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It Was a Complete Landslide Across
the Country.
HE WINS IN DOUBTFUL STATES
V.ost of the So,,tl, still Remains True
to Democracy Tlic licsiilt I
filven
IJclow.
Chairman Jones formally cuuecded
lh.. defeat of Wm. J. Bryan Thursday
..., ...... u.nuu uia jabt projidontiul
mm -njfiii, us lououg:
,UI' eiecnon is appar-
!)-.. v n lunger in doubt. It Las been
.'.ij.j ot hi,; t iofiibt contests that the noo
'ilc tmve l.ion culled on to determine
m recent ji urn. Lavu claimed tlio
latum ol our advices from Stat
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which wo knew there bad been many
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wiiu mi' r -mi ic seems now to be
ii' nriH that while. Mr. Bryau, after
imiiiiiig Hie most tiriliiaut camnniim in
the history of our country, has carried
most ol h i Mutes claimed tobo doubt
fu!, he lma not carried enough to as-
hure his Kiic'cees in the electoral college.
bryuii doctors liave been chosen in ull
tin; Stabs South cf tlio Potomac and
Ohm, except West Virginia, and all
iboso west of tho Missouri. except Cal-
i: 'rniii an.: uregon. He haa 190 elec
toral votes and this uumbr may be
WILLIAM Jl'lilNLKY.
en-used 1 iitjttl returns from States
ytt in .:ef-tiou.
This remarkable campaign closes
with tho election of McKinley. The
result wiih brought about by every kind
of coercion and intimidation on the
part of tho money power, including
threats of lockouts and dismissals and
impending starvation; by tho employ
ment of by fur the largest campaign
fund ever used in this country and by
tho subordination of a largo portion of
tbo American press. The president
elect and his party are under pledge to
the American people to continue the
Kold ttanJard and by its operation to
restore prosperity to thia country. As
Lkf executivo Mr. McKinley will
huv. the cordial support of the mil
lions of patriotic Americana who have
(H-t their votes for William Jennings
jry.ni. They bow to the majesty of
'lie efiiccrs and abide by the result with
jioue of the muttering that would
fi'ive come from the monev Dower had
it been unsuccessful. They are confl
uent the gold standard cannot give the
promised prosperity, but will gladly
welcome it if it comes. They will con
tinue the great struifglo for the uplift
ing of humanity and to the mainten
ance of the dignity of o-r Country in
the t'Mublifchment of an American mon
etary system. And tho Democratic
l'rty, aided by its political allies, will
l uplift the bimetallic standard and
'"r it on to victor.
,. . James K. Jones,
Umirniuu Democratic National Com
nr'tee. foou a
dvance tho waffes or tliejaj1!
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'i r.ru I. STATES.
VOL. I NO 0
"eiow is a CIUITAS oI re
turns by States.
o. Alanama.
bnelly, Democratic 8tat rvs.;
r5tI?vPrt8 ar meag'e, but that the
in nn80116 Dematicby 30.000
. California.
n. IJCttVV VOt Vhu .... o c .
i).tl1 r : iu tuts mate.
lJtturns Lave been reported from only
thirteen ont of ai3-r,r,. j " 3
thee are incomplete, but indicate that
;r tV Jieaas'. Un the overhand
democrats claim it also.
. Kansas.
xusion neaiqnarters now claim
i Vo "J i,uuu; state ticket
; seven ont of eight Congress-
T605,??14 Oftho w i"lRes of the
r,iinie vjnri ana a majority of 20
,u ino legislature on joint ballot.
, Texas.
x.eiurns irom all over the State
come Bioi.r. i L.OE6 rccuved how an
increase in the opposition to the Dem
ocratic ticket of at least 40,000, and
u i.e kept up McKinlev wi!
carry tho State. Private telegrams in
cucaie mat tbe State will bo close, but
iue ivemoerats claim that Bryan and
Sewall will carry tho State by 25,000
majority. They alfo claim thatCnl
bersoo, for Governor, is elected by 40.-
vw. owl reiurns thus far do not sns-
iain iue estimate.
North Ikr:
Pieturns have been received from 204
precincts in 28 counties, showing that
McKinley has carried North Dakota by
at least 1,000, and probably 4,500.
joining.
Ketnrns irom 207 nrpcinM. r-
Kinley 796, JJryan 702, a Democratic
gain oi mi. Democratic Congressman
tittieu.
Nebraska.
nt ol the apparent Republican
avalanche in neighboring S.tatf.H .
braaka has seemingly remained true to
ner lavonto son. Mr. Bryan Las, on
the face of the scattering returns, car-
ncu mo htate by from 0,000 to 12,000.
ino Republican State chairman de
clines to concede defeat.
South Dakota.
Returns very t-low and tho judica
tions are that the State has gene 1,000
ior eiiner McKinley or Brvan.
ITtjih.
Bryau and Sewall have carried Utah
t.y 4U.U0U to 45.C00 majority, and
King. Democrat, is elected to Congress
by 10,000 majority. The Legislature
is in iiount. A heavy vote was nolled
and the outlying districts notyetheard
from will favor tho Republicans in the
Legislature.
7ew Jersev.
Every county Las gone Republican
on the national ticket but one. The
btato Iicg:a!aturo is assured Republi
can.
Indiana.
The only question in this State is
the size of Mcivinley's plurality. Bry
an made gains in a few precincts. The
Republicans claim a majority in the
Legislature, meaning a successor to
Voorhees. The candidates for Gover -
nor are running very close.
Wisconsin.
The indications are that McKinlev
will carry the Stato by 50,000 major
ity. Iho Republicans gained in 300
precincts.
Vermont.
Returns come slow, butgive McKin
ley 38,807, Bryan 7560, Palmer 987.
Levering 594. Republican plurality
30,408; majority over all 29,207. A
solid delegation to Congress elected.
Pennsylvania.
The figures received indicate a plu
rality for McKinley in the State of
nearly 300,000. Twenty-two Con
gressmen are certainly elected.
Idaho.
The State is conceded to Bryan by
15,000 to 20,000 majority.
Massachusetts.
The indications are that McKinley
has carried tho State by 150,000.
Wolcott, for Governor, runs somewhat
behind McKinley. Williams, the sil
ver candidate for Governor, also rnns
behind Bryan, though not as much as
Wolcott runs behind McKinley. The
Palmer vote is about 3 per cent. Both
the biennial election amendments Lave
been defeated by votes of about ?.
to 1.
Arkansas.
The labor ticket was badly scratched.
Tho National Democratic party Lad
no ticket in the field. Tho Republi
can State Chairman concedes Bryan's
majority at 45,000, while the Demo
crats say it will reach 60,000. The en
tire Democratic Congressional ticket
is elected.
Washington.
The count is slow, but indications
aro that Bryan Las carried tLd State.
ralmer and Levering received an in
significant vote.
Montana.
Returns are slow, but Bryan will
carry the State by 15,000. The Legis
lature will be Democratic.
Virclnia.
ine majority ior iiryan ana oewan
this State is 25.000. Seven Demo
cratic Congressmen are elected.
Connecticut.
McKinley swept the State Ly 50,-
000 plurality in a total vote of 130,000.
Republican Governor elected; McKin
lev 92,710; Bryan 45,594; Palmer 4,
327 Tennessee.
Returns show increased Republican
gains, giving ft majority of 40,000 to
McKinlev and the same to Tillman,
Republican candidate for Governor.
There is little Lopes for Robert L.
Taylor, Lis own county went against
Lini. . ,
Illinois.
NotLing definite can be learned from
tLis State, only tLat Chicago's rUrns
fchow McKiuley'a majority. Altgeld
will run nhead of Bryan. It is believ
ed that Le will be elected Governor.
Ohio.
TLe State is claimed for McKinley
by 102,000.
J Iowa.
The returns are principally from the
rural districts and indicate great Re
publican gains. They claim the State
bv 100 000. The Democrats ma) no
statements, declaring that the returns
are not sufficiently complete. All
eleven Congressmen elected by the lie
publicans. 1 New York.
McKinley and llobart made a clean
sweep of the Empire State. The . Dem
ocratic plurality of 45,000 in '01 w
reversed and the unprecedented p.u-
'rnlitv of 284,000 I.as ;CC r y
for the Republics '"ia
('o;u::'t!',uif- .
rhow a Rcpiiolicf.b M'.J.' Vf
the vote of '92.
McKinley is Mipj.osed to have car
ried the Stute but the Domocratsc'aim
the Legislature and the Congress
men. Florida.
Seventy-nine precincts, including
fight of the nine Jacksonville ward,
fave Bryan and Sewail 0,992; Bryan
knd Watson 237; McKinley 5,202, and
Palmer 387. This indicates a reduc
tion of Bryan's plurality to 8,000.
ieorgia.
Thero is no doubt of the election of
each of the eleven Democratic nomi
nees for Congress in Georgia. Their
majorities range from 2,000 to 3,000,
the aggregate Democratic majority
of tho State being about 30,000 for
Congressmen ar.d approximately the
samo for Bryan nnd Sewall. "Many
Popnlifcts voted for McKinley. The
Palmer and Buckner vote was insig
nificact, paitlcirai.ts ia the ijdepend
ent gold movement generally voting
for McKinley.
Kentucky.
It will not be surprising if McKin
ley's plnralitv reaches 20,000. It looks
as if Col. W. C. P. Breckinridge is
defeated for Congress.
Louts! im.
Returns received iudicate that Bry
an's majority will exceed 30,000.
Maryland.
Advice from tho counties come in
slow, but indicate that the Republicans
have made gains iu many places. The
cities report large gains also.
Michigan.
The latent eavs the Republican lend
ers are claiming the States. Ten Re
publicans elected to CongrcsH.
Minnesota.
Tbw State baa gone- overwhelmingly
for McKinley. Every county eo lar
as heard from gives large miijoiities.
Sixty-five precincts, including foityia
St. Paul, gives McKinley 10,284;
Bryan 6,1(51.
Maine
Portland gives McKinley 1,040 plu
rality. LewisJou, 7(57 plurality out of
a vote of 3,007. It went Democratic
in '91 by 34 votes.
Mississippi.
Bryan's mwjority is 50,00.). Seven
Democratic Congressional electors.
New Hampshire.
Eleven town and wards in this State
give McKinley 3.5:33, Bryan 872.
New Jersey.
The Democratic Stute chairmen eon
cede tho Stato to McKinley by 10,000
plurality. Tbe Republicans claim a
victory of 40,000.
Oregon.
Nearly complete returns give Mc
Kinley 34,59 J; Bryan 31,709.
Khudc Itjliiii'J.
Ten towns in Rhode Island give Mc
Kinley 4,450; Bryan, 82f.
South Oiroliim.
This State goes Democratic for Brv-
aa by 40.0C0.
West Virginia.
The Republican State chairman says
McKinley's plurality will be over 20,-.
000.
Missouri.
The State is claimed by State Chair
man Cook for Bryan by 40,000.
Connecticut.
RflTlHnd returns f nnnfiifnnn frnm
every town iu this State show that Mc
Kinlev'H ldnralitv is 45.143. lirvun
onlv carried three out of ICS towns.
Republican Governor elected.
North arolina.
Brvan carried tho Slate bv 12.000.
A Republican Governor elected.
McKinley to Ilanna.
The following telegram Las been
received by Mark A. Ilanna from
Major McKinley:
Canton, O. , Nov. 5.
Hon. Mark A. Hans a: Your tele
graphic message announcing the result
nf thfl plpftion received. I ber vo:i
to accept my hearty thanks for year
great services in iue causo oi sounu
money and protection throughout the
campaign now closed and gloriously
won. Thev were most cenerous and
effective and will receive the warm ap
proval of your countrymen everywhere.
I will be nleased to have vou convev to
your associates of the national com
mute my high appreciation of their
efficient services.
The neonlo in their maiestv ignoring
nartv lines have declared their detes
tation of repudiation and dishonor in
whatever specious guise they may tie
nresented. Thev have in miehtv
power affirmed their devotion to law
and order and tbeir unueviating res
pect lor justice and the courts. They
have maintained their unfaltering de
termination to support and uphold the
constituted authorities of the country
and Lave thereby given streigtn to
nnr free institutions. They have in
deed agniu consecrated themselves to
thecouutry and baptised the cherished
ordinances of free irovernment witn a
new and holy patriotism.
The victory is not ol rarty or sec
tion but of and for tbe whole Ameri
can people. Not the least of the
triumphs of the election is the oblitera
tion of sectional lines in the republic.
"We Lave demonstrated to the world
that we are a re-united people in pur
pose as in name. We have manifested
in the great cause the spirit of frater
nity and brotLerLood that should al
ways characterize our common and
equal citizenship and have proven con
.lncirolv that in a country of equal
privilege and equal opportunities the I
nriT. nf hate or of class or section
al distinctions cannot prevail. Let us j
as Americans straightway cievoio our
selves to the upbuilding of America,
to the peace, honor and glory of our
common country. Tarty dispensions
nn longer div: 'je or rack tLo
public mind nor tbe zeal or temper of j
either side aeier huj i-mieu
triotic devotion to the good of all
Wsr. McKixlet.
Bryan Wires McKinley.
Thursday immediately after re
ceiving Senator Jones' telegram Mr.
Bryan wrote the following dispatch:
Hon. William McKinley, Canton,
O. : Senator Jones has just informed me
that tLe returns indicate your election
andl Lasten to extend my congratula
tions. We Lave submitted the issues
to the American people and their will
" Signed " William J. Bbtax."
McKinley Hears the News.
At Canton, O., Major McKinley re
ceived the returns in various parts of
the Louse. Early in the evening he
sat in Lis study where he heard the
news of Lis nomination. After dinner
he moved into the dining room and
in an arm chair near the Lead of the
MARION. N C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13. 1896.
ii i wiiivii taa -ten nvei.t-'I into u
desk for the filing of returns. Major
McKinley heard the news with Lis usn
al calm demeanor. He tat quietly
while the first news of the great battle
came in and smoked Lis after-dinner
cigar. He became interested as the
news became more copious and definite
and kept up a running comment on the
subject of the report. His study Tas
given over to the newspaper correspon
dents and the returns were read aloud
to them after they had been scanned
by the Major. Congratulations began
early to be showered upon him, but he
refused to take anything for granted
and said he would not assume that he
was elected until the actual returns
were all in. He declined to let tele
grams of congratulation be sent out by
the newspapers, though he felt abso
lutely certain of Lis election, jo.tV
reason that he did not wantthc send n a
of the congratulatory messages to feel
embarrassed in case he happened to be
defeated
At midnight, as the bells sounded,
all of tbe marching clubs of Canton,
Leaded by a firing squad from one oi
the militia companies, and followed
by 5,000 yelling citizens with dinms,
and pistols descended like an invading
army on Major McKiniey's residence.
Several volleys were tired and the
noise from the shouting enthusiasts
almost drowned the report of the
rifles.
At midnight, and not a second be
fore, Maj. McKinley admitted publicly
that he fell assured of his election.
Ho made no announcement of the fact
that he believed he had been chosen by
the American people to the highest
office within their gift, but he allowed
his friends to congratulate him when
they passed about him. They offered
him congratulations early in the eve
ning but he gently put aside the pleas
ant words and insisted that he could
not accept the congratulations until it
waa more decisive. Mr. McKinley
made no declaration of any sort.
Ho merely said a few words to his
friends.
The cheering was deafening. The
surrounding country poured its in
habitants into Canton and they came
by rail from nearby cities. At 1
o'clock it was estimated that there was
25,000 people gathered in the vicinity
of McKinley's home.
How liryan Heard the News.
At Lincoln, Neb., Mr. Bryan re
ceived the returns at his residence.
He had slept well most of the afternoon
and felt much refreshed when the news
began coming in. Two Postal tele
graph wires had been run into Mr. Bry
au's residence, ono connecting with
Democratic national headquarters in
CLicago and the other for regular bul
letins. Both instruments, an operator
at each, were placed in the library,
while in the adjoining dining room, a
Western Union operator received the
bulletins furnished by that company.
It had been understood among the
friends of the Democratic candidate
that he was to bo left alone on election
night, and ns a consequence none of
tho local supporters or neighbors of
Mr. Bryan gathered ct the little D street
residence. Alter supper Mr. Bryan
pit ou a velvet homse jacket and went
ur stairs to the private ofl .-o he had
established wuco his nomination. Mrs.
Bryan remained with hira there during
the evening, husband and wife receiv
ing tho bulletins fresh from the wire
nnd reading and comparing them to
gether. The wire connecting with
Democratic headquarters was idle
nearly nil the time. A few dispatches
for Mr. Bryan came from Chairman
Jones ctrly iu the evening. Their
purport was not made known by Mr.
BryaD.
At 15 minutes after midnight Mr.
Bryan fell asleep nnd it was decided
not to awaken him till morning.
The Next Congress.
Along with the presidency and a
largo majority of the House of Repre
sentatives, the Republicans seem to be
in a fair way to secure a majority in
Iha Pifty-fifth Congress. Certainly
there will be a majority for sounu
money and inferentially, a majority in
favor of a revenue measuo intended to
enable the government to meet its ex
penditures. Tho 59 hold-over Sena
tors are classified as follows: Repub
licans ou the St. Louis platform, 27;
6ilver Republicans, 5; sound money
Democrats, 7; silver Democrats, 16;
Populists, 2; unclassified Demorcats,
2. Successors to retiring Senators al
ready elected in live States. Four of
these Allison, of Iowa; Morrill, of
Vermont; Foraker, of Ohio, and Well
ington, of Maryland are sound money
Republicans.
The Legislaturein Florida willprobi
ably send a sound money successor to
Senator Call. The Oregon Legislature
is in the hands of Republicans and
Senator Mitchell believes he will be
returned. He is now on the Chicago
platform. The Kentucky Legislature
at its session last winter failed to elect
a successor to Senator Blackburn. It
is understood to be the intention of the
Governor to call an extra session iu
Janaary, when the Republicans will
elect a man.
' 3 .
About North Carolina.
A special received from State Chair
man Manly to the Observer says:
In answer to your inquiry, I say
the Legislature is I fear, against ns.
In many counties where there was fu
sion between the Republicans and
Populists in the county the fusion
ticket for the Legislature is elected.
The State ticket as to Watson and M
6on is in doubt. Returns from 75
counties 6how that Watson has a small
plurality. The electoral ticket for
Bryan will certainly exceed 18,000 ma
jority and it is believed will reach 22,
000. Clement Maxly, Chairman.
Here are Chairman Manly's county
retnrns up to Wednesday afternoon:
Bryan carries Rowan by 1,400, Watson
by 1,050; Transylvania 30 Republican;
Cleveland, all Democratic county and
legislative ticket elected and Dcugh
ton carries county by 400; Alamance,
Watson 89; Bryan 124; Anson, Biyan
S00, Watson 500; Beaufort, Bryan 500,
Watson 100; Buncombe, McKinley
200; Burke, Watson, 100; Cabarrus,
Bryan 1,200; Watson 330; Caliwell
250 Watson, 400 Bryan; Camden, CO
Russell and McKinley;Chatham, 1,000
Bryan, 250 Watson; Chowan, 273 Mc
Kinley, 413 Russell; Cleveland, 900
Bryan, 400 Watson; Cumberland, 300
Bryan, 100 Russell; Davie, 300 Mc
Kinley and Russell; rham,
125 Bryan, 350 Watson; Forsyth,
500 McKinley and Russell; Gaston
C30 iiryaj, 2 Wat-on; Hay woe J J00
Bryan and Watson; Hertford, 200 Mc
Kinley and Russell; Iredell 990 Bryan,
535 Watson; Johnston, 900 Watson;
Lenoir, 558 Bryan, 117 Watson; Lin
coln, 300 Bryan, 50 Watson; McDowell
175; Bryan, 150 Watson; Mecklenburg
(unofficial) 500 Bryan and Watson;
Montgomery, 200 McKinley and Rus
sell; Moore, 700 Bryan, 200 Watson;
Pamlico, 70 McKinley and Russell;
Pasquotank. 5C8 Russell; Person, 200
Bryan and Watton; Pitt, 200 McKin
ley and Russell; R:chmond,300 Bryan,
500 Russell; Rockingham, 500 Bryan,
300 Watson; Rutherford, 2)0 Bryan,
30 Watson; Stokes, 550 McKinley and
Russell; Union, 1,000 Bryao, 500
Watfon; Warren, 1,150 Russell.
Chairman Manly says: "As to
Governor, it is close, but iudications
point to Y&lsou" election."
Chairman Uolton gives out these
cennty figures: Bertie. 500 McKin
ley; Buncombe, 400 McKinley; Car
teret, 100 Bryan; Chowan, 400 Mc
Kinley; Cnmberlaud, a set-off; David
son, 00 McKinley, Durham, 425
Bryan; Edgecombe) 800 McKinley;
Forsyth, 1,150 McKinley; Halifax,
2,000 McKinley; Jacki-on, a set-cET;
Macon, a set-olT: Madison, 850 Mc
Kinley; McDowell, 300 Bryan;
Meckle nbnrg n sot off. New
Hanover, 800 McKinlej ; Alamance, 100
McKinley; Randolph, 200 McKinley;
Richmond, 400 McKinley; Rutherford,
30 Bryan; Surry, 500 McKinley;
Wake, 500 Bryan; Wilson, 1C0 Mc
Kinley. Chairman Holtou siys: "Russell
will win. I can't figure on it, because
county cLairmen send me no Russell
figures, though I Lave asked for them
Our gain is 18,707 in 23 counties, ae
above, that I have heard from. This
is McKinley's gain on the 1892 vote.
McKinley certainly carries the State
by 25,000 if this ratio keeps np."
In Wake the fusionists all win by
majorities of from 67 (for Jim Young,
colored, for the Legislature) to 800.
South Carolina for Bryan.
South Caroliua has done her duty
to herself and given the Bryan-Sewall
ticket a handsome vote. The vote ow
iug to the rainy weather, the counter
part of what was experienced four
years ago, and the knowledge that
with three other electoral tickets in
the field nothing could defeat the
Bryan electors, was prnall in this State.
It was expected to be about 65,000.
The indications are that it will fall
possibly 15,000 short of that figure.
Up to midnight returns received
from over on3 hnddred precinctt
in the Staie gave Bryan 10,
761, McKiuley 3,174 and Palmer
627. These reports come from points
iu all portions of the State, and indi
cate that the ratio given will be pre
served. Outside of Charleston the
vote for the Palmer Buckner ticket
has been farcial in the extreme. In
Charleston a heavy vote was given
McKiuley and Palmer. TLe city and
four country precincts gave McKinley
1,185 against Bryan's 1,486, but tLe
anti-Bryau vote was 1,711. At tLe
capital Bryan doubled tbe Republican
and gold tickets.
All the Democratic nominees for
Congress are elected owing to the di
vision of the Republicans and the reg
istration. The county Democratic
tickets are no doubt elected in all the
counties. Tbe fusion ticket no doubt
has gone through in Georgetown
county. This gives a General Assem
bly with only one Republican member,
and Judge Earle's election by that
body in January to, the United States
Senate is assured.
The figures show that there were
many whites who voted for the regular
nominees of the Democratic party on
the State ticket who voted for McKin
ley on the national ticket. This was
largely the case in Charleston, and i t
gome other towns it occurred, but was
not so general. In Columbia eighteen
more votes were cast in tho Federal
than in the State elections. Analyzing
the votes ono finds that 71 more rotes
were cast for Ellerbe than for Bryan,
and 43 more than for Bryan and Palm
er. There were 53 moro votes cast for
the Republican electoral ticket com
bined than for the Republican candi
dates for Governor. Deduct the
eighteen excess referred to above and
tbe result is 53 also. It is thus seen
that upwards of 50 white men who
voted for the Stato Democratic ticket
voted for the Republican national
bickt t.
TIIK FIKTV-KIKTII CONGRESS.
Tabic Showing Political Complexion,
lieptibiicans Have Substantial Ma
jority. Advices and reports received bytheUnited
Asoci;itil press indicate the election of the
following delegations from the several States:
There are in this list 212 Republicans, ouo
sound inouey Democrats, 114 Democrats and
10 Populists, silver Republicans and fusiou
ts. Uy States the division between the
.'.irtics is:
A labamr Democrats 7; Topulists 2.
Arkansas Democrats G.
California Republicans 3: Fusion 4.
Colorado Fu.-ion 1; Populist 1.
Connecticut Republicans 4.
Delaware Democrats 1.
Florida---Democrats 2.
Urtoria Democrats 11.
Idaho Fusion 1.
Indiana Republicans 10; Democrats 1;
i-'ii-i' it 2.
Iowa Republicans 11.
KiusKS" Republicans 4; Democrats 6; Fu
sion 3.
Kentucky- Republicans 4; Democrats 6;
Fusion 1.
Louisiana-Democrats 6.
Mc.ir.c Republicans 4.
12, Democrats
1.
.MichiaaRcpublii'acs 10, Democrats 1;
FiKoal.
Miunesota'-Republieans 7.
Mi.-sisi-ippi Democrats 7.
Missouri Republicans 3; Democrats 11;
Fusion 1.
Mottana Silver Republicans 1 (ILirtman.)
NVi ri'.-ka-Rep'-;l'!','a'1Si 1: Fusion 5.
NevtR'aSilvt-r Republicans 1.
New lUmi shire- Republicans 2.
New .Ierse Uepu,'Uf'au9 .
New York Republicans 29; Democrats 5.
Norf!i Carolina Republicans 4; Democrats
1; Populists 4.
North Dakota Republicans 1.
Ohi'.- Republicans 19, Democrats l;Fu--ion
1.
Oregon Republicans 2.
r . nisvlvania Republicans 27; Democrats
2; Si-.und Monev Democrats 1.
Rhode Ishmd' Republicans 2.
South Carolina Democrats 7.
South DakotaRepublicans 2.
Tennessee Republicans 2; Democrats 8.
Tvxas Republicans 1; Democrats 12.
TJ;ah Silver Republicans 1.
Vermont-Republicans 2.
Virginia Republicans 2; Democrats 8.
Washington Democrat 2.
West Virginia Republican 14.
Wisconsin Republicans 10.
Vvoming--Ieuioat9 1.
Price
REV. DR. TALHAGE,
THB VOTED HEVDIK'S 8CNDAY
KRXOX.
TExtJ "I could wish that myself were
aecur?a from Christ for my brethren, my
kinsmen according to ta& flesh." Romans
ix.. a
A tough passai?, indeed, for thos3 who
take Paul literally. When some of the old
theologians declared thtit they were willing
to be damned for the glorvof do I. they said
what no one believed. Paul did not iu the
text mean he was willing to did forever to
save his relatives. He used hyperbole, an 1
when he declared, "I could wish that myself
were aeeursed from Clrrist for my brethren,
my kinsmen according to the "fleh," he,
meant in the most vehement of all possible
ways to declare his anxi-ny for the salvai iou
of his relatives an i friends. I: was a passion
for souls. Not more than on Christian out
of thousands of Christians fee's it. All ab
sorbing desire for the betterment of tho
physical and mental condition is verv com
mon. It would take more of a mathema
tician than I ever cau be to calculate how
many are, up to an anxiety that sometimes
will not let them sleep nights, planning for
the efficiency ot hospitals where the sick
and wounded of body are treated, an I for
eye and ear infirmaries, and for dispensiu-ies
and retreats where the poorest may have
most skidful surgery an t helpful treatment.
Oh. it is beautiful and glorious this wide
spread and ever intensifying movement to
alleviate and cure physical misfortunes.
May Ood encourage aud help the thousands
of splendid men aud women engage 1 in that
work! But alt that isoutsideof mysubject to
day. In behalf of the immortality of a m m.
the inner eye, the inner ear, th. inuer ca- j
pacuy ior Kiaoness or uistress, now lew reel
anything like tha overwhelming concentra
tion expressed in my text. Rarer than four
leaved clovers, rarer than century plants,
rarer than prima donna, hava baen those of
whem it maybe said, They have a passion
for souls." You could count on the lingers
and thumb or your left hand all tho names
of those you can recall who In the last the
eighteenth century were so characterized.
All the names of those you could recall in
our time as having this passion for souls yo
can count on the Augers and thumbi of your
right and left hands. There are many more
such consecrated souls, but they are scattered
so widely you do not know them. Thoroughly
Christian people by the hundreds of mildons
there are to-day, but how few people do you
know who are utterly oblivious to every
thing in this world except the redemption of
souls? Paul had it when he wrote my text,
and the time will come when the majority of
Christians will have it, If this world is ever
to be lifted out of the slough in which it has
been sinking and floundering for near nine
teen ceuturies, and the betterment had bet
ter begin with myself and yourself. When a
Committee of the Society of Friends called
upon a member to reprimnnd him for break
ing some small rule of the society, the mem
ber replied: "I had a dream, iu which all
the friends had assembled to plan some way
to have our meeting bouse cleaned, for it
was very filthy. Many propositions were
made, but no conclusion was reached until
one of the members rose and said, 'Friends,
I think if each one would take a broom rnd
sweep immediately around his own seat, the
meeting house would bo clean.'" Ho let
the work of spiritual Improvement begin
around our own soul. Some one whispers
up from the right hand side of the pulj.it
ami says, Will you please name some of
the persons in our times who have this pas
sion for souls?" Oh, no! That would be in
vidious and impru lent, and the mere men
tioning of the names of such persons might
causo in them spiritual pride, and theu tho
.Lord would have no more use for them.
Some one whispers up from the left hand
side of the pulpit, 'Will you not, then, men
tion among the people of th post some who
had this passion for souls?" Oh, yes! Samuel
Rutherford, the Scotchman of 330 years ago
his imprisonment at Aberdeen for his re
ligious zea', and the public burning of his
book, "Lex Rex," in Edinburgh, and his un
just arraiguraent for high treason and other
persecutions, purifying and sanctifying him
so that his works, entitled "Trial and
Triumph of Faiih" and "Christ Dying and
Drawing Sinners to Himself," and, above
all, his 215 unparalleled letters showed that
he had the passion forsouls; Richard Baxter,
whose ''Paraphrase of the New Testament"
caused him to be dragged before Lord Jef
freys, who howled nt him as "a rascal" and
"sniveling Presbyterian" and Imprisoned
bimfortwo yean Baxler, writing 103 re
ligious books, his "Call to the Unconverted"
bringing uncounted thousands into the par
don of the gospel, and his "S tints' Everlast
ing Rest" opening heaven to a host. innum
erable; Richard Cecil; Thomas a Kempis,
writing his "Imitation of Christ" for all ages;
Harlan Pige, Robert McCheyne, Nettleton,
Finney and more whom I might mention,
the characteristic of whose lives was an over
towering passion for souls. A. 1. E:irl, the
Baptist evangelist, had it. I. S. Inskip, the
Methodist evangelist, had it. Jacob Knanp
had it. Dr. Bachus, President of Hamilton
College, had it. And when told he had only
half an hour to live said: "Is that so? Then
take me out of my bed and place mo upon
my knees and let me spend that time in call ing
ou God for the salvation ot tho world."
And so he died upou his knees. Then thero
have beeu others whose names have been
known only in their own family or neighbor
hood, and here and there you think of one.
What unction they had iu prayer! What
power they had in exhortation! If they
walked into a home, every member of it felt
a holy thrill, and if they walkad into a
prayer meeting the dullness and stolidity
instantly vanished. One of them would
wake np a whole church. One of them would
sometimes electrify a whole city.
But the most wonderful one of that char
acterization the world ever saw or heard or
felt was a peasant in the Far East, wearing
a plain blouse like an inverted wheat sack.
with three openings one for thn neck and
tbe other two for the arms. His lather a
wheelwright and house builder and given to
various carpentry. His mother at first under
suspicion because of the circumstances of His
nativity, and He chased by a Herodic mania
out of His native land to live awhile under
the shadows of the sphinx and pyramid of
Giznh, afterward confounding the L.L. D.s
of Jerusalem, tnen stopping the paroxysms
of tempest and of madmnn. His path strewn
with slain dropsies and catalepsies and oph
thalmias, transfigured on one mountain,
preaehiug on another mountnin, dying on
another mountain nnd ascending from an
other mountain the greatest, tho loveliest,
tho mightiest, the kindest, the most self-sacrificing,
most beautiful being whose feet ever
touched the earth. Tell us, ye deserts who
heard our Saviour's prayer; tell us, ye seas
that ilrenehed Him with your surf; tell us,
ye multitudes who hear! Him preach ou
deck, on beach, on hillside; tell us, Gol
gotha, who heard the stroke of the hammer
on the spikeheads and the dying groauiu
lhat midnight that dropped on midnoon,
did anyone Jike Jesus have this passion for
souls?
But breaking right iu upou me is tho
question, How can we get something of this
Pauline and Christly longiug for saved im
mortalities? I answer, by better appreciat
ing the prolongation of the soul's existence
compared with everything physical and ma
ter.ai. How 1 hopi that sur-reon will suc
cessfully remove the cataract from that
maus eye! It is such a sat thing to be
blind. Let us pray while :h doctor is busy
with the delicate" operation. But for how
long a time will ho lie able to give his patient
eyesight? Well, if the patient be forty years
of age, he will add to his happiness perhaps
fifty years of eyesigh'. and that will bring
the man to ninety years, and it Is not prob
able that lie will livrf longer thaa thaf, or
that he will live so Ion.'. Bu: what is good
rye-ight for H'ty years more as coTiparei
with clear vision "for the soul a billion of
eeLturies? I hope the effort to drive back
i.be typhoid fever trim yonder home will te
successful. God help the doctarJ! We will
wait in great anxiety until the flreS of that
fever are extinguished, and when the man
rises from his pillow and walks out, with
what heartiness we will welcome him into
the fresh air and the church and business
ciicles! He is thirty years ot age, and if he
shall live sixty years more that will make
him ninety. But what are sixty years moro
of earthly vigor compared with the soul's
health for a quadrillion millenniums r.
millennium, as you know, a thousand years?
This world, since fitted up for man's resf
dince, has existed about six thousand years.
How much longer will it exist? We will sup
pose it shall last as much longer, which is
very doubtful. That w.ll make its exist
ence twelve thousand years. But what are
or will be twelva thousand years compared
with ths eternity pre:eding those years ani
$1 Per Year, in Advance.
th eternity following them time, as com
pared to eternity, like the drop of the night
dew shaken from the top of a grass bind by
the cow's hoof on its way atleld this morn
ing, as cotnpardd with Meiiterrane.in nnd
Arabian and Atlantto and Pucitlc watery do
minions! A stranger desire! to purchase a farm, but
the owner would not sell it would only let
it. The stranger hired it by le.isa for only
one crop, but he sowed neoras, an 1 to ma
ture that crop 30.) years were neocsary. That
was a practiced deception, but I deceive you
not when I tell you that the crop ot the soul
takes hold of unending ages.
I see the author of my text seated in the
house of Gaius. who "entertained him at
Corinth, not far from the overnanging for
tress ot Aero-Corinthus, and meditatiug on
the longevity of the soul an 1 getting more
and mora agitated about Us value and the
awrul risk some of his kindred were running
concerning it, and ha write this letter con
taining the text, which Chrysostom admired
so much he had it read to him twice a week,
aa l among other things hs says tlio.e dar
iasr aud stcrtling words of my text. "I could
wish t lat myself were a-'cursed 'rom Christ
for my brethren, my kinsmen, according to
the flesh."
Another way to get something of tho
Paulino longing for redeemed immortalities
is by examining the va.t machinery ar
ranged to save this inner and spiritual na
ture. That machinery started to revolve on
the !ge of the garden of E lea, just aftr
the cyclone of sin prostrated its sycamores
am, tamarisks and willows and will uot ceas
to revolve until the last aout of earth shall
get rid of its last sin ait 1 enter the heavenly
Eden. On that stupendous machinery for
soul saving tho patriarch put his hand, r.jl
prophet his hand, ami evangelist his hand,
and apostle his hand, and Christ His hau l,
and almost every hand that toueho I it be
came a crushed hand. It was the most ex
pensive machinery ever constructed. It cost
more to start it and has eot and will cost
more to keep it running than nil the wheels
that ever made revolution ou this planet.
That machinery turned u-t by ordinary
motive power, but by force of tears and
blood. To connect its ban is of influence
made out of human nnd Christly nerves with
all parts of the earth millions of good men
and women are now nt work and will bo at
work until every wilderness shall Iwconio a
Harden, and every tear of grief shall Ih a
tear of Joy, nnd the sword of divine victory
shall give the wouud to the old dragon that
shall send him howling to the pit, tho iron
gate clanging against him, never again to
open. All that and infinitely more to save
tho soul! Why, it must bo a tremendous
soul tremendous for good or tremeudous
for evil, tremendous for happiness or tre
mendous for woe.
Put on the left side of tho largest sht ot
paper that ever came from paper mill a sin
gle unit, the figure 1, and how many ciphers
would you have to add to the right of that
llirureto express thesoul's value, each cipher
adding tenfold? Working into thnt scheme
of the soul's redemption, how many angels
of God descending and ascending! How
many storms swooping on Lake Galileo! How
many earthquakes opening duugeons and
striking cataclysms through mountains. from
top to base! What noonday sun waa put on
retreat! What omnipotence lifted and what
Godhead was put to torture! All that for
the soul. No wonder that Paul, though pos
sessing great equipoise of temperament when
he thought what his friends and kin ircd
were risking concerning their souls. Hung
aside all his ordinary modes of speech, argu
ment and apt sirr.il", and bold metaphor, and
learned allusion, us unlit to express how he
folt, and seizing upon the appalling hyper
holism of my text cries eut, "I could wish
myself accursed" that is. struck of the
thunderbolts of the omnipotent God, sunk
to unfathomed depths, chntned into servi
tude to Abaddon and thrust into furnaces
whose fires shall never burn out if only
those whom I love might now and forever be
saved. Mind you, Paul does not say, "I do
wish." Ho says. "1 could wish." Even i-.
the agony he 'elt for others he did not los
his b.iluuee. "I could wish myself accursed.'
I could, but I do not. Only one being that
ever lived was literally willing to give up
heaven for perdition, and that was the di
vine peasant whom I mentioned a few mo
ments ao. He was not only willing n exJ
change dominions of bliss for dominions ot
wretchedness, but Ho did so, for, that He
forsook heaven, witness the stooping star
ami all those who saw His miracles of mercy,
and that He actually entered the gates of the
world of perpetual conflagration tiio Bible
distinctly declares. Ho did not say, with
Paul, "I could," but Ho said, "I will, I do,"
and tor the souls of men He "descended into
hell."
In this last half ot the last decade of the
nineteenth century the temperature in tho;
churches is very low, and most of th piety
would spoil if it wore not kept on ice. And.'
taking things as they aro, ordinary Chris
tians will never reach tho point where the
outcry of Paul in the toxt will not seem liki
extravaganza. The proprieties in most of thu
churches are so fixed that all a Christian is
expected to do on Sunday is to get up a liitle
later in the morning than usual, put ou that
which is next to his best attire not the very
best, for that has to be reserved for the levee
enter tho church with a stately step, bow
his head, or at any rate shut his eyes ia
prayer time, or close them enough to look
sleepy, turn toward tho pulpit with holy'
dullness while the preacher speaks, put a 5
cent piece or, if the times be hard, a 1 cent
piece on the collection platter, kind of shov
ing it down under the other coin so that it
might be, for all that tho usher knows, u S3
gold piece.nnd then, after the benediction, go
quietly home to the biggest rep.ast of all tho
week. That is ail the majority of Christians
are doing for the rectification of this planet,
and they will do that until, at the close of
life, the pastor opens a black book at the
head of their casket and reads. "Bles-: 1 are
the dead who die in the Lord. They rest Irom
their labors and thoir works do follow them."
The sense of tne ludicious is so thoroughly
developed in mo that when I hear those
Scripture words read at the obsequies of one
of the religious do nothings iu the churches
it is too much for my gravity. "Their works
do follow thern." What work? Aud in what
direction do they follow them up or down?
And do they follow on loot or on the wing
And how long will they follow bofore they
catch up? Moro appropriate funeral text
for all such religious dead Iteats woul I bu
the words in Matthew xxv., 8: "Our lamps
are gone out." One would think that such
Christians would show at least under whoso
banner they are enlisted. In ono of tho
Napoleonic wars a woman Jeanne:ta by
name took her position with the troops and
shouldered a broomstick. The colonel paid,
"Jcaunetto, why do you take such a uicb-ss
weapon into the ranks?" "Well," sh'i said.
"I can sh-jw. at l"ast, wnich side I an on. "
Now, the ot ject of this sermon is to f-tir at
least one-fourth of you to au ambition for
that which my text presents in Mazing
vocabulary namely, a passion for souls. To
prove that it is possible to have mueh of that
spirit, I br:ng the consecration of 2'.'JJ foreign
missionaries. Jt is usually estimated that
there are at least 3000 missionaries. I make
a liberal allowance and admit there may be
10 1 ad missionaries out of the 3000, but I do
not believe thero is one. All Lnglislj and
American merchants leav Bombay, Cal
cutta, Amoy and I'ekin as soon as they
make their fortunes. Why? Because no
European or Ainer cau in his senses woutl
eiay iu thr.t climate after monetary in luce
menfs tave ceased. Now the mlsslonar'e
there are put down ou the barest necessities,
and most ofthem do not lay up tl In twenty
years. Why, then, do they stay in those,
lands of intolerable heat and cobras and
raging fevers, the thermometer somo'.ime
plavinz at 133 and 140 degrees of oppressive
ness, 12.000 miles from horn, because of the
unhealthy climate and the prevailing im
moralities of those regions compelled to send
their children to England or Scotland or
America, probably never to see them again?
O blessed Christ! Can it be anything but a
passion for souls? It is easy to un lerstani
all this frequent depreciation of foreign mi--sionaries
when you know that they are all
opposed to the opium traffic, and that inter
feres with commerce, and then the mission
aries are moral, nnd that is an offense to
manv of the merchants not all of them, bat
'. many ofthem who. absent from all h oms
j restraint, are so immoral that we can maK
only faint allusion to tb monstrosity of
their abominations. Ob. 1 would like to be
at. the gate of heaven when those mission
aries go in to see how they will have tho
pick of coronets and thrones and mansions
on the best streets of heaven. We who have
had easy pulpits and loving congregations,
entering heaven, will, in my opinion, hava
to take our turn anl wait for the Christian
i workers who. amia physical sunenngs an 1
i mental privation and environment of
squalor, nave done their work, and on tho
principle that in proportion as one has been
! self-sacrificing aud suffering for Christ's
sake on earth will be their celestial prefer-
I men.
I Who Is that young woman on the worst
street ia Washington, New York, or London,
' Bible la hand and a littl paikago la which
iwiicb lurDisuw on application. Z
TUE MESSENGER,
Marion, H.C
! art) msll via's of meiicinrt, an 1 another
j bundle in which are biscuits? H o-.v dnre she
f risk herself among those "roughs," an I
where is she gomg? She is ono of tie queeas
I- of heaven huating up thi Ulc and hungry;
an 1 before night she will have r. 1 Christ'.
"Let not your Uart te troubled" iu night or
. ten places, an i counted out fr o.n those vlai
the risht nuiubsr of drops to ;a-M pain, ami
given food to a family that would otherwise
have ha I nothing to eat tvdav. and tnueu
the. measure ..f a dead child that she may
prepare for it a shrou 1 her every -t o
kindness for ttio body accompanied with a
benediction lor tho soul. You se nothing
but tho tilt hy street aloug which sh walks
aud the rickety stairs up which sin climb?,
but she is accompanied by an uos?en cohort
of angel. with drawo swords to aefeu t her.
and with garlands twisted for her victories
all up and down the tenement house dis
tricts. I tell you then w is ii t so raucli
excitement when Ana R deyo, on hoi
way to her coronv.lou, found the Thsnv
stlrre l ly fifty gil led b.vgcs. with bril
liant flags, iu whlcli hing ma 1 belts
ruug by -aoh motion of the win I, noble
meu standing iu scarlet, an I wharf spread
with cloth of gold, and ail the gateways
surmounted by huzzaing admirers, and lh
streets hung with enmsou ve!ve aa I tram
iets and cauuon sounding the jubilee, nu t
Aune, drea-ed in surcot of silver tissue, and
brow gleaming with a circlet of ru lies, and
amid fountains that poured Rhenish wine
passed on to Westminster Hall an i rode iu
on a ca;)'irioned palfry, its boofe clatteriug
ou the classlu floor, nnd, dismounting,
passed into Westminster Abbv. and between
the choir and high altar was crorncd qien
amid organs ani choirs chauliug the. "Tj
Deum" I say thera was not much ia all
that glory which ttazzl the eyes ot history
when it is compared dth the heavenly re"
epption which that ministering spirit of tho
back alley shall receive when sh. goes up to
coronation. When she goes ia, what wel
come on the river of life, its banks of pearl
liued with splendors seraphic nn I in temples
of eternal worship, w-'iose music Is com
manded by swing of archangelic scepter and
before thrones where s.t those who have
reigned a Ihousaul years but -have just
begun their dominion. Poor Anne lloleyn,
in two years after that pageant, lost life and
throne by one stroke of headsman, but th's-
who on earth have a divino passion forsouls
shall never lose their thrones. "They shall
roigu forever and ever.''
But. after all, tliu lxst way to cultivate
that divine pass on for souls Is to work for
their salvation. Under Gol save one, an I
you will want right away to savo two. Sav.'
two, nnd you will want to save ten. rt iv.'
ten. and you will waut to save twenty. Sav.
twenty, and you will want to save a hundred.
Save a hundred, and you will waut to sav"
everybody. And what is the us of talking
about it when t lie place to begin Is here and
the time is now? And while you pray X w:ll
iu ono minute tell all there is of it. Full
pardon for the worst man on earth if he will
believe in Christ, whoso blood cau instantly
wash away the foulest crimes. Full comfort
ior the most htrrowing distress that ever
crushed a human being. At your first
moment of belief, a process by which thu
whole.universe of God will turu clear
around for your eternal advantage. For th
mre askiug, if the asking be iu earnest, aud
yon throw everything into lhat askiug. com
plete solace nnd helpfulness for the few
ye"lrs of this life, and then a wi le open
heaven which you can roach iu less tim
than it takes me to pronounce that imperial
word, flashing with all the joy that nn lu
ll ni to God knows how to bestow heaven.
Iu this world God never does His b st. H
can hang on tho horiz on gran ler mornings:
than havo ever yet been kindled, aud rain
bow the sky with richer colors than have
ever boon arched, and attune the ocean to
more majestic iloxologies than have ever yet
baen attained, but ns near as I cau tell, and
I speak it reverently, heaven i.s tho placn
where God has dono His best. Ho can build
no greater joys, lift no mightier splendors,
roll no loftier anthems, march no more im
posing processions, build no grentcs palaces,
ami spread out and li.t'rjoin urjd . wave t
more transporting u.agui licence. 1 think
heaven is the best heaven God can construct,
and it is nil yours for the serious asking.
How do you like the offer Do you really
think it is worth accepting? If so, pray for
it. Get uot up from that pew where you aro
sitting, nor move ouo inch from where you
nre standing, before you ret a full title for
it, written in the blood of the Son of God,
who would have all men come to life presv.ll
aud life everlasting.
If you have been ia military life, you know
what soldiers call tho "long roll." All tlio
drums beat it because the enemy Is approach
ing, and all the troops must immediately
get into line. What scurrying around the
camp and putting of tho arms through tho
strapsof tho knapsack, nnd saying good-by
to comrades you may never meet again!
Some of you Germans or Frenchmen may
have heard thnt long roll juft before Sedan,
homo of you ltaliaus may have heard that
long roll just before Bergamo. Some of you
Northern ami Southern men may have heard
it just before the battle of the Wilderiie.s.-".
You kuow its stirring and solemn mean
ing, and so 1 S'.mi I tho long roll to-day. 1
boit lhl- otil gospel drum ttiat has for ceu
turies been calling thousan Is to take
their plnces in line for this battle, ou uoo
side ot which are all the forces beatilb: and
on the other side all the forces demoniac.
Hero the long roll call, "Who is oa the
Lord's bide?" "Quit yourselves like men."
Iu solemn c jhiinn march for Go I aud hniipi
ncss an I heaven. Ho gla l am I thnt I do
nd have to "wi-h m.-self accursed" ani
throw away my h aveu that you may win
your heaven, but that we may have a whole
convention of heavens -hoaveu aided to
heavun, heaven bubt ou henven. And while
1 dwell upou the theme I begin to experi
ence in my own poor self that which I tako
to be something like a passion forsouls. And
now unto God, the only wise, the only gooJ,
the only creat, be, glory forever. Auie,u!
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In England footmen and maids on wheels
follow their mistresses.
In the future Dutch cyclists will be subject
ed to a yearly tax of three florins.
Many bicycle makers will build chainlet
bicycle to sell next year at f 100 each.
A recon count in the Boston park system
Fhowod Ho40 cyclists and 4C3 horseback
riders.
Less than ten years ago it was believed in
England that bicycles would never be popu
lar in this country, owing to tho poor
conditiou of the roads.
In the hunting centers of Great Britain
and Ireland the bicycle will be used as a
covert hack. Top lioots will be less annoy
ing for short distnnces than spurs.
Complete bievcles are never Imported to
this country. There is a steady and gratify
ing inerease in the export trade. If the
production of bicycles keeps ou at the rate
that has made this a wonderful year.lt Is
oi:Iy a question of time when Iho United
States will supply tho bulk of the world's
Jemiuil.
A new bicycle chain of rawhido is attract
ing some attention. This chain ia bound
j with steel plates on the ride to prevent
stretching, and It is said that it does not col
lect dust or need lubricating. It runs with
out noise an.l with less friction than a steel
chain, and water will not injure it or causo
rust. The material of tbe roller blocks is
pig hide, which looks and feeb; like boxwood.
A new and simple device for puncturing
tires was discovered on the Hudson Boule
vard, Jersey City,' N. J., lately. It Was n
newspaper folded into a narrow strip, and
; struck lull of tacks, with the points np. The
i wheelmen ran over one of tbe newspaper.
; ;i.ud walked home. The first one did not
j discover tho trick. The police were notified,
j .'.nd tho bicycle hquad was Instructed to look
j out forthi offender" j.-'-j
Bicycle screens are a recent device. They
are tho same as lire screens or any other
i (-mull screens used for hiding anything in a
room thnt Is less ornamental than the screens,
in apartments nnd bouses that have uu
places for bicycles that to one of Ihe solu
, tions of tho bicycle housing problem. It Is a
symptom that there is no longer tho excuse
of a sort of novelty to pardon tin presence
ol the wheel In all parts of a house.
I Tennesnee'a Centennial.
i
! At a me-tin of the executive committee of
! the Tennessee Centennial last week it wan
i shown that over $300,000 of the 375.000 so
i far subscribed to tbe exposition fund had
been paid in. Most cf lb" balance is consid -(red
j erfectly pood. The Commerce building
' was reported completed. This makes seeu
Vuii-iiags coin pitted.
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