The Gastonia
Devoted to the Protection of Home end the Interests of the Cosnty.
Vol. XXI. UuJL-Jh'iEZk—.) GASTONIA, N. O.. THUKSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1900.
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CHARM IN LRTTBR N.
ABP BAYS DEMOOBATB HAVE THE
BULGE THIS YEAR,
<M4l4Ma ■«« the Ckane-ls TUk*t
Whan Beth ChMmm Imm him
With “If” Was Imi Bmun
Bill Ara I* Atlanta GnnaUtuUoa.
A paragraph la a New York paper
■aka : “la there a obara) lu lire leUtr
N T" end all'I well tbat N'a.(eud») well
ao Mr. the writer telle ui that the
oaceu ot tan president* of the United
mates coded in N. H* might bavs
gone further and aald that uo presideu
tial candidate whose name ended with
N and wboee running mate’s name
ended lu N had ever generally been
laid oo the political shelf as beck num
bers sad under the beu. It Use been
said that this wee the reasoo why
Booseveltdld not wlsU tobannalnsted
But this was a mistake. Jefferson was
o vise president and s<> were Jackson
aad Van Bonn. But U Is sstoulsfclog
tx-w little la generally kuown of vies
presidents. Dow soon they are forgot
ten. Bren tbs beat histories of the
United State* fall to mention them )lu
table or order or Index. Indeed, Uie
defeated candidate* for president are
equally Igoored. Wbo did Taylor run
•gainst T Wbo did William Henry
Harrison T Who Van Burst), wbu
Madison T Who was J. y Adam's
vloo president; wbo Jeffereo.-'e and
Jackson's, Monroe’s and Madisons T
You 0*01 Uod answers to these lu
eov school history, and I fouud lItem
only after moot research In Appleton’s
blograpblee; aad wbo ran against Jef
feraon for hUeeoood term ? who agalnet
Monroe Taylor end Pierce T Nobody
knows hardly. Now bars Is • table of
rufarena* that lover* of history may look
uvar sod pasts lu a book for refer
ence.
Washington and Adame, Washing
ton and Adams. Adams aod Jefferson,
Jefferson and Burr, Jefferson sad
George Clio too, Madison end Uenrge
Clio ton, Madison and Kl bridge, Gerry,
Monroe and Daniel Tompkins, J. y.
Adams aod Calhoun. Jackson sod Cal
boon, Jnaknon aod Van Boren, Van
Burea and R M. Johnson, Harrison
and Tyler, Polk and Dallas. Taylor and
Fillmore Pierce aad William U King.
H nobs nan and Breckenrldge. Lincoln
aad Haallo, Llnoolo ahd Johnson.
Grant and Colfai, Hayes and W heeler
Garfield sod Arthur, Cleveland and
llendrleka, Hsrriaoo and Morton,
Cleveland and Stevenson.
Jefferson ran against C. C. Pink
ney.
Madison ran against DeWitt Clin
llanroe ran against Unfits King.
J. Q. Adams ran against Jaokioa.
Jackaon ran again at Ciaj.
Van Bareo raa agaloM Harrleoo.
Harrleoo no against Van Bareo.
Polk ran against Clay.
Taylor ran against Can.
Pierce raa against Soott.
Buchanan raa against Kreemout.
Lincoln ran agaiaat Breekrnrtdge
aod Bell.
Grant and Seymour.
Grant raa agaiaat Seymour.
Hays ran againt Tildeo.
Garfield raa agaiaat Heuoock.
Cleveland i an agaluat Blaine.
Harr won ran agaiaat Van Boren.
Cleveland ran against Harrison.
How piok ont those anooeearul oandl
dates whose names, preside*l* end tie*
presidents soiled It N
Jefferson aod Cliotoo, Madison aod
Clinton, Jack sod and Calboao, Jackson
and Van Horan and B. M. Jolioenn,
Lincoln and Hamlin, Lincoln and
Johnson, Harrison aod Morton.
And now If liters In any charm in
tbe letter N look out fora grooodswell
that win roll Bryan and Htevenaoa In
to office nest November. Look ont, I
eay, and have ae mooli faith aa yon do
1* seeing the new moon in a clear sky
oyer yoer right shoulder. Bryan wae
defeated the last time bboson tbe nasae
of hie run blog mate coded lo L. Thai's
wby tbs Wiseman wouldn’t take mil
ibis lime—too much L (bell) lo It they
said. Bat all’s well that N’s (ends)
well, so Mr. Hhakeepeate says. Bryan
aod Staysneoo will sweep the oounuy,
for the doable H*e bays never yet been
defeated.
And there la another shameful neg
lect la our histories They tell ns
nothing Jeceroely of tbe mother* or
wlvm of the presidents; so thing of
tbtfr children nor who waa born lb tbe
white bouse. Of oourm we koow
knew sboet Washington’s mother sad
bin wife, and about Dolly Madison who
waa a widow Todd, and maybe waa kin
to Mm Lloeole, for she waa a Todd.
We koow eometbmg about Oca era 1
Jackson *1 wife and about Mm Baton
for than wae a eoeadal cheat bsr, and
boeasN Mm Calhoun aod otbera
WUUUIt t TWII UTl III Ml* w 111 VB
Jack too brok* op bla oabtnat ud took
a now OU Wa know that Jaffa non
bad as mm, but that his daughter
■anted Mr. Eppaa, and lw daaoaad
aota an quite numaroaa. Oaa of bar 1
grandson* wa* mj alia innate la ooltego.
Wa kaow aouisthiiig about Mr*. Folk
and Harriot Laos, wbo kopt ihu white
bo oaa foe Baobaaaa and about Jalla
Daat Omni and Mtaa Fomom, whooa
Clarateod laoirted, bat lb la la about
all. Tbo Matter of o groat moo da
aorroa tbo blgbeat ootuldamUoa of
tba historian, bat thar liars not bad la.
With tba tew exoaptloo that I bora
caMad oar paopla kaaw ooUriuc of tba
aiutbiTt -f— or abtldraa at tbaprost
daoU. How Many Haw England poo
pie kaow wbo was Duals! Wabater**
wither Motbar T Flow caauy Carol loo
la as kaow of Ualbown** bow maay
XootoekUa'a know of Haury Clay**?
Bat tbo womou an at loot sowing to
tba front aad will hr matter aeoopy a
higher pi oat. Wa an laapauanlly
waiting for tba eontag of lbs proH
IMd rcduMO by Mra tterab Batts, glr
law tba biography of aotabta mm t tern
womm. A woeaa oaght not to Man
bar aaara wbaa aba nantes. Mr with
ought to alga bar nans Octarl Hutch
im tatur teMted bf Mary OoUrM
UMitb and arary woanen pnatrra bar
Matter** boms la tela war.
Wall I an away down Wu in Moat
gomery county btsklog In Urn in ash foe
of Mount Vernon, tn oMUne, aapre
teodlog village beeutlfully situated on
perhaps the highest plateau In the
ooupiy. It li my first visit end t was
pleased to be Invited here. Tor to me It
is olsesleand venerated ground. Eighty
two yvan ego tnv father taught school
bare, eu old field school, end there ere
e few people still living who r(member
the old log school house. Hut It has
loog sloce passed nwey end tint e pa
tron is aUve end so far nt 1 can learn
ool a pupil It llylog. All gone. Many
a time did be tail I us of hts rx perinea
while teaoblog here and bow tnde boys
rebelled against bis discipline, and for
a muoth ha had to fight hts wav, but
finally subdued and subjugated them
and breame famous with hie patrons,
for those boys bad ran off three teach
ers before be earn# and the community
rejoiced when they got a teacher who
was game enough to conquer them.
This Is a quiet delightful place to rest.
Even Mis eigne of antiquity are pleasing
to the eye. Beautiful legistremla* la
full bloom ornamrol Uie front yard of
mr hotel. They ere not bushes or
ebrubbers, but sie Urge truee end 1
reverence Uwm, for they were toy
mother's favorites sway back tn my
childhood, and they ere allII sweet
memoriae ciueterleg arjund them. I
am here right to the midst of towers
and frails. Oh the fruits that every
where abound Indeed this Is a blessed
country to llvn In and be happy, and
aa fur that t have not suffered at all
uor fouoil any dlff-ronce between this
region end north Georgia, provided you
keep In the abode. The ulgbtt are
ootil and pleasant.
‘•re« ternirj" mthsTkaan.
"Tbe century Magazine" for July,
1900 io an editorial on “Home Censor
ship of the Theater." employe language
which Illustrate* tbe prases' stelae of
some of our theatres. Coming from
such a source it ie the more deserving
of special aluuUoo. It I peaks of "an
epidemic of stage indhttnoy such as
that with which we bays recently been
afflicted," but comforts itself with die
assurance, that such a a epidemic "la
seldom of long duration."
We aoote tbe following.
“The hardening Influence of famili
arity la proverbial. The growing lu
susoeptlbillty on the part o? N»w York
audience* to an; shock from tbe am
mission epos the stage of gross or*
fence* agalost good teste and good
moral a, baa long been noted with some
thing like dismay by old pl*y*go*ra,
and as city theatres era largely sap
ported try uut-of-tewn visitors, tbe
deterioration would appear to be typical.
Words, gestures, actions, and ImsenJcs
wbleb would have beau resented
instantly and fiercely HI teen or twaoty
years ago, now ezeite merrlmaut only
not ludlgnatioo. Nor Is Urla callous*
neas a phenomenon peculiar to tbe
cheaper theatres, or what ire supposed
to be leas cultivated and tenors. It la
even more conspicuous io the moot
fashionable houses. Th* truth canuot
lie stated too plainly—unmistakable
references of tbe moot objectionable
and vicious sort smok Ingroom pleasant
ries are habitually arxf freely ottered
before, young woman, presumably
reared In all Imaginable delicacy and
refinement, and are beard without tbe
least apparent embarrassment. In
sidious poison of tble klod which asps
the foundation of modesty and slowly
deadens *H the Hoar Instincts is looom*
psrebly mors daogsrou* to the moral
health uf tbe community than Urn
clumsy sod brmaen vulgarity which
carrie* Its own antidote with It.
“To My that the evil eaeonnta to n
national peril would be aa exaggera
tion. How to deal with It problem by
no means easy of solution. Thedllfioal
tan in way the of the moet oblvlous and
mOet practical remedy no official cen
sorship seem to be Inenperable,
“But tbe oaae Is not abeelntely hope
Moob could be eOeeted In tbe
way of tbentrleal reform If only tbe
parent* aad guardians of the young
ooold bo sHi need to a seals of tbe re
sponsibility that rests upon them. The
ally press, even tbe moot corrupt,
Ignorant sod unscrupulous part of It,
assy be depeoded upon to lad lost* tbe
nature of every new play that Is pro*
doeed. If It is Impure, Use details are
always described with loving relish.
No hallucination oo the subject Is
poesiMa. The father whs permits his
daughter to attend such * performance
disgraces himself, dees her grievous
wroog aad bacomea a partner la a
nefarious and contemptible enterprise.
It is by tbe young, sot by tbe old, that
tbe theatre Is mainly supported. Let
the elders eaeretee a little dieerlmlne
tton and rightful authority, and guard
lhair daughters against potlotlon as
entefuliy aa they protect there from
hardship, sad every manager, out of
•beer neoamity will bosom* a eeneor on
hi* awn »
* IbMMi
Could oot aaptvee tba rapture of
Anata R. Hprloger, of 1184 Howard
8t, Phlladafohla, Pa., when alia fnood
that Dr. King “a Maw Dtemyrry for
Conaooaptloo bad oompletaiy cored her
OfabMMagoottgh that for ani yean
bad irnda ber Ufa • bordaa. All at bar
raaaadtea and doatera mold give bar
®o help, tat aba aaya of tbW Royal
Core—*MI Boon removed tba pain la
■T abaat And I oaa now (leap aooadly,
aoMthteg I oaa aearotly remember
datof before. I foal Ilka aooodlag lu
prelate throughout tba Ualverae.” Mo
will ovary oaa who trtee Dr. Xing*!
Mew Dlaoavory for any trouble of tba
Throat (Jbeet orLeaga FrteeOOuaad
tl. Trial bntUee free at J. B. Carry
aad Company*! Drug Store, every bot
tle guaranteed.
Thursday, August
2ud we vote for Gov
ernor, State officers,
County officers, mem
bers of the legislature
os well as the eonstl
tnttonal amendment.
Be sure and come out
to the polls and vote.
AWFUL BiBVMT OP DEATH.
| EHlIy HarulilF IMM*4Allv.«to~Thlr4
•WaIUIIm Already Dead.
. Ur. Louis Klopjch who baa been In
[ India visiting tba famine-stricken
I dUtrlac and Inspecting lbs work of re
! lief baa rate road to New York,
i In an lotarrlaw with a New Y«k
Herald rrportrr y»»Urd*j be said that
Uia reform Hi«>. Itara reached tbla
country of the distress of million of
lababltAnta of India bars not been ex
aggerated. and that while large mom of
money end qaantitlae of gtalu bare
been contributed there la much yat to
* ha dona to prevent many thousands
more from etervlng.
Dr. Klopeeb reads two trips luto tba
famine dlstrlota going Oral Ova hundred
miles into the Interior from Bombay,
hod then an equal distance north, cov
ering more than two thousand miles.
Speaking or tba raault of his observa
tion and Inquiries Dr. Klopeob mud :
"Ooe-balr uf India today la a great
obarenl bouse, lit which countless thou
sands have already perished of cholera,
piego*? dysentery nod starvation and
ns many more doomed to a like feta.
Twenty thousand new cases or cltoisra
weekly, with 75 par cant mortality rep
resenting 16,000 deaths every serve
cWty«; plague on every band, dysentery
mowing down IU victims right and
left and star rat luo storing millions In
the face reaping a harvest unpreceden
ted auno* ap the horrible etory.
"On tba day of our arrival in Bom
bay tba streets ware I It* rally crowded
with walking skeletons. Every step
of tbs way we ware leal god by man,
women and children In Uie last Wages
of destitution piteously bagging for a
■alia tbet they might set aod live.
They betd out tbelr hands with a be
seecblug look hoping Uial wa might
drop a eoiu Uiat would purchase at
least enough food to satisfy their hun
ger just for as boar.
"Haunt men, emaciated women with
bosom* wasted with nursing diminu
tive, bollow-vywd, siotly Denies children
with lops anti arms like clothes plas
and avury rib plainly visible, all ran
after ua, oomptotely surrounding tba
carriage aod entreating ua every step
of the way.
nouseres* too nomeies*. this# uo
fortuoatea sleep in the streets of Bom
bay at bight. They lie don just
•here they happen to llnd tbsmsalves
•hau fatigue overtakes Umod, and it la
•o exaggeration to say that I have
aeea aa many aa live hundred aleep oo
the sidewalk of a eiugle block.
**Oue experience which elands out
clearly lu asy mind is our vlait to
Abaitbedad. On the ahadelesa pUisa
before the gate war* nearly two hun
dred and Aft; bundles of raga, contain
ing as eaany human beluga In various
stages of emaciation, torse standing
Rome In Oriental fash loo. squatting on
tha ground others lying Hat on U.elr
becks and still utbars lying with their
face* lotbe ground. In order to screen
thernaelvas from Uw burning rays of
tbe erveulhg suu. The thermometer
raoged At about 110 degrees In the
shade not a breath of air stirring and
tbe beat asd stench contributed to make
os is 111 physically as the sad scents of
destitution, misery, pain and helpless
ness made us to mentally."
Or. Ktopeob described his yitlu to
poor houses, where thousands of mi
aisled erestores were tested on tbe
ground waiting to be fed. He said
that sloes tbe Ant of the year 3UO.OOO
famine victims bad died, a number
equal to our lueses in tbe elytl war and
that tha average daily death roll la
India la 10,000 whils tbe faatns-iutok
area Includes 80,000,000 Isbabl lent*.
-w. h.m >■ Cwn.
Atlanta Juvnal
Tb* Ullool* Supreme Court baa been
called upon to give a legal loterprela
tlon of tb* oft-uaad initiate U. K.
A lawyer wrote tboaa letter* oa a
oooiaut verdict and It Iccama Dec**
■try for tha c»urt to deolar* what be
meant thereby. Judge Horton, woo
delivered tb* opinion aeld .
“We Bod In tbe Oeatury Idethmnry
tb* following explanation aod defini
tion—vtx : (Origin obacore: usually
■aid to bay* been originally used by
Andrew Jackson, aaventb president of
tb* Ualted fit*la*, aa ea abbtevlsttoo
of “all oorrect." spelled whether
tbrongli ignorance or humorensly, “oil
korect,” bat tble 1* doubt less an Inven
Uoo. Another statement refers tbe
uaa te “Old Keokuk," an Indian ohraf
who la anld to bay* signed treaties
with tb* Initiate O. K.) Ail right,
oorrect, now oocsmoclr used a* an In
dorsement aa on n Mil.’ Wbatavur
may bn tboagbt of the parenthetical
explanation a* to tb* history or origin
or tt>* term, tb* deOnilloa undoubtedly
gives tbit which is tb* ilelvenel eoo
eeptloo and onderaUndlng. That In,
no doubt, lb* arose In which Urn
ooert understood It end Urn meaning
tb* eonrt lateoded to axpreta."
WbUe the llllooi* Boptome Court
baa cot thrown any now light a* the
■uteeot. it baa oonferred a dignity up
on O. K. which it d>d not pawem be
fore, and w* may ell naa It hereafter
with Imparity In the moot polite
alralee.
T»« TMt/Ml Uwmimm AsImmu.
Ifcniow Trtmertft.
Wwom-Tbeaa oolUri on all tba
fu. They are eon by amybody.
Caatoaarr—lo that oaae, I don’t
think 1 aara to bay any at tbaai.
Helteman —Whan t aey atanbody of
eoaraa I wti ttarybody of oorraot
uata. Aad paraana of oorreet taoto
an no few you know.
Oaetnaaer—I llilok 111 Uka a dasao.
aaemai (raw Bern
Woo tba roauK of blaaplaadld baalth.
ledoasltafda will and ti anecdote mm
S*ra not found where Stomach
ter. Kidneys aad Bawala an out of
ardor. If yoa trank tbooo qaailUoa
aad Uo aweoana tba* brine, one Dr.
Klog’e How Ufa Pltfe. That dm toy
retry power of brain aad body. Only
Me at J. K. Carry * Oo'e, Draf HUta.
. KHiKi.M cMtunw inoaia.
NmnHMac tkwi lk« Hm n* »«>«!
a* |l*IM Malm MaeMar fraw fkiw
Malaa
| M. Loan HaouDUe.
One of 11m DDlqut characters of the
Mlwtatlppl Valley wu Janes Shields,
who fought lo two wan lo Aaierloa
wag Territorial Governor of Oregon,
i who Mind ns Senator from three
Stales, sod who challenged Abraham
I Lincoln to light a duel, Shields waa
1 born Id Duogkaikon Oouotv, Tyrone,
, Ireland. December 19, J810. He was
about IB wImu bo oeme to the United
States, where be flnlehrd hi* ednoettoe.
He begnu the practice of law at Kaa
kaekla, llhoota, lo UBS
It was In the oooree of bla career as
. a lawyer end public men lu Ullhola
. that Um proposed Ltooolo duel was
f dlseusaed. lu Herodoo'g '•Lire of
Linoolu" trie affair Is described at
I length.
“■we *«• l>U I>WD MIDP mi, Lt|Q
i coin always seemed willing to forget,”
writes Mr. Herndon. -'Ooa waa bla
, un part learao Wry Ncipt with Joarpb
, Gillespie from tba legislature by Jump
ing through tba oh arch window, la 18
39 and tlia oilier waa the dlBoaliy with
i Jamas Shield*, or aa he expressed IL la
a latter to Speed, the -dual with Shields
OUier Incident* la bla oartn It* fie
ausoUy called up tn coayenalien with
, friends, but la after year* be aaMom if
aver refer rad u> lb* a flair with Shields,
ISxtple la llllDoi* did grad nelly forget
or at least oraaa meoiloo of It, but lo
■aunt remote quarter*, where Mr Lin
eolu was laaa extensively known, lha
thing mueh to his regret, kept rising
lu tbt surface. During a visit which 1
made to Uw Bastarn StiOas In 1968 I
was often asked fur au account of tbe
so-nailed duel; *o often iu fact tkat on
my return home X told Mr. Llueuin or
It. “If all tlia go-id things I have near
dune,’ be said regretfully 'are remem
bered aa long and wall at my scrap*
with SUtclda. It I* plalul *1*11 not
eooa ha forgotten."
Geooral Shield* waa a bachelor and
as he waa quite a ladles man. be was
prominent In a social way. lie was a
pronousoed Democrat, and uuUpokm
lo support of bla party’s action*.
Promloaot socially and politically—ba
waa Auditor of the Mato Treasury at
! Ibis Lime—be became a target fur ail
the blit*ruse* and rtdieula wbloh the
Wblge could heap upon blm.
“It happened that the financial re
J source* of tbe 8Late, owing to tbe col
I Up** of tba great lnt*n-al Improvement
system, ware exceedingly limited aud
people were growlug reslUe* under
what Uiey geemed excretive taxation.”
writes Mr. Herndon. “The Mate uB
I ears ware all Democrat* nod during tbe
summer they Isiued an order declining
to recurve any more Mate bank nut**
or bills in pajmeui of taxes. This
made the taxpayers hardens iwsvier
than ever, a* mueli of this paper re
mained noUUndiag lu tba band* of tba
people Tba order met with opposition
from weary quarter—lha Wblgv losing
no opportunity to make it a* odious as
possible
Lincoln Joined lu tbe abuse of the
mau la oBo*. and aa the columns of tba
Bortngfiald Journal were open lo bis
undisputed use. he plnoued to encour
age the opposition by the use of hi* pm.
The Auditor of lb* Stale we* a onn
apiotoua figure. At bin tbau Uucoln
directed shafts of satire aud ridloule.
He was than paying court to Mary
Todd, for the ascend Urns, and aba and
her friend Mlaa Julio Jayne, were lu
bis conOdeuee. They offered to aid
blm lo bla plan to maka Shields rldiou
k»us.
TI1N RBBNCCA LBTTNH.
• ‘Tb# thing took shape la aa article
published la the Journal," writeo Mr.
Herndon. ‘‘perportlog to have come
from a poor widow, who wltb bar pook-1
ota fall of Stele Bank paper wee still
unable to obtain Um ooveled receipt
for her taxes, It was written bp Lin
coln and dated “ Lost Townabip, Aug
net 87, 1841."
‘ Within a weak another epistle from
Aunt Rebeoea mppsertd In which
among other Ullage iht offered tbe
gallant Shields her hand. Tbit no«
waa written bp Mlae Todd and Mies
Japan." Poetry eras also directed
against Um Stale Auditor.
Genera) Shields fait that bla Intoerlty
bad been emailed. Through hie friend
Genera) John D. Wbltoeloe demanded
of tbe editor of tb* Journal the name
of the anther. The latter hunted op
Lincoln who directed him to girt his
name and mj nothing about tbe ladles
Use era) whltastd* gave aa aeoouat
of the affair to Um Joersal, whlob was
published at Um time and which Mr.
Herod on givve together with the aor
reepoodeuce la rautloa te the proposed
duel—General Whiteside writes ;
‘•Mr. Hliislde addressed a mote to Mr.
Llneela, Informing him that he wee
give* up as the author of tome artielee
that appealed In Um 9aagnetoo Joatoel
(one more over tbe eSgaatur* having
made lie appeareaoe M thla Uae). and
re*nested him to retract the offbwalve
•notion* contained la said srUeia* la
relation to bis private •hamster. Mr.
Shields beaded this note to me to de
liver to Mr. Lineals end directed me
el the Um* not te outer late any ver
bal oommnahsaMow nv ha the bearer of
may verbal egptaeeUoa, as such wee al
ways liable to mleeweehseelnn. This
note wee delivered bp me te Mr. Llo
eola stotleg at the aasne Ume, that I
•mold sell at bis eewvsglede* for aa
answer. Mr. Lineelo, la the era*lag
of the was* dap heeded me * IsUsr ed
drreaed to Mr. 8bMde. la Uils he gave
or offered no sxpIgaaUoM, bet staled
therein that he eoold not submit to
a as war farther, on the ground that
Mr. Mb laid *■ note reaUleed an m
snmptlon of feoto elm e meeaoe. Mr.
Shteida then add mean him saothrrnote
In which he dlerawed all Intention to
men see a ad rsgaeetod tekaow wbeUer
Mr. Mneata wws the eother of eUhar
of the artioles wMeh eceeeiwd te the
Journal, heeded ‘Last Township,’ and
stgued -Rebeeea', and if m.he mealed
Me reaeeet fat a retreoUoa of the of.
faaelvu metier la reialiea to privateehar
eeaer: If eet Me deelai weeid be MM
inMaliH. This letter woe reterwad to
Mr. Shield* unanswered with • verbal
tut—rat -that there eon id be ao for
thor negotiation between thorn until
the flrat note waa we* withdrawn.
CUOUIX or UIOAMWOKW.
11'■ iraortn’n tnatracUco* to hit
Mowed Mr. Marry man, wbra tha affair
••amid about to be brought to the
polut uC Agt)ling, are given by Mr.
Herndon :
“In oaan Whiteside* obnll signify a
wtob to adjust this affair without fur
ther difficulty, let bitn know that if
the present papers tie withdrawn end •
noto Iron Mr. Shinids asking to know
If [ am IDs author of the article* of
wlitob bo complains, and asking Ibet 1
shall,mate Um gentlemanly aallefac
Uoa If I am Um author aad this with
out mooaes or dictation an to what
that enliutaellon shall be. a pMf* ic
the following answer shall
"1 did write tha -Lw Township*
appeared In tits Journal of
the ted Inst., but bid no partMpaUon
in soy form In any othtr artloke allud
S.*? Jr?"_ 1 wholly for
tlloni effect. I had no Intention of
■ring your personal or private char
*0Wf "■ •••“•»«* ganUo
mnn and I did not then think and do
»o« now think that that crUcio could
produoe or hao produced that effect
agulnet you, nod had I antlelpetad
■ueh on effect I would bave f.whorn* to
•rite it. And I will odd that your
eon duct toward ns* ao faro* t know
bad a!wire lawn gentlemanly. and that
lhad do pmooal ptq do again si you and
no osum fur any.
“ ‘If this should bo dune, I leave It
with yon to manage wbat shall and
what shall not «e published.
“M nothing I IS* thin Is doue
the proUmlnariot »f tha ffgbt ora to
he :
1. Weapons,-Cavalry broadaarords
of tba larges: eis*. precieety equal In all
napeeta and eueb aa are used by tbe
cavalry company at Jacksonville.
1. Position : A plank ten r«at long
and from ulita to twelve ladies broad,
to be firmly fixed o»edgoon the around
M the line between us which neither of
ue ie to aeae hie foot over upon forfait
nf his life. Nat • Use drawn an tbe
grouud oa either aide of eil4 pUuk and
parallel with MOb at tba dletanoe of
the whole length of tU twotd and
three feet additional from Ilia plank;
and thu passing of bis owa snob linn by
ailber p irty dnrtog tbo fight shall be
deemed a surrender of the oontart.
3- Tima : Oo Thursday evening at
B o’clock U you can get it so; bat iu no
ease to be at a greater distance of time
than Friday creator at • o'clock.
4. Place: Within three miles of
Alton, on the oppoalu side of tba river
tba part loutar spot to be agreed oq by
Ton.”
Snob was the choice of weapons -
cavalry broadswords. This duel would
have been a one sided affair, for Nr.
I.lncnin wltb hka gnat height aad long
arms, ooelJ have retains I the required
position and out down Nr. dbiekfa
while tbe latter abort nf figure e »uH
not have toueliod hie opponent.
Mr. (IrritdOB calls It a serio-comic
affair. Mr. Lloeola did out like to
talk of it. ”1 only rem-mbar.” eaye
Mr. Herodoo : "of hearing him aay
this In a reference to tba deal s 'I did
not intaad to hurt Shields attires I did
ao dearly in selfdcfcuea. If It bad
baan ueonaeery 1 oottld have split Sim
from tbe crown of hie bead to tba end
of lilt backbone.”
Tbo principals and their sesoodsinat
oa Missouri soil acmes the river from
Alton, but tba affair Wee amicably
adjusted.
ik run iuati
Mr. Shield* catered tbe untw uf
United Steles Id the war with Mexico
and mu la oomauod of • brigade of
Illinois troop* On served nndor Ovu
srnle Taylor, Sooti nnd wen woe tided
at Oerro Gordo and Uhapultspao re
ootvlng ton bre\*t of Major Qantral for
marltorhma terriers.
In IBM be was appointed trrrltorinl
Governor of Grogan bp Proaldeot Polk.
Da raalgned thin pnslUou upon
bit eloutlon In the United 8t*ton
Senate from Illinois in IMP. After
bln term In Un Senate he took
up hit abode In Mlui.neoU end opoa
Mn admlseaon to Urn atntebood 18*7 wee
»«uln made United Mate* Senator. At
tbe beginning of the olvll war be wee
commissioned Brigadier General of
Volunteers and bed oomernun eogagw
manta. Ha wan defeated bp Stonewall
Jackson at Port Republic, V*.. Jane
9,1889
After lb* war be setUad In OerroU
toa Mo., andtlib Mtaaoort Legislator*
auila him United State* Senator for
Utt third time. It la an Internet tag Mt
of Mtaeoon hletorr. th* atorp of tbo
sawatorsblp In 1879. Th* sou* leg is
laturv that slanted Ur. VaM to tbe
Senate skated Geoeral Shields to tabs
tbe plans of David Armstrong, who had
boon utrotad to til Um euexplrvd term
of Lawk V. Bogy dsnsasad, Ur. Arm
straeg voted to eaalrm owe of Presi
dent Hayes's appoint menu, that of Me
Xanl, prominent la Urn Palmyra msa
me re Thk outrage.} the feoilaga of
Mtaennrlaaa, bad Armstrong was re
moved from oflloa and General Shield*
•l«ud to aOrre a term of ahowt ala
WVakA
General Shield* died at Ottamwe,
la . In 1879.
Thursday, August
2nd we vote for Gov
ernor, State officers.
County officers, mem
bers of the legislature
as well as the Consti
tutional amendment
Be sure and come out
to tlie polls and vote,
“H,*» m of bar I"
-Ym.Iw woat «vwi tetkar Mf ■
ltya» km."
i^u . ■ 11—uparw^ir—r—*■
•
_£■ th» *wT*t aaeborof tba Voo
wr^aa^mtaJ^la'^JtSSrftSl!!
Um paa of (mm of tba odttoild wrKtra,
•ad aaprinttbaartlaia In fall Mm:
*• tbaoo draadfal boara of aatptaaa.
wbaa rrigblfal poaalbUHjr baabaooaa
aartatety It ta hard, ta
think af China araapt with horrar aid
utter ooodeaietioii. 8oo4er
uorolnf Dr.Gaor*aAta*aoda»fowlbly
a aid : “Bar bar baa bat diaati'tta
doariu Um Una of drUisUloa. mad U
to tbapaMtaaa tba taonlac altar tba
»«*•«? attarad. kt ta hard to tblak
Mtaty and laaaoomiy of apaopta who
tliaa attb loaoaarqaaot oradty bar tba
way of prvfTooaand of Cbrtatlaa oh*
llaatlon.
YM avail la ibU boar of appalled
■awttssqsw **
thaaaaaaaaT ibtea_
nlddla kingdom.” T
-tha ago aMUbriateadum_
eougrataUtlug Iteelf on taa "upon
4oor”af Ohlaa. How that dour baa
baaa ratbteasly “ibaaal la tba taoa
ot oivllltailua,” aad trilfa aur ibw
eitlaa a peculiarly hopeful manmmU
of pragmas bat baao obtekad. Than
■'»'tmtom torswob conduct, avaa
lo Ohlaa.
Ja tha atady ot tba oaoaa Ibaiw aaa
ba ao bat tar galda than tba mtatteo.
atlaa wboae Uvoa bava baaa apeai ta
tbe oooulry, aad arba bava ltaraad to
rood ih* Datura of tba pnopla mod tba
•igiia of iho times, lodaad, wa aaa
redly saying to ooo aoolbot bow If tba
•ertafa miulatara bad but beaded tha
war a lacs of (be aWoMrte aaaabof
peat ood praatat aguay might ban baaa
•Patted. Our mluMer was aanad by
our aalaafoaary, dm rim A KtUta tbs
Praoob Catbolto btehap. warned bia
govaramtat. They koaw whereof they
■formed, tbaU ounUet with naljva
Cbriatfooi being cloaa aod lo toll besot;
but theory of "waif” oft rapwlod In
pant tfomt wan llUlafbaadrd nndfodnad.
who that dons not 'Jmraugbiy know
tbo Cbloaaa ovoid beftevo that tha turn
bar uf euToya was petal Ms?
!«*• hMaWlawof tea altnuioo
•bloh Dr. Artbar J. Brawn nootribntm
lo tbia wncfc’o Inaua of Tha Ureal
Bound, World bo peiata vat that the
■uderlyleg eaaaa uf tba tuoanot oom
awlfua la tba extrema natural oooaar
vattao of Ua Ufcloam aa acted npoeby
Uiraa unfamiliar furoaa with wldob la
comparatively raoaat Una It baa bam
brought |« contact—oomiimrrw, polltlca
aad Cht latte iiity. D Breda hardly lo
be explained that u- couim«tea aad
pulUiea u «Utah Dr. Brown raftra are
Christian oimoaior and Mitioa that la
thay ara Ua c ruMOtrelal and political
intereoenb uf Christian pwiptet wkh
Cblon, and that tba Christianity lo
wbleh Im refers is In Uot mimhmary
aBbrt. AW who rend tbe pa para kuuw
that of laU I born baa baao much aalm.
adyaraUMi upon mlaalonarlm aa tba
uaar or remote aauan ot Uw npriolag.
Tha writer* of snob anlauavaratou
wwuM dad Dr. Brown* artiste whole
some read Lac; but It aeada not such
madftng, it Heads -nly a lluia rrgaotlou
um aatreraallr know a feats, lo mob*
nyldant that, an Dr. Brawn says, llU1
b la lory at both tba auaamarotel aad tba
polltlowi dealing* of Christian oatfoao
‘Wfoe yaara. with Batata. Oarmaoy.
Traaea and BagUad atoarlac for
Ihnwailfae large partioaa of Uhloma
territory wltb aaialj reward far tba
rights or tba pnjadteatrfteom who
fu* tboaeaoda of yaara have owned
this gnat country, will gii far to n
Ptelo tba prratal tetter anU foreigo
*» wuion ur. Drown non
| *lgotflo*aUy oalto UbrlaiUalty. •• a
third, aad aotoua with western ma
natee and politic* |« at/lb I os men aad
aotblog Ian tbaa than ladaaoon
brought by Obrlatlua nianaarin to
boar upon Chin* la tba “okwty-tbcn
yoanfrune Ibo pioneer* Bobart Mamaoa
gained ntraoea la Utlaa." Tbb ban
woord at what nlntaoartn ban dona
btaoa than “1.1*1 nlnioaary eehuoie
aod aolhg**. twenty-three maeloa
printing praaeaa, thirty-two agMlib
aao neaepepan, 1M bcopiUia aad 4lo>
treating Ian year 1.1MLMI
patlaata, aad lUrty^wo orphaaagaa,
ioaadtag aad lapar, Mlad aad daaf
■ato a*lncasM~nafcn U IdJa te aap
that Umw an aat nan accurately n
prnsoUtinof ObrtBbmty tbaa tba
^Ig^nitr urn*tba majority
CMaa ar tba mwapilan eatUag aad
carving of Cbiaan territory ior Untr
own baaadt by tba Cbrlatiaa aattaae af
Koropa It la worn tbaa idle, it la
S&WSSSKtStKS
nldtbana of tndato aad petit Inna,
an at Uta bet ton at Ohioan apr Mat.
*o. tot m thicknon Ms^r of tb#
oat withstanding al Hiartaarieua
lyaoflntag la tba anna* af tu re
unnatnivn. Aad In mpmim,
aiisrasr-'sattmjs
•tobSitoWbONpdod, nitotian^aad
vlabnn tba fact reaeiae that tba
fkronoparatlagOblaatoday Instate
tbavltai tawani Han HI af tba
«orM, aadahortbotmaKaf tbiann
nt Unatban ban paand. It w» ba
■flunk af than, aad
r »
CMmI; road
Ba.'SjBL.rU.
•t tto aaawTng tot
:^r»r2ffit3E
s^usr^^vir ssm
tiUu brtwato Uw *tr, la -T^rn 'w;;
poww, attalatag tba baron wtwrolbrp
• toad ooM ia Uw re-:,
teutlaaa otaap of tab, a voice em
•aro abb aUaaaa?
Tmnjraoo’a roraa rTfirUdaa aaa «f
Uw tewrtrf Uw toad ta Uw —ryalaHi a
of oypiuWw . baat ramladwc af aald. •
Ufbt of darkoaaa. to aw aetoWc
gapklaal toil lb. "Litoiy OaU," hi
lHaiunal i toUUa-- prmri
wtanha aayr »j aorrow’a crown of
t^SSSmPSj,
oua baa hlbetlM|hi!anwa^w2!!u!^
i»r !■ dlaUoouWtyUafiihpa«alUMty
to ooMtnak Mo etas ba ditUnaa
Uw taald to Ida aad uw tab- oolirf tana,
that steal «c re wry, "TWm. Mb.
Taai».M tto post aata in .ntlUwaU Uw
freaboaaa of Uw aoabawn a Up Uw ta
potoac aail. boaring a daar o»« to sar
teirtog aWa-Naa. aod Uw woarafal
ladlaaaa of uw toad tap rodeo ted
(Mat tba oatward-boaud skip's tap
■oat spur fading fnw lija atmtiaad
■laion at low. la Uw aaooad vans of
tba {mow of oar sabfset, tbaayaaa
tto glad, mat lag fuels
brotbar. playing aa UM sbora with Wo
slator, tba baoyaat-banrtcd bop at tto
aaaa. staging ta Uw stwIUsooa uf Ufa
with tba orpsahs awud at fcla own *
■Pint. Sonny child twod. tto joyaaas
•*,«nw-ftaa youth, aa aaatly attend to
alilb sad happioaw aa tto Mate aa
tore In rtpi'loa bp Uw auft wind*. white
U bta own heart ret goad a divine
^Ths'jswteb proabat, with Uw goo
It sorrow oa tto aaa. It aaaaat to
gaiat." Tba teoroata Mds Uw wavaa
toil tlwir wawipt. sad would that to.
too, iwdttopawct—tto wavaa had tto
tall tto tboagbtetbat anas wtebta'hte
toO aaa, yaar watara oaa altar
spasaa la tanaUag iliaadaiai with aw.
faaltog la groat arthaa tto flaliadaoC