?ln Burtfonts In Control of llie Island? | Col. Myron M. Parker, who wan the i companion of Senator Proctor on his recent trip to Cuba, in an interview with a reporter of the Washington Stto\ says . '* You might believe, but you eou.d not realize, the condition of tho recon centrades in Cuba, it passes tue com prehension of a man accustomed to the usual phases of life. Their emaciation is terrible, their Buffering Indescriba ble. We saw warehouses full of starv ing women and children. These people have been forced into tho villages and towns by toe Spaniards, and the whole country where they lived has been de vastated. " In the ride from Havana to Sagua do la Grande, a distance of about two hundred miles or more, the country presented a picture of desolation. For miles ami miles the charred stalks of the burned sugarcane showed where tho torch had been applied by the Spanish and insurgents alike. At in tervals are blockhouses occupied by Spanish soldiers. Above each block house is a cupola, where a Spanish soldier is always on the lookout, if a reeoncontrado attornDts to go out from the village and cross the trocha, he is shot, and if an insurgent tries to come iu he is treated likewise. The trocha serves, however, to prevent sudden dashes by the Insurgents into the vil lages at night to burn them. "The Spanish army is largely em ployed along tiie railroads. Hut as closely as the road is guarded, tho in surgents can do with it as they please. It is generally understood In Cuba that tho railroad company pays tri bute to the insurgents for running the passenger truius. Tho insurgents do not want to bother tho passenger trains, but they are alert to interfere with freight and troop trains. The. day before we reached Matun/.as the insur gents blew up a sugar train only three miles out of that town. They cross the railroad at any point they desire and whenever they please. In my opinion, Gone z virtually has control of the island. There is not an estate in cul tivation, so 1 was reliably informed, that docs not pay tribute to tho insur gents. "The best people in Havana told me that tho young men of tho beat Cuban families in tho island were in the ranks of the insurgents, just as the best rep resentatives of our best familes were in the Southern and Northern ranks (luring tho war. My informants also told me that the insurgent army was never as linn and as strong as it is today. 11 gets a very largo proportion of its medical supplies right from Havana, and its discipline is said to ho all that can be desired. Tho insurgents have complete control of the provinces of Santiago do Cuba and Principe. They claim to have all the supplies necessary for their subsistence, having great herds of cattle besides cultivat ing a largo proportion of tho land in the province mentioned. What they need is arms, ammunition and clothing. It is generally understood in Cuba that the insurgents known as Prosen tad 08, who came in and gave themselvesuptO the Spaniards ir. response to the oiler of pardon, were all men who had mot with the disfavor of Gomez because they had disregarded the discipline he so rigidly enforced in his army." " Did your investigation lead you to form any opinion on the subject of autonomy ?" Inquired the reporter. " No one wants autonomy in Cuba," roplied Col. Parker, with emphasis. " lOvon tho autonomist governors do not favor it. I know of several alcal des, or mayors of towns OUUi le of H i vana, appointed as autonomists wiio uro wholly in sympathy with tho in nirgontB." KNLilH IT NU KKCkl'IIS. Patriotism Ih i'm Prevailing Sent!* moitl in Washington Now. A Washington special of tho 1 Ith inst, says Unit tho numerous visitors t) tho branoh postofnoo on V street hud ili'jir attention nttraeted to a large hanger which occupied a conspicious place on the wall. Printed in hlueatul red it hoars two pictures showing a group of United States cavalry and artillery ollicers. Across tho top of the hanger in hluo letters aro tho words : " United States Army." Helow is the national ooat-of-arms and " Recruiting service " In big vermlllion letters. Then comes the following : Wanted For tho United States Army, Ab'o Bodled Men of Good Character, lie tweon the ages of 21 and 30years. Ar tillery, not less than fivo foot, four inches high, weight not losss than l'2x or more thiin 100 pounds. Tho term of service Is throe yoars for all aims of tho service. Applicants are re quired to satisfy tho recruiting officer regarding ago and character, aud should bo prepared to furnish necessary ovldonce. Only unmarried men nood apply. Original enlistmonts aro con fined to persons who aro oltizons ut the United Statos or havo made legal de claration of thoir lntontion to becomo citizens thoreof and who can speak and write the English language." Thon followed information about tbe right of a soldier after 20 years' sor vlco, or by roason of wounds, to a com fortable home In Washington, for the support of whloh 124 oents Is deduced from each soldier's months' pay and POWDER Absolutely Pur? R(r?M DAKINO POADFR CO., Nf W YORK. that ."{() years serviced entitles a soldier to retirement at three-fourths pay and $'.?.."><> monthly commutation for cloth ing and subsistence. The announcement is made that in addition to the pay which ranges from %'2'.\ per month for a sergeant major to el!) for a private, all soldiers receive rations, clothing, bedding, medicines and mec ioal attendance. There is a table giving the required pbya'cal pro portions, and applicants are directed to apply at Washington barracks to j Recruiting Ollieer Adrain S. b'lem* Ing. The remarks mado upon the notice were signiQoient of the prevailing sen timent. A Star reporter called in II ip reser.tativo Dal/.ell of Pennsylvania, who was passing and showed him the hanger. He regarded it a moment earnestly. "My, my," he remarked. "That I brings back memories of thirty years a'-jo." Another striking Illustrate D of the prevailing sentiment of patriotisi i was shown on 11 street between M and 15th streets this morning, win caused many gra'.lfled smiles among tho num erous passers-by on tho eleotric ears. Kight little hoys, the eldest appar ently not over 111 years of ago, wore gathered around a doorstep on the south sid ' of the street- One hoy hail an American Hag, which lie held proudly above him. Another had a drum. Tho evident captaiu was equipped with a little sword and the other live were supplied with guns. They were giving most Important at tention to tho preparations for parade, Wbioh was evidently in anticipation, end showed that the American young ster has the right Btutl in him to the same vigorous extent that character izes his daddies and his uncles. ?Senator Chandler has introduced a bill providing for remission of duties on war materials that may bo imported. This action is one more step which shows in which direction the adminis tration is moving. This resolution is forth*! purpose of encouraging indivi duals to import ammunition, even with the hope of speculation, in time of trouble. Why Shi: I'ki.t Acquainted.?A Huston ludy of tho most reserved and exclusive typo was waiting for her change at the glove count >r at one of I the large stores when she was ap proached by a very large, gaudily-dres ed and loudlooklng woman, who hold out a pudgy hand in a grceu kid glove and said: "Why. how do youdo, Mis. Blank?" Mrs. Blank ignored the proffered hand. and. drawing herself up stillly, said frigidly: "I dont think that 1 know you, madam." "No, I B'poso not," ropliod the woman, in nowise embaria-sed by tho coldness of her rocoption, "but I've knowed you by sight for a long time, and now I've got a hired girl who worked at your house once, a year or two ago, and she's told mo so much about you that I feel real well acquain ted with you. Pleasant day, ain't it? Well, ii she ain't polite to sail oil" with out so much as a word! Shows her raisin', anyhow!" ? - ? ? mm ? ? A curious theory lately revived is that the sap of a tree ebbs and llows in some way in sympathy with the ocean. The Idea comes from Italy, where a grower of vines and fruit trees who is also a chemist, lias been ex perimenting in that direction. He says that no tree should he lopped or pruned except during the hours of ebb tide. He has taken J I years to come to this conclusion, and now always acts upon it. The result is that his trees and vines always exhibit beauti ful foliage, bear splendid crops and are quite free from the attacks of the in sects wbieb devastate surrounding properties. ?The ICmporor ami 13mpress of Ger many are tho earliest risers of all European sovereigns, but with them it is a ease of following out the rule of " Harly to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise," for, unless actually engaged at a Court festivity, they retire to rest as early as Id o'clock. At 5 o'clck in the summer, and ti o'clock in the winter, the Eon peior is up and about and the SmprOSS rises only a little later, that sho may b3 ready herself to prepare her lord and master his lirstcup of oolYoe. Toe children of the Imperial pair an; brought up to follow their parents' ex ample In this as in every way. In an interval of twelve months, ac cording to Dr. Whewell. "the cycle of most of tho oxtornal Influences which operate up,in plants is completed." If the earth were moved by one-eighth of its distance nearer the sun 'be year would be a month shorter. Stolen KIhsc.v Young nu n do not try i<> steal ki^i:? from girls who arc Bai? t?\ o' ?.low and Bick? Sfl?Jj'A iXVly.rThere u j^^Bftby > V a book con? ?4* iv^L*^ tabling over \N?*C, > a thousand pages mid ov< r t h 1e e h ii n d r e d i 1 111 st ra tions, that e v e i y young wo nt a n a it d every mother of young daughters should read. It tells in plain, every day language that anyone can understand, many vital truths that every maid, wife and moiltrt niKMiKi Know, it tells tlic untold suffering and agony that women endure who enter upon the Important duties of wife hood and motherhood without seeing to it that they are strong and well hi a womanly way. It U'Ua about a wonderful medicine for women. A mcdicillC that fits for wifcliood and motherhood. A marvelous medicine that gives strength, vigor, vitality and elas ticity to the delicate and import tut femi nine organs that bear the brunt of mater nity. It contains the names, addresses and photographs of many hundreds of women who were weak, sickly, nervous, fretful, Childless wives, but who are HOW healthy, happy, amiable wives and mothers, through the use of Dr. I'ieree's Favorite Prescrip tion. That book is Dr. I'ieree's Common Sense Medical Adviser. It used t> cost $1.50, now it is free. Send 21 one-cent stamps, to cover mailing only for a paper covered copy. Fine French cloth binding, 10 cents extra. Address Dr. R. V. Fierce, Buffalo, N. V. "During tlit fall mid winter of 1804 I wa.? en Igaged in teaching nt I'ulitic School No. Jt, in Smith Co., near Tyler, Texan." writes Mr. J. V. Sneed, of (linen, Texas. " 1.m: thlfl time my I wife was badly afllictcd with female weakness. We tried three of the best physicians in the county without benefit to my wife's health, but at great expense. My wife grew worse and we pive up In despair. She could not get I" n"d out of doors without help. She was not able to ?tand on her feet long at a time, and complained of dragging down i>ainn In the abdomen. Noth ing tun an untimely death seemed awaiting her. t wrote to Dr. Pierce for his advice. My wife too* Dr. Pierce'" Favorite Prescription and in alx months was complctiy cured, at a cost of tea* th?..n one month's treatment by the last physician Employed before ?^WI?^ Will DK NO WAR?Mr. Frank H. Morris, fourth auditor of the treasury und a personal frionU of President Mc Kinley, who is at present in Cleveland, O., speaking of tho Cuban question, said : "Thoro will be no war. Reports have been groat y exaggerated all over the country. 11 Tho war preparations are just what the country needed, and has needed lor 20 years. Many of our ports have been almost entirely defenceless, but I this is being remedied in a rapid man I nor now. In a short time we will be I comfortably for tilled against any In vaslon from a foreign country. ! " Whatever the agency was, tho ollioials at Washington are positive that the Spanish government had noth ing at all to do with the blowing up of the Maine. The I'resident when the time arrives, will demand an Indemnity and it will be paid. Thoro will be no wur." Mr. Morris' department luis charge of tho work of bottling the claims of tlioso of tl.o Maine disaster. "Wo have found on investigation, that out of .178 men who wore on tho boat, <>:, wore foreigners," said Mr. Morris, "and had given, when they enlisted, for eigners BS their nearest of kin. Thirty-nine of those on tho ship gave no next of kin when they answered the questions put to them on enlist ment. " Of the 253 who were killed we have succeeded in getting into correspon dence with 127 claimants. It will sur I prise you to know that lets than 10 I per cent of this number had families depending on tbcm, and many have no direct heirs. Tho balance of the num ber we have not, up to this time, boon able to reach." ?Tho Temple Maga/.ine tells a goon story In an interview with Dr. Whip pie, the Bishop of Minnesota. " Many years ago (--ays the bishop, who is tes tifying to the honesty of the red In dian) 1 was holding a service Dear an Indian village. My things wore scat tered about in a lodge, and win n 1 was going out I asked the chief if it was Bafo to leave them there while 1 went to the village to hohl service. 1 Yes,' lie said, 1 perfectly safe. There is not a white man within a hundred miles '." In the course of a year the fruit trees, as an example, have precisely enough tune to fulfil their duties: if the year I were twice its length they would be I unable tobring forth two crops of fruit, for the reason that they would not have the winter season for rest. The ascendency of tho sap, the putting forth of the leaves, the flowering, and the fruit-bearing, are all timed precise ly according to the seasons. For this reason they cannot be altered, and the year is twelve months long. It has been calculated that there are at least 10,000 kinds of "vegoiablo watches," of all kinds, which are timed as accurately as mechanical watches to fulfil their duties in the course of a solar year. i). \v. UM.I.. U. w. SIM KINS. W. \v. K.M.I. BALL, SI M KINS A BALL, Attorneys sit Law, Laukkns, South Cakoi.ina. Will practice in all Stute ami United States Court, special attention given collections ii. v. simpson. 0. Ii. IIAUKSU.W.I SIMPSON ?V B A HKS DA L15, Attorneys at Law, LAl'liKNS, SOUTH CAROLINA Special attention given to the investi gation of titles and collection of claim? \V. H. MARTIN, Attorney at Law, La Urions, - Soi in Carolina. Will practice in ail Courts of this State Attention given to collections. CHARLESTON A WKBTKRN t'ARO lina Railway Co. " Augusta and Ashe vdle Short Lino." Schouule in effect Oct 3rd. 18'J7. Lv Augusta. 9 40 am 1 40 |>m Kt Greenwood.12 17 pm . Lv AnderRsn. 6 10 am Ar Laurcns. 115 pm 7 no am Greenville. 2 00 pm 10 30 am Glenn Springs. 1 06 pm . KpHrtanourg. 3 00 pm 92ft AIT Baluda . 5 8 pm . I HendereonvUle. ?? 00?pm . AahevlUe.7 oo pm . . Lv AsheulMe.S M am . Spartanburg.li 4*i am 4 ;50 pm Uruenvtlle_ . lir>oam 4 oo pm Laurent!. l !r> pm 7 80 pm A nderson.7 oo am Greenwood ....... '2 28pm 980pm ArAugueta .5 oo pm li 10 am Ar Alkeu. 8 80 pm Lv Greenville. A r Clinton. 11 00 am 2 10 pro 2 'n pm 3 13 pro 4 pm (i 42 pm New berry I'rodperlly ('olumbia Bumter .. l.aiiCB.... . 7 48 pm Sumtcr. it 35 am Clcso connections at (ireeuwood for all points on K. A. L. and C. A O. Railway and atBpartanburg with Bouthern Railwaj For Information relativo to tickets, rates, Bohednlefl. etc.. ??ddres? W.J. CUAlG, Gon. l'ass. Agent. Augueta, (ia. T. M. BMKRSON, Traffic Manager. ,|.K. 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