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w -. W- : " I:??' f: ' $>?? THE CANDIDATE. }, ilule a t>rayin*; C Man at gate: t "Hello! brother," t (Candidate!) ^ Tow-headed children Watch an' wait: t "Bless the darlings!" ( ( Candidate!" \ Stump in corn field; (Growin' late,) ^ . "Raised a farmer," l (Candidate!) ? r Gray-head soldier? Served the State; 'Want mere pensions?" 1 (Candidate!) 1 Old-timed widder, Sad as fate: , "Lost my wife, too."' (Candidate!) J I Big church meetin' j Deacons straight, 1 "Born a Baptist!" (Candidate!) Safe in office, ] Voters wait: i "Go to thunder!" 2 (Candidate?" ( THE BURDENS OF LIFE. , 1 dQ uoqaeutttau JCUIV.-IUI goiuv- >> ? Dr. Talmsge. j San Francisco, May 27.?Rev. T. J DeWitt Talmsge is now in this city, whence he will sail next Thursday on j the steamer Alameda for Honolulu on 1 his trip rc*md the world. He prea hed i today to a large and deeply interested 1 audience on the subject of "Heavy ' Weights," the text b:ing taken from 1 Psalms lv, 22, "Cast thy burdens upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee." 1 David was here takiDg his own medi- 1 cine. If anybody had on him tcivvy : weights, David had them, and yet out of i his own experience he acvises you and 1 me as tothebesi way of getting rid of 1 hardens. This is a world of burden bear- 1 ing. During the past few days \iciQ2S i came from aci oss the sea of a m'igb ty and 1 good man fallen. A man full of the 1 Holy Ghost was he, his name the syno- 1 nym tor all that is good and kir.d and i gracious and beneficient. Word comes 1 to us ?f a scourge sweeping oS huidreds and thousands 01 people, ana taeie is a ; burden of sorrow. Sorrow on the sea < and sorrow on he land. Coming into the house of prayer there may be no sign of sadness or sorrow, but where is i the man who has not a conflict? Where is the soul that has not a straggle? And i there is not a day of all the year when : my text is not gloriously appropriate, and there is never an audience assembled i on the planet where the text is not glo- i riouslv aDDrooriate. "Ca3i thv burden ] v upon the Lord, and he shall sustain i thee." i In the far east wells of water are so i infrequent that when a man owns a well : he has a property of very great valus, : and sometimes battles have been fought i for the possession of one well of water, tut there is one well that every man < owns, a deep well, a perennial well a i well of tears. If a man has not a burcen on this shoulder he has a burden on the ] other shoulder. i The day I left home to look after my- j self an4 for myself in the wagon my fa- i ther sat driving, und he said that day < anm#?t.hincr whir.h has feftnt. with T?fl all my life: "DeWitt it is always safe to i trust God. I have many a time come to a ! crisis of difficulty. You may know that, : having been sick for 15 jear3, it wa? no i easy thing for me to support a family, 1 but always God came to tee rescue. I s remember the time," he said, "when I i " didn't know what to do, and I saw a ) man on horseback riding us the farm < lane, and he announced to me that I : had been nominated for the most lucra- i j . - _ _ _ " tive office ia all the gift of the people of the county, and to that office 1 was i elected, and God in that way met all my i wants, and I tell you it is always cafe to trust him," Oh, my friends, what we want is a practical religion. The religion people have is so high up you cannot reach it. I had a friend who entered the life of an evangelist. He*"gave up a lucrative business in Chicago, and he- and his i wile finally came to severe want. He told me that in the morning prayers he : he said: "0 Lord, thou knowest we i * have not a mouthiul of food in the hou3e! ] Help me, help us!" And he started ' on! on the street, and a gentleman met ] him and said: "I have been thinking cf ; you a good while. You know lama i flour merchant. If you won't be offend- i ed, I should like to send you a barrel of 1 flour." He cast his burden on the 1 Loid, and the Lord sustained him.. JSow i that is the kind cf religion we want. i In the strait of Magellan I have been 1 told, there is a place where, whichever 1 way a ship captain pats his ship, he finds I the wind against hin, and there are men who all their lives have been run- ] ning in the teeth of the wind, and which 1 way to turn they do not know. Some of i them may be in this assemblage, and I l A^Mas foAA Ia fjAA r? rvf r\Anfnr%n~ c auuiooo wiVLu xavo w uvw yviiuuv- ? torily, but as one brother talks to another brother, "Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee." There are a great many men who have business burdens. When we see a man harried and perplexed and annoyed in business llle, we are apt to say, "He ought not to have attempted to carry so much." Ah, that man may not be to blame at all! When a man plants his business, he does not know what will be its outgrowths, what will be its roots, what will be its brioches. There is many a man with keen foresight and large business faculty who has been i flung mto tno a use Dy unioreseeu cir cumstances springing upon him from s ambush. When to buy, when to sell, when io trust and to what amount of i credit, what will be the effect of this 1 ? new invention in machinery, what will 1 be the effect of that I06S of crop and a ? thousand other questions perplex busi- c nesB men until the hair is silvered and deep wrinkles are plowed in the cheek, c and t&e stoks go up by mountains and go J down by valleys, and they are at theW e wits' ends and stagger like drunken t men. 3 xnere never cas dccu a time wueu i there have been such rivalries in busi- s ness as now. It is hardware against ] hardware, books against books, chaad- t lery against chandlery, imported article i against imported article. A thousand a stores m combat with another thousand h stores. Never such advantage of light, t never such variety of assortment, never r so much splendor of show window, nev- c er so much acuteness of advertising and I amid all these severities of rivalry in business how many men break down! t ~ " - > j 'v. e\\ ? UD, IUO Durueu UU LUC suuiuuc:. vu, v the barden on tbe heart! ( Yon hear that it is avarice which J drives these men of business through \ the street, and that is the commonly ac- \ cepted idea. I do not believe a word of it. The vast multitude of these business v men are toiling on for others. To edu- fc cate their children, to put wiog of pro- I tection over their households, to have p something left so wheD -tbey pass out of h this life their wives and children will not p have to go to the poorhouse?that is the way I translate this energy in the ii street and store, the vast majority of h that energy. Grip, Goage & Co. do not p do all of the business. Some of yon re- tl member when the Central America was coming home from California it was b wrecked. President Arthur's father-in- s law was the heroic captain of the ship c and went down with most otthe passen- c gera. Some cf them got off into lifeboats G but there was a young man returning ^ from California who had a bag of gold * 3 bis bsnd, and as the last boat shoved ! ff from the ship that wa3 to go down hat yean? man snooted to a comrade in he boat: ''Here, John, catch this gold, "here are $3,000. Take it home to my >id mother. It. will maKC her comtorta:ie :n her 'a3t days." Grip, Gouge & Jo. do not do all the business of the rcrld. Ab, my friend, do you say that God !o:s not care anything about your world7 business? I tell ycu God kuows more toout it lhan you do. He know3 all your ierolexities. IIeknow3 wbat mortgage s about to foreclose. He knows what lots you cannot pay. He knows what rasslable goods you have on your ;helv< s. He knows all your trials from ,he day yoa took hold of the first yarriaick down to the sale of the last yard of ibbon, and the Gr d who helped David ,o be kirg. and who helpsd Daniel to be 3rin=e minister, and who helped Haveock to be a soldier will help you .0 discharge all jour duties. He s golos to ?ee ycu through. When oss comes and you find ycur property goio;?, ju3t take this book and put ' 5 ? ' ? ? U J AH/1 A? (Ka t GOWLL oy yuur jeugct auu icau i/i. sternal possessions that will come to ^ou through our Lord Jssus Chriet. A.nd when jour business partner betrays pou, and j our friends turn against you, iust tske the insulting letter, put it down )n the tab!e, put your Bible beside the use1 tins; letter and then read of the friendship of him who "sticketh closer ,han a brother." A joung accountant m New York city ?ot his accounts entangled. He knew ae wa3 honest, and yet he could not Hake his accounts come out rijht, and ae toiled at them day and night until he was nearly frenzied. It seemed by those books that something had teen misap * * * u.r propriatec, ana ce anew ueiurc cruu uc was honest. The last day came. He snew if he could sot that clay make his iccounts come cut right he would go nto disgrace and go into banishment irom the business establishment. He went over there very early, before there was anybody in the place, and be knelt 3own at the desk and said: "0 Lord, thou knowest I have tried to be honept, but I cannot make these things come out right! Help me today?help me this morning!" The ycuog man arose, and bardly knowing why he did so opened a hnnir !?v nn the desk, and there was a leat containing a line of figures which explained every thing. In other words, he cast hi* burdeD upon the Lord, and the Lord sustained him. Young man, do you hear that? Uh, >e3, God has a sympathy with anybody t'aat is in any kind &f toil. He knows how heavy is the hcd of bricks that the workman carries up the ladder on the wail, he hears the pickax ot the miner down in the coal shaft, he knows bow strong the tempest strikes the sailor at masthead, he sees tho factory girl among the spindles and knows how her arms ache, he sees the sewing woman in the fourth story and knows how few pence she gets for making a garment, innnp-r ihnn all the din and roar of the city comes the voice of a sympathetic God, "Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and lie shall sustain thee." Then there are ;a great many who have a weight of persecution and abuse upon them^ Sometimes society gets a grudge against a man. All his motives are mlsinterpre.ed, and all his good deeds are depreciated. With more virture than some of the honored and applauded he runs only against raillery and sharp criticism. When a man begins to go down, he lia3 not only ttia force of natural gravitation, but a hundred hands to help him in the precipitation. Men are nerser.uted for their virtues and their 1 ? XT uccesses. Ge:manicu3 said he had ju3t is many bitter antagonists as he had adornments. The character sometimes is so lustrous that the weak eyes of envy and jealousy cannot bear to look at.it. It was their integrity that put Joseph in the pit, andDanielm the den. and Shadrach in the fire, and sent John the Evangelist to desolate Patmos, aad Calvin to the castle of persecution, and Joha Buss to tbe stake, and Korah after If J T\r?m/3 on/3 TTorA/^ OUU Kjaui X/CIT1U) uuu 1J.^4VU after Christ. Be sure if you have anything to do for church or stale and you attempt It with all your eouI the lightning will strike you. The world always has had a cross between two thieves for the one who comes to save it. ILgh and holy enterprise has always been followed by abuse, rhe most sublime tragedy of self sacriBee lias come to burlesque. The graceful To?f nf wirtnrA isalwavR followed hv jccff and grimace and travesty. The rweetest strain of poetry ever written bas come to ridiculous parody, and as long as there are virtue and righteous, aess in the world there will be something for iniquity to grin at. All along the tine of the ases and in all Jands the cry bas been: "Not thi3 man, but Barabbas. Now, Barabbas ??as a robber." A nd what make3 the persecutions of ife worse is that they come from people whom joa have helped, from those to whom you loaned money or have started n business, or whom you rescued in iome great crisis. I think it has been .he history of all cur lives?the moBt icrimonious assault has come from those irVirmn hp.npfitfid. whnrn Wfi hftVft lelptd, and that makes it all the hard?r ,o bear. A man i3 in danger of becomng cynical. A clergyman of the "Umversalist jhurch went into a neighborhood for the establishment of a church of his denomilation, acd he was anxious to find some >ne of that denomination, and he was jointed to a certain house and went Ihere. He said to the man of the house: 'I understand you are a U mversaiist. i. vant you to help me ia tbe enterprise." 'Well," said the man, UI am a Universalist, but I have a peculiar kind of Unirersalism." "What is that?" asked the ninister. "Well," replied the other, "I lave been out in the world, and I have jean cheated and slandered and outraged md abused until I believe in universal lamnatlon!" The great danger Is that men will besome cynical and given to believe, as David was tempted to say, that all men - ? AL ? JJr, A*. **4. 1^4 lie uars. UU, iuy uicuua, uu uuu wii | hat be the effect upon your souls! If rou cannot endure a little persecution, low do ycu think our fathers endured :reat persecution? Motley, in his "Dutch Republic," tells us of Egmont, the maryr, who, condemned to be beheaded, miastened his collar on the way to the caffold, and when they asked hiln why le did that he said: "bo tney win not >e detained in their work. I want to be eady." Ob, how little we have to enlure compared with those who have gone >efore us! Now, if you have come across ill reatment, let me tell you you are in ex;elient company?Christ and Luther and ralilei and Columbus and John Jay and osiah Qumcyand thousands of men and yomen, the best spirits of earth and hea eu. Badge not one inch, though all hell rreak upon you its vengeance and you >e made a target for devils to shoot at. )o you nst think Christ knew all about lersecution? Was he not hissed at! Was e not struck on the cheek? Was he not ; ?ursued all the days of his life. D:d they ot expectorate upon him? Or, to put . : in Bible lansuaze, *lThev spit upon ;m.?' And cannot he understand what ersecution is? "Cast they burden upon ! be Lord, and he shall sustain thee." Then there are others who carry great 1 uraens cf physical ailments. When , adden sickness has come and fierce , holeras and malignant fevers take the 1 astles of life by storm, we appeal to . rod, but in these chronic ailments which ; rear out the strength day alter day and i reek after week and year after year how 1 little resorting to God for solace! Then people de pendea upon their tomc3. and their plasters, and their cordials rather than upon heavenly stimulants. I Oh, how few people there are completely well. Some of you, by, dint of perseverance and care, have kept living to this time, but how you have had to ( war against physical ailments! Antedilu viacs, without medical college and infirmary and apothecary shop, multiplied their years by hundreds, but he whobas gone through the gantlet of disease in our time and ha3 come to 70 vcars of age is a hero worthy ot a palm. The world seems to be a great hos- ? pital, and you ran against rheumatisms and consumptions and scrofulas and scrofulas and neuralgias and scores of old diseases baptized by new nomenclature. Oh, how heavy a burden sickness is! It takes the color out of the sky, and the sparkle out of the wave, and the sweetness out of the fruit, and *.he luster out of the night. When the limbs ache, when the mouth is hot, when the ear roars with unhealthy obstructions, how hard it is to be patient and chearfaland assiduous! "Cast thy burden upon the Lord." Does vour head ache ? His wore the thorn. Do your feet hurt? His were 1 crushed of the'spikes. Is your side pain- i ful? His was struck by the spear. Do ! you feel like giving way under the i burden ? His weakness gave way under a cross. While you are in every pos- 1 sible way to try to restore your physl- , cal vigor, you are to remember that more soothing than any anodyne, more vitalizing than any stimulant and more strengthening than any tonic is she prercription of the text, J;Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he will sustain these." We hear a great deal of talk now. about faith cure, and some people say' it cannot ba done and it is a failure. I GO HOL KIIOW DUL IWdb LUt: UUiOi. auyaugc of the church is to be in that direction. Marvelous things come to me day by day which make ma think that if the age of miracles is past it is because the faith of miracles is past. A prominent merchant of Jfew York said to a member of my family, "My mother wants her case mentioned to Mr. Talmage." This was the case. He said: "My mother had a dreadful abscess, from which she had suffered untold agonies, and all surgery had been exausted upon her, and worse and worse she grew until we called in a few Christain friends and pro naa,1aii hynrorr ahnnf: it WflfifllTiniend UV j^iuj UVWMV AW* II ? ?. _ ed her case to God, and the abscess began immediately to be cured. She is entirely well now and>ithout any sur geiy." So that case has come to me, and there are a score of other cases coming to our ears from all parts of the earth 0, ye who are sick, go to Christ! Oh.ye who are worn out with agonies of body, "Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee." Another burden some have to carry is the burden of breevement. Ah, these are th9 troubles that wear us out! If we lose our property, by additional industry perhaps we may bring back the oet-ronorpri frtrf-.nnA- If OTfi lose OUT STOOd name, perhaps by reformation of morals we may achieve again reputation for integrity, but who will bring back the dear departed? Alas, me, for these empty cradles and these trunks of childish toys that will never be used again! Alas, me, for the empty chair and the silence in the halls that will never echo again to those fam iliar footsteps! Alas for the cry of widowhood and orphanage! What bitter Marahs in the "Wilderness, what cities of the dead, what long black shadow from the wing of deatb, what eyes sunken with grief, what hands trembling with bereavement, what instruments of music shut now because there are no fingers to play on them! Is there no nAnloU a rm 1 of that, qnnl ICilCX iu; SUbUOUUUl ujv, wu MUX. ride into the harbor of my text: Thr soul that on Jesus has learned to repose I will not, I will not desire to its foes. That soul, though all hell shall endeavor to stake, I'll never, no never, no never forsake. Now the grave is brighter than the ancient tomb where the lights were prepetnally kept burning. The scarred feet of him who was "the resurrection aud the life" are on the broken grave hillock, while the voices of angels ring down the 3ky at the coronation of another soul come home to glory. Then there are many who carry the 1 3 - A U OT*A rtll An WWTT if until uurueu Ui SlU. All, nc an. ianj au um,u in the appointed way that hurden is lifted. We need no Bible to prove that the wliole race is ruined. Whac a spec- : tacle it would be if we could tear off the mask of human defilement or beat a dram that would bring up the whole army of the word's trans gresslons ? the deception, the fraud, and the murder, and the crime of all centuries! Aye : if 1 could sound the trumpet of the resurection in the eoul of the best men in this audience, and all the 1 dead sins of the past should come up we could not endure the sight. Sin, ' grim and dire, has put its clutch upon i 1 1 ?/v?7 .1+1A fV?of nlnfnn rrri (1 ClIO 1111111U1 tttX au LU, ouu luou wuvw niu i never relax unless it be under the heel 1 of him who came to de stroy the works i of the devil. Oh, to have a mountain of sin on the soul! Is there no way to have the burden moved ? Oh, yes, "Cast thy burden upon the Lord." The sinless one carce to take the consequences of our sin. And 1 know he is in earnest. How do 1 know it ? By the streaming temples, and the streaming haDds as he says "Come unto me, all ye who are weary 1 and heavy laden, and I will give you ' rest." i Whv will nrndicals live on swines' husks when the robe, and the -ings and father's welcome are ready? vVhy go , wandering over the great Sahara desert . of your sin when you are invited to the , gardens of God, the trees of life and fountations of living water? "Why be 1 houseless and homeless forever when ! you may become the sons and daugh- ' ters of the Lord God Almighty? Shocking Wreck. , CuiTERLAND, Md,, May 27.? The i New York and Pittsburg express on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, which left here at 1.30 this morning, . was wrecked near Pine Grove, two and **y?ooflf Af pAobmnn/l Ppnn 1 a LAaii. ua.juco ongu VJL Avv/vunvwi, * VMM.i about 3 o'clock this morning. The ; coaches were filled with passengers and ; the train was running at the rate of sixty . miles an hour. Suddenly, without a : moment's warning, the engine dashed into a large land slide, sending the en- < gine in a twinkling down into the < creek, where it still lies, The combina- i tion mail and express and the regular 1 express and the regnlar express cars < crashed into the engine with terrific . force, and in a few minutes were on < fire. The coaches with their precious ( burden of passengers were jammed togetber, but did not leave the track. None of the passengers were injured. { As soon as the train quieted from the 1 concussion the passengers rushed to the 1 piled up and burning,express car, where { they found Messenger Stohl, of the Uni- < ted States Express Company, struggl- < ing to escape from his car, and in a ? moment he was rescued. He had re- < cerred serious Injuries about the bead i and hniiv and nrohahlv Internally, but 1 it is thought he will recover. The pa3- \ sengers then turned their attention to ? the derailed engine below in the creek ' and were horrified to find no signs of ' the engineer or his fireman. For five , hours they continued their saareh until c at last they found the crushed and dead ' body of Fireman Hhinheart under the y I /^/?/vrvi nH tt?> /"inti nf Hi a foot vera a pntirp- < LVJVUJXIUViTW* VUU v?. *vvw 11 mu VM???V ly burned off. Continuing their search they came across by itself the remains Df the unfortunate engineer, Nicholson These they gathered up and placed in a bucket, the rest of his body having been entirly consumed by fire. Messenger Stohl was taken to Baltimore, where he lives, on Train No 6 this af? ternoon. The remains of the engineer and fireman were taken to Glenwood, Pa., where they have famile3. All traffic was suspended for five or six lours. PROHIBITION ADDRESS. SSUED BY THE STATE EXECUTIVE COMMiTTEE TO DEMOCRATSReady lor the Bj>? Convcutlor, Which. Will Sooa bs Held iu Colnmbla wani tne tjaesnon &nDmiuea 10 wa i'eopl'J. Columbia, S. C., May 28.?The ?rohibitioni3t3 cf the State are cow up mu doing, though it cac hardly be said hat the? are doing much so far. It has jeen thought for soma weeks, since the iccidentrl prohibition law has been of ifi'ect, that the Prohibitionists would nlcp Rfp.na fn hf.vft thft law ?r>r>li?ri to the nen dealing in liquor. But they have lot made a move so so lar a3 the general Dubl'c is aware. The committee now comes i j the front lowever, and shows its hand. The :ommittee manifestly wishes to consult with the Prohibitionists of the State and >et them all to join in a demand upon iity authorities that the prohibition law De enforced. Friday the committee prepared an address to the people of the State along this line and urging a big attendance at the State Prohibition convention to be held in this city on June 7. This address was given to the press Fri? clay but withdrawn and held over till yesfor^av rohAn if rrmrta nnKHf Thfi address reads as follows: To the Democratic voters of SDuth Carolina: We are at this time confronted witb a situation which threatens greater perils to all the interest of ourjj^JKe than any ??lch-we-hava-batrWTace since the dark day ot reconstrustion and negro domina tion. It .is, therefore, the part of true manhood and loyal citizenship, to meet the emergency with a determined purpose to do fearlessly and uncompromisin2lv that which is right in the signt of God and, trusting to him for a safe deliverance from the impending evils. The State Prohibition Executive Committee, voicing the sentiments of the large clas3 of our people who believe that the liquor traffic in au evil agency from wh;ch flows most of the pauperism, crime and sufleriog which curse our S-ate and who are confident in belief that prohibition of the traffic is the only adequate remedy for these evil3 within our reach, bave issued a call for a convention to meet in Columbia on the 7ch day of June to consider the means for applving this remedy. We feel that we are but fulfillins a duty which we owe to our fellow citizsns in urging upon them, with all the earnestness of which we are capable, the supreme importance of responding to this call and giving the most thoughtful consideration to the occasion which demands it. An experiment authorized by the Legislature, in direct violation of the will of the people as , clearly expressed at ine ia?t eiecuoo, has, after nine moath3 trial, ju3t been clo3ea by the interposition of the Supreme Court, at a cost of bitter political animosity, bloodshed, and a condition of unchecked lawlessness on the part of the representatives of the liquor traffic, unparallelled in the history of the State. The first decision of the Supreme Court has. been interpreted by some as in effect, removing all restraints from the liquor traffic, and the whiskey seller has been thu3 advertised that they might in 4V?a reupeu IUCU. saiwuo auynuuu iu tub State without molestation from the au? thorities. As a direct result ot this announcement, the sluice gates of this abomination have been opened, and a stream ot intoxicants is now rolling in upon the State, which, if unchecked, by the prompt and determined action of a united people, will carry death and destruction to every portion of our devoted commonwealth. If we did not believe that there is sufficient power in the law, if promptly utilized, to protect us ma measure from the threatened eviis, the situation would indeed be appalling, but we confidently aoorini rrnrt follncr thftfc mil ftTA aOOUkf JVM 1VUVII VMM* ] V ? ? not left hopelessly to battle with ihis merciless foe, thu3 invited to invade the sanctity of your homes. The means of protection are within your reach. Municipal laws exist in most of the towns and cities of the State forbidding the sale of intoxicating liquors without a license and there are penalties to enforce Buch ordinances. It therefore becomes the duty of all good citizens to demand of their municipal authorities that this prohibition be applied to anyone who would attempt, under the ill-advised assurance of any one, to violate the law of the community as thus expressed. Thb statute law, which the supreme fn Via fAr/?o nrn. L/UUi U liAO WW K/yJ VA iViVW^ Jj/iv vides for the punishment of offenders when convicted, a fine of $200 or sis months imprisonment, or both, in the discretion of tbo court. While it is true that these statutes, both in their penalties and method of prcceedure, are not such as are needed to guarantee the most effective enforcement of prohibition, and only show the necessity for our present movement to secure the passage of a law framed in all its parts to : :t- .nUMmani liburc 113 UVYU oumuiatj guivxvwiuvuv^ still, the law as it stands is a means of defense against the illegal whiskey traffic, and should be used lor all that it will do, until a more perfect law can be Dbta'med. It is therefore especially the duty of prohibitionists to maKe tni3 ine occasion when thsy shall give emphasis to their faith, and assurance of their consistency, by aiding in every proper way to bring such violators under the operation of the law. In this way can we most effectually show that our denunciation of the liquor traffic and our demand for Its prohibition was not an unmeaning clamor but the earnest heartfelt expression of truth and soberness. The abandonment of allefort to orerranf (Iio fannonin ? r\f oq 1 nnna And t.hft TCUb buu lvvjk/wuiu^ v* mmawmw) ... promptness with which the liquor sellers have reoccupied his former position in many parts of the State, sho^jpmistakably that the battle is joiner between the law-respecting citizen and the lawless whiskey seller and that the issue can be no longer evaded or avoided. In this srisis we urgently present to you the -?t? -u?- - j.:? T? ?zl ~ 4.^ only aiteruauvc uy wuitu as h soclus iaj as, the scattered and divided forces can be united for successful resistance to the :ommon enemy. It is foe all true citizens who have the general good at heart io lav aside the animosities which have iivided them as a political party in the past, and putting behind them the bitterness which four years of factional strife 3as engendered, remember only that we ire Carolinians, whose dearest interests ire in jeopardy and meeting as brethren Dn the common ground wiach all can jeeupy without the least abatement of selfrespect or of regard for the views of sach other on otber subjects, and stand ;ogether until prohibition is permanenty engrafted on the fundamental law of ,he State. In the presence of a danger so imminent, all considerations of mere >eresonal or factional dominance or ad* rancement should be held resolutely in ibeyance, and those who at such a time vould seek to influence passion or present the healing of existing variances, )r introduce new causes for embittering aollntr within nnr nnlif-.iral familv. should >e peremptorily remanded to the rear ratil the ecsmy in our front ha3 been inally disposed of. Who can doubt, that if the tboughtul conservative men of both factions nto which our people have been so unortuuately divided, can be brought toother in council on a question of such rital moment to them all as this, it will >e the beginning of a new era of fraterniv and peace so devoutly longed for by every true Carolinian. And what phould prevent this fraternization? Are there not enough eood and true men to be found on both sides, intelligent enough, and patriotic enough, to hold iheir preferences for men in check long enough to give grave consideration to a question which has been shown to involve hot, merely a policy, but the very peace and 1? -? - -.?-A? /\f saieiy UI BUCiCiy auu lug uiaiuiciiau^o kji the law and authority under which we are to live? We therefore appeal to the voters of every county to see that they are iully represented in the convention which ha3 been called to meet in Columbia June 7th, and we earnestly invite the co-operation of the press and of the ministers of all denominations, and especially of the noble women of the State whose peace and happiness are trembling la tde Daiaeca during mis cntxai penuu. Let them all unite their efforts and prayers with ours to bring about ihe happy consummation of our hopes and save "us from the blighting inflences which must inevitably follow the return of the saloon, under any form of law, to power in South Carolina. L. D. Childs, Ch'm State Pro. Ex. Committee. ASSESSMENT OF RAILROAD. Slight Redactions Made In the Assessments of NestuZ Them. Columbia, S. C.,May 31.?The State Board of Railroad Equalization held a meeting yesterday and made the assessments on the railroads for the ensuring year. The Board is composed of State Treasurer Bates as chairman, Attorney General Buchanan, Secretary' of State Tindal and Chairman Duncau, of the Rairoad Commission. The session of the Board did not last over three hours 'out every road in tho State was gone over aEd the assessments on each fixed. The assessments are not final; at least chances may be made in some of them. Each road has been notified of the amounts it was as sessed at and will be given an opportunity to enter protests or to ask for changes. The next meeting will be held on June 9. Secretary Norton, of the Board, was too busy yesterday to give the figures to the puplic but from different sources it was leared that there has been a slight scaling in the assessements of a majority of the roads. The assessments of som9 of the new roads, notably the Wilson Short Cut and the Georgia, Carolina and Northern, have beenin/vraaanrl Tho nf t.hfl "Rnarri ir> the reductions and increases was to equalize taxation. The two new roads mentioned have played havoc with the business of some of the old roads and have consequently diminished the value of the latter. It is understood that the Columbia and Greenvillee, the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta, the Spartanbuag,Union and Columbia and the Piedmont A'r Line, all of the Richmond and Danville system, have had reductions made in their assessments. The reductions run from $2,000 to $3,000 per mile. The Atlantic Coast Line and the Port Royal and Augusta roads have also been given reductions. The largest cut was made in the Three C's Road, which will hereafter pay 86,000 instead of $10,000 a mile. The assessment of the South Carolina road will remain as it is, $16,000 per mile. The assessment of the Columbia and n-rppnvillfl rnad last vear was S10.500 per mile; the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta $14,000 per mile; the Piedmont Air LineS 18,000 per mile; the Coa3t Line $13.000. The total reduction will not be heavy probably $200,000 or $300,000 in the entire State, The following shows the amount of railroad property by counties in this State, and on which the roads paid in 1893* Abbeville $ 1,658,740 Aiken 1,249,150 Anderson 676,150 Ramtrell 1.447.375 Beaufort 512,400 Berkeley 1,301,250 Charleston 530,990 Chester 743,990 Chesterfield 61,700 Clarendon 458,912 Colleton 1,173,850 Darlington 303,950 Edgefield 804,100 Fairfield 711,050 Florence 786,260 Georgetown 64,425 Greenville 683,870 Hampton 775,070 Horry 197,370 Kershaw 391,450 Lancaster 401,420 Laurens 916,700 Lexington 807,030 ACV\ Marion..... # ? t#i7v,"xw Marlboro 185,440 Newberry 696.040 Oconee 592,050 Orangeburg 1,192,462 Pickens 506,400 Richland 1,415,137 Spartanburg 1,302,250 Sumter : 1,322,140 Union 322,320 Williamsburg 773,935 York l.ziy.uzu Totals 826,783,607 Murderer Handed.. Macon, Ga? May 28 .?Henry Miller, colored, was hanged here Friday for the murder of Mr. John Braswell on Septem ber 19, 1893. Thejevidence on which.he was convicted principally circumstantial and he denied the crime to the last, bat acknowledged being present when it was done and robbing the dead man's pock ets. He also confessed to having killed Pink Ryan, who was found dead under the shed of the Metropolitan Street Railway Company a year and a half ago and whose murder has always been bhrouded in mystery. He further con fftfwp.d that he had killed three other men on the Ocmulgee river and he belonged to a band of Kukiux. The drop fell at 12:19, and he died in five minatss, his neck having been broken. He made no confession of religion and said he could live as well in hell as anywhere else. He was defiant and sullen to the last and exhibited no symptons of weakness on the scaffold. The crime for which he was convicted was one of the most bra* tal committed in this section since the Woolfolk murder. Miller ana otDers waylaid and murdered Mr. BrasweJl wbile he was on his way home to the country from Macon. His throat was cut from ear to ear and his head was shot fall of slugs and buckt shot. Silver Instead of Bonds. Washington, D. C., May 30.?Con gressman Taibert has introduced the following joint resolution in the House." Joint resolution enjoining the Secretary of the Treasury from the further iaanft nf hnnds. Whereas it is currently reported in the I public press that the Secretary of the I Treasury is again considering an issue of United States bonds in addition to the fifty million dollars sold in the last January; and Whereas there is now laying idle in the Treasury a large quantity of silver uncoined, the seigniorage of which, when coined, will amount to fifty-five million silver dollars; therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America In Congress assemDieu, iuat the Secretary of the Treasory Is hereby et-joined from a farther issae of bonds, and all laws and parts of laws whatsoever on the statute books or in appropriation bills giving him.authority so to do, either directly, by implication, inference, or otherwise, are hereby repealed. Section 2. That the Secietary of the Treasury is hereby directed, in order to meet the present pressing need of the Treasury for money, to at once coin the silver seigniorage in the Treasury, and turn it into the available Treasury cash. / X A BOUNTY FOlt BABIES. A -GREAT SCHEME TO INCREASE CURRENCY. The Plans of an Orangeburg Man to alike Evarfbsdy Happy and to Glvo Them Plenty cf Money?Gav^i nor Tillman Mn(h Amused at It. Columbia, S. C., May 29.?The latest Bcheme for increasing the circulation of money in this country has been suggested to Governor Tiliman in a letter which he save to newspaper men yesterday. The Governor did not express himself in favor cf the plan but was amused at it. He thinks, however, of advocation a tax on bachelors. If this tax cculdbe added to the suggested bounty for babies it might have the eflect of adding another charm to the proposed new law. Parents of mr.rft than the average number of chil dree will probably wish that the proposed law could be made retrospective as well as prospective. The author of the proposed new law i3 uDkaown but here is hi* letter: Orangeburg, S. C., May 23,1894, Governor B. R. Tillman, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: . I have read with interest the replies ot yourself and Senator Butler tc the questions propouaded by the Sta^e Alliance, and after a careful comparison and study of the two papers, it gives me pleasure to accord to you in national politics that hearty support which I have always given you in State affairs. Your position is well taken and strong, and I feel confident that you will win. To my mind tnere is one pome yet to be settled,?bow to issue money to the people after the government makes it? and ifc is upon this point that I take the liberty of writing you. The free coinage cf silver and gold will issue money direci to the people of the West; the pensions will be a direct issue to all Yankeedom, but the South will have no money issued to her except what little she gets by public improvements. This puts '-'The land we love" at a great disadvantage as 8 tie will have no money supply except what come3 to her in .the regular channels of trade. I "vrite to suggest to your mature judgraent and experience a plan foe the issue of money direct; to the people, a nlan that will know no JTorth. nor South nor East, nor West. It is this: L?t the government issue a pension of $100 in greenbacks legal tender for all dues, public and private) to every couple who contracts the marriage relation; also a bounty of $10 (greenbacks) to the parent of every child born in wedlock after the enactment of these suggestions into law The effect of such a law would be mar-: velous. The volume of circulation would expand with the increase of population. New industries would upring up. Joint stock companies would be formed for the manufacture of cradles, baby carriages, cotton diapers and soothing syrup. A greater demand would b? created for food and -clothing, and there would no longer be any danger cf over-production along these lines. Yoang people could then pool their issu?s and go into a combine -or home production without any dread of a .financial crisis. Woman's snffrfi.ee would no longer be a burning qusstion, and labor would receive its recompense. Every woman would be a Tillrranites tor all time and the next generation ol ycuag, men would always be ready to go to Darling-town. I uubmit the abova, hoping it may meet with your approval. In conclusion I will say that I am not wedded to this plan, or anything else. You may accuse me o* having "an axe to grind" by this scheme, but you cannot convict me of the charge till the new law puts me to the tost. Wishifig you a long career of success and uselulziess, I am, ever, your ardent supporter, "Krof." Gsyden'd Slayer Slain, Sumter, May 31.?Information was received here this morning that Jobn McLeod, the desperado, murderer and depot burner, had been shot and mortally wounded. The shooting occurred at Lamar, a station on the Charleston, Sumter and Northern Kailroad this *- i ? ?1_ mu - morning at aDouc * o ciock. mo lama of the shooting are these: McLeod had entered the atore of Mr. Mims and proceeded to help himself to the goods he found therein. Some person passing heard the noise and went to the house of Mr. Turner, who clerked for Mr. Mims, and. called him up. Mr. Turner went to the store and McLeod ran out. He shot at McLeod, the ball striking him in the abdomen. McLeod, however, did not stop, but ran to some woods about 150 yards away carrying with him the goods he had taken. The citizens were aroused ana surrounded the patch of woods which McLeod had entered patier.Uy waited for daylight. When morning came the party closed in, and after a few minutes found the negro in a ditcn mortauy wounaeu. He lived a short while after he was found- The man who killed him has rendered bis country a great service in ridding the State of this desperate man. ?State. Bias leal Homes are Happy Homes. Have you ever noticed it? Call to mind the homes of your friends who have a good Piano or Organ in the house. Are they not brighter and more attractive than those where the divine art of music never enters ? To be sure it costs to buy a good instru? 4f l?ifo wonTTtToora oriH trill IiiCUl| UUb ill XaOLO XUOUJ M4JN* fVAM pay its costs many a thousand times over by interesting the young folks in their homes. Don't make the mistake, though, of Investing haphazard. Post yourself thoroughly by writing Ludden & Bates Southern Music House, Savahnab, Ga., the great music house of the South, established in 1870. They have supplied 50,000 instruments to Sou th ern homes, and have a reputation for fair prices and honorable treatment of customers; and they represent the leading pianos and organs of America They take pleasure in corresponding with you, sending free catalogues, etc Write them. To Be Courtmartlaled. Columbia, S. C., May 31.?It is au thoritatively stated here that thereport of the military commission to the Governor and commander-in-chief of the result of its inquiry into the culpability of the Charleston military in connection with the Darlington affair has been filed, but owmg to the Governor's absence from the city it has not yet been made public. The gist of the report, it is said is a recommendation that Gen. Thos. A Huguenin, the commanding officer of the Fourth Brigade be court martialed for di3obedience in nnf. e-s-tAnriincr r.hn nrdfirs of the Gover nor and Commander-in-Chief to the companies of his brigade.?Charleston Sun. Riddled With Ballets; HoiiER, Tenn., June 1.?Yesterday a negro named Frank Ballard, 18 years old, assaulted Miss Birdie Thomas, a highly respected young lady, while she was returning home from a visit to a neighbor's. The brute failed to accomplish his purpose and being frightened by the gin's screams he cut her throat. Just at this time and before he could nnm-nlete the bloodv work some one ap peared and he ran away, leaving the girl in a dying condition. The alarm was promptly given. Armed men took up the trail and ran the miscreant to sarth this afternoon. "Without wasting any time they hanged him to the limb of a tree and riddled his body with bullets. 1 I tit WUttttci\LiT riun i MeLanrln Favo*8 the F,?pe<l ot the Ten Per Cent Tax Washington, J une 1.?Committees were called for reports and the House recurred, in committee of the whole, Richardson of Tennessee, -in the chair to the consideration of the bill to repeal the 10 per cent State bank tax law. Black (Dem.) of Georgia had the floor and presented his argument against the constitutionality of the law. He spoke an hour, attracting the close attention of members. His peroration was an eloquent recital of the leading part taken by the South in the history of the government and of the nation and a refutation of the assertion that the repeal of the bill , was desired alone by the Republicans of the South. At its close, he was warmly applauded and received ttie congratulations of his associates on tne noor. Walker (Rep.) of Massachusetts spoke for two hours upon a general financial plan embodied in a Dill introduced early in the session by himself. He had no defense to make of the existing financial system of the country. What it needed was flexibility. The object of his bill was to force into circulation every dollar that could be advantageously used. The present system withheld from circulation $600,000,000 or 8800,000,000 of currency. That, he emphatically said, mast stop. McLaurin ot aonth Carolina addressed the House on the bill. He told of the direful results to the cotton market during the financial stringency and how "King Cotton" was saved from dethronement only by the issue of clearing house confidence certificates, whichntiMa/vnf f? CrttifVl f^QVAlirtO p<UK)CU bUlLCUb iu uuutu voivuua uuu enabled the people to tide over the crop moving period. Bat the promised prosperity when the Sherman Act was repealed had failed to materialize, he said, and the crop moving period was again upon them. WJiat were they do ? If South Carolina had to pay a tax upon her clearing hou3e certificates he saw no reason to exempt the great clearing house association of New York, for while in the use made of the South Carolina certificates there was a wide difference, the legal principle was the eame. He did not believe as some did that State banks would cure all onr financial woes, but the repeal of this tax was a step toward a radical change in our financial system, a step toward decentralizing the enormous and dangerous powers now vested in the national banking system. There were, said McLanrin, but two avenues through which the currency could now be increased, to wit: 1. The coinage of gold, and 2. Additional national back notes. Every other channel had been closed. He believed we needed a currency which had both local and national characteristics. The old State banks were not in touch with the spirit of the age. Every section of the Union was entitled to enough currency to raise and market its crop, and it was the duty of the government to pro vide the machine^ to do this. The United States might issue enough Treasury notes to be divided among tbe various States in proportion to population, the States depositing with the government their bonds bearing a sufficient amont of interest to cover all expenses. It would then be left to each State to provide; the method of distribution for its quota of money and we would have a currency to do local business which would pass at par everywhere. Wheeler of Alabama followed Mr. M/iT ani>in in oa favnrinff thA iUVJ-iCIUliU iU (?a (ug UU4VMW am V - n wmw repeal of the law. It was, he declared, a war measure, pure and simple, and had no foundation other than .the necessity that was then supposed to exist for the national government to control the issue of circulating medium. He hoped the Hoase would yield to the eloquent appeal of the gentleman from Georgia and give tne country an adequate amount of money. When he spoke of money he meant money with a purchasing power. He characterized the national banks as a great trust. The presidents of the institutions in New York city acted as one man. Before Wheeler concluded, the committee rose and, at 5 o'clock, the House adjourued until to-morrow at noon. A FIENDISH PLOT. Its Instigator Promptly Swanjf Up by Judge Lynch. Jacksonville, Fla., May 31.?A special to the Times-Union from Pala tka, Fla., says: The people of this section are very much excited over the discission of a diabolical conspiracy among the negroes to commit a series of outrages npon white women. The particulars are that about eight weeks ago, a negro preacner oy ine name 01 LT. Burgis came to the turpentine stills in the neighborhood of Putnam Hall and procured employment. After becoming acquainted with the colored employees he made damaging remarks about the daughter of a farmer living near by, and proposed to the negroes that they should seize the girl and several other white women and carry them into the swamp and make them submit to their embraces. It is understood that several negroes agreed to the plan and that preparations were being made to carry it Into effect Fortunately the white people got a ? ^ * MMMAMVanAii V\Amr) t> milli UL luc cuuayuo^jr auu ucgau iu m?ke an investigation. They secured evidence that snch a conspiracy did exist and they took steps to guard their homes. In the meanwhile the negroes learned that their diabolical plan was known, and secretly they began to leafe the country. One of those to leave was Burgis, who had suggested the outrages upon the women. He fled just in time to escape from a number of white men who had gone to secure him. It was learned that Burgis had gone to Georgia, and the father of the youDjf lady whom Burcrls had so vilely slandered awore oat a warrant against the negro. The Georgia, authorities were communicated with and Burgis was arrested. A Florida officer left to secure the negro Sunday. The officer returned with the negro, and, fearing a mob, stopped off at a little station called Newburg, intending to secret the prisoner at a friend's home near by. The officer started to this friend's house, but had not proceeded more than half a mile when he was suddenly confronted by between seventy-five and a hundred mounted men. They covered him wif.h irons and rifles and de manded the prisoner. Being overpowered there was no alternative but to give him up, and next morning Burgis was seen hanging from a limb two, miles from the place where he was taken from deputy Lane. Boxgisis described as being about 45 years of age, 6 feet tall and weighing about 180 pounds. He confessed to Mr. Lane that the report he circulated about the farmer's daughter was untrue, but that he made the remark about her to interest the negroes in his damnable undertaking. The white people are wild with rage, and it is believed that more lynchings will speedily follow. A Fatal "Wreck. Milwaukee, June 1.?A MarshHeld, Wis., dispatch says an accident rmmltinff in thp InSS of Afffht llVflS and the iDjury of 15 to 20 perwns, more or less seriously, occurred there at 4.15 a, m. A train on the Wisconsin Central railway went through an opon switch and was completely wrecked. The cars afterward took fire and were consumed. Four persons were taken from the wreck dead and four others are missing and supposed to have been caught in the mass of broken timbers and consumed. Among the dead are 1 one^of the B wesdy brothers. i A Trial Justice Kemoyed, Columbia, S. C., Jane 1.?It will be j remembered that while Treasurer Wal ter of Charleston was In the city in at- ' fl tendance upon the diocesan convention he was instructed by Governor Tillman to bring a suit against Vincent Chicco for perj nry. This was to be done upon v the ground that Chicco was reported as having boasted that be sold liquor dur- 5 ing dispensary days and on the strength of that made an affidavit that he had obeyed the dispensary law and thereby got S50 license money from the county. When Governor Tillman read the newspaper accounts of the trial, he got wrothv an<Lsafd that the the time had fl come for Trial Jaftiue Milan's head to go into the waste basE^so the follow- fl ing little note went to aiceruoon s mau: ? Mr. E. Milan, Trial Justice, Charleston, Sir: Your action as trial justice in I dismissing the case against Y. Chicco, after a prima facie case had been nude out, necessitates your removal from office and yon are hereby removed as I trial Justice for the county of Charles- 1 ton. You will turn over the books, A etc., belonging to yon as such to Tbeo- B dore S. GiUiard,who has been appointed a3 your successor B. R. Tillman, Governor. The notice of the appintment of ex Chief Constable Gillard was forwarded on the afternoon train. Governor Till- ' I man said that he has for some time < been wanting a trial justice in Charles- I toil who was willing to lookat things ." in a different way.?State- .yjm WADSET! PAIS THE FREEST l| Why Psj Ei&taa Print tor Gsedi! ?end, tcf Catalogue lad Se? What Yoa Cm Sal! ' ''? M ft'ssh*" price ?=w Si5. 4 !<? other Bedroom |ii? j : ?a ? Kuitii. Sii ttrlCeO. ''>3? "J aau $69?$37 IJ Just to introduce them. No freight paid on thla Organ. Ga&rir-teed to boa - V ^ood orgxn or money r? SSmkiJ Elegant Plash PARLOR SUITS, consisting of Sofa, Arm Chair, Rocking Chair, Divan, and 2 Bide Chairs ?worth %AQ. Will d?hv?? t to your depot for $33. 1 ~~ j; " _ J ? Thia Ko-1 , ^ rant A $Q8 ?W?8 xicsisa . '^iii with ail attachments, for JBI dellverL^Xo youf^tepot. ^ - The regular price of this IBN^P BUGGY is 65 to 75 dollars. |B\ Ml The manufacturer'pays all *flwl the expenses and I sell them. 'I QB to yon. for $42.78- IrTjj ibH mtrintM pvcrv nne A .MitmOwk. <wp 4 j x $?oo piai? j ' k^bijwb'v^ss^ lmttp^ *e->?*4 % ; | L. FPADG^T ^ S Has no Xanax* - - v > J I rtal fr iSnnnnvfl Prices Low li ^ {UK HUH I 1 Only S90 fora Superb Mason A { 3 _ ] HjuanrOrgan. 4setsK?eds,og J 10 Stops,Rich Case. $5 cash.i)g and $3 monthly. Reduced < 5 S "M from $112. WBiiisUs. < a - -M Beautiful Sterling Mirror Top < H only $60.^4 sets Reeds, 11 Stops, j ^ Lovely New Sjtylee at 185 and J ??| BJ75. WBITE US. <45 Eleeant New Pianos only 1225. <9g -V ~ W oxdkbtul at the Pbicx. (bjS . " White us. I [3 A 9 Tremendous bargains In nearly jt|? new Pianos and Organs, used ; t@ v - O;. < atrifleonly. Wbit* Os. JtH i If you want a Piano or Organ , j3? i [ now Is the time to boy It < 38 eight. WeiteUs. <31 >-vWiite us anyhow. Trade Is i 39 I dull and you can't ask more I agj questions about Pianos and < g organs than we want to an- < M swer. Try it, please. < M I nddpn I Ri>q ? MII i 1 - ?5 LUUUU11 U UUIUU U.IIi.U. ? E ' *- 8 A YAW Pt AH ,G A. ; ^ NOW IS THE TIME TO PLACE YOUR ORDERS FOB ^ Threshers! 4 ! jg Asd I Sell the Best in the Market. SWrite ' "j te me Before Buying. j Shingle Machines, Stave Machines, Brick Machines, i Planing Machines, Swing Saws, rwiuu. aawa, Gang: Rip Saws, and all kinds of < wood working machines. Grist Mills $115 to $250. Saw Mills $190 to $400. , - ^ Watertown Engines and Boilers. Talbott Engines and Boilers. Seed Cotton Elevators. Jfc* Cottoh Gins and Pressed HIGH and LOW GRADE. " 7c C. BAMAM. kM COLUMBIA. S;G,