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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-07-31
SUMTER. S. c., WEDNESDAY, JULY 81 1895.

Joe tumbled over both. The cham
pion was badly bruised and is unable
to raise his right arm His leg was
cut from the hip down and it is
necessary to support him when he
walks about The accident will pre-
vent Corbett from racing with Fitz-
simmons. The wheeThe was riding
was a gift from Zimmerman, who won
over 100 races on it, while abroad
1t is badly wrecked.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-07-31
Deplora BILE Condition Of Ne
gro Colonists Who Went
to MexicO.

WASHINGTON, July PA serious
condition of affairs exists in the
American Negro colony at Tlahualalo,
Mexico; SO serious that Mr.. Sparks,
the United States consul at Piedras
Negras, to-day sent a telegram on
the subject to the State Department.
Mr.. Sparks says the negroes have
eft the colony in a body, and that a
number of them are located in a camp
nnder the surveillance of Mexican
soldiers Some Of them in the camp
are afflicted with contagious disease,
and altogether their condition is de-
plorable. The colonists are all from
Georgia and Alabama, whence they
emigrated after being gives glowing
accounts of the fertility and fruitful.
ness of tie concession granted their
organizer, negro, by the Mexican
government.
The State Department officials, af-
ter making every effort to devise
ways and means to help the colonists.
looking to every law that might be
construed to give them authority to
use funds, found it utterly impossible
to do so.
4 late telegram from Consul Sparks
stated that the negroes we're scattered
for miles on the railroad without
food, friends or funds, and were liv-
ing on mesquite beans aud branch
water.
Nlr. Sparks could do nothing for
want of money, and added that he
feared trouble, as the colonists were
starving.
The original dispatch from Mr.
Sparks informed the department that
he had received telegram from DR..
j II Barry. of Torreon, Mexico,
dated July 23rd. which said that 153
negroes from the colony were desti.
tute at that point with fifteen cases
of contagious diseases among them.
The Mexican police were preventing
them from entering the towns.
The State Department has also re-
ceived a letter from Congressman
John H. Bankhead. of Alabama,
asking if the government can assist
iii bringing back to their homes the
members of the Tlahualilit colony,
who left Alabama and other Southern
States about year ago and who are
now, he says, dissatisfied, destitute
and unable to return unaided
The department has tried every
way to afford some relief to the col
onists and has instructed the consul
at Pledras Negras to render all assist
ance that he could properly do, and
to report promptly any serious devel
opments.
The charge affaires of the United
States in the City of Mexico has also
been informed of the state of affairs
reported by Mr.. Sparks, and has
been instructed to inquire into the
treatment that the colonists were re-
ceiving.
No funds are available to the de-
partment which can be applied to
maintain destitute American citizens,
other than seamen in foreign coun-
tries, or to provide for their trans
portation home, and Consul Sparks
has been so advised as also all those
who made inquiries concerning the
nnfnrfnnata neurnnS
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-07-31

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Black boaks OF 81! s;a.l Sat 4 G. Os.een &
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-08-16

The theory that a decree Of the gov
ernment can give intrinsic value to
money metals has been exploded in the
past more than once A signal illustra-
tion is afforded in the history Of Sweden
under the reign Of Charles MI, known as
the mad king " Baron Gortz was the
leading spirit, or rather the power be-
hind the throne and minister Of finance.
War had impoverished Sweden, and the
baron devised the brilliant scheme Of
making more money by attempting to
give copper the same value as silver, so
that a piece Of copper money whose
intrinsic value was only one-haf penny
should, when stamped with the kings
mark, pass for 40 pence. Some Of this
coin was stamped with the figures OF
heather gods, and later on the people in
derision called the pieces the "gods OF
Baron GOrtz.
At first this money was issued with
discretion and reserve, but, as might
have been foreseen, it was hard to draw
the line and fix the quantity, and it soon
got beyond the baron's control All
kinds of goods and provisions rose to in
ordinate prices, and the baron was fore
ed to increase the value Of his money to
meet the demand and volume Of trade,
but the more it was increased the less
was its value and purchasing power,
and the people finally rose in their in
dignation and destroyed the financial
plan Of this early Napoleon Of finance.
Charles and others lost their heads, as
a good many seem to be doing now on
the money question:. L. Mathews in
Fremont (Neb } Tribune.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-08-16
DEMANDS OF SlLVERlTES.
They Ask More For silver Than Has Ever
Been Granted to Gold.


One Of the claims made by the advo-
Gates Of silver is that the government
should treat both metals alike. How
does the government treat gold? For
every 1872 grains Of pure bullion de-
posted in the mint the owner receives
a gold dollar weighing 25S grains and
nine-tenths fine. The government stamp
adds nothing to the value Of the metal
1t simply certifes to that value and
puts the metal IN a form convenient for
use. Everywhere in the world gold thus
coined is worth 81. If you 60 to Eu-
rope, the little piece Of gold is worth
81. II your house burns down, the little
lump Of gold that was worth 81 pre-
vious 10 the fire will be worth 81 at any
jewelers. anywhere.
The advocates Of free silver do not
want silver treated this way Oh, mol
They ask for more. They ask that the
owner Of silver bullion be permitted to
take It to the mint and have the govern
ment stamp 371H grains, with the
necessary alloy, as a dollar Of equal
legal tender with the gold dollar when
today the value Of the bullion in the
dollar is worth only 50 cents. They ask
that the government stamp, its fiat, to
the extent Of A. cents, shall be put on
every SO cents worth Of silver they take
to the mint. Say the house burns again
The piece Of silver worth 81 the night
before because Of the stamp only is only
worth So cents when taken TO the jew
eler.
Don't you see that the silver people
are asking more from the government
for silver than was ever granted by any
government in the world for gold? One
metal stamped 81 because Of its value
the world over; the other stamped
81, and worth but SO cents anywhere.
II we are TO have fiat money, why not
have it all fiat, and not AZ cents fiat?
If we are to have fiat money, let it be
paper. But the silver people claim that
if the government passes free coinage
Of silver bill silver will immediate
ly jump in price from now being worth
SO cents for 3714 grains to 100 cents
for the same amount. Do you believe
it? Some people are almost willing to
believe that the moon is made Of green
cheese. Humboldt Tenn. Messenger.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-08-16
proprietor Of the place:

BlODAlfAOl VI AAAN f4tANts
FREE SILVER VERSUS SOUND MONEY.
Why not compromSs on thisf 1t would sat
isfy even the worst men in all parties might
make US secretary Of the treasury and incl
dentally make this the best known as It is the
best lunchroom in the city.
The imitation greenback is Of the ST.
900 denomination On the diverse side
in the center is this inscription:
No 98654S7seq5s74s2loos. Series 5984s7COs62sl.
A mortgage on all property in the United
States.
swindleville avenue, Washington City, July
"a, 80.
Absolute money for the sum Of loo dolls.
Redeemable nowhere in nothing and by no
body. The law directs that this money shall
circulate freely. When this note has been
spent, another may be had upon application at
the United States treasury.
Eternal damnation 10 any man who refuses
to take this bill at par for all debts
At the left is picture Of Uncle Sam
turning the crank Of a machine which
grinds out thousand dollar bills, the
devil passing on the bills with a pitch
fork as fast as they are turned out. In
the background is seen the capitol with
the statue Of America topping from its
dome. A skeleton holds up the warning
but disregarded signal "StOpp and
track on a broken trestle, Oh which the
whole rests, points ITO the devil
These notices decorate the illustration
Full tender for debts, public and pri-
vate," and Death to any man who re-
fuses to give us more credit. " At the
right side appears Uncle Sam holding
out depleted pockets, while a scrawny
eagle gapes hungrily at a serpent coiling
out from the fold of a fat bill A shat
tered and empty barrel represents the
treasury.
The reverse of the greenback is mostly
printed notices In the center is big
"$1, ,OOO," hemmed in by these four
sentiments: Burn the bonds, " Shoot
the bondholders, " Down with cap
ital, " "Vive Ia commune. Around the
side are printed statements Of satirical
nature These are some Of them:
The poor man. s money. The more a man has
the poorer ne Is.
No moro work. No more interest to any
body. Divide all property equally.
Gold is a coward.-H. b. Wright This mon
ey is not afraid Of anybody.
Civilization demands money representing no
artificial valuo.-F. ". Huhhos. This is Just
the thing-represents no value whatever.
When the government has completed It's work
Of issuing one Of these notes 10 each individual
in the nation, every person will be worth 81,
900.
Many people crowded about the win
dow the other day and scanned the
bills. Some Of them asked the proprietor
for copies Of them, but he had no more
and said he believed them to be quite
rare. In workmanship, though not in
design, they are a fairly good imitation
Of a greenback-New York Sun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-08-16
Mirrors Of Thought.

Men will forget what we suffer
but not what we do.
To struggle again and again to
renew the conflict, this is lIte's in
heritauCe.
The ralnbow-see how fair a
thing God has built up from tears.
The woof Of life Is dark, but 1t is
SHOT with a warp of goln.
A wide, rich heaven hangs
above you, but it hangs high; a
wide, rough world is around yon,
and it lies very low.
Goodness has slowly proved it
self in the worlds every day
proving ltself-llke a light broad
enlugi in darkness.
In every sphere of life the post
honor is the post of duty.
If there Is a virtue in the world
we should aim at IT'S cheerfulness.
Cbeerfulness creates hope, which
IN the foundation of faith, and
faith is more than Lille, because It
reaches into the hey Ond.
The word is shadowed or bright
ened by our own heart rather than
by anything itself. Our JOY make s
the clOudieSt day glad, and our
grief fuds night in the sunset sky.
The truly noble heart bears no
resentment.
Many q man who now lacks shoe
leather would wear golden spurs If
knighthood we're the reward OF
worth.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-08-16
AGAINST FREE SILVER
Unlimited Coinage Would Make America
the Dumping Ground.

the Dumping Ground.
At the Iowa Republican convention,
held at Des Moines on July 10, the Hon.
Joseph R. Lane, temporary chairman,
made the following reference to the sill
yer question:
Silver being necessary in the money
Of the world, we must either maintain
it's coinage at par by legislative lif1ita-
tion Of the amount or change the coin
age ratio Of the basis Of its market val
ue. Under the policy Of legislative limi-
tation of the amount, aided by redemp-
tion when in excess Of demand, We have
been able to maintain at par our silver
coin, although its intrinsic value is
much less. This policy was satisfactory
so long as the price Of silver continued
high, but when it became reduced on
account of oyerproduction and other
causes, there sprung up demand by the
producers Of silver for special silver leg
islation This claim has now crystal
lized into demand for free and unlim
tied coinage Of gold and silver at the
ratio Of 16 to /. This means 10 give TO
every man, to every nation, the right
to deposit at the mints Of the United
States silver in unlimited quantity and
to demand and receive in return, free Of
charge or cost, that silver coined into
money at the ratio Of l6 to /, bearing
the stamp Of our government.
In my judgment such a policy will
make America the dumping ground Of
silver for the world. 1t means we would
be brought at once to a silver basis. 1t
means the degradation Of our dollar TO
90 cents. 1t means repudiation. 1t will
bring an avalanche of silver, but a rest
for labor. The Republicans Of Iowa op-
pose this In the state of Iowa if we
owe debt, we expect to pay it in money
worth 100 cents on the dollar in money
Of equal purchasing power with any
other money of the world If any one
owes us, we demand and expect pay
ment in money Of equal value. This is
a vital question to all classes. The farm
er, the laborer, the merchant, the man
ufacturer, all classes have an interest in
the maintenance Of good currency The
dollar they receive for their productions
and labor should have the highest pur-
chasing power and be as good as the best
purchasing dollar in the world Upon a
sound currency depends to a large ex-
tent the development, the prosperity,
the success and the maintenance Of our
people.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-08-16
TOGETHER.

From McClure's Magazine.l
Sweet hand, that, held in mine,
Seems the one thing cannot live with
out,
The souls one anchorage in this storm
and doubt,
l take thee as the sign.
OF sweeter days in store
For life, and more than life, when life is
done,
And thy soft pressure lead me gently on
20 Heavens own EvermOre.
| have not much to say,
Nor any words that fit such fond request;
Letmy blood speak to thine, and bear
the rest
Some silent heartward way.
Thrice blessed the faithful hand
Which saves e'en while it blesses. hold
me fast;
Let me not go beneath the floods at last,
SO near the better land.
Sweet hand, that, thus in mine,
Seems the one thing | cannot live with
ont;
Nv hearts one anchor in life's storm
and doubt,
Take this, and make me thine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-08-16
Free Coinage aud Labor.

It Is unquestionably true that no part
Of our people is so vitally interested in
the preservation Of a sound and stable
currency as the men and women who
work for wages, and In the term wages
| include salaries and compensation in
every form paid for personal services
in all the occupations Of life. The evils
Of deprecated and fiuctuating currency
must always fall most heavily upon the
poor, who do not produce for them
selves but for others, and who are there
fore compelled to purchase with their
wages everything they eat, drink and
wear. Their wages will remain station
ary, or at best they will rise slowly and
at long intervals, while the prices OF
the necessaries Of life are liable TO rise
suddenly from day to day as the value
of the currency changes. and consequent
ly what may appear to be fair rate OF
compensation at the time labor con-
tract is made may prove to be grossly
inadequate long before the labor Is per-
formed. The laborer cannot protect him
self against fluctuations IN the prices OF
commodities, for he cannot purchase at
wholesale when prices are low and keep
out Of the markets when prices are high
He must buy day by day, and he must
pay out Of his earnings, whether their
purchasing power be great or small
The employer cannot afford to promise
higher wages In advance, because with
depreciating and fiuctuating currency
he cannot possibly foretell what the
prices Of his products will be at any
time In the future. Thus the laborer is
the victim of two influences, neither OF
which. can he successfully resist He
must accept whatever wages are offered
by employers or go without work, and
he must pay whatever prices are de-
manded in the markets or go without
food. d.-Secretary Carlisle at Louisville.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-08-16
Cbanre. All One WAY.

Congressman George W. Cooper OF
Indiana, a sound money Democrat, said
in a Washington interview the other
day: I'm Indiana know hundreds Of
men who have been free silver men, but
who have declared themselves for
sound money. On the other hand. l
cannot recall one instance in which a
man has favored sound money and has
then gone over to the free coinage OF sill
yer at a ratio Of l6 to without any
restrictions as to an international agree
ment. "
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-08-16

Self denial Is the result OF a
ca NJ, deliberate, iuvincible attach
ment to the highest d.-G
Spring.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-08-16

lett. He rose aud took POebe's
alds in his in a way that made
rhe little group of trainmen forget
for the moment that he was the
stern 'Old mani OF the division.
'And this is the little girl who
uiIches our engines, is itf, he said.
What put such thing into 20 I
mead, my chlldY
'OI, it didn'G b ave to be put 10;
| knew there would be ii head-en
der if didn't do something quick,
and I couldn'U think Of anything
else.N
Mr.. Johnson smiled at the ready
relapse into railway phrase, and
said; 1T was bright thought; 1t
has saved US a good many dollars,
and probably some lives, too. Now
if the company were good fairy,
like those IN the story books, VIII at
would you ask for a rewardF
Phoebe had a sudden inspiration.
'Oh, Mr.. Johnson, there's one
thing that would make me happier
than anything else; if pa could on :
ly have a good run, so we could
live III a real town.
Mr.. Johnson looked around at
the circle of friendly faces. q
think your father bas earned that
for bimsely,' he said, quietly. is
that the only thing you wantP
'Oh, no, indeed, replied Phoebe,
candidly; but, YOU see, if we lived
in a town, perhaps | could get
some of the other things. We
m ght happen to get acquainted
with somebody that had a plano,
and then, maybe, ] could learn to
play, and Here Phoebe sud-
denly realized that she was chat
terlDg-actually chatterlng to the
man of whom everyone on the
division stood IN awe, and she
shut up like an oyster that had
been caught mapping with its shell
open.
The superintendent laughed at
her confusion and sat down to
flush his telegraphing. when
the general manager hears that,
Pm sure he'll he sorry that the
C c,mpany doesn'C run a pianO-iac-
tory, lie SAID; whereat the men
laughed, too.
Mr.. Johnson had a little private
conversation with Artley aud Nor
man that night after Phoebe had
gone back to Mrs. Hannah, and
several things came Of It. For one,
the engineer got his smart "eight-
wheeler" and a passenger run
with the promptness that charac
terizes western railway promotion
when the head OF a department
makes up his mind; and, at the
same time, Norman found his way
for trans Sfer in a most
manner. y third event
growing out Of the same talk con,
cerned Phoebe, but she knew moth
Ing about 1t until one day, after
they we're settled IN comfortable
cottage IN the "reaI town." a van
drove up to the door with a piano.
1t was a gilt from the railway com
pany to Phoebe; and on a silver
plate just above the keyboard wa
the inscription;
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-08-16
Natal Ha. No .eRIRht.. y

The rights Of silver, 1--WE demand
the right to have our silver coined into
legal tender dollars, are samples Of the
way in which silverites regard the white
metal as a being with rights. But they
are mistaken. A metal can have no
rights, " and 1t is merely playing with
words to talk Of enforcing them. Wheth-
er we shall have free coinage and the
silver standard or limited coinage on a
parity with gold is matter to be decided
according as the best interests OF the
whole people may determine. Nothing
is to be gained by pretending that in
maintaining a stable currency we are
depriving something or some people Of
"riphta"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-08-16
Fiat Wheat.

Tarmer-wheat is only half & crop
this year.
Free Silver Politician - That's all
right. Wen have law passed to make
two pecks bushel, and then you II have
as much as usual
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-08-16
eREeNsAcK CRAZE RELIC.

Maybe q Hint or Two In This For Other
Cheap Money Philosophers.
An object lesson In currency is dis
PLAYED in a Beekman street restaurant
window. 1t consists Of two imitation
greenbacks pasted so that both OBJ
verse and reverse sides are shown. The
greenbacks are beautifully engraved and
were issued in 1880 for use in the anti
grsenback campaign. With them in the
window Is this placard, devised by the
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-08-16
PHOEBE'S EXPLOIT.

She was the daughter of JOhr
Altley, whose ran Oh the Western
diyisian began and ended at Oriva
Junction. The junction consisted
OF a rOund.house, the railway sta
ton, a few Shanties, a dreary board
ing-house and a choice collection
Of future possibilities; but Phoebe,
beng mOtherless, spent much OF
her time on her fathers engine, OF
In her uncle's Office at the station,
and so got a larger view of life
than the junction Itself could give,
At fourteen she had two ambi-
tions. One was tor her father,
reaching out to the time when be
should have smart 'eight-wheelel'
and a passenger run. The other
dated from trip tO Cheyenne with
her father when he was a member
of the grievance committee.
You'll have to put In your time
around the hotel while | 90 to the
meeting,' he had told her; and
Phoebe DetOOk herself to the parlOr,
where a smartly.dressed young
woman was playing upon an
ancient and somewhat 'tin panny'
piano. The music was Of the kind
called popular and the performer
played as the IriShman blew the
cOrnet-by main strength aud
misunderstanding Phoebe went
back to Onval Junction that night
with a conviction that life was
scarcely worth living without a
piano aud the ability to play it.
She SAID something of the kind
to her uncle the next day when she
was helping him on the coal report,
and be laughed at her.
q thought you were beyond such
things he said "A girl who can
run a locomotive, figure bills of
lading and telegraph the arm of
half the operators on the line TO be
wanting such fine lady's playing
as a pianOv
'Oh, bat, Uncle Tom, you Just
ought to have heard her! She play.
ed and played till | forgot who |
was and where l came from. You
can't think how beautiful it wasp
Yes, can. was night operator
at Cheyenne once, and l actually
lived IN the house with that piano
for six months. Aud l hope every
body who kept me awake with it
when | was trying TO catch up my
sleep Will be forgiven he added,
taxing the Freight Forwarded
book from the safe.
Don't you like music, Uncle
TOmV she asked, getting the bunch
of abstracts to call off to him.
'Oh, music, yes-but that's diff.
ferent. We used to have music
back at the old home in OhiO; your
Aunt Phoebe play ed the organ in
CHURCH, and we sang in the choir,
first and last
'DId ma plsyP
Yes
'Well, mean TO lesan, and |
mean to have piano, too, some
time. l wish pa could get run
so we could live in a town; then |
might hear music once in awhile
anyway
But what would become of me!
couldn't get along without you
You'd come, too, AS if dinu't
know that you keep this job just
SOS to be with usP
That was The fact. Tom Nor
man had transferred his love tor
his faYOrite sister to her Guild, and
be had followed John Artley's
shifting fortunes from one deSOlats
division station to another, for the
sole purpose of watching over and
caring for Phoebe.
do you belIeye pa ever will get
a good runf asked Phoebe, when
the freight forwarded had all been
entered.
'Ob, | hope. Well 60 on hop
ing so to the end of the chapter,
too, won't Wet Answer that call,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-08-16

Take this, and make me thine.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-01-28
Piles Piles Why Suffer

GAIL remedies failed until / used
Comet Pile, Remedy which entirely
cured me. / heartily recommend
it as l am certain it will do all
that is claimed for It," So writes
R. B. Waldrop, Delpos, o. Sold by
James Clavin, druggist, IA West
Commerce street, corner Navarro,
San Antonio, Texas.