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tr * fef isv% THE ONE RIGHT ROAD. ; 3 REV. DR. TALMAGE POINTS IT OUT n TO LIFE'S TRAVELERS. ? (3 He Show* the Itond of Kighteousuess to be Safe- --Plait), Pleasant. Uroail, Smooth ^ and With a Glorious Terminus at | Last. j Washington, Feb. 2.?Rev. Dr. * Talmftgft's sermon for today was a pic ture of the road that many have trav- ? eled and others are trying to get on t and is no more appropriate for the ; capital of the nation than for all c ft. places. The text chosen was Isaiah c K* xxrv, 8, 9, 10: "And an highway 1 ?. shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called the way of holiness. The ? unclean shall not pass over it, but it 1 gg"-'' shall be for those; the wayfaring men, * if though fools, shall not err therein. ' No lion shall be there, nor any raven- t " " ous beast shall go up thereon, it shall ' not be found there, but the redeemed c L okoll trollr tlia *>qnoatyidH r\f I CI SU?" 1UWV, ?."V/ the Lord shall return and come to 1 Zionwith songs and everlasting joy v ? .. .. upon their heads. They shall obtain a joy and gladness, and sorrow and ^ sighing shall flee away." There are hundreds of people in this t. house who want to find the right .road. You sometimes see a person t v. * halting at crossroads sn^ -v; can tell I "v*by his_looto that he wishes to ask a j ~ question as to what direction he had r better take. And I stand in your pres- h ence conscious of the fact that there d are many of you here who realize that 1 there are a thousand wrong roads, but g only one right one, and I take it for 5 granted that you have come, in to ask b which one it is. Here is one road that p opens widely, but I have not much o faith in it. There are a great many a expensive tollgates scattered all along I that way. Indeed at every rod you ? must pay in tears, or pay in genullex- il ions, or pay in flagellations. On that y road, if you get through it at all, you p have to pay your own way, and since 1; this differs so much from "what I have ii heard in regard to the right way, I a believe it is the wrong way. a Here is another road." On either n side of it are houses of sinful enter- p tainment and invitations to come in y and dine and rest, but from the looks n of the people who stand on the piazza a fe- I am certain it is the wrong house and v the wrong way. Here is another u road. It is very beautiful and macad- ij amized. The horses' hoofs clatter and fi ring, and they who ride over it spin ti along the highway, until suddenly v they find that the road breaks over an y embankment, and they try to halt, h and they see the bit in the mouth of c the fiery steed and cry: "Ho! Ho!" c But it is too late, and, crash! they go G oyer the embankment. We shall turn b and see if we cannot find a different tl kind of road. You have heard of the h Appianway. It was 350 miles long, lj It was 34 feet wide, and on either side o of the road was a path foot passengers. It was made out of rocks cut in hexa- a gonakshape and fitted together. What ^ a road it must have been! Made of ^ smooth, hard rock, 350 miles long. t] ' No wonder that in the construction of ^ it the treasures of a whole empire were t] exhausted. Because of invaders, and u the elements, and time?the old con- w queror who tears up a road as he goes c, over it?there is nothing left of that ^ structure but a ruin. But I have to j tell you of a road built before the Ap- C1 pian way, and yet it is as good as n when first constructed. Millions of 0 souls have gone over it. Millions ^ fc." mnrfl will r/ims , SJ The prophets and apostles, too, b Pursued this road while here below, We therefore will without dismay, Still walk in Christ, the good old way. ^ First, this road of the text is the king's highway. In the diligence you * daw on over the Bernard pass of the Alps, mile after mile, and there is not so much as a pebble to jar the wheels. ?, You go over bridges which cross chasms that make you hold your v] breath, under projecting rock, along ^ by daneerous precipices, through tun- \ nels aarip with the meltings of the glaciers, and perhaps for the first time F learn the majesty of a road built and supported by governmental authority. * Well, my Lord the King decided to build a highway from earth to heaven. It should span all the chasms of hu- si man wretchedness. It should tunnel sz all the mountains of earthly difficulty. "V 14 l : J l J aii cuiuuiu i/o Yviue ouuugu auu siruiig n enough to hold 50,000,000,000,000 of se the human race, if so many of them h should ever be born. It should be o blasted out of the "Rock of Ages," ^ and cemented with the blood of tne " cross, and be lifted amid the shouting G of angels and the execration of e devils. The King sent his son n to build that road. He put head and ti hand and heart to it, and after the t< road was completed waved his blistered ei hand over the way, crying, "It is fin- p ishedl" Napoleon paid 15,000,000 tJ francs for the building of the Simp- o Ion road that his cannon might go d over for the devastation of Italy, but d our King at a greater expense has -w built a road for a different purpose c that the banners of heavenly domin- S ion might come down over it. Being u a king's highway, of course it is well n built. Bridges splendidly arched and 1 abuttressed have given way and n crushed the passengers who attempted ti tr? n.mnsfhfvm "Rut. fThrist. fho T\"ino- t would build no such thing as that, tl That work pone, he mounts the chariot v of his love and multitudes mount -j with him, and he drives on and up the steep of heaven amid the plaudits i of gazing worlds! The work is done? well done?gloriously done magnifi- } centlv done, J Still further, this road spoken of is a clean road. Many a fine road has become miry and foul because it has p not been properly cared for, but mv u text says the unclean shall not walk n on the one. Room on either side to t< throw away your sins. Indeed, if you G want to carry them along, you are not tl on the right road. That bridge will si break, those overhanging rocks will p fall, tne night will come down, leaving V vou at the mercy of the mountain c! bandits, and at the very next turn of tl the road you will perish. But if you n are really on this clean road of which b I have been speaking, then you will f< stop ever and anon to wash in the o water that stands in the basin of the tl eternal rock. tl Aye, at almost every step of the " journey you will be crying out, h "Create within me a clean heart!" If li you have no such aspirations as that, r; it proves that you have mistaken your t< way, and if you will only look up and it see the finger board above your head o you may read upon it the words, o "There is a way that seemeth right fi unto a man, but the end thereof is t< death." Without holiness no man v V . v..*' hall see the Lord, and if you have a t ny idea that you can carry along j to our sins, your lusts, your worldli- Tr less, and yet get at the end of the ov Christian race, you are so awfully mis- an aken, the name of God, I shatter the sh; [elusion. eit Still further, the road spoken of is a Ta (lain road. "Tin wayfaring meu, thi hough I00I5, shall not err therein"? of hat is, if a man is three-fourths an ou diot, he can find this road just as well ho is if he were a philosoper. The im- yo >ecile boy. the laughing stock of the re,s treet, and followed by a mob hooting wi it him, has only just to knock once at ha he gate of heaven, and it swings open tui vhile there has been many a man who Lo 1 1 1 ^ 4- wnonmofinc Qr?fl W 'OUIU ieuiuro uuultl pui. n luuhvo ibemistry and tell the story of Fara- str lay's theory of electrical polarization 11 md yet has been shut out of heaven. 1 There has been many a man who stood an n an observatory and swept the heavn$, with his telescope and yet has not l\ 1 >een and yet has not been able to aee 1'P he morning star. Many a man has his >een familiar with all the higher bran- for :hes of mathematics and yet could not no lo the simple sum. "What shall it mc >roflt a man if lie gain the whole th< vorld aud lose his own soul?" Many wl . man has been a fine reader of trage- shj lies and poems and yet could not wa 'read his title clear to mansions in tea he skies." dis Many a man bas botanized across * n he continent, and yet not known the f? iose of Sharon, and the Lily of the ^oc [alley. ^ But if one shall come in the spi ight spirit, asking the way to heaven, r*( e will find it a plain way. The par- P on is plain. The peace is plain, Everything is plain. He who trien to et on the road to heaven through the . tew Testament teaching will get on *10 eauti fully. He who goes through ne philosophical discussion will not get f66 n at all. Christ says, "Come to me 001 nd I will take all your sins away, and will take all your troubles away." _ low what is the use of my discussing 1 t any more? Is not that plain? If C?J ou wanted to go to some city, and I ot. ointed you out a highway thorough- f? y laid out, would I be wise in detain- D1^ ag you by a geological discussion . bout the gravel you will pass over, or lai ^physiological discussion about the n0 luscles you will have to bring into lay? No. After this Bible has pointed ou the way to heaven, is it wise for le to detain you with any discussion w? bout the nature of the human will, or Pa rhetherthe atonement is limited or . nlimited? There is the road?go on !s ' Tt iioil:. ~ 110 jll a piaiu way. aiiis a laitii- . ul saying and worthy of all acceptaion that Christ Jesus came into the ies rorid to save sinners." And that is ?*] ou and that is me. Any little child ~ ere can understand this as well as I , an. "Unless you become as a little * hild you cannot se the kingdom of rod." If you are saved, it will not eas a philosopher; it will be as a litle child. "Of such is the kingdom of nH eaven." Unless you get the spirit of ,: ttle children you will^ never come *7 ut at their glorious destiny. Still further, this road to heaven is jn safe road. Sometimes the traveler 0f 1 those ancient highways would think imself perfectly secure, not knowing ma lere was a lion by the way, burying ^ is head deep between his paws, and mA len, when the right moment- came, j ^ nder the fearful spring the man's life jjn ras gone, and there was a mauled car- f01 ass by the roadside. But, says my w ixt, "No lion shall be there." I wish ne. could make you feel your entire se- wjiiMi'frr T 4-^11 TTAll r\lQIwItT ATI O Uliyj* JL tuil J VIA KU?V VUV linute after a man has become a child Qjj f God he is as safe as though he had va1 een 10,000 years in heaven. He may lip, he may slide, he may stumble, mc ut he cannot be destroyed; kept by jer ae power of God, through faith, unto t^? omplete salvation, everlasting safe. yej he severest trial to which you can ( lbject a Christian man is to kill him, jas nd that is glory. In other words, the rorst thing that can happen a child 0f f God is heaven. The body is only le old slippers that he throws aside col ist before putting on the sandals of ^ ght. His soul, you cannot hurt it. ^ru io lires can consume it; no floods can an) rown it; no devils can capture it. rus irm and unmoved aie they rol Who rests their souls on God; un ixed as the ground where David stood, ch< Or where the ark abode. on) His soul is safe. His reputation is spc ife. Everything is safe. "Bat, you t ly, "suppose his store burns up?" 7hy, then it will be only a change of 1 vestments from earthly to heavenly J jcurities.. "But," you say, "suppose Ha is name goes down under the hoof to f scorn and contempt?" The name thi ill be so much brighter in glory, aft Suppose his physical health fails?" pla rod will pour into him the floods of bee verlasting health, and it will not Sh< lake any difference. Earthly sub- tiei action is heavenly addition. The Th jars of earth are the crystals of heav- kil n. As they take rags and tatters and cer ut them through the paper mill, and str' ley come out beautiful white sheets f paper, so often the rags of earthly pie estitution, under the cylinders of a ? eath, come out a white scroll upon off rhich shall be written eternal eman- wa ipation. There was one passage of e(l cripture the force of which I never da; nderstood until one day at Chamou- e(l ix, with Mont Blanc on one side and ba< lontanvert on the other, I opened tra ly Biblp and read, "As the mounims are around about Jerusalem, so tie Lord is around about about them hat fear him." The surroundings ^1 irere an omnipotent commentary. Vr thi 'houuli trnnblnn rnssai! and danders af. -r? light, " " A{u 'hough friends should all fall and foes all ?.lc unite, si ret one tiling secures u.s, whatever betide, a.n< .'he Scripture assures us the Lord will pro- bei vide. cr Still further, the road spoken of is a ^ leasant road. God gives a bond of idemnity against all evil to every lan that treads it. "All things work C1^ Dgether for good to those who love n?e rod." No weapon formed against c,t lem can prosper. That is the bond, igned, sealed and delivered by the resident of the whole universe. J Vhat is the use of your fretting:, O Co liild of God, about food? "Behold coi le fowls of the air, for they sow not, hii either do they reap, nor gather into tin arns. Yet your Heavenly Father dei icrlotlt (Kom " Anrl will Via tfllrft carft Sei f the sparrow, will he take care of coi le hawk and let you die? What is <lu le use of your fretting about clothes? wa Consider the lilies of the field. Shall e not much more clothe you, 0 ye of ttle faith?" What is the use of wor- j ying for fear something will happen De > your home? "Heblesseth the hab- in ation of the just.*' What is the use vei f your fretting lest you will be over- bei ome of temptations? "God is faith- vie nl, who will not suffer you to be in impted above that ye are able, but ity rill with the temptation also make coi vay to escape that ye may be able bear it." On, this Kind's highway! ees of life on either side, bending er until their branches interlock d drop midway their fruit and ide. Houses of entertainment on i her side the road for poor pilgrims, bles spread with a feast of eood ! ings, and walls adorned with apples gold in pictures of silver. I start t on this King's highway, and I d a harper, and I say, "What is j u: name';" The harper makes no ' iponse, but leaves me to guess, as J th his eyes toward heaven and his ' nd upon the trembling strings this ' le comes rippling on the air: "The 1 rd is my light and my salvation. ' hom shall I fear? The Lord is the ! i:r? r\e u?n I ciigbii ui uujr \-/i wiium oliail e afraid?" [ go a little farther on the same road d meet a trumpeter of heaven, and I $ 7, "Haven't you got some music for i tired pilgrim?" And, wiping his and taking a long breath, he pats c ; mouth to the trumpet and pours S tli this strain, "They shall hunger ] more, neither shall they thirst any 1 >re, neither shall the sun light on 1 }m, nor any heat, for the Lamb 1 lich is in the midst of the throne ? ill lead them to living fountains of e iter, and God, shall wipe away all i irs from their eyes." I go a little < ;tance farther on the same road, and r. oeet a maiden of Israel. "She has t harp, but she has cymbals. They 1 >k as if they had rusted from sea i "ay, and I say to the maiden of Is- i jl, "Have you no song for a tired < grim?" And, like the clang of vie- { s' shields, the symbals clap as Mir- t q began to discourse: "Sing ye to ' i Lord, for he hath triumphed glo- ? iusly. The horse and the rider hath 1 thrown into the sea." And then I 1 i o irrViifo vrkhorl rrrr>nn Thpir r?nrr?A unding toward me, and I say, "Who < s they? The happiest, and the ghtest, and the fairest in all heaven vho are they?" And the answer nes, "These are they who came out great tribulations and had their >es washed and made white in the >odofthe Lamb." [ pursue this subject only one step ther. What is the terminus? I do t care how fine a road you put me , I want to know where it comes out* j text declares it. "The redeemed of ) Lord come to Zion." You know lat Zion was. That was the king's lace. It was a mountain fastness, was impregnable. And so heaven he fastness of the universe. No witzer has long enough range to ill those towers. Let all the batterof earth and hell blaze away. They mot break in those gates. Gibral was taken, Sevastopol was taken, bvIon fell, but these wall of heaven ill never surrender either to human satanic beSiegement. The Lord fd Almighty is the defense of it. eat capital of the universe! TJermis of the King's highway! Dr. Dick said that, among other ngs, he thought in heaven we would ;dy chemistry and geometry and lie sections. Southey thought that heaven he would have the pleasure , seeing Chaucer and Shakespare. j iw, Dr. Dick may have his mathe-. | itics for all eternity, and Southey ? i Shakespare. Give me Christ ana" * t old friends?that is all the heaven ( vant. Christ and his people that I < ew on earth?that is heaven enough ] me. Oh, garden of light, whose \ ves never^wither, and whose fruits \ ver fail! Oh, Banqnet of God, lose sweetness never palls the taste d whose quests are kings forever! ] l, city of light, whose walls are sal- i tion, and whose gates are praise! j i, palace of rest, where God is the ( march and everlasting ages the 1 igth of his reign! Oh, song louder < in the surf beat of many waters, j t soft as the whisper of cherubim! )h, glorious heaven? When the t wound is healed, when the last irtbreak is ended, when the last tear earthly sorrow is wiped away, and ien the redeemed of the Lord, shall ' ne to Zion, then let all the harpers 1 :e dewn their harps, and all the 1 mpeters take down their trumpets, ' i all across heaven let there be cho- . } of morning stars, chorus of white ' >ed victors, chorous of martyrs from der the throne, chorous of ages, Drous of worlds, and there is but i song sung, and but one name >ken, and but one throne honored hat of Jesus only. Murderer ami Bigamist. ioanoke, Va., Feb. 3.?Jasper J. ,le was married on Sunday evening Elvina Adams, aged 16 years, and s morning left the city. Shortly er he left an elderly woman cornlined to the police that Hale had sn married to her a number of years, e also stated to the police authori3 here that he was the murderer of omas G. Massie, who was cruelly led on a cold wintry night in Denber, 1890, on one of the principal eets in this city. This murder s always been a mystery to the peoi of this city and now it seems that olution of it is near at hand. An fcer was put on Hale's track and he s overtaken at Radford and arrestjust as he was lifting his bride of a v from the train, she having follownim to that city.. He was brought :k to Roanoke on the midnight in and lodged in jail. xuu x ttraiurs iuiufiut-Di j washington, Feb. (5.?The Nation- s Farmers' Alliance and Industrial lion which has been in session here J ee days, adjourned this afternoon, iportant action was taken during the sing session. Among these, the ibtreasury plan," to which the Allice has been committed for a num- i ? of years and the demand for an in- ] sase of the circulating medium to 1 ) per capita, were eliminated from < i platform. Resolutions were adopt- 1 opposing the refunding of the Pa- ] ic Railroad debt and agreeing to s set next year at Dallas, Texas if that 1 y will make suitable offers. i Had Kluea and Suicided. ] New York. Feb. 3.?Former Police J mmissioner Stephen B. French ] nmitted suicide today by shooting < nself through the heart. For some ] le Mr. French has been moody and 1 snnnflpnt ITic fripnrls Vinva r?l>- < ved that both in appeorance and 1 lversation Mr. French was not 1 ite himself. So far as known there 1 s no adequate cause for his suicide. Free Silver in Texa#. Austin, Tex., Feb. 5.?The State ' mocratic executive committee was i session here again today. The sil- ] p caucus was attended by 14 mem- ] '3 of the committee. Silver was I itorius on the one convention scheme ' the caucus. It is likely the major- 1 of the delegates to the national < lvention will be free silver men. i " HOUSE AND SENATE. |CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.] i run aggregating more than thirteen hours in twenty-four hours, or had ?one on duty after a thirteen hours' run, or runs aggregating thirteen tiours, before ten hours' rest. Sec. 2. That any railroad violating iny of the provisions of section 1 of this act shall be subject to a forfeiture 3f not less than $500 nor more than ?500. That one-half of all forfeitures collected under the provi-/ sions' of this act shall be paid into the State treasury, to the credit of the school fund, and the other half to the informer. THE ENGROSSING DEPARTMENT. The senate bill tk provide for the organization of the engrossing department was taken up. Judge Townsend said that the only object of the bill was to relieve the State of about $2,000 annual expense. He said last year the engrossing deaartment cost $3,700 and under this sill it would cost aDOut $1,500. The jill proposes a saving, of $2,000. The ittorney general has this year receiv;d about 500 applications for positions n the department and clerks are now jmployed who cannot spell correctly. Chis bill restricts the number of clerks ,o one for each solicitor and thatnumjer cannot be increased. The replyng to applications and entertaining visitors urging the claims of applicants ionsumes one-third of the attorney general's time. It is an outrage as ;o the money spent in this department. Che attorney general favors this bill ind will overlook the work. It is to je presumed that the solictors will jring competent men. TTprA tnr> t.hfirfi war mueh debate? jhiefly on the question whether wonen only should be employed. The till finally went through in the folowing shape: Section 1. That the engrossing department of the general assembly shall >e under the direction and supervision >f the attorney general, and shall consist of the attorney general and a chief ;lerk to be appointed by him, and of he solicitors of the State and of one 'emale clerk resident in each judicial :ircuit. Sec. 2. The attorney general shall lotify such number of solicitors and ;lerks so appointed to attend unon the neetings of the general assembly as he nay deem necessary from time to ;ime to properly perform the work of ;he department. Sec. 4. The solicitors, the chief ilerk and the clerks of the engrossing lepartment shall receive for their comsensation the same per diem and mileige as the members of the general assembly for the time they are actually jmployed in the work of the department. Subsequently an effort was made to econ *id?r the vote passing the bill, Dut thHouse refused choosing school teachers. When Mr. Sturkie's bill to allow patrons of the different public shools )f the State to select their teachers was aken up, Mr. Whitmire moved to strike out the enacting words. Mr. Sturkie defended his bill. lie jould see no rational reason why there should be any objection to the bill. Se said it was of the greatest imporance to allow the patrons to select the teachers of their children. The majority should rule in this matter. Mr. Hough said that this thing of selecting teachers was" one thing in svhich intelligence should rule. The intelligent board should have charge >f this important matter. Pass this sill and you will mark the downfall )f the public schools in South Caroli1a. After further debate the bill was re jected. ABOUT FREE TUITION. Mr. Holloway's bill regulating free .uition in the institutions for higher iducation within this State was taken jp and Mr. Watson moved to strike >ut the enacting words. Mr. Holloway said he had hoped the dill would have passed without opposition. The argument had been made ,hat the State was not able to carry so xiany beneficiary institutions. Mr. J. W. Mitchell said he was no memv to higher education, but he wanted the poor people's children to ?etthe benefit of the State's school "und*. They were not there to educate rich men's" sons. He did not know ,hat Clemson. would do what they svere expected here to do. The provisions of the bill are as follows: Section 1. That no charges for tuition shall be made against or collect;d from any of the youth of this State t>y any of the schools or colleges for iiigher education supported and con;rolled by the State unless the parents 5f such youth shall have a gross annual income of at least $1,000, or shall )wn property of the value of at least ?2,000, or unless in the case of no parjnts living the youth has held in trust for him or her an estate or income of like value. Sec. 2. No youth shall become a beneficiary in any way whatever in iny of said schools or colleges unless mtitled as above to free tuition and lualified otherwise as maybe required oy law or the rules and" regulations Vvvr Vin Knowls WJ I.UV <y?VMI?. V.W aid institutions. Sec. 3. That this act shall take effect immediately upon its approval. Subsequently the bill was rejected. Appalling Disaster. Bristol, Conn., Feb. 0.? A most ippalling disaster oocurred here shortly after 9 o'clock tonight; in which 20 workmen were precipitated into Pejuaback river from the East Bristol bridge and from 10 to 12 of them are probably lost. This afternoon the structure was found to be shaky and ;he 4:42 train on the New England road had a narrow escape from wreck is it crossed on the way to Hartford. For some time the bridge has been iooked upon with suspicion and at present the new bridge was in process )f re-erection and was almost complete, [t was close alongside the bridge which was tonight carried away. After the ;astbound passenger train had passed tonight, one side of the old bridge gave tvay to the current and with a crash svent boiling down stream. A Fatal Holler Explosion. TT n. t? on A* IKJLLilUAYSUUKU, 111,, ueui. iw,-u? 7 o'clock this morning a large boiler n the works of the Ilolliuaysburg tron and Nail Company exploded, trilling five yersons and injuring ;wenty-three, three of whom will die. rhe boiler was blown through the roof <hree hundred feet into midair and lame crashing down through the roof :nto another portion of the works. f V . ' " ' " u ' ' - ' ' . TREMENDOUS BOND OFFERINGS. Treasnry Officials Regard the Loan as Complete Success. Washington, Feb. 5.?Four thou and six hundred and forty bids f< $558,260,850 worth of bonds. Such is the tremendous total of tl subscriptions opened at the Treasui Department today, in accordance wil the terms of the call, issued a mont ago, inviting proposals for $100,000 000 of United States four per cen bonds to run for thirty years froi February 1, 1895. These figures d not include about $120,000,000 < "crank" bids, rejected as bogus. The immense offerings astounde experts. The bids literally swampe the Treasury Department, which ws so taken by surprise that at 6 o'cloc tonight, although extra clerks ha been hurriedly drafted, the work c +QV?iilfttfnor fVi<? was still in rirr gress, and it was impossible to tel with definiteness how many bids an for what aggregate had been receive at figures in advance of the upset pric of $110.08.7.7 at which at a syndicate composed of J. P. Morgan & Co, Pliny Fiske & Co. and the Deutsch Bank of Berlin offered to take th whole loan. The bids ranged from pa up to a single $50 bid at $150. It i impossible, therefore, to say at thi time how the awards will be made. Treasury officials regard the loan a a complete success, both as to the po^ ular subscription feature and th prices obtained.% Bids came from se\ eral thousand individuals and fror hundreds of national banks and othe banking institutions. Nearly all th leading New York bankers and insui ance companies were represented i the list of bidders, but, with few ej ceptions, they were outmanoeuvere by the Morgan syndicate. Owing to the confusion caused b the magnitude of the offerings an the consequent delay in classifyin and scheduling the bids, any author tative statement of the policy that wi] be pursued cannot be made at thi time. As the great bulk of offering were below the Morgan figure, it i believed that the bid of the syndicat headed by the great New York banl ers will be accepted for ut least $50 000,000, and possibly more. In an extent, no bid below the syndical rate of $110.68.7.7 will be accepted, s that rate covers the entire loan. It i understood that Mr. Morgan will pr< cure a part of the gold from abroac and will not need to deplete the Trea urv to furnish any part of the gol called for under his bid. There were a vast number of bic for figures fractionally rising $110 hi under the Morgan figures, and fc amounts aggregating sufficient to tali up the entire loan. Among them wei the offers of the Stewart and McCa syndicates, including the big iDSu: ance, banking and trust companies < New York city, which stood ready 1 take huge blocks of bonds at fieuw in excess of prices named a week ag as high mark for large lots. ^ Secretary Carlisle was greatiy plea ed at the success of the bond offering! He said no definite statement cou] be made as yet concerning the aware to successful bidders, nor how far, at all, he would exercise his option < rejecting any of the bids. Secretary Carlisle was greatly plea ed at the brilliantly conspicuous su cess of the loan, and said tnat it shov ed what the people of this counti would do when appealed to. E thought, too, that the effect abros would be very marked in our favor. The first announcement from M Eckles made it known that bond bit approaching the $400,000,000 mark hf been made, with enough unopened represent another $75,000,000; th? came an announcement that the tot was the stupendous figure of $684.26J 850, which was subsequently reduc< by throwing out three bogus bids < $100,000,000; $10,000,000 and $6,00 000. It would be impossible, with ar ordinary telegraphic or typographic facilities, to give a complete list of a bids, and save as a matter of histor oHn nVi nc nnnr frt QT liU iLiipuriauto aiibavuva uvn w bids naming below 110.68.7.7. Fro the list of bidders at and above th figure the successful bidders undoul ealy will. Some of the bidders in th list are: J. P. Morgan & Co., Harve Fisk & Co., and the Deutsche Bank Berlin, $100,000 000 at 110.68.7.7, Me chants National Bank of Richmon Va., $25,000 at 111. The Secretary said that it probab would be three or four days yet befo the bids could all be verified, sche uled and classfied, and until that tin he could give no definite informatic as to how low bids would be acceptei He had the impression, however, fro hearing the names and amounts rea that it would be necessary, in a probability, to accept some bids at rate slightly lower than 111, but ho many or in what amount he could n now tell. Goldeu Resolutions. How many good resolutions a broken during these January day As the midnight bells ring out tl old and ring in the new year, ho many thousands of penitent inebriat promise themselves to lead better liv jand for weeks and days thereaft struggle mantuily against me iyrai that runs riot through their vein But flesh is weak and alcohol is stroc and as the days go by the craving f< drink becomes so great that few ot tl struggling thousands can resist i and, one by one, they fall hopeless! into the old ways until another mil stone shall give them pause. To tl weak but willing among us the KeeU Institute of South Carolina is a go i send. The gold cure is "not gold thi glitters," but it shines like a benedi tion in the faces of the liberated?tl free! Make, by all means, your goc resolutions, but back yourself with tl gold to be had only in South Carolir at the Keeley Institute in this city.The State. CollapHe of a Church. Paris. February 2.?A church co lapsed today at Manlevrier, a villa* near Angiers, in the departnent ( Maine et Loire, while Mass was beic celebrated. The structure was con fortably filled, most of the worshi] pers being women and children. Su< denly and with very little warnin the walls began to sway, and fell b fore all the congregation could g ip*ana L-ill<W OUlsiue. rjiguu pcmis.ua nnu m?v< and thirty were wounded. An Onuco of Liiudunum. Augusta, Feb. 4.?J. Booker Blacl ston, 40 years of age, an employee < the Augusta Electric Street railwa; committed suicide her* this afternoo by drinking an ouace of laudanum. . t * / ^?? ??i? Father and 80n Slain, El Paso, Tex., Feb. 4.?Col. Albert a J. Fountain of Las Cruces, N. M., a prominent lawyer and speaker of the territorial house of representatives, 1S. has been murdered, with his 9-year-old 3r boy, by cattle rustlers on the desert between Tulurus and Las Cruces, N. M. The cause was Us activity in prosle ecuting the cattle thieves. Posses are y scouring the country. Fountain was ;n en route home from Lincoln, where ;h he had been attending court. x A Great Big Find. ^ Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 4.1-J. H. 0 Parkes of High Point learned some }f time ago that a large amount of gold coin was buried near Sunbury station, d on the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley (1 railroad. In some way he located the *?no"iu on/1 nflwfl roaches harA that ug bigtmuivj nuw ? k yesterday he unearthed it. There is d $18,000. The man who buried it is not known. The find has caused great y excitement in all that sectio n. ii d ri cggcesaM?MB I A $25 Cooking Stove with a complete outfit fob OOsTXTST $12.00. Delivered ;to your railroad depot, all freight charges paid. Read this description carefully. This splendid Cooking Stove is No. 8; lias four 8 " gj inch pot holes; 16x16 inch oven; 18 f inch lire box, 24 inches high; 21x25 y $ inch top; nice smooth casting. I d liave had this stove made for my g j trade, after my own idea, combining i- ? all the good points of all medium [1 | priced stoves, and leavifi^ out the 3 3 objectionable features. s 9 Beyond all doubt the best No. 8 [3 I Cooking Stove made, for the price. ^ R Fitted with 2 pots, 2 pot covers, 2 c. gjskdlets, 2 griddles, .Shaking pans, m 3 joints of pipe, 1 elbow, 1 collar, 1 ' lifter, 1 scraper, 1 cake polish, 1 iron J tea kettle, 1 shovel. We want to ^ make customers and friends in every 13 part of the South, for the purpose 3 of introducing our business to new >- people, and to renew our acquainti, ance with old friends. s- We will ship this splendid Cooking d Stove and the above described ware to any depot, all freight charges Is paid, for only $12.00 when the ,t j cash comes with the order. This >r I st?>ve is a good one, well made, and ;e n wi^' Rive ent're satisfaction. Our m-illustrated catalogue of Furniture, ij | Stoves and Baby Carriages mailed r 3 free. . Address )f | L P\ PAIDQ-ETT, x> ss:r. Kkoad Street; Augusta, Ga. ;o : "J?i Id Is if for the Liver and Kidneys. Lax)f ative, Cathartic, Diuretic and sc. Tonic. Ita action is mild and v,y pleasant. Dyspepsia and Indl[e gestion are at once relieved by l)s ^ use. Bad feelln g? from a sluggish is * liver are dispelled. Iclsamos1, id to agreeable, easy and certain rett'e>n al dy In Habitual Constipation. In J(j kidney troubles its benefits beOf v> q come apparent with the first dose or two. Try it. al Sold wholesale by y m The Murray Drhg Cos Sit itis COLUMBIA, S. C. Of DO YOU NEFD A CORN MILL? r It so buy the MOORK COUNTT GRIT, a? be best stone for grinding corn. Requires Iy less dressing. Gives less trouble. Makes re d. better meal. Costs lqp* money than any le mill in ths world Next is our Engkberg. Rice Mill, the ^ only mill in the world that will, In eae op d, eratlon, take rough rice, hail, clean and polish it ready for market or table. Plantation and other sawmills. Talbott, ot also Liddell engines. Boilers and woodworking machinery at bottom factory price?. ? V. C. Badliam, 16 QBNEBAL AGENT, ? COLUMBIA. S. C. I i BE ( s! J DON'T GET EXCITED! KEEP CC J? IT H ALL Rl< ly ? ccr-nTTTP. 'J d. at c- 1439 aad 144:5 Miiu dtrojt, le k1 ie Are still d/m^ buUue-w at the ?kl s J ia _ where we are prep ired to cater to your ei CLOTHING, saom, HITS, IKUVK: ING3, CARPETS, DUY G |!e AND ALL SMA 3f *" J-viwftjM/l J4 i|f XOU can Duy yum uuuiu?iU ended tho most successful year la all of o J* to thank our patrons generally, throughou ronage, aod ask for a continuance of the: ? a dollar's worth of good* for a do'l*r. ( ef. attention to all. Write for wliat you w in "THE >f OPPOSITE GRAND I " COLUMB i ' ? v' ' * - - ; Strawberry Plants * And In tact all kinds of plants can be SET OUT by using the McSHEBRY AUTOMATIC tr*nspla;nteb. A good driver and two children are til the force necessary- to set from three to five acres of plants in a daw, and KVEBY PLANT 18 WATEHEU at the time it is set out, and soma dry soil is drawn aronnd tbe plants so* that the ground will not bake. No waiting for ra'n Set out your plants whan they aro ready - _ . (iet a machine and plant tor year neighbors. Yon can earn enough la One season to pay (or the machine. Easy terms. Send for circular)), prices and testimonials. SOUTHERN FARM IMPLEMENT UO.t 249 Meeting St, Charleston, S. C. Mention this paper. \ la tfceae daya of i ITALL . TALK:! i' i Aotual Achlerementa often Mem to be at a 41ft-1j i i eonnt, bat after all Actual AoauEvnam an i <" i the only things that count. < i It Is easy to talk In General Ifcniusboattta i, i * i merits of PIANOS, bat?bft non fpeetio? 1 THE MATHOSHEK Tli (rait tiittira Fntrite. i' i KatabUibed 80 yean. 80,000 bow In as*. 1?' Sold by as for St years. Note these Valuable i i (i Patented Xmproremente? < Patent Jlepeatlng Action. v i V Patent Soundlnr Board. Patent Toning Pin Bvihlif. Patent Improved Agraffes. < Patent Soft Stop. ; <!? One of the only two Planoe made compete ( 1 ferery part) In It* own factory. One ?tfae 1, beat made In the V. 8. Sold lower than aay 1 N 1 other High Grade Piano. Qoe prodt only from 111 to purchaser. WS1TI US. LUDDEN L BATES, ' } SAVANNAH, OA. ! tooooQooooooooooooooooooJ i Delightful Results. v LETTEK ifROM JUDGE BALDWIN OF MADTflON ?A. Dr. W. Pitta, Thomson, Ga. Dear Sir:?After having sought la vain for various remedies for the Ills of teething I tried yoar Carminative with most satisfactory and delightful results. It is pleasant to take assuages pain and produces rest without stupor. No parent should be without it during the teething period who has once tried It, for It is indeed a magic medicine for babies. Very respectfully, JUDGE H. W. BALDWIN. , ' For sale by THE MURRAY DRUG 00., ' * Columbia, S. 0. ANTEDw \A/ ANTED! VV anted? What do we want? We want every hotel, Restaurant, Co'lege and private boose in the South to send us their wern Sliver* ware to replate la triple silver. Old spoons, forks, &c., can be made equal to nam Wn nlata ?nvthlnff In cold sliver. nickel or copper. We plate pistols, . watches, chains, rings badges and swords. Scabbards and other military accoutre* ments cleaned and p La bed equal to new. 5ugg7 Balls and Trimmings, Harness Trimmings, Ac., plated in nickel or sliver. All kinds tarnished brass such as fenders, shovel and tongs, lamps, chandeUem, re fin is hod equal to new. Basted stove rails, trlmmlajre,&c., re-nlckeled. Surgical Instruments of all kinds polished and plated. WE WANT all bicycle owners to sewd us their old wheel to repair. We can re- . finish in nickel and baked enamel eanal to new. We have latest improved KlectroPlating Plant, with comolete polishing, buffing and engine lathes and guarantee work to be first class. Correspondence solicited. Address, CAROLINA ELEUTRO PLATING WORKS, W. M. Gakvin, Mamger, Bluckvi lie, S. O osbohnd's AJTD U Soliool 0b?rth?nd Talm. 4 >DL! STEAD? YOUR NERVES! GrHT NOW ! HUB" 0 JliUMBIA, 80. 01, I, t?pp.nlta t'H Gran I Cjitr-il Hotel, rdry w.mt We are lmlquarters for S, VlLliKS, JEHri* ,'fURNLSa* OODS AND NOTION, . LL WARES. ? - _ -4. Y\T& hauj 111Q f. [ Ui ai LAv Ul jf 4 TTO umtv jw. ur business cireer, (or which we wlah .t the State for their most liberal patjame. Our rule Invariably la to give Jar in ?^t?? U h )ne4t gools and polite t, ail doi't forgot the phie. HUB," :entral hotel I A, S. C.