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'"= GOSI'KL' TIICNDHU.~ 1. \ DR. TALMAGE THINKS GAMBLING THE CURSE CF THE AGE. Billions o? Money I.oKt Annually and Millions of Souls Swept Into the Kejji^onsofthe Damned Through the Cursed Vice. New York, Feb. 22.?a decided sensation was product-din this city and in Brooklyn, to-day, by ]>r. Talmage's announcement of a series of sermons which he proposes to preach on '-The Ten Plagues of these Three Cities." In this sermon, which is the tirst of the series, he pays his attention to the prevalent curse of gambling. lie preached it m the Academy oi Music in Brooklyn, in the morning, and again this evening at the Christian Herald service in cms city. n;s ic.xl wns wncu from Exodus ix, 13,14: "Let my people go, that they may serve me; for I will at this time'send all my plagues." Last winter in the museum at Cairo, Egypt, I saw the mummy or embalmed bcdy of Pharaoh, tlie oppressor of the ancient Israelites. Visible are the very teeth that he gnashed against the Israelitish brick-makers, the sockets of the merciless eyes with which he looked upon the overburdened people of Cod. the hair that floated in the breeze oil the Red sea, the very lips with which he commanded them to make bricks without straw. Thousands of years after, when the wrappings of the mumin r were unrolled, old J/haraoh lifted up his arm as if in imploration;but his skinny bones cannot again clutch his shattered sceptre. It was to compel that tyrant to let the oppressed go fn-e that the memorable Ten Plagues were sent. Sailing the Nile and walking amid the ruins of Egyptian cities, i saw no remains of those" plagues that . smote the water or the air. None of A, the frogs croaked in the one. none of the locusts sounded their rattle in the other, and the cattle bore no sign of the murrain, and through the starry nights UUVCUiig nuuiii; IUC l>?J UUJiuo iiw '.vstroying angel swept" "his wing. But there aie ten plagues still stinging and befouling acd'cursing our cities, and like angels of wrath smiting not only the iirst born but the last born. I speak to you to-day concerning the Plague of Gambling." Every man and woman in tbis house ought'to be interested in this theme. Some years ago, when an association for the suppression of gambling was organized, an agent of the association came to a prominent citizen and asked him to patronize the society. lie said, "No, Ifcan have no interest in such an organization. I am in no wise affected by that evil." At thot vofTT tima Viic con XVhn IVSS }|1S partner in business, was one or' the heaviest players in Ilearne's famous gaming establishment. Another refused bis patronage on tbe same ground not Knowing that his first bookkeeper, though receiving a salary of only S1.C00 was losing from S50 to SlOo per" night. The president of a railroad company refused to patronize the institution, saying: "That society is good for the defense ef merchants; but we railroad people are not, injureu cy xnis evn; not knowing that at that" very time, two of his conductors were spending three nights of each week at faro tables in S~ew York. Directly or indirectly, this evil strikes at the ?vhole world. v Gambling is the risking of something more or less valuable in the hope of winning more than your hazard.* The instruments of gaming may differ, but the principle is the same. The shuffling and dealing of cards, however full of temptation, is not gambling, uuless stakes are put up; while on tne otner hand, gambling may be carried on without cards, or dice, or billiards, or a tenpin alley. The man who bets on horses, on elections, on battles?the man who deals in "fancy" stocks, or conduce a business which hazards extra capital, or goes into transactions without foundation, but dependent upon what men call "luck," is a gambler. Whatever you expect to get from your neighbor without offering an equivalent in money or time or skill, is either the product of theft or gaming. Lottery tickets and lottery policies come into the same category." Fairs for the founding of hospitals, schools and churches, conducted on the raflling system come under the same denomination. Do not, tueiexuic, Hbsuui<n.c gauiuiiuij ucvt^jurily with any instrument, or game, or time, or place, or think the principle depends upon whether you play for a glass of wine, or one hundred shares of railroad stock. Whether you patronize "auction pools," "French mutuais," or "book-making;" whether you employ faro or billiards, rondo or keno. cards ^ . cr bsgatelle, the very idea of the thing is dishonest; for it professes to bestow upon you a good for w^rch you give no equivalent. It is estimate d that every day iu Christendom eighty million dollars pass from hand to hand through gambling practices, and every year in Christendom one hundred and twenty-three billion one hundred million dollars change bands in that way. There are in Xew York, Brooklyn and Newark about eight hundred confessed gambling establishments. There are about three thousand live hundred >ro-1 fessional gamblers. Out of the eight hundred gambling establishments, how many of thc-m rto you -St>ppcse profess i'o & honest'? Ten. Thesa^c-n profess'la^o i>& Loaest because they are merely the ante-chamber to the seven hundred and ninety that are acknowledged fraudulent. There are first-class gambling establishments. Vnn errs nn tliu m rlilf* V">11 rillfT JL VU HiV ^ - ? ^ the bell. The liveried servant introduces you. The walls are lavendertinted. The mantels are of Vermont marble. The pictures are' "Jephthah's Daughter," and Dore's "Dante's and (Virgil's Frozen liegion of Hell," a most appropriate selection, this lasr, for the place. There is the roulette table, the finest, the costliest, most ex-1 quisite piece of furniture in the United ? SfiiteSr" There is the banquettinc room j where, free of charge to tne guests, you may iind the plate, and viands, and wiiies and cigars, sumptuous beyond ' parallel. mil t n ? ! ,?> CorTiTI <1 -f-1 )*? JL J VU vv mv I gambling establishment. To it you are ! introduced by a card through some "roper-in." Having entered, you must i either gamble or fight. Sanded cards, I dice loaded with quicksilver, poor drinks, will soon help you to get rid of ail your money to a tune in short mrtrewith staccato passages. You wanted to see. You saw. The low villains of that place watch you as vou come in. Does not the panther, -rquat in the grass, know a calf when he sees it? Wrar.gM not for your rights in that place, or your body will be thrown bloody into the street, cr dead into the V-Jcf- river Vnn <rn :llnn-TK iitflp flirt h. er and find the policy establishment.) In that place you bet on numbers. Betting 011 two numbers is called a "saddle;" betting on three numbers is called a "gig." betting on four numbers is called a "horse," and there are thousands of our young men leaping into that "saddle," and mounting that "jrig" and behind that "horse," riding to perdition. There is always one kind of sign on the door?"Jhxcnange, ;i mosr appropriate tit]? for the door, for there, on that room, a man exchanges health, peace and heaven, for loss of health, loss of home, Io*s of family, lei-* < < immortal soul. Exchange sure "nough. and infinite enough. Men wishing to gamble will Unci places just suittd to j their capacity, not only in the under-! ground oyster-cellar,'or ;it the table back of the certain, coveied with greasy I cards, cr in the steamboat ssiokmg cabin, where the bloated wretch wirh ' rirgs in his ears instead of his nose d<-aJs the pack, and draws in the unsuspecting traveler?providing i'rte drinks all around?but in gilded parlors ai.d amid gorgeous surroundings. lea_ "A young man, having suddenly in-! her.ted a Targe property, sits at the haz-! ard table, and tak^s up in u dice box : the estate won by a father's lifetime! sweat, arid shakes it, ana tosses it *-'? ,n f'L? C:t\r\ri Trrmu 117P?! ! its victim?kicking him out, a slavering | fool, into the ditch, or sending him, j with the drunkard's hiccough, stagger-; injr up the street where his family iives. But gambling does r.otin that way ex-1 pose its victims. The gambler may be ' eaten up by the gambler's passion, yet. you only discover it by the greed in his | eyes, the hardness in his features, the ' nervous restlessness, the threadbare coat and his embarrassed business. Vet he is on.the road to hel;,and no preacher's voice or startling warning, or j wife's entreaty, can make him stay for j a moment his headlong career. The i infernal spell is on him; a giant is j aroused within; and though you bind! him with cables, they would part like | thread; and though you fasten him! seven times round with chains, they j would snap like rusted wire; and j though you piled up m his path hea'.en- j hi2h Jiibies. tracts and sermons, and on I the top should set the cross of the Son j oi Ciod, over them all tne gambler | would leap, like a roe over the r->cks, j on his way to perdition. Again, this sin works ruin by killing industry. A man used to reaping scores or hundreds, or thousands of dollars from the gambling table will not be content wi:h iiis sluw work. lie will say, "What is the use of trying to make these iroOin my story when I can get live times that in'half ao hour down at DillyVV" You never knew a continued gambler who was industrious. The men siven to this vice spend their time, not" actively employed in the game, in idleness, or in intoxication, or sleep, or in corrupting new victims. The sin has dulled the carpenter's saw, and cut the band of the factory wheel, sunk the cargo, broken the teeth of the farmer's harrow and sent a strange lightning to shatter the battery of the philosopher. The very tirst idea in gaming is at war with all the industries of society. JJat these dishonesties in the carrying on of the game are nothing when compared with the frauds which are committed in order to get money to go en with the nefarious work. Gambling with its greedy hand has snatched away the widow's mite and the portion ni" i hf> nr::!i'.ins? has sold the daughter's virtue to get the means to continue the game; has written the counterfeit signature, emptied the banker's money vuuitand wielded theass3ssin's dagger. There is no depth of the meanness to which it will not stoop. There is no cruelty at which it is appalled. There is no warning of God that it will not dare. Merciless, unappeasable, fiercer and wilder it blinds, it hardens, it rends, it blasts, it crushes, it damns. It lus peopled our prisons and lunatic asylums. How many railroad agents and cashiers and trustees of funds it has driven to disgrace, incarceration and suicide! Witness years figo a cashier of a railroad who stole 8103,000 to carry on his gaming practices. Witness $40,000 stolen from a Brooklyn bank within the memory of many" of you, and the $180,000 taken from a Wall -* ~ '-V'-"+'r\ r? f K n 2 o rr\ ! bll eei< iuaui cluu^ cuujpauj iui purpose! These are only illustrations on a large scale of the robberies every day committed for the purpse of carrying out the designs of gamblers. Hundreds of thousands of dollars every year leak out without observation from the merchant's till into the gambling hell. A man in London keepiDg one of these gambling houses, boa'sted that he had ruined a nobleman a day; but if all the gambling saloons of this land were to sneak out. thev would utter a more infamous boast, lor they have destroyed a thousand noble men a year. Notice al<o the effect of this crime upon domestic happiness. It has sent its ruthless plowshare through hundreds of families until the wife sat in 1,'aits and the daughters were disgraced and the sons grew up to the same infaaious practic s or took a short cut to destruction acros3 the murderer's scaffold. Home has lost all charms for the gambler. How tame are the children's caresses and a wife's devotion to the gambler! IIow drearily th? tire burns on the domestic hearth! There must be louder laughter, and something to win and something to lose; an excitement to drive the heart faster and fillip the blood and fire the imagination. No home, however bright, can keep back the gamster. The sweet call of love bounds back from his iron soul, and all endearments are consumed in the flame of his passion. The family liible will go after all other treasures are lost, and if his crown in heaven were put into his hand he would cry: ,;IIere~ goes one more game, my boys! On this one throw I stake my crown of heaven." A young man m London on coming of ag'e received a fortune of S120,0u0, and, through gambling, in three years was thrown on his mother for support. An only son went to a Southern city; he was rich.ingell^ctual and elegant in manners. Ilis parents gave him on his departure from home I liieir last blessing. The sharpers got held of him. They flattered him. Tney lured him to the gaming-table and lethim win almost every time far a-good while, ond patted him. cft tflPoack and said, 'Tirst-rate player." But fully in , their grasp., t'ney * tleeced him; and'his ! thic- y thousand dollars were lost. Last of all he put up his watch and lost that. Then he began to think of his home, and his old father and mother and wrote thus: "My beloved parents: You will doubtless feel a momentary joy at the I nf frvwn f hp iv/i cuio .ivu? vuv VM?*V? of your bosom, on whom you have lavished all the favors of vou declining years. lSut should a feeling of joy for a moment spring up in your hearts when you should have received this from me, cherish it noi. 1 have fallen deep?never to rise. Those gray hairs that I should have honored and protected I shall bring down with sorrow to the grave. 1 will not curse my destroyer; but oh! may Gcd avenge the wrongs and impositions practiced upon the unwary in a way that shall best please him. This, my dear parents, is ! Hio J?i<r vnu will pver receive from me. I humbly ask forgiveness, litis my dying prayer. The old father came to the postolllce, j ^ot the letter and fell to the lloor. They thought he was dead at lirst; but they brushed back the white hair from his brow and fanned him. lie had only fainted. I wish he. had been dead; for what is life worth to a father after his son is destroyed? When things go ! wrong at a gambling table they ?iiout I "Foul!" "foul!" Overall the gaining taj bles of the world 1 cry out: "Foul!" I "l'oul! infinitely foul!" Shall I sketch the historv of the cram j bier? Lured by bad company, htMinds I his way into a place where honest men ought never to go. lie sits down to his j first came, but only for pastime and the desire of being thought sociable. The players deal out the cards. They unconsciously play into Satan's hands, who takes all the tricks and borh the players' souls for trumps?he being a sharper at any gnme. A slight stake is put np just to add interest to the play. Game alter game is played. Larger stakes and stiii larger. They begin to move nervously on their chairs. Tneir brows lower and eyes tlash, until now they who win and they who Lse, iired alike with passion, sit with set jaws and con;pressed lips and clenched lists, and eyes like :ire-bails that seem starting from their sockets, to see the ilaal turn before it comes: it losing, pale with envy and tremulous with unuttered i oaths cast back red-hot upon the heart ?or. vmninjr. with hysteric laugh? i "11::! i;a! I have it! 1 have it!" j A lew years have passed and he is [ only the wreck of a man. Seating him: SL'lr at the game ere hr throws the lirst | earn, he stake'? the last relic of his wife, ! the marriage ring which sealed the solemn vows between them. The game is Iom anil staggering back in exhaustion he dreams. The bright- hours of : the past inock his agODy, and in his dreams henris with eyes of lire and ; tongue of flames circle about him with j joined hands, to dance and sing their; orgies with hellish chorus, chanting -Iiaii: brother!" kissin? his clammy | ioreneau uiuu meu juauiMmit; wua.-, (lowing with serpents, crawl into his bosom and sink their sharp fangs and ! suck up his ilfe's blood; and coiling I around his heart pinch it with chilis and shudders unutterable. Take warning! You are no stronger than tens of thousands who have l?y this practice beenj overthrown. No young man in our cities can escape being tempted. Ueware of the first beginnings! This road is a down grade! and every instant increases the mo-! mentum. Launch not upon this treach erous sea. Split hulks strew the beach. : Everlasting storms howl up and down. | tossing unwary crafts into the hell gate, j I speak of what L have seen with my own eyes. I have looked off into the abyss, and 1 have seen -the foaming and the hissing, and the whirling of the horrid dsep in which the mangled victims writhed, one upon another, and struggled, strangled, blasphemed and died?the death-stare of etei nal despair upon tlu ir countenances as the waters gurgling ov;-r them. To a gainMer's death-bed there co;nw 110 hope. He will probably die alone. His former associates come not ni^h his dwelling. When the hour convs his miserable soul will ?0 out of a mis-1 erable life into a miserable eternity. As his poor remains pass the house i where he \v?.s ruined old companions may look out a moment and say: "There ?oes the old carcass?dead at i last." IJut "iey will not get up from | the table. him down now into his grave. Plant no tree to throw its shade t&ere, for the long, deep, eternal gloom that settle* there is shadow enough, riant no "1'orget-me- nots" or eglantines around the snot, for liowors Were not made to grow on such a blasted heath. Visit it not i:i the sunshine, for that V<o n^/.L-arv lmf ill tii4? ! * v. night, wiie:? no stars are out and tiie ; spirit of darkness came down horsed on the wind?then visit the grave of the gambler! The Su?iir Trust Investigation, Xfv Yokk. Feb. 20.?The Senate Committee on Laws resumed its investigation of t!us suiiar trust to-day. The | Deputy Sergcant-at-Arms reported that he had been unable to serve subpoenas upon Treasurer John K. Searles. Theodore Ilavemeyer, William Dick. Joiin Farrv, Dick Dekest and Hecker; all were reported to bo out of town. The Serjeant-at-Arms said he was greatly I hampered by the people and oillcersof the trust iu Wall street, as the employees did all they could ?.o prevent him from Hading the persons wanted by the committee. The only witnesses whose testimony was of interest was J. 0. Douncr, ol'De< stro. Cornier & Co., of Brooklyn, lie said he did not know the directors of the trust when he surrendered his stock*, lie knew he would lose nothing by so doing. Witness said he understood that each company was to go on in the same way and the profits were to be turned in to tho trust to be divided pro ratQ. Under the trust he got 11 per cent, a year?about the same as under the company. The witness said that prices were low now because of the great outside competition of the companies ot Claus Spre."kles and others. The combination of several companies in a trust made production cheaper. Claus Doscher was placed upo.. the witness staud. lie was quite ignoraut ou trust matters. Two weeks ago lie received a dividend of about $2;3'000. "Isn't it on your bank book?" asked Senator Irwin. ''Yes," auswered the witness, who was then admonished to i?v./*,*'. f.iiio hnrtriivr in. LUlUi; cue UUU1N. uv buw morrow, and was told that it would not do if he came and gave iniormation oc the subject verbally. The Question of Taxes. Comptroller-General Ellerbee has issued a circular to county auditors call- j ing further attention to their duties under the law in obtaining a just valuation for taxation of'property. lie says it is not believed a uniform and equal taxation exists. Auditors are largely responsible for this, as they create boards of assessors. If complaints are made of inequalities, the only duty of the audito.* is to enforce the law. Auditors are referred to Sees. 200 and 208, G. S., for instructions as to unincorporated banks, etc. Farmers who ''keep a place of business" and carry on such business -as mentioned in the section, come under its requirements. The Comptroller-General has information leading him to believe there are "organizations doing business in this State for profit who have failed heretofore to return property Tor taxation." Auditors arc referred'to Section 215-Ci.S., and urgei to_c?oUtfjeir duty. -'iMiecirC-al-ir4:.^Ui.jr*Sfiys: "There isHno I law for valuing a -S100 mule at 810 or $00. The idea which seems to prevail in parts of the State that all property for taxation should not be assessed at above 6673' per cent, of its real value, is erroneous, and in direct conllict with the la n: 'All property shall be valued for taxation at its true value in money.' 'A piece of property is what it will bring on the market'; and if a mule is wortn 8100 it should be assessed at 8100 ?no more, no less. Every piece of taxable property from the sore-back mule .-.n tho f-irm tn the o-ilf, shares of the wealthiest bank in the State must be valued at their 'true value in money' for taxation. A largo percentage of the poll tax in many counties is not pa:d. Auditors can remedy this largely through the help of the township board of assessors, and we must insist upon the collection of all poii tax." Conllicting Legislation Columbia, S. C., Feb. 20?In reference to an inquiry referred by the governor to the aUomey-general for his opinion, as to whether a vacancy in the ollice of probate judge can be lilled by executive appointment when the vacau cy is for a longer tune Ilia;? jne year, the assistaut aUorney-seueral writes as follows : "Section 2, artical 4, of the constitution forbids such appointment, while sections 1G1 and 772 of the General Statutes seem to authorize such an appointment. These two last mentioned sections should be constructed in harmony with the constitution, ifit can be done without violating any rule of the constitution, and. in this view of the matter, I am of the opinion that by these last mentioned sec- j tions the legislature intended merely that | if a vacancy in said office is not longer than for one (1) year it may be tilled; nlhprwisft not. "In cases of vacancy longer than one i year in said office, the duties of the office j may be performed by the clerk of the | court, as provided- for in Section 740 of the General Statutes, even during the whole of the unexpired term or until the election to fill the vacancy." The case relerrc-d to comes from Georgetown, where the probate jud.-e j died alter being in office less than one | year. Mot Satisfied. Chicago, Feb. li?.?The Sioux Indians ; who have been to "Washington reached j this city last niglit on their way back to Pine Kid^e. They are not at all*satisfied. j Young-Man-Afraict-ot'-ilis-Iiorse saia j to a reporter: "We had some promises, but they are like all the other promises j of the (Jreat Father. We are not fooled, j and we go home with heavy hearts. We \ wanted General Miles, but he did 110: i ome. We shall tell our people that we I have got more promises. Then they will j laugh at us and call us old men." I A DKSPEiiATE BATTLE. " i BETWEEN THE EGYPTIANS ANE DER- ; VlS'r E3 AT aFAc!TE. EGYPT. Over One. ' '!i?asru<! ]L;vfS J?os<; ill tlie Conllict?Th Fi^tjt with Deter- ; mined *. -lcrjffy? A Dcsj?brat!i II;tnd-ti>- j Ji.tiul i'iicht. A i'ai itk, Fgvpt, viaSuakim, Feb. 21. j ?A h-.?\c-v c-ngaginent was i'onght at * Tokaron February l'.? between t!ie Egyp j tian troouo who recently left El-Teb j and Osman Digna'sforces. Nearly one J tliousand lives were lost in the battle j which followed the appearance of the Egyptians at Tokar. The Egyptians made their advance from Ai'atiteuurmg the early dawn of inorniug od Thursday last. Tnc enemy was sighted near Tokar, and ;; iter an exchange of shots between the skirmishers of the enemy and the advance guard of the Egyptians the latter pushed forward through the brushwood surrounding Tokar and its neighborhood in order to seize the old governine.it building, now little more than a tumble-down ruin, but which form a st atcgic point where a force of infantry < mid light against heavy odds. The dervishes, seeing the object of the Egyptian advance in that direction, made a rush for the building and surrounded i: by a compact mass of Arab rillemen. who poured a hot lire into the ranks of .tne advancing Egyptians. The idlier, UO'.vevtjr, wens uyo iu uc v;uccjvcu j in their advance, returning the Arabs' lire as they advanced. The Egyptians iixed bayonets when within t-asy distance of the enemy and bravely charged upon the defenders of the old rmns. For over an hour a desperate hand-tohand bayonet to spear-aud-sword light followed* during which the Egyptian troops fought with the most determined energy. The Egyptian cavalry made a brilliant charge 0:1 the dervishes, who retired in disorder, suffering a crushing defeat. The dervishes numbered at least 2,000 lighting men. About an equal 4^.4" i O *,0 CIISt/Mia/la/l 17^ TV-i'l /-?1 1 _ I ui ,r<v; vpticiiio OUV/WV.U^VA AH IV^VU I ing tiie shelter of the building before the Arabs surrounded them for the attack. After the retreat of the dervishes the troops found oves TOO dead around the position mentioned, while large numbers of dead were lying in the luisnes around the buildings. Xearly every Emir of importance who was present ai the battle feli upon the field. Osman Digna did not take part in the light but watched its progress from a point of vantage near 'Afalite. After seeing that his faithful followers had suffered disaster. Osman Digna, accompanied by about thirty horsemen lied towards Temerin. The Egyptians tonight bivouac at Afalite and will advance on Temerin to-morrow. Iiitnri tliA rvnrf. nf thft -L iIV~< 1WCOS. O ?i4v v w--^ Egyptians are Captain i5arrow and twelve men killed, and Captain Breech and four Egyptain oilicers and fortytwo men wounded. After leaving a force of troops to garrison Tokar the Egyptian troops marched direct to Afalite* and ascended the hills recently occupied by the enemy. Afafite was found to have been vacated, though. there were hundreds of Arabs in the vicinity. These quietly surrendered to the Egyptians, handing over a number of banners, spears and riiles and two gui)5. The Egyptians also captured large quantities* of stores and ammunition.* Lost ia the Flood. Los Axoeles, Cal., Feb. 25.?Up to noon to-day reports s'j ;?vecl that at Jeast six persons lost their lives in the floods. The family of Charles Watts is also missing from near Downey and is supposed to have been drowned. The Wellk family, man, wife and baby, wers drowned at Duart, and the bodies of two Mexicans were found in the same neighborhood. S. Laurens was drowned at Wilmington while trying to rescue some cattle. The worst" of the flood was probably at Downey and vicinity. The San Gabaiel Rivers broke from their banks and ran together and made a great inland sea six to ten miles wide and seventeen miles long. Many houses were SA-ept away and a number of families occupying the territory inundated have not been heard from Shots were K" ?1 Tv,.,,,,.,. "\Tmnrn'nor | IJWIUU IU jyu? UCJ( AJIVUUUT . They wer.; lired at Watts *s ranche house and are supposed to have been a signal of distress. The house was sooc swept away an] :t is feared the whole family perished in the torrent. It IVsis Only A Fane. Cheraw, S. C., Feb. 24.?The correspondent of The State learned to-day that the s Lory in regard to MissGoodson having beeu murdered and her body thrown into .Blac^ Creek was aiabricatioo, made up out ot the whole cloth. A young man. Ilenry T. Patrick, from Itockingham, X. C., came to Cheraw Thursday afternoon aud told the tale, saying that he had capturetUthfr3^r6Tn' .^ loreuce-udUi ijiiOu an^orought him to Cheraw oli his way to Chesterfield jail. The jail at Chesterlield has never received one such criminal within its walls, aud The Slate correspondent has learned that people living near Miss Goodson's father's house have seen her alive and well since it was reported that she had been murdered.?The State. linrncd in Kllijcv. JjIii.mingiiam, Ala., Feb. 21.?At Athens, Ala., Thursday night a crowd of indignant citizens lirst hung and then burned Governor .Jones in eiligv. One of the State Agricultural Experimental Stations is iocated at Athens, and the Legislature passed a bill dividing the Agricultural College fund appropriated by Congress among the several stations in the State. Governor J ones vetoed the bill on the ground that the fund was in the nature of a trust already accepted i.tr +110 tv.r tlip of the Acri UJ cultural and Mechanical College at Au-! burn and could not be diverted from that institution. ^\then's share under the vetoed bill was 82,000 per annum. Alter the Newspaper Men. Washington, Feb. 23? In the Senate this afternoon a bill was introduced, which was suggested by the newspaper fend resulting so horribly to-day. It provides that any editor, proprietor or correspondent who publishes or permit" to be published any attack upon the private character of any citizen with the intent to injure his credit or standing in public, or to publicly charge any citizen with unlawful practices in private affairs, shall be deemed guilty of a i'elony ana nnea nut less umu ci,uw and continedin the penitentiary not less than one year, or both, at the discretion of the court. The Miil? to the Cotton. Baltijiokk, Feb. 11).?The manufacturer's Iltcord reports that an English company has purchased a large water power property in South Carolina, which will be developed for manufacturing purposes: also that a Manchester cotton mill company has sent, a man to examine a location with a view of building a mill to employ one thousand hands. This company "reports that on account of the new tarill" it cannot retain a hold on the American market, and so it is proposed to locate a mill in the South to mantit'u? nrsfk nmv made bv it in Manchester. Nineteen X^iven Lost. Sax F::ax<;k <>. i'eb. 23-Tlie loss of lives by lire wrecking 01 the clipper ship Elizabeth, off Xorth Head, Saturday night, i? now estimated at nineteen, including Calitain Henry of the local life saving si .-vice. Eleven persons, including the wife and children of Captain C'olcord of the Elizabeth, were saved. The vessel was bound from New York to San Fraiicisco with a cargo of general merchandise, and was lost within cannon-shot of the mouth of the Golden Sate. The vessel was valued at $75,000 and the cargo at S125,0u0. SIMPSON ISN'T A FOOLKehufTof t*ie Sockless .Statesman to an lu- j qui-itive Woman. Washington, 1). Feb. 27.?"Is j it true that you don't wear socks?! Won't you let me see. please?" and a: pretty woman who thus addressed Jerry .Sin>pson at the capitol today, glanced curiously at the latu-r's feet. "Madam," replied Simpson, gravely. "I'm a believer in reeiproctty. i)o you wear socks? If you'll show me yours I'll show you mine." The lady said, "Oh, my!" and lied precipitately, but Jerry remained to study further the methods of legislation, j A little later in the day a mutual i friend presented Theodore Roosevelt to j the Kansas statesman. "I'm pleased to meet you." said Mr. j Roosevelt politely. "I've heard a great j deal about vcu." ' And J," said Mr. Simpson, with i equal politeness, "have heard a great j deal about you. I'd like to talk with ; you about civil service reform." "Mr. liocsevelt assured the Kansau j that nothing would give him greater j pleasurp, and lie added that he would j like to show Mr. Simpson hour practical j the commission's methods were and how j little they were understood. "I'm something ol a civil service reformer myself." said Mr Sim>sc?n, bland ly, "but ruv objection to the present system is that it creates an office-holding ails'ocracy. J don't think any man ou^ht to hold ortice longer than eight years. It kiud o? gives 'em the big head. Still, on the otner hand," he continued, rctlc-ctively, "1 don t believe in wholesale dismissals upon every change of administration. There ought to be a law regulating the matter, and all the patronage taken away from the president." The conversation was interrupted at this point by the appearance of Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massachusetts, who was also presented to the Kansas statesman. "Are you the author of the?the?" "The 'iniquitous force bill"said Mr. T.rwl.'p, with easv uood nature, refresh r? - > / ing Mr. Simpson's memory upon the subject. "That's it," said Air. Simpson gravely : "the iniquitous ioix-c oill! I'm agin' it." The little group of spectators laughed heartily. They began to respect the "sockless," or perhaps I should say they began to suspect him, for they all agreed that he had more practical sense than he has been credited with. Mr. Simpson is not overplease ; with our national lawmakers. They are, he Jinds, more inter C51CU iU JUCilSUi CS ptl SUUrtl I\J Ultiliiiwrto lhau in those of interest to the people at ! arge. All this he thinks is wromr. The next house will contain twelve alliance men pure and simple. He hopes tli it they will leaven the entire legislative lump, anil that their influence will result in the enactment of more laws of a general character. The Kansas legislature is composed in the main of alliance members, practica farmers, horn y handed sons of toil. They are, Mr. Simpson says, the most intelligent. the most moral and the most industrious body ever assembled at Topeka. They go to bed early. They yet up carlv, and they're out at 9 o'clock in the morning. ' That's what thev need here," and Mr. Simpson cast a sly glance in the direction of the house. The alliauce men. he tells me, are larifl'reformers. They are practical free traders. They will, as Dundreary would say, "Hock bv themselves." Thev will aftiliate with any party that retlects their views, but they will not ge into , caucus with either. They will put a j presidential ticket into the field. If they < can not elect their nominee they hope to ] !?/-? nKlfl i/\ oor tvIia clioll lip 1 Mr. Simpson will remain in Wasiiiug- 1 ton until the close of the session. Ho is an object of universal interest in the galleries. lie is more inquired after and talked about than an}' member on the ' floor of the house. lie has even ob- 1 scured interest in MeKinley's tariff bill ( or Speaker lleed's outrageous rulings. , Mrs. Logan Takes a Hand. ' SritiXGFiELD, III., Feb. 2fi.?Mrs. j1 John A. Logan has taken a hand in |( the Senatorial fight. Senator Crawford j ' has received the following telegram s f-V/^rvi frAm Wuc^intrfftn* I T IX VU1 JLi V. A t J.VU1 TV . I "Jietter be defeated by an organized, i honorable opposition, than to be de- ' moralized and disorganized by an lg- i noble surrender of principle. Stand i ( firmly together and command the con- r lidence and respect of intelligent peo- ( pie, even though you might be tempi)-" : rarily unsuccessful. iL-is against reasoa,sense and all u$3.ge that a minority 5 SQ^gg&j&tta' 'dictate to the great 1 majority of recognized, honorable rep- \ resentatives of honest principles." ' Three Ilepublicans were still absent J from the joint assembly to-day on ac- < count of illness,Sv the members of that ( party and of the F. M. li. A. refrained r from voting on the ballot for United States Senator, breaking the quorum. The Democrats cast 101 votes for Palmer in three ballots, when the As- ? sembly adjourned. ( Scoring; 15111 Chandler- i rn X" TT OO * l_OXCOKJL>, 11., JL'eu. ~o.? ^>can,y j( the entire afternoon session of the ^ House was occupied by United States T Senator-elect J. II. Gallinger, of Con- . cord, and II. W. Greene, of Ilopinton. in replying under a question of person- T al privilege to the allegations made by i United States Senator Wm. E. Chand- ? ler in an editorial in the columns of his c paper, the Concord Monitor, that these ? gentlemen aou omer uepuuuuaus na>c r entered into a series of bargains with ^ Frank Jones, C. A. Sinclair and othjr f inlluential Democrats inimical to the ^ interest of the Republicans of this I r State. In the course of the discussion I ^ Chandler was roundly denounced as a h cur, a coward and a liar. ISitd Children. Jacksonville, Feb. 2G.?J. II. Bo- t den, a prominent contractor and build- | er of this city, is in hard luck. Satur- c day, two of his children, boys of 10 and j f 15 years, ran off after stealing money | t and jewelry from their parents, and f yesterday two others, a girl aged 14 v and a boy 8?disappeared, either kid- a napped or run off. Xo trace of them can be found, and the distracted father ^ has wired the police in Charleston, Cin- , von- Orlounc and nthnr nnints. t to look out for the missing children. * Whipped by White Caps. Louisville, Ky., Feb. 26.?"White ^ Caps" Tuesday night went to the house of John McConnel, in Xew Amsterdam. Ind., and breaking in the door, touk him and his wife outside and j whipped litem. The two victims were i then carried to a shanty boat and t turned adrift in the Ohio Kiver. With r great diflicuity they made a landing, as 1 the wind was very high <nd the river r ricir,? r.o.ifllv t h (-TH 1? Q T'O fl !1 H tO 1 >KlO ? the White Caps. i The Columbia Register says the Al- [ iiance is lighting against the greatest , conspiracy against the people of this ^ country which was ever attempted aud j which has cost the honest labor of this t country thousands of millions of dollars. The money lords have lorded it over the free people of this country until ihey have risen in their might *o J ;*sk. and solemnly to ask. Who owns r this country ? Who owns this govern t ment V r Devoured by Wolves. i, Vienxa. Feb. 25.?Two clergyman a were devoured by wolves while sleigh- I riding near Twesvar on Monday. Two c night watchman of that city "were also v eaten by wolves. fc T'?.i .A 1 Ki>rf>r? r >m:vii'rn. We clip ths following from the Cotton Plant of last \v(~k: Thf* following is the pi.-:n atlopte:: 1 y the X;it;:<:: u I?*-^i.-Iati v.- Council fur the org iiiz tlion of our forces lor educational work. In accordance therewith :::iu pursuant to tr.e provisions made hy our S'at.- cxeciUive coniiniti<-e, arrangements have btci: made with she lion. JJen Tcrreil, late national lecturer. .'or th^ organization of district legislative councils. Let the county lecturers within each Congressional district conlVr together at once and agree upon a place within their district where they will hold their lir.st meeting ami notify sue promptly so that Brother Terrell's programme inny be made out. ' ? .. t .I : . I - --w l)Oli t c.e;;l> auo'iii i r;:s, ijitruueu. For the purpose of organization, the following scheme <?1: districts will be observed: First District?Charleston, Colleton, Orangeburg. Lexington. iSet'ond District?Aiken, Barnwvll, Edgetield, Iliimpton. Third District?Abbeville, Anderson, Xeivberry, O^nee, Pickens. Fourth iv.trici?Fairtie'd, Greenville, Lauren?, Spart;:Lburg. Union. Fifth District?Chester, Vhesteriield, Kich'and, Kershaw, Lancaster, York. Sixth District-?Uiarenuon. .lfui'iui;ton. Ilorry, Marion, M trlboro. Seventh" District ? Williamsburg, lieauiort. Georgetown, Suait' r, -Berkeley. JLf this proves not to b^ thr best arrangement, it can be modified bv the Stale Legislative Council at some future meeting. Now k-t every county lecturer cut this cut and pur, himself to work The desij^ti is to give our lecturers greater promince in the Order. an<l it is hoped they win appreciate theauuiuonai uigoity conferral upon them. In order to laciliUie matters, will each county lecturer communicate with this oilier by retain; mail, giving his postollice and couuty ? It is presumed that all county lecturers are subscribers to the Cotron i'iant. If thry are n><\, am! in cth>*y are not, will some member m each county s.-nii this copy of the Cotton Piant nuirkt d to his county lecturer. If anv member knows iha: his county lecturer is not a subscriber and will advise us of the i'a-;t we will send him a copy from the oilice. We wish to get the address of each county lecturer in this ollice at the earliest possible uioni?--?.r m order that we may communi cute to him some important information. We have a pencil sharpened to t.tke down the names, brethren. Who will be the lirst to respond? J. Wm Stokes, I'res't S. C. State F. Alliance. Carolina's Phosphates. Colv.mkia, s. C.. Feb, 21.?The board of phosphate commissioners today he-Id an important meeting, at which rulr-s for the government of phosphate mining were adopted. A circular was issued, informing the applicants that; any or aa u.\ciu?i>c rights to mine phosphate rock will cease March 1, next, and that t he board will meet March 2, at J'eaufort, to consider applications for licences. Each person is required to enter into a bond with security in penal of live thousand dollars as condition precedent to granting such licenses to mine in Coosa river territory, the applicants to be required to include in the bond an agreement that they will mine as the agent of the state, and that each ton of phosphate ^oek shall be deemed the property of t|e state until the party who shall recojfte the license shall have paid the royalty, to be iixed by the commission, not exceeding 62 per ton. The board adopted a comprehensive set of rules and regulations for the better collection of the royalty. The representatives of the various phosphate companies were present and expressed themselves pleased with the board's action. The Farmers V.ant Freo Sii'Ver* Washington, Feb. 20.?Cou^ressnan elect Jerry Simpson of Kansas, repAlliannp. vv.is I 3ne of the speakers before the House Coinage Committee to-day. He said .he farmers of the country demanded and ,vould insist on more money. lie advocated free coinage as one ol the means to ,his end, and also the sub-treasury scheme and the issuance of paper noney as other methods whereby more noney could be put into circulation, rhe people demanded a great deal more noney, and ii was the duty of the government to furnish it. SimpousaicLUeditt lot care if free coinagcj&cUOTSesilver to :on2e io- ihef*1Cnited States. He wished t would come and it could not come too :oon, for it would give the people more noney. Alonzo Waddell of South l>a<ota, who was defeated for Congress at he last election as the candidate of the Farmers' Alliance, also spoke In behalf )f free coinage, which he said was advo:ated by all the members >f the Alliince. A rhenomenal Sluet Storm. Chicago, Feb. 19.?A phenomenal >Ieet storm plastered great areas of the ;ountry with ice to-night from the iVlleghenies to the Rockies North of ir 1 TM Tf ohAvt Mason (111(1 I^jLAUH 5 lillU. it > p. in. and in a half hour the telegraph vires commenced to show signs of denoralization. 13y 9:30 from Indianipolis "West, near .Springfield. 111., and owards Kansas City, was a most com)!etely wrecked section from a telegraphic standpoint. Thousands of vords of belated newspaper dispatches ire piled up unsent in the ollices 011 the idge of the affected district. In various ailroad telegraph ollices in Chicago, lispatcliers were completely in the dark is to the movement of trains. In the emergency, the engineers along the oads were presumed to be picking their vav along the rails approximating as >est they could to schedule time. LouST Delayed Justice. Washington. Feb. 24.?The House o-day, after routine business, took up he direct tax bill, and after a long discission it was amended so as to provide or the acceptance of sums appropriated )y Legislatures and passed, and a conerence committee appointed. The ;>ill vas passed by a vote* of 122 to 101. It impropriates "about 812,000.000. Southrn States, under the bill, will receive lie following sums: Alabama. *22.520: " willovv). \rKansas. ;r?io-*. im; \icuiyi?i, .-m i ventucky. : Louisiana. 83S."5>^>: Mississippi. J?113.3if4: North Carolina. v$77.4?2; South Carolina. S222.40S: Tenlessee. j?3i>2,004: Virginia, .Si 12.403: Vest Virginia, ^181,20'). Buried in :? Suonslide. Crested Uutte, Col., Feb. 2f'?.?A mowsiid* swept over the Bullion King nine at Inner, at 1 o'clock yesterday aterr.oon, carrying the boarding house ind Superintendent Ropell's dwelling ;ctise with it. Mrs. Itopell. Mrs. Clarke tnrl child, at the boarding house, and 13. \ Smiley, the engineer, are still buried n the slide, with imtliMehopeof t\elr ecovery alive. The miners had gone o the shaft houses ar-d escaped. Every nan was put to work, and about thirl.l't n.rtrri n rr fr\r th<? ?#?#>?? \ liTiO ti1IO i.ivm.uj, n/i kmv wv< n the vain hope that some of the viciins may be found alive. Killed l>v t!;? Train. CiiAUf.ESTOX. S. C.. Feb. 24.?Robert jvnes. a white citizen of some promilence, and an ex-policeman, was killed his afternoon on the Northeastern Raiload. near Magnolia crossing, in the snbirbs of the city. The Charleston and Savannah and the Northeastern Roads .re in close proximity ;it this point, jyne.s became confused on the approach if a shifting engine and got on the i*rong trackf The engine ran over him, :illing him instantly. Ilnp.iy Worsen. ! What is it f'nat u akes women more ; | Hiii!in? and happy looking li-aa men ? i We nie. t them ' n the i-nr>. 0:1 the t-Tre.'ts. i;> the fotiri'ry. by tfce seashore. 5:i?v:?>s smilingr. a glistf-niny. ?'yes Ah! ?iie secret is they aim 1.0 jj!<r.*iPe. Ir, is ari dtor? i-'? many in-; _ staiicr? for tli*- ui to .siijlie. and wt-re if I riot tor ;t desire to look pleasing1 and j ; preUy many would "never stuile I I :9? 1u . *) Tf/w.o i?-* ?i lor < n I j majority of ^stances they don't f?-el j j 2il:? smiling. They feel more like cry- j | in sr. With their n-rvoiis aches, weak| iii-ss and bearing clown pains, bfe to I them is a burdi-u. What a trolii-lind to ! many a physician is a rich sick woman. Wh\ should ho aim to cure her and i deny himself the pleasure of presenting his bill > with the usual regularity. It .--cms from the following, that the surest a:ul cheapest way lor invalid I i women to regain health and strength j i is 5>v using Botanic Blood Balm (13. 15. J5.) ' Mrs. J. A. White. 310 Wvthe Street. - -? i ~^.i i i'er?'V.s!)i;r^, \ a., writes; t u-nc ?4?cu \>. ii. j>. vuili hapj-y results, aud others ; haw taken it at nn advice and are dej lighted with i'.s curative results." J. X. Gregory, J;utler Postofiiee, S. V., write?: "My wife had been under the treatment of jovcral good phjsiciai:s, but continued ia poor health, so I bought four bottles of Botanic 131oou and it tiidhtr more good than i th ;?e doctors had (tone hf-r iii ten years. I she ts now doing her own washing, a j thir.g she had not !-een aide to do fur i i iour years." The Sentli Carolina Kallway. I .V dispatch from Charleston says it ! is learned there upon unquestioned au. ?. i -.11 I. j (liority Ulclb till lii<" UUKUiiVHlti.3 Vi Clit ' .Soutli*Carolina Railway have united in j a request to the United States Circuit Court to continue the Receiver of the road. I). II. Chamberlain, in ollice indefinitely, and that this request will probably be complied with by the court upon the arrival there of Judge Bond. The bondholders, party to the suit, think that the affairs of the road can be more judiciously and economically administered through the court than otherwise. Daring the lirst year of I Chamberlains receivership the earnings j of the road were *>'.> per cent, over and i-nmiinir tivnM!?6g Thf? nr. I ciUU V L no i v*\jk/v?ivvv< A ?w ... J rears of interest on the bonded debt I have been paid and the balance spent on equipment and improvement. It is also probable that on the same date Chamberlain will be appointed permanent Receiver of tiie Three C.'s Railroad. or at least over the 177 miles of it running from Camaen. .S. C., to Rutherfordton, X. C. Samuel Lord is temporary Receiver. In the event of Chamberlain's appointment, the two reads will run in" close connection as now, and it is thought that the Three C,'s road can be speedily dragged out of its trouble. Fiancs and Organs. >T. XV. Tkump, 134 Main Street, Columbia. S. C., sells Riauos and Organs, direct iroin factory. Xo agents' com missions. The celebrated unickeriug i'iano. Mathushek Piano. celebrated for its clearness of tone, lightness of touch and lasting' qualities. Mason & Hamlin Upright Piano. Sterling Upright Pianos, from $225 up. Mason & Hamlin Organs surpassed l>y none. Sterling Organs, $50 up. Every Instrument guaranteed for six years. Fifteen days' trial, expenses both ways, if" not satisi'accorv. Sold on Instalments. Swept by ?. Tornado. I\ on folk. Va? Feb. 24.?A tornado st'.vept over Sunbury, Gates County, X. (J., Saturday night. The * tor in swept a space half a mile vrid.j and carried everything with it. Two children were killed near Sunburj. and it is reported that a number or people were killed further east. The wires are all down and details are lacking. Tiro ?sroe? iyncuca. Savaxxah, Feb. 21.?The two negroes who murderously assaulted storekeeper Jordan at eraser's Crossing last night were taken from their guards six miles from Brunswick, at 9:30' to-night, by a crowd of 300 men and hanged to a tree and riddled with bullets. The prisoners were being taken to the jail ;:t Brunswick after having been taken | before Jordan for identification. JorI dan will die. Scrofula is an impurity of the blood which produces unsightly lumps or swelling, which, accumulating in the glands of the neck, causes painrul running sores on the arms, legs or feet, which develops ulcers in the eyes, ears or nose, often causing blindness and deafness. Take 1J. I'. I'. (Prickly Ash, Poke Root and Patassium). It has proved itself the most remarkable of all blood puruiers. SiidfJcn Death of a Senator. "Washington, l'eb. 24.?Senator E. K. "Wilson, of Marjland, one of the ablest lawyers in the Senate, died in this city to-night of heart failure. lie was not taken seriously ill until this afternoon about 5 o'clock, when he was stricken down never to rise again. In 1S90 there were 20,328,536 barrels of b^er made in the United States. This is about half a barrel annually for every man, woman and child in the ' lend. IIow much some of the inhabit ant*, drink to inake up for ine total aostainers the statisticians has not ventured to say. South Carolina's share of the production was 8,8S0 barrels. Dispepsia, distress after eating. sour stomach, loss of appetite, a faint, allgone feeling, bad taste, coated tongue, heart burn, all relieved and cured by P. P. P. (Prickly Ash, Poke Iloot anil Potassium) it will regulate the sys- ' tern, gives an appetite and make vou well." ' lie who is feeling miserable, suffer- 1 insr with Dv&pepsia and Indigestion ( and often times with dizziness, would do well to take 1'. P. P. at once. P. P. 1'. (Prickly Ash, Poke Root and Potas- j siu'u) will cure you and arrest the dis- j ease in its incipiency. A complete Bedroom Suit for 818.50 freight paid to your depot. Send for Catalogue. Address L. F. Padgett, Augusta, Ga. COLLEGE FOR WW, ~ i 5 s*. C. 1 1 This College and Institute for Women [ Jinu vriris ojieneu vciuuei i uuuci su^n-w more favorable than its most sanguine i friends hoped for. The grounds, buildings, * appointments and furnishings are unequalled among boarding schools in tlie tjoutb. The historic old Hampton or Preston place was bought, the mansion repaired and reft ted, a larger and finer building constructed for the chapel, domitories and recitationrooms. A corps of teachers unexcelled in ability and experience is "now teaching in ; the College.' From the 1st of .January to i . 1st <>[ February offers a convenient time for j ; new pupils to enter, who are charged only ; c .1 I\">f tarmc Xrf. .1 J ilCUl UrtiD Ui x Vi v*.v, address the President, the KEY". Wil. R. ATKINSON, { Columbia S. C. < '".: ni * ': ri ss ? e ?f%~% M ^ ?f - ft-r catalogue. TERRY M'FG CO. riASHViLLE. 7?M;; F I SIS Pap tie fei'i j -S.V GlihA'f OrrSh THAT MAY N >l' aQAI2?| r' .'Ji. rte.rr.vi.iy, tv u\j uz. n.i, ji ! ''si :iir. l kr.fc thk kox 3 ; ll( C." 2 t: Write lt-r catalogue now, an.tsaj what? ?pape. you aft v.- i>r.s advertisement i;u ? r lteiTcitibcr it4ar i $*{> everjtliiB: that! ; i;oti> lo VariiSvtiinj: a home?rr^aul '.ctur-S |mg tiring Miti buyiag ol:.ers u tlies (largest lots, which ear-bits me to? |wipe jui all competition. |HE KEAKKA KKW Oi" MY ST ART J {* | Ll.Wr BARGAIN'S I \V t A No. 7 Flat too CooIcirs S :ovc. fullj gHze, 15x17 im*h ovf;i, titled with 21 nieces* kg |of ware, 'leliwr'd at your own 'lepct,- * Sail freight .' haryt-.s paid by tao. fon fon'.y Twelve Dollars. ' * 8 f Again, 1 will .-oil you a 5 iic!-? Cookin j \j Miange 13x13 Inch oven, 1 Sx23 i:wh top, fit-i f ted with 21 places of wive, for T!iIR-j g'i'EEN DOLLARS, and pay tli.: freight to* \ " Syour depot. I \ ??iAi-v rtt v Tin. TTAWa \ t.UV k. I ."V i X ?? V i iki. JL. VJ-?fJ ? I YOUR GOODS. I \ 3 I will s; nii you a nice plush Parlor suit,I \ ?walnut frame, i-i:,iicr in combination or; je'oanded, the most stylish colors for 33.50,' gto your jaiiroad station, freiyi:? paid, i g X will alsoseii ?<;u u. nice Be irou-os uitf Fconsistin? of Bureau with gi iss. : high) ghead 13ed>tead, l Wasastar.J, 1 -Centre! stable. 4 cane scat chairs, ' caiu sea: and! Sback rocker ailfor 16."i\ and p*y neigalfl eto your d'jpot. 5 ** '< r Or I wiii scad you an eifgar t Bedroom! gsuitv.ith ,'! iv:, fail marble top, foil gCoO, and par i.';eittiit. ? ?.\' ice window siiaiie on sarins: roilc v $ 401 ^Elegant )ar;;e wainuto uaj clock, 4.001 s Walnut io.:n^e, T.OOj gLaee curtains per window, 1.00S r I cannot describe everything in a saialij gadvertisemeut, but have an immense store l^outaiumg 22,6'JO ieet o: H*>oi room, with |wart houses and factory build i$siuother mparts ot Au^olu, ui;i!:h^ in &i. the lariat business of this kina uudei our man- , gagyuiont :n the Southern Stares. These Sstorefiacci warehouses arc crewueu with the choicest productions of the uest factories. iiv catalogue containing iiIust;?.tionb of good's will oe nuiiied it' you will kindly say where you saw this advertisement, i pay freight. Address, L f. ?ASS?TT. Proprietor i'':tdgei?'s Furniture, stove A ? and Oaruet Store, |j 1110-1112 ifroad Street, AUGUSTA, GA B?<HU9W!!G i > ->?s: -. n ??&?,' | ;:i KK ABO WOMAN. I v 5' :* ?. v.-iT! and vitalize yaur | ''!.?.I.cr*?.t'-a<rr">'i?pr^f''t-3?.ndgiTeyour ,r- v;:ok?sys-:oni:o^i>Cin**^fr?r;^t?j. s \ ; !" ?:s:rwar railroad rr^'-rintondent at ? - :' . w. !'.r:;ih.sn^er;c^ v.*ith -'."ri.i, Dytipep- | -i-t. :<:v: i.ii'iiiUUiviM.-; su; __iiu m , i'.K F.hsn ever felt so well in his life, ana 3 . :.*v;s a.; ir In: ccul.i livefcr-vcr, if he eould 3 . s'.waya get I\ I'. P." If you are 1 iro-i out f?.... v. u _?? dnd a take g i p p p l\ ' < a i a ! j i Jf yo.i are fcelinz b :?J? In the spring .* ~r.d out of sorts, take ? jp P P I c t n u r "ir vour digestive orrery r.eod toeing tip, s !.* take f S p p - : ,7 i . t r - 3 '; Ify vjs!:f7t;r with headache, indigestion* ^ dohiaty and weakness, take H ~? ^ IP P P i S k 1 b I f If you s-.ifTvr with rervous jj?ostrE?lon, n '-i ucrres urwnag and a general let down S? -5 cf the system, take g | p. p. p. -?(l A For Blood Poison. Rheumatism, Scrof- {4 J r.Ia,' Id Sores. Malaria, Chronic Female g .p Complaints, take 8 % p. p. p. I I Prickly Ash, Poke Hoot I | and Potassium. The test blood purifier in the xorld, ?? ~ T.IPrM_vX Wholesale rug-gists, ?1 i So:<: Proprietors, Iczvsxs's Block, Sav&nmia, Ga. g LOW PRICES VTILL BE MADE OX , TA7 QrVMJQ ENGINES AND BOILERS, SPECIAL ESTIMATES OX SAW MILLS, CORN: MILLS. VLANERS AND MACHINERY GENERALLY J 4 AT BOTTOM FIGURES. ?. C, Baaliam, Sea. Agt, I OLl UEW, S, . P.Mt* fViti rr.>ll\/\4f- TCitffina* if $c Vuicf ^ 1 t eo.12??.KT22 ??.1: *K TTPOX THE MOST APPROVED L plans, with Suction Fan or Spiked Belt Seed Cotton Elevator famished * g. jompetiiive orices. COTTON GINS and PRESSES of best makers. Thomas Hay Rakes, Deering Slower, Corbin Harrows and Planet, Jr, . Cultivators. A. larye stock of Portable and Stationary Sinning and haw ilill Engines on hand. State Agents' for * C. & G. COOPER & CO'S Corns Enlines Lane Saw Mills and Liddell Company's complete line. . t W- H. GiBBES. Jr., & CO., Near Union Depot, Coloibia, S. C. REA2> TKESE FIGSJRSS. fj Farm Wagons, complete with body etc. > 3-4 in Thimble Skin :. ?39.50 5 in Thim'oie skin 41.00 >1^ in Tliimble Skin 42.00 s\ r ? eo? ?a coff rn o%\A i vUC IiUI>y v-~.<u/vi ^ >28.50. Warranted second to none. Write for Circulars. Buggies, Carriages, Road Carts, .Sc., at .0 per cent less than regular prices. Send 9 or Catalogue. This offer is for only SO fl lays in order to reduce stock?so order at ^ >nce. m HOLLER & ANDERSON BUGGY CO.. ROCK HIIA. S. C., i :^vv : fcuia ya^i. . ^ WS^SBIW I Lli'PaLiX EHCS., mjoks&le ^riggists, We Proprietor*.. L:ppTnaa*sBlock, 6*.