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A FAMILY REJLIGfION. WHAT CHRISTIANITY DOES FOR THE HOME CIRCLE. Dr. Taltnage at Cl, icago Irepres N mon For tie e'rese- -The *.1t 1wrs of (Ireatnes- -rIe Rmelve of .4him No OnG Too lIusy l'or l'rnVvr. CUicA00, Na1ch 1).-- 1 v. DW. Tl- - mage, who is now in this cii v on a hlie visit, did not preach Ikd,iv. lio pre pared for the prcs, however, t!- !(Ollow. ing diseontrse n lii4 at 11 I llom. the text, selectcd 1heing1 .1tviIua xxiv. 15, "As for me aid ny L1use, we will serve the Lord.'' Absurd, Joshua! You w0l have. no timo for family reliuion. You are a military character, and you -time will be taken up with athia;rs coml' eej d with the hrmy. You are a stitesim:m, 11d your time will be t,ken up wIth pu)II affairs. You are th Washinion, the Wellington, the MeMahoni othe I I real itlsh host; you will lave a 12reva Ilally questions to Fettle; you will hit,e 114 time for religion. Bwo .1 hu, wi the same voice with wlic le nn'0 nd1,til the sun anId moon to 1i0t an1. ul-k arms of light oil t1h parade ' caml ot the heavens, says, "1As h>r imc :l iny house we will serve the I,(),(I.', Before we adopt the resoltititn tt thi old soldier we want to he certon it is a wise resolution. I j i on i 1nini' to put my piano ou1 01 (unte -il clod the feet of the children raciig Ulho"I01h the hall, and souir tO blt-- ati puit erape on the dooriell, I do not want il mIm house. .1 oilce hrave to hear .jeiiy Lind warble. I hia ! nievevr i,iven lln cent to hear anuy o1w ran. Will thiA religion spokei of in inly ter: do any thing for the dinin, ha l. f'r the utn-se ry, for the pirlor, i(r th e f hi1l: apartment? It is i great deal c11r to invih a disagreoable guest tIIa to 1e,cj ril oi him. It you do) not wain,t r in you had better not alk it to colmv, i a aftr coming It may stay a grens while. isaac Vat's weit vi4t ) r Ti.A hma and Lady Alv it their place II Ie obald and was to si a wiek atit stai 35 years, ald it re!,;(t ('n1ce !cts ilto your hoiselioll the prolabiity is it wili stay there forever. Now, the quti.n 111 1 W:lint to iL u is: Wh.at Will rclh.i nt do lorth ho, e hold? Question the \Vst What h.i it do for your fhither'sl he i y wer; brought up 1; a h s a lme That wlh scile has vanhtd ul Comes back loda. Thl hour b: morn ing prayorl - ca e. Yol1 iw mvitt'I ill. Somewhat fidl,eiy, ), ) t ad I tenjj'. Your father i uic i 'rm ;,Iteitii3n l r1he. torical reaiii ,. a d he Il -t went thirou h tihe tiha- e I in a phll), sri, ht forward way. Tin you k1j 11. I was about the same payer mon in: by morning and ni1ht by iiht or li tad the same 11i; to ask panio t1r, al I had tile saI'meu bes ' lor h be gratelul day alter datv ita! :. r r year. The prayer was li r i m 441u would like to have hi:l it, it r the .::ane at ball was waitine, "r thI) at wen lying under the shw 1, or th h neetted one or t w, more 4o.i1 th lessons.Yur art, -wt rheumiAtic and stilci d with , iud it, dillicult to risic rom thtiir knel-l. The chair at which they kl01111 is -n, the Bible out (4f wihiich they retal has perhaps fallen 144 I/Cer 4, tIe paren'Its are gonlo, the ehhrden ti l1ieed i 'rt h, eaist, Ilashies upon Ii 444111 m11m15ry I! cisc in 'oir1 fInher' fuau! 'l'l4asing or elevating? Is it l)4>t :iii 4114 the ituol sacredl reiimi'iene( 41V 'ru were no441 as kneeling withi you1 at the4 1unw. :14t '444u dlid niot b)ow% your11 11411 a.s 4is 44 a they' 444 (did, and y,ou l44tkal aroun.L' 11 ii ;u l s sawV jOist the i)5sture 44 wir I'.- andU mnotheri assiuiiied whhi the11, x '4 re 4 1 l 1ig Oil theil 1)441. T14w w'4' 41ne I: ''44 you were n rt1 v111 11111i).h44n it iow4 11ts tlIcy 111l41. I)r how,, ii'4' we4 hlId \ ' t itI sceneC ob)lie1ated i t \44 >441) ,141,>r\ i' tL all comes.' bac1k t4444hi. 11, an 'u are m44" the homestead a1ndn1. ii 4r It dre, mother is there, all of '1' eI da ta an-114 there. .It is the same1 out1 1ra4 r i' ;44 n mng with thme 1mne1 pe'lon, 42i4 C 4n the se'ne thaniksv nL . h in prayers 01 1' !i.1 Vd are a 1c 1: u miemory a: t.hl'uh they', w44e un1en 1d4 yesterday. T1he t''ar tha ' al' s 1 ;1m your eye melts all thmt 4-t1 (4.t 41.: it? Why, man alinw 14 it h: h4 b 414u1 steadly ini theL stru112le 1 Ice. '1' once started 10or a 1.'. 4 44-a ory jerked you1 ba4!, 1 .d '44' , a . ' enter. Th0l brokeni pra114 1 4' '444\ 1n ' .44 44:o' had mforeC ellee uCL1144m yein t'aan aiill ever readh in "'ha1kCtspear1e ain!1 \li41n WOulc Over molunltal ii and: i i ' .1ens, Tou never for a11 moment ret (lut (41 si2ht of that domc stic al tar. Oh, moy 1riendsh is It your11 opiionhis nor14 ningl) thalt the 10 or 15 mina:tesi81 substrac(ted 11rom) eac1ih dlay for lamiily dev',otion w4as an1 'comi'o nmy or a waste (41 tIiw' in your lather's, household? I t hink Slmeill u41 are IV coml lng to the coniclusi<i iIhat the religion which was in our father's hou)lse wouldI be a v'ery approprate reihioni for our homes. .I1 fanily p4ray1ers (lid not dam age that househiold, there is nio proba bility that the" will dlamage our house hold. "Is God ded' said a child to her fa ther. "ho,'' me tcp lied; "whiy do you ask that?" "'Well,'' she said, whenm mother was living we uise<. to have prayers, but since her death we hai~vni had family prayers,.n 1 d(idnI't know but that God wats dleadI too!'' A family that is launched in the 1hnoringi with family pratyers is wve! I launichied. Breakfast over', thle failiy sentteri, some to school, some to househol du ties, so-ne to busine. s. D'urinr the day there will be a thou.. nd i ril abroad --perils of the street ea.', of the sea1 folding, of the ungovernied horse, of the~ misstep, of the arousedi temper, ol mui11 tutudinous tempItalons I >) (10 wriong. Some time between 7 o'e'oek in the morning and 10 o'clock at, iiht there may be a moment when you will be in urgent need of God. .Uesides that fam ily prayers wJl be a see1ar adv'antage. A lather went -'to th'e war to "e g'e his count,ry. IIis ch'dren staid andh cultiva ted the farm. IIis wife p)rayedl. One of the sons sm:d afterward, "Fathler i.. fighting, and we are digging, and moth er is praying!" "Ah!" said some one, "praying and digging and lighting will bring us out of our national troubles." Wo may pray in the morning, ' Give us this day our dalily bread," and sit down in idleness an1d starve to death, but prayer and bard work will give3 a hivelihood to any family. Family religion Paya for both worlds. Let us have an al tar In each one of our households. You may not be able to formulate a prayer. 'hen there are Philip Henry's prayers, md there are McDufl's prayers, and here are Phihip Doddridge's prayers, m(1 there are the Episcopal church pray rs, an(l there are scores of books with tuplications jist suitted to the domestic ircle. "Oh,'' says some man, "I don't feel o1npetn to tead ily household in Wan r." WVell, I do tiot know that it S'otlr thi1ty to leai. I think perhaps A i l metimes bett,r for the mother of he household to lead. She klows het er the wants of the hoiselih. She n111 Reld the scriptullres with ia more ten chllieenciation. She knows more of Iod. 1 will pit it plamlly alld ayiv sile rays better. oi, these mothers dceide 1inost everythinut. Nero's mother was A mu11r(ereqq, IL-rd Byroni's mother was h1au1ihtv and impious. 'ol mitlt, hve gues1ed tht from their chilIren. Walter St.ott' mther was lo(1 of pop tiry. Washiin,toni's mother wasi piatrioUce. Samulltlf,l liud,et's mother wias a t.lorough Christian. St. Bviaen's mot,her was no)ble lillnlde. So vou lli-it have gles I r1111 till ir childiel. Goo(d mienl ai I vv !(ol imlothe4r . There mllay, Wne ill 10 or (120 ye,-rs he an exception m( 0i c rule, but it, is ()nly anl exception. flkijai-ini Vest's 0Nmother kisie, hinim fit 1(.-r sha1 d seenl his first wolderfill sIsetch with the pelcil. Ienjaifn We,st al'.eilrlrd said, "That kiss 1matl(e mile a p)ilil-ter-.1 A younwg 1man received a, Ittriolp1h to return, from the army to his fither's kouse. A fterward he took the furloiudi bacwk t) the ollicer,savin-, "I would like tI i>st jon Ily visit for1 two weeks." A I the eld oi, tie two Weeks hie C'mic and ,_oUt tile firloigi. ie was asked why lie walle:. "Well," lie replhed, "Whenl I left lonic I told my mot,her I ,"lId be a Christian iu tile army, and] 1 Ws11 rolesved not to go 11010 Ilutil I could allswer her first (Ilestioll.'' Oil, tile al m1ost olullipotenit power of tile mother! BIht it both tile lather andl(] the mot,ber h ih't, thvin the chilireni are almost sure to lie right. The yOintf veople may make at wi(e 1-IIlrve Irom the straflit pat:i, but they ire aliliost sure to cois back to the rIL ra . Iinay not be utiiil thle (ilth t ole of tile plreIts. Ilow Often iL s that we hear some on1e say, "Oil, hev was a Wild younllg man, but since his iher's leatI lie has been different!' The( laut I that the fiather's coinn, or wl mother's collin, ii often the altar of lvintance fOr tile childl. Ohl, that wits i i l ou,111endis day. tile (lay of lither's Alial. It wias not the ofliciating ulergy 11manl who mia(e tile chiet ilpressi-ni, IMr Ithe s::mtptlathizimi-n mourners; it was th1e fither asieep in the casket. Tie haiLds that had toiled for that houmseh li So lonl, ,ded. Tlie brain kled1)Iv4 oil att(! 20 or -10 years of anxiety about1 how to put that, famlily inl righl, lilsitionl. 'he lips closed itter so maviny -:1rs 4or- Lro 0! advice. There are imore Ic.tr.s lallin't inl mlother's raethanl inl hither's -,rave, but over tile father's limh I think there is a kind (t awe. It iat( that marble pilhatl,many a1 younll IIIall laS been revoltiollizedl. )h, voin-, man with cicek ilushed Wit dis11& ijpation! hlOW l0n" is it s3ieC y Ih a1-1ve beenl out to your tarther's -ravvy Will (Il Iot .11) this weeky 'er hapis the( Storms of the last few da.,s bay ihave hent the heIisLone tititil it amis h r ()veIl r. IOtu had1(i bVll te o1-0 L ot I V.ee wheth W r111111 th eteing has l' toe deleed YouiIL ill ieeer o11 out 11W l seei wIhthe the wae Illt lotV its Ih'ed Yl at et.ter220ifIl '1o01ande 1i viito 11111'ili it Wcill) Wint st 11 rif! rIns. O ll I, ioutI alot , 1111 o thi we lii i see yoILtl i ,OCilitate' uten 0 :11 N gIoll dIdI so'l tWoillI 110r ('bilaIg .1 !sr. A ~' Il trel e to e1idy thi morn in to b illine to(1 recie itdo our 11 Y owni\ hosehovlds? Ifc hwe oreeive it II lhtit comi e hrughthe tront)l' tor-not ri n1ot1 let un smulle ilten. Therebar. ; hrea Iinanyl IitamIiilswho. want hod be auhi IllIlo to o it hy wuld1)1 lie m1:r11ill to1 detrh Ie ou cau0h liem t .n11 t he l ire il ilt ir fear ter n ii.hhors nolire hiliO tle western trapper-c tame IIIer 13 (In I alodwas overtak en ilht And aI iorm, mal te fenty'ee whispen. 111e wer lir103arner hun the arond tI he tiin I Vlerwa larmed.tt ilieihd da l! now dar toimne 1 onut, is Ih nI ht n tle storm and dil nthe le ,he look tii then 1101.''hd Ater awhile the lire rli the110 wese tppr-camel m, ilunongsholdwe re vary twhen when t ner awblettcomes,mbut bere wIspo e iWO IiM ber inloe ornerI of te g aroom, ;mld Ithttravell av hOur to811uusciS 111 kind ofm tilme has yome wi ws It wasil ot il ,e lotfor and1111 wi i,e mghill rather than'here.''iBut thtosyort'' man ter cam e ll,o hi lLand ad "par,t who areuht pealf' the coura, or thvin by hutin tand e arevy (10e 111wheni thei rigio c roecbti teor gomg5 j),o bed we aws ave a hbit f reading1 a li o'dclthk . w1. t ile have our usualmcus 1om olot, an if thy don' 1101icyn in. that ind ofI'thmg it tile wiill jut cy outsid the 1 door)1 for'd of httihe ie wiln we muchl ober til you. OThere arel myanyChristine palren-s whol hav nBt alfhei impragie tfla,bat Selir Ireike proce too ctnspleuous Itso asometloime ben cso illacfunraly lilt aslti tll havmg i v doiat, theie housiehold M fr fthei' oflI J ~anr, r'ea m.,d tle minstr of teebe. Ipr o'clcky. m.,'hey dllio not11 wat0s They reold onathe salvatn ofv their failies eihwihtenthnt.r ou'ifhe og ords of the oldi erei to my ot, for fon e en art, d my ue grae willtser sheLd: Ther, wasen y rnestal rieay for omething trvey imprntivo tha oit AlseemIy for liepromane, thy anelty, 1her rometaime bsen dso them,uratel pu wanth htInwgv you t ebr hle truc moter,wa 'vins aetngomethate N. am.,l when tmoi tilsn roomg prayi,no you impresse, d i shall te adsee prat intil you get back." The young pe ple went to the party, but amid th oudest hilarities of the night the; .ould not forget that their mother wai yraying for them. The evening passed md the ni-ht passed. The next day my grandparents heard in outcry in an adjoinin-, room, and hey went in ard tound their daughtex mploring the salvation o* the gospel lhe daughter told them that he )rotheri were at the barn and at tho wagon houe iuder powerful convic iou ot sin. They went to the barr They found my uncle Jehiah, who af lerward :ecame a minister ot the gos pel, crying to (od for nercy. The went to the wagon house. They foun their son )avil, who afterward be came my fat her, imploring God's pai don and mercy. Before a great whil the whole family w re saved, and D vid went and told the story to a youn woman to whom he was allianced, wh( as a result of the story, became a Chri tian. and froin her own lips-my moti er's-- 1 have received the incident. Trh(e story of that converted hous hold r:m through all the neighborhoo fromn family to family, until the who region was whelmed with religio1 awakenming, and at the next communic in the villiage church at -Somervil over DO souls stood up to profess ti faith of the goipel. My mother, carr ing the memory of this scene from ear womnanhood into further life, in aft years was resolved uipon the salvati( of hor children, and for many yea every week she met three other Chr tian mothers to pray for the salvati( of their families. I think that all t members of those families were saved myself, the youngest and the last. There were 12 of us children. I tra the whole line of mercy back to th hour when my Christian grandmoth sat in hr room imploring the blessir of (od upon her children. Nine of h descendants became preachers of t gospel. Many of her descendants a in heaven, niany of them still in t: Christian conflict. Did it pay for h to spend the whole evening in pray for her household? Ask her before tt throne of God surrounded by her ch dren. In the presence of the Christh church today I make this record of a cestral piety. Oh, there is a beau and a tenderness and a sublimicy family religion! Thereare but four or five pictures the old family Bible that I Jnherite hut lDore never illustrated a Bible , that book is illustrated to my eye Throtgh it I can see into mnarriag( and burials, joys and sorrows, meetinf and partings, Thanksgiving davs an Christmas festivals, cradles and deati beds. Old, old book! speak out and te or the sorrows comforted and of ti (lying hours irradiated. Old, old bool the hands that held thee are ashes, th eyes that perused thee are close What a pillow thou wouldst make f< a dying head I I salute all the memo ies of the past when I press it to m heart and when I press it to my lips. Oh, that family Bible! The Ne Testamen'; in small type is not worth of bting called by that name. Have whole Bible in large type, with tl lamily record of marriages and birtt amd deaths. What if the curiet should turn over the leaves to see ho old you are? You are younger LO than you will ever be again. The cu ois will find out from those wit whom you have played in your chil hood how old you are. Have a fami Bible. It will go down from gener ion to generation full of holy memc ies. A hundred years after you a dead it will be a benediction to tho who comue after you. Other books woi omut or fallen apart will b)e ilung to t] garret or the cellar, but this will be I violate, and it will tbe your p)rotest f centuries against iniquity and In bj half of righteousness. Oh. when we see whlsit famIly reli, ion (did for our father's household,<c we niot want it to come into the dinir roomn to break the break, into the nur cry to bless the young, Into the parb to p)urify the socialities, into the libri ry to control the reading, Into the be room to hallowv tlhe slumbe~r, into ti hail to watzh our going out and 01 corainig in y A ye, there are hundren of' voices in this house ready to cl out: "Yes! Yes! As for me and n no use, wve will serve the Lord." TIhere are twvo arms to this subjei The one arm puts its hand on all pa cuts. .It says to them: "Don't inte fere with your children's welfai I)on't interfere with their etern happiness. D)on't you bj anything y< (d0 put out your foot andl trip them I to ruin. Start them under the shelti the insurance, the everlasting help Christian parentage. Catechisms w not save them, though catechisms a goodl. The rod will not save the1 though the rod may be necessary. Li sons of virtue will not save thel though they are very important. .1 coming a through and througn, up a: dlown, out and out Christian yoursi wvill imake them Christians." Trhe other arm of this subject pl its hand upon those who had a pio bringing up, but who as yet have d appointed1 the expectations excited regard to them. I said that childi b)rought up In Christian householl though they might make a wide curi were very apt to come back to t straight path. Ha ye you not be cuirvi'ig out longe nough, and is it r most time for you to begin to curve I "Oh," you say, "they were too rigi Well now, my brother, I think you ha a pretty good character consideri wvhat you say your parents were. not boast too much about the style which your parents brought you 1 Might ft not be possib'e that you wou be en exception to the general rule Ii dIown, anid that yo m1 iight spend yc eternity in a differenit world from tt in which your parents are spendli theirs? I feel anxious about you; you f anxious about yourself. Oh, cross oa into the right p)ath! If your parer prayedl for you twice a day--each them twice a day for 20 years-tt wvold( make 29J,tJ0 prayers for y< Th'iink of them! By the memory of thie cradle In whi your childhood was rocked with t foot that long ago ceased to move; thme crib in which your own childr slumbec nIght b)y night under Got protecting care; t)y the two graves wvhich sleep thosec two 01(1 hearts thm beat wiithm Jove so long for your welfa: and by the twvo graves in which yt nowv the living father and mother, wv 11ind your last repose, I urge you to t discharge of your duty. Tfhoughm parentis may In covenant bo And lave their heaven in view, T1hey are not happy t'll they see Their chIldren happy too. Oh, you departedf Christian ancest: fathers and miothiers in glory, bend fro the skies today and give new emph ala to what you told us on earth wi: many tears andh anxieties! Keep place for us by your blissful side, fu today, in the presence of earth ar heaven and hell, and by the help of tI cross, and1( amid overwhelming arm gracious memories, we resolve, eat one for himself, "As for me and rr house, we ill serve the Lord." An exchange sarcastically remarl there Is no better p roof that WOmlE dlreadl being old maids than to look some of athe men thmar-.-. EASTER REFLECTIONS. WhOt It Signifies Spiritually and Histori aily. What significance attaches to Easter if Moses made the "mistakes" attribu. ted to him by Col. Ingersoll? I re quires no argument to demonstrate that the "mistakes," if real, would have . been fatal to the commemoration of the day. The ages cannot pause to celebrate the anniversary of an un ' truth, much less can a Christian civili zation be perpetuated upon a fal lacy. The highest flights of American patriotism would not e be e(aual to the task of honoring the 1'ourth of July if there was no antecedent truth upon which to base the national jubilee. The nation's natal day means something; it is foun ded upon a historical fact, and because it is a fact a mighty people unite in an. thems and peans of national rejoicing. Iistorically, Erster commemorates a risen Saviour. Spiritually, it means more than that. For a Rpdeemer, risen from the grave, enthroned in Heaven, e typical of human hope and the assured life beyond the totnb, is the embodi ment of all religious truth. Jesus pre [r dicted his Messiahship upon the truthe ar of the Old Testament as well as those rn he came to reveal. A Messiahship rs based upon "the mistakes of Moses' and the other prophets would be in n congruous and farcical. Easter, there fore, stands forth as the eternal lighi of a great and undying truth. Th ce waves of skepticism in all ages have at beaten against this rock in vain. Vol er taire and Paine and Hume assailed it ig from varied standpoints, but there It er shines more luminous than ever. In le gersoll would disdain the tools of the re earlier skeptical writers as others In re turn will refuse to use his; but therc er stands Easter, century after century, t er herald to increasing millions the glory of the truth. 3. It Is sometimes helpful and inspiring in to look upon truth from fresh vantage -_ grounds. If we study the truths 0: y the Old Testament as Jesus studiec n and proclaimed them, we get a better insight into all that is meant by Hi descent into the dark tomb and li n glorious emergence. The books of the d, Bible, written by various authors al is different periods of the world's history S. partaking so largely of local coloring )s molded by the environments of the 8 writers, unless inspired must have ab d sorbed inevitably some of the contem poraneous beliefs, creeds maxims and traditions in morals, political economy e philosophy, astronomy, geology, medi - cine and kindred sciences of the pagar e nations. Outside of the Bible all the - writings of Ithose ages are more or less r permeated with gross errors. The most 7- fantastic notions prevailed about the y cosmogony of the universe, the nature of the elements, the structure of the globe, the cause and cure of disease, the y movements of the heavenly bodies and a all the physical phenomena known tc e man. There was absolutely no escape 1s from the infiltration of these false con 1s cepts into the books of the Bible, writ W ten by a variety of authors unknowr W to each other and living in periods r- widely separated, unless the writers , were inspired by a superior existence i whom we call God, and whom Christ 1y calls by the precious name of Father '- There is no escape from this conclusion r- by any accepted rule of logic. re But the Bible is free from all these 3e errors. This one characteristic of the n sacred writings is alone the greatesl me miracle of the ages. For though Chrisi Sraised the dead Hie had not the powei r to raise such a tremendous historli e- fact out of the grave of untruth. Easter, then, in commemorating &- Christ's resurrection, commemorates al to truth. It Is a beacon light of tremen g dous significance reaching across thi i- ages to the cradle of mankind an< r sweeping onward into the eons of eter m-nty. 1 eTHE CONFEDERATE ROLLS. 1s The Collect,ion of the Namn. Well Unde y Way--Missinig Comp~ianIen, C.OLUMBIA, S. C., March 22.-Adju rtant General Farley and his assis r- tants; are makIng good headway 1: e. completing the rolls of all the Confed lerate soldiers of this State who partici - pated in the war, lBut still there arn r, many missing. The Legislature oni f appropriated $8C3 for this work, and, a 11 such a fund does not go far, Glen. Farle re ,is calling on all the patriotic veterans t n, try and supply those rolls not yet se 8- cured, lie is now working among th nl, people while on his tour of inspectior e- There are a great many veterans I: id the State who will be glad to see thi ifwar record of their State published, an Glen. Farley gives them and the publi ts the list of the missing companies wit us the request that all who can supply an js. names will write him. These com paniE in comprise all the missing ones; thos en marked thus (*)have muster rolls, whic is, gives the names of those who were mum re, tered in at the beginning of the wa: he Here Is the list: en HIagood's First Regiment of In fantr ot -Companies II, E and F. a y Second Regiment of Infantry-Coni j." parnies Gj,* IH,* IK.* ye Third Regiment of Infantry-Comn ng panies F,* G and E.* D)o Fifth Regiment of Infantry-Comn in panies C ani 11. ap Sixth Regiment of Infantry-Comn 11ld pany C. mid Sevgenth Regiment of Infantry-Comn ur panies K, M, L~ (l,* HI,* and E.* at Eleventh Regiment of Infantry ig Companies C,* and B.* T welfth Regiment of Infantry-Comn. 3el pany B.* erIThirteenth Regiment of Infantry or Companies E, .J, and K.* o's Fourteenth R{eg iment of Infantry 0 Companies H, and K.* ft. Fifteenth Regiment of Infantry SCompanies A, and D.* eh Eighteenth Regiment of Infantry hie Companies A and K.* yNineteenth Regiment of Infantry Company F. .ITwentieth Regiment of Infantry in Companies 1B, D, 0, A,* L.,* a Twny-is Regiment of Infantry .~, Company C.* T wenty-second Regiment of Infantry h-Company B.* eT wenty-third Regiment of In fantry SCompanies C, D), E, and Ii. Twenty-fourth Regiment of i.nfantry Companies K and G.*~ T wenty-fifth Regiment of Infantry Company F. T wenty-seventh Regiment of Infan y try--Companies G.* and h.* m Orr's First Rifles-Companies Bi,* and hi First Regiment of Cavalry-Compa a nies HianK. >r Second Regiment of Cavalry-Comn jpanies A,lOand K. e Third Regiment of Cavalry-Coin dI pany D. h Fourth Regiment of Cavalry-Comn y panies D and U. Fifth Regiment of Cavalry-Comn s Sixth Regiment of Cavalry-Coin n panies ID , and E.* it Seventhi R iment of Cavalry-Comn p anles F andL.-The State. THE NEW TARIFF SCHEME Devised to Falflil the Pledges Contsined In the Chicago Platform. NEW YORK, March 22.-A special committee of the Reform Club of this city consisting of E. Ellery Anderson Charles S. Fatrchild, Thomas G. Shear. man, David A. Wells, John )eWitt Warner and Everett P. Wheeler. ha, completed the draft of a bill, which when perfected, will be urged upor Congress as a substitute for the pr9s. ent tarl IT laws and the fulfillment of the pledges under which the Democracy has obtained control of the National Government. This special committe( was appointed immediately after the election of Mr. Cleveland. Its report which is the product of much labor, as sisted by competent expert knowledge has been submitted to the regular tarifl reform committee of the club for sug gestions and criticisms. After such further consideration and amendmeni as may be thought advisable, a bill drawn in accordance with the recom mnendations of the report will be pru sented to Secretary Carlisle for his in formation and assistance In the work of formulating a measure which shall constitute the administration schem( for reforming the tariff. The general principles upon which the proposed tariff has been framed are in the main as follows. Crude material to be used in proces of manufacture are generally made free of duty. In taxing other articles. the general object has been to lix sucl rate,i as would produce the larges! amount of revenue in a series of year consistent with large tuportations The purpose of obtaining the larges revenue has, however, been limited b! the consideration of the welfare anc necessities of the people at large, an( especially the poorer classes. The pur pose of obtaining revenues for the gov ernment having been made in goo( faith, the sole reason for levying any o these duties, it has not been though necessary anid hardly proper to reduci ratio merely for the purpose of avoid ing some incidental protection to do mestic products. All duties have been made strictl advalorem, except some of those whici have been levied as compensation fo internal revenue taxes upon similar ar ticles produced at home. In order t, secure the honest administration of ai advalorem tariff, ir; is essential tha the rates of duty upon the great mas of articles should be kept at very mod erate figures. Upon articles of im mense value and small bulk, it is at solutely necessary to impose very lov duties, because otherwise they will bi smuggled by wholesale and no revenul will be obtained. Upon other article experience has shown that duties can not be raised above 25 per cent. with out offering dangerous incentives t< frauds, while if they are kept at or be low that rate, the inducements to frau< are not often suflicient to compensati for the risk of punishment. A few articles of luxury may be ex cepted from the operation of these gen eral rules, in deference to the wid spread prejudice on that point, al though it may well be doubted whethe a duty of 25.per cent. is not. as much a can wisely be levied upon anythinj whatever. All foreign articles whici if made here, would be subject to in ternal revenue taxes, must, of courst be subject to at least an equal tax. A Compromise Oftored. WASHINGTON, March 22.-The bat t1e over the Senate elective oflices be gan in the executive session of the Sen ate today wit,h the proffer of a compre mise by the Democrats, the terms c which were that the present oficer: draw their salaries until July 12, whme the new oflicers who will be electe< Ishall qualify and asume oflice. The suggest,ion of a compromise came from Gorman, as chairman of the Deim ocratie caucus. He said that it seemet to be the easiest and best way out c the difficulty and presented an equitabi division of salary that would enure t the employees. ~The argument had beel r made that a summary dismissal of th work hardship and the propositio1 .made to the Republicans would, h thought, neutralize the ef-fect of such ai ~ argument and a fair treatment of al 1 concerned. -Sherman, as chairman of t,he Republ - can caucus, replied to this p)ropositiOr While appreciating the motives than caused the p)roposition to be made, Sher Vman was ve ry non-commit,tal and sai s he could not speak fom his party unti 'they had conferred together. This wi 'be done at to-morrow's caucus, anda ethe netsucceeding executive ses.sio t,eDemocrats will be made acquainte 'with the (determination reachied. A s efl'ort will then be madIe to dispose oif thi j matter in executIve session, excep)t Lh a formal notification In open session 3 any agreement that may be reached. I y on the other hand, the fRepublicans ri 5 fuse to consider any compromise, th e Democrats, it is undlerstood, will ofle bi their resolution to proceed with the elec tion in open session, and( the test of en durance will begin. At the caucus of the Democrats wvhiel nominated the ticket for Senate oflicersn -it, was agreedl that certain Republicani should not be eisturbed. They are i .venerable Assistant Doorkeeper, Isaas BJassett; tihe Acting Assistant Door keeper, Charles R. Reade; the Chief o I Pages, Alonzo U. Stewart; the Finan clal Clerk, R1. IB. Mixon, tile Superinteni (ent of the D)ocument Room, Amz Smith. ________ A Farmer's Misfortune. NINETY-SIX, March 20.---Last nighi about 2 o'clock Rufus Goode, colored who lives a'out two miles below Ninety Six, in .Edgefleld County, lost by fire hil bat n and stables, one hundred an< twenty-live bushels of corn, a lot of fodi der and two good mules. IIenry Jones also colored, who has been in Goode' employ since Christmas and claims t hail from Rome, Ga., was arrested thi morning by Constable Cobb, was ex amined by Trial .Just,ice McCaslan an< was sent to jail to await his trial at Ab~ beville,. Jones is undoubtedly a no torlous scoundrel. Biuckshot have beei picked out o1 his back and legs and it Il thought that he was shet while at somi of his rascality and ran away to evad< arrest. Rufus Goode is regarded as ai honest negro and had by hard work and economy accumulated some property. News and Courier. Carried Oft by a Cougar. TAcoMA, Wash., March 18.-Sinc the very heavy snowstorms which oc curred in February the cougars whici infest the Cascade Mountains havy been committing many depredation at the settlements just west of th hills. Domestic animals such as calve and hogs have been killed and dragge away to hidden mountain lairs ofh hungry beasts. Early in the week big female cougar came into a cam near Tilden, a small td'wn in the wes part of Lewis county, south of Tace ma, and carried away a little indial girl ten years of age. The child w taken to a cave, their pulled to piecet and eaten by the cougar and her youni ones. Undoubted1. Loat. BREMEN, March 20.-Atter the long continued anxiety regarding the fate of the White Star Line freight steamer, "Naronic," which sailed from Liverpool February 11 for New York, and which has not since been heard of intelligence has been received showing beyond any doubt tiat the vessel is lost. The British steamer "Coventry," Captain Wilson, from Fernandina, February 10, arrived at this port today. She reports that at 2 o'clock on the morning of March 4 when im lattitude 42 N., longitude 46 W.; she passed a life boat painted white bearing the name "Naronic." The boat was floa'.ing keel upward. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day another life boat from the "Naronie" was passed. 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