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VILE AMUSEMENTS. DR. TALMAGE ON THE WOEFUL EF FECTSOF CHE MODERN DRAMA. It Distorts Ieal Life With Creations of Ieseahed Imaginations-Stago lerees and lieroittem unfittlugt tb Youth of Our Land for Honest Labor. I'MOOKLYN, March 15.-Dr. 'almnage reached the fourth of his serie-, of ser -i ons on the Plagues of the (ities" tlis a orniug. The sermon to-day is on Bale iti Amusements." The text was 11 "amuel ii, 14: "Let the youti men now 'rise and play before us." The follorning is substantially the ser *' on: There are two armies encamped by tl e pool of G ibeon. The time hangs ;eavily on their hands. onc army pro uses a -ame ot sword-fencing. Noth ing could be more healthful and inno cent. The other army accepts the chal leng. Twelve men against twelve men, the sport opens. l1nt something went adversely. Perhaps one of the swords men got an unlucky clip, or inl some way had his ire aroused, and that which openly in sportfulness ended in vio lence, each one taking his citLostant Iy tile hair, and then with thm sword thrusting him in the side; so that that which opened in itmoelt tim iIede in the maxsacre of all the t wenty-Iour sportsmen. Was there ever a hetter ilustration of what was trie theii, and is true now, that that whith is iniocent may he made cdestr'uctive? What of a worldly natire is more *im1portait, ald strengthening : and ininocet tIan ame melt, n:id yeI what ims coiuinted more victUiis? I have no sympathy with a 8traight.-jacket religion. This is a very b;right world to me. atil I propose to (o all I can to make It briglit for othels. I never could keep step to a dead ma11rch. A book issued vears algo says that a Christan man ihas i. ri,lt to sOlin! iluIlseientis; for inlstanlce, it Ite c omies home at. nli_-ht weary fr-om hlis, work, anld Ieelinlg tIle need ob recreat:m, lits onl hlis slippers, an.d goes iltol Ilis -alrrel, and valks lively arunld he1 t lloor ser' evral tiles, there canl hb'o rm mIll Ill it. I he Ieve the Church of, (.od has Iadt. :1 1 rc tuendmus mlishake inl tryNing. to suppre1Ss thle "4portfrilness ()I yothl .111d driv- (lit 11r4)1m Ilel their love oIt:u.seet. II (;(.I ever imlpianled anti in1u4, ho ImIphlited this desire. itu il,-,toa< oIf provid'u'r filr this dvemand of our 11,1tur1e, Ow ( llrth.ull of6 (I lis, br lo e Illaill Ilart, il.:tored i(. As Ii a riot, the mnay,N-or platst a battery :it the vid ol the stree, anld has it tired off, so that everythitw- is cut down that plpenis to stawl in the ranlue, the good as well as the had. so) lhere are im11 ill ille ('h1tirl who I4;hot 14vit hatteries 41f voildelatll; nd i ritell awav illilliscritnIiltely. Eiverythill., is coelmnd.But, myl Bible commenl-lds thlose who itse ilhe w4rbllwitholit abuising. it. anld il tlte ntuliral wrb, (od has dom, everythi I( 1t 11iaso aullmse us, in poctito figurell we s ill-tiies .sIiak tif 11.1ural1 obJects as hit in1,_ inl p.tin,. but it is a tuee tantcy. 'i s sa Uhe chlu1ds weep, but tily never yet shed a tear; anld that the wilds si-h, htit they Ilever di have any trou1ble;, an111d tha.1t the storilm howls, but it niever 141"'t its tililer. Th'lie worl d Isa rose, 11111 ilhe ui11verse a Uar lld. And I am glad o ktlow that, in all (ur citics there are plllnty o1 pltes whetre we' maty lindc elevated'lii moral cit r1 aimet 1. hutl all htonest tueti anid oo wuotnen11(1 wvill agree witht Rte ini the si:titeiet ithat onie ofi the woIrst ph:igties of1 these ties l' oiling oi ini ttlly oll the pl;te 4)1f W Isetiellt by i he 111' ' lo4Ilie >itt tires ol 44*rd-ees, at1111 inl tanly <>t tlihe sho w Y dlows, tere' Is tiot :o 1illich boiwer 'u 'h~ of prolligney II lto a. A i N apies. picres wiere exhumiledI fromi h'41mpeli,1 I 'litery of1 lad plates (II :t1Inusel'ient n' a;t, they are dIoing' iti by it;h1t :rowis ni we ill the sameit proporotionI, inl Iitty < frtaini pIrinIciples by wichil ou ituay' inudge in regairdl :tny amulltsement't Ior re creation, biinding out for yourselt wh ethe:r it is right 01' whtether it Is wiuon . can jutdge ob tile mora'l llarter o(1 (4myt amutisemen'it byi its heat:l ttui result, or' byI its batlchil renectiont. 'lThere arec people 'I tiho seemt tuadte upl ol hard*t taels. Th1ey aire a cominlIationi of mutljjtltiit tables and14 Statits. If lyou showii tem anl exqulisiteC piture, th ey will lItinI to) (hseuss thte pligtnetus inivolvedl in the colloinig, It N on shtowv temt a beautilul rosi', tey wIll submlait it to at boutanicatl .tmalysis, wiebi4 is only Ithe llost-mtemIlI txainiation ofI a lower'. I'Tey have nol atntythitng mtortha 11:1 m~tlile'. 'There ate thle deplIths ot thteir soul, int h:llow aifter set'mH as it nture hadt butI14t ilIt'l tmI by l co it. ittt lessed Ih e (Id ther1 ice ar e plrd hile lthe1( wyorht Iwho have ic hi t thr's, mal11 whose life is ai sontg, lil anlthem,ll a l'1a, 4f vlittory. [ilen th'i roitbles of1 a Lgrealt tower, 44n the top1 ofi wichtl thte siiulibh sIts, m1114 the soItI airs4 o1111n mer( hold1peretuat nl earivial . They1' are houset~; they aire people 1 like to haive thte hem' cit t he(ir garmtenits, you arte hea:led. Now it. is thecse exhlilatrat and symltpa thtet,ic and warm h'eartedlI(I Ieole' tIliat are mo1(st tempted to perictiouts amutisemnttIs. in propor'tionl as a shily i'; sitt, it wantis a1 strong hlmISmanlll; ini IproportIlion at:s a htorse iM gay, it wanltts a stutt dri ver; land these pIeop)le of e'xubeItanit naturte ill Id1o wiell to look ait the~ reclitiont c:fI allteir amtusemecnts. lb mi amuiiselt'mt sentds you homie at tnight nleriouts, s that yOu caninot sleep, ando you rise' 1up in'the mtorning, niot liecauso you are' slept (lit, but because your' duty di'aus youii fromn p ur slumbers, you have beeln where you ought not to haye beeti. IIThere ate aitusemnents thtat seind a man next day', to his work bloodshot, yawning, stutpidl, natuseatedl; andl they are worng kinids o)1 amusement. There are entertainments thtat give a man disgust with the dlrudger~y of life with tools because they are not siwordls; with working aprons becautse they are not robes; with cattle because they are not infuriated bulls of'thie arena. If' any amusement sends you hiomie longing for a life of romance antd thrilling adventur'e. love that takes polsonl as d shtoots itself, moonlight adventeres and1( hair-breadth escapes, you may depend upon it that you are the sacrificed victim of unsanc tlled pleasure. Our recrentions are ini ended to build us up; and if they pull us hi lown, as to our moral or as to our phy- t ical atrength, you may come to the con- st: ,lusion that thoy arc obnoxious. th There is nothiug more depravini than er Atendance upon amiuseiaents that are; i! Full of innuendo and low !uvotion The Young man enters. At first, lie sits a I'ar back, With his hat on and his coat " collar up, fearlil that somebohV there 1: may know him. Several night ilass on.1 Hle takes oil his hat earlier, ani put his p coat- collar down. The IbIlu,;!h 11,h1alt first Ii came Imto his cheek wlien anvilhinun ie- Ii cent was enacted comel-s no 'ore to his a cheek. Farewell, yotui. manI Yout i have prob-lbly started oil the lon-, road v' whileh nds ill conuinnate de.striiction. I The itars ot'hope will go out onc by olne, w until you will be left inl utter wakes 11car you not the rush of the uaels roi, tl In Wrose outer circle your. boat nlow dances. making inerry with the whirlon- Ih Wat-ers ? But you atre hemn. drawn in, h and the gentle motion will become tcr- d rifie awitationl. You cr-v for help. In h vain ! You pull at the ontr to imu back, s: but, the strug-le will i.ot avail ! You t will be tossed, and dashed, aid ship- n wreckevd, ald swallowcd in the wInrlpool d that h.as already crushe(I in its wrath tvi I thouls:mld hullks. I I saw a beaultil11t lll . o ewhcre Ilhe he(ll ran- violently lnte at ii!hit. 'lh son i hadl beein oil, in sinlful indl lelees. his I uomradc"le we re bhiingiti it,, IIl bomme,. 'hey caiIl him to tll-,h dtr. Tlo *t riit tie bell at,olle o'c wk il IlIw tIltori lIi , I--. F;ttlivir ai I idnt ollwr caine o n Thwy wvere waiting.' i ihe wan<h reI !" Soll, .1111I thell tile coliv es, :-; ISi . the dhr was opeied, tlrew tite pro l Iga ie:ailon, into the <ijor-way, cri i . *"T hIere lie is, 1Ir1til.k as a lim l. I ;:, h1:0 W hll in1el1 go Iink) .111"iiill, t}a th IeIcy t all'ord, tt, yI lir..t horr.ow wluat. "'ley callinmt 0l, :ll(l |wt l-N * N -teal wlit thtey (a.lklitt Iit 'rrow . rilt tbey '-!, ililto villlarl';asstill-if, a1141 111h 1 lto lylli.-, atll litelt :11.0 thlt. : ;tl d whwi a ,1 11l ,ets '1" 1111 )It ias t01;1t, Il c Ibg Inot 1toip Short oi,i the plnitenitia'Y. Thero(1 i" ll it tI oiil ill Lile tu, 1 where (IherO are 11ot vicilils o tiisaictilivil :gonltc til'lis. Sl ow I' Itly h pt: 11oe' mne-t i i :0 41111-Willcill) i wn-1 . I i.I I' I 'iil I l Wi l a541s, "Now I :tll ql:i' 6w aI :iti h 4 '44 I ll4id v4o 4 1 - ,11 . .(. I' ll 1 1 Y nIl ee W \\'la;i t i hile i 1ri! Witel a he:ival l, 1 11Y Iotr It Me7e ! C 1rack 11 hl s, till hih ,ourl 1 la-ssesZ. >IoI! i lit-. hev allih, I I ll enoiltYi 1-14of 11 r h ju like this " l n - rk - t n h :- Ii' it at (thi lle I ol's, arnd look (u :) say, "Whv, I wNvoleril. whwre lhos( , .- I hl\w\.,; . '-'cI heir money r111 m I. i \We hN-ve (t4) (44 tia d drud t. do nothin1 .! ' To theme Iaylmd lii. i-s; a tihrill ad .mn uiNVitCe nt. ' y stare at her111. Iwo tle, 11 ill t(urn :11,r% asta Ird .11. i 1,v at-chbainl jin .l . Th'le cuplj 1 1am1. Theo cheeks 111sh. Ih eyves hh The h: nII t hIar th ir. uOa They iva Ih wa:tr. They jostle de.11 liv'l InT (lith Sik walk. Theyv takeW i!w 1 :.I,1 1 to ,ill II va1inl. Thellcy iar-4v t t 11 11oll Ihvv learned at their tOlkher's nl : anil t, a111 picurc,s l l l ntin-. d tr tI WV (-r*\ out, "W ho varc.,% !'' :md ti t hel( vcoun 54444)1 o om ('hrist;Ian fi " \l -W Iho a'11 P u '' lassinl'- almnr the -reet som P! tli ht, Y(Ill he'la : 'lhrivk inl a r -s p, t th ratil . ol 'the a th a.1htl-, 111 4 I 1)ut'l1 (t Ilhe policet. W hat. 1 th'.el anatt r i l lvwll)\ h,I th rck less -, wlll l i ia ha W been killed4 i a r-ho herelijht.L( arry1 rei will4 01 444n :1tt5elw sh 41( h so wounds, aiistl1os1s1 141 s m4 eah.Thy).r 41lvi himll he:it :11ver did,11 :111 abhou'sh m lh as 1r tI hme thst. .\lotic('i 4 in-r will 14 ie to 'ihwr tte garden, al: t 1(l44 :1 et1 thel u1 IIwbotoet los. A:is1 1)'init them1 4nt41a4p c4hapht.o :11) m l sleti hirt o1f1 he :n c'- I ward1 boy,I4 )14244 linis u 14 his 'rm Iw blaat f bro the on: Iks th 'Lwere 11 ancec . irI PfIle. 111b14 1h ' .2ir 14 w id | lish' ii4tit ive to have a hank11I1les ch.1il. h411 14 11 odrther, andi ur tIh tar n- a chris;btrI4i4 amuinent 111 h h h1411 me the44 ch1 ie bu Ines I ll a m:m'-. HIs . 1.1 Ott s ) alit :u'.lante inched we avein ork 14wea4't1 withY. I di oase You ha44 a114 '144l tiatui't e ~ih itr. itr'l:m : a ii the j4 1ea has 44ungl ites his '44 ha1't, aire lii the ar 4444' ill aitideril n le oni e dow)i l t'1 ill4( Ic'n 11 avalanche ofrck ouwill 4'(1 314 'lie :n tink (I- ': ati'l aet. hic Will thne nohere cph ta tior deppot your ehdilieat w4~hietu34 tle ii how!(. lIi a worl we re)1 thee tis4 at Il muht (afto. lirele,anie mc tiomd. lie With. 0h10 01' thai't m:to 'I. i hat ntin tw <b>.u pepegtein rud hi. They ae alleitons the los. I enoug toe gbringlh t hebket, putief he v with a thousand arts. They seized < I his social nature, and he could not 1 i( the chlarll. They drove him oi 11 irocks, like a ship ifull-win'ed, shiv il. 'onl thu breaker.A. I uved to admllon I limn, I wi)uld say, "Now 1. wish Nou lbl <Iluit, these bad hiabits, atnd becomill lVtiStian11." "Oh1," he, WOUld rejl I vould like to; I wou! lik! to; but I Iv ; so)11(1 84) Lat lI d,m'l think there ;s a% way back.'" in his winent- l' of Ie '11:au1cl, h1a' would I"o homl. aand ta'ke s litlle 16ir ofrti"lht e a l' and le bracue r convulsi V, :U1141 covi.r le.Ir w ih 101rn n anI :11111 Arow r11-olild her pie 1Ir4lIA):' I t I ' ; and vevry,ilI jl Ithat m0d hlw It(ak halppy; :lld then, ai tough lnloued by tn evil spirit, le, ild "o wut to the( , enU111lam111ill cup :a id Vi ti houllme 4f1 shamlec, like a 1.>ol to to 1 correcIIt IIIn &I of t le " to cik. I I Was sll1Moned to his death-bed. I t aten. I entered tihe room. I Foundt ill, to mIly surlpii.w, lying inl t,11l Ivery Iy dre-s nil the o u. I put out, Iy t1i I.lIb graslivoid it excittedi,yv, and;I Ir ."11 1 ll't down, u l i S;ti4, -- .1 st iht 1 10aw 111 mother, who has bien el twent. N vears, :id "lhe sat just l i i tre Y m SAVOW. I t wa:i io (Ireami waI we wa 11. Th'llv:- wai no' dvilu 4 in te m tter. I saw hivir just ns hotflY a,- I sve you --Wf,L wish vou w'.h tfak . tI -1 l. S 0in s lo l 4'e. Tl Iere -t Strils Slunl lil armund myl v bodIyN.. I 191h vwui wwl!hd 1-6J. thcitl ol, o, mno," ': 4 it w s l~d i;J 11i . "Oh," replild o r." iewent, mi and sad -.IutIS lwtrc y4u sit wow., .\r. Talmla-v, miy Ill h Ir ! a 4. Sht a::ill to ) lile: 1 1ur r do ishyo wo hi o het"or.' I -.t, it m d , ii I : 1 i :ar illild her, awl I.'. - l I wanlt. to d b14 te) 1 ' l\ebee tr me to dl b(Itter. \ ()n't Wn1 11 ) l il 114 (Il fth.t. Io 1t18P. )t 1'1'11-.' No 1 a l about it, no141 te. I S:' w 11-i- tho aill and tHW T- 11 an11d the(- Spectch , jilst, 'Is -he -e 1 lmok twent11v v ears 441:-hu 1 il ihYou woul take the(S(! "trinlt-s v .<yv. I'lliv yMl ' so. I c-ll har-i ta. Wn'N111 o take the1ln away." llch, (liw) and prayed, li 1 ' * 4' lt h11at h 1111 1 1 not ealize what ! '. - t . I a . -- I I I la h1, you i 'i 1 c'illh bLi '-i to 1.In1" n . la les d 4l1w miw wild the t! I ." 'nd '-h' i. "brin ': hv him. I i I !Iv t I t' ; 111p it, " I.:', It Odv 14 'p thrlou14-'.h11 I I :islv, Ii t. -!l it' Mh wvs(p ia Iit' If bil.nI. I I t1ld the( .Il I 'I . -! -T his Im ill h4.1 ! v111r1 - ni 11a 14 1ed in n' 1 them,i:~' 'IIi . :t ill i a '4l i 'I la[iI j4Ily.Iv i 1111 r i any Ia i ii aIilen)e 4. I l"I-;l til tei t.m i 44I I at h: li \ 1 1 it l 1 .111' 11hh , t. e 10 l I I . IaI s 4111I'' u lItIul I ayI I. 1 h -I,' 11 " t I 1:'4tI)I.I411 11 1 ! fl (. ,AeIh il , I L:-, liku 1ab 1 h 444i1r Iny I1. 1 :I;') -tit-4. ta4 ; l) I 144 -, 4 1'wr iv l' ;Irr' l (m . ',hc l ! 1u wli t"11':' . i ., k k llm ill-2l I 'lt ! ill 1rws ilt a 4)1. A Chil. 1 )h, lwr ounlitemmllce 111mWti II' 1 4 I- '.'!ay,' like' iie '4441 loo inig1 I Il i lthou :1 11 rr dr.amil. (Jl 'Iit .l , Ill i 1111 Iul 1it 111' thw mi' l b hladl lhlro e im. Thevre theyIN sa'. -I e le, .snw ! 't 14em pale hrIi '( u'ed 1 4il'a1 li i n~t eatf b theuh gi eels a4) throu)151 11li b th he ).k) inal Ihul the ils They1'S wer't)." the meni hC h:11)I I dlI inewok TIn in- we'y4r tho he111 h:l ) khi li rkI()s. Thy a leiL, h:aL 3 0 waiv 1 to wio p es aIIter Alt, my friends. there in an hour con ng when our past life will probably pass belore ri ill review. It will be our Ia%t hour. 10 From our deatl-pillow we have to look h) ic1 and see a Iffe spent, ll "ilintiful ailusemeti 1, there will bo a dart lhat will strike throu,11h our soul sharper than the dagger with which Vir-inius mlew les child. The memory 01 the piast will itike es quake like Macleth. Thelv inhiiL ics and rioting throu-h which w b-ae Iassed will comtte i upoi its, wvird an - skeleton as Mle Mh-rrilies. D)cath. the old Shylock, will demand, and takv, file remaining 114un'14 of flesh, aitid thel 1-clmaillinl. drop of* blood; alld utlipl "Iur last, opporltu tity for repeillince, and our last chattice lo1 liaveii, the curtalit will torey er drop. .ireaks on the ii%isippl. Ni-:w Otmi,l-ANs, Mlarch 12.--A Picay lue's Vickshurg special say.s there are io material developments in the break In the levee at Sunflower landin.- sliceo thle tele-ram ul' this morning. Dii patches received here from above state that trainlS on the North end of the Rivermidu division of the Valley Road have beeln aboildoled, but trains onl the main line are still rutimt. Te break in tihe levee is one mile below Suillower. At a polit, :above tie levee crosses a low Ilat swam p out ot which Ilows Bicks iayon wh:ch emptles into Iluhpuckana, im llile from the !eree. 'Tihe water 1rom tils break will extend no further N:irtlh thanl Iollo Stationl onl the Vallev I(lad which i i aoutelight miles Souiti (1 ( C larksdale. 'rTe emibankmntict otn the main line of the Liouisvllie, New Orlcans 1ad Texas RailrOAd Will 110 doubt direct a irge quantit.y of this water in a "'ouithely' directimn. .NI -:m i i i s, Tenai:i.,I Alatrch! 15. - - A is - patch r11ml lill Ilouse, Miss., in Cotho Iia Colit, savs a levee onl the Alissis -ipi iir broke at 12:3i this morning (Groat dam,,ig will likely result. N mI - nL,-:A NS, La., March 12.----A Natchez special says: A steady rain has ,1114e all 4day and it will have a bad N11*ect on the levees, as it will soften tlei and stop wYork mn the ellballk t ment. Mai:.i-t is. March 12.--The levee at lIsl.'s I ke,. hirt y miles South of this ItY !Ive Iway 101 last night and water 1uIil into ile little villa4e, completelV loqld4in41 4verythin-g. Thle tracks of th1144 1is,villI, New (rleatis and Texas 41ti1 are completely su bmllrenged and tile vater is reportetd to be risintg. V 14s 't'n, I March 12.--News vas 'eclved here to-<hay of a break inl tihe! tv*, lear -unltlower Laldin,_! inl Coa ilia (-nultY, three miles North OF liolivar Count., v hie at ,- o'clock this ntonitti_. 'Tie break was 150 feet w1de. Ite water frt11 this break will go inIto he 11us hi plukana and thence into the Nnllower liver. It will overtlow thte H;oliVar Loop Iailroadll 11 l tlle traills (411 hat lineo are expected to Stop til-day. A VIc-Im of Li4.4in Tyraniimy. I' L IA DEP l1. I A , marcht i-i.-Thnero ;icd in the llhila<h-lplin1 hopit,ilal vesLer 1.v aan1 with a hi1st,)rv. Mattiew al,skevix, a Iussian rel'u,ve. Ile wa.i 441Il in l ,tna, ncar Moscow, fifty cars a; .( atll clite-iig the a-my rose "al'idly un11til lie heeome commander o, hle body u1lantl (df the ('zar, the presen. Iuk 's atIler. lIe tIen I-Csi nleid ti unll !Ce4t ke c'it llercial plirsulits, 4n1d soon heL-C.1tn Qn (4' o the leading 1rai mCCli allts o1 tilte Rtusslas at11 11bta11el -i 1ih I ell'Y iwi :s liIhilailthroist. Tlu-oud ii 4thet mallignhit of ai disch argedi serv:ui t 1a char;tge 4 of ) clusioni w4-ithI the NhAss wa:I- Iiirliht ;4.Zitlt hiitt, is ituiiQie4 -tC-ste were cou1tli(ated, aitn1 he' wts tltroi'41l ilo 'pril-0t. I 1is excellenlt -eilt tI' a'- irbi, itial after -'(l'Ieling flair year of~ i solita1ry con11ineitenit lhe eiscalped 1111nicul:i- his way toi Ud)essa. F-romct lh er- lie was. carried in~ a salIing vessel 441n .leitetrnineani port, and thien mat:de - a to London44, wVhere, for a lttme, le worked as a laborerci. h-riendis in this 1141libe :turive-d in Nw YorT 41k ic Decem cr 111sf. The i rigo)rous5~ witeIr prov4ed 444 ntilh lor his brokeni-downt contstitut ion. Th'lree w44ee ks atgo hte catte t)o l'hii a lelphia, and14 hIs aihnteit imtrensing, lie inaily driltedl lienniless 144 atllhopeless to) lie Ilhihae!elpia; ho'sp4ital, where yester lay lie dlied. 1.NThe N achi Trn Down.'htutkioi teamsly w~i I hih wav:s reporitted wvreeked ill' StarIt P ointI, onl the souithern coast, of' D e v nshirhe, ontI lontday' hist, it. has been siertined1-4, was the M ironta, of1 LiAver iiial . The1 eCre w4 succee'ded mt launc-hinig woi 44fI the ship's b oatts, and ttade de sper-ate effort, to r-each the .shore, but,1 4 nto ailYII. Th'le boiat whlich conttained lhe ollicer an ttd a nluber of the men adi proiitecded buiit a shor di 1istanice, wh len t Iremi-ntihin A sea swieplt o)ver1 her and le llhmIied bleneathi the waves, with all im bioard4. Tel remtainder of thte crew, it thle othier b4oat. mnade a iear-ful st rug le toi rea-lh the lad. Onci~e she ceapsi 'd, at141 atier a numberi o1 the mten lad >een1 swrept away411 was righted by the illrvivor1s. A see4nild tilae the boat, welt,t >ver*, wivith ax like fatality and a similar -esult1. l-'intaly, aifter almttost inicrediblle u1iIerintg ani Iwi 4nd erfut ltlndurane, four sw edish sailors strecededl in reachting h e 1beach , whI ere tine of1 thteir numiber hlied from exhaustion:. A' Vogti-naI Rlobb,.ar IIanad. 41 A rinouitrda4le h;ive suct-ceeded inl uil. ar1th inig one of the lgest r'obb,ei tv. t'mi)e I (4'cliock last even)ingL et ween t wet fv-iiv and~1) thitrty menII a1114 \s'5 4 -tin4IlurItilen-v hienl arr-es ted, lirieed4 with breiakiing (ipent Lrti (1I's n thle lHo4ik I shaid and14 tniont I'aicitie yard s 11114 steal ini gTaini. Thlex steal - hg wa:s done,. it appearas, biy ian (4r aul z/ed b4:md4 of thieves complIosed( oIf ". \s randnigII ini age fromt 1t to 18 ears,5 wllIo bi-eak openi thle cars :itid trail thte gr-ain, It is thloutht that this te 4i! of thievittg has beent carr.Zieii 4)1l er a iit inilie'- o4f itiiiths l;ast., gind thlits 'i oil. Th'le namItes of !gram i dealers wihto be- pollee,' ailid the 11Iests of ttniuntber if of hers will folblow',' II,ix, a i tot otlao at Seax. 144 N 4 , \urI 1ii0I4 t. -A set-ious itari itne d hsast er is repiort ed. TIhie shiip ixhuritgh coIllidi'd with thIn .-tip I ritish '('4r of1 ('alctt(a for L ontdont, 120 m iles, out h west (IF the Sicilly islantds. Ti hei hIoxburlgh santk antd a (crew4 of twenty 01ur w4ere drownted, t he capltami and one0 amnant being rescued. '(hle other ship vas also badly dlamlaged. Fatal Contact WiVth a Ilyntamio. Nuw YORtK, March 12.-dJohni Free nan, aged 18, a clerk in thte employ of flelv'ille, Strong & Co)., was5 itnstantly tilled by electricity at the factory of hte firm this afternootn. IIe renached >ve'r to turnt off the current of the dytn 11mo( which rau thte machinery oIf the place, and his Lody caIme in Contact wIth the machIne. There's the Dinner Bell ! What a clattering and a chattering as the children ainswer the dinner bell and lushl into the dIning rooml. Ohl! the gratification a t-ood appetite alords as our noon day's meal is set before us. But this va!ant chair, what does it mean? "Oh, that is Uncle Charloy's seat. (uess he don't feel like eatini,, he's got dyspepsia. you know." Dys pepsia ! horrors ! Deliver us from dys pepsia. What's the use of being plagued with such an ailment anyway? What's the ii-e having a stomach so irritated and1sore thai. ev,ei one bit of food gives it distres:5.: V hy not heal the soreness and allaV the irritation and strengthenl its tlscular processes, by using lA.anic Blood Balm. W ill It cure? It certanly will. Many, many a former dyspeptic owes his enjoyment of' life to It. 11. B. Give it a tria!. S. .1. Chandler, Richmond, Va., writes: "No one can aflord to be without 13. B. 1B. who wishes an appetite. I could scarcely eat a single biscuit for breakfhst, but sice taking 13. It. ]1. I clean the whole table, so to speak.'' t1nqtpetiuig tle 101. Ciin'.ko, March 13.- -A rousing re CI)tionl was given by the Cook County )emocratic Club to-night to the lot Democratic members who succeeded in t he election of General P'almer as United States Senator after voting solidly for him 115 times. Farmer Cockrell made ill address. Ile said lie had not come back to the Democratic party and would not till it became the party of the people. Ile decleared however, he had always intended to vote for Palmer, provided the Farmers could notelect their man. In conclusion Cockfell said inpressively, now, on behalf of 4,000,000 farmers, I wish to varn you that you cannot make (rover Cleveland the next President of the (*nited States. A large portion of the audience appearently only heard the words "Cleveland" and "next President," and yelled with de lighted intensity. Another Cure for theunatism. LAKE CITY, FL.A. P'. f'. P. Mn'y Co., 8ac<tnuah, (t. (G ENTLEM-:N-I had Rheumatismn for over six years, and last May was taken down and conlined to my bed. My legs aid feet were ba:lly swollen and the color of a Ied apple, and I was in a fearful contlition. I heard of P. 1". P. (Prickly Ash Poke Root and Potas siim), and atcer seeing what the ingre dients were-lis theforiu/ is ou the bute-l concluded to try it, and after taking tnree small bottles was able to go down town and attend to my busi ness, and I must say that I feel like another mian. Ali now taking the large size, and to-day I believe that I will soon be as likely as any manr of sixty-one years of age can exiect to be. A. C. LANG. A Levee tlown Up. M i.: Nii i is, Tenn., March 13.- -Major D. F. ("otiriey, chief engineer of the levee board of the district in which the new lRobinso levee, which gave way yester day is situated, was in the city list night having coml1e direct trom the crevasse to Memphis. II said to a reporter: "The break is seventeen fect wide and water is rinning through it about six feet deep, or was when I left there. The levee was cut or blown up without doilbt. It was one of the finest and tost substancial in the distcict. Thirty or fort)y laborers oin contract were turned loose without their pay recently, and t hey were heard to make threats of get, t ig even. It, is rumored that. some of thiese placed a dlynamite cartr'idge where it would do damage. Planuos and1( Orgatnn. N. W. Tnt-MP'm, 134 Main Street, Co Ilumbhia, S. C., sells Pianos and Organs, di reet from factory. No agents' comn missi ons. Th'le celebrIatedl Chickering P iano. Miathuoshiek Piano, celebrated for its clearness of tone, lightness of tuch alaml lastinrg qualities. Mas5on & IIlatmlIIn U'prighzt P'iano. Sterling Up right P'ianos, from 8225 up. Mason & I I a mal in Organs su rpassedf by none. Ster ling Organs, $50 up. Every Instrument guaranteed for six years. Fifteen days' tia;l, expenses bo0th ways, it' niot satis. factory. Sold Onl lustalments. Negroe.i Returing. G A I NSV1 L1-:, Texas, March 1-f. Manyi~ of the negroes who emigrated f'romn Texas amnd Arkansas to Oklahoma are returnin.g to Texas in large numbers. Tlhmey are very ind(ignant at the manner ini which they have bleeni imphosedl Oin by the agents of the emligrating comlpanly which prevailed on them to go to Okla hoima. Th'Iose who havc returned repiort that the negroes who are unable to leave the territory will call on the company f'or assistance, and if' refunsed aid mob volence is fl'ared. RandlalI Pope, the retired dIruggist of Mladison, Fi., says P. P. P. is the best alherativye in the miarket, :11nd he has hamu t'ed and soldl all the sarsapa rillas arnd blood medo(icines that were adver h':rysipehis--1, L. Irvin, of Thomas ville, Ga., says lhe was aillicted with l':rysipe'las for ten years and was only cured whent P. P. P. was used. 'Tetter, Saltrhszumn and Cancer are all cumre(l by P'. I'. P. The effects on these dhiseatses are perceptible after the fir'st botle of P. P.. P., was used. A complete Bedroom Suit for $16.50 freight paid to your depot. Soend for Cat alogue. Address L. F. Padgett, A uagu-,ta, Ga. Farm Wagons, compilete1 wit,h body etc. 2 3-4 in Th'imable Sk in............. $95 3 in Th' imnble sk in ................ ....41.tf 3% in T1himble SkIn............... 42,00 One Iflorse WVagons, 524.50, 526.5O and 5.!.50. Warranted seond to none WVrite for Circulars. Buggies, Carriages, Road Carts, &c., nt 10 per cent less than regular pIrice's. Sond for Catalogue. TIhmis offer is for onily 30 days ini order to reduce stock-so *rdler at HOLLER & ANDERSON B UGG Y CO.. R OCK LI 11,., S. C., In writing mention this paper. P ION TVIlE MOSTl. AIPPit)VED -9plants, with Suction Fan er Spiked coinpetitive prIces. (COTT"ON Gl NS and PR1ESSES of best makers. T1homnas Hay Rakes, Deeriug Mower, Corbin liarrows and Planet, Jr , Cultivators. A large stock of Portable and Mtationary Ginininag and Saw Mil Engines en hand. State Agents for C. & G. COOPR & CO'S CorlIs En glues Lane Saw Mills and Liddell Cemn pany's complete 11ine. W. K. GIBBES, JR., & CO., Near Union D)epet, CQLDMBIA, S. C. *)-Ask for OaLahrue. TE RRY tWFn 0n.. 'SAnwon T~. r M uptt Pays tU Foiht, AGREA' O:1-ER 'AT MAY NOT AtuAik I 11E fEPEA'i D, so no NOT DEl,AY, STRIKE WH LF T HE IM 'rN V . io,.' Write for ta.y :ow, and y paper yousaw; tli! advortiseuneti in. temenbet that I svile veryh iinUw h1 goes to furni:'hing . hoine--- ilt I !l !Ir ing sone thin.s antl buying othes i!i th WipeO 01uall Colinpetition. laER'li AIbl t A FE O IV0F M1 Y w3TAR T LING BAlRGANS A No. 7 Flat top Cooking Stove, fiull size, 15x17 litch oven, fitted with 21 piece, of ware, dlelihered at your own depot,. all freight clirges paii by ino, fol onlly Twelve Dollars. Again, I will sell you a 5 hole Cookin Ralge 13x13 iicli oven, 18x26 inch top, fit ted with 21 pieces of ware, for T 111R TEEN DOLLARS, and pay the freight to. your depot. DO NOT PAY . TWO PRICH3 FOL YOUR GOODS. I will send you a nice plush Parlor suit, walnut fraine, either In combination or'l banded, the most stylish colors for 33.50, to your .ailroad station, freight paid. I will also sell vou a nice Bedromos uit. consisting of Bureatt wiith glass, 1 high head Bedstead, 1 Washstand, 1 Centre table, 4 cane soat chairs, 1 cane seat anti back rocker all for 16.50, and pay freight to your depot. Or I will send1 you an oegant Bedroomt suit with large glass, full imarl)le top, for! 30, and pay freight. - Nice window shade on smrin raller s 40. Elegant )arge walnut8 day clock, 4.v0 %Wanut lounge, 7.00, ,ce curtains ler wintlow, 1.01) I cannot describe everything in a sna!:11 advertisement, but have an iimense sbter containing.22,600 feet of floor rooi, with ware houses and factory buildings in sther parts of Augusta, making in all the lar gest business of this kind under one man-1 agement in the Southern States. Thesel storesand warehouses are crowded with the choicest productuiovi of the best facto ries..My catalogue contain ig il lustrations of goods will be mailed if you will kinillyJ say where you saw this advertisement, I pay freight. Address, L. F. PADGETT, Proprieter 'adgett's Furniture, btAve and( Carpet Store, 1110-1112 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA. AN D W8IMAN.1 P.wi pi v 1 vltalizo yo,r - ,. rAt, ; 1 .. w:- v I-m givo yo or I A i :. w n r-ii l :i' -. ..:rmten-d nt at I :h - nI i s *. -ift',111d -ib it ho c, i . ive f 11 *, if heo coulled y. ;-,a fe-oling bx-tPy fn Cho BItring .1- out, -f sorts, tko yo1urxc di.. estlivo orgs.'", need toning uip, 1A1 PuP'P Si' x yx -u sutfr wlx it hhednehe, inldlgest'.ou If you xxlu'r wixh ro:Trous yrotatiton, n Ierves unxq'run g and al genxeracl le downx of L,ho sysxtein, tako Comphlaint-i, tek.O SPrickly Ash, Poke Root and Potassium. Thue best h!.od uii tier in tho v world. -x LIPPMAN 1: 'S.. wholersalo Drufgi:ts,i LOW IPRICES WILL lHE MAD)E ON I'ALBOT T S3ON'& CNG1NEM A NI DBOI LImRS, SPECIA L EST1IMATES ON SAW Mtlbb4, C ORLN MILLS. PLANERS AND) MA Ch INERhY %.ENERALL,Y AT' BOTT"OM FlGURtls. I, C, Badham, fGen, Agt., Buyi) the Tlisit Engxinec it is thu by'. L1IP1AN IlROS., WVholesalo Druggists, ble Proprietors, Llirpmnan'su Bloek, Savannah,0Qs A t - - - A< - r 1 Muxicanl A Mustang Liniment for MA N and BEAST FOR Fdrvy Years THE STAM~P~ARD. r Sale IDY ALL ATT(ONEY A'T LAW, PICKI ENS C. II., S. C. Al tl1.inleNs will receive prompt atton (n. Olli' tip stairs in Freeman building, lain street. dece4tt ELLS& ORim, J. E. BOGGS, Greenville, s, C. Pickens, S. C. lELLS. (AIR1 & 10(G5, ATTOnNiEYS AT LAW, PICK ENS, C. II., S. C. 1. F. ANS:L, C. 1,. ioLIANGWOnTH, iflicitor Ath Circuit, Pickens, S. C. Greenville, S. C. \NSEL & IlOL.LINGSWO'L'TII, ATT'onNl;Y- AND) CoC'NslI0I.on AT L.AW, I'ICKENS, C. 1I., S. C. P'ractie in all the eou rt s of the State, md attentiion given to all h usiness entrust I to themi. mirh 14-88tf. L L L V D iON S2'2 Main Street, G reenville, S. C. Gas given e very 'I hinrsday and FrId ay, nt I eethi extriacted withot paiu. !,x M. iN(JlWOOD, D). D). S. DENTIST. CL 1 N V I LELE, S. C. I Corner MaLin andl Coffee Streets. D)ENTIST1, WNill he foiinut at ibAertyv on and after tht it Ocetob er. lie gnarantees all his wor he first (class, fob 13'90 f) 4 T j) ( I A L I SLB, I li 0e e A . R L SLJ H, 610I 'NE NYILlbU , M. C. ('Ilice over WVestmorelanid Bros.k D uke's rug StrE.l Jan 1 '898. )R. FRANK SMITH no0w permanently loented at iRasley, 8. ., and reisp)e(tiuly 'A''shIis pro~fessional rvices to thme public generally. Janm '2 90. J. C. Fitzgerald, PHOTOGRAPH ER, GR EENVILLE, S. C. Over West ioman fIrothers Drug Storet II work (done by ihe Instantaneous procee,. Iso mak).le lairgemenIts from old 1)etures anly size iln water colors, crayon, India k, mo il d lai ph~dotographms. OCt '24 If. ...N...ON HOdUSE, G it*EiENVI li E S C. ['HIE M ANSI ON IO USE IIAS L. heen newly refitted andt excellently irnishied. It Is first clhus In Its ap )ilinmnts, and( Is one0 of time best hotels in, South. Situated In thec healthiest and' 4t dehmghiJt:f iocaity in thme country, 1I4 mrs superIor attractiom, to visitorsan. )ffClnin cannot he excelled In an= a4*e