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gma asu '* '*11' an 5g <?* 'rewtr. - - AN OLD WHALER'S SERMON!i | JONAH AND THE WHALE; A REPLY | TO LYMAN ABBOTT. An Able Seaman, who ha;i Handled j "Whales, Tells oI the Experiences That j Convinced him of the Truth of the Bibld i Story?Els "warning tc Sceptics. Despite modern scientific researches | and learned treaties of eminent di- j vines, who have sought eagerly to J nvrtT-ro. +r\ tno ccrirld rno jjnrpnsrm&ble- I ness of the assertion that a whale can | swallow a man, I desire to say, with- I out fear of reasonable contradiction, J that from practical personal know!- j edge on the subject I kao^they are! all wrong. Thirty years ago I sailed from j New Bedford, Mass., on a whale ship j for a forty-four months' cruise in the South Seas with the veteran whaleman, Capt. Elisha Babcock, who is i well known to the whaling fraternity. We had a very successful voyage up to the time I /eft the expedition, twenty-seven months afterward, ofF the coast of Borneo. Now, a whale is the j biggest of all God s livinjr creatureson sea or land, and what we call a j sperm whale is the smallest of -whales, J varying in length from 50 to 130 feet j and large in proportion, making from 40 to 140 barrels of oil. One beautiful day in August, lSutf, on the Western Ocean, a whale was c-icrh+on >>Tr tVna iron P.t thfi masthead. I who sang out: "Ah, she blows.'" Those words had the eiTect of an electric shock. Every man in the ship from stem to stem was up and doing in an instant. Presently the j captain shouted back: "Where away Vy "About three points cn the lee bow, sir." "How far off?'7 "Ab^'V. i^ree miles, sir." Then said the captain to the crew: "Back your main yards.7' "Lower boats and away," was the next order. Our ship carried four beats, each manned by a crew of five men and an officer. The boat in which I was reached the whale first. When we got to hira he was asleep. It was the most dangerous time to strike him, because nobody can :ell what move a whale suddenly aroused will make first. He was the largest sperm whale I think I ever saw, and probably was I good for 14.0 barrels of oil. That is a j vast amount to get from a sperm whale, although "from a bowhead whale one sometimes gets 250 barrels. When we struck this fellow he raised his tail, which meassured about fifteen feet across, and made the water I seethe and ooil a moment or two; then j he went down. Being fast to him with two irons, we payed out the line very quickly to keep from going down with him. Presently the line grew slack, which means that he had stopped somewhere just beneath us. But the water was so thick with his blood that we were unable to see how far down he was. We knew he was near but how near we could not tell just then. While we were eagerly looking over the sides of the boat, quick as j a Sash he struck the bottom of the j boat and we went flying. When I re- \ covered my senses I was about fifteen j feet below, looking for fresh air. j w nen ? reacnea tne top wnai snouici jl j meet but the whale, just as he -was! raising his tremendous tail high above my head. I darted to one side. Down came the tail with an awful splash. If I had been under it T should have ^ been smashed to smithereens. As I j .was making desperate efforts to get j away from the whale, who should | come up right alongside me but the I harpooner. He could not swim. A ! few strokes away there was a buoy. I secured it, dragged it to him, and just i as he was about to give up in despair he grasped it, and was saved. Then j we both clung to the buoy and took in the situation. The bow oarsman was thrown over about twenty rods. The tub oarsman, stroke oarsman, and the second mate were thrown in different directions. I, being midship oars- j man. had been picked up, as a pan-1 cake, and flopped over and shoved! down. While the harpooner and I ! hung to the buoy were kept busy kick- j ing away sharks, pushing them first! one way, then another. Not sharks ! oi ibe Kind. one sees arouna me Days : and rivers, but big fellows, from fifteen to twenty-live feet long?the kind that can divide a fellow at one nip. Our stroke oarsman could not swim, but he got hold of a piece of the bo?t; that piece was fast to the line and the line was fast to the whale. He passed us like a shot, reaching out his hands and shouting, "Bi-J.! Bill! Save me I Save me 1" He had no sooner said it than he was gone. Presently the whale went down, the piece of boat I went with him, and the stroke oars- j man was left at the mercy of the j waves, a good distance away. Mean- j while the other three boats were coming up, and just as he had exhausted himself, struggling to keep on top, the third mate's boat reached him. He was rescued, and then the rest of us were picked up. All this happened within ten minutes. Nothing remained of our small boat. The 500 fathoms of line were J gone, as were also the lances, harpoons, and the two buoys. One of the other boats, however, put for the whale and captured him. Now, when I was clinging to that buoy the Bible story of Jonah and the whale came forcibly to my mind, and I wondered if I was doomed to go tnrougn jonans experience, wnsa the whale was lying at the ship's side and we were cutting him in I icld the boys of these feelings. They urged me to go through the whale's throat, and I resolved to do so when his head came on deck, to demonstrate the possibility of Jonah's experience. I did not then believe in the Bible, but I verified the whale story, for when j the head was on the deck I went j through the throat as easily as I had j cradled through bars when a boy. The head containing the spermaceti j oil is always cut from the trunk and j hauled in whole. Of course, the j whale's jaws come with it, and they measured often from eight to twelve j feet. When we killed other whales, j lruili. CiJJLiC LKJ wUC ijacil J lifted up tee lovrer jaw, while the rest, one after another, would crawl through the throat, net down where Jonah went, but to the deck. This I did more times than I have Sogers and toes. It should be remembered that in each case we crawled through the throat of a dead whale. If, when i dead, a whale had a throat to admit) me, then weighing 170 pounds, what j would be the possibility of a live. msd. j and hungry whale Although a j sperm whale is larger, with a throat j not only capable of swallowing a wellbuilt man. out. in rev radeement. a good sized horse or cow. Thus it can readily be understood ho? and why I am so emphatic in my reinarks at the beginning of this article. I would further say that all the stories and learned opinions that have ever been devised and related in reference to the inability of a whale to swallow a man are simply absurd, I am a skeptic no longer, and, whatever men m:a ^ ay i or believe concerning the veracity o: j the wonderful whale story of the Bible, not one jot or little of it ought to oe abated, moditied, or left out. When a whale is killed he never dies unless his head is toward the sac. j Sometimes the skies would be over- j cast when we kilieda whale, but when the c'ouds would vanish it would be =een that his head was toward the sun. I never knewof a whale to be otherwise, I cannot explain it, nor did I ever hear it explained, but somehow I have an idea that God, the creator of this monstrous creature, "v;^ +V>Q inctinrtt :o ri*?n ir> LlCkS* ^IVCIL .Lii-Ui CJ-LO iUJUAUVk wv w the light-while he is sinking in darkness and death. Is not this a lesson to the higher creatures, teaching them in darkness and despair to keep their faces ever toward the Greater Sun? WlLLlAil H. CRAMJ'tox. THAT DISPENSARY DECISION. The Omnibus Constable Injunction Feature Does Xot Hold. Columbia, S. C., Feb. -l?The Sta;e j authorities have found on examination of the decision in the dispensary case that the omnibus Id junction against constables does not hold. This phase of the decision is brought out in the equity case decided in the United States Supreme Court. The decision requires Judge Simonton to modify his decree of injunction to con "? y TJ- 1 I term to lie decision, reading u appiy oniv to the constables named in the original action. The Slate, however, does not propose or intend to antagonize the principle laid down it is srated. The anti-omnibus injunction principle is said to be of much import,and the decision of the United States Supreme Court says on this point: ''But while we think that the complainant was entitled to an injuaclion against these defendants vrho had despoiled | him of his property, and who were threatening to continue so to decree i in this case. The theory of the decree 1 entered in this case. The theory of the /!o/>~oo ie fHof tV>? r>lo*r>tifY ic rmA nf . 5 | class of persons whose rights are infringed and threatened, and that he I so represents such class that he may i pray an injunction on behalf of all ! persons that constitute it. It is, inI deed, possible that there may be others in like case with the plaintiff, and that such persons may be numerous, but such a state of facts is too conjectural to furnish a safe basis ! upon which a Court of equity ought ! to grant an injunction. We prefer to accept in this respect the views expressed by Justice Nel-j I son, in the case of Cutting V. Gilbert, | I (5 Blatch, 259.) Extracts are cited I i from the decision. Similar views pre- j ; vailed in the case of Baker vs. City of j | Portland (5 Sawyer, 566.) The decree j i i~ also objectionable because it enjoins I : perrons not parties to the suit. This | I is not a case where the defendants j ! named represent those not named. ! ! Nor is there alleged any conspiracy j j between the parties defendant and ! other unknown parties. The acts | complained of are tortious, and do j not grow out of any common action | or agreement between constables and j sheriffs of the State of South Carolina. ! \ve have, indeed, a right to presume ! that such officers, though not hamed I in the suit, will, when advised that ! certain provisions of the Act in quesI tion have been pronounced unconsti| tutional by the court to which the i constitution of the United States reI fers such questions, voluntarily refrain from enforcing such provisions; bat we do not think it comports with well settled principles of equity procedure to include them in an injunction in a suit in which they were not heard or represented, or to subject : them to penalties for contempt in disj regarding: such an injunction. (Fel| low vs. Fellow, 4 John Chan, 23; cit ing Iveson vs. Harris, 7 Vesey, 257.) | The decree of the court below should ; therefore bs ameaaed by being re- j stricted to the parties named as plain- ] tiffs and defendants in the bill, ana J this is directed to be done, and it is ] otherwise affirmed. Mr. Justice Brewer did not hear the argument, and took no part in the decision of this j case. The full text of the decision j was given out tonight, but the ex- j tract given i? the new and important i part not published heretofore. The official dispessiry bill w'll probably | be introduced tomorrow.?News and j | Courier. j Destitution in Louisiana. New York, Feb. 3.?Congressman i C. J. Boatner, of Louisiana, who is in | thecit?-, said that about 100,000 people i are destitute in the northwestern part of this state, because of the failure of ! their crops. He had received dis patches from a New Orleans editor, stating that the people needed seed with which to make new crops, and asking him to make an appropriation therefor. "I shall not ask congress to make appropriations for seed." the congressman said, '"because I feel sure that President Cleveland would veto any bill of that nature. He vetoed a bill of a similar kind for the sufferers in Kansas some years ago." He explained the reasons for the fearful j condition, which were a? follows: J "Last year ws had a drougth for four months. It not only killed the c*op, but the streams dried up, cattle died or those that lived became very poor. The drought was confined to the hilly or sandy soil and not to the rich alluvial lands; of the Mississippi. Red and Oachita rivers. The alluvia] lands, however, can stand longer drought than the other lands. Tnere are about 100,000 affected by this failure to make crops and we are doing all we can to help taem. The state of course will do all it can to prevent them from suffering; but they are in actual want. A Fatal Fall. New York, Feb. 3.?While exercising on the rings in the gymnasium of the Twelfth Regiment armory tonight, Robert Marmonfc fell to the floor and was instantly killed. The distance was only six feat. ilarmcnt was not a member of the Twelfth Regiment, The only mark that could be found on the body was a slight bruise on the left temple. Dep'uty Weslom who made an exam ination of the body, found that the ; man's neck bad bee a broken by the fan. Peacsaiakers Ivilietl. Stockton, Cal., Feb. 3.?Charles E. Dodge and Alexander Borland, old residents of Newhope, in the southern section of this county, and tvro of the best known and respected residents of the county, were murdered last night at New hope by C. F. Xleupfer, the senior member of the firm of Kleupfer & Co., general storekeepers and'saloonkeepers in that sown. The two men acted as peacemakers in a quarrel to which Kieupfer was a party. Served Him Xnoxville. Tenn . Feb. 3.? Kosa Bunch, a white woman. shot and i'a tally vrcunCeu a ne,*ro, ui.irrisou i>ar- \ dock, this morning. The negro at- i tempted .to assault her in her house j here. She retreated to the upper hallway, secured a pistol and fired upon j her 3ssailant. The bullet entered the i negi-o's abdomen and he is believed to j be dying. A ?*at.s.I Wreck. Dksmit. S. I)., Feb. 3.- A mixed train, while standing on ihe side track at Arlington, last evening, was ran into by in engine. Conductor Addington, I3rakeman Ilosiac, John Loftus of Desmit and Zvlr. Harrison of Arlington were killed. WORK OF THE HOUSE. | ? fCONTINUED FROM P-iGE ONE. ] Goodwin, deLoacharcl Barkelej, and j Ilderton and McCullough composed j the pairs. The House refused to table i the motion by a vole of 38 to 50, as i follows: Yeas?Bacot, Bailoy, Blythe, Barns, j Carraway. Childs, Colcoclr, Cram, j Gadsden. Eibler, Livingston, Lofton, Meares, Meiirtens, Mitchell, Moore, Xettles, Patton, Perritt,Pollock, Pyatt, Reynolds. Rogers. Sanders. Seabrook, Sinkler, Smith, J. E.; Smith, W. S.: Smith, E. D.: Stevenson, Sullivan, Thomas, Jac. P. Jr.; Thomas, W. H.; Townsend, Verner, Vincent, Whisonaot, Wilson?38. Nays?Gary, speaker; AD, Anderson. Armstrong, Asbill, Ashley, Aas-; tell, Banks, Bedon, Bsthune, Bree- j land, Carson, Caughman, Cusbman, Davis, C. M.; Divis, Geo. W.; Davis, W. C.; deLosch, paired: Dakes, Edwards, Eard, Epps, Fairey, Fox, Garris, Gasque. Glenn. Goodwin, H. P.; Graham, S.; Hamilton, Harvey, JLLazeiton, iienaersou, mou. rxoixis, Johnson, Kennedy, Kinard, Henry J.; Lancaster, Layton, Lester, Limehouse, Magill, Mauldin, Mileis, Miller, Joel H.; Mishoe, McDaniel, McLaurin, McWhite, Oxen, Phillips, Plyler, Prince, Raiosford, Robinson, Russell, Skinner, Simkins, Speer, Sturkie, Timmerman,Wolling, Westmoreland, Wingo, Winkler, Williams, Wyche, Yeldell?59. The moiion of Mr. Magill was then put and the bill was continued to the next session, the final vote being clinch? d. Mr. Robinson's bill fixing the fees of witnesses .for attendance upon the courts of general sessions was called up and Mr. Westmoreland moved to 1 ' ' 1 - * - - 1 - _ 5 _ stride out me enacung woras ot me bill. After some farther argument Mr.-T. Y. Williams called attention to the fact that a great proportion of witnesses could not make 50 cents a day at home. By a vote of 55 to 34 the house killed the bill, which was to raise the per diem from 50 csnts to $1 a day. The House then adjourned until evening. At the evening session much, work was accomplished. It was the last night for the introduction of new bills by any member, and there was a rush of new measures. One of them, a joint resolution offered by Mr. Gage, was one of the most far-reaching and important yet presented. It is directed at tneenforcament of a mandatory provision of the new Constitution, which will cost the State $90,000 and more. This resolution directs the compiroiier general to levy a uis. uu the property of the State sufficient to realize the sum of $92,070.12, to be held and used as the "supplementary school tax'' provided for in the new Constitution. The resolution sets forth that the report of the superintendent of education shows that on Oct. 31,1395, there were enrolled onlv 223,021 pupils,and that $669,063 should have been the total fund. The dispensary committee reported Mr. Child's prohibition measure back to the house without recommendation. Unfavorable reports were presented on Mr. J. P. Thomas' resolution relating to the sale of native wines in the dispensaries, and Mr. Joel T. Miller's bill to allow the county boards of control to purchase liquors. A' substitute bill was presented by the committee for the original bill establishing Dorchester county. The substitute bill establishes the county with St. George's as the county seat, the judiciary committee being of the opinion that the matters of the name and county seat of new counties are not required to be settled by a two thirds majority, but are settled by the rules of ordinary elections and thai under those rules St. George's was chosen as the county seat. This view was adopted by the committee upon the conclusion" of a majority of the committee that section 2, article 7 of | the Constitution applies only to the establishment of the new county and not to the choice of a name for the j county seat. The Bamberg county bill being the speeial order for the evening was called up. Mr. Crum was in charge of the bill. He had the bill amended in regard to certain minor features. The bill was then ordered to a third reading witnout ctaoate. Mr. Bacot also introduced a joint resolution for the payment of a judgment of $3,000 obtained by Aarrania Cantini against T. G. G-aillard, C. B. Swan, R. H. Pepper, C. B. McDonald, State constables. The case has been carried up to the court of appeals and the judgment against the constables still stands. The mone3r cannot be recovered from them and the proposition in the resolution is to require the State to p3y it, it being contended that the men were acting as State officers. Mr. Winklers bill to amend the law relating to costs created some debate. Mr. Stevenson opposed the bill. Mr. John P. Thomas was in favor of the bill. Mr. Winkler then defended his bill at some length. He said it was not right that the sheriff should get the same fees for foreclosing a $50 mortgage as a $5,000 mortTUT* CQirl t h 5? f* fTlA Kill K^UiUiAw.l kJUVAV*. WUMV NU.V simply proposed to put sheriffs and clerks on the same footing with other ofScials. The bill was passed to its third reading. It provides that the costs allowed by law in all cases of partition where the property sought to be partitioned does no exceed $1,000 in value,and in actions for foreclosure o? mortgage where the amount does net exceed $500, shall be one half of the costs allowed in cases where the value exceeds those sums, and this provision shall apply to all cost in the cause. Mr. Cram's bill to save small es tales from being consumed by the ccsis of administration was taken up and passed. It provides that the costs and fees and other expense:; allowed by law for the administration of intestate estates shall not in any case exceed 10 per cent, of the appraised value of the personal property in cases where the said sum of 10 per cent, or the appraised value of the personal estate shall be less than the fees, costs and expenses allowed by law for advertising an eslate, that in that event the said sum of 10 per cent, shall be prorated amorjg t'ae various officers, including the prlater for advertising, according to their respective amounts ale wed by law. "^^7inrrrSa Vill in VAAnr-o JJ> i . TT O WiiA UVX A. Vk# VAJ.^ mutation tax to be expended io the town ir which tne taxpayer resides was oiuered 10 a third reading without debateThe House then adjourned. I A Forfeited Estate. Atlanta, Ga. Feb. 4.?ASoecialto the Constitution from Sparta. Ga,says: Joseph Babccck, an eccentric man who had lived here forty years, [ died yesterday. He left an estate j worth *50,000, but made no will, and, | so far as is known, had no heirs. Ee ! i came here from New York before the war. He was a poor boy then, but by industry accumulated moner. Mr. Babcok was a jeweller. He He never made a confident of any ; one, never married and never corres- j ! ponded wiih any member of his fami- : ly. Despite his reserve, he was very ? much liked by his neighbors, foi he i was always courteous. His property < will gc to the State. ADMIRAL BUNCE SETS SAILThe Blockading Fleet on its Way to Charleston. Washington, Feb. 1 ?Admiral 3unce is now en route :o Charleston. The fleet of war ships belonging to the North Atlantic squadron sailed out of Hampton "Roads to day, healed by the flagship New York, with Admiral Bunce in command. The vessels which followed the New York were the battle ship Indiana, the armnw! r'vni'ip.r Moinp the Turret shin Amphitrite, the cruiser Columbia, and the dispatch boat Fern. The Admiral telegraphed the fact of his departure to the navy department, and addea that the Marblehead, which is somewhere outside the Capes, would be ordered to fall in line, if sighted. The double-tr -^ted monitors Puritan and Terror are also expected to join the squadron, and by the time the actual blockade tactics begin there will probably be other additions to the force of vessels. The sqaudron vrill probably put in some time during the favorable weather drilling off the Capes and on .the way southward, and it is not expected that the ships will be oil' Charleston before the 8:h instant, unless the weather forces a change in the programme- The Texas, Massachusetts and_Brooklny are disabled, and they will not be able to participate in the blockade of Charleston harbor. The Raleigh, Newark and Dolphin now engaged m patrolling the Florida CDast mav be ordered 10 jDin the squadron at Charleston, provided they can he spared from their present duty. The Cuban agitation along the coast is subsiding, and Secretary Herbert will allow Admiral Bunce to use his discretion as to the advisability of drawing the ships last named further north for lieet drill. Admiral Ramsey, chief of the bureau of navigation and detail, says that Admiral Bunce has been invested willi full authority to employ the vessels of the squadron as he may deem proper under the circumstances. On! the cruise do>vn the coast to Charleston the Admiral will practice a new set of manoeuvres ana amis in nanaling war ships at sea. Admiral Ramsey sajs it is difficult to describe the proposed manoeuvres, but the idea is to test the capacity of the respective ships for getting into action, sustaining sister ships in case of emergency, and indulging in other evolutions at sea, on the same principle that a regiiment of infantry would be drilled on land. Some vessels can go about and come up in line quicker than others. These details have to be carefully timed and measured, so that when the flagship gives certan commands it can be ascertained to the minute how long each ship will take to get into the position assigned it. Under the circumstances a week or ten days may be thus emnlo.yed before the great event?the blockading of Charleston harbor?will be attempted. When the fleet reaches Charleston it will be divided into two divisions. Half of the fleet will be assigned to duty to guard the entrances to the harbor. The oter half will be designated as the attacking party. While the ri^al divisions are manceuvering j one of the swiftest ships will try to j run the blockade. The following day the assignments of the two divisions will be changed, and some other vessels will try to get ihrough the blocade. The officers and men of the fleet are greatly interested in the sea game, which strikes us land lubbers as being something on the style of modern foot ball. AH of the vessels that can cross the Bar will rendezvous in Charleston harbor, where Secretary Herbert will review the fleet. While in the harbor a boat race beA ? 1 TYlifrVlt IVYCtJli liic rivai amu o wvn ung-. ? made an interesting feature. Anyone who has ever witnessed a boat race between the crews of several men-of-war in double-banked cutters will never forget the scene. Each one of these war ships have in constant training a cutter or a gig crew prepared to row a race at pop of the gun. This suggestion is thrown out for the benefit of the commitiee in charge of the Charleston end of the demonstration. ?News and Courier. Jamped in the River. Nashville, Feb. 2.?A sensational suicide occurred here last night, but was not discovered until early in the morning. Miss Maggie Comer, a Koo'itifn] onH n^nrrnrArtt vouno1 ladv ^ 25 years of age, leaped frorn^ the bridge into the Cumberland river. No one witnessed the suicide, but she was seen on the bridge by several persons about 12 o'clock and a shawl and umbrella were afterwards found at the plaie where she was last seen. She had been in bad health for about two months and retired last night in gocd spirits. Upon awakening this morning the family found her missing and a note was pinned to the bed, saying that her health had broken down and she was going to commit suicide. The body has not been recovered -yet, but a number of men are dragging the river at the place she was supposed to have jumped from. Mr. Sibbley of Pennsyluania. Hon. Joseph C. Sibley, of Pennsylbania, advise;; liis Democratic friends in congress to make no captious opposition to the passage of a iar:.ff bill such as the Republicans desire. He says if the Republicans can bring about prosperity, nobody need object, and they should have a fair trial. He is a free coinage man, but would welcome prosperity in any shape and by any political party. He says, however, that 4 'if the present conditions continue Mr. Bryan will be -nominated for t)resident by accla- ] mation bj the Democratic party in 1900 and triumphantly elected. On the other hand, if times are good, the Democratic nomination and all other nominations except that of the Republican party will be but empty honor/' Lynched for His Impudezic9. Bowling Gee:;. Ky., Feb. 4.?Rob-1 ert Morton, colored, was hanged by a mob near Rack field shortly after midnight last night. It is said that yesterday the negro, a son of a section hand at Rockfield, wrote an insulting and insinuating note to Miss Tcmmie Johnson, a well-known young white woman of Rockfield. Morton was captured and taken to a house on the Russellville pike and put under guard. A 1 -> wrtvfrr r\ f yy^Ck-n On. ? AUUUi u civ-iv a [;ii; -j- ui ~,~ peared at the house, overpowered the guards, took the prisoner away and hanged him. Five Children Drowned. Nebraska City, Neb., Feb. 3.?Five children ranging in age from S to 15 years, broke through the ice while skating on a pond near the Missouri River, on the Iowa side across from this city, last night and were drowned. Three boys belonging to the family of G-. W. Gibson, one boy to the family I of Phoenix Gibson and one girl to J. ilclivane. I ^ ^ | v^ookcq to Begokville. Pa., Feb. 3.?A sixyear-old daughter of Jlrs. William j Eines yesterday fell into a wash boiler i Slled with hot water s^nd -was literally :ooked to death. The child had been ! playing around the boiler. She died i shortly after being removed from the ; prater. < ;jr?JrJjg^=i.?MBun.^u:...'irl? a ur? rf? m<am -aa ROUND C0TT02 BALES. Interi'stias Ktpsrlmeatts Which Seem to Favor Them. Very interesting experiments have recently been made in St. Louis, demonstrating the advantages to be obtained from packing cotton into bales o? cylindrical form. The test was made at St. Louis, and the object was to note the etfects of hre upon bales of this kind. The judges were from the board of underwriters, and the following from the St. Louis Republic, inthat, the svstem of Backing has many advantages over the old. The Republic says: ''Cotton put up in round bales won't burn to any great extent. This fact was proven betore tne board of underwriters Wednesday morning by the American Cotton Company which , operates the round bale system. A round bale was shown completely covered, ends and all, with a closely woven cover, and with no cotton whatever exposed. The '\tiash hazzard," one of the greatest risk in cotton, is thus removed by the new method of bailing. It was explained that no cuting of the wrapping of any sort was necessary or permitted, as a guaranteed sample of the bale was drawn in process of making and ! properly identified. As th? objection had been raised j that the bale could not be sampled, itj was demonstrated perfectly that a sample could bs drawn from the I round the same as from any other bales, simply by cutting it. Then the euds were cut open and the character of the winding fully shown. The bale was then placed upon proper supports, the bagging still further cut and the cotton thrown back and exposed. and wood piled under, around and oji top of the bale, and coal oil poured over all of it. It was then idreu. After twenty minutes the fire died down and the bale was. rolled out, and it was found that beneath the outer lawyers the cotton was untouched, and that it could not penetrate the ends of the bale, simply charring the exposed ends slightly. It was again set fire to, but the blaze quickly (iiedoyt. A Meanwhile another bale of similar character was shown, with an iron rod run through it and properly supported, and this was unwound clear down to the core, rolling of like a coll of paper in a modern printing press, delivering the cotton in a smooth, regular "bat," ready for the machinery. There was no hitch in tJie unrolling, xnen ine are oaie was returned to, and to show that water would not penetrate it, as well as to put out any little remnants of fire that might be left, water was poured upon the bale. Then," with the unrolling of one single turn it was shown that under the first layer the cotton was perfectly dry and not damaged in any manner. The bale was then rcovered, weighed, and it was found that it had lost 11 per cent. The large number of prominent men, railroaders, bankers, insurance men, etc, who were present, expressed themselves as satisfied with the success of the tes t. Frum this it seems that ths round bale has much the best of it, but of course there are other points to bs considered. For example, the packing of cotion in this manner requires a change in machine y. Can it be packed at as little cost; can it be compressed as effectively, and can it be stored in the hold of a ship or in freight cars with as much economy of space and handling? All of these features must be weighed before the new bale can become the standard. Spanish Cruelty ana iiratauty. Key West, Fia., Feb. 2.?The fam- J ily of Rogero Cordivo, Cuban born, ! consisting of father, son and three J daughters, one of the latter under 16, were brutally killed at Guanabacoa, Friday night, under revolting circumstances. The son, aged 19, had incurred the enmity of the officer of the patrol some days before by -wearing a small button with the United States Hag on it, and refusing to take it off when ordered. The patrol officer, knocked him down, tearing the button off and injuring the lad severely. The father made a complaint to the commanding officer but was thown out of the office by soldiers. Friday night the patrol visited the house in the city limits and after binding and ? j gauging mm, ms wiie auu. suu, yiu- > ceededto exercise the greatest indignities upon the helpless girls. Thfcy were compelled to dance before the soldiers under threat of death to their father and mother if they refused. After several hours spent in carousing, suddenly the leader drew his ma.chette and killed the father. One soldier killed the mother and another shot the lad. The girls were then taken off, their dead bodies being found next day half a mile from the Spanish sentry lines hacked in a horrible manner and showing evidences of brutal treatment. The bodies of the others were found in the house, and the boy with his dying breath told the story in all its horrible details. Frondemlla's officers, when told the story, laughed at it, saving with a shrug: "Only soldiers1 play?it was only Cubans." A Fatal Fight. Spartanburg, S. C., Feb. 2.?Particulars have reached here of a bloody encounter this afternoon on the line between North and South Carolina six rnile^ from Try on. On Saturday - . , V...11 T-J* nigm vv in u-unneis ana ^iauue <; eukins, two mountaineers, disagreed and came to blows. Gunnels got the worst of the encounter and while no deadly weapons were used he was beat up considerably. He swore to have revenge, so today he got his brother, Joe Gunnels, and set out to find Jenkins. The three men met on a lonely mountain road and immediately they began the difficulty anew. One of the Gunnels brothers dealt Jenkins a terntnc blow, which almost staggered him; the other cut him severely in two places and he fell to his knees. While in this position Jenkins succeeded in drawing his pistol and killed both Gunnels on the spot. It is not thought that Jenkins will recover from the wounds he received. Will and Joe Gunnels were both shot in j the head and died almost instantly, j But Two Escape. Jacksonville, Fia., Feb, 3.? Captain Fozzard and the mate of the schooner Biscayne, which was wrecked Tuesday night near Sebastian, arrived in the city to-night. The three seamen constituting the remainder of the crew, were drowned, refusiDgto get in yawl boat because they thought it was unseaworthy. Several passengers were reported drowned, but this the captain denied, saying that he had refused to take them aboard on leaving this port, the weather being so stormy. Drowned Eer Babe. Wellsville, N. Y., Feb. 2.?Mark Ellsworth, 25 years of age, and his wife, of Genesee, Pa., a village ten miles ,?onth of this place, were jailed at Coudersport today, charged with drowning their two months-old baby. When charged with the crime, Mrs. Ellsworth confessed and implicated Lhe father. The mother says that cold and hunger drove her to the awful ieed. ! a deficiency impending. I Comptroller Norton'* Ideas How More j Uja Qua May be-Justly Raised. | Coluj. ', 8. C.. Feb. 3.?The I"Wavs a Means Committee of the House, . is said, has not yer, c:>mmf.nced on tf.e appropriation bill for tha year, awaiting the Comptroller General's report which is being printed, having been received too late to hare it oa the desks of members before. This was owing to the change in the fiscal year which prevented the report being compelled until some time after the close of the fiscal year the General Assembly meeting soon after. There has been more or less talk for several months about a deficiency in the revenues and a consequent increase in the tax ievy. General Norton was asked about these matters yesterday and he said there was no deficiency this year, but he thinks that with the present basis of taxation and the assessment of property, which must stacd for some time, there will be a deficit of $150,000 to be met in January, 1893. There can be only $92,000 more from the dispensary to go in the general fund, and tnat counts for this years appropriationThe State treasury now has cash on hand of about ?500,000, the interest having been paid in January. The Legislature will have that much and a little more now in process cf collection, besides ?15,000 in fees and the ?92,000 from the dispensary, for appropriation purposes. The estimated amount which it will take to run the State government at present expenditures is about $800,000, so it will be | seen that unless some provision is I rriarta ntTiprnricp t.hp TiPXL SPSSIOH will have to face a deficit about at the figures stated by Mr. Norton, $150,000. The Comptroller General has, however, warned the Legislature of the impendicg crisis and his personal belief is that, unless expenses are cut down, the levy must ba about five mills, if not something over. Other wise the State will have to borrow money and get off the cash basis it is now on. Mr. Norton expresses the opinion thai there can be a reduction of ex pcnses without detriment to the public service, but exactly what these are he will indicate to the committee, probably, when called on for information. He suggests other ways, however, of raising additional revenue which he thinks is just and fair. He believes that insurance companies could be taxed one and a quarter to one and a half per cont. on their gross business in the State, instead of "paying taxes separately in each county as they do now. This law has been operated in other States and has proved acceptable to the companies. He suggests, further, a graduated income tax on people doing business in the State, which business, however, is such as not to be liable for taxation ?such as the Pullman cars operated in the State. Another idea is licenses for professional men of other States ' who come in here temporarily to do Dusmessm comp^iiucn xo native pry | | fessional men who pay taxes. As an | instance of this he cited the case of a dentist from Marion who went on professional business in three counties in North Carolina for a certain "period. In each of the counties he had to pay I a license, while a similar man from North Carolina can come into this State and practice for nothing. The tax department seems to be hard for one not versed in its intrieates to understand, but after a talk of an hour with Comptroller General Norton the above seems to be his ideas on the situation and the remedy.?Register. Desperadoes Captured. Bamberg, S. C., Feb. 4.?News has just reached here from Briar Creek, a swampy, thinly settled portion of Barnwell county, about ten miles below here, of the canture of Carolina Davis, arid his son, Kelly Davis, leaders of a band of desperadoes that have infested that community for a number of years. Last Friday night Davis and his son entered the house of Mr. Thos. Rentz, a prosperous farmer of that section, and pillaged the house, securing everything of value. Then going out into the yard went into the meat house, stole seven sides of bacon . The next morning a searching party set out and sucseeded in tracing the robbers to their house, where a search disclosed a lot of stolen articles, such as watches, jewelry, razors, etc., also recovering the articles stolen from Mr. Rentz. Kelley and his son were arranged before- a magistrate on Saturday and given a preliminary hearing and bound over to the next session of j court. Some time ago this band was j cbased by the sheriff and posse, and a number of shots exchanged, resulting in the shooting down of one of the robbers, and they finally escaping to the swamps. A Degenerate Greeley. Los Angeles, Cal , Feb. 2.?A. degenerate relative of Horace Greeley, the great editor is now confined in the County jail, a confessed horse thief. Behind his capture is a story of wild, reckless riding by the robber over snowclad mountains and the dogged i perseverance of Frank Griffith, aepuf ty constable of Handford. who pluckily trailed the gang for five weeks and arrested Young Greeley this morning, j Greeley is about 25 years of age. He s confessed the crime", but refuses to di-1 vuige tne identity of his partners, i T"r- 1- - v. I nis iamer, wuu ciaims tu uc a. tutum of the editor, said his sen had only recently given indication that he was on the wrong course. FJght "With Bandits. Guthrie, Okla.., Feb- 4.?The report was received here this afternoon that about dark last night a gang of six or eight bandits attempted to rob the government offices and general store at Sac and Fox agency and in the battle which followed one outlaw and three other men were killed, among the dead being Gen. Thomas, the Indian agenf formerly at Atlanta, j Ga. At Shawance -which is the nearest telegraph station to the agency, the same report is current, but no particulars can be obtained and the reports cannot be verified. A Fool With a Gun. Chicago. Feb. 3.?Julia Sheehan, 17 years or a?e, was shot ana killed last night by her sweetheart, Joseph Cronin, -who was handling a double barrel shotgun which he did not know was loaded. Re snapped one barrel at her and when she urged him to put it down he still oointed it at her. She tried to push the gun aside, when Croninsaid: "Lookout, I'm goingto snoot," and pulled the trigger the second time. A heavy load of duck shot struck the girl in the abdomen. Cronin is now nearly insane with grief. Starv.tnj; Miners In Ohio. Belaire, 0., Feb. -i.?A committee of miners from the Belmont coal mines, this city, was cut all day so- j liciting aid for the families of men employed at the mine. Investigation shows there are over fifty families at these mines suffering for the necessities of life and some actually starving. The miners have not worked for four months. There is much suffering throughout the district and many appeals for aid have been received. t, [ Legislature Burned Out. Harrisbueg, Pa., Feb. 2.?A fire, | which started in the rooms of Lieutenant Governor Lyon some time this morning swept through the an(cient Capitol of Pensylvania and within an hour and a half after the breaking out of the flames, the structure was in ruins. The senate and house were about to reconvene for their afternoon session when the first llames burst through the walls and the law-makers were driven for their live to xhe open air. Ajs far as known no one was killed, but a number of people were in the building tryng to save i urn iture and other effects when the dome iell in, ana it is possible mat some one may be buried under the ruins. Quite a number of people were cut and bruised or half smothered by smoke, but no one was seriously hurt. The most valuable of the state and legislative records which were in the building were saved, but the records and statistics of the department of public instruction, which included much valuable information bearing upon the public schools of the state, were destroyed. The legislature will find a temporary home tomorrow, the senate m the rooms of the Supreme court and the house in. the United States district court, in the postoffice building and the legislature will at once take steps to have the capitol rebuilt. The total loss is estimated at! nearly a million of dollars, on which there is an insurance of but $200,000. The origin of the fire is unknown. Ii Thla Prosperity? Chicago, Feb. 2.?Twenty-five hundred employees of the Illinois Steel Company, South Chicago, accepted sweeping reduction in wages yesterday. Not a man from the president down was exempt frcmthe reduction. Five ten and fifteen per cent was taken from each day's pay, but there was nothing more serious lhan grumbling and dark looks. The cut did not alfect members of the Amal kj? aiwu auu Workers. The announcement of a cut was not bad news to all, however, for along with it the company expressed its intention of soon taking back a thousand men discharged a month ago. These men have been suffering the keenest poverty. In fact, many of them with their families have been supported by charity workers of South Chicago. By them the message from company was hailed with joy. J ofltice Prevails. Washington, Feb. 3.?The discus sion of the contested election case of G, W. Cornett vs. G. A. Swanson from the Fifth district of Virginia occupied nearly the whole of the day's session of the house, and by an overwhelming vote Mr. Swanson's title to the seat was confirmed by the house. The committee on elections No. 3 reported that Swanson was entitled to hold his seat; the minority. Messrs. mi -rrr_ 11 j j. ?. l.tj iiiomas, waiter ana uverstreei, neiu that neither Cornett norSwanson was entitled to the seat. A Convenient Invention. An Orangeburg farmer comes to the front with a new invention in the shape of a Lubricator for oiling vehicle wheels without taking them off the axle. It is inserted in the hub between two of the spokes. When you want to grease your wheel all you have to do is tc withdraw a plunger, which operates with a spring, and put as much oil as is needed on the axle. Upon being released the spring closes up the oil hole until it is opened for oiling up again. It is a very ingenious and clever device, and is bound to be used generally. With these lubricators a vehicle can be oiled up anywhere alnrj.c the road in less than one minute. The patent for this valuable invention is owned by the National Lubricator Company of Orangeburg, S. C. Mr. Jas. L. Sims, Editor and Proprietor of the Orangeburg Times and~Democrat, is the manager of the company, which is a guarantee that it is ail right. The company wants an agent in this covnty to sell the Lubricators. See advertisement in another column. Pianos by the 2U2e. See Ludden and Bates' new advertisment of one thousand Mathushek pianos. Suppose them all loaded on to wagons in one grand procession, allow 15 feet for each, wagon ana team and the line would be nearly three miles long. That is just the wholesale way this great southern house does business. Having acquired an interest in the noted Mathushek Piano factory, they are now supply' ing purchasers direct and saving all intermediate profits. This means a saving of from $50 to $100 on each piano, and the securing of one of the oldest and most reliable instruments at a remarkably low figure. Better write them at Savannah, Ga., or at 93 Fifth Ave., New York City. It la Said +)-i<a+ Qflri JLUL&li Ui CUA bi-L-0 UlCVvUA^) tiiMV U^i-VVK mankind, diseases of the kidneys are the most dangerous and fatal. If this be so, how important it is that the kidneys be kepi in a healthy condition ." The use of Hilton's Life for the Liver and Kidneys will do this. It is 4he "ounce of prevention" in thes troubles. The trustworthy core for the Whiskey, Opium, Morphine and Tobacco Habits. For further information address The Seeley Institute, or Drawer 27, Columbia, C P SEE HERE. IS YOUR LIViiR ALL RIG iT? Axe your Kidneys in a healthy c-.r^ition V If so, Hilton's Life for the Liver * nd Kidneys will keep them so. If not, Hilton's Life for the L ^er and Kidneys ?i!i aiaue them so. A 23c bottle will convince you of this fact. Taken regularly after mc-als It is an aid to J digestion, cures habitual constipation, and thus refreshes and clears both body and mind. SOLD WHOLESALE BY Ths Murray Drug Co COLUMBIA, S. C. AND Dr. H. BAES, Charleston, S. Ct ft * i i > WANT \ A PARTNER jj every j? town. m Postmasters, Railroad Agents, Genera jra t>re K*sp?rs, Clerks, Ministers, or any ^51 other person, lady or gentleman, who can ? devote a little or all of their time to our * * bnsines3. We do not want any money in advance, and piy large commissions to those who work for as. We have the bes Family Medicines on earth, and can produce lots, of testimonials from oar home people. Send for blank application and circular. Address BRAZILIAN' MEDICINE CO., 844 Broadway, An? sta, (ia I"MATHUSHEK"?The Piano for a lifetime. 53351 S3 A JSk ? I' KIANU5 | When other % mense stock of Pkaoson hand. LUDDEN &. BATES, interested in j this Factory, now offer this great stock at SoO to $100 less than former prices. >*o strictly High Grade Piano ever sold so low. ONE PROFIT from Factory to Consumer. Greater inducements tban everinslightly used JManos and Organs?iliany as good as new?sold under guarantee. Latest Styles. Elegant Cases. Also I Hew S7EINWAY Pianos, Mason & Hamlin Organs. I Write for Factory Prices and Bargain Lists. LUDDEN & BATES, SAVANNAH, 6A. All Sheet Music One-Half Price. Machinery AND Supplies Engines, isomers; Saw Mills, Corn M'.lls, Wheat Mills, Planers, Brick Machines, gd Mcnlders, (Jang Edgers. fi And a'l binds o! Wooi Wording Ma .3 chinery. Ho one in the Sonth can offer SH yon higher grade goods, or at lower prises. ^?5 Talbott, LIddell and Watertown Englaes. ~J YYcaie uiiiy <x icnr uulllo xiuo iiuui jt.u? Write for prices. '-^1 Light, Variable Feel Plantation Saw Mills fl a Specialty. V. O. Badliam, a General Agent, Mm COLUMBIA. S. C. Advice to Motto: j|i We tafce pleasure in calling your atteoS Hon to a remedy so long needed in carry Ing children safely through the critical stage 01 teething. It Is an incalculable blessing to mother and child. If ycu are J? disturbed at night with a sick, fretful, m|P teething child, use Pitta' Carminative, it $|g will give instant relief, and regulate the bowels, and make teething safe and easy, ffig It will cure dysentery and Diarrhoea.^^gM fitta Carminative is an instant "elie* forS colic of infants. It will proracUj digestion, f|| give tone and energy to the stomach and bowels. The sick, puny, sobering child will soon become the fat and frolicking joy cf the household. It Is very pleasant to the taste and only cost 25 cents per bottle. Sold by druggists and by THE MUBBAY DRUG (JO., Columbia, S. C. ENGINES, TJniT T?DC JJU.l UUXliJj SAW MILLS, m GRIST MILLS, AT, FACTORY PRICES. E. W. iSOREVEN,- 1 COLUMBIA. S. C.i I AG-Ji JSTTSW ANTJtSJJ | $ la each county in South Carolina jji$ Q to introduce a LUBRICATOR for >> , ? oiling vehicle wheels without re? moving the wheel from the axle. It $ v is a reccnt South Carolina inven- ill p tion, and will sell rapidly, as it is 2? ^ a very convenient device. Exclu-JtugM vr sive territory given to the rizh^Q $ man. For particulars addreg?| & Lock Box Xo. 4$eM g ORANGEBURG, M