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The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1895-08-15
OWEN CHURCH.

The meetings continued until
Thursday evening when they were
closed. Rev. L. M. Cartwright
preached Tuesday and Wednesday.
Wednesday the News representative
was present and was glad to see 50
good an attendance. Anything that
is AIMED to make the lives of our
people happier and better has our
sympathy and will always be sup
ported by the News.
Mr.. Cartwright took for his text,
Hebrews, iii Chap. Ii verse, @How
shall we neglect so great salvationP'
After noticing what the Apostle in
tended to convey in the preceding
part of the epistle, he made the APP
plicatien to those present placing
the advantage of a moral, sober and
religious life in contrast to the bur-
den of sin. He rejoiced that at the
present time all denominations OF re-
iigion are agreed on the mediatoria
influence of one Christ shorn of the
conditions and restrictions heretofore
existing, and that now all denomin.
ations presented the Saviour OF th'
whole world. Concluding he lnvit
ed any who wished to stand up TO
Christ to come forward, and in re
uponse few complied. In the lat
ter part of the service he was assist
ed by Rev. J. Stewart.
We gladly note the improvement
in the singing, and during these sci
vices the choir has been called o
largely. We trust they will contin
ne their frequent practice. Musi
often maligned when harsh and IL
harmonious sounds are produced
disagreable. Effective church mus
should be tender and full Of expires
ion,
The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1895-08-15
DIED.

John w. Butler of Victoria, Tenn,
who died Friday last, August 9th, a.
ged 81 years, was born in Coffee
County, Tenn. He served in Co, d
18 Ohio Infantry, and was discharg-
ed July, 1865. He made appIica-
ton and was elected member of
Post So, G. A. r., Department Of
Tennessee, Sept. 8, 1894, but on &C
count of his continual sickness he
was never able to attend the Post to
be mustered in. Since his discharge
he has resided mainly in Sequachee
Valley and is spoken Of as a good
citizen.
The funeral took place on Sunday,
at Sardis, Post SO, under command
Of Commander Harris attending
with 20 members. The services at
the church were conducted by Rev.
E, G. Pryor, an intimate friend of
the family, at the conclusion OF
which the Post escorted the remains
to the grave and performed the ritual
of the G. A. r. Comrade Hill made
the address on the principles of the
organization, Fraternity, Charity anc
Loyalty. A large crowd Of friends
and neighbors were present.
The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1895-08-15
Resolutions.

At a special meeting of Post 50,
G. A. r., held Sunday, Aug. II,
1895, committee consisting of Com
mander Harris, Chaplain P. M, Pry-
or, and Comrade Hill were chosen to
prepare and publish suitable resolu-
tons on the death of Comrade But
Ter. In compliance with which said
committee present the following:
WHEREAS, Almighty God has re-
moved our comrade in his mercy and
bowling in submission to the Divine
will
BE IT RESOLVED, that the mem
bers Of this Post tender to his VIII
ow and family their sincere sym
pathy,
ANDREW HARRIS,
P. M. PRYOR, Com.
THOMAS II. HILL
The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1895-08-15
Railroad Accident.

Saturday evening about three O.
clock there was wreck on the N.
G. q st. L. railway at Wauhatchies
The first section of an outward bound
freight slowing up suddenly to enter
the switch was crashed into by the
second section which was fol-
lowing too closely. The cabOose
was made wreck and thrown off the
track. Trains were delayed for seV-
eral hours. Nobody was hurt.
The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1895-08-15
The Mule Tragedy.
By Our "DRvIL''

A)J OOh IN IL
SAID man at Sequachee one morn,
ga rabbit is milling my corn,
But I'll load up my gun,
And spoil all his fun,
Ere tomorrow as sure as Pm born"
So he watched IN his garden that
light,
And 10! by the moons ghostlY light,
A mammoth, long-eared.
Gaunt creature appeared
And hoped DER the fence in plain
sight.
Said the man to himself in surprise,
"This fellow, Judge from his size,
Is the king of all rabbits,
But his nocturnal habits
Are such that by jingo he dies!"
Then his death dealing gun loudly
spake,
But he shrieked when he saw his
mistake,
@Oh! misfortune crHeL,
I've punctured mu-el,
Oh! my heart with remorse 1T will
break"
And this, so Pvo frequently heard,
Is exactly the way 1t occurred
So Bursh, Bill and Jake,
Please excuse the mistake,
/ And let not your anger be stirred
The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1895-08-15
NOTICE.

All who are the sons of honorabfy
discharged Union soldiers, who de-
sire to form camp of Sons of Vet
Grams are requested to send their
names and address to this Office
preparatory to calling meeting on
the subject of forming an Associaticr
Of Sons Of Veterans,
THOMAS III. HAL.
Sequachee, Aug 8, 1896. 2t.
The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1895-08-15
SUMMER SONGS
By Our DEvIL.

Now the barefoot boy undressing,
By his bed so clean and neat,
Hears the message quite depressing,
"Don't forget to wash your teet'1
A young man whoresides at Mt. Zion
With Sequache's fair maids is a lion,
"He's most charming sight"
They exclam il delight,
"That girl ever Toasted her eye on"
Listen to the lively fiddle,
Hear thu young folks laughter peal
AS they canter down the middle,
In the old Virginia Reel.
Now he's crushed her bunion sadly,
Holy Moses, hear her squeal!
Still they frolic wildly, madly,
In the old Virginia reel.
The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1895-08-15

We may expect parties to view the
Valley looking tor the location FOR
settlers any time now. We wish
they would come before the large ap-
pies are all gone.
The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1895-08-15

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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-10-09
PUBLIC OPINION.

While reformers move forward SLOW
ly, there is much in the his tory Of the
last few years that is encouraging to
the masses who sometimes think that
political corruption is defiant and
business dishonesty and selfishness are.
too firmly grounded ever to be re-
moved. The public opinion among
our farming classes has accomplished a
wonderful amount Of refom Without
political organization to make this
opinion effective at the polls, the
farmer has been able to force the poll
tician to do his bidding in many
cases. The recent victory of Quay in
Pennsylvania was a farmers victory.
That is to say, Quay was able to
achieve it because he led the rural
districts to believe that he was in fa-
vor of reform. He may have been ly-
ing, quite likely was. But his only
hope of success lay in his profession of
interest in 'cleaner politics and popu-
lar rights as against monOpolistic as
Sumptions. Public rural opinion drove
him at least to honorable profession
and practical confession of his errors
in the past. Our railroad laws, our
Agriculture Department at Washing
ton, our olemargarine laws and a
lumber of other innovations were
the creation of public opinion among
farmers, and we have right to be
ACCOMPLISHMENTS Voice.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-10-09
;APOLIs. MIMI. WEDNESDAY, OCT, 9. 1895.

cost of construction was but 20 mil
lions, after deducting government,
state. municipal and individual aid:
when aliens have 81, 1913, SOC, 900 invest
ed in our bonds, mortgages, brewe ries.
railroads and other industries: when
the annual burden of taxation. inter
est, etc, is over S45 per capita: when
our money in circulation has been
Wickedly reduced from $52 per CAPITA
in 1866 to less than $40 in 1895. the re-
by increasing the value of money and
securities over 1OJ per cent and rem
dering the value Of all other property
over 80 per cent; and finally, when the
alarming depression and destitution
caused by the above is forcing the
youth OF both sexes into the cities to
loose their manhood and womanhood
in their cesspool of iniquity; when
millions of needle women are chained
to the tailors' bench at starvation
wages; when our children are. fasten-
ed to the threadwheels Of American
factories. When we have been
'driven SO far from our true course. )"
like the mariner,s should we not hasten
to find our latitude?" Indeed. an
other impending crisis" if upon US.
Other nations have had no recourse
but revolution, we have the ballot,
How will you vote? All the above
class legislation has been enacted by
the two old parties and should they
receive no votes but from those who
have been benefited by this class lepis-
lation they wouldn't carry county in
the United States.-E. III. Belden.
(Merlinda Sisins).
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-10-09
A SENSIBLE INDIAN,

Bishop Whipple, of Minnesota, says
that the Dakota Indians once held a
war dance near mission house. He
went to Wabas ha. the chief, and said:
"Wabasha, you asked me for a mis-
sionary and teacher. l gave them to
you. l visit you, and the first sight is
this brutal scalp dance. l knew the
Chippeway whom your young men
have murdered. His wife is crying for
her husband; his children are asking
for their father. Wabasha, the Great
Spirit hears his children cry. He is
angry. Some day he will ask Wabasha,
Where is your red brother?' The
old chief smiled, drew his pipe from
his mouth and said ''White man 90
to war with his own brother in the
same country; kill more men than
Wabasha can count in all his life.
Great Spirit smiles; says, Good white
man. He has my book. | love him
very much. | have good place for
him by-and-by. The Indian is a wild
man. He has no Great Spirit book
He kill one man; has scalp dance.
Great Spirit is mad and says, Bad In
dian. | put h m in bad place by
and-by." Wabasha don't believe it.''
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-10-09
POPULIST CONSISTENCY.

The old parties can learn much from
their younger competitor, the Popu-
list party. The. Populist is consis tent,
whatever else may be thought OF him
He has started out to accomplish GER
tain things aud hc is sticking to busi-
ness. PerhaD he is a trifle too hon
est for successful politician. But
we believe that honesty even in poll
tics will win in the long run. He
made platform at Omaha, and when
ever he gets a chance he re-affirms it.
There is no policy about him. He
calls spade spade and is indignant
when other politicians call it by some
name by which it cannot be recog-
nized. The Omaha platform may not
in all respects be the best one to get
in on, but unlike usual political
methods, the Populst is not inclined
to fit the voter, but to fit the voter to
the platform. He throws out his ban
ner and then goes to work to educat te
the voter like it. Whether or not he
will succeed upon this really high po-
litical plane, time alone will tell; or
whether in time the bad example Of
other politicians will teach him to
make platform that is full of holes
and glittering generalities, no one
can say. But he will probably stick to
his course, for there is no room in the
realm Of deception for a new party,
not even "at the top" That space is
thoroughly occupied from attic to Gel
lar. Ii he expects to succeed he must
present something substantial and
teach the people the value Of SUBJ
stance over shadow. He may improve
his platform; everything is susceptible
to improvement, but it must always
be bold in the annunciation Of prin-
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-10-09
TAXATION AND TYRANNY.
THERE SEEMS TO BE FEW CLEAN PEG.
PIE IN ILLINOIS,

THERE SEEMS TO BE FEW CLEAN PEo-
PIE IN ILLINOIS.
Springfield, ILL.,, Sept 23.-The most
sensational report issued by a state
bureau was made public tonight by
the Illinois bureau of labor and
statistics. 1t charges that the great
majority of the wealthy taxpayers OF
Illinois, and more especially of Chica-
60, are perjurers; that the assessors
are guilty Of malfeasance in office;
that the present financial condition
OF Chicago is directly traceable to the
corrupt system OF taxation, and that
the "deplorable condition Of the work
men is due to the berty-destrOying
methods OF taxation which prevail in
Illinois.''
The report is made up of mass of
tables, compiled from official reports
of assessors, banks. real estate trans
fers, the state board of equalization.
and the various municipal depart
ments to which the agents Of the bu-
reau had access. After declaring
that sit is the purpose of the report
to expose existing methods of taxa
tion in Illinois, with special reference
to their effect upon the labor inter
ests," the report proceeds to review
the work Of former bureaus. The
stand is taken that it is idle to dwell
upon the wages and condition of the
average wage-earners Of the state.
The bureau contends that their condi-
tion lis proved by evidence so clear
and abundant that the collection of
further statistics merely prove it
would be wasted effort"
The bureau takes the position that
taxation is the chief instrument of
tyranny"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-10-09
they're NOT BRITISH TORIES
Old Soldiers Won't Listen to Gold
bug Anarchistic, Plutocratic
Argument.
THEY WANT A PEOPLES GOV.
ERNMENT.

Louisville, KY, Sept. 12.-Ex-Gov-
ernor John M. Thayer, of Nebraska,
was almost hooted from the platform
at the Grand Army camp fire at
Phoenix Hill last night, which was
participated in by crowd Of over
10000
Early in the evening addresses were
delivered by Congressman-elect Evans
and Ex-Governor Buckner, and it was
close to II p. m. when the Nebraskan
was introduced.
After talking Of war times and the
flag he suddenly shot off on new
tack and commended Grover Cleve-
land for calling out the United States
soldiers to put down the laboring men
IN Chicago, a year ago. He called
Governor Altgeld an anarchist and
denounced Eugene V. Debs for every
thing under the sun.
Then he switched about and said:
"Col. Evans, you are the next Repub-
llcan congressman from this district.
l call on you to amen the naturaliza-
tlon laws when you go to Congress so
as to shut out the Dagoes Of Italy and
emigrants from other European coun-
tries"
Thousands in the audience immedi-
ately sang out: shut up" Sit
down.
Col. Evans advanced to the front OF
the platform and asked the aud iencc
to give Gov. Thayer hearing.
Silence reigned for a few minutes
and he began again. He said he had
made a thousand speeches. but never
before had he been Interrupted. II
don't know how it was,' he said. A
voice from the audience responded.
"1ou don't know any better.'
General Thayer attempted to con-
tinue his talk on the same lines, but
by this time the audience was in an
uprOar and there were cries Of take
him away We won't hear him! He
managed to say. 81 thank all the re-
spectacle people in the audience for
the polite attention they have accord
ed me. For the disres pectable people
! have nothing but contempt" and
then left the platform.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-10-09
CONDITION MUCH DIFFERENT

To a man Of true Christion nature,
church-going in this day and genera
tion is but source Of pain. To enter
grand church and gaze upon the
splendor OF its interior. to sit beneath
its lofty spire and listen to the notes
of music as they peal from the towering
pipes Ofsa richly adorned organ which
cost thousands of dollars. to hear the
melodious strains gushing from the
throats of richly dressed hirelngs
whose voices are lifted in praise of a
golden God only, is btterest mockery
in land of hunger and poverty. In
this town where innocent babes are
starving and mothers are arres ted un-
der criminal charges because Of allow
ing their children to starve for the
want Of that which She cannot OBJ
tain for lack Of opportunities to share
with the rich who spend their money
money wrung from the poor such as
the unfortunate women to whom we
have reference in church splendor
would cause the lowly NaZarine to
tremble at the first glimpse of it.
What would he have said if, in his
day, painted damsels with hay-cock
sleeves had proposed to warbIe for
him for fifty or sixty dollars per
month, or dudes with their hair
parted in the middle and perfumed
with pepper sauce, and WaXed mus
taches said to him: 81 must have
gold to worship in the house Of the
Lord?" How time does change things,
don't it? In Christ's time men
preached to fill the commandments of
the savior. Now they preach for
$4,000 per year. and mothers and chill
dren starve O. would that Christ
would come and spread feast before
the unemployed and hungry of this
day and generation. Is it at all
strange that the church is losing
caste and diminishing in mem bership
in proportion to population?-Oak-
land, Cal Industry.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-10-09
THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA.

Next to the huge pyramids OF
Egypt, amongst the wonders Of the
world ranks the Great Wall Of China.
Father Gerbillion, who had the oppor-
tunity OF inspecting it, describes it as
one OF the most astonishing of mans
works, an2 states that from the East
ern Ocean to the frontiers Of the
province of Chan-si, or for the dis
tance of two hundred leagues, it is
chiefly Of stone and brick, with towers
sufficiently near each other to be
mutually defensive. At every impor-
tant pass it has a strongly ably
designed fortress. In many places the
wall is double, and in some triple, but
towards the western extremity it is
merely terrace Of earth. In parts it
travels up and down, traversing the
steepest and highest rocks, and Faith
er GerbillOn confessed that he was ut
terly unable to conceive how the ma
terials were conveyed to these wild,
rugged spots, where he adds, the bold
est OF our European builders would
not attempt TO raise even the small
est building. t consists of an inner
and outer wall, each constructed Of
DlIIh dld SbOllCi many JCCU dpdTb, anu
not more than a foot and q half in
thickness, the space between being SO
filled in with earth that the whole an
pears one huge solid mass OF masonry.
For six or seven feet upwards the
foundations are formed with great
square stones, the rest being Of brick,
i he top II paved with fag-st0nes
The towers are each about forty feet
nigh, and the height OF the wall aver
ages about twenty feet. Both towers
and walls are en- battled, and the
former are at tho base about fifteen
feet square. 4ncy diminish as they
ascend. Nearly all the gates open m
10 towns or villages. Mr. bfrrow.
Gale dated that tile materials Of all
the dwelling-nouses then in England
and Scotland q, 500 N10j. averaging
1000 cubic feet OF material. stone or
br.ck, would b. barely equivalent in
bulk to tic material used in con-
structing this great wall! He did not
include in lis curious calculation Tile
stone and brick used l0T tho towers
and TortressC>, which alone, te a6d d.
wot.ld represent a5 much material as
would buila another London! A cal
culaton which incIHacI the mass ILL.,
ing jn The space between tie wallis. as
Wlll II, tGe Wa j Themselves. showed
more than Sufficient MatGrai 10 9ur-
round tho 81 1e. on tN0 of its large
circles. with TIVE walls Uf TWO feet
Till hnes~, six feet hiea-trufn The
world OF wonders Tor >eptnmDer.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-10-09
DEMOCRATS DISGRACE
New YOrk's Unwashed Let the Cat
Out of the Bag.
DEMANDING WITHDRAW -
GREENBACK NOTE
THE GOVERNMENT SHOULTc NoUT OF
THE BANKING BUSINESS g. LEAVE
IT TO THE ABsoLUTE. rRoL OF
THE WALL STREET Il
(ROh Schil1ipp'S AGvance ,


New Y ork has spoken. The rotten
Democracy of that politically rotten
state met on Tuesday and placed this
demand in it's PLATFORM:
We favor sound currency and a
safe banking system; which can be
based only on an honest dollar of a
single standard of value, the standard
of the civilized world We oppose the
coinage Of 60 cents worth of silver in
to dollar, The government should
90 out of the banking business and
should limit itself to the safeguarding
of banking methods which will extend
throughout the country the money
advantages of the city.
The legal tender notes, born Of the
necessities of a struggle for national
existence, should be withdrawn.
Their presence in the currency is a
menace to the steadiness of business
and prevents the due use OF the silver
dollars already coined.
Let it 90 down in history that it
was the Democratic party that first
demanded the destruction of the last
remnant OF the peoples money.
1t will bury the old hulk, and it
ought to.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-10-09
II WONT WORK.
POTATOES A 4 SUBSTITUTE FOR
FREE SILVER.

REI. SlLN LIt
Ex-Gov John S PIlsbury has been
up in the Red River Valley. He says:
MANY Of tile farmers planted large
fields Of potatoes. | Know one man
who had whole section planted to
potatoes. just think Of it. Six hun
dred and forty acres in potatoes.
When saw him lie was trying to find
whether he could not contract with
some man with money to get means
to harvest his field, and he at that
time had not succeeded in finding his
man, and he feared he would be COM
PEELED to let them remain in the
ground.
"Oh, it is too bad that our North
western farmers cannot get better
prices. Only AZ and AZ cents per bus hel
for the splendid wheat Of that great
valley-and people all over the world
suffering for the bread it would give
them. 1t is discouraging for our pro-
ducers, is it not?
"And option dealers crowd down the
the price until the farmers are COM
PEELED to let 90. Then up it goes
again. Now you see If wheat does not
advance in price after the farmers
have sold their holdings"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-10-09
FARMERS PROTESTS.

VOICED BY SENATOR CRONKHITE.
There is strong protest being
made by the wheat growers Of the Red
River Valley over the fact that cars
were taken off the switches on the
branch lines when the threshing be-
gam" said Senator John Q. Cronkhite,
of Argyle, this morning.
Another protest." said he, twill be
made, and strong one too, over the
discrimination made by elevators un-
der state inspection. There is dock
age of 80 per cent in many cases and
a shrinkage of from one to two grades
under the state inspection. The ef-
feet of this is to allow the markets to
be manipulated so that notwithstand-
ing the fact that the crop is one of a
century, yet the farmers will not
make much money"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-10-09

ciples, and then it will be a contest Of
principle against lack of principle.
Principles are not always agreeable,
and very excellent principles may not
win but repulse. Men do not always
like to swallow principles any more
than child likes to swallow mcdi-
cine. But truth will prevail. The
world would indeed be dark if we did
not have faith Of that kind, and that
truth is a truth; then il a party fails
forever, we must conclude that its
conception Of the truth was wrong.
Let parties be sure that they are
right and then 90 ahead, having faith
in the future.-Farmer Voice.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-10-09
MORE GOOD TIMES.
BANK SOLD BY SHERIFF.

Special Telegram to the Dispatch,
Shell Lake, Wis, Sept. 23.-The
Shell Lake Savings bank here, which
assigned two years ago, and reopened
by consent of depositors in March,
1894, was sold by the sheriff under ex-
ecution. and bought in by Capt.
Bourne, Of this place The bank was
to pay in four payments, three or
which are now past due and unpaid.
The bank is still open for business.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-10-09

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