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A WAYSIDE PATIENT.
Charles W. liar wood, M. D., in Youth's
Companion,
For half an hour past Doctor Sanborn'
had beeu certain that he was on the wrong
road. The main highway ran straight to
Winchester, but he had come upon unfam
iliar dips and tarns soon after leaving his
patient's house. Rather than risk another
mistakej he drove straight on. There were
outlying villages all about the city, and be
fore long he must reach some thoroughfare
leading toward home.
It was nearly midnight. The sky was
thick, and a lantern hanging over the dash
er barely showed the breadth of this forest
bordered way. ..
The reins hung slack from the doctor's
hands, but suddenly he tightened theni
and, grasping hi3 whip, leaned forward to
pierce the darkness ahead. Between the
jogging steps of his horse he had caught the
sound of quick, soft footfalls upon the dust
of the road.
It was a time and place for caution. Doc
tor Sanborn presently saw a man's figure in
in the road before him. lie held the whip
ready to lash his horse onward, but the
stranger turned to one side and halted at a
discreet distance. .
"Say, are you a doctor?" he called out,
breathless with running.
"Yes. What do you want?" Without
relaxing his guard at all, Doctor Sanborn
pulled up the horse.
"For God's sake, come with me? There's
a fellow taken sick a little way above here.
I'm afraid he's got pneumonia."
''Who are you?" the doctor asked, dis
trustfully, for, the man seemed too ragged
and unkempt to be an honest farm-hand.
Oh, I'm a tramp," he acknowledged,
hurriedly. '"Never miud about me. lie's
on the road, too, bat he's a fellow that's
worth saving. Won't you come?" His
voice quavered, but quiciny rang true
iin. "You wouldn't let even a tramp die
like a dog; you know you wouldn't, doc
tor!"
"That's so! Well, I'll see your friend.
Go ahead and lead the way."
"Thank you, doctor. It isn't far."
With a look of relief he faced about and
ran on just in front of the carriage. Mean
while, strange stories were Cashing through i
Doctor Sanborn's mind. On such pretexts
men had been enticed away and robbed;
yet be resolutely quelled all suspicion, and
touched up his horse. The tramp's face
had been sharp with unfeigned distress.
Soon after emerging from the woods the
man ran oil to one side ana stood in a
driveway leading back to some building.
"In here, doctor," he called, as the car
riage drove up. "We crept into an old
barn for the night. Let me hitch your
horse and cover him."
With niedicine-case and lantern in hand
Doctor Sanborn followed his guide. Swing
ing the light around, he saw that the barn
was used for storing balky farming tools
and the poorest hay. ..',.
The tramp shut the door carefully and
held up his hand. For a moment the two
men slood still to listen. Out of the gloom
beyond them came a weak, incessant cough
which fell ominously upon the doctor's ear.
"lie's breathing worse," whispered the
tramp, and, running ahead, he jumped over
into-a partly-filled bay. : f
A young man hardly yet cf age sat prop
ped against the haymow.- He was panting
rapidly, and his dusky face turned from
side to side in search of air.
I've brought a doctor," the tramp an
nounced, hopefully. "How are you, Will ?"
"Air, Diekl ' I can't breathe! " the boy
whispered; and Dick snatched off his hat
and knelt down to fan him.
The doctor bent over his patient. Time
was precious, and a moment of listening re
vealed all that he needed to know.- The
disease worked swiftly. In an hour or two
the crisis would come.'
; He opened his case and held out a little
tablet doubtfully. "Can you swallow it?"
he asked.
Before long this would become impossi
ble, but the young man nodded. With
momentary acuteness he glanced at the
physician, and then closed his eyes wrearily :
For the present everything had been
done, and the watchers stepped back. All
around them lurked heavy shadows, and
their little circle of brightness framed a
strange scene. ,
Through chinks and crevices of the barn
the light wind of the night blew freely.
Dick had thrown his coat over the sick
man, and, shivering slightly, he moved
closer to the doctor.
It was a silent plea for -sympathy." All
that was best in life he had long since flung
away, but, there were still human ties to
which he could appeal t From his friend's
unconscious face he glanced in some hesi
tation, at Doctor Sanborn.
"Will he be better soon?" he ventured,
speaking softly.
"No, I fear not." The doctor hesitated
It seems cruel not to offer the comfort of
simple friendliness. "It is all I can say,"
he added, with an impulse of good-will.
At best, the matter is serious, and I can't
tell what may be back of this."
Is it pneumonia?" Dick asked, after a
short silence.
"No, it's worse than pneumonia."
Doctor Sanborn-returned to his patient
It was time for some improvement, but an
hour passed by in apparently futile minis
trations. Never had disease seemed so
merciless or the strongest drugs so impo
tent. ; - . - .
Dick stood by, ready to give aid when
needed. Presently he dropped upon his
knees and impulsively clasped his friend's
hand. Its very touch seemed to awe hnn
and, lookingjup, he asked one tremulous
question :
"Doctor! is he dying?"
There was no answer, and, shaken by an
irrepressible sob, the man crept away
With every sense intent upon the slightest
changes of pulse aud breath. Doctor San
born took no heed of his going. The silence
grewoppressive. Dick soon returned, aud,
sitting down, bowed his head Upon his
bands.
."I hate to lose Will this way," he said,
mournfully. "We've been together a long
time now. Will ran away from home be
cause he thought his father was working
hire too hard, but it wasn't easy to find
work elsewhere, and he took to tramping
with me. .--
"This last year he's been getting tired of
it. Many a time of late he's said to me:
'Ah, Dick, a man can't get anything worth
having unless he works for it steady
mind you, Dick,' he would say ; 'steady!' '
All this passed the doctor's ears unheed
ed. i- He was reading a more absorbin
story, and its climax was near at hand
There lies the romance of a physician's life,
The night's adventure and its strange sur
roundji'ig scarcely moved Doctor Sanborn's
imagination, but it stirred his blood to feel
thc-MjIbC growing stronger cadef hi j lin
gers and the deadly chill passing away.
For, almost incredulously, he admitted
the fact. It had been a lopgfight, and his
eyes sparkled with triumph.
Dick was still talking, It was only a
variation of the old, sad story, but some
thing in his maftner of speech seemed in
congruous, and the doctor flashed a critical
glance over him.
"You were a man of some education," he
remarked, abruptly. '
"i?"Dick queried, in surprise. "Oh, I
had an academy coarse." He gave a
shamed, uneasy laugh. "They used to
think I'd study for the miaistry."
"Where are they' now ?" asked the doc
tor, quietly. -.
"Dead." A moment passed in silence.
"There wasn't any trouble with my schol
arship. I lacked something else, I guess.
Well, I've spent my chances."
A shade of genuine regret clouded his
face, but he turned the subject and went
on: "It was different with Will. He never
forgot the old folks, and maybe, if they
were kind, he might pull up again."
"Then his parents are living?"
."Yes; that's why we came this way.
Will vasn't meaning to be seen, himself,
but jnst to lie around till he caught sight of
them. 'It will do me a world of good just
to look on mother's face,' he kept saying,
yesterday, and he was full of plans to get
a job somewhere and then come home.
Well, we made a long day of it, but Will
was sickening all the jtime and we had to
slop here, though the Forrest house is not
far ahead."
"What is his father's name?" demanded
the doctor.
"Nathan Forrest. Do you know him?"
"Indeed I do! But I didn't know his
hcuse was so near. I have always come
around the other way."
With a new interest he studied his pa
tient's face. Under its mask of pallor
there were familiar features. "1 knew
there was some trouble in the Forrest fam
ily," he mused. "The mother is broken by
her sorrow; tfce father h3 pent his grief
into silence'."'
"It seems to me his folks ought to know
of this," Dick suggested. "He made me
promise I wouldn't tell them."-
'il haven't promised," the doctor rejoin
ed, decisively. "However, I can't leave
him yet. There is a good chance for re
covery now, and we must fight it out
alone." .
An hour later the sick boy opened bis
eyes and half-cousciously raised both
hands to his temples. "My head, aches,"
he muttered, drowsily, aud soon'dropped
to sleep again.
"It is the medicine," Doctor Sanborn ex
plained. "He has had enough, aud now
you can watch him till 1 return. I am go
ing for help," he added, with a meaning
nod.
His horse neighed impatiently as he stole
out of the barn. How cold the night air
was! Drawing a long breath of relief, he
wrapped his overcoat closely about him,
uncovered the horse and drove away.
In the darkness it would have been easy
to miss his destination, but he kept a sharp
outlook, and at lat descried the Forrest
house looming indistinctly upon the right.
The night was still, but no one seemed to
be roused by ins coming. He walked up
the gravel path to the front door, and(
drumming roundly on a panel, stepped
away to watch the upper windows. Pres
ently a sash was raised above his head.
"Who is there?" asked a well-known
voice.
"I am Doctor Sanborn. Mr. Forrest, I
have urgent business with you."
The window was closed and a faint
murmur of voices dropped out into the
hush. Doctor Sanborn fastened his horse
and weut back to the doorstep. Knowing
Will's father as a stern and silent man, he
had already begun to doubt the issue of his
intercession.
A ''glimmering light shone through the
close shutters of the hall, and descended
the stairs. There was a rattle of bolts, the
door was opened, and a tall, spare man
came forward, hastily clothed, but erect
and dignified.
"You may enter," he said, gravely.
In austere silence he led the way into the
parlornd solemnly confronted his visitor,
as one who expects the worst. In tha
chill of the early morning he looked old and
gray. . -
Kir, are son a messenger of good or of
evil?" he asked.
"Perhaps of both," the doctor replied.
Mr Forrest, have you a son ?"
The man's stern face softened a little as
his wife entered the room and came quickly
to his side. But he had been deeply
wounded by Will's desertion.
"I had a son," he answered grimly.
"Don't say that, father!" his wife plead
ed "He is always our son. O doctor,
have you any news of Willie?"
One could read unshaken love in her ap
pealing eyes. Doctor Sanborn's smiie was
sufficient reply, and with a glad and grate
ful look she hurried from the room.
Her husband's lips were still set in unre
lenting lines. He was a proud and just
man, and he waited for some token of Will s
repentance. ,
Mr. Forrest," said the d(cfor, impres
sively, "do you believe m the story of the
prodigal ssn ?" '
It w as a touch upon the qnick, and Ihe
father bowed his head. 'Oh, if he would
only come back!" he groaned.
"He" has come back," said the doctor
"To-night he lies sick in a barn not fit for
your cattle. He has fallen by the way, but
lie was coming home, if only to look upon
your face again."
The old man. raised his handle could
bear no more. Soon a light touch clung
upon the doctor's arm and Mrs. Forrest
stood beside him, hastily dressed for the
night air. Her worn face was fairly aglow
with joy. . :
"Doctor, I'm goiug to my boy!" There
was a deep thrill in her voice which strongly
moved the young man. "Where is he?
What shall I take to him ?"
"Some one must stay here and prepare
for bun," was the geulle reply. "You can
do (hat best. Your husband will go with
me." "
With a quick, nervous stride Mr. Forrest
started for the carriage, wnile his wife
hurried to get the necessary wraps. It
was all one to her, so long as she .could
work for Will.
They drove in silence. The roll of car
riage wheels announced their coining, and
Dick was waitiug ouiside the door. .
"Where is my son ?" Mr. Forrest asked,
hoarsely.
"At the farther end, resting quietly, sir.
lie's been talking about the old folks, doc
tor. I'm glad you have conie. ;
As they entered Ihe barn, Doctor Sanborn
laid a warning hand on the old man's arm
"licmciabcr to control yourself, lie has
been very near to death this night."
"I will! I will! . Only let niesee him."
But, even w ith the words upon his lips, he J
sprang into the bay, and, as he knelt and
caught Will into his arms, the boy opened
his eyes upon his father's lace.
"Will! my son!" The father's voice was
choked arid broken, and Will 6obbed
aloud.
"Father! i didn't treat you right," he
faltered. "I'm going to do better now."
"My son!" .It was all the old man could
utter, but he wrapped the blankets about
his boy, and, passing his strong arms un
derneath, smiled down upon him tenderly.
"Come, Will! "he said. "Mother is wait
ing fer you."
TILL.5IAX 5IAKES A SESSA
TIOXAL. Sl'EECII.
The Round C'ottou Dale.
Atlanta Journal. , -
While a number of cotton experts have
given their cordial endorsement to the cyl
indrical cotton bale strong objection is
made to it by many cotton brokers in New
York on the ground that it is difiicult to
sample cotton packed in such a bale.
The Boston nerald which is in touch
with the cotton men of New England
comes to the defense of the new bale as fol
lows: "The new method of baling cotton In
compressed cylindrical bales, bound with
cotton cloth instead of jute baggiug, is 6aid
to have proved highly satisfactory. The
space in a vessel's hold or in a railway car
for a given quantity of cotton is much less
when cotton is put up in this way than
when packed in the old mauner. More
than this, it has been found practically im
possible to set fire to a bale of eof ton put up
in this manner, aud the outer fiber is
much loss liable to damage than when the
cotton is put up in a somewhat loose and
uncertain covering of jute. From the
grower to the manufacturer reports are
highly satisfactory, while as cotton i3 in
tensely inflammable, end E3 man 3 fire3
that have occurred at sea have been
chargeable to cotton, the. nse of a method of
packing which eliminates this serious
hazard is one greatly to be commended. It
is not easy to change a trade custom in a
year or two, but the chances ?;re that ten
or twelve years from this tinierll, or nearly
all, of the cotton grown in our southern
states which is sent to northern or to Euro
pean markets will be packed in these close
ly compressed cylindrical bales."
What is still more favorable to the inter
ests of the cylindrical bale, the New York
Shipping List has become its stout cham
pion. After commending it in the highest
terms that journal says:
"Machines w ill be leas.ed, but in no case
sold, to planters, and will turn out the cot
ton so tightly pressed that a EOG-poiiiid
bale will be only half the present size of a
bale of the same weight. Another impor
tant advantage lies in the fact that the cyl
indrical bale can be shipped directly to the
spinner and fed directly to his machinery
without further handling. An immense
saving in freight will be effected by the de
creased amount of room occupied by the
cotton in transit."
A well-known cotton expert of Now
York says he has no doubt that the cylin
drical bale will speedily come i:do general
use. In his opinion that brde "is undoubt
edly a great advance in cotton packing. It
dispenses with jute bagging and tires Mr a
"tare" cn that account of between twenty
one and twenty-eight pounds, it substitutes
in the new covering one of only three and
and a half pouuda, while at the same time
it is belter protection against waste, pilfer
ing, water and general damage, and is
worth to the mills for wrapping almost it3
cost per pound. Moreover, the bale is
practically fireproof, not contaiuing oxygen
enough to support combustion , it has
been approved.on this score by Mr. Bdward
Atkinson and other experts, and there is a
disposition among underwriters to reduce
their rates of insurance 50 per cent on cot
ton packed in this fomfT It is easily han
dled, occupies only 60'per cent of the ware
house space of the square bale, and 'its
clearly stamped weight is -guaranteed and
maintained, rts the thorough airing aud
drying before ginning prevents its losing
weight while in stock.
It is certain that the cylindrical bale will
be very largely used this year and by. the
time the next ' cotton crop is marketed it
will be possible to form a pretty accurate
estimate of the merits of the invention.
lona's Jlidet Law.
After toying with prohibition for
years and ranking a dismal failure
of it, Iowa bus adopted what is called
the mulct system under which sa
loons are recognized by law and.pay
for their privileges.
The law makes $600 the minimum
charge ia any place, but allows the
municipal authorities to raise the
limit as high as they please. Of
eleven cities from which reports are
published, three collect $500 apiece
from liquor dealers; one, $700; one,
$900; one, 325; two, $1,000; two,
$1,200; and one, $1,800. There is
a gerat difference in the proportion
of saloons to inhabitauta in tbece
various cities, the rule being pretty
uniform that a $G00 fee makes the
number about three times as large
per 1,000 population as a $1,200 fee.
Even with as high rate as $,8Gt,
however, Ottumwa, which Lad 14,000
people by the census, fo 1890, has
no fewer than eighteen saloons or
one to every 931 men, woman and
children, as the population is now
computed. .
There is probably no more whisky
and beer consumed in Iowa now than
there was when the sale of intoxica
ting drinks was prohibited bv law
and the state realizes a handsome
revenue from the mulct system.
Tired, Krrvous, Sierpless
Men and women how gratefully thev
write about Hood's SarsapariUa Once
helpless and discouraged, -having lust all
faith in medicines, now in "ood health and
;able to do my own work," le ausel!o..d's
Pruia nas power m t-mirh ana puniy
the blood and maki the v.enk strong ihi.$
is experience of a host of ptople.
Hoop's Pri.i.s are the best family ca
.thaiiie and liver medicine. Gemlc, relia
ble, sure.
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Sasar Trust anti Han UooI n
Newspaper Extract Wlilcli A
cuses Senator Sinilh, of New
Jersey, of SpecclatiMSf-T:ie
Resolntion Whicli Mr. Tillman
Introduced Will Probably Re
sult In tUe IuvestlsaSlou He
DemautSs.
Washington, May 23. After a long
period of silence, Senator Tillman, of South
Carolina, startled the Senate to-day by a
speech no less dramatic in its delivery than
sensational in its allegations.
Mr. Tillman rose to a question of privil
ege and presented a resolution for an in
vestigation. The resolution recited the
work of the last investigating committee,
the present imprisonment of Elverton It.
Chapman, and the acquittal yesterday of
Ilavemeyer "on a technicality." lt'recited
reports of the. la.st S'3 days that Senators
have speculated in Sugar stocks, and J hat
advance reports on the Sugnr schedule
reached New York speculators. The res
olution proposed the appointment cf a new
committee of investigation, to be made up
of five Senators, who are fully empowered
to summon witnesses and call for papers in
connection with their inquiry. It is as
follows:
'Resolved, That a committee of five be
appointed, with powers to send for persons
and -papers, to employ stenographers, ana
to administer oaths, to inquire into the
truth or falsehood of tha charges made in
Slay, 18S4, aud into the charges recently
made, and the scope of the investigation
shall cover everything embraced in the res
olution of May 17, 1S01, as well as the
methods pursued by the American Sugar
Refining Company, belter known as the su
car trust, ia controlling legislation iu its
favor at the time. And especially whether
it has in any wise contributed to or cor
trolled the election of a Senator in this
body at any time." .
Mr. Frye, w ho was in the chair, owing to
the absence of the Vice-President, prompt
ly ruled that the resolution should go to the
committee 011 contingent expenses. I3ut
Mr. Tillman was not to be stopped, lie
asked consent to make a statement on the
resolution, and this being granted, the
South Carolina Senator began a speech
that proved to be one of the most sensa
tional the Senate has heard in recent years
Mr. Tillman spoke with his usihiI vigor of
voice, w hich fairly rang through the cham
ber and corridors, adding expressive ges
tures to bis utterances.
4iWc have arrived at a time," he declared,
"when the Senate can no longer afford lo
rest under the da;nnirig Recusations made
against Senators. If there are men here
debauching the Senate, then we should b
purged cf them. If these reports are slan
ders. tiien the press g.ilio.-ks should be
purged. We cannot afford to lay back on
our dignity any longer and say we will not
investigate."
Both parties were face to face with this
scandal, he said. The former sugar inves
tigation sought lo learn whether members
of the finance committee, then Democrats,
were "bought and sold like cattlj " That
investigation involved the President, the
Secretary of the Treasury, and the finance
committee. lie added: "We have the
same question, but the parlies are changed,
and nothing but cowardice will prevent
Senators from -energetic uctioii to protect
our good name." It would be recalled, he
said, that it was charged that President
Cleveland met the sugar magnates on :
3-acht and discussed the details of tii
schedule of th-o now pending tariff bill.
There wa3 nothing to fasten that "daniniu:
accusation'-on the President, Sir. Tillman
said, but Senator Jones, of Arkansas, had
recently furnished evidence to the effect
that the President told him that the trust
should have i a cent per pound.
Mr. Jones quickly arose at this reference
to him. On two occasions, he m:d, llr
Cleveland had said to him that bethought
the 14 cent on raw sugar was necessary to
the American refiners, and that a cun
rule would drive the refiners out of busi
nets.
Proceeding, Mr Tillmsji said it might be
that llr Cleveland dered to carry out
bargain, lie (Tillman) did not say this
was the case, liut was it the case? If the
Pasident did this the Senate ought to find
ii out.
Here Mr. Gray, of Delaware, chairman of
the former sugar investigating committee.
interrupted. The statement, he said, that a
sugar schedule had been made upon llr.
Benedict's yacht w hen the President vfas
on board with ofticcrs of the sugar trust,
was not true., and its f:tl,-ity had been es
tablished after the committee had probed
the statement to the bottom. Doth Mr.
JIavemeyer and Mr. Searlea had testified
that no such meeting had ever occurred.
and that they had not met Mr. Cleveland.
Mr Tillman said that he was glad to her
this He wanted everything to come up
that would clarify the situation. He was
attacking no one, but one 'half of the
American people believed, he s-jtid, that
there was :r corrupt deal ia ISjl, just as
some of us believe that there is "something
rolton in Denmark" now.
"Both parlies are involved," exclaimed
the Senator, "and one is aa deep in the mud
as the other is in tho mire. You know of
the reports cg;::st certain members of the
old finance eoirrmiltou, and noy we have
more drvuining accusations against the
present committee." Mr Tillman began
to speak: of Mr. Chapman, who was now
"living like a little king i:i the District
jail."
Mr. Pelius, if Alabama, demanded that
the Senator make direct charges, and not
deal in generalises.
"I have specifications to present, if you'll
just possess yourself in patience," answer
ed the South Carolina Senator. Mr. Till
man went on to state that when the former
tariff bill was framed the finance committee
had left, the committe room and had taken
quarters at the Arlington Hotel.
."The "Senator is grossly mistaken," in
terrupted l'r. Ve.-t, of the finance commit-
mm rh m S:
Cure s:ck Ucadiithe, bad
taste in the inoutlifo&ud
touue. gas 111 the s'.oLwch,
dUti-vug anil iii-.i-,-',!t;J llo
not weaken, but 4tavoiic
l.!0 culy Tills
P
B B B
to u;.c v.., a-..
effects
2o cei.U.
he asked, that the sngar trust can always
command a specific instead ot an ad va
lorem duty ? Why was it that they cleared
SjHiO.OOO in three year3. They had clear
ed it, he added, at the expense of every enp
of tea and coffee drunk throughout the
country. It was the Republican rarty who
did it first. It was the Democratic parly
who did it in lSf'4.
Mr. Tillman said ha would now rresent
specifications. He sent to the desk a num
ber of signed articles in the newspapers of
New York, Chicago and ehewhere, mak
ing serious charges against Senators. The
names of individual Senators wre men
tioned for the first time.
The first article read from the desk began
with "Smith Ahead in Sugar," and spoke
of the New Jersey Senator's sell
ing 6,000 shares of sugar stock,
short, at a profit of $3,0(0. Mr. Smith
W33 not ia the chamber at the time.
Then followed the reading cf many other
articles making intimations aud charges
of speculation and irregularity.
Mr. Tillman carried on a running com
ment as the reading proceeded, speaking
briefly after eaeh article.
If any man had been influenced in the
manner charged, he, the Senator asserted,
'was no better than the black leg gambler
who had cams up his sleeve." .Such a
man should be made to hide his bead in
shame if his colleagues allowed him to re
main in the Senate.
Another article read from the desk spoke
of the Warge profits to Senators and stated
that 9,000 shares of sugar stock had been
handled the day before for three Senators.
Another article slated that Mr. hite, a
New York broker, had maintained sumptu
ous otnees wmie uie sugar scneumu was tu
cominittecJuud had then gone out of busi
ncss here.
'So it sooms that some of us have a finger
in the ie. and there are some pretty big
fish -in the pot," eommenlcd ilr. Tillman
with mock humor.
He said it was about time these specific
charges, must of them signed, with the
names of their authors, should be probed.
There should be no mixture of the old in
vestigation and the new one. "Let them
stand apart," he said. "Let us not mix up
the Democratic cheep w ith the Republican
goats, but let's have a fumigation." It was
not a time when Senators should sit here,
apparently silenced by co wardice or cor
ruption. The Republicans had received
the recent campaign contributions from
"the octopus." be said, and it should be
brought to the light before the American
people. If this "gang of thkn-es and rub
bers"" were to Lave all they wanted, then
let the American laboring men realize what
a Eloriou.3 Senate represented him at
Washington.
In conclusion Mr. Tillman reiterated
that it the Senale is "rotien to the bottom,"
it should be proved. If these charges were
false then the iios should be luid bare. If
the charges were true, then, he said, the
uuiltv Senators ihould be turned out aud
the Senate purged.
Mr. Aldricli, Republican member of the
finance commUtee, and in charge of the tar
iff bill, took the floor as Mr. Tillman slosed
He stepped forward from his rear seat aui
spoke calmly; deliberately, but with in
tense earnestness. lie 'spoke of the task of
any m'an seeking to frame a tariff bill and
the proJienes3 to question his motives. In
view of the statements of the South i"aro
lina Senator, Mr, AUIrieh said bethought
it was incumbent on him to make a state
r.ient as to the circumstances surrounding
the framing of the sugar schedule. It had
been charged, or inferred, he said, that the
sugar trust dictated the schedule
"But l desire to say to the Senate, to the
.Soimlpr (Mr. Tillman) and to every man
the United States that no person connected
with the srtigar trust at aiiy time, or at any
ohice, influenced the framing of the sugar
The Democratic
m
tubers of the fi
nance committee did not go to tha Arling
ton Hotel or ajiywheie else" outside the
comisiitice room or the capitot."
Mr. tillman said he was glad the Deum-er-.tie
party was relieved to this extent,
lie was u-t dealiag with tin; subject as a
parly ma-.t, he said, but as a free man Par
ties could effortl to be rid of men reionsi
b!e for the occurrences of lsi-'l and thcre
aho:ts " " .
-Now no one denies," Mr. Tillman w ent
on, "that f 1 r the l ist two n. mths tixkhs at
thc-Atliiigtoi) tiuve beo!i occupied by tlt
!:i:a"Ji:e committee in e.'iy ticlf with the
U-lop:ntie hOs'ew York and in ea-y roach
of .'-.genu of the tugur trust. '. Why w a. it.
schedule or received information as to its
character. 1 desire to make the statement
as Lroa I as the English language can make
it." Mr. Aldrich said that no living person
outside the members of the commit tee had
any information as to the subjtct until two
days before it was. reported. Then the
Senator from Nevada (Mr. Jones) had bee 11
shown tne scueuuie. ilis was oiuy oi
hoars before the report of the bill. No
human being beyond this had received the
slightest information.
"And any man who .ays so, or intimates
so," continued Mr Aldrich, "deserves to be
denounced in a w ay which would not be
parliamentary here."
Mr. Tillman interrupted to say that he
had not made the charge.;; he had merely
submitted the statements now circulated
before the pubiic with the authors' name
signed.
A FAK3J UASD'S rOIiTlT S.
lie flefrientf rd a I'aoiV-iiefx Wo
rc:n Gtsee uul She Left II in:
Sau Francisco Dispatch, 25:a.
Mr. William F.. Hasting.?, who Ilh
1 i .
worKeu as an ordinary larm laborer
for years,has jusCreoeiveJ news from
England that he has iuherited $ 73,
000 left him by a woman whom he be
ineiiueu id years asro, wnen she was
poor and ill ia California."1 At tha
time Huiliu. worked on Mr. D. O
Mills' suburban estate at Millbn
Miss Carrie Bureh was cue of th
housemaids. She fell i!! and lias
inga loaned her "200 of his saving
Atter Her recovery sMo weut away
a3 a nurse tu a rich woman, who
went to Australia. There iiiss Burch
married a retired shipmaster named
Hall. She repaid Hastings, and h
heard no more of her till a few day
ago, when he received a letter from
a lawyer named Watson, of London
savin 2 that six years ago Mrs.' II a'
died, bequeathing him all her estate
Siuoo theu Vi'atsou's American aeeu
has been trying to hnd Hastings.
The lucky man is 35 years old and
never been ouside of California,
lie is waling for a rc-mitrauce to iro
to Ec"laud.
Cite
dei-fid 1
ant and
and twis
Kvervi'o.!,- 5a ra So.
rols Can.i' CV-liarl :e, the c(st'wo
sco' erv cf C:c jiire. i cus-
!ecical
refresh us to tLi
cli'auitinz tii?)
Mi kid neva, liver ai.d 1
entire vsim, disci
t-r:l'y
v,i 1:1,
. -!,!
core iicatt.tCiie. lOT-r, !;:t::it';::l cr.nyi t ji.Ui-.-n
Mid hi irsnsi.c5?. I'-prsp tv:y n?id irvn Ij.'x
of . C O l.nlar; !ti, '2.,, .Mi'ccnn. ij
gnaruiitetu lo cure Ly bii dru'ials.
"TAISTKO" JtOXEV.
Statesville Landmark.
Mr. John D. Rockefeller is the
head of the Standard Oil Trust, and
is many times a millionaire. Mr.
lockefeller is also a "philanthropist"
ud has given mnch of the wealth
which he has accumulated throngh
the trust to public benefactions; aud
specialy has he given liberally to
the work of the Christian uenomina-
ion of which he is a member the
Baptist. A few days ago he propos
ed to give $250,000 for certain work
of the Baptist Church provided the
Church would raise a similar Bum.
Ii3 offer was accepted and we be-
ieve the money has been raised
Monday the 83d anniversary meet
ing of the American Baptist Mis
sionary Union was held at Pittsbur
Fa., aud in the course of an address
at that meeting Rev. Vi". II. Cossum,
a returned" missionary from China,
said:
"When John D. Rockefeller or any
other man oilers money we should
first demand of him that he lead a
holy life before we accept his contri
butions. e should be sure that
money coming trom millionaires
comes from men who lead consecrat
ed lives.
This incident, we are told, created
i profound sensation and for a mo
ment there T.vas a painful silence.
Then some of the brethren came to
Mr. Rockefeller's defence and Mr,
Cossum was told that-he would mod
ifv his views when he had remained
in his country longer.
Commenting on the incident the
Xew York Journal says:
Mr. Cossum is, we believe, describ ¬
ed as a missionary to China from the
United States, but the opportunity
seems ripe for him to remain here as
a missionary from China. Time was
never so fit as now for preaching the
positive blasphemy of greedily ac
cepting tainted money for the ser
vice of God. The corporation of which
Mr. Rockefeller is the head has era
ployed arson, theft, bribery and at
tempted murder in winning its pre
dominant position as the richest,
most powerful and most unscrupu
lous combination of capitalists in the
world. Its methods haye engaged
the attention of Congress, the Legis
latures, the courts, the sheriffs aud
the militia the latter for its protec
tion against the wrath of a despoiled
people. Its path is strewn with
wrecks of homes, of little fortunes,
of modest industries. It is a blight
upon the nation, a menace to life
aud to morals. "I'ious at one end
and explosive at the other," as its
most merciless investigator has de
scribed it, the Standard Oil Company,
through its chief oiTicial,i3 well vedrs
ed iu the art of buying absolution
with the wages of sin.
Mr. Cossum would do his calling
honor if he would stay in the United
States and press the issue he has
raised. Bat he would be safer
among the barbarins ia China whom
his mission is to Christianize.
There are many people who will
agree with Mr. Cossum and assent
to the truth of the Journal' state
ments, but they are regarded as old
fogies and are lonesome. The bene
ficiaries of the trusts which rob the
people and grind the faces of the
poor, frequently endeavor to ease
their consciences and ,appease pub
lic seutiment by giving liberally to
charity of their-ill-gotten gains, and
forthwith they are lauded as Chris
tian philanthropists. It makes no
diCerence, argue some people, how a
man makes the money he give3 lo
charity if he will only give he is
all right.
,But we don't need to go to Mr.
Rockefeller for an example. At
least two cf the leading Christian
denominations in this State have re
ceived liberal gifts from benctieiaries
of the Cigarette Trust a trust fully
us wicked as that of which Mr.
Rockefeller is head and the donors
have been eulogized as Christain
philanthropists in return.
And yet soaio people cau't under
stand why there are agnostics and
anarchists in this country.
Iatisl Statistic.
Diidioa! Uecord'.T.
From the minutes of the Southern
Baptist Convention we learn that the
total membership of the w hite Bap
tist churches in the South is 1,5C'J,
l'Jl. The total increase last vear
v.si 01 wnom vj.oa were
p.
.0Y4
L-5?J rfr pf?
Celebrated for its yroat leavening strength
and healtidnliiess. Ai.surv'stlie fiod against
alum and h II forms of adulteration eommo
to the chpap liran.U. Hoval liAiiixe
FOW DEB CO., XfcW YoliK.
ASKED TO Ull KiP.lEI) ALIVE.
Over 2 J Bodien or the Fanadeat
Victims Recovered A It us in a.
Sect That iSelieres in KuHu
fion by 3lMrt)TiItti.
ljoyjyos. May 28. Details have been re
ceived from Odessa of the self-irntuolatio
of a number of the fanatical followers ot
Kaskoluiki, a report of which was first re
ceived two weeks aj:o. ' More than twenty-
four bodies of jiersons wiio were burled
alive have been recovered from a series of
pits near Tires;l. The ?evt is a survival
of the old dissenters, who were erseuted
in Itusiia fur two centures. Their treat
ment was v.'or.t ;idr Erv.prrss Sophia,
when thousands of then? v.re kuouted by
the State. The result was t:;a: they Srjcume
fiercely fanatical and invented a doctrine of
salvation by martyrdom. They are iior
practicing eif -immolation.
Six bodies were accidentally divovered
on the premises of Feodare Kovaleff. h
confessed that he had walled up in hij
cellar nine living persons, including hU
wife and two young children, lie further
admitted i-liat lie had buried the other sis,
while they were still r.live, in a sicc!ally
excavated pit eisht feet deep. Kovaleff
declares that ail tiieoe were voluntary vic
tims. .In an adjoining garden, belonging t
Matvel Kukula, four bodies were discovered
in a pit. Sukn'.a says that these were bur
ied alive at their own request.
A large number ot persons, including
many f jrvigners, among wboni is aa Amer
ican touring party, are visiting the scene.
Konie fit ranee Driulrs.
The human biped has developed
a "drink" out of some queer beverages-
Some people have used sugar
cane, others olive3 and beets, and
even soma kinds of grasses, herbs
and flowers. Iu earl- times strong
drinks were made from the saps of
spruce trees, fir trees, -birch tree
aud ash trees; even the willow, pop
lar, sycamore and walnut have
yielded pleasaut drinks. The Jajia
nese obtain intoxicating beverages -from
plums, also from the flower
of the motherwort and poach. The
Chinese produce an alcoholic stimu
lant from mutton, while the Apache
of Southern Arizona make a whis
key from" the sap of a small species
of cactus. A wine is also ma:e"
from the banana, which is made by
pressing the fruit through a sieve,
after which it is made into cakes,
dried in the sun and dissolved is
water when wanted for use.
Vnr- l.il:
Ciihii y mil;;..'-
i r co.-iive,
nil? ;; .;::.!
n
Kuew TlifT Were Figiu
urtli.
"During the flood of five year
ago I visited the section below ilenj
phis with a new spaper artist,"" says
a correspondent of the Chicago
Times-Herald. "Oiie afternoon'. a
we perched on the top of a bit of
highland viewing the waste of wa
ters aa old negro approached and
offered to sell tvo Cue roosters.
With great volubility he explained
that the fowls had eaten so much
corn that he could not atiord tu
keep them longer, and, therefore, he
had decided to sacrifice thf-m ami
stop the drain on his corn crib
'Where did you get them, irncle?' I
asked. The old man looked at 1:1
ouizzically for a moment and then
said, with a chuckle: 'W gem me a
are from the Nd'th, ain't yo
4 Well, yes," I replied, 'but what ha
that to do with it?' Bect:z, sab,
h said, 'no Southern geLiman ever
asks a nigjah where he gits any
thing' " " .
Iec the Tlotioy Slaving anU it
Will I'M) Ubi.
SauforJ Espr;ss. '
A rather remarkable transactioa
took place- at the bank her? &t'
Friday. Shortly after the bank
had opened for business-a gen
tleman entered and presented a check
for $500. It was promptly cashed
and in ab rat- an byar after be 1
departed another gentkmaa went l
bv b.tptism. Thi total decrease was I lbi til-k '-vl li0iiu'd h
110,2-ty, of whom 10,210 were W'SCli. This money was not pcrmit-
dvatn. x lie net increase w;is 9i,ti2
The increase by letter was G3,tb?
and the decrease by letter was Gl,
?oS, the two nearly balancing, which
is a gratifying . fai t, though they
ottg ot of course to balance exactly.
td to ret long, asanother man drew
it out. lie f 01 e the bonk elaseil fi r
the day the fourth nun dpited this
s.iuie i-5iK!. This mot ey paid two
claims and mdo two dp.ts ali ii
The : number of colored BjplisU in I one d.ty, or in about Isr
tUe fKitu is Uiak;ng aa
aggregate membership of l'.:pliais in
the South of 2,SSxl."3l.
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