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AN iNVJTAHU'I'Q T ALL DR. TALMAGE CHCOSE T. WORD "COME" FOR.A TEXT. It is Found Six Hunidred :aind r'veno Eight Times in the Biile-It I.,ne' of the Most Wonderful Word' in lie L.:%i guage. BROOKLYN, Jan. 16.-Dr. Talmaie preached the following sermon tiis morning to an overtlowing conregation in the Academy of Music. tis city. A night. when The Christian lierald ser vice was held in the New York Acade my of Music, fully six thousanu vtr sons were massed in the lar'e buii ing. A marked solemnity pervaded the assembly, and at its close man persons in various parts of th noust rose at the invitation of the preacher to ask for prayers for their salvation. Dr. Dr. Talmage chose the fol ewing exts fer his sermon: "Come"e (. vi. lN: "Come" (Rev. xii, 17) Imperial, tender and all pe suav is this word "Come." S x iunred nd seventy-eight times is it found In the Scriptures. Itstans at tie front gat:e of the Bible as in my first text, inuvnin antediluvians into Noah's ark. and it stands at the other gate of the uible as in my second text, invitint the postdi luvians into the ark of a Saviour's me. cy. "Come" is only a word of four letters, but It. is the queen of words. anud nearly the entire nation of Eughsh vocabulary bows to its scepter. It is an ocean into which empty ten thous and rivers of meaning. Other words drive, but this beckons. All moods of feeling bath that word "Come." Sometimes it weeps and sometimes it laughs. Sonietimes it prays, sometimes it tempts and some times it destroys. It sounds from the door of church and from the seraglios of sin, from the gates of heaven and the gates of hell. It is coutluent and aceres cent of all power. It is the helress ot most of the past and the almoner of most of the future. "Come!" You may pronounce it so that all the heavens will be heard in its cadences, or pronounce it so that all the woes of time and eter nity sh'all reverberate in its one sylla ble. It is on the lip of. saint and pro fligate. It is the mightiest of all soli tants either for good or bad. "COMES" SOMETIMES WAR. 'You must remember that in many cases our "Come" has a mightier "Come" to conquer before it has any effect at all. Just give me the accurate census, the statistics, of how many are down in fraud, in drunkennEss, in gai bling, in impurity, or in vice of any sort. and I will give you the accurate census or statistics of how many have been slain by the word "Come." "Come and click wine glasses with me at this ivory bar." "Come and see what we can win at this greing table." "Come. enter with me this doubtful speculation." "Come with me and read those infidel tracts on Christianity." "Come with me to a place of bad amusement." "Come with me in a gay bout throuuh underground New York." If in ths city there are twenty thousand who are down in moral character, then twenty thousand fell under the power of the word "Come." I was reading of a wife whose husband had been overthrown by strong dri..k, and she went to the saloon were lie was ruined, and she said. "Give me back my husband." And the bartender, point ing to a maudlin and ban e:ed man drowsing in the corner of tihe barroom, said: "There he is. 'Jim. wake up. here's your wife come for yon.'" And the woman said: "Do you call that my husband ? Whbat have you becn doing with him? Is that the mnlyn~ brow? Is that the clear eve? Is that the noble heart that I married? Whbat vileI drug have you given him that has turned him into a fiend? Take your tigzer claws off' of him. Uncoil those serpent fbids of evil habit that are crushing him. Give me back my hus band, the one with whomn I stood at tile altar ten years ago. Give him back to me." Vieutm w'as he, as millions of others have bcen, 0I the word "Come!" LET US HARNESS TIIIS WCoRI) FOR GtooD. Now we want all the world over to harness this word for good as others have harnessed it for evil, and it will draw the five continents and the seas be tween them, yea, it will draw the whole earth back to the God from which it has wandered. It is that wooing and per puasive work that will lead men to give up their sins. Was skepticisnm ever brought into love of the truth by an ebul lition of hot words against infidelity Was ever the blasphenmer stopped in his oaths by denunciation of blasphemv? Was ever a drurkard weaned from his cups by the tc-n >erance lecturer's minm icry of staggering step and hiiceough? No. It was: "Come with me to church to day and hear our singing." "Come and let me introduce you to a Caristain man whom you will be sure to admire." "Come with me into associations that are cheerful and good and inspiring; "Come with me into joy such as you never bef'o.e experienced." With that word which has done so much for others I approach you to-day. Are you all right with God? "No," you say,- "I think not; I am sometimes alarmed when I think of him; I fear I will not be ready to meet him in the last day; my heart is Rot right with God." Come then and have it made right. Through the Christ who died to save you, come! What is the use in waiting? The longer you wait the furth er off' you are, and the deeper you are down. Strike out for heaven! You re member that a few years ago a steamer called the Princess Alice with a crowd of excursionists aboard, sank in the Thames, and there was an awf'ul sacrifice of life. A boatman from the shore put out for the rescue, and he had a big boat and lie got it so full it would not hold another person, and as lie laid hold of the oars to pull for the shore, leaving hundreds helphless and drown ing, he cried out. "Oh, that I had a big ger beat!" Thank God. I am not thus limited, and that I can promise room for all in this gospel boat. Get in; get i! And yet there is room. Room in thle heart of a pardonmng God. Room in heaven. L THERE IS No ESCAP.E ERtoMLN - RUGGLE. I also apply the wordh of my' text to those who would like practical comniort. If any ever escape the struggle of life,. I have not found them. They are not cer tainly among the prosperous class. 1In most cases it was a struggie all thle wayv up till they reached thle prosperity, ad since they have reached these heights there have been perplexities, anxieties and crises which were ahnuon enou h to shatter tile nerves and tur'n the brain. It would be hard to tell whieh have th'e biggest fight in the world-the pros perities or the adversities, theC conspicuities or the obscurities. .Just as soon as you have enough su ces to attract the attention of other the enyies and jealousies are let ioos from their kennel. The greatest crime that you can commit in the estimation of others is to get on better than they do. They think your addition is their subtraction. Five hundred persons start for a certain goal ol success; one reaches it and the other four hundred and ninety ine are mad. It would take volumies to hold the story of the wrongs. outrages and defamations that have comec upon you as a result of your success. The warm sun of prosperity brings into life a smp full of annoying inects. n A n !einl a trlIke, anld her an :hrea linane:-al pnethrown m: an.1: to do, and there are uwiedod tousudssuch heroes ainiNl~ herie hlve unsuug and~ d'i*e nAu%0V.!. Wh_'at WeI alnd, whether u1 .11n! or i wa e i ; iiat e of Ite Chrsuan re n. An11. we e.nlov the werd id t t 7 nunihrf bwsineS 's menoi IN 10t Tl "r, 11 C i I 1V .t-, wie1:ae ien reuthenedX' byv the Of , anl tle people who hae 1':e ravn N I he n othie r reso~rces zaveo jan h mie and wN me 11,C,1 , :: into thiQs battle a'm'i.' one ' h need. Cr Saw, or ax. vaI,'e n. type. or szhovel. r:1it1ry that og t * i~ - resound. With all t:0ecVi Cme for every yC he in the ked years a' in r idoni a hloinble honie wh:: cr- rticle of lood had ,!vei I nd ,Isndli, u e itc re d with tea :md1 oteir table supplies and tound a kettle on the :ire r'eadv for the tea. The benevolent idv sad. "How is it that vou have the kettle ready for the tea when you had n) tea in the l'ouse?" And the dau:zhter in the home said: cther would have ue put the kettle on the *1re, and when 1 said -What is the use ol d1"n1 so, when we have nothing in the hiouse:' she said 'Mv child, God will vrovide. Thirty years he has already provided for me through all my pain and he'pIessuess, and he will nVot leave ine to starve at last. Ie will senid' us help, thouh we do not see We have been N alting all the day for -omething to come, but until we saw ,-ou we knew not how t was to coVIC." Such thin;s the world may call Coincidences. but I call them alnighty deliveances. and. though Vou do not hear of them, they q'c occurring every dav and in all parts of Christendom. But the word -Come" applied to thoze who need solace will amount to nothiug unless it ie uttered by some one who has experienced that solace. That spreads the responsibily of giving this gospel call among a great many. Those who have lost prpperty and been cousoled by religion in that trial are the ones to invite those who have failed in usiness. Those who have lost their health and been consoled by religion are the ones to invite those who are in poor health. Those who have had bereave ments and been consoled in those be reavements a. e the ones to sympathize with those who have lost father or mother or comvanion or child or friend. What iultitudes ofius ate alive today, and in ood health. and buoyant in this life, who would have been broken down or lead long a-o but for the sustaining and cheerin- help of our holy religion! So we say -Come!" The well is not dry. The buckets are not empty. The sup ly is not exhausted. There is just as much mercy aud condolence and sooth mug power in God as before the first grave was dug, or the first tear started, or the irt heart broken, or the first ac ident happened, or the lirst fortune vaiishedl. Those of us who have felt the consolatory power of religion have right to speak out of our own experi enes. and say "Come!" "But." says some one. "von Chris Iatia people keep telling us to 'Come,' et vonu do net teil us how to come." iit chtarge :;all not be true on this icasin. Come believing! Come re ipntn2! Come praying! After all that ud has been doing for six thousand eas, sometimes throtighi patriarchs and ometmes througth prophiets. and at last hrough the culmination of all tragedies on G1olotha, can any one think that God will not welcome your coming? Will a father at vast outlay construct a ruanson for his son, and lay out parks white with statues, and green with foliage, and all a-spa.rkle with fountains, ma 'thea not ailow his son to live in the house or walk in the parks ? Has od built this house ot Gospel mercy, nd will lie then refuse entrance to his children? WI a go enent at great e:mense build life saving stations all along the coast, and boats that can hover unhurt like a petrel ever the wild est surge, and then when the lifeboat has reached the wreck of a ship in the oflinz not allow the drowning to seize the lifeline or take the boat for the shore in safetsy Shall God provide at he cost of his only Son's assassination es cape for it sinking world, and then tnrn deaf ear to the cry that comes up ~om the breakers? YOU NEED BUT LBELIEVE TWO TIIGS. "But," you say. "there are so many things I hav: to believe, and so many things in tne shape of a creed that I have to adopt, that I am kept back." o. no! Tou need believe but two things-namfely, that Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners, and that you are one of them. "But," you say, I do believe both of these things!" )o von really believe them with all our~ heart? -Yes." Why then you ave passedl trom death into life. Why, then, yen are a son o-: a daughter of the Lord Almighty. Why, then, you are heir or an heiress of an inheritance that will declare dividends from now unil long after the stars are dead. Hal leluah! Prince of God. wvhy do you not oe and take your coronet? Princess of the Lo:-d Almighty, why do yon not ont your thr oney Pass up into the ight. Your boat is anchored, why do on not go ashore? Jus', plant your iet hard down , atnd yon will feel under them the llock of Ages. I chalien;,e thec universe for an in tance in wilh aL mlan in the right spirit npealed for the salv ation of the gospel nd did not get it. Man alive! are you oingr to let all the years of your life go away with von without your havinig this neace, this glorious hope. this bright ex lectanvy Are you groin:g to let the pearl ol' great price lie in the (lust at our feet because you are too indolent or too) proutd to sto. 'p down and pick it up? Will you wear the chain of evil habit when'near by you is the hammer tat coul with one stroke snap the shacley Will youi stav ithe prison .1 n when here is a goti'el key that could ntock votur :ncarceration? No. no! As te oneuordt "Come" has sometimes >u.:i many'l" .iouis to Christ, I will try ii.. ex' "'iient of pilin:g up into a na-~"tala 'nd then scu'ding down in an ~vamebe of power many of these gos el& 1>Comec." "Comle thou and all thy ous int o i ark:"' "Come tuito me all Swho labr and are heavy laden and I i 11We \ou res:;" "Come, for all ta' are nowp~ ready:" "The Spirit and e. ...ri av -Con.e,' andi let hun that c'ret'h say Come, and iet him that Is atrst come." Thc stroke of one hell in a tower may e w er t. but a score of bells well tuned. and ri:htly lifted. ani .s:illfully swung n l One gret eldmne till the heavens with tiuile ahuos5t celestial. And no one who has heard the imighity chimes in the t)wers of Amisterdama or Ghient or Cop enhagni can forget them. Now, it seems to me that in this Sabbath hour al heaven :s eliming, and the voices ot lerted friends and kindred ring down the sk a Sin " Coime'" The augels who ne.ver 1el, bending from sapphire all the towers of heaven, tower i miar *::rs, tower :f propiet., tower of .Apo tics, tower of evanelists, tower of the temple of the Lord God anid the Li, are chinghui, "Coni! Come!" Pardon foir all, and peace foQr all, and heiave nfr all who wi:l comle. THE wain wAs OVER. When lussia was in one ofher _,reat wars the saticring of the soldiers had been long and bitter, and they were waiting for the end of the strife. One day a messenger in great excite ment ran among the tents of the army shoutiu "Peace! Peace!" The sentinel on guard asked. "Who says peace?" And the sick soldier turned on his hos pital mattiess and asked. "Who says pece-" and all up and down the en canipnent of the Russians went the question. "Who says peacee" Then the messenger responded. Thie czar says peace." That was enough. That meant _oing home. That meant tie w.ar was over. No more wounds and no more long marches. So today. as one of the Lord's niessengers, 1 move through these g:eat encampients of souls and cry: "Peace between earth and heaveu! Peace between God and man! Peace between your repenting soul and a pardoning Lord!" If you ask me. "Who says peace." I answcr,. .Christ our king declares it." "-Mv peace I give unto you!" "Peace of God that passeth all understandtng!'' Ever lasting peace! A CHATTANOOGA TRAGEDY. A Drunken Lawyer Skoets his Daughter and Murders his Son-in-law. CHATTANOOGA, January 18.-A hor rible tragedy occurred here to-day. S. M. Fugett, casier of the South Chatta n:>oga !avngs Bank, was shot and kill ed by lils father-in-law, Judge J. A. Warder, who is city attorney of Chatta nooga. Judge Warder is shot in two places-one ball having penetrated his breast at the right nipple and the other having taken off the index flinger of the left hand. Mrs. Fugett is the only child of Judze Warder and she is shot in the right thigh. a very dangerous wound. From tho evidence at the coroner's in quest it appears thatJudge Warder went home at 1 o'clock in a very drunken con dition and ihnmediately went to Mr. and Mrs. Fugett's room, where the shooting took place as soon as he entered. Mr. and Mrs. Fugett lived with Judge and Mrs. Warder in College street. There were seven shots fired by Judge Warder and two by. Fugett. It is said that Mrs. Fugett was the first person shot and that Fugett then fell dead, shot through the heart. He was found with a newspaper in one hand and a pistol, with two chambers enpty in the other. Mrs. Fugett was lying over him, with her arms entwining him, piteously cry ing for some one to save him. Judge Warder staggered to a nighbor's house and is now there in a precarious condi tion. Mrs. Fugett is also unable to speak and what took place in the room aside from the shooting is not known. From the evidence before the coroner's jury it appears that Judge Warder would fre quently go home drunk and abuse his wife and daughter. and the women would appeal for protection to to Mr. Fugett. Such trouble occurred late Saturday night and Fugett quieted his father-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Fugett had been married but two years, have been living happily together, and had a five montks-old baby. Mr. Fugett was a young man, about 30 years of age. popular, successful busiess man. Mrs. Fugett is a very handsome woman. Judge Warder is one of the best known lawyers in this State. For six years he was United States district attorney for the middle district of Tennessee, having been apptinted by President Iayes. He was a brave and gallant Union soldier, and is one of the most prominent Republican politicians in the State. lie owns considerable property and has a large and lucrative practice in this city. He is a man of the highest culture, and most polished and affable manners. is domestic affairs have alway been supposed to be the happiest. The affair created a great sensation here and the opinion seem to be general that it was the result of a craz-y drunk. They Tried it Again. Miss Elizabeth was a very 'peculiar woman. She had a great deal of sense. Not that she was different from other women in this respect, but she had so much of it that it surprised many young men. One day young Robinson went to call on her. Young Robinson was also very sensible. He and Miss Elizabeth were well matched. They could talk together on any number of subjects, and they knew just when and where to stop, just what to say and what not to say. On this particular day there was a long story in the afternoou papers about a person known as Jack the Kisser, who bothered man-y young women and girls in the streets by catching them and kiss ig them. Miss Elizabeth said that she did not think that a girl could be kissed by any man unless she wanted him to kiss her. Robinson said that any man could kiss any woman by brute force. MLiss Eliza beth said that that was all nonsence. "I'll tell you what we'll do," said Robinson. "You are certain that a man can not kiss a woman unless she is a party to the kissing. I am certain that a man can. We, you and I, will try it." Miss Elizabeth said that she didn't see any harm in that, so Bobinson began to try and kiss her. After several min utes and trials he succeeded, and she, seeing it was useless to combat with him further, gave in and let him kiss her all ie wanted to. When it was all oyer Miss Elizabeth had an inspiration. "I'll tell you what we'll do," said Miss Elizabeth. "My ioot slipped that time. We'll try it over agan." Agreed to Swap Wivee. COLUMBUS, Ind., Jan. 19.-A queer story comes from Williamsburg relative to Frank IHelms, of that lhace, and Dan ie Smith of Carlos City, agreein" to svap wives. It is said that the Ihelms were diconsolate because they had no children and the Smiths because they were bein:: favored with too many. By the swap Smith's wife, four children and a small farm were to go to Ihelms andl Helm's wife and a small town property to Smith. But Justice Rush of Carlos Cty, on whom they depended to satisfy thelaw while they were satisfying them selves, could not ~find any authority for divorce and remaraia',e under such cir cumstaces, and hence the swap hangs fire.v The latest is that the contracting parties have agreed that eachi shall ap py for a divorce at the coming term of court on the ground of cruel and inhuman treatment and then remarry according to the origial agreement. Killed by an Earthquake. CITY OF Mixico, Jan. 15.-Three earthquakes occurred to-day at Parral. ii the State of Chihuahara. The gallery at the convent of the Sacred Iheart gave way, killing six persons and wounding ALG IERS, Jan. l1).-Reports from var ious points show that an earthquake was felt throughout an extended region. The shocks were very severe at (Sourasa, near Cherchell. Parts of the bunilding~s of the village were demolished and p~ersons buried in the ruins. BrocK wELM, Ont., Jan. 14.-A sharp shok of earthquake was felt here early this morning, It sounded more like the cracking of buildings during a severe DLMU:JS A l D MUEL CANS AL MOST COME TO BLOWS. Tih Searta;n t-:t-A rm,-. F0 ced o it (1el tiea Titiauml wVhich a! One Ti:av Threat ene to zcv u :niinz ia ;% Vcro:;a! 1)if1l culty. W~ILINGTON, January 29.-Iln the Ilouse to-day. iu pursuance of the poi cy adopted by the Demovrats, Mr. Bland, of Misouri demiandIed the readinz of th .Journal of -%esterday's prMceedings ' in e'so. The clerk having concludi the reming. Mr. Uland mnlade the point tiiat the .Jour nal had not been r':'-d in fiull and de ianded that the ete rintion of the va rious executive comonunicafions, reso lutions, bills and petitions. which are referred under lim riil vnd not in onen Io.se, read. The 'weaker directed te clerk to read this portin 'f the .iournal, which is ordlianly omitl This was lv fia the largest portion o0 the Jornal and ts readiing was not complet- till I1 o'ck Then ensued one of the wi .s ens of confusion that the 1o10 s ' during the present Congress. The Speaker having stated the ties tion to be on approval of the Journal and having counted and stated an af irniative vote, Mr. Mills, rising to a parliamentary question, asked whether the proper question was not on order ing the previous questi;>n. This qUery was based upon the fact that when the clerk had linislied read ing the ilrst part of the Journal, the portion usually read Mr. McKinley had demanded the previous question. The Speaker, in response to the ques tion, stated this fact, but said that the demand had not been renewed after the reading of the completed Journal. Mr. McKinley corororborated the statement of the Speaker. Mr. Mills then expressed his wish to debate the question of approving the Journal. but the Speaker declined to recognize him on the ground that the House was dividing. T1HEN TiIE sTORM-CLOUD BURST. With excited gestures Mr. Mills strode down the aisle and,: shaking his tist at the Speaker poured out a vol uie of denunciation, accusing him of practicing fraud on the House. -You are perpetrating a fraud on the House," lie th undered,*"and ou know," and his party colleagues burst into a round of applause and cheers, and gathered around their champion. But the Speaker was immovable and amid the excitement requested those opposed to approving the Journal to rise. Phlegnatically lie counted "one. two, three" and announced the motion carried-97 to 3. The yeas and nays were demanded by the Democrats and ordered, and as the clerk proceeded to call the roll Mr. Mills poured out his denunciations. Again he accused the Sneaker of per petrating fraud on the House, and re ferring to Mr. McKinley said: "We did not expect the gentleman from Ohio to lend himself to such a pro ceeding. We relied on the gentleman from Onio, for we believed him an honorable gentleman, and we knew he, indicatigg the Speaker, was not." AN EXC~ \NGE OF COMPLIMENT6. Mr. Pc-rkins. of Kansas, sarcastically: -'And he (indicating Mills) is a gentle man." Mr. Allen, of Mississippi: "That is more than can be said of some persons on the other side." Then as the clerk went on monoton ously calling the roll, Mr. Mills, ignor ing him, proceeded substantially as follows: "'You do not dare to go before the country with such a revoltitionary measure as you are proposing to pass. We have the right under the rules to debate the question of approving the Journal and you (addressing the Speak er) are denying that right." [Demo cratic cheers.] Mr. Kerr, of Iowa: "Such proceed ings as these are treasonable, and they are headed by a man who helped trea son before." Mr. Mills: "You are a traitor your self to the Constitution and the laws. You arc trying to surround the ballot box with bayonets, and to deprive the people of their right of representa tion." Then follo wed enthusiastic Demo ratic applause, while the Republicans crowded to the bar of the Ihouse and announced their disapproval by lusty hisses. The Ihouse was a regular babel of voices, excited, loud, but unintelligi Mr. Cutcheon, of Michigan. stood in the centre aisle, and as Mr. Mills went on repeated with indignation and em phasis one word. "Bosh." Mr. Mills's reply to this exclamation was, "Bring another resolution of cn sure." A CALL FOiR TiHE 5ERGE ANT AT ARMS. By this time affairs had approached o near to personal collision between gentlemen on the opposiing sides that the Speaker was oblige:1 to call on the iergeantI-at-arms for assistance, and that ofli: er, bearing the mace in front f him, induced Mr. Mills to take his seat, and the storm passed away for a dime. The Journal was approved-yeas 144, nays 1(3-but the mutterings of the torm were still heard. TIIE DISTRICT BILL. Mr. McComuas moved that the House ;o in committee on the District of Co umbia appropriation bill. i ol M. M ills inquired whether i ol 3e in order to move that there be one 0ur's debate on the bill. The Speaker replied that it would iot, the time fixed for general debate laying expired. Mr. McComnas's motion was agreed o-yeas 139~, nays 107i-and ac-cordingly :he House w-ent into committee of the .vhole on the bill indicated. In the course of the debate which at .ended the reading of the paragraphs :he elections bill w-as brought to the Lore, Mr. Ilemphill dleclaring against what he denominated the '"arrant iypocri:y" of the Republican party in rving to put on sonie of the people .of ;h~e country an unwarranted and ig orant vote, while denying that vote o the samne class ot persons in the Dis ;rict of tolumi bia. Tri-: NIXono A-' A FOOT IIALL. The negro question was brought up v Mr. Richardson, of Tennessee, who oted many newspaper extracts as to ie treatmient o1 negroes m Northern The allegation that negroes were :uil't tr'ted in those States was vig rouely contested by Messrs. Illender on of lliiinis, and Morse, of Massa auetts. the latter calling attention to he act th~at the present Admuinistra 'on had appointed six hundred and even coloredc mn. to c'iceial position. N r. Spinola, ot Niew Y ork, samd that .n New York- the negrro was given very right and priv elege that white ien enjoyed. ie despised the con :emptible and dirty politician who :ried to use the negro for his own pur poses. New Y ork guatranteed every right to its colored citiens. Blut whenj Republicans come for ward with a fore dill, saying its purpose was to protect he negro, it was not true. Trhen a d1iscussin arose on a propo sition to close the debate on an impor tant pa. 2graph. Mr. McComas having made a motion to that effect, Mr. Mc'Creary, of Ken Lucky, miovedl to amend it by limiting the debate to one hour. The point of order wa~s raissd against the amiendl ment o thle ground that a motion to close the debate was not amendable by1 a moti;:n to liuit the de~bate. The piarticipants ini the discusslin were, on the Rtepubli an side, Messrs.I venor. mId (. t!:.,- 1)nmertic side. :lessrs. Ilount, ic2ihun :md Mc Crearyv. Mr. Bland ris;iing t) tict ques tion. Mr. E.1 uiti erm! souw amuilse nict by sutggesing tha s lie iemo cratic candidiates for the Speak(rship had 1ach ,;cored a point, !'h; chairman should ;Zive his ruling. !'cnding a det cision thw co-mmittIP rose. Trhe Sneaker laid before the House a r veuet for the retirn froma the Senate of a bill for the reli 'f of Sarah E. E. Perine, ni error having occurred in its enrolment. 3Mr. 3reckinridIge. of Kentucky, ob jected, and Mlr. Rogers made the point that thenr was noI q u oi ui present. This piit being found to be well taken, the Ilouse adjourned. BLOWN UP BY NATURAL GAS. T-o Gil. Kild, T.o l.-iwos Fatally Injured and a Nml.er H urt. PmtTsn:Una(. danuary 18.-A special ti-om Findlay. Oho. avs: The first .rcat udisae er fidi:ay has ever exper"en ced fi-om the u-e o' natural gas occurred shourtll befor 2 'cLc k this afternoon while the get oi the Hotel Marvin were wain to lie summnoned to "inner. This morili t was Iiscovered that gas was ezcaldng Ifl m a pipe somehliere into the dnin room. and Mr Miarvin. the owner of the buiIding, with three plumbers, spent the entire forenoon try ing to locate the leak. About 1 o'clock they entered a chamber underneath the dining room and found such an accumu lation of gas that they could not breathe and it was suggested that a hole be sawed through the iloor into the dining room in order to obtain fresh air. This was done and just as the hole was made one of the dining room girls. who was sweeping the iloor, stepped upon a match, and in an instant an explosion occurred which not only wrecked the building, but killed two girls and maimed and injured a dozen other employees. The force of the explosion was so great that it blew out the Ilame of the ignited gas and no fire followed the awful ruin which the shock caused. The whole building was rocked as it in an earthquake by the concussion, and all the windows on the square were demol ished. while the wreck of the hotel build ing was all but complete, the only rooms in the house escaping destruction being the parlors and office. Had the explosioa occurred ten min utes later the loss of life would have been frightful, as nearly a hundred people were waitng in their rooms to be called to dinner, and one of the clerks was on his way to make this announcement when the explosion occurred, and he was caught in the fialling debris, lie being one of the painfully injured. When the work of removing the dead and rescuing the injured began, it was found that Katie Walters, a waitress, was killed outright; Ella Johnson, a dining room girl, was alive under the mass of brick and mortar, and died short lv after being carried to a piece of safety; Kate Rooney. another dining room girl, was also fatally injured, but is still alive; Frank Poundstone, day clerk at the he tel, was painfully bruised and cut about the neck and fiace. Ile will recover. Anson Marvin. owner of the building, who was with the plumbers under the dning room floor when the explosion ccurred. is probably fa tally injured, as a great deal of the lame from the gas was inhaled. Five others were injured, but will recover. Riotous Railroad! Strikers. 1FORT L1UDsoN, Jan. 15.-The strik ers, who so far have been as a rule ac ting~ in an orderly manner. are beginning to display riotous felings. Crowds of strikers to-day made desperate attacks uou the several railroad stations in this city and immediate vicinity. They pelted the stations with stones until hardly a whole pane of glass could be seen in the windows of these buildings. They also attacked and completely wrckedl a large single station. The police at the first sign of the rioting con eentratedl at convenient points and did their utmost to save the railroad com panies' property. The bitterness of feel ing on the part of the strikers is increas ing daily and there are signs possibly of serious riotingf.____________ JOB PRINTING. T IIE TIE~ OFFICE IS FITTED UP IN a mnner that warrants it in sliciting your patronage for job prirting. Send us your orders which shall have promot atten tion. Prics as low as the cities. Satisfac tion guaranteed. Keep us in mind. BRUJNSON HOUSE, sUMTElR, S. C. First class accommodations and excellent table. Convenient to the business portion of the town. 25 cents for dinner. J. II. DINON, rroprietor. C, WLEN & CO. WHOLESAL.E GROCERS. Flour a Specialty. Nos. 171 and 173 East Bay Street, CHARLESTON S. C. M. Drake & Son, -WHOLESALE BOOTS, SHOES, & TRUJNKS. 233 Meeting St., CHiAIILESTON, S. C. L'rgest stock, best assortment, lowest prices. S. 'IHOM.tS. Jn. J. M. TIIOMAS. Stephen Thom~aS,Ir J T&Bo. JEWELRY, SI!.VER & PLATED WARE, Spectacles, Eye Glasses & Fancy Goods. Zy-Watche and Jewelry rei:tdred by omptenit. workme-n. 2Fi KING ST1IEET, ' II] iL' ET( )N. . C. Ca.rrin~tn, Thom~as & Co., -DEALE1RS IN W7ATCEEES, JEWELRY, SILVERWARE AND FANCY GOODS, No. 231 King Street, CHARLESTON. S. C. JOHN TL CONNOR, C'otton Factor CIIARLESTON, S. C. Solicit; condgnmntfts of cotton on whieb tin..ht, .avncs vill be mmule. J0UEI'11 F. ll~t ATTORNEY AT LAIV, MINNING, S. C. J ! LN S .IWLLS O N .-tliite,.Pl a nd 0~.-lwa Law, MANNING, S. C. A LEVI. AMIANN I-NG(, S. C. z.* Notarv Publie with seal. N HUGGINS, D. D. S., Go CHER A, S. V. .-Visits Manning every month or two professionally. FORESTON DRUB STORE, FORESTON, S. C. I keep always on hand a full line of Pure Drugs and Medicines, FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES, TOILET SOAPS, PERFUMERY, STATION ElRY, CIGARS, GARDEN SEEDS, and such articles as are usually kept in a first class drug store. I have just aidded to my stock a line of PAINTS AND OILS, and ama prepared to sell PAINTS, OILS LEAD, VAUNISHES, BRUSHES, in <1uantities to suit purchasers. L. W. NETTLES, M.D., Foreston, S. C. A. S. J. PEIflY. z. r.. SIONs. R. A. PRINGLE. Johnston, Crews & Co., -WHOLESALE JOBBERS OF DRY GOODS, Notions and Small Wares, Nos. 49 Hayne & 112 Market Streets, CHARLESTON, S. C. R. T. M CGHN. A. S. BROWN. ROBT. P. EVANS. McGAHAN, BROWN & EVANS, JOBBERS OF Dry Goods, Notions, Boots, Shoes and Clothing, Nos. 226, 228 & 230 Meeting Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. TI-IE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. OF NEW YORK. R. A. McCURDY, Prest. Assets, S136,401,328.02. Surplus, $9,657,248.44. The oldest, strongest, largest, best company in the world. It "makes as surance doubly sure." E. B. (Ctifey,, Agent for Kershtaw and Clarendlon., C'amden, S. C. ED. L. GERNAND, GENERAiL AGENT, Columbia, S. C. GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL, COLUMBIA, S. C. Is the largest notel in the city, and has, during the past year, been thoroughly reno vated, remodeled, and refitted with all mod ern improvements. Centrally located, and offers inducements for the accommodation of its patrons. Has 6 spacious, light, and airy sample rooms. Hot and cold baths, el evator, &c. Cuisine under supervision of Mr. E. E.Post, late of Lookout Point Botel, Lookout Mountain, Tcnn. The proprietor hopes by strict attention to the wants of his patrons to merit a share of patronage. F. W. SEEGERS, E. E. POST, Proprietor. Manager. 'tHE liHE o.28 ONION SQUARENY1' S5l4% cH ..'-,ATLANTA.GA..w~cAL. ElSCO STtouls.MO. im e gDA LLAS.TEX. VW. E. BROWN & CO., Manning, S. C. ' PHILADELPHIA SINGER. High Low Am, -Arm $28. $20. E: ., FIFTEEN DAYS' TRIAL n' ay anaagenus3 Bor $6,bt send for circuar THE C. A. WOOD C0M nuaE "Shot~un ~.Revolvers SEINES, NETS, TENTS, AND SPORTINDCOO0DS Double Barrel Breech Loading Shot Guns, choke bored, SS to $100. Single Breech Load ing Shot Guns, $4 to $25. Every kind of Brech Loading and Repeating Rifles, $3 to $40. Muzzle Loading Double Shot Guns, $5 to 535. Single Shot Guns. $2.50 to $12. Revolvers. $1 to $20. Double Action Self Cockers, $2.50 to $10. All kinds of Car tridges, Shells, Caps, Wads, Tools, Powder Flasks, Shot Pouches, Primers. Send 2 ents for Illustrated Catalogue. Address J. H. JOfiNSTON, GREAT WESTERN GN WORKS, Pittsburg, Pa. Manning Shaving Parlor. I AIR CUTTING ARTISTICALLY EX ecnted, and shaving done with best razrs. Special attention paid to shampoo ing ladies' heads. I have had considerable expricelc in several large cities, and guar inte satisfaction to my customers. Parlor next door to Manning Tinme. ADGER S.NYTfL. F ... EZiSeaPate S YTH & ADCER, Factors and Commission Merchants, NoCr-th A a:1 ic*4 N7Vaarr~ CHARLESTON, S. C. OTTO F. WIETERS, WHOLESALE GROCER, Wholesale Dealer in Wines, Liouors and Cigars, No. 121 East Bay, Charleston, S. C. OTTO TIEDEMAN & SONS, Wholesale Grocers and Provision Dealers, 172, 174, and 176 East Bay Street, 40 A M. E 3 T O N, S. C. F. J. PELZER, Presi.ent. F. S. RODGERS, Treasurer. Atlantic Phosphate Company, 3IANUFACTURERS OF STANDARD FERTILIZERS, AND IMPORTERS OF PELZER, RODGERS, & CO., General Agts., BROWN'S WHARF, CHARLESTON, S. C. Mn. M. LEvI, of Manning, will be pleased to supply his friends and the public gec ally, with any of the above brands of Fertilizers. MOLONY & CARTER, COMMISSION MERCHANTS. Dealers in Corn, Oats, Bran, Hay, Flour, Feed. 244 & 24G Meeting St., Opp. Pavilion Hotel, CHARLESTON, S. C. *OContracts made for car load lots or less. W. E. Hons. . . - - Lz.ND Moo. W. E. HOLMES & CO., --DEALRs IN White Lead and Colors, Oils and Varnishes, Glass and Brushes, Mill and Naval Store Supplies. STREET LAMPS and LANTERNS ofALL KINDS OFFICE, 207 EAST BAY, CHARLESTON, S. C. ESTABLISHED 1844. Charleston Iron Works, Manufacturers and Dealers in Marine Stationary and Portable Engines and Boilers, Saw Mill Machinery, Cotton Presses, Gins, Railroad, Steam boat, Machinists', Engineers' and Mill Supplies. allRepairs executed with promp)tness and Dispatch. Sendfor price list. East BayCor. Pritchard St., Charleston, S. C. -PUCKHABER BROS., Wholesale Bakery and Candy Factory. AGENTS FOR HOLMES a: COUJTTS SEA~FOA~M WA~FERS AND ENGLISH BISCUIT, 464 and 466 King St. CHARLESTON, S. C. PElRtCIV.A.L MFG-. CO. SASHES, DOORS AND BLINDS 47S to 486 Meeting St., CHARLESTON,S40. THE BEST AND THE CHEAPEST, All goods guaranteed. Estimates furnished by return mail Large stock, promp; shipments. Our goods do not shrink or warp. Geo. E. Toale & Company, MANU-FACTURRS OF AND wHoLESALE DEALE~s IN Doors, Sash, Blinds, Moulding, and General Building Material. Office and salesrooms, 10 and 12 Hlayne St., CHARLESTON, S. C. OLD CLOTHES MADE NEW. SEND TOUR DYEING TO THE CHARLESTON STEAM DYE WORKS, All work guaranteed. 310 King St., CHARLESTONSC SMOKE HENO CICAR, THE BEST NICKLE CIGAR SOLD. B. A. JOHNSON, Sole Agent, Manning, S. C. 801 ISEMAN, Wholesale Grocer, State Agent, LilienthaI & BIohme, Successors to 1F. J. Lilientha &i X on, Proprietors o And dealers in Precpared four, Gri.4 and Mea!. ..o Hay, Grain, Flour, Mill Feed. etc. Send for prccs. A. McCOBB, Jr. BOLLMIANN BROTHERS, Seneral Commission Merchant, Wh es e AND DEALER IN IME, CEMENT, PLASTER PARIS, HAIR, FIRE Grocers, BRICKS, AND FIRE CLAY, LAND PLAS-I TER, AND EASTERN HAY. 157 and 169, East Bay, Agents for White's English Portland Cement. H RETN .C I & 196 East Bay, Charlestonl, S. C: _ RI ESON __ . C. _ HAR LES C. L ESLIE Whleae eti CzunsinDelr nJOHN F. WERNER & CO., Whlsl Reai CommissionnDealerri Coniments4 of1pouEastyayg0,dand ll olicitd. Oflice Nos. 18 & 20 Market St., E. of East BayVnde ane AsTONm, s. c OHJA R LESTO, S. .