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RELIGION FOl! BUSY MKN.Ij A LESSON DRAWN FROM DANIEL IN I THE LION'S DEN. ; J " I J)r. Talmiigr Sho\ri> That (In* M??ro Work ( You Have to I)o ttio Moro Nectl You Have for Christianity?Uo?l and tlie . Ilallnt llox. *. | Waco, Tkxj, Aug. 31.?l)r. Talmago to-day delivered the following discourse ?>n the text: "Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel and cast litm into the den of lions." Daniel vi. 30. Darius was king of llabylon. and the youugnian Daniel was so inuch a favorite with him thai he made him prime minister, or secretary of state. JJut no man could gam such a high position without exciting the envy and jealousy of the people. 1 here were ue nagogucs In j.ahylon who were so appreciative of their own abilities that they were aHVonte?l at the elevation of this young man. Old Hahylon was afraid of young J?abylon. The taller the cedar, the more apt it is to be riven by the lightning. These demagogues asked the king lo make a decree that anybody that made a petition to any one except the king within thirty days should be put to death. King Darius, not tsu pec ting any lbul play, makes that decree. The demagogues have accomplished all they v.nr. because thev know that no 01 c ran ! eei> r?.mfer rtviil ocinrrug petitions iicioro <?od for thirty days. So far from being afraid. Daniel goes on with his supplications three timer, a day, and is found on his housetop making a prayer. lie is caught in the act. lie is condemned to be devoured by the lions. Hough executioners of the law sic him and hasten him to the cavern. I hear the growl ot the wild be si, and 1 see them pawmg the dust, and as they put their moiulis to the ground the solid earth quakes with their hello vilig. 1 see II < r eyes roll, and I almost hear the licry eyeballs snap in the darkness. These monsters approach Daniel. They j have an appetite keen with hunger. With one stroke of their paw or ore snatch ot Ihcir teeth, they may leave him dead at the bottom of the cavern. Hu wlr t :t strange welcome Daniel reco'ves l.o'n thesb hungry monsters. Tlicy lawn . -omul him. .thev lick his liaml, t'oev bury h.s feci in their long mane. -r-ru.r nigiit he he cr'm sleep > th his head pillowed 011 the warm necks of the tamed lions. Dut not so well does Darius the king bl'ep. lie loves Daniel, and hates this s ratagom hy which he has been condemned. All night long the king walks the l'oor. 11c cannot s'eep. At the least so nul he starts and his lleslt eiceps wi 1 horror, lie is impatient lor tiie dawning of the morning. At Hie first streak of daylight Darius hastens forth to see the fate of Daniel. The heavy palace doo. open and clang shut long helorc the people of the city waken. Darius goes to the den of lions; he Iooks in. All is si'ent. llis heart stops.' lie feels th-t the very worst has happened, but gathering ail his strength he shout?? thrortgh the riits of the rock. "U, Daniel! is tija. 4 hid whom thou soryest continually tVhloto deliver thee?" There comes J1 v.vrtTfrnVJ| mouth, thai, they bavei?rthor in his Then Daniel is hr< L?i.nTC8.'.'J'lL'o;j.'.^<i^ den. The demagogu . 7%Pvjj5 it, and no sooner havejr ut.-. tjoltoin of the den thai.M- ~ rent. and their hones cr;t?> -j- t blood spurted through the. V roe!; and as the lions make the . in inhle with their mar, they announcer to all ages that while (?od will de'end llis people, the way of the ungodly shall perish. Learn lirst from this subject that the greatest crime that yo.i can commit in the eyes of many is the criinc.bf success. What had Daniel done ilia . he should '>e thing In t he limiv'-' Itr. <r. .1 l.r. __ .... ?/* jMiiiii; minister. They roubl not Ibrglvet him for that, and behold in thai a toueii of unsanetified human naJurc as seen in all ages of the world. So long as you a e pinched in poxe*ly, so long1* as you.sfrc 1 running the gauntlet he.ween landlord and tax-gat here*, so long as you tind it i hard work to educate your children, there arc poodle who will say. "Poor I man, I am sorry tor him; he ought to succeed, poor man!" J Jut alter a while the tide turns in your favor. That was a profitable investment you made. You bou dit at just the right time. Fo *tunc beeo ncs good humored and snii'es upon you. Sow you arc hc'ng in some department suecessiul, your s cccs.s eliills some one. Tlm-e men who used to sympathize with yen stand along the street, and ll ev scowl at you l'roni under the rim of their hats. Yo.i have more, money or more inllueiiec than t oy h vc. and you ought to he scowled at from under the rii.i of lheir ha You catch a word or two as you pass them by. "Stuck up," says ore. (Jot it dishorns: llsays another. * Will burst soon," says a third, live v tone in your new house is laid on the r nca.ts. Your hors s' hoofs went ov r their nerves. livery item of your success has been ;o thcin an item of discomfiture and des; a .. .lust as soon as in any respect you rise above your fellows, il you are more \ rtlloi'S. if volt are more \vi?i> il vr?n m /> more influential, you casta shallow on the "r "V-r "w? " on; enemy s ?ims. Jealousy says: lay ilown or I'll knock yon down." "1 <1?> not like you," said the snowllake to the snow.iird. "Why don't you like inc.-" said the snowbird. "(J," said the snowllake, "you arc going rp and I am coming down." Young merchants. young lawyers, young doctors, young median- i ics, young artists, young farmers, nl : certain tunes there were those tosyinpa- . thize with you, hut now that you arc becoming master of your particular occti- I palion or profession, how is it now. I young lawyers, young doctors, young artists, young farmers?-how is it now? t The greatestcimo that you can commit t is ti e crime of success. f or the lack of that element of dcci- < s o.i of character, so eminent in Daniel, s many men are ruined for this world, and a ru: <m| lor the world to come. A great I many at forty years of age are not sei- i tied in any respect, because lliey have v not been aide, to make up their mind. Perhaps they will go West. Perhaps | tliey will go Past. l'erhaps they wi 1 <1 no . Perhaps they will go North. Per- :i .;aps they may go South. Perhajw they < w M not. Perhaps they may make tha. I un estmcnt in real estate or in railroads, li Perhaps I hey will not. They arn lil.e a |i steamer that should go out ol New Vork l: le rhor, starting lor (ilasgow. and the .. next day should change for Ilayrede'o ( Jrace, and the next lor Charleston, and |a ho next fur Boston, and the next for ! Liverpool. These men on the sc;\ of s ife everlastingly tacking ship and inak- i ng no headway. Or they arc like a man 1 ivlio starts to huild a house in the Corin- i ; .iuti style and changes it to Doric, and 1 then completes it in the Ionic, and is i : u sed by all styles of architecture. i Young man, start right and keep on. t II; vo decision of character. Character ( is liko the goldfinch of Tonquin; it is J magnificent while standing iirin, hut I loses nil its beauty in (light. How much i decision of character in order that these I young men mav be Christians! * Their ! r>Ul associates make sarcastic flings rt them. TUey go on excursions and they i do not invito thein. They prophesy that he will give out. They wonder it he is not getting wings. As he passes, they grimace, and wink, ami chuckle, ami say. There goes a saint." () young man ! have decision of character. You can nll'ord in this matter of religion to he laughed at. What do you cave for the scoffs of these men. who are affronted because you will not goto ruin with them't When the grave cracks open under their feet, and grim messengers push them into if, and identity comes down hard upon their spirit, and j conscience slings, and hopeless ruin lifts i them up to hurl them down, will they j laugh then'/ 1 leant also front my subject that men : may take religion in)<? their worldly | business. Daniel had enough work to do to occupy six men. All the ah'airs ol stale were in his hands?questions of Imnuou cyuosiion*- ol war. of,uciu;c. all international questions were lor his settlement or aiffustmcul. Ife must have had a correspondence va->t beyond all computation. There is not a man in ail the cart a who had more to do than Dan-1 iel. (he secretary of state, and yet we j Itint flil'iwt l ltlOl; ?t il'tP ItttwilBf 1?i? lore God in prayer. There are men in our day who have not a hundrctkh pari of Daniel's enganemcn's. who say that tDoy arc loo husv to ho religious. Thev have an idea somehow thai reli ;ion will spoil their worldly occupation: that it will triji the accountant's pen. or dull lite j carpenter's saw. or confuse the lawyer's brief, or disarrange the merchant's storeshell'. 'i hoy think religion is iinperllnen:. They would like to have it very \> oil seated heside them in church <>" the Sahh.ath, to lind the place in the psalm hook, or to nudge ilium awake when they get sleepy under the didactic discourse; or th v would like to leave il in the pew 011 v.,i.:mi.li I'vniiinir. as thev go out closing the door, saying: "Good night,religion; J;ll he hack next Sunday 1" Dut to havs rcl'gion go right along by them all through life, to have religion looking over their shoulder when they are making a bargain, to have religion take up a ba ; of dishonest gold and shake it and say: "11a ! ha! where did you get that'.'" They think that is an impertinent religion. T ev would like to have a religion to help litem when they are sick, and when the shadow ol death comes over them lltey would i.ke to have religion as a sort ol night-key with which to open the door oi' heaven; hut religion under other eircuinstanc s they take to be an impertinence. Now. my friends. icagum never reuuni a man <u a iimuir, Other things lining equal. a mason wili lni'lil a belter wall, a rn Unci-maker will mala* a la .tcr chair. a plumber will make ii better i?"pt?, a lawyer will make a betAfcr plea, a merchant will sell a better Ifcil.of goods. M t fcy.ssy oi.lier things beimr equal. Ot |c6tfr?)o when religion gives a man a now I UfiitrL. it does uol lironose. to * ive. bun a Irn cnaiigc a man ? eondil.on when bis Lordinary slate i-. an overthrow of the jjViilosnphieal theory that a total vacuum ^ impossible; but the more letters \ oil Vivo to write, the more bunions \ou jTjave to carry, the more miles you have 4" travel, the more bunions you have to ilitt. the more en agements you haye to in: el. tbo more disputes you have to settle. the more opportunity you have of being a < hsislian. If you have a thousmul irons in !ho lire, you have a thousand more opportunities of serving (iod than if you had only one iron in the tire. Who so busy as Christ? And yet who a million.ii part as holy ? The busiest men the best nun. All the persons nonverbal ill Seripture busy at 11time of their being converted. Mall, w miii-mlin ? i<> M* custom house duties; the 1'rod i gal Sou fc lino swine; Dydia selling purple; w .ion IV.tee hi uling in tlio net from t'.ie .en: Saul spurra., his horse toward Damage is. ?o: si, down 011 his law business. Jhisy ! busy ! J), uicl with all the at lairs ol' state weighing down upon his sou), and \o three times a day worshiping the God of heave 1. Again ; L learn from this subject that a man may take religion into hi* polities. Daniel led all the nllairs of slate on hand, yet a Christian, lie could not | have kept his elevated position unless I lie had been a thorough polilieiun; and yet a!' the thrusts ofoilicials and all the danger of disgrace did not make him yield one ioto of his high-toned religious iueiple. lie stood before that age. lie stands before all ages, a specimen of a Christian politician. So t! ere have been 111 our day and in the days of our fathers men as eminent in the service ot God as they have been eminent in the service of state. Surli was Benjamin F. Butler. attorney-g'-neral of New York in the t me ot your la hers. Such was John McLean of (> .io. Such was George Brigg* of Ma -1 si> huse, ts. Sticli was Theodore Frelin luiysen ol New .Icrsoy. Men faithful to the state. uLLlie sumo ?. ?? * ir is absurd to expect that men who have been imnier ed in political wickedness for thirty or foriy years shall conic to reformation; and our hope is 111 ti e young men who are coining up, that thev have patriotic principle and Christian pi nciplc side hv side when thev come to I lie hallot-hox and cast their la st vote, and that they swear allegiance to the government of heaven as well as to the government e>f the United States. We would have Hunker It'll menu less to lliem than Calvary, and J<e::ington,mcan ess to them than Bethlehem. But because there arc had men around he ballot box is no reason why Chrisinn men should retreat from the arena. I'he last, time you ought. t<? give up your J ..lid of lorsakc your child is when it n . urrounded l?y a company ol' (hoctuws; ind Hie last t line to surrender the balot-hox is when it is surrounded by i11>airily and dishonesty and all sorts ol wickedness. f Daniel stood on the most unpopular ; dati'orin. lie stood (Irmly, though the : lemaiJoiMics of the day hissed at him 1 ,nd tried to overthrow him. We. must : arry our religion into our polities. I tut i here are a "real many men who are. in ivor of taking religion into national ! lolitics who do notsec the Importance of .1 akin" it into city pol ties; as though a t an were intelligent ahout the welfare .his iie'.:;hborh( id, and had no concern :i bout his own home. e llcligioti would drive out all base pcronalit.es from polices. You have a ighl 10 discuss men's po'lics and dcinruce their political sentiments, or rc eive thcni, as you will; but youJiavc o * ight t<? us sail their private character, as i s done every autumn. Tlmt is not.er - -| ying religion into politics. Now you an always tell without aqkiog. in any onto t, what candidate I will vote lo . It is always for the man who is most lindgorcd. and most abused, and most spit upon, and most howled at. You liavc a right to contest a man's political sentiments; you have no right for l>ase political purposes to as*a! his private moral character. My subject also impresses me with the tact that lions cannot hurt a good man. No man ever got into worse company than Daniel got into when he was thrown into the den. What a rare morsel that fa r young man would have been for the bun tv monsters I It they had p'unged at I; in lie could not have climbed into a niche beyond the reach of their paw or the snatch of their tooth. They ( mm pleased all around about bun, as a l.unier's bounds at the well-known whistle come bound'ng to Ins feet. You need not go to Xnmidia to get among lions. You all have bad them aller you?the lion of financial distress, the lion of sickness, the lion of perseeui 011. You saw that lion of financial pan e pulting i is mouth down lo the earth: and he roared until all the banks and all lite insurance companies quaked. Willi !? < iinv?! r Ik !ir> Kn'il.ltMqql (.lid nsllOH on the (Ionic'*c hearth. You luivc luul trail sin it t in Sioritmo niter imsror? June, lion after Hon; and vol tlicy never have Hurt you if you put your (rust m God, and they never will lin Lyon. Tliey did not I.uri Daniel and they eannot hurt you. The Tor-inns used to think that spring rain falling .n o sea-shells would turn into pearls: and l have to toll you that the rears of sorrow turn into previous gems when they drop into God's bottle. Yon need he a .ad of nothing, putting your trust in God. .Kven death, thai monster 1. >u \\ hose dm is the world's : sepulchre. and who puts his paws down I amal thousands of niilhons of the dead. ! eannot a I.ugh' you. When n oidrn t'niesa mm was to get | the lion us of knighthood. he was comi polled to o 'ally armed the night bej in . among the lonilis of the dead, car; ryin r a sort <>. spear, and then when the | dav broke lie would come lortli, and, | amid the sound of eornet and great par1 ado. he would get the honors of knightj hood. And so h will bo whh the ChrisI lian in the n'gTil hoforc heaven, as folly armed with spear and helmet of salvation, he will wait and watch through ihc darkness unt'l the morning dawns, and i then he will take the honors of heaven amid that great throng with snowy rohest streaming over seas of sapphire. Thousand Dollar* Ilnrut ( p. II?AVA'rir a.lias.. Sept. ".?The worsl . I.re ever known in this city broke out at ! o'clock this morning in William I Torin ; r's livery slableand'n less than three hours it had disiroved two and a hall hloeks in the business centre of the city, causing a ioss of at least '/iO.OOO. The greatest loss was the "First INa1 *itn!t 1 I'imii!; i iiilHtiKr ruviiPtl !iv ('mi. grossinau Mors*U. Tito vault, contain* litis --.->0.000 iii currency and manyvalua 1,1c. hook* and papers, gave way under tin. intense Ileal and its eonlents were entirely dost roved. For over two hours a furious wind j from the North drove the t re Soutti* ward. lait. a!.out .1 o'clock the wind died ! the citv, and should the wind rise again . t r whole of the business portion ot the Tc'l will he wiped out. At "? a. in. the ! liie win still raging. The lire engine I had a Miia'.i stream on the buildings I in ar the Latch h'ock. hut it is dnuhttui i Ih's Mock < an do saved. The destruction so far includes the ir>t National Jhink building, the Odd Fellows' budding and two o," the best livcrv stables in the oily. Three Women liiirnvd t?? Death. Fiiti-mh:' imi a, Sept. .1.?lly the ex| j 'osiem of it coal oil lamp curly this j morning tit 10 'A (iermantown avenue, i tI?e house w;is set on .'.re and Mrs. Sarah Mclntyre. f.ttycais old.Mamie Mclntyre, ' i<> years oui.niul Annie J.o ige, i7 years ! old. were lmrnod to death. The two girls were .ho daughter and niece of the elder woman. Mrs. Melnlyre had reached the street safely, but when she found that her niece and daughter were missing she darted hack in to the building after them. When the flames were subdued all three bodies were found lying together. The house had a number j of oth' r inmates but they all escaped j without serious harm. The lire is supj posed to have been caused by Mrs. i iclntyre's grandson. who came, home drunk and upset the lamp in his bedroom. lie got out of the house safety an 1 is now under arrest. Wreck of a Cattle Train, Uai.' moth. August:!!.? A special dispatch to the Sun from Oakland, Md.. says thai at f'now Creek curve, seven m.'es west of Oakland, on the IJallimoro and Ohio Ihiilroad, this aternoon. an cast-hound height train of twenty-ibur cars, filled with cattle, was being rushed through at a high rate of speed with two powerful engines, one in trout and the o.her in the rear, when the front engine jumped t oe track and seventeen cars we e wrecked and the cattle were scattered in J every direction. The drovers and train hands escaped injury, except the iircmait oi the front engine, lie waskillcxlUuitHMtr1 U'.llcll Ol l'll'il.lnl *>..1.1 1 "> I, V/. i mail u a null I 11 OCIOCK, was delayed bvlhc wreck. The passcnycrs were | rovided lor at the company's Oakland Hotel. A I'niirlo on I-'Irc. I).''i i:n:> >x, N. I)., September J.? A widespread and destructive prairie lire ravaged lmn'rcds of thousands of acres a'ong the J/:li!e Missouri lliver. Two or three days ayo. about forty miles from the ma n line of the Northern l'acilic I'ailro.ad. tlic yrcat range of the II, 'J', (altle ( o. was swept clear. The lire was ] hii out by means of horses which were killed tor the purpose, using them as i rays lo extinguish (he llames. Tiic horses were split up the hack and their [ areasses dragged over (lie country by lony ropes. ' ' welve hundred Iwad of 10 es were stampeded to the four winds. MI.hm Simpson's l.ong Sleep. Monctox.N. I?., Sept. I.- -Ktla Simpion, agedseventeen years, weuttosloep i week ago yesterday and has not yet iwakoned or taken any nourishment, diss Simpson has for some months had i mania for eating brown paper, and voiild consume a la rye hay such as used n grocery stores at a siliylc meal. She . s eaten scores of brown paper hays , md it is supposed this mania has some- , hiny lo d > with her illness. About a ^ car a go she slept for live days, hut was j iwakenrd wiiile heiny hied by her niedi- ( al attendant. I f I I ' A DARING TRAIN ROBBERY. How Olio Man Held up a Train and llolit>cil (lie Kxpronn. IiOl'ievfLLE, Sept. 2.?The Louisville and Nashville northbound train was held up by masked robbers half a mile north of Pensacola Junction early this morning'. The safe was taken from the express car, but the extent of the robbery is n<? khown. The Cow^r Journal ^ias this from Mobile, Ala.: "i'he Louisv'lle and Nashville cannon ball train, northbouml, was held up near I'ensacola Junction, forty miles above Mobile, by robbers, who entered the express car and compelled the messenger J.o turn over the contents of his safe. It is not known at this time the extent of the robbery. After securing the valuables the robbers'escaped to the woods. "The lirst. news of the robbery received in Mobile by the railway officials was very meagre. The train was held up about a half mile above the junction, and people there knew very little of what had happened, for the train was delayed a few. minutes only and there was not much chance of learning what had occurred. "Engineer Hob Sizer says that he was pulling out of Flotnaton, and just as the train, which is a through express from New Orleans, got under way, he turned around and saw a man standing near him. before he could ask'a question or look twice two big revolvers were in his face. lie was told to run his train upfryyEscambia river bridge. and. stop on the bridge. ?.* ? < ?? him to do but obey, and ho did so. "There the train stopped 011 the bridge. The engineer was told to get oil lus engine and he did so. -Then the robber directed Sizer to go to the exI ...... .....I f,....... ..? Tlw, JUt'no till UIIVl IAU4A7 (iu i.ui iaiivv, x hi, robber putting a heavy mallet in bin ] hand, Sizer did as directed, and burst I open the car doors. Express Messenger Archie Johnson was standing in : Ins car, with pistol in hand, but seeing 1 Stzer, lowered it. The next minute he I was covered and told to lay down his ! gun, and he obeyed. Then the robber, standing in the car door, compelled the j messenger to open the safe and hand j him the money. "While this'was going on, the fellow ) was standing in the door coolly looking ! at his victim and tiring first to onesidt of the train and then to the other tc overawe the passengers and train crew When he got the money, the robber tolc Sizer to follow him. The man showed the way to the engine, bade Sizer pul . out, and with a parting shot and wit! ycl's dashed oif in the bushes and was lost to sight. "A posse has left Flomaton and an j other has left Mobile in pursuit of th< robbers. "Some surprise is expressed here the.' tli^ robbers selected this particula tram, as it is well known that othe trains carry most of the express monej No. (1, the robbed train,carrying ver - little at any time and a smali amoun I on this occasion. j "it is said Kube Burrows was recent sj ly seen in Florida and there is a possi I bility that lie ordered the assembling o , j his gang at Flomaton and joined ther I there to superintend the proper con . J duct of the affair, but this rohbery look . more like the work of the celebrate . i Capt. Bunch." ! A MOVEMENT AGAiNST COTTON, ! I Kumora'of u Combine in KiikI.-iikI to Fore a llccllnp. 1 \TrxrrrA', ua., oepceinuer i.?it: i announced thai, instructions have hec i?ll man ll'.-mtiimr.s to tllci iUWnESinThis c.ountrv t.n Imv n? mor cotton at the ruling prices, or n ' more than is required for immediut consumption by 1 lie mills. Many o the New England mill" have also agree i to* curtail their takings for the present I The object of both is to force a declin of tho staple. They arc calculating on a very large crop in the Unite States and fai r crops in other cotton raising countries, and that the snppi; 1 wili soon be greater than the demani I at present prices. The Hritish estimates of the crop o the United States largely exceed sevei ! million bales. Even if it should reacl this amount, coining in as it does upoi ! a comparatively short stock of the oh | crop, there is good reason to believ that the increased demand for th ' world's consumption will keep pac with it, as it has done of late years. Hut the manufacturers, by concert have the power to force a decline, un less money i3 furnished in plenty to bu; tin; crop. A week or two ago it lockei as if the monetary centres would b strained fco-fornish money to move tie crops this fall. Hut the commercial re ports and the statement of tho associa ted banks for last week encourage thi hope that the stringency in the inonej market is slackening. The hank: gained in their reserves for the 11TS time in several weeks, and the com mcrcial reports show increasing truth and more confidence in business circles The suppression of State hanks o] issue destroys the elasticity of the cur rencey of the South, which fnrmorh into the merits of i>. U. It. (Botanic Blood Balni), have been confronted with testimony which they deemed surprising, and ihus being convinced of its wonderful efficacy, have not failed to prescribe it in their practice as occasion required. II. B. Caasidy, Kennesaw,Ua., writes; "For two years my wife was a great sufferer. Skillful physicians did her no good. Her mouth was one solid ulcer, her body was broken out in sores, and she lost a beautiful head of hair. Three bottles of B. Jt. B. cured her completely, incredible as it may sound, and she is now the mother of a healthy three months old baby clear from any scrofulous taint." A. II. Morris, I'incBlufT, Ark., writes: "Hot springs .and several doctors failed to cure me of .several running ulcers on my leg, B. B. B. effected a wonderfully piick cure alter everything else had failed." A Town Mwopt by Kir**. .IaoksonviixKj Fla., Sept. 4. ?A Ti? lusville speeial to the Times-Union savs; "A special messenger from Cocoa (a small town on Indian Iiiver, twenty miles below here) brings news that lire broke out thereto-day at 10 o'clock and lestroyed nearly the whole town. The town is in a panic. SHE TRIED TO KILL HIM. p lturrumlhi'g Oauulitor Himntii at Itllnipter Mlxner. ^ City of Guatkm a la,.September 3.? A daughter of General Martin I'.ar madia. who was shot to deat h in the cabin I); j of the Paciilc Mail. leamship Acapulco R( at San Jose :ie Guatemala last week, 8C attempted to slioot United States Min- e: ister Mizner t? day. 01 Mr. Mizner was at his desk translat- II ing the guar:1 itee given to him lathis government that 11arrundia's v<"e would be spared in case he was stirreudered when the young, woman eame, J"1 into the office. As the Minister look ed up from bis work she was standing within four feet of him with a revolver p in her hand. w She saluted him saying: "Are you the ] American Minister?" d Mr. Mizner replied: "I am. Can 1 be 1 of any service to you ?" With flashing eyes she accused him of having been directly the cause of her ,v father's death and announced that she meant to kill him. Mr. Mizner took the matter coolly and tried to redson P with the girl, who was apparently at- j most crazed with excitement, and in c the most tragic manner poured on hi in < the bitterest invective of which the ? Spanish language is capable. At la<*t she pulled the trigger of the pistol. JS'r. s Mizner had taken up a heavy law book, ? which he, with apparent carelessness, 1 held between himself and the girl, and 1 the bullet which was meant for bis I heart was caught in the leaves of the book. . t The sound of tho shot attracted at- c ! tention and before a second shot con'd i no hieu assistance oniroJ, (uui u?? pu. r tol was taken from the young woman, l Throughout tne entire exciting inter- ? view Mr. Mizner maintained the ut- f most coolness, though the only thing * between him and the muzz'e of a pisiol J held in the hands of a wo ran who evl 1 dently intended to shoot was a heavy f law liook. Ilis coolness unquestionably saved his life. Policemen were called in and the young woman was arrested. She prov- . ! ed to be Christina Harrundia, a daugli1 ter of the murdered general. > As soon as President llarillas heard ! of the occurrence he sent his respects I and offered the power of his government to protect the American legation. ' Mr. Mizner, however, declined the of fer, will not prosecute the lady and in5 sists that no further notice shall bo 1 taken of the affair. It is generally believed here that i ilarrundia would have been in no danger of death had he not resisted arrest. 1 That "Tired Feeling," i The newspapers are having a good deal of fun nowadays over that "tired - feeling," so much spoken of in medical u advertisements, in connection with tlie ill-health of females. It may be a t source of hilarity to witty paragrapltr eis, but not so to suffering women, r who, by overwork, and a disregard of ', the laws of health, have lapsed into a y condition bordering on invalidism, t What most women need is to he r?* iiuvcd ol some oi ilie slavish woric inai is piled on litem, and a free, but. judicii ons use of strengthening tonics, such f as 1'. 1'. 1\ (Prickly Ash, Poke ltoota d u Potassium,) the greatest blood puril'er i- ami invigorator in use. Superb as a s builder up of women, bringing back d lost energy to the body, and color to faded cheeks, restoring the appetite, and thus renewing in her that healthy vitality long lost. P. 1'. P. cures all blood disease, such as Rheumatism, ? Syphilis, (lout, Scrofula, and all nleeroits affections, even vanquishing that is iMHwrieuTuy ein.*tiijr oi man, l?yspop-M. r, All druggists sell it. I'l.llKlK Kiul OrjIUH, ^ N. W. Thump, 134 Main Street, CoH lumbia, S. C., sells Pianos and Orgaas, r direct trom factory. No agents' co.u(j missions. The celebrated ('nickering ^ Piano. Mathushck Piano, celebrated lor its clearness of tone, lightness of ir touch ami lasting qualities. Mason A; j Hamlin Upright Piano. Sterling Upright Pianos, from ?22 up. Arion Pial~ nos, from 8200 up. Mason ?& Ilamlin Organs, surpassed by none. Sterling. Organs, i?i>0 up. Every Instrument . guaranteed for six years. Fifteen days' trial, expenses both ways, if not satis( factory. Sold on Instalments. It Tli?- AVork ot IiicelullitrlcH. I Iowa ('itv, Sept. 1.?Fire last night 15 almost totally distroyed the town of Oxe ford, West of this city. Nearly all the 0 business part and many private resi, deuces were burned. The postollice, ' bank, and many other public buildings " were destroyed. The lire was doubtless y of incendiary origin. The lire bell rope 1 was cut. The loss is estimated at from <1 ?25,000 to 950,000. i. Alive With u Jlroken Neck. New Youk, August CO.?A special to e the Herald from Sedalia, Mo., says: F. f J. Woodward, a forme conductor on the s Missouri, Kansas ? ?d Texas Railroad, t who had his neck broken in a wreck on - July lo, arrived here yesterday. His j head is kept in positio < by a brace. 11 is general health is good. As far as is f known he is the .- jco- ! person w ,io ever . lived after having his neck broken. Scrofula cured, even in its worst forms, by P. P. P., and you will bo strong and healthy in a short time by the use of 1'. P. P. Spring medicine is now wanted, for, if you are out of sorts and feel badly, 1'. l\ J\ is the remedy to take and get strong and invigorated. ill LIPPJtAN ItROS., VholeuleDmigtiti, I Solo Proprietors, Llppman'sBlock, Karannali, Ok ' '^Ai/KER'S ~'"T J HAIR BALSAM | nu"<JlL-rt fito Imir. t'rmit'dt :' :i luMirmnt growth. JiffSv 5^WiNovor FniK to ttfutoro Gray r. &+ .~ ; Hi?ir to iW V >uthful Color. iC Cu.> * frtliiogp Jtrfc v r$ 3A' H...1 %? ?* ?t j DETECTIVES ffant?v| io every County. Hbrowd m?n to o^t under m?tr uetlooj in our Bcrrei .Merrlee. kxpurtcneu not oooctonry. 1'oriloulnra fruu. Braouan Dctcctlro Bureau to. 44 Arad?,CloolaatU,Q, / ARK Y0U (Jo^SUMi'TIVK. 'J Have yon Cough, Dronchltie, Asthma, Indigestion? Use Parker's Ginger Tonic. . It has cured the WOflSt eases and Is the ln?st remedy for all ills arising from)defectivonu trition. 'J ake In time. r?0 cents and 91. Hl.inKRCOR^ rPlIB ONLY suitK CUBE Full 1 Corns. Stops all pain. Ensures com- j, fort to tllO feCt. 1KC- nt ilrmnrlafa 1 A Co., N. Y. ? **"* 8| j? Iw?i wim . (? ) d.AS^ l&ti j* >*> -'* INVIhlJU.i-: -.IIJUIAH JAt r^Jr** iV" * wsHiuti. wi,ui,-h i; 5?^S-.^T,h,*kw",l,,u"w""h". h*i4wj r. ii i si iiv air. ??* Mr dm, *?w Y*rk. Wrll. for M .1 |rHb rM( ADGETT PAYS THE FREIGHT. GltBAT OEFBB THAT MAY NOT AGAIN UK Rkpbatbd, so do not delay, "Strike While the Iron is Hot." Write for Catalogue now, ninl say what aper you saw this advertisement In. Remember that I sell everything that Des to furnishing a home?manufacturing >me things and buying others In the larg;t possible lots, which enables me to wipe ut all competition. ERE ARE A FEW OF MY START- ? LING 1IARGA1NS. I A No. 7 Flat top Cooking Stove, full size, s 5x17 Inch oven, fitted with 21 pieces of are, delivered at your own depot, all relglit chnrges paid by ine, for only we ve Dollars. Ag- In, 1 will sell you a 5 holo Cooking lango 13x13 inch oven, 18x20 inch top, fitted ith 21 pieces of ware, for THIRTEEN )OLLARS, and pay the freight to your epot. 1 )G NOT PAY" TWO PRICES FOR A YOUR GOODS. T I will send you a nico plush Tarlor suit, E i ilnut frame either in combination or ^ inded, the most stylish colors, for 133.00 > your railroad station, freight all paid. I will also sell you a nice Bedroom suit <<nsisting of Bureau with glass, 1 high head bedstead, 1 Waslistand, 1 Centre table, 4 ane seat chairs, 1 cano seat and back rockr, allfov-SlG.OO, and pay freight to your epot. - A Or I will send you an ulegant Bedroom lit witli large glass, full marble top, for '> >0, and pay freight. p: s ice window shade on spring roller ? 40 ~ '.legant large walnuts day clock, 4.00 iValnut lounge, 7.00 .ace curtains per w^ow, 1.00 I cannot describe ovorything In a small luvertiscmcnt, but have an iiiimense store :outalnlng 22,000 feet of lloor room, with ,varo houses and factory buildings In other si ??u or .Augusta, making In all the largest ,8 business of this kind uuder one manage- C nent In the Southern States. These stores li uul warehous'-s are crowdod with the h iholeest productions of the best factories, o My catalogue containing illustrations of li ;<>ods will be mailed if you will kindly say p where you saw this advertisement. I pay t eight. Address, t< L. F. PADGETT, J P oprietor Padgett's Furniture, Stove and f. Carpet Storo, i< 1110-1112 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA. ^ A Spring Medicine t FOH TiP,ED . , MAW AND WOMAN. , Li p. r. r. will purify and vitalize your Eg blood, create n good appetite and givo your g whole system tone an J st rength. 3 A prominent railroad rup.-rlntendent at B Savannah, suffering with Maluria, Dyspep3 sin. and ltliiMimntiKm fuu VP 1*. I\ P. he never felt ko well in liLs Ufo, an3 I j ,5 fee la as If ho could llvo fcrovor, If ho could , d always get 1*. 1*. P." M If you aro tired out fr sod B . rj close conilnemunt, tako | P. p. p. j If you aro foci lug b ally lu tho Bpriug I I u:id out of sorts, tako H i p. p. p. i ^ If your dlgootlvo org# ns need toning up, B ( 1? p." p. p. I If you suffer with hondaeho, Indigestion, B dchiiity and weakness, tako ( p. p. p. \ If you Biiffor with rervous jiront, ration, 2 I nerves utuMruiig and a general lot down of tUe system. tako I p. p. p. 1 For Blood Poison. llheumatlsm,Bcrof- j? ula, Ohl Horos, Malaria, ('hroulo Female fe Complaints, tako p. p. p. 1 Prickly Ash, Poke Root |j and Potassium. U The best l>loo<l purifier In the world, M T.I PPM AN BUO&. Wholesale Druggists, 5 Solo Proprietors, p T.ippuan's Block, Savannah, Ua. g TALBOTT SON'S ENGINES BOILERS, SAW MILLS AND GRIST MILLS 1 Are acknowledged U> be the l>cst ever sold ( in this State. I When you buy one of tlicm you are satisfied , that you liavo wade no mistake. 1 Write for our prices. I Cotton Gins and ! i 1 Cotton Presses j AT BOTTOM FIGURES. I can save you money. J V. C. Badham, Gen. Agt? COLIinitM, N. V. \ Home office and Factory, VA. I DEPOSIT YOUR SIR PLCS MONEY ] IN t THE COMMERCIAL BANK, \ or COLUMBIA, S. C. One dollar nnd upwards received. Interest at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, paid quarterly, on tho first days of Februay, May, August and November. Married .voinen and minors can keep account in heir own name. Higher rates of interest ill owed by special arrangement. G. J. IREDELL, President. J NO. s. LsAPHART, J AMES i ItKDKLT., Vice-President. Cashier. D1L CKOSVENOH'S | IELM1AP-NIC PliANTKHN. I Lro the best Porous Plasters In the World. 1 .'lioy aro the Inwt plasters In every wiiy for I the quick relief of -AME BACK PAIN IN THE Q H EST, RHEUMATISM, NEU RALQI A. I Unlike nil other plasters, these a*e Pure- t f VoKetablo and 11 armless. Relieve it tnntly nnd never fail to cure. -j 8AFK, QUICK AND SURE. Sold hy diuggUts or mAiled on receipt of C 5c. by Grosvknor A Richards, Boston, Mass. ty Tie Toner Inline Worts, (Successor to Dial I toller Works.) JOHN A. WILLIS PROPR. 117 WEST GERVAIS STREET, JVIanufactureus oJT JTozer Steam J^ngines, .ud all sires of both Locomotives and re, turn Tublar Boilers. t?y"Foundry work In Iron and Brass Reaping promptly executed. VHARLOTTfc FEMALE INSTITUT E, rHE BUILDING IS NOW MODernlzed and improved as p boarding :hool until it Is second to none In the outh In comfort and conveniences. The lorps of Teacbers engaged for the com?> lg session is me oesr me insuiuie nnsever nd. No other lnstitnto in the South can ffer advantages superior to those offered ere in tho Literary, Music aud Art Do artnients. Mr. Maclean continues to be the Dire? or of Music. Tho patrons of the Institute rliose daughters were taught by Mi. laclean during the past session, are reerred to in proof of the statement that he j the best teacher of Music who has over aught in Charlotte. As originator and llrector of tho Juno Musical Festival in Ids c'ty, his reputation has extended lirougliout the South. WM. R. ATKINSON, Principal. PARENTS iVlio have Daughters to educate should send for circular of the SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, COLUMBIA, S. C. Three Departments, Preparatory, Acade- A ? J nic and Collegiate. Art and Music De partments unsurpassed. Boarding Department unsurpassed in its appointments. For ;irculars or any information address, BEV. W. R. ATKINSON, Aug 30-4 President. COMPLETE GINNERIES, UPON THE MOST APPROVED plans, witli Suction Fan or Spiked Bolt Seed Cotton Elevator furnished at competitive prices. COTTON GINS and PRESSES of best makers. Thomas Hay Rakes, Dcering Mowers, Corbin Harrows and Planet, Jr., Cultivators. A large stock of Portable and Stationary Ginhinf and Saw Mill Engines on hand. Stato Agents for C. & G. COOPER & CO'S Corliss Engines Lane Saw Mills and Liddell Company's complete line. W. 11. GIBBES, J?., &CQn. Noiir ITnwm Hntwif COI.UMHIA,1S."*C. M?v OHlLD ^'SH0I?abor SMfiSS* 'CSff^l^'CHILP R RAD FIELD REGULATOR CD. ATLANTA taut by all offuac/irs. 0/1 PITT'S CARMINATIVE! ^ 17*011 CORRECTING NAUSEA Dysentery, Diarrhoea and Cholera Infantum. A pleasant medicine of incalcuablo morit In tho homo circle for child or adult. It is popular, ple?sant and efficient. Truly a mother's friend. It soothes and heals the mucous membi-nes; and checks the mucous discharge from head, stomach and bowels. The mucous discharge from the head and lungs are as promptly relieved by It as the mucous discharge from the bowles. It is made to re'leve the mucous system And cure nausea, and It does it. It nrnkes tho Crlt^ul period of teething children safe and easy, it invlgo mM? itnu mums up tno system while it is relieving and curing the wasted tissue. It is recommended and used largely by physfljians. For sale by Wannamaker & Murray L'o., Columbia, S. C., and wliolesale by Howard & Wll'ett, Augusta, Ga., - WRITE TO HOLLER & ANDERSON BUGGY CO., ROCK BILL, S. C., E7H)Ii THEIH CATALOGUE (living Prices. Terms and References of buggies, Carriages, Wagons, Road and Phaeton Carts, llarnoss, etc. All flrstdass work made by hand and warranted. Prinou lowor iimn any oMior of same grade. Jur Vehicles are running in every county n South Carolina, and ih mam counties of North Carolina, Georgia and Florida. All nquirios promptly ancwered. In writing lease mention this paper and don't forget o glvo your Postoflice address and sign 'our name plainly. iOLLKR, ANDERSON BUGGY CO., Manufacturers, Rock Hill, S. C., . *** '' fur catalogue rERRY M'F'O CO.. Nashville. Tenn Jrerans f35, rfann* ?r . ,OI*uc ,r<!C* D- F. ?ea, Washington, N. J.