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r JTHE JESUP SENTINEL
Established
VOL. XXXHI.
THE OFFICE OF MONEY
AS SUCH INTRINSIC VALUE
DOES NOT EXIST,
,lm)g« Henry <•. Stiller Offer# Some
I'twln fittrtn That Cannot J!r> S»cr*M
/oily Rriutril I if Advocate* of the
Hrltlali OoIU Standard.
The leading financiers of Europe and
of this country act upon the assump¬
tion that the great body of our peo¬
ple da not understand and never will
understand the principles of money
and circulation and the effects of
financial legislation. As this is al¬
ready the richest country in the world,
occupied by a most active and enter¬
prising people, engaged in prosecuting
industries of every clime and diligent
in supplying their own and the mar¬
kets of the world with the products of
these industries, these financiers re¬
gard It as a most inviting field for the
display of their skill in devising finan¬
cial measures from the operation of
which vast fortunes can he realized.
Our government was founded upon the
theory that the people would take an
interest, and become sufficiently ac¬
quainted with public affairs to choose
those policies best calculated to pro¬
mote their welfare. The only agency
they can exercise In the affairs of gov¬
ernment i» in selecting from their
number, from Jime to time, the men
who make and administer our laws.
The details of legislation they are not
required to master; they must leave
this labor to their representatives,
plainly Indicate the policies they favor,
and it Is the boumien duty of their
representatives to see that the will of
the people, as legally expressed at the
polls, so far as it Is embodied In the
laws of the land. It is this that makes,
this government of ours a popular gov¬
ernment. No more important question
can be submitted to the people of this
country than the one that, is now dls
tiiictly ■Hall before them, which IS: What.
their money Vie? Shall It con¬
sist of gold alone or of gold and sil¬
ver? For upon the correct decision of
this question depends their industrial
and commercial prosperity. We cap
confidently say this, that when our
people once grasp a subject, that so
greatly concerns them, they will never
drop it; it never will be settled until it
is rightly settled. The question is en¬
veloped in no mystery, ft only re¬
quires the mental effort of an ordinary
Intellect to throw a sufficient light up¬
on a man’s pathway to the polls to en¬
able him to exercise an intelligent
choice. The considerations that should
prevail with him can be very plainly
stated: 1. That the only value of
money Is found in Its relation to com¬
modities and other forms of property;
that the value of any given sum of
money is the amount of property It will
exchange for -in other words, its pur¬
chasing power; that In a commercial
sense neither gold nor silver nor any
other thing has any intrinsic value;
that its value is wholly extrinsic and
is expressed in the terms of the thing
tt will exchange for. 2. That the value
or purchasing power of money de¬
pends entirely upon the mass or quan¬
tity In circulation, and not be any ex¬
tent upon the character of the sub
stance in which it Is embodied or by
which it. is represented. Consequently
as the volume of money l« increased
its value or purchasing power falls,
and this is manifested by a rise In the
prices of other forms of property, in¬
cluding wages, and that while money
Is falling In value It. will engage In
productive Industries and give a larger
employment to labor; that: as the vol¬
ume of money In circulation diminish¬
es its value or purchasing power in¬
creases, arid this is manifested by a
fait in the prices of other forms of
property; that while this process is
going on, money in idleness increases
in value, retires from productive in¬
dustries and seeks gilt-edged securi¬
ties,, and is quite satisfied with a low
rate of interest; that failing prices
means diminished profits, ami that
diminishing profits generate a war
between labor and capital, growing out
of the necessity for a new adjustment
of their wage relations to each other,
and that this terminates their friendly
co-operation and arrests production,
which Is the greatest evil that can be¬
fall a people. 3. That, the great strug¬
gle of mankind is not for the material
of which money is made, but for the
office it performs. They want money
not to hoard it, but for the service It
will render them The truth of these
very simple propositions Is vindicated
by our daily experience and the ex
perience of all former ages, if this is
SO, but pne answer can be given to the
questfofi, whether the metallic basis of
our,currency shall be confined to gold
aiorWUjy mASlav whether R shall consist of
both fta It did practically the
world over prior to that unfortunate
year of 1873. it is said: "If money
derives It, value from the office u per
forms, and its value is dependent upon
the quantity of It In circulation, and
" i° T, < X ' Up ° n * he "'utoriul of
t i T " r by wh,ch »
Vtmi*.-for' >' ir,? It I> " w * r? e r >K pa ‘‘ 8 i Msr an<1 money uo‘
’
we
that unaided human wMoJTa„ «.,«««! n o
fix a wrouer limit .to th« ' -D Of
circulating medium i °
printiue nrrHH for m. r mm, tn"* 5 To 11 '
work the same injustice < ! . ’ e< *
til'll dftWorL the Single wblu gold standi., I,".?' i
to he ?
money to other forms of
ern e properly failing adjusted •, ^ h *' '
constantly in value t
an honest dollar than a
' rW, ‘ K 1,1 '
lire demands Is the continuance of
even scale, and this car. be belie- «c
com pushed bv y the toe use «** of of both both in
stead of one of the metals In the eur
rency. No. L*'t our gold and silver
mines be our banks of Issue, and then
metallic money will perform Its legiti¬
mate function in properly limiting the
quantity of our paper currency, which
is the most convenient form of money
and which will always do the principal
work of commerce.
HENRY 0. MILLER.
Tli *? 1,1 v S n b Im tie.
Wo are the largest producers of sil¬
ver in the world, and with a bimetallic
standard, under conditions of stable
parity, we would absorb and retain In
our own currency only onr distributive
share of the entire production of the
two metals. The first effect, how¬
ever, of the Increased supply of the
metals at home* would be felt on home
prices; hut having raised prices here
the metals would gradually flow to
other countries. Silver now goes out
of the country only as a commodity
at, say. 65 cents an ounce; but under
conditions of bimetallism on the ratio
of 16 to 1. silver would go abroad as
money at $1.29 an ounce; or, if at a
ratio of 152 to I, It would go at 1,33
an ounce. Under the stimulus of the
higher price, more silver, too, would be
produced in the United States, and It
would, make a very great difference
whether a hundred million ounces of
silver went to pay debts at 65 cents an
ounce, or at $1.29 an ounce. The dif¬
ference in the value of the silver
product alone of the L'nlsed States
would go a long way toward paying the
interest on our debt abroad. Besides,
more of the gold produced in the
United States could be spared to pay
debts abroad, if In parting with It the
stability of our money system would
not be disturbed, as it would not be
under bimetallism, for then silver
would be as available for all- money
purposes ae gold. Secondly, the re¬
storation of the MmetfiUic standard
would put. a stop at once to the. fall of
prices, and would no doubt result In a
gradual rise of prices, for a time at
least, over the whole world. The
debts of the world would cease to grow
heavier as a burden flnd could be more
easily discharged. This gain" would
inure to the great, advantage of all
debtor nations. Since the change In
fie money standard, in 1873. debts
have constantly increased through the
appreciation of money, until, as com¬
pared with commodities, they have
been fully doubled? As prices gradual ¬
ly rise, the increasing pressure of debts
would cease. Thirdly, the restoration
of the bimetallic standard, by putting
a stop to the appreciation of gold and
the fall of prices, would open the way
to another era of prosperity; confi¬
dence would be restored; that Is, by re¬
storing conditions that make business
success possible. Enterprise would be
stimulated and wealth would be In¬
creased as never before.
R»llro»<I Agent for tlie Senate.
Professor Gun ton proclaims with
much emphasis that Dr. Depew would
be "the Ideal senator” for the state of
New York. With the doctor in the
senate the professor says “New York
would have a representation fully equal
to thirty time*-nay, perhaps 100
times—that given by a Murphy." He
remarks that ‘‘no great question of na¬
tional import would be up for consid¬
eration without New York being heard
from.” He declares that the doctor is
at once an interested representative of
all that is best in New York, and a
specimen of the best type of national
spill* and statesmanship.” And more
to like effect. The reader will not be
at a loss to account for all this ful¬
some laudation if be will recall to mind
the fact that Professor Gunion is not
only a rabid advocate of the system of
protection, which is essentially a sys¬
tem of law-made monopoly, but a con¬
fessed and outspoken defender of all
manner of • monopoly combines, from
iho railroad combines which have
fared badly at the hands of the su
preme court of the United States to the
manufa(during combines which flour
Ish in defiance of law. Dr. Depew was
particularly conspicuous as a repre
sentative of the Vanderbilt interests In
that huge combine known as the Joint
Traffic Association, which was brought
to a sad and distressful dissolution by
a decision of the supreme court. He is
a conspicuous advocate of the
tion of pooling by congress, of the re
peal of so much of the Interstate com
mere* law as prohibits pooling, and of
the legalization In the case of rail
roads of that combining to defeat
competition which the law strictly for
bids in other lines of business.
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From the Omaha World- Hera Id; The
New York Herald boasts ‘hat New
Yorkers spent $25,000,000 in charity
during ISOS. Laying aside the ques
tloa of why aueh a tremendous out
pay was necessary in the midst of such
boasted prosperity, we come to the
Question, When will some great city
j boast that it did not find it necessary
to spend a dollar for charity, ft* peo
Pie being employed at living wages?
"'hlto V e congratulating cursives
j that charity is provided In abundance,
!, 't us not forget that U 13 our duty to
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JESUP. GA.. THURSDAY. JANUARY UK 1890.
HERE IS EASY BELIEF
NO NECESSITY FOR BONDS
AND STAMP ACTS.
Tite noYormairntra Credit Would Clirti
!hk* as Well In the Frt in of tiretn
liaeka a* i» the form of Shyloek's
Favorite Honda.
The money power refuses to allow
the industries of the people, the relief
and stimulus that would be. afforded
by the free coinage of silver, and in a
time when revenues are insufficient
the money power refuses to permit the
government to float its own credit un¬
less tribute is paid to usury. -
Government is In terrible distress
for money. Enough revenue is heed¬
ed to carry on government., But that
simple device which has been tried
with success, a device suggested by
common sense, and which any busi¬
ness firm dealing among numbers of
its debtors would adopt, ami which
would afford perfect relief, will never
bo adopted. Why? Simply because of
the greed of the money lenders and
the miserable Ignorance of the masses.
What a spectacle it is to gee men
afraid to utter an independent
thought, and to call their souls their
own, because of fashion or opinion,
set for them by a cunning combine of
sharpers! W ? e Wear opinions, says
Holt, as we do clothes. A fashion is set
for us by others, who employ that
mighty instrument-—ridicule—to force
everybody into the adoption of the
fashion. And we are made to doubt
the evidence of our own senses, and to
forget the teachings of aM past experi¬
ence, whenever a few top-lofty fash¬
ion-setters begin to mock, laugh and
belittle our independence.
A landlord -dealing with thousands
of his tenants would put his own cred¬
it to circulating among ffiem by bis
due bills any time it became necessary.
But here in this great, big govern¬
ment, with an income from its people
of several hundred million dollars per
year, and several dozen states, each
having incomes in proportion, yet we
will suffer any extremity rather than
to revert to the issue of government
hills. Some five hundred millions could
be issued by government every year,
and they would return to the govern¬
ment treasury in payment of custom
dues and internal revenue taxes, never
costing one dollar of interest, , A'ear
after year. If common sense governed
our affairs, this would be done. But
the moment such a proposal Is made
all that mighty combination of Then
known as Wall street, the Standard Oil
trust and a dozen' others—all the
money brokers and bankers.......set up a
howl of indignation and scorn. A
Greenbacker is as contempt!bln now
as once was an Abolitionist. The writ¬
er of this has. lived to sec both terms
used to cover people with disgrace and
obloquy. And he has seen ail the poor
people cower down, ashamed to ac¬
knowledge they might be tainted with
opinions of Abolitionists, Free-Sollers
or Greeribackers.
Every fool, even, must know that if
these same bankers had the power to
tax the people a few hundred millions,
as the government has, they would Is¬
sue their own checks and orders to the
people, and never ask even consent.
Not much would they bother about a
deficiency of revenue. Why, in the
name of God, then, does not this gov¬
ernment, having such a great power
and such a mighty revenue, issue Its
hills at once? Because it belongs to¬
day to the money power, just as much
as in I860 it belonged to the slave
power—and in each ease has played
such tricks before high heaven, at the
beck and nod of the powers, as make
angels weep.
Many years ago, speaking on this
v *’ry subject from his place ia the
United States senate, the ablest, wis
est > deepest-read statesman this na
,,on pver had- -July 19, 1841.....on the
ioat! bm . UBed thft Se words; “With all
these advantages and the great sav
in favor of treasury notes (1. e„
greenbacks), why not use them in
Preference to loans? But one objec
t ‘ on urged government will be
tem P te d to plunge deeply in debt by
^eir \ ls Y And from whom comes this
objection? From the party which re
Rar<3s a P° hl,c <l * bt if n °t a bless
in &. no evi '- * * * The banks are
hostiIe t0 ench issues. They regard
1 iera riViUS - * * * Break all
connection with banks. * * * Were
11 not for them government could at
a ” t ‘ n ‘ Cs use Its own credit to supply
) dl ? ‘ h «
T ’k nt <H ?£7 J 8H ^' tre<wm ** ry? 1 08 He* in satd bls
iki, .St credit of the
*o V eniroen* alone with ,,na i t ^ <1
revenue could donar^!w keen in cireniSti ^ ? f I
million IkhnTnf
'
over the rnlM '♦
SL rent of LlSS interest * ♦ re,, ' th) *
which would „
S substitute J for SelTun loans In the tnkT hour of AH
t „ w»hm
charge, an d is all lost to the cbmmunl
ty. • » * This brings me to an
we borrowed gold and silver. This Is
all a mistake. Under our bank dyttaa
ty it is nothing but an exchange of
credit, and Is little short of a fraud
on the public. We give to the banks
the stock or bonds of government at
6 per cent interest In exchange fw
hank notes or worse-a mere credit on
the bank books. * » * >}„ wonder,
‘hen, that Wall Street should shout ami
bUF’’^ hanrt8 “* U * C PaSSRS * ot ,hJ
•
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The _, man who spoke lbi.v was John
c Calhoun-noted above all men of
hi* age for wisdom and profundity ou
to then has grown to. half a billion,
but the principle ia the same, Why do
not the people of this nations cry with
one voice for the saroe relief? Be¬
cause- a great aristocratic power has
control of ail the government and all
the business and sources of informa¬
tion, and has covered with mockery
and scorn the very name of treasury
note or greenback. Anything to avoid
the really true question, who is to
control the business of distribution anti
exchange—-th* 1 people, or the few, who
have usurped the whole?
POINTS FROM THE PRESS,
Nature works wonders, and men en¬
deavor to get them patented.—Justice,
Education makes men discontented,
but it also shows them how to over¬
come their discontent:.--New Era.
We must not have silver for money,
for that will give us too much money;
but even the prospect of turning the.
oceans into gold does not arouse a
fear of too much money. Can’t there
be too much If’ It ia only gold?—Farm,
Stock and Home,
Incidentally, with the few bossing
and milking the many, with legislation
a more or less comical game of rob the
people, with a choice of political evils
the perpetual lot of the so-called sov¬
ereign' citizens, we may need our thir¬
ty-thousand’-year-old -fighting Instinct
for business purposes at any time, and
It is as well not to get rtd of it in too
great a hurry.—New York Journal,
Of all despotisms that ever cursed
an otherwise free people the tyranny
of partisan politics is the worst. No
man can be said to be free who im¬
bibes his opinions from the edicts of a
political party.—Think for yourself,—
The Eclipse.
It Is a mistake to say that people like
y> be tooled. Perhaps some do, but the
majority arc fooled because those who
are interested In the truth are less ac¬
tive than those who profit by error.—
New York Commonwealth.
The people who long for reform, but
give no support to the papers which
advocate reform, are like a man who
wants a crop, but will not plant the
seed.- National New Era.
DESPOTISM OF INERTIA.
The old French revolution is a fear¬
ful Instance, showing how violent la
the revolt of a people against institu¬
tions too long maintained by a govern¬
ment in spite of the demands of time
for the change. The institutions were
old and at war against ail the new con¬
ditions that had arisen. Reforms that
ought to have been made sixty years
before were sternly repressed by
despotism.
In the same way our own govern¬
ment, either by its want of power or
inertia, resisted the demands of the
age for the abolition of slavery. The
very stones were crying against human
slavery In 1800, yet we held to it for
sixty-eight years. Finally It was the
south herself that rose up against this
inertia and by its action put an end
to it, without intending It. But the
condition had grown intolerable Tv the
south. The rebellion was an involun¬
tary struggle for existence by a perish¬
ing society maddened by its own in¬
tolerable situation.
And now again, our own inertia is
burdening us as though It were des¬
pot ism. Conditions are growing in¬
tolerable. As is always the case, a
small oligarchy and a few hundred
thousand dependents upon it and on
government offices, opppose all reform.
Inertia is as tyrannical as despotism.
CLARKE IRVINE,
wumI Car ri>»D«lerin*.
The government pays for the bulld
ing of 650 postal ears every year, yet
It does not own one of them. It not
only does this, but it throws in 1500 on
each car for good measure. An or
dinary postal car costs $5,000, and; the
government pays to the railroad, cona¬
pany $5,600 for tb.e use of that car each
year, 'says the Nonconformist. There
are 650 such cars in use tor which the
railroads get about $3,600,000 annually,
One of those cars will last t wenty years
alu j during that time the railroads
collect from Uncle Sam $72,000,000, and
have a 5o t of old iron and kindling
wood lett> The car cost the railroads
altogether only $3,250,000, but in twen
ty years th£y get from, the United
g la {‘ ?s seV enty-two millions. In . ad
dttton to this we pay the railroads
j |30,000,000 a year for carrying the mall
In those cars that we. buy every year,
but never own. How long would the
business of a private individual last
> f be would make this kind of trade?
The railroads carry the express cars
{or raf «»' times lees money than they
charge for carrying the mails. Why
should the government be robbed any
I more than an express company ? There
j «»«"» extortion but we are much to
!'blame »f »« don’t derive from it a
useful lesson in politics. Public own
orstelp of railways and mail cars will
settle this stupendous steal and settle It
forever. When that time comes, and
; it la surely coming, the postal service,
instead of being a constant expense,
will be a source of prodigious profit,
! When we build a mail cor we will build
5t for “ureelveo and not for somebody
.
f° r 5 ‘* m ' n dollars, instead of
thirty tnOlkms- How soon will the
people quit their fooUfthnessand profit
b> the lessons of wisdom?
i GOOD ROADS NOTES, !
b©*e*€»e^*Q^0ieie*©i©iei©iD^ie*e-«NC«NCiicl
tV.H-ite i i'O'o DefU-iciif Care.
The best roads are sometimes se¬
verely injured by viry heavy storms,
but. as r rale, they do not suffer
nearly m much as either roads which,
are neglected or those which are
"worked’" in the old-fashioned way.
It is practically Impossible to prevent
all injury in ease,of storms of extraor¬
dinary severity, hut proper precau¬
tion* will reduce the danger to a
minimum.
There are, however, many miles of
fitoiie roads in this country which are
not fitted to resist heavy rainfalls be¬
cause J1) the surface? are allowed to
get rutty and to retain depressions
which will hold water; (2) they are
left flat, or vary nearly so, and have
insufficient crown to shed water; (3)
grass and weeds are allowed to grow
along their edges until water cannot
run oil' freely, and the side ditches arc
not kept clean and open, and (4) in
places the earth at the Sides is higher
than the road-bed and turns the water
upon it.
Thera defects are mainly une to the
impression that a stone road once laid
needs no attention for a year or two,
and after that only an annual looliing
om and perhaps a scraping and a few
repairs. The result is that the roads
deteriorate very rapidly and arc as
good as they could and should bn
only for a few months when new.
This-method is neither practical nor
economical; it does not keep roads in
good shape, and it costs much more
in tbo cud. Proper road mainte¬
nance is as important as correct■con¬
struction; we cannot do better than
profit, by tha experience of European
countries and follow in principle if not
in detail, the thorough system of con¬
stant care and repair that has been so
highly developed in France.— L. A.
W. Bulletin,
To Convert tlin 'Farmers*
A shrewd League member has a
scheme which he thinks is great for
the purpose of winning over the farm¬
ers who oppose road improvement,
first, because they do not like to be
taxed, and, secondly, because they
dislike "them sickle fellers.” There
is novelty in his idea, ami, provided
the expense could be borne and the
proper labor devoted to working it
out, it would probably be a success.
The plait is to find a few farmers in
every township who live on the roads
which need rebuilding and present to
each of them a bicycle on condition of
their learning to ride and then attend¬
ing to their instruction. Understand¬
ing the enthusiasm that the wheel be¬
gets, the schemer argues that the few
farmers wiil first learn how poor their
roads, are, then become good roads
converts, and finally convert their
neighbors who are oppositionists. The
argument seems to be a sound one so
far as the likelihood of the few becom ¬
ing converts is concerned and also with
regard to the probability of their malt¬
ing converts, but the cost, even if it
was attempted on a limited scale,
makes it prohibitive, unless, indeed,
some of the manufacturers, whose
business it would greatly increase,
could be induced to co-operate. The
scheme has not been formally pre¬
sented to the League officers and there¬
fore is not taken seriously.—New York
Sun.
Proposed California Law*.
The next California legislature will
have to consider several bills looking
toward road improvement in that State.
One of them proposes to classify the
roads * as State-highways, county
thoronghfares and district-roads.
Iwent-y-eight principal roads are enu¬
merated to comprise the first-class;
the most important roads in each
county will be set apart to form the
second-class and the remaining roads
to constitute the third-Haas,
Another bill provides that when five
miles or more of highway of the first
class shall have been properly con¬
structed in any county, the State shall
accept and maintain it and that $100
000 shall he appropriated for such
purposes for 1899-1900 and the neces¬
sary sums thereafter. Existing laws
are to he amended to arrange for the
Stale to take possession of roads de¬
clared to be State-highways, and for
the expenditure of half of the annual
road tax in constructing and maintain¬
ing permanent roads.
>'■ American Boails Arp linnrovhit;.
America is a country of poor roads,
and those working for highway reform
are laboring in a wise and just: cause,
but it is worth noting what great pro¬
gress has already been made. About
tea years ago it was emphatically as¬
could serted in England that the here" bicycle
never become popular be¬
cause the roads-wnse so poor. To-day
America in the is the greatest cycling coun¬
try world, and there has been
more advance in road improvement
daring the last decade than in any
previous twenty years,—Baltimore
News,
Item * I'or CniM^en.
Several of the main streets, in San¬
tiago de Cuba have been jnaead
naiizecb
Macadamized streets should be
scraped immediately after a ruin if they
are to be kept clean.
The New Hampshire Division, L,
A. AV,, bun prepared a road improve
went bill to be introduced at the next
session of the State Legislature.
After May 1,1899, all wagons in the
province of New Brunswick intended
to-carry as much as a ton and a half
will be required fo use tires at least
four inches wide. f
Broad street, Philadelphia, is
elaujv.? to be the longest con timtottsly
paved street in the world. From
Point Breeze avenue on the south to
Fisher’s lane it is said to be a fraction
ever ten miles in length. .
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DaiJy: Daily Daily i Dallyi In Effect Nov. 10, J89R. [ Daily Daily} Daily Daisy!
WOilpl '.‘SfiaLv.....Yew Philadelphia York.....Ar ill 2 OSy’ 25ai f> ' .... .
28pj .. ... 3
: 2 ... ISaltim'T" .... 1 B 82a- 1 .....
fMK« • 8 7 46pi. Bbpl Washington, Richmond .-. j 7 4 #»• Haiti 6 .....
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......! 2 03p 15 15,- i D 13s] ... Cbftrlestoht iS’Spj S ,,
6 00a : 5 15ft 8 20ti! I 8 35ai ...Savannah ;18 l$p:t 2 •> ** 7 QOp;......
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S17« 6 57 p 4 36iUlO 00ft £*...... Jwtip.....^ 10 47nl0 Si’.p 7 31a 8 *2%’ ....
......! ...1..... 9 50a 10 8 05j.i 20pj ROOal......... 0 OOn llO 55a At.... Way cross .... Lv 9 50a 9 SOp 0 20a 4 20 1 ......
. Brunswick., , 7 (5a 7 0fip..... ....
......:...... 2 J0a! 2 15j............Albany........... 3-80p 1 ?.0« ............
.... 1 00 m 5 20p...... ... ...Columbus........... 1000a 5 2fpj............
.... 4 35a! JSa’ 4 15p ..............Macon...... ...... 11 20ft 1t 25j, ! ..... .....
/.... .... 7 7 $5f> ...... f ......Atlanta.............! 7 Mm 7 Wpi .....
... 16 25pl 8 45a | 1 OOpT .Jacksonville 0 00a 700p ;. ~. 2 0 u»> *
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10 80a I 4 30p ,. St. Augustine.,, .....: 5 Slip i ... ’
......... .‘iSSMp 10,.; 4 ISpi 40,.I ... Gainesville... 815a! a 45p 4S«......1 .......i. ... ; i
...........12 5 ...... Ocala. ..... 1 85ai 1 . . .
...... 7 50»i 6 05f> 75&p, .....Tampa..... 7 37,.'10 05a .......'
............ n asp!.... 13 a r.«p .... Valdosta 6 21 408a!.....
............... ',12 20 ,i .. Tltoinasvill© ,. 2 50 •.
; 7 45a Montgomery to 00a; 7 45pi.....
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........... | 8 10m.., 7 40a ., New Orleans .. ::::: ISS! TMa .....
...... ......!......i t. ..... 1 1 7 oopr,.. 05a'...... 6 50a 05, .... oftiefonatl Nashville..... ..... 05»ill 9OOJtt............
4 ,. ., 1 4 00p......(_____
All trains except, Nos, 23, 32, 85 and 78 make all local stops,
Pullman buffet sleeping cars are operated as follows: Nos. 35 and 32 between New
York aud vin Jacksonville. Montgomery; New Nos. York 23 and and Port 78 Tampavia between New West Dork Coast. and W'ttycross amt Cin¬
cinnati Jacksonville. No.
21 Savannah.and-Montgomery, and connects at Way cross with sleepers to »t. Louis via
Montgomery; to Nashville via Atlanta, and Port Tampa -via Jacksonville and" Sanford.
No. 24 Montgomery and Savannah.
Steamships leave Port Tampa to* Key West and Havana 9p. m. Mondays, and
Thursdays, arrive Key West 3 p. id. Tuesdays and Fridays, arrive Havana (i a. m.
Wcdnef.days and Saturdays, itetnrnlng leave Havana 12 K) non Wednesdays, ami Satur
days, leave Key West 7 p. m- same days, arrive at Port Tampa 2 p. m. Thdrsd ays and
Sundays. Close connection made by train 83'for Key West and Hava
For further information apply to Agent.
B, W. WR-ENN, Passenger Traffic McFADDRK. Manager. Assistant Passenger
it. V. General Agent,
Svvvvnah, Oa.
PREACHERS SELECIED BY LOT.
In Interesting; Mennonite Ceremony in a
Pennsylvania Church.
The old Mynnoultc riiurcfc nt Mil
iersvilte, Lancaster county. Bonn., con¬
tained » wiA gamed congregation -tile
a few days ugo. The 'occasion being
selection by lot of a pastor to succeed
the Jon Lev, Air. Brubaker. The
-Menuonitcs sicker their preachers
from their owu sect and immediate
flock. The aieii arc How Bible mb
dents, ami ucarl.r all of them are
able to do some preaching or exhort
lug upon short, notice. - As the spirit
moves them. They announce their wii
lingoe.'S to preach whenever the eon
greguUon is in need of any one to fill
the bill.
Dor Mr. Brubaker’s place there were
quite u numb, r of volunteers who
stood ready, it called on by the con¬
gregation, directed by the Lord, to
preach. At least 500 old fashioned,
vehicles were iled around the meet¬
ing house that'.had brought fogHhur
the members <>j the eougregatioii.
Bishop lsiiae Kbv was in ciifu’ge, a
venerable looking patriarch of wide
Inlltieuee. I fe was ;t:.>isled by 1 he
Revs. Benjamin HertHcr, John l.utt
d is' Benjamin Lehmau, Abraltapt
Uerr. and Almihant Wilacr. About
twenty l’ne ministers of the Mennon
Itc persuasion were .present, but did
not lake active part. The preacher
to he selected was to serve two eon
groagtlona, and the nomination# of
camlidntes were made about three
weeks ago. Bach member can nousi
nato a brother by writing his name on
ft eurd and handing it to the Bishop.
Any -ulfnltlo brother is eligible
There were fourteen nominations,
but only twelve pre-cu’id iliemsHves
to be exiiinined before the P00 people
presenb ■
The nonifflees, i lacl in their plain
hem—>pun Homing, came forward for
examination as to character and
learning. All passed Mn-eess fully.
Then ea (i i a us w end “yes,” that he
was willing to abide- by the outcome
of the choosing by lot. :c> directed by
the Lord, Then .Bishop Bbj preach¬
ed a sci moil on rlu- dmy <>r the min¬
istry and gave advice u> aid the one
who leas yet to lie chosen. The
twelve candidates had seats about the
pulpjf. Tlie Hifihvp, after a fsyuiu
and a prayer for divine guidance then
■look twelve small Bibles and handed
them to the ltevs, Herr and Witmer.
He also gars* ihem u small slip of
white paper. They were Instructed
to go into an ante room and securely
place the paper nt one .of the Bibles.
This they (ltd. The Bibles were then
brought ui and placed on a table in
•front of >b • candidates and well
mixed up. One by one the candt
dales arose and stepped forward, se¬
lected a lUlile and took bis seat.
Win n all had their Bible- the Bishop
ami! great solemnity, prewa-ded to
examine each applicant's lUlile. The
second Bible examined, held by Dan¬
iel X. I/ebman, eontuined the slip of
paper. Bishop Kby greeted him cor¬
dially and kissed him with the “Holy
■'Kiss’ - and fin mediately proceeded t«>
ordain him. Hallelujahs followed,
and the Tie-y, Mr. Lehnian's family
rejoiced. He Is a farmer and at one
time taught school; His father wm
**b (men a '-minister in the same
The new preacher begins his ministry
at once.
A Blight MlsunJffgUadiB*. .
“Ye*, dad. it was awfully good of
you to come down to New Haven Just
when we were alt feeling ho badiv
broken up.”
“Yes, tuy boy, I read about It in the
papers, it was too bad. But of course
you ‘ were kind o' prejiareil for It?”
"No dad. that’s the worst of it; we
hadn’t expected anything of the kind,”
But he’s getting pn !tt well along
’
in years."
‘ X,.m.setise, dad, that's excuse
for him. lie ought to be good for a
half (lor.en srasou* yet." ?
“1 understand that he’d heron
ing of quitting for some time," j
\V. I! win de’u ’ 1 b rag SrK lup
cef augers;" j
NO. 4.
“My sob, my son. you mastu'l talk
that way about, such an exemplary
man. You'll hove hard work to re¬
place him."
-Keplaee him? AVI))’ dad I can go
right among the fn -him » and jut k
a hotter man inside of an hour."
"My son. my son. tv hat scandalous
talk! Put a freshman hi Dr.,Dwights
chair! Dread fill dreadful!”
“Hold on, dad. were you talking
about Dr, .Dwight?”
“Of course,’’
“That’s tTt*];. I thought yon meant
(he feflow who made (he fatal fum¬
ble Sit ihe foot ball game,.....Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Found the Needle, After Atony Fears.
In the summer of 3SSI Mi— Limat
.1- Kncuer of Marion. Ohio, swallowed
a i.-eedle one inch and n. fourth long,
which site had used ia sewing. At the
lime it gave her ranch alarm. Inn, suf¬
fering bo inconvenience, she was ad
vised to await result®, as nothing
could be done but to let it bare bs
course. The following year she mar
Hod Jacob W. Berry. She Is now the
tc.other of six children, but has net
suffered from any serious Dines*, oc¬
casionally complaining of a distress in
the stomach, which was attributed, to
Indigestion, For three days past she
Tms complained of something pricking
her In the pit of the siDJua.’Ji, which
sensation increased in violence, until
last evening she discovered a sharp
point protmiing from the Sioimi, h just
below the eussifonii cartilage, and, up¬
grasping it. brought nut the broken
three-fourths of an inch in
length. The question now that trou¬
bles the patient is. Wha! ha® bocornc
the other piece of the needle, and
did it become broken? -She is suf¬
fering no inconvenience, hut is some¬
what nervous over the reattU.-Cin
eionati Domniereini Tribune.
A Useful Horse.
A prominent English landlord was
day ids ruling acres a a ronnnoti
to preserves nb-n he over¬
look one -of his tentutfs. who was uKo
mfumied. After lie- usual Kalumtious
they rode on in «!h>n<v for some min¬
when the tenant; slightly spurred
horse, a balky animal, whereupon
it dropped to its knees. “What is the
matter with your liorsef asked Ida
Tim embarrassed tenant re¬
by way of explanation that
steed always acted that way win n
was game to he found A mo¬
later, to I ho tenant's ® ltjVf.-iciion
surprise, n frightMted bar.- jumped
of some bushes near by, This so
the landlord that l-e at
drove a bargain by Which he sc¬
the tenaiifs bnre-brtcfccd beast
exchange fur his own flue umunt,
saddlwl. With mach ogtitty
’
.'(If went: well unfit they mashed a
streitiu, whereat the landlord's
tm* immediately balked. A drive
with the spurs brought it again
(w 5,i i • s
no game hero," said Isis lord¬
“True my ford." was Hie ready
“but t forgot fn ted you VFs as
for fish a is Te in for-game,”
orer Lassoed, Rough Rider
W-.lbam We'ihln. an % e v,L v
to- f'tiba 'with the Bough;
now wnrklittc mi tt firm tmnv
Drove. Penn., is ;nu "unerring:
of (he; lasso - The other day
went fox banting.' 'i he dog w.mt
a nivhm and Wortjdng amingid
lasso and a waded event®. ’The dec
bark, ami tnen. m-n.-ul of
oxj*eetert ton. came two deer on
iInmI run. with the deg at their
Worthing! promptly urged lb®
?rse forward, twirling the lasso, and
a ft instant the eindmed Hte
rind horns of the big m mic Th
tried at flrsi to l.irenk away and
t» #8>te the hrowe, and 'b.d:, i ■
a lively tlltm 1ft trying to reran
him, a a he ha dr-pp-d Ids gui:
the scrimmage 1 he d*>g a Be look
lunitt, but it.vv’k.s net until after half
boor’s straggle thru the buck --ic¬
and was d -paielual. Sira
atae-s weighed
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