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BY CLINKSC ALES & LANGSTON.
ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1896.
VOLUME XX XII.--NO ll
Right in Fabric,
Right in Cut,
Right in Finish,
Right in Price !
OTTO buyer has just returned from the markets, where
we secured all the latest styles in our ?gie.
It is quite business-like to wear a Single or Double
Breast Square Cut Sacque. The Three or Four Button Sacque
or Cutaway Frock is very sporty.
At our prices for Pants you need not wear your wife's
''bloomers."
WE ARE THE UP-TO-DATE CLOTHIERS.
In dressing you we will not forget to give you the latest
shapes in. Stiff and Soft t?ats. Our line of furnishings sur
passes any ever kept in the city-so our trade says-and we
are adding to it daily. We will take as much pains in dress
ing you in a $5.00 Suit and 50c. Hat as we would if you wish
a $25 or a $50 Suit.
Bl
P. S.-I will appreciate a call from any one wishing to be
dressed in style._ _A. G. MEANS, Jr.
GOOD OLD TIMES AGAIN !
WE ARE NOW IN OUR NEW STORE ROOM !
AND GOING TO SHAKE THIS COUNTRY from centre to circumference with
/ UNHEARD OF BARGAINS, such as the following :
BEST SATIN CALF SHOES, solid oak, inner and outer seles, elastic, guaranteed
for 12 months, for only $1.25. Never have been sold in Anderson for less than ?2.00.
Also, Men's High Cut Whole Stock. Oak Soles Plow SHOES for only SI.00 You
have never bought them for less than $1.35 to 81.50.
POUNDS OF RIO COFFEE FOR $1 00.
And everything else at UN xx 'ARD OF PRICE3.
Yonr trade we are going to have, if you are at all interested in buying Goods from
HEADQUARTERS.
Remember, we are in our New Store room, near Railroad Bridge
Yci:rs always truly,
D. C. BROWN & BRO.
MAKE YOUR OWN MOLASSES !
For the best results uso the only reliable
CMtoe Gie Ils ni M-iiiii Evaporators.
They are the best manufactured.
We have a full line of
BUGGY AND WAGON MATERIAL,
including Spokes,
Rims, Hubs,
Shafts, Axles,
Wheels-already tired.
DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, NAILS.
AND ALL HINDS OF
Powder.
Shot,
Loaded Shells,
And last, but not least, we want to call the
attention of GINNERS to our line of....
Rubber and Leather Belting,
Engine Fittings, and all necessary
Repair Valves and Bolts.
Come to see us. We will treat you right, and guarantee satisfac
tion.
BROCK BROS.
General Harware,
Anderson, S. C.
A DANGER IN WEAKNESS.
THERE is a great danger menaces
the public. It lurks out of sight in the
form ot weak and impure Drugs. If
you have a prescription to compound,
the formula is made up with the suppo
sition thai the Drugs are pure and
strong. If any of them are weak the
others will overbalance it and a great
danger is imminent.
Our Drugs are Absolutely Pure.
ORR & SLOAN.
A REMEDY FOR HARD TIMES !
YES, I can give it to you, if you will give me a call, see my Goods and
get my prices. My Stock consists of
Fancy and Family Groceries,
Confectioneries*
Canned Goods,
Tobacco and Cigars,
In fatt, almost everything in tho Grocery line.
I am not afraid of competition, but I want you to give me a call, and if |
my Goods and prices don't suit you, you need not purchase.
Q-. F. BIGBY.
MB, FKEE CITY DELIVERY.
"EAT, DRINK AND BE MERRY!"
But be sure that what you eat and drink
is bought at the
Popular Grrocery !
Nothing but First Class Goods are sold There.
HAVE you tried our SEAL BRAND or MORNING JOY COFFEES, put up in
one and two pound Cans. If not you are behind the times. Tbeir rqucl is
not found in the city.
~ The same can be truthfully siid about KINGAN HAMS and SWAN'S DOWN
FLOUR.
Why do you worry about something nice to eat and drink ? Simply because you
havant been to ROO U?.
With OUR STOCK OF GROCERIES he'ore you it will take but a moment to
select something for Breakftv. Di'inpr or Supper.
"A word to the wise is sufficient." Yours truly,
LIGON & LEDBETTER,
Wholesale and Retail Grocers. Anderson, o. C.
^.Remember, we sell the best.LIME and CEMENT on the market.
VANDERBILT'S PALACE,
Or a Brief Vl-it Io Asheville.
Christian Observer.
To one born and reared among the
mountains, loving them from child
hood, and when absent from them
pining for their presence as for friends,
the transition from the low tide-water
region of Virginia to the great heights
of the North Carolina mountains is
almost overwhelming. There is one
glory of the sea and another glory of
the mountains, but to my mind the
latter is incomparably greater.
The sea is wonderful and awful and
beautiful in its changes, but "there
is sorrow upon the sea, it cannot be
quiet," and its waves are driven and
tossed by the wind. But the moun
tains are as unchangeable as God's
truth, and calm the troubled spirit by
their very immovability. All through
the Bible what wonderful reference we
have to them. Upon the mountains
j of Ararat the human race found their
j first habitation after the fierce sea
I ceased from raging. And when the
j Lord first revealed himself to Moses
by his awful name of "Jah" or "I
j am that I am," it was upon his own
j mount, even Horeb.
Again, amid the fire and smoke of
Sinai, "the mount quaking greatly,"
upon the top of Hor where Aaron died,
and then upon loftly Pisgah where he
j lifted up his eyes and beheld the land
of promise which he could not enter,
was this servant of God called to com
mune with his Maker. And what a
glorious sepulchre was his ab last,
hollowed out by God's own hand in
the valley over against the mountains.
Of our Saviour we are told that he
went up into a high mountain apart,
to pray. The?e secret places seem
nearer heaven. So frequent are the
references to mountains, that their
sacred history would fill a book.
It seems to be a fact little known
that our Southern ranges exceed in
height any this side of the Rockies,
our railroad guide quoting Prof.
Holmes as stating that in Western
North Carolina there are forty-three
mountains higher than Mount Wash
ington. Mt. Mitchell (named in honor
of Prof. Mitchell, who lost his life
while exploring it,) which is the high
est peak, reaches an altitude of 6,717
feet.
Asheville is very beautiful for situa
tion, but so much has been written
about it in guide-books, that it is
useless to attempt a description.
But one can gain a correct idea of
i;he elevated plateau upon which it is
located by a comparison with another
well-known Southern city and moun
tain. Asheville itself is 214 feet
higher than the top of Lookout Moun
tain, at Chattanooga, and when you
sit upon the veranda of the Battery
Park Hotel, you view the beautiful
panorama around you, from an eleva
tion 339 feet above the Lookout Moun
tain Inn.
A dummy line conveys tourists to
-Beaumont, which is 700 feet above
Asheville. From this peak is obtain
ed the loveliest view of the city, and
spread out below is the most magnifi
cent mountain scenery that human
sight can desire, peak rising above
peak, until in the distance the eye
refuses to discern between mountains
and clouds. But here again a com
parison is noted between this view and
the one from Lookout Mountain. So
far as the mountain ranges are con
cerned, the North Carolina vista sur
passes the Tennessee view, but the
former lacks the noble Tennessee
river, with its unusually beautiful
banks and graceful curves, which adds
so much to our Southern landscape.
True, Asheville has the lovely
Swannanoa and the picturesque French
Broad, but they are much smaller,
and so overhung with trees that, at
this season at least, they can scarcely
be seen from this point of view.
One of the main objects of our visit
was to see Biltmore House, the mag
nificent estate of Mr. George Vander
bilt, which is four miles from Ashe
ville.. We have so often been asked,
and have often wondered what was
the origin of this singular name. Our
driver, who was a model of discretion
and information, told us that it is the
combination of part of Mr. Vander
bilt's name, and of his mother's mai
den name. After learning this, we
had more respect for an appellation
which is not attractive of itself. Time
and space forbid a detailed description
of this modern palace, but the reader
will be interested in a few general
notes. Having never been abroad, I
could not compare it with the landed
estates of England, but friends who
have been, say that for extent of
grounds, and for the modern conven
iences in building, it far surpasses
them.
The whole estate now consists of
120,000 acres, embricing vast game
preserves, private park, landscape
gardens, and various departments of
culture, every one of which is superin
tended by an expert. Visitors are
allowed to drive through the grounds
on Mondays, Wednesdays and Satur
days, after obtaining a permit, but the
carriages are not permitted to approach
near the main building.
The "chateau," as it is called on
souvenir plates, is built ?f beautiful
white Indiana sandstoue, with a mas
sive foundation of granite. The ar
chitecture is Gothic Kennaissancc.
The granite was r,aken from the
grounds, leaving an excavation 125
feet deep, which has been converted
into a lake.
The stables are in linc with thc
main front, which gives an unbroken
extent of 700 feet, while the width is
192 feet. A very good view can be
obtained, and the building appears
very solid, there being little ornamen
tation ; it is not symmetrical but the
effect is rather pleasing. There is
one main tower in front, and about
seven others on various parts of the
building, each of which is surmounted
by a curious ornament resembling a
turnstile.
To the right of thc main entrance is
the winter garden, and to the left is
the principal stairwayf whose winding
course can be tracedJ-rrrnTtlie exterior
by the slanting windows, giving a very
peculiar appearance. The chateau is
not at all Southern in aspect, as there
is no veranda cr gallery. But I sup
pose that it would riot be consistent
with the plau of such a magnificent
structure to have a portie?), lt is not
so much needed, however, since one
thous.-nd feet in front of the mansion
is thc Ramjtcdance, which is a great
stolid balcony, 300 feet in leugth, and
leading up to it is a stone corduroy, so
that the ascent can be made on horse
back.
By riding to thc top of this fort
like eminence, Mr. Vanderbilt and his
friends are greeted by one of the love
liest views upon which thc eye ever
rested.
Parin frontis thc loftly height of
old Pisgah, with Young Pisgah and 1
smaller peaks clustering around, while
beyond are tho faint outlines of ran
ges still higher. Asheville is in the
distance, and between can be traced
the course of the two mountain rivers,
whose junction is one of the most
beautiful scenes upon the continent.
Far to the right is a glimpse of Mt.
Mitchell, and beyond, the azure of thc
Blue Ridge can be discerned. The
sight of all this grandeur produces a
wonderful effect upon "him whom love
of nature holds.' Tho tennis court
and landsoape gardens are places of
interest, while the drives, walks and
terraces have been laid out by an
artist's hand.
What a delight it must be to the
skilled gardener to possess ample
means to gratify his taste. One little
place noticed was especially artistic.
A small valley had been graded and
sodded until it resembled an emerald
river sweeping down between the hills.
The greatest skill has been shown in
the arrangement of the flowers. Along
the sixty miles of boulevards have
been set out six million plants, but
growing in among the wild flowers, it
takes the eye of a botanist to distin
guish city plants from country sisters.
From the magnificence everywhere
displayed, one would imagine himself
on foreign soil, but for the sight of an
old worm-fence in an incompleted pari
of the grounds, and a little beaten
path leading down to a spring, which
are so Southern in appearance.
The stables aid dairies are open for
inspection, aud are well worth the
time spent upon them.
The exterior of the stables is of the
same material as the main building.
Within they are of the finest glazed
brick, and are perfectly fireproof.
The horses drink from a porcelain
tub, and are fed from handsome cedar
buckets, with the monogram "Gr. W.
V." upon them in heavy brass. We
counted twenty-three fine horses,
though there are many others. Maude,
the favorite riding horse, is a hand
some black animal, with shapely head.
Among other names are Embassador,
I Grant. Sherman, Cleveland and many
more. Cleveland was absent from his
stall, and one of the party remarked
that probably he had gone fishing.
The horses are in charge of English
grooms, with negro henchmen, who
seem proud of their position. The
vehicles number thirteen, from heavy
tourist wagons to the handsome road
carts and carriages.
The dairy is conducted on scientific
principles and is in charge of a profes
sional. The large-eyed Jersey cows
are numerous, and evidently well cared
for. As soon as milked, the milk is
cooled by being run over steel tubes
containing cold water; it is then put
in a separator and the cream taken
from it.
The Biltmore dairy supplies some
of the Asheville hotels with fresh
milk and butter.
Such are some of the wonders of
Biltmore. The owner seems to be
much admired and respected, and he
has certainly done much to advance
the prosperity of Asheville by making
such a lavish outlay of his means. It
seems a far less extravagant expendi
ture thau for jewels or riotous living,
for the possession is not only a joy to
the owner, but gives unlimited pleas
ure to others, for it affords a fine ex
ample of the beauty of a scene show
ing the handiwork of God supplement
ed by the labor of man. Without the
background of the mountains, Bilt
more would be a jewel without a set
ting.
As yet it has no historical interest,
but America is a new country, and to
the traveller of the future this castle
of the mountains, may be pointed out
as identified with some of the most
important events in thc history of our
cation.
There is but one drawback to the
happy possession of this grand estate,
and that is the Naboth of the vine
yard, in the person of the colored man
who owns the only piece of ground
which Mr. Vanderbilt cannot purchase.
In one corner of the park is a small
tract of land to which this colored
man has a clear title, and while he is
anxious to possess it, Mr. Vanderbilt
does uot, like Ahab, seek to take it
from him, but has offered the full
value of it ; but so far the owner re
fuses to sell.
Mr. Vanderbilt however does not
refuse to enjoy life because this Mor
decai sits at the gate, but takes the
keenest delight in what is considered
the finest private residence in tho
world.
May he not forget to whom he, and
every rich man, owes the power to get
gain. RHEA.
It Wouldn't Be Fair.
She was a girl from Holly, N. J.,
and she had a mouth which attracted
general attention. As she leaned
against the railing and watched the
breakers she suddenly exclaimed :
"Oh, James, but how grand ! Seems
as if I could open my mouth and take
it all in!"
"But you won't, will you ?" entreated
a boy who stood by. "Ma and I have
come 300 miles to sec the ocean, and
we don't want to lose it thc first day."
- It is hard to keep a working man
down.
- "How are you and your wife
cummin' on?" asked a West Point
man of a colored man. "She has run
me oil' boss. I gave her a splendid
white silk dress, an' den she got so
proud she had no use for me. She
lowed I was too dark to match de
dress." .
- A follow in an obllivious state,
took up his lodgings on the sidewalk.
Ile woke thc next morning, and,
straightening himself, looked at the
ground on which he had made his
couch. "Well," said he, "if I had a
pickaxe I would make up my bcd."
- In a recent- letter to the manu
facturers Mr. W. F. Benjamin, editor
of the Spectator, Rushford, N. Y.,
says: "lt may bea pleasure to you
to know the high esteem in which
Chamberlain's medicines are held by
thc people of your own State, where
they must be best known. An aunt
of minc, who resides at Dexter, Iowa,
was about to visit mc a few years
oincc, and before leaving home wrote
me, asking if they were sold here,
stating if they were not she would
bring a quantity with her as she did
not like to be without them." Thc
medicines referred to are Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy, famous for its cures
of culds and croup ; Chamberlain's
Pain Balm for rheumatism, lame back,
pains in the side and chest, and
Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy for bowel com
plaints. These medicines have been
in constant use in Iowa for almost a
quarter of a century. The people
have learned that they are articles of
great worth and merit, and unequaled
by any other. They arc for salo here
by Kill Bros.
A. T. STEWART'S MILLIONS.
The History Behind the Great Hilten
Failure.
Megurgec, in Philadelphia Times.
NEW YORK, August 29.-The
predictions of many have proven true.
A great name is trailed in the dust.
A. T..Stewart's stolen bones are some
where rattling.
The disgraceful squabble over his
nillions is not ended.
Hilton, Hughes & Co. have failed ;
that is the commercial term for finan
cial dishonor.
But who suffers? Stewart can't be
cause he is dead. In the words of the
curbstone gambler, "You can bet your
sweet life Judge Hilton doesn't." The
practical result of the entire commer
cial contention is that an enormous
fortune is divided between Judge Hil
ten and twelve heirs of the unburied
Irishman's widow, and all that remains
to keep his memory green is the bare
recollection of his riches. The settle
irent by arbitration of the fight over
his wealth prevents any further ex
posure of the disgraceful manner in
which the grand estate which he crea
ted has been sacrificed by those who
owed him everything they had. The
frost remarkable exposition in all this
scandalous ehowing is the incredible
manner in which Judge Hilton has
fattened upon the possessions of his
benefactor. A novelist, who would
give the bare facts of this matter as
the creation of his imagination, would
bi3 adjudged guilty of rediculous exag
geration.
Who is Judge Hilton, and how did
h'3 get his clutches upon one of the
grandest fortunes which individual
and honest labor ever created ?
These are pertinent queries just now.
Henry Hilton was naturally a pol
itician in the crafty sense of that term.
H.e got his title of Judge thirty-five
years ago, when he sat upon tho bench
of New York Common Pleas. At the
time of the Tweed regime he was a re
cognized member of that notorious co
terie, and when the brains of that
ring, Peter B. Sweeney, became presi
dent of the park commission Henry
Hilton was made its secretary. When
the exposure of the Tweed gang was
made no breath of scandal was per
mitted to cloud the reputation of Henry
Hilton, for he at that time had become
intrenched against public attack by
having gained the friendship, confi
dence and support of the all-powerful
A. T. Stewart. His acquaintance
with the millionaire began through
Hilton's wife being Stewart's cousin,
and in time the Judge managed to
make himself so useful in a social way
to the dry goods merchant that the
latter found him indispensable. A. T.
Sllwart was not a man of words nor
of grac? of manner, and was absolute
ly lacking in those qualities which
would enable him to give proper re
ception to hie guests on ceremonial
occasions. This deficiency Judge
Hilton supplied, and at all social en
tertainments he stood by his patron's
side and quietly coached him. They
traveled through Europe together,
and, in fact, when stewart played the
host Henry Hilton actually eat at the
head of the table and spoke and acted
in the rich man's behalf. This pecu
liar form of assistance gave the Judge
a controlling influence over the mod
era Croesus which could have been
gained in no other way. The fact
that Stewart depended upon Hilton
for aid in everything outside of his
regular business affairs was never bet
ter demonstrated than when the dry
goods man was nominated for Secre
tary of the Treasury by President
Grant. The latter's first nomination
for the Presidency was undoubtedly
brought ubout by A. T. Stewart,
whose reward was to be the custodian
of Uncle Sam's finances, and when
the gift was presented to him he in
stantly selected Henry Hilton as his
assistant. Charles Sumner, however,
as will be remembered, discovered an
old law by which an importer was dis
qualified for the position of Secretary
of the Treasury, or that of collector of
a port. When this revelation was
made, at Hilton's suggestion, Mr.
Stewart, when he found it impossible
to have a qualifying A ct passed in his
favor, decided to put his business in
the hands trustees. Gen. Grant, how
ever, felt that he had done sufficient
tc show his gratitude, and accordingly
withdrew the name of the ambitious
Irishman. Stewart's bitterness on ac
count of this was most intense, and to
the day of his death he never forgave
the warrior President. It is generally
understood that Graut believed that
Judge Hilton did all in his power to
make more frigid the coolness between
himself and Mr. Stewart, and for that
reason, when Hilton called upon the
dying soldier in the Mount McGregor
cottage, he was denied admission to
the Sick man's chamber.
Hilton's main forc?is audacity.
By that has he won and by that he
has succeeded in diverting a large
portion of the golden current of Stew
art's wealth into his pockets. This
phase of his character can be illustra
ted by a trivial incident which hap
pened when he was still holding down
the Common Pleas bench. One Christ
mas Day, before he had become secre
tary of the park commission, he took
his family for a drive through Central
park. When he reached the upper
end and desired to turn the horses
about he found it most convenient to
drive across a piece of newly-graveled
ground, on which stood a warning
sigu commanding everyone to "keep
off." A park guard, who witnessed
the act, directed the Judge's attention
to the placard, and as a result of thc
wordy wrangle which ensued the po
liceman, who kept his temper thc
best, informed Mr. Hilton that he
would be obliged to escort him to the
park police station. But thc Judge,
without revealing his identity, said
that he preferred a quicker disposition
of the matter and would therefore go
to thc nearest District Court, where
the officer's complaint could be heard.
When the place was reached it was
learned that its judicial magnate had
gene out in search of a drink, and as
it was a holiday he was not expected
to return for a long time. Thereupon
Judge Hilton himself mounted the
Bench, opened Court and called upon
thc policeman to make his complaint.
Thc officer's eyes bulged in amaze
ment, and he tremblingly inquired for
an explanation. The Judge haugh:
ly revealed his identity and stated th
by virtue of his position as a Comino
Pleas wearer of the imaginary ermin
he had the right to sit in any Distrl
Court. The policeman said that 1
couldn't exactly see how he cou",
make a complaint to the Court again
the Court, and thereupon the Court i
its judicial capacity announced that i
the absence of any evidence again
it in the personal capacity, it wou]
in its judicial capacity dismiss tl
complaiut made against it personall
Whereupon the policeman cried oui
"This will not do," and thereupon tl:
Court tersely declared, "If you inte
rupt me again I will lock you up
But Judge Hilton's audacity did ni
end there. Next day he wrote a le
ter to Andrew H. Green, commissioi
er of parks, demanding the remov?
of the offending policemen, to whic
Mr. Green responded in an expressic
of surprise of what he termed tl:
Judge's impudence, thereby creatirj
an estrangement which has lasted 1
this day. Hilton, however, succeede
in having his way. He brought tb
matter to the attention of the maj
nates of theTammany ring, and i
consequence thereof the park comrni
sioners notified that unless the officf
was discharged restrictions would b
placed upon favors which were bein
granted the commissioners by th
metropolitan police department, whic
Tammany Hall then controlled. Th
poor policeman, finding himself doon
ed, appealed to Judge Hilton for me:
cy, telling him of the family whic]
was dependent upon him for suppor
calling his attention to the fact thc
he had simply obeyed orders and ej
pressing a desire to apologize if he ha
done anything wrong. But the Judg
was inexorable and the officer was di;
charged.
That's the kind of man Henry Hi]
ton is.
Stewart's death brought Henry Hil
ton almostrto the goal of his ambitior
The millionaire's letter was data
seven years prior to his death, an<
that he had been careless in giving i
amendments, which he certainly mus
have intended, is indicated by tin
facts that it contained bequests to th
amount of thirty thousand dollars b
employees who had been dismissed fo
embezzlement at least two years be
fore. By that document Henry Hil
ton was made executor of the est?t?
and given ?1,000,000, and Mr. Stew
art left a letter to his widow, request
ing her, if she deemed it advisable, t<
continue the business which bore his
name and make Henry Hilton her ad
viser. Mrs. Stewart was a very weak
minded woman and Mr. Hilton founc
a ready acquiescence when he pro
posed to her that, in lieu of the 81,
000,000, he should take charge of thc
business of A. T. Stewart & Co. It ii
stated by people who are very close tc
the millionaire that on the day of bis
death, while he was lying on a couch
moaning and calling for the "Judge,"
the latter remained all day in the of
fice of the big dry goods firm at
Broadway and Chambers street, and
when the news was brought to him
that Stewart was dead heat once went
to Hopkins, chief bookkeeper, and,
announcing that he was the executoi
of the estate, demanded to be shown
the dead man's private ledger, tc
which no one was given access. Il
showed, I am told by one who had op
portunities of becoming familiar with
his affairs, a credit to Stewart from his
business of over $8,000,000 and other
assets, made up largely of United
States bonds and shares of the Chemi
cal Bank, aggregating about 85,000,
000. Included in the business credits
were thirteen woolen mills and the
leasehold of the big store at Broad
way and 10th streets, and of those
Henry Hilton took possession. When
he issued his edict forbidding Hebrew
entrance to the Grand Union Hotel,
Saratoga, which was part of the Stew
art estate, the largest portion of the
trade of the dry goods establishment
was quietly withdrawn, and as a re
sult thirteen woollen mills went to
ruin and fix thousand people were
thrown out of employment.
And yet that was only the begin
ning of the wreck of a hard earned,
princely fortune.
In this connection a few words as to
S ewart's body.
His stolen boues could have been
recovered at any time if Judge Hilton
had been willing to let hi? gra-p relax
npou the comparatively pitiable sum
of 825,000. The body was concealed
by the robbers in Paterson, N. J., and
when that fact was revealed to Hilton
he sent Mrs. Johnson, who was then
housekeeper of the Park Avenue Ho
tel, on 4th avenue, another of Stew
art's properties, to view the remains
and pass upon their genuiuenes. She
identified thc body and so reported to
Judge Hilton, and the latter thereup
on displayed his auxietv to give de
cent burial to his dead benefactor by
haughtily declaring that he would not
give the 825,000 unle-s the body was
brought to him in New York and
there be identified by him. This ulti
matum alarmed the thieves. The
corpse, which by an embalming pro
cos?, had becomelike a piece of tanned
leather, they broke into pieces, and
having effectually hid them, they took
a train for Canada. Inspector Byrnes
was familiar with these facts at tho
time, but was unable to aid in the re
covery of the body, because when
Judge Hilton found that thc bones
could bc restored t3 their grave he
further demanded that the thieves
themselves should be captured. Mrs.
Stewart died in the belief that she was
to be placed beside her dead husband's
corpse. But, as a matter of fact, thc
magnificent cathedral in Garden City
stands over that which in name only
is thc grave of A. T. Stewart. Well,
whttt good is his bones, anyhow? His
money was all that was wanted by
those whom he had benefited, and at
last they have succeeded in dividing it
up among themselves.
Meeting a revelation like this must
bring pleasant thoughts to the rich
fellows who arc still alive. But Stew
art never failed. Yet Hilton, Hughes
& Co. did._
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BRUTES IN MILITARY ORDER.
Fighting Organizations Among the Dumb
Animals.
London Spectator.
Evidence of the astonishing sagacity
and military organizations of the Afri
can babboonsincreases with the recent
explorations of their favorite haunts,
due to the troubles in Central Africa
and Abyssinia. The English, German
and Italian travellers and emissaries,
who have boen employed in various
missions on the fringes of the Abys
sinian, plateau, have corroborated many
stories which have hitherto been sus
pected to be exaggerations of fact. It
now ippears that their methods and
discipline are far in advance of those
of any other vertebrate animals, and
not inferior to some of the negro tribes
themfielv?s.
Tho conditions of life of these mon
,keys in Africa are sufficiently curious
without reference to their acquired
habitu, though these are undoubtedly
due to the dangers to which the nature
of the country in which they live ex
poses them. The different species of
babboons, which are found commonly
over the whole African Continent, are
all by nature dwellers in the open
country. They find their food on the
ground, and, whether this be insects
or vegetables, it is usually in places
which afford little shelter or protec
tion. Though strong and well armed
with teeth, they are slow animals
when on the ground, and not particu
larly active even when climbing
among rocks. In the rocky '"'kopjes"
of the South or the cliffs and river
sides of Abyssinia and the Nile tribu
taries they are safe enough. But they
often abandon these entirely to invade
the low country. During the Abys
sinian expedition conducted by Lord
Napier, of Magdala, they regularly
camped near our cantonments on the
coast and stole the grain on which the
cavalry horses and transport animals
were fed. "When on expeditions of
this kind they often leave their strong
hold for days together, and the means
of joint defence from enemies in the
open country are then carefully or
ganized. Their enemies when thus
exposed are the leopard, the lion, and
in South Africa the Cape wild dogs.
To the attack of the leopard they op
pose numbers and discipline.
No encounter between the baboons
and the wild dogs has been witnessed
and described, but their defensive
operations against domesticated dogs
were seen and recorded by the German
naturalist, Brehm. The following
account appears in the translation of
his travels by Mrs. Thompson, just
published : The baboons were on the
flat ground, crossing a valley, when
the traveller's dogs, Arab grey-hounds,
accustomed to fight successfully with
hyenas and other beasts of prey, rush
ed toward the baboons. "Only the
females took flight; the males, on the
contrary, turned to face the dogs,
growled, beat the ground with their
hands, opened their mouths wide and
showed their glittering teeth and look
ed at their adversaries so furiously
and maliciously that the hounds, usu
ally bold and battle hardened, shrunk
back." By the time the dogs were
encouraged to renew their attack the
whole herd had made their way, cov
ered by the rear guard, to the rocks,
except a six-months-old monkey, which
was left behind. The little monkey
sat on a low rock, surrounded by the
dogs, but was rescued by an old ba
boon, which stepped down from the
cliff near, advanced toward the dogs,
kept them in check by gestures and
menacing sounds, picked up the baby
monkey and carried it to the cliff,
where the dense crowd of monkeys,
shouting their battle cry, were watch
ing his heroism. The march of the
baboons is not a mere expedition of
the predatory members of the com
munity. The whole nation "trek
together, and make war on the culti
vated ground in common. Their
communities are numerous enough to
product in miniature the movements
of troops. The tribe often numbers
from 250 to 300 inhabitants. Of
these the females and young are plac
ed in i;he centre when on the march,
while the old males march in front
and also close in tho rear. Other
males scout upon the flanks. It has
been noticed that these remain on
guard and do not feed during the
whole time that the rest are gathering
provender.
If disturbed by men the old males
form a re?.r guard and retire without
any haste, allowing the females and
young to go on ahead carrying the
plunder. Their retreat is, as a rule,
deliberate and orderly, the baboons
being quite ready to do battle with
any animal except man on the plains,
and instantly becoming the assailant
of man himself if they get the advan
tage of position. Brehm was stoned
out of a pass in a very few minutes by
thc dog-faced baboons. "These self
reliant animals," he writes, "area
match even for men. While the
screaming females, with young ones
fled with all haste over the crest of
the rock beyond the range of our guns,
the adult males, casting furious glan
ces, beating the ground with their
hands, sprang upon stones and hedges
looked down on the valley for a few
moments, continually growling, snar
ling and screamiug, and then began to
roll down stones on us with so much
vigor and adroitness that we immedi
ately saw that our lives were in dan
ger and took to flight. The clever
animals not only conducted their
defence on a definite plan, but they
acted in co-operation, striving for a
common end, and exerting all their
united strength to obtain it. One of
our number saw one monkey drag his
stone up a tree that he might hurl it
down with more effect. I myself saw
two combining to set a heavy stone I ?
rolling." h
The wars of thc Constantinople
street dogs are eminently satisfactory
from the point of view of the inquirer
into animal politics. Theoretically,
they are complete examples of what
the rational warfare of animals om;ht
to be, but usually is not. It has for >,
object cither defence or conquest of j i
territory, not thc mere plundering in
stinct, or that primitive desire for
making a meat dinner off au enemy
which occasionally suggests an attack
on weaker neighbors to the cannibals
of thc Congo. This civilized and J
rational warfare of the Constantinople j
dogs is due to their territorial instinct, j
Certain streets and quarters belong to I
thc particular dog communities, which I
again sub-divide their territory among I <
individuals. In some streets each
heap of refuse on to which the com
mon rubbish of a group of houses is
thrown belongs tn one dog, who lies
on it as his home. "There were three
sweet families in one street," accord
ing to the accouut of a lady who re
cently visited Constantinople and
thought its dugs the most interesting
native inhabitants. If food becomes
scarce in the next dog "parish" an
invasion is planned into a richer
neighborhood, where the rubbish
heaps-the Turkish equivalent for
dust bins-of wealthier inhabitants
promise to yield better results.
All the dogs of the invaded terri
tory at once muster for resistance, and
the fight, which is not organized, but
of the rough-and-tumble order, goes
on until victory declares itself for one
side or the other, or until thc inhabi
tants step out and stone the packs till
they separate. Not infrequently a
street or two is an?cxed by the in
vaders ; more often the defence is
successful. This is always conducted
by a levy en masse, even the puppies
joining in the fray. It is observed
that it is only serious invasion which
caused the dogs to fight. A single
dog may pass through a strange quar
ter, provided he gives himself no airs,
but lies down on his tack and sticks
up his feet with proper deference and
humility whenever the owners of the
street come up to excel him. Accord
ing to Turkish tradition, these street
dogs were once moat successful in
warfare, for their ancestors fought and
beat the devil. Their story is that
when man first appeared on earth and
Satan drew near to kill him, the dogs
attacked and drove away the arch
enemy and preserves the first man.
Hence, when a Turk has broken some
minor ordinance of the Koran, he
often buys a few loaves of bread, and
stepping out into the road throws
them in a dignified manner-not as an
Englishman would throw them-to
the dogs of the street.
No vertebrate animals show the
same organization for wars of plunder
and defence as the baboons, or the
territorial instinct of the street dogs,
but there are several species which
exhibit these instincts in a minor de
gree, and in some cases act under the
orders of ofiicers. The troops of wild
horses of America are led by the master
stallion ; when attacked by pumas, or
expecting to be "stampeded" by an
other troop, they are said to form a
ring, with the mares and foals inside.
The pack of "red dogs" in the indian
hills follows the lead of the hounds,
probably because their skill in scent
ing is more accurate. The Indian
wolves have been observed to divide
forces, part keeping the dogs in check
while the others attack the sheep.
Bison, when chased, leave the largest
bulls as a rear guara, but this may be
due to their greater weight and inferior
speed. Indian wild boars often defend
the sugarcane fields in which they
have taken up their quarters against
the natives who desire to cut them,
retreating into the last patch and
rushing out if the men come near. In
this case it is the males who do the
fighting, and there is no combination
to protect the territory whigh they
desire to hold. But no wild animals
have developed their powers of com
bined attack and defence in so credit
able a manner as the baboons. Their
motives-"defence, not defiance"
are irreproachable, and their methods
deliberate, courageous, self-reliant and
effective. The advantage of size or
sex carries corresponding duties, and
Brehm justly remarks that there is
probably no other male animal which
runs into danger voluntarily to rescue
a young one of its own species.
Tillman Challenges Harrison.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.-Senator Ben
jamin Tillman created another political
sensation here to-day by challenging Ex
President Benjamin Harrison to joint
debate on the issues of the pending cam
paign*. Senator Tillman passed through
this city this morning on his way South,
probably to look after the interests of j
Governor Evans, who seems to have slip
ped his trolley in his race for Senator
Irbv'.H seat. Senator Tillman bas been
in Pennsylvania talking politics to the
coal miners, and it is said that he has
made a great hit with the diggers of|
dusky diamonds. He stopped over here
long enough to confer with National
Committeeman Lawrence Gardner and
notify him that be forwarded to Gen
Harrison, at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, the
following challenge :
Hon. Benjamin Harrison, New York
City, N. Y.: I have just spent a week in
Pennsylvania, speaking to many thous
ands. Your speech in New York last
night attacks me specifically, and I would
be pleased to meet you in joitt debate be
fore a Northern audience, preferably at
Indianapolis. B. R. TILLMAN.
At Democratic and Republican head
quarters the suggestion of a joint discus
sion between the two Benjamins occa
sioned much comment Harrison is re
garded as one of the ablest stump speak
ers in America, and his friends claim that
he is the best man on his feet, from an
oratorical standpoint, in the Republican
party. Senator Tillman is also one of the
best rough and tumble debaters in the
silver ranks, anda talking match between
these two famous men would be worth
traveling miles to witness. Neither
Democrats nor Republicans believe that
a joint meeting between the two men will
be arranged, although it is not believed
that Harrison will permit Tillman's
challenge to be passed unanswered.. Sen
ator Tillman'a visit to Pennsylvania is
said to have been in the interest of the
friends of free silver. The i-enator says
there is an astonishing upheaval for
silver among the miners in the Pennsyl
vania coal regions. He predicts that the
November election will be the biggest
surprise ever known in Keystone State
politics. TnePennsylvaniansareanxious
to have the South Carolina Senator return
for further campaign work. No decision
was arrived at as to where the Senator
will speak. His programme of speech
making will be announced when the
managers here confer with the national
committee in Chicago. It was thought
best not to assign the South Carolinian to
any place until it was lound what assign
ments the national committee bad given
him. Some of Tillman's enemies charge
that his latest grand stand play is made
in the hope that it will rally his followers
at home for the primary in the Senatorial
contest.-News and Courier.
A Tough Story From Florida.
SAVANNAH, Ga., August .f) -A special
lo the Morning News from St. Augustine,
Fla.,say8: Allen Miller, residing at the
Moultrie settlement, near here, was bit
ten by a skunk oe Wednesday, and at
once gave signs of hydrophobia. Before
be was secured he badly bit his stepson,
md ran through the woods, biting trees
and everything coming in his way. He
was tied to the bed yesterday in a parox
ysm, broke the lashing and escaped to
the woods, severely biting two of his
keepers, one dangerously. Application
was made to Judge Cooper here to-night
for the sheriff and a posse to hunt for and
capture Miller, who is a raving maniac.
Women and children in the settlement
ire terrorized, and as word is passed
ibout houses are barricaded against the
man, who, when last seen, was biting
Mttle.
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Some T Tinga Arp Don't Like.
Atlanta Constitution.
There is a lamentable usage of the
press and of partisans during election
times, and that is the wanton, outrage
ous abuse of the other fellow and the
other side. I have not seen any such
abuse of McKinley by the democratic
press, but. the northern republican"
journals ju st teem with the vilest and
most malicious slanders of Bryan and
his platform. He'is denounced and
cartooned as the arch anarchist and
repudiator ; a tool of the silver mines ; '
a babbling boy ; a sky scraper ; a bag
of wind, and the punka of the Platte.
I don't know what punka means, but
suppose it is some veryjjad thing like
a polecat. Iiis Madison square speech
which Ingalls said was a very great
speech, is ridiculed as an abortion. ..
a chestnut, i. miserable failure ; ana
they cartoon him as a little sophomore ?
schoolboy orator. This is very ,bad :
policy. The people of all parties know
that Bryan is a very eloquent, smart
and sincere man and the reaction
comes when such, slanders are used
against him. The jubilant guying
tone of th'2 republican press reminds
one of golkth and David-"And when
the Philistine saw David he disdained
him for he was but a youth, and the
Philistine cursed David by his gods
and he said come to me and I will
give thy flesh to the fowls of the air
and the beasts of the field." \
Fortunately for the country both of
our candidates for president have
characters above reproach and clean
records in their public life and are ia
endowed with very high qualifications
in statesmanship. The one elected
cannot make a law. Then wh> abuse
him ? Each has a host of friends and
it wounds u nan's feelings to hear his j
idol, as it weire, lampooned and vilified j
by penny-a-liner scribblers, who have
no concept ion of what constitutes true
greatness. There is no manliness or
good breeeing in the modern modes of
conducting a political canvass. I
heard an old veteran say to-day that
he had not intended to vote for Gov
ernor Atkinson, but since Watson and
Wright were denouncing him for
pardoning that man Hinton'he had
changed bin mind and should support
him. "Candidates are in a desperate
strait," said he, "when they resort to
such demcgegism ?s 5 th at. Hinton
ought to have been pardoned. The
governor has ? bown more consideration
for negro convicts and pardoned more
of them than anV governor we have
had."e
Hating the railroads and loving the
negro are still campaign capital. It is
all a lie, of course, fer no sensible
man does cither to any extent in his
heart. He says he does, so as to catch
votes, but he knows that he is a hypo
crite when ho says it. Such declara
tions are about as sincere as newspaper
editorials and governors' proclamations
against lynching negroes for their
horrible outrages. It is all for bun- -
combe. I've forgotten that fellow's
name, but J have always admired him
for his frankness. When he was re
minded by th? speaker that everybody
had left the house he replied: "That's
all right, sir, I'm not speaking for
them at all, sir. I'm speaking for ;'.
Buncombe, vmy county, sir, and my
constituents, for it will be printed, sb."
And he kept on with his argument.
But the way I read it in the goldbug
papers thc republican? are not as
jubilant au they were. They are
somewhat alarmed even about the
State of New York. I see in yester
day's papers that the rich women of
New York city have organized female
McKinley clubs in every ward and
they have parceled out the work and
are to visit the tenement houses and
canvass among the toilers. I read'
McKinley'.'! letter to these women
bidding them godspeed and saying he
was glad to see the noble women of
this country taking an interest in
politics. This is no fake. It is pub
lished in the republican papers and to
my mind ::?? the first bad break Mr.
McKinley has made. The idea of
encouraging women to go canvassing-^'
in the slums of great cities for votes
looks like alarm to say the least of it.
Bryan has made no break. Every
utterance along his travels has been in
good taste and entirely proper.. He -
has not boasted of himself nor abused^^.
his adversaries and we are glad to see
that the people, the common people,
heard him gladly and treated him with
the greatest, aspect. The other day a
fake appears 3 that for awhile astound
ed me. Tho idea that Ben Tillman
had visited Tom Watson to get him to
come down ard take a cabinet position
was monstrous, for Mr. Bryan chooses
his own cabinet. He will not buy
them, and if b e did Ben Tillman would
not be his broker. Thc average poli-v
tician seems incapable of measuring
Mr. Bryan. He can't conceive of a
standard time is far above mercenary
or ambitious motives. Neither will
Mr. Bryan for a moment encourage -
any attempt to get Sewall down. It
would be dishonorable, and he knows
it. What is the matter with Sewall
anyhow? Nobody, not even there
publican press , has said a word against
him, except that his son is a republi
can. Well, that is hard on the boy,
but nothing against the old man save
a suspicion that he didn't whip him
enough and make him stay in at night
and keep out of bad company. These
populists pretend they don't like Sewall
because he has stock in a national
bank. That's all hypocrisy. Every
one of them would have it, fromJTom
Watson down, if they could get it.
Whenever I hear a pcp or anybody
else denouncing rich men and banks
and bankers I know that he is a hypo
crite in his heart and there is a streak,
of envy and meanness and original sin
running down his backbone as big as
a fence rail. He has nearly reached a
condition of total depravity-and that's
the law. BILL ARP. "
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