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i v-1' w. A KING SATING GRASS, j f j R?V. DR. 7ALMAGE ON THE DESEC3A j 1 11 ON OF SACRED i HING3. j Two Style* of Character tr> Illustrate j God's Word?One Is Like a Llghtlioase j ? t ii-c -a mack IJuav?A i VwUW* ? _ Weird Scene. "Washington-, Feb. 1-1.?Dr. Tal- j mage in his sermon uses a weird and ; strange scene of ancient times :c iilustrate the behavior of modern pec- j pie who desecrate sacred things and i for their arrogance get a bad tumble, i His subject was "A King Eating ! Grass" and the text Daniel iv, 32, j "The same hour was the thing ful-1 filled upon Nebuchadnezzar, 2nd he j was driven from men and did eat i grass as oxen, and his body was wet j with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers and his nails like birds' claws." Better shade your eyes lest they be nut out with the splendor of Babylon, 1 as some morning you waiic out wuu j Nebuchadnezzar on the suspension bridges which hang from the house tops and he shows you the vastness c? his realm, as the sun kindles the domes with glistenings almost insufferable, and the great streets thunder up their pomp into the ear of the monarch, and armed towers stand around, adorned with the spoils of conquered empires. Nebuchadnezzar waves his hand above the stupendous scene and exclaims, CiIs not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honor of my majesty ?" But in an instant all that splendor is gone from his vision.ifor a voice fails from heaven, saying: "0, King Nebuchadnezzar, j to the it is spoken, The kingdom is de- j +Viao, onr? thpv shall drive i pcu tvU iivut bUVV) - -J ? thee from men, and thy dwelling ?? shall be with the beasts cf the field. They shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven years shall pass over thee, until you know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men and giveth it to whomsoever he will." One hour from the time that he made the boast he is on the way to the fields, a maniac, and rushing into the forests he becomes one of the beasts, j covered with eagles' feathers for pro- j tection from the cold, and his nails j s rowing to birds1 claws in order that1 he might dig the earth for roots and climb the trees for nuts. Tou see. there is a great variety in j the Scriptural landscape. In several j discourses we have looked at moun- j tains of excellence, but now we look j down into a great, dark chasm of j wickedness as we come to speak of ! Nebuchadnezzar- God in his Wcrci | sets before us the beauty of self denial, j of sobriety, of devotion, of courage, < and then, lest we should not thor- j oughly understand him, he introduced Daniel and Paul and Deborah as iliUS- j trations of those virtues. God also speaks to us in his Word as to the j hatefulness of pride, of folly, of impi-1 ety, and lest we should not thorough- j ly understand him introduces Nebuchadnezzar as the impersonation of; these forms of depravity. The formerj style ot character is a lighthouse, i showing us a way into a safe harbor, j and the latter style of character is a black buoy, swinging on the rocks, to show where vessels wreck themselves, i Thanks unto God for both the buoy and the lighthouse! The host of Nebuchadnezzar is thundering at the gates 1 of Jerusalem. The crown of that sa-! cred city is struck into the dust by the hand of Babylonish insolence. The vessels of the temple, which had never been desecrated by profane touch, were ruthlessly seized for sacrilege and transportation. Oh, what a sad hour when those Jews, at the command of the invading army, are obliged to leave the home of their nativity! How their hearts must have been wrung with anguish when, on the day they departed, they heard the trumpets from the top of the temple announcing the hour for morning sacrifice and saw the smoke of the altars ascending around the holy hill of Zioa! For -well they knew that in a far distant land they would never hear that trumpet call nor oehola the majestic ascent of the sacrifice. Bev."U vr\o o tro.m iiUiU i.iiUSC Vii ivmw. U VU Jerusalem to Babylon! Worn and weary th?y dare not halt, for roundabout are armed men urging them on with hoot and shout and blasphemy. Aged men tottered along c*n their staves, weeping that they could not lay their bones in the sleeping place of their fathers, and children wondered at the length of the way and sobbed themselves to sleep when the night had fallen. It seemed as if at every step a heart broke. But at a turn of the road Babylon suddenly springs upon the view of the captives, with its gardens and palaces. A shout goes up from the army as they behold their native city, but not one huzza is heard from the captives. These exiles saw no splendor there, for it was not home. The Euphrates did not have the water gleam of the brook Kedron or the pool of Siloam. vrril "ROKTT 1 rm _k_ V! J,XA\S n <0 Vi i/UVjAVU, viA 1' *A*v?, they hung their untuned harps, were not as graceful as the trees which at the foot of Mount Moriah seemed to weep at the departed glory of Judah, and all the fragrance that descended fx*om the hanging gardens upon that great city "was not so sweet as one breath of the acacia and frankincense that the high priest kindled in the sanctuary at Jerusalem. On a certain night a little while after these captives had been brought to his city Nebuchadnezzar is scared with a night vision. A bad man s pillow is apt to be stutFed with deeds and forebodings which keep talking in the night He will 2nd that the eagles' down in his pillow will stick him like porcupine quills. The ghosts of old transgressions are sure to wander about in the darkness and beckon and hiss. Yet, when the morning came, he found that the vision had entirely iled from him. Dreams drop no anchors and therefore are apt to sail away before we can fasten them. Nebuchadnezzar calls all the wise men of the land into his presence, demandi r> r* 4-VjO f Virr t V> * t cv uuuw j javvi wU v j explain his dream. They, of course, fail. Then their wrathful king issues an edict with as little sense as mercy, ordering the slaying of ail the learned men of the country. But Daniel the prophet comes in with the interpretation just in time to save the wise men and the Jewish captives. My friends, do you not see that pride and ruin ride in the same saddle? See Nebuchadnezzar on the proudest throne of all the earth and then see him graze with the sheep and the cattle! Pride is commander, well plumed and caparisoned, but it leads forth a dark and frowning host. The arrows from the Almighty's quiver are apt to strike a man when on the wing. Goliath shakes his great spear in defiance, but the smooth stones from the brock maie him stagger and fall like an ox under a butcher's bludgeon. He who is down cannot fail. Vessels scudding under bare poles do not feel the force of the storm, while those with all sails set capsize at the sudden descent of the tempest. Remember that we can be as proud of our humility as of anything else. Antisthenes walked the street of Athens with a ragged cloak to demonstrate - "Mir'-'ir'-O^a. hi? hurnaniiity but Socrs.te? declared he co J Id see the hypocrisy through the .l;o:es in his cloak. W2 would all see ourselves smaller than we were as i philosophic as Sevc-rus. the emperor of J Rome who said at the close of his life, ''I hare been everything, and everything is nothing." And when the urn that was to contain his ashes was at his command brought to him he said. ''Little urn. thou shait contain one for whom the world was too little." Do you not also learn from the misfortune of this king of Babylon what a terrible thing is the loss of reasonThere is no calamity that caa possibly befall us in this world so great as derangement of intellect?to have the body of maa and yet to fall even below the instinct of a brute In this j world of horrible sights ia-_ _nos: horrible is the idol's stare. In this world I of horrible sounds the most horrible is j the maniac's laugh. A vessel driven I on the rocks, when hundreds yo down ' never to rise and other hundreds drag their mangled and shivering bodies j upon the winter's beach, is nothing compared to the foundering of intellects full of vast hopes and attainments and capacities. Christ's heart won: ont toward those who were epileptic, falling into the fire, or maniacs, cutting themselves among the tombs. We are accustomed to 05 more j grateful for physical health than for the proper working of our mind. We are apt to take it for granted that the intellect which has served us so weil will always be faithful. We forget that an engine of such tremendous i power, where the wheels have such vastness of circle and such swiftness of motion and the least impediment 1 might put it out of gear, can only be kept in proper balance by a divine I hand. No human hand could engi: neer the train of immortal faculties, i EIow strange it is that our memory, | on whose shoulders all the misfortunes | and successes and occurrences of a j lifetime and are placed, should not J ; oftener break down, and that the scales j : of judgment, -which, have been weisfa- j j ing so much and so long, should not j I lose their adjustment, and that fancy, 1 which holds a dangerous wand, should I not sometimes maliciously wave it, j bringing into the heart forebodings | and hallucinations the most apoailing! Is it not strange that this mind, which j hopes so much in its mighty leaps for I the attainment of its objects, should not bs dashed to pieces on its disappointments? Though so delicately tuned, this instrument of untold harmony plays on, though fear shakes it, and vexations rack it, and sorrow and joy and loss and gain in quick succession beat out of it their dirge ]or toss from it their anthem. At morning and at night, when in your prayer you rehearse the causes of your thanksgiving, next to the salvation by Jesus Christ, praise the Lord for the : preservation of youi reason. ! See also m this story of Nebuehadcez zar the use that God makes of bad men. The actions of the wicked are used as instruments for the punishment of wickedness in others or as the illustration of some principle in the divine government. Nebuchadnezzar subserved both purposes. Even so I will go back with you to the history of every reprobats that the world has ever seen, and I will show you how to a great extent his wickedness was lim' ^ Zl** *3 sir,*-wrsTrray orm Vt r IltJU ILL lib UCdLl UUUVC mum uvm | God glorified himself in the overthrow j and disgrace of his enemy. Babylon i is full of abomination, and wicked Cyrus destroys it. Persia fills the cup ! of its iniquity, and vile Alexander i puts an end to it. Macsc-on must be j chastised, and bloody Emilius does it. The Bastille is to be destroyed and corrupt Napoleon accomplishes it. Even so selfish and wicked men are ! often made to accomplish great and | glorious purposes. Joseph's brethren S were guilty of superlative perfidy and | meanness when they sold him into ; slavery for about $7, yet how they | must have been overwhelmed with the | truth that God never forsakes the | righteous when they, saw he had be(come the prime minister of Egypt! Pharaoh oppresses the Israelites with the most diabolic tyranny, vet stand still and see the salvation of God. The plagues descend, the locusts, and the nail, and the destroying angel, showing that there is a God who will defend the cause of his people, and finally, after the Israelites have passed through the parted sea, behold in the of the drowned armv. that God's enemies are chaif in a whirl} ^ind! In some fianancial panic the j righteous suffered with the wicked. | Houses and stores and shops in a night foundered on the rock of bankruptcy, and healthy credit, without warning, dropped dead in the street, and money ran up the long ladder of 25 per cent, to laugh down upon those who could not climb after it. Dealers with pockets full of securities stood shouting in the deaf ears of banks. Men rushed down the streets, i with protested notes after them. I Those who before found it hard to Is spend their money were left without money to spend. Laborers went home for want of work, to see hunger in their chair_at the table and upon the I hearth. Winter blew his breath of frost through fingers of icicles, and 5 "? - * ^ ,1 ^ snerius, wioii au?c;iiLueiiu>, uug the cinders of fallen storehouses, ana and whole cities joined in the long funeral procession, marching to the grave of dead fortunes and a fallen commerca. Verily, the righteous suffered with the wicked, but generally the wicked had the worst of it. Splendid estates that had come together through schemes of wickedness were dashed to pieces like a potter's vessel, and God wrote with letters of fire, amid the ruin and destruction of reputations and estates that were thought impregnable the old fashioned truth, waich centuries ago he wrote in his Bible, "The way cf the wicked he turceth upside down."' As the stars of heaven are reflected from the waters of the earth, even so God's great and magnificent purposes are reflected back from the boiling sea of human passion aud turmoil. As the voice of a sweet song uttered among the mountains may be uttered baci from ihe cavernous home of wild beasts and rocks split and thunder scarred, so ihe great harmonies cf uoa s proviuence are rung oac.-c irom tne darkest caverns of this sin struck earth. Sennacherib and Abiinelech and Herod and Judas and Nero and Nebuchadnezzar, though they struggled like beasts unbroken to the load, were put into a yoke, where they were compelled to help draw ahead God's great project of mercy. Again. lei us learn the lesson thai men can be guilty of polluting the sacred vessels of the temple and carrying them away to Babylon. The sacred vessels in the temple at Jerusalem | were the cups and plates of gold ana silver with which the rites and eeremoiieswere celebrated. The laying of heathen hands upon them and the carrying them oft" as spoils vras an unbounded otl'ense to the Lord of the temple. Yet Nebuchadnezzar committed this very sacrilege. Though that wicked king is gone, the sins he inaugurated walk up and 'down the earl:;, cursing it from century to century. The sin of desecrating sacred things is committed by those who on sacramental day take the communion and while their conversation and deeds all show that they^live down at Babylon. Ilow solemn is the sacra tm " I f.M n'i?^?ii*hU<> .iiwA J i'ftW's moni: It is a time for tows, a time | for repentance, a lime forfaits. Sinai l stands near. with its fire split clouds, ] I and Cut-arv* with its victim. The! ! Holy Spirit broods over the suece, and I the glory of heaven seems to gather in the sanctuary. Vile indeed must that man be who wiil come in from | his idcis and unrepented foiiies to ! take hold of the sacred vessels of the temple. 0 thou Nebuchadnezzar! Back with you to Babylon! Tnose also desecrate sacred things who use the Sabbath for any other than religious purposes. This holy day was let do;vn from amid, the intentense secularities of the week to remind us that we are immortal and to i sllnw 135 rirpnar&tion for an endless j state of happiness. It is a green spot j ' n the hot desert of this world that gushes with fountains and waves with palm trees. This is the lime to shake the dust from the robes of our piety and in the tents of Israel sharpen our swords for future conflict. Heaven, that seems so far olF on other days. ! alights upon the earth, and the song of heavenly choirs and the hosannaof the white robed seem to mingle with our earthly worship. We hear the wailing infant of Bethlabem, and the hammer stroke of the Carpenter's weary son in Nazareth, and the prayer j of Gethsemane. and the bitter cry of j Golgotha. Glo^y be unto the Lord of I the Sabbath.! With that one day in j seven Gj?. divides tnis great sea of j business andgayety, so that dry shod | we may pass between the worldly | business of the past and the worldly I business of the future. But to many the Sabbath comes only as a day for neighborhood visiting, field rambling, hotel lounging and political caucusing. This glorious Sabbath, which was intended only as a golden chalice from which the thirsty should drink, is this moment being carried down to Babylon. I do not exaggerate the truth when I say that to tens of thousands there is no distinction between the Sabbath and the weekdays, except that on the | lord's ciay tney ao not woric, wnue j they eat more largely and dissipate more thoroughly. Sabbath breakers I are like hunters who should compel their hounds to take rest while themselves continue on the weary chase, for men on the Sabbath allow their bcdies, which are merely the animal nature, sufficient repose, while their immortal nature, which should be fed and refreshed, is compelled to chase up and down this world's highway. How shameful to rob God of his day, when he allows men so much lawful acquisition, even of a worldly nature, on the Sabbath, for, although men themselves are commanded, to rest, the corn and the wheat, and the grass grow just as rapidly on the Sabbath as on other days, so that while they sit in the sanctuary they are aci tually becoming richer in worldly j things! W hile you are doing nothing I -r-/-inr> AnH mnrbyaces arfi all accumulating interest for your estate just as fast as on other days. Men hired by the month or year are receiving just as much wages while quiet on the Sabbath as they are the harkworking weekday. No, I say how unutterably mean it is, when God is adding to your worldly estate on the Sabbath as certainly as on other days, that any should not be satisfied with that, but attempt to seize additional secular advantage from the Lord's day! Have you never noticed the curious fact that our worldly occupation frequently seems to be divided into sections of sis days each? Every week we have just enough work given us to do in six days. God makes just enough breaks in our continuous occupations to thrust in the Sabbatn. If you have not before no ticed, observe hereafter that when Saturday night comes there is almost always a good stopping place in your' i All fViino's corolla r> cnil* j UUSiUtJO. "I itual in providence and revelation seern to say, "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy." When the six days of creation had passed, God stopped working. Not even a pure flower or a white cloud would he make, because it was the Sabbath, and, giving an example to all future times, he rested. He who breaks the Sabbath not more certainly robs God than robs himself. Inevitably continuous desecration of the sacred day ends either in bankruptcy or destroyed health. A great merchant said, "Had it not been for the Sabbath I have no doubt I should have been a ma:aiac long ago." This remark was made in a p.nrn-nanv of merchants, and one of them said: "That corresponds will the experience of my friend, a great, importer. He often said, 'The Sabbath is the best day of the week to plan successful voyages.' Ke has for years been in an insane hospital and will probably die there." Those also repeat the sin of Nebuchadnezzar who in any way desecrate the Koly Scriptures. There are men who use the word of G-od as an instrument of angry controversy. Bigots at heart and zealots, in the advocacy of their religious peculiarities they meet other sects with, the fury of a highwayman,thrusting them through and through with wh&t they consider the sword of the Spirit. It is a wonder to me that some men were not made with horns to hook with, and hoofs to kick with, and with claws to grab with. What Christ said to rash Peter when he struck oif the ear of Malchus he says to every controversialist, ':Put up again thy sword into its place, for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword." Rev. William Jay met a countryman who said to him: "I was extremely alarmed this morning, sir. It was very foggy, and I was going j I--.- ? 'VUVX.. j ! I saw a strange monster. It seemed j in motion, but I could not discern its form. I did not like to turn back, but my heart beat, and the more I looked The more I was afraid. But as I approached I saw it was a man, and who do you think it wasf "I know I not." "Oh, it was my brother John." Then Mr. Jay remarked, ''It was early in the morning and very foggy, j and how often do we thus mistake j our Christian brethren." Just in proportion as men are j rcrons: will they be boisterous in their religious contentions. The lamb of ' rvv. * > r? 7 !tto e- + ttt V? r 1 ^ r"? o r* i id ai. vv <kj o ? vix uuiic. wxj.wa. is no lion so fierce as the roaring lion that goes about seeking whom he may devour. Let Gibraitars belch their war ilame on the sea. and the Dardanelles darken the Hellespont with the smoke of iheir batteries, but for ever and ever let there be good will among these who profess to be subjects of the fcospsl of gentleness. "Giory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will io men." Vvh&t an embarrassing thing to meet in heaven if we have not settled our controversies on earth. So I give out for all people of ail religions to to sins: John Fawcett's hymn, in short meter, composed in 1772, but just as appropriate for 18^7: Idlest re the tic that hinds our henna in Christian lore. The fellowship of kindred n:iuds is like to thai above. i'rom sorrov. toil and pain And sin v:c shall be free. An ! perfect love and friendship reign Throiitrb :ul eternity. M 'iMUmilW ) ?l I. 1^ I ~TF0RK OP THE HOUSE. PENSION CriAXGES AND MAGiS7RATES uiSCUSSED. An Adjournment in liespect to the Memory of the I-rite Judge AJdrlch?Trip to Charleston?Otlser Kuslness Transacted. Columbia, Feb. 20.?When the House met Saturday morning Mr. Lof con's shad and sturgeon bill Vhich had been so fully and exhaustively discussed the preceeding day, was then called up. Mr. Pyatt moved to recommit the bill. Mr. Stevenson thmiR-bt, t'nftt, the ITn-is? eVioulf] nnf- fin this; it should either pass or kill the bill without further delay. Mr. Henderson then amended the bill so as to make it apply only to the coast counties of the State and it was thereupon ordered to a third reading. The clincher was put on the final vote by Dr Sturkie. The House then took up and passed Mr. Price's joiat resolution authorizing and requiring the comptroller general to draw his warrant on the State treasurer to pa? certain balances of salaries of supervisors of registration of the several counties of the State and to require the State treasurer to pay same, whereas many of the supervisors of the State continued to perform the duties of their offices from Nov. 1, 1S95, to March 1, 1S96, and havo received ao compensation therefor. The senate bill to provide for the appointment of magistrates and to define their jurisdiction, powers aud duties, being a special order, was ".ailed up and a good many amendments were oifered. After many other amendments had been made Dr. Wyche moved to amend oy striking out the provision: "ShouJd the senate refuse to confirm any appointee it shall not be lawful for the governor to reappoint the party so rejected for that term." He said tue House had stricken out this provision last year. He wanted the House to say whether it was willing to allow the senator from a county to dictate who the magistrates should be. Mr. Rogers said Mr. Gadsden was in error in his argument as to what the constitution meant. Mr. Rogers said the responsibility rested primarily with the governor. ! Mr. Gadsden said that he was not j favoring secret sessions. The constij tution required them, no act could j change that. Mr. Pollock wanted the charges I against a man openly preferred and j not secretly. The House then struck out the ! clause and the bill was ordered to a j third reading in another column as I published. The pension committee's bill to i amend the general pension law was ! then called up and Mr. Ley tor. ofTer! ed an amendment to have township I boards consist of four old soldiers and one Dhysician. j Mr. Cushmaa said that the committee had thought it best not to have ; physicians on the township boards, j but to have on? on the county board. | Physicians at home would beinllu! eneed by their patrons. Mr. Ley ton 5 aid his object was to keep the old soldiers from going to the county seai to be examined. The amendment was then tabled and the bill passed as printed in another column. The senate concurrent resolution relative to the Peabody fund was adopted in this shape: Be it resolved by the senate of the j State of South Carolina, the house of I A _ : mu-i. 4-Vyv j representatives concurriUK- j-uv-i wc j Hon. J. L. M. Curry, as agent of the j Slater and Peabody educational funds I and the gentleman associated "with him in the distribution of the same, be, and they hereby are, respectfully requested to appropriate to the Colored, Normal. Industrial ana Mechahij cal college of this State all of said I funds that are applicable to the edu[ cation of the negro youths of this j State, as in the opinion of the general [ assembly said college is the only I school entitled to said portion of said j funds; and, further, that an engross| ed copy of this concurrent resolution be forwarded to the said agent by the clerk of the house of representatives. Mr. Phillips at this juncture offered a resolution eulogizing the late Judge A. P. Aldrich who was at one time speaker of the house and declaring that the house stand adjourned out of respect lo his memory. The resolution was unanimously adopted. The way? and means committee's bill to pro\ . for the redemption of I land sold for the payment of taxes j was taken up and ordered to a third reading without debate in this shape: Sec. 1. That wherever any lands or tenements shall hereafter be sold to enforce the payment o' taxes, the owner, his heirs or assigns, or any person or corporation having a lien upon or interest in said premises so sold, shall have the right to redeem the same by paying to the sheriff or otfcer officer making such sale within one year from the date thereof the full amount of the purchase money with 10 per cent, penalty thereon, which said sum shall be paid by the said sheriff or other officer to the party who purchased at such delinquent j sale. Sec. 2. That whenever such redempI lion shall be effected as hereinbefore j provided ihe title to said lands shall | instantly reinvest in the former ownj er thereof, subject to all the incumi brances and liabilities that existed thereon at the time of said sale: Provided, however, That whenever redemption is made by a person other 1 than the owner, his heirs or assigns, the amount so paid for redemption shall constitute a prior and preferred i lien upon the said premises. j Sec. 3. Tha'; in order to allow for | such redemption all sheriffs or other officers makicg such sales shall hold the surplus proceeds thereof, if any, for one year from the date of such sale, and in case no redemption shall be then made, shall pay over the same as now provided by law. Sec. 4. All acts and parts of act inconsistent with the provisions of this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. j On Tuesday a message was received | from the senate announcing that it had killed the bill to repeal the antifree-pass act. Some members laughed when the message was read; others ! InnlrArl arte} fhmitrht.fiil Columbia. Feb. 21.?Among the most important features of legislation yesterday was the passage of Mr. Kib| ler's bill for a. bank and insurance in-! specter. Mr. Garris's dispensary bill was brought up and attempts were made J to amend it by having the legislature j to elect the commissioner; pulting constables under the control of the Board of Control rather than the Governor, but both of these failed. Consideration of the bill was not finished, ! but when deDate was adjourned the pending question was an amendment by Mr. Winkler to prohibit the county dispensers from making more than 33i per cent, on the original cost of the liquors. An amendment was adopted making the commissioner's salary $1,1)00 instead of $2,500. Greenwood, Cherokee and Bamberg county bills have passed both houses [ and await the Governor's signature to become reaiities. An important bill "with reference to forfeiture of abandoned railroad property was passed after quite a lively debate. Mr. Winkler offered a resolution that hereafter no member be allowed to speak more than five minutes on auy SUUJCUL, uui icu mciuucrs uujcticu and the resolution yrent over for consideration. The bill to provide for the eollec-! tion of past due railroad tazes "?*as ordered to a third reading. Mr. Henderson moved to reconsider | the vote whereby Dorchester county ! bill was ordered to a third reading. ! He said he wanted it to go on record and for that purpose he wanted to call the ayes and nays as well as to oifer some amendments. He wanted the county site to be selected by a twothirds vote iustead of by a majority as provided for in the bili agreed on. The amendment was lost by a vote of 73 to 74. The appropriation bill was read the third time, after the appropriation of $1,600 for the directors had been stricken out on motion of Mr. John P. Thomas, wio said Superintendent Neal had informed him that the appropriation was unnecessary. Mr. Caughman called up the reso lution making Feb. 26, at 10 A. M., the day of final adjournment Mr. Pollock moved to make it Saturday 27 th. Mr. Bacot suggested that as tne House was in some confusion owing to the triD to Charleston, he thought it could be better considered on Fri clay. He moved to adjourn debate. | Mr. Caughman thought members ought to know when they were going to leave here, the Ways and Means committee ought to know. Dr. W yche 'said that the House still had some of the most important measures to consider, and the House ought to attend to its business. He did not believe members should tie themselves down to any day of adjournment under the circumstances. Mr. Bacot's motion to adjourn debate was carried by a vote of 4S to 42. Mr. Pollock called for the special order?the bill to incorporate the Atlantic Coast L'. 18. Mr. Pollock said that by an Act of last year, it was required that all railroads owned by a common company operate a continous mileage rate. The roads want to consolidate into one actual system, which the railroad commission agreed, to. The commission practically took the initiative in compelling the roads to unite. Mr. Garris's Dispensary bill being ! thp snpr.ial order it. was called Ut) and Mr. John P. Thomas offered the following, which was promptly killed: The State Board of Control shall nave the right to appoint special lager beer Dispensers, who shall give bend for the faithful discharge of their duties, and who shall have the right to sell lager beer under rules and regulations established by the State Board of Control. The State Board of Control shall also have the right to permit the sale of wine made from grapes grown within this State by County Dispensers under such rules and regulations as they may establish. Mr. Pollock offered an amendment which would place the election of the Commissioner in the hands of the Legislature rather than the Board of Control. Mr. Thomas thought all the responsibility for the conduct of tbe Dispensary should be put on the Board of Control. Mr. Garris thought it would be a financial mistake if any change was made. Mr. Toole favored electing as many of the officers as possible by the Legis iaiure. Dr. Wyche moved to table the j amendment, which was agreed to. ; Mr. Skinner offered an amendment reducing the salery of the Commissioner from $2,500 to$1,900. Mr. Garris opposed the reduction because if there is to be a good man at the head of the Dispensary?one above suspicion, he must be well paid. Mr. Winkler held that the duties of the various State officials were as onerous and as responsible, and he saw :ao reason why an exception should be made in fa7or of the commissioner. Mr. Sullivan wanted it *-? i-ead "so as not to exceed $1,900." e stated that he understood that a good man could be gotten for less than $1,900. This was agreed to. Mr. Gadsden moved an amendment which would place the appointment and control of the constables in the hands of the Board of Control, rather than of the Governor. He held that j ^4- rrrnn 1A ka o Knci n TV) C\ T7P 51 fid ? would take the constabulary out of politicsMr. Garris held that this would completely revolutionize the law in this State. The Governor is the Executive and should have power to enforce the law. The amendment was tabled. Mr. Bethune offered an amendment. that members of the Board should be men not addicted to the use of intoxicating liquors. Mr. Garris and Mr. Migill held that it is an impracticable and useless amendment. The House refused to table the amendment by 70 to 26 on an aye and nay vote. Mr. Yvrinkler introduced an amendment that County Dispensers should not make a profit of over 33 1-3 per cent, on the original cost of the liquor, but pending that motion the House took a recess. During the day the following bill was passed: Section 1. That any person, com ^dUJ \JL VL/i U YYUlUg U<ALXJUg or controlling any line or railroad in this State which shall tear up or remove its track, or discontinue a regular freight and pasenger service thereon for the perioi of live days except when prevented by the act of God or the public enemy, shall be deemed to have abandoned the same, and because of such abandonment shall forfeit to the State its charter and all the tracks, engines, cars, rights of ways, lands, depots and all other property connected with or belonging to said railroad. Sec. 2. Whenever it shall appear to the Attorney General that any such person, company or corporation has abandoned its line of railroad, he | shall proceed to forfeit the same as aforesaid by rule against such person, company or corporation in a court of competent jurisdiction, requiring them to show cause why the same should not be forteited: F ovided. ; This Act shall -.ot apply to street railways. The Committee on Offices reported a bill to prohibit manufacture of distilling of any liquor or liquors containing alcohol in this State, except wine for one's own use made from grapes and other fruits. The bill provides fines not less than ?500 nor more than -$1,000 and imprisonment frocn two to live years. John Wannamaker has said: "To discontinue an advertisement is like taking down a sign." That is just the idea. You have a sign above your door to let people know who you are a^id where you are. and what you are doing. That's what your ad. does. Space in newspapers merely multiplies your sign. Il lets thousands of people know what you have to sell. ' i i SLASHING AT SALARIES. ! _r~~7 UOMi.\ lc,u r ku.u I'AUf. u.>f, | the South Carolina college, but it i should be run economically. A man i should pay for higher education. He ! took Ekskine college, which ran on j an income of $0,000 and graduated I about 17 students. He cited other i State institutions and then said that with $25,000 the South Carolina college had graduated only "two and two halves" students. These -would not be worth such a sum to the State, no matter who they might be. 31 r. Rogers was a friend of the college, but would be willing to cut to $21,000, but not below. He favored ! tuition fees and thought that they j should be paid by every student. Mr. Bacct said that many of the students there now paid tuition fees of $40 a year. Over $2,000 was paid in fees last year. Mr. Blythe thought that $21,000 was sutlicient to meet all the expenses for I me proper liicULueuiiuuc ut LUC He quoted some figures to sustain his position. The roll call was then demanded on the motion to reduce to $17,000. The bouse voted as follows, tabling the amendment: Ayes?Ashelev, Carraway, Caughman, Davis. G- W.; Graham, J. S.; Hamilton, Kennedy, Xibler, Kinard, H. J.; Kinard, J. D.; Lester, Moore, Plyler, Stevenson, Williams?15. Nays?All, Anderson, Armstrong, Asbill, Austell, Bacot, Bailey, Bedon, Blythe, Breeland, Bums, Colcock, Crum, Cushman, Davis, C. M.; deLoach. Dukes, Edwards, Epps, Fairey, Fox, Gadsden, Gage, Gasque, Glenn, Goodwin, H. P.: Goodwin, 0. P.; Graham, T. A.; Hiott, Hollis, Humphery, Ilderton, Johnson, Lancaster, Limehouse, Livingston, Loiton, Magill, Mauldin. Meares. Mehrtens, Miller, J. H.; Mishoe, Mitchell, McDaniel, McKeown, McLaurin, McWhite, Nettles, Patton, Phillips, Pollock, Prince, Pyatt, Reynolds, Robinson, Rogers, Russell, Seabrook, Sinkler, Skinner, Simkins, Smith, J. R. ; Smith, E. D.; Speer, Sturkie, Sullivan, Thomas, J. P., Jr.; Thomas, W. tt m _ . i _ m j T r; I JtL.; xooie, xownsenu, v truer, > xucent, Wolling, Wessmereland, Whisonant, Wilson, Wingo, Winkler, Yeldell?87. The roll call was demanded then on the Ilderton amendment to cut to $21,000. The house agreed to the amendment by the following vote: Yea?Hon. F. B. Gary, speaker; All, Armstrong, Asbill, Ashley, Austell, Bethune, Blythe, Burns, Caraway, Caughman, Crum, Cushmau, Davis, C. M.; Davis. George W.; Dukes, Edwards, Epps, Fairey, Fox. Glenn, Goodwin, H. P.; Goodwin, 0. P.; Graham, J. S.; Hamilton, Hollis, Humphrey, Ilderion, Johnson, Kennedy, Kibler, Kindard, Henry J.; Kinard, J. D.; Lancaster, Layton, Lester, Limehouse. Mauldin, Miller, i Joel H.; Mishoe, Moore. McKeown, I McLaurin. McWhite, Phillips, Piyler, j Pollock, Prince, Robinson, Rogers, Russell, Skinner, Smith, J. R.; Smith, ' TS1 Shobi" Shirlrio Sullivan. Tim merman, Toole, Yerrter, Welch, Westmoreland, Whisonant, Wingo, Winkler?66. Nay?Anderson, Bacot, Barkle^, Bedon, Breeland, Colcock, Davis, W. C.; deLoach, ESrd, Gadsden, Gage, Gasque, Graham, Thomas A.; Hiott, Livingston, Lofton, Meares, Mathrtens, Mitchell, McDaniel, Nettles, Patton, Pvatt, Reynolds, Seabrook, Sinkler, Simkms, Stevenson, Thomas, John P., Jr.; Thomas, W. H.; Townsend, Vincent, Wolling, Wilson, Wil- j liams, Wyche, Yeldell?37. Mr. Layton moved to increase ;the appropriation for the deaf dumb and blind asylum from $18,000 to $19,000. The committee held with all lights before them that $18,000 was insufficient. Messrs. Thomas and Wilson explained the position of the committee. The amendment was tabled. On motion of Mr. Crum the appropriation for the expenses of litigation of the attorney general was cut from $2,500 to $2,000. Mr. Ashley moved to. strike out altogether the appropriation of $7,500 for the new building for the colored I male insane at the State GOSDital for the insane. Mr. Uderton was opposed tc this. He could not see whjpe they -would be wasting any money to build this structure. He pointed out tae danger from fire. Mr. Wilson also spoke against this amendment. The committee had sent for Dr. Babcock and he had convinced them that the building was an absolute necessity. This building was for the benefit of those whom God had touched. Many brick were already upon the ground. Mr. Efird disliked to oppose this, but felt it his duty. Finally Mr. Ashley withdrew the amendment. Mr. Philips' amendment relating to the State Fair society's appropriation came up again. Mr. Thomas was opposed to the amendment. Mr. Iiderton said that Mr. Phillips amendment was in the words of the previous act on the subject. He did not know whether this money would comeback or not if it was not needed. Mr. Thomas offered a substitute providing that all surplus remaining after the premiums had been paid be covered back into the State treasury, ana tnat an oe reiurnea 11 me sate receipts etc., were sullieient- This was adopted. Mr. Pollock then endeavored to have the whole appropriation stricken out. After a spat with Mr. Thomas about the provision not being there, Mr. Pollock proceeded to read with great emp^ssement, a section pc :nted out to him by Mr. Thomas of Charles| ton. Suddenly he stopped and Ihe whole house broke into a roar of laughter. rihe section had turned directly against him. When the house quieted somewhat. Mr. Pollock said his friend from Charleston had played a joke on him and soon after sat down. The house rejected the amendment of Mr. Pollock. The total amount of the appropriation was then changed to $2,400 by consent. The vote was clinched. Then there was an effort to recon siGer tne vote wnereoy mr. inomas amendment was adopted. It ended after much talk in the clinching of the vote whereby Mr. Thomas1 amendment had been agreed to. Mr. Timmerman then mored to cut the salary of the phosphate commi? sioner from $1,500 to $1,200. Mr. Orum thought that the duties of the commissioner were such that he should receive the salary recommended. The amendment was agreed to, however. Mr. Winkler moved to increase the assistant attorney generl's salary from $1,350 to $1,500. He said that this official was the hardest worked man for his salary in this State. Mr, Cushman had been reliably informed that all the time of this oiiieiai vras not occupied in work for the State; therefore he was opposed to this increase. Mr. Livingston thought that such! services were worth more than those oi an ordinary cieric or Doosseeper. After some further discussion the house rejected the amendment. The entire bill was then ordered to a third reading with notice of amendments by the committee on the iinal reading. The vote was clinched. u I "n i <Ti i i 7* \ MONEY COULD NC" SAVE HIM. | A i>li?:>'.:?y.;ro K:jti? For Murderiu; His Wife. UNION, Mo., ieb. 1G.?Dr. Arthur j Duesirow, the St. Louis millionaire who on February 16, 1884, shot ana j killed his wife and child in that city, was hanged here in the court yard of the county jail at 12:55 today. A few "hours before the execution took place, Duestrow threw off the mask of insanity, sobbed like a woman and admitted that he killed his wife and child. It was but a short time, however, before the condemned man regained his composure. He talked with all his visitors and even smiled. This was nrobablvthe result of the Sheriffs order rescinding one made Monday that the prisoner should not be allowed to have any whiskey. At 10 o'clock., he decided that small doses should be Siven Duestrow from time to time to keep his courage up and Duestrow was much gratified. Duestrow was not visited by any spiritual advisers. At 12:30 Sheriff Puchta entered the jail to read the death warrant to Duesirow. Tne crowd was so dense that it was impossible to get near the place. A rope fenced oil a space about 20 feet wide and 50 feet long. Here the deputies, 25 in number, patrolled, keeping back the crowd. It was but a few moments before the hour of 1 o'clock that the door of the jail opened and the prisoner, accompanied by the Sheriff and his deputies, made their appearance in the court yard. The prisoner looked like a walking corpse save for the light in the brilliant dark eyes that not even the confinement of nearly forty months could dim. He was clad in a alack suit, turn down collar and light fedora hat. His head was erect. As they came to the stockade door, the deputies swung it back and the little party passed in. Up the steps they went and behind them came the news paper men. The work on the scaffold was speedy. Duestrow placed himself on the trap. Sheriff Fuchta bound his arms behind him and his knees and ankles together. The gruesome work went on, ropes were all fast. ''Arthur Daestrow," said the sheriff, ' 'have you anything to say?" "I am notDaestrow," was the quick rejoinder lowly spoken. "Have you anything to say!" repeated the sheriff. "I say that we have war,"said the man. *'I want to say that I am dying illegally. I am not tbie man who killed that woman. It is all a mistake. "I wish that some of you would give my kind regards to Governor C. P. Johnson. Say good-bye to him for me. Say good-bye also to the Countess von Bandenburg. "I want to say furthermore, while I cannot comprehend all this, there must be something wrong. It is beyond reason. I have tried to do my duty all my life. I have obeyed orders to the best of my ability and done what seemed to me to be right.1' The black cap was adjusted. The noose was slipped around his neck by the sheriff's * own hand. Deputy Kreckei took a hatchet in his hand to cut the rope that held the trigger. ' 'Ready," called the sheriff. Kreck ei raise! nis natcaet, down it came, crash went the trap and Duestrow plunged through. The rope tightened and stretched. The execution was perfect, Duestrow dying in 20 minutes from strangulation. After the body was cut down it was placed in a plain wooden box, Sheriff Puchta announced that he would turn it over to Hulda Duestrow, the dead man's sister, and only surviving relative, who will bury the remains in St. Louis beside those of his father. The case of Dr. Arthur Duestrow, the millionaire of this city who in February, 1894, shot and killed his wife and three year old son Louis in cold blood while frenzied with drink, was one of the most remarkable ever passed upon by the courts of this State. From the beginning Duestrow tried to make people believe that he was insane. On the day in question er. Duestrow drove ud to his home in a sleigh with the intention of taking his wife and child out riding. He was greeted affectionatelv bv his wife, but responded in a surly"manner. With no excuse whatever, he accused his wife of keeping a disorderly house. The climax came when the doctor pulled out a revolver and shot his wife, wounding her so that she died after several days of intense suffering. TheD, taking up his 3 yearold son Louis, whom he had played with and caressed but a short time before, he held the child at arm's length against the wall and blew his brains out. Pianos by the Mile. See Ludaen and Bates' new advertismen* one thousand Mathushek pianos. Suppose them ail loaded on to wagons in one grand procession. allow 15 feet for e^ch 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 supplying purchasers direct and saving ail 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, G-a., or at 93 Fifth Ave., New York City. Killed by a Fire Kngine. Charleston, Feb. IS.?Eddie McS weeny, the 12 year old son of W. J. McSweeny, was crushed to death under a fire engine this afternoon. The engines were responcii-^ 'o an uptown call, and little Eduje tried to cross in front of No. 0. Tne herses struck him down ancl two wheels passed over his stomach. He lived an hour or two and died in his miner's arms. The trustworthy cure for the Whiskey, Opium, Morphine and Tobacco Habits. For further information address The Keeley Institute, or Dra^-ar 27, Columbia, 5. C. BOILERS. SAW MILLS, GRIST MILLS, ' AT, FACTORY PRICES. S. W. .SCREVEN, COLUMBIA, S. C.j "WANT fjj A PARTNER j| EVERY 6 TOWN. 1 Postmasters, Railroad Agents, Genera JBx tore Keepers, Clerks, Ministers, or ai other person, lady or gentleman, who canjBogfl devote a little or all of their time to onJB business. We do not want any money fjs advance, and pay large commissions tcHHH those who work for 03. We have the best *38 Family Medicines on earth, and can pro- _ ince lots of testimonials from oar home ? people. Send for blank application and circular. Address BRAZILIAN MEDICINE CO., 844 Broadway, An? sta, Ga Advice to Mothers. J We take pleasore in calling your attea * Hon to a remedy so long needed In carry- I ing children safely through the critical stage of teething. It is an incalculable * blessing to mother and child. If you are disturbed at night with a sick, fretful, teething child, use Pitts' Carminative, it will give instant relief, and regulate the bowels, and make teething safe and easy. It will cure Dysentery and Diarrhoea* Pitts Carminative is an Instant relief for * colic of infants. It will promo*} digestion , give tone and energy to the stomach and bowels. The sick, puny, suffering child will soon become the fat and frolicking joy of the household. It is very pleasant te the taste and only cost 25 cents per bottle. -* Sold by druggists and by THE MURRAY DRUG CO., q Columbia, 8. 0. I"MATHUSHEK"?The Piano for a lifetime.' PIANOS " . a rs M -rr-r? l Hjj UUUUE.1M CX. OM I C. o J iUbClCOVW 4A* | jot m this Factory, now offer this great stock "^1 S at SoO to S100 less than former prices. Jfo ? strictly High Grade Piano erer sold so low. I ONE PROFIT from Factory to Gonsomer. ?3 Greater inducements than ever in slight- flH a ly used Pianos and Organs?many as IgggrtM at good as new?sold under guarantee. Latest Styles. Elegant Cases. Also ^a|g I New STEIHWAY Pianos, 1 Mason & Hamlin Organs. IB If Write for Factory Prices and Bargain Lists. *jsm ILUDDEN & BATES, SAVANNAH, 8A. JM Machinery ? Suppliesffl| Engines, Boilers; Saw Mills, Corn MUM Wheat Mills, Planers, Brick Machines? Moulders, Gang Edgers. fl And all kinds, of Wool Working Jjg chinery. >To one in the South can oflfl yon higher grade goods, or at lower pcH Talbott, Llddell and Watertown EngflB "We are only a few hours ride fromfl Light, Variable Feel Plantation Sa n tfH V. O. Badliam, General Agent, COLUMBIA, S.: C,; ? LIT? IT* - ;r . OJElEl HERE. *'< V '-*k ? IS!YOUR LI', IR ALL RIGcTT ? Are your Kidneys in a healthy condition ? If so, Hilton's Life for the Liver and Kidneys will keep them so. If not, Hilton's Life for the L'ver and Kidneys will make them so. A 25c bottle will convince yon of this fact. Taken regularly after meals it Is an aid te digestion, cures habitual constipation, and thus refreshes and clears both body and mind. SOLD WHOLESALE BY Th? Murray Drug Co, 3 COLUMBIA, S. C : AND Dr. H. BAEB, Charleston, S. C, M AGENTS WANTJtSJJ | " '<4 In each county in South Carolina $ vr to introduce a LUBRICATOR for ^ 25 oiling vehicle wheels without re- 3 & moving the wheel from the axle. It $ ^ !. A o i.i_ : w . is <> reucut ovuui uivcu3? tion, and will sell rapidly, as it is & $ a very convenient device. Exclu- ^ ^ v sive territory given to the right vj $ man. For particulars address. <8 . & NATIONAL LDBB1CAT0R COMPANY, &. $ Lock Box No. 43, X * ! | ORANGEBURG, S. C. ? ^