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THE CIIILDREN. ALL iI.Ii(. J.h's in the Le,istature and Wilqan%,i most there. And Richard-he's t, e sheriff, and Rufu he's the may or; Josiah takes ti. taxes-and says th" 'r coming hih; And Toni-hes out for C:ngress, and he'] get there by and by! Mary ma:ried a lawyer, and Jenn is tb wife Cf a revenup detective, in the nionligi of her nf-A; And Maggie's being courtea by the teact er over there. And Molly's get a general that's almost brigadie: And so the girls and boys are placel a well as well c m be: it's a sore of satisfAction t i the oil ma: and to me, To st here in the o'd bom wben the t w light shadows fa'l, And see the cbi'idren progerin,' an know we raised 'em all! THE SICK GENERAL. Rev. T. De Witt Talmage Dowells on ti Leprosy of Sin. BROOKLYN, Nov. IS.-Rev. Dr. Ta mage has chose as the subject of today sermon through the press "The Sic General," the text selected being ] Kings v. 1, "He was a leper." Here we have a warrior sick, n< with pleurisies or rheuniatisnis or coi sumptions. but with a disease - wor than all these put together. A re mark has come out on the forehea< precursor of complete disfiguremei and dissolution. I have soiethin awful to tell you. General Naamar the commaniler in chief of all tb Syrian forces, has the leprosy: It i on his hands, on his face, on his fee on hi entire person. The leprosy GOtMont of the way of the pestilenc< is breath strike you, you are a dea man. The commander 'in chief of a the forces of Syria: And yethe woul begladtoexchangeconditions with ti boy at his strirrup or the hostler th. blankets his chargor. The news go< like wildfire all through the realm. an the people are synpathetic, and the; cry out, "Is it possible that our grer hero, who slew Ahab and aroun ,whom we came with such vociferatio when he returned from victorious ba te-can it be possible that our gran andglorious Naamenhasthe leprosy: Yes. Everybody has something b wishes he had not-David. an Absalo to disgrace him: Paul, a thorn to stin Vhim;ob, carbuncles to plague hinr Samson a Delilah toshear him; Ahal a Naboth to deny him: Haman, Mordecai to irritate him; Georg Washin ton, childlessness to affi< him; Jon Wesley, a termagant wil to pester him; Leah, weak eyes: Pop a crooked back: Byron. a club foo John Milton,. blind eyes: Charl Lamb, an insane sisters. and you som thing which you never bargained fc afid would like to get rid of. The rez son of this is that God does not war this world to be too bright. Otherwis we would always want to stay and eo these fruits and lie on these loung and shake hands in this pleasant soci< ty. We are only in the vestibule of grand temple.' God does not want u to stay on the doorstep. and therefor he sends aches and annoyances an bereavements of all sorts to push u .-on and push us up toward riper fruit and 'ri ter society and more radian *prspertis.God is only whippin us ahaThe reason that Edwar< Payson and Robert Hall had mor rapturous views of heaien than othe people had was because, through thei aches and God pushed them nearer u * . If God dashes out one of you pcueit is only to show to you-. hter one. If 'he sti ~or'foc wihgout, you b~ n with neurlgui ~~ axi inextinguisha'b] '-brt it is only because he is prepal *ing to substitute a better body tha you ever dreamed of when the morti shall put on irmnortality. It isto push you on anid to push vo up towardsomething grander and be ter that God sends upon you, ashe di upon General Naaman something yo do not want. Seated in his Syria mansion, all the walls glittering wit the shields which he had captured i battle, the corridors crowded wit adirig'viitrs who just wanted I see him ocmusic and mirth an banquetino' filling all the mansio 'from tessei'lated floor to pictured cei ing, Naaman would have forgotte that there was anything better an would have been olad to stay ther - 10,000 years. But, o%. how the shield 1dim, and how the visitors fly the hal and how the music drops h1ead froi - the string, and how the gates oft]: mansion slam shut with sepulchti bang as you read the closing worc of the eulogium: "He was a lepe2 He was a leper!" There was one person more sympi thetic with Genral Naaman than an other person. Nanman's wife walli the floor wringing her hands and tr] ing' to think what she can do to all viate her husbands suffering. A ~remediesbaie ied. The surgeo ~ the doctors of the roy: talaemet, and they have shake their heads, as much as to say, "N cure, no cure !" I think that the offic seekers had all folded up their recon mendations anid gone home. Probabl most of the employees of the establish ment had dropped their work an were -thinking of looking for somn other situation. What shall now b< come of poor Naaman's wife? Sb must have sympathy somewhere. I: her despair she goes to a little Hebre' captive, a servant girl in her house to whom she tells the whole story, a sometimes, when overborne by the so: rows of the world and finding no syn: -pathy anywhere else, you have gon out and fouind in the sympathy c some humble domestic-Rose or Dina or Bridget-a help) which the worl could not give you. What a scene it was: One of th grandest women in all Syria in cab net council with a waitng maid ove the declininer health of the might eneral. "if know something," say~ te little captive maid, "I know some thing," as she bounds to her bare feel "In the land fromh which I was stole: there is a certain prophet known b; the name of Elisha. who can cure al most anything', and I shouldn't wor der if he could cure my master. Seni for him right away.' ':Oh, hushl you say. "If the highest medical tal ent in all the land cannot cure tha leper, there is no need of your lister ing to any talk of a servant girl. But do not scoff, do not sneer. Th finger of that little captive maidi poiting in the right direction. Sh might have said: "This is a judgmen upon you for stealing me from m:; native land. Didn't they snatch nm off in the night, breaking my father' and mother's hearts, and many a tunm I have lain and cried all night becaus< I was so homesick. Then flushed uj in childish indignation, she mig~h have said: "Good for them. I'm gla< Naaman's got the leprosy. I wish al the Syrians had the leprosy :' No Forgetting her personal sorrows, sh. sympathizes with the sutfering of he master and commends hin to the fui mous Hebrew prop~het. And how often it is that the finge of childhood has pointe'd grown 1et sons in the right cureetion: O) Chiris tain soul, how long is it since you go rid of the leprosy of' sin ? You say "Let me see. It miust be live yeare Who was it that pointed you to th divine physician? '"Oh." you say, "i was mltl Amie or Fred or Chai 1ev tat 1ai1rvu up en m. me. a id looked into mv face and asked me why 1I didn't become a Christain, 5 and all tie time strokini mv cheek,so 1 couidn't get angry. insisted upon knowing why I didn't have family 1 prayers. There are grandparents who have been brought to Christ by their little grandchildren. There are e hundreds of Christain mothers who had their attention first called to Je sus by their little children. How did you get rid of the leprosy of sin? How did vou find your way to the divine a physician: 'Oh. you say. -my child, my darling child, with wan and wast ed finger. pointed that way. Oh, I never shall forget, you say, "that i scene at the cradle and the crib that awful night: It was hard, hard. very hard, but if that little one on its dying d bed had not pointed me to Cdrist I (lont tiunk 1 ever would have got rid of myi leprosy.- Go into the ISabbath ~ school any Sunday. and you will find hundreds of little fingers pointiog in the same direction, towards Jesus e Christ and towards heaven. Years ago the astronomers calcula ted that there Must be a world hang I- ing at a certain point imn tihe heavens. s and a large prize was Otfered for some k one who could discover that world. I The telescopes from the greatest ob servations were pomited in vain, but a >t girl at Nantucket, Mass., fashioned a - telescope, and looking through it dis e covered that star and won the' prize I and the admiration of all the astrono L mical world that stood amazed at her .t genius. And so it is often the case that grown people cannot see the light, while some little child beholds e the star of pardon, the star of hope. s the star of consolation. the star of Bethlehem,the morning star of Jesus. 4 "Not many mighty men, not many ! wise men, are called, but God hath d chosen the weak things of this world 11 to confound the mighty, and base d things and things that are not to bring e to naught things that are." Oh. do .t not despise the prattle of little child s ren whmien tiey are speaki-ng about I God and Cliriist and heaveni. You see : the way your child is pointing. Will t you take that pointing or wait until in the wrench of some awful bereave a ment, God shall lift that child to another world, and then it will beck d on you upward? Will you take the pointing, or will von wait for the e beckoning? Blessed be God that the a little Hebrew captive pointed in the g right direction. Blessed be God for * the saving ministry of Christian chil dren. a No wonder the advice of this little e Hebrew captive threw all Naaman's t mansion in Ben-hadad's palace into e excitement. Goodby, Naaman! With face scarified and ridged and inflamed by the pestilence and aided by those s Who supported him on either side, he staggered out to the chariot. Hold fast the fierv coursers of the royal stable while'the poor sick man lifts his swoolen feet and pain struck limbs e into the vehicle. Bolster him up with the pillows and let him take a linger ing look at his bright apartments, for perhaps the Hebrew captive may be a mistaken. and the next time Naaman a comes to that place he may be dead e weight on the shoulders of those who carry him, an expired chieftain seek ing sepulture amid the lamentations of an admiring nation. Goodby, Naa sman ! Let tihe charioteer drive gently t. over the hills of Hermon, lest he jolt the invalid. Here goes the bravest man of all his day, a captive of a hor rible-disease. -As the ambulance winds ethrough the streets of Dami~scus the r tears and prayers of all the people go Safter the world'i-enowned invalid. rP~ilaps you have had an invalid n o out from your house on a health texcursion. You know how the neigh bors stood around and said, "Alh, lie ewill never come back again alive!" Oh, it was a solem moment, I tell you, when the individual had departed, and 1you went into the room to make .the bed, and to remove the medicine vials ufrom the shelf, and to throw open the shutters, so that the fresh air might drush into the long closed room. Good by, Naaman! There is only one cheer ful face looking at him, and that is the face of the little Hebrew captive, who is suire he will get cured, and who is so glad she helpe him. As the chariot winds out, and the escort of dmounted cources, and the mules, laden with sacks of gold and embroidered suits of apparel, went through the gates of Damascus and out on the long awar, the hills of Naphtali and Ephra im 'look down on the procession, and the retinue goes right past the battle fields were 3aaman, in the days of his health, used to rally his troops for e fearful onset, and then reclines awhile in the groves of olive and oleander, ,and General Naamian sosick, so very, very sick! I- ow the countrymen gaped as the procession passed! They had seen sNaman go past like a whirlwind in -days gone by and had stood aghast at -the clank of'his war equipments, but 1 now they commiserate him. They say: "Poor mani! He will never get I home alive. Poor man !' a Gener'al Naaman wakes up from a o restless sleep in the chariot, and he e says to the charioteer, "How long be L- for-e we shall reach the Prophet Elisha" The charioteer says to a waysider, -"How far is it to Elisha's house?" l He says. "Two miles." "Two. miles? e Then' they whip up the lathered and Sfagged out horses. The whole pro e cession brightens up at the prosp~ect a of speedy arrival. They drive up .to cthe door of the prophet. The chario teers shout'"Whoa!" to the hoi'ses, and tramping hoofs aiid grinding wheels -cease shaking the earth. Come out. Elisha, come out. You have company. e The grandest company that ever came fto your house has conme to it now. No istir inside Elisha's house. Tihe fact was the Lord had informed Elisha that the stick captain was coming and just e how to treat him. Indeed when you Sare sick and the Lord wants you to get ! well he always talls the doctor how to ~-treat yotu, and the reason we have so ' many bungling doctors is because they .depend upon their own strength anal instructions and not on the Loi'd God, Sand that always makes malpractice. Come ouitElisha, and attend to your business. -General Naaman andl his retinue waited and waited. The fact was Naaman had two diseases-pride and -leprosy. The one was as hai'd to get t rid ot' as the other. Elisha sits quietly in his house and does not go out. After awhile. when he thinks lie has a humbled this proud man, lhe says to a s servant. "Go out and tell General SNaaman to bath seven time in the t riV'er' Jordan. out yoinder live miles, Sand ie will get enitirely well." The Smesseage conies out. "W\hat:!" says s the commander in chief of the Syrian forces, his eve kindling with an an 3 imation which it had not shown for weeks and his swollen foot stamping t0on thme bottom of the chariot. regard I less of pain. "What:!' Isn't lie coming I out to seme? Why, Ithought certain .lv lie would come aiid utter some cab a'listic words over mec or make some enimatical passes over my wounds. - Whv. I don't think lie knows who I am.' Ins't lie cominig out. Why, when the Shuniamite woman came to - him, lie rushed out and cried: 'Is it - well with thee? It is well with thy t husband: Is it well with thy child? :And will lie treat a poor' unknown wo . an like that and let mue, a titled per e sonag,sit here ini my chariot and wait t anl wait ? I won't endure it anyvlonger Jordam: Ha! ha: The slimsv Jord, the niuddv Jordan. the inonton< Jordan: 1 wouldn't be seen washi in such a river as that. Why, we ) tered our horses in a better river ti that on our way here--the beauti river, the Jasper paved river of Ph p1r. Beides that we have in < country another Daiascene riv Abana, with foliaged bank and t rent ever swift and ever clear, uni the flickering shadows of sycai, and oleander. Are not Abana a Pharpar, rivers of Danwvscus, bet thain all the waters of Isreal." I suppose Naiaa felt very nii as Americans would feel if. by way medical prescription, some one sho1 tell us to go and wash in the Dam or the Rhine. We would answ -Are not the Connecticut and Hudson just as good ?" Or as an I glishinan would feel if he were t by way rd medical. prescription must go and wash in the Mississi or the St Lawrence. le would < out, "Are not the Thames and Shannon just as well?" The fact - that haughty Naanan needed to le. what every Englishman and ev( American needs to learn-that wl God tells you to do a thing you m go and do it, whether you underst the reason or not. Take the presei tion, whether you like it or not. C thing is certain. Unless haug Naaman does as Elisha conia him lie will die of his awful sickn< And unless you do as Christ c) mands you vou will be seized upon an everlasting wasting away. "1. and live: disobey and die. Thlrilli overu-ching, in idergirdiiig. stLIp dous alternative. Well, General Naanian could i stand the test. The charioteer give jerk to the right line until the snaps in the horse's mouth, and whir of the wheeg and the lving the dust show the indignation of 1 great commnander. 'He turned a went away in a rage. So people n1 often get mad at religion. They vi perate against ministers, aga1 churches, against Christian peor One would think from their irate havior that God had been studyi how to annoy and exasperate and molish them. What has he been ing. Only trying to cure their de. dealing feprosy. That. is all. they whip up their horses, they in the spurs. and they go away i rage. So, after all, itseems that this hea excursion of General Naaman is to a dead failure. That little Hebr captive might as well have not t him of the prophet, and this 10 journey might as well not have b taken. Poor, sick, dying Naam Are you going away.in high dudg and worse than- when you came his chariot halts a moment his s vants clamber up in it and coax i to do as Elisha said. They say:.' easy. If the prophet had 'told you walk for a mile on sharp spikes in der to get rid of this awful diseq you -would have done it. It is ea Come, my lord, just get down a wash in tfie Jordan. You take a b: every day anvhow. and in this clim it is o hot that it will do yoh go Do it on our account, and for the s of the army vou command, and J the sake of 'the nation that admi ou. Come, mv lord, just trv t Jordanic bath.,' "Wefl" he" sai "to please you I will do as von sa The retinde drive to the brink of1 Jordan. The horses paw and ine: to oet into the stream; themselves cooi their hot flanks. General N man, assisted by his attendants. g down out of hisgchariot and painfu comes. to the brink of the rivera steps in until the water comes to ankle and goes on deeper until1 water conies to the girdle, and nc standing so far dowvn in the stre; just a little inclination of the hi will thoroughly immerse him. bows once into the flood and cor up and shakes the water out of i tril and eye, and his attendants 1< t him anid say, "Why, general, h much better you look :" And he b( a second time into the flood and cor up, and the wild stare is gone ou his eve. He bows the third time il the flood and comes up, and the sIl eled flesh has got smooth again. bows the fourth time into the flood comes up, and the hair that hadi len out is restored in thick locks ag; all over the brow. He bows the 1i time into the flood and comes up, the hoarseness has gone out of throat. He bows the sixth timea comes up. and all the sorenessa anguish have gone out of the lii "Why," lie says, "I am almost wi but I~will make a complete cure."a he bows the seventh time into flood, and lie comes up, and not much as a fester, or a scale, or eruption as big as the head of a is to be seen on him. He steps out on the banks and sua "Is it possible f" And the attenda look aiid say, "Is it possible?" A as, with the health of an athlete, bounds back into the chariota drives on there goes up from all attendants a wild "Huzza: Huzz; Of course they go back to pay thank the man of God for his coun so fraught with wisdom. When 11 left the prophet's house, they w off miad. They have conie back gi People always thiink better of a ii ister after they are converted th they do before conversion. Now are' to them an intolerable nuisai because we tell them to do things tl go against the grain, but some oI have a great many letters from th< who tell us that once they were ans at what we preached, but afterwt gladly received the gospel at oulr han They oiice called us fanaties or terr ists ~or einmies, Now~ they call f'iends. Yonder is a man who s; he would never comle iinto the chmii again. He said that two y'ears a; He said, "'My family shall never co: here again "if such" doctrines as tl are preached." But lie camne aga and his family came again. He Christian, his wife a Christian, all] children Christians, the whole hou hold Christians. anid von shall dw with them in the house of the Le forever. Oiur undying coadjutors: those who once heard the gospel a "went away in a rage." Now, myiX hearers, yon know t1 this General Naamnan did two thlir in order to get well. The first wais. got out of hiischar'iot. Heinight h itaid there, with his swvollen feet the stuffed ottomanfl, seatedl on that e broidered cushion. until hlis last go ie would neveir have got any rel He had to get down out of his chari and you have got to get down ot the c'hairiot of youri p)ride if y'ou e~ becole a Christian. You cannlot dr1' up to the ci'oss with a coach and fc ldI be saved among all the spanig Xou seem to thlink that the Lord is ig to be comiplimenited by your eo ing. OYh, 1no, you poor', miser'ab scaly, leprous sinner, get down out tiat: We all conic im the same hauis tv way. Wec expect to ride initot kingdom of God. Never, until;w'e on oii our knees, will we find 1mer' The Lord has unlhiorsed us, unichiari ed us. Get dowin out of y'our prit Get down out of your self righteo ness and your hypercriticism. I lae all got to do that. That is 1 journey we have to make on our knec It is our infernal priide that keeps frox getting rid of the leprosy ofi Dea' Lord, w~hiat have we to be pr' of ? Proud of our scales e Proud. o'n..meann Proud of this ki )US va AlYl or id ter tell 0of ie A (11 POWIDER t he - Abcolutolz Pure. "ld A eran , f tartai 1inlui: powiter le Highiest of all in leavening -trenigth.-La ppi e-t nued :States Govern'nient lewxI Re :rv port the Royal ilakinz Pawder 10ampanyV, Val 106 Wall St.. N Y in_- n fert i if Bring s down at thy uist fee(-t. weepmgr. pangpemitent, be h~ lving supph~lants. p- Ftr ;i, n- rs, Lot d, thou eani'st to bh ed, And I'm a sinner vile indeed. Ae I orl, I believe thy grace is free. Ity Oi. i:. "nify thit grace in me. But he had not only to get down out of his chariot. He had to wash. O.h" von say. "i am very careful with ni'v ablutions. Every' day I - pluiige into a bright and beautiful bath." Ah. my hearer, there is a flood brighter than any that pours from ot these hills. It is the flood that breaks t from the granite of the eternal hills. bit it is the flood of pardon and peace and he life and ieaven. That flood started of in the tears of Christ and the sweat of le Gethsemane and rolled on, accumulat ing flood until all earth and heaven D could bathe in it. Zeeliariah called it the "fountain open for sin and unclean 11 ness.. William Cowper called it the le "fountain filled with blood." Your be- father and mothers washed all their no. sins and sorrows away in that foun 1 " taiii. Oh, my hiearers. do you not feel do- like wadinginto it! Wade down now i into this glorious flood, deeper, deeper. Cet Plune- once, twice, thrice, four times, ifive ties, six times, seven times. It Swill take as much as that to cure your soul. Oh. wash, wash. wash and be Ith clean: bt I suppose that was a great time at Damascus when General Naanan got eback. The charioteers did not have to ld drive slowly any longer, lest they jolt g the invalid, but as the horses dashed , through the streets of Damascus I mil. think the people rushed out to hail on back their chieftain. Naaman's wife As hardly recognized her husband. He was so wondefully changed she had tc n look at him two or three times before [ts she made out that it was her restored .to husband. And the little captive maid, ?r- she rushed out, clapping her hand Se. aid shouting: --Did he cure you? Did sy he cure you K' Then music- woke ui n the palace. and the tapestry 'of thE it windows was drawn away, that the te multitude outside might min'lc with Xk. the princely mirth inside, and the feel Ike went up and down in the dance, and all the streets of Damascus that nighi r echoed and re-echoed with the news: hiis s ''amns cured: Naanman's cured!' Buta laddcr time than that it would be if your soul should get cured of its ghl lero The swiftest white horses to hitche'd to the King's chariot would at- rush the news into the eternal city. aea- Our loved ones before the throne ll~would welcome the glad tidings. Yotm children on earth, with more emotiot nthan the little Hebrew captive, would he notice thle chlange in your look and the th ch'ange in y'our manner and would p)ut their ar'ms around your neck and asay: "Mother, I guess von must havt adbe'come a Chritian. Father, I think~ He you have got rid of the leprosy." C aes Lor'd God of Elisha, have mercy on us: .os- .....___ __ >ok How the Democrats Lost It. ow WASHINGToN, Nov. 19.--Frederick sw C. Waite, formerly a customs official. nes has fig'ured out for the National Sta of tistical association that- over 5,000,000 ato- voters remained away from the polls "this fall and changed the political He complexion of the country. Mr. ndl Wtunso analysis of the election re :al~trso New York in 1892, town by town, shows that Republican farmers fhthen allowed the election to go by de .nd fault. This year the Republicans his have not cast'as large a per .cent of .the full vote in a single state as in~ .nd 1888. Hence, the only reasonable bs. conclusion, says Mr. Waite, is that, like the discontented Republicans in nd 1892, the disconteinted Democrats this the year joined the stay at home voters. so -This stay at hlome vote has increased gn in New'York from 75,000 in 1888, to )l 185,000 in 1892, and to 425,000 this year. In Pennsylvania it was 70,000 ys, in 1888. 230.000 in 1892, and 400,000 iuts this year. It has increased in Ohic .n( from'40,000 in 1888 to 115.000 in 1892 ie and 290,000 this year. In Michigan .nd there were 240,000 stay at homes this his year, 20,000 in 1888 and 105',00 in a !' 892. South Carolina, when she had .nd 50.000 less volers than at present, cast sel 183.621 voses for Hayes and Tilden, ic while thlis year her total vote is not mit luch over 60,0001, or about one fourth ad. of heir full vote. Wisconsin has not in- polled for the Democratic candidates .an so small a vote for 25 years, nor has we the Democratic par'ty in Pensylvania ice received so few votes in half a centu 1at ry. Census and registration statistics us shiow tis year thle stay at home voters :>e nulmbered'about 5.100,000. Add 1,500, c'ry 0(00 Populhists, 5,300,000 Republicans ird and the scattering vote, and there are di. over 12,0010.000 to liace ag'ainst the or- .4.200.000 whlo v'oted the Democratic Us ticket. Representative Ikirk, of Ohio aidl the Democrat whlo represents McKin' chi ley's old (district, said that the Demo O. cratts of Ohio laugh at their defeat, be' mi cause they kniow~ that they caused it t by not voting, and that thley will all m be ill line again in 1896. liis To iliow Up Troops. se- CoLU31Bt's, 0., Nov. 22.-A striking el and important piece of evidence was >rd resented to the Col. Coit court of in ire quiry today. It was a basket contain' ld img forty sticks of dynamite that was found conlcealedI near the court house it the morn inig after thle rioting at Wash' is ington Courit H-ouse. The find was ie kept a secret until today. It confirms .ve the r'epor't that the rioters after the on shooting. planinedl to blow up the court n- house. tr'oop~s and all. Col. Co it w~as sp. warned of this by telephone messages, ef. and plac(inig tr'oops in tile balconies of o. the( buildiig, lie ordered them to halt of all p)ersonis attemiptinigto approach the ,ei cournt house that night and to lire upon e any~ who r'efused to stop. Sever'al shots ur' '' wr fired'( at persistent skulkers and es. then all the i'iotei's disappeared. It go- now seemis probable that this precau m-)tio prevete'd thle angry miob fi'om . destroyiing the tr'oops. h- IT 1s repoi'ted tha~t they have learniedl heL to) manui'tfac(ture' somieting i. France get at a cost of thre'Le cenits to take place of \. cottoni. This new artificial cotton is o- made from the wood of the pine. le. sprulce or' larch, which is defibrated is- and tiiein disentegi'ated and bleached \e with a hlot solution of bisulphite of he soda and chiloide~ of limie. Tile result s. ing~ pureI cellulose is treated with chllo us iie of zineti castor' oil anid gelatine, . anid the paste is passed through a per d for'ated plate. This give a thread of whlich is after'war'ds woven into a .11- strong a very presentable fabric. RAILROADS IN BETTER CONDITION. A Net Income of Nearly a Million and a Half Dolars. COLUMBIA, S. C., Nov. 21.-The an nualreports of the railroads for the year ending October 31st, 1894; have been made to the Railroad Commission and will be printed for the benefit of the Legislature. These reports do not indicate that the roads are in such ter rible condition financially. The total net income of all the roads is nearly a million and a half dollars. Only half a dozen roads, as will be observed from the figures, show a deficit. All- the big roads of the State show large net incomes. From. the figures of the operating expenses it will be seen that the roads have cut expenses heavily. The following is the total gross income exuenses and net income of every road in the State:' Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line-In come $45,878.64, expenses $49,583.70, deficit $3,705.06. Branchville and Bowman-Inconie $2,787.65, expenses $2,440.55, net in come 1347.10. Carolina, Knoxville and Western Income $7,089.65, expenses $6,410.11, net income $679.54. Carolina Midland-Incomes $58, 971.33, expenses $51,586.75, net income $7,384.58. Central of South Carolina-Income $86,698.31, expenses $58,426.69, net in come $28,271.62. Three C.s, from nine months-In come $82,679.62, expenses *79.649.95. net income $3,029.67. Charleston and Greenville-Income $621,730.09, expenses $494,694.01, net income $127,036.OS. Charleston. Sumter and Northern Income $15,550.39, expenses $180. 597.14, deficit $28,046.75. Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Income $617,231.56, expenses $;26, 263.33, net income $90,968.23. Cheraw and Chester-Income $16. 724.90. expenses $20,854.44, deficit $4. 129.54. Cherew and Darlington-Income $85,113.60, expenses $72,017.01, net in come *13,095.59. Chester and Lenoir, for five months -Income $10,290.76, expenses $9,389. 08, net income $903.68. Columbia and Greenville-Income $546,744.67, expenses $384,947.15, net of income $161,797.32. Columbia, Newberry and Laurens- thm Income $80, 657.28, expenses $64;702.11. net income $15,955.17. pe Frorence Road-Income $146,191.67, expenses $83,756.83, net income $62. 435.84. Georgetown and Western-Income $36,646.95, expenses $23,746.17, net in come $12,900.78. Georgia, Carolina and Northern- an Income $952,225.31. expenses $750,937.- . 62, net income $201.287.69. ti Green Pond, Waltobore and Branch vile-Income $24,278.02, expenses $19,27S.01, net income $5,000.01. Hampton anl Branchville-No re port. Hartsville-Income $16,988.19. ex penses$7,843.32, net income $7,154.87. Laurens-Income *16,040.96. ex penses $25,085.12, deficit $9,044.16. . Manchester and Augusta -Incone $15,953.01, expenses $18,489.82, deficit $2,536.81. Northeastern-Income *598,418.17. expenses$428,817,65, net income $169, 580.52. L Palmetto-Income *5, 128. 42. ex penses $9,108.14, deficit $3,797.72. lam Port Royal and Augusta-Income $277,778, expenses $254,610.40 net in come $23,167.60. Port Royal and Western Carolina- an Income $409. 761.68, expenses $379, 907. 51, net income *29,8S54. 17. ar South Bound-Income *264,956.31, expenses $254,408.35, net income $10, 556.96. South Carolina and Georgia-In come $1,236.614.21, expenses $1,057, 179.59, net income $179,434.62. South and North Car-olina-Income $13,285.56, expenses $16,814.78, deficit $3, 529.22. Spartanburg, Union and Columbia -Income $131,519.42, expenses *92, 798.44, net income *38,720.98. Wilmington Chadbourne and Con way--Income $24,267.84, expenses $24,267.84, deficit$1,288.92. Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta 3. -Income $629,177.33, expenses $475,- I 137.06, net income $154,040.27. Wilson and Summerton-Income $8,748.05, expenses $5,781.12, net in come $2,966,693. The total-income, of all roads is $7. 930,359.94. the total expenses $6,517, 742.45, net profit, from which thme deficits given above have been subtrac ted, $1,412,617.49. The net income per mile of all roads was $493.62. The total income of all roads last year was$7,811,006.25.The increase for this year, therefore, over last year. is $119,353.69. The following shows what the roads W paid out their money for this year and last year: Maintenance of Way and Structure -This year $1,443,639.S9, last year $1,660,816.24, a decrease ini this de- ~ partment. Maintenance of Equipment-This year $722,193.64, last year *864.835.50. Conducting Transportation - This year$3,139,986.84, last year $2,975.923. 79. General Expenses and Taxes-This year $1,185.286.52, last year $1,096, 07.38. Total-This year $6,517,742.95, lastit year $6,685,018.61. Expenses per mile--This year$2,.- l 51, last year $2,305.03. -ch The total income per mile this year was $1,771.13, last year $2,693.27. 7 The total income from freights this - ear was $4,852,961.76, last year $4. 57,647.69. The total income per mile from the freight department this year was $, 705.44. last year $1,685.38. Total revenue from passengers This year $1,955, 410.74, last year $2, 186,492.48. Total income from mail-This year $402.213.41, last year *413,414.15. Same from express-This year *1456 265.47, last year $145,777.79. Total revenue from passenger depart ment, all roads-This year $2,533.944. 59, last year $2,790,889.17. Same per mile-This year $885.44 last year $962.32. -Must be Buried. ALBANY. N. Y., Nov. 21.-In reply to a communicationi from the Gover nor in iagard to doctors attemnpting resuscitation upon the body of an elee trocuted conviet, the Attorney Gen eral .says: "In my judgement neither the Governor n:or the prison superm-i. tendent has autLhority to grant such an _ experiment. It becomes the duty of the authorities in charge to bury thecOp body, amnd not to deliver the same~ to _ any'individual for the purpose of ex perimenit." Toma Wats~on Accepts. S ATLANTA, Ga., Nov, 20.-The squab ble over the election of Congressman in the Tenth Georgia district has been settled. J. C. C. "Black, incumbent, JE who received a majority of 7,000 on the face of the returns, in reply to Watson's offer to arbitrate proposed to submit the matter to a second elec tion next year. Watson today sig'nifies conl his acceptance of this proposition. Black wi' take his commission, but wil rg on the 4th of March. In Poor Health means so much more than you imagine-serious and fatal diseases result from trifling ailments neglected. Don't play with Nature's greatest gift-health. Ifyou arefeelin out of orts,weak and generally ex hated, nervous, Br ha e tit Brown and can't work, begin at oncetak lug the most relia bte strengthening D I an n K dicinewhich is Iion Brown's lron Bit ters. A few bot B~tte tles cure-benefit W S comes from the very first dose--i B dtre ofwot stain Y,-r teeth, and it's pleasant to take. It Cures Dyspepsia, 'i(dney and Liver Neuralgia, Troubles, Constipation, Bad Blood Malaria, Nervous ailments4 Women's complaints.4 Get only the genuine-it has crossed red linea on the wrapper. All others are sub stitutes. On re of two 2C. stamps we will oend st of Te Beautiful World's Fair Vews and book-free. BROWIN CHEMICAL CO. BALTI ORE. MD ITIZENS OF CLARENDON Wu have gbne though two yea the greatest eprivation, aint( no gre are certain o you ar coW ld to buy. rhe prospects are for a better cro Yn you have ha for four year we tr t vi are in a c.nc U. he bougCm and ty 'g Yoou n' ~ istn torul, P. S.eare~ ing to dconut We baust y bigea ags, thie apestcomersing forcoton, bues I 2nhaveanotstiedw at, o. THELMN0 WHOS PORIGSIVR CKT Razyor ilcgive Neels.Ec.ce V~ELR81ER & PLTDMAE pectac er ,ase a SCad. )-Watche and heelingyt depire th pett corimng.o otnbls - 257moth K INig TREET. CH A R ES .. ' . Manning Collegiate Institute, M.ANNING, S. C. Do You Intend to Educate Your Children ? If so, Patronize the Institute. Why ' Because the Institute is vell equipped for its work, and offers advantages that are not to be found elsewhere in the county. Besides the advantages in the courses of study, moderate tuition rates, cheap board, healthfulness of the town, combinel with others of equal importance make it to your in terest to send here. F~eaiCconsicler ! Act!i Send for catalisgue. E. J. BROWNE, Principal. M WM, SIEPPE]RD & Co. LARGE n ASS ORTMENTGoods, Etc. -OF- K -AT Send for circnlars Tinware, and price lists. No 232 Meeting St., CHARLESTON, S. C. PERCIVAL M'FG. CO DOORS : SASH, : AND : BLINDS 4/8 to.486 Meeting Street, CHARLESTON, S. O OTTO TIEDEMAN & SONS, Wholesale Grocers and Provision Dealers, 172, 174, and 176 East Bay Street, 40 E-3"A EY L-A'H is "OC> - . C. Save Your Eyes! Palmetto Pharmacy When you need a pair of spectacles don't buy an inferior glass. You will find noneu better than LIUIII Uipju PE RV ECT ED CRYSTAL LENSES Charleston, S. C. MTAIL, Express or Freight goods to any ard of the Uinited States or abroad._ Ordrsreceive prompt attention immedi ately upon receipt. In sending money for articles not quoted in this list or our free catalogue, send the amount of retail price less 20 per cent. Any difference will be returned by next mail. Our business is 5 t 5soTLIs, CAsH. Goods sent C. 0. D. to re S -R - sponsible parties. We solicit a share of e TH CELBRATD ' your mail orders. e THECELEBATEDOur Rego 'Price. Jar. -S~ : an -:- tAl~ lcocks Porous Plasters, ' 10 25 Belladona Plasters, 15 25 -E-Capcine Plasters, Benson's, 15 25 --EYE - GLASSES. ~.. Alleoek's.Bunion Plasters, large 18 25 Alleoek's Corn Plasters, 08 10 For sale by -- Our Little Liver Pills, 15 25 DRI. W. MI. BROCKINTON, Cnticutra Resoivent, 85 100 Manning, S. C. Cuticura Salve, 40 50 ______________________-- Ctcura Soap, 15 25 ~i ~u~" T ~ Anti-Pain Plasters, 10) 25 da UY HEt-NSimmn's Liver Regulator 67 1 00 -- --- -.l--at o -Bc Linim et, r25 - Chichester's P. nnyioyal I'ills, 1 85 2"00 'u'~~~' "'~ ~Hall's Svrup of Hyphosphites, 90 1 50 r Pennyroyal Pills, 75 1 00 - -1Dr. Felix LeBrun's Steel and 7Pennyroyal Pills, 67 1 00 ~ ~beott's Emulsion, 67 1 00 ~. Acid Phosphate, Hlorsford's, $ .40 $ .50 ~ -Ayer's Pills, 20 25 - a. Pere'sFavorite Prescriptiou 75 1 00 ___Hal l's Emulsion 2cad5 Cod Liver Oil, pure, 45e, pint, 50 --Cod Liver Oil, pure, 80c, quart, 1 00 C;astile Soap. 12 oz cake, 10 15 Castile Soap, imported, per lb., 20 '25 SWest's Nerve & Brain Treatment 67 1 00 ~Esr:' os-r Extract Witch Hazel, pints, 20 25 s UR CE Crter's Little Liver Pills, 15 25 e---.AAE*DugtsSndisPefmrTooth, NailandHai Bruhes CobsSponges, --. n -ET Chm Skins and Toilet Requisites in the b !E HAPS it.we can mnve2,0atisin 'er l t 0Uno qN YteDu line, anywhere, and pay special rn:urr- r-me.cndLck"ad teninto mail ordr.W il alor x . HmosewngMahie. atloueto any adesbotArl1st, '.F77inacfijj0, IM4. While this entalogue is not complete - rASS. iwilgive soeie ftesokwe W. E. BROWN, MANNING, (O. ST EET (OeDoor North of Wentworth.) ^OUTHERN RUI ^. Opposite Dime Savings Bank. W. H. MIXSON, Manager. W~ .B H R . DEALERS5 IN ANtD MANUFACTUREBS OF IMPOR.TERs AND WHOLEsALE DEALRs IN Cakes, Biscuits and Plain anid Fancy Candies. FRUIT AD PRODUCE. _ Su1 N an VCa 1 0 1fl$0 IA SirC Pcnny Candies and Chewing Gums. French M1ixtures and, -) 21'7 EAST' BAY, (- hrystallized Fruits. Obiarleston, - C- :319 !ong Sireet, CHIARLES'ION, S. C. p5eOrders solicited prom tl shpped carfully seclede. Jontn res.G. - - - 1O E A E~~ Forb.saleHonly by11osearket Street ning, S.STO C..C S. J. UE I'PaY.11 . R I).RO.K',NGE JoBBERS OF1 DRY GOODAW, ~;':.Q~ .. ,,.,S ,, ~4)0;. ,~i rHANNISTO, . C. ~ ~i1(, 'O'riie in TIMEs building. Special 9tten I otealeonl b~ os~sL~v ilm- -tion givenf all business in his charge. flEO.g,. .IC. --E~ F . R uAME. ---.- - 0 - - A l LM .W D XICK . RIIAME & DAVIS, SUMITER, S. C. Oii- hours-9 to 1:30 -2:30) to 5. Over A TTURXEl-S Al T/A I, Levi Brothers' dry goods store. MANNING. S. C.- ____ A.--~LEVI, T OUN B. WILSON, .e ATThORSEY AT LA W, I MANNING, S. C. All'rfiMe/ and Ovnnselr c/ Law, Notary Public with seal. Associated with uANNINv , n C. I 10. Irdal is. in litigatedi se.