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f AT 1HK TABKMACLF. L>R. TALMAGE PREACHES A SERMON OF REMARKABLE POWER. Ad Old-FahlOEed Plea Coucbed in Sarpa*sirg Eloquence?The Feast Proposed by Divine Power An Earnest Peroration. Brocklyn, Jan. 28.?The usual larse audience assembled in the Taber Bade today and listened to a sermon oi remarkable power and interest by liev. Dr. Talmage, the subject brios ' Festivity." The text selected was Luke xiv, 17, "Come. lor ail things are now ready." It was one oi the mcs: e-xciting times in English history wben Queen Elizi. bath visited Lord Leicester at Kenilwsrth castle. The moment of her arrival was considered so important thai all tbe clocks cf the cas'-le were stopped, so that the bands might point to that one moment as being the mo3t sign'Scant oi all. She was greeted to the irate floating islands and torches and the tl-uuder of c.-.roon and Siewcrks that set the mgnt ablaze, and a great burst of muvc that lified the whole scene into perfeel enchantment. Tnea she was jntrcducec in a dining hall, tbe luxries cf which as tonisbed the world. Four hundred ser vants waited upon the guasts. Tbe entertainment cost $500 each day. Lore Leicester made that great supper it Kenllwcnh castle. Cardinal Wolsey. entertained the French embassadors at Hampcon court The best cooks in all the land preparec lort.ie banquet. Purve\ors went ou and traveled all the kingdom o er to tii.< a noils for the table. Tbe iime came The guests were krpt during the da' bunting in the king's park, so that thei appetites might be keen, and then in lb evening, to the sound of the trumpeters they were introduced into a hall hur.< with silk and cloth ol gold, and ther were tables aglitter with imperial plat and lacen with the rarest of meats am ablush with the costliest wines. Am when the second course of the feas came it was found that the articles o food had been fashioned into the sbap otmen, birds and beasts, and group dancing, and jousting parties ridin against each other with lances. Lord and princes and embassadors out oi cup filled to the brim drank ibc health tirs of tfee k'ng of Enfiiucd and next ot tb kins of France. Cardinal Wolsey pre par*d that great supper in Hampto court. But I have to tell you of a grande entertainment. My Lord the Kins i the banqueter. Angels > re the cupbeat ers. All the redeemed * re the guests The halls of eternal love, Irescced wit light and paved with joy and curtaine with unfadm? beauty, are the bacque: ing place. The harmonies of eternit ara \he music. The cbalicts of heavt are tbe plate, and 1 am one of the sei vanta coming out with both hands tille with Invitations, scattering them auv where, and, oh, that lor yourselves vo might break the seal (f the invitatioi and read the wurds written in red ink c blood by the tremulous hand of a dyin Christ. "Come now, for all things ar ready." There have been graDd entertainment where was a taking eft?the wine gav ont, or the servan'.s were rebellious, o the light failed, tut I have gene aJ around about this subject and looked a the redemption whicfc Christ has pro vided, and I come here to tell you it i; complete, and I sw;ngopen the door c the feast, telling you that "all thing ar now ready." r la the first place, I have to announc that the Lord Jesus Christ himself i ready. Cardinal Wolsey came into th feast after the first course. He came ii booted and scarred, and.the guests aro<3 and cheered him. But Christ comes u at the very beginning of the fea3t?aye he has been waiting 1,894 years for hi guests. He has been standing on hi mangled feet. He has had his sore taai on his punctured side, or he has beci pressing his lacerated tee?oles?waiting waiting. It is wonderful that he ha3 not beei impatient, and that he has not said 'iihut the door, and let the laggard sta; cut," but he has been waiting. No ban ^ueter ever waited for his suests si patieaUy as Christ has waited for us To prove how willing he is to receive u: I gather all the tears that rolled dowi his cheek3 in sympathy for your sor rows. I gather all the drops of bloo( thatchameied his brow and his back, ac< his hands and feet, in trying to purchas* your redemption. I gatherailthe groani that be uttered in midnight chili, and it mountain bunger, and ia desert loneli :iess, ana twist men: into one cry outer agcnizmg, overwhelming. I gather all the pains that shot fron spear and spike and cross jolting intc one pang--remorseless, grinding, ex cruciating. I Lake that one drop ol sweat on.his brow, and under the gost)?.' lass that dropenjsjx^cSfsr^eTIni ^ lakes cfsgastJwand an ocean of agony That ^feing standing before ycu now 'emaciated and gashed and gory, coaxei for your love with a pathos in wh'c* every word :s a heartbreak and ever sentence a martyrdom. How can yoi think he trifles? Ahasuerus prepared a feast for ] 8( days, but this feast is for all eternity Lords and princes were invited 10 that You and I and all cur world are invitee to this. Christ is ready. Ycu know that banqueters of<lden time used tc wrap themselves in robes prepared foi the occasion. So my Lord Jesus hatt wrapped himself in all that is beautiful, See how fair he is. His eye^his brow, his cheek, so radiant that the stars have no sleam and the morning no brilliancy compared with it. His face relleciira all the jcys of the redeemed his hand having the omnipotent surgery with which he opened blind eyes and straightened crooked limbs and hoisted the pillars of heaven and ssvunu the 12 sates which are 12 pearls. There are not enough cups in heavf-n to dip up this ocean ot fatauty. There are not ladders enougb to scale 'bis height cf love. There are not enough cymbals to clap, vr bar; s to thrum, or trumpets to peal icrththe praises ot this one altogether fair. Ob, tlou flower cf etemitj, thy breath is the perfume of heaven! Oh, blissful daybreak, let all people clap their bancs in thy radiance! Chorus: Come, men and saints ani cherubim and seraphim and archangelall heights, all depths, all immeusuties. Cboius: Roll him through the heavens in a cnanot of universal acclaim, over bridges of fcosannas, under arches oi coronation, along by the great towers chiming with eternal jubilee. Chcra*: "Unto him who tu?th lovsd us and wa^b ed us from our sms in,hisow!i blood, - to him be glory, world without end." I have a word cf five letters but no sheet white enough on which to write it and no pen good enough with which to inscribe it. Give me the lairest leaf from the heavenly r cords?give me the pencil with which the angel records his victory?and then with my hand strung to supernatural ecstasv and my pen dipped id the light ot the morning* I wlil write it out iu capitals of love. "J-E d-ij-a." it is mis one, laiamteiy tair, to whom you are invited. Christ is waiting for you. waiting as a banqueter waits lor the deia>ed guest?the meats smoking, the beakers brimming, the minstrels with lingers on the still string, waiting for the clash of the hoofs at the gateway. Waiting for ycu as a mother waits lor her son who went o3 10 years ago drag A. her bleediD2 heart along with him. Wai id-! Ot2, sive me a comp?.riso'J intense enough, ho: enough, importunate enough to express my meanm2? 8omethio2 high as heaven. and dsep a3 heil. ard long as eternity. -Not hopin2 tl at you can help me with such a comparison, I will say, ''He is waiting as only the all sympathetic Chrbt can wait lor the coming back ol a lost soul." Bow the kuee and kiss the Sou. Come, and welcome, sinner, come. Asain, the Holy Spirit is reidy. Why . is it that so many sermons drop dead; that Christian songs do not get their wing under the people; that so often : prayer ?oe> no higher than a hunter's ' "halloa" It is because there is a link : wanting?the work oi the Holy Spirit. Unless that Spirit give grappling hooks 1 to a sermon and litt the prayer and waft the scng everything is a dead failure, ' That Spirit is willing to come at your call and lead you to eternal life, or ; ready to come with the same power ? with which be unhorsed Siul on the Da: mascus iurnpike and broke down Lydia [ in her line store and lilted the 3.00G 1 from midaigbiinto midnoon at the Pen* tacost. With that power the. Spirit cl ! God now beats at the gate o* your soul. ' Have you not noticed what homely anri j insignificant instrumentality the Spirit oi - God employs for man's conversion9 There wis a man on a Hudson rivei " beat to whom a tract was offered. Witl: ; indignation be tore it up and threw n ! overboard. But one fragment lodgec 1 on his coat sleeve, and he saw on it the wor<i "eternity," andhefouDd no peac* 5 umil he was prepared lor tbat 2'?at tu '.ure. Do you snow what passage ii I was that cauted Martin Luiiicr Lo se< \ <te trail? "The just shall live bj J ftiiib." Dj vs'.u know there i% onejust one?passage that brought Awu* * tine from a life ot dissipation? "Put r ye on the Lord Jesus Christ and makf 3 no provision for the ilesh to fulfill the ' lusts thereof.''* It was iustone pas?ag? z that converted Hediey Yicars, the srea e soldier, to Christ, "The blood of Jesu! e Christ cleanseth from all sin." Dj yoi ^ know that the Holy Spirit used one pas " sage of Scripture to save Jonathan Ed \ wards? uHow unto tee King eternal '* in:mortal, invisible, the only wise God e our Saviour, be dory." s One year &20 on Thanksgiving day - read for Eiy test, ' Oh, give thanks un s to the Lord, for he is good; for his mere; 8 endureth forever." And there is ; II youaeman in ine hou.se 'o whose hear e the Holy Spirit took that text for tin ! eternal ledemption. I criabt speak c 12 my own case I will tell vou I wa brought to the peacn of the gospr r through the Syro-Ptaaician woman' s cry to Christ. "Even toe dons eat of th crumbs that fail from tee master's ta - ble," j? Do you know that the Holy Spiri ? always uses inpigniticant means? El:' " quent sermons never snve anybody ? metaphysical sermons never save any Q body; philosophical sermons never sayany body. But the minister comes som ? Sabbath to his pulpit, worn out with eu " easements and the jacgl'ng of a freczie u doorbell; he has only a text and two 0 ? three ideas, but he savt: "0 Lord hel| h me! Here are a good many people ? may Dever meet again. 1 have no e much to say. Speak thou through m; uoor lips," and before the service ii s ?toae there are tearful eyes tmd a solem e mty like the jadtement. r The great Frfnch orator, when th< ^ dead king lay before him, looked up an< 1 cried, "God only is great." And th> " triumph of his eloquence has been tol( 3 by the historians. Bat I have not hear< that one soul was saved by the oratoric e al flourish. Worldly critics may thin! that the early preaching of Thoma: e Chalmers was a aaasterpiece. Bu 8 Thomas Chalmers says he never begai e to preach until he came out of the sick 3 room, white and emaciated, and tol< e men the simple story of Jesus. 2 In the great day of eternity it will b< found that the most souls have beer s brought to Christ not by the Bossuets s and Massillons and Bourdaloues, but b] ^ humble men, who in the strength of G jc 1 and believing in the eternal Spirit, in' > vited men to Jesus. There were wis; salves, there were excellent ointments 1 I suppose, m the time of Christ for blin< i or inflamed eyes. But Jesus turned his ? back upon them and put the tip of hii * finger to his tongue and then with th< 3 spittle that adhered to the finger h< anointed the eyes of the blind man, anr 3 daylight poured into his blinded soul 1 So it is now that the spirit of God take! humble prayer meetiDg talk, whict | seems to be the very saliva of Christiar * influence, and anoints the eyes of th< : blind and pours the sunlight of pardor 5 and neace upon the soul. 1 Ob, my friend. I wish we could feel i1 more and more that it any good is done > it is by the power of God's omnipoteni spirit. I do not know what hymn ma^ 1 bring you to Jesu3. I do not know > what words of the Scripture lessons I read may save your soul. Perhaps ? the spirit of God may hurl the^very tes! U4ffit?r=*Jtl<~nee for aTi "t"h.7r^ t are now ready." Again, the church 5s ready. O man l i I could take the curtain ofi'theie Christ 3 lau hearts, I could show you a gre:i 1 many aoxietieu for your redemption. - Y ou tkink that old man is asleep, De 1 cause his head is down and his eyes ar< shut. Nc; he is praying for your re ) demption and hoping that the wordj i spoken may strike your heart. Do yoc ; know the air is full ot prayer? Do yot ^ know that prater is going up from Fu!1 ton street player meetins and trom Frl > day evening prayer meeting and goic^ : up every hour ot the day for the redem1 tionolthe people? And if \ou should just start toward the door ot the Christ lan cburch how quickly it would fly open! ! Hundreds ot people would saj: 1 Give ' that man room at the sacrament, Brina : the silver bowl ior his baptism. Give him the right hand of Christ ian fellowship Brins him into all Christian assocla tions." Oh, you wanderer on the cr?ld mountains, come into the warm sheepfold. I 1a* ^ Veite Kin rAn ^r,rr?a m iCt v V_' ?? U bl Jv? uaio Uiu J V/W V/UlAiU XLi With the Shepherd's crock I point you the way. Hundreds of Christian bancs beckon you into the church of God, A great many people do not like the church and say it is a great mass or hypocrites, but it is a glorious church with all its imperfections. Christ bought it, and hoisted the pillars, and swunt: its ^ates, and lif:ed its arches, and curtained it with upholstery crimson with crucifixion carna2e. Come into it. We are a garden walled around, Chosen and made peculiar ground. A little spot Inclosed in graee, Out of the world's wild wilderness. Again, the angels of God are ready. A gicat many Christians think that the talk about angels is fanciful. You say it is a very good subject for theological students who have iust besnn to sermonize, bat for older men It is improper. There is no more proof in that Bible that there is a God than that there are angels. Why, do not they swarm about Jacob's ladder? Are we not told that they conducted Lazirus upward; that thjy stand before the throne, their faces covered up with their wings, while they cry, "Holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty?"* Did ! not David see thousands and thousands? Did not one angel slay 185,000 men in Sennacherib's army? And shall they not be the chief harvesters at the judgment? There is a line of loving, holy, migh ty angels reaching to heaven. I suppose they reach l'rom here to the very eate, and when an audience is assembled for Christian worship the air is full of them. If each one of you has a guardian angel, how many celestials there are here! They crowd the place, j A rn*y hover, they flit, about, they rejoice. Look! That spirit is just ?ome 1'rom ! the throije. A moment ago it stool! before Christ and heard the doxology j of tbe glorified. Look! Bright immortal, what news frona the golden city? Speak, spirit blest! The response comes melting en the air, A "Come, for all things are now ready!"' Angels ready to bear the tidings, angels ready to drop the benediction, angels ready to kindle the joy. They have stooa in giory?tney Enow au about it. They have felt the joy that is felt where there are no tears and no < graves; immortal health, but no inva- ^ ndism; songs, but no groans; wedding p bells, but. no funeral torches -eyes that ^ never weep, hands that Lever blister, ; heads that never faint, hearts that nev- ,, er break, friendships that are never i, , weakened. 1 ; Ilo<?dy, all of them! R^ady thrcut-3, i principalities and powers! ready s; ra- & phini and cherubim! Ileady, .Michael v the Archangel! r Again, your kindred in glory are all ; readv tor your coming, pronounce c modern spiritualism a fraud and a ] , sham. If John Miiton and George -v Wbitefield have no better business than <; 1 to crawl under a table and rat'ae the s leaves, thev had bitter stay at home in e glory. Wtile I believe that modern i 1 spiritualism is bad, becaass of its men- i E tal and domestic ravages, common a sense, enlightened by the word of God, v teachr-s us that our fri^nd3 in glory ^ sympathize with our redemption. This Bibie says plainly th^re is joy in g heaven among the angels of Gjd over t one sinner t * ;.c repenteth. And if an- e ! gels rejoice and know of it, sh'** not j I ..-it. ot-j?.ihnor arr-.nntr them. U"U.~ A 1 v. ?^ ? J , know it? Some of :he3e spirit in f] J glory toiled for your redemption. t. ' When they cams t,o die, their chief v ' grief wns chut yon were not a Cbri.- a " tian. They said, "Meet me in heaven," v and put thsir hands out lrom. the cover j and said, "Goodby." Xow, suppose ^ J you should cross over from a sinful Ufe : to a huly life. Suppose you should be 3 > bom into the kingdom. Suppose you r t should now say: "Farewell, 0 deceit- ^ j ful world! Get thee gone, my sin! r ^ Fie upon all the follies! 0 Christ, help t _ me or I perLsh! I take thy promise. c _ I believe thy word. I enter thy ser- i vice." f Suppose you should say and do this, a U'hv, the'aneel sent to you would ( r snout upward/4He is coming!" aDd thangel, poising higher in Ihe air, would * snour.it. UDward, "He is coming!" and 1 } it would run up all the line of light t 11 from wing to wiug and from trumpe' t 1 -o irumpet until it reached the eate, . ' and then it would fUsn to "th-luuise ' or many mansions," and it wauld tiud s - out your kinared there, a?;d before your 1 1 tears of repentance hal been wiped < s from the cheek and before you h*d fin- t e ished your first prayer your kindred t _ in glorv would know of it, and another s heaven would be added to their j-jy, aDd they would cry: My prayers are { 1 answered. Another loved' one sav*.-d. t Give me a harp with which to stiike i ; the joy. Saved, saved, saved!" i If l"have shown jrou that "all things ( f are ready;" that Christ is ready; that ! e the Holy Spirit !s ready; that the ( [ church is ready; that the angels in ( j glory are ready; that your glorified t r Kindred are ready, tbsn with all the P concentrated emphasis of my soul I ' j ask you if you are ready? You see ( mv anhifv?t thrnws the whole resDonsi- ^ biiity upon yourself. If you do not v get into the King's banquet, It is be- t * cause you do not accept the invitation. < " You have the most importunate invi- < tation. Two arms stretched down from t R the cross, soaked in blood from elbow c 3 to finger tips, two lips quivering in s e mortal anguish, two eye3 beaming with I 1 Infinite love, saying, "Come, come, .for f ail things are now ready." w i I told you that when the queen came t s to Kenilworth castle they stopped all f s the clocks, that the finger of time r t might be painted to that happy oio- t ment of her arrival. Oh, if the King i would come to the castle of your soul, c " you might well afford to stop all the r 3 clocks, that the hands might forever point to this moment as the one most c 2 bright, most blessed, most tremendous, "v i Xow, I wish I could go around from t 5 circle to circle and invite every one of s j you, according to the invitation of my 6 i text, saying, "Come!" k I would like to take every one of you I > by the hand and say, "Come!" Old man, who hast been wandering 60 or C | 70 years, thy sun almost gone down, c through the dust of the evening o stretch out your withered hand to o | Christ. He will not cast thee off, old fc ; man. Ob, that one tear of repentance 5 might trickle down thy wrinkled s ' fhoafc? A ft-pr Phriaf-. has fed theft all 0 . tby life long, do you not think you can t i afford to speak one word in his praise ? a 1 Come, those of you who are farthest g i away from God. Drunkard! Christ ? can put out the fire of thy thirst He h t can break that shackle. He can re- I store thy blasted home. Go to Jesus, g L Libertine! Christ saw thee where thou i , wert last night. He knows or' thy sin. 1 ' Yet, if thou wilt briDg thy poluted soul a to him this moment, he will throw a 7 over it the mantle of his pardon and r love Mercy for thee, oh, thou chief of s finners! Harlot, thy feet foul wiih a s bell and thy Jaughter the horror of tbe S ; street-. Ob, Mary J^lagdalene, look to a Merry for 'the_e, poor lest waif ti of the street. "SelfrlghteousTL^Vci^a ^ t must be born again, or thou cat at not 1 . see the kingdom of God. J. t Do you think you can get into tbe r fe;jst with those rags?~ Why. the t King's servant would tear them oil i * and leave you naked at the gate. You t ' must be born again. Tbe day is far h spent. The cliffs begin to nlide their c 1 long shadows across the plain Do s 1 you know the feast has already begun t 1 ?the feast to which you were invited - ?and the King sits with bis guests, i: at.d the servant stands with his hand f : on the door of the banquetting room, o and he begins to swing it shut. It is n I half way shut. It is three-fourths a . shut. It is only just ajar. Soon it ii wiJl be shut. a "Come, for all thing3 are now ready." v Have I missed on9 man? Who has not felt himself called this hour? Then I call him now. This is the hour of fl thy redemption. s While God invites, how blest the dav, I How sweet the gospel's charming sound! e Come, sinner, haste, oh haste away, 'I While yet a pardoning God is found. b p C*ueht by Croaks. Jaiksonville, Fia.. Jan. 31.? c Dppu-y sner-lf Vicz*ntlefo tonighc'or ti Sr . Louis with requisition papers for n Mrs. Townsend and her daughter, Miss I Armstrong, who have been victimizing ti the people of this city for the last, Three weeks. Their scheme was to receive y goods from merchants on trial, to be re- tl turr-e If not satisfactory. Tney id- L variably kept the goods, but never paid ei for them. When they skipped a few t days ago, they had s*-c?ied goods to the t< amount of nearlev SI,COO, nearly all of a: which they had sold for less than half d their value. It is thought that the wo- si men, who are said to be very handsome (1 were decoys tor cartain of the crooks si who infested the city prior to and our- , sc ing week of the prize fight. The wo-' 4 men ran an alleged boarding house tt wh'l? here, and it now develops that re correspondent Matthewson, of the itoston Journal, was drugged and rob- n bed near their place. Matthewson is Y crazey from the effects of the drug. w Three men were with the women and ai disappeared with them. The women st have been arrested in St. Louis, but will fight extradition. A ai 'A Scramole for the Boods. Ci Washington, Jan. 31.?At the close 01 of business today, the offers for bonds ic aggregated S55,000,000, Gve million more than the amount secretary Car- w lisle will sell. Telegrams were received b< from various parts of the country, stat- T tng that additional offers would be sent B tomorrow before 12 o'clock, the time at al which all bids will be closed. It i3 un- tt derstood that most of the larger offers were at a figure slightly above the up- re | set price of $117,283. * re rwaw MBmnmmm?asaagii m mf mcmb DA GAJIA'S GCN'S j ? i URNED ON AMERICAN ME P.CHAN.T- j MEN AT RIO. j j duairsl Rjahsm'd Vigorous Measures? Th* R-b:-ls On^ll?Ulaskt-t Shots Exchanged? Insurgents Contemplate Surrendering to Brnham. Rio Janeiro,Jan.30.?The following1 Latement has been made to the Assoiated Tress correspondent by Admiral ienhaun, commander of the United tat*-s fleet iD this harbar: "The insurgent forces on Cobras Ismd last Friday fired upon a ship flying n* t nitsci states lug. i protested. to idaiiral Saldaona De Gam a against b;s action, ar'd Lis response was he ad warned the commander of the ship fhen it was at the bar of Pio de Janeio as to the whereabouts of the danger ne. I ordered Admiral 1)^ Gama to ease the lirin?. Both ..he j?uns on the sknd of Cor bras and the guns of the nsurgent war ship Trajana onenrd lire aturday r>n the bark of Acra'.e, a v<s?-I bailing from New York. I warud Admiral D? G snia at once that :f he l5re was rep-ated, I would lire back. also warned him that if he touche-j n Aroeiican ship or American soods,! rould consider him a pirate. I toll? iim that I would protect Vmericat. iroperty absolutely from :h<? lire of his ;uns, and that I would retaliate upon iiui lor any clam;:ge done, unless ic was i'tireiy apparent that the damage was lue to chance sb':i3. Admiral Beuham says that be noUi^d Admiral De Gama, unofficially, h^1" flriDtr by the ir:Si;rjZ*-Lts upon th" vharvrs, for the piirpose merely of ereitii.iT terr-)'* and to prolong a blockade, pouid not be permitted, so far as Americans and American vessels were ioncemed. The captains of three American vesel?, Admiral Benham continues, intinated that tbey wanted to go to the vharves, and the American admiral lotified Admiral De Gama that it whs us intention to convey them at sunrise >n Alorday. Fearing trouble. Admiral Benham ordered that the vessels of his Uset be cleared for action. The three ihips referred to were the Amy, the }ood News and the Julia Roilins. The captains of two of the ships veakeued and failed to come into the larb'jr. The Amy was the only one .hat ventured in, and she was escorted >y the United States cruiser Detroit, is ? precaution agamsc a::y possible jggr^ssive action on the part of tneiniurgents, ths- cru3iersXew Y-<rk, Chares; on and Newark w^re assigned to varch rhr actions of Da Gama's ships, ,he Aqmaaiian ana iainanaar^, wniitt :he Dctronaud the San Francisco were lign-Uled to take positions near the rraj?no and the Guanabara. These jrec^utions certainly proved effective md the insurgents, in the face of the :ormidable array of American vessels, nnde but the feeblest attempt to hinier the Amy's progress to her wharf. So guns were opened upon her by D* j inn's vessels, and, as a maiter of ;ourse, the American vessels did not Ire upon the insurgent ships. The insurgent protest consisted of his: As the Amy got abreast of the iuanabara, a marine on the last named vessel aimed a musket at her and fired. Dwo muskets were tired at the Guana>ara and the Trajano from the Amy's scort, the Detroit in return. This was ill the tiring done during the Amy's rip and it was enough, All opposition leased at once, and the use of heavy runs was not considered necessary at my time. The reason thit the other two ships shich had notified Admiral Benham hat they wished to go to their wharves ailed to do so, was that their comnanders were persuaded from entering he harbor by a man of the name of Collins, who is believed to be the agent >f an English firm, who has been furlishing the rebels with money. At a later hour Admiral De Gama inferred with his officers upon the advisability of surrendering to the Deroit. in conseauence of the musuet I dots Orod. He was dissuaded from loing so, but it is thought possble that ie may yef decide to surrender to the American commander. There is no doubt that Admiral De Jama is in a bad way. A proposed ompromise has oeen refused by Piexito's government and it seems to be inly a matter of time when he will tave to give up the struggle. The complications of the insurgent ituation are increased by the absence if Admiral De Melio. The failure of he latter ad mi nil to arrive here to the ssista;ice of the insurgent ileet has ;iven rise to the report that he is dead. The commanders of sixteen warships iere, including five American and four iaglish and French, have sent messa:es to Admiral Benharn, coneratulatng him upon his prompt action. The Austrian commander cleared his ship nd made ready to help^the American dmirax tn caae help was necessary. thj: story from Washington. Washington, Jaa. 30.?Aa imporfcnt dispatch from Admiral Ben ham to ecretarv Herbert was received today nd is to the following effecj^]>S??ft?r hat- Benharn Jo.st patience iVJhJrtfe insureen' forces for the'"r care ecS iinng in the harbor of Kio. When Uimiraf Da Garua persisted in this eckJesi: course, Admiral B^nham ycserday cleared his decks for action. Vlmiral Da Gama did not choose to ake th? liiut, whereupon Adnrral Beaiam lired several shots across the bows if Da G^.ma's flagship. It is undertood that this action was salutary,and hat the matter ended at that point. This, in brief, is the dispatch, so it 3 said. The complications that may r\ll Ai!? ora rQfTO ritiH oo lilralu t" O hu Curi. vjxi\jry ai c ic^aiu^u ao w wv. uvi i us. Our fleet at Rio is, of course, auch stronger than chat of the rebel tfmiral, and it is not likely that the itu-i would add^ to the number of his ssailants by engaging in a con diet rith Admiral lienhain incident of tiie episode llio de Janeiro, J an 30.?A conict between the American and insurent fleets is still possible. Admiral >a G-una :s angry clause the yoansrr insurgent i ifl<-ers are eaeer to IiKht. 'he admiral said today: 'It would be etr.ei to be conquered by a foreign ower than to yield later to lJeixoto." Trie insurgent steaajer I'arabyba anhorea in a "thrp-itening position near he bark (rood Xews this morning, and lav tire when she stares in tomorrow, n that case a serious conflict is inevi*b!e* The situation was extremely delicate esterday when the Detroit was beside be Good JJ9WS. The Guanabara and 'rajonahas their guns loaded and aimd on all the amenean vessels, while wo heavy insurgent tugs were ready ) ran the Detrort. The Guanabara nd Trajona together have eight splenid rilles; but when the Detroit firec a i pound shell into the Guauabara L'he lirst account stated thai cannon lots we'e exchanged)and Capt.Brown >n warned them that if 3 gun was red. even bv accident, he would sink lem and advised that they take the ien from their guns, they weakened. Admiral Benham had the Newark iadv to aid the Detroit, while the New ork, Charleston and San Francisco ere alert to receive the Aquidahan 3d Tainandare, which were under earn. Admiral ljenham said tod3y: "If .dmiral Da Gama was contending for 3y prihcipal or position in which aav vilzed nation would sustain him, he jght to make a fight but he is wrong i law." The commander of the Austrian arship has Kear Admiral Benham to i allowed to help In case of a light, he German naval officers applamied enham. The English officers raturly are in opposition while notdenying iatBenhamrs position is lawful. Benham now has two propositions grading arbitration but he will not iveal them. A settlement by such means, however is at present impro'o- ! able. While angry at his decision, the insurgents comment upon Benaam's great courtesy and tact in the negotiations. The clay before the conflict 1 iienham noti-led tbe city authorities that the water front would likely be endangert-d. A consultation cf the senior officers of the foreign Laval vessels will be htid tomorrow on the United states steamship San Francisco. how the conflict occurred Washington, Jan. 30?At a late hour tonight, the following details are learned concerning the incidents on the 29th at Rio Janerio: Previous to the 29th, Admiral Benham had commu nicated with Admiral Da Gama warn- j ing him against tir:ng upon American shijs and refusing to aliow the insur- { gent commander's excuse that he had given warning concerning wneiethe d-iu^er 11T3 vas. Three American ships having s'gniQed their desire V> ji'0 to the wharves on the morning ot : the 2G1!j, the American admiral sent! word t'nat he would convoy them. He al?o sent word to Admiral De (lima to i tnat tC-jct. Two snips were convoyed to the wharves by the D-troit, the In- j surgents' war shljs following "-em. Wiu-n marly at the wharf, and whil- a t::g was taklnsr a cable ?>shc:r, the- jr. - | saruent war ship opened tire, sending a volley or minket shot uru'er tae how of the tag. The Detrci! answered with a warni^a shot, and the insurant s'lip then .sent, a .-hot ov?r the Detroit. Thi i);:tr then s nt a^hrli which reached a portion ci* the stern of the in-argent ?h:p, -1 i.ng iitrl^ unmade. The i-surgen* cjititn i^d-T tt.-.n fired, i't nus.vfcr a bro-.dsicfy to t.h" leeward, to v.e oppo sic* direction to which the D'vrottV-y. fhis h^-ing anssverri oy a oth-r shst | from tht Detroit, the in^a^'enta s'sr n-tiled tha* ijkji-ss the D> :r^io ceased iirm^r tney (the insurgent-) would sink tae American ship. uc hiuguage which was useu by the American adaii ral in answer to t bis signal was of such a nature, that the iuciident closed for that day and the ships were allowed to laud. li?XIIAM APPLAUDED. j Kio Dk Jaxeiuo, Jan. 31.?The action of Admiral Ben barn in protecting American snips in their effort to land | at the wharves in this harbor has had a salutary eiLeci. i^sgnsa ana merchant ship3 of other nationalities, are now coming up to their wharves without any sign of molestation on the part of the insurg*nt vessels. Admiral Benham's boh] sfand against interference with vessels of nis country is generally applauded. The exchange of shots bet?v?e'i toe insurgent and government forces have practically craned during the past twen'y-fcnr hours. This is the Grst time tor months that a day has passed when then* was not more or Jess liring. Tie unofficial warning which Admiral Ben ham gave to Admiral De Gama that firing upon the wharves forth.; mere purpose of creating a blockade by terror m st ceas?, has been heeded. All the foreiguur.s are delighted with the result of the American admiral's conduct. The commanders of the foreign fleets held a conference today to discuss the action of Admiral Benham, and resolutions were adopted fully endorsing the course fh:-it he"pursued. Admiral De Gama feels aegrieved at Ad nlral Benham. lie sent a letter to the American admiral today, protesting against the ostentatious manner in' which the American commander had humiliated him, lie says/ that he will yield for a time to a superior force bu.t that as h* was compelled to allow American ships to come to their wharves, he has officially notified the representatives of all other nations that they may do the same. He de clares that the insurgents have held the harbor for live months and says that new if the shore batteries lire on him he will be unable to reply for fear of hurting neutral ships and also be unable to protect his men. Admiral I)e Gama also sent a letter to the officers who had gathered In conference to discuss Admiral Benham's action, asking that he might be permitted to bombard | cds c'.ty witnout nonce. >. o answer | was sent to liicc, but Admiral Eenham said later that lie would grant the mI surgent admiral permission to bombard the city, but he would require that | forty-eight hours notice to be given so I that non-combatants would be able to seek shelter. A Strange Story. Milledgeville, Ga. Jan. 30.?The announcement of the death of Mr. Thomas Fair was quit? a surprise and everyone va3 asking the question, "Where did he come from?" On Aug. 15,1874, Mr. Fair became Involved in a dispute with Mr. Oliver Ellison, which resulted in t.he death of the latter, and since that day there has been an indictment for murder hanging over him. Mr Ellison's relatives have been endeavoring to locate his hiding place. Futile would be the effort to picture their surprfse when it was learneo that he bad been right in the heart ot Miliedgoviile for thirteen years, without allowing the citizens of this place, except his irarr>ediare family, ever to see him. Mr. Fair servea in the civil war in the Xintn regimen*, and bore to the grave scars received in defense of the South. pttrw\aTurra*. rfc^^terjjiere. Ellison w:is killed 20 years ag'/fii*^* southwestern porriou of the cry. Fair was jealous of Ellison and stabOed him ! about a woman. Eilisoa started to return to ihe business portion of the city hut fell in the street, where he whs fouDd ami carried to his house. He was dead in a few hours. Fair, unwilling to cause his family grief which his trial would bring on them, immediately left for parts unknown. Every effort was made to locate him, but to no avail. His whereabouts since tbat time have been unkaown. Itissaid he went to a swamp near this city, where he spent seven vears, but returned to this city about 13 years ago. Since which lime he has been hiding in the home of his brothers, very near the heart of the city. "lav Ge~ th> B >t. Wilkesbakre, l'a.. Jan. 30.?The police on Saturday discovered a c!ue which led thern to suspect an Italian organ grinder named Race! o! kidnapping little Edrtiti Brothertou, of Ashley, who disappeared from nis home last Friday. They found thr^e school children wno clani theysiw the urgan grirdt-r's little girl, a child cf 13, pulling tae boy along the street. Detectives were put on the track of Rocel and they located him in Scranton. He and his daughter are now lacked up in this city. The quarters where the arrest was made were thoroughly searched, but there was no trace of Me missing boy. Rocel was questioned and denied seeing the child. His daughter admitted she took the child frjin a group of children. Later, when talking with Mayor Nichols, she said she had Soever seen the little fellow, but SLIt? CJilU. 3U1UI uciaciJL ocY<iiai timuo whrn explaining the movements of herself and her father- When ibe father was searched he had S15 in bills besides :3->me small change. The detectives hope to compel the Italian to confess the whereabouts of tbe boy. Gsrorula IVIne. Washington, .Jan. 29.?The Supreme Court of the United States affirmed the validity and constitutionality of the law passed by the Georgia Legislature October 10,1889, providing for the taxation of the unlocated, transitory property of the railroads of that State. Jiy the terms of thi3law, the property of a railroad was to be divided for taxation among the counties through which it rung, in the proposition that the number of miles in each county bore to the full mileage of the road in the State. The Columbus Southern Hailroad Company sued for an injunction to restrain the collection ot taxes assessed uuuer this law, upoQ the ground that it was repugnant to the provisions of the fourteenth amendment to the Constition, which guarantees the equal protection of the laws of every State to he inhabi tants of that State. I MIIUIIIIB Mil II .- Mill??? Tli-. Diia Court. Columbia. S. C. Jan. 29?Tse discens^ry 'a-.v ;s to diy in the throes of a judicial investigation. The highest Court ia the State at last has an opportunity of deciding the constitutionality of the iniquitous law. Whether it will. do so or not remains to b^ seen. It can put an end to the ferment and tenement in the State. The final d?cision will bs watched with an interest heretofore unknown ia this State. j This morning when the Court met I there) was a very large crowd of visitors, | ana all cf th? seats around the desk for | counsel were occupied. Among those actively engaged ia the case are: Attorney General Buchanan, CM. R. W. Boyd "for the State: Judge Melton, C. A. Wouds, C. S. Xettlvs, J. P. K. Bryan, Jas. Simons, John McMaster and Law-1 son D. Melton agaitis" the constitutionally of the law. Mr. Buchanan suggested that the l-kir A ,-.V? ~ -r3. t-ho WVIOOA AF thia l?*z Tj JC%vy -.iVU y UUDV- V*. uuv esse and tlmt it ought bs a loss of time to i'uther discuss the prcsen4" issue. Hp however saidjhe had v.\ morion to make to dismiss the cas^s as he was anxious to have the constitutional:-y of the law decide-.; as soon as possible. The Courts:'!d that of course they had no power ro hear any case in which i * linai judgment would bi speculative, j' -.t they had unanimously decided co co on and hear full argument, reserving :.o themselves'he right hereafter to muse to pass on the questions raised if it shou'J appear to -.he Court tua*. fi.'s judgetueifi- wruil be or.iy speculative in eff-<v. I he C jurr 1'i^ir.g auu-juaced this it. I v.oiu.:'iear avgaiaeat itirf couuh-1 arI ranged the''me iUu or-;er. 'Jo LI. W. J)o>d ?^or-ned'o s: . .' meti- of the case; Mr. 0. A.. Wou;i?, I) ?:iiugton, one hour; Col Boyd -u repiy ror H'>.>e.ian;s; Mr. (3. S. Nettles, oi DirliLgton, one iaour; Judge Melton was given two hoars; Mr .1 P K. Bryan iif-'e-m mi ; utes, ana Attorn ~y General Buchanau to conclude ior the State. The arguments were ail of a very high order and commanded the undivided attention of the Court. No questions were asked and the Court retained printed copies of all of the arguments including tho3e of Messrs Simons and McMaster, which were not orally delivered. ASaucy Letter 10 Iillmia. Charleston. S. C.. Jan. 31.?A special to th^News and Courier from Darlicjr'.oQ, 6. C., says: When Governor firman'* letter in reference to the dis peosary law was received by Mayor Ddrg-m a meeting of the City Council was promptly called. Mayor D^r^an, at tiiis meeting submitted the follow, ing letter u> G VHrnor rilluian, which met with the approval of the Council, aod was ordered to be forvarded at CuC". Darlington, S. C, Jan. 30,1994. Hon. is. R. Tillman, Governor, and Chairman State JJjard of Control, Columbia, S. C.: D?ar Sir:?Your communication of the 29th instant, has been received and contents noted. I have carefully read the dispensary act, and am familiar with its several provisions relating to lue powers or mayors auu puiiLvJurcu, and especr'ly with the sectiou to which you have invited r.vy attention. I find noshing in the act in'question, or in any other act of the Legislature, requiring the Mayor, or the Town Council of Darlington, to give you or Mr. J. P. Kervin, satisfactory or other assurance that we will obey this or any other la w. As thera is nothing m th? act giving either of you authority to require such assurance,and as I am not aware of any other law requiring me to give you or Mr. 1'. J. Kervin promises as to my contemplated official, or unofficial, intentions, it appears singular that either or both of * you should allow your respective boards to uelegate you to exact promises from officials with whose business you have no concern whatever. I am not aware of the fact which you have announced to j me by implication, that the iviayor and . Town Council of Darlington have vio-: lated this particular law, or any other. I As to the information you say the State Board of Control has received. I j know nothing of its source or reliabil- j ity, as you failed to enlighten me, but ! assert that it is incorrect, though in I doing so I am fully conscious of the fact it is not worth my" while to say so j to you at this time, as it is very easy to j helievo what one wishes to believe.! Yours respectfully W. F. Daegan, Mayor of Darlington, S. C. This letter was mailed to Governor i Tillman this morning, and leaves no j doubt as to how the Darlington Coun- j Cil stands. It may be interesting to add just, here that the ,ctal amount rpceived by the town treasurer since J the opening of the dispensary has been \ only ?382.78. ; How It Did ;ha Fa*merit Up. Here is the plain statements of how i the linanci&l legislation Congress has been giving tae country for the past j twenty years did up the farmer. If the ; i'armers could have sold their wheat j crop in 1892 for the sams price they re-; c-ived per bushel in 1873. They would have received f->r it S3tj3.000.000 in-. stead of the 3342.000,0x1 -hsy did re-..*, ^^-^=^s"?^i\tio0,OU(J. Over pro due-' tiou did hol do it, toec iuse legation wis tue cause. If the producers of ccrn <v?u!d hv?e dispos* i oi th-ir crop ir: 188'.* for cue sa:n^ per bus.iel rh^y dirt iu 1871, they *-.uiid hsiveSl.OOSOOO, | 000 instead of S597.000.000?i.ws 8311, 000.000. Then, again, me supply h.;d nothing to do with the reduction of price. "The demand was also, good but money had appreciated and iaoor and products depreciated. Thecotton crop j ol 1853, il it eouia nave oeen soia at tne saw*- price per pound as was received in 1873, would have putjin the pockets | of the planters of trie South 8515,000 : 000, ins:ead of 82'J2,000,000, the amount i the crop brougat th<it year. This | shows as plain as the nose on the face i the difference in prices with free silver j and cheap money, and gold standard ! and dear money. j The S alk?r li.tikeri. Ueadwood, i?. D, Jan. 27.?A train | robotr name John Dalron was captur- j ed by one of the norf h?*eston express : i messengers today. Dillon had himseli expressed on the :usids of a stuffed buffaio, but f his game was spoiled by ; his removing one of the animal's glass i eved, through the sockets of which he! stuck a six-shooter, covering the mes-j senger. The latter, however, escaped 1 from its deadiy range and leaped upon | the back oi' trie stuffed animal. The b,Jck caved in and he dropped on the robber inside and sat on him until the next station whs reached, when he was turned ov?r to the authorities. The safe contained 850,000. Evidently Dalton had confederates who were to act at his signal. They have not yet bean apprehended. i>jEJNrsi "THE WORLD'S GREA' THE MACHlNI The On 1 | FOR TYPEWRITERS AT THE SI "XO MACHINE COULD; BE ANY BETTER. IT.Id ||j|j|g| privave statement of or.t Responsible Oouatj J. W. Gib' GENERAL AGENT?/ > A FINANCIAL CISC'JSSION. T?i? Bor.d Ihsu-j t^xe sole Top!c in the Sera'*. Washington, .Jan. 31.?Among: the numerous remonstrances presented this rao>n:ng in the Senate against various portions of the Wilson bill, was a batch from religious societies, asking that the tax on whiskey be trebled. After the routine mornin? business, the Vice President laid beiore the Satiate Stewart's resolution, declaring tbat the secretary of the Treasury is not legally authorized to issue and sell bonds, and Allen (Pop.) of Nebraska, made an argument in opposition to that of Sherman yesterday. He denied the claim that the power given in the resumption act was a continuing power, and said that the language of the act did not just.fy that construction It proved for a single act of redemption and provided thai the Secretary of the Treasury might issue, sell and dispose of government bonds f >r the purpose of making the redemption contemplated by the act, being the surplus over $300,000,000 of Treasury notes, or about $75,000,000. When that redemption was made, the incident of power to issue bonds ceased with it. The debate took a colloquial turn. In replv to :he qiestious from Democratic Senators. Allen held that so fir as existing legislation ?oes, the Treasury is not uow bound to redeem thf? Treasury note?. that the Secretary ol the Treasury i.evtr had th#? power to r&Jeem notes below tt'.e $300,000,000 standard, and tha< hz d;;?.s rot ;,os*ess that power tour . And there never has been a time in the hitory of these le^al tender notes, whtn he was possessed of the slightest ?jO=v'er to rodeem '.hem belo^ $300,000,000. and that the act of 1878 was intended to preven: the redemption of the le^al tender notes?the greenbacks. Stewart came into the colloquy to say tba;. he held views identical with Allen. Vilas said that the logical result of Allen'3 and S-'e wart's position is "that the $95,000,000 of bonds that were issued at that time were illegally issued?at least, all of them in excess oi $75,000,; 000." "N'jt at all." Allen replied. "I have ma^e nn claim of that sort. I may do so aiter awhile." Hoar said that in his opinion the bonds issued aod held by the Treasury Department under existing circumstances,'will he illegal. Gorman thousht it wa? unwise and untortunaie to raise this question at this lime. Nobody m either house questionei the right of the Sacretary to issue bone's under the act of 1875 for redemption purposes. There was no question but Lhat ft was necessary at thia time to relieve the Treasurv Department. Personally, he had believed that the Treasury was , not authorized to sell bonds and to apcly the proceeds to any other purpose than as provided in the set of 1875. \f- ITrtaf H-\co QanoMr fliint UJLk ? IXVA.* JL/CW Q WUV it lawful to use the proceeds of these bonds to pay current expenses? la it , not better to get a way in the law to do : it than to do it without law?" i Gorman?My belief has always been that the iund arisieg fcom the sale of bonds can be used only as proyided iu he act of 1875. We have inherited a i real many things from the other side, and among them, an opinion from the Attorney General of the last administration to the Secretary of the Treasury that the money derived from the : saie of bonds was merged into the general fuuds of the Treasury, with the rght to U3e it for the general purposes. So that when we came into power, we found this (as I think) vicious precedent. and we, in the distressed condition of the Treasury, are not to be held responsible for following you in that matter. Voorhees, chairman of the finance committee, said that on one point he was in harmony with Shermao; that was his acknowledgment of the power of the Secretary of the Treasury to act as lie was doing. Daniel of Virginia, asked Voorhees whether there was any purpose now to issue bonds tor purpose of redeeming greenbacks. Voorhees?The proposition to issue bonds concerns nothing but the authority of law?neither affirming nor denying what use is to be made of the money, and I take it that that cannot be inquired into until after the money is secured b.y'the saie of the bonds. Daniel?I suppose there is no impropriety in making an inquiry of the head of the finance committee. Voorhees?Certainly not; I say here today; with th* s nail reputation I may have here as a lawyer, that the courts will hold that the Secretay of the Treas ury has the* absolute, unqualified power to issue the bonds. Daniel?Unlimited by the purpose defined it tbe law? Voorhees?Unlimited bv that nurnose. There is no purpse proclaimed. Daniel?Has the Secretary of the i'fc-tVK'r 'ihfe tight to issus, toil without entertamb* ll.o purpose to use them solely Id the lice of thelaw? Voorhees?Whenever the Senator from Virginia finds that Ue Secretary of the Treasury is going to use this money contrary ;o his view, there will be lime for him to go to the courts and restrain him. I hold, with the Secretary, that he can use this money in any way that seems to him proper and conductive to t5?e general purpose of the act of 1875. Hiwley, Espublican, of Connecticut, closed today's discussion with an impassioned arraignment of the Democratic pariv for mischief wrought by a proposed change of tarifl'laws at this time. At the close of Hawley's " remarks, the bond resolution went over without action until tomorrow, and after a short executive session, ai 5:30 adjourned until tomorrow. A Srfd Tale. Augusta. Ga., J*n. 28.?Miss Lizzie Turner, ot Emanuel county, who has been visiting relatives in Augusta, committed suicide by taking laudnum last night, she was found across the river from Augusta in South Carolina, m an old deserted church, a desolate spot, by some boys who were going in there cut of the rain. Disappointment in love is supposed to be the case. Gas Killed Them Both; St. Paul, Jan. 29.?Carlton B. Tarbeil, shipping clerk of the Northwest General Electric company, and wife, were overcome by the fumes from a ; g-is stove. Mr. Tarbell was found dead, his wife dying two hours later. VI V / rEST TYPEWRITER." 5 THAT TOOK y Award ATE FAIR,, NOVEMBER 8, 1893. THr ONLY AWARD ALSO MADE TO US l||l|p||p FOR TYPEWRITER'S ,* Agents Wanted.] bes & Co., COLUMBIA, 0 8.; Heavy Fire Loo?. Bath, Me Jan. 29.?Oae of the most disastrous fires in the history of the city occurred in the Sagadahoc house stable3 A large part of the business portion of the city was gutted, about 20 buildings being destroyed. The fire spread so ~m rapidly that tbe department was wholly ^ unable to cope wiih it, Calls for as siatance were seat to Portland and Lewiston and which brought steamers and hand engines. The water pipes were frozen or broken, and it was some time before effective work could could be done. The fire communicated to the hotel from the stable and the house, which is the leading hostelry of the city, was quickly gutted. The adjoining buildings were soon in flames and before the fire could be controlled So,000,000 worth of property was des- ^ troyed. A Gaaeroas Gift. Charleston, S. C., Jan. 30.?At* the twety-sixth anniversay of the Home for Mothers, Widows and Daughters of Confederate Soldiers, held in this city tcday a gift of S20,000 from aBaltemorean was announced. The name of the giver is withheld. This hocie is the oldest in the South. It was founded and has been managed -by women. It has housed hundreds ofwi5oWs^raia^e^<^ _ educated nearly a thousand daughters J of Confederate soldiers The Associations owns a valuable 3nd and extensive building formerly +he Carolina Hotel, on Broad street. It is supported by contributions of the charitable, and up to this time the late W. W. Corcor- * an was its main benefactor. This gift materilly adds to its fund and is the occasion of profound satisfaction. ADcaf! FATS THE FKSliiHl V rj Fa* fxireme Prices for Goods! \ smj for i atelcgue and See What Yea Can Saal . i K'" - IS?:AST0AZ |=a M i'-til $25; ^3 PICE now $15 SSiSififiae'p.??1 'iifTj either Kedroom ftp sjj i^-- i iiU. all prices. jpiL, $69 ?-r?=f- S37 Just to introduce them. No freight paid on tins Or#Tn??r.^^i gan. 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Address L.F.PADGETT *A&gncu,<Sk Machinery Commission .Agents, With a view to mutual advantage, we * invite all parties who intend baying machinery to correspond with us before piac- JM ing their orders. We are confident or our IAnrtwA TvtAnAt? fA Anr AnafAmari ^n/f HfcLUlli/jr WOOTC i-LlUlAVJ W VU.JL HU\? only ask the opportunity'of proving the m Besides machinery orj'all kinds, we fl deal largely In Buggies, Wagons, ana ot&er fl venioles. Write to us. ?!? W. H. Gibbes Jr., & Co!" COlSMBiA. 3' c. tural and Gineral Plantation If- Use, bave earnj i irassagH ed their repntamwm ^?n a9 ^>es^ on tne market. For Simplicity, ; Durability and ' yw||p?|3 foel a^d vvater * I 'W/* TSS TOZEE 2. Has no Eanal. e I If RICE JJULLERS*; ^ ^JORN yjILl^S. S? M? Rice Planters and Rice Millers can bay a single machine that will clean, A hull and polish rice ready for market for S350.00. Corn Millers can buy the best French burr mill, in iron frame, fully guaran teed, capacity ten bushels meal per hour, for S115.00. Saw Millers can buy the variable f] iction feed DeLoach Mill from 3190.00 up to the largest sizs. Also Gang Rip Saws, Edgers,Swi -? Saw3, PJaning Machines, and ail kinds of wood working machinery. Jfr J "Talboct" Engines and Rollers. ~ J I C *? A/31 ol /l>)0K jSk UIOWUXLWO U.OUC iyi ^o:j. V. BADHAM, 7 &I COLUMBIA. S.C,