The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, September 25, 1896, Image 7
I REV. DR. TALMAGE.
TIIK XOTKD DKVINK'S SUNDAY
HRKMON.
Text: "And the streets of the city shall be
full of boys and girls playing lu tha .streots
thereof."?Znchnrhth vlll.,5.
Glimpses of our eitios redeemed' Now,
boys and girls who play in the streets run
such risks that multitudes of them end in
ruin. But. in tho coming time spoken of.
our cities will be so moral that lads ami
lasses shall be as safe in the public thoroughfares
as in the nursery.
Pulpit and printing presses for the most,
part in our day are busy in disoussiug the
condition of the cities at this time; but would
it not l>e healthfully* encouraging to nil
Christian workers, and to nil who are tolling
to make the world hotter, if we should
for n littlo while look forward to the time
when our cities shall be revolutionized by
the Gospel of the 8on of God, noil nil tlio
darkness of sin and trouble nml crime and
suffering shall bo gone from the world?
Every man has a pride in the elty of his
nativity or residence, if it be a elty distinguished
fo? any dignity or prowess. Caesar
boastod of his native Koino, Virgil of Mantua,
Lycurgus of Sparta, Demosthenes of Athens,
Archimedes of Syracuse, and Paul of Tarsus.
I should have suspicion of base-heartednees
in a man who had uo especial interest in the
city of his birth or roslleuoe?UO exhilaration
of the evidence of its prosperity or its
p artistic ombollishment, or its intellectual ad^
vnnenment.
I have noticed that a man never likes a
elty where he has not behaved well! People
i who have had a free ride iu the prison van 1
never like the city that furnishes the vehicle.
Whou I find Argos and Rhodes and Smyrna
trying to prove themselves the birthplace of 1
Homer. I conclude at once that Homer be- 1
haved well. He liked them and they liked '
him. We must not war ou laudable city 1
pride, or, with the idea of building ourselves 1
up at any time, try to pull others down. 1
Boston must continue to point to (to Faneuil !
Hall and to its Common, and to its superior
educational advantages. Philadelphia must
continue to point to its Independence llall 1
and its mint, and its GIrani College. Wash- '
ington must continue to point to its won- 1
drous Capltollne buildings. If I should llnd
a man coming from any city, having no j
pride in that city, that city having been the
place of bis nativity, or now being tho place '
of his residence, I would feel like asking:
What menu thing bavo you done thore? j
What outrageous thing have you been guilty
of that you do not like tho plnco?"
/ I think we ought?and I take it for
/ granted you are interested in this great work '
of evangelizing the cities ami saving the 1
world?we ought to toil with the sunlight in '
our fnoes. We nro not lighting in a miser- !
ablo Bull Run of defeat. We are on our wav 1
to (IdhI victory. We are not following the J
rider on the black horse, lending us dowu to
death and darkness nnd doom, but the Itldor \
on tho white horse, with the moon under '
His feet nnd the stars of heaven for His tiara. '
Hall, Conqueror, hall!
I know there are sorrows, and there 1
are sins, and there are sufferintts all around J
about us; but as in some bitter, cold winter 1
day. when wo arethreshing our arms around {
us to keep our thumbs from freezing, wo '
think of the warm spring day that will after 1
awhile eonio; or in the dark winter night wo 4
look up aud see tho northern lights, tho win- J
lows of ilea von illumiuutod by sotno great J
victory?Just so we look up from tho night 1
of suffering aud sorrow and wretchedness 1
in our cities, ami we see a light streaming f
through from the other side, aud we know
we nro on the way to morning?more than 1
that, on the way to ' ? morning without *
clouds."
I want you to understand, alt yon who are 1
toiling for Christ, that the castles of siu are (
all going to be captured. The victory for 1
Christ in these greut towns is going to ha mo 11
complete thatnot a niau on earth or an c
angel in liflKveh, or a devil In hell will (lis- J
pute it. How do I know? I know Just as *
certainly as God lives and this is holy truth. 4
Tho old bible is full of it. If the Nation is
to be suved, of course all the cities nre to bo 4
saved. It muk'-s a great difference with you *
and with me whether we are tolling on to- ''
ward a defeat, or tolling on toward a vie- r
lory. I
Now. In this municipal elevation of which
1 speak. I have to remark there will be '
greater financial prosperity than our cities J*
have ever seen. Homo people seem to have
a morbid idea of tho millennium, and they ^
think when the better time comes to our
cities nnd tho world pooplo will give their '
time up to psalm-sluging and tho relating of "
their religious experience, and. as all social j1
life will bo purified, there will be no hilarity,
and. ns all business will be purified, there J
will bo no enterprise. There is no ground '
for such an absurd anticipation. In the
time of whioh I sneak, where now nn? for.
tune Id roude. there will lie a hundred fortuned
mnde. Wo nil know business pros- 8
perity depends upon confidence between
man and man. Now when that tlmo chines
of which I speak, uud ftTion nil doitblo deal- .
In?, nil dishonesty, and nil fraud are gone '
out of commercial circles, thorough conlldeuce
will bo established and there will be J'
better business done, and larger fortunes I'
gathered, and mightier succossos achieved. "
Thogreat business disasters of this country ?
have corne from the work of godless speculators
and infamous stock gamblers. The
grerft foe to business Is crime. When the
right shall have hurled back the wrong, ami !
shall have purified theoommorolal code, and
shall have thundered down fraudulent estab- P
bailments, and shall have put into the bauds
of honest men the keys of business, blessed '
time for the bargain makers. 1 am not talktag
an abstraction. I am not making a guess. s.
I am tolling you God's eternal truth.
In that day of which I speak, taxis will be
mere nothing. JJpw, ouf.huslness tuon are u
Taxed for flvorylhiftg. (it/ taxes, cb.u.ly ?
taxes, State taxes, United States taxes,stamp j'
taxes, license taxes, manufacturing tnxes? J!,
taxes, tnxes, taxes'. Our business meu have ^
to make a small fortuno every yonr lo pav J*
their Inxes. What fastens on our great in- J!
dustries this awful loud? Crime, Individual .
and ofttolal. Wo have to pay the board of '
the villains who are Incarcerated in our [iris- '
ons. We have to take enre of the orphans of Y
thoso who plunged into their graves through
sensual indulgences. We have to support *
the muine.pnl governments, which nre vn.-t ' ,
and evnenslvo just in proportion as the erim- J:
inal proclivities are vast and treineudoiis. :
Who support the almshouse-and police viatlon.s,
and nil the machinery of municipal ?
t?rtv/?rn?noiilV 'I'ln*
Hut 111 th? glorious time of which F speak, |
grievous taxation will nil luivocensed. 'I'Ipto 11
will tie no need of supporting criminals there:
will ho nocriminals. Virlue will have taken
the place of vice, There will no orphan asylums,
for parents will lie able to leave a com- j
potency to their children. There will he no
voting of large sums of money for aotno
municipal improvement, which moneys before
they get to the improvements drop into r;
the pockets of those who voted them. No n
Oyer anil Terminer kept up at vast espouse tl
to the people. No impaneling of juries to V
try theft and arson ami murder and slander '
aud black-nail. Hotter factories. Grand ar- a
ehitoetun*. l-'iner lajuipago. Larger for- H
tunes. Hieher opulence. Better ehurelies. N
In that hotter time. also, coming to those tt
cities, Christ's ehur dies will ho more nil- n
morons and they will ho larger, ami they ho T
more devoted to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, o
and they will accomplish greater influences Y
for good. Now, it Is often the ease that c<
churches are envious of each other, ami do- ti
nominations collide with each other, and c;
oven ministers of Christ soinctimes forget the tl
bond of lirothcrhood. But in the time of is
which I speak, while there will In just as si
many differences of opinio*] as there are now, nl
there will ho no ascorhltv, no hypercrlticisui. si
no delusiveness. tl
In that day of which I speak, do
von believe there will he any midnight
carousal'/ Will there lie any kicking off Irom m
the marble steps of shivering mendicants/ pi
I
Will there bo nnv unwashed, unfed, uu- .
combed children? Will there b any blase iemlcs
in the streets? Will there be any inebriates
staggering past? No. No wino stores.
No lager beer saloons. No distilleries, where
they make the three Xs. No bloodshot eye.
No nloate-,1 cheek. No Instruments of ruin
nml destruction. No fist-pounded forehead.
The grandchildreu of that woman who goes
down the street with a curse, stoned by the
boys that fellow her. will bo the reformers
and philanthropists and the Christian men
and the honest merchants of our cities.
Then, what municipal governments, too.
wo will have in all the cities. Some cities
are worse than others, hut In many of our
cities you just walk dowu by the city hall
and look in nt some of the rooms occupied
by politicians, and see to what a sensual,
loathsome, ignorant, besotted crew ?dty
politics is ofton abandoned. Or they stand
around the City Hall picking their teeth,
waiting for some emoluments of crumbs to
fall to their feet, waiting nil day long, and
waiting all night long.
Vlio are those wretched womon taken up
for drunkeunoss, and carried up to the
courts, and put in prison of course? What
will yea do with the grogshops that make
them drinV/ Nothlug. Who are those
prisloners In jail? One of thorn stole a pair
oi shoos. That boy stole a dollar. This girl
snatched a purse. All of thoni orlmos damaging
society less thun twenty or thirty dollars.
But what will you do with the gambler
who last night robbed the young man of
a thousand dollars? Nothing. What shall
he done with that one who breaks through |
and destroys the purity of a Christian home,
and with an adroitness and perfidy that
heats the strategy of hell, flings a shrinkiug, j
shrieking 90ul iuto ruin? Nothing. What
will you do with thoso who fleeced that
young man, getting him to purloin lnrgo '
sums of money from his employer?the :
young man who oame to an officer of my
ithiipiih iiinl tnlil thii nhirv nnd frnnMr*nllv
asked whnt he should do? Nothing.
Ah! we do well to punish small crimes; but
[ have sometimos thought it would bo better '
in sorao of our cities if the officials would j
only turn out from the jails the petty crlminals,
the llttlo offenders, ten-dollar desperadoes,
and put In their places some of the '
monsters of iniquity who drive their roan
ipnn through the streets so swiftly that honset
men have to leapto get out of the wayof
being run over. Oh, the damnable sohemes
that professed Christian men will sometime?
engage in until God puts the finger of
His retribution into the collar of their robe
at hypocrisy and rips it clear to the bottom! !
But nil these wrongs will be righted. 1 expect
to live to see the day. . I think I hear in '
the distance tho rumbling of the King's
chariot. Not always in tho minority is the
Ohuroh of God going to be, or are good men :
?oing to be. The streets are going to be
tilled with regenerated populations. Threo
hundred and sixty bells rang in Moscow
when one prince was married ; but. when '
righteousness and neaco kiss each other in '
ill the earth, ten thousand times ten thou- 1
*and bolls shall strike tho jubilee. Poverty
'nrlclied. Hunger fed. Crime banished,
[gnornnco enlightened. All the cities saved.
[3 not this a cause worth working in? 1
Oh, you think sometimes it does net (
xmount to much! You toll oe in your dif- j
'orent spheres, sometimes with great dla- ]
oursgotnent. People haye np faith and say: t
'It does not amount to anything; you might <
is well quit that." Why. whop Moses 1
d retched his hnnd over the lted Sea. it did 1
lot seem to mean anything especially. Poo- 1
tie oume out. I suppose, aud said: "Aha!" i
iornu of them found out what ho wanted to 1
lo. Ho wauto.l tho sea parted. It did not |
mount to anything, this stretching out of (
lis hand over the sen. Hut. after a while. ,
ho wind blow nil night from tho east, ami
he waters were gathered into a glittering .
talisado on either side ami the billows <
eared a? God pulled back on their crystal J
)its! Wheel iuto line, O, Israel! march! ,
nnrch! Pearls crashed under feet. Flying .
ipray gathers iuto raiubcw arch of victory
or the conquerors to march under. 8houts
>f hosts on the beach answering the shouts
>f hosts amid sen. And when the last lino of
ernelitos reach the bench the cymbals clap,
ind the shields ciaug, and tho waters rush
>vor tho pursuers, and tho swifi-flngered
v:ngs on the whito keys of tho foam play
ho grand march of Israel delivered and the
in il dirge of Egyptian overthrow.
So you nnd I go forth, and (ill the people
>f God go forth, and they stretch forth their
land over the sea, tho boiling sea of crime
ind sin and wretchedness. "It don't amount
o anything," people say. Don't it? God's
vluds of help will, after a while, begin to
dow. A path will be cleared for the army
if Christian philanthropists. Tne path will
e lined with tho treasures of Christian
onollceuce, and we shall bo greeted to tho
dher beach by tin; clapping of all of heaven's
ytnbals, while those who pursued us and
lurided us and tried to destroy us will go ,
lown under tho sea and all that will be left
f them will be cost high and dry upon the
each, the splintered wheel of a chariot, or
hrust out from the foam the breathless ucsril
of a riderless charger.
LIKE ONE BIC FUNERAL.
ncli Was the I>epartnre of the Spanish
Troops tor Cuba.
The Sevonth Regiment, a battery of artil?ry
and two companies of Infantry sailed
rom San Hobastlan, Hpntn, for Cubu, and 1
Lidging from Hie local newspapers, the de- J
arm re of the troops was made the occasion !
f a vast popular demonstration of patriot- '
itn and of a determination to wipe there- 1
nk nfT thn f ai* a nf Hia AnrHi ioonyJlmr fr? )
uuowhut belated private advices from the 1
oene, the newspaper accounts do uot fit the '
sots, which Is not surprising. seeing that j
hey had to be submit ted to the Censor i>e fore j
ublicntlon. Previous to the review th6 '
il9hop of Vittorla celebrated a religious
orvlco in the open air, on the magnificent
iurrtolu Promenade, but tho effect was con- j
Idorably spoije^ by howlSj sobs and other ,
einon?tratlons of grief by women and chil- ,
ren, who nt San Sebastian, lis in other parts j
I Hpnih, made no pretense to tho nossessiou ,
f Spartftn spirit. Then followed a march ,
ost the Queen Ilogcnt nnd little Klug. Tlie t
itter was in a cadet's uu'.form aud saluted ,
ho troops a^ they Vfltn t '
ravity tout dl-tftnly. It;s Apb6affVTtcA cor- !
uinly aroused a good deal of popular en- j
liuslasm, but it evaporated as soon as he , ,
isnppeared from tho scene. A? for th? , *
roops themselves, they made no pretense |
whatever of enthusiasm. They had been i
oreed to the colors and look eel as if tliov ;
roro unwilling conscripts sent to light and J
io without compensation or glory. After
lit* march pnst they were huddled off to
lie forts 011 the heights dominating the
>\vn. Triple guards wore on duty throughut
tlie night to prevent apprehended do- .
ertions, uiul in the morning tho dejected i
oidiers went aboard tho transport with the j
ir of men going to a funeral.
NEW FIELD FOR BICYCLERS.
it-it- n \ iii?nt-r< mi iiimii in urn >rnr
It oil ten. I '
Advertisements inviting proposals for oar- i
ring tin* mails on the star routes for (ho i
e.\t flsenl year were Ishu? I front the oflleo of ;
to Second Assistant Postmuster Oeneral nt j
I'lvdilngtnn. Proposals will ho rwnlvuJ
mil Doeemher 1, Mini hid* will ho
unounced hy Pobruary 1. Full ii?irmution
regarding the routes in New York
into, t hu bonds required with tli? bids and r
io present price of the sorvlco will ba fur- (]
Ished on application to the Department,
hero arc thousands of theso routes through- I
ut the country, thoro helm; lO'.W in Now I
ork Stnto alone. At preaunt nearly all aro
vorod by horse and wagon. A large propor- .
on of these routes can he covered by bifole
riders far more expeditiously than by "
io present plan, and a splendid opportunity r
presentod for young men with bicycles to
cure contracts. The Department ts favor
diimo nny ciiaiie? wisleli will oxpmlltn tlio
:?r r<>uti> mails ami at tho same time reitueo
it'ir cost to tho Government. n
Chieaffo if ti> have an olKht-story Govern- n
"u* building. The design is unlike any j
iblic bulldiut iu tlio United States. _ U
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WASHINGTON ' !
HAPPENINGS.
CRKAM OF TilK NKW8 AS CULiIJKD
FKO.UTIIK DAI LiY FKKSS.
Which Will Ho of More or Less Interest
to the Ocnerat Reader.
The Now York Produce Kxchungo lias filed
a very important complaint against the railroads
com prising the Joint Trallie Association,
which carry produce to the seaboard,
charging them with making rates nnd regulations
and giving terminal privileges for the
purpose of diverting trallie, which should
naturally go to New York, to other seaboard
citie*, including Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Norfolk. Newport News and Boston. The
complaint asks for an investigation and for
the establishment by the commission of just
rn tin Illlli e.r-ij ul<? foe !?? ?> e.'
lion from Chicago, Buffalo ?u?l the West to
the a >ahoard citi*** ami markets. The complaint
also Hays that on November 19, 1895,
tho defendants (except tho York, Lake Krie
ami Western, the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and
Chicago and the Boston ami Albany; formed
the "Joint Trflflle Association," and that
since January 1,1896, they have violated tho
interstate commerce Act by their rates and
the diversion of tralllc from New York. In
conclusion, the petition asks an investigation,
specifically charges the violations, prays
that the defendants be restrained from continuing
the discriminations and requests the
commission to fix rates ami charges to the
seaboard cities and markets.
The Chief of tho Bureau of Statistics reports
that tho total values of the exports
of meichaudise from the United 8tntes during
the month of August, !139C. and during
the eight months ended August 31st, 1896,
us compared with similar exports during the
corresponding periods of tho preceding
year, were as follows:
1896. 1895.
August * 08,652,067. $ 55,980,G19.
Fight months
ended Aug. 31.. *570,982,453. *499,387,403.
In August last the exports exceeded the
mports by $19,191,342. In August, 1895, the
BXca-sof imports over exports was *15,131.124.
Dui log the eight months ended August
list, 1896. the excess of exports over imports
was $99,760,019 and the excess of imports for
the corresponding period cf the preceding
year was $36,850,416. In August, 1896, the
Imports of gold exceeded the exports by *2,173,841,
and during tho eight months ended
August. 1806. the excess of exports over Imports
was $24,793,301. The excess of exports
Df silver over Imports during the eight
months ended August, 1896, was *23,219,159.
The State Department has been informed
uy United States Consul Welseke, at Mauigua.
that the Nlcuraguan government, finding
that the effect of the law of December
last, fixing duties on Imported wines and
ipirits, has been to stop tho importation of
Californin and other light wines and spirits
hlltll .-1 , -a ?
.. <?v>4< iu< u.iuu, nao uuuj/- ,
tod a new law which went into effect Aug.
18. lust, readjusting the duties. Horeafter
lutles will be imposed as follows: On wines
not more than '20 degrees strength, 2 cents ,
tor eaoh pound Spanish weight gross, and 1
rent more for each degree of strength in
'xooss of '20 degrees. 1
Mixed liquors not more than 20 dogrees
strength, 15 cents for each pound gross, and
I cent for each degree excess. Wines and
mixed liquors above 30 degrees, not over 50
legreos, 13 cents; beer, one ceut per pound
jroes; champaigne, 5 cents per pound.
* *
The State Department is manifesting an active
interest in the reported hacking to pieces
Liy Spaniards in Cuba of (Jhas. Govin, an
American newspaper correspondent, and
Ur.nsul General Leo has demanded a full re- "*
port on tlie affair from Captain General Weyler.
If the Spaniards are unable to refute
the strong affidavit* already in possession of
this government, an apology and indemnity
will be peremptorily culled for. The Stnte
Department is informed that Govin, who
Pad his American passport, and carried no
urns, had lost his way and was captured
fuly 'Jth last by the Spanish Col. Ochoa, who
liml him hound to a tree and hacked to pieces
with machetes. Consul Geii. Lie will press
the mntter to a conclusion as promptly as
possible.
The parcels post convention between tlie
United States and the republic of Honduras,
signed by Postmaster General Wilson several
weeks ngo, has been ratitied by the Honiurns
republic and will go into immediate
>p?ration. It allows all merchandise pact
rges up to eleven pounds to bo exclinaged in i
:he mails I ret ween the two countries. Hero- \
oforo only valueless merchandise samples i
restricted to 8;', ounces in weight were al- 1
owed ranamlssion. I
!
Th? Weithor liureau in its report of crop
ouditions for the week ended September 14 i
ays: The genital absenee of rain in the I
southern Slates has been very favorable for I
otton picking, which has made rapid pro#- I
rosus. Picking will be completed over the i
greater portion of the cotton belt by October !
I. The continued dry wonther has impaired I
;ho outlook for the top crop which in many
icctlous will be a complete failure. Tobacco <
s atiout all housed, and the past week has
won very favorable for curing.
'
The Atlantic Const Lino has tiled with lu- |
:?rstate Commerce Commission schedules of
>f reduced rates from lloston. New York (
tnd Philadelphia to points in North ('aroma
and South Carolina to meet the reduced ,
rates of the Seahonrd Air Line. The com- |
nission has received no notitleation ol a resorntlou
of rntes in accordance with the lu- ,
unction order t<? ttpeer.
?
A salute of 100 Cruns was fire.I last Monday
iii.ght in celebration of the Maine election.
The National Tribune, a soldiers' paper >f ,
this city, secured the permit and provided for
ho salute. A telegram was sent to Major '
MeKinlvy saying that the salute would be re- i
[icated November I. to celebrate his victory. ,
TheSonthern l.'Uilwav Company lias filed .
jotiee with the Interstate Commerco Com- .
nission of its intention to restore freight j
rates in the territory included m the jurislietion
of Judge Soeer. of tieoriria to the I
rHt<< \vhi<*!? prevailed prior to SoptHinber 5. i
ln? now M'li'nlwlf* will go mi,, , Sop. |
oin bo r 20. ,
Secretary < arlisle, from hi.- vitamer rereat
in Ihtr l{;irl>or, \|o . has addressed to '
> ?" of to- Keiitnekv ?,.,rri,spoi,i|,?nis a letter,
wlth'li i< tn:i<l" piili|j<' It ,,,,|itniiiH Seeretnry 1
'tirlUh''.- in -5 nvei,;). a.pined views ?>u . '
liitioiiul lii-.in- i Poisonous
Serpents.
A groat many people fall Into the or- I
or of considering that all or nearly all 1
if the different species of snakes are '
loisonous. The very latest estimate ,
nado by the naturalists is that there <
re GT?7 varieties of tlietn on the globe, i '
>f that number -10(1. or oyer two thirds j '
if the whole lot, are as harmless as j
abhltn.
_
1 r
Freed From Foil p<y liv n l)iij, \
At Anderson. 1ml., Hugh Fisher, a vounif J
inn auhjeet to epilepsy, lifts received pn? 1
ulur treatment time has resulted In a re- t
wtrknblo euro. The disease has. Jt 1h v
latmod, hoen transmitted to a pet dn^, t
laviuy its master free from all the sytnp- t
ill IS. (.
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NOTIFICATION.!
BRYAN OFFICIALLY NOTIFIED |
BY THK POPULISTS.
The Letter Wai Written By Senator
Allen?Was Chosen as a Democrat.
The Hon. Wm V. Allen, Chairman of the
Populist National convention, sent Wm. J.
Hrvn n ! hut *Kr? I^?*.l?.. Lt?s? ??
^ j ? * ?(avuuuj ?uv iviiumu^ tukici VII"
flclally notifying him of bis nomiuution by
that body:
"Hon. II'mi, J. Iiryan, Lincoln,
Neb.
"Dzak 8ia: At n convention of tbo
People's party hold at St. Louis from July
2'2ud to 25tb, of the current year, ypu wore
unanimously nominated fur tbo President of
tbe United States tc be voted for at the approaching
general election. It was known
at the time that yon bad been nominated by
tbe Democratic party at its convention held
at Chicago a few days before that time and
that you would in nil probability accept tbe
same in a formal manner. Your nomination
by tbe People's party was not. therefore,
made with nuy thought that you were
a Populist or that you accept all the
doctrines declared by the St. Louis
platform. It was due largely to the
fact that the money question is the overshadowing
political issue of tbe age and because
you have at all times been an unswerving.
able and fearless advocate of the
free and unlimited coinage of silver and
gold on terms of equality at the mints of the
United States at the ratio of 1G to 1. It was
thought also that the observance of a patriotic
duly required a union of all reform
forces and the convention took
the liberty, without soliciting of consulting
you. of placing your name before the
People's party hs its standard bearer. The
convention was, in doing so, guided by deep
solicitude for the common welfare, and acting
on itBown motion, prompted alooe by a
desire to bring about tne best attainable results.
Ho much has been said respecting the
re-babllltation of silver by again placing it
in our coinage acts in tbe position it occupied
when stealthy demonetized by the Act
of 1873, that it would bo idle for U9 to discuss
the question. You will observe by the
closing language of the 8t. Louis platform
that the convention recognized the money
question as the great issue of the day and because
Populists believe that you are in in accord
with them on this question you will receive
their ballots in November.
"It has at no time been expected, nor is it
now, that you will abandon your adhesion to
the Chicago platform, however gratifying the .
latter would bo to all Populists. It must be
uuuuil.uvu mill mr imrijr lilies HOI BUAie one I
jot or tittle of loyalty to ittj principles. We i
have declared ourselves in favor of many important
reforms, in our judgment essential to <
the liberation of the people from present un- >
just and iuiquitous industrial bondage. 1
"In accordance with the precedent of our <
party we take this method of notifying you I
of your nomination. We shall not send a i
committee according to old pnrty custom. In I
sending this letter of notillcution of tho great <
honor which has so justly been conferred 1
upon you by our party, it is needless for us '
to assure you that you have the confidence <
and esteem of all. Your splendid abilities,
known integrity, competency nnd eminent J
fitness for the position Justly entitles you to <
a high rank among the great statesmen of 1
the nation. We feel that in the event of your '
election, which now norms certain, that you 1
tvlUcnrryJato the executive the principles ol
the monetary reform to the end that tho poo- i
pie shall enjoy better industrial conditions, t
it is not anticipated that this can he done
with undue haste or so suddeu as to wrench i
the business interests of the eouutry, but it |
ivill bo done gradually and iu a way to oufuse i
confidence nnd hope of better conditions for l
all. i
"The People's party will exact from you 1
no promises farther than those made iu your j
public utterances und exemplified in a life
devoted to the welfare of tho race, nor will it
ask you to abnudon the party of which you
are an honored member. In your nomination
our party bos arisen above partisan sur- 1
roundings, adopting a high planeof patriot
ism, believing that a division of forces would
result in the election of Wm. MoKinley. the
foremost advocate of a deeply burdensome
and unnatural taxation nnd the criminal policy
of the single gold standard resulting ultimately,
if not in some manner checked, in
the complete destruction and disintegration
di our lorm or government. Your elevation
to the chief magistracy of the nation would
he regarded aa a' vindication oi the
right of the people to govern and
we entertain no doubt that you will prove a
worthy suooessor of the immortal Jefferson
and Lincoln, and that your public life, liUe i
their's, will illustrate tho purity nnu lofti I
iless of American statesmanship. Your ex l
tensive and intimate knowledge of public '
affairs and the duties the office will impose,
gained in a life that has been devoted to upholding
the cause of tho people, as well as
your keen insight into the condition of our
country, in our judgment highly quulilles
you to bring about a change In a way that
will work injury to none and justice to all,
thus making our government in fact, as it is
now, In form only, a government 'of, by and
Tor the people.'
"We have the honor to be your most obeJient
servants."
The letter Is signed by Win. Vin 'out Allen,
tbairman, and all otbor"members of the aoti- | '
Ication committee.
CANTON i>KCOICATKD
!n Honor ofVtlcKliilt-y?Campaign Formally
Opened.
\t ('onion. (>., last Friday formal opening
>f the Republican campaign in the homo of
,lie nominee occurred nnd Canton was robed
n streamers and banners. Arches span tin* '
prominent thoroughfares and buildings were I
?n?ra!ly decorated. Tlio weather was !
-pleudid and many shops ami business !
;mses were closed. As far as Canton was ' 1
omerued it was largely a non-partisan de- j
re list ration, the people of all parties united j
a decorations ami in giving the day over to j
he celebration. Numerous out-of-town del- !
nations were presented.
The parade moved in four divisions of footnen
and with a largo contingent of wheel- |
nen and horseman. Pennsylvania, Wiu j
lirglniaand other States formed the llrst dirision;
Ohio, outaide of Starke county, see- j
Hid; Starke county, outside of Canton, the j
hint and Canton the fourth. I'.aeh notable
|.'legation was ^nssigned a position of lion r
dajor MeKlnley. visiting speakers, nfflcersnf
lie day ami gnosis of honor rode in open '
.images at the head of the parade.
A short line of mnreh brought tlie parade '
o a monster tent with aecommodaf ions for J
wenty thousand people. Mere the Urst j
nccting was held, Governor lSuslinell presidng
ami making a short iutrodiietory ad- I
11ess. Addresses were made by Senator !
'allien, of Illinois, and 'lliurston, of N-- I
raska.
Workinginen Visit M< Ivliiley
At Canton. ().. last Thursday fully -'.000
unployecs of thu Edgar Ihompson Stool
.Vorka, of P.raddoek, Ph., visitoil William
iIcKinley, the Republican candidate for
resilient. His speech was on the line of
arifT, anil he said that good work, good
rages ami good money is what we want in
Ills country, and as a matter of cionraerll
In so would come with the success of the (;.
K l>.
New Tork'i Hre Department.
Every city In the United States shows
local pride In Its firemen. Each claims
that Its department la one of the best
(If not the best) in the country. The rivalry
between some of the cities ?s at
limes quite nmuslngv and theiTlit much
discussion upon the merits of their 1
own firemen; but New York City undoubtedly
occupies to-day the enviable
position of havlcg, nil things considered,
the most thoroughly equipped and
most efficient fire service In the world.
The apparatus Is of the best. The
horses, selected with card: and judgment.
are tnngnlficent animals; and the
men. picked from those thought to be
best adapted for the work they must
perform, are subjected to a most rigid
physical examination before they are
admitted to the service, and afterward
are trained in a school of instruction at
fire headquarters that is complete in
itself.?St. Nicholas.
A Lawyer's Testimony.
From the Herald, Potsdam, N. T.
ueorge itoardiuan stacey, or Nioholviiie.
?(. Lawrence County, Now York, Las for '
mnnv years ranked ns one of the brightest (
lawyers in Northern Now York and for the
past tweuty years hus been the acknowledged '
lender of politics in the east end of thisgreat
county. Mr. Stacey was u-Miiftteil to the bur i
Iu 1HG5, and up to October, 1896, continued ,
lo practice his profession. All this time,
tiowever, the strain of active political work |
Pad been undermining his ouce iron constitution,
and during this month of October ho
differed a stroke of paralysis which left him .
practically helpless. For weel^s he was in a
terrible coudttion, the efforts of tlio doctors
proving of no avail. All at once he began to '
recover, however, and was soon seen about
town again, frequenting his former haunts
uad shaking hands with his old friends and
voquaiulancee. His rapid recovery was the
lalk of the town, and a reporter hearing ot
the wonderful eure decided to visit Mr. '
Utacey and ascertain if possible its cause.
Mr. Stacey was inclined to be communicative,
and the following is his story of his 111aeea
and cure:
' I was presiding over a political meeting
\nd had just arisen to give a friend who was
to nddresa the meeting a rousing sendoff.
when to my astonishment I discovered I
fould not talk. My tongue seemed paralyr.ed.
I managod to say a few word:;, howiver,
aud took my scat where by shear will
power I managed to sit until the meeting
was finished. On arising to go Home, how9ver.
1 found I could not wulk and seemed
to have lost control of my limbs. I was asdsted
home, but on foeltng -better in the
norning I went down to my office. Here I
mfferad another shock which isft ton flat on
ny back. I finally recovered sufficiently to
?et np, hut was left a complete physical
wreck. 1 could not half talk or guide my
telf at all. I oould uot write or even hold a
sen, and was unable to transact any bumusee.
I was like a drunken man and went
daggering about.
"The doctors did all thev oould for iuo but
ittll I failed to improve. I had always been
ifreatlv opposed to patent medicines in any
form, but on the recommendation of my
lruggist, Ira H. Smith. I lluallv decided to
give Dr. William*' Pink Pills for Pale People
i trial and see if they would do mo any 1
[food. To my ureal surprise I begun to no- '
:ic<? an improvement before 1 had taken
half a box, and by thetime I had tnkuu three
tioxcfl I felt like a new man. As nothing else
mrmed to help me I lay my recovery to the ]
Pink Pills for Pale People. Ou going to ,
Newark, New Jersey, in April, I gave up
taking the pills, aud have not sinco returned
to using them, although I am confident they
ire a splendid thing, and I will probably use
them again."
Mr. Staoey's remarkable caae is but one of
a thousand others which have been cured by
these magio pills where all else had failed.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain, in a condensed
form, all the. elements necessary to
give now life aud richness to the hlood and
restore shattered nerves. They are an unfailing
specific for such diseases aa locomotor
ataxia. partial paralysis, St. Vitus' dacce.
sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous
headache, the uftor effect of la grippe, palpilation
of the heart, pale and sallow complexions.
all forms of weakness either In
male or female. Pink Pills are sold by a.I
dealers, or will lie sent post paid on receipt
of price, 50 cent a a box, orslxboxee for 9'J.50
(Ibey are never sold in bulk or by the 100',
by uddressiug Dr. Williams' Mcdiciuc Company,
Schenectady, N. Y.
There is more Catarrh la this section of the ^
couutry than all other diseases put together,
ana until the lost few years was supposed to l-e
Incurable. For u groat many years doctors '
pronounced it a local disease and prescribed 1
loca.1 remedies, and by constantly failing tc '
cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable.
Science has proven catarrh to be 1
constitutional diaease aud therefore requires i
constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure
manufactured by F .1. Cheney A Co.. Toledo. ,
I Ihllt IS I liamilu l\n n . I : ? _ . t 1
" uniiiu i mum cure on llirmar :
is taken In ternally in dore* from 10 drop*
to a vetu?iKx.nful. It acts directiy uu the blnoil
snd raucous sni-i aces of the system. They offer I
?ne hundred dollars for any case it falls to I
sore. Send for circulars and testimonials. <
Address K. J. l.'neNcv & Co., Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists, 75c, ,
Ball's Family Pills are the Lest
FJTSetnp,red free and pennanentlycured. No
flu after flr?t day's use of Dr. Kline's CJ hbat |
NrrvkRestohxh. Free $? trie I bottle and treat* |
ise. Send in Dr. Kliue. Cul Arch St.. Pbila., Pa.
I
The patent oftice of Great Britain :
Iocs not require models.
If Dobbins' Electric 3cap t* what so many
insist that it is, you can not afoul to \*o without
It. Your grocer hu? it, or an yet :t, and
yon can dec We for yoainr'/ very soon Do."
let another Monday pa-? witiiout :it\n>< it
(irniumar. which known how to lord :t
over kingK, and with high hand
makes them obey its latva. Molie.re
I ! > tin* tnciiii'ine ?i:ou s:!
rli i in rn,*? < i. ;.{li> . ltd cold". Mr-. M . t>
llt.fsi. s |ii'.igit<-, Wiislt., Mini hs, JSi'i
Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup for child'#*
petliiog. softens the K'ttits, reduces ic.lemina.
won. alleys pain, cure* wind colic. 2Y a bot'le.
Great i
vsltn naturally rc-uilt from the ("rent merit !
wiiirh make* th<iu.<aiuls of wonderful < ures i>y
Hood's
Sarsaparilla i
The One True Blood I'urifler. All druggist*. SI. '
Mnnri' ? Pills cure all Liver Ills. IS i cents.
8he Got the Doll.
A pretty little story comes from Baltimore.
At a fair hold there for the IwmeIII
of n church a little girl named Itose
had worked very ho^d while the fair
was in progress to sell various thing*
Vhtt weto iiHrffetlid t(?.her. A doll was
at one of tlie booths* that was to b^
voted to the most popular little girl*
and Hose's name was among others tit
candidate for this prize. The child
was very anxious to possess the lovely,
doll, which seemed to her the most
beautiful tiling In the world- On the
evening ot the dynwlng/ little Hose
could hardly wait, but wheu the numbers
began to be read off It was noticed
that she was not around. Somooqo
went to look after her and found her
In o part of the room where the crowd
was least, on lior knees saying over aj
little childish prayer which begged
llint the doll baby might he sent to her.
rhe sight brought tears to the eyes of
those who saw and llsteued. Just as
ihe finished the word was sent among
her friends that Kose had Indeed earned
the doll, and ft second later, so touched
was everyone with her childish faith.
It was hurledly snatched from the table
tml put In her arms. Happiness beamed
itU over her !*iby face as she carried
lier treasure around the room, and everybody
who saw her was as glad us
she was that she had got It.
I. T. SlU I'TIUSK. WllENS, (i?.
Sir:--"llaviufc oh tabled ft box'of ymirTiri.HiNK
of linnter A Wright, of Louisville,
ill., which I used on a case of itching piles
if Ave years' standing^ 1 spent f.">0 for dlfereut
kinds oT remedies and the skill of doers,
nil for no good, until 1 got the.TETTrKnk.
I am now well. Accept thanks."
Yours. W. R. KINO.
Ry mail for BOc. in stamps.
liy J. T. Hiiu/.-tiunk, Savannah, Oh.
Gladness Comes
With a. better understanding* of the
transient nature of the many physical
ills which vanish before proper efforts?gentle
efforts?pleasant enon..^
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge that so many forms of
si deness are not due to any actual digease.
hufc simply to a constipated condition
of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of JFjgs. prompts
ly removes. That is why it is the only
remedy with millions of families, and fa
everywhere esteemed so highly bv all
who vahre'gTJofl health. Its beneficial
effects are duo:to the fact/that'it is th,e
one remedy which promotes'infernal
cleanliness, without debilitating the
organs on which it aets. It is therefore
all important, in order to get its beneficial
ctYects, to note when you. purchase,
1 hat yon have the gouuiac article,
which is manufactured by the California
I;"ig Syrun Co. only, and sold by ull ltpht
able druggists.
If in the enjoyment of good health,
mil the system is regular, then laxi1
ivc or o'i her remedies :*re Yiot needed.
1 f hllliotcd wifh a ay actual-disease, ?na
may be commanded tothcmost shillftii
u'jysuians. but if in need of a laxatiyd,
then one should have 1 ho best, and with
' he we Ll-informcd everywhere,- Svrupdf
Figs : tands highest and is jnosfc tHrpreJy
ued and ??ivcs most geoeial sat isf action^
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