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fr - : MY SWEETHEART. "Twas a quaint line scrawled in a spelling book, i And handed to ice with a bashful look, "Rtr mir hlnp otM sweetheart SO fOndlV trUC, In the dear old school days long years ago? "If you love me as I love you No knife can cut our love in two " That "Sanders' Speller," so tattered and torn Has always a halo of romance worn, And never a poet with honeyed pen Has written so precious a rhyme since then? "If you love me as I love you." Ah, dear, you know I did?I do. I've kept it safely for many a year? This dog's-eared, shabby old spelling-boot, dear, And now, as I hold it within my hand, a rnnm T cAom tn stand ? iii tuv 4wiu A vwvw Reading once more with rapture new? "If you love me as 1 love you." How some foolish saying from out the-past Like a rose branch is over the pathway cast And the time of flowers we stUl remember, Ull winds blow cold in the bleak December. God grant it always may be true? "That you love me as I love you." 1 ?' EVILS OF THE DANCE. Or, Taimage on the Dargera ot Social Dlaslp&tloB. Brooklyn, Sept. 30.?Rev. Dr. Talmage, who is still absent oa his round the world tour, ha3 selected as the subject of today's sermon through the press "The Quick Feet," the test chosen being Matthew xiv, 6, "When H>rod's birthday "as kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Hered." It is the anniversary of Herod's birth day. The palace is lighted. The highways leading thereto are all ablazs with liie pomp of invited guest3. Lords, captains, merchant princes, the mighty men of the land, are coming to mingle in the " festivities. The table is spread with all the luxuries that royal purveyors can gather. The guests, white robed and anointed and perfumed, come in and sit at the table. Music! The jests evoke roars of laughter. R'.ddies are propounded. Repartee is indulged. Toasts are drunk. The brain is befogged. The wit rolls on into uproar and blasphemy. They are not satisfied yet. Turn on more light. Pcur out more wine. Music! Sound all the trumpets. . Clear the floor tor a dance. Bring in Salome, the beautiful and accomplished princess. The door opena, and in bounds the dancer. The lords are enchanted. Stand back and make room for the brilliant gyrations! These i. n never saw such "poetry of motion." The soul whirls in the reel and bounds with the bounding feet. Herod forgets crown and throne and r-< everything bat the fascinations ot sa-1 lome. All the magnificence of his realm Is as nothing now compared witfc the splendor that whirls on tiptoe before him. His ix>dy sways from side to side, corresponding with the motions of the enchantress. His seal is thrilled with the pulsations of the feet and bewitched with the taking postures and attitudes more and more amsz'ng. After awhile he.sits in enchanted silence looking at the flashing, leaping, bounding beauty, and as the dance closes, and the tinkling cymbals cease to clap, and the thunders ot applause that shook the palace begin to abate, the enchanted monarch 3wears to the princely performer, "Whatsoever bVibH oolr nf mo T mill oivft it thee. 4lUV>U OU(UU (XA V* fTM* w , to the half of my kingdom." X>w, there was in the prison at that time a minister of the gospel cf the name of John the Baptist, and he had been making a great deal of trouble by preaching s^me very plain and honest sermons. He had denounced the sins of the king and brought down upon him the wrath of the females of the royal household. At the instigation of her mother, Salome takes advantage of the extravagant promiss of the kiDg and says, "Bring me the head of John the Baptist on a dinner plate." ^'v Hark to the sound of feet outside the wL door and the clatter of swords! The ex. ecutioners are returning from their awful errand. Open the door. They enter, and they present the platter to Salome. What is on this platter? A new glass of wine to continue the uproarious merriment? No. Something redder and costlier?the ghastly, bleeding head cf John the Baptist, the death glare still in the eye, the locks dabbled with the gore the features still distressed with the last agony. This woman, who had whirled At.. J- I so graceiuiiy m me uauuc, ucuua uvti the awful burden without a shudder. She gloats over the blood, and with as much indifference as a waiting maid might take a tray of empty glassware out of the room after an entertainment Salome carries the dissevered head of John the Baptist, while all the banqueters shout with laughter and think it a good joke that in so easy and quick a way they have got rid of an earnest and outspoken minister of the gospel. You will all admit, whatever you think of that ttyle 01 amusement ana exercise, that from many circles it has crowded out all intelligent conversation. You will also admit that it was made the condition of those who do not dance, either because they do not know how, or because they have not the health to eDdure it, or because, through conscientious scruples, they must decline the exercise, very uncomfortable. You * will also admit, all of you, that it has passed in many cases frcm an amusement to a dissipation, and you are easily able to understand the bewildeimenc of the educated Chinaman who, standing in the brilliant circle wbera there was dancing going on four or five hcnrs and the euests seemed exhausted, turned to the proprietor of the house aud said, "Why don't you allow your servants to do this for you?" You are also willing to admit, whatever your idea in regard to the amusement 1 am Bpcaking of, and whatever be your idea of the old fashioned square dance and of many of the processional romps in wnicn 1 see no evu, me rouuu j dance is administrative of evil and ought to be driven out of all respectable circles. I am by natural temperament and religious theory opposed to the position taken by all thcs? who are horrided at playfulness on the part of the young, and who think that all questions are decided?questions of decency and morals ?by the position of the feet, >?hile, on the other hand, I can see nothing but ruin, temporal and eternal, for those who go into the dissipations of social life, dissipations which have already despoiled thousands of young men and young women of all that is noble in * * J caaracier uuu usciui mo. Dancing is the graceful motion of the body adjusted by art to the sound and measures of musical instruments or oi ^ the huraaa voice. All nations have danced. The ancients thought that ?- Castor and Poll us taught the art to the Lacedaemonians. But, whoever started it, all climes have adopted it. In ancient times they had the festal dance, the bacchanalian dance, and queens and lords swayed to and fro in the gardens, and the rough bacswoodsman with this exercise awakened the echo of the forest. There is something in the sound of lively music to evoke the movement of the hand snd foot, whether cultured or uncultured. Pass ing down the street we unconsciously keep step to the sound of the brass band while the Christian in church with his foot beats time while his soul rises upon some great harmony. While this is so ; in civilized lands the red men of the i ?^ ioreat have their scalp dances, their i greencorn dances, their wardances. In ancient times the exercise was so utter- i ly and completely depraved that the i church anathematized it. The old Christian fathers expressed themselves i most vehemently against it. St. Chry- < Bostom says, "The feet were not given for darc'rs. but to wa'k modestly; not z to leap inrjiKtent'v, like camels." One ! of tbe doyrnr.s of ihe ancient church i rec.0': "A ifc-a rttvil'd passes- \ ?icn. sn3 he that entere'.h iDto a ( car ce -*r?reth into b'S p^se?3ion. As ?? ^ ? r~ cn mtkati in dmc- < LLli%i.' y -jJ. K* ftc- "VMU ? ~ , iDg. f-o many pacts do?3 he make to i bell.'' E'.S3WI-.tre tv.e old dogma3 de- < ctered ihi=: "Tue woman that singeth 1 in ibe datsce is the prince33 of the devil, i acilicre that ancwer a-e her clerks, < indite J h >1 Jcr^ are his friends, and 1 u.e rou^io i; h.s ce lu^vs, atd Lhe fiddlers < sre the m niaurs ot ibe devil. For as, 1 watu hegs are strayed, if lhe hosjsbera cs.il cna a i amenable toolbar, so when : ice i'cv I calletfc one woman to sin? in the dar.ee, or to yhvonsome musical iostiu^ifcuta, presently ail the dancers gather together." Tfiia indiscriminate and universal denunciation of the exercise came from the tact that it was utterly and completely depraved. But we are not to discuss tie customs of the olden times, but customs now. Wc are not to tafee ice eviaencs 01 me ancient fathers, but cur own conscience, enlightened by the word of God, is to be the standard. 03, bring no harsh criticism upon the young. I would not drive out from their soul the hilarities oi life. I do not believe that the inhabitants of ancient Wales, when they stepped to the sound of the rustic harp, went do?rn to ruin. I believe God intended the young people to lau?h and romp and play. I do not believe God svould have put exuberance m the scul and exuberance in the body if he had not intended they should in some wise exercise it and demonstrate it. If a mother join hands with her children and cros3 the fbor to the sound of music, I see no harm. If a group of friends cross and rtcross the} room to the sound of piano well plajed, I see no harm. It a company, all of whom are known to host and hostess a3 reputable, cross aaa recross the room to the souad of musical instrument, I see no harm. I tried for a Ion? while to see harm in it. I could not see any harm in it. I never shall see an? harm in that. Oar men need to be kept youcg?young for may year? longer than they are kept youcg. Never since my boyhood days have 1 had more s>mpathy with the innocent hilarities of life than l have now. What though we have telt heavy burdens! What though we have had to endure hard knocks! Is that any reason why we shculd stand in the way of those who, uustuag of life's misfortunes, are full of exhilaration and glee? God bless the young! They will have to wait many a long year before they hear me say anything that would depress their ardor or clip their win*s or make them believe that life is hard and cold and renulsive. It is not. I tell them, judgeing from my own experience, that t&ey will be treated a great deal better than the deserve. We have no right to grudge the innocent hilarities io the young. What ate the dissipations of social life today, and what are the dissipations of the ballroom! In some cities and in some places reaching all the year around, in other pi ices only in tbe summer time and at tfce watering places. Taere are dissipations of social hfe that are cuttiog a very wide swath with the sickle o! death, and hundred? and thousands are going dowii undet these Influences, and my subject in application is as "vide as Christendom. Trie whirlpool of social dissipation 13 drawing down some of the brightest craft that ever sailed tne seathousands and tens of thousands of the bodies and souls annually consumed in the conflagration of ribbons. Social dissipation is the abeites of pride, it is the instigator of jealcujy, it is the sacrificial altar of health, it is the defller of the soul, it is the avenue of lust, and it is tne curse 01 every wwu uu both sidss of the se3. Social dissipation. It may be hard to draw the line and say that this is right on the one s.de and that is wrong on the other side. It is not necessary that we do that, for God ha3 put a throne in every man's seal, and I appeal to that throne today. When a man does wrong, he kno<vs he does wrong, and when he does right he knows he does right, and*to that throne which Almighty God lifted in the heart of every men and woman I appeal. As to the physical ruin wrought by the dispositions of sccial life there can be no dcubt. What may we expect of people who work all dav and dance all night? After awhile they will be thrown on society nervous,;exbausted imbeciles. These people who iDdalge in the suppers and the midnight revels and then go home In the cold, unwrapped of limbs, will after awhile be found to have been * - "> * - 1 -?^-4^ written aown m ixocrs eicram xcuuius as suicic-es, as much suicides as if they had takea their life with a pistol or a knife or strychnine. How many people have stepped from the bal'room into the graveyard! Consumptions and swift neuralgias are close on their track. Amid many of the glittering scenes of social life diseases stand right and left and balance and chain. The breath of the sepulcher floats up through the perfume, and the froth of death's lips bubbles up in the champagne. I am told that in some of the cities tl;ere are parents who have actually giv^a up housekeeping and gone to boarding that they may g;ve their time illimitably to social dissipations. I have known such cases. I have known family afisr family blasted that way in one c-f the other cities where 1. lauaci. auu tuv uuv,i turning their back upon all quiet culture and all the amenities ot home, leading forth their entire family in the wrong direction. Annihilated worse than annihilated?for there are somethings worse than annihilation. I gave you the history of more than one family when I say they went on in the dissipations of ' social liie until the father dropped into a a lower style of dissipation, and after, awhile the son was tossed out into society a nonenity, and after awhile the daughter eloped with a French dancing , master, and aiier awhile the mother, getting on further and further In years, tries j to hide the wrirkles, but fails in the at- , tempt, trying all the art3 of the belle, an old flirt, a poor miserable butterfly without any wings. It there is anything on earth beautiful to me, it is an aged women, her white i locks flowing back over tne wnnKiea j i brow?locks not white with frost, as the 11 poets say, but white with the blossoms I of the tree of life, in her voice the tender- 1 nets of gracious memories her face a ' benediction. As grandmother passes 1 through the room the grandchildren pull i at her dress, and ehe almost falls in her < weakness, but she has nothing but candy < or cake cr a kind word for the little darlings. When she gets out of tbe wagon i in front of the house, the whole family 1 rush cut and cry, "Grandma's com;!'7 i and when she goes away from us, never 1 to return, there is a shadow on the table < and a shadow on the hearth, and a sha- f dow on the heart. There is no more I tcuehiog scene on earth than when &rand? t mot'ier tlseps the last {-lumber and tne t little child is lifeted up ;o the casket to 1 give the last kiss, and she says, "orooa- r by, grandma!" Oh, there is beauty in \ old age! God says >o. ''The hoar? head 1 is a crown of glory." Why should peo- } pie decline to get old? The b2st things, J the greatest things I know of, are 1 aged?old mountains, old seas, old r. stars and old eternity. But if there is c anything distressful it is to see an old c woman ashamed of the fact that she is c old. What with all the artificial appli- s acces, she is t&o much for my gravity, c r lano-h even in church when I see her c :oming. Tne worst looking bird on g sarth is a peacock when it has lost its c feathers. I would not give one lock of t r y / > ny old moiVr'? rnv hair for 50 COO such cdric?iurfR of hurunrmv. Ai?d if ,he life of a wnrrf'in^. if the life ol 3 disciple given to the world, is sad, the close )f suc^i a life is simply a tragedy. Let me tell ycu that the dissipations >f social life are despoiling: the usefulness of a vast multitude of people. What 3o those people care about the fact that ihere are whole nations in sorrow and t\r%r\y\tt nrk^n tfifltt kottfl tat iliucuij^ auu ne.uuj nuvb uuv/j lhtv. jonsideration the more important question about the size of a glove or the tie !>t a cravat? Which one of them ever bound up the wounds of the hospital? Which one of them ever went out to care for the poor! Which of them do you Qnd in the haunts of sin, distributing trac^? Tbey live on themselves, and it is very poor pasture. Sybaris wa3 a great city, and it once sent out 300 horsemen in batlle. They had a minis'.rel who bad taught the horses of the army a great trick, and when the old ministrel played a certain tune the horses would rear and with their front feet seem to beat time to the music. Well, the old ministrel was offended with his country, and he went (vcror t.r? t.h? mmiv. and he said to the enemy, "You give me the nastership of the army, and I mil destroy their troops when those horsemen come from Sybaris." So they gave the old minstrel the management, and he taught all the olhtr minstrels a certain tune. Ttien when the cavalry troop came up the old minstreal and all the other minstrels played a certain tune, and at the most critical moment in the battle, when the horsemen wanted to rush to the conflict, the horses reared and beat time to the music wi.h their lore feet, and in disgrace and rout the eoemy fit d. Ah, my friends, I have seen it again and again?the minstrels of pleasured the minstrels of dissipation, the minstre of godless association have defeated people in the hardest fight of life. Frivolity has lost the battle for 10,000 folk. O'a, what a belittling proaess to the human mind, this everlasting question about dress, this discussion ol fashionable infinitesimals, this eroup looking askance at the glass, wondering with an infinity of earnhnar that la&t geranium leaf does look, this shriveling ot a man's moral digr-ity until it is not observable to the naked (rye, this Spanish ir quisition of a tight shoe, this binding up of an immortal soul in a ruffij, this pitching off ot an immortal Dature over the rocks when Ged intended it for great and ev^rla^ting uplifting! With many life 13 a masqasradc ball, and as at such entertainments gentlemen and ladies put on the grab of kings and queens or mountebanks or clowns and at the close put cff the disguise, so a great many pass their whole life in a uoafck, taking cff the mask at death. While Lho masquerade ball of life gees on they trip merrily oyer the floor, gemmed band i3 stretched to gemmed band, and gleaming brow bends to gleaming brow. On with the dance! Flush and laughter of immeasurable merrymaking. Bat after awhile the languor of death comes on Wlnro T/ohtfl liUC liLLlc'D QUU uiutu WMV VJ vw'DaMW< ? ~ ? ? lower. Ficor hollow sepulchral ftfio. Muaic saddened into a wail. L:ghts lower. Now the rcaskc-rs are only seen in the Gim ligbt. Now tbe fragrance of tbe fbweis is like the sickening odor that comes from garlands that have lain long in tfce vaults of cemetries. Lights lovrer. Mists gather in the room. Glasses shake as though qaaked by sullen thunder. Sigh caught in the curtain. Scarf drops from the shoulder of beauty, a throud. Lights lower. 0?er the slippcrv boards in dance of death glide jealousies, envies, revenges, lust, despair and death. Stench the lamp wicks almost extinguished. Torn garlands will not half cover the ulceratad feet. Choking damps. Feet still. Hands -i ~?3 o VinoVvnrl TT. o?a nhnfc. UU&CUi Y yiv-co uuouw\?? JJJVW L;aht oat. Oh, bow many of you have floated far away from God through social dissipations! And it is time you turned. For I.. ember that there were two vessels on thelsea and in a story. It was very, very dark and the two vessels were going straight for each other, ami the captains knew it not. But after awhile the. man on the lockout saw the approaching ship, and he shouted, "Hard a-larboard!" and from the other vessel the cry went op, "Hard a-larboard!" and they turned just enough to glance by and passed in safety to their harbors, Some of you ar? m the storm of temptation, and you are driving on and coming toward fearful collisions unless vou change your course. Hard a -larboard! Turn ye, turn ye, for "why will ye die, 0 house of Israel?" A Sad, Sad Tragedy, A very sad tragedy occurred at Gaston on the South Bound Railroad last Wednesday night. It was the tragic death of a bright young lad, who had run away from home, without even tellirg his parents g&od bye. The sad event occurred jast about midnight, and tears slole down the cheeks of many a strong; man, as he stood by the handsome lad in the hours of the niorniag, as his lite slowly ebbed away from his mangled form. These strong, tender-hearted tarmen stood around the little fellow, although he was a perfect stranger, doing all in their power to save him, koowing he was in a dying condition all the time. They stood there and heard mm ten ms utorv and plead for hi3 life to bs prolonged till he conld kiss his father goodbye, a father whom he had left without giving any intimation as to his intentions ?a father who was at his home in Philadelphia, perhaps at that very moment racking his brain to devise soms plan of securing iaiormatian. as to his missing Bon. It was a scene to touch the heart of any man. The story briefly told is as folioW3: Oa Wednesday night this lad got into Gaston in some way. At midnight a fast freight train passed through, but did not stop. Just as it rolled past the station, a cry of pain was heard on the track and several parties hastening to invest'gate, feund the form of a youth on the track terribly cut and mangled. He was lifted up tenderly and taken into the depot building. There was no physician m the place, the town physician being away in Columbia. The lad told these around him that he had in a belt around his waist $3.65 ia cash. He begged them to tear his clothes opeD, *et it and get a pnysician for him. He mid that this was all the money he bad and he had not cared to spend any of it to ride on the railroad. He said he attempted to jamp on the train while it was running; no one had poshed him off, bat he had simply missed his footing ind fallen under the wheels. No physician could be secured before the arrival < )f the 3 a. m, traia from Columbia. , When the lad was told thi3 he said he aad some time ago, without cause, and without, even saying good-bye to his . nother and father, run away from his aome in Philadelphia. He said he was 1 iighteen years of age and his name was \ Samuel Williams; his parents lived at ' Nd. 2 736 (iermantown avenne, raualelphia. The boy was a hand3om? Utile feilow, and seemed to be ci good )irth and well-to-do parentage. When le realized that death was imminent, he )leadsd to be allowed time enongu to ciss his father good-bye; ana thns his roung life slowly ebbed away. Dr. 3rosker arrived about 3 a. m., bat the ad die* m fifteen minutes thereafter. [?he good people of Gaston took charge >f the remains and as much concern was lieplayed in the funeral as if some son >fa Gaston man had died. He was ;iven a neat burial and his grave was OKAIIJW MO nor^ntfi hARf i a?ll&CU) OVS buab ouvuivi uw MWM? J >f his tragic end find wish to see the r ;rave, they can find it. The above ac- i ount of this extreamly sad tragedy is g a&en from Momday's State. ( THE NEXT HO US P. 1; HOW r 13 FIGURED OUT BY LFNIO- ' CRATS AND REPUBLICANS. Both Sides Claim a Comfortable M-j tlty?The Dcmoc ats are a L'ttJe More Modest la their Figures lhan the KtpabUcins. The Congressional Campaign Committ-.s of both the Democratic and Republican parties are beginning to consider seriously the comDlexion of the next National House of'Representatives. The election id only a little over four weeks off, and there is a natural inclination to survey the Qsld and determine, if possible, the size of the harvest that i9 to be gathered in. Very naturally the spectacles through whicn the Democrats and the Republicans gaze at the Congressional districts do not produce the same results, but the difference is not as marked as one would suDDOse. Both sides are confi dent of winning. The Democratic estimate is more conservative than the Republican, and with its total of 190 is dangerously near the danger line. The Democratic estimate gives three of the South Carolina members to the Populists, which is a mistake. Oar belief and hope is that every district in this State will be carried by the Democrats. The Republicans in their estimate claim 200 members, but we have no idea that they will get them, if the Democrats all over the country will lay aside their factional difficulties and pull together. This is all that Is needed to secure a grand Democratic victory next month. The following table gives the claims of each party, and it will be worth while comparing these figures with t.hft rfltnrns on the morninc after election: Republican Democratic State. estimate. estimate. B. D. P. D. K. P. Alabama 9 ... 9 Arkansas 6 ... 6 California 6 1 ... 4 3 ... Colorado .. 2 2 Connecticut 3 1... 2 2 ... Delaware 1 1 Florida - 2 ... 2 Georgia 11 11 Idaho 1 1 Illinois 11 11 ... 9 13 ... Indiana 9 4 ... 7 6 ... Iowa 10 1 ... 1 10 ... Kansas 8 4 4 Kentucky.... 2 9 ... 10 1 ... liouisina ? 6 ... 5 1 ... Maine 4 4 ... Maryland 3 3 ... 5 1 ... Massachusetts 12 1 ... 2 11 ... Michigan, 11 1 ? 4 8 ... Minnesota 7 2 5 ... Mississippi 7 ... 7 Missouri 6 5 4 12 3 ... Montana 1 1 ? Nebraska 6 3 3 ... Nevada 1 l New Hampshire.... 2 2 ... New Jersey 5 3 ... 4 4 ... New York 19 15 ... 17 17 ... North Carolina 1 8 ... 8 1 ... North Dakota 1 1 ... Ohio 16 5 ... 6 15 ... Oregon 2 1 l ... Pennsylvania 24 6 ... 6 24 ... Rhode Island 2 1 1 ... South Carolina 1 6 ... 4 ... 3 South Dak?ta 2 2 ... Tennessee............ 4 6 ... 8 2 ... Texas 9 4 13 Vermont 2 2 ... Virgtcia 3 7 ... 9 1 ... Washington 2 2 ... West Virginia 3 1 ... 4 Wisconsin 7 3 ... 5 5 ... Wyoming 1 1 Totals 200 147 9 190 1S6 10 Neither the Democrats nor the JRepublicans, it will be seen by the above, believe that the Populists will cut verv much of a figure in the outcome. The Republican managers, for instance, do not believe that a single Populist will be elected north of Mason and Dixon's line, and the Democrats account iur only a total of ten in the whole United States. The truth is that the Populists have made much exaggerated claims in the past, have cried "wolf" so frequently when there was do wolf, that tbe practical politicians pay little or no heed to any prophecies which take the Populists into consideration. The Pop ulists, for their part, expect to hold the balance of power. It will also be noticed in the above table that in a large number of instances there is absolutely no difference of opinion between the Democratic and Republican experts. In nearly all the Southern States solid Democratic delegations are conceded to the Democrats. This is noticeably the case with Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and, with the exception of one district in North Carolina. Texas, on the contrary, is regarded by Kepubltcans as debatable ground, their information being that the Populists in that State will make serious inroads into the Democrats. In Missouri, too, the Republicans expect;, with the aid of the Populists to unseat at least four Democrats, in addition to carrying six straight Republican. Districts. "These six districts comprise the three in the city of St. Louis and three in the State. The Democrats for their part, concede to the Republicans the entire delegation from Iowa, with the exception of Judge Hayes's district, and some forty more Congressmen In Maine, Oregon, Montana, Ida-' ho. New Hampshire, North and South Dakota, Washington, Vermont and Pennsylvania. Tue estimates regarding the latter State tally, to a nicety, although even such a conservative Republican as Chris Magee is said to believe that the Democrats will carry seven districts in the State, or one more than is allowed by either of the commiftpps. The Democrats exoecfc to set nothing: in Kansas, and they count upon four Populists from that State, while the Republicans claim the entire eight. Out of the six New England States the Democrats anticipate at least live members, two in Massachusetts, two in Connecticut and one in Rhode Island. The Republicans cut this estimate down to two, one in Massachusetts and one in Connecticut. In New York the Democratic committee counts upon sixteen certain for each party, with two districts doubtful, and a possibili- < ty that the delegation will be equally divided. The Republicans loot for nineteen ot their candidates to be electad, giving to the Democrats the districts south of the Harlem. Under the 1 Republican redisricting of the State the ItepuDilCans iook iur omy uuee < Democrats to be returned frcm New < Jersey. The Democrats count on car- : rying four districts in this State. A : Republican gerrymander also confronts . the Democrats in Ohio, but they count ] upon at least six districts. The Repub- i licans concede five. In Illinois, on the I other hand, the redisricting is with i the Democrats. It is a fact which is < admitted at the Republican headqaar- : ters that nothing less than a majority 1 of 60 000 in Illinois can change the po- 1 lltical complexion of the delegation i from the State, while the Democrats I can lose the State by 30,000 and still ; hold the Legislature. Consequently I the Democrats will probably gee a ma- i jority of the Congressmen and the Re- 1 publican managers will be satisfied if < they get one-half of the total of twenty J two. For this reason the Democratic 1 2laim of nine is within the most con- < Bervative bounds. i As to the outcome in Indiana opln- e iocs differ. One district there, now ! represented by Mr. Hammond, a DemDcrat., is certain to go Republican, and ^he 1st and 11th districts, the homes of t [JoDgressmen Taylor and Martio, are t ;hought to be doubtful. Out of the i line remaining districts the Democrats J .:xpect to carry six,but the Republicans i )nly allow them a total of four. Tost- t naster Dalton, of the House of Rep- t esentatives, and an ex-member from s [ndiana, has looked veary thoroughly J nto the situation in the State, ana t fives it as his opinion that the Demo- t :rats will elect eight, and he does Dot r ;ven anticipate the defeat of Martin, a ;he chairman of the pension committee, d Che pension question, however, a s causing the Democrats con- t iderable trouble in tne State, i: Chairman Ellyson, of the Vir- s X - - g'nia Democratic State cnromittpe, bpLievo th.it the Republicans will only K*in one Cuuerpssman iri his State, and be Is not at-all certain that even this slight change will occur. At Republican be*dqn?.rters, however, it is said Ko* Ufln:ili/?!ihq ajill ho in thp WW*** VV 4VWWVV. 2d, 7th and 9ih districts. West Virginia also seems to be a very much disputed battle ground. The advices at the Democratic headquarters indicate the election of Democratic Congressmen in all of the four districts, bat this claim is said by the opposing managers to be absurd. Wilson's defeat is predicted by a majority of 1,200. A communication received at the Republican headquarters recently, dated at Berkeley .springs, in Wilson's district, says that all the saw mills in that county have been closed, and that at Davis City 300 lumbermen have been thrown out of employment. Howard, in the 1st, and Alderson in the 3 j, are also said to be doomed to defeat. Wisconsin is another State where the result appears uncertain. Chairman Wall,'of the Democratic State committee, predicts the election of five Congressmen, but Representative Babcock, of Wisconsin, who is the chair LUCJU \JL liUC Ib^uvuvuu vv/uH^^wuM. committee, thinks the Democrats will be fortunate if they bring even three of their candidates safely through. By a fusion with the Populists the Democrats expect to get three Congressmen in Nebraska, who wiil co-operate with the Democrats in organizing the House, but the Republicans, claim the entire State, being now confindent that Mr. McKeighan, against whom they had to make their hardest light, is as good as beaten. In Kansas Jerry Simpson was their'most formidable opponent. From Michigan the Democrats expect GrifUn, Gorman, Whiting ard Weaiock to be returned, but the Republicans claim eleven out of the twelve districts. In Maryland, too, the Republicans expect to make gains, counting upon three of the six districts, the 1st, 5t,h and 6th. Thow (In not; nnt. T.onisiana in their coiumb, L;oiieving that they have a clear majority in the "House-e^en if the bolt in the sugar State doe3 not materialize. The defeat of Enloe and Snodgrass in Tennessee is predicted, giving them a total of four Republicans from that State, while they do not concede a single Democrat from Minnesota. The Democrats expect to hold their own in that State. They have now two mem bers. A clean Republican swe9p in California, with the exception of one district, is al30 a part of the Republican programme. They also expect to wrest Colorado from the Populists, Delaware ana Wyoming from the Democrats, and gain a district in Kentucky. While we believe that the Democrats will win, we confess that the fight is going to be a hard one. THE GEORGIA ELECTION. fhs Poullst Mike Lirg* Gains All Over the State. Atlanta, Ga., Ojt. 4.?The Constitution publishes this morning returns from all of the 137 counties in Georgia, made from unofficial estimates, compiled Dy its correspondents in every coun ty, ana most or mem receivea aiter midoight last night. The unofficial returns Indicated that the State had gone Democratic by thirty thousand majority, but the ofilsial county, consolidations wnich took place at 12 o'clock to-day show that this figure has been reduced. The official Democratic majority will not vary much from twenty thousand and this is the figure which is now accepted by conservative estimates on the Democratic side. The Populists on the other hand claim that the counties, the consolidations from, which will be the last to be heard from will reduce this majority to at least ten thousand. Of the one hundred and seventy-five members of the House elected, about sixty are Populists and of the forty-four members of Senate, there are seven Populists and one Republican. Several of the strongest De mocranc counties in me o&ai.e nave been carried by the Populists and with but few exceptions every county in the State shows Populist gains. Speaker Crip's district gives the largest Democratic majority of any district in the State. He figured conspicuously in the campaign, strongly advocating tariff reform and the free coinage of silver. An organized movement against a return to silver coinage without foreign consent was started early in th8 campaign, Secretary Smith, Congress man Turner and others vigorously defending the policy of the administration on the stump. The debate on the silver question grew so warm as to frequently put Democratic speakers in the attitude of making a j oint discussion against eacn other on this issue. Speaker Crisp and Secretary Smith spoke in Atlanta together a few weeks ago, one defending free silver the other antagonizing it. The Populists took full advantage of the division and the result has been a great slum in Democratic majorities throughout the State. atkinson badly sckatced. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 4.?.Returns come in slowly but enough official and unofficial reports have been received by the Journal up to 12 o'clock to indicate an average Democratic ma jorlty of twenty to twenty-five thousand . Atkinson, the Democratic nominee for Governor, has been scratched in all the parts of the State and it is not believed his majorty will exceed fifteen thoushand. The Democrats will have thirty majority in the State Senate and 150 majority in the House. Every Congressional district except Black's went for the Democrats. The ninth, represented by Tate, is carried for the Democrats by seven maj ">nty, and the fourth, represented by Moses, by 900. This is the first election since the war when Republicans and Populists have made a complete fusion. The negroes voted solidly with the Populists. Great surprise has been occasioned by the defeat of Warner Hill a prominent candidate for Speaker of the next Hou3e, This county went with the Populists; this insures the election of W. H. Fiemming of Richmond to be Speaker. South Georgia counties which are solid for .Representative Turner for the Senate Lave given the largest majorities in the State to the Democrats. Atlanta, Oct 3.?The State election occurred in Georgia today, the State voting for Governor and State officers and a full Legislature, which is to elect a Senator in November. Two years ago the State went Democratic for Governor by 71,000 majority for W. T. Northern over W. L. Peck, the Populist nominee. W. Y. Atkinson is the Democratic candidate for Governor this year and J. K. Hines the Populist aominee. There are 137 counties in S-sorgia and returns are coming in 3lowly, but there seems to be no doubt that Atkinson's majority for Governor will be between 30,000 and 50,000. Later reports from all over Georgia show ;hat the Populists have made gains in ilmost every county in the State and ;hat the Damocratic majority will proDably not be more than 30,000. Iodica;ions are that the Populists will have ;hirty or forty members, in the next Legislature. The Populists claim that ;he official reports will reduce the Dem jcratic. majority to 20,00u, while unairnan Clay, of theS:ate Democratic exicutive committee, claims that the Denocratic majority will reach 35,030. a big falling off.' Savannah, Ga., Oct. 4.?Returns in ;his Coogresional District indicate.four ;housand Democratic majority, a fating off of twelve hundfed in two years. Indications are that the Democratic josjority in Congressman Turner's dis;rict will hold up well. Counties in ,he ;Tentb, Tom Watson's District, ihow five hundred Populist majority. !f they repeat this next month he will )e elected. It was a notable fact that he heaviest Democratic majorities are eturned from counties endorsing the idministration's financial, views. Inlications are that the constitutional imendments increasing the number of he Supreme Court Judges to five and ncreasing pensions to Confederate ftMiora haro hp?n Inst.. UiUlWU ? .v { THE SOUTH CARO' IN4 AND GFO'GIA1 Th? Loul'Ville tnd J*tu>fcvl le nod C.anf L'ne Boy It. The Augu3ta Chronicle, of last Wednesday, says the South Carolina and Georgia Railway will soon change hands-again. Just as the Chronicle has been teliicg you all aloDg, the Atlantic Coa3t Line and the Louisville and Nashville, jointly are going to buy it. Augusta will be benefitted by the change.- The Naws and Courier yesterday says: The following paragraph, which has recently been going the rounds of the New York papers, wili unquestionably be of interest to the people just at this time. With slight variations the paragraph is as follows: "Negotiations are said to be under way between the Parsons Brothers, the principal owners of the Schth Carolina and Georgia, and the executive officials of the Atlantic Cuast Line and Louisville and Nashville, whereby the first named property is to pass into the joint control of the latter companies. The South Carolina was bought by the Parsons soma time ago, and the name was changed. - The road has a main liBe frofn Charleston to Augusta, with branches, and the Atlantic Coast Lioe and Louisville and Nashville have had their eyes on the property. During the past week negotiations are said to have been resumed between the Parsons and the Atlantic Coast Line and the Louisville and Nashville, and it is fcaiid that the transfer of the desired line is now pending. The South Carolina is wanted by the Atlantic Coast Line, bestoiiaa If mill niira if ??n entpanw int.n VOUlJO AV TMJ V.UVW Augusta." In substance this statement has been made'many times before,both here and in Hew York, and the pertinacity with, which tbe rumor keeps itself before the public is possibly the strongest-argument which at this time can be adduced in support of It. The railroirf men hereabouts are pretry well divide*! in their opinions on the question. Some y?cy high cffi cials on the South Carolina and Georgia Road, while they disclaim speakifig with authority on the subject, are open and above board in their expressions of belief in the truth of the rumor. At the same time there are other well informed railroad men in the city who think that the ultimate outcome is to be that the Louisville and Nashville and Atlantic Coast Lice will control the South Carolina and Georgia R)ad. From time to time the Louisville and Nashville people, as well as the Messrs. Parsons, have denied that any deal wa3 in progress, and yet it continues to be generaly accepted as a fact o lift r> s\ rrr r\or? ho tuao aig avnr j^vuuau^ ut? tween tbe two. A gentleman was 3?en in the city yesterday who mentioned the name of a well known railroad man who toll him tnat be had received a telegram from New York stating that the arrangements had actually been made looking to the transfer of the property. At the same time it should not.be forgotten that the new officials of the road in this city disclaim having any information on the sabject, and. the business of the company is being conducted as though the management were a permanent one. But information was received here 'yesterday, which seems to indicate beyond a doubt, that the "Old Reliable" has already, or will positively, within the very near future, change hands again. Tbe statement was made on the street last night that a well known gengleman in this city had received a telegram during the day in which it was stated that.the Louisville and Nashville and-tlie Atlantic Coast Line had made .'definite arragements with the Messrs. 'Parsons - by which these sys tema wouiu m cue ue*u xuluic ia&c control of the South Carolina and Georgia Railroad. A confirmation of this rumor was received in an unexpected way last night. A gentleman in Cnarleston, who does not wish his name given just now, showed a reporter; a letter from a prominent New York man in which the writer says: Of ourse you know that the Messrs. Parson3 have dis posed of their Interest in the South Carolina and Georgia Railroad." This statement, coming as it does from one of the best kno wn financiers in the country, seems to be a very "straight tip." The writer of the letter Is in a position to have inside information on the subject, and he is not a man who would.speak lightly of such an important question. He says no more in the letter than has been given, evidently taking the sale of the road as a matter of course, it is hot said to whom the Messrs. Parsons had disposed of the property, but everyone takes it for granted thai the purchasers are the Louisville and Nash vila and AtPAoof I ino otratriYiQ lOUUlU Vvauu AJiuu ujui.vLum? Some persons have supposed that the Southern Railway Company might wish to own the property, but there is very little reason to believe that that system would care greatly for the South Carolina and Georgia Line. If it is true, as now rumored,that the Southern has made arrangement's to absorb the Central system, it is hardly probable that it would care to have an additional South Atlantic port. Taking everythiDg into consideration, and remembering everything received here yesterday, there is little reason to doubt that if the Messrs. Parsons have sold the South Carolina and Georgia R >ad. that the purchasers are the Louisville and Nashville and Atlantic Coast Line systems. In this connection it may be said that one of the leading railroad men -erf the South recently told a reporter of The News and Courier that there was little reason to douot that the South Carolina and 'Georgia Road would change hanfja again within a very few monthsu^ xle said that he felt confident tbaS che Louisvilie and Nashville and the Atlantic Coast Line systems would build a new line to Augusta if they could not control the South Carolina and Georgia property, and as he considered it would b8 ruinous to the old if the new line was built, he did not doubt that arrangements would be made by which the road would change hands. The information which is given here has come so straight that there seems to be no reason for doubting it." The authority is about as good as could be gotten, unless an official statement had baen made either by the Messrs. Parsons, or by the Louisville and Nash-, ville, people themselves. Buried in a Mine? SCRA.NTON," Penn., Sept. 28.?Two lives ot four men, two miners and two laborers, without warning were crushed out in Northwest colliery of Simpson and Watkins, at Simpson, near r IaIA I-*-.. J v^auuuucuc, ia\jV )'WwCiuay Their managed remalQ3 a3 near as can be ascertained lie beneath a fall of rocfc which is ten .feet wide aad six feet high, and extends for at least sixiy feet in the gangway off from the third slope of the mine. P. W. Klme. a lottery* ahd policy shop man of Kansas, has pn'olished a letter in whica he recites that Governor Lewellyn, Attorney General Little and other Populist Siate officers of Kansas agreed to sell him pjlice protection in that State and to permit him to have the appointment of the police in certain cities and that they failed to stand by their bargains. He further claims to have contracted with the L ouisana lottery to have all lotteries run out of Kansas and have paid the at.tnrnAv cpni?ra\ S4 000 to beain the prosecution of them. The publication baa of course caused a jreat deal of scandal. It is said that tfce Republican State committee secured; the publication of the letter. A ' * / s 4 CP0P3 A\'0 WcATHSR. The Past W?j?k aid ihe It cj ?ls of the P a AK??cattu**-ti Bar^u. ei Columbia,s. C., Ojt. 2?The fol- ? losing is the weekly weather crop re- f; port of Weather Observer Bauer and it & is unusually full and interesting: b During the week ending October 1, the temperature ranged between 88 and a 48 degrees, the former was recorded on a September 30 ' and October 1, and the * latter at Looper's, Pickens county, and 8 at Reid, Greenville county, on the 25-ih and 26 ,h respectively. The first of tbe weeK was much cooler than usual while the latter portion was very g warm. ^ The two last days were the only ones s comparatively clear. The sunshine 1' averaged about 30 per cent, of the & possible. d Ivain bezan on the 25 ;h in portions P of the State,and was general and heavy * on the 25;h and 17th, ended gradually o on the 28-.h, and there were light scat- d tering showers, with generally clearing P ... ? - c?r?.w a weatoer uu me The beginning and ending of the rai- * ny weather marked the duration of a a West Indian hurricane, whose centre d skirted the South Carolina Coast on t: the 26:h and 27tb, with gales over the e entire State, but most severe along the c coast and second tier of counties, v where the rainfall was extraordinarily n heavy, ranging from eight inches at a Pinopolis to leaser amounts toward the interior, and about an inch in the Northwest counties. Wry few streams overflowed their banka, but heavy damage resulted from the combined force of the rain and high winds which . reached an extreme velocity of sixty miles per hour at Charleston and probably a.greater rate at Statesbarg. Cot- s ton and late corn, peas, rice and grasses were beaten to the ground, and la Richland and Orangeburg counties It i is reported that trees were uprooted oy the violence of the wind. JRtce suffered most severely, having been somewhat damaged by high tides and by fresh water. Much of it was in stacks which were more or less scattered and saturated, entailiog a great deal of labor to dry the grain to prevent sprouting. The aggregate damage from this storm, is however, much less than that caused by the historic storm of August, j 1893. This year's storm was less severe, , I t.hA were not as hieh. and. owing to having occurred later in the'season, i a smaller percentage of the crop3 re- 1 mained in the fieids'userathered.; The following rainfall measurements, made during the storm, will Ulast?at?_ the gradual decrease from the coast to- -vwards the Northwestern counties, (in inches and hundredths:) Pinopolis 8 00, Charleston 7.45, Georgeto wn 6 55." Trial 5.47, Beaufort 6.15, Conway 508, Cheraw 4.98, Society Hill 4.93, Barnwell county 4.62, Port Royal 4.27, Effingham 4 02, Trenton 3.49, Caesterfi-ld . 4 00, BlacfcvUie 3.70, Tiller's Ferry 3 02, , Stetesburg 2 85, Lexington 2 50, Aiken county 2 20, Longshore 2.12, Looper's ; 185, Little Mountain 1:45, S*ntuc 1.38, \ Laurens 1.22, MeCormicfc 1.22, Winns- \ boro 1.70, Columbia 1.18, Greenville ? 1.09, Watts 0.84, Ela 0.75. [ Tne force ot the wind did not de- i crease to the same extent as did the ? rainfall from che coa-jt towards the Northwestern counties and consequently the damage to corn and peas, but more paniculari7 to cotton, was almost general over the entire Ssate. , The percentage of damage to cotton in the fields is variously estimated from 5 to 20 per cent., an average of all the I ootimit-oo malrincr 3Am<awha.f". linfiflr 10 * percent. ' ' Green'bolls were broken off very freely. Maay, if not the greater por- i tion, of the open bails were more'or less 3 stained and where the stalks remains 1 green the damp.cloudy weather, caused an increase in rust and bell worms which late in the week again appeared in injurious numbers in some counties. Picking was greatly hindered by the unfavorable" weather, but will be pushed rapidly frotfi now on, as the weather permits, as the "bolls are openiag very fast, some, it is thought, prematurely. Sea Island cotton suffered more from the storm than the short staple varieties. The rain was beneficial in the North central and Western counties for late root crops,'.such as turnips and iate sweet potatoes, and also for gardeas, and kept grass green and growing for pasturage. Some oats beiag sown, but oats seed log has not oecome general yei; it is generally too wet to prepare the ground. Truck farmers suffered severely from the heavy rains along the coast as the c. wet soil interferes with the cultivation C and marketing of fall crops. S To the request made for estimates of 2 the percentage of cotton angathered ? on October 1, replies were received * from all but six counties, some of 3 which raise but little cotton and there- t fore would have but little effect on the ? percentage lor tne state, a very gooa 5 indication of the accuracy of the differ- ent reptort3 is tsat ia couaties from ? which two, or more reports were re- ? ceived they aid not differ more tnan g 10 per cant., and that c*n readily be as- c cribed to varying conditions according ? to locality. 0 Tne estimates by regions and ex pressed in averages, are as follows: ? Alpine region 85 per cent, ungathered, Piedmont 61, Red Hill and Upper Fine Belt 42, Lower Pine and Coast regions ( 30. By assigning to each region a value in proportion to its cotton acrerge the < average percentage of ungathered cot- j ton for the State, on O^toDer 1, is 51 per cent. j Counties grouped according to per j centages, the results are as follows: < Above 80 per cent. Laurens, Oconee, j PickfinaL between 70 and 80 per cent.? J Lrt7Tnerrfon. Greenville. SDartanburir: be- < tween60-and 70 per cent.?Fairfield. "J Richland, Yorx, Abbeville, Caioo; be- 5 tweenSGan.l c30 per cent.?13aaufort, < Berkeley, Florence,Williamsburg, Lin- v J caster, fcjumter; between 40 and 50 D8r "! cent.?Hampton, Atken, Chesterfield, ~1 Darlington, Kersnaw, Lexington,Elge- ] field; between 30 and 40 per cent.? , Clarendon, barnwell.Orangebarg,New- 1 berry; below 30 per cent.?Mirlooro. ] la the statement that 51 par cent, re- i[ mamed ungathered, allowance was I also made for the probable damige > that resulted from the storaa, in other 2 words, the number of bale? already S gathered will likely, be more than ? doubled by the end of the season. I J. W. Bauer, Director. Impi-rial Upheaval. > 1 New York, Ctet. 2 ?a special able > to tile Herald from Shanghai says: ? Ecnperor of China will very likely be S dethroned la favor of Princs Kung's \ sod, wtio will treat with tbe Japanese. _ Li Han? Chang has been superseded in supreme command by General Sang Tsing, of the Province of Huhan, who has "received full powers, Li Hung Chang retires disgusted, to L'ao :J?icg Foo, capital of the province of Chi Li. His alleged defection to the Japanese 13 only canvassed consequent to the recall of Prince Kung. iwenty thousand Hunan soldiers are gathered around Shachai-kwun, the terminus ^ of the great wall where it forms a boundary between the provinces of gf Cbi Lt and Shing-King. The Li Hung Shnng army is distrusted. The Charleston Sun says it is to be observed that the local nominating conventions of the different political parties this fall are a great deil mixed ? * - ? f - : -i /~\ _ ~ in tneir statement or princess. uae . county Democratic platform is in favor ti of free silver and bfgrii tariff, while an other wants free trade and restricted silver coinage. Rocked ribbed Demo crats Hop. Lifelong Republicans melt softly into the arms of the Populists, while some of the pillars' of the Democracy are accused of. trying to betray their party into advocating Republican principles uubeknownst,. . 1 / f . - - a:-. J. ? Met a DeKsrS-ed Fate. J'AIftrlELD, Texa8, Oct. tfeOf? ribsoo, colored, attempted to outrage Lisa Mitchell near Mills yesterday ?vciog-, ban was prevented from accomlishiQg the terrible act by the screams ? his victim, which attracted help rem near by. Ia the scafflj wttn llss Mitchell ha cat her several times at not seriously. The fiend was ar ested and carried to Mills where be ras identified. He was being guarded t a store, but last night about 2 o'clock shot was fired by some unknown par- ~ y from the outside, which killed Gib- * on. . . ?. "> A Remaikable Eictpe. Chester, Pa., Oct. 2*?The passeners on board of the N<Js? York Vashington express train ylvaoia Railroad, due In toISfffy at ^ 0:22 this morniog, had a remarkable scape from serious inj ary and perhaps eath. The train struck one of the Dnont powder - wagons, near Gordon ieightS', killed one of thehoraes, aeriusly and perhaps fatally injured the river and" scattered one pound cans .of owder in various directions without' n explosion. The wagon was on its ray. to the powder company's wharf nd it seems miraculous that the power did not explode, in whicl event the rain would probably have been wreck- * ;_ d. The driver was brought to .this ity and placed in the hospital. He sras unable to give his name and could bt give any information about the cciaeat. - - , FAI&ETr PMS TBI FREIffil I Whj! aj Eftm Pita to GMksf erd ftr Cife.'Ogye ai Sm WW 1m Cat Sfli! 51 Lx > ^nits, til prices. ifl $69 ~?~=$37 fl Ja- , shi Jasttc introduce them. Jvfr^C-^fS No freight n*ld on thl* Or2*?* Oaan^teod to bam Snfodf**11 ** *aon*y El^cant Plash PA^fcOE SUITS, con*Winj >f Sofa, Arm Chalf, Roektor Chair, Blw> ixta a si a e worm ^40. wiu wht* t U your d*#?4'fer $88, llifllll ?k ' vK*. i $oa aware Kuan '^^lk'rtth a.II attachment*, for )9v ONLY %W.SO-? dcllvared to y or depot. P. l^HV . . The regular price of thU 1UVJUI w W W <J MM. H manufacturer pays all fHwB b? expenses and I sell then ~ M Llfl o too for JI4S.70- V7M ca rnarantee every on* ft No 'rejgut paM ?cki?Ba33rr 1 _ ^nAF<iallT^rfj at yocrdecot? ill trsjg^t paid for <^98 H?nd lor c*tai3gn?J or mmiww, &> ??. 3*by Cfcxrtetfw, BHsyela* Ortfm, ? jgotfTft* ^ta, Diasar 8*4, Lmm*. Aa, M4 SlTX i2CSST. AMrvm LP.FADeBTT"S53?r H >..*>% I ftnn?amfS- a eral Flantatfon >' - jjfl ed their reputationastto best ? on tot Market ? Hj 9 fuel and water zn tons ' S Eaano Xooal I I . . * 1 ; ' ~ fpmN?s. | .^ ORGANS. 1 jjj MID-SUMMER BARGAINS, jj; : ^ i> Special Sale Summer 1894. ?*? J ) time .to boy Cheap and Maw. ?*, I ( ) Special Summer Offer* that beat tM i ? recorc. (1,. J s $50 saved "every Piano purdttMf/ < [ 1 - t [) $10 to $20 on every Organ. 11 ' ( six Special Offers on onr Popular MM? [1 '( Summer Plan. Bay In Aogcrt, 8tg<?jP*'. \ ' '(and October, and pay when OoGca ?om> j \ In. V M ) spot Cast) Prices. Ke intereak <Wy *V ) Small Cash Payment roqolred, ?? ? ? ,1 ) Piano, $10 oa Organ, balance nextlWWO- , > Jbertttb. Longer time if wanted. V c Payments to salt all. Planof ft-to 1 [ ? monthly. Organs $3 to $5. . (1, 5 Onr Mid-Summer Oflan !? Hf V *!1 t I ) on all pJans ol payment.: , <ji ) yew Fall Leaden ready. BeaatI- J -J i ful and Cheap. Temptla* Barpto , 1 ) Write at once for lud4iau?y, ?J*11. ) fen. Good oily until lorwto * ' I J Don't wait. - . ! ^ 11 UDBEN & BATES " ijl . j I lS0UTHERN MUSIC MOUSE) !! - - .1 \ ft SAVANNAH, ML HOW ISjrHE TIME . J TO PLACE YOUB OBDBBSiFOE~ f jFJireshersT ;; 1 ad:i^SeU the Best la the"Market.iwrito \te me Before Baying. J llngle Machines, Stave. Machines, * \ ' v'; Brick Machines, . ..;. Planing Machines, Swing Saws, Band saws, ;>r Gang Rip Saws, ; and all kinds of - wood worlriaj machines, rist Mills^Sllo to $250. , V ' Saw Mill? $190 to $400. Watertown Engines and-Boilers. ' Taieiott Engines and Boilers. - . / Seed Cotton Elevators.' ' . / a Oottoh Gins and Presses ~ ' ??i HIGH and LOW GBADE. v; . Y.CrtAftBftM, i COLUMBIA, s.c. 1