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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION 1 . ATLANTA. GA., TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 21 1886
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ALF AND- BOB.
The Brother Nominees for
Governor of Tennessee.
A REMARKABLE CAMPAIGN.
A Beautiful Lesson of Broth-
orly Love.
THE OLD HOMESTEAD
A Day With the Old Parents
of the Boys.
Tfct election for the fovernonhip of Tennctace
Is hut little more than a month distant, and In tho
meantime the state la being canvassed In the most
energetic manner by the two opposing candidate!.
It tan Joint canvass, and the nominees of tho two
great panic* art traveling side by side and speak.
Ipg from the tame rostrum. Nor does the Joint
feature of thecatnpsfgn stop hero, in their tour
tkrOftgfc the state they are lodged at the same ho*
lei, are seated at the came table, occupy the same
xeem, and at night pillow their weary heads on
the (tarn bolster.
And why not 7 They are brothers.
•Unlike in Georgia, to be the gubernatorial noml
nee of the republican party in Tennessee is to be*
eeme the leader of a mighty element, on which
great hope* can pe built, and In the strength or
which loftier aspirations arc founded. It is true,
such a nominee labors under the disadvantage of
attacking a fluctuating democratic majority; but
When, out of a poll of about 200,000 votes, the l*«t
democratic nominee received only 7,000
votes -than bis republican opponent, tbooddsap*
peer less significant than in comparison with the
democratic majority of 30,000 for supreme court
jedge In the election of last August.
At any rate the republican convention of the
■late formulated its platform at its session a
me nib ago lu KubvJJJo, and
With great enthusiasm called
Son. lifted A. Taylor, of Washington couuty, to
lead Its forces In the gubernatorial contest. Ac*
fgpUsce followed and fa a few days the nominee
•pened the csmpetgn at Jonesboro. This was bo*
lore the democratic convention met.
THR DKMO< IUTK' I.KAHKR.
When the republican convention was in session
' M Nashville, It was observed that tho more prom*
gnent of the leaders of the East Tennessee republi
cans were urgent Jn their demands that Alf Tsy*
Hr bs made the nomlueo for governor. For this
two reasons am; asserted, the one, that It was in
‘furtherance of a pat scheme which will be unfold*
ed in tho progress of oar story, and the other, aa
expressed In the convention by Dick Austin, a
well known lieutenant of Boas Houk.r'beeauso bis
aosnlnatlon will pro vent that by the demoorats,
of tho man whom wo can least afford to battlo
But the action of the republicans failed In its
desired effect with the democrats, for notwlth*
standing the fact that hi* brother All had boon
chosen, the Hon. Robert L. Tsytor use
overwhelmingly mode the ebeloe of the
democratic Convention In Nashville. His scoop*
Ufice was it once received end the ooulest bo*
ween tho brothers was oegnn.
Tho Joint osnvase between tho two opened a lit
He over a week ego-in Hadlson vllle, In the pres
ence of the largest gathering over assembled In
that thrifty mountain township. The two broth-
era were In good trim and In the best of spirits.
The whole state watched the tone of the first die*
cordon with deep interest, and before the echos*
•f the first Tolley hid oeased tbo news waa
flashed to every section of Tonnomoo that
for tho first lino in 1U history tha
stato was to enjoy a campaign from which wai to
mo eliminated every vestige cf acrimonious con*
fcov.r-y. Without evru r eonf* !fiifv H<»*»nnl Alf
V^iui
raid Bob, as he settled himself in his quarters.
“Tbo other way was the best and we had both much
rather be together. Then Alfa throat Is in a bod
fix and I could help him.”
THR TWO MOTHERS.
Of the two candidates Bob is probably tbo most
prepossessing in appearance, though the merry
twinkle of Alfseyesnd the jolly make up of bis
chubby little figure gives him au air of in
forest and importance which soon asserts it
aelf in a crowd. Bob Is a magnificent specimen of
physical manhood, being about six feet in height
and weighing probably two hundred pounds. Alf
probably weighs as much, bat is of much shorter
stature, being fat and s»fiatty. Both are good
speakers and each warms thoroughly up in discus*
slon. Alf confines hi*. *)>ecchc-« more strictly to
argument than does Boh, who Illustrates liberally
with anecdote. The latter is considered the more
eloquent, his sentences being well rounded and
rolled out with apparently hut little effort Alt
argues as if he was trying to demonstrate some
thing which his hearers did not hut ought to know,
whllo Bob has a I know all sbout it sort of way
which carries with It conviction to thoso who are
willing to accept his relf evident conclusions. In
other words, Boh talks to a r rowl like every man
In It agreed with him, whllo Alf speaks at If every
cne was against him.
A NOTABLE ANCESTRY.
The two boys are the descendants of one of the
olden Tennc+rce families, being the sons of Colo*
n«i Nathaniel G. Taylor, their mother being a
sister of the celebrated confederate orator, Landon
C. fltyne. Their great grandfather came to Ten
nessee from Rockbridge county, Virginia, and was
ono of a family of iilno boys, one or whom was a
grandfather of President Zachary Taylor. Their
maternal great grandfather was Landon Carter,
for whom Carter county was named, and for whoio
wlfo the couuty scat, Kiisabethton, was called,
lhclr ancestry is even dated farther back than
tbli-totho timo when Bettlo Landon left hor
English home and settled with tho colonists of
Virginia, marrying a Carter, from which union
sprang this branch of the Carter family.
Tho lather of tho boys has always been a strong
republican, as has almost all of the fktnlly. Prior
to the war tho whole family waa exceedingly
strong in Its union sentiment, Colonel Nat Taylor
TIIK ESTHER Of BOIt AND ALP,
being one of the foremost unionists of Tennessee.
He waa a fkmoua whig, and led that party in his
district, the first, against Andrew Johnson, tho
Idol of the democrats. The district wa* then dem*
ooratic, but Intensely union, but through hla re
markable magnetism Colonel Taylor received tbo
democratic majority In 18M, and was elected to
congress. He was afterwards defeated by Andrew
BWI. ROBOT l. TAYLOR—TUB DJCHOcftATfC
ftOMIRSB rot OOYUUVOR.
had so decided end In the outset each announced
that an insult to one would be resented by the
other. The novel campaign was soon tho com
ment of every household In the Hate.
From the lesion of Altai devotion mothers drew
• morel for their children, and thoso who never
before Interested themselves In the dull school of
pollttae lamed with eagerness to the pretty con
test of tho brothers, a* hand In hand, they waged
their warfare of loveitn tho mountain boroughs
•ad the township* of the Talleys of Tennessee.
A WAR OK THE HOSE*.
* In hie first speech Bob, in referring to the pecul
iar situation, said:
° r brotherhood la neither sera
i ar abraded by our dlQvrauceoof opinion In
thedtsonmlon of politicalquee-
.jsmmgmms
dm of moan,■ la ibe &
'.waa left blooming alone. 1
Tnm tbot dur etch tldt wu known by lu color,
rt< or whlta. Every gtthering tast greeted tacw
wu coasplcoons for lu brill!, at lw ignis of ml or
Hi tDvqty badges or flaunting tanner, of whllo.
YaMe rday u tho train taarlnc Ui.tworau4ld.tM
>imM a wij ittuon I noticed .Undtnf on tho
Ftotfoea o beautiful maiden when (hcc wu llght-
•d wltk happj sariles. F-om her treat o< flaxen
Mirth* Gathers of an tmmaculata alar.ua were
fgjhrwby thatantlo breeze, which swspl down
Th. tral. stopped amom.nl and
JtaSfK: »** won cn the platform. mtafUnf
wUhhb follower, who hid ceded him out. As-
VOamaeM ladlratad that the nation wu strongly
1C, tar Bob had th. crowd. A if held hi.
a locked with interest on the acene without,
ldh inched the fount led, with the whlta
i ehe laughlogly notated tothatadtaof
her demaerecr end raid:
"Voo era, fm a whlta icae."
-Aadatoretronepou urn." wat tho re-
of the gallant candidate.
!?’Totlahoma was celebrated pretty
moth as had other towns. An imotnse crowd
wearing lha atd and Ita whits, met the brother,
with clamorous dcmennreiton, M £ taTtara
ttaataitapnciwmofttaioluidlecudMltariNM
dwofttd to dlflkrcat totals > j y,, ^i. ■
lort around. Whoa the aacra-
•lon cloud, of '57 and ’so began to calhar, Cblonol
Nat. Teylor became Brat artlro In tho caumof
tha union. Ho foralold tha iupondlng trouble and
warned hi. ptoplo against It from tho hus-
tlnit. Tha flrrt itato lnuo wu made In tho re-
mar (table prraldentlil campalin of ,VJ. Threo elec
toral ticket, were pieced In tho Held inTcnneti.-c,
l.lnroln and Hamlin running no ticket, Colonel
Net Taylor Mumped tho Mato for tho Bell end Kt|
crctt ticket, egelnit Jmlgo John I. Uopklna, now
of Atlanta, who advocated Brockeorldqu end
Ian., end rolled BUM Donator IV. C.
Whltlhomc, who wu carnet In hi. espousal
of tho cauie led by Bouglaaa and Johnson.
In Ihl. celebrated campaign In whloh
Colonel Taylor achieved uatlonal dl.tluc,
Hon in hi. eloqucut pica for ‘•Bell, Everett
Ita union and the counltuUon," the auto or To |
newce chow Bel) and Everett elector, by o majority
of nearly 60,Mo. colonel Taylor again epoke
Ihrouihout Eut Teuuemea In 1881 on the .uhml.
Mon of the <|u«Uon or eecealou to tho people, end
•llbongh he carried But Tonncraoo by a majority
ol 90,000 ageluu kcccmIou, middle and we t Teu-
noraee went for U by M,00a Turing tho war ho
went norlhulhereprcienlatlre of the Veit Ton-
net »c Iteller rawtcleiion, and raltt.i t.qo.oui for tha
iillaf of the dcaUtute, nillvriug anti Impoverished
tmloniili of But Teunemco. Air accompanied
him in this undertaking, aud though not
yet In hb aeveutcenth year, mado Mvcral
■pceche. In the tuterratoflho fond. At Fauuel
hall, In ItoMun, ho .poke with Edward Ererstt
aad otherdbilngubhed speaker,, .evert! tho;:
rand dollar, talug rabed at tho meeting. At the
cl ora of the war, Air and llobonterol tho proper,
lory cadet rchool at Pennington, N. J„ colonel
Taylor returulug home with the other, of hb ram
Uy, and being reelected to congrora lu uuj, 11
wu Indian coamU.loner under President John
.on, from •« to *0, and from '05 to 'tin, lived wit:,
hb family In Wuhlngton.
iHrucawam or awoatw loiimow.
It I. laid that on lha treatment or Andrew John
•on by the republican party, depended to agree'
extent the conversion of many republican, o
KartTennei.ee to the democratic party, Amoug
them were ravctal member, of the T»ylor family.
Bob wu then a hoy not yal eighteen year. old. hut
he became greatly ItnpreiMd with the wrong that
the president wu being made toiutfcr. Colonel
Taylor had teen slaca Ihe war a staunch friend of
lha preildeut, Uta union Mullment or the latter
having drawn him into the rams party
which before he had antagonbed. On
leaving public life and reluming
to hb home he muted down with hb family with
lha purport of abandoning politics, but tho old
■plrlt leazsertcd luclf, and In P-70 he wu again in
IheccugmealonalcontcM. thb time, however, be
ing defeated by
liOPknit'K KANDOM BUTLER,
> canning repuclican, who will he heard from
■gain In the courm of onr uory. Thb wa. the
close cf the political activity of Colonel Taylor,
who haa .luce Uvcd lu tha quiet enjoyment of hb
lip. uitg yean ufalthfal to hb republican idea,
u ever, u true to tha union u wa. ever tha sturdy
heart of a (Irten Mountaineer, and deriving great
delight from the Act that In thb tha whole south
b mw united and with him.
WHV Bo. IIECAWK A PEBOCtAT*
On the return of the Taylor family from Wash
ington, Beat Tenneraee wu found to bo In a Male
ol Indignation over th. treatment of Ita president
by the republican contrast, Tbo olden of the
Taylortay».Jtm, ala yran older than Boh, tad
already cut hb republican mooring, and had
drifted Into the democratic ranks. On tha defeat
of hb lather in TO by Butler, Hob, who had never
become a strict adherent to cither party, found hb
•yapethy turning to the democrat. The Johnson
impeachment had dbaaUided him, and tha de
feat of hb father, whose brilliant record
ta thought damrved better ladonemaut at tha
heads of Uta republicans of hb district, ambit-
hb twentieth year, democratically Indorsed, and
went ;to Jc Herron, the county teat of.WaMilngton,
tho adjoining county, to .tody law. Admitted to
the tar before ho wslof age ha at once entered
politics and soon became the democratic leader
of the district, which, however, wa,
republics by a majority nearly 1.000
Alf, tho older brother, always clung to the re
publican faith of hi, father's and left home In hi,
jeong manhood to bcgloVhere hb father had left
oil In the maintenance of the republican strength
of the dbtrict. no too, lettled in Wuhlngton
county, aud, wu toon elected to (he state legl.lt-
lure.
In 1S7C there wu a general demand for the urn
of Alf, Tajlor’a name for congrese from the first
dbtrict. which wu then repro,ented by the same
Roderick Random Butler, who had defeated hi,
father In 1S70. Butler did not then seek
re-election, hut gave hb support to A. H.
Ftttlione, a lending republican of Greenville. Tlte
conteit for the nomination between Air. Taylor
and Rett bono was a very; heated one. Taylor
bsd the people and I'ettlbone the politician., lu
the convention Pctttbono wu vlctorloua by one
vote, end, though there was great indignation
among the republicans and a general desire for
Taylor to enter the race Independently, hb puty
belly restrained him and he quietly aecepled the
result.
To Bob Taylor wu relegated the task of p-ml.h
log Pettlhono and rebuking Ihe methods by whieb
he bed been nominated. Thoogh the dbtrict wu
strongly republican, the democrats believed thst
under the circumstances a aucceasfnl light might
he mado. Who should trad It?
Bob Taylor, of Course, for ho wu not only tho
strongest democrat in thedbtrict, hut would at the
same time command o heavy republican rote from
tho large element who were sore rarer the defeat of
Alf, and would not Toto forth, nominee. Ho Boh
wu nominated, and began one of the most famous
campaigns In the political history of Tennemee.
Ho ties only twcnty-flvo year, old, and had for a
competitor an old politician of established repu
tation. To every town and hamlet In tho district
they went, and the old politician soon found that
tho democrat! had given him a bigger blto than
ho could handle. Bob's campaign progressed
fimourly. (it wu in thb contest that he carried
his f.ddlo Into tho mountain wilderness
of the district and played himself Into tho hcarb
of the voters.
"Many a day." raid ho, <1 bare traveled all day
In making my points, and then at night ridden a
dortn miles to Home dance In the mountain?. 1
don’t know whether It wu me or the fiddle that
did it, hutl knew that I wugolng to down my on*
. ponent, aud I did it.”
It was ono of the most wonderful races on record.
Boh Taylor had reversed a republican majorilyo
almost 1,000 by a majority for himself of nearly a
thousand. The Alf. Taylor republicans of thodls-
trlclhad been avenged, thong half Taylor himself
look no put in the split, and In
a few short weeks Bob Teylor lied become famous
throughout the state.
lu hb two yean In congress ho made a splendid
record, which, however, wu too intensely domo-
crallc for hb strong republican constituency. Con-
scqntntly, when I'ettlbone tried him again In
IJiSand lf*o, he rocceoded Jn detesting him,
though with greatly lessened republican malorl-
Uee.
AlwjiaWkf HU the paternal hsmuttadla
In 1M-2 Bob wu the candldato of Ihe democracy
of Eut Tenncsceo for governor, for whloh Bate, tho
present executive, wu nominated. In lent he wu
cne of the electors for tha Mate at largo for Cleve
land and Hendrick., and Mumped the auto from
the mountain, to Ita western river boundary.
The great bora of tho republican partytn Ten
nessee it Congressmen Honk, of tho second dis
trict, who lives in Knoxville. Roderick Kandum
Butler and I'ettlbone form the other two or the re
publican triumvirate which controls ;iho repuhll-
esn machinery of tha stale. Now It Is raid that
none of thb glorious triumvirate loros Alf Taylor
as ono republican brother should love another.
Pettltane and Boiler are Jealous of hit hold on the
republicans of Ibelr dbtrict and Hook la against
him through sympathy. It b true thatPcUlbono
hates Butler worse than the devil sfid vljo
vain, but tbey tie both willing to buy their mu-
Juai animosity la autagonUm to Alf. Taylor!
There are many who think that the nomination
of Alf Teylor moant more or less than the mere
honor of the pally. J! wu generally conceded In
the stato that tho democratic nominee, whoever
he me\ he, would enter the race with evory prob
ability ol success, and tho republican nomlneof
would havo to hear tm odium of defeat. After A1
at IcnM by clrcumMamlal evidence. Alter All
Taylor was nominated, 11 was tho purpose of tho
ring to tcllro him, and simply hold him In reserve
to hear tho brunt of the defeat whon It should
come. In the meantime, they wanted to get for
tbcmiclvcs all the advantage that could he gtlnod
In the campaign. Consequently, tney advlso Alf
that it will never do for him to tppcu lu Joint
dbcosMon against hb brother, u In tho first place,
It would to tmlellcato. They recommend that ho
should transfer tho conduct of tho campaign to
Bore Houk, who would meet hb brother In Joint
dltcusslon. £o certain was llouk that this would
hoserepted that bo had arranged for another
speaker to toproicnt him in his campaign In tho
second district while ho was out In the .tata "rep
resenting” Air Taylor. The announcement wu
crcn put In type for publication In the Knot.Ule
Journal, but It never appetred. Alf Taylor broke
tho slate by tcfrulng to become a party to tho nleo
llltlo scheme to Injure himself tnd henellt Jhta
rivals, and notified tho triumvirate that he "would
tolo hb owo skihet," which he has slacodoun
with much credit to hloutlf.
The present campaign is being conducted more
with an eye lo the future than the present. Both
candidates deny thb, hut nevcrthalcaa It I. so. lr
Bob Taylor sustains the democratic standard of
ihe slate, and ho will do it, no power on earth
- an prevent hb election to the I'nltod States sen
ate neat spring to succeed Senator Whluhorno,
who b filling tho unexptred term of Senator yack-
son, tnd who has been nominated for the house.
Asto Alf, his race is actlug as a boomerang to
tho men that schemed hb downfall. He hu
-trtugthcncd himself wonderfully with hb party,
I cud Is growing stronger every day. Honk foresaw
ihb when he undertook to get Air'acoueuttoal-
I low him to conduct tha campaign. Now, tf Alf
I holds the republican Tote or the state to the usual
, -sure, he will almost certainly
the next conireettnan from tha first district, and
he is aware of thb Act. Fbl 11 bone hu retired, for
a time at leut, and Roderick Random Butler hu
been recently egalu nominated. The deuoorab
have nut against him Judge Hose, of ManctaeUr,
and notwithstanding lha ract that ha lnu a re
publican majority of4,000 to overcome, tt certain-
•luspreaia that tho vulnerable record of hbfoppo-
■lent would give him great aartutnee In doing so.
Butler b tha most appallng picture of political
inacheiy and wlckedncu lnllTennesiM. Ha b
the same hlfh handed old political demagogue
who (serenely straddled tho neck
ol hb people and bartered hb
own Influence, and tha good name of his eon
Mltnenb, by selling hb West Point cadetship while
In congresa, outside even ol hb state. Hb expul
sion wu recommended by a committee, ol which
both Garfield end Logan w ere members.
The dtmccraiic politicians of tha state are
lo a stale of great tribulation over
Bob's prospects of becoming lha next senator.
It means that the speaker of lha next state acnata
will succeed him u governor, la the event of hb
promotion to the senate. CusnequenUy all the old
political tab In Ihe state are running out of their
holes alter the speakership cheese. It b said that
tha next Mate senate of Tennessee will be the
best since the war, on account of the large ham-
beref distinguished aaplranta for the speaker-
ship- Ihe most prominent politicians of almost
every district, and lu almost every Instance they
ate inspired by the desire to be Boh Taj lot s suer
Therailreadqucsilonbadaad Issue. Our points
cf diEeteuce are the tariff and the Blair educa
tional hill. AU ta a strung protectlonbt and b
urgent in bis advocacy of the Blair bill. I am op
posed to the latter, aud u to the tariff 1 favor only
such a lu u will meet the legiUmatoexpasserof
the government. Beyond thb I think our high
protection revenue a gross extortion, and tbo
tariff lawk neder which It Is collected a relic ot
war legblatlon which should he strongly modi
fied."
"You see," said Air, "he b opposed to national
aid to education.”
"1 am not," uld Boh, "bnt I am opposed to the
people being taxed any more than they now are
for It. National aid lo oducatlon could ta u well
rendered by selBngsome or the public lands, and
1 am In favor of thb, for the democrab have re
deemed millions of dollara worth that the repub
licans had stolen or illegally given away,"
"Yes," raid Alf, "you are In favor of educating
children hy selling their estate."
I left the brothers at McMinnville Thursday
evening and turned back to Chattanooga, distant
about a hundred and filly mile. From there my
destination waa Johnson City, away In the north
eastern comer of the state, on the East Tennessee,
Virgin!* a»d Georgia railroad. A full nlrht'srun
and the gray dawn of the moraiog breaks over the
towering poaks inrroundtng, and day gently
Meals down the mountain side. The heavy morn
ing mitt rises from the ralleyF, and being dbpelled
by the first rays of the sun, poises in fragmentary
cluttera around the mountain aides and ranbhee
The verdant bosom of the earth glistens with Its
Jewels of dew and tne atmo B pbere itself seems In-
iterated and refreshed w ith the grandeur of thb
morning mountain scene.
About the firet person with whom
met at Johnson City was
Nat Taylor, Jr., a younger brother
Alf and Boh, who was In the city on business for
hb father. Before eight o'clock we were
onr way lo the old Taylor homestead, In Carter
county, but only eight miles distant from Johnson
City, insinuated almost directly on tho Bttle
tnlrty-llve mllo narrow gauge from Johnson City
to Cranberry, N. C., aud In the center of ono of the
most beautiful valleys on earth. The old home
rests at the foot cf a winding lane leading fro n
the station, and on Ihe banka of the beautiful
Watauka, made celebrated by tho famous descrip,
tlou of Landon C. Ilsyne. A magnificent growth
of forest giants almost hides the unostentatious
little homestead. A mote beautlfol and retired
spot could not have been chosen for human habi
tali on- Even ihe beautiful Utile river seems lo ta
In love with tbo scene, forlt pauses In lb dancing
coarse through tho mountains, and for a dbtance
of several hundred yards b aa calm
and quiet aa tho peaceful watere
of a mountain lake. Its surface appeans to glide,
one way any then another and, after seemingly
enjoying lha vision of nature's loveBncss, it sud
denly MasU again In lb rugged run lo the Mlaala-
aippL
Tho house la a little white frama atrnctora and
heart wall lu yean. There are several rooms on
the first floor, and In a little garret attachment
above are two more. I wu raihad In tha coxy
little parlor by tha yonnger Mr. Taylor, who went
for hb mother and father. On the walb of
the parlor hong two magnlfioent life-
also portraits, sa I supposed of Colonel
and Vra. Taj lor u they appeared before the war.
And what magnlflcint figures they wore I In one
corner sal an old-fashioned piano, with an open
music book above the key. A guitar reMed idly
on the piano. Tho walb were decorated with
Amlly pictures, and everything appeared uneat
and cory as could ta. Hre. Taylor soon entered,
accompanied by her husband, who bore a staff
more for fancied support than otherwise. Mrs.
Taylor canled In her sums a little grandson, the
only child of Alf,, and ha too wu named Nat.
"tvberedldyou leave the boyeF’ both suked,
and continuing etch Inquired abont Airs throat
They were deeply Interested injure reports of their
dbcusslen, and uked many questions concern
ing It.
"Of centre none of my other sons nor myrelf
will vote In thclelcctlon," said tho old ooloneL
"hut wo are ncmrirelen greatly Interested in
OUR KNOWLEDGE BOX.
"There am hat two issues between t» In thb
campaign," said Hob, u ha ret with Alf lu tha
•SMklag car of the passenger on she little branch
read loading from Tultahoma so McMinnville.
"We agree on the convict question, both being op.
rosed to tanning them ant. Tho platforms of both
parties fovoc Ita submission, by the Icgblatmw, of
the pictabiuea question to tho people of Use stale
Whalts taking place."
"Bnt suppose," I said, -neither of the eaadl
dates were your ton-whieh would yon vote for?"
"Oh, for Alt. I gnest,” replied tho old veteran,
"for onr politics aro the some. Iwas opposed
them running, and 1 told them re, but I am glad
to ate that they aro conducting tho campaign
they are."
"Is It true,” I asked, "that you are offered the
nomination of the problhltionlsU?'
"Well, partially so. yea I received a toiler from
tho cxecullvo committee to that effect, but of
contre 1 did not think of accepting It. 1 am
strong prohibitionist, bnt u both parties havo
agreed to submit tho question to tho people of tho
stale, 1 think the prohibitionists should wait until
thatb done and then they can ho heard from,
necessary I would then stump the stato for It."
"I suppose," continued the colonel, "thatour
amlly is about as badly divided at you oversee
them. I »m a prohibitionist, and «o is my wife and
Nat. Jim, the oldest toy, A a democrat, aa a Bob
Alf and tha two youngest boys, who are now de
partment clerks In Washington, are republicans,
Twoof my daughters married democrab and one
a republican; but wa an all hands off la thb
fighl,”
Colonel Taylor b in hb Mxly-elghth year, but
Mill retalna lha fire of bb eloquence. Hobamrat
polished conversationalist, and a most interesting
talker. In lha old homestead In which
ha Uvea, both Alf and Bob
hem—tho former thirty eight and
lha latter thirty-six years ago. They bath grew to
manhood uodat tho old roof, and now brighten
the Areelde by frequent vblta to the "old pleat,'
Iipentthoday with Ihb hragdubla old couple,
and never waa a day more delightfully passed,
Mrs. Colonel Taylor and Alfa wlfo prepared them,
selrea the magnificent country dinner, around
which tha family gathered, and a more tempting
one waa never act before a king. I enjoyed It
dcubly, for I knew that it waa prepared by tha
mother ot a future governor, aud tha wlfo or
alitcr-ln-law, aa tho cate may be. of tha next gov
ernor of Tetmwee. "I toll both of tha buys. 1
colonel, "that neither will
suitor by defeat, for one will
ta governor and thelother wlU to tho governor's
brother, land both ought consequently to Ael
proud.
The hearts cf thousands of people are turned to
lhl« old couple as they ae)oy with feelings of lost
pride the evening of their well spent life.
Cuaa Howell.
Subscriber, Ocala, Fla: Please tell me gome*
thing about the "South Bea bauble.”
It wu a financial speculation which began in
England abont the same time u did Law’s Missis
sippi scheme In France. The Booth Sea comptay
was established by Lord Treasurer Harlcv In 1711.
The public debt waa made the stock ot the com-
ntny under an engagement of the government to
pay o percent Interest at the end of 11 re yearn, and
the grant of a monopoly of the trade to the South
Sea, or the coast of Spanish America. The term
"South Sea" was for a century or two applied to
IhoFaeific ocean. Though thb trade yielded no
great profit, the compapy nourished through
lu revenues from other sonress. and became
so well established as to vie with the great
tank of England Jn controlling the finances of the
country. In 1719 Ure government, with the Inten
tion of reducing tbo rata of interest on the public
debt and getting rid of certain unredeemable an
nuities, proposed to extend the prlrilegu of the
company and allow It to pay off the annuities with
Its own stock. The govern ment Intended lo give
this company a moat excellent bargain, but when
the plan waa propoaadla the house of oommonsj
that body voted to open the acbeme of competition
to the bank of England also. The oompany.waa
thus compelled to offer fi7,!00,000 for ita privileges:
and notwithstanding this drawback, under the
extravagant expectations of profit from the Ameri
can trade and the prevalent rage for specu
lating, tha Mock of the company was la
great demand. It was Increased by suc
cessive subscriptions, the .price or abates
rapidly rising to ten times their face value,
at a premium ofi,000 per cent. Othor "babbles"
were started, such as schemes for a fishery of
wrecks; to make salt water fresh: to make oil from
sunflowers; to extraot silver from lead-all with
promises of enormous profits "Madness ruled the
hour." For lack of office room tho streets near
'Change alley were lined with desks, and clerks
fioeded with business negotiating the worthless
stocks, The action of the South Sea company
against some of these wild cat concerns first broke
the spoil and called attention lo ita own affaire,
and when a feeling of distrust waa aroused, the
Mock rapidly declined. The news of the failure or
Law's scheme and IU consequences In Paris hast
ened tho duwnAll of the "bubble," nnd aa the
ycerJ720 clued, thousands ol families who had
embarked all their wealth on the sea of specula
tlon were hopelessly ruined.
B. C, G., OabVott. Ala.: What la meant by
tbe kindergarten method of teaching?
It Is an lnnltutlon for the education of young
children by means of ploys, games, stories, con
versations, singing, pictures, and other mcaos
adopted to tha aotnre or a child. The system orig
inated In Germany,
A. H. T., Talladega, Ala.; What is the mean,
log of the phrase "the devil aod Tom Walker?"
According to Washington Irving, Tom Walker
was a Boston usurer who formed a partnership
with the devil to discover Captain Kidd’s treasure
and open a brokers offloe in Boston on condition
that they should divide tha profits for a long term
of yean, at tho end of which time Tom was to de
liver himself op; heart, body and tool, to.tho devil
u part ol the contract. Tom had a wonderful run
of hnrtnraa and made lmmanaaauma of filthy lucre,
hut some time before (ha contract expired he waa
driving such a hard bargain with a poor, belploss
debtor the t lha davll himself got antagad that any
one should ta meaner than he waa, and In hit
wrathful indignation be mounted a big black
horse, during a dark, howling storm, dashed np to
the broken office end snatched Tom by the hair of
tha head, and bon him off ao sheoL When a man
Is phenomenally successful and adroit (n any null,
nesa that requires subtlety and skill, wo say “be
heat! tho devil and Tom Walker.”
hie In the routhem hemisphere, where summer V
coincident with tbo earth,.perihelion. At tho
rapeofGocd Hope the soft hu been observed
heated up to 15? degrees Bat the temperatures of
winter tnd rummer are determined ranch more
by the position of the sun with reference to ouc
horizon then by Its distance. In winter is It above
onr horixen about ten hours ont of tho twenty,
four. We are getting heat therefore ten boure.'
and losing It fourteen. In summer this It ravened;
we are getting beet fourteen honra and losing it
ten. Again In winter the enn hangs far to the
south, end ita rays slrika us in aslantlngdlraotlonJ
A smaller number, in consequence, fall upon any
given area, and more of them are reflected and
lest to ns, than when they strike the surface vow
trtcally, as they do In summer.
Every body new and praises Dr, Ball’s Cough
Syrup, and don't yon forget It, 23e.
Aik for "Mend Barri* Wjtaaoaff ovary time,
Canght Them Again.
From the Amerlcus, Ga., Recorder.
. Cliff Clay told the boss fleh story yesterday.
H say ■ afrieud of his caught twenty pc rub at
a certain place in the river a year ago, but as
tbey were to small, be marked them and threw
them back Intho water. Beeoqtly while fish
ing at the aarne place, ho canght a number of
fish, among them being twelve of the twenty
which he threw beck twelve montha ago.
The SIse of Mrs Cleveland's Slippers,
From the NpWYork Herald. <
Woburn, Mass,, September 11.—A firm of
shoe manufacturers here have Just finished a pair
of dainty slippers for Mra. Cleveland. The order
ermo through an Albany house. The f Uppers era
ofthe Oxford Ue patterns. Freoeh kid, width AAJ
They were made by hShd.. Brown bead work la
designed In fonr ieaves.on the quarters and,tho
vamp. The site is :)H-- ’T"
The Profit* in Fancy Poultry Raising,
BY. MR. F. II. 1UCIIARDSON,
We will print In next week's Coxsrrrrnox a
rs markable latter from tha pen of Mr. Richardson
of Tvs CoxsTlTVTioH staff, ob the profits In raising
fancy poultry. These figures are startling, and
hart lean gathered by Mr. Richardson In a tour
through soma ol tha moat famous poultry farms lu
ha acuth. This letter will bo- unusually later-
enicg to the ladles, as wall as the farmers. Don’t
fall to get neat week's Coxstitutiox containing
Tho PotrotU cleat tha season at Philadelphia
nu-tobero. Only four more games are fobs
lsycd ob tha home grounds, and It Is not 1m-
. triable that the "big four" and five more will
end aa low as fourth In tha race.
HORgrORDW ACID PHOSPHATE
la Nervous Dvprvoaioa,
Dr. F. W. Lytle, Lebanon, 111., ttys: “I
have personally used it with marked advan
tage, when overworked and the nerroal
System much depaseetd.”
Ryan played a remarkable outfield same I far
Chlrtao >nt week. lie made Ihrra rastats (nous
aametn t'.re-t to home, third and second base
reerectlvely. and csagbt two wonderful By halls
Greenville, S.C.: What la known
of the sea serpent?
This marine animal Is said to havo bean seen
often on tha coast of Norway, especially near
Moldcijord (Natural History of Norway In 1755), and
also on the coasts of Now England, at tho begin
ning ofthe present century. These aooounu are
considered fabulous by most natnrallsta In the
ancient Scandinavian mythology, one of Ihe most
conspicuous figures la the Midgunormen, a huge
serpent, which, hidden on tho bottom of tho sea,
embraces tha earth with Ita folda, and them ran ta
nodoubt that tho extravagant descriptions which
Norwegian peasants who protest to hast scon tho
sea serpent give ot this animal are more or less In-
* -"-theold mythological Ideasofthcsnl-
“ name That, however,which
it to make naturalists suspi
cious with respset to the existence of this
animal, U the clroumstanco that no remains
of- It hava ever been found, and for a long
time they generally considered all reporta or
tho appearance or the sea serpent as the
fabrications of supsrstltion and delusion.
But, In his "Romance of Natural History" (Lon
don. lKCO-flfi), Gosh hat shown that the argument
egalnst the exiMence of the sea serpent, taken
from tho non-exUtence of any remains of tt, does
not hold good, and naturalists aro not disposed to
deny the possibility that such an animal may ex
tol, and may prove to ta some modified type of the
secondary enallsunraa (meaning "marine Heard,”
having paddles for rwlmmlng instead of true llwi),
or some form Intermediate between them and the
elongated cetaceans (whale fish). The zenglodon,
a mammalian type of tho tertiary epooh, coming
near to the cetacean*, and In some respects to the
seals, may present some claim to ho the sea ser
pent. The anlmsl to uld to appear In calm weath
er. with a slander body from sixty lo too feet long,
a broad, in shell ke brad as large aa that or a horse,
targe eyes and a long and narrow neok, and of a
general dark brown color; some describe It as hav
ing fiua. II to seen swimming at tha surftoo, with
tha head and neck elongated, progressing swiftly,
apparently by.a varitoal undulatory motion. Late
accounts from the Hudson rlvtr would Indicate
that (base is no doubt of Its veritable exlstcnoo.
Wa always believe facts.
Rheumatism
Wo doubt If there Is, or can to, a specific
remedy tot rbeamalbtni bnt thousands who
have suffered lb pains hare been greatly ben*
ell ted by Hood's 8arssparllls. If yon have
foiled to find relief, try this great remedy. . s
"I waa afflicted with rbenmattom twenty
years. Frerious to 1SS51 found no relief, but
grew worse, and at one time was almost help,
less. Hood’s Sarsaparilla did ms more good
than all the other medicine I ever had."
H.T. Balcoh, Shirley Village, Mass.
• “ I had rheumatism three yean, and got no
relief till I took Hood’s Sarsaparilla. It has
done great things for mo. I recommend It to
others.’' Liwia BcnnAitm, Blddcford, Me. -
f' Hood’s"Sarsaparilla Is characterized by
three peculiarities: 1st, the combination of
remedial ageate» Sd, tho proportion fid, tho
process of securing the active medicinal
qualities. Tho result Is a medicine of unusual
strength, effecting cures hitherto unknown.
Bend for book containing additional evidence.
New xork C
E Hood’sc Sarsaparilla,’
Bold hy all drnggtota, tl; six for IS. Mado
pnlybyC-I.nOOD * CO., Lowell, Mxss. (
IOO Doses One .Dollar. -
tm OOTTOW at.■»raw—
Anisia Septombcr IS, 1SS&
taa waxxs xxnxw.
NEW TORE, September 1S-C. LGreen At Go., In
har report on oottem futures today, say: Reasonably
cheerfol sceotmti frost abroad and the strong sta
tistical position for the week stimulated a cavcrinc
demand, aod the market was firm throughout with
a [gain of 40fi points wtll sustained. October ap
peared to ta particularly In Avor, operators takius
bock recent sales freely.
NKW YORK, September 17—IhsfoUcwlng’latU
comparative cotton statement for the wsak ending
yield madi
Clothllde, a Holstein owned In Utica, N, Y„
yielded 29,000 pounds of milk for the year Just
ended. This was at toast twenty-six rimes her
weight. Three years ago the celebrated oow Eeho
had succeeded at ton years of aga In putting the
figures f n a year’s yield up to 20,775 pounds Echo
died tho next year, and the results of bat over
reaching ambition appear to hava made a deep
Imprersloaonthe minds of all her aspiring listen,
exorpt Clothllde, who, two yean altar lha death
or Echo, tends tha record, at a Mx-ycar-old, up to
more than 20,coo pounds
Elmo, Athena. Gs: Witt was the amount df
money gtven to Chicago after the rut fire?
The total cash, et.KS.000. New York gave 1974,-
000 Boston 1415,000, Philadelphia 0J14.000, Balti
more fl 74.000. Ofthe routhem cities, Richmond
gave 110,000, New Orleans 129,000, Memphis *20:000,
Loulssllto 020,000, tnd Chtrlttua 0917. Ol foreign
countries, Iu|land garo 0415.000, Ireland 87t.oou,
Scotland 075,0001 Franca OM.000, Switzerland fu,.
000, Germany IM.MIL Canada 1199,000, China 12,800,
Pen 010,000, Cuba lie 000, India 12,600, and so on
orer the world. Betides the money came train
loads ot provisions clothing,medicines, coverings,
and even carlosde of toys for tho homeless child
ren of Chicago. There were 2,124 acres deeolatod
by fin. Tbe money was used largely to buy tools,
machinery and ftunltura to start men and women
lnhwineis Thousands of sewing machlnea were
bought for poor women.
Anraamit, 8. C„ August 11, l!09.-Edlton Cob-
stlinrion: Are we nearer the son In winter or
summer, 11 either, giro the cause, Yoon etc.
A J. Wakefiblo,
Tbe earth is nearer I ha son In winter than In
summer because It rerolvea round the sun not in
circle, bnt In an eclipse. Tha latter Is a ear.
vtllnftr figure ot which an Idea may ta formed,
by seising a hoop at two opposite points and
Mrelrhlng It out so that a Hue joining those two
points shall he longer than one at right angles to
it drawn through theceulcr. The long line la
called the msjor axis, the shorter, the minor axis.
Now the orbit of the earth Is sn eclipse and Ihe
■on Is in Its major axis; not In the center of that
line hut towards one end of It When, therefore,
the certain Its clrenlt Is at the end of tha major
axis to u bleb the inn Is Eearoit, It Is nearest the
inn: and when It reaches the other extremity of
that alii It Ixiarthest from the sun. Tha point of
ncann distance Is called the "perchellon, ’ of the
greatcH, the appeifon. Th* earth Is in perchellon
In midwinter, in appellon In midsummer. Ail the
membeasof the solar system have elliptical orbits,
the n reliant of two foroea gravitation {the attrac-
tton ofthe ns, and the projaetlto force with
which they were launched into space.
But perhaps yooi object was to ask why It to
colder, instead of boutr in winter whan tha earth
the no. The inequality of distance to
•boot oca thirtieth of ih« mean dutsaotand th*
Increased healing powtr of she eon to la coast-
qoeara stout one-fifteenth or tha whole. As a
matter af Act tale Jacretasd boat to very percept!
New York—Cotton.opened and closed firm with
the memtae showing an upward tendency, Spots;
middling 9 M6C.
Net receipts today 11,497 bales, agalnst;i5.057 bale*
tort ycan Bapatta balea: tort year *,231 bales;
Mock 929,009 batoa; tort year 192,892 bales,
• - igg
ibrtuuy..
*^^^2Si7aairaTitM bates
Local-Cotton firm; middlingSJJC.
HEW TORE, September 18-Tbe total risible le*J
W •» Mttonlfor tha world Is LM5,b2? bales, of whloh
(02,827 tales are American, again* LIU. 172 bales
end 757.172 respectively lost rear. Receipts at all
Interior town 4UtO tales RocclpUAroa plants*
Host 79,020, Crop In sight 128,259 balsa. ,
PROVISIONS, GRAIN, MTU,
CONSTITUTION OFFIOK
. _ , Ariixra, September 17, IBtt. '
TM toUrarlng qiotanais indloua tha tnotaattoW
Hi taa Chicago hoard of traoa today;
September...... 79)|
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September™.. 7 20 7 20 729 7 29
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■Kies 0
boms, urn average, inssnXc; smou treraanuSn
14!;c.tar8—'nerrea. leaned. sXa cboloe car. sjjl
bound b*iDc* feio. AxaSw
1(1.50. Cotton ropo 15c. Swede Iron Sc; rollJ
merchant bar, 2 reus, CaiiwteeUJa Nalls]
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