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"AND YOU-L R1 M One eveninz as the sun went down Among the golden hills, And silent shadows, soft and brown, Creptov r vales and rills I watched the dusky bat- a-wing D p down the dus*y ;ea; Harkening, heard a mn.oden -ing. When other lip. and other heartS, Came drifting through the tree-; 'In lanauage whose exce$s inipart.;," Was borne upon t'e breez -. A,! love is sweet aud hope is -Sron , And ife's a sumnier -e-. A woman's -oul is hi her song; -,And you'hi reinemer me." Still r'ppling frem her throbbing throat, With jay akin to p-tn There seemed a ter tU cvery nte, A sob in every ttrain; * Soft as the twinght shadows creep Ac:oss the lSi less sea, The singer sang ier -ow ;o steep With: You'll remember me." Al Tri: ABiRNACLt A !ermen c! Irmanz:-y on vxt' spiWitur BRooKLYN. A. 29 T"e Tobr nUii ibroeg et Dr.ir S Dr TalmaIe preact .t ) tLhe s-piitual con flicts ct :le, tao e for '-s txt G. cesis xxxii 24 2: "A:d Jc b a l and there i restled . an -, i' ain iun. the breakin2 of tLe . And when be saw ibat he prevaile Ucut z-'iislt him be touched the h o!ow hl.i thigh, - the -hollow ofJacob' il w uti as be wrEstOle wit -m. Ad he sam. Let me _o, for the d'y bi-0. And hesAid. wil'l not let' te ito ccet ttou bless me." . The dust srUse fin a tlavEh herd of cattle and sheepan eoals and camels. They ie twe prese%. thi' Jacob sends Lo gain the goed %ill o his fe' d d brothcr. That night Jacob hallts by the brook Jabbok. But there is n> rest !or the weary man. No bhrin- ladder to let the angels down into his dream, but a - fierce combat that lasts until the mora ing with an unknown visitor. They each try to throw the other. The un known visitor, to reveal his superior power, by a touch wrEecces Jacob's thigh bone from its s cket, perhaps maiming him for life. As on the morn ing sky the cluters cf purple cloud be. gin to r'cza Jacob sees it is an angel with whom ne has been cont ncng and not one of his brother's coadiutors. Let me go," cries the arge. liiit:ng himselfup into increasing 'ighOt. "The day break eth." You see in the tirst place that God al lows gocd peopie sometimes to get into a terrible struggle. Jacob was a aood man, but here he is left alone in the mid. night to wrestle with a tremendous in flience by the brook Jabbok. For Joseph pit, for Daniel, a wild beast der; for David, dethronement and exil; for John the Baptist, a wilderness diet and the executioner's ax, for Pcter, a p-isoo; for Paul, shipwreck; for John. desolate Pat moe; for V8Ehti, most insultia cruelty; for Joeephine, banishment; for Mrs Sigourney. the agony of a drunkard's wife; for John Wesley, stnues turled by an intariated mob; fur Catherine, the Scotch girl, tb drov.rnicn surges of the sea; for Mr. Burns. the buffeting of the Montreal popu!nce; for Jotn Brown of Edmburih, the pistol shot of Lord Claverh- usc; for UnbMceKail, the scaf fold; for L itimer, the etake; for Christ, the cross. For wbom tr:erOcs, the gb bets, the gmilotmoes, the thumbscre"? For the sors a::d dsughters of'the L';rd God Alminhty. E. me one eaid to _a Christian reformer, "The world is againsg ou." "Thtn," he replied, "I am'against the wox ld.' I will go further and say that every Cbristian ba6 his struggie. This man had his combat in Wall street; this one on Broad street? this one on Fuoton *streel ; this cne cn Chestnut street ; this one on State street, tuis one on Embard ---treet; this one on the bourse. Wit'1 financial misiortuue von have had the midnight wrestle. ?edhot disasters have dropped into your store from loft to cellar. What you Donght you could not sell. Whom you trust~ed fled. The help you expected would not come. Some giant panic, with long arms und grip lbke death, took hold of you in an awful wrestle, lrom which y ou have not y et escaped, and it is nocertain whether it will threw you or yon will throw it. Here is a'nott er in struggle with some bad appetite. H- knew not how stealbhi ly it was growmna upon him. One hour he woke up. He sid, "Fur the sake ot my soul, of n~ty famils and of my chil dren and of my God, I must stop this!" And, be hold, he found himselt alone by the brook Jabbok, and it was midnight. That evil appetite seized uponi him, and he seized upon it, and, oh, the horror o1 the cornflct! When oncte a bad habit has aroused itself up to destroy a man, and the man has swern that, by the help of the eternal God, he =11 destroy it, all heaven draws itedi cmi in a long line of light to look 4rcm above, and hel. stretches itselt In my rmidons of spite to look up from beneath. I have seen men rally themselves for sucha a strugzgle, and they have bitten their hip and clinched their fists and cried withna blood red earnestness and a rain of scalding tears, "God help mt!" - . From a wrestle with habit I have seen men tall back defeated. Calling for ao help, but relying cn their own resolu tions, they have come into the struggie, and for a time it seemed as if they were gettir g the upper hand of their habit, but that ha bit rallied again its internal po wer and hfred a soul from its standing and with a force borrowed from thelpit hurled it into utter darkness. First I saw the auctioneer's mallet fall on the pictures, and musical instrumeats, and the rich upholstery of his family parlor. After awhile I saw him tall into the ditch. Then, in the midnight,'wheu the chil dren were dreaming thneir sweetest dreams and Christian households are sil ent with slumber angel watched I heard him give the sharp shriek that followed the stab of his own poniard. Ie fell from an honored social position; he Ieli from a family circle~of which once he was the grandest attractioL'; he fell from the house of God, at whose altars he had been consecrated; he fell-forever! But thank God, I have often seen a better termination than that. I have seen men prep'are themselves for such a wrestling. They laid hold of God's help as they wear, into combat. The giant habit, regaled by the cup of many temptations. came out strong and defiant. They clitoched. There were the writhines and aistortious 01 a fearful struggle. BUut the old eiani, began to waver, and at last, in tire mxdnight alone with none hut God to witness, by the biook Jabbok, the gian~t fell, and the trmumphant wrestler broke the darkne~sa with the cry, "Thanks te unto God, who giveth us the victory-, through our' Lord Jesus Chnist."I There is a widow's heart, that first1 was desolated by bereavement, ard since by the anxieties and trials that cane in the support of a family. It is a sad thig to see a man coutending for a livelihood under disadvattage,~ but to see a c'eli cate won~an, wit~ temnless hxt:]e ones at her back, fighting the anrs of proverty and so:row, is, more atfecttug. It was a umble home. and pussersby knew not that within those four walls were displa s of cocrene more admirable than ;hat cd Hannibal crossing the Alps, or the pass of Thermopnre, cr flajskit.v:, whetre "ito the jaws of ceath rocue the S~X hundred." These hetoes had t whole '.oriM t9 cheer them cn, but there were none to applaud the straoic in the humle~i home. She tcust kr bread, ior chmb. head and weak side arid exhausted strengh thre ugh the long nicht by the t'rook Jabbok. Could it be that none wf uld !.ve her belp! Had God forgot Ien to be gracioui? No. contending se ul! The sdkhtcir is lull-of winvs enmine t the recue. She hears itnow, to the SPiie nicht wind, in the ripple of the breuk Jabbek the promise made so long o riti:z down the sky, "Th~y f1eries chidreu I will preseive them alive, aLd let thy widows trust in me!" ,' re e'ne taid to a very poor wuaD, --Rwx o ittlatlu tuch distress you keep -h eu - e' e 3aid: -i do it byf what I es! cross prrers. Wh-n I had my rent j'3v. ut.d rotiuirg to ;,ay it wnh, and h: c to b b, and tbioloL to oU. it with I i! to sir owkn and cy. But now I nu. -e: k C d Wi aed. Ii I f I al< Sstree, wheu I CjmeC to a crruer (i Sto':. t, t sa- To Lord help me.' i p o on uptill i come to another rsing f the street, and asa:aa I say, -The L rd Lp me.' And se I utter a t rar at cv- ry crossing and since I have ot:v sthat 1'abL of sapo these -cross prav rs' 1 .e been able to keep up ecura e." Lraru aamr f.m -his subject that P (pic sowet'mes dre eurprised to find out tnat %."at they have been struggling w tth in the darkness ts reilly an "angel cf ble~s." Jacob found in the morn itcg that this strange oersonage was not 1n euemy, lu., a God dispatched mes ser-e:- to promise prosperity for him und tor tis children. And so many a man at t.ie cose of his trial has tound ut that he has been trying to throw d3wa his own blessing. i. ycu are a Christian man, I will go back in 3our history and tind that the grandest things that ave ever happened to you bave been your trials. Notting short of 5et urging, imprisonment and shipwreck c.uld have. nade Paul what he was. When David was ileeing thrcugb the wilderness, pursued by his own son, te was bein': prepared to become the sweet singer of Isreal. The pit and the dun gecn were the best schools at whIch Jos eph ever ,-aCuated. The hurricane tnat upset the tent and killed Job's children prevared the man of Uz to write the magnicent poem that has astonshsd the ages. There is no way to get the wheat out of the straw but to thrash it. There is no way to purify the gold but to burn it. Look at the people who have always bad it their own way. They are proud, discontented, useles and unhappy If ou want to flad .-beerful folks, go amoLtg those who have t een purified by the fire. AfLer Rossini had rendered "William Tell" the five hundredth time a company of musicians came under his window in Paris and serenaded him. They put upon his brow a crown of laurel leaveel But amid all the applause and enthusi asmRossni turned to hiend and said, "I would give all this brilliant scene for a few days ot youth and love.". Contrast the melancholy feeling cf Rossini, who had everything that this world could ive him, to tWe joyful experience of Isaae Watts, whose misfortunes were innumerable when hesave: The Hill of Zion yields A thousand sacred sweets Before we reach the heavenly fields Or walk the golden streets. Then let onr songs abound And every tear be dry. We are marching through Immanuel's ground To fairer worlds on high. It is p-osperity that kills and truble that saves. While the Irealies were on th~ march amid great privations and ardships they behaved well. After awhile they praved for umeat, and the sky dark'ntd witlh a great 11 ck of quails and these quails fell in large multiuudes all about them. and the Isrealites ate and ate and stvffed themselves until they died. Oh, my friends, it is not hardship or trial or starvation that in ures the soul, but abundant supply. It is not the vul ure ot trouble that eats up the Christian's life. I:. is tb6 quails. It is the qnatls. You will yet find out that your midnight wrestle by the brook Jab. bok is with an angel of' God come down to bless and save. Learn, again, that while our wrestling with 'rcouble may be triumphant we must expect that it will leave its mark upon us. Jacob prevailed, but the angel toncned him. and his thigh bone sprang tr'tm its socket, and the good man went limping on his way. We must carte> through this the mark of the combat. What plowed those premature wrinkles in you face? What whitened your hair before it was time for frost? What sil en ced forever so much of the hilar'.ty of cur household? Ah, it is because the angel of trouble hafh touchea you that ou go lbmpir. on your way. You need not be zsurprised that those who have passed through the fire do not leel as gay as once they did. Do nst be out of patience with those who come not cut of their despondency. They may triumph over their loss, and yet their gait shall tell you that tney have been trouble touched. Are we a oics that we can, unmoved, see out cradle rifled of the bright eyes and the weet lips? Can we stand unmoved and see our gardens of earthly delight up rooted? Will Jesus, who wept himself, be angry with us if we pour cur tears into the graves that open to swallow down what we love best? Was Lazarus more dear to him than our beloved deaa to us? No. We have a right to weep. Our tears must come. You shall not drive them back to scald the hearts. They fall into God's bottle. Aflihcted ones have died because they could not weep. Thank God for the sweet, the mysterious rehief that comes to us in tear. Under this gentle rain the flowers of corn put forth their bloom. God pIty that dry, withered, parched, all consumi ing grief that wrings its hands, and grinds its teeth, and bites its nails unto the quick, but cannot weep! We may have ound the comfort .of the cross and yet ever after sho w that in the dark night and by the brook Jabbok we were trou ble touched. Again we may take the idea of- the text and announce the approach of the daydawn. No one was ever more glad to cee the morning thtan was Jacob after that night .of struggle. It is appropriate for philanthropists and Christians to cry cut with this angel of the text, "The day breaketh." The world's prospects are brightenwng. The church of Christ is nas ing up its strength to go forth "fair at the moon, clear as the sun and terrible as an army with 'banners." tiap your ands, all ye people, the day breaketh. The bigotries of the earth are perishing. The time was when we were told that i we wanted to get to heaven, we miust be immersed or sprinkled, or we must believe in the p)erseverence of the saints or in 1allinig away from grace, or a litur gy or no liturgy, or they must be Cal vnists or Arminians in order to reach heaven. We have all come to confese now that these are noneseentials in re ligion. JLurin'g my vacation onte summer ] was :n a Presby 'eriau audience, and I1 was &cra?m.ntal day. an-. wiith gratefuj heart I ceived the holy communion, Oa the next Saibbath I was in a Metbo dist churcn and sat at love feast. On the tollwing Stbba..h I was in an E.isco palia church and knelt at the altar and received the consecrated bread. I1 dc not knot which service 1 enjoyed the mst. "I believe in the communion cj saints and in the life everlasting." "The day braet" As i look up tr: the audience I sof4 trt.uv a ho nav passed tbrough waves o treble that camde up hieher than theb idleI: God's rame I proclaim ces saton C! hosttihu'es. You shall not gt alwa s saddened and heartbroken. God your dead to life. God will stanch the teart's bleeding. I know be will. Like as a father pities bis children, so the Lord pities you. Toe iains of earth will end. The tomb will burst. T. dead will rise The morning star tre'4es on a briehtening sky. The gates of the east begin to swing opeu. The day breaketh. Lu:lhr and Melancbon were talking together gloomily about the prospects of tme church. ihtey could see no nope of deliverance. After awhile Luther got up and said to Melanctbon: "Come. Philip. ltt us eing the for:y-six ps:tum of David: "God is our refuge and streug' b. a very present help in trouble *rnerefore will not we fear, though the ea-r~h be removed and though thL mountains be carried into the midst of toe sea, thotugh the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the sweding thereof Selah." Death to many-nay, to all--it is a sruggle and a wrestle. We hage many frieuds that it wiil be hard to leave. I care not how oright our future hope is. it is a bitter thing to look upon this fair world and know that we shall never again see its blossoming spring, i s failing fruits, its sparkling streams, and to say farewell to those with whom ve played in childhood or counseled in maohocd. In that night, like Jacob, we may have to wrestle, but God will not leave us unblessed. It shall not be told in heaven that a dying soul cried unto God for help, but was not deliv ered. The lattice may be turned to keep out the sun, or a book set to dim the light of the midnight taper, or the room may belilled with the cries of orphanage and widowhood, or the church of Chiist may mourn over our going, but if Jesus calls all is well. The strong wrestling by the brook will cease, the hour of death's night widl pass along, 1 o'clock in the morning, 2 o'clock ia the m6roing, 4 o'clocK in the morning-the day breaketb. So I would have it when I die. I am in no haste to lie gone. I have no grudge against this world. Ths only fault I have to find with the world is that it treats me too well. But when the time comes to go I trust to be ready my worldly affairs all settled. If I have wronged others, I want them to be sure or their forgiveness. In that last wrestling, my arm enfeebled with sickness and my head faint, I want Jesus beside me. If there be hands on this side of the floor stretched out to hold me back, I want the heavenly hands strached out to draw me forward Then, 0 Jesus, help me on and help me up. Unfearing, undoubting, may I step right out into the light and be able to look back to my kindred and friends who would detain me here, exclaiming 'Let me go; let me go! The day break eth." PROTECONISTSPLAC Al ED Br,blng Demacratic Senatora to dTbeir Duty. WASHINGTON, April29.--Tte fifth week ot the tariff debate in tbe Senate opens tomorrow. If rumor b3 true, some material changes in the bill have been made in the way of concessions, %ad the industries of the States repre seated by the so-callea "conservative" Senators will get mcre protection than was believed possib'e early last week. in many cases, it is ai3, specific rates will be restored and several reductions of rates imposed by the House bill have been abandoned. No changes have been made in the frre list so far as can be as certained. Coal, iron ore and lead ore will, it is said, remain as the Senate previously reported them, althcuzh pressine was brought to bear to haye duties on raw material in~ creased. In this connection an inter estig story was allbat today. Wbile read ore remains nchanged, it is given out that the duties on lead products have been increased. Ot these, of course. white lead is .the chit f, Under v~e pre sent law white lead has a duty of 3 cents a oourtd. The House committee reduced it to la cents, and that was permitted to stand." It is now said that Lhis rate will be increased to 2 cents, the authority for that statement being a well known Senator, who ought to know what is go inn on in the committee. It is also said to be practically settled that the 1 10 of a cent discriminating duty on refined sugar levied against countries paying a bounty on refined sugars exported, will be given beyond any que -tion. The teunar growers, represented by Senators Ca fl-try and Blanabard, still believe they atll be able to get 45.per cent. ad valo rem on raw sugar instead cf the 40 ner cent the committee has offered them. The sugar and lead scbedules, which have cost a vast amount c f trouble, be ing so nearly agreed upon and the in come tax moditied so as to ensure the support of the malcontents, :aud certain other duties affecting the manufacturmng States of New York, New Jersey and Maryland having been increaseli, it ap pears as if the times was near at hand when the De'iocrats would be in a posi tion to force the fighting with a solia party behind the managers et the bill. Although the bill was taken up by para graphs Wednesday last, not a line has been changed nor has the first paragraph been acted upon.-In addition to the un fin ished speeches of Senators Quay. Dol ph and Stewart, Mr. Squire of Washington has given notice of an iention to speak this week, and Mr. Aldrich is preparing a speech which he hoi~es ts deliver be fore the week ends. It is nol unlikely that if the expected committee ame.nd ments which Mr. Aldrich announced some days ago were to be forthcoming, should be reported thia week, an ani mated impromptu discussion will grow up therefrom to be disposed of. Mean while there is executive business. Does Not Agree. Coru~tmm, S. C., May 3.-The State of this morning ssys "a recent contest between the Tillman and Butler fac tions in the Meriwether Township Democratic Club, of which both Till man and Butler are members, is at tracting much attention. A special to the Augusta Chronicle states that the club had split up and that a new Eut ier club was formed by about 100 of the 165 members of the old club, who de declared for and endorsed the Senator as against Tillman. Mr. H. H-. Townes who was the Tillman president of the old club, recently became a strong But er man and he resigned not only the presidency but his membership in the old club and was elected president of the new club." The Register -yesterday published a dispatch from Edgefield which said: "In- the reorganization Meriwether Club went for Tiilman witn sixteen majority over Butler. Both Butler and Tillman are residents of Meriwather Township. This is a gain for Tilman of eight votes since 1892, when he ueat Sheppard only eight votes at the same club- Corresponding gains have been made for Tillman in nearly every township in the county." Another ais patch to the Register says: "A mo tion by J. P. Delaughter that the presi dent appoirnt a committee consisting of three to revise the club roll was lost uy a trict party vote of 54 to 68 Upon a motion of L. W. Reese, Tillmanite, the ecretary proceeded to call the roll, when a dispute between the two f-ac t on ocrred in regard to erasing the nae fsome parties who had moved out of the township, after which the Butler faction declared their determi nation to withdraw from the club and ordered their names strickten from the rell" This In Kansas. P'ITISBURG, K-s., M y 2.--The uo gro m~no ot Gei- City have been warn ed to leave tbe city an'd the State with in forty-eight hours or sufler death. Ttds is the result of the murder by Tngule. Many nearoes have already lef t the city, ging back t~o Alahbama. WEEKL.Y WA EA1-R REPORT. The Buleteii Inet by the Weath-r BR ,ti. COmmI1A, S. C., May L-Tae f 1 lowirg is the wt-atht-r crop bullerin cdf tot Weather lureau for te we-ek eiding April 9*h: The past week has not been a de cisive or decided one for any crop, ,l though the prevailing wA- tthe-r cond i tious were-. on tlhe who'e unfavorhle except in a few coiuntiesi iotabiy Barn wetl, where i :e reports were o! a uni form fa.vorabe. ncarnc:er. These re giors we-re con la d principally to the middle belt of counties, wrerever there were showers. The scMle was some what in excess over the normal,ut tiis was more than offset by the cool nights and ccol drying winds of the first of the week, although the temperature for tUe week, as a whole, was about norma!. Rain iR needed in every pat. of the S.are. There were a few scattered showers during the Ivek whicu were very beneficial for the linitedj areas where tney occurred. In the counties that had the heavy showers of 'he pre vious week rain is need ed to soften the crust that covers plowed ground and which retards cotton and corn from coming up freely. In the two ti-rs of counties next the coast the need of rain is most urgent as the drought is becoming serious. Throughout tibis region t-e rain'all has been but from 1-S tI 1-3 of the usual amount in April and but from 1-5 to 1-2 of the usual amouut since the 1st of March. The soi! for the most part being of a sat.dy nature is not as capable of sustaining a prolonged drought as a cliye5 soil do. Crops are from ten days to t-vo weeks behind the season; farm work is well up, and was not interrupted during the week. Cotton planting is nearly finishEd, the weather haviag been all that could be desired for the purpose. The same cannot be said for the seed that is up or that of later planting, for with the exceptions noted, the ground lacks the moisture to supply the needs of the growing plant or to germinate the late planted seed. The stand will depend on the weather conditions of the next two weeks largely. Sea Island cotton is reported a complete failure. In general corn is not making a good stand. Wnere there were showers it is looking fairly well, but owing to the cool nights and drying wind the color is not good. It will a iso be a very un even stand, for while some is large enough to work other lands in the same vicinity are just being replanted. Cut worms are doing much damage In the central and Western counties. Scattered reports indioate that there will be but little fruit of all varieties. and the berry crop will be a short one. This corroborates the fisst esti mates after the March freezs. Wheat has improved in appearance and is beginning to head,but the heads are small and the straw very short Rust has shown in a few places, but is not general. The outlook for oats is less encouraging than last week. The arought has affected it more seriously than any other crop, and as it is far a' vanced in heading, will be less quick to rescond to more favorable weather. The straw will be short. Garden truck is as a rule doing well except on the large truck f arms in the low counties where the drought has caused a complete standstill in growth. The seeds of late pldnting ie in the ground without snowing tne least ten aency to germinate. Cut worms doing some damage. What was said of gar dens is -particularly true of potatoes. Irish potatoes have been greatly dam aged in places toy the Celorado beetle. Melons are doing well and have iw proved much during theweek. The ramns of Sunday nignt. (29 fl) were con fined to the Nortnern parts of the state and eventhere was not general. J. W. I3AVER, Director. v"rminia venceanjce. Ricnalox, Ta , May 2 -A Staunton specito the Dzsprttch says: Tue trial ot Lawrence Spiller, enarg-~d with the murder of Lotte Ryv-. w-as co'. cluded this morning at 10:30 o'clnck. It was a tragic scene iti the bloody drama when Commonwi-alth Atturuey M-ade F. White bade the barly black smith to stand before the jary, pull al1 his coat, show the jury his undershirt and fit ted the blood-stained piece of garment into a square hole in the pris oner's shirt sleeves. It corresponded in shape, texture and color. It was a cleverly arranged climax. Spillex 's paramour, Rose Bro wn, had testified that she, at the prisoner's command, had cuo the cloth from the shirt that the prisoner had on. The defense offered no witness and the case was given to the jury without argu'ment. The jury retired and re turned in three minutes with a ver dict of murder in the first degree, which the prisoner received stoically. The usual motion for a ne w trial on the ground that the veidict was contrary to the law and the evidence was ever ruled by the court. Mr. White, who since Sauday morning, with ceaseless activity and unerig aim, haspushed the Common wealth's case, asked1 for an immediate sentence. Judge Chalkley in delivering the sen tence, asked the prisoner: "Y ou have had a fair and impartial trial by your countrymen; have you any thing to say why sentence should not be pronouaced now ?" The prisoner replied: 'No." The judge then added: "The sentence of the court is that you be taken from the court house to the city jail anid be there coniined orn Ii the 8:h of .J ne and that you be tsk en thence and hanged by the neck until you are dead, and may God have mercy on youx soul." The Statelaw requires that a pris. oner is not to be executed until at least thirty days after sentence. As the prisoner sat down, he said in a spirit of resignation rather than bra vado: "Well, death does not come but once, and I may as well go now as at any time.' IIe asked Sheriff Watts for a drink of whiskey from the bottle that was found at his home and upon being told that it was in his boots, which were used as evidence in the trial, said: "I don't care for the boots. but would like to have a taste of that whiskey." As the prisoner was led back to jail, he passed t'ie West Au gusta Guards and bowed to them, say ing: "Good bye, gentlemen.". Yesterday afternoon -he Rev John Donovan of this city conducted the funeral services at the United Bre theren Church over the remains of Lo tie Roe the murdered girl. She wgas buried at Bethlehein Cemetary in th( country, ten miles froma toe SCene 01 her aeath. All is qui-et there. The Harrisonburg G:o arcs and the Mo'nti cello Guards have gone omce, h avi; made a tine impression zV their con ,uct and bearing. The W\est August Guards are on duty uonignt. I H -.r rth.o Suory lrom:'r, n!n NEw YoRK. A p:l 30.-A Spt-oii di: Charies Bradford was escortmni L 'ttit Rowe home from a dance early :ester day morning, when he was met at f hr side of a adep railroad cut. by La wrenet Spler, colored: Spiller aockedl Utad ford seuseiless with a bludgeon and tu1l the girl to a field. VA Lien Brat or ' re covered conscious:.-ss he ran to tr gil's uncle's 'nlh're toe dance was held ad gave an alisrm. Toe wrl's muu lated tody was iounid on the track ju before a belat ed traim wnut. by. Ali accomplianion- his purpose Spiillr hat beaten the giri's heaa snto a jelly au< lacerated her ihmbs with a bludgeuxi 5piller was arrested -at nis caam1 wace' a negro woman was ini the act of b.:y u ing his bloody clothing. L~ynet-xmg i threatenled and troops h-an- een ordAer to Staunton to protect the mutri-rer. A LAiCEr. uer of ne-: miitar: compamies have ben orgaizea i . Sate since the~ Darl~.m dic. 'Thy will take the pl4Cce the comapanie an have bhen riisbanded. FRIGUIFUL LANDSLIE. -SIX SQUARE MILES OF EARTH CiANGES ITS BASE. The Sr. A-ne River Damned and Its C.,urre Cainged H->nnes and 311i1. Crmhed-Swera L'a -n1t.-Peoplle Qu sc. April 30.-About 8:30 o'c:jck Friday night the inhabitants of the village of St. Alban, situated some fifty miles from here in Port Neuf county, heard a terriilic noise, re sembling the roll of thunder in the dis tance. The soil commencing to vibrate, a p uic ensued. Farmers rao out of their dwelings.to avoid being buried under the rains, as .they believed the ground was going to give away beneath them. At the upper end of the village, some three miles'from the parish church is a curve formed by the river St. Anne and close to the curve i.s a water fall 150 feet high. The ground forming the right hand side of the fall gave way, huryicg the pulp wood mill, which was situated right underneath, and block ing the course of the stream. The stream, which was very rapid on ac count of the melting snow over the mountains and adjacent valley, spread over the adjoining farms and caused the undermined embankment to slide into the river, filling it up. Several houses along the river bank were car ried into the river. One of them was occupiea by a family named Gauthier, numbering four persoss, all of whom perished. Sma)ak was seeu to ascend from un der the ruins, shoxving what an awful death the occupants must nave met. The ground which siid into the river measured about six square r. Wuoie arms have been destroyed and tht-ir stocks and farm produce3. The old bed of St. Anne river is r.ow lev elled and the river runs miles from where it coursed before. Three bridges were carried away, namely, the St. Alban, St. Casimer bridge and the St. An.e bridge. People in the neighbor hood of the scene of the disaster are still tertor-stricken. The oldest inhabitants of the place never witnessed or heard of such a thing before although several landslides have occurred in the neighborhood during the last fifty years. Tne rush ot water from the Laurentian chain of moun tains is tremendous daring the spring r.me, owing to the melting snow, and it is thought by scientifle men that the ground had been honeycombed by the water. owing to the fact that the lower strata of soil formation are mostly clay. Large tracts of land with trees and vegetation haye been shifted with out the least disturbance, while in ot her places, the land was completely turned over. Booms and wharves of J. A. Rosseau were carried away. The St. Lawrence, at Quebec, is covered with wreckage and carcasies of animals. Market boats was unable to come down Saturday from adjacent parishes, owing to the amount of wreckage floating on the si r(m. The losses are estimated at $500,003. - The Militia CoLUMBIA, S. C., May 3.-Oer one hundred muitary companies have been orzanized in South Carolina since the Darlington afair and it looks like there will be no end to the organizations which want to enter the service ot the State and which promise to be loyal to the commander-in chiet In times of trouble. All the companies which have applied tMr admission have been mustered into service; at least the ofti:ers have been commissioned. The laws of the State allow, only one hundred military crom panies which shall receive arms, ammu nition and aid from the State. This num b =r is the limit, but there is no limit to the number o1 reserve companies. al lowed. Inciuding the comoanies to be dimaissed Irom service because of their failure to respond to' the call of Gover tnor Tillman there will be vancancies for about twenty- five or the new companies. A Lard matter wili be to deelde which of the hundred and mo-c new companies shal~l have the - o'~or of entermng the regular service. Some of thein, those which were organ :zed immediately after toe Darlington trouble, have already been supplied witb arms, ammunition and uniforms. Of course the new companies which do not get into the regular service will have to wait until there are openings. As a reserve torce the companies will have to supply their own arms and uni iorms it tney want them. There is co. necessity, however, for them to do this. All that is necessary is for them to pre serv s their organizations. Governor Tillman said yesterday that he had not ha'd time to consider the reorganization of the military of the State. So soon as he gets the time he will issue orders and be gin the ireorganization, The Governor did not say positively yesterday that he Intends to dismiss certain Columbia and Charleston companies from service, but the plain inference from his remarks was that none of them will be allowed to re mamn in military ranks. The Governor was asked if there was any law to prevent the companies to be dismissed from maintaining themselves as inciependent military organizations He said that he had not read the law on the question, bat did n~t knew anything aga:nat their having all the guns and uni f irms' they wanted. They could also driil all they wanted. Ble was n:st so 'ertain that they would have the right to make a display on the streets of their warlike manoeuvres, but did not sup pose anybody would interfere with them. Every man, he said, has a con sihiutional riaht to bear arms provided it is with peaceful intent. The indepen dont compamies will not g.et any aid irom the State and muat defray their ex per-ses. They must buy their own uni forms and accoutre meats .-Register. hille- by a Cat, Noinw~ics, Cona., April 29.-A ntrange death occured Tuesday mornini \. Vountown, twelve miles from this city. A Miss Wison retired Monday night la perfect health with her aunt, Miss Fit 'h. sho was awakened at about o'ckTuesday morning by the cry o1f Spst cthat was resting upon the girl's clt.his Fitch removed the cat fronm theroom, but when she returned bet niece was gasping for breath and in a few minutes she was dead. Two phy accea were called, and for several hours tiboy haboredl by artificial means, but w-itouJtavnil. to restore respirad~on. The med~cal examiner, Dr. Jennings, was c:.iled, and after ,:srefully examining the bo0dy gave orders ihat no funeral should beheld till indications of decomposition agg:ared. The doctors incline to the benei that tbc S cuag woman succumbed to ctrangiulation, canseed by the ca't au-:king her breath." Attempted Swindle. CotoUMD-, S C., iAoril 2.-The Wadeoboro Messenger Intelligences states tha. on the 24:. of October last Jame Ilorue cf the vicinityv of Wades. baro, took~ out a pobcy for $6,000 in the Provdien Sa~ving J1fe Assurauce Societv ot Ncw York. and bat on the 21st or Jaifnary lans be and hlis brother in-law, Jamies Waikins, lelt in a buggy for CiheraW, 5. C.. Watkins return-.d alone ad repreented that Hlorne hadJ fallen from the raitrcad bridge at Cheraw and beau cdrowuned m the river. Nobody be I eved this. Mrs. Haine apphied for the m inurauce money. A special agent came downi to investiuate the matter. T be un-ho was tnat Mrs. Horne and H Fone's brother. J. T., both confessed ti her beheved Horne to be still alive suA the wimow" surrendered the pol cyi. They made very much of a mess Iothe matter. A STORY OF KU-K'UX TlS. Eow a Privates DemprIted from MeirilI YErasvr.Li, May ..-Iu lait week' Eoqtu'rer Vtere was a ftamment to thi -rst that a tine breech oad!ic huohu[ bad been fouud in %a o1 pit below the jail. Trere was a mystery rbat nobo:il :ould expiaie. A few days ago, how. ever, the mytery was solved completely Mr. Henry Keiler, a larmer au a na Live or Germany. lives about two miles orth o Vorkville. Mr. Keller happene. to be fully acquainted with the facts it the case, and on re0an the story he promptly came to iown (,, c'ear up &h( my'erv. Here is his slor): *Along in l6i. you kuow, a largt umber of sodiers were sent down here to suppress the Kuklux. Weil that gut was put in that hole by one of thes, aoldiers. One morning I i t up ver arly to comneuce cutting wheat. I was not good da~li2ht. I saw tw-o mer ominr- toward me Who -euld tbey b [ thought. WUen they got cioe 1 saA they were Yankea soldiers, and one o hem was a German, with wiomu I wav cquainted. named Sheheberger. Shelle berger said to me: " Mr. Keller, we hav just deserted and I want you to tage car( o us until toniVt.' I told him all right 'nd advised him to stick close to thi woods. They took my advice and a diuner time my wife cooked them a goo dinner. Then Shelleberger told me hov be got away. He said: "We were bott in the guard house for trying to desert and a soldier stood gusrd over u3 with E dcu'Ie-barrel shotaun. Last night caught the soldier when he was not look ing and took his gun away from him. I told him if he opened his mouth I woul, kill him, He promised not to give th aim under the circumstances Then told him to take the 'Lons cif our legs an. ie at once obeyed orders, because hi knew that if he refused he wcu'd be . dead man. After he removed the shack les we made him tmnarch down the hill ti the gas tank and there we turned hin loose. Just as we turned him loose wi threw the gun in the.tank and started t run. He went backand, as - ou see we not away." "Sbelleberger told me," said Mr. Kel ler, -that the gun was worth about $80 and advised me to g> and aet it, tut never did do it. T-iat same day the sol diers scoured the country everywher looking Ior Sheileberger and his compaa ion, but they never did catch them, an I have not told about their escape unat this day." .Che "guard bcuse" relerred to was room in the county i-. The buildin was at that time in the pessession of tb Federal solidiers, and was filled wit citizeas of York County char-ed wit being member of the Kuklux Klan, an they were guarded by soldiers. Thus alter twenty-three years, we are re minded of the days when Lewis Merri had this section by the throat, and whe Scott and his gang of plunderers were i the saddle, and when hundreds cf ot best citizens were eith sr arrested an imprisoned or driven from their home to seek refuge in varicus section 01 th United S-at2s and Canada. Some i the latter class have never yet returne to Scuth Carolina.-News and Couriel Shaking Gru- ca. ATHENS, April 29- ['ue late3t r pnrts from Atlanti say that on F ridai 365 snocks of earthquake were fel there in eight hours. For two hour the trembling of the earth was almos continuous. For a radius of three an a nalf miles on every side of the towr the fields and high ways have been tor with deep tissues. The sea has ei croched upon the shore about sixt feet. Dispatches from all parts of th kingdom indicate that for mer report of death and damage to property ha; uderestimated the losses. The liI of dead and injured grows hourly Tn misery in the smaller towns of tb stricken districts is extremae. Ilundred who were prosperious householders ot fore the earthquakes are now withou food and shelter for their families an are begging for help. The governmer continues to do alt in its po wer to ri lieve the suffering, but the burden beyond its mneanp and scores of fain lies are already on the verre of starva tion. Nearly .one hundred thousan persons are said to have been lef t des Itute of food and shelter in the Locr distric': alone. Rlanged. ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 29.-Be White and Jim Robinson, both colore< were hanged in the jail Sard at Manasl at 7 o'clock this mn:rning for criminal] assaulting two white women ne er Mai assas late on the night of the 13th of la! January. The two men, who had bee confined in jail in this city since the conviction, were taken to Manasse Wednesday tight and kept in jail ther till this morning. They slept but littl last night and spent most of the time c the floor of their cell under the cot This morning they ate no breakfast an ater prayer in their rooms walked wit firm steps to the gallows ia- the yard. force of twenty deputies-armed with nut was present, but no disorder cccurre< The hanging was witnessed by about fi ty persons. On the sesffold after ti knots had been adjusted. White aske to be given a few minntes to pray, at while engaged in prayer the drop lel The necks of both men were broken at life was pronounced extinct by the dot tors in eight minutes. Blank Fraude. JAC~rsoNVILLE, FlIa., May 3.--Tb Unitec States graind jury in sessic here returned several indictmeni against Nat 1'oyntz and Ollie 1'. Poynt president and cathier respectivelyc the suspended First Natoinal B~a i,< Orlando, Fla., for embezzlement an making false returns as to the bank condition. -Directors P'arramor ('Neal and Lee. of the bank have als een indicted for signing a false state ment of the condition of the bank's a: fars. The cases are set for trial Ma 21. Ollie Poyntz is in a sanitarium Cincinnati and Judge Swayne has rt quested the United states D~istric Court at Cincinnaiti to appoint a com: mission of experts to examine~ into hj mental condition and report as 1 whether or not he will be able to nM pear at .Jacksonville on May 21. NEW ORctK, May 2.-At 2 o'cloC this afternoon a large quantity of bet :ze stored ini the cellar of the dyeir and cleaning estatlishment of C. Joll & Son, ';i and 63 Imst T welft~a stree exploded. I mmediate~ly the iiye-stoi building was enveloped in !lame T wenty persons in all are emnployedt the firm of Jolly & Son, of these, fot men and one woman were working I the cellar when the explosion to'. place. T wo of them, a cuan arnd a w man were burnedi to death. Thle otil' three~ men were terribly burned. Thon emloved in the upper ibors, mlost. girls, escaped to the adj aing buildit in safety. Tne man and womian wt were killed have been idenruledisi i opold Cheron and Ms A. Flrua UnIAiInLI iibumaib ApriS terrible accident occuired here to Ia: The white pier was crowded wvitn pet pe in holiday attire. bound for t: dat or the D)anube , ad waitiug 1er it steamer wvhichr was to convey them1 that place, whe a ie pier gave w~ and threw about 1L0 People ito it waters. Many ex\ur-onits it H I. ieved we:e dro~wned Fairbaks comWmedl sicrte t1is m2r; in at the Ifotel de lauisiana, fie ah een here only a shiort ;:ne wit~h b wifu andi two chiC:. L'.tle is koo' of the famiiy, ht they are said to ba tro lun usOhio. FRAUD IN FUTURES. A COLUMBIA BUSINESS MAN HELD Ot A SE RICUS CHARGE. An nfortunate Aftiar All ArOon-Some Stror-- Chargea Against One of the Local Diepensor,-rhoi Story. CoI.Uamr., S. C., May 1.-An unfor tunate affair developed yesterday in Trial Justice Stack's court, which it is hoped will come out all right in the future, for many of the friends of the accused do not believe that he is guilty of any cr1ininal action. The story as developed at the trial is this: Mr. H. J. Bruce, who came here from Georgia some months ago, to run the stock, cot ton and prcdtce exchange, recently closing the excnange, was pressed by Mr. T. A. Scott, one of the liquor dis pensers, for an amount of money he had given Mr. Bruce to invest for him in cotton futures. Mt. Bruce failing to produce the amount, Mr. Saott had a warrant issued for his arrest on the charge of breach of trust. Yesterday a preliminary hearing was held before Jubtice Stack in the case and Mr. Bruce was bound over for trial at the Court of General Sessions in the sum of $300. Mr. Scott gave Mr. Bruce $300 to in vest for him at certain turns of the market. It seems this was done by Mr. Bruce 4- Mr. Scott's name at first, and he paid to Mr. Scott about $230 profits. Then it seems that he took the princi pal and invested it in his own name and lost it. He claimed that while he put it in his own name he invested it for Mr. Scott, Mr. Scott holds the view that Mr. .Bruce invested the money tor him self, and had he won would have kept the profit. Mr.Bruce was represented yesterday by Mr. Josenh K. Alston. and the pros ecution by Mr. J, P. Thomas, Jr. Mr. Bruce in a statement given the press last night said that it was impossible for him to introduce at the preliminary hearing the, evidence which would have prevented the trial justice from Qend ing the case to the higher court. He says he will insist upon a full trial in the higher court and when the case is heard he will show that T. A. Scott gave him, for margins, checks which . were signed by him in his official capaci ty as dispenser, and it was not until his scoculations ran against him that he squealed. Mr. Bruce says he will also show that he paid Mr. Scott on account of the 300, some $200. He avers that he de osited this, but Scott claims that it was only on account of profits. Mr. Bruce further says that "it will also be shown that Mr. Scott has speculated before in futures, and some of his loss e es, guaranteed by others, are as yet un 1 Daid." It is a peculiar case all around, a and its progress in the higher courts I wiLl be watched with interest.-State. TO ADVANCE THE SOUTH. An Import ant Congreesto b3 Held SOOL In Augubtv, Ga. r WASHINGToN, Aprii2S.--A Southern j Industrial Congress will assemble ia 3 Augusta, Ga., on the 301h day of May e It will be composed of delegatss ap If pointed by their chief executives, to d which also will be invited ny the Gov ernor of Georgia, the Governors from all tbe Southern States. Reduced hotel and railroad rates have been arradged for all delegates. The Governois will be the guests of the city and their cars t will be transputed from their respective ' State Capitols. The Congress will as E semnble to discuss methods for the ma terial advancement of the Southern States. Addreees of welcome will be Lmade by Seneator Walsh, Governor Northern and Mayor Alexander of e Augusta, A special car will briog a :3 nunber ot aistinguished gentlemen from *e Washmneton, who will be invited to An it ansta as the iuests of this Congress. e Amoug th:e papers to be lesad, and the C writers are: s "The Importance of Diversified In Sdustries to the South's Prosperity," by -C. Welling. - Malaria: its Icfluence on Southern tIndustries and Its Treatment," by Dr. . "hImportance of a Better Under .standing of the South's Climatology," d by Dr. Jos. M. Toner. - The Future Southerner," Prof. Otis .s T. Mason. "Southern Cities, and How to Bniid Them," Mr. B. H. Warner. c '-Oar Little Girls and How to Tsach Them." Hon. W. B. Powell. * Secretary Morton, Assistant Secre .tary cf Agr:culture Abney and Hen. . Gardner Hubbard of Boston will be in t vited iLo address the congress upon any subject agreeable to them. Secretary r Hoke Smith with others will join the party. e In~vitations have been extended to e Governor t isbback of Arkansas, who n called together the RWchmond conference ,of Scuthern Governors, to read a paper d on "Inter-state Co-operation ia South h ern Immigration," to Hon. M, T. Bryan of Tennessee, on "Exceptions to Scuth erms Immigration;" to Gen, Jno. C. Winder of Virginia, on "Southern Trans :portation;" to Senator Jarvis on "Ob e stacles to Southern Progress;" to Gover d nor Carr of North Carolina, on "Revi d val of the Agricultural Interests of the South." dj The propriety cf Southern exhibits at . Northern agricultural fairs, Sauthern mining, manufacturing and sanitation will also engage the attention of this congress. e Governor Stone of Missouri, who was selected by his associates. the Governors s of the Southern States, to draft the ad. dress issued by them in Richmond last April, has written that he desires to at d tend. His prominence at the Richmond s Congress may place him among the , leadership in this mioverment. Senatorial o duties permitt.ing, Hon. Patrick Walsh wIll chaperone theC Washington contm cent to this congress.. That'si What It Is.~ rv. Louis. Mo., May 3.-There was t considerable alarm manisfested upon the - loor of the Merchants Ex abange yester s 'jiv when the decision was announced tir th~e case of Connors against Black, t:ed at Memphis, Mo. The court holds that in all Gales made upon margins, un less both parties actually intend to re ceive or deliver the amount of grain it -seli involved in the contract, the tran g saction is gambling pure e.nd simple and y the money so lost cani be recovered. t, Black bought oats through Connors, a y broker, and after put.ting up $5,000 in s rearains to protect Lis optIon, defaulted y on !urtcr .payments andl was sued by r Conners, who carried the oats through to a close. The finding of the court is based on a decision of the State Sopreme CourtL. _________ Tim Phbiladelphia Inquirer says that y fully i),000 men are marening on Wash g ogtoa "undet the white banner of oC y," and gives a list of the several dchments and of the parts of the I. cuntry from which they hail. It is vry grtif:2 tuia of the 9,000 men in' line only 475 are credited to the SSo'utr andi these are said to come from Alabama. The rest or the army comes from sections of the country which have been brought up on Government bo unty, whLee the vicious principle has been taught that it is the province of Government to coddle private en trprise. _____ I:I>E the Constitution the mem bar ot the House of Representatives who goes on strike, ref uses to vote and eat tempts to obstruct business, can be o'ckted up until he either votes or par es himself in some other way to the s satisfaction of the House, It is time ~for the House to show that its constitu -ioapower to transact business mane snmathing. . OYA~ AKIl POWDER Absolutely Pure. A cream or tartar baking powder Highest of all in leavening strength.-La. test United States Government Food Re port. Royal Baking Powder Company, 106 Wall St., N. Y. A. Fat mer Wanted The Cotton Plant has come out flat footed for a farmer for Governor, and its side is strongly presented. "In the be ginning," says the Cotton Plant, "of the Movemenit that has accomplished so much for the people of this State,it was heldand taught to the people, that one of the main causes of tile evils complained of was the predominance of the influence of the legal profession in managing the affairs of the State. Not that there was any doubt of a lawyer being a good cit izen or acting for what he thought was the best interest of the people; but that through training, education and self interest they were not as competent to act for farmers as farmers are for them selves. We believe the principle to be as correct now as it was four or six years ago.. There is no doubt that each class should have representation in the government in proportion of numbers and the interests involved. It is in the government that all classes meet, or should meet, on an equal footing and with wise counsel the best action would be taken for the benefit of all. We should never lose sight of this as it is a correct principle. In this State the lawyers compose about one-half of oue per cent. of the white voting popula tion. It would be natural to suppose that their influence in public affairs should be somewhere about the same proportion. But we fini that among the salaried officers elected in the State by the people direct or through their representatives in the Legislature, the law provides for twenty-one lawyers and ten non-professional men. The twenty-one lawyers are: Eight Circuit Judges; eight Solicitors; three Supreme Court Judges and the AtLorney-Gener al and his assistant. The salaries drawn by them from the State treasury annually, aggregate $54,600. The ten non-professiohals are: Governor; Sec retary of State; Qomptroller General; Treasurer; Superintendent of Educa tion; Adjutant and Inspector General;' Superintendent of the Penitentiary and three Railroad Commissioners. Their salpries foot up the sum of 822.300 an nually. The lawyers average $2.600 each and the others $2,230. We call the attention of our people to this mat ter because there seems to be a disposition on the part of some, who are interested in the outcome, to go back to the old plan . that was eon aemned so much a few years ago an.1 again turn the government over into the hands of our lawyer friends entire ly. The people should see the point and nip the effort in the bud at the begi'.~ ning. This is a Farmers' Movement: now, as it was in the beginning and should not be turned over to the law yers and make a lawyers' movement out of it, just to show our gratitude for a their condescension in coming over to us. We believe that among the farm ers of.the Stat e are plenty of men who are fully capable of f'ioig any position In tne government and we sincerely be lieve that It is to the interests of all classes that farmers should be elected for these positions, with all due repre sentation given other interests In pro portion to their number and magnitude of interest. We kno w that there are as great and broad-mInded men in the le gal profession as in any other and do not object to their representing the people when they are those kind and better fitted than others, but what we nave said is largely true as to the class. o A lawyer is bound up m the interests of his client and his course will be bi ased in that direction in matters of government. Lawyers, who are sin cerely with the people are capable of doing great good, but we should :niake a careful examination before employ ing them in any case." Anarchisia and Farming. Some queer notions has Elisee Re clus, the eminent French geographer. He believes every rood of land should support its man, and he would have every man grow his own potatoes and cabbages. There i~s a vast amount of land on the earth devoted 'to mere pleasure purpose. The forests that hold game for the amusement of monarchs and noblemenE isee Beclus would have cut down and the ground parceled out among the oomb throwers and anarch ists and the straying thousands in cit ies. Certainly Reclus is partly right. If you could catch your anarchist and force him to go to raising cabbage and potatoes for himself to eat or else to starve, you would stop comb hurling in no time. There is a kindred with the soil in the nature of man. When left off the country life and packed into cities, he left health behind him. Nerv ous diseases developed. A slum life was evolved in cities that is more de graded than that in the lowest savage Iads today. if the dyspeptic million aire, tile bomb thrower and the dwar fed, miserable slum dweller could alike be transplanted to their rood of ground and forced to till it, there are some economic and hygienic questions that would settle themselves. Just enough digging in the soil--not too much-is the most.- healthful tonic for soul and body. Reclus himself, a geographer and'a literary man for 43 years, is ready at any time to don farm laborer's cloth ing and ao his stint at raising cabba ges and potatoes. A ratal M1nake.. SARtANAC LAKE, Micb., April 28.-Mr Charles Howard, of Burke, aged 21, and his wife, have quarreled e ver since they were married, tnree months ago. Many a time after her .jealous outbreaks he has threatened so kill himself, and, the other day, when he repeated the threat, she laughed at him, dared him to do so, and handed him a vial of morphine. He walked into his room saying: "You have always called me untruthful. Now I will prove the contrary." An hour later he was found dead. The young wife, crazed by remorse, was with difficulty restrained from killing herself.__________ PROF. FALB, of Berlin, prophesies a very probabie collision between the earth and the comet or 1860 on Novem ber 13, 1899, when the comet will cut the point where the earth arrives every year at that time. But he does not think harm could come of such a colli sion, the material of the comet being so . light, unless the carbouaic acid gas of which it is probably composed should poison our atmosphere. But, any way e says we may look out for a moagnmfi, ~ent shower of meteoirs on that date. THE Rev T. C. Sre wart, chaplain of the 25th infantrv, U. S. A., in tnie last number of the Uaited Service Mag azine'says, among other things, that ie four regiments of colored troops in the service, to wit, the 9-u and 10th cavalry and the 24th aua 25th imfantry, have maintainedduring peace the high character for g:ood ori-'r and military discipline that their friends expectec, and that in the encounters with the Indians they have shown a skill and