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AT THE TABFRNACLF. DR. TALMAGE ON THE COMMON PLACES OF LIFE. EverYdfa Religion Is the True Test of Plety-God Does Not Overlook the Little Thiaas--We Gbould Ho Th%nkful Ffor Small Blessings. BROOKLYN, Sept. 3.--Rey. T. De Witt Talmage in selecting a topic fur to. day chose one ot practical value to all classes-viz, "Week day Religion." The text is from Proverbs iii, 6, "in all thy ways acknowledge him." There has been a tendency in all lands and agee to set apa*t certain days, place and occasions for especial religious service, and to think that they formed the realm in which religion was chic ih to act. Now, while holy days and lw1y places have their use, they can never ih a substitute 4or continuous exercise oi faith and prayer. In other words, a man cantot iw good a Christian on Sabbalidithat e :il afford to be a worldling all tli week. 11 a steamerstart for Soutiami,ton1 7:t;a ons day in that direction aed tie w1.r six days sail in other dir-eetiwi b ,% long before the steamer %i , 't to Southampton? Just as o a im.m will get to heoven vrho oaw,- the Sao. bath day toward that which i eliand the other six days of the, woek salts to ward the world liesl tihiil devil. You cannot eat so much at thc Si batht han quet you can allori relh1,ious ab 0stinenelVc alt the rest of the week. t4enuine religon is not spasmioil;e, does not go by lits an.d starts, is not, lin attack of chills and lever-now col tin til your .eOt chatter, nOW hot itniil your boneA ache. (enitine reliion marches on steadily, uip steel hil ai(] along Cagrous declivities, iLs e>e ever on the eterlasting hills crotyiel w il the castles of the blessed. I propose, so far as (Giod mliiiay hlp me, W show you how we may b-ritl. our religion into ordinary life anid rotaci ee it in common things -yeslerd ly, t4o.h, tomorrow. And, in the limt Ilace, I retark, we ought to bring religion ino outit oniiiiairv conversatioa. A dititi bireals li)td two <1 three villages aro suienrgedl; a south American earthquako swallows a city. and people begin to talk about, the tin certainty ofhuian lite, and int that con versation think they are engaging tm r ligious service, whetn there may be t"o religion at all. I have noticed tat inl proportion as Christian experience is shallow men talk ab%iout, unerals and deathbeds and hearses antd toibstoies and epitaphs. If a tuan have ttc religion of tite gos pel in its full power in hNi soul, lie will talk chiefy about this world antid the eternal world tnd very little compara. tively about the mnl'nificalnt pass he tween this and that. Yet how selhilnt it is that the religOon of ('briit is a we. - come theme? It a man lull ol thll! pel of Christ goes itito a ttligioiu,- Lit and begins to talk ahout sacr-el tin all theconversation is hiwhd al thi become exceedit)g awkwarl. A 4 on' summer day, the lorests full oI sonti .mtil chirp and ca-ol, ni-ihi ty chorus t el -d harmonies, every bratnch-1 nit orchestra, it* a hawk appears i the sky, ill the voices are hushed. So I have <itte times seen a social eirt-le thtat professedl to be Christian silentced b ly the ittipie. r ance of the great themne of Godh add ret. ion. .Nowi, my frietnds, it wye have the ire. ligicn of C~hrist. ini outr soul we wil folk about it in an e'xhilterantt tmottl. ite is more refreshting thin the i waters, it is brighter thantt the suttshie, i yies a man joy here tatud prepares lium tr ever lastintg hlipintess hetiire the throne ot God. Andl yet, if the thee-oi el reen be ittrodluced ito a c:tule, evetvhmti silenced-.silenced~1 itnle-.s pimp~ a n aigedl Christian muan in the l ornetr. lithe room, feeliung that somtething iiu:~t be said, pnts one f totl over the - andI sighs heavily aid says, "Oht pts th' aso" My friends, the rehigioni of ,i1u -tl Christ is tnt somrethtin to bie igr,-ned. a.bout, but somethiingv to tatlk about and sing about,, your taco irradliatedi. Tlhe trouble is that men protessing tth lath of the gospel ate Olteit sto inictnirtitent, that they are alraid their conversauton will not harmanize witht their life. W e cannot talk theo gospel untless we live the gespel. You will often lindt a mnit whose entire hi fe is inil of intcotsisht- its tilling his coniversation with~ such ex pression) as "'we iire mtiserable sanrst-' "'the Lordi hel p us,'' "th le IlordI lice, yo,' interlardling their con versatiton wit.h sucht phrases, which are more et-t ing, andl catntintg is the worst Kimd of hypocrisy. If a mnt have the grace of Goil ini his heart dominant, lie can talk relig:ont, and it will senm naturail, antd meni in stead of bemtg repulsed by it will be at tractedl by it. D)o yout not know that when two Christian peop)le talk as they ought about the things of Christ antI h eaven God gives special attenitutn aid bwrites it all down. Malaichi iii, 1I ( "Then they thait feared the LjordI talkedl one to the othier, aid the l,'rd hear kened and heard, tand a btook of retmem brance was written,'' flut, .I remark ntgain, we oughit to bring the rel on of Jesuts Chist into our ordinary emlloym'ienits. '()ht,'' youe say, "that's a very goc:i theory ior a man who manages a large butsintess woo h as gaat traflic- who hold(s great estate. it is a grand thing for bankers antd for i shippers, but in my thtread anti needle a store, in my trimming establishmutent, in 1 My insignificat, work o; life, you ecm a itapply those gran. gospel prinici pIes." Wh faddyo ethaty .)o you not k now tats aGodd' leaton .a brook's surface e atblamng God's anentiot is certainly as h: ar b ias n u n , a d t a th e itim o s th a t I cree's uptei of -e rock attracts t lgos tsto a . certamnly as the wav- s Oregon pine :utd leubatnon 3 under'ac eO raknso asld ii God's ear as the sna1 und as word mo fiagratlon, and that the maorld' cinigiw. C ecni thing in your lie is of eog n rineto att,ract the atteniough imta My brother, you Cannot 1b el to do anything so insignificant but (o .1 wI help you fn It. If you are a fisherman * h ist will stand! by you as hie dlid by si-It ,mon when he dragged Getnnesaret. Are you a drawer of water? lie A will be with you at the well curb when talking with the Samaritan woman. Are you a custom hopse Officer? Christ will call you as hue did Matthew at the receipt ot custom. The man who has only a day's wages in his pocket as certainiy needs religion as he who rattles the keys of a bank * apd could abscond with a hundred th -ms-t and hard dollars. And yet there are a iep.who profess the religion ot Jesus Christ wno do not bring the reliion of 4 Ahe gospel into their ordiniry occupa :ll Lions and empllyientw. ;In: There are Ii the churchos ol' this i I nen who seem very devoill, ol the silh .IU bath who arn, fiar frmu that durina the week. A country merchmi, arrive: In l this city, and ile hil) int3 a s1 c Lto biuyf. 9goods of a man who11 ) %Vl( p- 3'ese rel n 4 but ith s 0 o racke ill i < hear, T country merchan". Is wnl.Ile: . too exhai t.(I to ill h<ine 1h1:1t vl!ck; he tarries mli town. O( Sabbathli he(- -m33'' i4, the some0 churclh I'llr c >nsItion' , aw- 1111 m ig his amazem ent to [lnd 11310 Ihat t.i 1 n m. who carriwi ')3 s mi aro Ite 11m)i bo, i , .,W I Very one Whol swhiled hi'l. B;ut, n.c miindi-the, dicac'n h:A hii Ida, k 4it -1 1n i now antd loiw s sollii :ttIld .11 r;i,- I talkinl- about. that blve'w4; w 1.rm nl H M Christiam, ()n Stind-ay. WVmrie-)..o. '1r- "1 in3i the week, I I 1 d ' Thait man dm,s not rval'z :fthM:0 Ctd , i kniowv, (overy dishimi4,o i ii.. h.- i I Ills lillukel. th-l I 3 lr.ni y4 Ohe iron wail 01 hl4 111u11onfy S atI! and 1, t Lilol the 11.1t 4of j,'1 4 -1t IS C'Mn'll'-, al34 that bi " the pa;tr,Ill!e sittVA t inl'l s on h' I,hi II I 'II 3thm Ill o , 1 . I I t . h t Ut,eth vt ; rit:.3s and noit b y ri lits hall leavtt the WI I,:)v 3111 t 01 hi111da m1\ at33d t 1hi ecV IV h ,I,li h)( a Ifiti.'' Bl, hl ny Mai .hereLlw h :ar-c wit) dh iolt brin-, th religiAn 0I ( I i n , 1 h ,) heir everyd ry ()( 1 1jJ.11 1im. They think reh-,,ion is I.). .,mjh!4! . Suilioe ymu wUrT tO ml 4 ,t t. Ii_!1t ymr y ur CounltrV Ill somlile 3r ,-mt:-- .3 Woul v(m !,' to, 4o Ohe ba!in aTlro Ir ai, tt Splringfichil* No. ,o w. vto there to "et yur'li wrd m33 n333 . -. n 'rhwn vm) woul gm m>it, tl ,- tauc 14, th- 3 elenmy anld conita.ld 1(r palur e1-m'ry. 1 Now, I take Lthe. S.tWb,th :t ai, ' viurch 1.o I), oItily Lit' arimry whvre wevit 7.a 1r e ) 4il :uInd 'Ior Ow.h v brtt.l Ii l l (A lile. 11141 1tWIat hI .IvliI ,-4 Nl')a;d Iv, TtuesIhiy, Wdedy arl . day luld Saturday. -A\nidiol" tual k. Martin's"and 1( "hl id.lrvil" aret w% t1,1h fium h it' wt, o( h n.)t s al3 I week . A surnmin 1A ot, lw acc,mlit w3 ann3t1 carry it, i3 h41:13 I lih in tel and behinilte p1mw. 'T'lhc S thbAth l h is 4ol nol valuec it' it, last only 2 1 h.Ws 4 hl,'" Atys Si n1 n, )11(" 1*1 1 1:1] i 1 i grea't Sphevre I Winuhd d '.hI t it I .1 haVe lved mll the Lille 4d1ilartin -, c I 3 331 1, i 143 >3h h b "11en l ' 4'T : r;1 1 1 onl aii i I ho,_, %i )r j (I( m e V 0r 1 3 I3.. Illb M viliCtionll t h lal youil ,s ." I 333.M a lldilit,'.hat th ro1ma-1 - m4 d kni i erra ntry have i"O'ie lut lt1 il . T;IlTC Is but vry hi,tt o0 it l(,- in th k v w 4' T!w templel s (A ' lIt'.!mclien . h V0 t.-I en i chingt-d mnto sml3ithies; thel. eai 1 m1:1,-o i t S." i atA 3hiil d has n f11 cut, 1y if:(.) v 14 waklin_, iLicks; Lih! mut s hiav.4 r ra III ed bir1e.0the i r-anit's ax m111(l ht t It -o liVer Lthe, Alle-hany and uOwi-al m oulitilis a3n e i a' I 1- I nMr at 'S\Nph-II t'lle o_,r(ves Nwerk the - l , 1 t dwcll hiave1 b(in -t tip h>I,.),> Lte a11333 who i,i 1l lki-.: I'm l : ,jo1 'C. !13141 ,,reatscrilk"i f)r aci* onq l Wit3 3433 1i ? IlhvIl. A\i yl t tvt r(wl". ;ir A 13 tivy 1:n'v In 333 n1 n b111(i l l 33t'. IL ' 3 !illr \t)ll to) say N.htlilluwo 3had it 4 'r-: t i h0 . yi l litL rv't himl ()I 43I s 4 ; u, I oil io l no In a la ()IkItIIIr::e ( s ;,: I: kI. " no(), standO he1 tv 4 a Ill III -l',31I'I yw:l endure- the b1rcalh It)-,:b )uir 11'.1 >vt ov r ii 0h4tk It beli33 tt3un3 to) pu4 -1 an43d a tax I'n3 hi4ikle', -m11 1 31 lho ) es.- Thev indivi.hbi1 1 .1 . - w'e'43h!3 lily '3''3, 33h, 3 'brisu31 33 o3, . e4 4.13s4's, 't il 33 u'3 .3,. ' 3. i4 31 3a .'reat1 revenue33 ''! - a t trit1 sill3:1'.31-3!33. A.. 133 he 33 331 ti i h, 3'' i *3 3 ''e' 3tt, ' 1 and 1333 I o h343 ave .1 3'',3'r3 or :3 you3h33-3y' 13','3.'33 *' a.e br 'I131.3'3.i 3'33u ?333 3-3 .3 1433 sea338>)ns. I have33 mn3.4 3the3 3. tret:wd with th3e (13crca4sses 33 n33-33 32:2333 >y, m1334ce, annoyances3(433. 'Phec only'3 wa':y 3333 Supp4jose a1 tiohlier' sho3333 3 . a: "This133 t n 23W3 enennes' 3. I wVant3, lo:33 3my,. 3:un. Wit until3 1 get int1,4 som331 14enera'1l 4n-3. aI)3emen3413t!"' Tha33t man33 : is a' e,nym-d am 1333 wou)lti4 3h a1 Coward3N ill 3131ly sphere, I1 sk3inis, 13e wdl not31 in3 a3 WV A3 A 134d it you3 0( a 3re nothIh Idol ~34'' a3gainst1 the34 singl.~e Im333nde1 el srain3a('e,I!3, th11- lilie you3 woub333 not 3341 331 ii3l3141an ' rat3''l d1isasters.', wVih ' their3 I! n. :rn 3'o 'brist m3o1( all3 43333 33ria33. 11 we'', I33-e '3 m c4.reavemen301t, 33il e lot our3 flune, i3 by 43>me1 3.reat31 blast31 like thie tempj1:41, th3en ''n vt. go [:> God3 ILt..eamfort, 33.ut 'ye'3ir . n' M\y fr'iends41, you no'e1 14 toake' th re3' igion1 of' t.he Ia >rd, ,Jesus1' ( 'Brist i.i 3 3'', 33(st ordnu3333ry trials$ 4)1 your3 100. Y,m43 3 in1ve your3 m1ifor)3tunes:; y4'3 33.-. 4m.~ 3 exatLionIs- "(Jhu,3'3ou say',, ''3.' 33 3 . lhihi, sine.) I lhave las3t my) propert'3' y, i tji aRve been a ver3y differentIJ1 m-m3 13ram I' thIat I wasi.'' My br'ot.her, 3t is thec ht- : Ie anno31yanwe.s of1 yOtir 1 le that3 areC s33.43 I 11hara'.eCr and3 ma33k ing you33 14ess3 and,1 388 of a mnai.333 Y'Oi go inIto anl artist's si lin. Y3 I 3n i h 0e h3im 33nakin3g a1 piece 3)f sculp are333. m33o '03n sa3y, "'Why don't you3 s;tri k3 33m1 we~3' r?' WiVth his5 33nallet an(d 13is ('his33, wit U goes clicK, click, click, and33 you3 can1 era airdly see froml st-roke to str ioke that1 an33 1ere is any33 imIpression03 mal3(e 3p3n th3 wm33 3 Lone, and! ye(t thle wvork 31- going3 on~03. w3. ou3 say. "Why d:on't, you strike hanrd- sk a r ?' "Ohi," lhe repieits, "that11 would ()d 'iattter the statute. I m33tst mahke' it in1 1133 usl way, stroke by st.coke'." A tot Ii' hfe' Dutn,j' .3's 03. by week and3( Imoth until. me334' iter a%Vle Overy man33 thalt cirters the h3o3 Ltiio isl fascinated. J,411 Well, I 13ind God deal1jing with son334 hav3 an11. lIe is s'hapng him33 forF iimle am3 033:;l haping him31 for etternity. I s-ay ''() i 4ord, why now wi1th One tremen'dous033 r'igh o1w of callamnity shalpe tha:t m.m - fno3r yi)i -h next World 'f" (Goo Says. wPhat' 330 33 stroke after a rokit lls tilan. 1334( d1uti tfnnoyance irritatioiianac a ft"Ir1hter3 13a1 and after anu allie will be(rrit33atin 3'nd. gladl spectac eo for angcels a1)4 Iei.a Not by one great Stroke, 3)31 3) 1)i 31 XXt) little strokes of' mislfortle1r.113 33 Itted for heaven. You know that neu~t gt Ortunles can soon be4 scatteredI by bOKI laId out in small sums of mone4y, i)h -he largest estate of Christian chalrac. N er is sometimes entirely lost by these Itidl mall dlepletions. alim We must bring the religion of Jeu por ,brist to help us 13n thee littlno- eU vees. I)o not sav th:t. anything is ti ii,tnifivaat It) alect. your characti its mav sink a ship. Onq lucif Ltell n'ty,N dvMtriy a tomple. A q iel 1. h14r delIt hby silt-111ng of* a polii rose. The ScrAtch of a sixpenny m ty :zive yoi t he lockj4w. (,olunbi a,sk I'-wo ;t pieve of bri' eiad anc mIk of twatr aL, a Pranctscatit cl, IIl, ( ,il." I.) t ihe diScovelrv of a i )ilbl. And I l rIi is a grvat conne Ii bwo w"mi I mill-s -wid itlinnsitit wvevi not.Uiiig atid everythings. 11 u ntvw , stinposi thati (lxd car I VO1, In.-it ililatit sorrows? Wi I u id-4, Iwtu ! nothiig inlsigni III in Wur Jle. Il'-m vlaro you tal -It,+ >nIi10int N, of isa.ving that the ' ) io 11ol. know that the wlic IN0v1.t k iiot ashmlttl to take ca "-' Violt ? I say: "What. are y mw., td i there in the grass, po ;I- vio"et ? NoOdv knoWys YOU 1i r. A r-v y l vm iot. at'r.iid ntights? Y4 I fit- wil h l'irist; ioboly cares I I; yO)'I Will suffer; yoj t will perisl . 0, 1 y1 a; star,l "I'll1 watch over li,0ht-" ' -NI," says t,the cloud, "11 v. I atin." "N ),"says the i siin, ivm it i;i lily bwiom." And then t id I anv(Md comiles btiding do% iX urr l-il alolt amliding thet psa rough"l I!w ae andl I say, "Wiltl I"I. ( ) wid, 'm :itcl swit Wing oI it. 1.wer , "-I am going in C, ('e flk Ii1 tiht violet." Atal( thei fpilfey ; ' wn:,. ri the sky, and t : ir'. dra wIlg wattir, amlI I sv til it , i' l (linig theie, () clOids wny d ,teae<rawinly waterI ;IL vi(Il-I.- Ard then I [tok do 1 de y y an' Iiij.y, "(C'm it, t (1 0 takis v.rm' of a piir thi es, ye;(bi e f t' ( iheU grie' ofi t +ll. 11ti :i" fir vver f*orlotIt.enl lle i io 'l." (W , to y Urit-n:.s, i f t -avelsb(ndfdwil 1) suich insigni m i m in il' s '.Iial, I t ll Yon (S)I ,h1;114, i n W l > ) ,,wir. e Ise, since. .last cs:tr.1111 labmit, the conlstrl III "t I I 14-r's 4-ye as iv- is inl t II 1i 111' i! gn in i 1 alaxi 1s. P;,iOz 11-1 :t w iliv'l" 1 I Ilh avt. nt ' 0rfy '.r 10!W11, hit , it i'af soinethil i" 'hl ,:l i s:n! spirits th Oli0 (t' LIu, i k ii k to I,lis w rii d t fili( mtj .iAu a sphi-r! of' wtrk. () 1: it wll I'(o.k tle bmdY ( :twl d110 his wor' k. Allilttivr Spi A :mli I iAu 1-k i1 b d,y (I a pmlot, I ;.; h;A l .\lt i, lile 'lI vs. "' W I t-, ;ii:t : "\Vhy all t !a r Ii Ili- '~ .1.t ifIn, I ;u i ttll t h gr Ir I :h . *' I fi'n r i i gfllun ('li '1'. i P I ti w t i. titi thol'4iI %il :wmIIi. mw I 'iwo:il ( . ()'It. I lai h t'i t)r p I e es '' ha0 ne l ft f.t' oriy lyssmn,"W :tsth-tt. ?" Andl t !)y' WA, " h'h b ' 1y o 'f0tcon W ul, i m w k t' t n 1 I'm :1 no1 re ard"1. gOO11Iit hlal- . I w i i, jl t llot. ias g t i ' table I cchill. R t . I f 1 t1lav :ii ti, we olight O'ig th, rIition o4 .esi s Cri st il I- m1 ahity.), lks;it . E vcl .ry altul, 301 pre 'b-t4 oI t il' 'nitei StattS a1 e gverorlivike prl:-mhnatioll, a ;i t tth (.:I l io ill mtfl. 6 11 1l h:Iv toII( (I;d fl It li.- gootine f. -1 ), mA t to li' a thai,4 - v. Wt , I.tke I WlO Wt f ih ble t I I I' (It. I 4, lt(1 ' ( I ' I (ISv 1.t 1r f fm r e 1 1i! x t fit! li 1- I'll , I t' 1.I wt h lt v 11seu I*.( th nigh41 t con 1- 'i !I t:1i mlrt h i lit''IIn In hIt almI I 'I )!-(I we lIt-ar-i wilat - Wenin a"'a 1:01 with . I 1:. it WO I.> ha ne t h ats ri!l lt i i t --'r I I. (I t iili Z i Iit t er nu eit to it! Im h f tit is !' h-', t h f usi of at l. -' i i . I : (''ll'ii } it nliiih Ill' inihaiit I, li) fi'i'iihs r:Act .m w ,ake its o I a hcaaird a vr tr'aii and sta 1').W 4!l fiVmnIert'u to Norwal is her fihly b':iw"iof Iltti. i ' i t. tfii':!n. l'it' y !iv - <l'.Ve': oIt \ rigesiap, \I fl '4 oiV lnt. ft sptre ) ex itient I :a caii li tiiI ttie " oif w1. 113 iill kni0l'<I w ht hi lt (;M r o'i ir N eapewtli e i Fioy fi 'i.Vltil. t htt t'iifi rrow v ig. rftt ym1~il ! nrait~tWtei of sar' for ant .Ylit ashes :a t btrid lgt at Norwl t ther; iiallthd thrbri.s toe loto Int of ift. 'lintn ontr iihsea e, Off, itt hn ty or ilLinit Court akardl whe youal tt le" at irsty;O,O:(sed. 10 TO REVIVE STATE BINKS. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND IN FAVOR OF il THE PROPOSITION. it .Sregu-rag no w ii F *u4t Dvennd-The w In1titutell to Ho Untder N,t1#nml super C 4s, vi0ion -Inportant Cnforente at tile Treasury. es WASIHINoTroN, 1). C., Sp.(,. ji. special dispatch from Vashington tc ke the Baltimore Sun says there was . re conference at the Treasury Dapart. 110 ment Saturday that may have an im re portant bearing on the currency legis )>1 lation to be enacted by the present Con or gress. Secretary Carlisle had assem re bled in his office to meet him Speaker Oil Crisp, Representative Warner, of New or York, andit epresentative Hall, of Mis I. souri. The two latter are members of ,i the House committee on banking and currency. The conference was called U1 to consider what sort of currency leg. he islation otight to be enacted to supple. vil inent the repeal of the silver purchase lit law. Thf-re is a demand on the part of er tho hiusiness people in many parts of - the South and West for some reasona ble and safe increase in the volume of cirremicy, and aside from this there is at feeling that is shared in by many of the soundest financial authorities in ? the country, including several of the 01 committee on banking and currency, vi that there ought to be an entire revis he ion of the banking and currency sys 11g ten of the country. The currency of 1), Im linited States Is now a patch-work 1h0 affair, there being, counting all the 't dilferent kinds of paper and metallic m.C tuoney, no less than nine different .1 kiids of currency in circulation. The M rapid decrease of the public debt, with Ie the certainty that it will disappear al I together in a comparatively few years, he makes it necessary alio to take into consideration the question of what is %y to be done to contintie the national k9 bank circulation or provide s)rne sub er st itut,o for it. At present the basis for a the bank circulation is diminishing with every call of bonds and at the same time the growth of the country is increasing the need for the banks Id and their circulation. It is the opinion 1 o)f many of the authorities on financial ni iat T ers here that it is now time to look abotit and settle upon some permanent f systei of currency and banks, and it , was to consider these luestions that te coiference of yesterday was called. ie The coilerence was coslidential in a its natire. 'he gentlemen who were 'a lresent (to not feel at liberty to talk .o freely as to what was done. It can be or said, however, that the plan suggested (hiring the last Congress of repealing to Llie t ix on State banks circulation, but to r<iiiring all such institutions desiring on to issue circulating notes to deposit id with tle Treasurer of the United itl states certain approved securities, to v, sec:ure their bond, was discussed at i. length. There are many persons to - whoi a mention of the repeal of the s- tax on State bank notes recalls the Ve wil-l-cat banks of some of the Western is States, thle noney of which was not (t good ten miles from the place where it es was issueid. This feelling against State bs banks has a tendency to make itany of g ie niembers of the comiiiiittee on bank ing and currency, who realize that ig something ought to bw doio before t he a national bank circulation is f ir e- ther contracted by the redenp . ion of inore bonds, hesitate to a approve of any sort of revival it of thle State banks. his feeling -e was expressed ait the conference yes e~ terday and1 was discussed with the re. e salt that it, can he confidently asserted a that if any bill is Iitrod uced at the' Il present session of Congress with the s' approval of P resident Cleveland and e Secretary Cairlists ror the repeal of the r State banmk tax it will b>e one in which i the banks, whlile they may be called State baiiks, will be undi(er national su t pervision. In other words, while the k banks may receive their charters from ti tho States the national government .s will supp)~ly their nlotes andt will pre e sribue the class of secuirities on whichI lI t hey shall be issued. The effect of the ~. cha;nge will be much the same as if the (i pre'senit national banking laws were o atmended so as to allow certain other . st cuirities, in addition to government -;. hoinds, to be dleposited to secure circu. ,. lation. The fact was (developed at the a con ference that President Clevelanid will favor a hill for the repeal of the a State hank tax If there are such safe gutards thrown around their circula r' t.ioin as will insure their maintenance ir at par'with gold. m, Thei holding of this conference does 1IT, not necessarily mean that an adminis w~ tration measure for the reform of the s. banking system of the country Is to lbe il report,ed fromi the banking and ciurren s,, cy comimittee at once. T1here will be in as avalanche of bills of all sorts bearing 'i, on thle cuirrency anid banking laws ini trodui:edl as soon as t,he rules of the II oise have been adopitedl. These will ss all lbe ref erred to the banking and cur bl reiicy commiittee. It is not probable, hoceve, that there will be immediate netnby timt coinmmittee, as it is Ithought best to proceed with care in niukinig any sweep)ing reform in the cuIirrenicy. 'he gentlemen who. partici - paited ini yesterday's coinference realize ihat it will n<ot do to make a istake 0o such a se rioiis <plemstion, and no bill will he reported that does iiot carry in itselIf the assurance that every dloliar t,hit inay be i xsiied uinder it will be k w orth a dollar ini gold. The end aimed at is to pr~ovidie a currency which will he is 50ound as the national bank cur ruency hias ben, hut which will at the .me iin' have more elasticity, and wil! expand when there Is a demand for it and contract wheni it Is not need ed. Thel Southern planters and the Western farmers contend that If they Shad such a system there would not be the present difliculty that is experi eniceid every year about the local banks teutting money for the movement of their crops. Onze of the Immediate ef ort.s of the conferenco yesterday is ex pected to he to give the D)emocratic Senators who are still contending for f ree *coin age an Iitimation that the ad mni lstration will support a reasonable ciirrenicy-reform measure that will have the effect of increasing the amount of bank cIrculation andl put ting thie banks upon a permanent basIs with muore elasticity to It than the prese'nt national banking system. It Is unuderstood uuch an iitimationi will have the effect of very much reducing lie oppIositIin to the repeal bill on the IDemocratic side of the chamber, Pres idlent Cleveland was not at yeisterday's conference, but It was called with his knowledge and Secretary Carlisle ox pressed his views. WHAT TrIE STanA sY. The Washington Star says: The probi)hlties are that there . will be coiimmuinicattioni to Conigress in sotme form, sent either formally or Informal hy, preseniting a financial proposition, I having the approval of the administra tion, whIch will very materially weak en the opposition to the repeal of the Sherman law, While the statement that there has been any Informal con ference between the lPresident, Secreta I ry Carlisle and other gentlemen on the subtject is incorrect, there Is no ques tion about the matter having been talked ave recently etweemn ng..... men and representatives of the admin istastion and it is likely that somethinF will uome,of it. Secretary Carlisle an t a number of the leaders in b Alh houel of Congress are destrous of the pas sage of a bill repealing tWe State binl tax and the 1restdetit is under.to >I t( he fAv )rabIy iiclI-ieJs '.o 1.h i ma-i Ire Mr. Carlisle has also for so.net.imi been thinking over the (ltestion of tit coinage of the silver bullion now in til Treasury, and is very anxious that. at authorization for this coinage should b given by Congress. Ttne two proposi tions will probably be combined and recommended to Congress for action, or, at all events, ,ho leaders in Cngreaw will be given to understand that th administration will approve of a meas ure repaaling tile t ix on State bankf and providing for the coinage of bll lion. Whether this will come in th( form of a message from the President t 3 Congress or a letter from Mr. Car lisle to soie individual memer or Sentator cannot now be learned. It is und.rstood that Mr. Carlisle would like authority for the cjinage of all the ballion held in the Treasury but thinks the coinage of the seigniorage alone would be a considerable relief. Under the policy of tile adintnistra tion, which is to redeem the- coin cer tificates in gold, the bullion in tile Treasury practically stands for noth ing. The Treasury is greatly In need of money and, if this bullion can be con verted into cash assets, and be made available for expenditures which are authorized by appropriation bills, it will be a relief to the Treasury and al so make money much more plentiful in the country. There are a great ma ny public works authorized by Con gress to be advanced in the discretioa of file department. With sullicieCun!tlt monoy o hand to pay for it tile work could be pressed active. ly at once instead 'of letting it drag out slowly over a long terni of years, and this, uesides hastening the ptuolic improvement would put the muoney out in the best way possible at the timE most needed. If the authority is giv on by Congress certificates against the fifty odd millions of seigniorage could be isted at once and stop the drain that is now being made on tile gold re serve. After that the other bullion could be coined as rapidly as deemed necess try or as the mints could do the work. It is believad that this proposition, which is in the nature of an accoinio dation from the administration to thse who are anxious fOr an increase in the volume of money, is expected to great ly ease up tle oppositioa to th,- repeal of the Sherman law, and it is believed that it will hasten action by thi-! Senate on the Voorhees bill. Trle Senators from the silver States may not be af fected by it much, but nearly all of the other silver men wll probably be satts lied with it. COTTON CROP REPORT. Southern Millk in (iood Uouditton-S ,u I& Carolla Forging Alle-id. NiE W OitR.EANS, Sept. i;.-,re New Orleans cotton exchange report of the cotton crop of the past year was given out in full today. In alditi>n to the leading tigures telegraphe I last Thurs day ilght tile report says that taking the averags for the entire year ba3ed on returns Iroin the Southern outports and largest interior feeders of overland routes, the value of the past coinmer cial crop has been about $12 50 per b.ile against 637.50 for 181 and 18.2. an in crease of 65 per bale and the totil value of the cr0) 2h ,70, 1- --ainst 838,812,0)3, a deticit of $5 l,0i2,000JO Figures are given silo winl g thlat the actual gro wth of tbe pa-st year was 6, 150,000X 1)-Ies an'l thlat thle coramercial cro p of f;,700,000j i ncl uded 250,L -) bales of old cotton. Thew Texas crop is pit at 2, 108,518 bales mlade up oh actual dIe liveries fronm the State for year ending August 21, showmng a decrease of $300 00t) Iromi last seaison. This total, it is said, conIstitutes commercial crop or amounlt moved by railroads, etc., and not the growth whichl some excellent authlorities claini, 100,003 bales less. Tile commercial crop by States in thlousands of hales as compared with last year is divided as follows: State. 1892. 1801. Alabama........--4--.00 Arkansas.........--o 15 Florida...........- 45 G Georgia-....-.....830 I Juo Louiisiana-...-...-.45 3 Mississippi-....-....87) V:llt North Carolmna... 3 -25 .o0, South Carolina...550 7ot 'l'enlnessee . .......281) .1t TIexas....-.......-2100 oy 'Total crop in batles for 189i2 is I;7 n), 000) for 1801 is 0,035.'' Th're ret.urns relating to cotton conl sumifptlin in the Souith are of a most satisfactory description. Thle financial diisttrb.mces so serious in other sec tions of tile counlitry e'xerted but Iit tle iflulience in the mills in tile cotton belt ilp to the beginning of August, and thlen in reply to a direct question sent every mill a surprisingly large nlumbier stated that they had1 experienced no ill effects. It is true that a genleral sense of ulne:isines.s prevaile I among mill owneors andi there were growing coin plaints of an irncreasinlg di Iiculty of disposing of goods. .Fears were expressed also of a pos siblde anger ahie1ad to resuilt from conl tinuled linancial stringenlcy, buIt as a matter of fact the consumption o1 raw cotton had been but little affected. Tlhe facts show that ino marluifactutring inl dustry is on a safer or more rapidly growing basis than Cottonl mills In the South, Five years ago (1889-90) the Southern mills consumed 480,000 hales this year. in thme face of unfavorable commercial conditions, they used 744, 000, an increase of 2611,000 hales or 5'5 per cent. The spindles no0w In opera tion are 2,171,147 against 1,998,680 at this tume last year. it the list of States South Carolina has again forged ahead,reaching nearly 204,000 bales, an Increase of 18,000, equally 42%j per cent . of thle entIre Southern consumption for 18S9-80, and over 27 per csnt of' the present year's consumption. Georgia follows closely withl 184,000 bales, or fi,000 increase; North Caralina with nearly 1:32,000 in crease, whIle Aiabama is 8/'Y0 h:ales ahtead of last year. CHICAGO NATI - jAINS NAigNATl LfDUiSVI UiNGTONLw OICAGO. RRIMAU CHAITAODGA % smuitz // ASHEVILLE Bi GNAHr TLANTA E DOAM ACOli .fe, na ma * dAtK~Dm* 'ADrETT PAYS THE FREIGHT 1-y n Aleme rioca forfoods I c.id 'or aV!,v-. and .6 Ihal You Can Save OAK A oil h-e $69 Iro $37 n . -t.. Pt . 1 Mi t I I' Iyl th r - Wae-ek. ra tet to bo a - 1 g d orgaln or llony r e.tt r I XI IttI I hlth P' L O S111-' T j, I o ilIt* ata 2xite in is - or h 45. W$illdell vol It to your. (t-1411 for $ Thim No. - COOKING V witli 21 pleces of - ware will be deliver. ed to yout -~ -- delit for ni$12 repnlar prie $15. A *4IN~ CEW1113 MACni" Itfor to onl rir 14.g.tn.y _74 anT guiaranit I r f'tl I a targain. No IrtI:ht patld Onl this lttuggy--.. A * 3 PIANG 0 I IH t ll e 7-7 dellveiv,i :11 (114ir 11t-II. .-IiI II F0 iIv.C df Secure an EQUITABLE POLICY and you have purchased a fortune on installments to be delivered to your family at death, or to your self at the end of fifteen or twenty years. You secure the prize and run the race of life free from anxiety anA care. Your mind is free, your capital is free, and a fortune is secured to your family. An E0UITAB3LE IPOLICY .,. is exactly adapted to your needs. Get one. For particulars address, W. J. ROD[DEY, MANAGER, FOR THE CAROLINAS, ROCK HIL . C. I will be Plieased to Furnisha Prices for IIarness, Carriages, lluggies, &e., Ilarness Leathler andi Saddlery, HIardware, T'eam and Jiuggy Collars, Collar [Pads, WhIps of all kinds, Lap Robes, Dutsters and Fly Nets, A xle Oil, Axle (Oresse IIarness Oil, H arness Soap. II arness D)ressing, Saddles, lBridles, and any and everything kept ini a first class liarness and( Carriage Store. Give me a trial and I will save you money J. S. DUNN, 136 M Ain Street, Columbia, 8. (1. $50 r a i i S .111 W oeids Fair Free. T7. X. LI he great pain alleviator, is strictly p p and free fromiOI )5pias'f all kitnds, *a relIeves paIn In all ltts formsu wli properly applIed. lenill diree wIth eacht bot tie, for 25 Cents Sold by dlrugglsts every wheirt. SIx bottles by expres 'for il.' P'repared b)y TI. X. Co uipany. (C. M. l)ompsy, Manager,)* . 23o Main Street, Coihunl,ia, 5- C. TflE MUJIRRY )RU(* COMPANY, Wholesale Agents, Coluonbla. S. (J. Full partleulari sent by mall for L g itamnps. Weatee Ordp Bulleils. COLUMnIA 8. C. Sept. 6.-The past week has but more fully developed the ravages of the feArful storna of August 27th and 28th, which, passing over the entire State, left a record of such de vastation as has never before been wil nessed in this State, and which is without parallel in the history of this country. Maiy hundred of acres, white Saturday with open cotton, ae shorn of the work of mouths, the plant lying flat on the gr,oiud twisted and broken ; the unmatured fruit scattered and rot ting. The islands along the coast, the pride and glory of the section, from which thousands of bales are gathered each year, are almost destitute of their accustomed fruitage. Young corn, from which so much was expected on account of the small ness of the old crop, lies flat atd broken. Along the river banks and bottom lands frealels hAve covered or washed away the patient labor of our best citizens. Fruit trees are stripped of their fall crops, feucei, houses and hundreds of acres of pines forests are ruined; herd s of valuable stock and hundreds of hu man lives are the portion of the Storm King's harvest. Not a section escaped from Oconee County in the West to ilorry on the coast, from York in the North to the most Southern part of Beoufort. Itotloing E.11pansed. Gitu,NyI'LE, A. 6., Sept. r - 'he board of control of.this county has de cided to discharge the dispensary clerk. This action ii taken on account of the small amount of business done. The dispensary cannot enjoy the luxury of a clerk. Plaos and Or gam a. Now is the time to buy slammer plan $25 cash b ilance November 15th 1893. Will buy a Piano at spot cash price $10 cash, balance November 15ta 1893. Will buy a organ at spot cash price. See tie list to choose from. Steinway M%ason & Hlamlin, Mathusnek and Stir, ling Pianos, Mason & Ilamlin and Stirling Organs. Fifteen 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. V. Trump, Columbia, S. C. * 0OF SOU PH CAROLINA. L, G. Cj anler. \A. 1).. 1.3L.U Wntu, M. 1)., -1)4i H. For the treatment of Inebriety, Opium, (Morphine, Chlioral) 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 information Olease address THE KEELEY INSTITUTE, COLUMBIA, S. C. WOOD WORKING MACHINERY BRICK AND TILK BARREEL STAVE GINNING GRAIN THRESUING SAW MILL RICE H 'ULLING ENtSINES AND BOILERS. State Agency for Talbott & Sons' Engine and iBoliers, Saw and Grist Mills. Brewer's Brick Machinery. Double Screw Cotton Presses. Thomas' Direct Acting Steam P'resises, No Belts. Thomas' Seed Cotton Elevators. Hall and Lummus' Gins. Engieberg Rice Hullers. II. B. Smith Co's Wood-Working Machin ery, Planers, Band Saws, &Ioulders, Mortisers, Trenoners-comprising comn. piete equipnmnt for Sash. Door, and Wagon Factories. )eLo>ac he's Plantation Saw Mills, varia Pelting, Fittings and Machinery Suppiles. Write me for prices. V. C. BA DIIAM, Manager, COLUMBIA, 8. C., TO FARMERS MAINUFACTURERS: As a mattor of buHineOss initeresit to you and ourselv,,s wi ask you to allow u.s the privilege of nmakinig esthmates upon anty machinery you may wish to) buy before placing your orders elsewhere. Our facilitie.s andi connectins with man uifacturers are such that we can: quote on the same goods as low prices as are obtain able in America. It ie but a narrow mind that would pass by the home dealer to pay an eqlual or greater price to a foreign dealer or manufacturer. Only give us the opportunity and we will serve you to advantage, and keep at hiome a small part of the money which is going away from our State to enrich others. W. H, Gibbes Jr., & Co, COLUMBIA, .C CHICAGO. The Q'e-Ns & CRERC.NT RotTEx affoirds the icket Scheduale, the Fineat Equmipment, ONL.Y THROUGH CAR UINE TO CHICAGO, rom Aeheville P'aint Rock Ho rig m noxzville, via it. A~ lI., E:. f. y,ag .8. IR. Rt., ILoulsavtle aid the Peorina. l.ine. to hicago without change. ake dosre evnt,n ita aIl Chc.0lne.n.Bthar Ask for your tickets via QUEEN &CRESCENT ROUTE. Any Apent of the Ri. A D).. E. T. V. A 0. or Queen A gccn wl ie you infornation aa to routes. rate.. Htop-.overe allowed at Cinetanati, Lout.. une or Indianapoili. .0. EDWARDO. 0. P. A. - mCrINCINA ye