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KI)xVY, DECEMBER 31, 1890. $0. 20.^ : BW. ; 7 ;,V-:.:;; ;; >':J''.;' jR<c:i by |?|f Wlicr. Biie JLlOiT Hralmage 1 ion this i slMusie in i ^nii;# at j in Nrn- j li, 5 "And let togetft-I ogethcr at i it against j Iw in Pales- j |wi. After a j M our tents i mud though ; ||?a variety of i glfomise a "first j jpf^he most of i Rr and a half [ "We detain gja so much of W accidentally J PonJay lunch-j hnd this l ake I that at any r encampment \ winter night [thful. Iu this ought his last j ons had banded j to crush this janks of these heir carcasses. re more mialua of whom ourses caught pse, although Palest 1 nr, and stirring and )?e foot everl MOSES* PLACE. I autiful tradihim. and in ?pe soul of the djUpad been buried, the funeral, the Ed him. But God I away from any but he ha* some id doe3 riot 20 lookrreat variety of canlone especially iitfositioD. lie maktfs r. Moses has passt Joshua, the hero, ! platform of history he ages echo' with was a magnificent vays fought on the Derer fought unless jht. lie got his mil om Gcd, who gave j it th6 start, "There j be able to stand beivs of thy life." God ise, although Joshas with the spring vXt with a stone^Su. jing xjnii regiment of , and the nexf battle ?, wheeling the sun io his battalion, and :he kin*' of terrors, victories. I- tiie 111081 Part> v-'hen the generaj n army starts cut in a conflict lie Bd like to have a small battle in lr that he may get his courage up rally his troops and get them driilor greater conflicts; but this firat staking of Joshua was greater [the leveling of Fort Pulaski, or Ihundering down of Gibraltar, or irerthrow of the Bastile. it was /\# *V./i TAi"/}un ? * f Kti H ni * |;iuaoiug kjl tuc <u ciiuv. nt Lebanon had just been they poured d^jsn into the valley, tie whole vairey was a raging tovf So the Cp'Q^amtes stand on one and they look across and see ua an<T the Israelites, and they l a.idsay, "Aha! aha! they cannot ?*b us in time?until the freshets It is imj-ossible for them to reach J3ut after a while they look across later and they see a movement in my of Joshua. They saj: ' What's ptter now ? Why, there must be Igic among me^e troops, auu uiey ping to llr, or perhaps they are I to try to"march across the"river an. Joshua is a lunatic." But faa,the chiefain, looks at his army iries, "Forward, march!" and they for the bank of the Jordan. THE PARTING OF JORDAN. ?e mile ahead go two priests carrylglittering box four feet long and Teetwide. It is the ark of the aant. And they come down, and oner do they just touch the rim e \rater with their feet than t>y almighty fiat Jordan parts. The If Joshua marches right on with ting their feet wet over the botthe river, a path of chalk and t shells and pebbles, until they he other bank. Then they lay kthe oleanders and tamarisks lows and pull themselves up a Jirty or forty feet high, and gained the "other bank, they fcir shields and their cymbals fcthe praises of the Cod of g| But no sooner have they he bank than the waters be||sh .--nd roar, and with a terri 1ST l>rea? aoose irom men nchorajje. Out yonder they E>fd, thirtr miles of distance d. On tliis side the waters rards the salt sea. fce land of the Lord 'Jod is It from the thus uplifted fcers perhaps uplifted half a ft .Almighty- hand is taken ?1 waters rush down, and SBmbelieving Israelites say: Kvhat a misfortune! V?"hy jwse waters have staid partglperhaps we may want to fflLord, we are engaged in a It These Canaxnites may law if we want to go back V KMffii l ? Eiiivfc: ueeu muic wumied to let us go back if mysnne ana ensACE TO STOP. ;* for the host to *s the command. In the distance e of tree?, anil at is a city, it is a Lrbors. a city r. ith L-h to the heaven, ly ?ky. It is the ghancls the niounwo. Theciiyivss S?. 1) ii by iIfrod th?? rwarii captured fc but this ca:nI There shall !.r b b;itteri:i-rra::i. I weapon of war, L The horn of pl^clllK'S Icim-tLi, lured lis it, ami kid jut :hf i:> t :.t would run kle musical in i iiiu'jiil and make a great deal of sweet harmony for the people. That was the only kind of weapon. .Seven priests were to take these rude rustic musical instruments, and they were to g:o around the city every day for six days?once a day?and then on the se^ er.t.h day they were to go around, blow, tisr these rude^musieal iMtaYnnents seven times, and then at the close of the seventh blowing of the rams horns on the seventh day the peroration of the whole scene was to bo a shout at whirh those great walls should tumble iroiij capstone to base. UOfNI) TIIK CITY'S WALL*. Th si-Yen priests n ith tfir- rude musical instruments pass all round the city vails en the first day, and a failure. Not so much as a piecfl'of plaster broke loose from the walls; not so much as a loosened rock, not so much as a piece of mortar lost from its place. " There," say the unbelieving Israelites, "didn't I tell you so? Why, those ministers are fools. The idea of going around the city with those musical instruments, and expecting in that way to destroy it! Joshua has been spoiled; he thinks because he has overthrown and destroyed the spring freshet he can overthrow the stone wall. Why. it is not philosophic Don't you see there is no relation between the blowing of these musical instruments and the knocking down of the wall? It isn't philosophy." And I suppose there were many wise ?t ~ * 7 4 !%*.;* Ir t? i t, acrrs who siuuu wnu urcn uiu?o nui^ ted and with the forefinger of the right hand to the forefinger of the left hand arguing: it all out and.showing that it was not possible that such a cause co .ild produce such an effect. And I suppose that nijht in the encampment there was plenty of philosophy and caricature, and if Joshua had been nominated for any high military position he would not have got many votes. Joshua's stock wasdotrn. The second day the priests blowing the musical instruments go around the city, and a failure. Third day, and a* failure; failure-fifth dar. and a failure; sixth day, and a failure. The seventh day comes", the climacteric day, t Joshua is up early in the morning and examines the troops, walks ail around about, looks at the city Trail. The i priest* start to make the circuit of the I city. They 20 all around once, all ! around twice, three times, four times, 1 five times, six times, seven times, and a failure. f There is only one more thing: to do, } and that is to" utter a great shout. 1 see the Israelitish army straightening themselves up, filling their lungs for a vociferation such as was never neara before and never heard after. Joshua fwels that the hour has come, and he cries to his host, '"Shout, for the Lord hath given you the city!" Ail the people begin to cry, "Domi. Je-icho! down, Jericho !" And the long line of solid masonry begins to quiver, and to move, and to rock. Stand from under ! She falls ! Crash! go the walls, the temples, the towers, the palaces, the air v'lith 4ust! Th? kVtrzza' of the victoriousIsxif?fiM#PS?( ! the groan of the conquered Canaanite: I commingle, and Joshua standing then in the debris of the trail hears a Toic< savin?, "There shall not any man bi able to stand before thee all the day: of thy life." ONLY IiAIIAB S HOUSE SFAIIED. Only one house spared. Who live: there? Some great king? Xo. So mi woman distinguished lor great kindl] deeds V I\o. She had been conspicuous for her crimes. It is the house of Ha iiab. Why was her house spared ? lie cause she had been a great sinner? No but because she repented, demonstrat I ingto all the ages that there is mere] j for the chief of sinners. The red corc p^of (Jivme injunction reacuin? irom nei i window to the ground, so that whei the people saw that red cord they knew it was the divine indication theyshoulc not disturb the premises, making u: think of the divine cord of a Saviour'; deliverance, the red cord of a Saviour': kindness, the red cord of a Saviour': mercy, the red cord of our rescue Mercy for the chief of sinners. Pui your trust in that God, and no damage shall befall you. When our world shal be more terribly surrounded than wa: Jericho, even by the trumpets of th< judgment day, and the hills and th< mountains, the metal bones and ribs o] nature shall break, they who hare hac Rahab's faith shall have Iiahab's de ! lirerance. When, wrapt in fire, the realms of olhei glow, And Heaven's last thunder shakes th< earth below; Thou, undismayed, shall o'er the ruins smile, And light thy torch at Nature's funcra pile. But Joshua's troops mar not hal! here. The command is, ""Forward movr?h TKnra ie thft o\t v nf A i 1*1 tiJUi Vll XUV1 W AO V4VT VA AJk.* ? A < must be taken. IIow shall it be taken A scouting party comes back and says ' Joshua, we can do that without you it is going to be a very easy job; you just stay here while we go and capture it." They march with a small regiJ ment in front of the city. The men o! j Ai look at them and give one yell, and the Israelites run like reindeer. The northern troops at Bull Kun did not I r.u n*. Vw.ar* | iiirtivc ioi?iu inut; uo wiacr ites with the Canaanites after them They never cut such a sorry figure as when they were on the retreat. AnyI body tiiat"foe3 out in the battles of Cod with only half a force, instead of toui taking trie men of Ai. the men of Ai will'take you. Look at the church ol God on the retreat. Bornesian cannibals ate up Munson, the missionary, j "Fall back !" said a great many Chris(tain people. "F-dl back, 0 church oi j Cod ! Forneo will never be taken, Don't you see the Uornesiari cannibal; have eaten up Munson, the mission i ary r lynuau delivers ms lecture hi j the University of Glasgow, and a great many good people say : "Pail back 0 j church of God ! Don't you see that i Christian philosophy is going to be j overcome by worldly philosophy ? Fail ! back I" Geology plunges its crowbar into the mountains, and there are a i great many people who say : "iscien tilic investigation is g)ing to ovc-r throw the Mosaic account of the crea tio.n. Fall back Friends of tht church have never had any right tc lull back. JOSHUA IS CHAGKiXED. Joshua talis or. his lace in chagrin. It is the only time you ever see the hack of his head. lit* falls on his face and bt-gins to whine, and he says: 4iOh Lorii God, whereloie hast thou at all j brought thi? people over .Jordan to dej liver us into the hand of the Amorites ! to destroy us? \Voujd to God we had i been content and dwelt on the otiiei ; I- -,t I l."r.r iMn.i.jt.itw . oli?r v'l iJUiua.: i jl vi clio v tuiuaiuu ! and all the inhabitants of the hind shah i hear of it. and >hali environ us round ' and cut oil our name from the earth." i I am very glad Joshua said that Before it seemed as If he were a supernatural b-ing. and therefore could no! | be an example to us; but I find he I? s n:an, he is only a man. Just as some. tm.es you find a man uniier severe opposition. or in a bad state of physica! health, or worn out rrith overwork lyic; jiiuvrn and sighins; about everything ! being defeated, i am encouraged wbec ; I hear this cry of Joshua as he lies ir theuust. (.Jou cumrj and routes him. Hot, dots he rouse him? By complimentan ! apostrophe? Iso. He sajs: "Get thc*? I up. Whi rciore licsl thou upon thy face ?" Joshua rises, and f. warrant you with a mortified look.bvrt his old cotir- j ! age comes back. Tlx" l'act was that; j was not his battle.^-'If he had bwen in i jit he-would h^i^'gone on to victory. He yathersr'His troops around him and j ' svir*, ^'ow, let us zo up and capture] I the city of Ai; let us go up rigftt away." They march on. lit* puts the majori ty 01 the troops behind a ledge of rocks j in thp night, and th^n he sends com-1 j paratively small raiments up in front, j of the city. The men of Ai come out ; ' with a shout. The small raiments of j | Israelites in stratawem tall back and! j i'a'l back, and when all the men of Ai i j have left the city and are in pursuit of j , these scattered, or seemingly scattered.! ; regiments Joshua stands on a rock?I! I see his locks flying in th^ wind as he j ! points his spear toward the doomed! J city, and that is the signal. The men i ! rush out from behind the ro--ks ami ; take the city, and it is put to the torch, ! | and then these Israelites in the city 1 i march down, and the flying regiments j of Israelites return, and between these ! 1 two waves of Israelitish prowess the! 'men of Ai arc destroyed, ami the Is- j ; raelites gain the victory. And rrhile j I see the curling: smoke of that destroyed city on the sky. and while I ! hear the huzza of the Israelites, and j ! the groan of the Canaanites, Joshua j hears something louder than it all, i | ringing and echoing: through his soul, I I "There shall not any man be able to j stand before thee all the days of thy ; liiV OX TO THE CITY OF GIDEON. ! But this is no place for the host of | ijoshun to stop. "Forward,, march!" cries Joshua to the troops. There is the city of Gideon. It has put itself | j under the protection of Joshua. They i j sent word, "There are lire kings after us; they are ?Oinsr to destroy us; send j troops quick; send us help right away." Joshua has a three days' inarch at more j than double quick. On the morning ; of the third day he is before the enemy, i There are two long lines of battle, j The battle opens with great slaughter, i but the Canaanites soon discover something. They say: ''That is Joshua. | That is the man who conquered the fsplng freshet and knocked down the I stone wall and destroyed the city of Ai. * ' - '- ? ~ ~~ * A frViov i i uerc is uu use u^ubiug. iiiiu ?uij j sound a retreat, and as they begin to j retreat Joshua and his host spring | upon them like a panther, pursuing them ever the rocks; and as these j Canaanites with sprained ankles and j : gashed foreheads retreat, the catapults | of the sky pour a volley of hailstones j into the valley, and all the artillery of \ j the heavens with bullets of iron pound ! I the Canaanites against the ledges of Beth-horen. "Oh!" says Joshua, "this Is surely a | victory." "But do you not see the sun i is jjoing down? Those Amorites ure I eroing to get away -after all. and then t hey will-come up some other time and bother us, and perhxps destroy us." ..See, the sun is going dovrn. Oh, for a r ioTrfcrJ(Tr>7t b? r j'f v.' a no.. r&ai.jn. ? Jthis climate! What Is the matter with * .Joshua? Has befallen in an apoplectic I fit? 2so. lis is in prayer. Look out "3 when a good man makes the Lord his , ally. Joshua raises his face,?radiant 3 with prayer, and looks at the descending sun over Gideon and at the taint , crescent of the moon, for you know the * queen of the night sometimes will * linger around the palaces of the day. Pointing one hand at the descending 5 sun and the other at the faint crescent " I of the moon, in the name of that God ' J who shaped the worlds and moves the I worlds, he cries, "Sun, stand thou still ' j upon Gideon; and thou moon, in the j; ralley of Ajalon." They halted. j But Joshua was not quite through. There was time for five funerals beI fore the sun of that prolonged day set.' [ I Who will preach their funeral sermon V ^ j Massillon preached the funeral sermon , over Louis XVI. Who will preach the ? funeral sermon of those Hve dead kingsJ king of Jerusalem, king of Hebron, ~ king of Jnrmuth, king of Lachish, ' king of Eglon? Let it be by Joshua. 4 j What is his text? What shall bo the ; epitaph put on the door of the tomb? , "There shall not any man be able to ' stand bwfore thee all the days of thy j life." [ But before you fasten up the door I i want five more kings beheaded and' . tlirust in?King Alcohol, Kins: Fraud, King Lust, King Superstition, King Infidelity. Let th?m be beheaded and hurl them in. Then fasten up the ; door forever. What shall the Inscription and what shall the epitaph be? i for all Christian philanthropists of all ages are going to come and look at it. 1 What shall the inscription be ? "There l xv^.. fA K/v { siiciii iiuu <iu> iuciu ue rtuic tu si><iuu uc i! fore thee alfthedays of thy life.'' , TIME FOU JOSHUA TO 00 IIOilE. ^ But it is time for Joshua to go home. '' He Is 110 years okl. Washington went , down the Potomac, and at Mount Yer: non closed his days. Wellington died i peacefully at Apsley House. Now, ! where shall Joshua rest? Why, he is to have his greatest battle now. After a hundred and ten years he has to meet 1 a king who has more subjects than all > the present population ot the earth, his ; throne a pyramid of skulls, his parterre the grave "yards and the cemeteries of the world,* his chariot the world's > hearse?the King of Terrors. 13ut if this is Joshua's greatest battle, it is i going to be Joshua's greatest victory. ' Tie gathers his friends around him and i gives his valedictory, and it is full of reminiscence. Young men tell what they are going to do; old men tell what they have done. And as you have ; heard a grandfather or great-grand : i father, seated l>v the evening lire, tell of . Monmouth or ^orktown, r.nd theu'lift >] the crutch or stall as though it were a I musket, to fight anil sho^r how the old battles were won. so Joshua gathers > I his friends arpund his dung ccuch. 1J and he tells them the story of what he - has been through, and as he lies there. : j his white locks mowing down on his Lj wrinkled forehead, I wonder if (Jod ' J has kept his promise all the way .: through. : As he lies,there he tells the story one, j'tTTo or three times?you have heard i old people tell a story two or three .' times over?and he answers: "1 go > the way of all the earth and not one word of the promise has failed, not one word thereof has failed; all has come - -- I u - ? i 10 pass, not uiiu wuiu luc-icui ii?i3 : J failed." And then he turns to his 1 j family as a tiring parent will and sits: , i "Choose now whom you trill serve, the i i God of Israel, or the God of thr Amo j rites. As for me and my house we > will serve tha. Lord." A dying parent 1 cannot be reckless or thoughtless in " regard to his children. Consent to part > with'them forever at th?* uoor of thf 1 tomb we cannot. l>v the cradle m i! which their infancy wasroeiied, by the ' j bosom on which Ibey lirst lay, by the . i blood of the covenant, by the God of i ,J ushua it shall not be. We will not :' part, we cannot part. Jehovah .Jireh, i: <ve tax" thee at thy promise "i will j be a (Jod to thee ami thy seed alter j thee." I Dead, the old chieftain must be laid ; out. Handle him very gently; that ;! sacred body is over a hundred and ten i j years of age. Lay him out, stretch out i ] those !ect that walked dry shod the j parted Jordan. Close those lips which ' | helped blow the blast at which the " j wails of Jericho'fell. Told the arm s 1 that lifted the spear toward the dooui id city oi Ai. rolu it right over thy j heart that exulted when the live kings j fell. Bat where shall we get the burn-1 ished granite for headstone and the | footstone? I bethink myself now. I j imagine that lor the head it shall be the sun thai stood still upon Gideon, and for the foot the moon that stood still in the valley of Adjalon. liill Howard KilUd. (iREENviLLK, Dec. 23.?W. II. Howard, better known all over Greenville j Comity as "I>ig iJill" Howard, is dead.! The revengeful mountain bullet lias! again got in its work, but this time the victim appears to have received the wound face to face with the man who in-' llicted it and there was no lurking in t he j dark or behind bushes on the hillsides and a fatal blow by unknown persons,' as is usually the case. The particulars received here yester-; day were very meagre, but the killing < of "liig Bill" occurred not far from I where Ben Ross was shot to death and j the slayer is the son of Ben Ross' wid-1 ow. Ilis name is Ceorge ("enter and be is well known in the mountain sections j of this county. There were no witnesses to the affair, j but it is said that Sunday afternoon about 4 or 5 o'clock "Big Bill" and Center met in the road in the neighborhood j of wh-'-re both lived. What passed between them is not known, but Jiig Bill was shot with a Remington ritle. the ball shattering the right arm and going into the abdomen. The wound caused a constant llow of blood from the month and llov ird died some time yesterday. Late yesterday afternoon siierilT Gllruitli rwoivwl WHS ready to surrender himself. The .Sheriff left shortly afterward and will probably return to-day with him. The scene of the killing is twenty-live miles above the city. Several rumors are current as to the cause ot the killing, the principal one being that Howard informed on Center who was, engaged in the "blockade" whiskey business. Two of his stills have recently been destroyed by the government and he believed that Howard had something to do with directing the revenue ollicers to the blockade stills. Death is generally the informer's fate. News. Her Incoin* and Hi*. . Charlotte, N. C., December,25 . The World's .Sail Francisco special in regard to the marriage of Mi?a Maggie McDowell, of Charlotte, to Baron Von MalUahu, of Berlin, Germany, in connection with his alleged letter in reply to the California joker's advertisement of rich American brides for European noblemen, has been the all-absorbing iliomn nf r-nnvprsnlinn in social circles ! here to-day. It is said the Baron declared that the cause of his resignation from the German ; army was his bride's refusal to lire j abroad. A circumstance by some i j thought significant in this connection j 1 World correspondent this j 'Evening by ape is. on quite iulim;l'Jlf^?iiu l the McDowell lamily. This information steted that soon after Miss McDon-ell's return from Europe the JLJaron in one of j his letters to her questioned her very i closelv about her income.and said that it would be impossible for .them to marry if she was uot wealthy. The story runs that J. B. McDowell, a brother of the Barone's answer^jpfhe letter, saying that his sister's -^ffne was $4,000 a year mil that it miuld be necessary for the Uaron ty write at his earliest convenience and declare what his income was. It is said the Baron replied as j follows: "You ask what my incomc is. That ; has never troubled me, and I have nev| er thought to ask mv mother in what ! kind of financial condition she would : leave me 111 at her death. Preached to * Jury. Kan.-as City, Dec. IT.?A special frnm WiMiito Iv'ynca c Q?v?* Tlift ilirv in the case of Nellie Mayers, charged with robbing John Yost, and then throwing him while in a drunken stupor from a third story of a house of ill repute, had been out fifty-two hours last night, when Judge Raiderson announced his determination to have a verdict before morning. lie did not reveal his plan, but at 3 a. m. took Rev. N. E. Harmon to the court house. 'The baililT ushered the reverend gentleman into the jury room. Mr. Harmon then commenced a religious service, the jury joining in the singing. t r - aY i: 1 i. v. . l Lie men ueiivereu mi nours uiscourse upon the immortality of the soul, and after the closing prayer left the jury to themselves. "When court opened the baililT announced that the jury had arrived at a verdict. It was "guilty." . One of thajurors said the verdict was reached on the lirst ballot after the close of the religious service. The defense will appeal the case, alleging misconduct on the part of the judge and his baililT. Accident to Col. Le? Ilagood. Columbia, S. C., Dec. 23.?Information was received iiere yesterday of a very serious accident to Colonel Lee Ilagood. Jt seems from the particulars obtained last night from our Sumter correspondent that Colonel Ilagood, who has been over at Sumter for some days past on insurance business, accidentally shot himself in the left arm with a pistol Monday night in his room I at the Jervev House." The bail fractured both bones above the wrist. Medical assistance was summoned at once and the wound was dressed. Yesterday morning upon re-examination it was 'found necessary to amputate his arm. I Mr Ilagood is now doing tolerably well, i Mrs. Ilagood and her son left for Sum ! ier yesieruay evening. j The intelligence of this s;id accident to | tolonel llagoodwas a great shock to his j friends in Columbia, but they have been j reassured by the information that reaction had set in.?Columbia liegister "XJie Olti Reliable." Citaiileston, I*ec. 20.?The first anI nual report of Kectiver Chamberlain of I Ulc OUUtll v tlI V'iiiicl 1 iclli \> cl> U <13 iliCUJU the United States Court to-day. The j net earnings for the year are i?y30,7?>l I against ?312.074 in an increase of l^ls.U^T. The report is up to October j :i 1. lsw. j The expense account shows a corres' ponding decrease, notwithstanding the i fact that the road lias added materially j to its rolling stock and motive power. The receiver says that the increase in i the earnings is not due especially to any : *,1 cat mnitiac in uu; iiu|/a uui. IU uic ; natural developement of the country I and to its connections. A Possible Rt Wheeling, "Wiieki.ino. W. Ya. Dec. lis.?The ! most terrific snow storm for six years has been raging for 24 hours, and a large ! amount of damage resulted. All tele. graph communication was cut oil all ! day yesterday. The city telepliane, tel| egraph and lire alarm systems are comi pletely wrecked, and railway trailic j giL'iiv ucict>cu. x ut iuss is oiieev ! cars lire not running and hack lines are j taking their place. Little business has ! been done. There are lively apprehensions of a fiood in the city." There, is a ; vast amount of snow about the lieadwaiters, IXGAiUS SCHEIE." !, < . HE WILL CARRY HIS FiGHT TO THE |: IIMITCn 5TJTC? CPMATF_ ill_w" i( 11 If lie is J>ri?nte<l for Ke-election he will | , I Allcso that the Kacsas House of R?p- \ < resentalives is Illegally Constituted. ' ' ! Tor :ka, December. 2*3. ?1The Sena I t<,rial contest in Kansas is at this time j ^ attracting much attention, owiuu to the : j prominence of Senator Ingalls. The , Times recently gave an account of the 1 preliminary steps bein^ taken for a con- j test to ba made in the United States , Senate. An interview has ;-een had j Kith a gentleman of national repuiation..| who fully anil freely expressed hits views i< upon this subject, and gave confirmatory j evidence as to the conspiracy . revealed ] by the Times. For political reasons his name will Ire withheld. lie is in a posi- i tiou to ku.ow absolutely the workings in i the inner circles of politics. This gentle- i man saiu : *. "The struggle for the Senatorial sue- i cession to John.-J. Ir.galls bids fair to i outrival in stubborn fighting, in persis- 1 tent ofl'ort, and in fertile expedients all i ethers in the history of such elections, i Gathered around and supporting Senator i Ingalls iu his ofl'ort at re-election are t some of the strongest and most active i minds in the West, men who for a quar- t ter of a century have so managed the ; politics ot the State that Kansas had outstripped all other Northern States in piling up majorities ibr Republican candidates in Presidential years. And 5 while In?alls would not be their first choice in the event ol'an open field and fair fight, they recognize that his re- election means an extraordinary triumph ? for them and a continued supremacy in : the management of their party. ilThe Kansas Legislature as norv con- 1 slituted cousists of 40 Senators and 128 1 members of the House of Represent*- 1 tires, Classifying them politically there ' nr* 35 T? nrui HI ino n 1 ] and there is one vacancy to be rilled at a 1 spccial election December 30. The ra- 1 caucy in all probability will be filled by ( an Alliance man, instructed against the 1 re-election of Ingalls, so that the Senate will stand 3S Republicans, 1 Democrat ' and 1 Alliance Senator. The House ' contains 91 Alliance. 0 Democratic and 1 28 Republican members'.. This sives : an Alliance vote of 92, a Republican ' vote of GG and a Democratic vote of 10. 1 There is no doubt that four of the ten 1 Democratic votes arc for Ingalls to the ! bitter end, and that the very great probabilities are that as against a distinctive ! Alliance candidate, all ten of the Demo- . cratic rotes will be giTen to Ingalls. "The Alliance people to brldg? over J this difficulty could secure live 01 uie j Democratic votes by taking a candidate mthstroag^emocratfc antecedents^!^ cept^3^^^rrcncy and tariff, would range hiiiiself on the Democratic side of . the chamber. Such a selection would give them 97 votes, if they could hold their men; hut here oue of their maiu difficult es w 3uld occur. Their total nnmhpst nf mptmhprs is nomnosed of mixed and diverse materials. Nearly two-thirds hare heretofore been active Republicans, Seven of theii number are Knights of Labor and are free lances in politics. "Again, the Republican leaders allege that the House of Representatives ought to contain under the plain term* ol the Constitution. 144 members instead of 128. that nineteen counties are disfiancbised by the legislative apportionment of 1885. This claim is based upon ai provision of the Constitution of the State that declares that the number of Representatives and Senators shall be rrjrulatcd by law, but that it shall never exceed 128 Representative* and 40 Senators. From and after the adoption of the amendment the Ilouse of Representatives shall admit one member from each couuty in which at least 250 legal rotes were cast at the next preceding general election, and each organized couuty in which less than 200 legal rotes were cast at the next preceding general election shall be attached to and constitute a part ?f the Representatives district of the county lying next adjacent to it on the east.' This amendment to the Constitution was adopted at the general election in 1873. "In the apportionment bill of 1SS5 no pro y is ion was made and no margin left f?r counties orangized after that time, the whole number of 128 members being assigned to ceuuties then organized. It is now asserted that the true construction of this amendment is, that as the Constitution expressly provdes in another section that each organized county shall have at least one Representative, that the first part ? the amemdment .was a direction to the Legislature in making *11 apportionment, and that the econd was inteuded to giro'" each of the new counties a Kepresentatire iD the session of the Legislature succeeding its organization, and this without reference to the apportionment ia force at the time.' "biuce. lfcSo nineteen counr.es navei been organized nod are . noyr and hare been since 1SS5 excluded from representation ?n the tloor of the House. The matter was recently brought before the. Supreme Court of the State by an application for a mandamus against the board of State canvassers on behalf of a person electied to. the ilouseiu one of the excluded counties to compel the board to issue to him . a certificate of election as a member. of the rpu^ f/Ol.-xw-In,* LI UU3C? X HC CUUICUiC VUUU, ivuvnuip i som? old decision refused to grant the writ.. This application was urged by j two of the strongest lawyers in the | State, and their, arguments arc held by | the public sreneralij to be conclusive of i the -question. j. "Another argument supporting .this | proposition is founded on Chapter 57 of: the General Statutes of Kansas, which j requires that in all elections by a joint j convention of .both houses the person fleeted is required to receive a majority o! ilII the members elected to the two houses. The claim will be made that) each one of these persons receirimj a j majority or plurality vote in the nine ! teon recently organized couuties are , {members elected according to the mcanj i'.:^ of this statute. | "It is doubtful whether In^alls and \ j hi? ie??al lrieuds rea-ily wanted the Court j j t<? irrant the writ or whether they did [ i this solely lor the purpose of making the j rccOrd. believing that the Court would! i adhere .to its previous opinion. At all! | events, they hare raised a question thatj | the Senate of the United Statas mar j I hare ultimately 'o decide, because their ; I theory is that if Infills is beaten by a j i House. thus constituted they will contest! j on the ground that :the House not hav- j iingjbeen legally constituted, there , was I I nojelectior. This question would be de- i {tenmined by the Seaute at its called &cs- j 1 ?iCh after the 4th dav of ^arch next.- i j I ' If the Senate should decide, as it is i ;ontidently believed by Ingalls and his j. idvisers. that there was no election, the jJ s;ntr>. Legislature bavins adjourned. and I there being no sessiou for two years, j [Jorernor Humphrey would have the j j [icwer to appoint, and Senator Ingalls j _ would be appointed and hold until Janu- j: iry. 1802. when the Lejislature would I* again be in session. If the ltgal theory ( )f this scheme is sound, there seem to < be no escape for the Alliance men, un- \ less they could so manage as to give their candidate so large a vote that he wuuld mve a clear majority, admitting that!, ? f.i ^ r- I< :v cry one ui uieac uisiunucuucw iiiciuucio j would have voted lor Ingalls if they had | ^ jeen admitted to their seats. This would requeire on Alliance candidate to [ receive 03 votes, and this is considered t impossible. They have this scheme to ? fall back on, if they do not succeed in 1 jetting the required 93 votes for Iogalls ? md a Legislature as at pressent composed. " i "It mar be said that if Ingalla doesn't ( receirc ninety-three votes the other side 1 nay contest on the same ground, but It * "nust be recollected that while after the ; 1th ot March next the Senate " will be , rerv close it will still be Republic*!,' and j n view of.modero-pjillicai action it would j ae strange indeed if the Republicans j rvould so weaken themselves, but I do lot care to discuss such probabilities,- 1 ny effort being to acquaint you with i some of the schemes and political more- J nents that are now going on in a State .hat has been so prolific of Senatorial c sensations."?New York Times. : ( A FOUL MURDER IN NORFOLK. l l sliootinc an Old Soldier to Death in the ' 1 I'rcsance of his "VViteami Grandchildren. ^ Norfolk, Va.. Dec. 25.?There was 1 i most brutal murder here to day shortly \ ifter 12 o'clock. A veteran of two < /' T T1? rYiuS, *) v^uiuuit,. <ui i^i-^vuicuciaiv; md a brave soldier in that war and the .var of this country with Mexico, was ;ho victim. Until very lately he was Dne of the most trusted members of the police force and for the past few months ic has been a private watchman on a ivh'art'of the Boston and Baltimore line }f the Merchants'/and Miners' Transportation Company. At an early hour this morning a man aamtd J. E. Brady, a tireman mployed by the Cotton Compress Association of this city, applied to Calcutt to arrest i man in the street who had been offensive to him. Calcutt replied that he had aor seen uie anair, anu in aoumoii, um i aot think his jurisdiction extended out- : side of the wharf. Brady left but came back just as Cal- 1 L-utt was eating his dinner, which had i been brought him by his wife and two little grandchildren, who remained to , help cheer up what would otherwise , liavc been a lonely Christmas meal. While the meal was in progress and hap ? ao uatiu^, a v uc , tht)- to him and called oil another watch- ; man of the wharf to. arrest him, whicL , was refused. Brady then made at Cal: cutt, but the other watchman interfered^ and separated them. Calcutt went out into, the yard to.put Brady .uut,"so that his vile language could not be heard by his wife and little grandchildren. Calcutt put his hand on Brady and the.latter jerked away, drew a pistol from his overcoat pockct and tired, the ball striking Calcutt in the ear and coming out on the other side of his head. Calcutt fell and death was almost instantaneous. Brady was at oncc arrested by those around and taken to the station house. The affair soon became noised about and Brady would have fared badly if the crowd that gathered could have gotton hold of him. The police authorities are strong enough, however, to prevent any summary proceedings, and the law will take its course, though there is great indignation. Illinois Scnatorshlp. Chicago, Dec. 24.?Chairman "Long" Jones, of the Republican State central committee, gave notice to-night that" the right of live Democratic State Senafrirs-plp^f. t.r> sit. in" tho T.pjrislatnrfi would be contested. This is the latest manoeuvre in the light for the United States Senatorship from Illinois. The notices were withheld until the last moment allowed by law, the motive for the delay being:, it is understood, to avoid stirring up the Democrats to possible reprisals. State Senators upon whom notice was served are Xooman, of the Firstdistrict; Caldwell, of the Thirty-ninth; Arnold, of the Fifteenth; Dawkins, of the Seventeenth, and Coppinger, of the Forty-first. General charges of bribing voters with money and promises of offices In the organization of the General Assembly are the main grounds for contests, except as to Dawkins, who is alleged to be ineligible because of foreign birth. With the contest against Merritt, of Springfield, there is now a contmvopcir rnicofl oc tn an ovon half Hn9PTl Democratic seats and a pair of Republicans. The legislature is almost evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans on the joint ballot with three Farmers' Alliance men apparently holding the balance of power. The avowed candidates so far are (Jen. John M. Palmer, Democrat, and Chas. 13. Farwell, Republican, who is" me present incamoent. rae struggle promises to be fully as fierce as the one in which the late Gen. John A. Logan defeated Wm. K. Morrison, now member of the interstate commerce commission. The >"err Associate Justice. Washington", 'Dec. 23.?The President to-day nominated Henry B. Brown of Michigan to be Associate" Justice of the Supreme Caurt of the United States, vice Samuel F. Miller deceased. Judge Brown is now United States District Judge for the third district of Michigan: also Col. Charles Sutherland, surgeon, to be Surgeon-General, with rank of Brigadier-General, vice J. II. Baxter, deceased. Foil Into Molten Metal. j PoTTsnLLE, Pa., Dec. 20.?Win. Mc-j (ionigle. a. pit boss in the employ of the r l'otcsviiie Meoi worss. met wun a ler-1 ril?le acciflrnt. He was moving about in thr discharge of his duties, when hs accidentally dipped and fell into a pile of molten steel. When removed h<? was in a pitiful condition, being1 very j badly burned from head to foot. He} fiinnnt. renovpr. j"\ s An Explosion of Dyn&mfta. / I'ittshuug, Dec. 21.?A special from Wheeling. W. Ya., says: "Orvtfie Norfolk and Western Railroad /n Wayne j County yesterday a gangjeff men had j been at work on line blasting and sever- ( al sticks of dynamite were placed aronnd j the lire to thaw out. 'In some manner! they were exploded tearing everything to J pieces in the immediate vicinity. Two j men were killed, an Italian and a negro; i names unknow^l&Sgj|^^hers were injured, several A GENERAL CANING. Des?ryecl Tributes to lie- | presentatives. Columbia, S. C., Bcc. 23.?The members of ihn General Assembly tendered I i banquet to Senator-elect Irby this: evening. Previously he was present-! * - v _ i ? J -1 ?a!1 U 3 I ?d wiin .7 nanusome euuuv. gwu ursu- ; id cane in the parlor of the Grand On:ral Hotel. Among those presr-nt were: Messrs. Earnest Gary and J. L. McLarin. Senitor Evans, Lieutenant Governor Gary, attorney General Tope, Mr. J. Gary Evans and Speaker Ira 13. Jones. By the way, the General Assembly )uys Its gold-headed canes in Charles- 1 ;on, the Senator's cane being freeu-Alesirs. Carrington, Thomas Co. Air. I f~T w^oJ-irvrf f h . 111 OSCn t:l 11 ilfl MCIjCLUI 1U9 luaxviii^ tar- . speech,said: Sir: It is with feelings of pride and | pleasure that your friends iu the Gen- j ?ral Assembly, through ine, propose to j present ycu a memento of your servi-; ;es as Speaker of the House of Representatives. Your rapid elevation to ,he highest office in the gift of the peo>' ? of South Carolina is not only a eomjliment toyour ability, but Is characteristic oi the time?an age of steam md electricity. .By a single stride you have attained ;he position that heretofore was only eached after the energies of youth vere tamed and devitalized by age. i'ou have not yet reached the meridian jf life. You have the grandest opportunity that has ever befallen a citizen j )f South Carolina?the opportunity of wringing to bear a manhood and brain mtouched by the withering blight of ige to the service of your people in the nost august legislative body in the tvorld. Our hopes and our prayers go itrm ami wa fpp] that South C:iro Una wili never need to apologize for f ler young representative in the United! States Senate, if the same nerve, the} same brain, the same tenacity of purpose and devotion to duty which have heretofore characterized you will still mable you to expand and meet the requirements of every occasion. You are a fit type of Ihe new era which is dawning all oyer this broad { [and, and in every way worthy to catch | ;he mantle as it falls "from the, statesman and soldier new wearing it, and ivho is a grand type of the past jenera;ion. Let the dead past bury its dead: Act! Act in the iiving present, Faith within and God overhead. Go to that Senate adorned by the statues of the noblest men this country 3r the world ever produced and the scene of the splendid triumphs of Clay, Webster and Calhoun, and we fear not that you will sustain the honor and jlory of the whole country. Mr. irby replied: Gentlemen and friends: Permit me briefly to thank you for this testimonial of your high esteem and confidence. Were I not profoundly grateful to you and to the General Assembly" of South Carolina, I would be unworthy of the high esteem and confidence you have reposed in me. At the beginning of the present session of the Legislature,"which will ever be memorable in the history of our State, the members of the House of i T>nr%vAcontotirnc rrhn 3rp flip I i iiiiw , General Assembly, by a most nattering vote, electe 1 me to the highest office within the gift of the people of this State. While presiding as Speaker my sole efforts have been to insure to each member a fair and impartial presentation of any views he might desire to bring to the consideration of the House. As your representative in Congress I promise unqualifiedly that the people of South Carolina shall nevor have just cause to say that I have been untrue to the interests of the people of a State which I am proud to say is not only the place of my nativity, but that of my ancestors for over one hundred years. " As the chairman of the Democratic party of South Carolina permit me to indulge the hope that all political d inferences will be buried at once. Under our existing forms of government the majority must control and the minority must, submit. The hope of the South and nation is in the success of the Democratic party. Ia spite of division the Democracy of South Carolina has triumphed, and must and will continue to be trium pnanc so long as mieiugeuce, uum and virture are held in higher esteem than ignorance, vice and corruption. Again thanking you for this token of esteem and friendship, and wishing each and every one of you a safe return home and a "merry Christmas, I bid you adieu. The inscription on the cane Is: "1800. The General Assembly of South Caro lina to the Hon. J. L. Si. Irby." Mr. J.Gary Evans was also presented with a handsome cane by his friends through Representative You mans. Representatives oirazeale and Bowden, of Anderson, also came in for two elegant gold-mounted native canes frnm admirin<? friends.?Xews and Courier. ". The Beauties of The Tnrlflt. A practical illustration of the beauties of the new tariff law was given to the House recently says a "Washington clispath in the shape* of a letter from the Secretary oflhe Treasury, asking that an appropriation of -S25.000 be made in order to enable the lighthouse board to pay duties upon imported articles used in the establishment of lighthouses, and on which the goverment has to pay duty. The secretary says the illuminating apparatus used* in lighthouses is not made ^nfrr AM fhnnorfc " Ill lUia CUUIIU > . J lit UULJ wu uic he adds, "which are mostly of glass, is 'JO per cent, and on the parts made mostly of metal 45 per cent. The fourth ord'er apparatus, the ones which :ire mostly used. cost, say, lO.OOOf. in France, or say .52,000, the duty upon which will be, say, half tiiat amount. Certain other articles needed in the establishment of lighthouses, and not made in this country, are also imported and are subject to the duty under the new law." The secretary adds: "Free entry on articles imported for government use is no longer allowed, and the appropriation will have 4-/^ VNI o/ln ?n s\y/] t rfAV '.KJ IJC 111 VA Utl I.U vauuiv. v**\. ^ v ? ernment to pay duties to* the government." * Three Tramp'. Lynched. Walla Walla, Wash., Dfc. 21.? Xews has reached here that three tramps were lynched neyr'l I untington. Oregon, on rhe Oregon *hort line bv railroadmen. Four tramps boarded a freight train near Fry's, Idaho. They were put oil, out aiterwarcis got on me iriiin and overpowered- the brakenrm whom they threw under the train, both of his lec> being broken, he dying soon after from injuries. The report says the tramps were caught near Huntington and three of them were lynched. The fourth escaped. Lynched l>r Negroes. Jacksonville. Fla., Jjee. 12.?Dan Williams, an. old negro. living eight miles from Quincy. l'la.. was lynched by negroes last night. Houses and outbuildings of rently been burrfl Kt he was'the WINDING UP TJIEIR WORK. \|jj THE MEETING OF THE LEGISLATURE DRAWING TO A CLOSE. The 1-ud of the Session of 1890?A Sum- -iP irmry of Some of the Xew X^aws of Pnbli? Importance and What Was Don* "Witt 19 C'OLUiiiiiA, S. C.? Dec. 22.?Special: The Legislative session of 1890 may 1 be said to Lave virtuaPy ended. Te? morrow, together with the portion of Wednesday which he employed will ^ru^irCi with busineat -of ron.- I tine character, necessary to wind up ? the work of the session. Already the proceedings have lost much of their interest. ?. As has frequently happened m m? past fourteen years, some of the most important measures have undergone discussion in the last days of tha ses-? sion. This is of course to be regretted, but it is sometimes unavoidable. This year there appears to have been unusual deliberation in Winging forward the more prominent measures. These have, in some instances .aVteast, been rushed through with what must appear unseemly haste. Below is given a summary of the most prominent measures that have met their fate in pr.nn.1 ment or reiection. THE PHOSPHATE BILL. The new phosphate law carries out, in some things at least, the idea3 of Governor Tillman, as expressed in his inaugural. For many years there have ; been, among those interested in or familiar with the subject, differences of opinion as to the general plan on which the State should dispose of the phosphate territory. On one side it i%j has been urged that the State, retaining ownership and control of all the territory^ should let it to be mined in gig any area or to any parties that should be" concluded best by the officials in control?each party digging the rock to choose his own field of operation*, and to worK lor one yeai; uuy. j.uuj xa the outline of what is called the "general-rights" scheme. On the other hand many have thought it best for the State "to let out the territory in large defined portions, for a long term of years. This "latter plan was that ur?"ed by the commissioners that reported to the Legislature three years ago, but whose report was summarily rejected in the House. Governor Tillman favors the "general rights" idea, though he appears to favor also the power, in the Commission, to let oat particular territory for a term longer than one year. This power was contained in "the House bill, -bu'c was stricken out in the Senate. The law, generally stated, restores the "general rights" plan, subject only to the rights which the State may have given to corporations. In this connection inter; est attaches to the fact that it is claim- J ed for the State that the franchise of the Coosaw Mining Company expires v ' ia March. The termination of this ; franchise will open the most desirable i territory to genera! operations. The j CcosaTv "Company, it is said, will claim j that their charter confers a perpetual I right to mine the. territory therein j specified. A lively fight is Executive, "by and with the consent of the Senate." THE RAILROAD LAW. The new railroad law is substantially . a re-enactment of the statute of 1882? which, by the way, was almost entirely repealed in 18S3. This new statute gives the Railroad Commission the power to Ox rates for the carrying of both freight and passengers. It gives general supervisory control of the railroads, and is regarded a very stringent law. It carries out Governor Tillman's suggestions made in his inaugural. /An attempt to graft on the bill a provision for separate cars for the races was promptly defeated in the Houseas was also the separate bill for the same purpose. The bill to require mail trains to stop at every posi-ouice suiuuii w*a killed in the Senate. OUTER IMPORTANT MEASURES. The constitutional amendment abolishing the county commissioners has been duly ratified. No attempt has been made to devise any new system. Meantime the present system continue ... in force by operation of the existing statutes. The Senate refused to pass the joint resolution calling a constitutional convention. The matter was not mooted in the House. ine aci auousDiux- tut i/epctiLiucuti of Agriculture becomes a law. It transfers all the work of the Department to the Clemson College. The Act to reduce the salaries of 1 Stat* oflicers has passed both houses * and will, of course, be approved by th? Governor. Its provisions have been given in this correspondence. The Act to reorganize the University, maues that institution to comprise the south Carolina College here?a lit- erary and scientiOc institution, with a la>v school annexed; Ciemson uoneg*. Citadel Academy, and Clarlin Unirer- -4 sity. The Citidal remains under the management of the lioard of Visitors? and the effort to reorganize that board was killed in the Senate. The College here is to be reorganized on or after tne 1st July, lS'Jl. The provision, in the original bill, requiring the President to be a minister o^the.-Gespel was killed, as was also an amendment requiring J him to be a member in good standing, of some Christian Church. The House bill to limit working hours in cotton factories was killed in the Senate. The Act requiring the several coun- ^ ties to pay the cost of maintaining patients sent, by the county authorities. to the lunatic asylum, was passed, to take efi'ect on the" 1st January, 1892. The bill authorizing the Governor to remove any sheriff who permits the lynching of a prisoner was continued till next session. Similar action was taken on the bill to authorize certain of the State officers to designate an official newspaper in each county. Such, I also, was the fate of the bill to estab] lish a college for women. i The usual number of local measures jwaspassed: _ B A JJarr?om Tragedy. ! Danville, Va.. Dec. 23.?A shocking ! tragedy occurred here* to-day. Edward J j Enoch* a railroad man. and James Gra- M -- ?- 1 J fl ; \eu, it cjirpeiiiti, 111 a aaiuuu, <uiu i both under the iutluence of liquor. They i began to quarrel about some trifling JM ; matter and Gravatt 'insulted Enoch, Jtt ; when the latter knocked liim down and ; literally stamped him to death-with his [heavy boots. "Gratett's face was crush! ed and he died almost immediately.iffl ; Enoch was arresied. ? JSk Smoking a Pipe in Bed. } Xewakk, X. J., December ; the burning of a small house last cfl : Mrs. Annie McGuire. aged 50, andg|| j granddaughter, aged 20, ^ere bui^B ; death. Mrs. McGuire's husband^B ; by jumping from the second sifl ; dow. The tire is supposed to jfl i inated from McGuire's hafcit^H 1 a pipe iu bed. fSR