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NMI I- 5 -\9; a; t.N V 4 AT* co vol-o -1Le G TIE LEGISLAT'RE. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY GOES TO WORK WITH A WILL. V What Had Bee's Dose u Botb Ho;Aes - severalImp'ol ntxt n ;I?sVt' a4 Upoa aad t Passed ad 0:A4re Yoted Upon and Knied. CoLUxML, 5. C., Dec. S.-Tuesday was a field day in the House for tae lawyers. They Lhad all the discussion to them-elves. Mr. Was's bill to amend the law . rela-Aon to attorueys' fees in equity cases was the subject of a hot discussior. into .vbich Mr. Har rison was the t -'y raeaber. tsie of the legal profer! )n, w ho had couraige to enter. Mr. E. Gary. in bet alf of the Judiciary Con::m'i ttee, itch reported unfavorably upc:, the measure. stated that that comm -.,-e was iot backward in matters of Mi-Ntimate reform, tut already four me.sures with reference to lawyes' wcs: .cre tefore the House and there was no Leed of this bill. The oommittee had reported favorably last winter cu a biU to abolish Qil costs in equity cases at: ~. he was stiP " favor of such a me4:--e. The present billi was imperfect. .\fter uor ederable dis cussion the V. was paassedtoath-rd reading. Suitable reselt.aions were introduced and unanimou-,!: passed in reference to the death of Ch: 'Justice Simpson. GOOD NEWS Or TAXPAYEpS. Mr. Wats moved to amend the bill Ielating to the xtension of time for payment of tane- by substituting Feb ruary 20 for Fe. ruary 1, 1892. Mr. Haskell, from the Ways and Means Commit :k, which reported the bill favorably, sated that the commit tee had considered the matter fully and bad decided upon Fe-bruary 1. The t clerk of the Comptro.ier General had advanced many reasons way the ex- t tension should not be longer than to February 1. This is the time that has t been customarily selected by the Legis- t lature for years. Mr. Teldell said if the fartmers were t just as able to pay taxes now as in I February there would be no use for the extensior,, but be questioned whether they could get funds from the oanks I before February. Mr. Harden claimed that the farmers were just as able to pay taxes in Jan vary as in February. The aneinduient was adopted. I Speaker Jones announced the follow ing committee on redistricting the I Congressional Districts: First District, James Simons; Second, W. U. Yeldell; Third, J. Townes Robertsori; Fourth, t B. L. Abney; Fifth, D. E.Finley; Sixth, c J. B. Daggett; Seventh, Altamont Moses. Mr. Hastell, chairman of the com mittee, cbarged with the duty of in vestigating the actions of tke phosphate t commission asked and obtained per- e mission for his committee to sit during the sessions of the House. A petition signed by Wilie Jones, f John Gary Evans, J. C. Boyd, C. S. t Bissell, H. T. Thompson, James P. f DMa, rrank H. Wenen, a comnmittee t appointed for that purpose at a recent meeting of military men in Columbia, was presented to the House. The petition asked the Legislature to ap- c propriate five dillars for every man in the militia who passed the annual in spection. A CONSTITUTION CONVENTION. In the Senate on Tuesday the joint resolution providing for a constitu- a tional convention. was taken Up. Senator Smytt moved an amend ment providing hbat the constitutiont to be prepared t y the convention shal be submitted to the people tor ratifica- f lion. t Senator Sloan took the iloor and t argued strenuouily in favor of the S amendment. It u'as opposed by Sena- ] tors Donelson, Wilson, Timmrerman and a Dozier. It ws savored by Senators C Evans and Moore. Senator Donelson opposed it on the e ground, chiefly, that it was for the peo ple to say if they' wanted ft convention and that when they elected delegates to e a convention the presumption was thatt those delegates woulid act inl accord with those who sent them. Senator c Smythe contendedi that he could noet see how those who respected and trusted a the people could oppose this proposi- 'j tion, which was to give the people an 1 oppostunity of passing uponthe changes c made in their fundamental laws. It t might be, in fact, that the conventien ( would be composaed of inexperienced c men, who would 'nve no check upon j their actions except a recommittal to y the people. 1: The friends of the resointion sug- a g ested that the amLendment might delay c inal action until 189~6.c Senator Smythe replied that there jt would be no cause for such delay and s there was a long discussion on thist point and others.t The amendment came to a vote and c was lost; nay 25; yea 11. t Senator Sloan then oth~rred an amend-t ment providing that the constitution to be prepared by the convenition shall not cnange the publ'ic school system and that it .,hall provide for its sup port. Senator Sloan made a long and effective argument on tuis pnot. sen ator Timmerman opposed the aimend ment i a very eairniet spech.i The Sloan amendment was lot, 30 to , The joint resolutionr was the' atiopte. - ed by a vte of2f6tot10. n acal of..h roll as follows:t X eas-Abbott, Biambe~rg *asiey, Bell, Bigham, DesSchamps, Donal'dson, Evans, Ferguso'n, Glenni. Hiemplil. O'Dell. Peake, Redfearrne, .Sanders, Smith, J., Stokes, iStrait, Timmenrman, Williams, Wilson. Nays-B~uist,DIozier,.Jenh~ins, Moody, Moore, Sloan, Smith, R. M, Smythe, Verdier, Woodward. ASsEssING i'R(OERTY. The House spent the greater portion of1 Wednesday in considering Mr. Wil- I son's bill to amend certamn sections ofI the General Statutes relating to the as sessment and taxation ot property. This bill was the special oroer for 11 1 o'clock. Two hours andi a lf were spent in its discussion. Mr. Wilson opened the debate with a long and able argument in favor of the passage of the I bill. He claimed that the bl, If it became an Act, would raise the total I of taxable property in lhe State fromC $150,000,000, as it is now reported, to $300,000,000. P'roperty is not now taxed at its real value. The assertion that land is not taxed according t.o its real t value is true, a'r it is true because land is not return- d at i ts real value. Personal property should be taxed ac cording to its rea, value. M1aoy kinds of property are n.. - now on the statute books. These ore issions~ are provided for in the bill. P'-rsonal property, if returned at Its ten. value, w cuhd sum up 6100,000,000, 17stead of S>':J00,0U~i. Owing to the pr ent law. t;a State a does not occupy .2 rigt: p sution as t-> financial prospe: y. Oie- alt of loan i money Is not now rsturned f or taxation. I Under the now hi there eaa be no such omission. After ame discussior>, pr' and con, the bill 1aed its second read ing. THE GI1I1 CoLLEGE 'i. 4 Mr. Childs intreaouced a O111 calcu 1laed if aopnted, to loxate the proposed " ndustrial college to be established for comen, by the State, in Columbia. The bill proviaes that this college hall be known as the South Carolina ndustrial and Winthrop Normal Col ege. The Board of Trustees shall be omposed of the Governor, Superin endent of Eduzation and the Chair Lien of the Senate and House Commit ees on Education and seven others lected by the Legislature. The elected flcers shall serve for six years. The aain objects of the institution shall be: 1. To give toyoung women such edu ation as shall fit them for teaching. 2, To give instruction in stenogra hy, type-writing, telegraphy, book eeping, drawing, designing, engraving, ewing, dressmaking, millinery art Leedle work. cookinz, housekeeping and uch other industrial arts as may be uitable to their sex and conducive to heir support and usefulness. The president and professors shall be ppointed by the board of trustees, who hall fix all salaries. No girl shall be llowed to take a course in said insti ution who does not receive instruction a at least one indastrial art. The board of trustees shall select the ocation for the college, and in doing so hey shall look to the convenience of he people of every section of the State, aking into consideration the advan ages and disadvantages of the differ nt offers in money and sites. They hall give notice for thirty days n three newspapers before finally locat ag said institution. The board shall hen erect suitable buildings and fur ish them with the necessary appli aces, etc. Authority is given any County or city r town to appropriate from their funds oney to secure the location of the in titu.tion, or they may hold an election in the question of subscription or no ubscription. The tuition for students shall be $40 session. Students not able to pay heir tuition shall be admitted free. The bill provides that the offers of he trustees of the Winthrop Training ;chool, to turn that institution over to he State be accepted and that institia ion be merged into the Winthrop Nor al College: provided that it be main ained at Columbia for the present, as ias the Winthrop Training Scnool. PROHIBITION PETITIONS. Mr. Yeldell inquired if a motion to econsider the action of the House in rdering priated the petitions for and gainst prohibition would be in order. The Speaker ruled it would not, but dded that he would be glad for the fouse to overrule him in the matter. He then commenced presenting to the louse several bushels of petitions for orohibition, remarking that the Legis ature would do weil to charter special rains to convey the petitions to the apital. The petitions were from every sec ion of the State and contained between 0,000 and 25,000 names. The thought of what the printing of he several baskets of petitions would ost was affrighting the members. Mr. Wilion moved that all printed opies of petitions be destroyed, that urther printing be stopped, and that he various petitions introduced be re erred to the delegations of the Coun tes from which they come. Mr. Moses was in favor of tearing up .11 printed petitions and stopping the rork, which he said might cost $2,000 r 3,000, If all petitions were printed. Mr. Wilson's motion was adopted. SENATE ODDS AND ENDS. The session of the Senate Wednesday as uneventful. There was a slight kirmish over the bill to establish a bu eau of geology and mines, which re ulted in an indefinite postponment of he bill. Senator Stokes presented a memorial rom the Demeratic Executive Commit ee of Berkeley. This memorial peti ions the Senate to declare vacant the eat occupied by Hawkins K. Jenkins, Dsq., as senator from Berkeley county, ,1eging that Mr. Jenkins is not a rest .ent of the county. The finance committee, which had in harge the memorial asking an appro >ation for a State exhibit for the Co aibian Exposition to be held In 1893, ubmitted yesterday in the Senate a ill to provide for the collection, ar agemIent and display of the products f the State of South Carolina at the Vorld' Columbian Exposition in 1893, nd to make an appropriation therefor. he amount of -the appropriation is ft blank in the bill as presented. It reates a commission to be known as he World's Fair managers of South larolina, to consist af the Governor, ne member from each Congressional )istrict to be appointed by the Gover or, and one member from the State at Arge, to be elected by the General As smbly. The commission is to elect ne of its own memtbers as an executive ommissioner. The State treasurer is~to e ex-offlcio, treasurer. The commis Loners are to be paid $3 per day for the ime actually engaged in the work of be commission and necessary expenses f transportation. The commission is fix the salary of the executive mem er or commissioner. Senator Smythe, in behalf of the Sen ,tos who voted against the Constitu ional convention resolution on Tues iay, offered a written protest against ts passage, and asked that the same be pread upon the journal. The ground if the Drotest is that the resolution on ts passage to a third reading did not eceive a two-thirds vote of the Senate. The resolution received its second read ag last session and on its passage to a hid reading the vote was recorded .nd stood 23 to 8, wanting one vote of wo-thirds. The question is whether it i necessary for the resolution to re eve the two-thirds vote except on its al psage. A SENSATION IN THlE HOUSE. In thb House on Thursday there was lively sensation. Mr. Norton made a ery grave charge against Rev. Dr. C. .P1inckney, one of the most distin uished divines in the Sta'e. When he bill to provide for procuring and ~reserving documents relating to the istory or South Carolina came up, Mr. Korton moved to strike out the enact ng clause. Several gentlemen spoke in favor of he bill, but Mr. Norton continued to ppose it, saying he knew there were un air histories of South Carolina, but ould a history of the State be more air that was written by a society whose hairman a day or two ago pointed the inger of scorn at the State House and asked who would have ever thought hat a state of affairs would ever come o pass in South Carolina that would ring to the front such a mongrel crowd ? now presides at the State House ? Mr. Ilaskel1 arose and asked the name if the person making such a remark. Mr. Norton replied that it was Rev. 3. C. Pinckney, D. D., or at least he had ieard so. Mr. U~askell said that he could not be jeve any such statement unless there g'as a member present who had him elf heard Dr. 1inckaey make the state nent. He is a clergyman who has been a service for forty odd years or more, nd a man whose nature was utterly oreign to such discourtesy. Other ~entlemen spoke discrediting the re nark attributed to Dr. Pinckney, and m motion debate on the measure was uspended until an opportunity had )en givn Dr. Pncrne to explain. Mtr. Tupper called for co.,' eraton n his concurrent reso)lution foc the ap pointment of a -ommittee. two from the enate and three from the HIouse. to i vestigate the charge of fraud in the tward of the advertisement for the tate printing. It was adopted. LIENS AND MoRGAGES. When Breazeale's bill to rgilate the liens of mortgages on cros,, and to de Line what crops may be nortgagrd, .as :alied, Mr. McCall moved to strike out the enacting clausa. Mr. Breazeale said that if the pre sent system of mortgaging continues it will ruin the country. The motion to st rike out the enacting clause was lost by an over5clming ma jority and the bill passed to its third reading. The bill provides "that no tnortgage f any crop or crops shall be good and effective to convey to the mortgogee any interest in any crop or crops other thin the crop or crops to be raised dur ing the year in which said mortgage is given, and unless the land whereon said .rop or crops are to be rai:.ed, shall be deacribed or mention in said mortgage." NO MORE FREE P'ASSES. In the Senate on Thursday there was a slight ripple of merriment among the enators when Senator Woodward'.,s bill to prohibit the use of iree passes by members of the Legislature and State fficers was called up for a secend reaid ing. Senator Beasley, of Darlington, moved an indefinate postponement of the bill. This brought from Senator Wood ward, a strong and vigorons appeal to the Senate in behalf of his -ill. ile said he had been offered free passes but had ever accepted one. le did not believe in the principal of the jury, so to speak, accepting presents from those who might have to come to trial Wore it. Senator Beasley said he had i requent y rejected free passes, but he never felt that any State officer could be iniluen 3ed by accepting a free pass. The motion to indefinateiy postpone was lost by a vote on the call of the roll. of 28 to 7, and was ordered to a third reading. The following is the vote: Yeas-Bamberg, Beasley, Donaldson, Furguson,Glenn, Hemphill, Iedfearne. Nays-Abbott, Bell, Bingham. Buist, DeSchamp, Dozier, Jenkins, Ktitt, Ma gill, Mason, McDaniel, Meetze. Moody, oore, O'Dell, Peake, Sanders, Sloan, Smith, It. .., Smith, J., S the. Stokes. trait, Timinerman. Verdier. W liinms. Wilson, Woodward. The bill is shortandto the paiK. The following are its provisionus na ard to a third reading: Section 1. That after the pe ;uge o! this act it shall be unlawful f: .v per ion whilea member of th.- $ens or of he House of Represcntatives, wr State official, of this State, to use aiiy free pass or complimentary ticket or to ride without pay*ng the usual fare, on mny railroad in this State. Section 2. That any person upon con viction of a violation of the provision of section 1 of this act shall be deemed uity of misdemeanor, and shall be Liable to a fine not to exceed $500, or imprisonment not to exceed six months. Senator Sloan did a good thing for the tate in having the joint resolution of the House to extend the time for the ollection of State, county, railroad and ther taxes until the 20th of February, S92, taken up out of its order and passed to a third reading. Tbere is lit le question of the joint resolution be :oming a law, and the time for the pay ment of taxes extended. PROBIBITION SCORES A VICTORY. In the House on Friday Mr. Kirk land moved to strike out the enacting :ause of the prohibition bill, which brought Mr. Childs to his feet in de Eence of the bill. He claimcd that last ear $1,000,000,000 was spent for liquor mnd this expenditure is increasing at the rate of $58,000,000 a year. Tlhis foes not include the effects of the traf c. A safe estimate would place this at another billion dollars. The liquor traffic costs more annually than all the xpenses of every function of the gov ~rment. How can a matter of this magnitude be put aside with a sneer? [n South Carolhna the liquor traffic mounts to $50,0CO.000 annually. Every rear 60,000 people died from the effects of drink, one every ten minutes. Out of every five families one must furnish a victim for this horrid monster. D~oes any one here want one of his boys to be a victim to this traflic ? If not, be con sisent. Join in the effort to suppress that which is a continual menace to the safety of the boys. Alter considerable discnssion pro and con, Mr. Yeldell moved to table the motion to strike out the enacting clause of the hill which was adopted by a vote of 48 to 3G. In the Senate on Friday Senator Sythe offered a concurrent resolution to investigate the condition of the re serve fund under ex-Treasurer lver. Mr. Smythe stated that it was intro duced at the request of the ex-Treasur er, who considered that he was entitled to such investigation after the com ments made in the Governor's message. In the Ilouse on Saturday the pro. hibition bill was taken up asd posed its second reading. The bill is nery s weep ing in its provisions. The session Monday was also taken up with the consideration of tne prohtbition bill, but on account of the smiall atteudanice of members the matter was postponed ntil Tuesday. A Humani Holaceat,~ DETROIT, ieb., Dec. 2.-Tne must! appalling catastrophe that a- ited, Detroit since the burning of the 'ilden school, two years ago, t..ok plaat aboutK 2 o'clock this morning. F c e out in the grocery store of Geog e 32 Orleans street, and eamr~ to the dwelling houuw os r- .eet red to death Charles is Uge t2 and is brothers Josie and Edldie, aged 11 ad 7 years. The latter chlren. were found in their bed and t4ie olde-r boy was discovered by the iirerneu lying apon the floor berore a wiidow as if he, ralizing the danger, had attempted~ to; escape by that egress. The father and mother were found ocked in each other's arm at the headri >f the stairs leading out into the yard. They were burne<d to a crisp. Why1 they took the rear steps may nevecr be known, for if they had taken? the fr-ont way they would undoubtedly have bee-n saved. As it was they rushed' into a iery furnac , for the coniiagrsio'n did the most damage where tho~r uodies were found. Two other children-M1ax, aged 15, and Toney, aged 12, and a hire'd girl, whose name could not be ascertained, scaped by jumping out of the windovws nto t he arms 01 the police and firemen. There was no means of finding out just bow the tire started. When iirst seen it was issuing from the front windows ap stairs, but an examination of the rocery store showed an overturned stove, and the damage (lone to the lower story would indicate that the tire tarted in the stor-e. Biowni to Pleooe. NYACK, N. Y., Dec. 2.-A lynamite factory at Hlaverstraw was hiown tip this afternoon. The shock wis felt for many miles. The engineer and three workmen employed in the building were blown to pieces, and another man, who was in a boat eni the river sbrne distance from thie wre'ckett. building, wa also instantiv killed. SERMON BY DR. TALMAGE THE ROYAL BLOOD OF JESUS THE SUBJECT OF THE DiSCOURSE. Good Christlans Are All Sul:JijLs of the Great Kin; of the Unir-(.raisic kicture of the Kin;t's Escate--h, for the Rannion of Saints: BnoCtZxN, Dec. G.-This molu ing the vast congregation which filled every ivilable space in the Talbernaclc .,t the opening of the service san with grcat heartness and evident feeling Cowper's vell known hymn beginning: There is a fountain filled with blood Drawn from limanuel's veins The subject of Dr. Talmage's sermon as "Royal Blood." and his text. Jud es viii, I$, "Each one resi mbled the hildren of a king." Zebah and Zalmunna had been il 4to battle, and when they caie back they were asked what kind of ieople they had seen. They answere! tht the peopl had a royal appearance; 6each on re sembled the children of a king." I stand today before many wyho have this appearance. Indeed, they are the sous and daughters of the Lord Almightv. Though now in exile, they shall yet ome to their thrones. There are farn ily names that stand for wealth or pat riotism or intelhlgence. The name of Washington means patPriotismn. abL:ough: ome of the blood of that race hats b e ome very thin in the last aenerat:ou. The family of Medici stood as the repre sentative of letters. The famil of the Rothschilds is sinti icant of wealth, the loss offorty millions of dollars in 1848 putting theml to uo in ouveuieuce; and withi a few years Lhey hava loaned Russia twelve millions A dollars, Naples tweLtV-lie mil:ion., Austria forty millions aud England two undredi millions; and the stroke o01er pen on the ccunting room desk ,hakes verything from th e irih sea to the Danube. They open their hand. aad lere is war; they shu' it, and thcie L -eac-. Thte house ofIIapsburg in Aus irn I.' no..n o ur inE la t the V --: 3.f B:urbon ;in Fr 1ZlC: trc iaui peul orce ' a rr e e aae. rlatious y relatioship of the Cross; all of ut are the children of the King. First, I speak of our faumily name.t When we see a desendant of some onic greatly celebrated in the last ceu wry we ook at him with profound interest. To, bave had conquerors, kings or priaces in the ancestral line give luster to the fam ily name. In our line was a king and a ,onqueror. The Star in the East with baton of liaht woke up the eternal or ,estra that mad* music at his birth. From thence he started.forth to conquer ill nations, not by tramping then Oovwn, but by lifting them up. St. John saw tim on a white horse. When he returs e will not bring the nations chaiucd to is wheel or in iron cages; but I hear the stroke of the hoofs of the snow white cavalcade that brimg them to the gates in triumph. Our family name takes luster trom the tar that heralded him, and ihe spear hat pierced him, and the crown that' was given him. It gathers fragrance rrom the frankincense brought to his cra lle, and the lilies that flung their sweet aess into his sermons, and the box of labaster that broke at his feet. The :oforter at Bethany. The resurrector at Nain. The supernatural oculist at Bethsaida. The Saviour of one world, and the chief joy of another. .The storm tis frown. The sunlight his smile. The spring morning his breath. The earth uake the stamp of his foot. The thun dler the whisper of his voice. The ocean a drop on the tip of his fh~ier. IHeavena isparkle on the bosom~ ot his iove. Eternity the twinkling of his eye. The universe the flying dust of his chariotj wheels. Able to heal a heartbreak, or ush a tempest, drown a world, or flood imensity with his glory. What other amily uame could ever boast of such an~ Ihis trious personage?' Henceforth, swing out the coat of rms! Great fattilies wear their coat of arms on the dress, or on the door of the coach, or on the helmet when they 7 iut to battle. or on flags and ensianis. The heraldic sign is sometimes a lion, o an eagle. Our coat o1 arms, worn righ t over the heart, hereafter shall be a cross a lamb standing under it andl a dove 11l Lg over It. Granderst of all escutcheone! Most signifleant of all family "coats of arms." In every battle I miust have it bazing on my flagr-the dove, the cros., the amb. and w hen I iall wrapi mre in hat good old Cli'istian tih, so thai the :amily coat of armis shali be rigrnt o'er my breast, that all the world may se that I looked t the dove s he ea an~ chur tith ciross. s'ad dependde ')af t1be lsino f e octrdi.I1 xMhameid of Jesus-thiat iear 'ie''d. OIiho I y hlo pe~s or ..'. deId N:e I ip' e h~ m :c rave, for all1 he r ee to emiae ilth terge of the gra'e and look unow unte a. ~irst those nearest the depasried come, hen those next of kin unthl they'.r i looked into the grav. So 'Ten: ouble and grie go down through! the :eart of one rmembzer of the family, the' o down taroug~h them all. The :sadnessI t one is the sadness or 'll A company of persons jom h'and-s around an electric battery; the tw o oe. sens at the ends of the line touch th e sttery, and ail the circle feels the 'ibok, Thus by reason of the :vlll '-"- rnalt ud paternal relhations of lue, tre stan d 0 close together~ that when 'rouble '-et s s batter5 all fcci Ihe thrill of 'i ''-a. E the great Christian family the s'rrov f one ought to be the sorrow of all. ~Is m~e persecutel? All arc persecuteu. Does one suifer loss? We all eunr oss. Is one bereaved? We are ni :>ereaveai. TPheir streaming eyes together tion For human guilt and mortal woe. If you rejoice at another's mitnorutune von are not one of the sheep', but one o' 7he goats, and the vulture of shni hath ighted on your soul, and not the dove Next I notice the family property. After a man of larg~e estate dies tihe re atives assemble to hear the will read. So mch of the property is willed to his sons, and so much to his daughters, and so mch to benevolent societIes. OUr Lord Jesus tath dhed, andi we are :is embed today to Lear' t e will red everthm:o:lTas t: orm :pm. tLe n in di tuihr ara C f,-bt iedthe-areu cftee~t 'iLvare! o'! aiha eceth nf enrmnto er r: Io look upou el MN:.i.s a natural world as zi the ,airloo s of -u roa aml.The mnorninwr 1 reafks fron the cast. The miSt, trveiu-,l abo-v, hill, mountain alor mumiuv: kv lost. Tihe forcAs a and buzz and son . Tree's la ani bird's wing lutter with gladnes. oe Makers in the .S', anL11:,:Jis t bark, and aq Juire's3 ht ao thec raii an:1 th call of* the- taw iu f a clea ?kv mnake -..."md. The tuu wh ..ich kadles contliv.aratin ''moi; th . #-eI cloudS 'and1i sets m uaret in dome nfan. stoops to pain the lil. white, and the buttercup yellow, anI the f"orgetme:o le What can resist the sun? Lig!t 56 the voyager over the deep! Light fo ti shepherd guarding the flocks afield L h t 4-r the poor who have no lamp to bu'! L* h:t)r the dokwncast an '.b loly!IL~:.for achingr eyes. aui L-4ht for the .!mooth brInwr oculd od an for the im. visionf of the octogenar lar T.iht for queen's coronet, :.d o S'ewlng' girl's needle! Lt ther be ll:; t WVhose mornng" is th-?'- Mv norn'In Your morn Our Father :-ave u the picture, and hung It on the sky ii ilops of fire. It 's the heirloom of ou Ad So the 1ih1. It is the iufl moon The1U mists from Shire to shore gikean site tErctt mirror s, and the ocean 11.ier hr auce, cmscnl1, U) with grea tides. panting Upou tie beach, miliing as it were, fora and 1ire. The poo manr ble:ses God for throwing such cheap light through the broken windo2 pane in his cabin, and to the sick i seems a light 'roi the oAlher shore whl bounds this peat deep o: hu.1a -nd woe. J the lun -eem like a -on; iull and poured lrom nren Istrumect: fiat ill heaven aJd earth wi iarmomlies. :."e m n "" 1"ive nu. ankl. I tndm" eneamt" e thosI'~"e 'o rod, serding up her So::, sw-ee -ic. C ~a'e, while tlh s . an d a seCa. , , oth ..t c ..r - l AmrdC A -:-s 43L: t.-I -l c:- t At* ..rloo o u mr'" y. L's the grald : " he spirIe, tilt erVst- Ao til Uow. he h cora. I 'c te t, odor, You canOt G:i4 a l... e I ; 'uW moring o mut -i evr- w:dk aroud it. The iamil y..rperty of hi: royal house of Jesus Is so :reat that w must take several Walks to -c. any Ide: of its extent. Let the rs, val' around this earth. All t vaievs the harvests that wavs in thQm and :L. cattle ihat asture 2m-all test o-arta:ns and the prcou' thi"' id Jen beneath te., a: : on acer they cast at : !eeo t I A! neMa hurricane-aa -ns: taesi oniments, arn our,. [a t secout walk go among the street lam - of heav. ea, and see stretchin- o,, n-n cverv sid< a wilderuess of worlds. F r us thel shine. For us they anr at a aviour': nativity. For us they w-il wv he inct ine and with their !!am i" torches atI to the splendor of o.r '.-iumph on thi day for which all other hdays were mlaie In the third waik Z') areund the Eter, nal City. As we come niear it. hark tt the rusht of its chauriot. and the weddinx peal of its great towers. The bell o heaven has struck twelve. It is high oon. We look off upon the chaplet: which never fade, the eyes that neve: weep, the tempics that nevelr close, th loved ones that never part, the proces sion that never halts, the trees tha never wither, the wails that never cat be captured, the sua that ::y:er sets, un. til we cau no los;zer gziz. and we hhhi ur eves and ..-.n "lDe hath !i:: seeni, nor~ ear i.eam. nc:ther have eu tered in o then heart of man, the txmg. which God bath prepared for theni tha ove him!'' As these tides of gicry ris< we have to retreat and hold fast lest w: be swept oir and drowned in the emo ons o! gladness and thanksgiving~ amo trimpnh. What think you of the fimmily proper wx: It :s consideredl an honor to mlarry ito a nimily where there is rareat wealth The Lord. the bridegroom of earth am 'eaven. ('th-ri you h..s heart and h bnd. sayn n ti' words of the Canti. t.es, .. -Rs u.; myi lovet, my ir one, mdt (Ice awy; aind once having pa on t' hand theo sigrnet rinls of his love. yOU -vill be enowedA with vi! the weaiti c earth and 'l h honors of he-aven. o gre--: up.k You *at enheor! ouread ~vj.'ackethe am . Yo e t'"' vo the oo.J Yo !:e :a- Oor. e un" Ioe QA'.eud i . t-' t'. paou ,;; , R* - t -ke n prince an 'IC a.re' c . Cthing to te iiy mai. .ai is l eady ~n oitn our ival.d' The ba' >I te Land Jesu . . ed :he i!ar an.i twun the' do:- and - lnt7tpa n:i 'khee .":: lthe M a ,~( e t.s. n T 1e p1s 'on~ me thp'~at h ortch a overle 0 for~Ue the wen ' - ~ iat or LAvSin or he ,:ther I~. :'o m a ohltr bfrom i the3 blas. and mn ye op lasdens ofic God. shal put forth o'fh the chru m on su heipm' YAbCIA throu la tuem L:enlee .. I brd. ltsn wallhae r' as withg 'orie co *,.i li t 1! . Le Qeen U -,V:A atn wl :! t%; ke T-I C o" .nd <xluu:,1 Rmh t .1. r , :M l'j". p r a-eO P 7 '-.E 1 I Si an w a-Ion me ',2anzs reCUnt'oc. Samies are verv much est Ired TC .ildren nar-ried, and cuL on, to ,Lou o Chicago or Char oat rh a ps once t year you You Iao 'm ChC old .ian tha h e Ud-> u 1tpay on it.) Iow -ru. brin:: ("U. c Olt rehcs. aud rumrniige the garret, Iud opei old scrapbook- and shout and c'v and talk cvcr old times. and. thoughi you may be forty- rears of age. act as though vou were sixteeu! Yet soon it is goor(dy at the car window, and ; 'oodby at the ste' mboat whart. But ho-v*i;l we act at the reunion ia the old t'I farnyman ' of 2eaven? t is a %t 11h - ,-Lave. 11i re wi i e u : d e all the dar!!: 140:,lour hoii - hd-L-o p-ale and ick and gapi-fr! rcah. as when "u -aw thei last, but th.eI eye bright -..i!.h the inster of hev en, an'i their cheek rovate with the 1 iluSh o celestial sutmner. What clasping of hands! What en bracings: Whit coming together f lipI to lip! What tears uf joy! 'ou say, " i - tougait there were no ttsrs in heaver.." I There must be, tr the 3ible says that Cod shall wipe them away." ancd if th:ere were no tea:s there, how could ie e w Them a y They cannot bt tears o' grief :r tears of :.sappointment They must b, teaTS ci giadness. Christ I wi cowe and say, What: chilli of heaven. is it too muh for thee? D,s.tI thou ibreak d)wn under the gladsnf-s of this reunion ? Then will hep heU nd ., ..ith ha 0.e ..eo arOm~Ld as v he o,'! arn, ar-ur- - our ir;d ,le shal hol rsup "O1le ,fr .OU 7eN brokk hiec:5 can hardY hoil woar p-ace. You .eel as ;f you woltid Speiak ut and say: "OG bles Tday! sprea en . onkirl thee 1 prss 'e bl.re' fL" et .-v.: thle ccS,:t vwa-. ."yI eye., f.i r ihe: e .im ,L' r:. t from : 'tr zi - 'd)ot como a , tile -u: of voicns ti.. wil ;ot s.:13. -d Dn, o.t o rcnion:. And e erI ave just OUC:- ki.sd .A.-: oxit tre.sires of my h t U, '-g w!,rvithi me:, One- !,ok at th-e: 7. r ame en:ie~i gheaeheaven over --- ; -heavn commiglmg I"was .t Mont U-rnon and went in t o t:13 dinii room in which our trst L president entertained the prominent men of this mnd "ther lands. It was a very interc-stiZ spot. Bt, oh, the ban quetingb all of the faintly mansion of wich i speak! Spread thG table;pread it wide, for ;a great multltudc are to sit it. From the Tree by the River gither h tiVe rna:ce of fruits for tt ta 'Lake the lusters fftoin the h1nveny vinyd aud press them into ttankards for that table. On .bAets ,carry in the bread of which, if S- man eat,.e shall never hunger. Take al the shot-tcrn ihigs of earthly con qus. and entwine them among the arches. Let uavd come with bis harp, and Gabriel with his trumpet, and A1i r in' am with timbrel. for the prodigals are at ho'me, and :be captives are free, and 'the Fa'the.r hath invited the mighty of heav xen and the redeemed of earth to c-ead dint. Sot Caroitnc thocdists. The foillowing reports, submittted to the annual conference just closed at Darlington, show thes rinancial condition and growth of the M. E. Church South ir south Carolin~a during the past year and a gratifying shzowing it is: i*inaVeird report-'sid presiding ehtier. 614.a80,5: pas tors anat assistanits. eneclaimants, SS, b33.86: foreign is si)on5, $12. 4:ii.43, increase $922.2.;d mnestic missions, $10,482.44; cnurch erx tension, $l3.190.'2, increase $312.30; edut Cationf, $2,952.09;: publication minutes, $493: others object s. $35,20.17, increase SS,587.:35: on churches and parsonages, $l4,272.18: increase $l,1 8.80; by Sundiay schools for mai'ions, $1,831.40; expend 63 inxcrea-e $3:~>.8. Granud total for al p 'urpose. e...d,.;;7>.~l Statistic-il report---Lneal prachers. 15.. it nmemers, r.tL1, increase: 2,*35'; i;:stism, infa.nts 2.251i. adutt I increase 7: odh,'ers a'i teachers 4.09 aluei of churea' 'oi t- ne . . .n . . .r p:ry,. .:. : 1 L *:- -L. ( y . l.1 .-r . m :) n' I k th iu.c a Iin mitt1 mi1.1he Ie e i S : 'nt int th.: air. mo'e .md a tsitf as m in a ngularasuic u!e 'I,' m - r, 1 .. P - . OLe n I w ~itel ty is :hn'rrof ,;'.~ i ;"1uit the tpe she hadi sectured. Tm: B,~'o.N GiMBEo UIs 'c, red 'o (t. buis are born into thte wsorld ec year,.~t or.. aot. iu nie. A 0ne U.ll'i11i UU.L', !2) IB.3. A Sr!EF SYNOPS!S OF THE WORK: iONE 3Y THE BODY. Thn'- .ltendlance Of Dele! ates Not )uitzo a. La.:e a Usual. but the 111terest Jin !he Work of the Ciuirci Unabated. St-Alnaca, S. C., Dec. 10.-The licptist State Convention, which con ventd here on the 3d instant in the new and handsome Baptist Church, ad journed 1.zt Sunday night. The ses sions )f the convention were very pleasan.t, and every thing passed off without the least friction. Col. Hoyt was re-elected Presideait. withi Revs. 1'. II. Gr.fith and WV. 1). Itice as Vice Presidenis, Rev. A. J. S. 'Thomuas and A. 1. Woodruff Secretaries and Mr. C. 1. Judson, Treasurer. 'he at te-ndance was not as large as we have been, the number of delegates enrolled being about 175. Tae report of the State Mission was read. and-i showed that the wrkacmpiihed by the Board the v' a: w,-s the largest iz has ever A- About Si h00 wil be needed by D ist to pay al bills and leave t h, v, ork square wiit the world. It is hope- that this amount w:ll be put into the zretasury by the churches dar ing the remaining days of the year. The report ot the Board of Minis tenai -ucatiou was read by Dr. Mundy, and the financial report was read wv G. A. Nor woo d. There are at Farmuan University forty-four young men studying for tue miuis.tr7. There will be uoeued for the work thi; ses siun 54,42U. The report of the Committee on M1uusters Relief Fund was read by C. C. Brown. Tender speeches were ma;de by A. C. Wilkins and J. G. Wi lia as, and a coliection was taken for this object. Tihe Convention Sermon was preached Thuda ni-- ght by Bro. J. W. Perry, paso: f ' ; e ilartsville church. it -."*"s a .xc7e-n. seruon. he etin was addressed by Dr. Froa upor the huridta; schooi work of :, ~tutuem~ Baptist Convention. The e o-ir hih the Buard was created i. tae naLprovement o: the Sunday sc ,,o(ocaioa or the South. 'There as auwt b,000 iaptist 6outhern eaul h-'- at uave Zundtay schools, a .1o0 1-.1k ;t wwtwwa.. The it .j.y ag thet irayers off Gas peo p*e. )r. Yl tade a vey hapOy ill pres l zu e anvetion Lr e tLA.tin:a exerciles and re:.L: v 1'Z:e ,Jor..ial on Friday, ttie re' a.~r ord.cr of Foreign Missious was c11ie. rae rport v;as read by Mr. L. t. -'zel. Tis repors was an ex t and very admirable paper. Dr. T. . richar - then addresed the onvention upon the suOject- Hie k e oigin of thle Modern 2d; sionary enterprise, giving tle Mur.. vianz duel u reCit for tUa noble and ex trardiuary part taken by them. He Showed 1y very striking figures dow the -lessing ef God hAs rested upon the s ot Baptists. Tne money ex pended by Bapuists is from six to seven imes as productive in spiritual results as that expenedt by d-e other leacing denominain-ois of Caristians. The Con veitioa was next addressed by R'ev. T. P. Bell, of the Foreign Mission Board. He reported the worK progressing fine ly in nearly all the mission fields and said the great demand for men is being met. Tle men are coming to the front. lie wants one h'undred churches and individuals who will undertaee each tho support of a missionary for five years. Tfhe greatest need is medical missionaries. Four are wanted now. The report on the Orphanadge was read by Rtev. M1r. Vass, who made a brief and business-like statement of the status of the work at the present time, and as to what is expected of the Baptists of the State. The immediate need is the payment of pledges, that the building may not be retarded by lack of money. He wished to know whether the denomination would stand by him if he took the children on an eipty treasury when the iirst bulding is com1pleted. By a rising vote the b~rethren declared that they would tad by hum. A collection was taken up amounting to 538. which was some what increased privately. This -collec tin he said was to buy the first pro viions for the children. Resoluitions were passed confirming what the Or phanage Committee had done, and ten diering thanks to Mr. Vass for the large crauitous work he has done as chair Ean off that committee and to the Swiit Creek church for the magnanimity with which ihev maintained him and spared hima froma the pastorate whil he was doing -.he work. the attendance at the Convention Frday nizht was augmented by about u:ne hundred yoimng lades from Con verse College. It was a pleasant thing fo rue ace'omplished president of the coige thus to greet the Convention. A toito w-' of'ered by Rev-. Mr. Sa r eamending the Sunday se~ni iha ofthe outhern 1Baptist i~v~int the 1,u-:zott of the de ~c.ss~n i th t-.e and R1ev. C. C Ur-nped1 an. am..-udment also! *irn :: hn of eie Canvention1 -v fo -di.;'on of Bibles. and God.:;pee upon the Society in - of itswrk. I e atI.Missins camne the.a oSt te fact nrya-; Tee v:n~::.i. that sot y )iveno.1:g. hepasters must stora ihir chunO~ es about the work, -nd th .oAt i cone irt of prayer ..e.ee;ss 0' caing- *" attentioni very e: ;;stt ie u year wihout~ ut~...y....i....uo~ the piastors andt reeLta. ft be chrches pled::ed useles o bingthi matter bef-ire Tie C'.nvetOU w~ill met next vear at\. lien \n Wednesday before the list Con. vn:.oA n roil beI rache-d by. iter. .J. D. Pitts or R1ev. C. T. Scaife. The Conv ention on Saturday morn ng [rst*-eard a report by R{ev. C. C. I'r.wwithreg~ard to the uegro preach ur.o Oy abo:t one-half uf the e300 typopri : y!he Convention to this nbec as been expended. Thre sarne iout w. r reuested for another yea Th Conveintion edopted the report Th Commpittee on Obituaries pre sned its report thirough Rev. J. A.~ Irown. The name of Dr. Furman~ ell forth speueches bylRevs. John Stout,t .' C. Tyargan, Chas. Manly and J. Win. I nes.' all o whiom sp-oke most feeling y~ f te life and services of this truly~ d ma. Toreor ofthe Boxrd of nuta off Fo.rman U niversity andl G,--eei'e nriu C wilea was ra, y' uoth these institutions is better than ever before. The Furman Memorial is progressing well. Col. Hoyt resigns the agenjcy, but he will conduct the work of 'Le Uie after Jane 1st without pay. Tie Board, at its summer meeting, will provide ior tUe prosecution of the work aex Dall. Col. 11oyc gave a resume of his work for the Furman Memorial. 1le belleves the movement will suc ceed. i'.c has already secured $15,000 in cash and pledges, and he thinks the "2,W0 will ue raisad. There was a meeting of the Histori cal Society on Saturday afternocn. Bro. John G. Williams gave a sketch of the South Carolina Baptist Conven tion forty years ago. This was a very interesting paper. On Saturday evening the report of the Central Committee of Woman's Mission bocleties was read by Rev. Mr. $tout. The receipts of the committee during the past year has been more th an six thousand and six hundred dol lars. This is over one thousands dollars more than was secured last year. It is proposed to have daily prayer in the Woman's Missionary Societies durmg the first week in the month of January as a prepartion for the work of the cean tennial year. They will strive to or ganize more societies. They will mak3 some additional sacrifice for missions. The committee will furnish to any one making request any number of envel opes for Christmas offerings, any num ber of programs for the week of prayer and also for -the meeting in January to collect the envelopes containing the Christmas offering. They will also furnish prayer cards for the year. All these are free. Other mission litera ture will be furnished at a very low price. The Centennial of Missions then came up. Rev. E. C. Dargan made a very eloquent speech upon the "Carey Epoch or Missions." Rev. T. P. Bell clearly explamed the "Plans and Pur poses" of tae Centennial. The purpose of tMe extra centennial fund which it is proposed to raise is to build chapels wherever necessery, to supply Bwies and other Christian literatute to Bap tist missions, e.nd to furnish a backing to the credit of the Board in case of fnancial stress. The plan of procedure is to carry on a cam paign of missionary education. Tue ilterature for supplying the neces sary information is in Richmond, ready to be sent out upon aplication. The. revival of concert of prayer is to be en couraged. It is oped that 5th Sunday cuy meetings will become Missionary Centennial Aeetings. There will be a great moyementamong the womenAnd cildren of the land. This campaignof eaucation is preparatory to larger giv og. One hundred churches and in uividuals are expected to send out each a missionary, paying salary of $600, for liva years. The matter of appropriating $500 from State Mission runds for education of negro preachers was reconsidered, and t)e State Mission Board was re lieved of the work, and a committee of tree was appointed to whom'the mat ter was entrusted. Pledges were taKen at once amounting to about $300. The pulpits of tne various churches in the city were occupied by delegates. to the Convention on Sunday morning, and after the services at tne Baptist Church on Sunday night the Conven-: tion assembled for tne parting hand. This has been a good meeting, and has made an excellent impression upon the community. That every charge under the jurisdiction of the Convention may have a prosperous year in 1892 is the wish of our people. SIGMO. 31urdered Her Own Son. ViENNA, Dec. 11.-A tragedy un paralleled in atrocity is reported from Weisburg, a town of' hungary, twenty one miles from Pressburg. Years ago, the son of a poor peasant, livlyda~M.~n runty of which Weisburd- the cap tal, went to America,.Ahere, by indus try, he gradually saved up about $3,000 i American money. Reselving to re turn to his father's home, the sen on bis way changed his money into the romact form of English sovereigns, of hich he had 600. It was late when he arrived at his father's house. He did not immediately make himself kncwa, but asked for hospitality as a stranger. The mother was not there at the rno - ment, but the father recozize~d his son through the disgu''se of years and em braced him. The son, being weary, re-. tired to rest, after telling his father of~ the ttle fortune he had brought with him. Tse son had the money in a bag near his bed. The father did not tell the mother when she cam home. who the stranger was, resolving to wait until moning and then let her son reveal him self, to the joy and surprise of the moth er. The latter got up daring the ight and examined the stranger's baggage, and finding the gold, a larger sum than she had ever dreamed at determined to possess it. The husband and father slept on. The mother stealthily got a mife and cut the throat of' the stranger, killing him instantly. Then she took and id the gold. When the father awoke he found his son in a pool of blood n the bed. His cry of anguis and hon cor aroused the wife, who had expceted to find her husband a ready accomplice in concealing the crime for the sake of the money. The father gasped who the netin w-as. With one cry, the mur :ress reeled and fell dead. A New Attorney GeneraL CoLmma,ADec. 11.-At 1 o'clock to .l:. a joint assembly was held to elect am Attorney General to fill out the un expired term~ of the Hon. Y. J. Pope. -unator K*eitt nominated Mr. J. L. Mc Larn of Marlboro; Mr. Huges, of Carleston, nominated Ernest Gary; Mr. KirlLand, of Kershaw, nominated heHon. 1) A. Townsend, of Unioni; Mri. SaraP of Spartanburg nominated the Hio. Stanvarne Wilson. Each of tie nomination's was seconded by sever -'i members. The first vote taken re uited: Townsend 40, McLaurin 46; Wison 4; Gary 40; total 1:30; neccessary o a chli ce Gi. The second ballot: Towsend 34: McLauirin 52; Wilson 1; G ry 45; total'132; neeessary to a choice -. he' thiird and final vote was as Mlows: Townsend 8; McLaurin 77; Wilson 1; Gary 43; total 129; necessary to chic e 65. Mr. McLaurin was thr~r declared elected. T welve Instantly Kiiled. TACOMA, Washington, Nov. 25.-One f the worst accidents in the history of the orthern Paciflc Railroad occurred at noon to-day at Canon station, on Green River, about 100 miles east of Tacoma. About sixty workmen were sent to the locality of the recent land slides to repair washouts on a branch of the main line, and while thus em ployed at the base of a high bluff sev eral thousand yards of shell rock sud lenly tumbled on those beneath, in stantly killing twelve, wrecking about 30)0 yards of roadbed, carrying two men into the river and burying several others, some of whom it will be impos sible to rescue alive Dom Pedro Dead. PAmUS, Dec. 4.-Dom Pedro, the ex