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AT THE TABERNACLE. DR. TALMAGE DELIVERS A TRIBUTE TO WOMANLY INFLUENCE. The "reat Woman" of the Text Was 0nly a Type of the Christian Mother of To day-The Virtuen of 1IoMltality. BROOKLYN, Aug. 20.-Rev. Dr. Talmage chose for hin subject today Coo of special interest to the outler sex, the announced topia being "A Great Wo man," and the text IlKts iv, 8: "And it fell on a day that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman." The-hotel of our time had no counter part in any entertaimentil ol olden Lime. The vast majority of travelers must then be entertained at private albode. IIere comes Eliaha, a servant of the Lord, o a divine mission, and lie must find siel ter. A balcony overioldg tile valley of Esdraelon is oflered h1tm, in a private house, and It is esoCkcially 11urnished for his occupancy-a chailr to sit on, -a table from which L cat, a alitstick by by which to reia and a le.t on whiih t slumber, the whole Itablii!nnent be longing to i great anit Iod woma. Her husIani1, it seems, was a gi dlV man, but, le was 41%cr! Aaversha'owedI by his wite's e1xeene . jnit as now yOU soICtiliCs li ii otit-1t(01h1h the wife the center ol :1n1t and inIleWmce andll( powcr, noit b a :ir *,0'IIIr(ve of presuiption, t I y Ij% spiv or ii t.ntellect and fhree of on t :ittre vli wblig domleSlit-' 0 j:atIs aI1 It ithe sal' Lime snpervisin-. all 1iI I!k at "Iltl bu si- - s ad fairs. The v;fe's b1an1o ni tle .huttle on the bankin-- liisuse, on the irbily business. Ymi see hliindreis At mleni who are successfui only beca.ue tTere Is a reason It hJomlle wiy they aie rSitiTs4 fll. .11 ita man marry a goo1, Ioest 4(.ul, lie maes his t otune-. It he uiarrv a fool, the Lord help hi! TIe wi le inay 1e tile silent partlltr Il tie iti l, i lre may be only !auline v oWi e ( wn n exechanlge, bu1t, thltre' itt 1ion cwnutl., irem the hioliee Ic le : it; :d Clevat mg ii IIelIe . Tifis wvomnanl0 iytx a th" 1i puperior of ler ta h;ba I. II 1,11 : t t is I caii uni,-rst.ail, wV:ts wi :;t1 we W i tl sce in our (la11y, a 1ii:1 > hire lI 11 u1i 0 only i 1i14lnl m (1 bain ii tcnsiie l . t. liting i nim'! wi l :kI lle ; ) w ithiout rli llin ! ho.1 <" r ''. '' it -:: v %I,llsi "lyes,"' respotidn, ye' ynu saM Ib 'no,'' 1eslaimti4 '' nine, eIs 1i1 h8 tit, I101oti w id. (" wli. 11 ;1:11toiin, h his posittotin smi S ety 'il\ lit-c.ise he l hits a laIre uatrimn lIut his Wife, Iny text SysWis ' ,gitt w 01m11ati. fler 1ia"ine has it t cine d]%Vll to s. 1s Nie beloied to (!;:it e(4tiektionl of peo. 1 Ile who nieed lo (ni a1e t') distinguish a tLiem. What woul title of ducihess or s princess or qiuIeIn-wtII1L would 0 escuitcleo ir ing qdiaetim le to . this womian i1 iy text, Who by hier in telligetie and er lbehavior challenlges a the idiratiiii tt all atges lanp after t the brilhant Women of tie culirt of v Louis XV have been forgotten, antd tihe brilliant women of the ciurt of Spain have been lon-,otten, and the bi illiant t women whoui sat 'In tmighity thrones lave heen org'otten. :W1l!e gWrainlitfier will put oitt his sptaIcles, and holiniig the t book ti other s:! the light tcad to lis r grandeihren the sto. y o the great v Wonan of sliiiei who was so kind and s courteous ain Chriistiant to the good t prophlet Eliliha. Yes, she wais a great t wvoman. t In the first pit e,s lie was great in her ii hospiitalities. Uinetv i lizedl andI Iar- L barous niatio ns hionior this virt.ue. . uit- a ter had the surine iit thle hotspitauble andi hie was 5:th! Is le tly to) avenive ( the wvrontgs of st rangers. IIoe t ex- u.\ i tolled it in his vers 3. The Arabs are g piuttiliotus upotn this suinet, and among ( someC ol their tribecs it ts not until thea ninth dlay ott tarrying that, the occupant ~ has a right to ask hIs guest, "Whi Io and whence artt Ltou?' ' It this iritue is sto honored even aninrg h aririn, hoXv ought, it, to lie hono red amonittg thonse of us who bieheyo ini the lhhI!i, whieb e commiiands uts to nt-e hotsp't:ity oti* t- e Of course I diii nt iiean ittler tis r, cover Li) give itny Me thiIat I illprov~'e el of that vagrant ias wit> In arimd i fromil it lace LI to lauc, trnig their whole lie si timeC perhapst 5 ii let LIhe aulpiteS it sim rni benevolenit ir 1Ihihmithriie somtt bi (quartering thiemselv\es on t:n l etj~r familhes, with ai ereat pul of trunid ini 'I the halt and eatpit h a*s pr t etntuis ite tarrying. Thtere is miany a counrtry b parsonatre that lo oks oit week by week 0 upon0 the om11iniouls airiv.d, it uad wgit WiLia creaking wheel rind buik hoir.e anid d2a- p Ilidalted divet, comlte innh- th Ile mn"jpic's h of somte chiaritablte mitittin to spiel few weeks aiii ecivacs the nighorhtIi . I Lti such rehet g iis Itanus take tad- (1 vantage of this lieaiutaltvirtute il ('ba hi'l llarn|hos pitat y. NOt sio mucih ithe sutil u iu iinIesut i your diet tatd the r(egahty ol youIr iabodie wvill imp lress the ic enh or the strantger that steps across~ your th1resh ihtl as thied warmth of yiiuri greethe,~ t te ttirii l i ty ot your rece'tin trihe i reiterat iin by bi grasp and by looik andi b y tousami a.t tentions, malignuiIcanr t at. tenI t iton, of your earnlestnless of welcome. Thiere will bie ihth apiprecemtionr of yourt we lcoetri at- i though you have inottiiurg liut the Ibrazz en candlestck and phI ~11 ehamir to oler ( Elisha when tie comues to Sh utnm. e Most beautiful is this gratec of hiospi- wv tality when shown in the house of (God. I am thankful that I tam iator ot a g church where stranigers are always wel. d come, arnd there is riot a state of thet n Union mn which I have nt heardl the af fability of the uisheris of our churich coma-a phimentedi. But I have entered churches where there was rio hoispiitality. A stranger would standl in the vestibule - ior awhile anti then muake Itilirimnage upt C the long aisle. No~ door opetned to hunm until, iluihedl and excited iand embar-d rassed, lie statrted back againl and comt- a ing to some half fillied Pew with aplolo- e getic air entered it, while the~ occupanits tsay, "ie,tI lhist I luined' Away With such accursed indlecency iromi t the house of' Godh Let evrahuc thlat would maintaiu latrte Chlristiuan in.l fl~uence in community culture Saubbath by Sabbath this beautiful g.race ot Chris. ttan hospitality. A go'od man travelling in the far west in the wilderness was ovestaken byi nIght and storm, and lhe put, in at a calb in. lie saw firearms along the beams of the cabin, and he felt alarmed, lie did not know but that he had fallen mnto a den of thieves. Hie sar thieve greatly perturbed. After awhile the man of the housa came home with a gun on his shoulder and Bet it down m a corner. The stranger was still more alarmed. After awhIle the man of the house whis pored with his wife, and the strang. or thio ht 111s destruction was being Then the man of the hiouse camne for ward and said to the stranger: "Stranger we are a rough and re neonie out ere and we work hard for a living. We make our living by hunting, and when we come to the nightfall we are tired and we are apt to go to bed early, and before retiring we are always in the hab it of reading a chapter from the word of God ond making a prayer. I f you don't like such things, if you will just step out side the door until wo get throuAh I'll be greatly obliged to you." 01 course the stranger tarried in the room, and the old hunter took hold of 1 the hornq of the altar an( broight down i the blessing of God upon his household aln I upon the stranifer within their gates. I<do hllbt glorious Christian hospitality. Avain, this wonan in my text was vreat in her kindness toward God's mes senger. Elisha may have been a stran ger in that household, but as She foumd r out ie hal colle oi a divinie mission le was cordially welcoibd. We have a great many hooks in our day about the g hairdiships of ministers and the tt iais of s Christian uiniisters. I wish somebody would write i book about the joys of the Christian minister, about the sym- : pahics il around himi about tie kind -i nesses, aiut the genial considler itions t f him. ]iet sorrow come to our home 0 and is there a shadow on the cradle, 11 there are hundreds of hinds to hell) and 9 imaiv who weary not through the long ii,hit watcliing, and hundreds of prayers i oin1 that God would restore the ick. Is there a burninv, brimmng cup 0 ) cailamtity placed on the pastor's table a ire there not many to lielp him drink of d hat cup and who will not be comforted v )ecause lie is stricken? Oh, for some- t, ody to write a book about the rewards n d thie Chiristian. im-iuister-about, his a: iurrouniiiigs of Christian sympathy. 0 This womnan of tle text was only a t Lype of thousaids of men and women who vmiie down from tbe mansion and 0 [rom the cot to d kindness to the Lords ;crvants. I suppose the mien of Shunem g ia<u to pay the bills, but it was the large 8 learted Christian synipathies of the wo ini of Shuiinem that looked alter the ,()rd's tmeeger.t Al-'ainl, this wioman in the text was A rea in her behaviour under trouble. s Ifer only son had (ied oil her lap. A ' ery briglt light, went out in that house- a b41l. The ,sacred writer puts it very vly when he says, "lie sat on her 0 i's unil noon, and ithen lie (lied.", et the writer goes on to say that sie xI ui1ed, "It is well!'' Great in pros- t (itv, this wouan was great in trouble. el V here are the feet that have not been p listered on the hot sands of this great -- u-bara? Where are tie shoulders t,iat g aO not been bent under the burden of a. ie!? Where is the ship sailing over s4 bissy sea that has not after awhile been a itight in a cyclone? Where is tile gar- a i of earthly comfort but trouble hatwr ' itched up its fiery and panting team r d Lone through it with burning plow hares of disastor? Under tile poltinc f ages of sitlering the great heart of c ic world has burst with woe, a Navigators tell us about the rivers, a lid the Amazon and the Daunbe and o le Mississippi have been explore-1, but ii 1ho can tell tihe depth or length of the v reat river of sorrow made up of tears il not blood rolling through all lands and e 11 ages bearing tihe wreck of families rid of colinlnitles and of empires- ii >aming, writhing, boiling with the ago. t ies of' 6,000 years? Etna and Cotapaxi y not Vesuvius have been described, but, r rho has ever sketched the volcano of 1 uffering reaching up from its (epths a ie lava and thie scoria and plouring ~ rem dlown tire siodes 1o whelm thie na-, onis? Ohl, ii I could gather all Ihoie eartsfrings, the b)roken heartstrinirs in-h a harp I would p)lay 01n it a dlirge such e, 3 was nrever sonde(d. er Mythologists tell us of Gorgon and eo t nt auir and Tit,an, and1 geologIsts tell N s of ex tinct species of mnonsters, but hi rleIteri than Gorgon or mlegathieriumr, ci Lid nrot belonging to thre realm of fable tt ndi inot of an~ extiinct species, is a monr- t( Leur wit h iron jaw and iron hoofs walk- it rg iL"ross the nrations, andi history andl d I1ietry' and sculpture in their att 'm pt al o ske'tchr it an I deoscribie it have seem- tI (i to sweat great. dlrops of blood. I hit. t hank G odI, there are those who. iii cuiiiteir as this woimnan of' the text 11(iuquredl and say: "It is wel! I Though my propeirt y be gonie, though my chlitI. 'ni be1 gonie, thiouigh my13 home1( be hrok i up, t houigh my health be sacriflicerd,o is wel'l, it is well !" There Is no ro orii on (lie seal biut Christ 1.9 readIy tow se ini the hinider Part of tire ship andl rish it. Th'lere is no (lark ness but the r m11te(llations of I iod's eteirinil love can h Ihiiniin it, and( though the wInter * >mes out of tire northern sky you aret solietimers seen tire northern sky II ablaay with aurroras that seem to uv: "Come uip this way. UTp tis wary re t hronmos of light, and seas of sap-w hire, and thie splenidor of' an eternal l*ave n. Coture up this way,"h may1c, like the ships by temiiptest lie f0 to"'M<4 ha ni perihlr tlt''ep, but canni ot be lest. ei boughi~l antan eniraige thie. indi anid tire wl he' 1rou >ise nrs s etire Lord will pro-w Vale. I hreardl an echo of miy text In a very Li irk hour, when my father lay dying, wi ali the old country mInister said to tc mi: "Alr. T1almage, how do you feel Ie >w as you are aboutL to pass the ,Jor- ar mi of dleath ?" lie replied-and IL was II e last ting hre ever said--"i feel IB i'll; I feel very well; all is well," lift- al g up Iris hand In a benriiction, a p 'ch3Iless9 benrediction, which I pray to 01d may go down through all the gen- 1] aLions. It was well! Of course It as well. Again, this woman of my text was 7eat in 11cr aipplicartion to dlomestic ities. Every p)icture Is a home pict- Z re, whlether she is entertabring an e llsha,or whether sire Is gIving carefu dI ,tention to her sick boy, or whether n te is ap)pealing for the restoration of y 3r property-every pIcture in her cases a home pIcture. 'iThose are not dis. n ples of tire Shuineite woman who, rt Ding out to attend to outside chari. c' es, neglect the dirty of home--the ti Lity of wife, of mother, of daughter. Vi i o faIthfulness In purblic benet action in, ever atone for domestic negligence. T here hias been many a mother wire j) y indefatigable toll has reared a large it ily of children, equipping threm for ci lie durties of life with good manners ' nd large Intelligence and ChrIstian oi rinciple, starting them out, who has bi one more for the world than many L~ nether woman whose name has sound- p dI threogh all the lands and throughp di centuiries. hl rememer,o. when Kossuth was in L his country there were some ladiesLI vho got reputatlon, honorable reputa-g n, by presenting hImvery gracefully eastoens, but what was all ti rat cr paredl wIth the work of tire plain filn gavila mothern wie gave to truth and 1i liberty a lNossuth 2 Yes, tin onra of my text was groat an her simplIcityn When this prophet wanted to rew'ardn her for her hospitality by asking some f preferment from her king what did she say ? She declined It. Aire said, "I t dwell among my own people"-as m'uch ( as to say: "I am satishled with my lot. All I want is my family and my friends around me. I della among my.. n people." Oh. what a rebuke to the strife for precedence in all ages! How many there are who want to Zet great architecture, and homes fur. iished with all art, all painting, all ;tatuary, who have not enough taste .o distinguish between Gothic and By. .antine, and who could not tell a (Igure i plaster of paris from Palmer's White Captive," and would not know boy's penciling from Bierstadt's 'Yosemite"-men who Duy large libra 'ies by the square) foot, buying these ibraries when they have hardly enough .ducation to pick out the (lay of the al nanac. Oh, how many there are striv ng to have things as well as their ieighbors. or better than their neigh )ors, and in the struggl3 vast fortunes re exhausted aid businesi firms hrown into bankruptcy, and men of eptuted honesty rush into astounding orgeries. Of course I say nothing against re nement of culture. Splendor of abode. umptousnes of diet, lavishness in art eatness in apparel-there is nothing' gainst them in the Bible or out of the lible. God does not wanlt, us to prefer md hovel to English cottage, or in tined sheepskin to French broadcloth r husks to pineapple, or the cluisi ess of a boor to the manners of a gei leman. God, who strung the beach ,ith tinted shell and the grass of the eld with the dews of the night, and ath exquisitely tinged morning cloud id robin redbreast, wants us to keep ur eye open to all beautiful sights, ld our ear open to all beautiful ca ences, and our heart open to all ele ating sentiments. lIut what I want ) impress upon you is that you ought ot to inventory the luxuries of life i among the indispensables, and you ught not t) depreciate this woman of to text, wha, when offered kingly pre 3rnent responded, "I dwell among my wn people." Yes, this woman of the text was reat in her piety. Faith in God, and 'e was not ashamed to t ilk it before lolators. Ah, woman will never ap reciate what she owes to Christianity util she knows and sees the degrada on of her sex under paganism and [ohammedanism. 1Ier very birth con dered a misfortune. S)1d like cattle i the shambles. Slave of all work, and L last her body fuel for the funeral yre of her husband. Above the shriek f the fire worshippers in India and bove the rumbling of tie juggernauts hear the million voiced groan of rong, insulted, broken hearted, down -odden wonian. 11er tears have fall i inl the Nile and Tigris and the La lata and on the steppes of Tartary. )e has been dishonored in Turkish irden and Persain palace and Spanish Ihambra. Her little ones have been Lcriliced in the Ganges. There is not groan, or a dungeon, or an island, or mountain, or a river, or a lake, or a )a but could tell a story of the out tges heaped upon her. But, thanks to God, this glorious hristianity comes forth, and all the aains of this vassalage are snapped, nd she rises up from ignomy to ex ited sphere and becomes the affection te dtaughter, the gentle wife, the hon red mother. the usefil Christian. Oh, Christianity has done so much for romai, surely woman will become its lost ardent advocate and its sublimest xemplification. When I come to speak of womanly ifluence, my mine always wanders oiT : one model-the aged one, who 27 ears ago we but away for the resur ection. About 87 years ago, and just efore their marriage (lay, my father nd nother stood i) in the old meeting ouse at Somerville, N. J1., andi took pon them the vows of the Christa in. 'hiough a long life of vicissitude she v'ed hiarmlhessly usefully and camne to er end in peace. No child of want 'er came to her dloor and was turned upty away. No one in sorrow >mne to her but was comforted. o asked her the way to one savedl, b)ut she pointcd him to the oss. When the angle of life came a neighbor's dwelling, she was there p rejoices at the starting of another nmortaltspirit. When thie ange of sath caine to La neighbor's dwelling, 'ie was there o roble the departed for ie burial. We had often hreard h'er, whlen lead ig family prayers in the absence of y farther, say, "O Lord, 1 ask not for y children wealth or honor, but 1 (do k that they all may be the subvjects thy comforting grace!" 11er 11 child n brought into the kingdom of God, e had but one more wish, and that as that she might see her long absent issionary son, and when the ship omu China anchored in Newv York rbor, anid the long absent one passedi 'er the threshold of his paternal home e said, "Now, Lord, lettest thou thy rvant depart in peace, for mine eyes tve seen thy salvation." T1he prayer as soon answered. It was an autumnal day when we ithered from afar and found only the muse from which the soul had fled rever. She looked very natural, the mnds very much as when they wer e n ployed in kindness for her children. 'hatever else we forget, we never for it the looks of mother's hands. As eastood there by the casket we could )t help butt say, "Don't she look beau, ful't" It was a cloudless (lay when' Ith heavy hearts we cairried h er out >the last resting place. The withered ayes crumbled und(er hoof and wheel we p)assed, and the sun shone on the aritan river until It looked like tire. utt more calm and( beautifull and radi it was the setting sun of that agedl ligriml's life. No more toil, nio more vars, no more siekness, no inorei death. eat mother! Beautiful mother! Sweet is the slumber beonnat h thie sod , While the p)ure& spirit rest with God,1 I need not go b)ack and showv you enobia or Semiramis or Isabella, or ien the woman of the text, as won are of womanly exclence or great ess, when I in this moment point to o>ur own picture gallery of memory and iow to you the one face that you re em ber so well and arouse all your holy sminiscences an)d start you in niew mnsecration to God by the pronuncia on of that tender, beauitifull, glorious ord, "Mother!_Mother!" Faith in Oleveland,. TO?EKA, Kan., Aug. 22.-Colored emocrats this morning senit the 1o1 wing message to the Negro D)emo 'atic National League, in session at rashing'on: "The negro D emocsats Kansas sendl greetings to their 'ethrnon on the D)emocratilc National eague. We have abiding faith In resident Cleveland, the Democratic. Arty, and the Negmo Democratic Na onal League, of which the lion. C. ii Taylor is P'resident. If negroes fol i.se they cannot go astray, bunt will reatly aid in solving the race problem od speed you. Stand firm." Loss of Life at Hea. 11A LIEA X, Aug. 23.- At a late hour ist night it was reportedh that the ~eamship, "D)orcaq," with the bargre, iCtta Stewart," in tow, coal laden, from ydlney, for this port, was wrecked ear Three Fathom IIarbor, forty miles rom IIalifax, and all hands were lost. Fears entertained for the safety of he steamer "Carroll." which left for MaPe Breton and Prince Edward Island erterday, wIth a 'arge number of pas engers, and of which nothing since has )(in hard, AS GOOD AS GOLD. Clearing Houss C)ertilloates Going the Rounds in Atlanta. ATLANTA, (LA., August 23.-The first little flve-dollar certificate from the Atlanta clearing house found its way into the pockets of the trading public today. It was passed over the marble counter of one of the best banks of the city, and stands for what it is worth, whether it be used for debt paying or cash trade. It is as good as the gold or the silver. It Is real live money. Mon ey with the bloom on it, and there will will be no such thing as turning it (own in Atlanta or elsewhere, for everybody is glad to know that it has found its way from the vaults of the banks at last. During the day a large amount of the.e certificates wero paid out to dif ferent persons. These certificates will go the rounds now, that they are out. 'hey will go the wage-earner every Saturday night when the work of the week Is done. They will go to the capitalists who needs more money than the banks can comfortably let him have for the payment of his greater ob ligations. They will go to the black man and the white, to the young man an( the old, to the poor and the rich alike. The history of how they came to be issued is well known to the At lanta public. It was not through any fright. The banks of Atlanta have stood the tempest of hard times far better than the banks of any other city in the land. They were making no word of complaint. But when the leading trade journals of the North began to publish reports that the banks of the South would not be able to furnish enough ready c'isi to move the cotton crop this fall and win ter, then it was that the citizens of At lanta identified with her growth and her best interests got themselves to gether in a mass meeting called by the president of the chamber of comnerce, and decided to call upon the banks of the city, to issue their clearing house certificates if it became necessary to furnish the cash demanded to move the cotton crop. The banks of Atlanta, al ways ready and willing to do all that the people and business men of the city demand of them, at once took steps to meet the call. They decided riot to issue certificates such as the mass meeting asked them to do, not deeming it necessary just at that time to put in general circulation a sort of local currency. But they did decide te issue such certificates as could be used by themselves in the clearing house in squaring their daily settlements. These certificates were issued. At the same time the bankers declared their willingness to issue other certilicates for general use whenever the demand made it necessary. The merchants of the city at once began a movement to get the banks to take this step. The long list of names the Constitution published from day to day from the best and most progressive business men in the city asking the banks to issue these general certificates and pledging themselves to use them just as readily as the cash money tended to show the bankers that the people wan ted them to issue the paper, and they have met the peopla's demands. When the banks first issued the reg ular settlement clearing house certili cates they did so to the amount of Sih, (x)o. Most of the certificates were of' a denomination ranging from S100 to 500 in value. They have within the last day or two, however, issued small er certificates, and it is these smaller ones of from $5 to $20 In value t hat are just beginning to find their way out into the arteries of trade and comn imerce. The larger ones will continue to be used by the banks themselves in their daily settlements through the clearing house. The banks have nlot yet gone above tile limit of issue they at first Igreed upon-t9,000. TIhey will prob ibip hlave to increase the limit, ho0w sver, before the cotton market is at Its ~enlthl of activity. This depends alto ether up~on the way money begins to some Into the banks. Atlanta'N Idle Clamsses. A T LANT A. G A., Aug. 22.-The city sounrcil met this afternoon and agreedl to spend $5,000 on extra public works f'or the benefit of the idle laborers whose numbers are beginning to as iume alarming proportions. T1his mon 3y Is not available by the city for the purpose out of the regular channels, but the demandls of the idle wvorkmen have become so urgent thlat the mon~ey Is provided by individuals, whlo are hopeful that It will alleviate at least a portion of the want now existing among tile idle laborers of the city. It is in the natuire of a charity dlistribul tion. From 75 cents to $1 per (lay is tihe amount to be paid the men for their work. Many of them are skilled workmen who usual.Uy earn from $3 to $6 per (lay at their tradies. TIodav crowds of idle workingmen who coI lected on the street corners were so large that the police were obliged to Interfere. Almost every branch of in-~ dustry has redluced the number of workmen employed, from the mer chant's to the street car lines. The street railway company today made a cut in tile schedules in ordler to save a few (dollars. Tile people are working now to save thleir nickels. A dlanger 01us feature of the situation i the in flux of strangers from othIer parts of tile country. ThIey brinlg witi. them idleas that may fead to more serious troulble among the classes who are in want than Saturday night's deCmonstra tion, when several intemperate speechl es were made by labor agitators. T1he local papers are warning- the stragglers to keep away from Atlanta. If they continue to come they are likely to be pult in the chaingang for vagrancy. As a consequence of tile many idlle men, footpads and housebreakers are over running the city. The efforts of tihe police to disperse tihe crowds on Mari etta street today were unavailing, though no trouble occurred . The men~ sim piy h ad nowhere else to go and I f forced to move on one minulte would come right back the next, to contInue the discussion of tile gloomy prospects. Th'le clearing hlouse certificates went into cIrculation among tile b)anks to day. They will be put Into use by the public in a few days, the merchlants having generally agreed to preserve the local currency at par. From K isaing a uricl. .J A MEsTO WN, N. Y., A ug. 22.-In KNi antonle' a few miles South of tis city, 0on Wednesday, Miss Aiken and Mr. Amadell were married. The bride was a popullar young woman and many friends were at her wedaing. She had a slit sore throat at the timle and since the wedding tile case has devel oped into diphtheria. Nearly a score of hler friends who were at the wedding and kissed :he bride have been attacked with the same disease. Many of the cases are seriouis. They Want F?reetom. TfOFEK A, Kan., Aug. 119.-A petition signed by all the State oillcers and State Ilouse employees of Kansas, has been sent to Glovernior Stone of Mis souri, asking him to call a Western and Southern convention to consider moves for the mutual relief of the people, for the cultivation of commercial relations and for securing freedom from the East lai hd=lncaa aars. THE HOUSE COMMIT'IEE. They Give General Satisfaction to Nearly Every On1e, WAsHINTON, Aug. 22.-The com. nittees as anibournced by Speaker Crisp in the [louse lesterday mornitig give general satisfaction to the memnbers. T here are not more than half a dozen dissatisfled ones. Of course Mr.,Sprin. ger is disappointed because lie was not again placed at the head of the com inittee on ways and means, but his ap. pointment to the chairmanship of banking and currency was well re ceived by the loutise, and Air. Springer will probably clo good work in his new assignment. flis financial views agree with those of the adininistration, and Air. Cleveland and Mr. Carlisle are throughly satisfied. The apoinitment o1 Air. Wilson, of West Virgiiia, as chairman of the committee on ways and means 'was probably made at the request of Mr. Cleveland. Tie President is an ad mirer of Air. Wilson's ability and be. lieves him to bo the best posted man in tlie House on the tariif qoie0tion. lis views are in the thorough accord with those of Mr. Cleveland and the tariff bill, reported by the cominittee under Air. Wilson, will be just what the administration wants. The only change made in the wa3s and neans committee is the removal of Mr. Sprig. ner. Mr. lynumi, o1 (ndiatna, succeeds Mr. Shively, who is not a mieimber of this Congress. Mr. lireckenridge, of Arkansas, who was removed from this -oimnittee two years ago, is reinstated andl Alr. Tarspey, of Nissouri, is aded. Every meiber of the louse, except Mr. llohuan, is thoroughly delighted with the appointment of Mr. Sayers, of Texas, as chairnian of the coinimittee on appropriations. Jtudge lolman's peculiar ideas of economy managed to retard, rather than advance, business in the last House, anId it is necess-Arv, on account of his age, to place a young er man at the head of this coinmittee. In(leed, Ar. It-)nan's ideas of econo my have not been at all satisfactory to the Deinocratic leaclers. lie woult light for holirs over an appropriation of a few dollars, whereas it it happened to be in the millions it would go through without his opposition. Mr. [lolman has been imade chairmilan of the cominittee on Indlian affairs, which meaus that the poor Indian is to be given no showing whatever by this Congress. If "poor Lo" ii fortu nate enough to get eveni a half slipply of blankets he will be in luck. The chances are that he will got none, but have to clothe himself in the leaves of the torest. Naturally, tie array ollicers are delighted at the anpointuient ot Mr. 1Iolilan to the head~of thii con mittee. For they hold that if the In (ian lwill not go to war over this econ omist being platced in charge of his ra tions and blankets lie will never light again. .Mit they believe he will light and this will give tl:em opportunity to see more active service in the field. Already thece is talk about th capital of the Indians preparing for a gitost dance and the army ollicers are cele brating the prospect of war at the Army and Navy Club here tonight. AIr. lilands succeeds himself as chair man of thie coi-mIIittee on c)inage, weilits andi mieasures and that coi mittee is organized just as it was in thie last Congress. 1i. hru a in.jority of frie coni;ge, atii should it nave to deal with" this 1,(es0ion it will certhinly brin14g in a Iree cina-'ge hill. Althouigh t heire has bteen ilIc conlilitent about t lie Speaiker's posi tioni otn the si1lver <fptestion, the fact that lie has made this coimmit tee a free coinage comiii iittee is an inidi cationi that he hiohls thme same views ex pressedi by his vote on this question in the last Congress, wvhen hic decided a tie in the llouse by casting his vote with the free coinmage men~i. The hiigi: est comuplmment paid to any New York member b)y the Speaker was the aip poinment of thie l Ion. Amos .1. Cumii - minigs as chairman of the commirittee on naval aff airs.-Columbulia Jouurnal. lbliii ilei A P'reachter . ['INEli iIbT, (Gi., Au. 22.-I Obert Gordoni is gone, anid liev. Charlie Smith is buried as a result of a row between the two mien. G ordon has iiot sustained a good reputation, while llev. Smith was quiiet, peaceable and hardl woirkinig. le toildl all week in the pine woodhs, and then on Sunday dispensedi orthodoxy of a brand peculiarly his to what dutsky hearers lhe cotuild get. On)ie of thme lambs of the flock of which lhe was shepherd, was the wifeo of Glordon, who hl1 been separatedl for some timie past from her husband. Gordon objected to the shepherd and amb, relationshii p, andII uted Sm ithi with wrath in his eyve, aind a liberal loadl of buckshot ini his gun. le found Smith, andl, platcintg the muuzzle of the gun so close thiat the p)owder birned his linen, pulled tIhe trigger, k illinrg his victim instantly. The body lay upon the grotud( from night until the mid die of the (lay, when an iu<qtuest was hel and a verdict rendered in accord danice wit,h the f acts. Gordon gave himself up to the bailiff, and( a deputy sheriff came to take hiuni to Vinia. Th'le deputy huandcufled him and then turned to hitch his horse, when Gordon ran, arid is p)rob)ably still running. Whlen the denput y reach(d( Vienna with out hiis p)risotner, he was reprimanded f or allowing ihe p)risonier to escape, and made to pay 87 I or the hiandcuf fs, much to his dissatisfaction. If flhe fuigitivye should read this notice lie will coinfer a a favor iiponi the dhepiuty by sendintg back thle hiandcu ff for which lie now has no iuse.-Aunguista Chronicle. SiT. Lotns, Aug. 18S.-lieginnmig to mnarrow a commnittee of the uinemnployed mi the various labor assoL iations will take upi their station at the union depot and thie freight, yardis of the variot.s roadls runiining into St,. h/>is fromi the West ando meet all persnsi tookinir for work, explain the sit,uationi and ask t,he traveler to proced t.o Waushin'ton, D), C., to make a dlemonst,ration before Con gress. Leaders in every large city in the count,ry have agreed to the plan. It 1s expec ted to aithier 5,000 men in Washiington. CHIdAGO I e JAI LED' NATIRAINS Iblsyh LEXINGTON O Bunaln .LEUISVILLE vo CHICAGO. FRiMiAN' // g MSHEVILL2 6:4.4'p (TLANTA E IDiI( 'AD . JACig|DiyluE ' WEwO S / -SAUISIEN Dordering on Anarchism. ATLANTA, Ga., Aug. 19,-Another open air meeting of unemployed work I ingmen was held to-night at the artesian well, Manufacturers who import labor were denounced and several speeches bordering upon anarchy were made. J. B. Ozburn, a labo,: organizar, advised the crowd to demand work or ioney of' the city by marching to the Mayor's of lice in a boly. Ozburn said i he had called upon the finance committee to day to (Ind out how muchi money the city has on hand, but was refused. Ilie declared, lhowevter, that the suflering laboters would know by next Saturday. Resolutions were passed calling i'or a b,ycott of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroatd Company, tesseR of State road, on account of' the removal of the Western and Atlantic shops to Nashville. Laboring men we-e called upon to refuse to buy goods ship ped over the Western and Atlantic Road, and merchants here requested to have their freight shipped by other routes if they desired the laboring man's patronage. A headluarter has heen established, and other meetings will continue to be held next week The labor question is assuming troublous proportions to Atlanta. Shot to Death. PADUCAH, Ky., Aug. 19.-Last Tites day, a nt.gro tramp went to the farm of Albert Horn and asked for food. Mrs. Horn was alone and the tramp as. saulted her. 11er screams brought her husband from the field and the negro lied. Two posses started in pursuit, and af er a short chase shot himu to death. The news was suppressed un tit to-day. PlAnon and Orgau. Now is the time to buy summer plan |825 cash balance November 15th 1893. Will buy a Piano at spot cash price $10 cash, balance November 15th 1893. Will buy a organ at spot cash price. See the list to choose from. Steinway, Mason & lamlin. Alathushek ant Stir ling Pianos, Mason & Hamlin and Stirling Organs. Fifteeii days test trial and freight both ways if n.!t satis factory. A large lot of nearly new and second hand Pianos and Organs at bar gains. Good as new. Write for prices, N. W. Trump, Columbia, S. C. * OF SOUTil CAROINA. 1L G. Cmlan -C-r. M. . For the treatment of inebriety, Opium, (Morphine, Chloral) and Cocaine Diseases, Tobacco Habit and Nervous Exhaustion by the methods of Leslie E. Keeley, M. D., L. L. D., Surgeon Chicago and Alton Rail way and formerly Surgeon U. S. Army. For literature or further Inforniation oloase address THE KEELEY INSTITUTE, COLUJMBIA, S. C. Ur a Triy to the World's Fair Free T. X.L. TH'IE EXCELSIOR LiNLMEN'1 Ihe great p)ain alleviator', is strictly ia and free from opilates~of all kinds, [: reflieves pain In all Its formns wi pr'operily applied.- Full dIirt'( with each bont tIe, for 25 Cents Sold by druggists everywhe ro. Six bottes by express for Ii1. P'repare'd by TI. X. Company.' (C. M. D)empsy, Manager,) '23o Main Street, Columubta, S- C. TH'LE MURRAY LRUG C()Mi>ANY., WVholesale Agents, (Colu.nbia, S. GO. Full p)articuiars sont by mail for tw 'ltamps. WOOl) WORKING MACHINERY BIC1K AND) TfIlE BARREEL STrAVE" GINNING GRAIN T1HRESHING SAW MIlL RiCE HULLING EN(SINES AND BOILERS. State Agency for TIalbott & Sons' Engines and Boilers, Saw andI Grist Milks. Brewer's Brick Machinery. D)ouble Screw Cotton Presses. Thomas' Direct Acting Steam P'resses, No LU(lts. TIhomuas' Seed Cotton Elevators. Hall and Lumumus' GIns. Engleberg Rico Hlullers. HI. B. Smith Co's Wood-Working Machini ery, P'laners, Band Saws, Moulders, Mortisers, TIenoners--comprlsing com plete eqnipmnent for Sash, Door, andI l)eLoachie's Plantationi Saw Mills, varla ble0 feed. Vlling, Fittings andt Machinery :SIpi)lIes. Write me for prices. V. 0. M ADIIAM, Manager,' COL UM P't A, S C. OH ICAGO. Thern(J 4 '.N & (.aisepT at-t'T aff'or<ls the ntih','t Secules', the Finest Equipment, ONLY THROUGH CAR UINE TO CHICA6O. trm Atheville, l'aint Rock Ihot S , rings and :noxville, v'ia RI. & I>., E. '11 V. &(4., Q. & (., . d. R. ., Lou~isville and1 the Peonna. ,inen to A.hrel ar r,,u t a A,eite ,' ('in innati. noth, car Ask for youtr tickets vIa QUEEN & CRESCENT ROUTE. An~y Agent oftthe R. & D).. E. T. v. & 0. nr (een h et. wit give you infernation s toI route, rate. Stop-overs allowedI at Oineinnati, Louis Sile or Indianapolin. ). 0. EDWARDS, 0.1P. A,. CINCINN ATI, 0. PAD ETT PAYS THE FREIGHT , . hy F y %lenmo reces for Coods I emi foi 4lcak u a $I ''a Whatou Can Save I UTl ' A T - PICE fjow $16,9 15 $69 -cx7 $37 r i d 1mb ol I his or * j.~oioo. GuI-aI ilu 1.4 ho a - ogli or n1IOne1y ro Owl Divit-RugCh ir I ln , :i- 2 so'll Ih 1 b $45. Will doliver 'i4 No.7 COOKING STOVE wit ht 21 - plcces of (1- -del3I ver. -ed to vtir onily $12 reguiiar price $15. A t - N L y $v I I I N4 S A *33Cl, PIANO on in- :k I^ 1)O S IN SA VI-: M, L. r . G The Sa St ana B6St Life Assurance issued by a company of the great financial strength of the EQUITRBLE, LIFE RSSURIINGE SOGIETY of the United States, when written on the Twenty-i(ear Tontine form (and if the PROTECTION furnished by the assurance is taken into account) is, of conservative investments, the most valu able and remunerative in the market. W. J. RODDEY, Manager, FOR THIE CAROLINAS, ROCK HILL, S. C. - TO FAR MERS AND) MANUFACTURERS: As a matter of bus~iie. interest to you and ouirselves' wva ask yott to allow us the privilege of makting estimates uplOnl anly machinery you may wish to buy before placing your ordlers elsewhlere. Our facilities andI connIlections with man efactuirers are suchi that we can: qjuoto on the same goods as low prleces as are obtain.. able in America. It i.s but a narrow minud that would p)ass by the home dealer to pay an equal or greater price to a foreign dealer or manufacturer. Only give uts the opportunity andi we will: servo you to) advantage, and keep at homne a small part of the money whieh is going away from our State to enrich others. W. H, Gibbes Jr., & Co. ___COLUMBIA, .lC. I will be P1leased to Furnish Prices for liarnless, Carriatges, lhiugg ies, & ., 11 arnrsq Leith1er 11 ardiware, T1eamn andt Ilaggy Collara,. Collar I 'ads, Whips of all kinds,, D)usters and Ily Nets, Axle Oil, llrnssOi,Axle Grease, lrness Soap. II arness h)ressing, Saddles, liridies, and any and everything kept In a first class Ilarnerss and Carriage Store. Give me a trial andI I will * save you money J. S. DUNN, 136 M Ain street, Columbia, 8, C.