The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-07

SClansman was 10th Ito part with Sam.
whose sprightly conversat ion had Ebeguiled
50 many Mlidnigh hit wat ches, and our hero
was prevailed upon TO stay with the snip
which took in a cargo of hemp for Arsen-
tina But when the clansman let go her
anchors in the Rio de Ia Plata, within
two miles of the marble palaces of
Buenos Ayres. though the master begged
and prayed, Samuel had got his fill OF
salt junk, hard tack and bilge water and
50 set foot in the Argentine Republic Win,
a good heart, a Gear conscience ard 4
pocket full of yellow sorereigns-
IT was not long, you may be sure before
in the estrada Rosario, three golden balls
hung fnerrfly from a shop door. above a
sign on which was inscribed the Spanish
equivalent of: rs. Stern, Money loaned
on Watches. Diamonds and JeMeiry.' IN
less than two months. Sanueps adven-"
5turous spirit had gained him recognition,
and he was cOuried both by the Com
pracheocos, or Court faction. and the Es-
tradiatores, or anti-Government faction.
TO TOUCH. OFF A NINE.
Needless to say, he sided with the lat
ter. In Juiy-that is to say, r1id-Wlnter.
Stern, much against his judgment Qor
business was exceeding good) was per-
suaded to head a movement intended to
overthrow President sCellman- 1t had
been arranged that Stern was to give the.
signal for revolt by riding UP to- the CAFE
di Angleterra at seventeen minutes past
there o'clock and crying out: Gtellnan
esta muy damfulo!" at which one OF ms
slieutenants was to crawl under the plaza
and touch off a mine which had Eeea laid
there The latter honor (Which, OF course,
would mean the sacrifice of his llte) mao
been eagerly sought by Manuel Castra,
the roet but when Stern, according TO
agreement, rode up to the Cafe dt Angie
t.erra and cried out: "Cellman esta muy
damfulo' and the Estradiatores COM
menced to shoot at the electric laltlpS'
rastra was afflicted with sudden pain
in the knees and failed to touch OH the
mine. But for this catastrophe Samties
Stern would have been President or inc
Argentine Republic: AS it was, the Com
nrachecos assembled their forces. and after
;, terrible battles in which four men on
one side and two of the other were
wounded Zone OF the latter quite badly,
the EstradiatoreS were defeated. Stern
ESCAPED and fled across the mountains 10
Chilli where he was received Win oo sti
arms by the government, which was then
at feud with Argentina over the tariil
on coal gas But Stern's restless spirit
would not permit him to rust, and ne
speedily instigated the great war.Wlth
Peru over the nitre beds, in which tferu
lost the nitre beds, the iron-clad Iiuascar
and most of her prestige. After the war
with Peru. life at Valparaiso grew mo-
notOnous. and one day Sam boarded-
,he schooner Bernichole, bound 1or
Charleston with nitrate of soda, ana alter
an uneventful voyage landed in the tinted
States where he Immediately TOOK OUT
intention.paDers and applied for MEMBER
ship in the Wade Hampton Deiiioc i'
Club.
He finally settled in Edgefield county.
where he. married and took the steps
necessary to complete his cltlzenshlp. IN
Trenton he made many friends, among
whom was Senator Tillman, who con-
ceived an immediate and lasting friend
shin for Samuel TO Mr.. Tillman, Sam
told the story OF his life, not forgetting
to relate how he had gathered sixteen
silver l1ukiuenkz and one g oden one in
q pool together. Tillnan exclaimed
rapturously: ..Ah, what a Democrat you
are! Even in your childhood. not know
ing the why or the wherefore. sixteen
to one was your shibboleth Yes
am a Democrat" exclaimed Samuel
soberly. 81 was a Democrat i'll Russia.
in Turkey, in Roumelia, in Bulgaria. IN
Seryia, in Hungary in Austria, in Italy,
in Argentina. in Chilli will be Demo-
crat in America!'' Filled with this sub
lime thought, he remained silent for a
full minute, his lips qiuyering, his heart
beating TREMENDOUSLY
The next day he came to his friend 8
house and uttered words that are now
fmperishable: .'.In the happy days Of
childhood, twas proDhesied that l
should be a statesman. and the
prohpesy approaches its fulfllment.
Far away in Virginia, there IS
a reople waiting for "a. Leader, and |
must go to them Bid me farewell.
therefore, for / must go unto Virginia
ple of jefferson" And so, bidding a
long. last, but, not a fearless farewell
to beautiful Edgefeld, with his lares
and his penates carefully wrapped up
in a copy OF the Charleston News and
Courier, he shook the dust OF South
Carolina first from his right foot, and
then from his left and departed from
the country of palnettos forever and
forevermOre.
He came direct to Richmond and es-
tablished himself OH lower Main street.
His life in Richmond has been an open
book He was elected mayor Of Jeffer-
son Ward many, years ago, position
that pays no salary; but whose duties
are arduous. Later he was elected presl-
dent Of the John w. DANIEL cluo by ac-
clamation.
The warm friend of Senator
3. r. Tillman and Senator John ". Dam
iel, his political influence is great, and
is widely extended. Not only in Rich
mond and in Virginia, but in the whole
United States, the name of Sam Stern
is a household word His latest achieve
ment was the organization of the re-
cent civil carnival. That great carni-
val could not have been the
tremendous success 1t was had rot Sam
Stern been its head. His connection with
it conveyed the assurance that its at
|, fairs would be economically adminis-
tered. and the citizens Of Richmond fol-
lowed the lead of this cosmopolitan, to
whom SO fifty apply the lines:
.'Hyperions curls, the front Of Jove him
self:
An eye like Mars TO threaten and COM
mand;
A station like the Herald Mercury,
Ncw-lighted on a heaven kissing hill;
4 combination and a form ndeel.