The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 08, 1896, Image 7

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Boies on Bimetalism. Replies in tbe Herald to Whitney's Statement. WATERLOO, Iowa, June 29.-Ex Governor Boies returned this after? noon from his Grundy county farm i where he went immediately on his re? turn from Illinois. When asked if he intended going to Chicago 60on, he replied that he had not determined i whether he would attend the conven m t?on or not. During Governor Boies' F absence the interview with Mr Whitney was published and on his return his attention wa? called to a telegram from the New York Herald, asking his opinion in regard to the assertions made in it He wired his t reply to-night as follows : "Mr. Whitney is entirely right in his conclusion that there is no dis? position on the part Of those who. will represent the silver sentiment of the south and west in the Chicago convention to further discuss the matter at issue with men whose views are diametrically opposed to thir own on the currency question He is entirly correct in his concludion that it is now too late to accomplish any practical results by a discussion of that character. Through the south and west that disscussion has been extended and thorough, and the views expressed by Mr. Whitney have been * put forward by many men who en? tertain them and they have been ful? ly considered and weighed, and after all of this the judgment of an over? whelming majority of the party in these sections is in evidence by the class of delegates who have been chosen to represent it in the Chicago convention. Not one cf the men can now disregard the known sentiment cf those who selected him without betrayiug a trust, and not one of them in my judgment will ever do so Mr Whitney is entirely wrong in assuming that free silver Demo? crats are forsaking the fundamental principles of Democracy, or that . what he terms "sound money Dem? ?rate" are defending these principles in their endeavor to commit their party to gold monometallism Until the Republican party met in St Lom's a few days ago there was never a liue ' written in a national platform of either of the great parties that justi? fies the claim that the one or the other of these parties was committed to that docrine. Over and over again the Democratic party in national convention assembled has put itself ~* on record in the clearest and most / "comprehensive words possible to use in j favor of bimetallism, in favor of the restoration of silver to its place in ; our financial system as standard money, and never for a moment in the congress of the United States has a majority, or anything like a majori ity, of the representatives ol that party wavered in its devotion to the principle so clearly enunciated in the party platform To assume now that adherence to that principle is aban? donment of an established doctrine of that party is to defy history and ignore the must plainly written of all its declarations of policy. It is use ' less to claim that a tender of the good offices of the party to secure an international agreement for the free coinage of silver is the ful? fillment of it pledges so often made in this respect. To the sincere be? liever in bimetallism for the United States an effort of this character is little if anything less than au unquali? fied violation of a sacred pledge by a great political orgnization. If this is all Mr. Whitney and those who think with him can offer, it will be vastly better that they offer nothing. When Mr. Whitney says the maintainenance of our present gold standard is essen? tial to the preservation of our national credit and redemption of our public pledges be ignores a great truth of which he cannot be ignorant. He knows there is not a single obligation of this nation outstanding to day that by its terms's payable in gold alone, and be knows that right upon the ^ face of the great bulk of bonds of the government it is written in sub? stance that they are payable in coin of the United States of standard weight and fineness of its coin before silver was demonetized, and that, therefore, by their own express terms they are payable in our present silver dollars if the government elects to so pay them. "It ia since the most of these obli? gations were issued that silver has been demonetised, whereby if they are to be paid in gold alone, their value has been doubled and the bur? den of the great industrial class who must provide for their payment has * beeu increased two fold. To talk about a violation of national honor when no party in the nation has ever suggested its failure in the least de? gree to meet every objection that it rbas assumed according to the strict letter of the contract it made, is, to te say the leat; > strange sound to those who heed the universal distress occa? sioned as they believe by doubling the purchasing power of money and cutting in twain the market price of the products of labor, lt' to undo ?what law has done to add to the bur? dens of the toiling millions of this nation and double the fortunes of the rich within it, is to disrupt the Dem? ocratic party, disruption must come. The majority of that party threatens no wrong to any one. and ii" those who compose that maj-uity can avoid it all may be assured they will sub? mit to no wrong such as the perma? nent establishment of a single gold standard would impose upon the greal mass of the people of this na? tion Horace Boies." Remarkable Heat Record in Australia. Some remarkable facts in regard to the beat record of January last io Aus? tralia have recently been published in the New York Tribune: An accurate record of Fareoheit readings observed ia the shade on a veranda overlookiog the Darling River, in New South Wales, in Jauuary last, is as follows: On New lear's Day, 112?; ou Jauuary 2, 107; thence steadily rising to 123 on January 7 ; falling to 114 on the lOtb, only to rise to 124 oo the 11th ; and theo, with some fluctuations as low as 117, but not lower, sooting 12S on the 15th and 16th. .and 129 ou the 18th Snob temperatures io the shade seem incredi? ble. But the record is true. From January 1 to Jaouary 19 the range of heat was from 107-the lowest-to 129? in the shade. What it was io the SUD ODS hesitates to think. At Adel? aide oo January 23 the mercury regis? tered in the suo the appaling height of 172?. Nor was there ?.oy apprecia? ble relief from the heat at Dight j?or the first three weeks of January at oo time io the tweoty-four hours did the mercury fall below 100, aod io maoy places 105 was the lowest poiot re? corded. This "spell of weather" was excep? tional, no doubt. Just what caused it is ODe of the mysteries of nature thus far inscrutable to mortal keu. The? ories are plentiful as blackberries, but oooe of them convincing. Perhaps the most significant scientific fact con? nected with the case is that in the Southern Hemisphere summer occurs when the earth is nearest to, and wiDter when it is furthest, from, the sun ; j exactly the reverse of the conditions prevailiog io the Nortbero Hemisphere We may naturally expect, therefore, to find the extremes of heat aod cold more marked there than here, and such is indeed the case. Let us compare, for example, GraftoD, in New South Wales, oear the coast, with New Orleaos. They are about equidistant from the equator, Grafton being io 26? 43' south aod New Orleans io 30? D?rth latitude. The meao temperature of the former is a little cooler than that of the latter-68 5? aod 69 8? respect? ively. The jieao summer temperature of GraftoD ts the cooler-77 Io agaiost 82?-aod the meao winter warmer 58 l? agaiost 55 8?. From these fig urss oce would say Grafton has a more temperate climate thao New Orleans. But the record of extremes makes a diff?rent showing : for the highest read iog of the thermometer at Graftoo is 118? in the shade, while at New Or? leaos it is ooly 94?, aod the lowest at Graftoo is 20 9 against 31? at New Orleaos. Toe coDclusion is, therefore, that while oo the average ths Southern Hemisphere is fully as temperate as tbe Northern, and perhaps even more so, it is subject occasionally to far greater extremes of heat and cold. But whatever the cause of this hot wave of last January, tho results of it are scarcely to be described. People died by thousands. Birds dropped dead from the trees. Rabbits and other antoj?is, though hidden io the | shadiest recesses of the forests, perish ed wholesale, Those that survived were dazed and stupefied, so that the wildestand shyest could be anywhere ap? preached and picked up Even insect I life succumbed, and perhaps the most j impressive record of all was that furo ! ished from a place called Nyngan, to the effect that "mosquitoes are being killed by the heat." And all this it, must be remmembered, was in a so called temperate zane, io latitude 30? to 35? south, corresponding io situa? tion with South Carolina aod Georgia ! Surely, in the face of such a record, with the mercury io the nineties we may keep cool aod take courage. Scientific American. A London society woman, wishing to give a faocy ball recently, was be? seiged by letters, after invitations were oat, asking permission to appear io or? dinary evening dress. Alarmed at the prospect of a colorless ball, she diplo? matically replied that any woman over 35 might oome io evening dress. Tbe ball was a brilliant affair and ev ery woman came in a character gown. Senator Teller thinks that Horace Boies wiri be nomiated at Chicago on a 16 to 1 platform and that he will be endorsed by the free silver men of other parties. And that's what a good maoy other people who keep their eyes open think. A disease cailed charbon is playiog havoc with tbe horses aod mules in a number of Louisiana parishes. The cause of the disease does not seem to i be fully uoderstood, but it is very vir uleot aod proves fatal io 90 per ceDt. of the animals attacked. One of the human curiosities at Wilkesbarre, Pa., is a 3-year-old boy, ; i who is perfectly formed and sprightly, I ' and weighs only ten pounds. j At birth be weighed a pound and a ? half. Another very remarkable thing, is that when he was born his mother ; was 71 years of i ge and his father 79. ; They are both dead. - nvo?-cm Official League balls .for sale by H. G. j i Osteen & Co. The Jewish Confederate Sol? dier. BY KBV. E. X CA LISCH, RICHMOND, VA. The sword is the arbiter of th? des? tinies of men io more senses than one lt. binds as well as separate?. Wheo the war-cloud appears on the horizon of a nation, the conflicting elements are soothed and swung together. Minor differences are dropped or for? gotten iu the face of a common foe. During the late war was this tbiog evidenced Jew aod Christian had been at variance for centuries, even in this land of freedom, where they both had found equal restiog place. Though around the hearthstone of their fair Southland they sat as equal children tn tbe glow of her loving warmth, and were both equally imbued with a love for ber that is '-stronger than the grave," yet the differeoces between them bad not been healed Brt when tbe trumpet's shrill call sounded through the land they sprang up together as brothers, equal sons of a loved mother, ready to defend that mother through all things unto death. Side by side as brothers marched Jew and Christian, facing the same dangers, enduring the same hardships, tenting uoder the same cover, animated by the same hope, cherishing the same patriotic ideals. Differences of faith were forgotton. They had but one faith ; that was an indestructible love for the land that bore them both lo view of this fact it were perhaps invidious to write of the Jewish Con? federate moldier as such, and tbe author of these lined hesitated when asked by the ladies to contribute such an article for this souvenir book. Wheo the ser? ried ranks of Lee and Jackson or John 8ton were gathered for the fray or when, under the daring Stuart, the irresistible fine of men and horses went dashing down the turnpike, there was known neither Jew nor Christian. They were parriot soldiers fighting tor their loved land and dearer life And as such they should now rest, whether 'Death the shaded knolls of beautiful Holly? wood and Oakwood, or witbiu the sa? cred pref" ts of tbe Jewish * 'acre of God." mmunity of achievement and community of suffering had wiped out every separating vestige. But being asked, tbe writer thought that perhaps there was presented an opportunity to give, if only a feeble* vindiction of the Jew, and he here attempts to do so. Since the destruction of the Jewish nation the Jew bas suffered above all things from being misunderstood. In reality the hero of history he is looked upon as its victim or its villain. Pos? sessed of sublime courage, the charge of cowardice bas been flung at his head, until this century unrefuted, be cause until this century be bad never been given opportunity to disprove it. Denied the -ight of borne in every land under the sun, he was charged with want of patriotism. An exile the world over he was taunted that he shed his blood for no country. But with this ceotury there came a revela? tion to humanity. The Jew, given the privilege of citizenship, accepted it witb as keen a sense of honor for its duties, as of gratitude for its blessings. On tbe battle-fields of France, Ger? many, England, Austria, and Den? mark, be displayed a heroism which the world has not suspected and which the world eveo then was relue- j tant to recognize. It remained for those fearful yet glorious years from 1861 to 1865, to tell of bis courage and soldierly qualities, of which the \ Jewish Confederate soldier gave such ! sublime evidence. j Tho indomitable Maccabean spirit j was reborn for those days. What men dared to do, he did. Whai men could suffer, he suffered. All that man oould give, he gave with willing bands and free heart, In che furnace of the hot? test battle, in the madness of the wild? est charge, in the fearful patience of the direst siege, io tbe toilsome drudg? ery of the camp ia tbe Dumbing weariness of tbe longest march, 'midst them all was the Jewish Confederate soldier. And when the conflict's carnage was over, when the sable curtains of night interposed between the combatants, and the silent stars shone down io pity, aod the moon, that Joshua bade stay io radiance to light the field, that field was cumbered with corpses, from mauy of whose lips, at the last hour of life, had been gasped forth the confession of Israel's faith, "Hear O Israel, the Eternal our God, the Eternal is One" I do not mean to say that he was better than his fellows. Io the record that shall bold the memory of those brave days and men, there shall be no comparisons or degrees. One life is all that a mao can give, and the Con? federate soldier, Jew or Christian, gave that spontaneously, freely, even joyfully The tributes paid te the Confederate soldier beloDg to the Jew as well as thc Christian. When the final roll call will be made and the grand Commaoder of all life shall re? view the armies of men, the Jewish Ceofederate soidier shall stand by the side of his fellow warriors and both equally shall feel the perfect peace of the eternal "at rest." The Jewish Confederate soldier stood for two things-thc love of his Southland and the vindication of his own people. Both of these in fullest measure were by him given. He has earned the grateful remembrance of them both. The cause for which he consciously fought ivas destined by the God of battles nor. to be won The cause for wh?Mi b? nT"*'*T>ce?'%''*fl!v ??..??t?. ^led has been gloriously helped. Twine a double wreath around his brow, for he has earned it well. Deck bis grave with fragrant flowers; let the roses of love blush warm under the SUD aod the lillies bloom spotless, as was bis motive. Let the sod be cool and green, as it rests softly on the form of the Jewish Confederate sol? dier. From tlie Wires Jj ly 2. A negro rapist was lynched near Lincolotoo, Ga., yesterday. He was pursued into this State, captured and carried back for identification. The Republicans of Arkansas have nominated a full ticket for State offi? cers The MiDDesota Republicans have en dorsed the St. Louis platform and pu out a full State ticket. The New Bedford, M ass., cotton mills have refused to eign the agree? ment to shut down for four weeks. After the campaign meeting io Hampton to-mororw, there will be no further meetiDgs until July 13th, which is the day appointed for this place. The gold reserve fell to ?101,503, 759 The two military companies of Greenville were called out last night to guard the jail against a party reported to be formi?g to attack the jail aod lynch Charles Burboze, who is accused of being an accessery before and after the killing of Tanner by Rowley. Hobart has beeu to visit McKinley and Hanoa. HARTFORD, Conn., July 1 -Mrs Har? riet Beecher Stowe the author of ?Dcle Tom's Cabin died at 12 o'clock to-day. LONDON, July 1.-At Catford to-day the American bicylist, Johnson, lower? ed the Europeao flyiog start records for ooe-quarter and one third of a mile, covering those distaoces in 24 1-5 aod 32 3 5 seconds respectively. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, July 1.-A tremendous rush of natural gas estima? ted at one million cubic feet per day has caused suspension of work on a well which the Burt Oil Compoy, of Harri? dan, were drilling on the Eldridge farm, in Overton County, Tennessee This single well would supply the city of Chattanooga, with its fifty thousand people, with illumioatiog gas. The entire area of Central and Northern Tennessee country is leased to oil pros? pectors and the excitement runs high to night. RALEIGH, N. C, July 1-Dr. George Taylor Winston preeideot of the uoivesity of North Carolina, was yerteday unanimously elected president of the univerity of Texas. To-day he accepted. The salary is ?5,000 aod his term begios August 1st. He has for ten years been president of the university of North Carolina and haB trebeled the number of ita students and won a rep? utation in the south. July 3. A fire at the Mallory Steamship Co., Wharves, Galveston?, Tex., destroyed $300.000 worth of property yesterday. The New England cotton mills are 6till endeavoring to reach an agreement to shut dowD. Laurens and Clinton are connected by a telephone line. A locomotive on the Louisville and ' Nashville R. R., exploded at Harts vilie, Ala., yesterday, killing three persons, wounding several others and wrecking eighteen cars. European investors are buying Amer tican securities in large blocks at pres? ent. Strikers in Cleveland, O , have com? menced rioting and serious results are feared A mob of 10 000 gathered yesterday and attacked non-union workers, ooe of the mob was killed by a student whom they attacked. Gen. A. R Lawton, of Savanoah, Ga., died at Clifton Spri?gs, N. Y., yes'-erday ---?>??-??> Explicit and Pointed, For a poin'ed aod explicit denial of a slanderous report, tbe following card, clipped from the Bisbopville Mirror of a few weeks ago, is put forward as a shioi g exam? ple. What could be more ezpicit than to characterize the report as a "perfect false? hood," or more pointed than to say "the originator'' is a '-pluperfect falsifier !" Per? fect and pluperfect ! A c ORRS cries. Reports are circulating that I am a State Constable. To those who have been thus in? formed I desire to say the report is a perfect falsehood and the originator a pluperfect falsifier. I am a municipal officer. D. L REAVES. j A Competitive Examination. SOUTH CAROLINA COLLKOK. June 29, 1896. A competitive examination for the Normal Scholarships of die South Carolina College will be held by the School Commissioner of ; each County in ... hich thero is a vacacy, on j Thursday, July 3U. Applicants will be ex i ?mined on English, Mathematics and History, i the requirements in these subjects being the sume M9 for admission to th?* Scientific Course ' or thi? College. See pige 38 ot Catalogue of 1895-96. Further information, if desired, will be cheerfully furnished by JAMKS WOODROW, President South Carolin? College. A l?rge ?ol of hammocks just received by ; H. G. Osteen ?fe Co. Will be seid c::e.->pei | t*..?- pver known. j The Best He Could Do. It was a Michigan man riding through West Virginia on horseback, and one afternoon as he came along to a settler's cabin on the mountain road, he asked a man leaning over the gate : "Can you tell me how far it is to the town ahead ?" "I reckon I kin, stranger You'll have to peg along for about nine miles yet." "But it is nearly dark. Is there no tavern on the road ?" "Never heard of any, and I've backed my corn meal over this road risin' 20 years," "But perhaps I could put up some? where ?" "Perhaps ye could. There's Steve Taylor's down about four miles, but he'd beat ye blind on old sledge. There's Mose Smith, a mile nigher, but Mose would feel offended if ye didn't trade him that boss for a stub tailed mule. Might put up at Green's, but there's lots of rattlesnakes around his place Kurnel Johnson is down about six miles, but the kurnel would turn ye out of doors at midnight if he found that ye didn't vote his way." "But what am I to do ?" "Waal, I'm a 6quar' man, stranger, and the best I kin do is to ax ye to stop here with me, an' to tell ye be? forehand that if ye ar' awakened in the night by shingles being ripped off and logs pulled down it won't be an avalanche or cyclone, but only me an' the oki woman a-trying for the hun? dredth time since the war to see who handles the money when I sell two coon skins for a dollar !'' ' I-I guess I'll go on," faltered the rider. "Ke-rect, stranger ! The last man who stopped here said he wished he'd have run the chances with the Green's, an' I gin him my hand when he rode off. I'm squar' up and dowu as I told ye, and Green's is the third cabin on this side arter ye cross the creek." Last summer oce of our graud children waa sick with a severe bowel trouble. Our doctor's remedies had failed, than we tried Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, which gave very speedyjrelief. We regard it as the t<est medicine ever put on the market for bowel complaints.-Mrs. E. G. Gregory, Frederickstown, Mo. This cer? tainly is the best medicine ever pot on the markei for dysentery, summer complaint, colic and cholera infantum in children. It never fails to give prompt relief when used in reasonable time and the plain printed directions nre followed Many mothers have expressed their sincere gratitude for the cures it has effected For sale by Dr. A. J. China. Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines sold oo easy terms, and exchanged for old ones at the Sumter Music House, in Masonic Temple. "tm?t Manhood ASD How to Attain lt." A "Wonderi'ul New Medical BooltjWTitteii for Men Only. One copy may be had free on application. ERIE MEDICAL CO. BUFFALO, N. Y. Are You Planting Tobacco? If you are, you need informa? tion connected with growing, curing, grading and selling your crop. If you are not experienced in handling to? bacco, you 6tand in particular need of advice and instruc? tion. This you can obtain by reading The South Carolina Tobacconist. It is a weekly journal devoted exclusively to tobacco culture in South Carolina, and gives the exact information requi-ed by beginners, as well as tnose who have some experience. Do You Expect toPlant Tobacco Next Year ? Then prepare yourself to make a success of it by studying the best methods. To do this read The South Carolina To? bacconist, subscription $'2.00 per annum. 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