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mummmiuim mmime?wwb ngygMaqwepi Af iHS TaB&KNaCLS. j "lightning of the sea" the sub-i I ject of or. ta. mage's sermon. j He Liken - .'oarncy TJiroash I-.!'- to I aSb'p's C-ur?cibrouihtli- Cesar? Our : %Vor;h Is Kuowu i y tlie Coot. Defeat* j Xhht L:v? Alrcr LV? I Srcoklyn, Fe^.. 18.? In Ibe liro- '.> i l>n Taberuacle ibis icrtucou licv. jj:. j Talmaee prcschtd an ir-uaailv uttrac- j tive and ehqnent gospel sermon to a! crowded audience. wLc listened with { rapt interest. Tfce subject w s "Trie j LVhtninsj of U e Sea," the text 3&Ie,*.tu j be;c?: Job xi:, 32 "He maketh a pa.h j to shine atter b in." It for the nex- thousand years rn'nis j ters cf religion should y rerch frcm *i?!s j Bible, there will yet be i-x'.s u; :-x- j pounded an-^ unexplained aad undepreciated. What little has been stud concerning this chspter iu Job from v.Lich my text is taken bears on tre contro- : versy as to what was really the lev;a- ! than described as disturbing the sea. ; Vvhat creature it was I know not. Some t say it waa a whale. iSme say it was a ; crocodile. My own opinion is it was a : sea monster now extinct. No creature i now floating in M^uerranean or Allan- ; tic waters corresponds to Job's description. What mcst interests me is t:~at as it 1 moved cn through the dee3 il left the < waters flashing and resplendent. In ibe j words cf toe text, "Kv* s^akelh a path i to shine after him^' What wa.s that 1 illumined t^ath? It wasphoFphorescencc. < You find it in the wake ot a ship in \ the night, especially aher r iugu weather. Phosphorescence is the lightning cf t:.e ; rnv-i *v- c r-or. I ' SCa. J. Lit I Ul'.'ULZ, VI cytvea io w-'fc rect in describing its appearance X am cerli5ed by an incident. Alter c;oss;ng i tbe Atlantic the first time and willing < from Basle, Switzerland, to an Ameri- i can magazine rn account of my voyage, in which nothing more fascinated me < than the pbtssphcresccnc* in the ship's wake, I callcd it the lightning of the sea Returning to my hotel. I found a book of John Ituskm, and the tirst sentence my eyes fell upon was bis description oi phosphorescence, in which lie called it ; "tbe lightning cf the s?a." ( Down to the pcstctMce I batened to get ; tbe manuscript, and with g:eut labor < and some expense got possession ;>f the magazine article and put quotation marks j around that one sentence, although ii : was as original with me as wit a John Ruskin, I supposed ttat mr e-tenuis of you liviDg so sear the seaccast have watched this marine:, appearance called phosphorescence, and;aI hDpe that the other one-tenth may some day be so happy as to witness it. It is the waves oi the sea ditmoDded. It is the icibrescence of the billows?the waves of the sea crimsoned, as was t"ie deep alter Lht sea fight of Lepsnto?the waves of tht , sea on lire. , There are times when from horizon to , horizDathe entire ocean seems in ccntl.igration with this strange splendor as it changes every moment to tancr or 1 more dazzling color on all sec* of 50a. j You sit looking ever the taftVaiJ ni rbe , yacht or cceau steamer, watcaiu^ and waiting to see what new lLid* the G-"-d of beauty will do with the Atlai iic. It , > is thp. L?J '-LIC ??. ->* ? marine world casting it* _'ara;eut? o: glory in the pathwav of the Aicui'^htv , he walks the deep; it is as inverted iirmament witu aii its stars go-ie down ] with it. No picture can present it, ior , pbotopraphers camera cauuot be sue cessfully trained to catch it and before ( it the hand of the painter drop3 its pencil, overawed and powerless. Thispbospbore?cerce 33 the appearancccf myriads otthe animal kingdom ris.-c?, falling, plavicg, u?sbicg, living, dying. These luminous ncimalcules tor near)y 150 fears have baeuttestudv ofn.-itura'ists and the iasc:nair-a aod 3- Icmn'/iTion of all who Lave brain enouph tu i bi*:k. Now, Ged, who (puts in bis JB:b!e notb ing trivial or useless, calls the attention of Job, the greatest scienlisit or h:s -3ay. to this phosphorescenes, and a? the levia than of the deep sweeps past points cut the fact that *khe maketh a path to shine alter him." 13 that true of u* now anci will it be true of us when we have gone? vYdl there be subsequent light or darkness? Will there be a trail of gloom or good cheer? Can anyone between do rv und the next 100 years say of us truthful) 7 a the text say3 of the leviathan of th? dftep, "He maketh a path to shine art?r n-mi"' For we are moving oo. While we live in the same house, ant! transact business in the same store, a::d write cn the same table, and chisel in the same studio, and thrash in the same barn, and worship in the same church, we are in motion and are m many respects moving on. and we are not where we were 10 jea-s ago, nor where we will be 10 years hence. Moving on! Look at the family record, or the al manac, or into the mirror,. an4s2ei'if?ny ^-v^^one oi vou.is. ^fcersyou were. All in motion,' Other feet may trip and stumble ~ and halt, but the feel el not c^e moment for the last GO centures has tripped or stumbled or halted. Moving on! Society moving onl The world moving on! J Heaven moving on! The universe moving cn! Time moving on! Eienrty moving cn! Thereto, e it is absurd to think that we ourselves can stop, as we must mope with all the rest. Are we , like the creature of the text, inaxmg oar path to shine after usv It may be a , peculiar question. but my test suggests it. What influence will wo leave ia this world after we have gene through it? "None," answer hundreds of voices; "we are not one of the immortals. Fa ty years after we are out of the world \ it will be as though we never Inhabited , it.'1 You are wron?:in saysmg that. i . pass down through th:s audience and up through these galleries, and I am look- , ing tor some one whom I cannot iiud. >; I am looking tor c us who will have uo ( influence in this world 100 years from now. But I have found the man who has the least influence, and I inquire into his history, and I dud Lb at by a ves or a no he decided someone's eternity. In time of temptation he i:a?e an affirmative or a negative to seme temptation which another, hearing of was induced j, to dccide m the same way. Clear on the other side oi the utx: j million years may be the ur?t you hear of the leng reaching inilu-ccf ; of that yes or no, but hear or it you will. Will that lather crake a path to j; smne azter mw: ... iuuu a paih lo shint! aitet he?:' Ycu will be 1 walking; along these strec.s, or along lha. country toad, 200 years from :-ow j! :n the character ol >our descendants. 1 They will ce ?U>cteu oy your ecui^e or : your cowardice, >our purity or your de- . pravity, your holiness or your sin. You j wiiJ cunke the path to sldre alter jou cr . blanc-;en ailcr you. Why should ibry point oat lo us on some mountain two riv ;h i?, oue of < which passes down iuio the rivers v.-nicn < pour out into the I'iCulo cc. un. and the j other rivulet ilo^ia-r d ?vr, i.i o the r.v- ] ers which pass out :-.:o the Atlantic ' ocean? Every m-u, tvery wcujan, ; stands at a point re w -1? ur.tred |( or deeds do^e, ofpravers c-i:. *c i, decide ?1 opposite destinies and opposite eterui- !; ties. We see a mar. planum a tree- and! ' tread'r.g the sod Srcsiy cu either s:dc c: j, it and watering it in dry *veather ana j, a great care in its cu.tur?, :.ud he .''ever 5 plucks any fiuifc irom its bough, bi t h.i . children will. We are aii planting trees j that will yieiu fruit hundreds of years a:- t BQBCB3W SSSSTEB3 K C gHOBC ** 3 -?BC ^3S3WWP icr ara uead- orchards 01 goii'ei fruit or grove? of dpi?I y ::r23. I :m b > sp'. or K-ci":oe In truck r s .cMp i:-al I hive .4.'s'c'*i?c* ;<">ra ' vj tvmlc * ': hava s?f-. :;.* ? hi: % or. tr-e face of ih'? ci>bt:: K^ek:*.***. 'i he n>. o? '"alc?\ chaftf: - J. iookt-ilik^ ipiD2j-.w? i htl , X !. ; s,ici- ^ ::S \>-t' as iu> iir.-jlv act-vbuf; scieU of turh; not h t^p- r v ::iuu::oa v l a tn:-.*';* v <?>- c; J :u iV.riuiC--.- X v'" ' c' . ;r;'.I more !hf;ys;:c?>s (.. l-?.:: } w::i\ Th?.'. IS lb*: k.iM < ' ;V;-.k? .*. a ^ad ffitv1 if^ves b-aind h:.n as ! e plows iLro?.?7h Ibn cc-au Ci iL-t* i?f? t-"7nrd Iht V2-a?r (c.-an of t ( etc at fo'ure, Ni>*. s?atft?? !a z ccru> c grocer\ r-u< ili-je a:uon:jr clerks ssiVO.< l-icoiae:? to j-*llv ^-:e;)iie-'u. II? inaiibs ui tKe U*csak^s ?i>r '. (be n: irttel , 2 perska of perdition in joke? and i-'Ui.'s ai revives as n nol-e ? ' V, * ??a-..'e <>. a Mi'if: prn-c'-iSion. wh'ch hl'.v:<>r- ?r.}e2it!'zt;* -cnvI^Je oeople ?*ys, ;>}?. 't'.ke a drink." Torre is In that jtcu > sr-un^ man who Era kin ' i <rr? a rr". -Ja a '^t.si ieray.taiioii, aiiu prays v. g it arm* rooming nod reads Lis B.b'e, and ";s ask:".- G'Vif>r tic-i'u uiy by day. .But tnat ?tul-.w i_'a:risi Christianity makes him ioe his ?rip cf sacred things, and he gives up Sabbath and church and morals, and vo<=s fr:ni bad iu worse, till re rul!s anier diss,;pat:.or s. dies lea :.-scar bouse sitd is buried iu the potior'.-; Lie.-L Another youag mac who heard t?;at jolly skepticism made up bis mind that "it makes no diilereuce what we ^o or jay, for we ail come cut at the right i>iace," and began as a cocseqceuce to pnrlom. S.-me money that came into 'iis bands f;>7 others he applied to bis own uses, thinking perhaps he would make it straight some oih< v ' v.e.. and a-? ivould ! e wen even it he 'id not make i-. straight. He ends in ? tie p?nii-nt!arv. Ihat sc:lier who utte.ed toe jokr-s igainsi Christianity never reaHz^d wha? >aa work i.e was doing, aT,d he passed ")n through Iif~ and out of it ami irto a uture t-hat I am not now going to depict. I do not propose with a searchlight- to show the breaker: of the awful coast oa which that slip is wrecked, for my bu$-i'? 'v-'-oh ih? *? ? the 10 LL'S . V keel has plowed it. Xo v>hos.-h<-n:?cerce :n ihs wake ot that s?trn, but bshiud it wo souls Struma? in the wave; two fouaz teen destroyed oy reckless s'ctpuand uml'umiDed ocean beneath ind oa all sides ol them. Blackness c>? Jarkaess. Youkaow what a elorlou?. so oil man Liev. John Newton was 'he most o; his i'e, bat bvlore Lis cocversion ho wa? a ?ery wicNcd sailor, at: J on boar J the. shirLiar->:ch nfidelity and vice in the umo*J }f a ra"-j, prific:;?lrs which destroyed him. A lenv.rU tbetwo rae< iuJ Xe--v;cn t:'ul to '<> 1 is bud work DUt ia vain. Th- \or.n^ ra.:; brctitne ivorse and worse aa:i ditd a ^rrlK-aJe, lorritjiui: with his profanities ''".'SC who i-iood bv ir.s\ io is '".v tEonuntr. Bl:i I liod her> ; mia who star's out u life with i'je de-.ei-idcaiioj?. trial Ikrviii never .see suSeria-; but he will try :o ailev.ate iu u^ver see disc juraasm*Di bat he vvill try ??> ehcev it, aud :ever r.'seet with anybody ha*. ho wid ry ic- dc hici <jo h\. G-^iin.; r.?s vt-ea^'h from ?70'i, he starts froTi homo wiih 'y.-zh purpose of doini ail the i-ood he :sai pes.->ibiy do :a one day. Whether standi"2: bebiad the counter, or talking in the bu?:nr-ss ctllce wiUi a pen ' ehi':d hi: ear. or rna&ng a bars2>vn with a -el " v trader or vu. in V".e )h dijcusaini: wii.ii b'p u;xl ri?r*.,:. or tLc wisest rotation ot crops, or in the 3!.-a luaKer'o shop p^andin:: the soi? leather, there is soa> shies; la hi*> tacr, and ianis pha^eolo^v, u-..i ia manner that t' nr f?cs:i'aifcs t-:.e s<race 0. (j^d ia d;s heart. He can ialk cu rcli^i >n wlnou: <vT'k wurdly droa-iirjr it in bv the eur-j. He ' ' ?.*: ..'.i lOVLS 1X0 S. P.UCi iUV'.'o cv.>u:> ui a-* he nii.s:> c-n ' is icteres.ed :u thei; wv?eat aud ciera:;! desiiuy. For 50 or cO > e. rs mo l:ve$ 'hat kind mi life and then iluouuh wun it d^-i ::oe$ inlo hetiVcii a rausociid sou!. But I au> act s^ia* i"> describe ihe piriu.'j which ;ha.sh:p Las eoters-d. X am rot goinu to describe ihe PliL't who mci him outside at the ''lightship." I an: not gGiag to say anything about the crowds or friends who met him on the cnrystaiiioe wharves up wh:ch he goes on steps of e''ryso;>raoe3. For Go i m his word;; tv Job cj'is me to ioc* . the path 01 foa*a in the wake ot that snip, and 1 tftll you it is ull s^Ieaoi with splendors of kudoess' done and rol 1Ig-_t Willi iiiurv.ntd tears that were w'peii uv-'.-y i-iLci ad^sh with ".on^ratulanous, aud cie^r on-, to the horizon :n ail directions u the cp>'kli:>;r, iksMog, biiio-vicg phosphoresccnce ot .1 Christian life. l'IIe oa&kelh a path to shine aiier bim." Ana here I correct one of the mean uouons which at some time takes :;OSsesiion of all ot us., and that is as to thi: btevily of human life. When I bury some very useful man, clerical or Jay, :a his thirtieth or fourtieth year, I sav: ''What a waste of energies! It was hardly '?rlh>7a.lu tini io-^J-readj? for Christian work, for he hui so scon to quit it.,; JiUt the fact is 'bat I may insure any man or wcman who do-23 any good on a lan;e or small scale for a life on earth as Ion.: a? th<"5 wc-ld lasts. Sickness, irolley car accidents, c-'eatc itself, can nojmore destroy his life thau they can fear down one of tae rings of 'Saturn. You can start one good word, one kind act, one cheerful smile on a mission that wiil last una! ibe worid becomes a bonure, and oui of LhaL blaze it will pass into the Leavens never to halt a3 long as 0 >J lives. There were, in tne seventeenLh century men and women whose t?ume3 you never hear:: of who are t^iay Influencing scaools, colleges, churches, nations. You can no mor-.* measure the-gracious results of their lifetime than you could measu-e the iecsia a.vi breadth aud depth of the phosohorcscence last night [bllowicg the ohi-i of the White Star hue 1.500 out at -ci. IIo-v the cviw.ce ami coast crailon ot o;'". rs inspire "s to folio v.". as a uenera: :;i the .1 ncric .n armv, cool anikl th-i iljiug bui.'ets, 'umpired a Lrernbhng solJicr, who sal ! aner-vard, ,;I wa? rc .ri} stared to death, but Isa-v the old n* ttrs vhite moustache over his shoulder and w aicn.'7 Ave, wc arc all Lollo?ving somebody cither in r'ght or wroug directions. - ' T - A . *i\ It'W Uc'jrS tigo -L S'.'v'Jli '.'""i'UC l.iC crarjamJed caiket of a gospei mir.isttr and in rcj remarks i>;id oce;: .on to recall a snowy r:;:;t :a a ?'h!mhouse v.iifeD I. was a t>- y and an evangelist spending a niiht at my father's ?X'U>io w-'O s:i-G soui-ihiugso tenc?T sen L.euitiiul and iu.pr'. 3sive ihat it l.^d me into tne kingdom of God and decided my riestiny for tins woriu and the next. Vou wiil before 2-1 hours so by, rneer some man or ?vo3isin with a C.? p-*ek of ;:-re i:.d trouble, ai-?i you iv s:> something to him o: her rh *.t will eniure until this world si all have been, so i"::r lost in the past, trat nothing but the stretch of anueiic memory vriii be aWeto redize that it ev-r existed at J am not talking of remarkruea ma women, but vt what oiriiaary t'.dki :an do. i am not speak:-;.: of tr?e pbosphorescfroe in *'ak- < t a (.' ranani*, but o. ??: ? j-!:-spboi\ <.mee in :he track o; h Ne-.*.'ounrdand tlsDing ?ajaek. God rmtKts thunderbolt oui n spark? and. on: 01 the small words m.t tie-."> s c; ymali litt Lh c m i-;n:\ch i power i;.at v ;.i rlash and burn and :Va: er through the eternities. ilow do you hxe this prolongation 01 rcur eartidy ht'e by dearh!'-?< in lutrce'r Many : ? '"i^c 'ui.it gi-u s: >.> Eonils ui by ;:.s a^xijty create:} ,a tee p-iren-'sii-act. o r?j ihnr. child n realms c-raphie is l:vinjj y*rv in the THUSt'oruicd htart sua hie .of those j palcfi a and Will ii-'t; Oii fortV ill t'.c . i h,story of that family, if Vrz the j i opt?orrTinity of ;>rdiaary aoi::.*, what j I x\v: opi^rrumty of V: ->sa -voo hj ve r>- i i oe'/i.ii int- il'-ciuil ur social or mor.rj t*rv v; lpmentV I Have you any arithmetic capable oi i estimating the iulsiecce of our good j -ml grasicus friend w!io a few da>s i _.o w?nt up to rest?George \V. Chi Ids ; :>^ I'iiiladelphia ? From a newspaper rpri! t"'i for 30 years withov o.-c word or at! a'.cation or seurrili y j :.t sc.suda! ar.J pnvinj chief emphv^s j or virtue and ehariry and clean int-IJi- i *er;ce be reaped a fortune for h;:n--lf | . .i^un stiwfrit\nt?r* -< nt' !' : p>jr sJ ruckling, putting ! n is la valid and a.s:-jci reporters on p?;:- ! fcious. until iiis i-aihe s'aads wiier*; for large he irt^Jces} ami syciovhy aud heio and highest style" of C-.'iS'irt . J I < an :-;\t wfucn hid in the chairs ot ns journ.*'.i-m a Horace Greeley, ur.d t Ue::rv J. Raymond, and a .1 an>s Gordon Be r.ut u, and an Erastus Brooks, and a G- org* Wiiiiam Curtis, and an 1 rectus Prime, none or tnem will he ionuer ivmemoered th-4n George VV. Uid;ds. S:a\ iuar away from t!:e unveiling ct the monument he haa reared at inrge expense in our Greenwood in memory of Proftsacr Procter, the astronomer, iest I should siy soajethiii? ;o praise of the man who nad paid for ihe <nonumenr. By all acknowledged arepres?ntativeof the highest American journalism. ir you would calculate his influence for cood, you must count how many sheets oi ui-s newspapers have been published in the last quarter of a century, and how maoy people have re id tnem, and; the effect not only upon those readers, but upon ail whom they shall influence for all time, while you add to all ;hat the work of the churches he help buiici, and of the institutions of uieicy he help iound Better give up uefore you star: the measuring of the phosphorescence in the wake of that *t-~ /ttlnnt:,*! iif.o K7hn n.|Ti snip 01 i/ue v_cicotirti Aiut. uku ?. -m tt-li the post, mortem influence of a Savonarola, a Winklereid, a Gutenberg, a Marlborough, a Decitur, a Tons ailit, a Bolivar, a Clarksun, a Hubert Ka*kes, a Harlan Page, who had 123 Sabbath scholars, S4 of whom became Christians and six of tbern ministers of the gospel. With gratitude and penitence and worship 1 mentioa the grandest life that was ever lived. That ship of light wa? lautichtd from the heavens nearly 1,900 je ir- ago, angelic hosts chanliGg, <.nu from the celestial wharves the ship sprang iuto the ro-sghesi $ a that v ver io?s-u. Its billows were made up of the wrath of m-a and devils, Ileroj u:c and sanhediiuic persecutions s'lrj r:;.g the deep with reu wraih, and all the humcducs of woe smote it until on the rj-jks of Goigotha that lira si ruck with a resound of agony that ap.auea tne earin aria we u^aveus. Due in the wakt? of that life what a phosphorescence^' smiles oa t';e cheek oi souls pardoned, .aj lives reformed, tuid n-ttwns redeemed. Tho tiiiliencium itself is only one rol- of thai irradiated wave of gladness and lJt?neUicuon. In the sabhni-jtof all senses it may bes*id of him, "IIemakerh a pain tu Sisiue after him." Bat 1 cannot look upon that luminosity that follows ships without reilizlog now lond taw Lord is of life i'n.iL lire of the deep b life, myriads of creatures all ft-swim and a-play ami .i-rcmp in parks or marine beauty laid out i?ud i- arterreu and roseated and blossomed by cmnipo ence. What is cue :i&e of t&ose creatures called by the naturalises "crustaceans" and "c?pepo-Is," not more than '-'ne out of tuo<;reds of billions .if which are ever s^en uy tuoian eve r G >d ' R.tff] ;b?-m for i-.? - n^f r. ? ). !? Oil (1nn7WN LUC 5<IUJC \ U.W DV VI* . . ... n places where no human out ever makes them trt-rahle, and no numan ucsiril ever inhales their redolenc \ "-lad no hiuoan eye ever sees their cnarm. In ine botanical world they prove that G -i ioves llowers. as in the marine world the phcsphori prove tnat he love3 life, and he loves life in play, lite in brilliancy ci gladness, life in exuberance. And so I am led to beli-ve that he lovas our life if \>e fuldil our mission : 3 i'uli> as the ph <sonori fulfill theirs. The Son of God e?;meli that we mig.it have life, and have it. more abunchni,ly." But I am glad to tell you that our God is not the God sometimes described as a harsh critic at the head of the universe, or an infinite scold, or a God that lo^es funerals better than weddings, or a God that prefers tears to lau';iit<?r, an omnipotent Xero, a i^rocion* Nani Sahib, hut the Iovelio?c I ! log in the universe, loving: ib-.vtrs and life and play, whr-tber of phosphor! in the waiie of the Majestic or of the human race keeping a hoiit ay. 13ut m-irk you that the phosphorescence n is a glow that the night mor.op "lizes, and I as< you cot ou;y wi;ui kind of influence you are going to leave in the world as you p:-:ss through it, but what light are you going to throw across the world's night of sin and sorrow V Peopb who are sailing on smooth sea and at noon d3 not need much sympathy, but what are you going to do for people in the night of misfortune V WjN you drop on them shadow, or will you kindle for them phosphorescence V At this moment there are more people crying than laughing.: mere people on the round world luis moment hungry than well 1'ed ; more households j bereft than homes unbroken. Wna*: are you going to do about it V " Well," says yonder s )ul,<: 1 would like to do some"thing toward illumining the great ocean of human wretchedness, but I cannot do much." Can you do as much as one of the I phosphon in the middle of the Atlantic ocean, creatures smaller than the po.ut of a sharp pin '? (> Oh, ^es, " you* s*y. I Then do that. Shine! Stand before * 1 /"*r? f- t-A I the looking glass auu caw I 1LUCUU l/\J | see if you'cannot get that scowl'oft' your forehead, that peevish look out of your lips. Have at least one bright ribbon in your bonnet. Embroider at least one white cordsomewnere in the midnight of your apparel. Do not any longer impersonate a funeral. Shine! Do say something cheerful r.bout society and the world, rat a few drops of Leaven into your disposition. Once. in awhile substitute a sweet orange for a sour leraon. it^caeraUer that pessimism is blasphemy, and optimism is Christianity. Throw some light on the night ocean. If you cannot be a lanttrn swingiug in the rigging, be one of the tiny p:\o3phori tuck o? the keel, shine! "Let your light s;> shine before men tnur. others, seeing your good works, may glorify your Father which is ij heaven." 21-ike one person happy every day *nd do that f-^r 20 years, and you will have made 7,3'JO happy. You know a m :;i wno has lost ail hi?, property by an unryrtunate investment, or by putting his name on the back of a friend's note ? AtVr you have taken a brief nap, which every man and woman is I cnt'tled to on a Sunday afternoon, go land t'Lieer up that man. You can, ir ! (jr -d heins you. say something that will ?1u h:m good a-ter both of you have j betrn df.il a thousand years. j ^hioe ! Y-ki know o: a tamiiy with a bad boy who has ruu away from home. Go before nisht and te!i tnat iarhrr and mother trie parable oi'the prodigal son. a-c! :har. some r.r ihe illustrious a.id useful m-n now iu caurch and state had a siiij- ;>. s'2e la their live3 ho(? ras avray iroa-- :.'--me. >hir:e! Yui kaow of a family that has los* a ciaki, and the si! nee of the r.urstry chorus the whole hoese if era Ccl!:'.r to ga:a* . G > before night and I tea them how much that ci;il<i has hapi piiy escapi-.l. ?inee the most prosperous ! life ou earsh is a struggle. Shine! j You know of ioaic iavalia who is dy v..j fe: lack of 2:1 acpetite. *he c:uI " r get well because sne carta jt eat. j ! lii-s.l a f:hicKfn and tn':e it to her be-j iere l! ;ht. a /a one a' her poor appeti e iato a k*en rei:si>. Shine! You kno .7 of some one who nKes you, and yoa like him. and he ought to be a Chris --C . g.' ' . -S-X^' -taWUK-ftj **!? .... u j 'r li i'lial \\ mi. ;ili$ itoiit: lor y i'j u, uii'1 dfik hi in i.' you c-ri r*ru\ r.r hi r> sh:r-p' { )h !'. r :l r <v.- i4? ? - - - - ? -? portion so charged with svveetn^-ss an l l.j'r.i iha*. we ci-nv: hulp Lu* shine ' lleeriemWr if ;<c>u cv r-.ot be a leviethan lashing the ocean into i ;:rv you Ca i bs out oi the ph.'S^v. i, deiog1 yjur p^rt toward making .Mtfi or yhocphoiescejce. Ther: I l .eli you what rjjpri sslon you wih '---v:- a.i you pa-3 through this : fe and ;i: ; you are g-ou*. I **. ill t(rli you 10 VO:v- * Mi 1 li'-r Ifave it tor the minis-*:: .ho t!!ici^.Vs a* your ohs- <j uts. Trie tailu?v :u wli eologuim of the departed !S tha' Hiey c-muot h;-ar :i All hearii t:< :< ?' neons roost interested. This, in sutis'-an"*, ?s what I or sonic on? else wii> ?.y oi you on sueii an occstolon : " v-"e Gather for oiiice3 ct r^eprd i . this departed cue. i, ucpjssibhi to .ei- how marsy te-ri hej w.pei away. h .<w many bardeDS he I lifted, or how many s >uis he was, under God, instrumental :n saving. IT'S j influence will never We are all l-efer for having known ni u. " That pnio* of dowers ou the casket. \>.:S presented by n:s S-boath school clf.^s, all oi wtun1. he b ought to Christ. 'Cliit cro:>s of do-vers at the head was presented by the orphan asyl.ini whicn he b- friecdid. These three single do vers?one wa? sent t>y a pour woman for whom he bought a ton oi and one was by a waif of the street whom he rescued throug'n the miunight mission, and the other w-s irom a prison c*3i wUch he had often visited to encourage reoentan^o in a young man wno had clone wrong. ' raoso three l-iose dowers mean quite as much as tile costly garlands n<.".7 breathing their acorn.i tnrongh toesaddeced homn crowded with s\mpatbizers. ' Biased are the dead who die in the Lord. Thpy r^sr, from Iheir labors, and th?i.>: works do follow them.' '*' Or if it should b", the m:re solemn | burial at s'.-a let it be after ! bs sun has gone down, and the captain has read the appropriate liturgy, and tne ship's ! bell has tolled, and you are let down from the s em of the vessel into the resplendent phosphorescence at the I wake of the ship. Then Jet some one say in the words of my text," He makelh a path to shine afrtr him. " Aa Iu>i>:?r:ari? flitter. The memorial of the General Assembly of Soiiih Carolina ro Congress in the matter of receivers of ra>Iroud corporations ana th? equity jurisd'.cti /n o! the Federal Courts is h v?ry able j document aid should leave its impress up >a the legislation of th- country. The memorial was called forth by the actiou ol' f.he Federal Courts in sustainiu:r th? receivers of certain railroads who refused to p<y State and County LiiXfS. lfllS fclC I'JU ui tuc ivuiio 10 tc- | girded as an usurpation of authority | dangerous and injurious to the iuten-st of the State. Uii-l?r lii'-i Iws of South Carolina raiir-jans, whether in rue hands of receivers or uj-, are subject t'.> a uniform system of tdx^s. >;otwitbstanding the Sratelaw, theFcder alJuoges have sustained reciversin their rtfus d to pay taxes, ana they have caused the sheriffs who levied tax t-x^cations to be arreste i ana fined. The memorial s-iys: In round numbers, there ar*? 103,000 miles of railroads in this couctry. thiriy-throe thousand tail-s, thereof are in the hands of receivers and operated uy the courts, it is s.il'e to as3urne that nine-tenths of this la'ter number are managed by receivers ot the Federal Courts. That is j to say that the Federal .Judiciary is in absofute control of railiotd property I worth the inconceivable sum >f ,3u0,- j 000,000. l'ne incapacity of the courts tl' tquity to manage the railroad property, a business which, we submit, thry undertook without authority, either inherent or conferred, has resulted m uialaaniioistration and corruption in not a few slates in the Union. It is claimed that the United States Courts have gradually usurped power, and Congress is asked: 1. To center upon the c ?ur of the United States power and jurisdiction in the matter of railroad r<'--eiver.s&ips. 2. To define ana limit that p^wer and set bouDds to that jurisdi;tioi. 3. To determine the life a railroad receivership. -1. To prevent the Courts ot the United Stales and their railroad recovers from interfering with tha laws of the States 1Q tOe CoiiecUOU OL iux.cs, auu iu theexerciSH o? u rir police power. The Atlas, a Constitution iu discussing this ci.itter sajs the '-people of G-orsia and other "southsm Sc.ttes, where many railroads are in the hamis of receivers nre deeply interested in this matter. Ir' the -1 udses of the federal Circuit Courts aaa the railroad receivers can nullify our State laws, prevent the collection of taxes, and cause our sheriffs to be punished for contempt when they are djirig tneirduty then the States have practically nothing left for their loce.l sovereignty. Such j udicial interference with our police power and taxing power If carried to turther extreme?, will leave th-? Siate powerless to enforce Their authority in matters of vital importance. We be lieve that this memorial cannot f ;il to receive the serious consideration of Congress. It is a c*lm, dlgnitied statement ci' facts 3.ad is an able document." tiiidt '.Voik Aiiutd. A special dispatch from Washington to the Atlanta" Constitution says notwithstanding thy legislative questions ot importance which occupy the attention ot the average member of Congress considerably, Democratic memcers manage to lind naie to dncuss tne future of the party. The Democrats of Congress are almost unanimous in the opinion that that great hody is carrying somewhat of a load iu ii.s President. They believe the President to be a ;?ood man. The time was when they conrdered him great pjan, cut Mr. Cleveland ha3 undoubtedly n ade many errors during his present administration of the affairs of the govern ment. He has committed errors that have injured the party materially. la his management uf the Hawaiian affair, for instance, he has done incalculable damage to ihe parly. Tnen ak'.-ua he is asraiast the gre;;t mass of thy Democratic p.^rty on the financial question. ne rep: esc-; is the Dist entirely in bis views on this question. He has also in Ms appoint ijieiitis recog-nr/.aa luugtvumps in preference to Dsiao.iA.sia a large measure. All Ltiis of c >urse has tended 10 injure the party. The Democratic leaders are however, right no.v hard at work prepa.l.ig for Lii- Cocerrssional election. iVhile a few ). we expressed the opinion triao i;ie De^ucrats might lo?e the House the best posted of the Democatic leaders have no idea that any saeh rhiog *vjJi happen. Tne House will certaniy jo its part toward redeeming every piink of the Democratic platform, a id tne mosi far s.-elag politi- j ciaas are of the opinion that the D^m- j ocrats will control the nex; House as they control the present. They, however, realize thai it will take considerable s.vcrk, and th?v are ^;\ nar)Dg to do tnat work ? seilisiect <.o offset the mistakes of the President, it is of the utuivSi importauce to tho Democratic pdrty that the next House of RiD"c3t-nta'ivcs should be Democratic. It is n?;t improbable by any m-ans that that House ivii; have to eieck the acx. i/re.-id?-n*. L'aere are msny Democrats \;,ho believe that Mr. Cievlai.U's tinarcial policy a id ac.s may have the effect of increasing the J'opu'.is, party in some! of tne wes'.era 5>r:i'.es. iruii Piiny m.i;. : carry all the States it carried, ia the last | election. It any carry one or two more. I la that event and in the e^ent i that the Democratic party lose* soma of 'lis* doubtful States to che i't, "')!icans, t?:e next i'rfcsidential elec*..-': .juM be thrown into the House of U natives vVith that probability, it is --estssary La-it t Democrats should c-iu-ol the Dfcxt House, aod the leaflet; <::e .loinrr work no a- to make su:e cf uceomrli:)hing that end. il l' I II I II llll Bill II II HPIHI I'll IIP | WRANGLE IN iiiK HOUSK. i the Floor resembled abee-; garLir.N ON THURSDAY. I Aa Abuiidauce ol Contctt:oii8 sid .S<iU??i>I bles Kiid >o Woik Accoaipi^he^?The lJutuiifcs ill Sllvvr JKi^hi liiar'.'s Bill ' l)n?psratelr. ! Washington, Feb. 22.?AFter ihe i r i - . , . approval of Ihe jovrctil oi 3C*sterday3 pro:cc*diDps. Pence (Pop.) c-f Colorado rote lo ?. question ot reison&i pilvile^e. II2 sr.: I iha: en t;.e 19 h inslarit. a Dc-ru- trade caucus was Veld. *:,d over j -if.,a'* wires h.v; .roue ou.. a report that i'netubcrs of the Populist party oauatj loaded 'hi', caucus acd taken part therein. A number?No 01 e believes it. Pccc?I don't want any one to believe it. llcc-d?Bu1. there are grounds for suspicicn. (Lraghtet.) Continuing, Pence said that the Pop[ uiisl.1 were ia -all sympathy with tue j resolutions adopted by the caucus that j it was the dut^ of all members to st-iy here and attead to business. But as to I taking part in that caucus, be said, 'T j don't know that we could if v. o would;; | hut I know that we wouldn't, it' we could." Thii was toiiowed bv a sensa- j : cnnal statement by Cummings (Dem.) | < f N-yv York, who rose, lie said, to the I nneniou o? the highest privilege. He j said that at 11 o'clock this mr-rniag, while on the ilocr ot the House, he had been approached by a deputy sergeantat arms, who told bim he was under arrest. lie refused, h * said, to reeogn*Z3 the service and isurr.ed the official or his bo^s to touch him at their peril. The r?e>ru wouldsho-v "hat he had >xea :u att^nc.aoce day after day, ever since Congress met last summer, and he denounced the arres'. as an outrage. He further stated thai it was a disgrace, in his op'nion, to bold a, farce 33ssioa ot the Koujeon ">V aahmgton'a birthday, and in I ho.ior ol thai, o itriot he moved that the j Hou&e a-;] urn Bland ciaimed the lloor as against the motiou lo adjourn, and C'uu rain^s asked it" ihe Speaker (D.?ckery rf Misoar;) in the chair held his motion lo a-:j ura to be cu; of Older. Dxkery explained Lhat Bland had risen belore (Jammings, but hearing the latters assert, jn that he rose to a question of the highest personal privileue, did not pres3 his advantage. (Jummiu^s thereupon withdrew bis motion to arjourn, and Il?ed endeavored to rc-new it. The cOair was inclined to recoguiz? Bland, but It;cd insisted that 1.g was entithd | to rcc>?;nitlon for bis motion to adjourn, j it being a privileged motion and aiways j I iu erder. Bland got the lbor, however, i and saul he wanted to make a statement. TL-ia was objected tobv the llspubl'cana who de i;anaed the regular order. Being reminded by the cha;r ibat be could dj no more ihan make a motion at this juncture, Bland said he .you'd withdraw lib momn to ?o into t: e omrnittes o? the whole cn his coinage bill, limiting debate thereon to ten minute3. The chair ?But the gemlemau from Missouri lias submitted no motion. Blued?I have a right to withdraw the- to::oc tua'ie by me yesterday. The chair?That motion fill with ad-1 jouscmenl. Bland then moved that the Hou>e go into comorttes of the "whole upon Id? bill, acd that debate clo.se at 3 o'eloc* j Saturday. That would give the Republicans, he said, time io debate the bill, rending this motion, Cumminss renewed his motion that in honor of Washington the House adjourn. On a division cf the House the motion was announced as 102 to 104, which was greeted with applause from the Democratic side. The yeas and nays were ordered, the vote resulting: Yea3 117; nays 140. The Democrats who voted to adjourn were: Baldwin, Bartlett, Coombs, Covert. Cummings, DeForest, Durburrow, English, Erdman, Everett, Fielder, Geiisenhiaer, Gnldzi".r, Griffin, Hall (Minn.), Harder, Ilaye* K'iibhs, Lynch, Mailory, Meyer, j Muichier, O'Xeiil, lieiiiy, Ryan, tjick* Iss, Sperry, Tracey, Warner and Woi- ! verlion. Tee following R?pub'icans voted against adjjummen': Bowerscfj California and Har'man cf Montana. Tr.e Poi irists also vo ei against ad ; journmeul. J Used called for u supplemental re- | port Iron: ihe sergeant at-arms as to his | execulion of the order of arrest made I Monday. Pending that, Hulick (Rep.) of Ohio stated that he had been ab3eut under leave of the House, and, while engaged in the trial of a case in the court hr.u3e at home, a telegram- reached him annruicing that his leave had teen revoke.! and that he was under arrest. He protested against t ;is act of the officer of the Hcuse. claiming tha', he \va3 not subject to arrest while absent on leave granted by the Hcuie. His name had been improperly included in the list of members to be arrested, and he asked that it be erased. I3iand noved that the gentleman be excused from arres': bu'. Hulick yr tested thut he did not want to be ex cused from arrest?he bad been guilty of no contempt of the House, He wanted the war:act of the sergeant-a: aren3 corrected. Heard (Dcm.) of Miessuri slated that the contention ot the gentleman from Ohio was. in effect that if the practice of the House permitted a warrant to issue for a membsr absent under leave vvithcu', Lirst notifying him of the revocation of (.hat leave, and giving him an opportunity to report and thus avoid the humiliation to arrrsl when not in cantempt of the House, thai practice should be revoked. (-Tnaifd right" on the Republican side.) "And I think it should be als)," said Mr. Heard. After some discussion of the matter as to ine method of reiievtog Huiick, JBland moved the previous question on his motion to (xcu*e. Penuiug this. Sickles (DcraO ofX:w York moved that the House aoj >uru. The Chair (Drckerj) staled that no business having intervened since a motion to a-Jj >u n had be^n voted down, it could not be repeated at this lime. This raliDg raised a storm of proi-ists j ft-om both sides ot ill? chamber, to which .1-- iK.if Vii'o vr'-owr nf I HIS uuiiii cua.0 Uio v. iluu<iuo5s'' ine.'uled a vo.e upon the subject uniser discussion or some other dispjaal of it. Burrows (Rep.) of Michigan read from the digest to sho-v that the intervention of a vote was loL necessary. The oha;r 3iating ihat he was still of the opinion t^al the motion was out cf order, said he wcu'd submit it to ihs House fot acI tion. Without takinir a division the veas | and nays were ordered, rcsluiin:;: 1'^a? I IOC; uajS 133. S? the motion to a^jjurn ! was lost. The chlir anuouacsd that the ; qu;.s,io:i the a recurred upon Bland's , no:ion to excasj llu'ick. WaiL he was j eudeav jring t o a Lite this, 3 ekle*, ta<! my a position iu ihe centre oi the ball, in 3ten:or;an tones, asked recognition tor a hearing upon a auction of privilege, Lu. Djckcrv j rjcecded witn his call for the vote. Between th-j yeas and nays heeded S'.ckies demand, stating that lie cnuid not interrupt the nivis.oa c-f the House. Burrows calied the attention of the chair to the fact th u S:ckle3 had ad' dres3ei the chair before the question was put. I ii,c chi.jr?liut tiic chaii' >iid not j be;;rtue gentU-aj.-iB. ;! j S;. kles- Everybody else in the House j; I Leard n^e. The confusion on the floor became so ; ! great that it was lmpoisiblf1 from the j 3 I clerk's desk to distinguish the orderly I < j from the disorderly proceedings. The j i I ?! .o;enrvo.. 'j.-I v.' lu rrcr>tlc.r(.ar> fmm t VUUU a i u i^u wv/ < LIC bu V*M v ? .New York to take his seat, teliiog J him be was cut or order, and read to s him from the rules which require a member when declared to be out of i order to Lake nis seat. t ^:ckles remained standing o:- his one i if'?, holding his crutches "beside him t arid endeavoring to complete his statement 01 privilege. In the meanwhile, Bland withdrew his motion to excuse Hulick. and asked tha*: the House go mto committee of the wholeoa his bilJ. < Springer sitting rear Sickles urc^d him 1 to take l-i seat. Wilson (Hep) of j Washington turne<i on Springer asking why he wancad to make Sickks sit ( dowD, merelv for t,i-e purpose of getting I up again. -You'vegot two good legs." < he said, "and can hop up and down at , pleasure, nut the General can't." j Sickles linaliy succeeded in getting t his question oi privilege stated. He t Said lie hdd been informed that he was r under arrest, and he wanted to know it J it were Irue, by what authority it had . been done, and what was thy charge : against him. j Snodgrass (Dem) of Tennessee?If it . is true that you are under arre3t, you \ are not in order now. j This evoked a general cry of dissent , from the Republicans, and Sickles said: t "0, i havQ'o been convicted yel, if I am , under arrest, and I demand the right j to be heard in my own defen;e. 1 want j the sergeant-at-arms to report trie t grounds of my arrest, s) that I m^y b* i relieved therefrom. j The Cha;r?The s^rgeant-at arms will . make report of his proc-edin^s under c the order of arrest. j ])y dint of vigorous use of the gavel, \ and refusing to heed the various mem- j bers clamboring for recognitiDn. the t chair succeeded in securing an oppor- j tunity for Coi. Snow to present the ioi- T lowing report. February, 22,1804. Hon. Charles F.Crisp, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Sir?I present Herewith a detailed re* t port of ujy further action under House ' j warrant of February, l'J, 1804 - On the i ! list of abseniets, returned to me by the < j clerk, the following *re reported to me t j as sick and unable to attend: 3 I C. A. Boutelle, W. II. Crain, John i D.-lzell, J. C. Ilendrix, J. A. Scrantou 'i ne follo^inj are excused by the t House: F. I\ Gill en of Massachusetts, i W. A.-Harris, vv.II. Hines, D. X. Lick- 1 wood, M. J}. Wright. M. lirosius, S. A. J Vnrfnnrnv t 'Che following members have been re- 1 porred torn;; as arrested ana are pres- c ent in the House: llibert Adams, Jr., < F. E Bdtzbover, C. A. Cadmns, J. M. ? Clancy, H. A. Colleen, J. .M.Cooper, A. c J. Cummings. who refuses arre3t; J. Y. ( Dunn (who protests), C. J. Erdajao, M 1 I). Il-irier. G. F. Kribbs, T. M. Mahon, * Wiiliam McAleer, G. W. Murray, H. M Mutchler, J B. K?-ilij, II. VV. Rusk, D. < E. Mckles, G. \V. Ilulick, A. McDowell, i II U. Johnson. E. M. Wootner. It is but just to say that these honorable members, when'notnied by wire or otherwise, voluntarily caoae to the j I House and responded to their n<?mes ? on roll cdll, but the order of the House warrant to me directed to arre3t them r "wherever they may be found," and j left me no alternative out to execute j the ordt-r. t The following have mt been found: ? R. Il.Ciarke, John C. Houk,T. L. John son, C. A. Russell, W. J. Whits, J. D j Ilicks, J. C. Hutehe3on, M. T. Stevens, \ All of which is respectiuliy submitted, II. W.Sxow, Sergeant-at-Arms. ( House of representatives. As the reading of the report by the clerk proceeded, there was a rush of members to the front of the desk and at the close of the reading the disordsr < had grown into a great uproar. The 1 Speaker pro tem., Fore, directed that s the gentlemen named as under arrest t present themselves at the bar of the c House, but Gen. Sickles was again on i his feet demanding a separate trial, t Tno order for members under arrest to c appear before the bar was repeated and I Sickles shouted his demand for a sep- * arate trial insisting that his demand t entitled him to the lirst trial. t The Speaker pro tem., (Dockery) pounded the desk vvitn ms gavei, appealing for order and saying: "This is the House of Representatives and not < a beer garden"?a sentiment which the i galleries received with applause. To Sicklts's insisting on his demand that he be ficcorded a separate trial the Chair stated that "the gentleman from } New York shall have a separate trial. t ISut he must observe the iuie3 of the e House." 5 Sickles?I obey orders always. I in- !j sistea upon a separate trial, because I J can show that the warrant is not, worth a whisp of straw, and the oroceedintrs in my case would aispo-ie of all the others. < At this point, H. U. Johnson (Il^p) of ? Indiana, who had just learned that his J name was included in the list of those c under arrest, rose to a question of per- l sonal privilege. "I have been here on ] tne iloor or tDe House all the time," he ( said. "I have missed no roll call, and ? have not been absent. I want ihe ser- ? geaut-at-arms to say when and where I was arrested, by whom, and for what.' I have not been arrested, and I think the sergeant-at-arms should be given an opportunity to correct his return and 5 a charge of which I am guiltless." No attention was given to the state- E rcent of the gentleman from Indiana, 1 and tne Chair directed that memoirs J named as under arrest present them- j selves at the bar in order in whicn j their names.appeared in the return. It ] had been impossible ;o get them to the 1 front, in a body. Under this direction, Adams (iiep.) of Pennsylvania presented himself. The Chair?You have baen charged s with being absent from tha House ; without leave. What excuse have you ( to oiler ? ' Adams?I was in the Stale of I'ecn- . sylvania, exercising the highest pnvi- ] lege of citizenship (Cheers on llepubli- j can side)?voting for a member of this honorable House. And 1 am proud ro ? say that we rolled up a majority of ov er 177,000 in his favor. (Renewed s chbtrs) I received a telegram rtque3t ) ing my return and I came back at once, 1 but nor. before 1 got in my vote. ltetd?I move that the gentleman's name be stricken from the warraut anu be be discharged, because his arrest was made without authority of the ? House. Sicbiet-Xot stricken out, because his J nams is not m the warrant. There are v no names in the warrants. : This statement gave lores to the request, which had previously teen made irregularly, that the warrant should be read, and the clerk was directed to rend it to the House for information Ihe reading of the document disclosed the fact that .there were no names mentioned in it and immediately Outhwuite (Uem.)otOhio moved th it the House adj mm. (Cries of "Oh, Xo!" from the llepubucan side.) On . a division the motion was declared lost?83 to 125. ?ic';!es?My object ih demanding a separate trial at iirst was to show that the warrant was void. The sjrgeantat-arms is liable to an action in dam- ' ages to every member brought here under it. 1 He;d moved that Adams be discharged fjr the reisjn that hisaire^t 1 was not authorized by the Iljuse. iprin^er objected to this form ot state- 1 menf, holding that the arrest was author!/. d by the Hous\ Stockdai'e or Mississippi, us a sap- rior righ\ moved that the warrant bs tjuashed and further proceedings abandoned. The chair proceeded to put Heed's motion. stating that ;-ihe gentleman from Maine moves that tbe genileman from Pennsylvania be iliscnar^eu. Reed?Bacause his arrest was unauthorized. The- Speak* r pro ttm.?But tiie ? ,lem*n from Maine cmsot interjret en i irgument. into a motion. Beed?05, but he ba?. (L lighter.) Bsrore a vote wa? ta*ei <?: Kiel's notion, Bland moved ihat th~ House' idjonru. While tbe IIou>e was divid- i r-g, Adams kept asfeiDg the chair to j ell him where he would be in case the [louse adjourned, 'jut he got uo response. On the division, the vote was an-! sounced to be 132 to 101. This w*s, impb.!S!z.-d by the yeas an<i n ivs which ' esulted?yeas 155; najs 110. So at 3:051 :he House adjourned until tomorrow, j Aa ^Itensjve Husband. I O.ieof the most remarkable c*3e? o? I ;oDjugal devotion on record came toj ight through a London law court late- j y. A man sued to recover a large sua >f money from the authorities of a jublic iahrmary. He testified that ;even years ago he had an invalid wife vhom he was unable to take care of :it lcme. Conseq lentlv he placed her in he inlirmary. Bui she wasnot a enan,y patient. Xot she. His British jride would never stoop to let the wife >f his b^som become a pauper. lie >aid ?1.25 a week to tne indrmary peo)le to take care of her. With a faichulness which cannot oe overpraised he )aid that sum week after week, year liter year, for seven years. As long as le had a strong right arm his beloved vife should not "suffer. Weil, at the ;nd oi' seven years he found out his vife had died in a lew days after he lad put her in the establishment and lehad been paying a ghost's board ali hat time, it is not srated how he u;:de the discover.). Perhaps he even ;arri<d his husbandly devotion 10 the ?oint of going to see" his wife atier ieven years. At any rate, he sued the minorities for the S1.23 a week during ;he whcie time and got his money )ack in a lump sum. It was more ;nan he would have laid up it he had inown his wife was dead, so he was .he gainer, after all. A Silly Trick Causes Do vh Itiiaca, X. i"., Feb. 21? About thiry freshmen of Cornell University vere strangled Ia3t night by sopho* cores releasing a large quantity cf ihiorine gas iu the dining nail, where ,he freshmen's banquet was in progress it was with great difficulty the freshnen were resuscitated and some of hem are v^ry weak from the effect of he The fr^&.imen were in the n:dst of their first year's festivities .vhen their presence was discovered, [a a few minutes they were overpow:red, some becoming unconscious, *hiie others suffered peculiar and madiening sensations produced b> the jhlorine. Search was made for the sophomores who were guiPy of the mtrage as soon as pos3iDle after it bi:ame known, but no trace of them was cund. A colored woman, who was employed as cook, died la-?t night, and Ihomas AlOieal, of Pittsburg, Pa., >netheof students, died this morning 'rem the effects of the poisoning. A Horrible Murder. Selma, Ala, Feb. 17?The little viia^e ot Srantoo, Ccelton county, i3 iu a state of great excitement over the couriering of Miss Jesse llucaer, Thursday light. It wa3 avenged yesterday mornng when che dead body of a netro was ;ound riddled with bullets lying near he scene of the d&stardly crime, anc mother negro suspected is missing L'he place where Miss Rr.cker was as sanlted and murdered is a lonely place ind as this unfortunat woman is "dead -here is no way of getting at the detail*. >f the terrible crime. IbiDUUU^Q ?V UltC. Washington, Feb. 19.?President ' Cleveland today nominated Senator iVhite, of Louisiana, to the vacant leat on the Supreme Bench of the Uni,ed States, and the Senate promptly :onSrmed the nomination, which came n the nature of a surprise to tke Scnite. All sorts of rumors were afloat luring the moroing relative to this apjointment, in which the names of Seniors Gray and Faulkner were menioned, but not that of the Louisiana senator. Constables Getting There. Charleston, S. G., Feb. 14.?The State constables made several raids iere to-day EverythiBg was exceedingly luiet. A sood deal of s'.aright liquor vas found. One barrel containing ibout thirty or thirty-flive iarsilons was :ound buried in a small stall, supposed :o be used for;keeping a cow. The constables are pretty hard to down in searching for small packages, such as ugs and barrels of liquor. ?.Ia: dar? rt. St. Louis, Feb. 14.?A dispatch from Oklahoma, I.T., si>s that seven persons were found dead in a house tnere [t is reported that their threats were ;ut, and that the father of the victims eft a note saying he had murdered his family to keep them from freezing to leath, adding that he would commit suicde. The dispatch says that 20 persons had frozen to death in Oklahoma Settlf d. Ridge way,S. C., Feb. 15?The correspondence and adjustment of the re lent trouble, difficulty and misunderstanding between Major T. W. Wood.vardand resoondent to-day. The truth las bsea fuliy settled by friends, honorable to both sides, the necessary retract ;ions were made and accepted, appareny in good faith, and thus ends what ;hreatened to be a serious matter. Flanors ard OrRac*. Now is the time to buy summer plan ?25 cash balance November loth 1893Will buy a Piano at spot cash price $10 ;ash, balance November lota 1893 /Till buy a organ at spot cash price. ?ee the list to choose from. Steinwav, Mason & Hamlin, Mathushek and Stiring Pianos, Mason & Hamlin and Stirling Organs. Fifteen days test rial and freight bor,h ways if n-;t satis factory. A lar?e lot of nearly new and irtjond hand Pianos and Orgaus at bar ;ains. Good as new. Write for prices N". Trump, Columbia, S. C. The President has appointed a Southern man to the Supreme Bench in place >f Judce Biatcbford, who died sorre,ime ago. This is well. We need some rood States lights Democrats on the supreme Court Bench. dM si t!THE WORLD'S GREAT THE MA.CEINE The Onh ? ? ti ti<rr? <J"n FOrt TirSYYKliSitW a.I lac, on 'NO MACHINE COULD. .^SpSSi 3? ANT 15ETTEK. IT Li glp||| jrivave statement of ont " Uosnonsible County J, W. GS-ib GENERAL ACENT^.C mOE tTULLERS.: i 0H.N SA.:V M^s: ' Rice Planters and Rice Millers can buy a single machine that will clean, hull and polish rice ready for market for 3350.00. Cora Millers c:in buy the best French burr mill, m iron frame, fully guaranteed, capacity ten bushels meal per ncur, for 8115.00. Saw Millers can buy the variable fiiction teed De.Loach Mill rrom 8190.00 up to the largest sizs. Also Gang Kip Saws, Edgers, Swing Saws. Planing Machines, and all kinds of vvo.>d working machinery. "T.iiboct* Engines aad Boilers. Special discounts si;:<ie for cwsh. T< baoha.*I? CCLUMJJ1A. 5>. G. Machinery Commission Agents, o With a view to mutual advantage, we invite si! parties who intend buying machinery to correspoad with us before placing their orders. We are confident or our ability to save money to our customers, and only ask the opportunity o? proving the tact. Besides machinery of .all kinds, we N deal largely in Buggies, Wagons, ana otlaer venicles. Write to us. W, H. Gibbes Jr., & Go esLuassiA. s' c, ^--v.. -THEto lPtij luiKi J J. tural and*Gin>eral Plantation | :5i&? Use, have earn' i - ed their reputagifp tion as the test * oa tne market ^ MM -or Simplicity, Sags Durability and Economy in 3gj|g fuel and water f; r THE TOZSJB ? Has no Equal. 2 ? u. PADGETT PAIS THE FREIGHT Why Psy Extreme Prices for Goods! Send fcr Catalogue and See What Yw Cu Sail & 1 f\0O for ft!is PRICE NOW $Ts an] 100 other itedroom f- ^ *jjt~U Suits, all prices. j- 0*f?r\ A Just to introduce tl^m. jM M?T^St:"3i No freight paid on this OrJffr.,^....^^ gan. 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