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Strength for the day I humbly ask, Faith in the coming morrow. But not one drop of weal or wou From future day, to borrow; I'll trust the hand that mneliur')s out My cup of joy or sorrow. Strength for the fight I this day w me. The victor's cro %n to wear it, When wounded in the desperatC fI aY, Courage I ask to bear it; And Thou, dear Lord, to walk besile. My day'smarc'h homue to share it. And when the da is past anrl gone, My grateful heart upswellibg, A hymn of praise shalI joyful raise, Thy love and goodness telling; I'll waft it up beyond the stars. Where all my hopes are dwelling. And when the last hard fight is done, And death comes to rel eve me, Ltnot the hope which cheers me now With mocking gleam deceive me; But to Thyself. dear Lord, I pray For Jesus sake, recEive me! THE TAX COLLECTOR. Tranformr.ton o0 a Family-Thi Mattb er's Frayer. BROOKLYN, Sept. 23.-Rev. Dr Talmage, who is no v preparing to leav Australia for Icdia on his rcuid th world tour, has selected as the eubiae for today's sermon thrcuzh the pres "The Tax Collector's Ccnvertion," ft text being taken from Luke x-x, 9 "This day is salvaticn come to thi hcuse." Zaecheus wac a poli:.ician and a tax gatherer. He had an honest calling hr the opportunity for "stealings" was s large the temptation was too much fc him. The Bible says he "was a sinner -that Is, in the publi sense. Ho; many fine men have been ruined by c ficlal position! It is an awful thing fC any man to seek cffice under govert ment unless his principles of integrit are deeply fixed. Many a man up:igh in an lasignificant positioa has mad shipwreck in a great one. As far as can tell, in the city of Jerrich this Zaccheus belonged to wha might be called the "rmg' They had things their own way, success fully avoiding exposure, it by no othe way perhaps by hiring somebody t break in and steal the vouchers. No' -withstanding his bad reputation, there were streaks of good about him, as ther are about almost every man. Gold i found in quarts, and sometime in a var small percentage. Jesus was coming to town. The psc ple turned out en masse to see har Here he comes, the Lord of glory, o foot, dust covered and road weary, limp ing along the "vay, carrymg the griet and woes of the world. He looks to b 60 years of 9ge when he is only about 3 Zsecheus was a short man and cou not see over the people's heads whil standing on the ground, so he got u: into a sycamore tree that swung its art clear over the road. Jesus advance amid the-wild excitemtnt of the surgin o-cd. The most honorable and popu lar men of the city are looking on an trying to gain his attention. Jesus, in stead of regarding them, looks up at th little man in the tree and says: "Zsc chens come down. I am going hom with you." Everybody was disguste to think that Chrnst would go home wit so dishonorable a man. I see Christ entering the frontdoor c the house of Ztccteus. The king o heaven and earth sits down, and ashb looks around on the place and the fami': he pronounces the benediction of th text. "This dayis salvation come to thi house." Zaccheus had mounted the sycamor tree out of mere fnquisitiveness. H wanted to see how this stranger looke' -the color of his eyes, the length of hi hair, the contour of his features, ti height of his stature. "C ame down,' said Christ. And so many people in this day ge up into the tree of curiosity or specula tion to see Christ. They ask a thousanl queer questions about his divinity, abon God's sovereignty and the eternal de cres. They speculate and criticise an< hang onto the outside limb of a grea sycamore. But they must come dowi frothat if they want to besaved. Wi cannot be saved as philosophers, but a little children. You cannot go to hea9 by way of Athens, but by way of Beth lehem. Why be perplexed about ti way sin came into the world when th< get question is how shad we get sui drve out of our hearts. How many spend their time in criti cism and religious speculation! The' take the rose of Sharon or the lily of thi valley, pull out the anther, scatter thn corolla and say, "Is that the beautifil flower of religion that you ar e talkmn: about?" No flower is beautitul after yoi have torn it all to pieces. The path ti heaven is so plain that a fool need nol make any mistake about it, and yet met stop and cavil. Suppose that, going to ward the Pacific slope, I had resolve: thatlwould stop untillI could kill al the grizzly bears and panthers on eithe side of the way. I would never havi got to the Padific coast. When I wen1 out to hunt the grizzly bear, the gr'al: bear would have come out to hunt me Here is a plain road to heaven. Mer Bay they will not take a step on it unti they can make game of all thre theoriei that-bark and growl at them from thn thickets. They forget the fact that, al they go out to hunt the theory, the theo ry comes out to hunt them, and so thej perish. We must receive the kingdou of heaven in simplicity. William Pennington was one of thn wisest men of this country-a governo of his own state and afterward speake: of the house of representatives. Yet when Gdcalled him tobea Christian he went in and sat down among somi children who were applying for churci membership, and he said to his pastor "Tak to me just as you do to tbesi children, for Iganow nothing about it.' There is no need of bothermng curselve~ about mysteries when there are so manJ things that are plain. Dr. Ludlow, mi professor in the theologIcal semninery taught me a lesson I have never forgot ten. While putting a variety of ques tions to him that were perplexing hn turned upon me, somewhat in sternnes! but more in love and said, "Me. Tal mage you will haye to let God knov some things you do't' We tear on hands on the spines of the cactus instea< of feasting our eye on its tropical bloom A great company of people now si swinging themselves on the sycamori tree of their pride, and I cry to you "Zachens, come down! Come dow: Out of your pride, ont of your inquisi tiveness, out of your speculation. Yo: cannot ride into the gate of heaven witi coach and four, postilion ahead ani lackey behind. 'Except ye become al little children, ye cannot enter the king doi of God.' God has chosen the weal things of the world to confound thE mighty. Zwecheus, come down, come down!" I notice that this tax gatherer accom panied his surrender to Christ with thE restoration of property that did not be long to him. Be says, "If I have taker anything by false scousation I restori fourfold"-that is, if' I have taxed an' men for $10,000 when he had only $5.00( 'worth of property and put it in my owi pocket the tax for the last $5,000 I wil restore to him fourfold. If I took fron him $10, I will give him $40. If I tool from him $40, I will give him $160. ben sert to Wahi'oton during the past f w yCar i8 "c.r:science money." I Suppose that mioneV wa sect by men who waited to b, Chrietans. bit fouad ti'fv co'dL ut'il they made restitu ton. T are is no need of cur trying to c-ame to Chn's as long as we keep frau dotentl a doilar or a farthing in our porsrsen tat belongs to another. Sup ose yvou bsvr not money enough to pay N ou- db' s, ano for the a sike of detraud yrg ycur credi:rs you put your property in ycu: wife's name. You might tkl isda ot judgment for p!rdou bu t V r -u1 i no )t get I wIth cut t'rat ma-'o restuuen. Il tunes of prosperitv ie r.ht, against a rainy diy. to as t- p:'pertv to you- wife, but if, lo time of pernx'ty aid for ths s.Le of f auv sc-ur creditOrs, you make -uc-! asqgement, you become a cu' prit brt 'r God, and you mav as well s'op p:aying until you have mtde resti tution. 0: suppos). one man 1)5.ns an other mooncy on bond or mortgage, with t'o understanding that the mortga-e can ii qu.et for several years, but as soon as the mortgage is s:vea commences Forecicsur-t-.he shetiff mcunts the auc tion blek, and tha property is struck down at half prici, and the mortgagee buys it in. The mortgagee started to 5 get the property at half price and is a e thief and a robber. Uutil he makes res itu in there is no mere for him. You say: "I cannot make restitu ion. T.e parties whom I swindled are Cone." Tben I says, "Take the money u) to the American Bible society and consecrate it to Gd." Zicoheus was wise when he disgorged his unrighteous gains, and it was his first step in the right direction. The way bemse clear. Christ walked int - the house ot Z icchens. He becomes r a d:fforent mar; his wife a different wo man; the children are diff.erent. 01, it make a g-reat change in any house when ' Christ comes into it! How many beauti ful homes are represented among you! There are p!ctures on the wall, thera is music in the drawing room and luxuries in the wardroba. and a tall eupply in the V pantry. Even if you were half asleep t there is one word with which I could wake you, and thrill you througa and through, and that word is "home!" There are also houses of sufiermg repre sented in which there are neither pictures t cor wardrobe nor adornment-only one room, and a plain cot, or a bunk in a cr ner. Yet it is the place where your loved r ones dwell, and your whole nature tin D gles with satisfaction when you think of it and call it home. Though the world may scoff at us and pursue us and all the day we be tossed about at eventide, we sail into the harbor of home. Though 7 there be no rest for us in the busy world, and we go trudging about, bearing bur. dens that well nigh crush us. there is a reluge, and it hath an easy chair in which we may'sit, and a lounge were we may lie, and a serenity of peace in which we may repose, and that refute is home. 5 The Eaglish soldiers, sitting on the walls ) around Sevastopol, one night heard a comnanV of musicians playing "Home, 5 Sweet Home," and it is said that the ) whole army broke out m sobs and wail ing greart was their homesicknsas. God 3 pity the poor,p:iserable wretch who has 1 no home! Now, suppose Christ should come into your house. First the wife and the . mother would feel his presence. Reli C gion almost alway begins there, It is easier for woman to become Christians than for us men. They do not fight so against God. I: wom ma tempted man originally away from holiness, now she tempis him back. She may not make fany muss about it, but some how every fbody in the house knows that there is a change in the wife and mother. She chides the children more aently. Her face sometimes lights up with an n earthly glow. She goes into some un occupied room for a little while, anid the Chusband goes not after her nor asks her why she was there. He knows without Iasking that she has been praying. The husband notices that her face is brighter than on the day when, years ago, they stoodf at the inarriage altar, and he knows that Jesus has been putting upon her brow a wreath sweeter than the orange blossoms. She puts the children to bed, not satisfied with the formal prayer that they once offered, but she lingers now and tells them of Jesus Iwho blessed little children and of the good place where they all hope to be at last. And then she kisses them good night with something that the child feels to be a heavenly benediction- -a some thing that shall hold on to the boy after he has become a man 40 or 50 years of agre, for there is something in a good, loying, Christian mother's kiss that 50 years ca-mot wipe off the cheek. Now the husband is distressed and annoyed and almost vexed. If she would only speak to him he would "blow her up." He does not like to say any thing about it, but he knows that she has a hope that he has not and a peace that he has not. He knows that, dying as he now is, he cannot go to the same place. He cannot stand it any longer. Some Sunday night as'they sit in church side by side the iaods of his soul break forth. He wants to pray, bat does not know how. He hides his face, lest some of his worldly friends see him, but God's spirit arcuses him, melts him, over whelms him. And they go home-hus band and wife-in silenco, until they get to their room, when he cries out, "Oh, pray for me!" And they kneel down. They cannot speak. The words will not come. But God does not want any words. He looks down and answers sob and groan ad outgushing tender ness. That night they do not sleep any for talking of all the years wasted and of that Saviour who ceased not to call. Be fore morning they have laid their plans for a newl:fe. Morning comes. Father and mother descend from the bedroom. The children do not know what is the matter. They never saw father with a Bible in his hand before. He says, "Come, children, I want you all to sit down while we read and pray." The children look at each other and are al most disposed to laugh, but they see their parents are in deep earnest. It is a abort chapter that the father reads He is a good reader at other times, but now he does not get on much. He sees so much to linger. His voice trembles. Everyting is so strangely new to him. They kneel-that is, the father and mo ther do, but the children come down one by one. They do not know that they must. It is some time before they all get down. The sentences, are broken. The phrases are a little ungrammatical. The prayer begins abruptly and ends ab ruptly; but, as far as I can understand what they mean, it is about this: "0 Saviour help us! We do not know how to pray. Teach us. Wo~ cannot live any longer in the way we have been lii mg. We start today for heaven. Help us to take these cnildren along with us. Forgive us for all the past. Strengthen us for all the future. And when the jour ney is over take us where Jesus is and where the lIttle habe is that we lost. Amen!" It ended very abruptly, but the angels came out and leaned so far ovr to listen they would have fallen off the battlement but for a stroke of their wings, and cried: "Hark, hark! 3ehold, be prays!" Tnat night there is a rap at the bed room door. "Who is there?" cries the farther. It is the oldest child. "What is the matter? Are you sick?" "No; I want to be saved." Only a littie while, and all three children are brought into the kingdom of God. And there is great Ijoy in the houss. Years pass on. The telegraph goes click, click! What is the news fising ovr the country? "Come home. Father is dying!" The children Some too late for the train, take a car riage S-ross the c )untry. They atand around the dying bed of the father. The oldest son upholds the mother, and says: "Don't cry, mother I will take care of you." Tie parting blessing is given. N long admomtion, for he has, through years, been saying to his chil dren all he bad to say to them. It is a plain "goodby," an1 the rema'k, "1 kuow you w-l1 all be kind tio your nio ther," and all is over. Life's duty done, as sinks the clay, Light from its load, the spirit lies, White heaven and earth combine to say, How bless'd the righteous when he dies. A whole Nmnilv saved forever! If the dIeuge c mi they are alt in the ark-fa ther, mother, sons, daughter. Together on earth, together in heaven. Vht. makes it so? Explain it. Z t.ccheu ono dtv t ok Jesus home with htm. Tiat ls ail. S.lva'.ion came to that hou ;e. What sound Is it I hear tonight? It is Jesus knockng at the d )r o your hous. Behold a stranger at the door! He gently knooks, has knocked before. If ycu looked out of your window and saw me going up your tront steps, you would not wait, but go yourself to opea the door. Will you keep Jesus stand. ing on the outside, his locks wet with the dews of the night? This day is siv.t tion come to thy heu-e. The great wait of your house is not a new carpet or cost lier pictures or richer furniture-it is J-ens! Up to 40 years men work themseives; after that, for their chaildern. Now, what do you propose to leave tnem. Nothing but dollar? Alas, what an in heritanct! It is likely to b3 a curse tha-1 a blessing. Your own common sense and observAt.on tell you that money, without the divine blessing, is a curse. You must son leave voar children. Your shoulders are no' so strong as they were, and you know that they will soon have to carry their own ourdens. Your e 'esight is not so clear as once. They will soon have to pick out their o gn way. Your arm is not so mighty as once. Tney will soon havj to filh t their owa battles. Oh, let it not be told on 'udgnent day that you let yor fami ly start without the only safeguard-the religion of Christ! Giva yourself no rest until your children are the sons and daughters of the Lord Almighty. Your son does just as you do. He tries to walk like you and to talk like you. The dan ;h ter imitates the mother. Alas, if father and mother miss heaven, the children will 01, let Jeaus come into your house! Do not bolt the hall door, the parlor door or the kitchen d)or or the bedroom door against him. Above all, do not bolt your heart. Build your altar tonight. Take the family Bible lying on the parlor table. Call together as many of family as may be awake. Read a chapter, and then, if you can think of nothing else besides the Lord's Prayer, say that. That wil do. Eleaven will have begu'i in your house. You can put your head on your pillow, feeling that, whether you wake up in this world or the next, all is well. In that great, ponderous book of the judgment, where are recorded all the important events of the earth, you will rea:1 at last the statement that t4is was the day when salvatioa cams into your house. Oh, Zecheus, come down, come down! Jesusis passing b-! A COWARDLY SHOOTINi3. A Nowaboy Danzerously Sh't by Sms Toug COLUMBIA, S. C., Sept. 27.-Julius J. Henry, a Union News boy, whose home is at Seneca, was shot and danger ously wounded near the Union Depot yesterday morning. The shooting was brutal and uncalled for and1 if the guilty man is found the law ought to deal with him severely. About 11 o'olock in the morning an excursion train from Greenwood and points between here and there arrived in the city on its way to Cbarleston. It was sidetracked just E st of the depot to await the arrival of the train on the South Carolina Road before leavmng the city. There were about 200 people on the train, all from the small to v as this side of Greenwaa~d. A good many of them were tough customers and liqior was plentiful. Henry, who is about 17 years old, and who wanted to earn some money far himself, secured a basket of fruit from the News Company and went into one of the excursion cars to sell it, not think ing that there would be any trouble. It seems that a man named John R. Skurry from Chpoell's, had bought the privilege to sell truits and refreshments on the train and he wa~s angered at the boy getting on the car. He abused Henry and st' od in the doorway to prevent the boy getting out, saying that he was go ig to take Henry on to Charleston. The train started to move. Henry puhed through the doorway and at tempted to get off the car. Skurry called to those standing around to help themselves to the fruit mn the basket. Part of the crowd tried to get some of the fruit and the boy grabbed at the hat of a man. Henry got off' the trian all right, although Skurry pulled a pis tol and tried to shoot the boy, bat was prevented from doing so. Henry walked away and was goIng around the end of a c>.r when he was fired at from the plat form of a car, a distance of about a car length. The ball entered the left cheek bone, and lodged above the roof of the mouth, between the nostrils. The foregoing is the story told by Henry and is corroborated by several witnesses to the affair. Henry was then taken to the oflice of Dr. A. B. Knowlton, on Gervais street, and was attended to. The bullet was probed for and was located and extract ed by Dr. Knowlton and Dc. T. B. Owens. Dr, Knowlton says he cannot say what will be the result of the wound as infammation may ensue. Policemen Bolton and Steele ar rested a young white man named T. A. Carson, who is trom Edgefield County, along the line of the Columbia and Greenville Road. Carson was pointed out by several men as the man who did the shooting. It is said that as soon as e ired the shot he ran back into the car and disposed of his pistol. No weapon was found on him when arrested. Carson would not talk to a reporter, but it is stated that he denies doing the shooting. hae is a young man about 22 year. Some of his friends stayed in the city with him try to procure bail. Car son was taken before Trial Justics Stack and was committed to jail, without be ing allowed bond, to await the result of Henry's wounds. The shooting was cowardly. The bal went staright Into the left cheek, showing that the boy was not watching the wouldbe assassi when the shot was fired. Several men on the train threat ended to shoot Henry if they had pistols. The boy may have been impertinent, but there is no evidence that he even at tempted to defend himself when he got off the car before he was shot. While he was getting off several men kicked him. Henry saw the man who shot him and the description he gave of the person tallies with that of Carson. Henry was too badly wounded to attend the Trial Justice Court. Two or three witnesses will swear that Carson did the shooting. Henry says that Skurry did not do it, but Skurry may be arrested when he comes back through here. Since the foregoing was written Jus tice Stack has granted bail to Carson in the sum of $500 and it was furnished, the bond being signed by three responsi Absoiute& Pure. A cream or tartar nainmg powder Highest. of all in leavening strength.-La test United States Government Fcad Re port. Royal Baking Powder Company, 106 Wall St., N. Y. THIRTEEN YEARS A FUGITIVE. HL.wa~te, an ex-Wetther Bureau Msr, A rre-stf d. NEW YORK, Sept. 27.-Capt. llenry W. Howgate, formerly Chief of the Weather Bareau in Washington, D. C. and who has been a fugitive from jus tice since the winter of 1880 81, was ar rested at 10 o'clock in Ninth street be twEen Broadway and Fourth avnue, by Detective A. L. Drummond of this city, acting for J. S-erling Morton, Secreta ry of Agriculture at Washington. 1iowgate was not only chief, but dis bursing officer of the Weather Bureiu. His embezzlements, forgeries and lar cenies, it is alleged, aggregated $370,C00 a! least. Uie was an c.ier of the rega tar army and being a genial, whol- - sualed man, bad hosts of friends. There are seven indictments hanging over Ho wgate, eaN'ai containing a num ber of rounts. Howgate was arrested in 1881, bat escaped from an officer who had him in charge on a visit to his home. He dis appeared and has not since been seen and identified by any United States officer. He was known to have left Washington with a woman not bis wife He had a family at that time. He now has a daughter who lives at Newbury port. Mass. The woman with whom he fled from Washington has long since left him. Howgate was, when he left Washington, an active, black haired man in the prime of life. He is now 60 years old, bent and broken, with gray hair and beard. Though the United States ofiers have been hunting all over the United States for Howgate he has been living quietly here in New York city as a dealer in second hand books. His place of business was at No. 80 Fourth avenue in a basement. He has had cards printed bearing the name of "Harry Williams," and by that name he has for years been known to the book trade of this and other cities. Horgate's cards announced that he deals in old magazines, reviews and periodicals. His residence was at No. 195 West Tenth street, where he had "bachelor lodgings" and kept a large amount of stock for his store. Detectives huntel the continent over for Howgate, but without success. Four months ago Drummond learned that Howgate was in the book business in the city of Brooklyn. A systematic hunt of all the book stores in the two cities was made. It was believed that he was an employe, as no bookseller named Howgate was known to the trade. Whenever any of Drammond's agents learned that a man resembling Howgate in appearance had been found in a book store that employee was shadowed. His acquatatance was formed and his private life fathomed by conversatIon. A week ago Drummond tried the plan or haunting book sale auction rooms. It was a happy thought. A lerk from the War Department in Washington, who knew Howgate made the rounds of the book auction rooms every day. On Monday the clerk saw Howgate enter an auction room on Broadway near Tenth street. Txhe.clerk was not certain, ho wever, e-s Ho wgate tad changed. From a man weighing up wards of 93 pounds, he has grown to be a dried p old man of about 143 pounds. T he cerk went again to the book sale on uesday and entered into conversation wth Howgate. From Howgate's manner of speaking the clerk was cer tain that he stood before the fugitive at last. Drummond took the midnight train for Washington on Tuesday and esterday got a bench warrant from Judge Bingham o' the Supreme Court. He returned this morning. When 11owgate was arrested, he remarked uietly: "I know when 1 am beaten." The detective and his prisoner got on oard a Fourth avenue car and went to he Federal building. United States Cmmissioner Shields turned the case ver to United States Commissioner Alexander. United States District Attorney Wallace McFarlane appeared for tne government. Howgate had no ounsel. Howgate was arraigned on he nominal charge, made in the Wash - ngton indictments in 1879, of obtaining 2,500 on a forged receipt from H. D. Sawyer in July, 1879. "You understand this charge Y' asked ommissioner Alexander. "Oh, yes," said Howgate, with a fee ble smile. "It is one of the old series I suppose." "This," said the Commissioner, "is an application to hold you in order that a warrant may be obtained from a Unit-1 d States District Jultge, so that you may be taken to Washington. Do you1 emand an examination ?"1 "No, no. I waive an examination ad I admit my identity," said the old man. "There is no object in delay." "Bail is fixed at $10,002." said the ommissioner. "Tnere is another charge," said Unit d States District Attorney McFarlane, here is another charge of embezzling the sum of S31.C'3." "Same bail tired for that, S10.C 2," said the Commissioner.] Howgate said he could not give bailI nd was taken to Ludlow Street Jail, ( ending advices from Washington. AppOmattox or So~rrender. WAsmxNGTox, Sept. 27.--The indig-i nation which is said to be felt in Virgi'nia over the change in the name oi the post office at Appomattox court house trom t Appomattox to Sarrender has not msni-1 easted itself in the form of communica-r ions to the Postoflige Department, and the oflicials there are inclined to think] that there is no'.hing substantial in it. t was said at the department tcda? that the new name was suggested by the ostmaster, w~ho is a near relative oft eneral Rosser, the noted Virginian, not yet reconstructed, and other cit'zens< f the hamlet of Appomattox court 1 house. Some time ago, by reason of the burning of the court house and other buildings at this historic place, a station on the railroad eeveral miles away was designated Appomattox b:/ the depart ment. Th:s did not prove satisfactory to the people, who bad been im the habit of getting their mail at the old stand and they asked that they again be given pos tal facilities, WheQn the question of a suitable name zame up, the department t was asked to adopt the name of Sni-ren-t der. in view of ths fact that the peti tion contained the names of some oi the most prominent people of that vicinity, the change was made, and nothing more was thought about it until the recentC clamor aross in Virginia. The chances re that the name Surrender will stand, ~ anless the people of the village go back ~ n their former decision and unite in a ,j plea for another namne.--New York y ies. OW TH EY FIGHT IN THE EAST. The Cin'c i.nd J.Tpaveie Vezewis Circi- d A ren Einch O -her. LONDoN, S3pt. 27.-The Times te morrow morning will publisi a dis patch from its correspondent at Che Foo, who sends an accourt of the naval battle at Yala.furnisbed by a naval of fiier who was present. The account is main ly a repetition of previous reports, but adds that concussion of the first dis-harge of the guns of the Ting Yuen threw crvhody off the bridge of ttie ship. The Jrnenese ships appeared in column of divisiOns, the lines ahead of the divisons beimg dispospd abeam. Coming closer they tried to form a line abreast. The Chinese ships started in sections line abreast at a rate of seven knots an hour. As they cams nearer the Jap anese appeared to form in quarter line, to which the Chinese replied by turning two points to the starboard, thus keep ing their bows toward the enemy. Ap proacning within 4,4Q yards the whole Japanese lieet seemed to turn eight points to poit, thereby forming a single line ahead and, steaming across the Chinese line, turned its btarbord wing. The Chinese were unable to keep pace with the enemy and endeavored ta follow their movements by keeping bow on them cs the Japanese ships, circled around, maintaiuing the while a heavy bombardment. The Japanese fleet that Ikept in the thick of the dight consisted of six ships of the Yuen class. The Japanese ships, having complet <d one circle bauled off to a distance of eignt hundred yards and went through an evolution with the object of separating irto two divisions, the first consisting of seven of their- best known and swifist cruisers and the second of five inferior ships, which shoOd off some distance. The battle thus arranged itseif into two groups, four Chinese cruisers becoming en gaged with the second division, while two ironclads, the Chen Yuen and Ting Yuen, attacked the firstdivison. The fighting in the second divison was irregular and d:llibult to follow. It ended in the Japanese disappeariug in the dirertion of Hai Young Tar. The [irst Japanese divison carried oa the tight with the ironclads by circling round at a distance of 4,500 yards. The Chen Yuen and Ting Yuen kept together, following the enemy's move mennt in a sm ailer circle, tne whole evolution taking a spiral form. O.ca nionally the distance between the op posing ships was reduced to 2,0) yards, and once to 1,200 yards. The Japanese aimed at keepiog a long istance away so as to avail themselves )f their superio- -eed and make the most of their uqi firing guns, which vastly excelled the Chinese guns. Mhe obiect of the Chinese wes to come ,o close quarters so as to use their slow aring guns of la-rge calibre with full ef tect. The firing continued between the Chinese iron clads and the Japanese 1st livision until nearly 5 o'clock in the af ernoon. Tne quick firing guns gave the latter an immense advantage scat tering showers of splinters, oncasional y setting the Chinese ships on fire and iddling everything that was not pro Lected by armor. During the action one of the smaller Jananese ships was seen with her pro peller out of water and her bow nearly alnder. Another waq seen to be on fire 3nveloped in flames aTid apparently inking. The Yoshino and Man.ushima were urning tierce!y, the former, after re 3iving two shots each from the Ting Yaen and Chen Y uen, was enveloped in a cloud of white smoke, which lay deavily on the water and comnpletely 3*vered the ships. The Chinese vessels waited for the :louds to clear and got their port guns ready, but before the Yoshino got visi bLe their lire was diverted by a Japa aese vessel of the Matsushima tyne, which came on at a distance of 2,200 Fards on the port quarter. The guns :hat were laid for the Y osnino were bred at the new comner, with the result :biat she began to return. Whether :hese three Japanese ships received :nortal injury Is uncertain. In the latter part of the battle ,the Cinese ironclads ran short of comm on ihell and continued the action with steel shot. This was effective as the Tapanese vessels had no armor. The ;wo ironclads fired one hundred and ilnety-seven rounds with twelve-inch Ians, and two hundred and sixty-three -ounds with six-inch guns. About 4 o'clock the Ting Yuen was >adly on fire forward, the smoke imped ng the working of the fore turret. Be ore 5 o'clock the Japanese had ceased icing and the distance between the ieets was rapidly increasing. In regard to the conclusions to be l ra wn from the battle it may be said he Chinese battle ships proved formi lable. The Chines Ironclads stood ~he battering of the heavy, quick-li ring iuns admirably. Their upper strue: Ire were severely damaged but not a ihot penetrated a vital part. A bullet protection of the twelve inch runs was most effective, very fe w men >eing wounded within the barbettes. L'he basrbette turrets were as intact at :er tha action as before. Tnis fact, iowever, coupled with the fact that he six Inch guns at both ends of the lhips which wei e only slightly protect Id were also undamaged, seems to in licate that the destructive effect was !ane to the enormous number of project Ie from the quick liring guns rather tan to the skilled direction of the ihots. The mare avers of the Japanese first livisions excited great admiration. !aking advantage of their s; sed and he long range of their guns, they & lays kept at the distance that suited hem, maintaining perfect order hroughout the fight, attempting noth ng sensational and never coming ithin destructive range of the heavi St guns. Murderer Arrested. ATLANTA, Sept. 21.-Will Meyers' rrest has been accomplished, and an liirer of the law is now on his way from incinnat1, bringing the fugitive baick to he scene of' the late tragedy, where Forest L. Crowley met his death is a onely spot, near this city, at the hands >f unknown parties, the circumstancas arrounding which strongly point to the ugiti as principal in the bloody oflair. Che story of the arrest of Meyers is told n the following special f~om Cincinnati o The Constitution, received since mid ight: William Meyers, charged with he murder of Forest L. Crowley, the !ealthy stockmnan at Atlanta, was ar ested here at 1 o'clcek. The nolice ound Meyers at the Indiana house, on Nifth siteet, between Elm and Race, ith $25 on his person. He is held for be Atlauta authorities. Meyers had his tair dyed in C ovington before crossing o Gincinnati. lHe admits knwing all ,bout the murder, but muether than to leny his own guilt, he refuses to talk. le has consented to go hack to Atlanta vithout requisition papers. Barnea the rattents. 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