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Show Talmage in HAS A SILVER TONG JE. Washington. New York Affairs-- -j Still Intereeted in Seven Hundred Thonsarul Dollars for j What lie Thinks of Certain Charities Books. ' Everybody knows tbatYthe illustrious divine, who made the Brooklyn Taber made famous throughout the world, has recently been called to' a pastorate in j Washington. His church I3 the First Presbyterian church of tliiat city, and while in formera years very prom- inent insti- it tution, latterly been had favored but with audismall ? ences, com- posed prin cipally of V w men and women who r e m ained church even I loyal to the. old though now surrounded largely by business houses. ''A marvelous change, however, has suddenly come over thi3 the landmark, and of First Presbyterian church; Washington, owing to the wondrous eloquence of Its newly installed pastor, is every Sunday besieged by multitudes, many of whom stand there frequently hours In advance of the Opening of the service In hopes of being able tq1 wedge their way in somehow or other, and to listen to the matchless eloquence of AmerF ' cas foremost pulpit orator. People all over the counjtry are wondering whether Dr, Talmage, In moving to the National Capital, and in ex-a changing, his Brooklyn residence fordihouse in Washington, has actually vorced himself from all connection with the east Dr. Talmage whs; recently interviewed on this subject by a reporter of this paper, and. the reverend gentleman4 said that as long as his editorial chair had two legs in New York and two legs in Washington he could never , be considered as having seyered all hi3 The connections with the metropolis. Christian Herald, he said, with its wide circulation, is a tremendous power for good, and as long as tble Lord gave him health and strength he would write for that paper la fact, he would be in his editorial chair at the Bible House more frequently now than ever. Continuing, the genial preacher said: There Is no paper in America that wields a more potential - influence for good than The Christian Herald, with a circulation of nearly two hundred thousand copies weekly. Nothing but death Bhall separate me from it. Dr. Klopsch, Its proprietor, is a man of extraordinary enterprise. This year besides printing The Christian Herald every week in beautiful colors, a veritable enchantment for the eye, he offers as a premium a complete library, consisting bf ten splendid volumes, full of interest and full' of entertainment, with legant bookcase, delivered free of ill expense,, together with the paper itself, fifty-tw- o times, for the moderate um of 3. Hereafter let no home in America be without a library. I asked Dr. Talmage whether he could recommend the library to people who contemplated securing, it, and he said unhesitatingly, I know every book. They were carefully and thoughtfully prepared, either specially written or compiled by most eminent literary men, and there is not a weakling among time-honor- SENATOR TILLMAN WILL STIR UP THE SENATE. to-d- ed ay " ( The Man Who Is Beloved by the Poor White Trash of the Sooth Will Take He May Be C the Reins of Leadership a Presidential Candidate. (Columbia, S. C., Correspondence.) HIS ancient and pe-- c u 1 iar commonwealth is at this and sometimes furious sentences, brook contradiction and forgetting notnlng that he ever learned. The heat of the pine blaze Injured his left eye, and an indiscreet plunge In cold water brought on a pulpy tumor For nearly two years young Tillman was an invalid. When he was wel again, the war was over and his ye was gone. From that time on he labored to improve his mind. He was an omniv orous student reading without system but gathering together an array of facts and ideas, ancient and modern, which astounds those who hear him in debate today. He was a great hunter and fisher. On the plantation he was steamf engine in breeches. Although he is the most remorseless enemy of negro suffrage in South Caro lina, his whole history is full of acts o generosity towards his black farm laborers. Before twenty he married, and he has now six children. One son is at Clem-so- n Agricultural college, on the old Calhoun estate, to establish which the Senator made his first entry into public life, and bis eldest daughter, Miss Adie Tillman, is studying at the Hollins in d stitute Virginia a bright, pretty, girl. His son Henry, 12 years old, has Inherited his fathers extraordinary memory, and can tell you offhand any fact in the almanac, the names of congressmen and the majorities by which they were elected, how many gallons of liquor is consumed In the country, and how much money is in circulation. Often when the fierce, ruthless leader returns from battle with his enemies, he lies down on the floor and in a minute his children are piled on top of him, pulling his fiair, pinching his cheeks, and , searching his pockets Like all really strong men, he is gentle moment under the domination of the most notable and exasperating leader the South has prothe since duced or one With war. is he two exceptions actually dictating constitution to the new terms of the the convention that has been sitting in the famous old state house. Benjamin Ryan Tillman is the absolute ruler, of the state, overriding all other authority and trampling down friends and foes alike when they oppose his will. When Tillman enters the United States senate next winter that august body will receive a shock, for this is y whlskerando like Mr. no Peffer, but the incarnation of agricultural socialism armed with lightning that can blast and scarify. There is not a man on the floor of the senate today fit to cope with Tillman when his oratorical bowie, knife is out. He thinks in pictures and has a nimble wit. Even aG,(K-dr.fodqg, lowar th F RFRFF the unterrifled John James Ingalls would have a hard time of it with thi3 d leader of the agrarian revolution, who has smashed the saloon at home. There is not a more remarkable ora power, overthrown the heirs of the old-titor and debater in the country. His diarchy of landed proprietors, humbled the pride of cities and towns invectives bite to ithe hone. He can J high-spirite- sing-song- , one-eye- . J j - me It was a foolish thing to do, knowing of a that I had to pass through France, and HE career criminal is always espeInteresting, crimiif the cially nal be ones self; then a person, knowing all the circumstances of the case, can trace the career of the wrongdoer from the first false step until the final catastrophe when he is laid by the heels. If a man enters into a career of erime he ;is reasonably sure to be caught at last, and as a warning to others I set down here the particulars of how, after deluding the customs officials of France for years and years, I was at last trapped, and curiously enough, when I was innocent. I am a little mixed as to what the moral of this recital should be. In looking over the ease from beginning to end It seems to me that the inference is that one should never be Innocent. If a man escapes when he is doing wrong and is caught when his motives are pure, the obvious moral is not at all of the kind I care to attach to the end of any story I have to tell. I do like to have a nice, comfortable, correctly-modle- d moral with which to finish any article I may begin, and it is a great grief to me that the moral in this case is not at all what it should be. For years and years I have deluded the French customs officials in the matter of tobacco. I think, of course, that it i3 wrong to smuggle as a general rule, but I cannot imagine it wrong to bring into an unenlightened country like France tobacco that a white man can smoke. I always calculate the number of. days I shall be in any part of France, and then I take a packet for each day and a couple extra in case I shbuld meet a friend famishing for a good smoke, and this quantity I have never had any difficulty in smuggling into the great European republic. As the tobacco is entirely for my own consumption 2nd as I am not a citizen of France, and as I shall be swindled enough by the hotel keepers in whatever part I chance to be, I ease my conscience by pointing out these facts to it, and I must say that my conscience, being a reasonable one, does not judge me harshly in the matter. It is needless, perhaps, to add that the French government does not agree with me In all this, so therefore, in order not to trouble the government more than Is necessary, I place these packages about my person in such away that on pass ing the French frontier I give the government as little bother as possible. two-oun- ce - I opened the trunk and showed him .the packages of tobacco. Instead of paying the government . them. How are the people to secure this j great library, and this wonderful paper of yours? Simply by sending $3 to The Christian Herald at 888 to 89S Bible House, New York City, and by return mail they will be delighted with the result. Ever since my boyhood, Ive had1 a passion for, books; I love them still couldnt live unless surrounded by them. So tm something of a Judge of good literature. And In my whole life I have never leen a better selection in small compass than these ten books which Dr. Klopsch has had prepared for his subscribers. Its a perfect library of Information, entertainment and amusement, and is the climax of the wonderfully enterprising and management that has placed The Christian Herald ahead of all competitors as a Christian home journal. Do you know, continued Dr. Talmage, that this paper has In less than six years expended nearly $700,000 In various beneficences at home and abroad? Just then Miss Talmage came in to sail her distinguished father to dinner, and the interview ended. Remember the address, 8SS to 893 I far-seei- ng ' , Bible House, New York City. The Pianists Only Requisite. When Hans von Bulow went to England for the first time on a concert tour he was much surprised to find that the custom of the country made hi3 dres3 suit inappropriate at afternoon concerts, where he was expected to ap- pear in a frock coat' with light trousers. Soon after his return from his tfur a young pianist called on him to get hl3 advice and opinion in regard to a comprehensive pianoforte method which he had just published under the title of llndlspensable du Pianiste. Ah, my dear young friend, cried the great musician with a whimsical smile, you are far behind the time3. You ought to travel and enlarge your mind. Then you will find out that the pianists only indispensable is a pair of light trousers! Unique Organization of Bachelor Girls. The Federation of Girl Eachelors afClubs in New York i3 a fair with. 300 bachelor1 households. The organization is composed of many Email clubs banded together to secure home comforts at wholesale prices. They have a laundry of their own, and the President is an artist who notifies each member by mail where they may purchase their clothing and food and rent at 10 per cent or 4 third cd tha regular prices. ive tb-A- r rp'-rtraent-s - when I got to the railway station in London and found I could only register the trunk as far as Paris I should then have takep. the tobacco out if I had thought about it. We arrived in Paris a little after 6 oclock in the evening, and the train left for Berne, from a station on the other side of the city, at 8:30, so there was just time enough to get a comfortable dinner and cab it across Paris from one station to the other, but it allowed no great margin for customs examination. When the villain who acts for the French government asked me If I had anything to declare, I said that I didnt exactly know; I had some tobacco, but it was not intended for use in France. I was going to take the night train to Berne if I could get the luggage across Paris in time. I opened the trunk and showed him the packages of tobacco. He shook his head, and, gathering the packages in his hands, he departed, leaving me there with the open trunk. He returned after a while with a man who was evidently a higher official, and behind this higher official came another of the same rank as the first. Why didnt you declare this tobacco? said the official to me I I did declare it. I answered. Switzto told him I was going through erland with it and none of It was to be opened in France. The official said nothing, but the two understrappers attacked the box and turned out every mortal thing that was in it. I dont carry much luggage when I travel alone, but this trunk contained the various articles. of wearing apparel that belonged to my family. It had been packed with much care, and the heap It made on the bench where they examine luggage In Paris was something appalling. It didnt seem to me possible that any human being could ever get all those things back in the trunk again. They found no more tobacco, but they all retired to an office and seemed to consult about the matter, then the main officials came out and said that this was a case for the chief inspector. Very well, then, get the chief Inspector here as quickly as possible. But he has gone for the night, said the official. Do you mean to tell me, I said, "that you are going to make me miss my train all on account of a few packages of tobacco? Keep them, for Heavens sake, and present them with my compliments to the inspector but let me pass through Paris and catch my train. He shook his head and the two understrappers began putting the things helter-skeltback in the trunk, and not squeeze down could finding they the lid again, they took the trunk and the rest of my baggage and locked it up for the night, I learned that the inspector would not be there until 10 oclock In the morning, and that would make me miss the morning train for Switzerland also, jl again offered the pompous official the tobacco, but he said that it was not a question of tobacco at all, bub of a fine.1 I should, probably be fined two thousand francs, he added. A man who had concealed two boxes of cigars, a Cuban, had that week been fined two thousand francs, and probably my fate would be the same as his; it all would depend on the inspector. But, I urged, I did not conceal the tobacco at all. I told the man it was there before the trunk was opened. The official shook his head. You did not declare it, he said. There was nothing for it, then, but to I congo to a hotel, which we did. sulted the hotel proprietor, who advised me to curb my naturally ugly temper, and to be exceedingly deferential in the morning. He said that if the inspector chose to put a two thousand franc fine upon me I should have to pay it, or leave the luggage there for ever. In the morning I was taken before a very dignified official who scrutinized me with some severity. He listened to what I had to say, and luckily for me, the first inspector did not tell any lies about it, but admitted that I had said I had tobacco, and, had said that I was going through to Switzerland, and. mentioned that the tobacco was not concealed, but lay in the top of the trunk. The official then asked me to show him my tickets to Switzerland, which I did He finally came to a decision, which was, that I should pay for a man to gc across Paris with me, and see my trunk registered through to Berne, and that I should pay fifteen francs duty on th tobacco, and that I should remember I was getting off very easily. I suppose I should have been thankful, but then some people are as ungrateful as republics themselves. Th sting of the episode lay in the fact that they actually had the cheek tc charge me a dime for taking care oi my baggage all night at the chstomi warehouse. ( , A tvh ti h 1 PROFILE VIEW OF TILLMAN. and let loose seas of reckless rhetoric,1 engulfing the traditions of South Carolina in a flood of Greek, Latin, slang, profanity, crankiness and common sense. He towers up in the Souths of the senate The sergeant-at-arm- s has my sympathy, but the senate itself has a stirring experience In store for it. The Tillmans of this generation have mostly died In their boots. One of the senators brothers was killed in the Mexican war, another died from wounds received in the battle of Chickamauga and two others were shot dead in personal encounters. The whole family Is high strung and full of grit. .Uncle George Tillman, who served In congress for fourteen years, was actually turned out of his seat for daring to oppose the will of his younger brother. Today you may see the two brothers grappling with each other in this curious convention, which has met chiefly to provide for the permanent disfranchisement of the negro race and to recognize the socialistic principle of state ownership of saloons In the constitution. Senator Benjamin Ryan Tillman was born forty-eigyears ago on his fathers plantation at Chester, at Edge-fiel- d county, S. C. Shortly afterwards hi3 father died, and his mother, assisted by her elder sons, conducted the hilly cotton farm on the edge of Chevis Creek. They had a hundred slaves when the war broke out. Mrs. Tillman was an intelligent, not to say brilliant, woman, for a plain planters wife. During the war young Tillman went to school at Liberty Hill, thirty miles from home, under the tutelage cf George Dolphin, a teacher and linguist of local renown. The lads thirst for knowledge and his indomitable will were displayed in his fifteenth year. He knew that at sixteen he must enter the Confederate army. Ills brothers, then serving in the field, wrote tack, urging him to get a good foundation cf knowledge, for the war might last so long that ha would never have another opportunity for education. When school hours were over, and supper was eaten, young Tillman would carry a lighted pins knot Into the woods and, lying down in the leafy solitude, would ponder over Greek roots and Latin conjugations by the dim, flickering light. He was a lanlc, sinewy, silent and dictatorial youth, opinion In short, sharp ht ex-ITczzl- nz turn and twist around corners with astonishing dexterity, deluding and confusing his opponents. He despises and Ignores politicians, slashing and stabbing them indiscriminately, whether they support him, or not. The secret of his power is his strong hold upon the mass of the white people. He is the god, the redeemer of the poor whites. Nothing In heaven or earth his vehement irreverence. He escapes has an especial hatred and contempt for President Cleveland. "When I get to the United States senate, he says, Ill punch that old bag of beef in the ribs with my pitch-for- k and make him show up something about these Wall street deals. Whereat enthusiastic hayseedism wags Its head, sticks its tongue in Its cheek and swears that Benamin Ryan Tillman is the mightiest - man that lives, has lived, or ever will live. And they really believe it. Tillman aspires to be president. All his hopes are centered in a union of the silver forces of all parties next year. Already silver men have mentioned the combination' Tillman and Teller, Tillman and Ha, vey, Harvey and Tillman, Teller, and Tillman and many others with the name of Tillman Included. Should he be the nominee on such a union ticket, Tillman believes that he could be elected. He believes that he is the son of destiny,' that he is doing Gods work, that he will not only kill the rum power in South Carolina, but all over the country as well. There you have Tillman summed up. But you really do not understand the man until you, see him facing his enemies in debate. The opposition to him has no leaders and practically no policy except the annihilation of Tillman. But the end of Tillman may be very near. He declares that South Carolina will withdraw from the next national democratic convention unless the free coinage of sillver is agreed to. The results of such a course would be very painful to Tillman, politically speaking, But he is impetuous and headlong, in spite of his hard head. So oddly are seme men fashioned. . JAMES CREELMAN. Many people mistake stubbornness for bravery, meanness for economy, and vilcne33 for wit. duty then, or having my tobacco confiscated, I have for many years tendered to France advice that is much more valuable than any duty they might extract from me; but republics are notoriously ungrateful and France is no exception, for she has paid not the slightest attention to my counsel. I have shown her that no country in the world has ever become great that has not had plenty of tobacco of the best quality and at cheap prices. France foolishly goes on spending millions on its army and on Its navy, as if that The really amounted to something. trouble with France lies entirely with the tobacco, and she will be thrashed out of her boots every time she Is tackled by a country that used good and cheap tobacco. There is Italy, for instance, as an awful example. It uses, if possible, viler tobacco than France, and Its customs officials are even stricter than those of the republic. What Is the result? Italy is on the verge of bankruptcy, and it would fall an easy prey to even the smallest country In Europe that uses good tobacco. Switzerland and Holland and Belgium are small countries, yet they attain their independence entirely through having good tobacco at reasonable prices. Switzerland took in and disarmed 80,-0of the French troops that the Germans were chasing towards the close war. If the of the Franco-Prussia- n French had not used vile tobacco they would not in the first place have been chased by the Prussians; and in the second place they could not have been disarmed by a little country like Switzerland were it not for the fact that the Swiss had the best tobacco at exceedingly low prices. On the other hand, look at America, at England, and at Germany, they are unconquerable countries simply because they use the best tobacco. France, as I have regretfully said, has paid no attention to my advice, but has squandered money on a useless trivially like the army, when it might by a stroke of the pen make tobacco free all over the land. It should not be forgotten that it was Napoleon III. who introduced the tobacco monopoly in France, and that, while the great Napoleon was conquering all the world, tobacco was better and cheaper in France than in any other country in Europe. The other day I was on my way to Switzerland. 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