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I rJt V/. SUN'S SIMMONS mr REGULATO Are you taking Simmons Liver Reg ulator, tho “Kino or Liver Medi* jines?” That 53 w/xat cur reader/ want, and nothing but that, it is the iam3 old friend to which the old foIkJ pinned their fU'ih and v/cre never dis- Kppoinced. Rut another good recom mend.Vion for i j ij, that it is letteh Til a:." Fills, never g.npert, never weak ens, but work i i’.x ouch an easy and natural way, ju -t like nature itself, that relief comes quick and sure, and one fee’s now all over. It never fails. Everybody needs take a liver remedy, and everyone should take only Sim mons Liver Regulator Ho Mire you get it. The Evcd Z is on the wrapper. .1. H. Zeilin & Co., Pliihnieiphui. GROWTH OF THE SOUTH. The Industrial Condition as Reported for the Fast Week. The reports as to industrial condi tions all over the south for the week ending Oct. 7, show that the condi tion of the southern iron markets has been strengthened by favorable re ports from tests made of southern low grade basic iron in making steel. Ad ding another grade of pig iron to the grades already in the market, will in crease business at the furnaces and sustain the iron manufacturers in their efforts to enlarge the business. Coal mining is active and the demand is fully equal to present supplies with no sign of falling off in production or prices. Lumber operators are doing a good business. Railroad orders are comiug in quite freely, and the expert demand grows larger from week to week. G^euta^sd• business is active and prices are firm. Reports as to the condition of the cotton crop give no encourage ment, and the reports as to its amount add nothing to previous reports. Ex isting high prices for cottou are partly owing to speculation and aro iu fact caused by the certainty of a short crop, Cotton planters are in nohasto to mar ket their crops. There is a general belief that tho market will not depre ciate materially during the season, Merchants report that there is less outstanding indebtedness among tho planters than h < ver been known. Among important new industries iu cerporated or established during the week in the southern states are the Tvgert River Manu^aij^ring Companv, of ’Voodraff, S. C., ^2tal 3200,000, to one Uap Iron Co., charter ed at Lou sville, Ky., capital 3150,000, and the Texas Briquette and Coal Com pany, of San Antonio, Texas, with a capital of $100,000. The Pioneer To bacco Manufacturing Company, capi tal $ ;0,000 is reported as incorporated at Goldsboro, N. C., the Lone Star Ice Company, capital $50,000, at Austin, Texas, and tho Winston-Salem Granite Company, with thesainc capital to open quarries near Winston, Ya. There is also . l ^^^PiTrripr > ,*'eu Cotton Condenser Ubmpahy;—Capita $30,000, and tho Searcritt Gold Mining Company, at Petersburg, Ya., with $30,000 capikil. There is also reported the establish ing of a foundry and machine shop at Shelby, N. C., of agricultural imple ment works at Little Rock, Ark,, and Pallas, Texas, of fertilizer wo^ks at Charleston, S. C., and of fl uring mills at Winter Garden, FJa., and Faith, N. C. Glass works aro to b© built at Fairmont, W. Ya., an ica fac tory at Rook Hill, S. C., and a brown stone quarry is to be opened at Greens boro, N. C. Cigarette machine works are to be established at Richmond, Vn., a tobacco granulating machine factory at Roanoke, Ya., and wood working plants at Little Rock Ark., Moss Point, Mis'-., Black Mountain, N. C., Georgetown, S. C., Berkley and Houston, Ya. Car works with a capital of $50U,000 are reported as in coutemplatiou at Macon, Ga. Water works arc to be built at Dub lin, Ga., Greenup and Paducah, Ky. The enlargements for the week in clude tho Jvuoxville, Tone., electric light company, which adds $30,000 to its capital, and the San Antonio sewer pipe works, of San Antonio, Texas, whose capital is increased to $200,000. — I'radcsman {Chattanooga, Tenn.) OFFICIAL RETURNS Of the Flection, iu the Tenth Georgia District. The official returns from the election iu tho tenth district have been filed iu the governor’s ofiioe. The official vote as it was received and consolidated is as follows: Columbia.. Glascock... Hancock .. Teff-rson... Lincoln ... McDuffie.. Richmond. Taliaferro . Warren Washington 1,124 Wilkinson. Totals 10,193 Black’s majority, 1,556. Will Contest the Election. Chairman James Barrett, of the populist executive committee, held a conference with Thomas E. Watson and other prominent populists and states that Mr. Watson will contest the election. REV. DR. TALMAGE. THE NOTED DIVINE’S SUNDAY DISCOURSE. Subject: “A Point Blank Question.” Text: “Is thine heart right?”—II Kings r., 15. With mettled horses at full spec 1, for he was celebrated for fast driving. Jehu, the warrior and kinz, returns from battle. But seeing Jehonadab, an acquaintance, by tho wayside, he shouts, “Whoa! Whoa!” to the lathered span. Then leaning over to Jehon- 4dab Jehu salutes him in the words of the text—words not more appropriate for that hour and that place than for this hour ani place, “is thine heart right? ’ I should like to hear of your physical health. ^ Well myself. I like to have every body else well, and so might ask. Is your eyesight right, your hearing right, your berves right, your lungs right, your entire body right? But I am busy to-day taking diagnosis of the more important spiritual Conditions. I should like to hear of your financial welfare. I want everybody to have plenty of money, ample apparel, large store house and comfortable residence, and I might ask. Is your business righ’. your income right, your worldly surroundings right? But what are these financial questions compared with the inquiry as to whether you have been able to pay your debts to God; ns to whether yon are insured for eternity: as to whether you are ruining yourself by the lone credit system of the<|poul? I have known men to have no more than one loaf of bread at a time, and yet to own a government bond of heaven worth more than the whole material universe. The question I ask you to-day is not in re gard to your habits. I make no inquiry about yoilr integrity or your chastity or your sobriety. Ido not mean to stand on the outside of the gate and ring the bell, but coming up the steps, I open the door and eome to the private apartment of the soul, and with tho earnestness of a man that must give an account for this day's work I cry out, Oh. man, oh, woman immortal,is thiae heart right? I will not insult you by an argument to prove that we are by nature all wrong. If there be a factory exolosion'and tho smoke stack be upset, and the wheels be broken in two. and the engine unjointe t. an 1 the ponderous bars be twisted, and a man should look in and say that nothing was the matter, you would pronounce him a fool. Well, it needs no acumen to discover that our nature is all atwist and askew and unjointed. Tho thing doesn't work right. The biggest trouble wo have in the .world is with our souls. Men sometimes say that though their lives may not be iust right, their heart is all right. Impossible. A farmer never puts the poorest apples on top of his barrel; nor does the merchant place the meanest goods in his show window. The best part of us is our outward life. I do not stop to dis cuss whether we all fell iu Adam, for we have been our own Adam, and have all eaten of the forbidden fruit, and have been turned out'of tho paradise of holiness and peace, and though the flaming sword that stood at the gate to keep us out has changed position and comes behind to drive us in, we will not go. The Bible account of us is not exaggerate 1 when it says that we are poor and wretche'* and miserable and blind and naked. Poor! The wretch that stands shivering on our doorstep on a cold day is not so much in need of bread as we aro of spiritual help. Blind! Why, the man whose eyes perished in the powder blast, and who for these ten years has gone feeling his way from street to street, is not in such utter darkness as we. Naked! Why, there is not one rag of holiness left to hide the shame of our sin. Sick! Why, the leprosy has eaten into the head and the heart and the hands and tho feet, and the marasmus of an everlasting wasting away has already’ seized on some Of us. But the meanest thing for a man to do is fo discourse about an evil without pointing a way to have it remedied. I speak of the thirst of your hot tongue only that I may show you the living stream that drops crys talline and sparkling from the Rock of Ages and pours a river of cladness at your feet s wardrobe - —— V/l tut? A-itfcTT2PJ V” cut and make that ashamed to wear, Black. Watson. 223 839 . 12$ 443 826 247 861 946 183 832 251 926 5,504 923 207 581 262 809 1,124 1,836 624 755 10,193 8,637 You find yourself refreshed ly the ^heerful people. Why not sure on others? preee^^^^ehecr ashamed to wear. If I snateU from ,, black, moldy bread that you a is m , ’2* it is only to give you the bread oade out of the finest wheat that grows on th. celestial hills and baked iu the fires of the ei ,33, one crumb of which would be enough t> make all heaven a banquet. Hear it, on”a and all, and tell it to your friends when you go home, that the Lord Jesus Christ can make the heart right. First we need a repenting heart. If for the last ten, twenty or forty years of iife wo have been going on in the wrong way, it is time Mat wo turn round and started in tie opposite ; If we offend our ologize. God is iu yet ubw many of us ogized for tho wrongs we unv«r3^^^BTm! T h , e F^^r othin « that fi o much need to get rid of as sin. It is a horrible Marjc mon ster. It polluted Eden. It killed Christ, it- has blasted the world, Mon keep dogs in kennels, and rabbits in a warren, and cattle in a pen. What a man that would be who would shut them up iu his parlor. But this foul dog of sin and these herds of transgres sion we have entertained for many a lon w year in our heart, which should be the cleanest, brightest room in all our nature. Out with the vile herd! Begone, ye befoul- ers of an immortal nature! '1 urn out the beasts and let Christ coma in! A heathen came to an early Christian who had tho reputation of curing diseases. The Christian said, “You must have all your idols destroyed.” The heathen gave to the Christian tho key to his house, that he might go in and destroy the idols. He battered to pieces all ho saw, but bUR the man did not get well. Tho Christian saiat-jum/ 1 There must be some idol in your house noLyei n-^ stroyed.” The heathen confessed that there was one idol of beaten gol l thas he could not bear to give up. After awhile, when that was destroyed, in answer to the prayer of trie Christian, the sick man got well. Many a man has awakened in his dying hour to find his sins all about him. They clambered up on the right side of the bed, and on the left side, and over the headboard, and over the footboard, and horribly de voured the souk Repent, the voice celestial cries, Nor longer dare delay. The wretch that scorns the mandate dies '* And meets a fiery day. Again, we need a believing heart. A good many years ago a weary one went up one of the tubs of Asia Minor, and with t wo logs on his back cried out to all the world, offer ing to carry their sins and sorrows. They pursued Him. They siappe I Him iu tho face. They mocked Him. When He groaned, they groaned. They shook their li-ts at Him. They spat on Him. They hounded Ili a as though He were a wild beast. His healing of tho sick. His sight giving to tho blind.His merer to the outcast, silenced not the re venge on he world. His prayers ana uen ac tions were lost iu that whirlwind of cxe -ra tion: “Away with Him! Away with Him!” Ah. it was not merely the two pieces o! wood that He carried; it was the traasgre.--- lons of the race, the anguish of the ages. G.c wrath of God, the sorrows of hell, the penduous interests of an unending » No wonder His back bant. No wonder- blood started from every pore. No v.-oa l'-r that He crouched under a torture that ma 1 > the sun faint, and the everlasting hills ti—.u- ble. and the dead ru-di up in their winding sheets as He cried. “If it be possible, let this eup pass from Me.” But tho cup did not pass. None to comfort. There He hangs! What has that hand done that it should be thus crushed in the palm? It has teen healing the lame and wiping away tears. What has that foot been c ■ ■ that it should be so lacerated ? It has -:n going about doing good. Of what lias ih- victim been guilty? Guilty of saving 1 world. Tell me, ye heavens and earth, was there ever such another criminal ? Was there ever such a crime? On that hill of carnage, that sunless day, amid those howling riot ers, may not vour sins and mine have per ished? I believe it. Oh, the ransom has been paid. Those arms of Jesus were stretched out so wide that when He brought them together again they might embrace tho world. Oh. that I might, out of the blos soms of the spring or the flaming foliage of the autumn make one wreath for my Lord! Oh. that all the triumphal arches of the world could be sung in one gateway, where p arl\^v music might in one anthem speak H-s t»raise! But what were earthly flowers to Him who Walketh amid the snow- of the white lilies of heaven? What were arches of earthly ma sonry to Him who hath about His throne a rainbow spnu out of everlasting sunshine? What were all earthly music to Him when the hundred an l forty and four thousand on one side and cherubim and seraphim and archangels stand on the other side, and all the space between is filled with the doxologies of eternal jubi'ee—the hosanna of a re deemed earth, the halleluiah of unfallen angels, song after song rising about the throne of God and of the Lamb? In that oure, high place, let Him hear us. Stop, harps of heaver, thaf- our poor cry mav b« heard. O my Lord Jesus, it will not hurl Thee for one hour to step out from the shining throng. They will make R all ut> when Thou goerihfte* again. (Join 1 hither, O blessed One. that we may kiss Thy feet. Our hearts, too long withheld, we now sur render into Thv keeping. When Thou goest hack, tell it to all the immortals that the lost are found, andletthe Father’s houso ring with the music and the dance. They have some old wine in heaven, not use l except in rare festivities. In this world those who are aceustomel to use wine on t reat occasions 'urine out t’ne beverage and say: “This wine is thirty years old,” or “forty years old.” But the wine of heaven is nore than eighteen centuries old. It was prepared at the time when Ohrist trod the winepress alone. When such grevious sin ners as we come hack, methinks the cham’ herlain of heaven cries out to the servants: “This is unusual ioy! Bring up from the vaults of heaven that old wine. Fill all the tankards. Let all the white ro]?ed guests drink to the immorial health of tuose new born sous .and daugiiiers of the Lord Al* nightv.” “There is joy in heaven among the angels of God over one sinner that re- penteth,” and God grant that that one may be you! Again, to have a right heart it must be a forgiving heart. An old writer says, “To return good for evil is Godlike: good fot good is manlike; evil for good devillike.” Which of th -se natures have we? Christ will have nothing to do with us ns long as we keep anv old grudge. Wo have all been cheated and lied about. There are people who dislike ns so much that if we should eome down to poverty and disgrace they would say: “Gool for him! Didn’t I tell you s o?" They do not understand us. Un- sanctiflel human naturesays: •‘Walttill you get a good crack at him. and when at last you find him in a tight place give it to him. Flay him a’fve. No quarter. Leave not .a rag of reputation. Jumpon him with beth feet. Pay him in his own coin—sarcasm fot sarcasm, scorn for scorn, abuse for abuse,” But, my friends, that is not the right kind o! heart. ’ No man ever did so mean a thing toward us as we have done toward God. And if we cannot forgive others how can we ex- E ect God to forgive us? Thousands of men ave been kept out of heaven by an unfor giving heart. Here is someone who says: “I will forgive that man the wrong he did me about that house and lot; I will forgive that man who overreached me in a bargain; I will forgive that man who sold me a shoddy overcoat; I forgive them—all but one. That man I can not forgive. The villain—I can hardly kee,i my hands off him. If my going to heaven depends on my forgiving him. then 1 will stay out.” Wrong feeling. If a man lie to me once I am not called to trust him again. If a man betray me once I am not called to put confidence in him again. But I would ’nave no rest if I could not offer a sincere prayer for the temporal and everlasting welfare of all meo, whatever meannesses and outrage they have inflicted upon me. If you want to get your heart right, strike a match and burn up all your old grudges, and blow the ashes away. “If you forgive i.ot men their trespasses, neither will your Heavenly Father forgive you your tres passes.” An old Christian black woman was going along the streets of New York with a basket of apples that she had for sale. A rough sailor ran against her and unset the basket^ and stood back expecting to hear her scobt frightfully, but she stooped down and up the apples, and said: “God my son, as I do.” The sailor ness of what he had done, that she poeket for iii**i<H3ey„a n| LjUMtf ’ black should' cashier should abscon 1 and every insurance comoanv should fail, it would not affect you? What are the questions that ston this side the grave, comoared with the questions *hftt reach beyond It? Are you making losses that are to be everlasting? Are you making purchases for eternity? Are you jobbing for time when you might be whole saling for eternity? What question of ihe store is so broad at the base, and so alti- tudinous. and so overwhelming as the ques tion, “IS thy heart right?” Or Is it a domestic question? Is it some thing about father or mother or companion or son or daughter, that you think is com parable with this question in tmnortance? Do you not realize that by universal and inex orable law all these relations will be broken un? Your father will be gone, your mother will be gone, vour companions will be gone, vour child will be gone, you will be gone, and then this supernal questiou will begin to harvest its chief gains, or deplore its worst losses, rol! uo into its mightiest magnitude or sweep its vast circles. What difference now does It make to Na poleon III. whether he triumphed or sur rendered at Sedan, whether he lived at the Tuileries or at Chiselhurs 1 , whether he was Emneror or exile? They laid him out in nis coffin in the dress rf a field marsha'. Did that gixfc him anv tetter chance for tho next world than if he had been laid out in a plain shroud? And soot to ua what will be the difference, w’nethefiu this world wo ro le or walked, were bowei to or maltreated, were applauded or hi‘ss“< at. were welcomed in or kicked out. while hying hold of every mo ment of the great fttura, and burning in all the splendor or grief, and overarching and undergoing all timi and all eternity, is tho plain. simple. nraetica 1 , thrilling, agonizing, ovenvielming question, “Is thv heart right’’ Have you within vou a repeating heart, an exoeotaut heart? If nof, I must wrie uoon your soul what George Whitefleldwrote upon tho window pane with his diamond ring. He tarried iu aa elegant house over night, but foun l that there was nc God recognized in that house. Be'ore ho eft his room in tho morn ing, with his ring le wrote upon tho window pane, “One thing lion lackest. ’ After the guest was gone tie housewife came and looked at the win-lew, and saw tho inscrip tion, and called her husband and he? cail- dren, and God, threuga Fuat ministry of the window glass, hr eight thorn all to Jesus. Though you may to-day bo surrounded by comforts and luxuries, and feel that you have need of notling. it you are not the children of God, with the signet ring of Christ’s love, let rm inscribe upon your souls, “One thing thou hekest!” BELL OF LIBERTY WELCOMED WITH OVATIONS OF JOY AND GLADNESS. Its Arrival in Atlanta After a Tri umphal Southern Tour. VACATES GRAY GABLES. to 1 he President On His Return Washington oa the Oneida. The president bas conclnded his va cation, so far as Gray Gables is con cerned, and left there at 5:15 o’clock Friday afcernooi on *the steam yacht Oneida, as tho guest of Commodore Benedict. Private Secretary Thurber accompanied them. Mrs. Cleveland, the children and other members of the family will leave next Tuesday iu a special car.* Tne president’s entire journey to Washington will be made on the Oneida, a trip never before made, as the president generally sails only as far as New York, where a train is taken to Washington. They will proceed leisurely along the sound and muy^ possibly stop and fish, if the weathe - ?- The triumphant southern tour of Liberty Bell ended at Atlanta, its des tination, at 2 o’clock Tuesday after noon. As the train bearing the pre cious treasure rolled into tho city its advent was heralded by tbo booming of cannons, the ringing of bells, tho blowing of whistles and an ovation from loyal citizens,which was a fitting climax to its grand southern journey, which was a series of patriotic demon strations. The patriotism of a people was ex pressed in the reception accorded the iriberty bell and it was a reception that sprang from the hearts of south erners, the hearts of Georgians and the hearts of Atlantians. Every yell, no matter how discordant, every lift ing of the hat and every bit of ap plause was intended as a tribute to the honored and revered relic. Tho innate spirit of patriotism and freedom was abroad iu the land iu magnified quantity. Tho pres ence of a bell that once inspired a nation, brought about au inspiration for the people of the present and made the spirit of the occasion one which was worthy of the welqpme that tho great bell deserved. Every bell in the city rang out iu gla 1 uuisou, and wh stle after whistle sprang into nc- tivitv and made the very welkin sound and resound with tho varied and me lodious noises that heralded the in coming of the bell. That it is revend and loved by all tho people of this laud bai been de monstrated by its triumphant tour from Philadelphia to Atlanta. It came through as a conquering hero. Every where, at every little station, it was received with enthusiasm never given to king or couqnrer. When the bell reached Atlanta was carried to tho Air-Line fcho’ ft “ u was retained in the possession tlJ0 railroad until Wednesday coming. Although the great demonstration ;n honor of the bell’s arrival did not oc cur until Wednesday the special train B f D §> it 4*JSP : F rea * patriotic air. Gil more’s bacoMiceumpanied the singers, and the rendition of the soul-stirring piece of music was inspiring to a de gree. The sweet voices of the 2,000 enthusiastic children, just from their studies, rang loud and clear across the open plaza, stirring the eoal of every man and woman whoso ears they reached. When tho song was finished Mayor King welcomed Mayor Warwick, the escort of tho bell and the bell. Mayor Warwick responded to the welcome of Mayor King in a glorious peroration. After Mayor VYarwick’s address the •hildren again contributed to the de lightful exercises. Assisted by Gil more’s baud they sang the “totar Spangled Banner.” This was follow ed by a medley of southern airs— “Dixie” and the “Suwanee River,” by Gilmore’s band. After tho music tho children were dismissed. They filed down past tho speakers and left the crowd, going to all parts of the the exposition grounds. It was a happy group of 2,000, and they were gladlv given room to pass. Governor Atkinson was the next speaker. His effort was a happy one, especially his eloquent reference to Cuba and Venezuela. Tbis reference was the signal for a grand demonstra tion. “Bravo! Bravo !” shouted Mayor Warwick waving his silk hat, and the great audience cheered and cheered. President Collier had the disadvan tage of being the last on the program. He followed all the speakers, but was given a splendid bearing. His speech was received with enthusiasm by tho audience and was frequently cheered. When Mr. Collier finished Gilmore’s band struck up “Dixie” amid the ©fibers of the great gathering. When the music was finished Master of Cere monies Campbell dismissed tho audi ence, thanking them for their atten tion anJ interest. Over in 1L3 plaza the Atlanta Artil lery had two gaus stationed, and as the audience was dismissed the guns commenced booming the salute to the bell. Thirteen guns were fired as the great audience s owly dispersed. The bell had been received. It was Geor gia’s for the time. STRIKE ON THE WORLD. Henderson Bros., ATTORNEYS-AT LAW, AIKEN, - - PCLTH CAROLINA, Will practice iu the State and U. S. courts for South Carolina. Prompt •ttention given to collections. Dr. B. H. Teague, DENTIST. Over Aiken County Loan and Saving* Bank. - - JS. O. LIPPMAN 0R0S.. Proprie‘013, Druggists, lippnan’s Blac 1, SAVAN^H. BA bearing the bell and its distinguished escort was s*andly rectived When the train reached the city limits it is een weather W exceeilin g 1 y fug j- ooth fresh and never better. There mo. lie? ruofi ftoYs ^ v “Forgive ^"anything so 1 power in a for- mother, J v^gverconie all hardness. B < ?au kay/of conouoriug man like that Tjeustowing Aiina tiiem your pardon, nHher they wi fi aerept it or not. Acaiu, a right heart is an expectant heart. It is a poor business to be building castles in the air. Enjoy what you have now. Don’t spoil your comfort in the small house because you expect a larger one. Don’t fret about your nco.me when it is $3 or-f 4 per day because vou expect to have after awhile $10 per day, $10,000 a year because you expect it to be “<0,000 a year. But about heavenly things, ; hu -.nore we think the better. Those castles are m/. in the air, but on the hiiis, and we iuvo a Ceed of them in our possession. I like to set tt man all full of heaven. He talks heavb-i. -He sings heaven.—Ho prayr heaven, -fDMrcnros heaven. Some of us In our sleep have nad the good place open to us. We saw the pinnacles in the sky. We heard the click of the hoofs of the white horses on which victors rode, and tho clap ping of tiie cymbals of eternal triumph. Ar 1 while in our steep vr j were glad that ail '; ir sorrows were over and Mirtons done -Bu tko throne oi Co l grew whiter and ! flitCi -' and whiter, tiil we opened our eyes saw inat it was only the sun of earthly ’ijivning shining on our pillow. ' 'ohavem‘’ght heart you need to be filled with this •expectancy, it would make your privatioie and annoy ances more bearable. in Ihe midst of the ciiv “ Baris stands a itatue of the goo 1 but broken hearted Jose phine. I never imagined that marble could be smitten into such tenderness. It seems not lifeless. If the spirit of Josephine be lisentabernacled, tho soul of the empress has taken possession of this figure. I am no: yet satisfied that it is stora. The puff of too press on tho «,im seems to need hut me pressure of the finger to indent it. The figures at the bottom of the robes, the ruffle wt the neck, the fur lining on the dress, the ernTurSiiGrY of the satin, the cluster of lily and leaf au-T jjj hand, tho poise of her body asshe seems to come sailing out the sky, her face calm, humble, boautifu’, but yet sad—attest the genius of thescul - tor aud the beauty of the heroine he cc' ! - hrates. Looking up through the rifts of the coronet that encircles her brow, I could see the sky beyond, tho great heav-- vs where all woman’s wrongs shall be right • I. and the story of endurance an t resignation shall bo told to all the ages. The rose and the lily in the hand of Josephine will never ( : rop thoir petals. Believe not the recent ?!anders uoon her memory. The children of God, whether they suffer on earth in pala -es rr in hovels, shall come to that glorious rest. O heaven, sweet heaven, at thy gato we set rlown all our burdens and griefs! The place will be full. Here tbere are vacant chairs at the heartli and at the table, but there are no vacant chaiis in heaven. The crowns all worn; the thrones all mounted. Some talk of heaven as though it were a very hand some church, where a few favored spirits would come in and sit down on finely cush ioned scats all by themselves and sing salms fo al! eternity. No. no! “I saw a great multitude that no man could number is favorable, In speaking of bis vacat^ year Ibe president sffnT^r a most enjoyable one, rr for the most par pleasant a comparativeky few callers of political or office-seeking char acter and the president has had most of tho time to himself. One thing is certain, ■a fl d it was cor- robated by Private >£?.-. that is, that iu S, ‘J ‘ e , ln ^ -' sons past has the pi\ eue i n Jte f ca ^ e( i upou to attenJ to'™!'' ^Iuim of government matter r tios jFTuk president has enjoyf, * ce ei ^ h CR HL this summer and hh laiul y sh ? W8 In fact, he is fnlly*Y sted in , tbo best of health and •• • r1 * 9 an< ^ l 11 s P- e “' did condition to a business af fairs at IVashin/ OU- Ab ^ Jsuril Rumor. A rumor y as current in several sec tions of i“e country early Friday raormn^Dud' President Cleveland had jj/ttnsTnated and a flood of ipauifei ies'^te d in upon iue telegraph offi- CfF at Buzzord J s Biy in consequence, rhere wns no foutdation whatever for the rumor. Tho president was all right at breakfast time and went fish ing about 9 o’cloci; nothing unusual had happened at ( ray Gables aud the family characterize! the report as too absurd to be noticid. DID NOT 1NHCT BUTLER, And tho Grand Juiq Feels Called Up on to Kxplaii Its Action. A New Orleans mecial says: The extraordinary speeid report of the grand jury in the case of the dis trict attorney is tte subject of much eomraent, mostly mfavorablo to the grand jury. It will be rememiered that Judge Ferguson, at the rquest of the grand jury, prepared a cler and able special charge, which pretically, with the facts before them, ordered an indict ment against Distrit Attorney Butler. Its failure to fimtho indictment is, therefore regarded as an insult to Judge Ferguson. Tho grand jury brought into court he following com munication addresedto the judge: “The grand jnr, fearing that you may be under the npression that in sufficient weight aud consideration were given to yur very clear, able and comprehensiv charge as to the law in regard to te nolle prosse fees, beg to state that tby were fully con vinced of the corremess of and guided j trips, has it been given such a reeep- by your charge, bt that the law gov- 1 ’’ "’ the train , .. was me* by the mayor and council,tne exi ' lion Vdirectors, many prominent V-ens AM-’vh* Artillery. ialute of thirteen guns was fired/ CJiiildren Kissed the Bell. 'The gates at the union depot did but little to keep the crowds out. They found entrances at various places anti the famous old bell wr.s quickly sur rounded. Several children, held up by their parents, kissed tho revered bell and happily patted its great brazen sides, hardly knowing what they were doing or why, but feeling, as all pres ent did, that electric thrill of self- satisfaction and national pride. Guarded by Special Men. r^bipold bell was on a platform car each corner of the car stood its guard, Oliicers Robert Moffitt, James A. Robinson, Harry Heteroth and Francis Westphnl. These men axo reserve po licemen of Philadelphia, aud they will remain with the bell until it returns to the Quaker City. Tho four great guards were most lenient and many elippeda flower hero and a ribbon there. Tho guardians of tho bell have come to feel nu in- tfirrsa personal interest in the bell out side of that general feeling of owner ship and they were immensely pleased at the greeting that had been given. Wednesday was a red letter day in the history of the exposition. Tho old bell of '76, the now silent messenger of liberty and peace, was placed iu the Pennsylvania building with fitting ex ercises. Early Wednesday morning the car was brought into the city and stopped at the Pryor street crossing, where it was delivered by the road to tho joint committee from the exposition and the city council. It was unloaded and placed on a carriage that transported it to its temporary resting place iu the Pennsylvania building. At 10 o’clock the parade moved for ward up Wall street, into Peachtree and then out to the grounds. As the procession passed tho corner of V/all and Peachtree it was sainted by Mayor King and Mayor Warwick, of Phila delphia. Then the carriages fell into line and brought up tho parade. School children by tho thousands flocked through its gates and welcom ed tho bell. Citizens saluted it, and distinguished state officials greeted the symbol with cheers. Governors did the bell honor aud soldiers patted it lovingly aud shed a manly tear on its copper sides. Everywhere on the route the w ildtst enthusiasm was manifested aud tho Pennsylvanians who escort the bell say that never, on any of its other All KinpicTMis in the Mechanical De- partm\ nt Go 0ut> Promptly at 12 o’clock Tuesday night the entire breo of compositors pressmen, ‘“'T °' ‘^“^iSrtpStmento World went on a consternation to the ’.aanagemtmt. / The strike appears to be sympathetic with the employes of George R. Read, who has charge of the Pulitzer build ing and hires tho elevator men, engi neers and electricians. The trouble started several weeks ago, when several elevator conductors struck on account of a reduction in their salaries from $12 to $10 a week. The trouble was apparently settled at the time, but since then there has been growling among the other employes of Read, and they succeeded in enlisting the sympathy of the members of Bix Six and other labor organizations repre- senteu in ^ aee rs and electricians!^™ -uanting I' ‘Toro t with ;r,f lia‘1 a gu i t v. ami it vras 15)) • rile?—in <•;: is n ot ■ a little .;-ol j ilorm v.-’nnre . on wlsat kind e an t 1 low mu’ll 11! le throne. Men rev! He that talked to measure tho oil a v.a-tenii 12.000 fu'lougv”—that is, ■cumferenee. Ah! heaven iv at one corner of God’s a man's entrance fleoenfls f clo'hes he has on his back •nev he lias in his purse, ■. Go 1 grant that the light orl-l may shine upon us in tion. Since the minute the bell cross- eruing other pointion which you were | ed the Georgia lino the enthusiasm not requested to charge influenced their action. Reuben G. usu, Foreman.” District attornoylutler has resumed control of his dee. It is said World building who belong to labo£ unions assert that non union men havt been placed at work with a view of taking their places. The strike was started shortly after 12 o’clock, when the engineers aud electricians, about fifteen in number, left the building. It was stated that non-union men were secured and hurriedly put-in their places. When jhi© fact became known it is said the compositors refused to work until they were removed and they were followed shortly afterward by the others. The management at once made en deavors to settle the trouble and about 1 o’clock tho men returned to tempo rarily iu order to enable 'Iho World to pet out its morning.«d^*iou. It was stated that the compositors and other employes of The World did not strike but were forced to quit work on account of the firtmon and engineers stopping, w hich shut off the light and tho power operating the typesetting machines. v .4* DOES DEATH END DIVORCE? An Interesting Point To Be Raised iu a Methodist Conference. One of tho most sensational ques tions which will be considered at the approaching session at Richmond, Vn., next mouth of the Houthern Methodist conference will bo the case against Rev. Dr. George Carter. Dr. Carter, who is widely known in tho south, a few mouths ago married a prominent young society lady of Lynchburg, A r a. 'Ihe husband had been divorced, but his divorced wife was dead at the time this union took place. Dr. Car ter, it will bo remembered, was at one time secretary to Pinchbeck in re construction days. No minister of the Methodist church may, under tho church law, perform tho marriage ceremony in a caso whore either party to tho contract has been di vorced, the husband or wife so di vorced being then alive. It will be charged, so The State is advised, that Have Year Eyes Properly fitted with glasses at Wessels Bros. F’roo ESTTEJ TESHT. JJ. Agent. Fire, Life, Cyclone, gTTv_ Insurance, and BL:-: ESTATE AIKEN, S. C. WILLIAM TUIBOLL - GrIULQO ES2=t Fail Avaie, Men, S, C. _ Keeps a Full Line of WmfpA nurf YP** r * o1> CS at REASONABLE PRICES. Wright’s:: Hotel, S.L. WRIGHTS SONS, PROPS- COLUMBIA, - - S. O. .k, \' ! Wv ^ ./a *v ea tne ueorgia lino the enthusiasm j notwithstanding this law of the church bas been unbounded. The demon- Dr. Carter himself contracted a mar- ; etrations at many of the places where the bell stopped were unique aud the official escort is more than pleased Oi tliHt 1 ou>' last run TIi» f.-st time I crossed the Atlantic the rcioth.-v-t time we hail was at (he mouth of Liverpool h.'.voor. TT.* arrive ! at nightfall an<l were ofiligeii to lie there till tho morn ing. wailing for the rislu'? of the tide, before we eonl 1 g > lie to the city. How the vessel pitched and wrifhed in the water! So some- i.fines the 1-r-t illness of tho Christian is a articles of impeacment against him are now being pre] red. DURANT ON (TIE STAND. •. ragg the King of Glorv might come iu! Ob, that al! the harps and trumpets and organs of Ho is almost through the voyage. The waves of temptation toss his soul, but he waits for tho morn in?. At last the light dawns, and the tides of joy rise in Ins soul, and he sails up and casts anchor within the va’e. Is thy heart right? What question can compare with this in importance? It is a business question. Do you not realize that you will soon have to go out of that store, that you will soon have to resinn that partnership, that soon among all tho millions of dollars’ worth of good? Giat are sold you will not have tho handling of a yard of cloth, or a pound of sugar, or a penny worth of anything; that soon, if a conflagration should start at Central Park and sweep everything to the Battery, it would not disturb you; that soon, if every with the trip. From the moment that the bell ap peared at the union depot thousands pressed close to the wagon on which it was placed, cheering and trying to touch tho sacred relic. When the bell reached the exposition grounds the police had to force a passage for it through the assembled thousands. Tho procession to the grounds was a re markable one in many respects. The line was moved promptly and no de lays were encountered. The bell will remain in tne Pennsylvania building at tbe exposition until tho fair closes on the 31st of December. The exercises at the grounds were opened with prayer. At the conclu sion of which came the singing of i “Columbia,” by the array of school j children, fully 2,('00 strong. They were mas.-ed together behind Requital, this yeai^o^fu^ity win- ; the speakers on the raised platform, ner, was bought by IV. H. Tprapson 1 and were in charge of Professor B. C. at Saturday’s sale of race lusts at ; Davis. Master of Ceremonies Campbell then announced they would sing “America.” Two thousand childish voices joined TliO Accused Tellsfiie Story as Out lined By Is Counsel. Theodore Duray- took the stand in ! his own behalf J San Francisco Wednesday. Hetid a story precisely as outlined by bis counsel of accom- panying Blanche Ixnont to the school ( a the morning sh disappeared. In tho afternoon. Draut described his movements, detaing his route and arrival at the chreh at 5 o’clock, where he says he 4t about repairing the electric light figures and was over come by gas that ad escaped. Futurity Mntier Sold. nuge, Gravesend for $2t),000. OrlandoTones ' paid $10,001) for tho two-yea’old Haz- Jet and $12,500 for a yew^g roll by ! Iroquois- Cariotta. being a divorced man. It is further said that Dr. Carter will plead that he was not a divorced man in the eyes of the law at the time that his last marriage was contracted and will raise a very nice question of law which will perplex the conference. An interest ing feature of this caso is that Rev. Dr. Alex G. Brown, who was au able champion of Dr. Carter when he ap plied for readmission into the confer ence, will take sides against him in this matter and will vigorously assist in the urosecution. NEW STATE PROPOSED. HOTEL, G. T. ALFORD, Proprietor. Corner of Hasell and Meeting Streets, CHARLESTON, 8. C. House Mewly Equipped. Large and Comfortable Rooms. Rates $2.50 PER DAY. Wisconsin and Minnesota May Give Up a Slice of Territory. In accordance with a resolution in troduced by Senator Mills, of Supe rior, aud adopted at the last session of the Wisconsin legislature, Governor Upham has appointed James Bardon and John T. Murphy, of Superior, and ex-Lieutenant Governor S. S. Fifield, of Ashland, a committee to confer with tho Minnesota committee concerning the proposition to form a new state out of portions of norfnern Wisconsin and Minnesota, with the capital at Su- * perior-Daluth. THE STEEL PEN MAN DEAD. Richard Esterbrook, the First Manu facturer of Steel Pens, Dead. A Camden, N. J., special says that Richard Esterbrook, founder of tho steel pen manufactory in the United'" Statis, and manufacturer of the Ester- brook pens, died Thursday evening. He had been ill several weeks with a complication of diseases and his ad vanced age rendered recovery impossi ble. He was a member of the Society of Friends. He came from England and established Ids factory in 1$G0 in a little frame building on the site^' the present big establishment, employs nearly 400 hands, Table supplied with the best. Rooms largo and well furnished. One of the most comfortable hotels in the south. Xrt.A.’teai in. o «.«» o xiv rv To 1 ® . VIRGINIA HOUSE. Private ail Mat Bsari 602 Broad St., Cor. Wash ington, Augusta, Ca. MRS. A. J- SMITH, Propre’ress, /j