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. ^ AN OLD WHALER'S SERMON JONAH AND THE WHALE; A REPLY TO LYMAN ABBOTT. An Able Seaman, who bait Handled bales, Tells of tbe Experiences Tbat Convinced him of tho Truth of tbe Blblo 8tory?His Warning to Sceptics. Despite modern scientific researches ( and learned treaties or eminent ui- ( vines, who have sought eagerly to prove to the world ihe unreasonable- j ness of the assertion that a whale can swallow a man, I desire to say, with- ( out fear of reasonable contradiction, > that from practical personal knowl- j edge on the subject I know they are ^ all wrong. , Thirty years ago I sailed from , New Bedford, Mass., on a whale ship | for a forty-four months' cruise in the ( South Seas with the veteran whale , man, Capt. Elisha Babcock, who is J well Known lome wuauutj iraicxmij. j We had a very successful voyage up , to the time I /eft the expedition, twen- } ly-seven months afterward, off the , coast of Borneo. Now, a whale is the j biggest of all God's living creatures j on sea or land, and what we call a sperm whale is the smallest of whales, varying in length from 50 to 130 feet and large in proportion, making from 40 to 140 barrels of oil. One beautiful day in August, 1866, on the Western Ocean, a whale was sighted by the man at the masthead, who sang out: . "Ah, she blows." Those words had the effect of an ( electric shock. Every man in the } ship from stem to stern was up and . doing in an instant. Presently the captain shouted back: , "Where away?" j "About three points on the lee bow. : sir." "How far off?" "About three miles, sir." Then said the captain to the crew: "Back your main yards;" "Lower boats and away," was the next order. Our ship carried four boats, 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 him he was asleep. It was the most dangerous time to strike him, because nobody can tell what move a whale suddenly aroused will make first. He was the largest sperm whale I think I ever saw, and probably was good for 140 barrels of oil. That is a 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 seethe and boil a moment or two; then he went down. Being fast to him c with two irons, we payed out the line a very quickly to keep from going down c with him. Presently the line grew c slack, which means that he had stop- t ped somewhere just beneath us. But ^ the water was so thick with his blood that we were unable to see how far t down he was. We knew he was near 4 but how near we could not tell just ( then. While we were eagerly look- f ing over the sides of the boat, quick as ^ a flash he struck the bottom of the j boat and we we&t flying. When I re- j, covered my senses I was about fifteen ' feet below, looking for fresh air. ? Wiien l reached tne top wnat snouia i B meet but the whale, just as he was ^ raising his tremendous tail higl^ above ^ my head. I darted to one side. Down came the tail -with an awful spjasn. If I had been under it I should have Q been smashed to smithereens. As I Q was making desperate efforts to get away from the whale, who should ^ come up right alongside me but the t "Wawvvaam am Ua /iaiiI/1 r? /\f omim A UOi ^UUUOl . JJLO UUU1U UUU o TV ALU* XJk j few strokes away there was a buoy. I c secured it, dragged it to him, and just as he was about to give up in despair he grasped it, and was saved. Then 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 differ- ? ent directions. I, being midship oars- t man, had been picked up, as a pan- ^ cake, and flopped over and shoved t 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 ? of the kind one sees around the bays . and rivers, but big fellows, from fif- g teen to twenty-five 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 boat; that piece wa3 fast to the line and the t line Was fast to the whale. He passed us like a shot, reaching out his hands ? and shouting, "Bill! Bill! Save me! ? Save me I" He had no sooner said it J, than he was gone. Presently the * whale went down, the piece of boat ? went with turn, and the stroke oars- ; man was left at the mercy of the waves, a good distance away. Meanwhile the other three boats were coming up, and just as he had exhausted j himtelf, struggling to keep on top, the s third mate's boat reached him. He j was rescued, and then the rest of us j were picked up. I All this happened within ten min- e utes. Nothing remained of our small x boat. The 500 fathoms of line were \ gone, as were also the lances, harpoons, ? and the two buoys. One of the other i boats, however, put for the whale and t 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 ] through Jonah's experience. When t the whale was lying at the ship's side \ and we were cutting him in I told the 5 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 ( aid not then believe in the Bible, but , I verified the whale story, for when ( the head was on the deck I went ( through the throat as easily as I had , crawled 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 whale's jaws come with it, and they measured often from eight to twelve feet When we killed other whales, from time to time, some of the men lifted up the lower jaw, while the rest, one after another, would crawl through the throat, not down where Jonah went, but to the deck. This I ilid more times than I have fingers and toes. It should be remembered that in each case we crawled through the throat of a dead whale. If, when dead, a whale had a throat to admit me, then weighing 170 pounds, what would be the possibility of a live, mad, and hungry whale? Although a ? ? ^WHP? ' jperti*-^Bns larger, with a throat not only' J?pable of swallowing a well juilt man, but, in my judgement, a jood sized horse or cow. Thus it can readily be understood how and why I *m so emphatic in my remarks at the beginning of this article. I would further say that all the stories and learned opinions that haveever been demised and related in reference to the inability of a whale to swallow a man iro simply absurd, 1 am a skeptic no longer, and, whatever men may say ?r believe concerning the veracity of the wocderlul whale story of the Bible, not one jot or tittle of it ought to be abated, modified, or left out. When a whale is killed he never Jies unless his head is toward the sun. Sometimes the skies would bo overcast whpn we lrillp'1 a whale, but when Lhe clouds would vanish it would be seen that bis head was toward the sun. I never knew of a whale to be atherwise, I cannot explain it, nor did 1 ever hear it explained, but somehow I have an idea that God, Lhe creator of this monstrous creature, has, giren him the instinct to turn to the light while he is sinking in darkless 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 8un? William H. Crampton. THAT DISPENSARY DECISION. rhe Omnibus Constable Injunction Featnre Does Not Hold. Columbia, S. C., Feb. 4.?The State mthorities have found on examination of the decision in the dispensary ;ase that the omnibus injunction igainst constables does not hold. This phase of the decision is brought out ;ii the equity case decided in the Uni;ed States Supreme Court. The decison requires Judge Simonton to modfy his decree of injunction to conform to the decision, making it apply )nly to the constables named- in the jriginal action. The State, however, loes not propose or intend to antagolize the principle laid, down it is itated. The anti omnibus injunction prin;iple is said to be of much import,and he decision of the United States Sujreme Court says on this point:4"But vhile we think that the complainant vas entitled to an injunction against hese defendants who had despoiled lim of his property, and who were hreatening to continue so to decree n this case. The theory of the decree sntered in this case. The theory of the lecree is that the plaintiff is one of a slass of persons whose rights are inringed and threatened, and that be o represents such class that he may >ray an injunction on behalf of all >erso?s that constitute it. It is, inleed, possible that there may be >thers in like case with the plaintiff, md that such persons may be numerius, but such a state of facts is too onjectural to furnish a safe , basis ipon which a Court of equity ought 0 grant an injunction. We prefer to accept in this respect he views expressed by Justice Nelon, in the case of Cutting Y. Gilbert, 5 Blatch, 259.) Extracts are cited rom the decision. Similar views prerailed in the case of Baker vs. City of 'ortland (5 Sawyer, 566.) The decree s also objectionable because it enjoins arsons not parties to the suit. This 1 not a case where the defendants lamed represent those not named, for is there alleged any conspiracy etween the parties defendant and iher unknown parties. The acts omplained of are tortious, and do Lot grow out of any common action r agreement between constables and heriffs of the State of South Carolina. Ve have, indeed, a right to presume hat such officers, though not named n the suit, will, when advised that ertain provisions of the Act in quesion have been pronounced unconstiutional by the court to which the onstitution of the United States reers such questions, voluntarily re* rain from enforcing such provisions; mt we do not think it comports with yell settled principles of equity proedure to include them in an injuncion in a suit in which they were not teard or represented, or to subject hem to penalties for contempt in disegarding such an injunction. (Felow vs. Fellow, 4 John Chan, 25; citng Iveson vs. Harris, 7 Yesey, 257.) ?he decree of the court below should herefore be amended by being retricted to the parties named a3 plainilTs and defendants in the bill, and his is directed to be done, and it is therwise affirmed. Mr. Justice Brew r am not near tne argument, ana ook no part in the decision of this :ase, The full text of the decision pas given out tonight, but the exract given is the new and important >art not published heretofore. The ifficial dispensary bill will probably le introduced tomorrow.?News and Courier. Desperadoes Captured. Bamberg, S. C., Feb. 4.?News has ust reached here from Briar Creek, a wampy, thinly settled portion of Barnwell county, about ten miles beow here, of the capture of Carolina )avis, and his son, Kelly Davis, lead>rs of a band of desperadoes that have nfested that community for a num>er of years. Last Friday night Davis tnd his son entered the house of Mr. Chos. Rentz, a prosperous farmer of hat section, and pillaged the house, ;ecuring everything of value. Then roing out into the yard went into the neat house, stole seven sides of bason . The next morning a searching aarty set out and succeeded in racing the robbers to their louse, where a search disclosed i 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 SafUriay and given a preliminary hearing und bound over to the next session of ;ourt. Some time ago this band was jhased by the sheriff and posse, and a number of shots exchanged, resulting ;n the shooting down of one of the robbers, and they finally escaping to the swamps. Fight 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 ;he government offices and general itore at Sac and Fox agency and in the battle which followed one outlaw ind three other men were killed, imong the dead being Gen. Thomas, the Indian agenf formerly at Atlanta, 3a. 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 :annot be verified. i ADMIRAL BUNCE SETS SAIL The Blockading Fleet ou Its Way to Cliar- In leaton. ? Washington, Feb. 4? Admiral Bunce is now en route to Charleston. re The .fleet of war ships belonging to m the North Atlantic squadron sailed ta out of Hampton Roads to day, healed of by the flagship New York, with Ad- m miral Bunce in command. The ves* to sels which followed the New York th were the battle ship Indiana, the ar- be mored cruiser Maine, the turret ship in Amphitrite, the cruiser Columbia, di and the dispatch boat Fern. The hj | Admiral telegraphed the fact of his TJ departure to the navy department, and added that the Marblehead, which w is somewhere outside the Capes, would fa be ordered to fall in line, if signtea. ui The double-turreted monitors Puritan th and Terror are also expected to join of the squadron, and by the time the ac- ro tual blockade tactics begin there will co probably be other additions to the wi force of vessels. The sqaudron will w' probably put in some time during the za favorable weather drilling off the to Capes and on the way southward, m and it is not expected that the ships th will be off Charleston before the 8th at instant, unless the weather forces a as change in the programme- The Tex- wj as, Massachusetts andjBrooklny are pr disabled, and they will not be able to participate in the blockade of Charles- th ton harbors The Raleigh, Newark wi and Dolphin now engaged in patron- sa ing the Florida coast may be ordered ro 10 join the squadron at Charleston, ba provided they can be spared from th their present duty. The Cuban agita- ac j tion along the coast is subsiding, and T1 Secretary Herbert will allow Admiral Bunce to use his discretion as to the ac advisability of drawing the ships last P? named further north for fleet drill. an Admiral Ramsey, chief of the bu- po reau of navigation and detail, says A* that Admiral Bunce has been invested with full authority to employ the ves- ?u sels of the squadron as he may deem th proper under the circumstar rss. On toi ihe cruise down*the coast tv> Charles- trJ ton the Admiral will practice a new set of manoeuvres and drills in hand- It ling war ships at sea. Admiral Ram- Qu so" ciowo if in tn rtasr?rih? t.hfi ooj aajro aw xo proposed manoeuvres, but the idea is to test the capacity of the respective r0< ships for getting into action, sustain- P? ing sister ships in case of emergency, do and indulging in other evolutions at 00 sea, on the same principle that a regi- Pp iment of infantry would be drilled on SIK land. Some vessels can go about and come up in Jine quicker man otners. u" These details have to be carefully re* timed and measured, so that when the w? flagship gives certan commands it can ^ be ascertained to the minute how long each ship will take to get into the P? position assigned it. Under the circumstances a week or ten days may be thus employed before the great ^ event?the blockading of Charleston "a harbor?will be attempted. * When the fleet reaches Charleston it will be divided into two divisions. TTolf nf t.hft flftftt will be assigned to rai duty to guard .the entrances to the ?*c harbor. The oter half will be designated as the attacking party. While the rival divisions are manoeuvering ^ one of the swiftest shins will try to bei run the blockade. The following day er the assignments of the two divisions arr will be changed, antt some other ves- m{ sels will try to get through the blocade. er^ The officers and men of the fleet are cai greatly interested in the sea game, a? which strikes us land lubbers as being something on the style of modern T? foot ball. All of the vessels that can ? cross the Bar will rendezvous in V? Charleston harbor, where Secretary Herbert will review the fleet. While in the harbor a boat race be- i tween the- rival ship's crew might be jj made an interesting feature. Anyone who has ever witnessed a boat race be- j tween the crews of several men-of-war in double-banked cutters will never p forpet 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 lor the benefit ?ja of the committee in charge of the Charleston end of the demonstration. ^ ?News and Courier. ^ Th Jumped In the River. CQ Nashville, Feb. 2.?A sensational ou suicide occurred here last night, but njj was not discovered until earlv in the th, morning. Miss Maggie Comer, a ga beautiful and prominent young lady ^ 25 years of age, leaped from the bridge into the Cumberland river. W( No one witnessed the suicide, but she s0 was seen on the bridge by several faj persons about 12 o'clock and a shawl ^.1 and umbrella were afterwards found jn| at the place where she was last seen. mi She had been in bad health for about s0 two months and retired last night in sh good spirits. Upon awakening this morning the family found her miss- f01 ing and a note was pinned to the bed, gp saying that .her heallh had broken rji aown ana sne was going w? cornum 0f suicide. The body has not been re- 0t] covered yet, but a number of men are dragging the river at the place she st( was supposed to have jumped from. (je A Forfeited Estate. Atlanta, Ga. Feb. 4.?A Special to the Constitution from Sparta. Ga,says: Joseph Babcock, an eccentric man who had lived here forty years, died yesterday. He left an .estate tic worth $50,000, but made no will, and, er, so far as is known, had no heirs. He be came here from New York before the si: war. He was a poor boy then, but ni by industry accumulated money, ki Mr. Babcok was a jeweller. He ar He never made a confident of any one, never married and never corres- de ponded with any member of his fami- uj; ly. Despite his reserve, he was very re much liked by his neighbors, foi he Jc was always courteous. His property ki will go to the State. ly th Starving Miners In Ohio. Belaire, O., Feb. 4.?A committee a of miners from the Belmont coal ge mines, this city, was out all day so- jn liciting aid for the families of men employed at the mine. Investigation ce shows there are over fifty families at be these mines suffering for the necessi- th ties of life and some actually starving. fr. The miners have not worked for four ar months. There is much suffering ^ throughout the district and many appeals for aid have been received. Cooked to Death. <?b Brookville, Pa., Feb. o.?A six- ye year old daughter of Mrs. William sk Hines yesterday fell into a wash boiler Ri filled with hot water and was literally th cooked to death. The child had been T1 playing around the boiler. She died G, shortly after being removed from the of water. M N ROUND COTTOZ BALES. tereBtluc Experiments. Which Seem tc Favor Them. Very interesting experiments have cently been made in St. Louis, de onstrating the advantages to be ob ined from packing cotton into bales cylindrical form. The test was ade at St. Louis, and the object was note the effects of hre upon bales ol is kind. The judges were from the >ard of underwriters, and the follow g from the St. Louis Republic, incales that the system of packing is many advantages over the old. le Republic says: "Cotton put up in round bales on't burn to any greaic extent. This ct was proven before the board of iderwriters Wednesday morning by a A mAMPiiri f!nltrvn finmnanv which >erates the round bale system. A und bale was shorn completely ivered, ends and all, with a closely oven cover, and with no cotton hatever exposed. The "flash hazrd," one of the great sst risk in cotn, is thus removed by the nsw ethod of bailing. It was explained at no cuting of the wrapping of ly sort was necessary or permitted, a guaranteed sample of the bale as drawn in process of making and operly identified. As the objection had been raised at the bale could not be sampled, it is demonstrated perfectly that a mple could be drawn from the undthe same as from any other les, simply by cutting it. Then e ends were cut open and the charter of the winding fully shown, le bale was then placed upon proper pports, the bagging still further cut id the cotton thrown back and exsed, and wood piled under, around d on top of the bale, and coal oil ured over all of it. It was then eo. After twenty minutes the fire ;d down and lihe bale was rolled t, and it was found that beneath a outer lawyers the cotton was un1 1 1 Jl. .1 fi 1J A jcnea, ana ioai 11 eouiu noi paneite the ends of the bale, simply arring the exposed ends slightly, was again set fire to, but the blaze ickly died ojit. Meanwhile another bale of similar aracter was shown, with an iron i run through it and properly sup rted, and this was unwound clear wn to the core, rolling of like a LI of paper in a modern printing ess, delivering the cotton in a 100th, regular "bat," ready for the ichinery. There was no hitch in a nn liner Thpn IhftfirA haln wni; lurned to, and to 'show that iter would not penetrate it, as well to put out any little remnants of e tnat might be left, water was ured upon the bale. Then,! with 0 unrolling of one single turn it is shown tnat under the first layer 5 cotton was perfectly dry and not maged in any manner. The bale wtaimIia/I n v\/1 ! 4- n*n n k3 l lie Li iuuyoicu, nci^ucu, auu it ty<m and that it had lost 11 per cent. ie large number of prominent men, ilroaders, bankers, insurance men. who were present, expressed imselves as satisied with the sueis of the test. From this it soems it the round bale has much the st of it, but of course there are othpoints to be considered. Forexiple, the packing of cotton in this inner requires a change in machin7. Can it be packed at as little cost; 1 it be compressed as effectively, oon if ho atnwrl in t.ViA hr?M nf a ip or in freight cars with as much >nomy of space and handling? All these features must be weighed be e the new bale can become the ndard. Spanish Cruelty and Bratallty. Key West, Fla.., Feb. 2.?The famof Rogero Cordivo, Cuban born, asisting of father, son and three ughters, one of the latter under 16, ire brutally killed at Guanabacoa, iday night, under revolting circu nances. The son, aged 19, had inrred the enmity of the officer of the trol some days before by wearing a all button with the United State3 g on it, and refusing to take it off len ordered. The patrol of?6er, ocked him down, tearing the buti off and injuring the lad severely. ie father made a complaint to the mmanding officer but was thown t of the office by soldiers. Friday ;jh't the patrol visited the house in a limits and ftftflp hindinc find " ? ? o gging him, his wife and son, prodded to exercise the greatest indignis upon the helpless girls. They ire compelled to dance before the Idiers under threat of death to their iher and mother if they refused, 'ter several houra spent in carousj, suddenly the leader drew his ichette and killed the father. One ldier killed the mother and another ot the lad. Thov girls were then sen off, their dead bodies being and next day half a mile from the vanish sentiy lines hacked in a hor>le manner and showing evidences bruial treatment. The bodies of the titoto fnnnH in th? Virmeft and liUO TT V.l\J 1VUUM AU WUV MVMMVf e boy 'with his dying breath told the >ry in all its horrible details. Fronveilla's officers, when told the story, ughed at it, saying with a shrug: )nly soldiers' play?it was only ibans." A Fatal Fight. Spartanburg, S. C., Feb. 2.?Par;ulars have reached here of a bloody counter this afternoon on the line tween North and South Carolina c miles from Try on. On Saturday erht Will Gunnels and Claude Jenns, two mountaineers, disagreed id came to blows. Gunnels got the arst of the encounter and while no adly weapons were used he was beat ) considerably. Ho swore to have venge, so today he got his brother, >e Gunnels, and set out to find Jene.s. The three men met on a lonemountain road and immediately ey began the difficulty anow. One the Gunnels brothers dealt; Jenkins terriffic blow, which almost stagred him; the other cut him severely two places and he fell to his knees. rhile in this position Jenkins sueeded in drawing his pistol and killed ithGunnels on the spot. It is not ought that Jenkins will recover Dm the wounds he received. Will id Joe Gunnels were both shot in e head and died almost instantly. JiTlvct Children Drowned. Nebraska. City, Neb., Feb. 3.?Five lildren ranging in age from 8 to 15 sars, broke through the ice while ating on a pond near the Missouri iver, on the Iowa side across from is city, last night and were drowned, iree boys belonging to the family of . W. Gibson, one boy to the family Phoenix Gibson and one girl to J. cllvane. I A DEFICIENCY IMPENDING. rnmntrnll?r Norton'* Ideas How Mor Revenue May be Justly Raised. ' Columbia, S. C., Feb. 3.?Th Ways and Means Committee of th House, it is said, has not yet coir ! menced on the appropriation bill fo i the year, awaiting the Comptrolle | General's report which is being; prim ed, having been received too late t 1 have it on the desks of members b< fore. This was owing to the chang in the fiscal year which prevented th ' report being compelled until som time after the close of the fiscal yea the General Assembly meeting sooi ? auer. [ There has been more or less talk fo several months about a deficiency i: the revenues and a consequent ir crea.se in the tax levy. General Noi Ion was asked about these matters yes terday and he said there was no defi ciency this year, but he thinks tha with the present basis of taxation an the assessment of property, whicl must staad for some time, there wil be a deficit of $150,000 to be met ii January, 1898. There can be onl; $92,000 more from the dispensary t go in the general fund, and tna 1 counts for this years appropriation Tht* .Qfata trAOfinrv now has Cash O] hard of about $500,000, the mteres having been paid in January. Th Legislature will have that much an< ' a little more now in process of collec ' tion, besides $15,000 in fees and th $92,000 from the dispensary, for ap propriation purposes. The estimate) amount which it will take to run th State government at present expendi tures is about $800,000, so it will b seen that unless some provision i made other wife, the next session wil have to face a deficit about at the fig ures stated by Mr. Norton, $150,000. The Comptroller General has, how ever, warned the Legislature of th impending crisis and his personal be lief is that, unless expenses are cu down, the levy must b9 about fivi mills, if not something over. Other wise the State will have to borrov money and get off the cash basis it i now on. Mr. Norton expresses the opinioi thai there can be a reduction of ex P'nses without detriment to the pub lie service, but exactly what these an he will indicate to the committee probably, when called on for informa tion. He suggests other ways, however of raising additional revenue whici he thinks is just and fair. He believe that inonrnnno fnmnftnips fiOllld b( taxed one and a quarter to one and i half per cont. on their gross busines in the State, instead of paying taxe separately in each county as they d< now. This law has been operated ii other States and has proved accepta ble to the companies. He suggests, further, a graduate! income tax on people doing business in the State, which business, however is such as not to be liable for taxatioi ?such as the Pullman cars operate( in the State. Another idea is license! for professional men of other Statei who come in here temporarily to d< business in competition to native pro fessional men who pay taxes. As ai instance of this he cited the case of i dentist from Marion who went 01 professional business in three count ie in North Carolina for a certain period In each of the counties he had to pa] a lurcuac, wiiiic a oiuiiiai uiau nv/u North Carolina can come into thi State and practice for nothing. Th< tax department seems to be hard fo: one not versed in its intricates to un derstand, but after a talk of an hou: with Comptroller General Norton th> above seems to be his ideas on th situation and the remedy.?Register. A Degenerate Greeley. T a r* . _ TTl -1_ ft A .L.03 ^NUELica, vjAL , r eu. ?c degenerate relative of Horace Greeley the great editor is now confined in th< County jail, a confessed horse thief Behind his capture is a story of wild reckless riding by the robber ove snowclad mountains and the doggei perseverance of Frank Griffith, depu ty constable of Handford, who plucki ly trailed the gang for five weeks ant arrested Young Greeley this morning Greeley is about 25 years of age. H confessed the crime, but refuses to di vulge the identity of his partners I TTio fafhfli- urhn r?lnim<3 tn hft a fiOU9it of the editor, said his son had only re cently given indication that he was oi the wrong course. A Foo) With a Gun. Chicago, Feb. 3.?Julia Sheehan 17 years of as e, was shot and kille< last night by her sweetheart, Josepl Cronin, who was handling a doubl barrel shotgun which he did not knov was. loaded. He snapped one barre at her and when she urged him to pu it down he still pointed it at her. Sh tried to push the gun aside, whe] Cronin said: "Lookout, I'm goingfc shoot," and pulled the trigger the sec ond time. A heavy load of duck sho struck the girl in the abdomen. Crc nin is now nearly insane with grief. A Fatal Fall. New York, Feb. 3.?While exei cising on the rings in the gymnasiun of the Twelfth Regiment armory to night, Robert Marmont fell to th floor and was instantly killed. Th distance was only six feet. Marmon was not a member of the Twelftl Regiment. The only mark that couL be found on the body was a sligh bruise on the left temple. Deput; Coroner Weston, who made an exam ination of the body, found that tb man's neck had been broken by th< fall. i Justice Prevails. Washington, Feb. 3?The discus 1 sion of the contested election case o G. W. Cornett vs. G. A. Swansoj from the Fifth district of Virginia oc cupied nearly the whole of the day' session of the house, and by an over 1 whelming vote Mr. Swanson's title t the seat was confirmed by the house The committee on elections No. 3 re ported that Swansonwas entitled V hold his seat; the minority. Messrs Thomas, Walker and Overstreet, heli that neither Cornett norSwanson wa < entitled to the seat. But Two Escape. Jacksonville, Fla., Feb, 3.Captain Fozzard and the mate of th schooner Biscay ne, which was wreckei Tuesday night near Sebastian, arrive* i in the city to-night. The three sea men constituting tho remainder o i the crew, were drowned, refusing t< get in yawl boat because they though it was unseaworthy. Several passen gers were reported drowned, but thi the captain denied, saying that h< had refused to take them aboard oi leaving this port, the weather being s< stormy. Destitution In Loolaltma. New York, Feb. 3.?Congressman .e C. J. Boatner, of Louisiana, who is in the city, said that about 100,000 people 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 1 with which to make new crops, and ! asking him to make an appropriation o therefor. "I shall not ask congress to make appropriations for seed." the J" 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 IToncmo snmn T7PS1TH3 oorn" TT? AT plained the reasons for the fearful condition, which were as follows: * "Last year we had a drougth for four months. It not only killed, the crop, but the streams dried u^ cattle died or those that lived became very poor. 3" The drought was confined to the hilly l* or sandy soil and not to the rich alluj vial lands of the Mississippi^ Red and P Oachita rivers. The alluvial lands, R however, can stand longer drought than the other lands. Tftere 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. it Peacemakers Killed. e Stockton, Cal., Feb. 3;?Charles R. 1 Dodge and Alexander .Borland, old residents of Newfyope, in the southern e section of this county, and two of the - best known and respected residents of i the county, were murdered last night 6 at Newhope by C. F. Kleupfer, the senior mew ber of the firm of Kleupfer e & Co., general storekeepers and sas loonkeepers in that sown. The two 1 men acted as peacemakers in a quar* rel to which Kleupfer was a party. A Convenient Invention. 0 An Orangeburg farmer comes to the front with a new invention in the t shape of a Lubricator for oiling ve9 hicle wheels without taking them off the axle. It is inserted in the hub r between two of the spokes. When s you want to grease your wheel all you have to do is to withdraw a plunger, j which operates with a spring, and put . as much oil as is needed on the axle. Upon being released the spring closes e up the oil hole until it is opened for oiling up again/ It is a very ingen* 1 ous and clever device, and is bound to be used generally. With these lubricators a vehicle can be oiled up any' where along the road in less than one s minute. The patent for this valuable 3 invention is owned by the National Lubricator Company of Orangeburg, S. C. Mr. Jas. L. Sims, Editor and g Proprietor of the Orangeburg Times and Democrat, is the manager of the company, which is a guarantee that it is all right. The company wants an agent in this covnty to sell the Lubrij cators. See advertisement in another ! column. , Pianos by the Mile. 1 See Ludden and Bates' new adver' tisment of one thousand Mathushek 9 pianos. Suppose them all loaded on s to wagons in one grand procession. 5 allow 15 feet for each wagon and team and the line would be nearly i three miles long. That is just the wholesale way this great southern 1 house does business. Having acquired 5 an interest in the noted Mathushek Piano factory, they are now supply' 7 ing purchasers direct and saving all i intermediate profits. This means a a - -c J trA i? t? 1 nn ? saving ui iruiu uu iu ?iuu uu covu a piano, and the securing of one of the r oldest and most reliable instruments at a remarkably low figure. Better write r them at Savannah, Qa., or at 93 Fifth e Ave., New York City. 0 . It Is Said That of all' the diseases that affect mankind, diseases of thl kidneys are l fefre most dangerous and fatal. If this , be so, how important it is that the a kidneys be kept in a healthy condi. tion. The use of Hilton's Life for thd , Liver and Kidneys will do this. It is r 4he "ounce of prevention" in thes 1 troubles, 1 0 [ \ 1 The trustworthy cure for the Whiskey, a Opium, Morpnine ana tod&cco naoiis. For further Information address The Keeley Institute, or Drawer 27, Colombia, 3. C. t i 1 e 7 1 1 SEE < 0 HERE. ? IS YOUR LIVER ALL RIG4T? e Are your Kidneys In a bealthf condition ? t If so, Hilton's Life for the Liver and h. Kidneys will keep them so. If d not, Hlltoni Life for the L'ver t and Kidneys will make 7 them so. A 25c bottle will convince 6 you of this 0 fact Taken regularly after meals It Is an aid to digestion, cures habitua' constipation, ? and thus refreshes aad clears f both body and mind. a ! SOLD WHOLESALE BY s - Th? Murray Drug Zo 0 !: COLUMBIA, 8. O. 0 I. AND 3 Dr. H. BAER, Charleston, S. C, s K AUifJNTS WANTJflJJ K ^ In each county in Smith Carolina , wto introduce a LUiirtuJATOR for v , 8? oiling vehicle wheels without re- ? jjj moving the wheel from the axle. It ^ j|f is a reccnt South Carolina inven-w * 8? tion, and will sell rapidly, u? it i9 p 3 ^ a very convenient device. lacIu- ^ t w sive territory given to the right w ffi man. For particulars address, ? ? S NATIONAL LUBRICATOR COMPANY, I 3 US lock Box No. 4;i, * 1 ORANGEBURG, S. C. g 3 ..... . -?? , - -1 \ .. " ' WE WANT i I A PARTNER IN EVERY * i .% THW1VT 1U " 11. Postmasters, Railroad Agents, Genera tore Keepars, Clerks, Ministers, or any other person, lady or gentleman, who ean devote a little or all of their time to oar buaftess. We do not want any money In advance, and pay large commissions to those who work for as. We have the bes > Family Medicines on earth, and can pro* ^ dace lots of testimonials from oar home people. Send for blank application and cirealar. Address . < BRAZILIAN MEDICINE CO., \ ' 844 Broadway, Aup eta, tia "MATHUSHEK"?The Piano for a Lifetime. IOOO PIANOS TttMlil'HTH? exP"LS' anu MHuaWnB now n?" an un*?Sa9HsQ?X9j mcnse stock of Pianos on hand. LUDDEN'A. BATES, interested In this Factory, now offer this great stock at 850. to $100 less than former prices. Ifo strictly High Grade Piano ever sold so low. ONE PROFIT from Factory to Consumer. Greater Inducements than ever In slight- V ly used Pianos and Organs?many as good as new?sold under guarantee. . Latest Styles. Elegant Cases. Also New STEINWAY Pianos, \ Mason & Hamlin Organs. \ Write for Factory Prices and Bargain Lists. LUDDEN & BATES, ^SAVANNAH, 6A. ; All Sheet Music One-Half Price. ENGLEBERGr J RICE HULLER. * The only machine that In one 1 operation will' . CLEAN, BULL AND POLISH ' rough rice, patting It In merchantable condition, ready (or table nse. SIMPLE AND EASY t to manage. Write for prices and terms. ALSO i Corn Mills, Saw Mills, Plinlng Machines, and all kinds of Woodworking Machinery. Talbott and Llddell Engines and Boilers on hand at factory prices. Y. C. Badham, General Agent, COLUMBIA. S. C. Advice to Mothers. We take pleasure in calling yonr atten quo to a remeay so lung ueeueu w wij" Ing children safely through the critical itage of teething. It la an incalculable blessing to mother and child. If you are disturbed at night jrlth 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 Dlarrhosa, Pitta Carminative Is an instant "ellef for oollc of infanta. It wlllpromoU) digestion, give tone and energy to the stomach and bowels. The sick, puny, suffering child will soon become the fat and frolioklng Joy of the household. It is very pleasant to the taste and only cost 25 cents per bottle. Sold by druggists and by THE MTJBRAY DBI'G CO , Columbia, 8. O. ENGINES, BOILERS. SAW MILLS, GRISTMILLS, AT FACTORY PRICES. E" W. .SCREVEN, COLUMBIA, S. C.