The Gastonia
_ ___ 0*V0t*4 to Bit Pro tootion oi Homo n—* tb«
Vol. XVII. _ OaHtonla, N, C„ September 24, 1800.
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A DRAMA IN DOLLARS.
THE RISE AID FAIL OF THB
STEWART MILLIOH8.
She VWMf Irhkwu (line to Thu
CMMlrjr. Bold Lho. Mod* Moor *U
Umi Mt MM-Tkn 110. Wraith 1M
«•» to Brat tor HO. Mj Woo Ota Ira
OX Itrov* WuMaora nod M*td tor Maw
.nn-Tk. Widow Utnl n Vnldwt
Ure-ltattni<lj«i W llh|«UM data*.
New Yurt Journal.
On September 23, 1823. tbo N«w
York Duly AtUtrtiwr announced tbal
at Xo. 263 Broadway A launder T.
Stewart would offer lot sale a general
assortment of frwt.li nnd aciissnahlo
dry gondi.
On April 17, 1870. Uie New York
Hrral/l announced thrt for the sum or
81,01)0,000 aud divers other consider*
tious lbs widow ot Alexander T.
Stewart bad inado over to Usury
Hilton all interest lu tier husband's
Oo August 37,1690, the New York
Jo«iswl announced Unit the Oris of
Hilton, Hughes A Oo.. had the day
befoee, gone down In ruin.
These are three faota. In nnd
around and about them la a story.
Mere It Is:
TUB t*BOPLK IH IT.
Judge lllltou.A rich man.
A. T. Stewart.A deed merchant.
Mrs. Stewart.A memory.
CHAI'TXB 1.— ACCirMt'LATlOM.
Uneo upon a time a young man
landed at tbe Rettery. lie brought
with him a good reputation, ■ number
of totters, a little money, a sound
education and a Dublin brogue, lie
was keen-eyed, open-armed and close
hated. Ha was not a tourist, Dor an
Immigrant. lie we* a oonquerer. At
home be bed mastered Greek. Before
he bed been bere very long he began to
maetar colo. It was In February,
1R23, that be landed. It was |u April,
187<V, that he died. During the Im
mediate period be amassed 360,000.
000. You may read history, you may
read Action, yon may thumb the
“Arabian Nights,” or, better still, go
over tho flies of our local papers, and,
barring tbst which follows here, you
will hardly And precious little as
amaalog.
In Uie year 1823 Roosevelt struct
was a contra of (ashloo. A pedagogue
named Bragg kept a school there,
which was attended by rich men's sous.
Stewart bad bad a letter Coy him, lu
bla face wu another, in bis attain
ments a third. Bragg, In need or an
assistant, asked Ills atd. For a year
und a day Stewart gava It. At tbe
expiration of that period lie fnhorited
from bis grandfather the tons of
610.000.
Tbe elder Irishman had made money
lu linens aud laoes, and hts descendant
saw no rseson why be should not make
money io them loo. He weal utter
the Inheritance, brought beck dry
goods with It, and then it waa that tbe
announcement io Uie Duffy Ad' trfucr
appeared.
A little later there was another an
nouncement. Stewart bad token to
blmaelf a wife— Oorneiia Clinch, a girl
with chapped lifts ana a look of be
wilderment wbicb sbe never lost. Her
station waa not exalted. Wisdom she
lacked, beauty, too, but bar ways were
ways of pleasantness and ber paths
were paths of peace. From that
moment success set In.
It waa over tbe shop on Broadway
that they resided. Mm. Stewart did
tlw cooking. Mr. Stewart sold the
lace. Hr told it so well tbatio a year's
time hi* customers were too many (or
that shop. lie moved to a larger one.
That did not sulHoe. and he moved to
a larger one stPI. That, too, became
loan Me lent, and, as there waa nothing
larger to be had, be built one, of mar
ble at that, white as bis linens, right
on tbe corner of Chambers street and
Broadway.
imwiwmiQ lie iiblj sailing.
He bought, soil lor cub, in every
tnerket lo JBarope, tlie entire variety
of alibi and stuffs. It was bti clerks
wIhi sold, and who, through the ware*
which he bought and they displayed,
got for 1.1m the title of Uercbtht
1*1)000. U wse King hs booame— oue
bcn#«b whoso scsptral yard-stick
thou lauds sank.
ft look's down years for that Minp
to a» tho way of the others, and when
at last It did another was built, a atop
that occupied a sqnare block, one that
rao from Jflolh to Tenth, and from
fourth Mvenoo to Broadway, ft had
•If M doors, two tboasand employes, a
running expense of a million a year, a
net prout of four millions.
Throughout Kow England mills were
turaluR out goods for him. These
mills. My property of others, were bis,
abrnbed Gy him in tbe col lection of
debts—by right of eouqosst snd due
process ut law. Us bad sgsaetM every
where, in Manchester, for instance. In
Ulaaeow, Belfast, Parts, Lyons and
SBerlin. He bad a boose In Hong
rot. and f have seen It stated that
i bad another Ip Thibet. lie elrtded
the world, put ships Id every port,
owned more real aetata In Xsw folk
thM any one save Aster, acquired the
title deeds of hottls, churches, theutres:
purchased a stretch on Long Island
and erected a elty on It, on.tad the
Lebeds from Saratoga, planned a
home for women, built ono for himself,
lunched on an apple, and determined
to become a public man.
Bfdor* he saceesdad death took him.
His life of dollars and cents was dove.
fKsrrrn it.— distribution.
The bourn he bad built waa white
likable shops. At present teouuud
by the Manhattan (Sab, opinions as to
Ita hastily vary. At tbe time of hie
death there was more moony In It and
|e«a taste than In soy other dwelling la
tlw world. Yon listened for tins click
of the routsile lull, for the Ware of
brass. It issmid to you a place where
women la low naefc should ba eons leni
ty amending and descending the stairs.
The chandeliers made yon blink, and
the freeooea sigh. There waa a blight
ULUD it, lhe curse* of tbe thousands
whom ha I tad rained.
In tlte gaudiest oorntr of It tba will
waa read. It bad been drawn on thn
97th of March, 1873. Two oodloib had
boon added, one on th* same, one on
the fallowing day. Hut it waa not
Inng. There were a few bequest* to
■errant*, domestic and otherwise.
There were a few baqnssU to frtoada.
There were a few others to relatives of
tbe deceased’a widow. To bis Isgal
advisor, Judge Henry Ilittnn, Ui* sum
of one milium dollars was b-qureUied,
while »H tbe rent and residue of the
property was given to tbe tesUtor’*
wife, to her heirs, executors and
aealgas forever. The rest aud residue
u mounted to nearly Bfty millions.
From thn eyes of Mrs. Stewart thn
look of bewilderment bad not gono- it
had beoome accentuated. The vertig
inous aaceut abebed been led perplexed
tbe simplicity of bar nature. The in
solstice and exlrsraganoo of Ilia crudi
ties will) which that house wa* made
hideous startled her. It may be that
dimly aud dumbly sbo had aif Inklloa
mat u»u uaauj imuis m crime. Wlxn
•he learned the magnitude of her jwm
Mnlooa the was frightened. Then,
too, In that gaunt, gaudy bourn sho
was alone. The only ones ibars to
whom aba might hare turned areco
Murillo and Roan Doulwur, but sbe did
not speak tbelr language, aod abe
could not pronounce tbelr names.
Yet, in spite of tbe perturbation, her
way* still wore ways of pleasantness
and her paths wnre paths of panes.
To allay her alarm, It has been stated
that Judge Hilton subsequently sur
rounded bar with detectives and It baa
been rumored that tbo one pleasure uf
that poor woman was to peer through
Urn curtains and assure herself that
they were there. Kyeu with fifty mil
lions such a pleasure must palL l'nr
haps in one ease It did. in any event,
sha prepared to divest herself of that
wealth.
Stewart died oo the 10th of April,
1870. 8«van days later the ootioe Id
tbe Hh\Ud already cited appeared,
l or 11,000,(100 aod divers other good
considerations, sho made ovar to Judge
Hilton, tbe rest and residue of that
estate, reserving to herself but Uie
Hew York property of whloh her hus
haud bad died poaisnaaed. The value
of that property waa a UHle over five
millions. Even that was prodigious to
her. To a woman such as aha twelve
hundred a year would have aofllced.
Whether It were this, the spoiling of
her husband's grave which ensued, or
merely because of that dread which
will come and pull at the sleeve of
those who He sleepless at night,
whether it were any or all of those
things, increasing age, decreasing
strength no one may say. But tills
fact remains: Whan, oo the 26th of
October, 1806, five days after her
eigbty-tblrd birthday, this woman, the
previous possessor of fifty millions,
who but ten year* before oouid have
Said, and far more surely than Monte
Cristo; "TIi* world is mine," wan
bankrupt.
If that la not a drama in dollar* it
would be interesting to koow what it.
ciiArrEB in.—dissolution.
On that Monday of March, 1888,
when a billiard buried this city iu
snow, there waa in the Surrogate's
Court so aodienoa of tha gtawart baits
sod the widows next of kin. They
were clamorous. They talked so loud
that it took millions to hash them, and
they hod so much to say that their tale
might be uneuded yet. As It <ras they
trad been talking for yearn.
Tbe sums that stopped them to
silence are unrecorded, but presently
their voices subsided, their faces dis
appeared, their identity merged and
faded.
Ililton remained He Oiled Ibe per
spective. Behind him were a good
many momorioa. Hut before and
around and about him ware things
more tangible than they. The firm
that Stewart founded, for instance,
aud its thousands of employes; two
hotels in Saratoga and ihrte in Hew
York, a stretch of Bleeeber (treat, a
otty on Long Island,several ehntohea,
a cathedral, a theatre, a hillock of
bonds, and the peso* of consdenc*
nt rest.
•>or na that all. Id tbo history
and mystery of gem* there are stooea
illooanad, jawels that bare In them a
curse, brilliants that bread for thotr
possessor dismay. What la tine of
game may bo true of gold. On that
which Stewart got waa s ban*.
"Buslnem," raid Sardoo, ’‘la other
people** money. ” To SUwart hut lores
wna other people'* rain. The gold lie
poald not rpjoy in hi* HfaUma turned
eoTroatv# at bis dratii.
lu the closets of another It Is brutal
to rummage, but to display Iba skele
ton* you Olid there Is vile. With the
msaterslilp of millions disfavor enron.
There wore stain* that appeared In
that household, scandals that do not
need to he retold. There was disin
tegration, dissolution, U rosy bo disil
lusion, too.
Hspploeas consists In what are Uriah
It Is; It la tha thing we hare not got. Oa
tha reins of wealth the fingers of Hu
ten must hare loosened, or elaa It waa
too glgaatia for ble bolj, It may be
that It frightened him. as It had
frightened hta friend’s widow; that to
blnr, too. Id shwpiese nigl.u dread
came abd eat at hie aide.
Presently the hillock of bonds dimin
ished, .The elmrobce beenme the
hautrls of echoes. The hotels declined.
The city depopulated. From a street
a (trefoil of property oooroluied Into a
slum. Dome date ago Uie firm which
Stewart founded closed III doors.
Bat Use panes of eoneelenee at rest
Is ualmpelrrd.
tub aravi novnaay,
A. T. HUwert died April 10th, 1878;
on the dark night Of Nor. MU, 1878.
tare then I wo pears after, the re
mains ware stolen from Urn vault by
grare robber*. The neat morning the
PitHna laspector isaeod the following
order to ssll the force r
’•To All: The remains of A. T.
litawart wore last night stolen fr0m
lit* family renlt, Rt. Mark's church
yard. Tha esakst was bread I robot.
and the body romoved. The daeompo
aitlon of Uis remain* 1* so offensive
Ibat tbey cannot tie concealed. This
ia apparent from standing at the npon
isg of the vault this morning; conse
quently the body cannot be taken
aeroaa the ftrrtts or placed anywhere
above ground without discovery.
Cause diligent search to be mode of
Jour pi eel not as Ibo remain* were evi
dently stolen iu hope of reward.”
But notwithstanding all tho police
l and detective work which the city and
boundless wealth could obtain, aud
| the offered reward, by Judge nilton,
i iff *25,000 for the arrest of tho mb
I hen, they were not caplurod, nor was
any clue whatsoever obtained. The
crime had born done without leaving a
trace, aod to this day tho criminals
are unknown aud uninspected.
After a time the robbers communi
cated to Judge Hilton through the
medlnin of the newspapers but In suoh
a way that they would give no clue at
to their whereabout*. They stated
tliat the body was bnrtrd In (lanadu,
and tbey would return It for **00,000.
.This Judge Hilton sternly refuted,
though Mrs. Siowart was anxious to
make any term* the robbers required
fui the take or getting the remain*
latck. After two years of negotiations,
aod when the robbers had almost do
spalred of getting nnything, an agree
ment was entered Into whoroby tbny
were to return the body, properly
Identified for 00,000.
XIIt conamoas or tin delivery war*
made quite a* severe as those which
accompanied tbe negotiation* for tbe
return of Cbarlte Boss. Tbe crlmlanU
declined to take any chance*. Thoy
did not demand that Ike money be
dong from a flying train in a leathern
bag, witivout any guaranteo. but tbe
mau with tbe money bad to surrender
himself absolutely into tbe bands of
(be robbers, trusting to tbeir “honor.”
Ue gas to leave New York City at
10 o’clock at nlgbt alone in a one
horse wagon, sod drive into West
cheater county along a lonely road,
which lbs robbers indicated on a map
which they sent marked. “Sometime
before morning.” If tha man was act
ing in good faith, and was not accom
panied or followed by detectives, be
would bo met and given further direc
tions.
A young relative of Mrs. Stewart
uodsrtnok the hazardous errand, and
drove out ioto the oountry. Two or
tbree times during the night he be
came certain that be was closely
watched, but It was 4 o’clock when a
masked horseman rode up. gave tbe
signal agreed on, and be turned lb*
buggy «p a lonlely lane. The strange
visitor here left him, directing him to
drive on. At tbe end o! another mile
ho became aware that anoUier wagon
was blocking the way. Ha paused. A
masked man promptly appeared aud
brought forward a bag to bis bugry,
saying: “Here ’Us; where's tha
money?”
•‘Where is the proof of identity T”
asked the mesaenger. as tbs bag con
taining tho mortal remains of A. T.
Stewart wa* lifted Into the baggy.
••Here,” Mid the other, holding up
an irregular bit of velvet and opening
a bull’s eye tsuiern upon It with a
click. The piece was compared with a
place of paper of tbe same shape which
tbe New Yorker bad brought with him
to this lonely spot.
“Come, harry up,” was the com
mand.
The mesMnger obeyed by producing
the money, and tlie robber retired a
few feet and counted It by tho light of
tbe lantern.
Then they moved oil with their
vehtole, and the meaaengor of Mrs.
Stewart rod* beck the way be had
come, glad to eecapt from such com
pany. The next night a freight cur
went out to (Hardon Idly, containing
nothing except a trank, sod no It eat
the mar. who had spent tbe Dight pre
vious In the loacliost part of West
cliestar county. An empty coffin had
already been deposited in the cathedral
and at tha dead of night two men
transferred the bonne to it rrom the
trnnk. They then placed tire coffin lu
an maooaasibla vault beneath tbe
dome. And now, they ear. tf any
friend should ever again toncli, nobid
den, the vault whtoh holds the bones of
the merchant millionaire, tho toaeb
will release a hidden spring, which
would sbaka the oblnse of closured
bell* in tbe tower and eend aa {aslant
alarm throughout the sleeping village.
SeKIXLKY IMHUI.Y'T
■•HwantlmiMt I«kwIpierhie
•e PmmpU was visit Mias.
Oaktok, Ohio, Sept. 9a -Major
MeKlnlsy shook bands last aruek with
more than 00,000 persons, and had. In
the aggregate, about 100.000 Tailors.
He »0: reeel»a detonations every day
tbla week, alter Monday, and will have
to aaake as many formal speeches as he
did last week.
The speeches which Mujor McKinley
made In August, together with tome
aooount of the oireamatancaa which
celled (beat foYtli, have baen prilled
nnd bound, and will be ready tot dis
tribution tbla wtek. Tim demand tor
his speeches mads between the day of
hit nomination and the 1st of August,
ta unabated. The published eneeehm
now number algty, but the additions
for September will bring Urn total np
to more tbaa 140.
BRYAN AT CHARLOTTE.
HE IS INTRODUCED BT GOVERNOR
PARE.
■>k«>UtUwri|i«t
or rMrb rmtui-TM citr'i r:tnuur.
•** »*—>»»— - !«■■«>> mf Uu
«|WKk.
Willis® Jenniogj Uryso. oandidst*
mmiusted fur President by three par
epoke In Charlotte lest Thursday
aornlng to a crowd variously e«tlmo
led at from 8,000 tn W.000. The fleet
•ellmate It tlie more neorljr correct.
Mr. Hrynn spoke from a stand in
Vauee park, occupy mg about half an
bout with his address.
Those wbo attended the demoastra- 1
tloos Jii Clinrlotto four years ego, ]
when Hum spoke in the auditorium |
mod again when Jlr, Stereo son visited ]
the city, oould not fall to note i
the lack of enthatlases and mist
which attended the Bryan reception.
TbS distinguished guest had every I
proper attention paid him, of coarse Im j
did. and the poopla were eager to see ’
sod hear and touch him, but the dash
and spirit and contagions enthusiasm
which p nonuse a tbs people liar years
ago and rushed along Ilka a lorreot
gathsrlag strength as It wont, were
not found In lbs demonstration last
week, ktsj.be tbs people are heel
UUug this year, tblnkleg. making np
their minds; four years ago their
minds were mode up, they were deter
mined, they saw the enemy nod with
•houu sod cheer* of vie lory rushed
upon hint and overthrew him.
Hot Mr. Bryan’s reception was
neverthnleat ao elaborate one, worthy
of the city of Charlotte, tier street*
were Oiled with people aad her bosses
and residence* becomingly decorated,
Tbe Presidential candidate’s drive
ttirough lbo street* of the city waa al
most a continual ovation, aad his
aiTlval at the Park waa a signal for
about* aod dteerlag. There *u* a de
lay of something like half an hour in
Mr. Jlryau’s arrival at the stand hut
tbe oroard waited patiently. After be
took hie seat on tbe stand, only a min
ute or two elapsed before Governor
Carr introduced Mr. Ilrytn as tbe next
Democratic President of the United
Slates. Home one called oat " the next
President," "Wall I’ll say the next
Fratidoot,’’ quickly put io the Gover
nor, ’’for men of all purlin will vote
for blm.”
BUTAVl SrfckCM.
Tbe following report of Mr. Bryan’s
speech Is oo replied from th* reports
which appeared lo the Charlotte If (tot,
the Charlotte OUerrer, and the Raleigh
Jfncs ond Observer:
Mr. Chairman and fellow oltixeea —I
think I can maka myself beard aa tha
advocate of a Qoanolal pulley, wbteb U
Independent of aay foreign poorer, I
stand ou a platform which la a second
Declaration of Independence, and I reel
that here In till* county It will bo re
oogaUud because of your having made
a Declaration of year own.
t may Bud In otiwr places those who
waut to accept a Bnanclal policy made
by foreign power*: bot the people of
Mecklenburg county believe Ural the
United Slates oan makes financial
pulley of He own. (Oncers.) Point
ing to tbe Imrnet’s nnit, which wo*
tuaptmled near bin), bn said: Here
the eoeeay will Aad a veritable bora*!a*
neat
I am not spanking against any e>l*a.
I would detplae any Englishman, Gar
man, or any other foreigner, who woold
aabmll to the United Sattm dictating
a polity governing tbam la tbelr do
mestic relations.
Tha Republican platform seta forth
a policy never openly act forth before.
They do sot advocate the gold stand
ard, but bar* pledged Lb*metre* for
a double standard aa anon a* the foreign
power* will help tbac*. If they came
oat boMly for a aloglc standard we
coaid meet them but they do not do to.
Tbe gold standard advocate* never
made aa open fight In Ibalr lives, bnt
do I hair work aflat night. (Clmera.)
There h a great deal of talk about
tbe two yard stick*. I do aot mean
that it la mao turned In the R« nab) loan
platform but it I* being used In tho
campaign. A yard stick measure*
length aad can not obaugw, but a dol
lar measure* value aud may obange.
You all know that apteocef Iron it
ibarter when It Is at sero tbac when It
le red hot. 80. If you had a yard stick
that would Im twice as long when It
was red bot aa It was whan at faro,
yon would go to the atom and want
the merchant to measure your good*
with your red Hot yardstick, for It
would be longer, but tbe merchant
woold aay ‘•Ho," and woold atop to
bit refrigerator sod taka out hi* taro
yardstick to mmeurn tour goods
(Cheer* and laughter, and arias from
Uw multitude o* the south aide.
‘ Coma over this era»"). Mr. Uryan si
once granted the friendly Imperative,
and walked to tha extrema edge of the
platform, facing fourth street. THie
aoMaUari tho south rod, to Im con
tinued.
I uw this by Illustration, sold He, ba
nana* our oppooonta era atw*ya talking
about yard etlebt. Sew If go had a
yard attek that expended or ea*U«el«4,
Uw first Legislator* that meets would
Bi It at a certain temperature. A Bai
lor altoold ant b* larger o*e Horn aud
suMlIer at another tloer. Aey lagitl*.
llaa o»uld fig the value of the doOai.
The trouble la, eppnweata muke Ibe
dollar dear, and deny that legislation
make* Uw dollar. I want to me art aa
a pmpoalUuu that the money , if a aouo
> try Must keep puss With the papula
Won . railing prlean are a great thing
for the nan who baa tba money to buy
Uilnga as tUay fall. Sr oar or Sherman,
whole tba reoognhud lander of the Ho
publloan pirtpdn this ouuolrr, aut of
Hint portion of the Democratic party
whlohl* trying to alaot a Rape b I leau
(8hoer») lu Jane. ISO©,
that If oar present currency li ration*
tad at ooa billion Star hundred mllUoa
and Ua Increase of population 8 per
««t. per annum, tbaro la need of an
annual Uareaaa of currency of *64,000,
000; but so far from tba country bating
had Uila, there ha» been a daereaaa Ih
tlio clrcolatlon. until, Ui* aanant of
this dscreaM added to tho 604.000.000
HZ^' ” b*To "°w * deficit or *M0r
000.000. Senator Sherman has now
tiKmrd round and joined with Um
opponents of free coinage.
liar# tba speaker read statistic*
thawing the daereaaa of the amount of
«»oo*y In dreaUtloo. Tbaro la as
aotaal daAait, aatd ha, lu tbs elroula
tlao, a fall at nlnety-dve million* of
dollars In a sing)* roar. TbeaentaUa*
ties ar* not the raporlngs of lunatics
and crank*. They an glean by our
opponents, so abort a Hose ago that
•wen they tbamaafra* bars forgotten
ttat tba troths lbay aUtwl ara mill
alia*. (Applauaa.)
“What pro vision dors the flepubll
can party make for tba supply of the
money that you need f Koae wbat
erer. 1 am not surprised that even
men who here been Republicans all
their liyea are now in fawt of the free
ooloage of silver. (Great uppluuea.) I
am not surprised when I Bod that
Republicans who recognize the prlnct
Plen of llaanoe and apply them to the
mcaey question, [ so not surprised
that they desert the BcpnbUoan party
this year when it omnes out and at
tempt* to defend the Democratic ad
ministration which was repudiated by
tbo Democratic party itself. (Gnat
•PPlhuto) You remember beie to
North Cardin* the Bepubltcaas hare
made mote ospltsl by deoounclug this
administration then to aay other way
What do you think now when ths
Republican* of North Carolina brooms
the sponsor* tor the Democratic ad
ministration f (Wild applause 1 I
ata not surprised that torosst and
sincere Republicans prefer to stand
with the Democratic party to demand
ing bimetallism which even tbs Bepnb
Uoan party of four years ago said was
dear to American people through trn-1
dlllon. 1 sin not surprised that Re-1
publicans who Sight years ago stood
upon a platform that denounced tbs
Democratic party for Its attempt to
demonetize silver. I am am uot sur
prised that those Republicans Join with
os Co-day in demanding bimetallism
which had been the historic policy of
tha United (Rales until 1873 and re
vived the support of all ths statesmen.
Republican, Dcroocratlo, Wbto and
everything waster had In this country.,
(I-on* and continoon applause )
Ldt ms briefly, because I have but a
mu meet more, call your attention to
what Henry Clay Said In regard to
tlitw country. 1 have been told that
Henry Clay was the only presidential
candidate who bad evir come hern
during a canvass prior to my coming
Del mo tell yon wimt he said, in regard
to tlie contraction of currency. This
speech was mads la the United State*
Mie 30Ui day of January,
NW: ‘Of all the conditions of society,
that Is moat adverse lo wbiob there la
a constant and rapid diminution in tbs
•mount of the circulating medium.
Debtors become unable to p»y tlwir
dehu.< And have you had each a
condition dor lug your lifetime my
friends? (UrUe of “Tee, yes.’')
•Property fail*. ’ We have had that
condition also. ‘The market la glut
*•£’ Aud P* * great party with a
glutted market before thorn demand
tl»« opening of the factories wbeu there
is nothing far ths factories t# do after
y*“ op<» them, my friends. (Applause.)
•The market Is glutted, butlnoar de
stines and labor Is thrown oat of em
ployment. Sellers beoome enormous
from the production of their property
which Is now falling to price and par
eliseers become eesree from an uowll
llofoem to make Investments with the
prospeou of almost etrtoin loss.'
“Whsn money Is rlslog people want
to tarn everything Into dollau and
during that tints we mast hay* stag
nation of husiueaa. Falling prices
make hard Umra and you cannot stop
hard times until you stop the general
Call of prlese.
“«v* g’wiuMDeu nOMtM upon Urn
eonemarwoc «f the «r«c® of dept*.
tlooT* That a oration, i«y friends
Wight be pat to the Hepi|blle*» party.
Mr. Olay adds; I hare already Hated
that tlm oountry (agoing down by the
weight of debt, ff the currency be
groally diminished aa beyond all ex
ample that baa bran. I tow la tbla debt
to be astlagalsbud t Property, the
resource ou wkloh the debtor relied for
hie pay meat, win decline la value and
It may happen that a man who honuat
ly contracted a debt In the fee* ef
groparty which had a vain* at tlw
ttaoe anineloot to warrant the debt will
Bod bta)*el( dripped at bn property
aad hi* debt realties uurxtlagutehed.'
"Mr. Olay simply describee the vary
condition* willed eoofruat the Amen
le»* people to-day, aod yet the lUpub
llean party not only refutes to reeng
ntwthst condition, bat tho IlapabiT
can party pledgee itself to a policy
Which increases the (liwndsl d(street
nf this country, web as deUa harder to
pay end aawwoae the sheriff to tabs
aharge of Um property of Um cltlanu
and Uvea laavaa tlw debt uoexiiagulMi
od to hung over bias still, (arena ap*
ptftMC.)
*'My friend*, t nsust leave (Crtatuf
**0h don’t Mop.") lu the gute of
North Carolina, where the people sen
•till hales to the eehc of the words of
their great sUleeesee Venae, (arret
apptneee.) It la not necessary ter one
to ceae how abroad to call year at*
tenth'll to U* peril* which surround
run. You re were bar that one of tlw
last siieeolaM that be ever uurvod was
upon title question, la whteb be shewed
to the Americas people Uiat the great
eoairat between the cumey newer and
Um cowmen people was at hand. It
Uwre Is owe (e tM* audience whoau
eyrepaUUre la Uda cuaUwt are wUh Um
SSKfeSt SSt“;Pb?tbi“ dS
u* the jpmpto add who katteve that
***f*™T •<*» dnt mi u> uxn.
WUo toll before any general prosperity
oan caad. the* ifiTllM ??StK
JjJJjJ* coon try." (ttwt ep
Wheu Ilia rpeeefc warn concluded, Mr.
Mryan waa harried through the crowd
to tba (ad, while and Mae chariot aad
driven rapidly to the Southern depot.
There ha atoed on thenar platform at
lb* magnificent apreUl on wtilcli be
Journey*. Paoplc flocked abuwt tba
rear of tha ear and began cheering aad
extending tbetr band*. Bat tba candi
date didn’t shake; be waa aaoceearliy
after aavlng hie hand aad arm, and ao
he uacd the Hague of both banda and
i ••"*7 *«««bed la rapid aaeeaaatoa tba
opstratebad banda below him, mueti
after the faehieu of a typewriter girt
on a lark with the key* of tier machine.
Tba tralu presently pulled alowly, vary
dowly away, aad the people aaM goed
kya to Mr. Pry on and ha to them.
Mix a*e m uood run. j
' fTfi l*Wnu r muiteiaa
frames to balance
up hie books once or twice to aarbiia
aod tee Iww the aeoount -j-TlIf 1
fc&ES/^Srb.’SrSKS
end afflictions. In dole* this ba should
toU fair with blmreif aod bia Creator.
He mould not augolfy hi* tree hire nor
minify Me Meanings and prlrttegm. If
luO is the maxlmem oo either side, then
light eabettowe, which era butfoVi
“““■V Paal aaw. iboald not ba
•etdowaat7S. If lie cook quite aod
tbo cow rune away. I wouldn't pat it
dowaat alb for both here comeback
Jutt a* I expected. Hope caned* e
greet raeay troabtee. My turaip aeod
her* bare la tb* gronad 18 days, with
aot a drop of rain to oprout them. bat
1 an *U)I hoping, aadaal won’t pot
tbo turnip* down a* * loot crop—not
yet I wont; *ooae dog, with two tag* or
four, killed «ny peafowl white the was
retting, aod I put that down at ire,
for It was a gnat eggraratloe, aod It
last# a long time; nothing fioM ore
more than enmity to animate, except
cruelty to children. I *e* yooog backs
driving fa*t bonas peat my bosse. and
thoy pro** them to tboir utmost apaod,
aod if the horn* break* Umy yerir him
and whip him unmercifully, aod think
It la (mart. I would Ilka to Me oo* oT
tlmm fellows reined up with a Mt la
lite mouth and a cheek-rein draws
over lit* bead and fastened somewhere,
Js»'- to let him fed tho agony for a Um
minutes.
flood health le the family ought to
bo put dowo to day at aot leaa than 50.
for that is Urn greatest Messing la life,
and Perhaps the least sppracUtad, un
Ul we getslok. One of our boy* la
atek now from the effects of seasteoka
is Chattanooga a month ago, sod hla
mol I or *at up with him all sight last
sight, and her anxiety la vary great
Voo-ree. be toher boy. aad atm knows
H. Tbrre in never any doubt about
who Is the mother of a child. Bat 1
won’t pot that down at mere than 30
ou tho trouble aide, for tope comas is
—Imps that will ba bottor to-morrow.
Tbrri, again, wa ate all out of jail, and
that is worth something There are
lot* of folks iu jell or la the luaatlo
asylum or lo the poor bourn, and that Is
a great affliction, ead mighty algfa
takes ell tbc Of urea to count the
tatmry. I met aa old area la Arkaarea
who amd: -Mr. Arp. I am 54 years
old. Me aod my old ’omaa have been
livin’ tugtohar 03 years, aod bare u
livlii’ ehUdrau aad lota of grandchil
dren. aad oary one hadn’t baas salted
to court far anything they’re dose—
Suit that down—and yon may any tint
“« »od bar hare betaagad to toe same
Baptist ehuroh for 50 yean, aad all
that Um I hare voted tho democratic
ucaot—pat lhaVdowii.”
"Hnlo*t never batu celled tn omiv»
Wei), Umt'a a Mg tiling—ao laweaiu
la the family, na crime* nor boage nor
ialto. That to worth too every day OD
tha credit tide. Then thereto pea**
with tha nabon, and good will all
•round to another big thing, Aad
having a home and abadatraaa aad
▼iara and flowan and good water aad
geatle h reear* and frlm.de to com and
go, nod a faithful dog to want la<
trudera. and a Jersey edw—Umar an
all Wantage that oouot up. And then—
then to the priylfcg* nt living lu a
OhtleUaa Had under CbrHtUa towi
aa< rulen; and af gotag t* Ohur* aad
«vor.uipiB| uod aeoardiug toaaraaa.
►rteuoa. bar forefathare away back
oouidat do that, dpaaktog of war
■inpplng dad remind* iae of aa oeeea
Ulefrtawd wlto didn't belong to any
•huroh. but aumetlmee attended aad
paM devout atiaatloa. 1 mat bl« aoa
MAUth arming. walkinr (net la that
dlreeUon, and l *eM; "Whan an you
gala* la agoh a hurry f"
*Tto aathg to dtoargb," aaM he; "go.
taf “•***■ 10 •wahlp Ood-oU Che
pnaehar."
"XeUher poverty oar rtehoa I"
That’a oaothar bteariur. lnaofatug
poverty wa have oarer kuowo at our
hewa, though it loage ilka Utaautriag.
•i f.Ikl«Mt III hailing dtotoaaa
WMr. Bryan or Mr. Mefcatoy at
•Maabody doat do aaartbtag fen
eooa 1 doot knew what will beat**
•f aa. gaagetoudy to to> Mean ahaal all
tfttodii ikjBaii, aad If ! knew who It
wua [ would iiea laagaaga ao than. A
neublleaa friend t*M me the other
day that to waa tha want af prutaetlou
to nor ludeatltoa, aad that McKinley
wuuld atnughtea it ail -at next year.
Ha eaid that Venaoat had darted the
toUltojoWa^aad llwuaUroU
fraai tea AMaatla to thaPaaife neaaa.
Ha toUafae that, and further atcra.
Hint Uo Win tall Into ear liula pert
OflNttatmr, That** all right Ha
wjftss.is.aar.ajprf
•lu.hr tail. •IMuSS>rS
sass«s?ar*B,vff .
wssteflwfcsrja^
than to a fittto »ui ee emT tnS:
■04 water-toll wlto gtbboofcs or
£."sns
the met to heard from, where oats are
oow atlHag for U crate ajtetei- •' -
aod U» railroad* gam oaotea
hjwhal Joe haaUag the® to Market
What to prouetiaa going Ude Car
A writer la the Her law 3'\ •
ft fdid BOdUiIt,
aaya he baa Jot on me from then sad
yea Wight aa wall tear psalm* to a
Sf*SEJMS*•**»*> spinm'mm
fro® the diver orea*. Ho say* that
eliu® guides literates* tow seed the®
totttfowB tote tJteBrcwftoo jumai*g.
are al®o*t fighting nad. ^hey
Bat whtt traSun some of ae is that
we are eoosanui. We don't produce -j;
anything, and If freetolvar atdxtam
to one make. Prttoagoap, we win he
the aeltuera. Reckon 1 wlU berate
go back to rarmlng again. Theta ate
a good maoy of oa in the same dx that
the fallow wa* wheat®haartthat
the town hank had broke—raa ell the
wav hMM to m how n®ay of UabUU
ha had. When ha get boat be found
be didn't teve soy MUaea that bank
■or ear ether leak. Wbeo oav bank
fallen in GartanvUto late year Tam
Lyon took oa aod Unrated non than
*"7h°dy. Ha tenant cried. I took
bln aside eed ached bln hew mob he
bed on deposit la that beak, “Karr
sssKito “d 5®****•
.-251 !*®p0 Invention—and
“Ood tempera tbewlndto the dura
lanb,'’ aad “the Lord lovelh whom
He chastaoetK" aad “saflleleat aata
UNdtpto thaaru thereof.’’ Andao
I'n not going to or ms Um bridge be
fore lgetto It. 1 dog a little hSksh
fat oruiih potatoes out of tha waste
and gran the other day, and ate It oa
the hack plan* and old ka Cow rant
along aud cat then ell ep. hot ate
didst know any better. andSlS
•nihd. aod said r would get It all be3t
SSsneSSS
AfthurDlB CftlBer.
A cartoon la the Kooky Mountain
•yy..?**11*?* Hanna ot halng a hay
aetellUt. That expresses tha great
ban’s hnanoial ballet asete aocaxSS*
as doubt. ■*'
Candidate Bryan
wool* Waatiiug*
rUforldo wiu ifai
tor Tillman wat a <
t^vnaejyg&gag
Uon hower*r to Ua ootaago of altar
i»ro tided a dollar*! wortbaf pOverto
gat In tba dollar. Catalog gold M
•ilver, ba add*, aaaaot loon** tba
value ot the ballloa la Iba oola.
foot mat'a looue of Up Bothapfoi*
^gsagaaruea
agasagsavaaz
.ofbtoown mm
Otoe la FPaaaylvanla Ua otlier day
At a blf lair in Beading be heffTR
iaaounea Cleveland, whereat Uearewd
tMk eweptloa. and UooUd oad j!S!3
QovanyrCatr til Up retaadid by
grtaUwa y ypjjbjMpg ftaat aB tt
Sf&sKs&S* ££S
Try Electric BUtaa a* a remedy roe
Sa aaSjffapit *ftd>ttdEln?baa
ua rrllrt and cmTSlMrmSStTtm
tdalnu. nutting a inlgtil dhaet
latueace la iwm a
t o Ua organ*. If yaa twite
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