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VOLT431 YORKYILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1896. IsTo. 37.
. THETAXONBACHELOKS
By ETPTE W. tfEKKTVAN.
[Copyright, 1886, by the Author.)
CHAPTER n.
Tom was decidedly uncomfortable
when he left the table. His discomfort
increased as the day on which Miss Margaret
was to arrive drew nearer. He was
very nervous when he went to the station
with Sander to meet her. He bad hoped
to meet her before it became necessary
to announce the engagement, but she
was dolayed in her preparations, and it
, was nearly.Christmas when she reached
the city. All engagements must be announced
before the first day of December
or the bachelor was not relieved
from the necessity of paying the matrimonial
tax.
As Tom paced back and forth in the
little waiting room he tbonght what a
notorious joker Sander was and wondered
at his own folly in trusting his
happiness for the next three years in the
hands of any one but himself. Suppose
Sander had indulged his passion for
playing practical jokes and airanged an
engagement between himself and an ancient
specimen of humanity who would
gladly give up her right to a pension for
the sake of posing before the world as
the object of a man's affections. Sander
had declared that she was stunning, but
with Sander that might mean anything
* or nothing. He would have remembered
that at the time of his proposal had he
not been so worried over his financial
affairs. If Daisy should prove to be
what the fellows called "an ugly back
number," how- they would laugh at
him?the elegant Tom Wainwright,
who had always prided himeelf on being
first in the estimation of every
young lady whom the other fellows
raved about!
The train came shrieking into view,
and Tom felt the pressure of Sander's
hand upon his arm. He walked with,
him to the side of the day coach, arriving
just in time to see Sander help a lady
to alight and then press a kiss upon
/thnnlr Sh? hnd nome. Tom could
oot donbt it, for be head bard Sander
call her Daisy. She had oome, and she
was a stunning caricature on humanity.
It was worse?a hundred times worse?
than his worst fears had pictured. Tom
oould scarcely suppress a groan. He felt
himself growing pale to the lips, when
he heard his name spoken in a soft
voice and realized that Sander had introduced
him to the woman who held hii
written proposal. He stammered something
by way of reply to her greeting
and mentally vowed to break off the engagement
if it cost him every oeot be
had in the world. He told himself that
beggary was preferable to being seen
for three long years in company with
such a nightmare of femininity. But he
must not be rash. He had just sense
enough left to realize that There were
two ways of doing everything, and he
was noted for always finding the pleasHo
nllrvaroH SnnHfir tn escort I
Daisy to the waiting room, and, although
be walked beside her, he tried
to appear more like an acquaintance of
the lady than her promised husband.
Arrived in the waiting room, he murmured
something about being very sorry,
but a most pressing engagement?
"I saw that man for you this morning,
Tom," interrupted Sander, with a
determined expression on his happy
faoe. "1 told him you bad a previous
engagement, which you had doubtless
forgotten, and that he need not expect
you until later in the day."
"Ah! H'm, ahem! Much obliged,
I'm sure," stammered Tom. He saw
that Sander understood his little dodge
and also that he would brook no trifling.
"Don't mention it," replied Sander
oheerfully. "I'll go out to see if the
carriage is ready. You bring Daisy in
the oourse of five minutes. I suppose
you will be glad of an opportunity to
be alone with her."
Sander bowed gracefully and left
them together. Tom felt that Daisy was
scrutinizing him sharply, but that did
not disturb' him so much as the fact
that he was also subject to the scrutiny
of several of his friends. Whatever happened,
he must not let them see that he
was not entirely satisfied. He must ap
11 A Uic s.s^rvuninTi
JWttT WJ WOJJ pieaocu mui luovuuiyuuiwu
that they would not dare to mention
her in his presence. Giving himself a
mental shake, he managed to smile into
her spectacled eyes as he asked her if
she were ready to go to the oarriage.
He gave her his arm, escorting her with
as grand an air as if she had been a
queen, but he did not fail to hear the
half suppressed titter that followed him
from the room. It almost unnerved him.
The carriage was at the door, but Sander
was not to be seen. The small boy
whom he had hired to hold the horse
told Tom that Mr. Ridgway had gone
to see that man whom Mr. Wainwright
was to meet at this hour, thinking there
might have been a misunderstanding.
A naughty word came close against
Tom's smiling lips, but he did not allow
it to escape. He handed his companion
into the carriage, tucked the
robes around her so carefully that much
01 ner ODjecuunauie meets ux ungu>
green was concealed, took the reins and
the whip and drove toward the house
where Sander lived with his mother at
a rate of speed which was, to say the
least, extremely reckless. Miss Margaret
was obliged to give her whole attention
to an effort to keep her Eeat,
and conversation between herself and
her companion did not become intensely
interesting.
Good Mrs. Ridgway was watching
for them and came to the door to weloome
her niece.
"How unusually well you are looking,
my dear!" she exclaimed, and once
more Tom groaned under his breath.
If she looked better than usuul now, he
thought, what must she be like in a
normal condition?
"I shall not invite you in now, Air.
Wainwright," added Mrs. Ridgway,
"for I want Daisy all to myself for a
little while. You may come later."
"She will soon tire of me," said
Daisy, smiling at Tom with an abanHnnrnrmfc
q? m.h that set
His teeth on edge. "It doesn't seem to
take any one long to tire of me," she
added plaintively. "Ton can't think
how nice it seems to be bonnd to some
one who la as glad to devote himself to
me as I am to have him."
Tom bowed and tried to smile. He
oonld not say a word. He did not know
which he wanted most?to commit suicide
or murder.
"Tire?of her I" he thought as he went
toward his room. "I don't see how any
one can help it who has eyes and ears."
Going to his rooms, Tom found San
der comfortably ensconced In his favorite
easy chair.
"Thought I'd make myself at home,"
he announced cheerfully.
"See here, Ridgway," exclaimed
Tom, paying.no attention to bis friend's
remark, "joking is well enough, but
when it oomes to unmitigated falsifying
it is downright low."
"Will you please explain yourself?"
said Sander, a gleam of anger in his
eyes.
It suddenly occurred to Tom that
Sander's cousin was under discussion
and that perhaps one could not be blamed
for failing to see the ugliness in
one's relatives. He found himself admitting
that it was barely possible that
Sander had not been joking at his expense,
but the results could hardly have
been more unpleasant had he been the
viotim of a practical joke, and he must
get rid of part of his ill feeling by expressing
himself indignantly to some
one. It was certain that no one was
more deserving of such unpleasant attention
than Sander Ridgway.
"Are you such a fool," he said, "as
to pretend that you believe what yon
told me?"
"I am not conscious of having lied,"
replied Sander stiffly. "I may be a fool,
but I shall not be twitted of it a great
many times, let me tell. you."
There was a tone in Sander's voice
which was new to Tom. It was not
pleasant. It seemed to say that two
could show ill temper quite as well as
one, and that he would come off victorious
who was least in the pow'er of the
other. Tom saw that if he were to attempt
to break the engagement with
Daisy he would need the support of his
friends, ana that least of all could he
afford to antagonize Sander. He resolved
to control hit temper and sncoeeded,
as any man can and does when his interests
are at staka
"Sander," be said, "I have said more
than I should perhaps, but if you oould
understand how disappointed I am"?
"Disappointed! About what?"
"Yon told me she was but 31 years
old."
"I say so now."
"But her hair is gray."
"Did you never hear of hair turning
suddenly from siokness? I think, however,
that it helps rather than hurts a
young face. You cannot deny that it
softens Daisy's face wonderfully. Did
you notice what pretty eyes she has?"
"How could I see her eyes through
colored glasses?"
"Ob, I remember! She wore her goggles.
She does not wear them all the
time. Perhaps she will be without them
this evening. Hasn't she a pretty complexion?"
"That hideous green thing die
wore"?
"Do you mean that woolen veil? She
is subjeot to attacks of neuralgia and is
obliged tor be very careful when traveling.
She will not be likely to wear that
very much here in the city."
"Will she wear it at all?"
"She may. One can never tell exactly
what a woman will do?more especially
a woman like Daisy. As I have
told you, she is very willful and has a
high temper, but you know you thought
that rather an advantage."
Tom bit his lip savagely. He remembered
his foolish speech about "Taming
of the Shrew" and wished he had
not made it He had indulged in some
delightful day dreams in which he and
a beautiful young girl figured and
where she bad always acknowledged his
supremacy In the most charming manner,
and all the fellows had looked on
admiringly and envied him his good luck
and fascinating demeanor. The remembrance
of that dream did not tend to
make the reality any more delightful in
his eyes.
"I must admit," continued Sander,
noticing that Tom did not seem disposed
to reply to his question, "that Daisy
does not show good taste m uicaaing. 1
did not notice that when 1 saw her in
the conntry. Such things are more a
matter of comparison than anything
else, I fancy. She must learn how to
dress like city girls. I'm sure she will
not object to a few suggestions from
you when she has learned to know you
well. You have such a taking way with
girls, you know, and already Daisy
seems anxious to please you. She is
very conscientious. When she undertakes
to do a thing, she does her best"
Sander talked with boyish enthusiasm,
and Tom found it quite impossible
to say what he bad in mind. He was
not sure, when Sander arose to go,
whether his friend had played a practical
joke on him or not. He promised to
call in the evening, and as soon as Sander
had had time to get well out of
sight he put on his bat and overcoat and
started for the office of his lawyer.
"I thought so, my dear boy,"chuokled
Sander from a doorway where he
had been watching for Tom. "You are
'Trn in a bad fix."
going to Bee your lawyer. How should
yon feel if yon knew I had already been
there. Oh, Jemima, what a lark this
is) I'll go to the club now and ask a
few of the fellows if they should_not
"Do yon refer to Mies Margaret
Blake?"
"Yea. Do yon know her?"
"Very welL Tom, yon surprise me.
Why did yon do that?"
"I had not seeu her"?
"I should think not!" This was said
with such energy that Tom was sure the
lawyer had no higher opinion of the
personal appearance of the yoong lady
in question than he himself had formed.
"Sander has always seemed to be a
friend whom one could trust," he said
apologetically. "We have told each other
everything for the last five years. He
saw that I was worried about that
beastly tax and sugge <ted this plan as a
way out of the difficulty. Ho represented
Miss Blake as beautiful, graceful?
everything, iniaot, that a man could
ask for except that she might be a little
too high tempered."
"Ridgway always worshiped Ms
cousin. StrlJ, I must say that yon have
shown a surprising lack of common
sense Had you thought of baying a
horse of Ridgway yon wonkl hare insisted
on seeing it first."
"I didn't have mnch time,yon know."
"Oh, well, I gness it is not as bad aB
it might be. Miss Blake is quite mnsioal
and she has very pleasant manners,
I believe; at least they seemed pleasant
in the country. I can hardly think of
her as a city girL I have on idea that
she will appear very differently from
the girls whom yon have usually danced
attendance upon."
"I am sure of it," groaned Tom.
"Parkhurst. I'm thinking of breaking
the engagement."
"Have you counted the cost?"
"I presume it will pinch me for a
year or two."
"Pinch you! Man alive, it will ruin
your prospects for Ufa Not only will
there be a heavy fine for the broken engagement,
but the breach of promise
suit"?
"Perhaps Miss Blake will not sue"?
"Don't flatter yourself. She will I
know her better than you da She will
like nothing better. It will give her
just the advertisement she wants before
becoming a publio singer."
"Does she mean to study for the
stage?"
"So I am told."
"Worse and worse." Tom groaned
more dismally than before. He looked
so wretched that the lawyer's heart became
almost sympathetic. There was
silence between the two men for several
minutes. Then Parkhurst said seriously:
"I don't believe I should break that
engagement if I were you, Tom."
"How can I go on? I have virtually
promised to appear with her in society,
and if I should break even that part of
the contract"?
"She has you in her power and no
mistake. If you lose everything, you
will be in a more unhappy condition
than you will should you play the devoted
lover to Daisy. You may be
chuffed for your odd preference, but if
you carry yourself well it will only be
considered one of your oddities, while
if you throw your property away you
will not be considered worthy even so
much notice as is given to those whom
we chaff. You will besides subject
yourself to most uncomfortable personal
experiences."
Parkhurst was convincing in any argument
He offered to go with Tom to
call on Daisy, and when the two men
stood on the steps of Sander's home
Tom was quite prepared to try to play
the part which he had taken upon himself
in his effort to evade the tux on
bachelors. But when ho ontered the
room his courage nearly failed him. He
would have left the house ut once could
he huve done so without observation.
"Never mind," whispered the lawyer.
"She will learn fo dress better
when she has been in ,the city awhile."
"Bare arms and shoulders 1" groaned
Tom. "And all those men around her I
I wonder that they don't offer her a
shawL"
"Society ladies always used to_drett
like to drop in informally on3~see Tom
entertain Daisy."
"Parkhurst," laid Tom, taking a
chair opposite his lawyer, "I'm in a
bad fix."
"What's np now?"
"Oh, it's all on account of that beastly
matrimonial tax. You know how impossible
it would be for me to pay it
this year"?
"Not exactly impossible, Wainwright."
"Yes, impossible unless I oblige myself
to live without everything to whieh
I have been accustomed."
"Would that be so hard?"
"It would be extremely unpleasant."
"But think to what use your money
would be put You forget that this tax
is levied that women may have a few at
the luxuries which you have in such
abundance."
"I forget nothing of the sort Of
ooune I am willing to pay a fair share
toward their support, but you know
that I have always been taxed beyond
reason."
"I think that there are few of us who
would not find fault with almost any
rate of taxation. Well, what can I do
for you?"
"First, forget what I have said if yon
can," replied Tom, with a sodden
change of tone. "A man mast grumble
aboat something, I suppose, or he would
not be hnman. It might as well be taxes
as anything else. I presume I shall be
taxed nearly $6,000 this year, shall I
not?".
"I may get it reduced $400 or $500
by proving that jour finanoial condition
does not warrant so large a rate of tax-,
ation."
"That would really be- proclaiming
that I am bard up. No, don't do that
If I must sink, I prefer to sink with flying
oolors."
" Wh5 is talking of sinking?"
"I am. I tell you, Parkhuret, I have
got myself in a tight place."
"How so?"
"Suppose I am obliged to light a
breach of promise case?"
"You can't afford it this year, my
boy. It would mean financial ruin."
"I am afraid I shall have to do it,
ruin or no ruin. I very foolishly proposed
to Bidgway's cousin and was ac
in that wayiT"-replied ;The lawyer. ,7I
presume your mother's gowns were out
that way."
| "Do you suppose my mother painted
| ber faoe as well?" asked Tom witheringly.
I "I should not be at all surprised were
Z to be assured of that fad ladies used
to consider their toilet but half made
until they had pa toted their faoes. Daisy,
in her effort to create a sensation, is
slightly behind the times, but"?
TO BE OONTINUED.
pjjwHanmw Reading.
BATTLE OF PITCHFOif
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TILLMAJf AND MILL SLAVE A LITTLE
BOUT.
JOHN 8HRRMAN KEEPS MUM.
r*
There was a'j^most dramatic and
sensational debate in the senate last
Friday. It waa between Senators
Tillman and Hill and the newspapers
say its equal basmot been seen since
the famous Ingals-Yoorbees contest.
There was a big Aowd in the galleries,
and large numbe^of people who were
anxions to bearprere unable to get
admission. Thefetbeoctated Press account
is as follows
I Mr. Chandler Imd offered an amend-1
ment to the natal appropiation bill
proposing the construction of 30 fast
torpedo boats, when Mr. Tillman took
the floor iB opposition. He said be
I bad found during his brief experience
be re that there were some strange
things happening in the navy department
and all other departments. "It
seems to be suffering from too much
red tape, too much bureaucracy." He
spoke of the great number of bureaus
and divisions in the navy department,
! aaa aaumi) Hn/f /fitH/lo/? rnan/tnai.
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bility. The senator . had concluded
!that the main purpose was to make as
much money as possible out of the
government.
The senator said he followed the
bad example of other senators by
branching off on finance and other
| public questions. He said he denied
[the right of the president to issue
bonds for meeting current expenses.
There was no law allowing the president
"to hocus-pocus and bamboozle
the people by doing by indirection
what he won Id not do by direction.
The president overrides all decency,
overrides the will of his party, to
accomplish indirectly what he dared
not do directly.
Mr. Hill entered the chamber and
took a seat in front of Mr. Tillman.
The latter went on to refer to Mr.
Hill's designation of him (Tillman) as
a Populist, "one of the tailors of Tooley
street."
"I deny the right of the senator
Wow Vnrk to naiiklocrlie mv noli
tics," said Mr. Tillman,
Mr. Hill rose to state tbat he had
never classed Mr. Tillman as & Populist.
He had referred to others.
Mr. Tillman insisted that Mr. Hill's
^remarks as to a "coterie" included
'bins and exclaimed: "X would rather
be in such a coterie than with certain
'men on this side, who go around labeled
('Democrat,' but who are not Democrats,
and I will prove it before I get
through."
The South Corolina senator said he
came from a State that supported and
followed him, and that he could place
its vote where he desired. "And can
you say aa much ?" he asked of Mr.
Hill.
Mr. Hill blandly inquired if Mr.
Tillman meant to say that he could
carry the great State of South Carolina
into Populism.
Mr. Tillman replied that he meant
to say he represented his State and
could tell where it was going and how
it would vote, and, turning to Mr.
Hill said savagely, "and that is more
than you caD do. The people of South
Carolina have not yet been bamboozled
and debauched."
Theu, again addressing Mr. Hill, he
declared sarcastically, "You represent
the people? Yes, you do. You represent
the bondholders and the bankers."
After criticising bond issues, Mr.
Tillman exclaimed, "If you force tms
thing much further, there will be a
repudiation of bonde and interest,
too."
"And if you can't have that," coolly
suggested Mr. Hill, "I suppose you'll
have bloodshed ?"
"Yes, and the blood will be on
your hands," responded Mr. Tillman,
bis words ringing through the chamber.
"I tell you we are desperate," Mr.
Tillman went on. "I have been
through the West and I know how the
people feel."
The senator drew a comparison between
Andrew Jackson and Grover
Cleveland. "One was the man of the
people ; but Cleveland stands as the
tool of the classes," he declared, adding
that the president represented only
money, the almighty dollar. The president
had no policy, be went on, except
the policy of the senator from Ohio
(Sherman.)
"If Grover Cleveland," he shouted
with emphasis that fairly made the
chamber ring, "ever goes before the
people again he can bear on bis brow
the eulogy of the senator from Ohio
(Sherman) who declared on the floor
of this chamber that the president has
simply done his duty. They are
linked together. Orover Cleveland,
John Sherman and John Carlisle are
affinities. The question is will the
people be so damnably foolish as to
trust them again ?"
Proceeding, he argued with vehemence
that the taxes to pay for the
bouds would be wrung from the hands
of the^oiling masses. Nothing would
be paiBfry the plutocrats, who sat in
the ofl^Band clipped coupons.
Mr.^^nan referred to the Ohio
At
senator (Sherman, and his associates gresi
"in their contemptible work." Mr. dot;
Sherman sat across the aisle, appa- dent
rently unmoved. his o
"Perhaps you can bamboozle the "I
people," he said, addressing Mr. Sher- exec
man. "The fools are not all dead yet, into
but they are getting mighty restless." pron
At one point, Mr. Tillman address- T1
ed a direct question to Mr. Sherman Tilh
concerning the interests of the labor- Stev
ing people. cue i
"Will the semator answer me that," a qu
asked Mr. Tillman, pausing in antici- "I
pation of a response by Mr. Sherman, off,
But Sherman looked directly at the from
South Carolina senator and .remained Mi
in bis seat without answer. howi
Mr. Tillman next took up Mr. Her- feet
bert, and said the secretary had been gold
making a speech at Cleveland to some M
bond owners and coupon-clippers, and whei
?? ? J ? ?- ?? fund
Ill M Lit? ruuuiu^ UUUJIUCUIO nunc ug icau iuuu
the secretary's speech. If the people wba
wanted this Cleveland-Carlisle-Sher- mon
man rule, all right; let them have it; it foi
let them fry. New
"But I tell you I can see the end but]
coming," said Mr. Tillman. "One thing farm
I know, there is a God in heaven and a ?i
reckoning must come. We need a exhi
purification of public life ; we need a getti
new constitution to declare the peo- m
pie's rights and to tie the hands of the Tillr
thieves who are robbing them. You gm^
are damming up the waters. But fog (
wait till there is a full head on. You ggna
people are going to see some fine grind- selv(
ing this year, or within the next four ^
years.' remt
Then, turning again to Mr. Hill, Mr. ig a
Tillman said : "And now, for the ben- or a
eflt of the senator from New York?
whom I love?the senator whose motto moc]
is 'I am a Democrat'?I will say, 'I am Hill,
a Democrat too,' a Democrat after ?>]
Jefferson and Jackson. He prates of ?^
'sound money I cry 'hard money ;' he re8p(
is a Democrat for national banks, for
the national government." <Pi]]c
The Senator added that, the Deinor j^em
cracy could not win in the coming election.
If the farmers could be fooled the ]
into voting that ticket any longer, let tjon
them do it. gout
"And what will I do?" the senator t
asked of himself, and then answered: jjjh
iiT 4? 4a Pkina<vA no O
"1 IU IV vuiutgv no u uvair ft{0|?
gate. I expect to try to get my party ^ fc]
to throw off its rottenness. If we Hj
have to bid good-bye to New York and jdea
Tammany, I may abed a few tears. jn
But if they succeed in buying a few a^m
more delegates?as I understood they ^ ,
did in Michigan the other day?so as '
to be able to endorse Grover Cleveland .
and 'qajpid money,' then I am going to cu.^]
take my hat and bid the senator-from
New York and those like him a long ?ni
farewell. Where I Will go I don't
know. I can't go to Populism. Popu- taou
lism is only the explosion of wrath. Part
The Populists tried too much and
spattered themselves on the wall." j^aP
The senator declared that the Demo- ??us
cracy was on its final trial. If it did ^en
not pronounce for silver at Chicago, it
was gone forever. ?>?ld
"We may not beat you this year," hav
he concluded dramatically; "it would
be marvelous if a disorganized mass ^
held together by an idea could defeat ?P??
at the polls a well disciplined, compact .
organization backed by money. But senfcl
so help me God, we will serve notice cracon
you that our slogan is 'America conv
for Americans; to hell with Britain cracj
and the Tories.' If we don't defeat wonI
you this year, we will serve notice Part>
that we will interest you in 1900." (lnefi
With these words, Mr. Tillman threw ?y *
his arms up into the air with a ges- 9"y?
ture as if to say : "I am done," walked
over and took his seat. When the sen- New
ate had regained its breath, Mr. Hill, days
who had been taking notes, took the sena<
floor* At the outset, Mr. Hill cbarac- sider
terized Mr. Tillman's speech as a 're- m&n
markable performance' and expressed any'
doubt as to whether he did not err in Mi
making any response at all to anything part;
that had been said. He, however, as- M:
sured the senate that be should con- "Dei
fine himself to some of the "gratuitous, bad
uncalled-for and undignified remarks" of hi
of his friend who loved him. trati
"The senator has denied here to-day its d
that he was a Populist," Mr. Hill the t
then proceeded : "Let me say to him atta(
that what he has said leads on the out
straight road to Populism, or," after a leadi
pause, "to some worse place." (Laugh- tion
ter). ty oi
Mr. Hill congratulated Mr. Tillman, Mr.
however, on his assurance a tht he very
would not join the Populist party. aid
As to what the Democratic party Dem
would do at Chicago Mr. Hill declined Ken
to make a prediction in view of the &
rapidity with which events were at (P?P
present marching. "But I say to the that
senator from South Carolina that if he have
loves Jefferson and Jackson and still here
represents his people, he will haye no to 01
reason to leave the party he has serv- M
ed so well in the past." la
As to Mr. Tillman's statement that as t
he (Hill) no longer spoke for New Hem
York, he admitted smilingly that that to1"8*
might be true. He recalled the fact "1
that previous to 1893 New York had Hill
remained in the Democratic column In
for eight years. "But in 1892," said arms
he, "State after State instructed for P^F
Grover Cleveland and free silver over are g
the protest of the regular Democracy
of New York."
"You did not get free silver," he "I
added sarcastically, "but you got fense
Grover Cleveland. Are you satisfied ?" tram
(Laughter). lion
Despite the serious reverses the per0
Democracy has since sustained, he
announced that in sunshine or in the(
shadow, in weal or woe, he would be Sout
for the Democratic party and would Pr?b
support the nominee, no matter what on '
the platform might be. mio<
This announcement was greeted with presi
a marked demonstration of approval "I
from the galleries. date
Proceeding, he said that it was to Hill,
the "everlasting credit and renown of assei
Mr. Sherman that he had acknowl- pare
edged that the present Democratic ad- enen
ministration in the distressing circum- ours
stances confronting it had done its M
duty. tion,
"Do yon contend that while con- tials
i is in session, charged with th
' of raising revenue, that the presi
has the right to take matters int
>wn hands ?" inquired Mr. Tillman
don't come from a State where th
utive believes in taking the lav
his own hand," returned Mr. Hil
aptly.
lis seemed a hard one for Mi
nan and he sat down, but Mi
fart, of Nevada, rushed to his res
and asked permission to propoum
estion.
?o, no," said Mr. Hill, waving hin
"I draw the line at the senato
i Nevada."
r. Hill agreed with him, contending
ever, that the president had a per
right to issue bonds to protect th
reserve.
r. Tillman Interrupted to say tha
a "a private citizen used another'
a it was called stealing. No\
t right had the president to taik
ey raised for one purpose and us
r another purpose? Perhaps th
' York senator can understand il
|rou can't get it into the head of
ier."
would despai/, after the senator'
bition here," replied Mr. Hill, "c
ing anything into his head."
r. Hill went on to show that Mi
an and Mr. Sherman "occupy th
i platform" as to greenbacks, add
/hat he would leave it to the tw
tors to fight it out between them
58.
r. Tillman again interrupted t
irk : "From your view, Sherma
better Democrat than Clevelam
oetter uemocrai man yourseu."
?he senator is defending the De
racy of Mr. Sherman ?" asked Mi
"hat's about it," said Mr. Tillman
"hat is where I wanted to get you,
)nded Mr. Hill.
r. Hill turned bis attention to Mi
nan's statement as to quitting th
ocratic party. The New Yorl
,tor said the essential principle o
Democratic party was its recogni
of the rule of the majority. Th
h Carolina senator declares he wil
o the Chicago convention. Mi
supposed, he said, that the sen
like a true Democrat would abid
he decrees of the convention,
f he goes there with any othe
exclaimed Mr. Hill, with ring
vehemence, "he ought not to b
itted and he will not be admit
u
r. TiHman interrupted, this time se
og the permission of the chair. H
parties were volnntary associs
3 of individuals who thought alike
y lasted only while the individual
ight in common. The Democrati
y bad split once before, and in hi
ment.it was going to split again
jrities did not rule here or in th
te of representatives, or in tb
tucky legislature. The New Yorl
tor wanted the majority to take i
bug policy. But they would no
) it. If it was forced upon then
would get out.
r. Hill shook his heed at this re
se. "No," said he, "it would no
>r my friend to give that as th<
ment of the South. The Demo
y of the South is not going to tha
ention with one idea. The Demo
7 has more than one idea. I
Id be blind folly for that grea
y to split, to divide on the financia
tion. There is more in Democra
:han in the single question o
r."
r. Tillman asked: "Does not thi
York senator know that now-a
the president is the party; tha
lor like himself had no more con
ation as to patronage since tha
went into the White House thai
t>ootblack'?"
p. Hill replied that the Democrat!
y was not confined to patronage,
r. Hill went on to say that a
nocratic linen is being washed, w
better have it out," and be.spok
is associations with the adminie
on. It was not true that be wa
efender. He had said little as t>
idministration except to reply t
:ks as to bonds, and that was with
conferring with administrate
9rs. He differed with administra
leaders. While admiring th&abili
F Mr. Carlisle, the senator believe*
Carlisle had made a mistake, s
serious mistake,'when he failed t
Senator Blackburn, who was th
ocratic caucus nominee before th
tucky legislature,
splying to a remark of Mr. Allei
i. of Nebraska,) Mr. Hill asserte*
the Populists of Kentucky couh
> elected Blackburn, but there, a
, they peddled out their vote firs
le party, then to the other.
r. Allen resented this insinuation
answer to Mr. Hill's interrogator
o what would keep him in th
ocratic party, Mr. Tillman sai<
sly: "Sixteen to one or bust."
Fhen you will bust," returned Mi
contemptuously,
the course of another passage a
i, Mr. Tillman announced that th
le needed a billion dollars. "Wi
;oing to have it," said he.
L mere trifle," sneered Mr. Hill
iat would you do with it?"
> i 1 <4 knUlAoklno anil OAQQt s? a
IUI1U uadll^ouipo uuu vvwiv V.V
is," replied Mr. Tillman. "Put thi
p at work, set every wheel in mo
and make the country again proa
us and happy."
r. Hill used this answer to shov
lepth to which the Democracy o
h Carolina has fallen. Mr. Hil
ested against the reckless attack
he president, the dragging in o
>r pension vetoes, merely to ex
3 personal venom.
my judgment he is not a candi
for renomination," continued Mr
"The national convention wil
nble in a few weeks. Let us pre
ourselves against the commoi
ay, instead of quarreling amonj
elves."
r. Hill closed with an apt quota
, "In essentials unity, in non-essec
liberty and in all things charity.
e HOW COAL WAS DISCOVERED,
i- Ask almost anybody lip in the Penn0
sylvania coal regions who first discovi.
ered the commodity, and the answer
e will quickly come, "Phil Ginter."
v The story is an interesting one.
1 What Rip Van Winkle was to onr
aTnntr t,h? TTndsnn. Phil
Ginter was to tbe bills forming the
French roof of the Lehigh Valley. He
I- was a tramp of the Manch Chunk re1
gion?a lazy old Dutchman?who
would rather loaf than work, and who
a was fonder of his gun and dog than of
r cleanliness and sobriety. He despised
city ways and society, and had built
;, for himself, away back in the moun
tains, a rough old cabin, where he re*
e sided with his family, whom he supported
by the fruits of his unerring
t aim.. Game was plentifhl in the Mauch
s Chunk mountains, In those days, but
v occasionally old Phil would get tired,
e and sometimes his family got tired '
e also. /
e One day, in the year 1791, Phil had
i, been out on one of his hunting expedia
tions and was returning home'. As
usual most of his hunting had been
8 done under a tree, where he had gone
if to sleep and endeavored to dream of
choice coverts. He had lain there un..
til it began to rain, and, as the rain
e awakened him,* he rubbed' his eyes,
[. swore at his ill luck and meandered
o homeward.
That rainstorm in the mountains
that woke the old Pennsylvania Dutch0
man proved a God send to him and to
q the world at large. As he ambled
j homeward the rain became more fhrious,
and washed away large portions
of earth. Picking his way through the
. mud and over Men trees, Phil suddenly
stumbled on some roots, and, as
| be did so, be displaced a number of
"black atones" that had become uncovered
by the washout.
Old Pbll had heard the legends of the
' existence of "black stones that would
^ barn" in the mountains, hut he bad
, never seen any of them, and he and
older mountaineers looked upon it as a
' fairy story. He was of an inquisitive .
, turn of mind, however, and when he
, unearthed the stones he searched for *
more. Beneath the root of a fallen tree
" he dug up many of them, and he filled
bis pockets with them and lugged them
home. '
Colonel Jacob Weiss was the oracle
of that bailiwick at that time. On the
. following day Ginter took his find to
r the colonel. The colonel saw at a
glance that Ginter had made a valuaH
ble discovery, but he obtained Phil's
6 permission to have the "black stones"
>" examined by somebody who knew more
' about such matters than he did. Phil- .
8 adelphia theft, fts now, was the home of
c learned scientists, mineralogists and
8 savants. To them Colonel Weiss went,
' taking with him several specimens of
6 Ginter's find. Among the savants was
6 Charles Cist, a printer, who at onoe
i pronounced it "stone coal," and who
8 told Colonel Weiss that there was a
fortune in it. They at once deter?
mined to buy Ginter off, upon his show
iog them the place where he had found
" the specimens.
* Bat Ointer was coy. He reasoned
8 with himself that if the find was worth
* the sum they offered him it was worth
1 more, and he held back. He told them
' in Pennsylvania Dutch, that they
t might hunt until doomsday and they'd
' never'find it. They then agreed to
' Ginter's proposal that they give him
' title to a tract of land ifftne locality
f upon whiQh he could and afterward
did build a small mill. He had scarcee
ly built the mill, however, when he
< ascertained that it was owned by somet
body else, and that his title was worth
less.
t In the following year, 1792, Weiss
3 Cist and a man named Hillgate formed
themselves into the Lehigh Coal Mine
c company. They had no charter of incorporation,
but they took up
s 1,000 acres of land in the locality
e and began to work the mine in a rude
e way. They sent small quantities of
b coal to Philadelphia, but it proved
s next to worthless, and, in a number of
o instances, instead of burning, put the
o fire out. This disheartened the com[
pany, and for a while nothing was
ii done to develop the mines,
b- These mines now give employment
i- to hundreds of miners, who work them
i in "shifts." The miners, ior tne most
a part, dwell at Summit Hill, or about
0 the surrounding country, and they are
e a quiet, peaceable body of men, and
e since the abandoment of the "company
stores" have in a majority of cases
a accumulated sufficient money to pur1
chase their own homes and live lives
j of happiness.
s There are hundreds of miles of these
t coal Lands, and all the result of poor
old Phil Ginter's find, for which he
i. was given a tract of land, from which
f he was afterward ejected, and for which
e the rental of one ear of corn per year
i was afterward paid.
'. A World-Language?Use Good
English.?One hundred^ and eleven
t million one hundred thousand people
e speak English while only 75,200,000
b speak German and only 51,200,000
speak French.
English is fast becoming the language
of the world. Five times as many
* people use it now as at the beginning
b of the century.
The English classics are every where
- studied, and the great wealth of literature
is in English.
v The Anglo-Saxon race sends more
f than one-half of all telegraph mes1
sages.
s Three-fifths of all the railroad tickf
ets sold in the world are used bj En
glish-speaking people.
Two-thirds of all the tonnage of the
world's merchant ships is Anglo-Saxon.
This race now possesses a third por1
tion of the earth and rules 400,000,000
of its inhabitants.
a Do not neglect your English!
g ??
VWild horses have increased to
.- such an extent in Queensland that the
i- animals are being shot, with a view to
" reduce the numbers.