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VOL. VI. MANNLNGq Sl. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23,19ON. .
BUTERS AND SELLERS.
DR. TALMACE !N THE TABERNACLE
PULPIT
no Prma a Praotieal Sarno& on the
It the service in the Academy of
Musie Sunday mOrning Dr. Talmage
a.nounced as his textProverbs 20:14:
,-?It is naught, It is naught, ssitligthe
buyer; but when he is gone his way,
then he boasteth." Folowing is his
sermon in full
Palaces are not such prisons as the
world imagines. If you think that
the only timo when kings and queens
come forth from the royal gcs is in
procession and gorgeously attended,
you are mistaken. Incognito, by
day or by night, and clothed in eti
sn' apparel, or the dress of a work
ing woman they come Cut and se.e
the world as it is. In no otbhAr way
coull King Solomon, the anthor of my
text, have known everything that was
going on. From my text I am sure
he must, in disguise, some day have
walked into a store of ready-made
clothing, in Jerusalem. and stood
near the counter and overheard a
wversation between a buyer and a
sellar. The merchant put a price on
a coat, and the customer begin to
dicker and said: "Absurd! that coat
is not worth what you ask for it.
Why, just look at the eoarseness of
the fabriel See that spot on the eol
Mar Besides that it does not it.
Twenty dollars for that! Why, it
isn't worth over ten. They have a
better article than that, and for a
cheaper pdce. down at Cloathem,
Fitem & Brothers. Besides that, I
don't want it at any price. Good
morning." "Hold" says the mer
ehant, "don't go of In that way. I
want to sell you that eoat. I have
*oms payments to make and I want
the money. Come now, how much
will you give me for that coat."
"We'11" says the sustomer, "I will
split te differenee. You asked me
twtnty dollars, and I said ten. Now,
I will give you Afteen." "Well," says
th" merchant, "it's a great saenee.
but takeit at that price." Then Sol
oman saw the customer with a roll
under his arm start and go out and
em-er his own place of business, and
Bolomon in disguise followed him..
He heard the customer ash-, unrolled
the coat say- "Boys, I have made a
great bargain. How mach do you
guess I gave for that coat V"
*Well," says one, wishing to eom
pliant his enterprise, "you gave
$30 forit." Anothersays: "I should
think you got it sheap if you gave
$25." "No," says the buyer ix
triumph, "I got it for $15. I beat
him down and pointed out tha im
erfections, until I really made him
lieve it was not worth hardly any
thing. It takes me to make a bar
gaim. Ha! ha!" Oh man, you got
the goods for less than they were
worth by positive falsehood; and no
wonder when Solomon got back to
his palace and had put off his disguise,
that he sat down at his writing-desk
and made for all ages a crayon sketch
of you: "It is naught, it is naught,
eith the buyer, bat when he is gone
his way, then he boasteth."
There are no higher styles of men
in all the world than those now at
the head of merchandise in Brook
yn anid New York and the
other great cities of this eon
tinenit. Their casual promise is as
good as abond with piles of collat
trae. Their reputation for initeg
rity is as well established as that of
Perrh residing inthe familyof Car
dinal Colonna, and when there was a
great disturbance in the family the
ardinal called sll his people together,
and put them under oath to tell the
truth, except Petrarebi, for, when he
eamne up to swear, the eardinal put
away his book and said, "As to you
Ptrarch, your word is sufficient."
Weve since the world stood have
rhere been so masymerebants whose
kasctionis can stand the test of the
ten commnandments. Such bargain
maekrs are all the more tobe honored
because they have'withstoodjyear af
ter year, temptafions which have
sung many so flat,and fung thorn so
hard they can never recover them
selves. While all positions in life
have powerful besetments to evil,
there are specifto forms of allure
mernt which are peculiar to each oc
upation and profession, anid it will
be useful to speak of the peculiar
temptations of business men.
First, as in the scenie of the text,
business men are often tempted to
sacridce plaintruth, the seller by ex
aggerating the value of goods,anidthe
buyer by depreciating them. W e
cannot but admire an expert sales
man. See how he first induces the
customer into a mood favorable to
the proper consideration of the value
of the goods. He shows himself to
be an honest and frank salesman.
How carefully the lights are arranged
until they fall just ri'ht upon the
fabriel Beginn'mg with the goods of
medium quality, he gradually advan
ss toward those of more thorough
make, and of more attractive pat
trn. How he watches the moods.
ad whims of his eustomeri With
what perfect calmness he takes the;
order and bows the purchaser from|
his oresence, who goes away having
made up his mzind that he has
bought the goods at a pr-ice which
will allow him a living margin whon
he again sells them. The goods arel
wrth whit the salesman said they
were, and were sold at a price which1
will not make it necessary for the
house to fail every ten years in order
to ftxup things.
But with what burning indigna
tiu. we think of the iniquitous strat
agems by which goods are sometimes
disposed of. A glance at the morn
ing papers shows the arrival at one
of our hotels of a young merchant
from one of the inla.nd cities. He is
a comparative stranger in the great
city, and, of course, he must be
shown around, and it willbe the duty
of some of our enterprising houses to
escort him. He is a large purchaser
~and has plenty of time and ''roney,
~d it will pay to be very
itentive. The evening is spent at a
mice of doubtful amusement. Then
ey go back to the hotel. Having
c.ome to town, they must, of
- r..k A frind from the
samo mercantile establishment drops
in, and usage and generosity suggest
that they must drink. Business
prospects are talked over, and the
stranger is warned against certain
dilapidaited mercantile establishments
that are about to fail, and for such
kindness and magnanimity of cau
tion against the diskonesty of other
business houses, of course it is ex
pected they will-and so they do
they take a drink Other merchants
lodging in adjoining rooms find it
hard to sleep for the clatter of decan
ters. and the course carousal of these
"hail fellows well met" waxes louder.
But they sit not all night at the wine
cup. They must see the sights.
They stagger forth with cheeks
flushed and eyes bloodshot. The
outer gates of hell open to let in the
victims. The wings of lost souls hit
among the lights.and the steps of the
carousers sound with the rumbling
thunders of the damned. Farewell
to all the sanctities of home! Could
mother, sister, father, slumbering in
the inland home. in some vision of
night catch a glimpse of the ruin
wrought they w)uld rend out their
hair by roots and bite the tongue till
the blood spurted, shrieking ous:
'God save him.
What, suppose you, will come upon
such business establishments! and
there are hundreds of them in the
cities. They may boast of fabulous
sles, and they may have an unpre
cedented run of buyers, and the name
>f the house may be a terror to all
rivals, and from this thrifty root there
may spring up branch houses in other
:ities, and all the partners of the firm
nay move into their mansions and
hive their full-blooded span, and the
samilies may sweep the street with
Lhe most elegant apparel that human
rt ever wove, orearthly magnificenc
ver achieved. But a curse is gath
ring somewhere for those men, and
i it does not seize hold of the pillars
rd in one wild ruin bring down the
ample of commercial glory, it will
break up their peace, and they will
remble with sickness and bloat with
lissipations, and, pushed to the pre
:pice of this life,they will try to hold
back, and cry for help, but no help
will come, and they will clutch their
old to take it along with them, but
t will be snatched from their grasp,
Lid a voice will sound through their
oul, "Not a farthing. thou beggared
piritr' And the judgment will come
tnd they wil stand aghast before it,
and all the business iniquities of a life
Lime will gather around them, saying
'Do you remember this?" and "Do
rou remember that?" And clerks
hat they compelled to dishonesty.
md runners and draymen and book
keepers who saw behind the scenes,
ill bear testimony to their nefarious
leeds, and some virtuous soul that
Mce stood aghast at the splendor and
>ower of these business men will say:
-Alas! this is all that is left of that
,_ea frm that occupied a block with
heir merchandise and overshadowed
:he city with their influence, and made
ighteousness and truth and purity
all under the galling fire of avarice
na erime."
While we admire and approve of all
euteness and tact in the sale of
goods, we must condemn any process
y which a fabrie or product is repre
~ented as possessing a value which
t really does not have. Nothing but
heer falsehood can represent as per
ection boots that rip, silks that
peedly lese their luster, calicoes
atimmediately wash out, stoves
that crack under the first hot fire,
ooks insuficiently bound, carpets
that unravel, old furniture reju
enated with putty and glue and sold
as having been recently manufa c
~ured, gold watches naade out of brass,
arrels of fruit, the biggest apples on
top: wine adulterated with strychnine,j
ioiery poorly woven, cloths of do-I
nestie manufacture shining with
!oreign labels, imported goods repre
ented as rare and hard te get, be
~aue foreign exchange is so high,
olled out on the counter with match
Less display. Imported indeed! but
rom the factory in the next street.
L pattemn already unfashionable and
malable palmed off as a new print
pon some eountry merchant who has
ome to town to make his first pur
shase of dry goods and going home
with a large stock of goods warranted
x> keep.
There are a hundred practices pre
valent in the world of traffic which
ught never to become the rule for
onest men. Their wrong does not
ake your right. Sin never becomes
virtue by being multiplied and ad
:itted at brokers' board or mer
chants' exchange. Because others
smuggle a few things in passenger
trunks, because others take usury
when men are in tight places, because
:thers deal in fancy stocks, because
others palm off worthless indorse
muents, because others do nothing but
blow bubbles, do not, therefore, be
overcome of temptation. Hollow pre
tension and fictitious credit and com
mercial gambling may awhile prosper,
but the day of reckoning cometh, and
in addition to the horror and con
demnation of outraged communities,
the curse of God will come, blow
after~ blow. God's will forever and
foreeris the only standard of right
and wrong, and not commercial
ethis.
Tong business man, avoid the first
business dishonor, and you will avoid
all the rest. The captain of a vessel
was waking near the mouth of a1
river when the tide was low, and there
was a long stout anchor shain, into
one of the great linkrs of which his'
foot slipped. and it began to swell
and he could not withdraw it. The
tide began to rise. The chain could
not be loosened nor filed off in time,
and a surgeon was called to amputate
the limb, but before the work could
be done, the tide rolled over the vie
tim, and his life was gone. And I
hae to tell you, young man, that just
one wrong into whteh you slip may
be a link of a long chain of circum
stances from which you cannot be ex
tricated by any ingenuity of your
own, or any help from others, and
the tides will roll over you as they
have over many. When Pompey, the
wirrior, wanted to take possession of
a city, and they would not open the
gates, he persuaded them to admit a
sick soldier. But the meck solawer
after a while got well and strong. an!d
he threw open the gates and lei the
devastting army come in. One
wrong admitted into the soul may
ain in sbrength unarater a while:. it
flings open all the avenues of the im
mortal nature, and the surrender is
complete.
Again, business men are sometimes
tempted to throw off personalrespon
sibility upon the moneyed institution
to which they belong. Directors in
banks and railroads and insurane
companies sometimes shirk personal
responsibility underneath the action
of the corporation. And how often.
when some bankinghouse or financial
institution explodes through fraud,
respectable men in the board of lirec
tors say: "Why, I thought ali ;
going on in an honest way, and I am
utterly confounded with this mixde
meanor!" The banks. and the fire
and life and marine insurance con
panies. and the railroad companies.
will not stand up for judgment in the
last day. but those who in them
acted righteously will receive, each for
himself, a reward. and thimeo who
acted the part of neglect or trickery
will, each for himself, receivTe a con
demnation.
Again, many business men have
been tempted to postpone their en
joyments and duties to a future new
on of entire leisure. What a seda
tive the Christian religion would be
to all our business men if. instead of
postponing its uses to old age or
death, they would take it into store
or factory, or worldly engagements
now: It is folly to go amid the un
certainties of business life with no
God to help! A merchant in a New
England village was standing by a
horse, and the horse lifted his foot to
stamp it in a pool of water, and the
erchant, to escape the splash,
stepped into the door of an insurance
agent, and the agent said: "I suppose
you have come to renow your fire in
surance?" "Oh," said the merchant,
"I had forgotten that." The insur
ance was renewed, and the next day
the house that had been insured was
burned. Was it all accidental that
the merchant, to escape a splash from a
orse's foot, stepped into the insur
ance office? No, it was providential.
Lnd what a mighty solace for a busi
ness man to feel that things are provi
lential! What peace and equilibrium
n such a consideration, and what a
grand thing if all bLsinews men could
realize it!
Many, althoagh now omparatively
traightened in wordly circumstan
es, have a goodly establishment in
he future planned out. Thqy have
n imagination built about twenty
rears ahead a house in the country
not difficult of access from the great
own, for they will often have busi
aes, or old aceounts to settle, and
nyestments to look after. The house
a large enough to accommodate all
heir friends. The halls are wide
md hung with pictures of hunting
scenes and a branch of antlers, and
).re comfortable with ehairs that can
>e rollect out on the veranda when
'ho Teather is inviting. or set out un
ler some of the oaks that stand son
inel about the house, and rustling in
'he cool breeze. and songful with the
-obins. There is just land enough to
keep them interested, and its crops of
Llmost fabulous richness springing
ap under application of the best
theories to be found in the agriciltu
!al journals. The farm is well stock
1d with attle and horses, and sheep
hat know the voice and have a kindly
>eat when one goes forth to look at
hem. In this blissful abode their
~hilren will be instructed in art and
cience and religion. This shall be
he old homestead to which the boys
t college will direct theirletters, and
he hill on which the house stands
ill be called Gukwoodl or Ivy Hill or
?leasant Retreat or Eagle Eyrie.
day the future have for every busi
ess man here all that and more be
idet .But are you postponing your
appiness to that time? Are you
~djourning your joys to that consumn
nation?
Suppose that you achieve all yon
pect-and the vision I mention is
ot up to the reality, because the
ountains will be brighter, the house
ranper, and the scenery more pic
uresne-the mistake is nouie the
Less fatal What charm will there be
n rural quiet for a man who has
hirty or forty years been conforming
his entire nature to the excitements
f business? Will flocks and herds.
with their bleat and moan, be able to
silence the insatiable spirit of ae
uisitiveness which has for years had
ull swing in the soul! Will the hum
f the breeze soothe the man who
ow een find his only enjoyment in
the stoek market? Will leaf and cloud
nd fountain charm the eye that has
for three-fc--ths of a life time found
its chief beauty in hogsheads and
bills of sale? Will parents be com
etent to rear their children for high
and holy purpose, if their infancy and
boyhood and girlhood were neglected,
when they are almost ready to enter
pon the world and have all their
aits fixed and their prmnciples
stereotyped? No, no: now is the time
to be happy. Now is the ilme to
serve your Creator. Now is the time
to be a Christian. Are you too busy?
I have known men as busy as you are
who had a place in the store-loft
where they went to pray. Some one
asked a Christian sailor where he
found a place to pray in. He said:
" can always find a quiet place 'at
masthead." And in the busiest day
in the season, if your he-art is right.
you can find a place to pray. Broad
wy and Fulton street are good places
to pray in as you go to met your
various engagements. Go home a
little earlier and get introducixd to
vour children. Be not a gallery-slave
by day and night, lashed fast to the
oar of business. Let every dsy have
its hour of worship and intellectual
culture and recreation. Show your
e~lf greater than your businom. Aet
not as though after deat~h you would
enter upon an eternity of railroad
stocksjsnd coff'ee and ribbon. Roast not
your manhood before the perpetual
fires of anxiety. With ev-ery yard of
cloth you sell, throw not in your soul
to boot. Use firkin, counting room.
desk and hardware crate as the step
to glorious usefulness and Christian
character. Decide once and forever
who shall be master in your store, you
or your business.
Men appreciate the importano- of
having a good businless stand, a styre
n the right side of the atreet or in
the right block. &w' every place of
business is a good stand for spiritual
culture. God's angels hover over the
up those who are trying to do thei
duty. To-morrow, if in your place o
worldly engagement you will lister
for it, you will hear a sound loude:
than the rattle of drays and th<
shuffle of feet and the chink of dol
lars, stealing into your soul, saying
"Seek ye first the kingdom of God
and His righteousness, and all othex
things shall be added unto you." Ye1
some of those sharpest at a barga
are cheated out of their immorta
blessedness by stratagems mare pa
pable than any "drop game" of the
street. They make investments in
:.s everlastingly below par. They
pi L> 'aluables in a safo not fire
proof. Thcy give full credit to in
flnunces that will Rot be able to pay
one cent on a dollar. Thr-y plunge
into a labyrinth from which no bank
Irupt law or "two-thirds enactment"
will ever extricate them. They take
into their partnership the world, the
nlesh and the devil. and thL enemy of
tighteousness will boast through eter
nal ages that the man who in all his
business life could not be outwitted
or over-reached3, at last tumbling into
spiritual detalerion, and was swin
dled out of heaven.
Perhaps some of you saw the fire
in New York in 1835. Aged men tell
us that it beggared all description.
Some stood on the house- tops of
Brooklyn. and looked at the red ruin
that swept down the streets, and
threatened to obliterate the metrop
olis. But the commercial world
will yet be startled by a greater con
tiagration, even the last. Bills of ex
ehange, policies of insurance. mort
gages and bonds and g-vernment
securities, will be consumea in one
lick of the flame. The bourse and
United States mint will turn to ashes.
Gold will run moltui into the dust of
the street. Exch'nges and granite
blocks of merchandise will fall with a
crash that will make the earth trem
ble. The flashing-up of the great
light will show the righteous the way
to their thrones. Their best treas
ures in heaven, they will go up and
take possession of them. The toils of
buiness life, which racked their brain
and rasped their nerves for so many
years, will have forever ceased."There
the wicked oease from troubling, and
the weary are at rest."
A GREAT MYSTERY SOLVED
Bob Iniorton Chases a Man Two yars and
Captures Him.
The mystery surrounding the
theft in May, 1SSS, of $41,000 be
longing to the Exchange Bank of
New York,has been cleared up, and
Edward Sturgis Crawford, a former
employee of the Bank,is under arrest
in Spanish Honduras, where he was
followed by a Pinkerton detective,
and where he confessed to his part
in the theft.
The public had well nigh forgotten
the story of the crime, which was a
nine days wonder, and which was
dropped by the press when the next
sensation came up. The bank placed
in packages the snm named in nation
al bank notes to be sent to Washing
ton through the Adams Express
Company for redemption. The
packages were taken to the express
office by two of the bank's messen
gers, Crawford and a man named
Earl, who brought back a receipt for
them, but when the packages arrived
in Washington they contained slips
of paper neatly cut in the shape and
size of the bank notes. Who substi
tuted. the slips of writing paper for
the bank notes? This was a ques
tion which was upon the tongue of
nearly everybody, but nobody could
an'wer it satisfactorily. Crawford
had borne an excellent reputation at
the bank, and his conduct during the
scene nimediately following the dis
covery o'f the the theft seemed to
show that it would be unjust to sus
pet him. The mystery was appar
ently impenetrable, and the express
company shouldered the losa. The
detective whom it employed suspect
ed Crawford, however, and his sus
picions were strengthened when that
young man. a few months later, gave
up his position at the bank and went
to Honduras. Little by little the
evidence against Crawford was ob
tained, and last February the de
te-tive felt justified in going to Hon
duras and charging the crime upon
the young man, who at first assumed
an injured air and protested that ho
was innocent, but who, when he saw
that the detective had been too sharp
for him, confessed his guilt. When
arrested he had in his possession
$32.525 in bank bills. The Adams
Express Company is said to have
spent $25,000 in working up the case,
but it will now receive from the bank
the .41,000 which it made good.
There is no extradition treaty be
tween this country and Honduras,
and if Crawford is brought back it
will be only by courtesy of the Hondu
ras govermunent, which, it is stated,
has agreed to favorably consider a
request from Secretary Blaine for the
young man's return.
Crawford was born in Hancock, N.
Y., and before he came a messenger
of the bank he was a Broadway car
driver. He is of prepossessing ap
pearance and pleasing address, and
his intimate friends say that they
will not believe that lie is a thief un
til they hear him say that he is.
A Judge's Social Bomnbshell.
)An~uA, Mo., April 17.-Actingun
de- iustructions of Judge Ryland.
th grand jury has issued subponas
for a number of members of the
High Yive" Club. a tony social or
gadzaion, among whose members
are quite a number of young ladies.
to appear before that body. It is
suposdi that an effort will be made
to find indictments against persons
at whose houso the club has met
during its existence. on a charge of
permitting gambling on their premi
ss. Judge Riyland's instructions to
the jury on Monday to indict all per
sons engaged in or participating in a
game of "euchre," "high five" or
-chuch ra~le" has created not a lit
tle unfavorable comment hero. Al
first it was regarded as a joke, bui
now that an attempt is being made tc
cary out his instructions, a mnore
serious~ iew is being taken of th<
--State Treasurer, Archer, of Mary
A BRAVE TEXAN.
L
HE GAVE HIS LIFE IN DEFENCE OF A
WOMAN.
The Story Connected With a Lonely Grave
Rear Newbrrv-The Brave .Ca Da.
Eis Grave-aolent Deeds of - Chivalry
Reoalled.
D. A. Dickert Ia the Atlanta ConstittuOn,
NXwrmy, S. C., April 13.--A little
mound near the e0"on mills in New- t
berry, S. C., covers the remains of I
one who has left an eternal monu
ment to the South's chivalry. His
name is unknown. Immediately af- t
ter the close of the war the negro a
troops belonging to Sherman's army
were marched by different routes to
Port Royal and Charleston, there to
be disbanded. The night of which I d
srpeak, a regiment of negro troops
were encamped in Newberry, near a
the railroad depot. 3
The town had been plundered, and
her citizens subjected to all the in- j
dignitie-s that a drunken negro mob t
could offer. A government train was C
thex running from a point twenty- i3
five miles north of Columbia to *
G'reenville to carry soldiers and refu- y
gees as near their homes as possible. c
This night as the train Aowed up at 8
the depot it was imr adiately sur- e
rounded by a drunken, howling C
crowd of negro soldiers. On board s
the train were two ladies. The ne- p
groes swarmed through the cars like h
a set of demons set free from the in- I
fernal regions, while white soldiers t,
on board were helpless and at their p
mercy. What a place for two help- a
less women without friends or pro- C
tectors!
In the coah wit the ladies was a
soldier, and from his dress and de- d
meanor, one would judge him to be
from Texas. He was tall and stately, b
piercing black eyes, while his mas
sive head of hair well became his b
brawny face. He plainly showed ti
that he had been a determined fol- .
lowor of the lost cause. In their c
wild carouse one of the drunken ne- t)
groes came to where the ladies sat, b
and commenced to offer insults and
indignities to the younger, too re- C
volting in their nature for rehear- d
sal. In tryingto release herself from y
his loathsome embrace she cried out
in despair: "My God, have I no
friend; will no one protect me?" In t<
a moment a voice was heard in the yi
rear end of the coach: "Yes, I will it
protect you, if I die for it." The tall u
form of the unknown Texan was i
seen rapidly approaching along the d,
aisle. His eyes shone in the dim g
light like those of the wild beast i
ready to spring upon its prey. The
blade of a knife was seen to glitter S1
abcve his head and with a mighty b<
blow was buried to its hilt in the y
breast of the black ruffian With a
ild yell he leaped from the car and ni
fell dead upon the side-track. b<
The stranger quietly walked ont of tj
the coach at the other end, and step- w
ped a few paces away, under cover of y
the darkness. and waited develop- D
ments. He had not long to wait. ,
All the imps of darkness turned loose
could ot have equalled the uproar y(
and tumult this deed created. Word tt
flew to camp that one of their corn- hi
rades had been murdered by a Con
federate soldier. A wild rush was e
made for the train, and for a few o)
moments it looked as if all on board j,
would be put to death. Search was r
made for the murderer, declaring T
that if found he would be put to b:
death at once. The stranger stood il
but a few feet away, qietly listening tc
to his death sentence, as the soldiers gg
madly rushed by. At last one de
clared he had found the man; he il
seized one of the officials of the rail- a,
road, and others coming up, with
eulpositiveness swr ohis iden
tity. Violent hands were lam uponE
the innocent man, while the drunken ,
mass that crowded around him seem
ed as if they would crush him to n,
death. His vain pleadings of inno- o:
cence were drowned by the wild yells ir
of the surging crowd. He was being 3
carried away for execution- Where d
was the unknown Texan! He had r
shown his courage, now would he
waver in the face of immediate
death' With his hand he had pro
tocted the person of defenceless s1
women, by dyeing it in the blood of
Iher assailants, would he stand by and
see an innocent man die in his stead! b
With calm deliberation, without ca
any emotion whatever, he made his ta
way to the maddened crowd, and n
with a loud voice said: "Turn this ta
man loose, he is innoeent. I am the il
one who did it-now do your worst!" n
This gave new impetus to the drunken p
crowd, and he was hurried away to d
camp. A drumhead court-martial A
was convened, and he was condemn- b
ed to be imimediately shot. While i
he was being tried, word flew like t1
lightning over the town that a white I
man was to be shot, and every negro .t
that could possibly go came rushing an
into camp and surrounded the brave -t
Texan, offering him every insult and I
idignity that their wicked souls p
could invent. The negro women
outdid the men in rejoicing over the i
fate of the prisoner. Even the blood- c
thirsty and cruel Queen Esther could x
not have rejoioed mor. over her cap- t
tives.
At half-past twelve a spade wasd
given the condemned and he was order I
ed to dig his grave. Selecting a spot i:
near the brow of the hillhhecommexced 1
thc heartrending task of digging his f
own grave. Spadeful after spadeful ji
was thrown up, until three feet is I
reached. Then standing erect and
stretching out his arms. he said: "I1
am ready." A breathless stillness
for a moment prevailed. The com
mand fire was given-a volley rings
,ut, and the brave TAxan falls dead
in his grave, amid the deafening~ 4
shouts of the multitude, leaving be-t
hind him the grandest tribute toi
Bouthern chivalry-men who kive
their lives to protect the honor of
unknown women.
An Unfaithful Employee. I
Loxnnox, April l'.-A sensation <
has been caused m Bradford by the 4
arrest of Francis Stubbs, who was at
ho head of the dyeing department of (
the Lister Company, Limited, silkc
works. It is alleged that he has corn
mnitted frauds amounting to thous- 4
ands of pounds. It is expected that 1
others will be arrested for complicity 2
*nthe frands.
DICK WINTERSMITH OF KENTUCKY
rwe stors. Ab.ut M= Whsch Xsa. Cos.
gre.mme Laugh.
WAs=uoTox, April 17.-Hard fight
ng on the floor of the House produces
rood stories. The rougher the ground
;he better the crop. At the end of a
ricious spat in the House some sol
.mn statesman usually secures the
loorand dulls the intellectual atmos
yhere with platitudes. This drives
he bright fellows into their restau
ant or elsewhere. The pie eater of
he West, the bean consumer of the
,as', the "chitling" masticator of the
lulf States, the terrapin admirer of
he Eastern Shore, retail many an
musing story while smacking their
ips over their beer, ice water, whis
:ey or champagne. There were a~
reat many of these stories told in
he restaurant during the Oklahoma
ebate.
One good story of a good man
iways brings another of the same
lan.
One of Col. Dick Vintersmith of
Centucky was retailed. It is said
at not long ago he went to John
lhamberlin's hotel forbreakfast. He
idulged in breakfast and onions. The
teak was succulent and the onions
rere crisp and not greasy. The Gol
nel ajoyed the meal hugely. After
wallowin an extra cup of oofee he
alled for his check. It amountedto
7er $2. He protested strenuously,
aying that it was an outrageous
rice. John Chamberlin laughed at
im and;offered to "chalk his hat."
he Colonel, however, with true Ken
acky hauteur, refused the faver. He
aid the bill. Not long afterward an
cquaintance entered. Turning to the
,olonel, he said:
"My appetite is a little of this
iorning. I hardly know what to or
or for breakfast.
The Colonel advised him to try
eefsteak and onions.
"There is nothing more palatable,"
is friend responded, - "and nothing
hat would satisfy my appetite so
rell, but Ihave to attend several re
gptions this afternoon,and am afraid
aat that the onions will taint my
reath."
"That needn't trouble you," the
olonel replied. "Sit down and or
er your steak and onions. When
ou get the check for it, it will take
our breath away.'
Another story told of Colonel Win
rsmith is well worth repeating.
then the Colonel first went to Wash
Lgton, many years ago, he strolled
p to the CapitoL Wil~e wander
tg through the corridors he acci
entaly stumbled into the public
dlery of the United States Sen
The galleries were packed. Charles
amner was making a speech, Every
dy listened with breathless itevr';st.
rhen Mr. Sumner closed, Garrett
avis arose. Mr. Davis enjoyed the
ckname of Garrulous Davis. As he
agan to speak there was a rush from
it galleries. Colonel Wintersmith
as astounded. He reoognized Mr.
[r. Davis and became indignant.
rawing a brace of revolvers he
dd:
"Gentlemen, you will please keep
)ur seats. The Senator from Ken
icky is talking, and you must hear
Every man resumed his seat in
antly. Among the number was an
d Jerseyman, who was wedged in a
ont seat between two negroes. Gar
tt Davis tal.ked for three hours.
he Jerseyman drew many a long
reath, but he never swerved. When
e speech was ended he walked up
C olonel Wintersmith and with
>e emotion said:
"Did I unaderstand you that it as
ie Senator from Kentuoky who was
idressing us?"
"Yes, sir," responded the Kentucky
olonel; "he was Senator Davis from
:entucky. Have you any fault to find
ith his speech?"
"N-n-no," the Jerseymian stain
tred, "but I want to ask one favor
you. The next time you eatch me
ithis gallery when the Senator from
entucky arises to speak, please
on't warn me, but shoot-shoot
ght off-the quicker the bette."
RANDALLUS SUCCESSORt
hte senator McAleer the Xost Premtt
aaidato
Pmm1uAaL, April 17.-There will
e a bitter struggle among the Demo
ratic leaders of this city for the con
-ol of the convention which will
ame Randall's successor. The dis
det is undoubtedly Democratic, but
1. fight which is now in prospect
iay result in the election of a Re
ublican. The only avowed candi
ate as yet is State Senator Wia
[cAleer, a shrewd politician who has
een fighting Randall's friends all his
fe. McAleer's friend.,elaim that
hey can control the district, but
isquire McMullen and others of
tandall's friends will be against him,
s will also ex-Postmnaster Harrity,
rho is the most potent factor in the
)emeratic polities in this city at
resent
It is said that Governor Beaver will
.ot order an election to fill the va
ancy, but will allow the place to re
Sain unfalled until the next T egisla
ure meets, when the distri will be
aad. Republican. This statement is
enied by the Governor's frienads.
iAleer could probably get the nomn
ation if left alone in the district,
iut outside influence are likely to de
at his ambition. H. may get the
elp of the Republican machine in
i fight. Half a dozen candidates
il be in the ield against him, how
ver as soon as the funersl is ove if
o before.
The Cost of Tying 5hoosit )age.
One of the mainagers of a big Bash
n knitting mill has made a ealcula
ion that the shoestrings of a wak
ng girl will come untied three times
>er die,and thab a girl will lose
ibout 50 seconds every tim. she
~toops to retie them. Most of the
mployes have two feet, so this entails
loss of 800 seconds every day for
ach girL. There are about 400 girls
mployed in this factory, and there.
ore the gentleman finds that 43,800,
100 seconds are wasted in the course :
>a year, which timo at the average,
-aia of wages, is worth $948.17 j.
rders have accordingly been issued
hat the girls must wear only button
hoes or congress gaiters under pen
BAGSOVERTHEIRHEAD
THE TREATMENT GIVEN PRESIDEN
LINCOLN'S ASSASSINS
Im5rordiaery Xeesure Usoed to Frevez
Eaape Rescue and suilide-a signincr
Chapter of Unpublished History.
During the exciting times immed
ately following the assassination c
Abraham Iincola the prisoners, wh
were srested in sonnetion with the
affair, were confined on board c
United States monitors anchored i
the Potomac River, opposite the nay
yard. A history of the Washingto:
navy yard, written by Chaplain Henr
B. Hibben, which has just been issue
as sa executive document by the Set
ate, contains the orders given to th
commandant of the navy yard as t,
the oare of those important prisonerv
and these orders revealed one or tw<
featnres of their treatment, which, i
is believed, have never before beei
made publio.
The arst order was from the Nay
Department to Commodore J. E
Montgomery, commandant of th
yard, and dated April 15, 1885, th
day of Mr. Lincoln's death. It read
as follows:
-If the military authorities arres
the murderer of the President an<
take hin to the navy yard, put hin
in a monitor and anchor her out i
the stream, with strong guards o'
vessel, wharf and in navy yard. Cal
on commandant of marine corps fo
guard.Have vessel immediately pre
pared, ready to receive the crimina
atany hour, day or night. He wil
be heavily ironed and so guarded as
to prevent escape or injury to him
self."
Two days later the departmen
notined the commantan that "th<
War Department wishes special at
ention edled this afternoon to orde
of Baturday, 15th instant. Keep i
boat in constant readiness and hav,
a guard at the gate, that the prisonei
ean be safely got on board "
The :first prisoners were received a
the navy yard that night, and th<
following day Commodore Mont
omery reported that Mike O'Flaher
ty and Lewis Payne had been deliver
ed during the night, and were con
fined on board the monitor Saugus
in double irons and under a strong
guard. Samuel Arnold was added t<
the prisoners at 2.30 o'clock the morn
ing of A il 10. The same day th,
ommanant received orders to per
mit no person to see or hold com
munication with the prisoners withou
a paso signed jointly by the Secretary
of War and the Secretary of the
Navy.
At 11.10 p. m., April 20, two mor
prisoners were received at the navn
yard. They were lap drev
Atzerott and Ernest Hartman tchie!
his brother-in-law. April23 the As
sistant Secretary of the Navy sent
this order to Commodore Mont
gomery:
"The Secretaryof War wishes Atze.
rott separated from his brother-in
law, Ritchie, by putting the forme2
in another vessel, unknown to the
other prisoners; also, that a ball and
chain to be put on each ankle o
Payne."
On the following day the command
- neoeived directions which showed
tSecretary of War Stanton pro.
posed to neglect no precaution to
ward preventing any sort of corn
nunication between the prisoners
hese directions were as follows:
"The Secretary of War request.
that the prisoners on board iron-clads
belonging to his department for bet
er security against conversation shall
have a canvas bag put over the head
f each and tied around the neck
with a hole for proper breathing and
eating, but not seeing, and thai
Payne be secured to prevent self-de
struction."
To this order, which ia now brought
to light for the first time, Command
nt Montgomery replied on the same~
"The hoods were made, and have
>een applied as directed. The pris
mers are in all respects entirely se
cure."
Ned Spangler was taken from the
ld Capitol prison that day and con
tned on one of the monitors. Three
days later, April 27, the commandani
reported to the Navy Department as
tolloweo
"David 0. Harrold, prisoner, and~
the remains of Wilkes Booth were
delivered here at 1.45 this morning
The body of Boothis changing rapid
ly. What disposition shall be made of
tiIt is now on board the iron-clad
ontak."
Later in the day the commandant
was hande.? an order, signed by
Secretaries felles and Stanton, di
recting him to permit Surgeon Gene
ral Barnes, Judge Advocate Genera
Holt, and certain other officers anc
civilians, incliueng a photographer
to go on board the Montauk and set
Booth's body. The order also direct.
ed that, after the Surgeon Genera
had made an autopsy, the body shoulc
be p laced in a strong box, .sarefufll
sealed, and delivered to the charge o:
Cl L 0. B'aker.
A letter sent to the Secretary a
the Navy the following day by Comn
mandant Montgomery shows that he
had nochnce t crryput ap art
this joint order. The writer comn
plains that the body of Booth wa
suddenly and unexpectedly remova
by 001. Baker to a tug and take:
away before the marine officer had
any opportunity to report the pro
eodings to the commandant. Th<
box prepared for it was left on th<
Montauk, and Commandant Mont
Pmery reported that it was read
for delivery when called for. Othe:
correspondence shows that the nav:
offers at the yard felt that theyha<
not been properly treated by th.
highr authorities~, and were dispose<
criticise the military authorities
for the "informal and immilitary
way in which Booth's body was ia
ken from thei custody, without an:
written authority for so disposmng o:
im having been shown to any offce:
of the vesseL. The orders leave n<
doubt of the great fear wmieh bese
Secretary Stanton that the prison
r5 would escape or be rescued, anc
this fear seems to have extendec
even to the dead body of the assas
Tahest antry reparding thMi
oners shows that Commandant Mont.
gomery was relieved from his trouble
some charge April 29. In a communi
T cation to Secretary Welles, dated
April 30, he says:
"In obdience to a telegram received
* at 9 o'clock last night the prisoners
in my charge were delivered at 10.80
p. m. to General Hancock, and under
- military guard they left the yard at
11 o'clock."
Immediatel, after this the deperk
ment ordered the removal of the ex,
traordinary restrictions that had
f been established relative to the ad
a mission of visitors to the yard during
the time the prisoners were in the
commandant's custody, and this end
ed the connection of the naval es.
F tablishment with these state pris
oners.
UNITED STATES COURTS
Provisions of the Ne-T Bl Definel Mh&t
Juridictein-An Important Xeasurm
The House of Representatives has
passed the bill to define and regulate
the jurisdiction of courts of the
United States. The final vote wis,
yeas 131, nays 13, the Speaker count
ing a 'quorum. The following is a
e synopsis of the provisions of the
a new law:
It withdraws all original jurisdic
t tion now vested in the circuit courts
j of the United States and vests the
L same exclusively in the distract
a courts of the United States and also
i provides that the circuit courts of
1 the United States shall exercise such
r jurisdiction by writ of error and
- appeal as they have and exercise,
1 under existing laws. The circuit
1 court is made an Appellate Court
exclusively, except that it has power
- to issue alternating process. The
circuit courts shall consist of the
b present circuit judge and two
others to be appointed in each cir
cuit by the President by and with
r the advice and consent of the Senate.
a It requires three judges to constitute
, a quorum, and in case either of the
judges is absent at any term the
senior circuit judge of the circuit
t may require any district judge of the
circuit to sit in his stead for the time
being. But there must always be
one circuit judge present and no cir
cuit or district judge before whom a
case is tried in the district court can
sit in the same case in the circuit
court. The circuit courts shall be
courts of record. The terms of the
circuit courts are to be held at the
following places:
. :t Circuit, Boston.
2nd " New York.
3rd " Philadelphia.
4th " Richmond, V&
5th " New Orleans.
6th " Cincinnati.
7th " Chicago, Ills.
8th " St. Louis.
9th " San Frac
rts oferror in proper cases
in all other cases appeals may be had
from district to circuit courts, both
at law and in equity, and cases of
admirality and maritime jurisdiction
within six zrnths after the entry of
final judgry it or decree inidistricts.
The circuit courts shall have original
jurisdiction to issue certain remedial
writs and to establish rules of prae
tice not inconsistent with. those of
the Supreme Court. ,Writ of error
from the circuit court of an appeal
to the circuit pourt may be had in
all commercial cases wherein the cir
cuit court may be had in all commner
cial cases wherein the circuit court
may now exercise jurisdiction by
writ of error and pending appeals of
writs ot error and judgment of the
district court in all criminal cases are
stryed until the case is fimally deter-.
mined by the appellate. Civil cases
now removable from State courts in
circuit courts of the United States
may become involved in the district
courts of the United States in the
territorial jurisdiction of which they
were commenced. The circuit courts
are given appellate jurisdiction by
writ of error or appeal to review thi
judgments and decrees of the supreme
courts of the several territories and
for the review of the judgments and
decrees of district courts. The cir
cuit court shall have final and con
clusive jurisdiction on appeal or writ
of error in all cases in which juris
diction is acquired by the district
courts by reason of the citizenship
of parties only and in which no ques
tion arises under the Constitution,
laws or treaties of the United States.
But questions arising in this class of
cases of a novel, difficult or impor
tant character may be carried to the
supreme court for determination in
the discretion of any two of the
circuit judges trying the case.
Millions in Mortgages.
Mr. Luther J. Kaufman, Lancas
ter, delivered an interesting address
Saturday last at the farmers' insti
tute, held under the auspices of the
Berks county Agricultural Society, at
Reading. Mr. Kaufman dwelt upon
the great depression in agriculture
in Pennsylvania, and produced ar
Iguments, statistical and otherwise,
that the farms in the East, exclusive
of improvements,were worth no mo
now in the market than those in No
braska and Kansas. He stated that
the mortgages on the farms in Berks
county were $9,000,000, and in Lan
ease oMaty $15,000,000. In closing
his address fr . Kaufman said that
the cost of issuing and distributing
~currency by the govrernment was one
qurtrof one per sent., and he
wanted toknow why, tiii being the
-case, the farmer should not be able
to secure a loan on his farm for the
one per cent. He said that the grmt
accumulative power of money at pre
!vailing interest rates was one of the
chief causes of the present distress,
and urged the farmers of Berks to
seur frmCongress the establish
mnofanational bankig bureau,
~which should issue and loan money
to all citizens upon good security at
one per cent. He left a number of
petitions to that effect, which were
signed by many of those present.
> -The New York World isprintingas
serial story purporting to give the
-mystery of Judge Hilton's wonder'
L ful influence over A. T. Stewart and
-t the history of his absorption of the
-Stewart millions. It says there is a
'woman and a story of dishonor in the

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