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BJU IBLES. Blow your bubbles, little man, Just as big ones as you canI They are pretty things to see As they float off gracefully Friom your uarted finger -tips. And your eamnost. pulsed-up lips. They are rainbow-tinted, fair, As they ride the golden air. And their freight is all 3 our joy, Blow your bubbles, little boy. I have blown my bubble, too, Just as wantonly at you, And as now it floats away On the winds of yestei day. I can see it was a toy Quite as vain a' yours, my boy. It waq rainbow tinted, too, This great bubble that I blow. And its freight-ah. well-a-dayf It Is blown-and blown away. REV. DR. TALMAGE'S SERMON. He Preaceus Vith Great Pawer on Rcovered Fami-lee, LITrLE ROCK, May 20,-Ov. his way to California, whence he will start on May 31 on his round the world j )urncy, Rev. Dr. Talmage, having halted here, preached today to a large audience on the subject of "Recovered Families." The text chosen was Samuel xxx, 4 19: "Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept until they had no more power to wcep. * * * David recovered all." There is intense excitement in the vil. lage of Z'klig. David and his men are bidding goodby to their families and are off for the wars. In that little yillage oi Ziklag the defenseless ones will be smfe until the warriors, flushed with vctory, come home. But will the defenselss cue be safe? The soft arms of children are around the neeks of the bor z3d warriore until they shake themselves free nd start, and bandkerchieis and fligs ate waved and kisses thrwu until the armed inen vanish beyond the hills. David aw4 his men soon get through witt theli night on their way homeward. Every night on their way home no sooner doef the soldier put his head on the knapsacli than in his dream he hears tue vclecom of the wile and the shout of the child, Oh, what long stories they will have to tell their families of how they dodaed thc battleox. and then will roll up their sleeve und show the half holed w, im I With glad, quick step, they march ou, David and his men, for they are mtu ch ing home A MARCH AND A VICTORY Now tie conol up to the just hill which overlook % kZ ie, anda t hey t x pect !n a momeni to sce the dwellig places ol their 'oed ones. Tioy liook. and as 1hey look their cheek turna, pta, and their hip quivers, and their land im voluntarih couc. down on 'he hilt, of tie sword. "Wbere is Z King? Where arte our homee?'' they ci y Ala, the cuil ine smoke above the iuin . elia he tra ed3l The Amvialekilew have come down mid coneuw d the village and varrti d t he mothers, and the wives. and the -hildr(-in of David and his mien into cpulivity Tue swarthy warriors stand lor at w. moments tratnafiXed with horror. Thehi their eyes ginucte 1.0 each other; and the burst into untcontrollable wet ptio, to when a stroi.g warrior wt eps t e griet iA appalling. Itseemni, as it the emotion might tear him to pieces. Ttey "wepi. until they had nto more p >wer to weep ' But soon their sorrow turns into rage auc David, swingimg lisa sword high in the air, cries, "Piarsue, for thiout shalt ovei - take them and wiout, fall recover all.'1 Now the umarch becomes a "double quiick."' Two hunitdred oi Davioi's men stop by tne brook Bestor, lainit with fti gue and grief. Tney cannot, go ia sten farther. They are leltt there. Bt. the other 400 men und~er D~avid, with a sort of panther step, march on in sorrow andt in rage. They find by the side of the road a half' dead 3gyptian, and they re suscitate him and compel him to tell the whole istory. He sas, "Yonder they went, the captors and3( the captives,'' pointing in the direction. Forward, ye 400 brave men of firel Very soon David and hi8 enraged comn pan come upon the Amalekitish host Yonder they see their own wives and children amt mothers and under Amale kitish guard. Here are the ofilcers of the Amalguard. Ihere are the etlicers of the Amalekitish army holding a ban quet. The cups are full; the music is is roused; the (lance begins. The Amal ekitish host cheer and cheer and cheer over their victory. But without note of' bugle or warming of trumpet David and his 400 men burst upon the scene. David and his men look up, and one glance at their loved ones mi captivity and under Amalekitish g.uard throws them into a very fury of-determination, for you know how men will fight when they fight for their wives and children. Ah, there are lightnings in their ej e, and every finger is a spear, and their voice Is like the shout of the whirlwind! Amid the upset tankardls and the costly viands crushed underfoot, the wounded Amal - ekites lie-their blood minirling with their wine-shrieking for mercy. No sooner do David and his men win the victory than they throw their swords down into the dust-whiat do they want with swords now?-and the broken tami lies come together amid a great shout of joy that makes the parting scene in Zik lag seem very insipid in the comparison. The rouah old warrior has to use some persuasion before lie can get his child to come to him now after so long an ab sence, but soon the little finger traces the familiar wrinkle across the scarred face. And then the empty tankards are set up, and they are filled with the beat wine from the hills, and David and his men, the husbands, the wives, the brothers, the sisters, drink to the over throw of the Amaiekitiles and to the re building oi Z kiag. S3, O) Lordl. let thmne enemies pera! THlE RETURN. Now they are cowing home, David and his men and their inmilies-ia long proceson. Meni, women and childi en, loaded with jewels and robes and with all kinds of trophies that the Amalekites had aathered up In years of cot quest. everything new in the hands of Davidl and bis men. When thbey come by theI brook Besor, the place where staid the men sick and incompetent to travel, the jewels and the robes and all kinds of treasures are divided among the sick as well as among the well. Surely the li'me and exhausted ought to have sorme of the treasures. Here is a lobe for a pale faced warrior. Here is a pillow for' this dyimg man. Heie is a handful of gold for the wasted trumpeter. I really tbink that these men who tamnted by the brook Besor may have endured as much as those men who went Inte the battle. Somne mean fellows objected to the sick ones having any of the spoils. The ob jectors said. "These men did not fight." David, with a magnanimous heart, re plies "As his part is that yoeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stufi." This subject Is practically suggestIve to me. Thank Goed, in these times a man can go ofi on ajourney and be gone Weeks aunc months and come back and b see his house untouched of Jncendiary m and have his famliv on the step to greet b him if by telegram be has foretold the u moment e I bis coming. Bul there are ti Anmalekilis itisastrr, tiere are Amal- ti ekitish diseaseoai that, sometimes come I d wn uprn ono's home, makinur no de- fi vastating work as the day when ZIklag u took fire. There are families you repro. uI sen, brLke ip. No battering rain smote f< in the door, no iconcelast crumbled the n statues, no Ihme leaped amid the cur- o tains, but so tar as all the joy and merri- % ment that one belonaed to that house h are concerned the home has departed. s Armed diseases cane down upon the v quie'ness of the sceue--carlet tovers or 1I pleurlies or corrsumptions or undeflned ib disorders came and sewzd upou some a members of that family and carried them away. Z-klag in asheet And you go about, eometimes weeping and some times enraged, waning to get back your loved ones as much as David and his men wonted to reconstruct their do. spoiled householde. Z-kla in asheeiI S>mo of you went cfl From home. You counted the days of your absence. Ev ery day eemed af iong as a week '.1h bow glad you were when the tiime caine for you to go aboard the steamboat or c rail car and start for lome? You ar- c rived. You went uu the aireet where t your dwelling was, and in the naht put t your hand on the doorbell, and, behold! it was wrapped with the signal heicave- I 'lent, and you fuund that Amalekitish death, which has devaktated i thousand other houecholds, had blasted yours. You ao abou.t weeping umid the desoli. tion of your oes happy home, thinkinut of the bright eyes closed, and the noble hearts stol)ped, and the gentle hands folded, and you weep until you have no I ) vre rower 1 wcep. Z-klag in ashes. I A gente man went I 10 a friend of mine t in tie city of Washinuton ond asked t that throulh him he might, get a consul. I s'itp to sone toreigit port, M y' friend I said to him, "What (it you want -)to go away from yonr benutiful liomic fr iuto a foreirn port?" "0 ht" he replied. *"my home is gon( I My iix children are dead. I must cot away, sir. CW0II Stand in this country iiv lonieor." ASIES 01-' LIF. WhVy thCse lo1.u shadow1is W. ' heVoreave ment ecross this audience? Why is ii that in amIMosl. ev' rv assom slavo hick is the ireominatiil color I' the anmparlr? Is it, becausti y'u d' not like i-*Iton m brown or vide ? 0't. t) I 1y '1 sit,. "The world is i1o' 8. britc <o u i- a o-Cce it W1a," anfd there is a stol of' S A Ittt vIiceS Pnd < 1'411l1 teei 11nd 0of loved 0 o41 Lnteo and wheu i.u Ilt k .v, r ihei b'lil' expec-411 oc1 h beaua* aItd lovell it# '-S. 3 11 find '-liist devit"at, ou and voe. Z kh,c in ast ! 1 On-~dav mn Ulster county. N, Y i ' lv i lage Ourcor was dI.lcolae i u a 11tl 1 tha trg ance ot the ti IweIs was aiinlio ti h-( wildeuturu Thel ma.1ideaut ot I he VI! a lov-e hiad I-mpth0-d the- phlice < i fl-wer- 11 tipot otitn marritage it ar. O. of 't h i, i *n -l nuMbe-r was (Il -jct-I tU, a miluis- r b of Chi-t. who I'l co41me to t ake h er t.., h'a OWn h(ome. Witl h ti(ij tiled, 1In)id C A Corl1ayitul Ut~otry aUidiOnCe, 1th Vows wvt-r iaken. i. t'reo daatrs romt hit tnli on1e of those who stoodi at I ho altlr ehnedearth f.,r eenvu. The wedf ding matich broke down into tho tuieral t diraji Ther were not, enoIuL'! 11 'wCn r Ior the c,-lIla lid, b.-cause the~y hi::d (1ll ' heeni taken for tihe bridal hour11. The - (dead mlnmster of Christ is bou11 h t to an.i o'ter vutlace. I lHe had1( unne11 olt from) them(1 esa 1han' I a w eek he lore in hiis s-trengthi; n1Io he comles home lIfeless. 1'Te wvhole chu c1h jE moved ar' unde to Io'.k 11pm~ thietm bice -Y that once had beamed t,( le messege of h sllvationi. Little children wcre ifleI up to loo1k at him.)1 And some oft thlose C wvhom ho had1( comlforted in days~ of sor row, wheni 1,hey passed0( that silent form. m madl~e the1110 placdeaidfuli with their wi' ep- r) img. Another viillage emptied of its ilo flowers-some of them ipuit in the shape Li of' a cross to) symbliOliZe his hope, others wV putt in tihe sha111 of a crown to symbol, li 120 h1i8 trinulnp. A hunored lights lown bl out in 0one strong gust from tile open at door 0f a epuleher. Ziklag in ashet! A RALLY ORlY. 0 I preach this Bermon) today because I want to rally you as David rallied his men, fbr the recovery of' the loved and c the lost.. 1 want, not only to win heav en, but 1 want all tis Congregation to f' no along with me. I teel somiehow I f have a resplonsibility in your arriving 8i at that great, city. Do you really want C to inm the comnpamionship of your loved fl ones who have gone? Are youi as anx bons to join thlem ats David andic hia men n wei e to join tiheir familie? Then I a'nu I hlere, inI tihe name11 0f Giod, to say that yeu may and to tell you how. 1 remark, in tihe ~f1rst place, if youi want to join your lovedl on' im glory, you must travel the same13 way Ihmey' went. No sooner hlad the halt deadt Egyptian heeni resuscitatedl than he0 o polinted. tihe way tihe captors ando the cap- a tives had1( goneo, andi Davidl aind his men ai followedl af ter. So our Christitan friends y have gone into ainotiher country, and1( if II ycu want to reachl their compan11tionshipt a we nmust take the same11 road. Thley re0, p~ented; we must, repent. They prayed; " we must pray. They trusted in Chbrist- d we must truat in Christ. They lhved a religions hfe; we most 1iv3 a religious t life. Tney were ini some thlinlgi like Il ourselves. I know, 11ow that they tare tl gone, there is a btt airound their namies It but thley had thieir faults. They 11aid1 w, and1( did things they ought nlever to havie ti entid or done. They were sometimes (i rebellhous, sonmetimles cast down. T1hey it were far from bemlg peCrtect. S) I slip- II 1)0se thiat when we hatve gone somne ti things in us that are 41ow only tolerable may be almost resteledet. IBut a - they were like us in (delteienciles we ought to be like them in taking a super i ail Christ, to make upt for tile dliclita. t I111d ii 110t beeni fr ,Jet us they woubt 1 have ail perished. but, Chlrist confronted w them and( said(, "1 amii tile way,'' all. se they took it. I havie 1l1.> to stay to y-u I hat, tile lht patth that thie~e caiptives trod wats a y troubled path, an d that David and his~ d men hlad to, ao ever Itihe 8same1 nIlicul, titi way. Wile these captives were beine e" taken elf thy said, "'Oi, w~ tare a, CIn tired; we are so &~cI; wes are so1 hmar y, a 4 Bt the men who bud1( cihargeor 01hemt W atdd: "Stop this crymvg. Go obl!'' D ivi liv and lis men also found it a hlard wav. They hlad to travel it. Our triends have i gone intA) glory, and it is through much wI Iribulation that, we are to enter into tile 00 aingdom. Ilow our loved ones used to Ti have to struggl low their 01-l heats th< ached! flow sometimes thtey hadl a tus. fit ale for bread! In our chiludhsod we WOn. be' dered why there wete so miany wrmnkles int on their faesa. We did not know that co Whalt were called "crow's feet'' on their an faces wore the marks of the bick raven s of trouble. Did you never hear the old so people, seated by the evening stand, a talk over their early trials, tnelr hard, a ships, the accidents, the tuirals, tihe dis- f~ appoirstments, the empty flonr barrel at when thero were so many hungr nes 10 tate David and divide among you rome glorious trophies. Here is a robe, "All tbings work together for good to those who love God." Wrap yourself in that glorious promise. Here is for your neck a string of pearls, made out of crystallized tears, "Weeping may en dure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning." Here is a coronet, "Be thou faithful until death, and I will ive thee a crown of life." Oh, ye faInting ones by the brook Besor, dip your blistered feet in the running stream of God's mercy. Bathe your brow at the wells of salvation. Soothe your wounds with the balsam that ex udes from trees of life. God will not utterly cast you off, 0 broken hearted man, 0 broken hearted woman, faint ing by the brook Besor. A shepherd finds that his musical pipe is bruised. I1e says: "I can't get any more music out of this instrument, so I will just break it, and I will throw this reed away Then I will get another reed, and I will play music on that." But God says he will not cast you off because all the music has gone' out- of your soul. "'he bruised reed he will not break." As far as I can tell the diagnosis of your disease, you want divine nursing, and it is promised you, "As one whom his mother comforteth so will I comfort you." God will see you all the way through, 0 troubled soul and when you come down to the Jordan of death you will find it to be as thin a brook as Besor, for I)r. Rob. inson says that in April Besor dries up and there is no brook at all. And in your last moment you will be as placid as the Kentucky minister who went up to God, saying in the dying hour: "Write to my sister Kate and tell her not to be wor'ried and frightened about the story of the horrors around the deathbed. Tell her there Is not a word of truth in it, for I am there now, and Jesus is with mi, and I find it a very happy way, not because I am a good man, for I am not-1 am nothing but a poor, miserable sinner-but I have an Al mighty Saviour, and both of his arms are around me." May God Almighty, through the blood of the everlasting convenaut, bring us into the companionship of our loved ones who have already onter ed the heavenily land and itio the pre sence of I hrist, whom not having keen we love, and so David shall recover all, "and as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so sh-ull his part be tht tar rieth by the stulf" AGAINS rT HE ROADS. The State WIns In tho Tex Peinnity It, b to F iht. COLUMBIA, S. C., May 23.-The State has won again in the railroad tax cases. Yesterday Attorney G moteral Buchanan receivid a copy o' Judge Si monton's decision in the mat.ter of the Itichmond and D-inville to have 'he penalties on its back taxes ri-mitt ed. I'le decision declares that the penalti-s must be p4id arld thereby gives the otate about..30,000, which it would not have otherwise obtained. The decision reads as follows: With regard to the penalty this pro vision is made In the tax acts to secure promptnes- in the payment of taxes and as compensation tor de-lay in their payment. The provision is general ap plicable to all taxpayers alike; iiid.-ed operates for the protection of tuxpaye's who pay Iheir taxes. It is not -ur-a sonable, and its wisdom cainnot be (118 puited. WVheni a taxpayer thinks him self aggrieved in the amount of the tax levied upon his property, among the considerat ions which must present themselves to him if ho contemplates resisting the tax is the risk he rur's ot the provision for a penalty. And when le litigates, however good may be his faith in the litigation, if' he fails he must accept the consequences of do teat. The question he makes is very simple. The tax oflicers make a claim. lie denies it. The court is appealed to, ciecides and the consequences follow. If he loses his case he is in default. So the law is written. Now a recgiver occupies in this re gaard no better position than any other taxpayer. He is bound to fulfill all the duties of a property holder, must pay the lawful taxes levied upon his prop erty and enjoys the same right every other ts'xpayer has of disputing the le gality af the tax ir lhe thinks it illegal, subject to the same consequences which befall every other taxpayer if he fails. Trute, lhe is the hand of the court, and sets under the instruction and protec tion of the court. And in these cases, after application to the court, was au thorized to make the test. But the court did not and could not free him from the necessary result of failtire in such suit. The laws of South Carolina are as binding on the court as they are on any inhabitant of her territory, and no order of the court could protect the receiver from incui ring the pen alty itn posed by these laws. A fter earefuloconsideration this court has reached the conclusion that it can not interfere or prevent the payment of the penalties attached to so mu ch of the tax as was delinquent. Of' course tinder the words of the law such pen alties attached to so much only of the tax as was not paid, hut with regardl to the cost of executions the result is otherwise. All this property was al ready under execution and in the hand s of this court. 'The universal rule is that property in the hands or control of a court cannot be reached b~y any othier process whatever. This ls the lixed and itivariable rule in this coun try under our duplex form of govern mont. This court cannot interfere with the process of any cf the State courts, however humble. Nor can the govern ment of the Unmted States interfere w ith property seized uinder the revenue or police powers of the State. When, therefore, attempt was made to levy onl this property of the receiver such at tempt was nugatory and void . No ex acutiorn could be leviedi on it and no :!ost s attach. It is ordleredl that the receivers pay :he penalty on all balances of taxes uin paId, and that they do not pay any soats of levy on any prloperty in their iands as receivers. CHARrirs II. SIMONTON, Circuit, J muige. -rhe, Wir,, jir'ke. NAsuIvinn, Tenn., Mmy 23 --while Ieorue Ch'arist, was at~tempiug to walk I steel c Il stretched across the publi quare at Shelbs ville. Tenno., and carIry I ns wile, Lizz s Chorist, the cable snalp led and bothi fell to thte 8' Ony macida nlz"(d greundl, thirty-flve rect beo Jharjst's hip is brokeni and ho ia terri. >dv bruised, but will recover. Ilip wilt' s secriously mnjuredl and will dlie. Ile rae a professlional wire walker and had :iven many previous perromances in 'arious paris of the country without, in mry. nianditi tn Texas, LONOV IEW, Texas, May 24 -At 8 1'. d. flye rotetiers entered the First Na-. lonal Bank of Longvlew. The presi lent and cashier were ordered to hold I p i heir hands and the robbers secured 12.500. Several officers and citizens net tao robbers and a constant firing ras kept up, during which G~eorge luckingham and ,J. W. McQqteen were tillied and Marshal Muckeiroy bedly1 Irounded. One of the robbers was1 tillet. feed, the sIckness almost unto death here the next d )se of morahine decided tween ghastly bereavement and an sbroken home circle? 0b. Yes, it was oublo that whitened their hair? It was ouble that shook the cup in their hands. was trouble that washed the luster om their eyes with the rain of tears util they needed spectacles. it was ouble that made the cane a necessity r their journey. Do you never re. iember seeing vcur old mother sitting u some rainy day, looking out of the 'indow, her elbow on the window sill, or hand to her brow-looking out, not 'eingl the fallimv shower at all-you 'cll knew she was lookiug into the dis. intV past-until L:o apron came up to ereyea, because the inemory was too mich Ir her. Oft the big, unbidden tear Stealing down the furrowed cheek, Told in, l0(uenco sincere Ta'es of woe they could not speak. But, this se2ne of weeplug o'er. Past thissceneof toll and pain, They shall feel distress no more, Never, never weep Again. A CALL TO EFFORT. "Who are these under the altar ?" the testion was asked and the response amne, "These are they which caine out. f great tribulation and have washed heir robes and made them white in he blood of the Lamb." Our friends vent by a path of tears into glory. Be ot surprised if we have to travel the ame pathway. I remark, again, if we want to win he society of our friends in heaven,we vill not, only have to travel a path of aith and a path of tribulation, but we vill also havo to positively battle for heir coinpaiiionsiip. David and his nen never wanted sharp swords and iivulnerabie Mhields and thick breast ates so ntich as they wan ed them on no day whetn they cato down upon 1:e Amiale'kites. If they had lost that attle-, they never would have got their inilies back. I sl)pose that ooe lance at their loved ones in captivity tirled them) into the battle with ten [ld courago and energy. They said: We must win it. Everything depends pon it. Let each one take a man on oint of spear or sword. We must win ." And I have to tell you that be. wren us and coming into the compan niship of our loved ones who are de ar.ed there is an Aus'-riitz, there is a vtysburg, there is a Vaterioo. War ith thae world, war with the flesh, war ll the devil. We have either to con. ier our t roubies, or our troubles will ji (ier us. David will either slay the a.i- kiies or the Amualekitbs w ill N 1) ivid. Arid yet, is not the fort to 4 iaken wori h all the pain, all the -rlalt Ithe esigement ? L, ioh I Wto, are t hey on 'he brigh, ils ofl he tven yonder? There they v, those who n'. at your own table, it cotir now vacatt . There they are, tose whom you rocked in Infancy in wv cradle or hushetu to sleep in your is. 'hete they are, those in whose t, your lito was bound up. There they re, t.heir irow tioro radiatit than ever tore you saw it, their lips waiting ir the kiss of heavenly greeting, their i0ick roseate with the health of eter al sutumer, their heads I e-koning you p to I he stAt ep, the feet boundmng with w m1irthi ol' heaven. The pallor of twir last. stekness gone out of their ICe, evermore to be sick. nevermore I rough. nevermore to limp, never iore to be old, nevermore to weep 'hey are watctuing I r'om those heights~ ) two It thrnough Christ you can take int fort antd whether you will rush in pon them--victors. T1hey know that put this battle depnends whether you til ever' join their society. Up! Sinke trdler! Charge lmore bravely! Re ember that every fitch you giam put~s en so iiinuch farther on1 toward that avenly reuniioni. VICTORY ORl DEATI. lf this morning while I speak you iild hear the cannonade of a foreign wimy which was to despoil your city, id i ft hey really should succeed in car ing your families away from you,how ng would we take before we resolved go after them? Every weapon, hether fresh from the armory or old id rusty in the garret, would be ought out, and we would urge on, id coming in front of the foe we ouldcilook at them and then look at ir families, and the cry would be, Victory or death!I" and wvhen the am unition wa~s gone we would take the ptors on the point of the bayonet or nder the breech of the gun. If you would mai~ke such a struggle ir the getting back of your earthly 'iends, will you not mak~e as much ruggle for t he gaining of the eternal )mpan ionship of ' your heavenly 'eiens? Oh, y es, we must join them I le must sit in their holy society. We itist sing with them the song. We mtat elebrate with them the triumph. oet, it ntever be told on earthl or in tuavent that D avid and1( lis mein pushed ut with oraver hearts for the getting tick ot their earthly frienids for a few ears on earth than we to got our do airtedl! You say that all this implies that tin departed Christian friends are Live. WVhy, have yo1u any idea they re dead ? 'Thbey have only moved. If au should go on the 2nid of May to a ouise where one of your friendslivedl id tind him gone,you wouild no! think mat he was dead. You would inquire ext dooCr wvhero he had mioved to. Our paflrted Christian frniends have only Lken another house. The eret is that e'y are richer now than they once ore and can aff'ord a better residence, hey once dirank out of cethenwaire toy now drink from tihe King's chal 0. "du seph is yet~ alive," and .Jacob til go up and see himi. Living, are icy ? Why, if a man can live In this imp, dark dutngeon of earthly captiv y, can lie not live where he breathes e bracing atmosphere of the moun ins of' heaveni ? Oh, yes, they are iing! D~o you think that Paaui is so near adt nowv as he was when he was liv g in the Itomnan dlienon ? Do von ink that Frederick litaertson~ of ightont Is as near dlead now as he is when, y ear aft er' year, he slept itied on thle i or, his hiead on the tem of a chair, because he could d ease in rio other positt1 n ? Do it think that lItoneri.11all is as near td now as when, on his couch, he bed ini phy sicil torturesa? No. Death v'e them the few black dirops thai red them.ii That is alil death (does to 3hristian-cures him. I know that tat, I have saidI impties that 'they are lug. There is no que-stion about it. The only qulestion this morning. vhether 30ou wil ever joinl them. hnt. I must not forget these 200 meni lo taInted by the brook JBesor. They I id not tako anlothier step farther, eir feet were sore; their head ached; J dir entire nature wats exhausted. sies that, tlhey were broken hearted eause their homes were gone Ziklag ashtesi And yet Da~vid, when lie 2 rues tup to them, dlevides the spoilst tong them, Ie says they shall have< ue of this jewels, some of the robesi ne of the treasures. I look over ( is audience this morning, and I find least 200 who have tainted by the1 0ok Besor--the brook of tears- You ] el as if you could not take another I pfateasthough you could never1 ok Un aIat nt I a- going to li.. THE BRIBERY CASE. Oo Senator Oftred Sventy-1vo Thous and Do)iMr". WASH INGTON, May 24 --Tbe special committee ap olnted to lnvetigate the charges of bribery O1lieged to have beet) attempted by Maj. i3uttz, and also the doings of the sugar trust in connection with legislation, held two sessions Monday behind closed doors and with newspaper men and the public exclud ed. The first began a few minutes after 10 o'clock and lasted until 1 o'clock. when a recess for an hour was taken. During the recess Senator Gray, speaking for the committee, said that as soon as this case was concluded the committee would print the testimony and lay it before the Senate. ie said that it would be pretty Much on the line of that which has heretofore ap peared in the newspapers, but with more details. The fact that a. direct offer of money was made has been proven by one witness, at least, accord ing to the statement of the chairman of the committee. Senator lunton knew nothing ex cept upon hearsay evidence, but told the committeo what he had learned from his son. Eppa Ilunton, Jr , was next put on the stand and told the committee how he had been approach ed by Maj. Buttz and offered a sum of money it he would induce his father to vote against the pending bill. Senator Kyle was on the stand long er than any one else, for it was devel oped that the offer to bribe had been made to him direct by the man who stands charged with the conmission of the offense. At least this was the in terpretation put upon the testimony by the committee. Senator Kyle testi lied that Mr. Buttz had offered hi i money for his votet, saying that he cotild have $75,000 and mado an offer of $14,000 down. Immediately after the cornmitteo met, Buttz made a written request of the chairman of the committee to be present with his attorney and cross ex amine witnesses To this rtquest no atotent ion was given and Butt z subse quently gave his r quest to Ihe press. l' committee investigating the charge of bribery in connection with the tariff bill made but little progress owing to i he fat lure of Maj. lut z to return and conclude his ten-riimony. The Sergeant.-At.Arms was sent, after the witness but did not ifnd him. iHe learned, however, that he had gone to a suburban Iowa for a man with whom he bel eved he should have a confertenee b foro he concihtuled his testilmmv, qrand t hit he would be before the ctm mittee the first thing in the mornring, This inflormation ws also contveyed to the chairman of the coi mittee, by Mr. NicGo wn, the at tuiriey of Mr. Buttz, who cilled on Mr. Gray to explin the absenco of hIs ceitenit. I'he committ ee believes it will be able to conclude this branch of the case to morrow. There are evidences of the fact that the committee intends to push ahead with t.he nv.stigation of the charges that the Strgar L'r ust has been interter ing with legislation, for the Sergeant at-Arms was today instructed to Sire Mr. E J. Ei wards, the author of the Iholland letter in Philadelphia, Pa., wherein the Sugar Trust was arraign. td, and asked him if lie would1 accept service arnd appear before the commit tee Thursday next. TLhis was dannt atnd Mr. Ed wards repliedl that he would ac. cept I ho telegram as service ai~d be in Washiuigton at the time namedl. It is also unierstoori that a number of well knowan Washington newspaper men have been decided upont as8 the proper persons to summon be fore the committee to tell what they know regardin'g certaIn stories they have been publishing in connection with the sutgar schedule aind the means by which that schedule was adopted. If the committer cannot dio that it is said that it will at least show that the newspaper men got their mnformafton from what they believed to) be reliable sources (presumably members of the Senate) and will then proceed to summon Senators arid run the rumors to their foundation. The committee expects to cormplete the in vestigation of this ph,.ae of the case within t wo weeks. Homicide at Langley. AvUUSTA, May 24.--On Monday evening about 7 o'clock a shooting scrape occurred In L angley which has re suited in the dieath of one of Langley ittzens. The facts concerning this de plorable affair are hard to get at, but we will give them as they were given to us: 10 appears that old man .John Augustine and bli son Charlie are on gaged in merchandising, an~d on Mon day evening got into a dlispute over seime affairs which led to blows. Dr. Toland, who was either in the store or passing ait the time. hearing the dis turbanice ran in between father and son to separate thorn. What occurred then wvas riot made clear to us, but at t his jtiimcture John, another son of old man Autgustine, ran in andl drawing fda pistol shot Dr. Tfoland In the back, the ball penetrating In the region of the heart. The D~octor lingered until about i1 o'clock on TVues day when lie died. Yotung' Augustine tried to escape but was caught twvo miles out of Lanng lWy anid arrested. i~e was taken back t~o Langley and turned ver to Sheriff Alderman yesterday who broutght him to Aiken and lodged bim in jail. The Auigustines claima 0Itat] D~r. Toland was lIghting old manm J'hni Auguistine. We tried to gat his vers on of the affair bunt hte dlechind. We itnderst and the feeling aginst the Au nustlines is quiite bitter itniagley. Dr. Tolat has only been iVng in Lanrglev a short while. ile is from IEdgi-ileld County, and hais a faimily which lhe expectedl shortly to bring to Langley to live, ie was an old mtani. -Chronicle. I'.-cuitar (Ojg. GU'rrn, (O T., May 2-.-D-!. WV. I'racketi, of Nor mani, is lyttog at tne ioi ''t of dieat h from bloo:1 polsarninir aroiight atbuit int a very pecutliar mnan er. Mr. T1rackett is arn undertaker, urd a week ago wasc-iled itpono to t ake -harge ot the body of a marn nameitd 4tenn, who had11 comm iitted suicide arid tad riot breen lounrd for stomel days. l.'h#. body was badliy decomposed at-td :overedl with fII a, and whtile the untder aker' was at. Wor k the flies woutIld light mn him it great numbers arid bite him harply. Tn're doetors state that he was ntoculted with thr. deadly poison of the corpse by the flies, anid lie cannot lve. LONDON, May 24 --A Vienna dis )ttch to ['he Daily News reports: Duir nig a dance in the village of 8btnzon, tear Oedenburg, a quarrel arose lie ween the young ment about sme we nen. A gendarme Intervened to re itore order, whereupon the young men tirrounded him in a thretenoing mani- I ler. The oficer believing his life was n danger, drew a revolver and fired nto the crowd. Iils bullets struck arid tilled four-young men and a girl. The] nfuriated crowd then set upon the, rendarme and pounded and kicked him antil life was extinct. The whole vil age is terribly wrought up over the aff air and further trouble is feared ENTHUSIASTIC FOR OATES Nominated for Gov'ernor by the Alabama Dewrcrats MONToOMERY. Ala, May 22.-The Lemocratic State convention met at noon today, in Rlepresentativo Hall in the capitol building, but soon adjouuned un til 4 p. n., owning to the failure of the State committee to report upon the con tests. The convention reassembled at 4 p. ma., and was Called to order by Chairma'n Smtith. whose remarks were well received. ls mention of Cleve land's hane was lbudly cheered. ills speech was a plea for harmony In the Democratic ranks. The State commit tee recommended Ion. R. II. Clarke for temporary chaIrman. This was ratiged without a dissenting voice. Mr. Clarke's appearance on the stand was received with hand- claiping, cheer Img and waving of bats and fins. He spoke only a few moments and declared the convention ready for business. A. Sicinbart of Greenville was selected for temporary secretary. The roll of coun ties was called and the action of the Slie committee ratifled without dia Pent. Their report gave seats to the O.ites delecates from Lee and the Col bert and Havo delegates to Johnston. This made no chanRe in the status of thu eandidates as heretofore reported. The acceptance of thp committee report re moved all possi'ility of further contest before the convention and was a great relief, as the delegates desired to get through their work. A committee was oppointed on permanent organization. During its retiretrent, a motion was made to adj')urn until 9 o'clock to mor row, but it Was voted down. Then a motion for recess until 8:30 p. n. suffered a similar fate. Durizd the absence of the committee on permanent origanization. a comtuittee was appointed to invite and escort Gov ernor Jones to the stand. His appear atice was the nienal for a wild outburst of cheers and applau'se. le made an ad dress tull of feeling and urginiz the corm mnm topother of the partisans of the vari ous aspirauts aud working for the sac cess of the party. It was moved that the committee report for the temporary orginiz ition be the permanent. Adopted without a vote. The order of businos made the nomi iiion of Govercuor con', first. A reso hitlanwas 'utroduced eulgzn. Senator M'roan and tavorim- his re election. It wa, ref'erred to the committen on plat to i A cnumittee on Al tef "in was 111p inled, with Et. C. Tompkins' for chair man, and one memb.-r tr'em each conrr- ssinal District. Thie rules ad omteim frhahbe any speech or eulogy of' a ci(mdidate in placiwg his name bef r the co,'nve.etlou. The chair then announmed nominations for Giverior to be in ord-r The name of Col. Wnl (. O4tes was first pre sented. The namo of Capt. Joseph F. Johsion followers at once sent up- a bicut which last ed for a briet spell When it subsided, the O.tes men concluded to wst thei'r lung p'ower. It was a scene of extraordinary enthusiasm on the fl >or and iu the gallery. The applause and cheering continued until it looked as if eirde r could not be restored. When the shouting died( out., it was taken up again only to increase in volume. Finally ouijet, was r'estoredi, and the roll call be gen. Not a chi tge from the repo)rts al. ready punblished was made. The flhures of the advocates of Colonel Oates made last, Thursday morning after the conven tions were heIld were veriflod to the ful-' est extent. The result was 272 fajr Oates and 232 for Johnston. .lefore thie secretary announced the votc, RI W. RL'odecs of the l3rmingham dfelegatiotn arose and, sfter brief tibute to Captain Johnston, moved to make the nomination of OGites unanimous. There was another wild demonstration of cheering and shouting. A committee was appointed to escort Colonel Oates to the hail. Ho was not in the Capitol building, but at his head. ruarters down town, where the commit tee found him During their absence, Captain Joinaton was brought Into the hall and made a brief speech, in which lhe pledged lleart1y support of the ticket ifnd~urgedl harmony in the ranks. .Oites's entrance st~arted the enthusi m afresh and it continued for some nomuents, while he was waiting for it o subside. lie made a brief speech of icceptance, thanking the convention for he .reait honor conferred upon him of f-adinl! the Democratic hosts of his arive State. His remarks were all )itched on the key of harmony and made i profound impression. The convention ladjourned until 10 o'clock to-mnorrow Wvili go to Nashvins. CoLUMt n IA, S. C., May'23.-The State's lispatches of Sunday contained the In :elligence that Rev. W. 1). KIrkland, D). D)., of this city had been elected Sutnday school editor by the' Methodist general conference in Memphis, Tek'nn. Jhils wats gratifying news to Dr. Kirk and's hosts of friends in this State, but t could scarcely be called welcome Jews, for his election necessitates his saving the State. lie will move to N~ashiville, the seat of the church's pqblishing iterests, Dr. Kirikiland is a rative Carolinian; was born In Orange murg couinty the 17th of August, 1849, wals eucated at Wdfford College wvhero lhe graduated In 1870. lie joined ~he conference the following December ut.d soon Look position among the f'>re nlost preachers. While presiding elder >f the Coffesoury district In 1885, lie wast elected editor of the Southern 3hr'staln Advocate fo four ysers and was re-eiected in 1889 arid in 1893. in 1891 he re'ceived the aegree of doctor of it vinilty from Ei neory C llege, Ga. Dr. Kirkland was ai uI.legate 'o the general mnfaernices of 1880 and 1890. aund this vrear lie headed thec del-gatton froni 'ottf Carolina. Dr. Kirklamd holds aeveral other imipor ianic p'sitions~ In the ahiurch, aimonfg themti trustee of his alma Rnnter andc( a membier of the mile .lonary board .f the doutherni Metho list, Church. 'The doc'or Is a nuan of etroneg ('hairact.er, fine executive Abilit~y ned of (Welded counviecllons, wich1 he -xpressfs loroiloly and fetel-saly on aill )ropfe'r ic'casionsl. As a journalist his me'cess reas been ver y murked. ie has nade(1 t he Adlvocate one of the best religous piptras in the Soth, and his >lasoe will bei hard to fill. Dr. Kirkland's suicessr as editor of the Advocate will >e selected by the publiahing cornmit. ee andI~ the bishop will appoint in ac o0rdance with its recomimendatl mn he appointment to hold until the next astoun of the annual conference In De ~ember. Dr.Klrkland is expected home oday, the general conference haviag d~jurned ont Monday, after a session of hree weeks.-State. Shot by the Sheti1ff. LAF'EYETT~E, Usa, May 24.-Sherliff santc JBrossard shot and killed lienry tones, a negro ravisher, who has been vanted for a month. The fiend met a year-ola girl and her little brother In he roadway and seizing her carried ier oft and accomplished his Durpose. Af MmU41O. Roanesg are Happy ]oms, Have you ever notwced it? call to mind the hnes of your friends who have a good Piapo or Organ in the house. Are t not brighter and More attractiv an those where the divine art of music never enters? To be sure it costs to buy a good -nstru .ment, but it lasts many years, ad will pay its costs many a thousand times over by interesting the young folks in their homes. Don't make the mistake though, of investing haphazard. Pos yoursel' thoroughly by writing- Ludden & Bates Southern Music House, Savah. nab Ga., the great music house of the South, established in 1870. They have supplied 50,000 instruments to South ern homes, and have a reputation for fair prices and honorable treatment of customers; and they represent the lead Ing pianos and organs of Anerica They take pleasure. in corresponding with you, sending free, catalogues, etc. Write them. FT PVS THE FREIGH1 V1 Pal N .n Pilots for Goods I :d oalogu aud See What You Cam SMi $69 *" $37 _lkitj J N It u.)(tce thera. No fre.h 1ai oothid Or. ga!%. Guar-a4utteed co b a 1., O urcanl or vconuy re *' ni l'PAR4IOR T'i , conclating Oa, --.ri Char, ftookhw Chair DI)vark ' 'de C .r. -wr11 h$45. W11i'1 dltes Ti0 No.'I --- - Sim* I With 21 - piecesof r - Ware will - JW bedeliver - i ed to yot* depo for * $3o szwlna ~cn vith aill willo i. .mrit. For -ONLY18 .50 dlvrdtoyurep. *T1he regubehr v icof h t( GO ti ( '.':5-b'hnra. 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