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TUli STAirftNJH'OJNT. . HOW REV. DIV TALMAOl WOULD EVANGELIZE AMERICA. Wont? nu Outpouring of tljo Holy Spirit nt tho Nntlounl C?j?ltul--Woul<l Ito of Tuonl cuirt>>lo Viiliio to - Christianity-A Now A wu Hen J mr, WASHINGTON, Fob. 0.- Thoaudienco of Pr. Talmago is thronged with tho ohior mon. ot tho nation. aim poopio from all parts, making this sermon most timely. An hour and a half be fore tho doors open tho peoplo gather in the street and policemen" koop tho way open for tho pow holders. Tho text chosen for today's discourso was Lukoxxiv, '17, "Beginning at Jerusa lem.1' "There it is." said tho driver, and wo all instautly and oxeitodly l'ose in tho carriage to oatoh tho first glimpse of Jerusalem, so long tho joy of tho whole earth. That city, coroneted with templo and palace and radiant, whether looked up at from tho valley of Jehoshaphat or gazed at from, ad joining hills, was tho capital of a ?;roat nation. Clouds of incens? had lovorod over it. Chariots of kings had rolled through it. Battering rams of enemies had thundered against it. There Isaiah prophesied, and Jeremiah lamented, and David reigned, aud l*aul preached, and Christ was mar tyred. Most interesting city ever built sinco masonry rung its flrst trow el; or plumb lino measured its llrst , wall, or royalty swung its first scoptoiy .,What.Jerusalem was to tho Jowish' kingdom Washington is to our own country-the capital, tho placo to willoh all the tribes como up, tho groat % national heart whose throb sonds lifo or death through tho body politic clear out,to tho geographical extremities. What tho resurrected Christ said in my text to his disciples when ho or dered thom to start on tho work of ?;ospelization, "beginning* at Jorusa em," it seems to mo God says now in his providence to tons of thousands of Christians in this city. Start for tho evangelization of America; "begin ning at Washington." America is go ing to bo taken for God. If you do not believe it, take your hat now and leave and givo room to somo man or woman who does bolievo it. As sure ly as God lives, and ho is ablo to do as he says ho will, this country will be evangelized from tho mouth of tho Po tomac to,the mouth of tho Oregon, from the Highlands of tho Navesink to the Golden Horn, fron Baffin's bay to tho gulf of Moxico, and Christ will Avalk every lako, whether bestormcd or plaoid, aud bo transfigured on ev ery mountain, and tho night skies, whether they .hover over groves of magnolia or over Alaskan glacier, shall be filled with angolic overture of "glory to God and good will to mon." Again and ap aiu does tho old book announce that all tho earth shall seo the salvation of God, and as the great er includes the lesser that takes Amer ica gloriously in. Can you not seo that if America is not taken for God by his consecrated peoplo it will be taken for Apollyon? Tho forces en gaged on both sides aro so tremendous that*it cannot bo a drawn battle. It is comingj tho Armageddon I Either tho Ainorioan Sabbath will perish and this nation be handed over to Herods and Hildebrands and Diocletian? and Neros baleful power, and Alcoholism will reign, seatod upon piled up throne of beer barrels, his mouth foaming with domestic and national curse, and crime will lift its unhindered knife of assassination, and rattle keys of worst burglary, and wavo torch of widest conflagration, and our cities bo turned into Sodoms, waiting for Almighty tempests of firo and brimstone, and one tidal wave of abomination will surge across tho continont, or our Sabbaths will take on moro sanctity, and the newspapers will become apocalyptic wings of benediction, and penitentia ries will bo abandoned for lack of oe cupania, and holiness and happiness, twin son and daughter of heaven, shall walk through tho land, ano Christ reign over this nation either in person or by agency so glorious thal the whole country will bo ono clear, resounding echo of heaven. Il will bc ono or other. By the throne of him who liveth forever und over I declare it will bo the latter. If tho Lord will help me, as ho always does-blessed be his glorious name-I will show you how a mighty work of g?'aco bogun al Washington would have a tendency to bring tho whole continent to Goo1 and boforo this century closos. William tho Conqueror ordered thc ? . curfew, tho custom of ringing tho bol] at midnight, at which all tho fires on the hearths wore tobo banked, and ali tho lights extinguished, and all thc people retire to their pillows. I pray God that the curfew of this century may not bo sounded, and tho fires bc banked, and tho lights extinguished as the clock strikes tho midnight hom that divides tho nineteenth century from tho twentieth century, until thu beloved land,, which was to most of U? a cradle, and which will bo to most ol us a gravo, shall como into tho full possession of him who is so glorious that William tho Conquoior could nol be compared to him, oven tho Ono whe . ridoth forth "conquering and to con quer." Why would it bo especially advan tageous if a mighty work of grace started here, "boginning at Washing ton?" First, becauss luis city is 01 the border between tho north ant south. It is noithor northern noi southern. It commingles tno two eli . mates. It brings together the tw< styles of population. It is not only right, but beautiful, that peoplo shoulc have especial lovo for tho latitud* whoro they wero born and brought up With what loving accentuation th? Alabamian speaks of his orang? groves I And tho man from Massachu setts is sure to lot you know that h< comes from tho land of tho Adamsos Samuol and John and John Quincy. Did you ovor know a Virginian 01 Ohioan whoso face did not brighter when he announced himself from th? son thorn or northern state of prosi dents? If a man does not liko his na tive clime, it is becauso while ho livec there ho did not behave woll. This capital stands whoro, by its locality and its political influence, it strotcho! forth one hand toward tho north anc the other toward the south, and t mighty work of grace starting hore would probably be a national aw aleen Georgia would clasp tho hand of Nov Hampshire, and Mai no tho liane of Louisiana, and California tin hand of New York, and say, "Como let us go up and worship the Got of nations, tho Christ of Golgotha tho Holy Ghost of tho ponto costal three thousands." It has of toi beon said that the only way < ?> nortl and tho south will bo bov t int< , coinploto accord is to havo a war witl some foroign nation, in which botl sections, marching sido by side, woul< forgot everything but tho foo to h overcome. Woll, if you wait for sucl a foroign ccnlliot, you will wait unti all this generation is dead, ant perhaps wait forever. Tho wa that will make tho sections fo gett past controversies is a wa against unrighteousness, such as a uni vorsal roligious awakoning would de claro. What wo want is a battle fo souls, in which about 40,000,000 north erners and southerners shall bo on th same side and shoulder to ahouldor In no othor city on tho continent can sitoh a war.be declared so appropriate ly, for all tho other groat oities aro either northorn or southern. This is noithor, or rather it is both. Again, it would bo especially advan tageous if a mighty work of graco started boro because m?re representa tivo men aro in Washington than in any othor city botweon tho ocoans. Of courso thoro aro aceidonts In poli tics, aud occasionally there aro mon who got into tho sou ato and house of representati ves and other important places who aro fitted for the positions in noithor'bead nor heart, but this is oxeoptional and more exceptional now than in othor days. Thoro is not a drunkard in tho national logistaturo, although there woro times when Kentucky, Virginia, Delaware, Illi nois, Now York and Massaohusets had mon in sonate or houso of representa tives, who wont maudlin and stagger ing drunk across thoso high places. Never noblor group of mon sat ni son ato or houso of representatives than sat thoro yestorday and will sit thoro tomorrow, whilo tho highest judioiary without exception, bas now upon ita bondi men beyond criticism for good morals and mental ondownmont. So in all departments o? oJ?lcial position, witli hero aud thero an exception, ai o today tho brainiest men and most lion orabio mon of America. Now. sup pose tho Holy Ghost power should full upon Ibis city and these men from all parts of Amorioa should suddeuly bo como pronounced for Christ 1 Do you say tho effect would be electrical? Moro than tba* Tt v^-1'' ho omnipot ent I Do y?, len* and pot?nt by religious . .-?-,>?\ - , you have not observed what IL eon'1 going on. Commodore Foote, Vpre sonting tho navy ; General Grout and Robert E. Leo, representing tho north ern and southern armies ; Chief Jus tico Ohaso, representing the supremo court ; tho Frolinghuysous, Theodore and Frederick, representing tho United Statos senate; William Pennington and scores of others, representing tho houso of representativos, have surren dered to that gospel which beforo this winter is out, will in this capital of tho American nation, if wo aro faithful in our prayors and exertions, Aurn into the kingdom of God mon of national and international power, their tongues of eloquouco becoming tho tongues of firo in another Pentecost. Somo of us remember 18?7, when at the close of tho worst monetary dis tress this country bas over felt, com pared with which tho hard timos of tho last threo years woro a boom of pros perity, right on the hools of that com pleto prostration carno an awakening in which 500,000 people wee contort ed in different states of the Union. Do you know where one of its chiof powors was demonstrated? In Wash ing ton. Do you know on what street? This stroot. Do you know in what church? This chrch. I picked up au old book a few days ago and was star tled and thrilled and enchanted to read some words, writton at that timo by tho Washington correspondent to a New York paper. Ho wrote: "The Frist Presbyterian church can scar o contain the people. Requests aro dai ly preferred foran interest in tho pray ors offered, and tho reading of .those forms ono of tho tenderest and most oi?ectivo features of tho meetings. Particular pains aro taken to disclaim and exclude everything liko soctarian. feeling. General usLonishment is folt at tho unoxpoctod rapidiiy with which tho work bas thus far proceeded, and wo aro boginhing to anticipate the ne cessity of opening another ohurch." Why, my, hoarors. not have that again and moro than that? Thoro aro many thousands moro of inhabitants now than thou. Besides that, since then are the telephone, with its somiomni prosonco, and tho swift cable car, for assembling the pconlo. I boliovo that tho mightiest rovival of religion that this ?ity has over seen is yet to como and 1ho earth will tremble from Cap itoline hill to tho boundaries on all sides with tho footsteps of God as ho comes to awakon and pardon and save theso great populations. People of Washington, meotusnext Thursddny night at half past 7 o'clock to pray for this coming of tho Holy Ghost-not for a pentecostal 8,000, that I have roferred to, but 30,000. Such a fire as that would kindle a light that would bo seen from tho sledges crunching through the snows of Labrador to tho Caribbean sea. where tho whirlwinds aro born. Lot our cry be that of Habakkuk, tho blank verso poet of tho Bible: "O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years; in the midst of tho years make known; in wrath remember mercy." Let the battlecry, bo Wash ington for God, tho United Statoa for God, Amorica for God, tho world for God I Wo aro all tirod of skirmishing. Lot us bring on a general engage ment. Wo aro tired of fishing with hook and lino. With ono sweep of tho gospel not lot us take in many thous ands. This vast woik must begin fomowhoro. Why not boro? Some may not I, ono of tho Lora's sorvants? By providential arrangement I am every Avcek in sormonic communica tion with ovory city, town and neigh borhood of this country, and I now givo tho watchword to north and south and cast and wost. Hoar and seo it. all people-this call to a forward movement, this call to repontanco and faith, this call to a continental awak ening I This generation will soon bo out of sight. Whore aro tho mighty mon of tho past who trod your Pennsylvania avonuo and spake in yondor national legislature and decided the stupendous questions of the supreme judioiary? Ask tho sleepers in tho Congressional cemetery. Ask tho maunoTeums all over tho land. Their tongues ar& speechless, their oye?;vcloscdj vthL. ; arms folded, their opportunities gono, thoir destiny fixed. How soon timo prorogues parliaments, and adjourns sonates, and disbands cabinets, and empties pulpits, and dismisses genera tions I What wo must do we must do quickly or not do at eh, I call upon pcoplo who cannot come forth from thou* sickbeds to implore tho hoavons in our bohalf from thoir midnight pil lows, and I call uuon tho aged who cannot, even by tho help of thoir staff, ontor the churches to spend their last days on oar th in supplicating tho sal vation of this nation, and I call upon all mon and women who have been in furnaces of trouble, as was Shadrach. and among lions, as was Daniel, ana in dungeons of troublo, as was Joro miali, to join in tho prayer, and lot tho ohurch of God everywhere lay hold of tho Almighty arm that movos na tions. Thon senators of tho United Statos will announce to the stato logislaturos that sont them hero, and members of tho houso of representativos will re port to tho congressional districts that elected thom, and the many thousands of mon and women now and hore en gaged in tho many departments of national sorvico will write homo, tell ing all sections of tho country that tho Lord is hore, and that ho is on tho maroh for tho rottomption of Amorica. Halleluiah, tho Lord is coming I I hoar tho rumbling of Iiis chariot whcols. 11 feel on my chcoks tho Vic tor I I see tho Hash of his lanterns through the long night of tho world's sin and sorrow ! Wo want in this country, only on a largor scale, tlmtwhioh other contu ono must give tho rallyi Why rios havo seen of God's worklugs.us in tho reformation of tho sixtoonth eon tury, when Martin Luther and Philip Melanohthon led on; as in tho nwak oning of tho sovontoonth century, when Bunyan and Flavol and Baxtor lod on ; as in tho awakening of tho oightoonth century, whon Tennant and Edwards and tho "Wosloys led on ; as in tho awakening of 1857, led on by Matthew Simpson, tho seraphic Meth odist, and Bishop Macllvaino. tho Ap?stol io Episcopalian, and Albert Barnes, tho consecrated Presbyterian, nm) AMIAXII a? <M ~U - ?4? n-J ^VIV'M, XIX Uli \%V? ' nominations. : Oh, will not some of those glorious souls of tho past como down aud holp us? ^oino down ?If your thrones, Nottloton and Finney and Daniel Baker and Edward Payson and Truman Osborn* and Earle and Knapp and Inskip and Archibald Al exander-that Alexandor tho ^roat of tho Christian olnirohes. Como down I How oan you rest, up there when tho world is dying for lack of tho gospel? Como down and agonizo with us in prayer. Como down and help us proaoh in our pulpits. Como down and iuspiro our courago and faith. Heaven can **ot along without you bettor than wo can. But moro than all-and overwhelmed with rovoront emotion wo ask it-como, thou of tho deeply dyed garments of Bo/.rah, trav eling in tho greatuoss of tho strength, mighty to save I Lord God of Joshua I Lot thc sun of this century stand still abuvo Giboon and tho moon above tho valley of Ajalon until wo can whip out tho ilvo kings of hell, tumbling down tho precipices as tho other live kmo-g wont over, tho rocks of Bethho *jal. It .will so surely bo i?i ...restrain tho laugh From whoro the seaweed is tossed on tho beach by tho stormy Atlantic to tho sands laved by the quiet Pacido, this country will ba .Emanuel's land, tho work beginning at. Washington, if wo have the faith and holy push and tho consecration requisite First ol all, wo ministers must got right. Thai was a startling uttorancoof Mr. Swin nock when ho said, "It is a dolofu thing to fall into boll from under th( pulpit; but oh, how dreadful a thinf to drop thither out of tho pulpit. That was an all suggestive thing tba Paul wrote to the Corinthians, "Los that by any moans, when I hav< preached to others, I myself should bi a castaway." That Was an inspiring motto with which Whitefield seale< all his letters, "Wo seek tho stars.' Lord Godl Wake up all our pulpits and then it will bo when Vonn preach od, and it was said that mon fell bc foro tho word like slacked lime Lot us all, laymen and clergymen to tile work. What Washfugtoi wants most of all is an old fashion ed revival of religion, but on a vaste scale, so that tho world will be com polled to say, as of old, "Wo nove saw it on this fashion." But remo? ber thero is a human sido as well as divine side to a revival. Those of u brought up in the cour?try know win is called "a raisiug"-tho neighbor gathered together to lift tb heavy frame for a now house af tor th timbers are ready to be put into the: places. It is dangerous work, au thero aro many accidents. The neigl hors had gathered for such a raisinf and tho beams had all boon fitted I their places oxcopt ono,, and that vet heavy. That ono, on tho long pik? of tho mon, had almost roached i piaco whon something went wrohj and tho mon could hoist it no highe But if it did not go in its placo it wou fall back upon the mon who wore lif incr it. It had already begun to sett back. Tho boss carpenter shoute? "Lift, men, or dio 1 All together 1 "b -heave I" With mightior push tin tried to send tho beam to its place, b failed. Still they held on, all tl timo their strength lessening. Tl wives and mothors and daughte stood in horror looking on. Thon ?1 boss carpenter shouted to tlio womel "Como and holpl" They carno, and womanly arms I carno the anns of giants, for they we lifting to savo tho lives of husban and fathors and sons as well as tin own. Then tho boss carpenter mom ed ono of tho beams and shouto "Now I Aitogothorl Lift or die 1 Y heave I" And with a united oifc that almost burst tho blood vessels t great beam went to its place, am wild huzza was heard. That is t way it sometimes seems in tho churc os. Temples of righteousness aro bo roared, but thoro is a halt, a ste a catch somowhero, A fow aro lifti: all they can, but wo want more han at this raising and moro hearts, mc Christian mon to help-aye, mc Christian women to re-enforce. If t work fail, it means tho death of ma souls. . AU together 1 Mon and v men of God 1 Lift or die 1 The t stone must come to its placo "w: shoutings of graco, grace' unto i God is i'cady to do his part; Aro roady to do our part? Thero is wc not only for tho knee of prayer, 1 for tho shoulder of upheaval. And now I would like to seo I hour that which I haye never sci but hope to seo-a whole audioi saved under ono fia of tho Eton Spirit. Boforo yor ont of any those doors onter t oor of men Fathor and mothor, como in and bri your children with you. Newly m ried folks, consecrate your lifotimc God and bo married for eternity well as timo. Young man you v want God before you get through t world, and you want bini nc Young woman, Without God this i hard world for women. Ono arid i whorovor you sit or stand I lift : voice so that you can hear it, oui tho corridors and on tho street, i say, in tho words of tho Mediterr can ship captain, "Call upon thy G if so bo that God will think upon te;,' ;er jriJh not." Oh, what nc to toll ; What nows to relate to y old father and mother; what nowi telegraph your friends on tho ot sido of tho mountains; what in with which to thrill your loved o in heaven 1 It was of such nows t a man read in a noonday mooline Philadelphia. Ho arose, and unroll a manuscript read : V Whoro'or wo moot, you always say; "What's the nows? Whav? tho now Tray what's tho order of the day? W bat's tho now?? What's tho nowa' Oh, I have got good nowa to toll My saviour hath dono nil things woll And triumphed ovor death and boll That's the no wal That's tho nowa! Tho Lamb was slain on Calvary That's tho nowsl That's tho nowsl To set a world of sinnors free-? That's tho nowsl That's tho nowsl Tho Lord has pardoned all my Bin That's tho news! Thats tho nowat 1 feel tho witness now within- ' Tliat's tho nowal That's thenewal And Bi nco Ile took my sins away, And taught mo how to watch and pm I'm happy now fi om day to day That s tho nows! That's tho nowa! And Christ tho Lord can save you, too Tim t Vtlio nows! That's thc nowsl Your sinful heart ho can renow That'? tho nowa! That's the nows! This moment, If for alnay?ugrlovo, Thl8momontlf you do behove, A full acquittal you'll re?oive That's tho nowal That's the ne wal And now, lt any onetdiould say, "What's tho n?W8Y What' tho nowt Oh, toll him yon'vo bogun to prayt That's tho nowa! That's the nows That you have Joined tho c.onquorlng t And now with Joy at God's commai Yonr'ro marohlng to tho botter land' That's tho nows! That's ho nowa THE DISPENSARY LAW, GOVERNOR EVAN'S SPECIAL MES8AGE ON THAT SUBJECT. Kftvlow of tho Ojporntlov.t ol the Sy?tom. Suggontlous Looking to Its Hotter ISn forcomont. COLUMBIA, Feb! ll.-Spooial : Gov: omer Evans' mossago on tho Dispen sary law waa rend in tho Gonoral As bOiu?ijr ycalOrduy. It vmuudius un exhaustive roview of tho operation and tho off'oots of tho systoin : Ho says : Gentlemen of tho General Assembly : In 1892 tho dispensary law was euact eu ns a solution of. tho vexed and much discussed whiskey problem. All reasonable mon noting in tbe.light of tho exporionoo of other Statos, ac knowledge that prohibition is imprac tioablo so long as whiskoy is regarded as a logitlmato artiolo of oom morco by tho national government. "It oan only bo oberlshed as an ideal theory and must bo classed with othor utopi an ideas. The drinkiug habit is re cognized by all civilized governments as an evil, nd oue that m peculiarly within tho provinco of legislative ac tion. This action, must bo from tho nature of tho evil directed to the removal of tho causo, as wo eau not prohibit mon from gratifying their tastes and thirsts. Wo can punish mon for destroying tho lifo, limb or pioporty of otbors and to somo extont restrain their actions, but wo can no moro legislate tho tasto fou. whiskey out of au old toper, thau wo ^can jeal ousy out of tho human -heart. As long as a stimuluat iq craved by tho Kunian appetite and as long as whis key is ?iatiiied ln North ?arolinn tho drinkors of South Carolina will have it, law or no. law. I have never dreamed of roforimug a dWiukard by law or moral suasion. For tho habit onco formed is a disoaso, a physical condition which cannot euro. Wo must address ourselves thon to tho con dition that confronts us and not theo rize on ideal government. Tho first object should be to prevent this habit from hoing formed by tho young citi zens; second, to oliminato drunken ness ; third, to so gratify tho1 thirst of tho old toper as to mateo the uno bj ec tionablo to sober citizens. Wo claim that tho dispensary law has practically accomplished tho first and second objects; tho third can only bo fully accomplished by tho death of tho subject. ; When death occurs and the nation al government outlaws whiskoy and alcoholic beverage, then, and not un til thou, will prohibition bo practica ble: Tho law in this State hus had a hard road. It has beon opposed by the United Statos courts with partisan judges and by a few of our own Citi zens with rillos and shotguns, but so far it has prevailed, and is now writ ton in tho organic law of tim State, and botter, on tho hearts of the pooplo. It may bo said now tobo thosottled policy of tho State. Its experimental stago is over and I am happy to inform you that in only ono city.of tho Stato havo tho pooplo refused to accept it as such. I havo been requested by a repr?sen t?t! ve of the Gospel Temperance league to ask you to amend tho law so as to allow whiskoy lo bo sold only, for med icinal, pharmaceutical and mechanical purposes, or in other words, io repeal the dispensary law and adopt what was rejected by your honorable body and known as tho Nettles billi I can not do this for reasons whichjmust bo apparent to you and wbiohiT, stated while a member of the somite and for tho further reason that tho dispensary is succeeding beyond the expiations of its friends, and to pass s?cula' law as requested would not accomplish what the dispensary is now doing, but would simply increaso the crime of perjury and falso representation in the State. I would not bo understood es objecting to tho agitation of prohib? tion nor to restricting tho sale of wins key by any means. It is beneficial to all governments to havo idealists, for if not, wo might loso sight of tito prin cipio and cease striving for thv covet ed goal. As a moral reform measure the dis pensary must commend itsolfj to arty unprejudiced mind. Tho temptations to tho youths of tho State offered by tho saloon havo boon swopt avjay and with it havo gono tho gamos'or bil liards, pool, tho faro ! banks and tho corrupt influence of the barkeeper in municipal and Stato elections. During tho hilo holt days there occurred only onb homi oiilo in tho Stato and this was not from whiskoy, but an old feud. 'Ibis re cord has never been known boforo. Not a case of tho crime for; which lynching is resorted to or an attempt at such has occurred within' tho past year. Two circusos travresed tho State during the past year, visiting all large towns of importance, and with tho exception of Spartanburg not au arrest was made for drunkenness or disorderly conduct. In Greenville ono arrest was made for drunkenness and ho was exhibited as a curiosity. It was tho invariable practico of tho col ored population to drink on ?circus days, but it passed away with bar room customs. I despatched fo\ir eon. stables to follow tho circuses ia their tour through tho Stato, but thc/ woro not needed to prcsorvo tho poaco, and not an accident of any kind vms re ported. The Governor then sums up tho re ports of mayors, intendants and otner municipal olllcers to whom ho applied for information, as follows: It ap pears from these reports that drunkr enness. has decreased for the entire State 50 per cont.; the numbov of cases tried in mayors' court?* for drunkenness and disorderly conduct baa decroased 06 and 9-lt?tbs por cent. The consumption of whiskey lias do creased 47 6-7percent. It must bo observed that this decrease is not for tho ontiro poriod si nco tho enactment of tho law, but for tho past year. Compared with tho preceding year 25 per cont, may bo added as a roasonablo ostimato for that year. It is quite encouraging to the friends of tho law to noto tho gonoral chango of sontiment in most or tho towns m its favor. Tho country has alway?; boon a unit in favor of it and has demanded its strict enforcement. Tho bittorost onomies of tho system now admit that morally speaking it is a g^and sue cess. .> \ *\ .? J) 1 i TIIIC DISPKNSAHY AS A BUSINESS. In 1892-93 there woro in the Stato 69 dispensaries. Tho total amount purchased by thom, $671;555.99; sal?s at invoice prico, $573,578.28; total salos to consumers, $679j222.88; gross profits, $165,355.40 ;oxpo?\sos, $88,680, 15 ; not profits, $70,775.25. Tho operations of tho Stato and county dispensaries for the past year have boon peculiarly successful. Tho volume of business has greatly in croased. Tho salos by county dispon sors for tho ll months onding Dee. 81 amounted to noarly $1,10,000, Tho not profit that has accrued to tho State from tho oporatlouof tho State dispon sary for tho ll months ending Deo. 81 amounts1 to $182,167.77, anti tho not profits to tho towns and counties from tho operations of tho sub-dispensaries for tho corresponding poriod amounts to $10r)>13h28,U"iaking a total of ac oruod {pronto to' tho Stato and towns and counties for tho If. months of $289,599.05 adding tho ?25,571.85 un earned profits duo tho Stato on goods in hands of county dispensaries at tho closo ol tho past year it would swell the total of oarned and unearnod'prof its to the Stato and towns and counties for. tho ll months to tho amount of $2(50,170.90. The not profits acoruing to tho State as revised to Deo. 81 from the begin ning of the operations of tho dispensa ry lo tho oloso of ox-Commissiouor Traxlor's term on Jau. 81, 1895, amounted to $1100,318.80. Added to this tho not accrued profits of $.133, 467.77 for tho poriod of ll months frrim WrAi 1 "TV" Q< mo* mo ira? ?. total of net acorucd profits to tho Stato from tho operation of tho Stato dispen sary to tho amount of $313,816.57. Tho books of tho State commissioner as is shown in his annual report,and also by tho spooial legislative cxa min ing committeo show that at the closo of tho past year the total assets (at cost price) of tho Stato dispensary wore $314.070.24 and tho. total liabilities $70,253.07. Those assets consists of: Cash....$ 54,107 03 Wines and liquors at tho Stato dispensary........ 55,631 56 Teams and wagons.. 800 65 Machinery and Office, fix tures. . 2,656 47 Bottles corks aud cooperage 26,581 43 Cash loaned to tho Stato treasurer. 50,000 00 Wines and liquors at sub disponsaries... 116,235.65 Personal accounts. 8,057 45 Making tot iii available as sotsof.$314,070 24 Outstanding against these assotsaro liabilities to tho amount of $70,258.67, which is duo by tho Stato for winos and liquors purchased, making a net balauco of nssots abovo liabilities of $242,816.57, which amount represents tho not oarned profit to tho Stato nt tho closo of tho year and this profit has beou placed by tho commissioner to tho credit of tho general fund bf the Stato. In conformity to a clauso in tho now Constitution providing that all futuro earnings of tho Stato dispen sary shall go to tho schools of the Stato tho commissioner will place to tho credit of tho school fund all net earnings which shall hereafter accrue. From a careful analysis of that provi sion of Constitution it will bo scon that tho school fund will not be enti tled to any portion oftho net earnings of the dispensary until Dec. 31 of $213,816.57 shall have boen covered into the Stato treasury to tho credit of the general fund Hence it will bo 18 mouths at the ear liest before wo may expect any* in crease in tho school fund from this sourco. I am happy to stato that tho Stato appropriation of $50,000 has been refunded from the nut earnings 0* the dispensary to pay the expenses of tho constitutional convention. Tho Governor next states that neces sary improvements have been made in the mot nods of book-keeping. ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW. Tho expenso of tho constabulary has been moro than mot by tho value of the contraband whiskey and wines soized and the suppression of tho illicit | traille in such. Tho amount for main taining tho force was $13,032.01. Ther value placed on contraband dumped was $17,031.70, leaving a net cost for maintenance of $20,000.37. The value placed upon contraband soized does not represent tho truo value of tho ar ticles captured, as there is a largo amount still on hand of goods unsuit able for the business of tho dispensary and consequently aro of no actual value. I am satisfied that no Stato of ficers aro entitled to moro commenda tion than these mon who do not hesi tate to risk their lives, and in several instances have lost them in defense and in executing the laws.of this State! If it were not for the espionage of these oilicors the blind tigers wou ld bo ram Eant and tho dispensaries would not o self-sustaining. If the present im provement in public sentiment in the towns and cities continues, I am satis fied the constabulary can bo safely cut down to ono half tho prosont force at tho end of another year. Tho governor is empowered to em ploy two chief Stato constables and as many Stato constables as may be ne cessary to enforce tho law. Upon my induction into office I dotormiued to recognize the constabulary, and. if possible, dispense with it altogether. After trying a small force for a month, I found that it was impracticable, and unless Hie force was iucroased, tho ex ecution of tho law would bo a failure. Whorovor tho constables were with drawn from a town or county, imme diately potitions would be sont me re questing thoir return. For tho year ending tho first of Juno, 1895, thoro wero issued by tho United States rovenuo collector, 805 licenses to retail liquor. This includes 85 dispensaries, which leaves for illicit dealers 720. For'tho year ending Juno 1st, 1896, thero havo been issued so far 387 licenses. This includes 88 dispen saries, loaving a total of 299 for illicit dealers. Of this number 167 wore taken out in tho city of Charleston-ten bf which wero for tho dispensaries, which being deducted, leavos a grand total of 157 illicit dealers in that city, lt will bo soon from theso figures that over 52 percent, of the illicit traille is carried on in tho city of Charleston. It will bo further observed that tho number of United States liconses issued for tho entiro Stato has decreased over 41 per cent, for tho past your. Governor Evans thon roviows tho proceedings boforo Judge SimbntoH, and says:. In order to comply with tho inter pretation of tho interestato commorco law by this United States judge, I would respectfully recommend that tho law bo amended by declaring that all alcoholic liquors except when analyzed by tho Stato chemist and found to be chemically puro aro detri mental to tho health, morals and wol faro of tho citizens of this Stato, aro contraband and liable to soizuro, wher ever found, without a warrant and when seized shall .be forwarded to tho Stato commissioner and by him de stroyed. This would cover tho objec tion of J udgo Simon ton and would re lievo the law of a continual warfare by tho whiskey ring. ? AMENDMENTS. The governor recommends that two members of the State Board of Control bo elected by tho Logislaturo, and then concludes : The system of operating dispensaries since tho inauguration of tho new form of bookkeeping is ns noar porfeot as you can make it. During tho past year we haVo discovered three defalca tions among county dispensers. Thoy havo beon reported to tho attornoy gonoral and ho has entered suit upon tho bonds and commdnced criminal Iirocoss against tho dispensers. It is mt just to state that these defalcations occurred during tho year previous to tho inauguration of tho Scruggs' sys tem of bookkeeping. I apprehend no further troublo on this lino. I would recommend that tho county supervisor bo talton oil. Ibo county board of control, as unidor tho new Constitution ho is ineligible, and bo sidos the duties of his office aro incon sistent with thoso of tho dispensary and if ho attends to thom proporly ho will, havo but httlo timo to dovoto to tho business. 1 .desire to impress upon you tho advisability of divorcing the dispensary from any other ofllco or State institution, sp that tho responsi bility for its management and success may not bo divldod, but rest entirely t upon, tho shouldors of ofilcors appointed ' to look af tor it oxoluslvoly. In conclusion porjnit mb to say that I fool a peculiar anxiety and interest in tho sucooss of this Institution by reason of my connection with the en actment of tho law while a mombor of. SouV honorable body and without any esitAtion or apparont egotism on my part, I do not beliovo that any futuro govornor will fool towards tho law and guard it as scrupulously, as my prede cessor and mysolf. For thcso reasons, I have endeavored to talk to you rdrtinJv and noirit out' What I pincer*, ly boliovo necessary to perpetuate a law, HO wise salutary. Ohlnono Oauutbnls. VIOTOHIA, B. O.. Fob. 12.- Dreadful stories como from Yokohama of tho treatmout of Japaneso by Formosa rebols, somo correspondents going so far as to say that the Chinese practice cannibalism. Karly in Jauuary the robols took possession of tho village of Kelung. A detachment of Japanoso was sont to attack tho place and aftor considerable opposition succeeded in driving tho rebels off and entering thc village, which was afterward fired. Tho correspondent of the Japan Mail j in speaking of tho arrival of tho Japa nese troops in the villagosays: "Tho troops . wore horrified at tho ghastly spectacle of nineteen bodies of their countrymen beheaded and frighfully mangled. Thoy wore railrway work men who had mot death at the hands of tho fiends. "Many of your readers may not bo aware of the cannibalism that oxists among tho Ohinoso, altough thsro is probably n?t a foreigner in Formosa but knows of the eating of portions ? of tuc-bodton hy, savages, ox* of tho mrrkets in Formosan settle ments containing human flesh for salo. During tho outbreak of 1801, so great was tho loss of life that Bavago llesh was brought in irul sold tho samo as pork in tho markets. TliO' mutilutod bodies of Japanese wore found, several of tnom disombowoled and with their hearts cut out, also minus their parts. ! Somo wore found who had boon burned at tho stako. Charred bodies With hands and foot still fastened wore ; some of tho spectacles tho soldiers saw."_ Anot hoi- It ruy, LOWJCLI,, MASS., Feb.. 12.-In tho course of his addross at tho annual en campment of tho Massachusetts Grand Army of tho Republic to day, Com mander Thayer alluded to tho dedica tion of a Confederate monument in : Chicago on last Memorial Day. Ho said : "Tho losson taught by tho mon ument is an erroneous ono; thisstatuo of a Confederate soldior, which they I placed upon it in brass with wasted body, intended as an implication that I our government maltreated its prisou ! ers. is a standing falsehood aud tho dedication of the memorial upon a day which wo havo sot apart for mem orial services in honor of our fallon comrades was an insult to every man who wore tho bluo. My protest- was sustained by tho posts of this depart ment and by thousands of loyal mon ! all over tho country. Do not lot thom uso the monument at Chicago as au entering wedge for other citios of tho loyal North, Wo may join with thom in oxtojling tho heroism of tho peoplo of tho South, 'but wo must not bo asked to countenance or to palpitate the gigantic crime which thoy commit ted in seoking the destruction of tho Union, or to allow attempts to distort tho facts of history to go unrobuked. If they aro as loyal as thoy say they are, lot thom forsake tho errors of tho past and not seek to perpetuate thom." l'imvson UU(l Tull) Ort ll ll eh. The .Washington, correspondent of tho Charlotto Obsorvor says that while tho silver debato was On in tho House, Representative Pearson, Republican of North Carolina, indulged in a sacor at tho oxponses of South "Carolina for tile part which sho look in provoking tho war of sesessions. This allusion angered Mr. Talbert, Democrat, of South Carolina, who declared in a great slate of excitement^ that South Carolina was right in tho position which she took. "I am ashamed of any man who on dorsos secession or tho motives which lay behind it," Mr. Pearson said. "I ondoro it," Mr. Tolbert exclaim ed, "I endorso o very word of seces sion." "It has been said," Mr. Pearson went on, "that if hell over breaks looso in this country it will broak looso irt South Carolina and so I be lieve it. The spectators in tho gallery took | sides in this angry altercation, ap plauding now tho ono and now tho other combatant" Mr. Talbert had tho last word de claring that "South Carolina hover ha's been whipped, and never will be whipped." < i OI (lc ll it O'IO Ult 1(1 )l>(. ' How many good resolutions aro broken during theso January days I As ' tho'midnight bells ring out tho old and ring in tho now year, how many thousands of penitent inebriates promiso thomsqlves to lead better lives and for weeks and days thereafter struggle manfully against the tyrant that runs riot through their veins 1 But flesh is weak and alcohol is strong And as tho days go by tho craving for drink becomes f>Jb great that few of tho struggling thousands eau resist it, and, ono by ono, thoy fall hopelessly into tho old ways until anothor mile stone shall givo thom pauso. To tho weak but willing among us tho Keoloy Instituto of South Carolina is a god send. Tho gold cure is "not gold that glitters," but it shines liko aoonedio tion in tho faces of tho liborated-tho frool Make, by all moans, your good resolutions, but back yourself with tho gold to bo had on' > in South Carolina at tho Keoloy ?ns. 'uto mis city. Tho State. Got A Uncle ?ot. WASiimaroN, Feb. 13.- A motion of Mr. Morrill in tho Sonato today to take up tho House tariff bill was de feated by a voto of 20 to 21. Wheth er tho voto h?sapy special significance or not, tho action today, is a marked temporary backsot to tho bill, to say tho least? Tho result was accomplish-' ed through tho solid Democratic and Populistic voto, aided by tho votes of four Republican silver senators-Tell "br of Colorado, Mantle and Carter of Montana, and Dubois of Idaho. Mr. Brice, although paired..with Mr. Wol cott, voted againstlaking up tho bill.. Mr. Brico voted undera misapprehen sion, but his vot? did not eifect tho re ? six lt,"save in increasing, the majority slightly. Ilriitnl Act ofa I'renohor. MoRttiiiiiTON, ARK., Feb, 0.-II. II. Honoyoutt. living six miles west of hire, killed a 10 months old child of a widow 'Who who kept houso for him, last ovoning. Honeycutt carno into the houso when tho child was crying. Ile picked tho little ono up, flavo it a slap on tho hoad, ..thon shook t, breaking Us, neolc. A warrant was sworn out late this afternoon and bill cors aro now searching for him, IT is stated that in tho past eloven months tho constables in Charleston havo seized' 13,000 gallons of liquor? and that as a result of this confiscation they havo boon moro than sol f-sustaim ing, and in plac? ?f costl?g tho State monoy have, through tho liauor soil ed, turned ducats into tho dispensary troosury, THIS SUJ?T?13AS?itX i>EA?). IT IM38E3 AWAY IN SAD OBSCURI ", .\ , TY. ? v : mother IltwOou ,IJrin(5? tho Now? of It? 1 ?ooortHo-National AU I tinco Throwing JJooayoa i'liinlts Overbpiita~*-li<).n<ly fdr rue!o:r, COLUMBIA, S. C, Fob 10.-Mr. J. W. Bowdon^who basteen itt uttond* uuuu.ou ibo iittiiOiitiJt JIV?UUHCO luceimg in Washington waS ia tho oily yestor day ou Iii? way homo to Douyer, in Anderson county. When bo was seen, ho gave tho follo}vi:\g interest ing interview: rt What about the National. Alliance mooting'" Mr. Bowden was askod. "Well, to be candid, tho mooting was botter than I expected, both In point of attendance aud tho general' condition of tho organization. Sovou teen States wore representad and sev eral others reported, showing tho treas ury in good condition, whick isa good indication of tho life of tho organiza tion. Major Mann Pago of Virginia, wlio was olected the new president, is a strong man and woll known to Alll ancemon ovory where, as ho has boen connected with the order since its in ception. Mr. South worth of Colorado; tho now scorolary, will also make a very com potent oilloial. The majority of tko dolegates rogrettcd Vory muon to give up Col. D. P. Duncan as seere> tary, Os his of?lciont work was hlgkly appreciated, but it has boon tho uti written; law to divido tko ollloors among tbo various seotkms represent ed. " " What about tbo political stgntfi oanco of tho mooting 1" '. "I don't know that it bad any spec ial political significance,, but from tho fiuxious inquiries of Washington re porters, it scorned that it was bxpeolod to create somo kind of a kiatus or slap somebody in tko face. Of courso, no politicnl action was- takon, and tko only thing that skowod a tendency to touch politics was some small changes in tho 'demands It seoras very hard tor somo of our friends to understand kow an organization can bo interest*, cd in political affairs and yet tako no part in partisan politics." "What changes were made in tko demands?" "Woll, the only significant chango made in tho demands was tko olimi: nation of the sub troasury and also the demand for $60 por capita. These parts of tho demands bad come to be looked on as details of legislation- and did not bave a placo in tue domands of tho farmors' organization. Tho i?.,.i .o~.?>--1 ...a-1 mm, plUUrV <IIHI lin) l.lllivilll jimmy wore mado to read as they did origi nally. In reality, tho financial do mauds of tho Alliance perfectly accord, with tho views of all curronoy re formers." "Did you attend tbo silver confer ence?" ' 'Yes. I attended tho sossions thi'ou g tho two days and was much gratified at tb? earnest determination of those present for a straight, square fight for the whito metal and government issue of currency without regard to party. Tko conforoncb was composed of Re publicans aud Democrats, organized Populists takiug no part in it. It was determined to organize a silver fight in ovory State at oueo. A national convention was called to moot in St. Louis on July 22, the same dato and place of mooting as the Populist na tional couvontion, as tko opinion is tkat thoro will bo a joining of forcos thorc A national committee, com posed of ono member from each Stato was appointed and a chairman, who is Dr. J. J. Mott of North Carolina, was put in cbargo of headquarters as Washington. This national commit tee will only act until tho mooting of tho national convention, whon one will be oleoted in its stead." "Will South Carolina bo organized?" "Yos, I was placed on tho commit tee as representing this . Stato and will proceed to got ia touok witk all tkoso in sympatky witk tko objects of tho movomont. I will only act, kowevor, until a State okairman can bo selected. When a chairman is selected, thoro will probably bo keadquarters ostab lished and tho work actively pushed. For tho present, I will answer all in quiries from my homo office." "What effect will this have on tko May 'Domocratic' convention?" "I do not know. Wo do not intend to fight agaiust or try to interfere witk tkat body in any way. We only intend to build a house of refuge for the lost sheep wkon tkey aro turned out of tko Cleveland pasturo." "Did'tho South Carolina congress men attond the conference?" "Nono but Congressman MoLa?rin Ho took a vory prominent part in the deliberations and was on the commit tee that wrote the declaration and res olution."--State. - . Undo Snot Particular. Tho govornment is gotting more particular ovory day ns to tho charac ter of its public servants, par ticularly those in tho postofllco depart ment. Thoro have been many require ments in a physical way of applicants for clerkships and carriors' position, but after tho February examination tho restrictions will be more numer ous than over. Tho applicants must furnish a physician's certificate, undor tho old examination, of good heart, lungs and logs, sigkt, hearing, etc. ; but tho latest requirement of Clio civil sorvico commission is' os follows: Malo applicants who aro. undor 6 feet 4 inches in height or under 125pounds in weight will not bo accoptcd for tko position of dork or of carrier-in tko postofilco service, and suck local boards^of examiners aro authorized to cancel'applications from applicants who aro under tho prescribed height and weight, or concerning whom'the answor to. questions 0, 10, 20, and 21 (or any ono of thom) aro not satisfac tory. No doubt this will debar-many of the prospective applicants. Ques tions 6, 10, 20, and 21 rofor to sight, raptures, and to tho, capacity of tho applicant to stand prolonged physical strain and froedom from disease in genoral._ Tn\lOH Crash Togother. ST, LOUIS, Fob. ll-A special to Tho Chronicle from Cairo, Ills., says thatpassonger train No.. .22 and freight train No. 65 on tho Illinois Central railroad Crashed togother this morn ing ata principal midway botweon Wolaug and Dongola. Engineer William Huntington artd Baggage Mastor Felix Armstrong of tho pas songor train and.both Aromen were killed.. All four lived in Centralia, Ills. A number of passengers wore injured slightly. Tho'passenger train had orders to wait at Wetang for the freight train, but Conduotor Androw Odoms thought the freight train had passed and started ahead at full speed. Shot by a Itoligiou? F?mulo. Ow?fiNsi?ono; ' IC*., Fob. i 0.*--Saoh Davis, a colored farmer, was fatally clubbed and shot last, night at ll o'olook at LowhV station, this county, by Lee CrUtohfleld, ? whito "Santifica tionist." They wore discussing scrlb* turo and Davis could not agroo, with Orutohflold, who has a reputation of being a crank. At this tho latter be came infuriated, and seizing an axe handlodoalt tho negro a bldw on tho kcad, whlbhbroko his skull,; Ho thoh. drow a ro vol vor aud shot him orico through tko body, and fled, ttoloftiir.oo A?>?>oIntoil, OOUJMIUA, L G., Fob. 13. ~Gover nor Evans lias receivod. u lotter ?rom' tho provisional committee of tho Chi cago end Southern States exposition as follows: '"Ata meeting of the executive com- , mitteohold Fob. 8, tho following was unanimously adopted: 14 'Absolved, Timlin addition to tho delegates provided for from tho south ern cities as suggested and agreed upon by tho mayor and council of Chicago, tho governors of tho south-. BtfttO? bo niH?ioi'istbd lo nnnoint 10 delegatosat largo from ouch Stato to represent tho agricultural, manufac turing, mining, commercial and rail road interest of tho South in tho con vention called to meet at Chicago on tho 10 th instant and- that the governor ?^oaoh State to accompany hisdeleg? "In accordance with this resolution you are requested to appoint del?gate* ou behalf of y Our State." ' Governor Evans appointed tho fol-, lowing as representatives from this Stato to attend tho. cbhveutiop on the 10th inst.: IQ. Xi, Booho, M.-B. Mc sweeney, 1). II. Bussell, W. A. Clark, J? C. Wilboru, W, D..Evans,. G. B. Kittroll':. at lar^o, W. A. Courtorioy and 'l1. II, ltommio. Freo transportation to Chicago (ind return will bo supplied to delegates by Ino principal railroads. Mr. l?o ward H. Stafford is tho seorotary of tho pro visional committeo with headquarters at Augusta, Ga. All dosired informa tion oaii bo obtained by corresponding with him. Hnnntor yiin'iihW VSsltiojt. WASHINGTON, Fob. lil.TSiuco his spooch in tho Senate, ?onalor Tillman of South' Carolina has road numerous letters from Democrats appealing to ? him to, state his position, otherwise his speech in tho Se?ale .would hoof great harm to tho par ty. In reply toa letter from a friend in South Carolina,. Senator Tillman writes as follows and puts himself on record without a doubt: ,. "I have your letter of February'5.; and appreciate, very much your kind words of commendation, lu order to prosorvo tho unity of the white Doinor craoy of South Carolina wo cannot act on your suggestion not to sond del< ogatesto tho national convention ut Chicago. Wo have already captured tho Stato Democracy and wo must go to Chicago as such, prepared to bolt if need be aud ally ourselves vwith tho free sil vor men of tho West, itwouh) bb a f at>al blunder not to send, delegates" to tho national Democratic convention and would only bo putting it in tho hands of our goldbug enemies. If tho national convention does not adopt a platform to suit us and put on a man ?bovo suspicion as to Ins loyalty, wo can thou leave tho party, but not bo foro. The effort of every true friend of silver and financial reform should bo directed to having our Stato Demo cratic convention composed solidly of men of their way of thinking, so as to havo it aot aaf a unit." Forty Poonlo Drownoil, : BttiSBANR, Queensland, " Fob. 13. - The steamor Pearl, having on board 80 persons, mot with a peculiar acci dent today that rosul tod in tho death of 40 persons. The Brisbane river has been greatly swollen by heavy rains that have fallon latoly and tho current is running very strong. Tho Pearl was not powerful enough to stem tho currout and was swung broadside on and carried doWn tho river. Before she could got head way enough on to.oai'ry hermit Of.danger,' she was carried .athwart.tho chains of Um'Lucinda, which waslyingut?nohor in the stream. The Pearl struck tho chains with such ; force that, S-)M was almost completely out iii two. Thon the current turned her overhand she sank. Before.she went down, how ever, a vast column of steam'was seen ascending from h?r and it was after wards learned that - her steam pipes had been broken. Many of t hose on her lower deck wore fatally?.3oaldod while -10 others, wore, drowned. Tho work of rescuing. tho survivors was oxtromety difficult, as they wore car ried seaward with great rapidity by tho flood. Thousands gathered about the scene of tho disaster ? and there were many affecting scones as tho liv ing and dead wore - brought ashore. Some of tho bodies will never bo re covered. A On i> ul/.eil Buho o nor. OICDAI? Kr?vs; Fla.,-.-Fob.1?.-Infor mation from tho capsized schooner re ported off Anclote isiaud to the effect that she lies, bottom upiU:18?eet;pi watery; A number, of small yessols surround her and haye Out through her bottom andar? taking outlier catf go of lumber. Her name hits not, eon learned, as she lies deep in wa ter. No traco of .hor crow has been found, and.ns they could easily havo made land had thoy, taken to their boats, it is feared they wore drowned when tho vessel capsized* ' Tho broken masts, with all sails Sot, aro floating alongside, held by tho rigging. Thu sails boing set: indicate that she cap sized without warning. Tho vessel's bottom shows ns, that of a compara tively now ono. lo Dono with Dy n Ami te; Nrcw.OiiLEAtis, Fob. ll.v-A dispatch tho Daily States from San Antouio, Tex., says: This morning the shoo shop of Henry Johnson,' colored, wa? wreoked by an explosion Of dy namite, which broke the windows in tho largo. Presbyterian chiiroh and Conventi^rM^^ hall buildings and shook the entire city, . Johnson and a white mau wore asleep in tho building, but wore not injured, .Enemies ol Johnson .are/.1'..'?*, suspected, on account of doVnestio . .. troubles. Several previous attempts havo boon niudo to kill him. Lynching in Illinois. DKOATUU, III.,4 Feb. 18.--Grant At terbury was. 'lynched at Sullivan at 12:45 last night. , Fif toon masked men - broko opon the jail and hung him in tho courthouse yard Ito died declar ing that ho was innocent of thod?ublo crime of murdering his. fathor and outraging his sisier-in-laAV? .Mrs.. Roxy Attorbury. Members of tho mob wore fully armed, and eovoral carried sledgo hammers. They ma'do.attempt litllo at concealment, butw^nit vory difbetly about their work.; I Poisoned by l'opidsloola. MONTdoMK?tY. : ALA.-, Fob. 13. -TA speoial to.Uio Advertiser from ,At\nitf Threo , childi*on of somo dist a?o ??laying in tim food's found arid ato a lot of toad stools and wore soon taken vlOlontly iii; Doctors wore called, but in vain, all three being.dcad /within 10 hours . .spr.e i. a 1 M? Ane ?xu ver user- ir ton.iAl^'i Wa'' Threo , < Wm^Luti?j?h n, living sc place, while Titw-Uouso-of Representatives havo passed recontly several railroad meas ures of very great importance.' li passed bills to fix tlio rate?.' /or the h-ansport^tion of pas?ong?js l>y rail road. companies in this ? ^tftt?.,(o re* quire railroads to'pr?yldosopar^to'.? class coaches ' fyv tho' aebqmm'?d^lt?/i of white and colored :tiass'ongeVs jlrui to limit tho hour? of tho' AVork rireai, ploy es of railroad-fi *S\i? rig?it o? 'tue'wome?^'';. Ohio'tb VOtb for lnomboi'fi of school 'boardsl.wa* sustained by a close decision oftho Sup