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GETTYSBURG.
Continuation of the Celebra
tion Yesterday.
SPEECH OF GOVERNOR CORDON.
Georgia’* G»ll*nt Uovenor Wildly Ap
plauded by the Multitude—IIU Fre.
nentatlou of Governor Heaver
—A Brotherly Peeling.
THE WEEKLY TKLKKRA Pff:TTTF.KDA Y.MULY 10' 18*8-TWELVE PAGES.
A BIG HAUL.
have responded to Governor Beaver in be
half of the Southern men, was owing to a
railroad de'ay, unablp to be present and
General Hooker, of Mississippi, took hia
place. Although he spoke extemporane
ously his effort was a splendid one. lie said
in substance that he did not come here to say
anything, but he had been moved
by the generous spirit which
extended an invitation to the soldiers I Un\A/ UC
of the gray to meet those of the bi te on this I ‘■"l'. "C
occasion. When they laid down their arms I
with Lee, they did it m good faith and came Election of City A.ses.or nn.l Ward Klee
• i 8 . stated that he left Atlanta Baturday
j night by the Western and Atlantic rail-
I road.
C. C. Nelson Absconds With jTSSffJ: Z
Forty Thousand.
WORKED THE BANKS.
Gettysburg, Pa., July 2.—The day was
a beautiful one and the town has been
... reviled with people, the majority of them
veterans ol the war. The earlier part of the
,lav was occupied busily enough in holding
regimental, brigade and corps reunions and
dedicating memorials. At 4:30 the grand
procession moved from Centre square and
passed out Baltimore street, along which
{lie federal troops retreated after the
bloody lighting of the first day, to the Na
tional Cemetery. Into this it
turned and swept up Northern
avenue to the beautiful rostrum. First rode
C»l. Gibson, followed by two aides; the
United States band followed and then esnte
regular troops, light artillery under Col.
Livingstone and cavalry under Muj. Carpen
ter, marching only as regulars can march
when they know the eyes of the major-gen
eral. are upon them. Conterno’s band of
sixty pieces led the Nintii Militia, Col. Ste-
'veus’s New York crack command, and vari
ous posts came straggling along afterward,
many with drum corp-, the whole making
a noise which was perhaps only equaled
by the awful artillery duel twenty-five years
ago. Here, within hearing of the spot where
Lincoln made his immortal speecb at the
dedication of the soldiera’ monument, No
vember 19,1863, the exercises of the reunion
between the Blue and Grey took place. On
the rostrum the front row of chairs was oc
cupied by Gen. Sickles, Gen. Beaver, Gen,
ltobiuson tall with crutches), Gen.
Gordon, of Georgia, Gen. Graham,
Gen. Butterfield and Itev. Dr. Valentine, of
the Sonthern Theological Seminary. At
5:01 o’clock Gen. Robinson arose and intro
duced Gen. Sickles as the presiding officer,
who opened the exercises with an eloqueut
address.
ORV. CORDON,
When Gov. Gordon appeared before the
great crowd that filled the vast lawn before
the rostrum the cheers and hurrahs were
almost deafening, and throughout his speech
he was interrupted by cries of "Good I”
“Hurrah!” amt other expressions of pleas-
ureaod approval, inch as must have been
(Uttering in the extreme to Georgia’s chief
executive,
lie said:
“Mr. president and fellow-soldiers: I greet
you to-night wi h far less trepidation and in
finitely more pleasure thau in the early
days of July 1863, when . I
last met you at Gettysburg.
I came then as now to meet soldiers of the
Union army. It would be nseless to attempt
the utterance of the thought which now
thrills my spirit. The temptation is to draw
a contrast between the scenes which then
were witnessed and those which greet us
here to-night; to speak ft the men with
whom we then marched and of those whom
we met; of those who have survived to meet
again twenty-fire years later and of thoae
who here fought and fell; of the contrast
made by this mass of manly cordiality and
good fellowship, with the long lines of dusty
uniforms which then stood in battle nr-,,
ray beneath bristling baronets niul
spread ensigns moving in awful silence ami
with sullen tread to grapple each other in
deadly conflict. I would apeak of nil these
and ol the motives which impelled each of
the swaying tides of three (lavs buttle, of
the final Federal victory and of its prepond
erating Influence in turning the scales of
war. The nature of the pleasing duiy as
signed me forbids thii. There is, however,
one suggestion which dominates my
thought at this hour, to present which I ask
brief indulgence.
OP A 1.1, TH* MATERIAL VIRTUES,
the one which is perhaps most characteris
tic of the truly brave is the virtue of mag
nanimity. “My falreat earldom would I give,
to bill clan Alpine’s chltftdn live," was the
noblest sentiment attributed to Scotland's
magnanimous monarch aa he stood gaxing
into the face of hit tlain antagonist. That
sentiment, innoortaliied by Scott in his mn-
siesl and and material verses, will associate
lor all time the name of Scotland’s King with
those of the great spirits of the past. How
F*“ . *u exhibition of the same generous
impulses tlmt characterize the victors upon
this memorable field! My fellow countrymen
of the North, if I may be permitted to speak
forthoie whom I represent, let me assure
fouthat in the Rirofoundeat depths of their
nature they reciprocate that g-ncroalty with
Ml manliness and sincerity of which brave
men are canable. In token of that sincerity
“•y join in consecrating for annual patrl-
otic mlgnmag, theae historic heights which
"“o' 11 copious draughts of American
loud, poured out as freely in the discharge
*«eh conceived it. a Mecca for
ii-'.-i 0rt «.’ *kich ao grandly defended
j,’! D , d a ^'*! cc “ for the South which to
it We
back into the Union to serve it. lie did not
know a man who wore the gray who d d not
rejoice that then- monuments sere being
erected to the gallant Unfhii nil n who fell
here, and as long us memory holds its sway
the dead of the battlefields will start into
our minds and their last mteraii ea as they
fell will ring through nor ears.
While the applause uus still going on
Gen. Longatreot ca-oe qu ell; on the hut d
and after shaking Lands ui h Geh». Hick cs
and Gordon, took a seat near the latter.
tton Commissioner^-)!. II. Tucker
to Walk to New Tork-Peters
Street Store Closed.
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Macon Thlxqkavh Bup.hu,
No, S54 WllITKHAl.l KTKr.ET
Atlanta. Ga.. July 2, 1886.
Another bank man- baa changed his citi
zenship from the Uuited States to Canada
This time it ia C. C. Kg Ison, of the North
“BOB Rm-stau,”
count of some troubles similar to the one
now bring discussed, and that ho will not
dare go back for fear of being jailed.
Mrs. Nelson and her two children are at
Tallulah Fallsy where- they have been
about two weeks.
The general impression here ia that Nel
son made a clean swe-p of everything that
he could lay his bauds on. A few days
ago he bought a watch for $100 on credit
which he has carried away with him. A
friend speaking of the Nelson affair to-day
said that about one week ago while m
Nelson’s bank, the 'absconding banker
allowed him $50,000 in silver locked up in
liis safe. Lie thinks that Nelson converted
the silver into paper and in that way
"GenSicklea then fa u'faw fiUmu remark. ‘..‘"‘T “ *>f the North-, made the money 1 easier to handle in rapid
introduced tile venerable war Governor of ‘ U ® 8 *'’ lng8 Bank » whlch institution has transit. Tile banks have been ending out
Pennsylvania, Andrew G. Curtin. Gen. I been doing business for about two years in ' telegrams all day with ih h6p«f ol catoh-
Curtin walked feebly to the rail which runs one of the stores under the Kimball, on ! n ? Up to * In*h utr to-night no
lntorwativn had been r* reived as w where
along the .edge of the rostrum. Ilia short i p
talk convulsed the crowd with laughter. | 1 tree ‘-
After Curtin, Gen. Longstreet spoke a few
Nelson advertised himself as president
of the TweLtli'corps,'addressed the audience 1 °J “ank and in Ml probability he was
for a short time. Col. Curtis, commander of ala0 filling the position of vice-president,
the G. A. It. of New York, followed, aud I secretary and treasurer, cashier, paying
Re . Dr. Valentino closed the exercises with
he is.
nelson in mason.
Yesterday afternoon Chief Connolly, of
Atlauia, sent the following telegram to
Chief Wiley:
e . ur. vuteuiine closed me exercises wun i _ , . . . ,, , ,, , , , .. i ’Arrest C. C. Nelson, six fefet hi/h, 190
_ benediction. The immense crowd broke ,lnd rectlvln 8 teller, also the board of di- | pounds, full black lieard, limpit a little,
up and amused itself in strolling over the rectors, as he constituted the entire outfit carries cane, black hair, black eyes, has
graves, reading the headstones and gazing 0 f the bank in the way of its officers, with Bma11 bald spot ou head ovtr right ear,
the beautiful monuments. T -night execution of Pat Anderson who was ! ?* e f' , COm i ll « iun dark, m»y shave off
is no programme of the army of the 01 1 at ADU ' !r «’ u > waB I be-rd; charge, cheating and swindling.”
Potomac and the streets are filled with peo- Nelson’s clerk. Officers Johnson and Wsgnon watched
P e ’ I Nelson came to Atlanta about ten years | the incoming ttam on the East Tennes.ee,
ago from Canada. lie married n ! Virginia and Georgia railroad, and Officers
daughter of Dr. Dani.,1 C. O’Kc file. ’ d al ^'‘ a T« a nd Adams watchcd the trains
, ,, , . , , 1 on tlle Central railroad.
| l or some years he had an office. in the | When the Atlania train came into the
end stitps,
From Chambers’s Journal.
A halo of glory surrounds our old war
ships, but it is far otherwise with the ves- , ....
sets uf the,mercantile marine. The aver- James bank block on Whitehall airect, union depot a man answering the descrip
age life of a merchant ship is from 10 to I where he loaned money on big Interest, i l ] n B°t °fl and walked across the,street to
15 years. Many survive but a few years; H e al o engaged in the business of a pawn Brown’s Hotel and afterwards returned to
a few live to a painful old age. No mat- bn ker, lending money on watches and ,h * neo.i a, hu
ter how favorable the auspices m.y be j jewelry, taking uare that i'ue coiiatrrai
when the merchant vessel glides down the I was good and charging heavy* interest,
ways her hardships increase with old age Several of his transactions in this line won
and her end is pitiable. Her early days I for'him the reputation of being considered
are passed under sunny skies. Laden with 1 a slippery customer to deal with. He was
fragrant teas and shimmering silks from also fond of gambling, anil upon one occa-
far Cathay, she scuds before the gale sion was indicted for perjury, for swear-
thjeoepit. On his return the officers saw
him, aud Officer Pmiethar|>e remarked that
there was the mau’they were looking for.
Officer Adams did not agree to it, and the
man continued in hia walk, which had a
limp in it; and got aboard the Southwest
ern train. Tho officers followed the man
in the car, but about that time word was
brought that a fight was going
on on Fifth street. Officer
I’aletharpe left, first, followed by Officer
Adams, and the man was left to pursue his
way to Cuba,or wherever he was bound
for.
Officer Paletharpe is confident that the
man was Nelson, but Officer Adams doee
not think so.
At any rate, it looks as though / Nelson
came down to Macon and passed on
through without hindrance of any.kind,
■ climbs the hill of impeding I i n g that he did not know a certain promi-
waters. Age grows on her npacc ne nt citizen of Atlanta with whom there
and she is sold at last to the was ample evidence that lie had played
Norwegians, those buyers of unsesworthy cards Jor money. This case wax not tried
British ships. Then . she may be seen I through the influence of friends,
struggling along with a cargo of timber,
which alone she ia fit to carry. The Betsy I TUE savings bank.
Caius brought over William of Orange to For two years Nelson has been doing
this country in 1688, and was cast away in I what he called'a savings bank business.
s\^7brh.& 1 eh a ^ Tai dyn h aitr«. HU savings were principally what he got
over 160 years old when she ceased her “ ut ° f » customer in the way of inter.-t
combat with the wind and waves. The He had noregular rate upon which to lend
Brothers, a wooden brig built at Maryport mon , e J-, when h l; w " in a S.?™> humor “®
in 1780, is even now plowing the watera of would ch#r ? e ft the rate of >20 pea month Currant. Roto. Current
the North Sea. Wo noticed a good monel °na loan of SIO0, while at times he wou.u — • Jhn DI * on » Correct. Bum* Current
of her in South Kensington Museum. She *° lend $10 for amenth for less than
ia one of those box-like crafts that sailors I *** interest. A.short time agoA*** a man
say are built by the mile and cut coming out of his skinning shop who told
off as they are wanted. The tha ‘J>e k* d Just paid Nelson *o for n
Kobert, a wooden barkentine *° an pi *to tor outj month, ami Hail bee.,
built at Barnstaple just ten year* after her I keening this up for nearly six mon hs.
Majesty’s ship Victory, ia in active service. Nelson bad a few depositors, who banked
The Truelove of London, an American- him. They were principally wlmt is
built bark of 1764, would ippear to be the known aa the working class, and these
oldest trader in this country, or indeed in '*»ve been cleaned up of every dollar that
the whole world. The Goodwill, built at 1 1 . .. . ,
Sunderland iu 1785; the Eliza, bniit at the la-t -eeno! Neleon at his banV was
Whitehaven in 1792, and the Cognac Factt- on Saturday afternoon last about 5 o clock,
et, built at Burtiedon in the same year, "ben he informed Pat Ander»on,hts clerk
tomplele the tale of British ships remain- that be was going to Salt Sj.rings lo spend
ing to us from last century. The Norwe- Sunday, and that ArtdMaon could quit
gians p, .-Hess threo vessels'^ that have Been I work at that hour, and have the remainder
— - 1 of the day. The bank tlicu closed.
This morning when Andi-r-sm 0|k-iici1
the establishment he found tlu- safe empty
oi money, papers, and everything. Ander
son nt once associated Nelson with Canada,
and felt rather uneasy, aa Nelson owed him
about $400. He at once took out an at
tachment upon the office furniture
About 9 o’clock the news that Nelson was
misting gained circulation and spread
quite rapidly.
It was soon discovered that Nelson had
1IOW CO.VORKSSMKN LIVE.
Mistakes*
The North Abington (Mass.) Public
publishes the following letter written to
its editor, Hit. J. II. Julies, \>y Congress
man Long, of that State:
Washington, June 4.—My Dear Jones
I have read with interest your editorials
on the subject of my retirement from the
Houso of Representatives. I beg you not
to think it is a matter merely of a few
dollars mere or U-s of salary . My habits
are simple, and salary ia not a controlling
consideration wiili me,aa it ought not tc lie
to any public official. Hia public duty
turns on fur higher consideration-!. And
what yoitsayof hia obligation to tli
mployed actively for 100 y> ars. We hi
mule an exhaustive analysis, ami find 1
there are 290 vends alloat that were |
launched before the accession of her Majes
ty to the tbrone.
Everything to be nil ltlglit.
From the Chicago News.
We have it from Colonel John C. New
that tho Hon. Benjamin P. Harrison has
always been in favor of woman suffrage.
According to Colonel John C. New the „ _ ,
Hon. Benjamin Harrison believes that the worked revcral of the banka for one tlibus-
aurplus in the national treasury should ^ro and or ten thousand dollars each.
and ii tli
rt-d c-e. ll
too Often
I do in
libities tli
nnot say
reduced.
It ia stated on the authority of Colonel I
John C. New that the Hon. Benjamin liar-
ABOUT THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
ia the amount which it ia thought that
riaon ia strongly in favor of the abolition Mr. Nelaon carried off. The exact amount
of polygamy. , ia not known. Mr. Anderaoh, although
Colonel John C. New tells us that the v- ..i,„:,i- Q •
Hon. Benjamin Harrison longs to tee the “* bookkeeper for the Northeide Savings
North and South re-united in the bonds of P an , k j bad only a limited knowledge of the
fraternal love. 1 bank’s affairs, and ne cannot tell exactly
It ia reported by Colonel John C. New I bow touch money and valuable* the nrcst-
that the Hon. Benjamin liarruOn ia the dent could have taken with him. There
friend of the prohibitionists.
was only a small deposit. Mr. Anderson
Colonel John C. New tells us that the }bink. the other banka in tho city will
Hon. Benjamin J. Harrison ia a strong ad- loa « neighborhood of twenty thoua-
■ ' . .. « I >n,l JaII*** TIxa I.>m|..i I.a«awa> I..
and dollars. The banka, however, in their
Colonel John C. New aaya tbat if Llarri-1 ,tal * me0 ^t 8‘ Ten below, do not niake the
aonia elected all onr Western watenTays I »>'ipunt this large, each placing its lo« at
vocate of civil service reform.
Colonel John C. New says that if H
will be improved at once.
Col. John C. New told Col. John Finerly
a small amount.
From what Mr. Nelson’s book-keeper
yesterday that not a day passed that the I !?-**’,‘ l .?PP* a ™ l b*t the president of the
Hon. Benjamin Harrison didn’t get down I Northstde bank must have worked a Very
on hia kneee and pray for the independence I cunning trick on the hanks that are loeera
loin ini-UJ of Ireland. i by bit disappearance. He had an account
daring ^ «t* P o‘f MMe ,P °brmh«h^d To out Talutd Mr. August » New y o . r K a “d ““‘• ttoo last week he
of peace, brotherhood Himraelgarton, Col. John C. New said yes- «*»" o»‘ »>1‘befunds he had in batiks in
terday ifternoon that the Hon. Beajamin tlist city. On Friday he Mid exchange
** ’ ... . . -i 0 n New York and drew Checks on New
York, which were accepted by banks in
peace, brotherhood
I repeat the ^ thought
*‘ L * i of
our
A repeat uic tiinug
H.;7uou hVnrwvVlTn '.rad^ite”^ I 2? ^e*^?rk and arewChWon-NTw
ommon country ami of universal human German in the public schools.
hn.nll. “ nd by the blood of our fallen
IWothJm *‘e“unite in
solemn consecration of
In conversation with a reporter last’even-1
1,.. . '‘ATTLR.HALLOWED IIILU
I free.*;, V, Ct * r ? al lf ,e diro Of fidelity to the life,
Ik ] and unity of this country. I am
IdaJc l» being selected to intro-
I'ivt.ot fi^, tb *, distinguished represeats-
I lisv * ,,l r . t of Magnanimity of which
L,k„,„rk.n- 1 present to yon a soldier
*hoie Vr &r 'i rtl>roau b or malice, a soldier
b'^d was spilt and whose body
u ‘ a '!"*d, though then but i
li •' ,1, ,he hravely and gladly
L v * ou b“ country’s command; I introduce
Vuf,h“j Whose services are distin-
I. , d and whose rennr.1 I ia-
I »»4 snil^. ,0U “ P» tr >ot whose extended
leuniptl!'- r ""o heart we ever open to all
Z?r a - lier, statesman, patriot,
■Herll ' . "" in *b« person ol the
f-1 !isylv,",'!,.° 0Tfrn0r ’ J * m ** A- B * aTet * of
^t' , . (i ." V .i rn ? r »eaver hobbled on hU
fwfnih„!c *be front he waa received not
M ; ‘ban hia predecessor,
oponbjr he "‘ r
km'from'u** ,h 1 f. n 1 r * ll d the following tele-
ijckett, the widow of the
ft- , fl «bo mad* the famon* charge on
|- ’man ,T M; “ r< > »be
f ‘b? committee of the
' S cloi. "Onion, Gettysburg: LVhen
1 fries, . “>« inggestrena of
l 'b»t my presence would **rve ts
C ^ ain of unite hetwecB the
riy the civil war, I was ready
•Ta.il* ,0 m *ke any sacrifice to
,*f*ik Li P* rfe *t union of the nun
eJ.^'bUe and the gray ap*n a field
r*,l, by the blending of tne blood of
I ,w!Ti r a P° n °od’i footatool,
| is «, : / fbat the wings of sweet peace
4TL-*" ded ’ *° *hat 00 single person
t By- 1 ® ■ocacfMely.and the condi-
s'wV.^jtb admonishing quiet, I ten-
* nd God • blessing instead of my
ing Col. John C. New remarked that the
Hon. Benjamin llarriscta favored a hi-
metalic standard.
Mr. Bomare, of the Atlanta National
hank, called cn the Northaide bank several
times this morning. It was rumored that
William Jackson, the well known white-1 ^“e Atlanta National held Nelson’s checks
washer, lays that Col. John C. New told *? r **ve or six thousand dollars. Mr.
him last night that the “ “ ' ' 1 ” * L '
Ilarruon wan the black ,
In the headquarter* of the California j Nelion , a checks are not honored in New
delegation last evening Col. John C. New |
said that the last time he saw the Hon.!. Mr. Jake Haas, of the- Capital City
Benjamin Harrison be aak-d him if he I bank, says he baa Nelson s checks for not
liadauy suggestion to make as to thefram- ‘ban two thousand dollars,
ing of the national platform. "Only one,’’I ™ r : Farrar, oi the Merchant’s Bank,
replied Harrison. "Chinese immigration I **7* o®.*** hundred dollar* wj)! csrsr
*“• °*°- E- Pir’xrrr, Virginia.'
G«*. 110(1 K. Kit.
7 of Virginia, who was <0 warranted.
must be stopped at all hazards.”
STANLEY’S UOL'TE.
Major BarUlotte Finds It Marked by
Bleaching Bones.
London, July 2.—The steamer Volta hat
arrived at Liverpool with Congo dispatches
to Hay 27, which give farther details con
cerning the canid on ArumrinL The camp
waa suffering from lack of food and from
maladies arising from the surrounding
swamps. Recruiting parties, which advanced
along Stanley's route, passed qnautities of
human bones which were, SDparently, re
mains of victims who had fallen in fights
between Stanley’s followers and the natives.
No relief had been received .by the camp
from Tippoo Tibb.
Major Bdrtellst, believing that SUniry
was not more than 600 miles beyond the
camp in the direction of Khartoum, t
preparing to strike hia tents and posh
and join him.
Tbefr ltustuess Booming.
drug store aatbelrgivi e awsy lo their custom-
|era of so many free trial bottle* of Dr. King's
New Dlseovery for Consumption. Thetr trade
is siasDljr enormous in this very valuable article
Ifrom the tact that it always cores and never dle-
appolnts.
Croup, and all tbrnat and long diseases quickly
cored. Yoaeaatatltbeiorebnytnrbygeltlng
a trial Louie Iree. large aise 11. Enty bout*
ail checks drawn by Nelson on hia bank.
HOW HE WORKED IT.
Saturday afternoon Nelson called upon
Maddox, Bucker A Co., and wanted that
firm to let him have about $1,600 in cur
rency. He said tbat he would give the firm
New York exchange or t check on the At.
lanta National Bank, where it would be
paid UDon presentation Monday morning
* Col. Maddox says he did not let Nelson
have the money, believing that from fii*
actions and the fact tbat Nelson waa out
borrowing money, with hi* own in the
bank where he could get it, looked suspic
ious.
This incident creates the impression that
Nelson Used hia deposit of *1,600 at the
Atlanta National for Ihe,purpose of work
ing off New York exchange upon bankers
and banking enterprises of this city, be
lieving that he could get money from al
most any man aa long as it was capable of
proof that ha bad a deposit at the Atlanta
National lo cover the amonnt being nego
tiated for.
Dispatches received by interested parties
to-day from New York atate that Nelson
haa no deposit there to meet obligations.
Nelson had confidential friends in At
lanta. He transacted all of hia own bosi-
k’r-ive public n-pi
i- true, ami you
r too forcibly.
wilts, however, with raferi
to my retirement, renerving what 1 1
to sar alnmt that until l write a general
letter to the district a little lator. I write
t-1 i-’-rei-t what I infer from y..iir i-dit-.ri
all to bo a mUtakon notion with regfird G
the manner in which Congressmen gener
ally live in Washington.’ So far irorn
being to them a “Babylon” full of “waste
ful wantons" and "lavish luxurle*.' 1 It U
very much wlmt Abington or Bingham U
to your neighbors or mine. There are
few persona of great riches who now and
then give entertainments, and live in an
extravagant and profuse way, aa some rich
people no in every other community. But
the great bulk of the representatives, in
eluding noticeably nearly all the men of
controlling Influence, are men of limited
means, who lire in the modest and simple
manner.
On the whole, I ahould »ay that the can
itance of Henry Wilson, which you in
cite, is a type of the present majority of
members. Our Massachusetts -Senators,
Dawes and Hv«r, live quite as limply, one
tn a little tenement not better than our
ordinary New England panonage, and the
other in a boarding house, which you will
not think e xtravagant when l tell you that,
with tlie exception of myself, the rest of
the boarder* are government employe*,
whose annual salarie* range from perhaps
$2,000 rapidly downward. Walking out
with Mrs. Long at'sundown last evening
P“? C< 1 a mode t doorstep on which,
i and kept hi* dealing* to himself. It ill and died,
with his young childfen playing about him,
sat a mender, who pointed a plain auite
of rooms as his lodgings, and whose dress
.and manner of living are as simple and
unostentatious aa thoae of a Plymouth
county farmer, and yet he la a millionaire,
the richest man, I tbink, in the House, a
Western lumberman, wise and hard-head
ed. and not ash-med, but proud of the
goad ajick which he wielded in hia youth,
and with which he pricked his way to
fortune. -
Among the leaders, Beed live* In the
fifth story of a small hotel; Randall in ■
that would perhaps yield a rent of
WOO or $400 ; McKinley in two or three
chamben: MtlW I a xqci-«!w«ruiii|tuuuK;
and so on through the list The Houae it
full of poor men who make no show, who
are just such plain, well-behaee temperate
church-going [H.-oplc aa you and I meet at
home, who go afoot and drive no fine
ttuu, who ape no fashion*, some of whom
n to th* few public receptions that occur
in the winter, but few of whom are able or
care to hold reception* or give entertain
ments them-.-Ives.
Fine raiment is ao rare among them that
an old salt which 1 am now wearing for
the third summer has actually been ex
ploited by the newspaper reporter*, in the
absence of any.other sensation,as lubjetf-
iog me to the charge of being “well
«»d M Tom Bead sbonltT cover
hia shining head with a silk hnt. he sronld
lu«e the Republican leadership. The mem-
her who lives luxurirmaljris the exception.
What is undoubtedly true of a few officials,
eapeciallj >0 ot some outside persons 0/
treat wealth, who reside and entertain in
Washington in the winter and at* adver
tised in the society calamus of the pree*, is
not stall true of the great majority of the
people’s servants. Truly voura,
* John D. Long.
Cat Off in III. l-rtms.
From the Xishvfll* American.
CeL Cash, of Southffkmilina, had seven
duels arranged for when ha suddenly fell
The Former Boy Treacher of Osorgls, New
u Swell Keoior In St. Louis.
Rev. R. A. Holland, of Kentuckv, who
figured conspicuously in Georgia aa “the
"oy preacher” during the war, some years
K ?° j? , t *‘ B Methodist church and entered
the Episcopal ministry. He is now rector
°* George’s, one of the richest churches
t« 8t. Louis, and ^frequently contributes
to the press of that city- The following
article from his pea on "An Unruly
Tongue, appeared in last Sunday’s Re
public. It will be seen that he has lost
none of his power for xhetorical flour
ishes:
“It is.an unruly evil, lull of deadly
poison.”
ihe uses of speech are commensurate
with intelligence. We think in words.
They are the wings by which*the mind
flies from idea to idea. They are the vital
fond between man nod Rian, makinr so
ciety and civi ization pnasinle. Trade,
li'erature, government, neighborly inter
course, communion nl hearts, revelation
of diviuc truth, all depend ou honesiy oi
language. Hence the evil of dUiiouest
words.
The tongumis a facile member. It quiv
ers like a magnetic needle; the least im
pulse shakes it into talk, and the sins of
such talk seem trivial as their uiotives.
Mere garrulity does not appear vicious —
shows weakness more than wick
edness ; want of prudence more
than ill will.' There is a word of
iniquity in it, nevertheless. A fellow
wants to be agreeable. He imagines silence
will be taken for stupidity or indifference,
and talks whether be has anything to say
or net—talks for politeness, entertainment,
popularity. But conversation, to be pleas
ant, must be spicy. Commonplaces about
weather and crops and the market may do
to begin with, but make a flat ending. To
sneak the truth interestingly requires a
knowledge nf '.ni.ere; in- truths, sud such
knowledge reading, and quite other read
ing than the average man or woman be
stows on a mental eulfit now-a-days. Txuth
is, indeed, stranger than fiction, which
seems on speaking-terms with all sorts of
minds. They like ‘cldc,’ and truth is
modest. They like ‘style,’ and truth does not
‘make up’ well. Facts have to lie ranged and
laced and padded and set on high heela for
winsome appearance. Talk must exag
gerate to entertain. To thiuk before
speaking, to measure words, ia to proBe.
Ulibnesa is better than accuracy, extrava
gance a figure of rhetoric. So glib ex
travagance becomes a habit, and the habit
reacts on the character—inflates self-con
ceit, which counts past achievements
tame, and tries lo outstrip them, until ex
aggeration unconsciously teconn-s misrep
resentation. Nothing is described aa it
really exists. All dimensions are stretched
and every color gets a second coat. Urdi
dinary words lose their force and mean
ing. The commonest statement has to
clap its wings and crow to draw atten
tion. Headlines abound in conversation
as m newspapers. Advertisements are
only saved from downright fraud
by tlie fact that in them people
recognize their own manner too well to he
deceived by them. Nothing ia simply
good' or substantial, or fair, or cheap, but
“aqperb” things are sold at “bankrupt"
rates, as if business were pin*, self-deny ing
philanthropy—a steamboat excursion (-
orphans. Superlatives lose.their degn
witli common use and must he Mown out
to still bigger expansions. ‘Awful.’'dread
ful,’ ‘horrid,’ Shocking,’ arc nppjled s-
readily to the trimmings of a bonnet :h to
the mw—were of St. Bartholomew's, ami for
scenes really anbllme no epithet- remain.
Munchausen is a man of the town, .mil hi.
wife—he if married,you know • repeat, his
stories with an innocent, naive emphasis
tlie baron cuuld never aflect.
When misrepresentation become* thus
popular in speech, why should it seem es
pecially wicked to act7 Why not exag
gerate title* as well as epithets and call
everybody colonel or doctor of divinity?
Why not water stocks, adulterate wares,
counterfeit trademarks as well as tin-
thoughts and principles which an the
spring of conduct? llow can the spring
flow and the stream bed keep dry? More.
Aa prating runs to exaggeration anil ex
aggeration to misrepresentation, misrepre
sentation will go on to invention, forgery.
Art baa been wise in making gargoyles’
mouth* for fountains. There to something
monstrous about a mouth whose flow i*
incessant. Talk! taikt talk! How the
tongue enjoys the tickle of Its own wag
ging. How exhilarating ia fancy when
the first personal pronoun Is- its hero.
What Puck-like caper* it plays, creating
detail* to trick oat occurrence*, ascribing
to rumor whispers ihe never breathed
and condemning her whispers in storm-
winds.
Won* still- The mind that dares to
taka liberties with truth only needs an
opportunity to outrage Her. White lie*
aoon turn black. By the time the former
are a habit the latter are an inclination.
When the tongas is ulcerated the moral
stomach is diseased. For character i* or
ganic. You might a* well expect a foot
to swell with a snake bite and the rest of
the body to show no aigea of poison, as to
imagine that manhood can remain true
and its m*uth full of dt cesL It is not the
month only, but the whole man, that lies.
From head to heel he la false -as false,
too, in life aa in language. There i* no
reason, then, tbat bis rajicech should stop
stort of slander. Gossip is the raciest kind
of conversation. The tale-bearer is sure of
an open ear. “Have you not heard it?”
hurd on tv a it taxmj.
All that Now Iteinnlnn of War Motliods Is
the Tnrlir.
The Honorable Frank Hurd write* in
BelfonBs Magazine: "Is the war over?
How long since the last soldier returned
to his home? The unborn child of Appo
mattox nay is a voter of this day. To
moat of tlie youth of the land all of the
thrilling events of that .Xciting period are
matters of history. Twenty-five year*
Lave come and gone, and oyer the graves
of the brave defenders of our Union twen-
ty-tive seasons have come—ip spring to
scitter ita blossoms, in summer its gorgeous
flowers, in the winter its
stainless snows. Nothing re
mains except the splendid result of the
valor of those engaged in the conflict, and
the reminiscences in which the living *,1-
diers alone have a right to indulge. Noth
ing remains? Yes, the tax gatherer; he
wlio w.is taking money out of the pockets
of the [leople in 1862 is taking money from
them to-day. The ta&s are paid to-day
tor the most part as when the bailies were
being fought around Richmond, and -hcii
Sherman marched 10 the sea. Shall this
continue forever? If it ahall, the day will
come when the government alone 1b rich
and the people ail are poor.
“It thwe taxes are to be reduced, ia
Yh»t direction shall the reduction be
made? They are taken, as I have already
suggested, through the internal revenue
system and through the customs duties.
If off the customs duties, then how much
and in what way? If off the internal
revenue system, how much and in what
WRy? The internal revenue system taxes
only alcoholic liquors and tobacco. Shall
the tax be taken off of them? Will you
sav that whisky and tobacco shall escape
the payment of taxes, and the little shoe*
and the little suits of clothes that your
children have to w««r to school shall pay
them? The tax on whisky and tobacco
is a taxon luxuries, and lie who indulges
in them can well afford to pay the taxes
which the government shall impose. But
concede tiinl it is a tax upon necessaries.
Then the consumer will not he benefited
by the removal of the tax, for there have -
been at least half a dozen changes in the
laws taxing whisky and tobacco since
1865, but there have been no. clianges in
the price of the articles to the consumer.
You may reduce as much as yod please the
taxes on whisky and tpbaccn, and I will
have to pay just as much lor the cigar
which I buy from the tobacconist or the
glass of whisky I buy nt the bar.”
MRS. CLEVELasu-3 l.Mir.PESDKMCE.
She Doesn’t Core n Klg For the Opinion of
Society Lenders.
From the Wsterbury American.
There ia a section of Washington socie
ty, the sternly exclusive set, which affects
to regard with disdain and aims to keep
at a distance tlie new people whom tlie
fortunes of politiral war see constantly
sending to the front here. These severely
select people assume the attitudo toward
the mixed official society of the capital
which the vieille noblesse in F’rancc as
sumed toward the second empire crowd.
Some years ago I lieanl an old dame of
the exqjusive circle say that aha would
not receive Gen. Grant into her house.
When Mrs. ( cvt-land bccunm the rage,
hov.■ ver, ii. ' - let i In duo time tlu
“Don’t apeak of iL 1 thought someone
else bad told you already,” "It can hard
ly be true,-yet it is reported that—.” “He
seems to be a good man,
but—." “She i* » chsnjjinj lit
tle woman, yet they do say—." A
word of praise to ten of detraction, or the
ten words of praise and then the one hint
that falls on a sensitive name like a drop
of nitric ecid on ah eye-bail. Honesty is
turned into prudence, generosity into di-
I loiuacy, munificence into ambition, saint-
ineas into hypocrisy, sod wherever the
fetid mouth goes it breathes suspicion, and
taints the air of all things with the odor of
its own breath. And the process is aoeaay
that no one thinks of the villainy of it and
choke* it to si'ence. It draws no blood, it
mangles no features, hacks off no limb-
only pat* out the soul’s eyes and darkens
the light*nf life; only plies red-hot pincers
to the soul’s nerves and wrenches them
with shame worse than death. Aaaaain of
characteri Ah, if the woands thou madtest
were visible as those of the dagger, how
soon men, even assassins like thyself,
would lynch thee oat of the world. ’
B. A. Holland.
Get the Best Cotto.i Cl„.
It you are gotaf to bay section ftn this veer
don't (all to write to the Brown Cotton utn Co
There ars a great many ol them In tbu .-tat*. '
Advice to Mothers.
*tt Winslow’s Soothing Hemp should always
sansad tor children teething. It soothes the
•hUd, aolUns the nzas, allay, all pair., cans
wind colic, and U iba Let remedy for "ar.iwa*
■c- a twin*. sapteodwwiy
and Hulled
of her be
id ra*tiiit-:ii
ipon I
look In
« !>•
tin-v
and
(In
id i 11 consider-
hriglitiiers and
isented to over-
-v 111*1--, and ao-
ihcm-clvei. Of late,
that tlu “m-k-otn" l.nvo
r jo-m-ruus treatment of
and it ii prubaMe that
The IrouliL, it nccuiH,
Clovi-luiul’-, I’uiiliiiiiiiig
ie-t unit lre.il as an In*
Katherine Willard, -
llu-v will drop In
arrive* from Slr>
to receive as her
timate one Mb
beautiful girl, who powi—,s* a Vdice of
wonderful sweetness, anil who was a
schoolmate of the mtstre-i of vln- White
House. When Mir* Willard first came
here last winter as tUe guest of Mrs. Cleve
land, she was received witli wide-open
grm* by society of all grades, in considera
tion of her girlish beauty and her
exquisite voice. Along towanl spring so
ciety wo* shocked by an announcement
that Miss Willard had accepted a position
at instructress in a local young ladies'
school. Of course, society people said*
they would be compelled to cease to know
her, although it would cost them no little
regret, as she was such a dear, sweet girl;
and of course they thought Mrs. Cfave-
land would also ceise to receive Miss Wil
lard. But, to their dismay, Mrs. Cleve
land continues to associate with Miss
Willard just as if the latter wet* noi a
working girl, and actually has her now a»
a guest at Oak View.
It has been a fearfully Irving ordeal for
thd exclusives, but it is said they have set
their face* U firmly a* h consistent with
good form, aqd resolved that they owe it
to their saered exclusiveness, come what
may, to drop Mr*. Cleveland as well as her
working-girl friend. "■
Every Night I Scratched
Until the Skin was Raw. Body Covered
with Scales Like Spots of Mortar.
Cured by the Cnticura Remedies.
I am going to tell you of the extnordinar*
'hang* your Cotlcur* Remedies performed*oS
“5’ Ahoft the 1st of April last I noticed some
v . Pjrap'p* llte com lot out all oyof mr bodv
buttbouchtnothiDKofiiuntil*ometime later
^ bernm to look lika upou ol mortar
■potted on* and which came off in *
■pu.Kti qu, Kim WUICl
com pan led with itebii
bight until I waa raw,
, craSeTL.,
en the next nlsht the
scales, being formed meanwhile, ware scratched
MJdb fn vain did I consult all the doctors
in the country but without aid. After giv nr
cuts Hemcdles, and Durctuued them from my
■IrutKUt, and obtained almost Immediate re-
lief. I began to notice that the scaly eruptions
gradually dropped off aud disappeared one by
?ne. and hare been fully cared. My disease was
eczema and psorlvl.. 1 recommended the Cntl-
enr* Remedies to all In my vicinity, and I know
head* and bodies. I cannot express in words
the thanks to you for wbst the Cuticura Rcmo-
dtes have been to me. My body was covered '
with scales, and I was an awful spectacle to be
hold. Now my skin Is a. nice and clear as a
Xta, U,J0 - tvrEV >
February 7, tsM.-.Vot a trace wha’noever of
the disease from from which I suffered hts
show Itself since my cure. <j '-u. COTKY.
We cannot do Justice to the eeteem tn which
Cuticura, the great skin Cure. Cn-cura
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Sold everywhere. Price, (
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