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CLEVELAND"S ADANSI A DOCUMENT TVAr WILL B: FlEAD WI-n1 INTEREST. He PeAto Out Some of the Abuto In the 0-averniment and Sugge.0t4 I tit iiies Therefor. My fellow eltizens: In obediecee to the mandate of my iountliymn I am about to dedicate myself to their servico mnder t tIe sanction of a solema oath. Deeply moved by the expression of oilidence mid per sonal attachiment which has called me to this service. I am stre my gratitmto can make no better return taii tio pledi I now give before God ant flies witnis,(s of unroserved mnd compleo devotion to the Inrerests and wel'are of those who ihve honoredt me. I deem it. fittimlLy on this ut' - sion, whilo indicating the opinlion; I hI concerning publie quest ions of resenlt ln portance, to also briely refer to tih., exi't ence of certain conditic is ait ;ienie among our people wh'*h scen ,t t eianl the integrity and wsefi.mtess of thiir ov ernment. A WORI 0 ' wARININ. While every Amerivan citivn miiut on template with utmost pri(e and(I ei 1iain the growth and expansio Ii <mr iomiti.v. the suflicleney of our instituti(on-4 ti t li:I against thn rudest -Ahoeiks of v io:tnU, lt worderful I nrift anid eitriivi < lc: r - Government, it behot-es ii- to tcn- v watch for eve.; sympno innn i;,. firmity that tl-vatens lou' ir : vil;. ThIe St.rolig mnanl \vhII in tl:l oIn h''!;e stil1y health voilrts thi 'tern? .i :i of lifo and rtjoicit's iil y i . I (i f n - stant labor iay -!ill hiavt tu iiinar h1is vitals theo unhlli-eehd di-k-:1-othial <h )Ins hlim to sildden' coll.ai'l.. 1 I -.1innot h,. oublited that otir.stuiwitnioui, - jhiv met, !4 a people and 4tr i t.liA.\ rolist stren)gth have givvin ise to a it-! h-s (of thoFe laws govelIilig (r ill lml,ib l ':tollth Which wo cani 10 Mo tv\ i alh' i h.1 li1I;n;1i life canl escaluk the lawsof (t , ;uni 1a1 ire. A11LEA FOR IoNI:-:' D\.Tv. M anifestly llotlii)- is n1, ,I* t a! i iu Suipremlacy as a nlationlld t14 b!, Jt.e!H. velitpurIposes of (111'GO I' iinv iai:- ; :1 :! a son lasd Stable V'Fr"'vv. It, , tre to degradation shoidb at' :wxi :It r4.1t activity theviloAs niho stillp; and the daii-'r of llt h 1, thiepurcehai'ing pow%er of th wv. t tl l ehould ili'i'lh t i l toprolinptaliolr1\; \ dealilig with ll t pro'.it 1i I' utation, a s i c IatIed toI thi : , b bo wise if we tlo1'1' wil A b faith in olltI lati(op!; It re le With the frallk conteien 111;1 will not peilli is t - h inexorablo I wis of finaint-t :u11!uA thesaint time, in or. eifor t : i uiiTelees ofi *aaiion' i, we . d b fro-0 111 ltolli.l o :s , , - ola-.y n! Illents shli ld hIlinin1 \1l11m "'I a j ,h .i Ses alidi uillvte-ed b, !-tIVht i . . co.ifident th"t,sc u :ppoht h subject, will resi, inl p : ; . re'nledial legislat:(111. Ill 111ihll u.im falrastlVVxecutiN,- br-:11 'it ,r i i. w tlihwil hih I is init d \i lt v iihe t when flheir-exel"i-1 ik(deemcd neer-,arv 141 mainltain (purl un1tionl ed o o vr 1 iancial disaster. Closely related to the etxa erat . dellco In mur cutysertn b, tPlnds to a Ifrt ' fteru-oinaaa safety, another danliger' (conI tt ,n. o less seri . I re1.- to tii' pitI the popular diispion to -t it ihe Operation cif the Go'iiinVVlt i..;1 dirtvetindvidubal.1 ai;it . The voVerdict of1ura 4 t wth ,1.t demne thes njstie oi iw it ii in.. teeti o foir ptee ion's Iait , i n .ii ut ftithe I rp (kiev;U l i ll t I; t t '( l it alddest.royig Ilw WIch are t)4*i un hles twit pn nv ()Ip. ora wila. Theci ite liii\pvi.iibli t* istitonsn the to ist an ie if our Govergnment 'IIit by t peo' e. I O <hl unh t intheirposeirs fite.t V th plan of., ru fur aterns estalet ana bequ :,thil ofs chscang abet oIts- liiioet' aini t. ion 10i Iervbrte th* priatr io ti senin't of1. our cdtrultin, an tempt' thien to aL iifu eleiloatour cof trid an n. &ie ndeubstitute Sinttli it pi ii ai dep:lhm upso overnment.e faivoiti . it .*il the siiten, ande l'tAeiat'li ;t . apI. fies everyi ndlln traitI ofAwe;iio streiesson of it ern;itiii siiir:iiitr to be a nleandedtatd ofte hles,> o t;it , thatlii wie thta people shou'dttti riiab iunI icheoii erfulaspport. lir (ivrn tiil fuctonsty dol nt inchjialle thetd upor Ifth activit. Thet nwaertl e tof the \ittitciple lieady t)out a uai f cI tiltl r..t wid ita whc udnthe atiulabor itta t h i a ti' plt' hlaguish ignl plltiiiles it i]hi tiw it, nonerv 1or has falsiti h aI bil at.n poli a id ant reckwss 'peu le ex jimiti I, whiahyoverleap theltl lIons iif a itta'li.fl aendtt'ition ofaIm it l ic i nt p st i.i titletis to v iou utearty iiit'lt l i ii lprit n al I andeeneus06 t ofalvo atsz Ii Sit ('t d ehi.i fulic Ame ican'mut'iaI re;ui iVo li.tt Va ofthekvaing o athit einnlSitg :o'I tint. It.' ipulico of poial staietrtittiiu~ tityo adecknomy rt'dt'it hh.hsos i.nt ,t'il ideatiosulftsinewst iito t fo.li,;I Ii. ai yythe ir rl hosen iiiii sera cti:tti tu.to Ii. life pricur iscons~tr,ien. tt ar itt wassiteo pubhe toe is ;.f ('tolllitaa phe tizen anrvd to he othuint totti (i ttn a cor ettony and i' afrug ati 11ir combatrionspfreabenty astt o..h -tulsi' sturdesgisteititts of ou aiina unt- itepl an plin dilttheirf phonsstv uire urood oat n mn thaposedht oxriAtiteoct in.se U. fimrnesd by pubie nectetsit that liilt reahelnd esraedy the ttio.rlir powtyemr the ele isrth e t glIu lr' tyev or ctiuednsron tuppir Ine fern andstitos. PUBi JOFlGC 1il AT f.: m: TiNs. oyealtte of the mrltisappio lia)Of ,h otb be fuadlisy befode< th lw w-icint nt' activtye reaars to evrtiizn lI e whotl and in. prhe n fair entu tof wrigt olow the badgensactinsidto~ hereve 'foitcun itsand compaietecy aofO apo(i.It tio pelc fn o remnton tro meroican main hi ness and fairness. Our relations witlithe Indians located within our borders impose upon us responsibilities we cannot escape. Humanity and consistency requires us to treat them with forbearance and in our dealings with then to honestly and con ,ide 'atoly regard their rghts and Intorests. Every offort should be made to lead them through the paths of civilization and edu- ' "ation to self-supporting Independence and ood fellowllip. Meantime as tile nation's wards they shoild be promptly defenotd igalist tile cupidity of designing men mnd shielded from every Influence or Al liptation that ret irds their advance nIent. JUST TAnIFP UPEFOMM. 'hle peopl' of the United States have leir-ed that on this dAy the contral of l'elr Govei illenlt in its legislative anld ,xvelltive branches shall be given to a po. it'C.i party pledged in tile most positive erms too the accomolisiment of tarilf re- i 'otrni. Tiey have thus detormined in fa. t vor tf ia Illort, juist and411 equitablo System f ' feleral taxation. The agentNthey have 'ho"en to carry out their purposes are l db thvir promises, no' Iess than bty the eoni,and of the muaster, to devote 1hemrelve I rellittingly to this service. & Whiile thore siold be no surrender of I thw prinwiples, our task must be underta 11 wvisely aild Without vindictivelless. )l,r ll'issi0.a is not til ( punlishmlent but tho r-eclifi-tion of wrongs. If, in lifting Ili, hid(lts from the daily life of our peo- I pli', wt, rdiuIe the inordinate and unequal ulv-titages to) long enjoyed, this is but i nlece'ssary incident of our return to i,ht an([ jiulstice. If we exact frIm til villig niids, acqiuiesvence ill the theory P1 ai honst distribuition of tile fund of '0veImlllnlital benietiCence treasired lp I (or a'I, Wo but insist u1poll tile prlIlciplo whii und1(erlies our free ilstitltions. When we tear aside the delbsiolls and linivcptieins which lave blinded our uintvyinen to their condition uider the vieiouls tarftl laws ,vi but show themilt how far th have bien led away from the paths of ceitentiment, and prosperity. \\vii hen proclaim that a necessity for a rIevltue t' Slipport, tie Government fur nishves te oilyi jistificntio foar taxing the I oplv Wi antnounce a truth so plain that its lIial wild sell to Indicate the .X tnt to wllell the jild'-fmlelt may be iniliu 1n1wiA by familiarity vith tile perversions I' the taxinog power, and when we seek to re inistIti' tile i mIelf-conftence anl blsiless (.nter-prise qof ourl Citiz.ens by disermditing 1114 :aljevt. deItpeldnilce 11ponl the Govern l-nt imt.m we Strive to stillilate those (.I 221lel1 a f Allerivan character whichtip port till hopte ol American achileveownt. rm-, DEMOCRACY ON TRIAT.. A 1 Nitl for a redenptionT of ti )I(ldges ho-1h II N parl.y has mlade, anld asolivittll I tl 'Ill n'111,ete jllstilication of, tle trulst. t I I'llple have llriImSd ill its, el1straill nuw 0 1-0r1knild th0O With who10u1 .1 a111 to C0 ' hie tht we l call suceei'd ill (oillnIg till' wirk which hills oiii otsiecially :wt. lit-for it, Inli.y by 1h1v mlost Sinlevri, harmonliolls ;mnil dt*i tin .-t(td ef t, E'vvin if inisuipt-ra % (11-A.1vt'1s a ild oppositiOll ritevetllt ti' conulM i n 1111ation (0f oill-task 'weshiall hardly ie V\t1llt,-.11ut4 if Ifailto (nill le 1tacei to m12r taillt, (I t nele4-1 Ct, w.A llay he sure till, pe)po will hohld Usto a swift and1 vxactilg a1'0' un tability. .UIDX.1 nY Til E CON ST IT UTN 1.0N T ti' ath i no4)w tall to presei , prl*q)(-(-ot anit dei i tie Conityutitoi of thl V:iitvid l-t;atvs not ()nly\ de-fint-s thet grvat re sponibilty Iassin1ne,. bult ugtsh tile ti ) the (on1tittitimnal vomma1a .! a,; thl-1r1114 by whieh mlyidllivial comnilet ilut It i, b I i t l. l I shall t o thll ! bit4 if illy abilit.y, :n11 within 2 i p er oflty,pesev thltl e il olltitllitn [ \ hially prIotev tilql veryA rIant I tie leilvi-al powerit it, enutaline, by v llh ienig all it, IrSt rIailis w ttai'l 2t01 k4-hed Iy ii 1 l.11 2t2.1 'a1lt 1lAtle'SSt ll s, 'tit I by cln 111ringvt itk limitations anl rvservations i f' vm. (f the Slattes .11141 pii tipl . l tlilI v imnpre'std withiillm gravity 4' theu Ith,0 Alrn lile, al mitlfuil oif lily we.a.ks, I Shouhl4l b apalltd it f i*wer Il1y 12 4 tiia to atiIuilil the lesposibilit.y which a\vaitei im'. CONFIDU.NCE 1N Till-' 1.EFFR. lt(il2'l ho'.1 r,1 'let', fteidy aistdragx Iiet wh'et2t 115 Itteilnsberthak tslillv 1hesuoi. l andI fr neltt anlil o-prtie on ;tt1 24n' ('ide in thl Cabne) le ofr ieha wi ltl represenrt th.e passpges on his r gsativ. lil itialsol 11010h oufrtin ttren'nt I'roin that111 linyt 1 suthrylsmel rlllust a .tti'' 'of aiti 8inl fille' adirlitg:, they' wi11 ll no t rilu ithg wto h11 atl ner '<it flilni to flieir Ie .yte d'r Il in'ir lfor-. Ah Ol):(lltl (Ikfo therei arrange ents Oil' whL'olt ruhVtthtiry f e andMr who'.e'god fIt I ai tin re ark nas fro iti'd Ih A10 rueic.fatproe, ati know:~ l t :Unr tl'yen-ilt ledk .lyi('powerfutli aid. IrI th1eo co'liid llr o fl' h i. etal;efl \l-, I rht 1l1nd turned' arkund to in. Chief Ju 1 '(ik(' whotws aterilI clri u1 the roe l'i f , toak t theIlla 1i2Sga Itet a ns ri ff y h ewr pron nrthe re I. enat teoe theI(ir hi. ;liIwith balllf Ie;:is o'lockne I l e i:f. ocinljg 1f he ct'yi I'l olltiilhich r sIruinivat lo ef ,htslgIrtioje 'ueri' I'lue vroicer, . (lllnd v asetinhto t11 ~ (l.l howrigl to ha anuct ising't1' the ii-. T1' oft hIm First biade, 1'residet cisI what uaknwntst lcth constrtutional 1'th andi I reailttaeflltows:it~ ofts 2t118Ii "Ige inshlyte sweari~ hat Iwil ashhfl-o Litd Satits an wIil l1ato tlet ofirt m Ctttiht l>rItve,Cote,lt an<i. defnd the nsatit~otan oflher 'nid, States."Il'it I ing lh' eti use itheremvii orywads rte otargycin year (i1ag. y his sprecial 1 an rt ithere teywiht years tgo put t s l'.ttint'WLiout fo traor 1i a te Thcc chract(ersti fatue about1 sthe n u. ura the tlinb at c learstey aext -ellmer.meainwihwihi a levrdadieaboueasneo 1I[E CABINET SWORN I NTERZSTING CEREMONY AT T STATE DEPARTMENT. 'i.e N.w O1inciala Tako Chamrge of Th Repctive Piortfollcs ani Are Int duced to kheir Subordinatom, WASH1INGTON, March 7.-The indi ion into oflice of the members of Pr( lent Cleveland's Cabinet (save Sec arv Gresham, who was sworn in yest lay.) was a historic event at the Sti )epartncut this morning. For I rat time in t.he history (f the tove lent, the heals of' departments asse led in the diplomatic narlor and ether took the oath of office. There was quite a concourse in I orridors of the State Department. ri everal members of the cabiiet, exc ecretaries Lamont and Olney, asse led, at. 10:30, at which hour it was iected that they would be sworn in; ssocAte JustIeC Field, who, in ecessary absenve of Chi3f Justice 1i or, had been selected to administer iaths, was unable to reach the dept ltnt until 11:15. Promptly atlthat time, Justice Fi aine into the roo'n of the Secretarq state leanilvn, on the arm of Attori ."eneral Oliley tld accoipanied by I rate Secretary Thurber, lieprcsental A'ai les O'Neill, the 'farther of hous id B. 1t. Smalley, the Denocartic ] ional Commiitteemni from Vermc le parly at once repaired to the dil unti ptarlor. About fifty persons %N resent to wi!iess the ceremony. The nuw cahiict officers grou Lhemcelve, about a table in Ihe east )r the parlor. d1nv.tice Field and Sc< Iary Gr(,Ahitmn imal the head. The vet ible juri4t, then calling, the secreta Lo hil et'l, h3t,d, ill turn adminstU l tatutlory 0athS to Mesrs. Carli Ilmolit., S 1ith, Ohney, llerert, Bis Antd hoCtoll, andl each signed. Labl.- ustd 'v as a nc.ew one protured the occasion. Tie ce1remony bvin. ended, a few n LUtes Wia lp'11! inl VX( th1jn ig salni.ati awi" a ig irdi;tai of Atrant to O11; ,e another, and l then 1the nev se. tari;es ic' 'itrwd for fi:ir neveral (ei) men10t t-> -n'1C.: Ilp.I thie (iiciarge the ir dutiCa. II ( K I ITIl I N IA IRNEIZ . iI >kt Smite o: Gorgia wai lormi m1ductud ilt in he olliec of, Secretar Li 1a terir at noon OIoa. IIis exp mid arrivai atIeleatmn ad b)r-)u lw-ethI.e a r11.1 uge 11im1be1wr (A peoplc J :rowd-!A the c')rridors about Lhe set l.V's or 10: I' lv an hour before im Or Iii-s vplwarence. Secret ev: U 11 1 r(I -u 1 '1i. de .irl.m nt i! had ;v)!*1.' 4 11*w 0~V1 401 (Iof 110I~:'hI~ ' ).1 do1uO .1,111col, t the nvw.e"rIws Soon expc I ..1c! k. ~ iC(1 OIt i~~tC L-, a vel ,l Ohi :I i l'., 111: ( the i n Iin,i -u-di'i atter ir(duemsL>Mr.N s ~ ~ h r rin wllah,i m-compat 11i fr m hi h',mw in G r0.i h ie i 0I.ocl' , tcrt,l u11.in l(.th11 ta,0 of shat no- willh u 2 : ,m) ol. I ii suba noes hepesofli,.v emlp'o,, nuar'~: m1.5700, had1( been' S d (it..m I 4u ngt h1i11Ig flle day, 1'etlhm lmi'4 JI to beS tocupd k 410"'. * 41d pu :ni t .' cnnetin w r. Noble prest at CX('i.. to hi se the chielj boe auolltirii and thej turnii'aental were iri diiion cleo The1 t! ial '1 c w',: a preeted hiy nilh of the Seera divirt,as s Nob 1s't Iodi w.h istie,rearkiSndh Li IL ch111 emlZlil,ater1 rewn the3' a heret-'y,' ' pi:i l on ati l id e mord..h '111 the I 11b.1 t ucced f hly admh oprtert lo'ie to passethrought. eretary'.tro:m aned whin alb one Mr.)11 NWht innt NI>me ti)llm( Odtall11) oft ryl a hebr dooredato 'Lac frattvpo aI)LSmttr M11'. Atii mo te a vrv favrble il rhion toay suso. Shecretr oich eprt frpom aGCorIaI I hiod' prcte hIis ndy oneprtmnet Wroie ,lie ofl t i i(at.rIL The .I11stice,~i remariu Ir.lC Smi ts amiratLnatw das a<. pa'of' e him olacabl wit wlowce ho a'sid that e meilwho01)n ppee bofc hei said of tiat coulrt made tat oeAs rn ecremtar.. y~ii rbbyc The11 iictisonsic aretha Se creliutat alth ll aeaesu esnot.s d asi.rtionatey farthe- mos iorte eprten tar If'the g vnment. Ceretry Trcy severd his oate ico onnetio M with.'e thOiedNavy Deart( i'lie' had a esina . conference with os iir'r relat(iv to vaiou)Lsiimatters n< endin0. Asote r. the' isnfertonte, Ai rmiatcyprente the vartilgof's hure iel (to his51 sucessr. t Seetca cr islen a cuple of hours at )1 the< aO rmn this ees, recsf'iheiving ii, Mr. oIIere. was thonopetrnge atd LI Lay Dpatent,cil whee het spen thp or resed bn copay ScScret ot racrecivian sconreayulatios ofr< llanye of Mm. alisLeit whom he fir fr servie on1 then avae omiteapid s eso,Bsant Secretary Soe iprbbyer. POesnintento leke acly Comnm N sioner Mason, Treasurer Nebeke Comptroller Hepburn. Director Leeci comptrollers and auditors and the val 6E ous chiels of divisions. After the department officials retirei Secretary Carlisle was occupied most < the atternoon in receiving callers. M i Carlisle when lie assumed charge of ti ro Treasury Department this afternoot had on hand $1,250.000 of free gold au a net balance of $25,500,000, of whic . $11,500,000 was in national bank d4 i positories, $11,000,000 in subsidiary col and $500,000 in minor coin. re- THE NEW SECRETARY OF WAR. &fter bein, sworn in Secretary L he mont went over to the War Deparl m- ment, where he had a private confArenc M- with Genl. Scholield. The chiela of til to- various bureaus were than poreented I the niew Scecretary. While hie was a e engsgled, a large crowd, including se lie eral ladies, atsembed in the Se :retary lpt ofi,e, and were subsequently presente '- Mr. Elkins wits not at, the Depart,met m. durinm the reception. havmg bid a fo > mal goodby yesterday afternoon. Lhe U NCLE . ERRY'S SUCCESSOR. 'ul- The new Sec-retary of Agriculture, the Sterling Morton, arrivet at his depar rt- ment about nioon today, coming (ire, from the )epartnient ol State. TI eld chiefs of divisions and other aseistan of were preacnted to him by Assistai icy Secretary Willets, of the departmen )ri- After the presentation, Secretary Rui ive took larewell of his late employe ," Secretary Morton and ex-Secretary Rui ia- afterwnrdis drove to the Weather B nt. reau, where the former met the otficia lo- of that branch ot the department. N ere Rusk intends remaining in Washingt for a month or more, until tile seve Red weather now prevailug in the Northwe nid mnidd--ates. ,e, ATTORNEY 0ENERAL OLNEY. ter 'h new Attorney General, 1 red Olney, was presented to the Unit e States Supreme Court this morning 5ell the retiring Attorney General, Mr. M hleir, in a few appropriate remarks, a im notncing his own retirement and c pressing the hope that his success n. would find his relations to the Cou 01equq!llv pleasant. Justice Field was t era presiding officer of the Court, in the a re- sence of Chief Justice Fuller. Aft Mr. Miller had introducedI Mr. Olne the commission of the la'ter was < dered spread upon the miniutes, and Ji L:ce Field made a response in its natu ci-mplimentary to the retiring Attorn 3 General. eL SLIPPING INTO THE SEA. iho re. Th EglIsh Town ofMandatone Wreck tile Ity The Sea. ar% ils LONDON, March 5.-Late last nig out the people of Saudgate, country of Ke the were aroused by the rocking of hou,q t and loud runblings under grour erW \alls were split, ceilings fdll, found tionssunkand roofs fell. As the inhal at tant.s lied to the streets, they foul bile large rents in the ground, and were ied inost overcome by noxious vapors. lie E~very body supposed that the town w ( being shaken by an earthquake, and es tie rumbling continued, many fled ex. panic to the nearest towns. Few i tile iniined behind to remove their furi for tu' -rom the falling houses. 'Phe theC ports carried abroad by the figitiv ncaused the troops in all adjaceut car to hasten to thle aid of the people St in Saudgate. Soldiers and citIzens wor sor ed for two honrs in moving most t] in valuiable property from the house ks. and( in erecting tents In Ilelds about the mnile outside the town for the womi ir. and children. nd( A t the end of that time the rumblir aw had ceased, and investigation was mna ye by the commander of the troops. The ,u found that the grounds on which San< hIe gate stands had sunk several feet, an ad that less subsidence had extende ~ithroulghout the surrounding distnic C alfectin.g, ini all about a square mnil< Th'le gas mines had been broken an ethe connection of the water pipe dlistuirbed so that supplies of both ga n- arnd water had been stopped. Man Lis cottages been wrecked comnpletly, an in better built hlouses cracked and th ro w ly out of plainb so that they could not b r>d occupied with safety. n1, Nevertheless, many of the Inhabitant he returned to towvn toward mornring. Bt .t.ween 5 and 6 o'clock, however, the nwere frIghtened away by a further sul sidence of the ground andl a recurrenc of the rumblings. These phenomen ilhave been repeated several tImes dui re lng tihe (lay, and tile town is now prai >Ie tically deserted. As far as known,' n lives have boon lost. The disaster wa ry caused.' by a landslip. The town n- built upon a comparatively low clif] nt closie to,the sea. T'he waves are believe to have underminded the clifY, whic r E then settled and slipped toward th al water, earring with It tile town. Tw ut hundred houses were destroyed. (e. Your Atten,tion, Glood Reader. [r. MR. ED)IToR:-Please say to my sia ters, aunts and cousins that L. F1. Pa< an gett, 805 Broad street, is now sellin ir- out his entire stock of carpets at les he- than cost. Ills stock Includes ever; >rs thing from a common 25 cents cottc carpet up to the best. I kno w Mr. ] lhe and can assure you that overythira rt' that he says Is all right, iIe finds upC ry Investigation that be has more carpe m than he ought to have at tis seasc as and1( knows that many of them WI ris have to be carried until next seaso le unless run off at a cut price; he thini that it is better to face the loss at ont and divide with the people by givin ' them thle benefit of carpets at less tim 'cost rather than carry them oye n- TIhereflore every piece of carpet hll iS. bieen cut clown In price. Tihis sale wi ii last until March the 20th. Small sarr ill pies will be mailed If you will say wha price you want to pay. Now Mr. Ed tor, I thlank you very much for yoi w time and patience, and will be glad a bie some other time to write you som Sother Item concerning some of Augitu co ta's big establishments. Yours, very truly, s.EI.aAT ItEssERD). (*- "A Public D)uty.'' cr WVAsnII N(TON, March 6.- Presiden r. Cleveland's first oflicial invitation wa C- extendedl to him this afternoon. It cam ir from tile World's Fair commissioneri a and directors, andl was presented, ac 10 cordhing to previous engagement, in thb ;c Cahinet room at:10 o'clock. It invite< 'y the President to be present at andl parti re cipaite in tile opening exercises of thei )- Columbian World's Fair and Exposi tion on the first day of May next. Pres C- blent Cleveland's responce was entirol: 10 informal, and consisted mainly of' ques ir tions as to the length 01' tihe programmi y and( thle time it would be necessary f'o r.. hin to remain In Chicago to perforn iS whIat was expected of him. "If I go' is lhe said it will be because [ deem It:i ie public duty which, I ought to discharge It At that time, as you gentlemen are c- doubtless aware, thlere will be man' n1, matters of public importance to deman< A DESTRUCTIVE CYCLONE, *l GREAT DESTRUCTION OF PROPERT) ANU TERRIBLE LOSS OF LIFE. The Storen, Visits.1mississippi and eergias 1, The Town of fireenville In the Lattoi d state ConilesIy Wrecked-A Cal fo - Uelp. n ATLANTA, Ga., March 6.-The ex. tent of the damages done by the cyclone . that Swept. throu4h this State on FridaT Is worse than at Ilrst thowlit. The cy. e clone seems to have struck the State 0 near West Point. where the destruction 0 owas terrible. Every business house was r- swept to the ground. The college there a was a mass of ruins, the churches have I. met the same fate, and three-fourths of it the houses of the town are wrecks. r- The storm struck about 8:30 o'clock, and the people were glad to esca:e with their lives. Many got out in their night clothes and saved nothivL else. Rich t- and poor alike are sullerers. Strange to say, only one death iN reported -a ne le gro, name not ziven. The citizens met is today and issued an appeil to the public for aid. The appeal st.ates that great t sullerinig is reported from the country outside the city, but no detail-i are giv en, and there are no indications that the ik reports, except Odessa, a small place in u- the country, where it is said six people ls were killed, are true. r. From Laurange is reported great . damage In the lower part of Troup re county. The path of the cyclone was st 200 yards wide, and every house for some distance was demolished Several people were imjured, but none killed out. riLht. Many narrow es,.-apes are re [r. ported. A party wis being held in one ed house, when a giant tree was uproot.ed by and crashed throuh the buildins1 split. i- t,ng it into kindling wood, yet nodody n- there was hurt. A baby not a ionth x- old was carried from the house, a dIs or tance of thirty yards, and for half an houi rt ay beneath a lot of h)ards, appare.tl he uninjured. b- At Peidlmont the destruction waf er great, only t.wo houses in the little towti y, escaping. [lere Miss Daisey Hawkins )r- was killed outrial., as was a negro is- name not given. Many were injured re some fatally. Near Barnesville, An ey drew Reviere was killed and a aumbei o1 others were more or less iniured. A Molina, Pake county, all pr incipal build ings of the town were %we pt away. A lady, Mrs. Beet, was killed, as werc e four negroes. TIIE CYCLONE IN MISSISSIPPI,. MERIDIAN, Mi.s., March G.-Th( ht cyclone that passed through Georgia or it Friday also passed through the countief es of Marion, Toomsuba, Keewane, d Pachuta and Barnet, doing considerabb - damage. It has been impossible, so fir, a to even approximate the financial lose )i- occasioned by the cyclone, but it will g< id into l'uudreds of thousands. A. J . Keetan one of the richest merchanth al Toomsuba, is leflt penniless. all of hit property having been swept away by I h as storm. as A child was blown out of its mother'b in arms at Marizn and instantly killed, its -e- mother escaping witlout injury. Th ii. funeral of five of the victims o' cyclone'e e- wrath occurred at Marion today. Th es injured are doing well and the ma,jorits 1p will recover. The only deaths relported Ill from Marion today were two negroes, k- who had been in juretd by falling trees. 1e Nine bodies have been recoveredl from a the wreckage at Barnett Station, thirty amIles south of Meridian, on the Qieen andl Crescent railroad, seven of them g being members of the family of D)aniei le Barnett. y Mrs. Sarah IIarrington, who lived 1- with her daughter at Barnett, was blown d away, and her body has not yet been re d covered. A great many houses weie t, blown (down and1 people injured in the 3. track of the storm, but so far as heard d from the above are most serious casual 'ties. Many pranks of the wind's fury are reported. Water was blown out of dI the tank at Bartlett, while the tank it d self was not damaged in the least. A efino Jersey cow was blown one mile at Pachuta and alight,ed on a Baptist a church uninjured. The White House Ilesieged.* Y WAsHINGTON, March 6.-For the secondl time in his career President aCleveland began his to realize this .morning the trials and tribulations which .beset a new President, during the first, o days of his term. Very fortunat,ely for ,a his physical wellbeing, however, the js rest of the intervening Sunday and the , exodus on that day of thousands who d would undoubtedly havo thronged to t,he :h Whbite IIouse had1 they rema ned in 0 town, relieved him to a great extent of 0 the fatigue of excessive handshaking which fell to his part eIght years ago, when there was no Sunday for rest and1 ,the spring like weather caused many Speople to extend their visit to Washing toln and1 make the customary pIlgrimage gto the Mecca, the execut,ive mansion, IS But even as it, was, he hadl no easy (lay. -. It is estimatedl that nearly 8,000 p)eop)le n saw the P'resident from the time lie be. . gan receiving this mornmng unt,il lie g shook bonds with t,he last in the line n this afternoon, iIe dilsposedl of the visi as tors at the rate of about forty t.o t,he nf minuse, and1 kept his right, hand going 11 with a p)erslstency that must have been n exceedingly fat,iguing. eSiaughiter of Inneents. g Nixw YonK, March 3.-Five childlren n were suffocated this morning in a rear r. room on the top floor of the tenement, Ls No.194 Henry street. The names of the 11 victims are: Altmaii Bernstein, eleven -years old; Rebecca Bernstein, teni; it Hlaynman Bernstein, six; Richel hern I- stein, six months; Fannie Rosen, seven ir years 0o(d. The children were alone at t the time, the parents having left a short e time previous, locking them in. TVhe i- cause of the tragedy was korosene, which exploded in an adjoining room. The flaimesswr pt out into the hallway andi soon the upper portion of the house was in ilames. When the flames were extinished the four Bernstein chil t dren were found in bed dead. The a fIre bad not touched the room, but the B children had suffocated while asleep. Little Fanny Rosen wvas found in an other room, on the same floor, also a suffocated by smoke. She too, had beeu I left alone in the room while her mother .went out. Visits the.P'reattlent. *WASl!INGTON, I). C.. March . 'Gov. Tillman accompained by Senator i' Irby and ot,ber gentlemen calledl on *President Cleveland today, andl hiad a very plensant interview wit.h him. TIl.ey r also called on Vice President Steven son. The Railroad Oases. W ASIiNGToN, 1). C., March G. The United States Supreme Court heard the South Carolina Railroad cases todiay, and will grant the writ of habeas carfus in referencen to t.he sher MR. ARMOUR'S INDORSEMENT. What a Uret Business Man says of a Great Work. The Leslie E. Keeley Remedies have been so thoroughly tested by actual experiments made by several hundred men in the employ of P. D. Armour & Co., the great packers, that it is not strange that the senior shoul(i com mend it in the following manner, which we copy from the San Francisco (Cal.) Examiner: [Letter from the great packer and finan. cier Philip D. Armour, to 0. N. Itam sey, Manager of tihe Keeley Institute at Los Gatos, Cal ] My DEAlt SIlt:-Iteplying to vours of January 24, asklng my opinion of the Keeley Treatment for inebriates, etc., it giv's me pleasure U) state that I am familiar, both through my own observation and through a knowledge obtained from other reliable sources with the results achieved by Dr. Keeley and his associates, and am satisled 1 that the clNims made by them are cor rect, viz. : That the diseases consequent upon the excessive use of alcohol and opium are treated and cUina by the use of a specille, which relieves the victim of all appetite, desire or need of narcotic or alcoholic stimulants. The work has ny hearty commenda tion, as I believe it is doing a great Wood. Yours truly, P1IHLIP1 D. AuMouR. The above was sent to Mr. Armour with the request that he sign it if ap proved. In returning it he adds: "I would have made this letter much stronger if I had written it. P. 1). Ar mour." 0. N. RAMsEY, Manager. There are two Keley Institutes In South Carolina-one at Columbia and b one at Aiken. The former has sent out I a number of graduates cured of the whiskey habit, whilst the latter is al ready filling up with men who wish to add their names to the long list. A imcular ifictm ovet. CiiCACO, March 3.-The grand juty has ieturnedi an indictment for murder against Charles ). Law, General Sup erintendent of tie Fort Wayne road. The indictinent is the result of the . accident at the Fort-Seventh street crossing of the Fort Wayne road, in and fourteen seriously injured. 'The charge is not a bailable one and Law will ue arrested an(] jailed. i1an,s Ani Orgial. Where to buy Pianos and Organs representing the world's greate4t ma kers. Steinway & Sons iaims, Ma-. thushek Pianos, Mason & [lamlin Pi anos, Sterlin Pianos, Mason and 11am lin Organs, Sterling Orgaino. Lowest prices always. Easiest terms pogsible. a All freight paid. Complete outfit free. E Five years guarantee. One price to all. huare dealing, Money saved. ? We do not ask big prices as imany dealers do, anti then come down. Our motto- One price to all and that the a lowest. We ship oi filfteen days' trial to any depol, and pay freight bLoth wav it not satisfactory. Write for illustrat,ed catalogie. N. W. Trump, coluimbia,'S. C. HIGHLY SATISFACTORY, ( ---0 ,Januiary 3i, iw'. Max. WI. J. IRonnxv, Manage r, Rock fIll, S. C. Dear Sr:-I have before me a statement of the various optIons olThred In settlemen t of miy maturing Tionltinoe policy In the Ejuli teblo lire Assuraince Society. I have con- ' cluded to accept the surplus and contInue the polIcy. The results are hIghly satisractory and I heartIly commiend the EquItable SocIet.y , amt the TrontIne System as practIced by Itm to persons desirImt safe andi prolitable in - surae. Yours very truly, Hia _________ ________Ilg It Kortl iR/"INsUiE IN TilE hand] laIty. Equitable Lie cs Its Contract, its Security and its Surplus wl Resources are Unoxcelled in the World. Klind MADE ESASZy ally prep.ae-l iima'ent , every ingre Ibent of aecognizu,'ed v.ale and in --- - constant ase by tie meadic.al pro (esion These. in e<v:lientis are com bined in xi a:mn intdherIounaknown ENG FRIEND" WILL. 1)0 all thait is claiimed 1foa it A NID MOR B. It Shortens I.ah 'r I.essens P'ain, D)iminishes Danlger t. Conap lire of Mother anxd Child. Book to "' Me rara '" 'm ailed FR HiE, :on.- (..ur 'i taining valuabhle noouannatioin and El voluntary testimoaias. >enthby exprsfson' recipt of pfrice (1.5 per bottl' 'lab RRADFIELD REOGULA[OR Co.. Atlanta G.4, e4.' Y AL 1itu l -' . PMN 48 rorine theA RO. firtyerlt redc,p M T''U AL milums or Increase NI insurance. Grea 1ITL' s.et dIvIdend ablli,y. U L A2Jqualledseuty Adrs J. 0. LAND, Gen'l Agt, 46th YEan ColumbIa. .6 7:t Padgett Pays the Freight! A large illtimtralA't ('stat:f illc mio-w ng litindre4l of des!(itsof o'irlntlii ue. 'toves and litlby (larria-p,s will lit! nailed free, If you ilti)n this mpor. I will iell yeoti le'i tiN rr mcw Ow , just as clienp as you eanl biy hern In large e lties. mit pity the reight.to your depot. Here are a -ew Hainiles: A No. 7 flpt top Cooking Mtove with 0 cooking IteninH, tioli v(r4-<t to nny lopot, for $12 00 A fi-hole Cooking Itatige with 20 ooking titensils, dolivorced to any ioeot, for $18 00. . large line of Stoves lin >ropor Ion. Hipeolal agent for Charter Oak Itovem. A nice Parlor Multl, upliolst*retd in cod pish, fashionable colors, de ivered anywhoro for $30.00. A large ino of Parlor Sults to select frott. A Bedroom Suit, large glass, big >edatead, enclosed wamistand, feel[ UIt 9 pIeces; chairs have cane setis, leliverod anywhere for $2' (M). Other Hilits both cheapor and more Pesive, yda. of .-wide Carpet for $7 0. I pair NotingChan Lace OurLain le 2 chains, 2 hooks, 10 pins, al Dr $180. A ae Window Shae,7 ft. long, S L. wIae, %,.. ing - eW1ft ,wtth mr 50 oent4. No frellght paid ou Shades and Cur sins unless ordered in connection rith other goods. Send for Catalogue. Address Iw. 7%. PA.DC 0 Ti 15 Broad Street, Augusta, G. R 5 ALL 5KIN AND 5 j L J,LA S ;hir i'.h. at,%ti r tu .6 1 aIt I ~ kato b,I hae ,. (I "l-a ;00-1.'i C ai th hil tre mr catarh . CU R ES -,tv -A 4. 11. -%A, CettyAe,.keRo os, Lipjiralaa iock, BA VhANtA . IA. tl The xcelhior Iljector. -0 ~ing had anl experiene of many years hids excellent Boller Feeder, and find - equal to the best makes, such as ng and llancock, weo have decided to e it exclusively, and make it a Spnc- ' A complete stock on hand and pri iluce'd to the loweSt p)ossible poinit. We are lleadquarters also for Saw Ginning and( Straw' Machiinery, as is Farm Wagons and Vehicles of All W'VO IVE US A CA Ll.. H. GIBBE8, JR., & CO., COLUMBIA, S.U. 'albot & Sons, [NES. UOILEELS, AN AND WHE1IAT1 x!t.!i kW MILI2A. BRICK MACIllINEity, WOOD) WORKING MAUlIlNERLY, UOTT'LON GIN'S, lt equIpment for i;anre and small innerios on "lost it''.ated plans. 'honm direct acing: St'am l'res and avator systemtl Is beyvond quest ian. The best evet ,:. 'pented. tt's Engines and saw N iil.4 Vani Winklo ani.1 Iin,mma ( Oins C. BADRAM, lo0-lv. AW MILLS iiB .D T 90.00. BIERBOlR BAR000. An $n0DmO0a