The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, July 17, 1896, Image 7
THE DEMOCHATIC FLATEOUM.
As Adopted by tho National Oouvcoi
tlon In Session at Chtcugo.
We, the Democrats of tho United States, In
national convention assembled, do reaffirm
our allegiance to those great essential principles
of justice and liberty upon which our
Institutions are founded, and which tho
Democratic party lias advocated from Jefferson's
time to our own; freedom of speech,
freedom of tho press, freedom of conscience,
tho preservation of personal rigths, the
equality of all citizens before tho law, and the
faithful observance of constitutional limitations
During all these years tho Democratic
party has resisted tho tendency of selilsh interests
to the centralization o"l government
power, and steadfastly maintains tho integrity
of tho dual scheme of government established
by tho founders of this republic ot republics.
Under its guidance and teachings
the great principle of local self-government
has found its best expression in tho maintenance
of the rights of the States nnd in its assertion
of tho necessity of confining the
(jcucrai government TO UIO CXerclsO OT tho
powers granted by the constitution of the
United States.
The constitution of tho United States
guarantees to every citizen the rights of civil
and religious liberty. Tho Democratic party
has always been tho exponent of political
liberty and religious freedom, and it renews
its obligations and rcnlllrms its devotion to
theso fundamental principles of tho constitution.
Recognizing that tho money question is
paramount to all others at this time, we invito
attention to tho fact that tho Federal
constitution names silver and gold together
as the money metals of the Uuited 8tate,s,
and that tho fir.-t coinage Inws passed by
Congress under the constitution made the
silver dollar tho monetary unit and admitted
gold to free coinage at a ratio based upou
the silver dollar uuit.
We declare that the act of 1873, demonetizing
silver without tho knowledge or approval
of the American people, has resulted in the
appreciation of gold and a corresponding
fall In the prices of commodities produced hy
tho people; a heavy increase in tho burden of
taxation and of all debts, public and private;
the enrichment of the tnouey-lending class at
homo and abroad; the prostration of industry
and the impoverishment of tho people.
We are unalterably opposed to mouo- metallism,
which has locked fast the prosperity
of an industrial people in tho paralysis of
hard times. Gold mono-metullism is a
British policy and its adoption has brought
other nations into financial sovltudo to London.
It is not only un-Amoricau hut antiAmerican
and it can be fnstoned on the
United States only by stifling tjiat spirit ami
love of liberty which proclaimed our political
independence in 177C and won it in tho
war of the Revolution.
We demand the free and unlimited nnlnomi
of both sil%*cr ami gold nt the present legal
ratio of lGto 1 without waiting for the aid or
consent of any other nation. We demand
that the standard silver dollar shall be a full
legal tender, equally with gold, for all debts
public and private, and we favor such legislation
as will prevent for the future the domoca'.i^tJon
o 1 any * * of legal tender
monev by private contract.
We are opposed to the policy and practice
of surrendering to the holders of the vbligations
of theUnitod States the option reserved
by law to the government of redeeming suet
obligations in either silver coin or gold coin.
We are opposed to the issuing of interestbearing
bonds of the United States in time
of peace, and condemn the trafllcing with
hanking syndicates which, in exchange for
bomta and at an enormous profit to themselves,
supply the Federal Treasury with
gold to maintain tho policy of gold monometa'lism.
Congvess alone has tbo power to coin and
issue money and President Jackson declared
that their power could not he delegated to
corporations or individuals. Wo therefore
denounco the issuance of notes intended to
clrculato as money by national brinks as in
derogation of the constitution, and we demand
that nil paper which is made a legal
tender for public and private debts or which
is receivable for dues to the United Htntes
shall be issued by the government of the United
States and stinll be redeemable in coin.
We hol i that tarifT duties should be levied
for the purpose of revenue, such duties to be
so adjusted as to operate equally throughout
the country and not discriminate between
close or section, and that taxation should be
limited by the needs of ^tho government,
houtstly and economically administered.
We denounce as disturbing to business the
Itepublienn threat to restore the McKiuley
law, wnich has twice been condemned by the
people in national elections, nnd which, enacted
under the false plea of protection to
home industries, proved a prolific breeder of
trusts and monopolies, enriched the few at
the expense of the many, restricted trade and
deprived the producers of the great American
staples of access to their natural markets.
Until the'.money question is settled we are
opposed to any agitation for further changes
In our tariff laws except such us are necessary
to meet the deileit in revenue caused by the
adverse decision of th? Supreme Court on
the income tax. Hut for tlii-? decision by tiic
Supreme Court there would In* no deileit in
the revenue under the law passed by n Democrat
Congress in strict pursuance of the
uniform derision" of lliat court for nearly
one hundr* d years that court having in that
decision sustained constitutional objections
to its enactment which had previously been
overruled by the ablest judges who have
ever sat on the bench. We declare that it is
the duty of Congress to use ail the eonstitu
tionni power which remains after that decision
or which may eoaie from its reversal
by the courts as it may hereafter bo constituted
so that Urn burdens of taxation may
be equally and impartially laid to .ho end
that wealth may bear its due proportion of
the expenses of tin* government.
We hold tlint the most efficient wr v of r.ro
lectin# American labor is to prevent the importation
oi foreign pauper labor to compete
with it in tho liomo market ami that the value
of the home market to our American farmers
and artisans is greatly reiiueed l>y a vicious
monetary system which depresses the prices
of their products helow the eost of production.
and thus deprives them of tho means of
purchasing the products of our home u atrilacturcrs,
and as iahor erentos the wealth oi
the country, we demand the passage of such
laws as may bo necessary to protect it in all
its rights.
We are in favor of the arbitration of differences
between employers engaged in interstate
commerce and their<employes. anil recommend
such legislation as is necessary to
carrvout this principle.
The absorption of wealth l>y tho few. the
consolidation of our leading railroad systems
and the formation of trusts and pools require
a stricter control by tho Federal government
of these arteries of commerce. Wo demand
the enlargement of the powers of tho interstate
commerce commission and such restrictions
and guarantees in the control of ruilroads
as will protect the people from robbery
and oppression.
We denounce the profiiga'e waste of the
money wrung from the people by oppressive
taxation and the lavish appropriation of
recent llopuhljcan t.'ongri sscs, which have
kept taxe> high while th<? Inner that pays
them is" tue mployod and the products oi th?
I p.i i >i> are do res-e l in price till t he
jio longer repay the e. ist of pio luction.
We demand a return to that simplicity and
economy which beiiis a Ilernocrntlc government
and a reduction in tho number of useless
oilicers, the salaries of which drain tho
substance of the people.
We denounce arbitrary Interference by
Federal authorities in local afTairs as a viola
of the constitution of the United States and
n crime against free institutions, and we c.s
ialty object to government by injunction
ns a icw and highly dangerous form of oppression
by which Federal judges, in contempt
of tlie laws of the States and rights of
eitiV.ons, bc"o:no at once legislators, iudgos
and executioners, and we approve tho hill
passed nt the last session of the railed
States Senate and now pending in the House
tf j;?.pri"-...jp,t ,vc- < ' "*v t-: in federal
Courts'and providing triuia by jury fu certain
cases of contempt.
No titseriminntiog should he Indulged by
the government of the United States i:i favor
i<f any ?>t it* debtor*. We approve of the to- j
fas :t of tlie Fifty-Third C??::i?n-ss to pass tlio |
P.ieitle P.tilrond funding I'ill ami denounce J
the efforts of tho present liopubliean Oou- J
Cress to er.net n similar measure.
lieeof?ni?.in? the just eluims of deserving
Union soldiers, we heartily endorse tire rule
of the present Commissioner of Pension? Hint
no names shall l?o arbitrarily dropped Irom
the pension roll; and tho fact of enlistment
and service should lie deemed eonslusivo < vidcacc
against disease und disability before
enlistment.
We favor iho admission of the
territories of Mexico, Arzouan and
Okluhoma as States uad wo favor tlio
early admission of all the territories
liavinK tho necessary population and
resources to entitle them to Statehood, and
while they remain Territories we hold Hint
tlio oflleials appointed to administer thogovmentof
any Territory, together witli tho
District of Columbia niel Alaska, should bo
: itrtnn into residents or me Territory or ms]
trict la which th? duties arc to l>o performed.
Tho Democratic party believes la home
rulo ni.d that all public lands of the United
States should bo apportioned to tho establishment
of free homes for Atnerieau citizen?.
We recommend that the Territory of Alaska
he grautcd a Delegate to Cnngress and that
tho general land and timber laws of tho
United States bo extended to said Territory.
Tho Monroe doctrine, as originally declared
i and as interpreted by succeeding Presidents.
| is a permanent part of the foreign policy of
1 the United States, and must at all times bo
j maintained.
Wo extend our sympathy to tho people of
Cuba In their heroic struggle for liberty and
independence.
We are opposed to life tenure in tho public
j service. We favor appointments based upon
merit, fixed terms of office, nnd such an administration
of tho civil service laws as will
nfford equal opportunities to all citizens of
ascertained fitness.
We declare it to bo tho unwritten law of
this republic, established by c?;stom and
usage of one hundred years and sanctioned
by tho examples of tho greatest nnd wisest of
those who founded and bavo maintained our
government, that no man should be eligible
fcr a third term of the presidential office. ^
Tho Federal government should enro for
and improve the Mississippi river and other
great waterways of the republic, so as to secure
for the interior States easy nnd choap
transportation to tido-water. When any
waterway of tho republic is of sufficient Importance
to demand aid of the government
such aid 6hould be oxtended upon a definite
plan of continuous work until permauent
improvement is scoured.
Confiding in tho justice of the causo ami
the nooesslty of its suocess at the polls, we
submit the foregoing declaration of principles
and purposes to tho considerate judgment
of the American people. We invito the
support of all citizens who approve them
nnd who desire to have them made effective
through legislation for the relief of the poopie
and the restoratiou of tho country's
prosperity.
SOUND MONKY >7l"x OKOANI/.INO.
Illinois, Texas and Other States Set on
r<ooi a .uovciiiciit to Aomtuuto
a Ticket.
At ( hiengo, Saturday, the sound monej
Democrats of Illiuois took the llrst .step tc
call a National Convention which will repre.
sent their viows, nud Texas is a close second
A conference of leaders, representing the
gold organization in these two States, has
boon held, at which the following resolution*
were adopted :
"Resolved, by the sound money Demoeruti
of llliuois, That we are in favor of calling a
National Convention of the Democratic part}
of the Uuitcd States for the purpose of nominating
Democratic cHudidates for the ofllcc?
of President and Vice-President of theUoitec
States upon a Democratic platform, and tc
that end we invite the advice and co-operation
of the sound money Democrats ot tie
Union-, und t>e it further
"Resolved, That the chairman of the Sound
Money organization of Illinois be directed tc
appoint a commission to prepare an addresi
I to the Democrats of the United States, statin),
the grounds ami reasons for putting a national
Democratic ticket in the field.1
The meeting of the State executive committoo
was called to order promptly at 8o'clock.
No out-ol-lown politicians had been invited
! to take part iu the session, which was secret,
i the only persons who were there besides the
members being a few sound money advocates
from Texas organizations ami i
number of sympathizers wph the movement
from States whose representatives
happened to be in the city at this time.
Among those present were the following:
Adams A. (Joodri-li, James II. Kckels; \V. T.
llelly, Texas; J. A. Reed, J. 'I1. S< xtou. New
York: Judge French, New Jersey; J. U. Everitt.
Massachusetts; I-1. L. Mautati, St Louis;
hidden Evans, Adolph Kruus. John 1'. ilopL-i.
... If VC..I- i.
i kiicu, finlliv ft. IKJiUUDS,
Thomas A. .Mo ran, 1!. I!. sspaintler. (!. A.
'iwinir, I 'ranktin i:uss<-i| Whitney,
I'fiij uiiiii T. Cable, < Li..Iiidtp' Itohert
! Lincoln, K. Ahil?r.'i')!i, A. C. Hancock,
guiury: J. .1. Knrmht, Detroit.
The M.'lD'f represented were I Jeort'ltt, Mieli'
itfan. New \ttrx. llhodc Island, Texas, Mas;
saehunetts. Iowa, .Minnesota and lllii.ois.
! The resolution::, tie* adoption of which were
j moved liy ex-.l udt'<; .Mornn, wero uuauj,
mou.-ly adopted.
I TUB CONDITION OB CHOPS.
i _
A Decline Shown Almost All Along
the Line.
The July returns to the statistician of the
Department of Agriculture at Washington
make the following averages of conditions:
Corn, 02.4 per cent: winter wheat, 7ft.fi;
spring wheat, 03.3; eomluned spring and winter
wheat, 8-1.4: oats, Od.3; winter rye, 83.s*
spring rye. SW.tl; barley, 33.1: toba-co. 01.5;
potatoes, 00.5: rye, 03.0;apples. ill.tJ: peaches,
i fil.H. Average of potatoes eox pared with '0.">,
03.7; of tobacco, 03.c. The r?'porl on the
acreage of corn. which ia preliminary, shows
08.7 as com|>aru(l with tliat of 1805. a de!
crease of 1.3 points. This makes in round
' figures .31,000,000 ap'a^jst sj.noo 000 a
plunted last year. The"averages for" {ho fcriuc
cipal cprn 8tntc$ a;**' Ohio, iOh; Mlcbigifti,
1 fa>; Indiana, 103; Illinois, 103: Iowa,
07; Missouri, OJj Kansas, 105: Nebraska, 102;
Texas, 33; Tennessee, 01; Kentucky. 00.
Tin-a erngo condition of corn Is 02.0 against
00.3 in July last v?'ar. Tb? nvorugo conditiou
in the principal States is as follows:
Ohio, 100; Michigan. 10!); Indiana, 11;
Illinois, OS; Iowa. 01; Missouri, Ml; Kansas.
102; Nclirasku, 10:1; Texas, 30; Tennessoe, 00;
Kentucky, 07. The condition of winter
wheat is 75.fi against 77.0 in Juno and 05.S
I last July. The percentage by States are;
New York. 70; I'eunsylvauia. 70; Kentucky.
04:Ohio. 50; Michigan, 73; Indiana, 00; Illinois.
no-. Missouri. 75; Kansas, 75; ( alifornia,
100: Oregon, 05; Washington. 100. Th?> condition
of -priug wheat is 0J;3 agar.-: 00.0 in
Juno and 102.2 in July. 1M05. .state averages
a re; Minnesota. KM; Wisconsin, 07: Iowa, 00;
Kansas, of): Nebraska, 'JO: South Dakota, 00;
North Dakota, Oil; Washington, 07; Oregon.
. 03.
Decline in Condition of Cotton.
The July returns for cotton to the Dapart
I meat of Agriculture at Washington make
the average condition of cotton 02.5 against
07.2 in June, a decline of 1.7 points. Thoeondition
July 1st, IK'1.5 was 03.30 per cent. I'lie
averages for the States are as follows: Virginia.
M7; North Carolina. 100; South Cnroli|
na, OH; (loorglu 01: Florida, 00: Alabama, om;
1 Mississippi, 100; Louisiana. 100; Texas, M0;
j Arkansas, 100: Tennessee, 107. Missouri. '( :
1 | Oklahoma ami Indian Territory. 02.
I
tillman's ~ j!
speech.;
i I
BKFORK TIIK NATIONAL DKTtlO J
CltATIC CONVENTION'.
|
Ho Was Itccdved With Cliorrs, '
Mingled With Hisses?lie Was j
Allowed Kitty Minutes. j
When Senator Ben Tillman c?f South ,
Carolina mounted tho stage to open j
the great debate in behalf of free [
coinage. A striking figure ho was as '
ho faced his audience. With no pretensions
in dress, clmbby coated,
wearing u heavy silver chain across bin | '
breast he instantly drew the eyes of I
the 20,000 people present. They \
turned toward him as if ho were an
antagonist, ill's thick-sot, commanding
form was full of dclinnce. His
head, thrown back, was round and I
compact. The features, strong and
powerful, were cast iu u classical
mould. The" nose was straight, tlio
lips thin aud compressed, the jaw
square and puguacious, but the
sunken cavity which marked his loft
eye gave to his face a sinister expression.
It was a face seen never to be
forgotten. On ouo lupel of his coat he
wore a Cuban llug, on the other a
pitchfork. One moment the 20,000
people held their breath as they gazed.
Then they broko fourth. Cheers,
mingled with hisses, rent the air. Mr.
llichardson, who was wielding the
gravol, with the aid of tho assistant ;
Borgeaut-at-arms, quiekly suppressed
tho demonstration. His first sentence
showed that he had a good, well moduluted
voice, but as ho proceeded he
jiitched it iu a key so shrill that it
grated like a tile. He was characteristic
from the begiuuing. Ho realized
that, so far as the galleries were conpornibl
lu> un nndinnpn lwi
felt wufl largely hostile. Ho intoduced
himself to them l>y buying that ho came
boforo them as he was not as "the
lying newspapers hail represented him
to be." A round of applause from the
pit greeted this announcement, but it
was drounded in tho storm of liissee
from the galleries which wero increased
to a perfect whirlwind of sibilunt
sounds as he said: "I come from a
State which was the home of secession." I
Senator Tillman turned delluntly and
fiercely surveyed tho vast congregation
who wero hissing him.
Then with a contemptuous toss ol i
his head ho looked down at the silvet ,
delegates before him, his eyes blazing,
and Baid with a sueer: "There ure
only threo things that hiss," said he'
with a curl of his thiu lips, "A goose,
a serpent and a mau." Raising hie
head nud addressing the galleries he
shouted that the mau w ho hissed South
Carolina, forgot the history of the
revolution when that State kept alive
tho tiros of liberty. This provoked a
wild demoustrntion from the silver
man. "South Carolina in 1860," he
said, "led the tight in the Democratic
party which disrupted it. Disruption,"
ho continued, while tho galleriei
hissed, "brought about tho war and the
war ' emancipated tho black slaves.
"Now," ho added, sweeping his arm
through tho air "above his head, "we
aro leuding the fight to emancipate tho
t white slavos." This time tho silver
j men hud their innings but they did not
applaud very lustily when ho declarod
i that with conditions reversed he was
if i 1 I i vi or in ti mi in una flw* Tie m tio
I " iV/ Uj^iiiu a\j\j niu iitiv
party disrupted.
Ropeatedly, as he proceeded, the galleries
hissed ami several times the ser]
geant-at-arms threatened to clear tho
I galleries. The silver men had a chance
j to shout their approval when ho declared
that they were adopting a new
declaration of independence, "lGtol,
or lmst." The storm of hisses issued
from them again when ho repudiated
the denial that this was a sectional
contest. "I say it is a sectional issue,"
he cried, "and it will prevail."
After th ese jVyrotochnical expressions,
so characteristic of tho man, ho
drifted into statistics to show tho bondage
of tho Houth atid West to the East,
and these dry figures gave tho hostile
galleries another opportunity to cry
him down. "Time, time," they
shouted. This aroused tho Senator
again to augrv resentment. lie paced
the platform like an enraged lion. "I
know, 1 know," he cried with arms
nloft, ".you are against us. There is
not a paper in this city that is not in
the power of the money influences.
They will not givo us a fair show.
! They characterize us as howling dervishes
and silver lunatics." Many of
the delegates crowded up tho uislos
and stood at tho foot of the stage,
studving intently tl;e features of tho
remarkable man pcforo them.
Continuing, Sonntor Tillman declared
that the only way to avert revolution
would be to select a man whoso
record would lit the platform. Soon
the hissing began again at somo radical
utterance, and the South Carolinian
took occasion to say that "Four years
ngo the Now York Senator was hissed
and I am now. Whero is Now York's
leader?" From the gallery camo the
cry, "In the soup," which brought
down a wave of cheers for Hill topped
with a foam of hisses.
| Senator Tillman stood waiting for
the noise to subside, and then
using his hand before his mouth for a
'peaking trumpet, called like a fog
born his deliancc: "You can just as
ivell understand that I am going to
iavo my say if I stand hero until sun3own."
lie was permitted to go on
with comparative quiet after tbo
chairman had pleaded with the audience
and threatened to clear the galleries,
and then ho surprised his hearers
by an attack on Senate r flill because
tho Senator from New York had
refused to make tho tin t speech on tho
platform and give tho South Carolina
man the reply.
iucidcutully he said of Ilill: "IIo
I
lespiped tho President of tho United
states in 18D2; -since then be has bad
muse to more than despise him," and 5
scored Hill for assuming tho rolo of j
ipologist for tbe administration. "But '
is CJ rover Cleveland stands for gold," I
le began, whereupon n "Hurrah for 1 u
Cleveland" was shouted which drew j ^
piiie a hearty response from tho gal- I |
cries. Tho attack on the President jy
vliich followod did not lind any mark- | f
id demonstration of approval. "Now, ; I
[ want you all to listen," shouted Sons- ! \
or Tillman, and then rend the substi- V
:uto resolution, which is as follows: ,i
"We denounce the administration of
President Cleveland as undemocratic :
ind tyranuical aud us a departure from
nose principles wmcu are cnerisucu uy : j,
ill liberty loving Americans. The veto I
[lower lias been nscil to thwart the will |
if tho people as expressed by their j 4
representatives in Congress. Tho ap- |
pointive power has been used to 6ub- j *
ridizo tho press, to debauch Congress j
ind to overawe and control citizens in 1
the frco exc-rciso of their constitutional
rights as voters. A plutocratic despo- i
tism is thus sought to be established on
the ruins of the rejmblic. Wo repu- j
liato the construction placed on ihc
kinancial plank of tho last Democratic
National Convention by l'residcnl
Dloveland aud Socretary Carlisle as
contrary to tho plain meaning of Eng- 1
lish words and as being au uct of bad
faith, deserving the severest censure. >
The issue of bonds in time of peace,
with which to buy gold to redeem coin l
obligations payable in silver or gold al
the option of tho government and the (
UBe of tho proceeds to defray tho ordi- t
nary expenses of the government, arc
both unlawful and usurpations of au- .
thority deserving impeachment." (
The first sentenco was u firo brand
which ignited a great biuzo of hiesca
and a counter flame of oheers which 1
could not equal the hiBses and the en- 1
tire reading of the resolution woe
fieroely hissed. Ho closed with a ]
warning to the delegates that they <
roust unite the jealous aud rival elements
of the silver forces or victory ^
for Democracy wonld bo impossible. ]
"You're no Democrat," shoutod some \
one in the galleries.
Senator Tillman concluded by plodg- J
ing the solid voto of the South to any ]
good, straight, silver candidate. 1
THE CANDIDATES.
Sketches of the Democratic Nominees ]
tor President aud Vice President.
Mr. Bryau wo3 born in Salem, Marion
county, ID., on Murch 10. 18G0. At the ago
of fifteen ho entered Whipple Acudemy, at
Jacksonville; in 1877 ho entered Illinois t
College, and graduated valedictorian iu '
1881. For tho next two years ho nttended
tho Union Law Colloge, Chicago, studying in
tho olllco of Lvmnn Trumbull. After graduation
ho began practice at Jacksonville. 1
In 1887 ho removed to Lincoln, Nel>., and I
became a member of the law ilrm of Talbott :
A Bryan. Ho was elected to Congress in the
First Nebraska District la 1890 over W. J.
Council, of Omaha, and was re-elected In
1892 over AUen W. Field, of Lincoln. In 1894,
Mr. Bryan declined a third nomination, and
was nominated by the Democratic State Convention
for United States Senator by the
Unanimous voto of tho convention. The Republicans,
however, had a majority in the
Legislature, and Bryan was defeated for the
Kenatorship. 8incu Mr. Brvnu's Congress
term expired ho hns givon his time exclusively
to spreading tho doctrine of free silver.
He llrst appeared in the political arena ol
Nebraska in tho campaign of 1888, when he
6tumpod the First district for J. Sterling
Morton, nominee for Congress. The same
year he dccllnod a nomination for Lieutenant-Governor.
On .luly 30. 1890, he was
nominated for Congress and wrote a platform
on which he rau. Nobody but himself
thought lie could bo elected. He stumped
tho district on tho tariff issue, and won fame
as a political orator throughout the State.
This beautiful language Ikls been used by an
admirer to describe his graces as an orator:
Mr. Bryna lives well in a commodious
dwelling hi the fashionable part of Lincoln,
Neb. His family consists of Mrs. Bryan,
Ruth. aged eleven. William J. Jr., aged six;
and Oraco, aged live. The study in which
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan hnvo desks, is a very attractive
room. It is filled will) hooks, slnunry,
and mementoes of campaigns. There are
two butcher knives which Mr. Bryan used in
tho campaign with Field to refute the hitter's j,
boast of the effects of high protection.
AIlTHUIl SKWAl.L.
Arthur Sowall was born at Bath, Me.,
November 25th, 1885. He has been a lifelong
Democrat and has been chairman of the
Maine Democratic State committee for many
years. His residence is the Sewall estate in
Bath, which has been in the possession of the
Sewall tamily since 176!), when his greatgrandfather
took title only three removes
from a grant by King George. Mr Sewall
married In 1831). His wife was I'.mma 1).
Crookos, of Bath. There are two chiidrco?
Horold Si. nud Win, I). Herold M. was appointed
during Mr. Cleveland'sfir-t administration
United States Consul General at
Samoa, but has since gone over to the Republican
party.
Mr. Sewall has been engaged most of his
lifo in ship-building and ship-owning. In
the early days ho built wooden whalers anil
coasters for which the State of .Maine was
famous. Thellrm has been Sewall A Son for
three generations. Mr. Sewall is president
nud principal owner of the Bath National
Bank. Ho was president for nine years of
the Maine Central ltuilroad. Ho resigned
the Inttcr position two years ago. He wns nt
one time president of the Knstern lhiilrond
tllwl luia otlll ? . i ..
JO Hurt DbUI l|llUf tuuriu' mwio imuiisis 1U
railroads uud In rallroad-buililiug.
A Half Million Fire in Naslivlllc.
At Nashville, Tenn., Friday, a firo broke
out in tho center of the third floor of Rosenheim's
dry goods store and altno; t an entire
square of the best and most popular business
houses in Nashville wore either burned to the
ground, gutted or their stocks so horribly
damaged by smoke and water that they were
prnetieally ruined. Most of the houses and
stocks came under the head of total loss and
the loss will aggregate not less than ?500,000.
The figure may be swelled t.i three-quarters i
of a million. Several casualties reported.
wMUMaaaaaii inn"""*
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Eat
Nattimtly, have a good appetite, keep ynnr
blood pure and your nerves strong by taking
Hood s
Sarsaparilla
The host?in fact the One Trf* P.Jood Purifier.
Wood's Pi I Is euro biliousness, headache. ~S,c
TRUMPET CALLC.
Sam's Horn Sounds a Wnrntnjj Hoto
to t!io Unredeemed.
"Y" T to Impossible to
I live miy higher
J- tlist ti we look.
1TTD c 11 ? 1 * v
A' Overcoming a
difficulty, changes
kV&M V v"r?* The right cross
fev\Tp 1^ \ J) for us is the lirst
vlw. one we come to.
*Most troubles >
* 1 " ^ will run when wo ,
do!: them squarely in the face. i
<?od is still looking for people who
an he trusted with-money.
It is hard to lind a poorer tnau than
he rich man who nevt r gives.
When sin runs to hide, it forgets that i
t cannot cover up its tracks.
fi IT nuiiiui jjit'iv tilll (lit* l/iru o OWll I
>y looking over a church register.
Whenever a n:an gains a victory over ]
it nisei f, the Lord has helped him.
God never made a law without also ,
nuking a penalty for its violation. <
There is hypocrisy In praying for
vliat we are not willing to work for.
No man can give his best service
vliere he has not first given his heart.
We must know God with the heart
>eforo we can praise him with the lips.
We are all the time making clinraeor,
whether we are doing anything or
lot.
Christ may be as certainly rejected by
ndifl'ereuee, as by crying "Crucify
liiu I"
It takes close acquaintance with
liany other people to introduce us to
mfselves.
An awful thing about sin is, that it is
Kissible to fall into the pit from heaven's
doorstep.
Are ton oatianeu \\ im niint Yon Know,
[)r would von Kindly improve your stock of
knowledge? You may not have : 6(1 or MO you
?n spare for a 10-volumo encyclopaedia, but
rou can ufford to pay flfty cents lor a Hand
Book of General lnturination. You won't want
lo pay even this unless you are desirous of
improving your mind and believe that a flvehundred-poge
liook. filled with a condensed
mass of valuable knowledge, will be read by
roil. This valuable Encyclopaedia will be sent
postpaid for flfty cents in stamps by the Book
Publishing House, 131 Leonard t)t.,^?. Y. City.
Every person who has not a largo encyclopedia
should take advantage of this great otTer at
once and store his mind with the valuable
facte collated in this book.
(.'entiievii.le, It. I., March o, 1802.
"I enclose two do.lars to get some of your ,
rBTTKRINIt. It lias done wonders on three ,
personK to whom 1 had given a little of my
'mall supply. Tliey were radically cured of
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K?:v. 0. P. G a bod my. I
1 box by mail for 50c. In stamps.
J. T. SllDPTKtiXK, Suvanuab, Ga.
I I
The exportation of American hogs to Mexco
lias grown to large proportions lately
Knnsas City, Mo., being the chief shipping
ienter. j
Buy ft.00 worth Dobbins Hosi'M-Borai Scspof
your rroecr, send wrappers to Dobbins Hos|> Mf'g j
Co., Philadelphia, I'a. They will scuu you free 1
>f charge, lxisiago pa'd, a Worcester I-oel.et Die- |
ionr.ry, Sto pages, l>ound In eloth, profusely dl- :
nst rated. Otl?good until August Is* only.
The Viceroy of Nankin has apologized fox
the bad treatment received by German oftl- :
eers at the bands of the Chinese, and '
promisee that they shall not be molested in
the future.
Conductor E. D. Ijoomis, Detroit. Mtcfli.,
says: " The oifect of lialPs Catarru Cure is
wondorful." Write him about it. bold ;by
Druggists, 75c. i
FITS stopped free by D?. Kt.tNK's GnnAT
Nehve IIkstoukk. No fit s after flrst day's use. 1
Marvelous cures. Treatise and $2.00trial bot- i
tie free. Dr. Kline. U31 Arch St.. Phila., Pa.
I could not get along without Piso's Cure !
for Consumption. It always cures. Mrs: K.
C. Modi.TOS, Noedhain, Mass., Oct. 22, ".'4. I
Mrs. Wlnslow's Socthing Syrup for chlldpen i
leetlilng. softens the gums, reduces intlaimtia- 1
lion, all?.ys pain, cures wir.d colic.2ic. a bottle.
Geo. b. kiss oil co?
PRODUCERS OK
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Valvo, Kniini', Machine, Shafting. ( rank ('{.*<
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.3 lisl. ShuftliiK. Axil' ik'lt ii.itVk etc. holler
I'oniji.Hiii'i. K ul>biT Itonflujf I'ali't. urailr'a Sninii" . ,
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k iJ s. roi.l.KciK ST.. fit \i;:.i iTTF.. N C
Plinno ISO. I.011R rtl'tnnce connections.
Don t take substitutes to
save a fezupennies. It won\t
pay you. Always insist on i
HIRES Rootbeer. j
Mai- only by The Cbarlca F.. Hire* CPMlvVlfhlu ^ !
26c. uaaci i 6*Lou?. &41 lit/j fbiio. / I
tS^lr
"Wash us wi
" That's all we ask*. Save us
It's wearing us out!
"We want Pearline?the
the one that has proved tha
Don't experiment on us with
rubbed to pieces than eaten i
134 Leonard Street, N Y. City i >r .1
costing a hundred times tho COc. asked. It is
instantly available. With this valu- gat /?
edge at your flutters' ends, and can B
tional advantages. When reading, %JS
crences you-fnil to understand? . isn't .Kit'. U sin:
at hand? Do you know who Crtesuj was, and w
when? That sound travel* Jli"> Coot per second?
Marco Polo iniented the compass in l-'tKi, and w
fir tfCft was? The book contains thr.u
"jft S J " such matters ?s you wonder
*ae-S \?r low price ot halt a dollar' n
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A MINISTER'S WIFE.
Tlio Frank Stx(t'iD?nt of tho l'nntor of
Ucthfl ChMrrh.
From the Advertiser, Elmira, X. 3".
T?n. 'WiLMkUS.? Dear Sir:?My
been a sufferer from rheumatism tor mora
than threo years, sulYorinK nt times with topribio
pjins in her limbs, ami other 'times
with a Severn "crick" lu her back which
causes fjreat agony, She spent much for
physicians dtad medicine, but secured only
temporary relief; finally she oounludevl to
try Tiuk Pills. ,8ho has taken eiyht boxes
and I can suy from tho llrst'oun sh" 'has improved
until now sho is nhitosfentirely froo
from pain, and has grown much stronger
rind feels confident that, by the blessing q(
Ood, th-y'will oft'oct a JiermamnV.soure.; .Wo
take groat pleasure in $ocogim#w1i?ig ilium
to our.friends., ' 1
(Signed.) Hf.v. J. II. IhTKXlU?,
Pastor Hetlicl A. M. E. Church, Ehnira,
New York.
Dr. Williams' Piuk Pills contain, in a-condensed
form, all the elements necessary io
give now life and richness to tho bloo*l and
I'Psti.re i?r.?,t nn.ct. Th-.v ...... .... ....
? - '"V ?'v "W Vf
failing speciiic lor such disease* as locomotor
Ataxia, [mrtiai paralysis, St. Vitus' dnne*\
sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism; nervous
headache, the after olTeet of la grippe, palpitation
of the heart, jmlo and sallow com*
plexiotis,. all fo;fns of weakness eitl\or. in
malo or, female, rink.Pills are sold "by all
ilealors, or will be sent postpaid on receipt
of price, 50 cents a box, or six boxes for$?'J.50
(they are never sold in bulk or liy the 100),
by addressing Dr. Williams' Medicine "Company,
Schenectady, N. Y . .
Gladness Comes
With n better understanding of tho
transient nature of the.muny physical
ills which vanish before proixw-efforts?gentlcefforts?pleasant
offoiv*..?
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge that so many forms of
sickness arc not due to any actual disease,
but simply to a const lpntod condition
of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs, promptly
removes. That, is vvliv it is the oulv
remedy with millions of families, and is
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good health. Its benriictat
effects are due to the fact, that it is .the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness, without debilitating the
organs on which it acts. It is therefore
all important, in order to get its beheficial
effects, to cote when you purchase,
that you have the genuine nrtorcle,
which is manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Co. only, and sold by'all-reputable
druggists. * . "
If in the enjoyment of good health,
and the system is regular, then laxatives
or other remedies are not needed.
If afflicted with any actuUl disease, ono
may be commended to the most skillful
physicians, but if in need of a-lpxn&ive,
then one. should hare the best, and With
t he well-informed every where, Syrup of
Figs stands highest cud is inosl iaygjely
used and gives most general satisfaction.
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N. AN o?t f.orn';i I.ady and Marion: Streets,
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Kg Ilcst < t'UKh^irm<. Tastw (iond. tJ?c (jjS
S. K. II.?!!}?.
i^f n-OJ
th Pearline! .
from that dreadful rubbingoriginal
washing-compound^?
t it can't hurt us?Pearline!
imitations! We'd rather, be
ip."
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ill amount to pay for huVitig'$uch knowledge
rhere ho lived? Who built tho. Pyramid* and
What is tho longest river in tho world? fhat
iio Marco l'o'.o was? What tho ffordian K:\ol
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