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THOS. J. ADAMS, PROPRD3TOR. EDGEFIELD, '?& C., JANUARY 4, 1893; VOL. LVn. NO. 49. THE VOICE THAT CALLS. Where forlorn a onsets flare and fade - - Oh desolate sea and lo?elysand. Out of the silence and the shade ? What ls the voice of strange command CaHing you still, as fr i en d calls friend. With lo vo that cannot brook delay. To rise and follow the ways that wend Over the hills and far away? Hark, in the city, street on street * A roaring reach of death and lifo, ? Of vortices ?that clash and fleet And ruin In appointed strife; I Bark to it calling, calling clear. Calling until you cannot stay From dearer things than your own most dear, . Over the hills and far away. Ont of tho sound of ebb and flow. Out of the sight of lamp and a tar, It calls you where the good winds blow And the unchanging meadows are; From faded hopes and hopes agleam, Itcalls you, calls you night and day. Beyond the dark into the dream -_Over th? hills and far away. -W. E. Henley in Boston Commonwealth. THE STOBT OF THE STORM. The . Mississippi Frozen from j ishore to Shore.. LONDON, Dec. 27.-England is having severe and trying Christ . mas weather. A vigorous frost prevails throughout the country, and tho average temperature is about 21 above zero. London is buried under a dense fog and it is - difficult to see anyone a few feet away. Many accidents have oc curred in Glasgow, Manchester and Newcastle owing to frozen boilers bursting, and two persons were killed by an aceident of this char acter at Airdrie to-day. Twelve skaters.lost. their lives by drowning in Great Britain yoster .v. The poor are suffering terri fy London. ' L?Bt night the | iou. Array shelters were ci "* all being accommodated, whecii " ?ng able to pay small charge io* lodging or not The Salvation Army also entertained a multitude with free Christmas din ners. Multitudes continue to throng to London from all parts of the Country. Advices from Lancashire state that the locked out employes of the cotton manufacturing districts . had a hungry holiday, thousands being dependent upon charity for sustenance. Hundreds are wan Jae will caus? a IOBS of many lives. tr ? , TN CHARLESTON. CHABLESTON, S.C., Dec. 27.-A|c blizzard struck Charleston this morning and for the first time within the past fifteen years tho house tops were covered with a thin coating of snow and sleet. The mercury averaged about three or four degrees below the freezing point during the day, and pedes trians not being accustomed to ice had a hard time getting along the sidewalks. The orange trees in the city are injured somewhat and v will probably bear only one crop this year. They usually bear two crops. Planting and truck farm crops aie not far enough advanced to suffer any damage. Strawberries -are well protected and the plants will escape without severe trouble. X 8N0W SLIDE. Boiii CITY, Dec. 27.-A Hailey special to the Statesman says : A snow slide Saturday swept away the engine house of the narrow guage mme at Deer Creek and wrecked the concentrator mill, 500 yards below. Henry Bloss, who was in the engine house, was in stantly killed. A teamster named McConnell was caught and his team killed, bue he was dug out alive. Snow on the mountains is very heavy and sli des are frequent. ?OOBDLAND DISABLED. LONDON, Dec. 27.-The steamer Noordland, New York to Antwerp, was towed into Queenstown to-day with her shaft broken and the ves sel covered with ice. The accident occurred 400 miles west of Queens town last Thursday evening. It was all the pumps could do to keep the water out of the fire room. The stt-amer Ohio came along tho next day and took the Noordland in tow. The entry into Queenstown was very difficult. NO LOSS OF LIFE. NEW YORK, Doc. 27.-Of more than twenty steamships due or overdue only four have reached port up to 1 o'clock to-day, and these bore striking? evidence of rough weather ano1, the intense cold experienced. With ventilators demolished of twisted ont of shape, life boats smashed and everything on deck in a demoralized condition ?t is gratifying toiind that nothing serious happened to the passengers and crew of any of tue in-coming steamers. Each steamer was com pletely covered with ic8. OUT SLEIGHING. WILMINGTON, N. C., Dec. 27. The sleet storm reported last even ing has not yet abated, and has now reached the proportions of a first-class snow fall for this cli mate. Man}' sleighs of rude and hurried construction aro now on the streets, a sight very rarely wit nessed here.. TWENTY INCHES. . NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 27.-It has been snowing steadily here since Monday evening. At 8 o'clock to night twenty inches of snow had tallen. All trains are late and the business of all transportation linea is much impeded. THE MISSISSIPPI FROZEN. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 27.-The Missis sippi river at this place is covered with ice from shore to shore. Navi gation is suspended, and boats are tied up, with no prospect of resum ing trafilo in the near futo ie. WORST IN TWENTY YEARS. FORT MONROE, Va., Dec. 27. The worst blizzard in twenty years struck this vicinity about mid night, and enow has been falling ?ver since. The electric car line :o Hampton is blocked, and navi gation suspended. IN VIRGINIA. STAUNTON, Va., Dec. 27.-At 9 Molock this morning the mercury itood 10 degrees above zero. This is the coldest continuous spell here lox years. Ice has formed eight inches thick,, a rare occurrence in ;his section. OCTOGENARIAN FROZE. ATLANTA, Dec. 27.-Mary Lee, a iolored woman, believed to be 100 rears old, and very feeble, was rozen to death in her hut last light. 2_ An Hour in the Legislature. _ This editor spent a little while n the House of Represen? atives of South Carolina the 7th instant, Luring the discussion of the >rohibition bili. Four speeches rere made against prohibition, i speeches J??ifeme4it 1 ??-^wfcich; 'wo- wiehrf-wr * ntion ot our readers. They are the same old stock ob ections we have been hearing all mr live s. It was rather amusing to hear me gentleman concluding his jpeech for the saloon turn preacher. Se said prohibition was "countrary :o the genius of Christianity." He irgued that "the bill it. removing ;emptation would hinder develop ment of true Christian manhood." [t is ratuer difficult to treat this jort of "argifying" seriously. In the first place we remember he said there would be more liquors sold under prohibition than under license; now he thinks temptation wrould be removed and Christian manhood have no opportunity For development. This caps the climax. Saloons are needed to make strong, vigorous Chris tians. How strange that Paul Peter, Luther, Wesley, Finney md men of their kind have never caught on to this noble idea till the sage of Richland appears on the scene and gives them a "patent process" for the strengthening of Christian manhood ! The Church must change her tactics and recom mend the saloons with the prayer meeting and the Sunday school. We would suggest to the gentle man that he errs grievously if he locks his doors at night. He mould assist in developing the honest of the country. We may ?ot need the Decalogue any longer ?ince prohibition is contrary ;to the genius of Christianity, and* sight of the Ten Commandments ire prohibitory. But enough.-The Soldier. The Panama Hat. People often wonder at the price demanded for a genuine Panama straw hat, and seem dis posed to consider a man crazy who will pap $5 or $10 for such a head piece, but they forget that a Panama hat of the best quality demands the choicest materials in its composition, and requires the labor ofa man sometimes for several weeks. Once done, how aver, the Panama straw hat is practically indestructble, save by fire. It will bear being thrown about, you may sit on it far half a clay, and it will resume its orginal form as easily although it were made of rubber. It will last and look well for a dozen years, and though so tcugh, is as light as though made of feathers. Hall's Hair Renewer is prnnoun ced the best preparation made for thickening the growth of ?the hair, and restoring that which is gray to its original color. the atte HILL AND BLAINE. THE ONE STATESMAN DEAD, THE OTHER PROBABLY DYING. An Interesting Review of an Event Which Goes Down Into History-The Maine Man 0 and the Georgian. Hill is dead and his adversary Blaine will soon be'with him. These two names suggest a thrilling chapter of American forensic warfare. A memorable Bcene was that en acted in the American house of representatives on the 10th of January, 1876. It was a battle of intellectual giants, and the men who figured in that fierce logomachy were the undisputed.leaders of their respect ive parties. It was a memorable occasion and the eloquent speech of that his toric day belongs to the master-, pieces of the English tongue. Georgians delight to recall that celebrated tilt, for that was the day when '^Georgia had the floor." It was the hour when her represen, tative was equal to his Opportu nity, and rising in his seat, which, was destined from that very, mo ment to become historic, he dared in behalf of the Southern people to accept the challenge of the "Plumed Knight." ' Blaine and H?ll Magnificent gladiators they were and well equipped for their great tourney. They represented the civilization of two great sections and each of them impersonated the strength and the prowess of his constituency. It was another great sectional battle -another engagement between the North and South. The result of that contest was in the highest de gree important, as settling forever the dispute between the opposing parties. Time has played sad havoc since then, and while the grass has been growing silently for more than a *^u- ^>"^^ye^u^.nflW Hill, the stalwart form of Mr. Blaine has slowly yielded to the blighting influence of time and sorrow until now it resembles an old ruin, a stately castle tottering upon the brink of dibsolution. The fatal disease which has set the mark upon Mr. Blaine may spare him for yet a few days in its grim pity, but the conviction has long since flashed over his own mind, as well as that of the coun try, that his "path of glory" has almost reached that dread inevita ble-the grave. He has been a man of great tribulations and no one in public life has met with the disappoint ments and the heart-breaking sor rows that have fallen to the lot of Mr. Blaine, but with that the pres ent article is little concerned. It is Blaine the magnetic orator, the champion of the great Republican party, who was met and overcome by the eloquence and logic of Ben Hill, that forms the topic now un der consideration. Congress had been in session for only a few weeks and was the first Democratic Congress that had ever met since the war. Mr. Hill had qualified as a representative and taken his oath of office on the 8th of December, 1875. His reputation as a fearless ora tor and as a brilliant adversary in debate rested upon his record in the Confederate Congress. He had yet to prove himself in the higher parliament of a re united country and while he had many friends and ardent admirers who predicted for him a brilliant career in the American Congress it remained to be tested by actual ex periment whether their esteem was based- upon solid grounds or whether they were merely senti mental opinions that were due to his agreeable personality. This occasion was not by any means slow in arriving, and the same political providence that had cast the decision of ballots ml favor of Mr. Hill, soon provided an opportunity for tho display of his magnificent leadership. It was the memorable occasion already referred to-the 10th of January, 1876. Mr. Blaine had long before this acquired a national reputation as a skillful politician and a most accomplished debater. He was the acknowledged leader of the Rs publican party on the floor of the house, and was a man of com manding appearance. His very personality inspired a feeling of respect and admiration among his sympathizers, while a feeling of awe- and apprehension was*excited in.the bosoms of thoee-who differed with him in regard to the princi ples which'-'he advocated and .who belonged to the opposite^arty; - . He had been the speaker of the preceding Congress . and bad greatly endeared himself to th? Southern people by his ardent espousel of. their.interest when the "force bill" was advocated. It ill prepared them for his tac tics the year following and Avheri he assumed the role of antagonist and aimed the dart of an enemy at the person pf their .venerated leader Mr. Davis", it occasioned universal surprise throughout the South. The discussion in the house of representatives: was on the subject of general amnesty to the South-, ern people. Mr. Blaine had moved to strike out the name of Jefferson Davis on account of his alleged connection, with the prison out? rages at Andersonyille, Ga. Mr. Blaine had selected his own time and had carefully arranged his argument. His. denunciation of Mr. .Davis was extremely bitter and his>ferrible arraignment was, supported by-allthe powers of his great intellect. From a sectional, point of view the effort was simply superb and the character of Mr; Davis was held up before the American Congress as that of ?a sup?rhumap tyrant. He painted, him in,the most terrific aspect as only a'masterly imagination and a wonderftil eloquence could do without the aid of truth and the facts of history. Certainly no one would dare to reply to such an arraignment. It was a great political outrage, of course, but who was willing to sac rifice himself by plunging into the lion's mouth? The eyes of Mr. Blaine during the delivery of his argument were fixed upon the person of Mr. Hill; He seemed to have singled hiriji out for his greed of slaughter-not that he expected . to be fully an ~PTI i'll ?j''imvmmkw'jtf??u?'ont " wuuxu' have to make the attempt. Great enthusiasm followed the expiration of every sentence and a season of the wildest excitement reigned in the<house of representa tives. Blaine was making the speech of his life, and his talents had all along been slowly ripening for this super-intellectual effort. Finally the great orator sat down and the vast assemblage was left to gaze in astonishment at the elo quent hero of the hour. When Mr.. Blaine sat down Mr. Hill, without a moment's prepara tion, arose to reply. He was.pre vented, however, from obtaining tho recognition of the chair by reason of the interference of other members. Finally he was recog nized, after which the body ad journed with the understanding that Mr. Hill was to have the floor the following morning. During the night several of the members attempted to dissuade him. He was resolute, however, and had fully made up his mind to reply to Mr. Blaine. The announcement in the mean time that Mr. Hill, of Georgia, had been recognized and would ad dress the house in reply to Mr. Blaine's attack the following day, was flashed from one end of the country to the other and caused geneial rejoicing throughout the South. When the following day arrived the galleries and the floor were both crowded. Many of the mem bers of the upper chamber were in the room, and several distinguish ed men from all parts of the country. Mr. Hill entered the room and in a calm and self-possessed manner took his seat. Situated in his immediate neigh borhood were Dr. William H. Fel ton, General Phil Cook, his col leagues from Georgia, and also many other prominent representa tives. Finally he arose to his feet and in a clear and penetrating voice that vent to the furtherest part of the chamber he addressed the speaker. He caught the attention of the house in the very opening sentence and it was evident that before his lips had formed a dozen words that he was just the man for the occasion. His voice grew rapidly in strength and flexibility as he steer ed into the deep of the discussion. The lightning in his eyes by slow ! degrees began to kindle until it seemed as he procoeded that the j fas actually on ?&D0^^ hers-who were Jed By ctebsity vfcth? speaker a- hearing'wefe r completely swayed -byj the anmzed and Mtr Blame was com ?fb?ltldumbf^onnded, ^Eh'e heror.of th?-'day before was fast dwindling hr|^-common place, while the men patlaized^ith his attack the SouJ^^egan to sym ] li J i 1 \ ?z?}; with fflPBd" iii repelling t unjust assault. '-.'".".* j Incompletely, transformed the snlcracter of Mr. Davis and. ex id him for his bravery, his .ity of life, hiB patriot consecrar his devotion to the principles lonest government and his anV hunianity. turned the tables lupar*, the ig"oide by showing that Mr. io's own^jparty had been, re-? isible iSr the prison outrages idersonville. He spoke 7 J I 1 n g sarg a s m, a fierce un :on and a bitter inve' that ?assed the er , of Mr. and drew upc- . him to a in extent the sympathy if not? maure of his own party, jitter, part of his speech was fgp reconcileation. It was! Bubiimp passtges and was|.f in th?1 softest velvet ,of are in our flsfher'er house.". ? "are no confederates in >?se," said he in one of his ? . ? v *?* * cent periods, "thara are no rates aflywjrare, but the lia here and here 'she intends in. We are in the house of iers, our brothers aire our ions" and'we are here to ;hank God!" Fhen Mr. Hill concluded he was racijiient of a marked ovation. Manjr' on the other side extended fchel?. : congratulations, while the aaer?berB of his own party actually iug|?d him in their delirium of? leight. . . The scened was wild wit-; ' 3?|i!?fr?ent.^ng?? jritn admiration. Jefferson Da bad been fully vindicated and 1 South" was cleared of her asp sions. But" Ben Hill hasjpassed away. Ee died in the love of his people md the esteem of the whoie land, [t seemed that his work had just begun, but God knew best and He to ok him. A tall white monument pierces the foliage of Oakland cemetery and deep cut into its Bide is the name of Georgia's favorite son, while a monument of marble stands in the State capitol, but more enduring than any monu ment shaft will prove the memory of that historic combat and Geor gia's gratitude will always swell with the mention of that day when the lance of her gallant Ben Hill struck the haughty shield of the "Plumed Knight."-Atlanta Con Btitution. _ Mon*trans Force of Tornado?!. Mach has been said about electricity as a factor for de s true ti ven esa in the va rious gyrating storm clouds known as cyclones, drechoes and tornadoes. In all of this voluminous mass of so called scientific opinions and deductions one fact teems to have been entirely over looked-viz., the almost resistless force bf wind when moving with high ve locity. When the velocity is hut fifty miles an hoar the pressure of air in mo tion is equal to twelve pounds to the square foot, and when'this velocity rises to 100 miles per hour its force rises to the equivalent of 49.2 pounds to the square foot, the augmentation of force being always proportional to the square of the velocity. It needs no further elaboration or am plification of this statement to convey to the intelligent reader an idea of the monstrous mechanical force which such a rapid traveling mass of air must have -a power great enough to tear down any structure that has yet been built by man, or to uproot whole forests of the largest trees now growing on the sur face of the earth.-St. Louis Republic. One Sunday Newspaper. The Globe-Democrat of Sunday con tained 42 pages and 294 columns. The total number of words contained in that issue was 598,000. The number of "ems," counting the matter as one-half agate, one-half nonpareil, was 2,852,000. The number of separate pieces of type handled by the compositor in preparing that issue was 5,880,000. If the columns of type composing that issue were placed end to end they would form a solid col umn of type 1,754 yards long, or, laid in line, would extend from the Missis sippi river to Seventeenth and Olive streets. If the lines of type composing that issue were placed end to end the result would be a line of type 8,920. yards long, about 2% miles, or extend ing from the river to Vanderventer ave nue. The words contained in that issue would make 21,892 book pages of 250 words each, and 85 volumes of 250 pages each, with 142 pages over. To print the Issue of that one day required 48,752 pounds of specially prepared paper. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Saxon ladies never appeared in public without the hood, which covered the lair and a large part of the face. In a temple in India there is preserved' ind worshiped a tooth claimed to hate mee been in the jaw of Buddha. TITO ??EW LIQUOR LAW. A. Brief Review of the Dispensary , Act-To Go Into Effect in July; ?'Sec. - i;'After July 1,1893, the Manufacture and sale of liquor ?hall?i?; regulated as. follows : -Sec. 2. The. Gov.' >r shall ippoint a State Commissioner, vho shall purchase all intoxicating Iquors for this State and furnish ;he"" same to. "dispensers." He shall have a salary of $1,800 and i bookkeeper with a salary of 51,200, and shall live in Columbia. Hie Governor, AttorneyGen?ral, ind. Comptroller General shall ? institute the State Board pf Control, who shall prescribe rules br carrying on the liquor business md shall appoint, the county lispensers. . Sec. 3. The State Commissioner (hall ship all liquor to the dispen iers in packages of not less than a rint nor mort than-' five gallons, md the dispensers shall sell it in he unbroken packages-and it ?hall not be drunk on the premises, rbis, does not apply to lager beer ind other malt liquors. Sec. 4. The State Board of Control consists of 3 persons, who ?hall hold offi.ce for two Vfars and shall prescribe rules for. the county lisper:saries of their respective counties, and shall serve without >ay. ; Sec. 6. Prescribes penalties for ?he county dispenser purchasing iquor except from the State Com nissioner. Sec. 6. Prohibits municipalities, granting liquor -licenses beyond Ipril BO, 1893. It also - prohibits Manufacture of liquor except as )rovided in the act. Persons can nanuf actaro wine for their own'use mt cannot sell it. iii this State ixceptto the State Commissioner, ior ship it out pf the State except )j his permission. Seo " selection ^?ds.Jp^c^tror. "{?nj??^B^S8?r\ ^nots?llvan^ t * i .., l?U?v lil he judgment of the county board if control other dispensaries may )e established in any county or ither towns." Sec. 9. Matters of detail, for he guidance of the dispensesrs. Sec. 10. Provides that the coun ty board of control shall uso the >ffice of the county commissioner : ;hat the clerk of the county com missioners shall serve as their ?lerk, and that the said clerk ?ach receive a compensatian for their services of $2.00 a day for not exceeding 30 days in the year, and 5 cents mileage each way. rhe net profits of the "dispensary" shall be paid one-half to the town Dr city and rne-half to the county. The pay tor "county dispenser and tris associates" is to be fixed by the State board of'control. Sec. ll. This is an important section and reads as follows : * "Sec. ll. Before selling or de livering any intoxicating liquors to any person, a request must be presented to the county dispenser, printed or written in ink, dated of the true date, stating the age and residence of the signer, for whom ind whose use the liquor is re quired,-the quanity and kind re quested, and his or her true name ind residence, and where num bered, by street and number, if in i city, and the request shall be ?igned hy the applicant in his own true name and signature, attested by the county dispenser or clerk ?vho receives and files the request tn his own true name and signature in his own hand writing. Bnt the request shall be refused if the 30unty dispenser filling it person illy knows the 'person applying is i minor, that he is intoxicated, or ;hat he is a minor, in the habit of ising intoxicating liquors to an excess ; or if the applicant is not JO personally known to said county iispenser before filling said order )r delivering said liqnor, he shall require identification, and the ?tatement of a reliable and trust worthy person of good character md habits, known personally to lim that the applicant is not a not i minor, and is not in the habit of ising intoxicating liquors to an ixcess." Sec. 12. The blanks for requests o purchase shall be furnished by he State board to the Auditor, and >y him, in packages of 100, to the dispenser, and these blanke whea filled shall be returned to the Auditor. Sec. 13. The "dispenser" shall make a monthly report to the Auditor. Sec. 14. Prescribes penalties for failure to make return to Auditor. Sec. 15. The county dispenser ! shall keep a strict account of his business in a book to be furnished him. Sec. 16. A liquor license from the . S. government shall be prima facie evidence of violation j of this law. Sec, 17. Druggists mnst buy] liquor for -.their medicines from j .the "dispenser," who.charges them j only 10 per cent, profit ; Sec. 18. Appropriates $50,000 to buy liquor and carry on the busi ness. . ' ?% 8ecs. 19, 20 21,22.23, 24 and | 25. prescrbepenalties for violation this law by individuals, ^by dis pensers, by common carriers and j others. Sec. 26. Authorizes the Gov amor to appoint.constables ot $2. 00 a day to enforce this law. Sec. 27. Provides that no law I now in 9ffect prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors in any of I the counties or towns of this State! is repealed by this,act. . Sec. 28. Repeals all inconsistent j acts* . INGALLS'S GLOOMY VIEW. He Thinks That The Next Panic] Will Brine: Re, o lut ion. "The appeal made by the Demo cratic orators in Kansas and| throughout the West during the late campaign was never exceeded in malignant violence, even by tue Communists who inspired the] great revolution in . France." This startlieg declaration was made ?ast i*.' :?^t by Ex-United-States Senator John J. Ingalls, of Kans?*?'-? "~ *cenf elco* alfairs. The Democrats attribute it to legislation and very artfully imbued that idea into the minds of the people. I do not believe this, nor does any sensible man. The whole trouble lies in our sys tem of government. The Repub lican form of government places more power in the hands of a few than is possible under the monarchical systems of Europe. We are brought to believe that universal suffrage is not a panacea for all ills. MILLIONAIRES TO BLAME. "There is a strong and growing feeling against the system that makes the accumulation of the such vast fortunes as those of the Goulds, Vanderbits, Huntingtons and others twssible. The people are becoming restless and the millionaires are in a measure to blame for this condition of affairs They have by tLeir insolent parade and ostentatious display arrayed tho people against them. "We are now brought face to. face with the same condition of social affairs that brought about the French revolution and unlesi a speedy remedy is found the peo ple will rise in their wrath and wage a terrific warfare on the wealthy class. I am a statesman out of a job, but I have watched the trend of public opinion and am far from pleased with the outlook. I do not look for any change in our system until the people force it upon us. I believe a revolution is ripening and will come sooner or later. It only sleeps, awaiting an incentive. LOOKS FORA REVOLUTION. C "The first financial panic we] encounter such as that of 1853 will, in my opinion, precipitate a revolution which will not be easily quelled, and may result in the overthrow of our system of government. The powder and dynamite are ready. When the opportunity arrives they will be used with fatal effect. The time is ripe for revolution. The question is, have the people a leader? An able, unscrupulous man could wield an awful power. "One means we might take to prevent such a misfortune would be by enacting strict laws regulat ing immigration. The Anglo Saxon people are not Communists. Left to themselves the American people would make the best of misfortune, and live ujj^to the maxim, 'root hog or di e,' " THE PEOPLE'S PARTY FUTURE. When asked as to the strength and future of the People's party, the Ex-Senator replied: "We thought we had them downed .two years, ago, but they were stronger than ever this year. Had the Democrats not fused with them I believe the Republicans would have carried Kansas. The Populists are gaining in numbers, largely from the Republican party. They have won over a greafr many of the old soldiers. In the Convention which nominated W. H. Harris for Gpngres8man-at-Large there were 276 Ex-Union.soldiers,-and he was placed in nomination by a one-armed veteran. This is oven more suprising from the fact that Harris was oh 'Stonewall? Jackson's. staff. Ido not believe the party S will ever become a great factor in politics,'aB the leaders are not men of much .ability and character. They c?n however, elect a Senator inKansas." ".What will'be the future orV the Republican party?" . Before replying to that question Senator Ingall^ took several long puffs at his cigar and said : "Well, the principles are good and should liveJThe Republican will continue to be one of the leading political. - parties." He then .led .-the con-'. vereatior* to'other topice, among them the election of the President. FAVORS A DIRECT VOTE."* ?. "Do you favor a change in the mode of election as rece?t?y^sug--, gested, namelyj- the abolishing the 'ElectoraXColl?ge and - ejecting.the President by a'dir?'ct rvitel.' o'f the people?" - v * "I think such, a chang?, should. be made,andit wouI<S5e for'the best - interests of the. country" the States sho^' present, rip'1 ' ot (iovernment is not so perfect as . is generally believed.-He will remain in the city for several dayb -Philadephia Times. Colds coughs, bronchitis, and all throat and lung diseases are effectively treated with Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. To neglect the use of proper remedies for these ailments, is to induce consumption which is to cause one-sixth o!; the mortality in all civilized coun tries. The Superior MEDICINE for all forms of blood disease, AVER'S Sarsaparilla the health restorer, and health maintainer. Cures Others will cure you. 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