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THE CRY OF ARMENIA. DR. TALMAGE RELATES THE HO RORSOF THE MASSACRE. The Turk Iaces No value on t he L-o of a Christiau--1ieroic Work of USn aries..-Duty of the Nat ionl) to stp l''tr secution--Ciri--ten10m; A pat hy. WVASHI1N TON. .;111. . -t L W. , propriate that in the pre o' f jib chief men of this nation tions Dr. Talmage shou.d .i t.. story of Armenian massacr. V nt w nil I the extent or good of suc a o ourse none can tell. The tex t n-s xix, 37, "They esc gi e In - Ihn'd of Armenia." In'Bible geography ils i. the frst time that Armenia appears, ca'led then by the same name as now. Armzienia is chiefly a tablelaud. 7. fet above the level of the sea, and on o-e or its peaks Noah's ark landed with tls Ia man family and faunm' tiat were to fill the earth. That reCio Wi 1u.e birthplace of the river, which fertl ized the garden of Eden when \am andEve livedthere, the oulv roof the crystal skies and their carpet t e em erald of rich grass. Its niajantN the ethnologists tell us, are a rior type of the Caucasian race-. 7 e r. - igion is founded on the TIi- . neir Saviour is our Christ T '. '1' that they will not become followers of Mohammed. that Jupiter of sensu ality. To drive them front the face of the earth is the ambiuion of all Mo hammedans. To accoiniosh this mur der is no crime, and wlolesale massa cre is a matter of enthu-,siastic appro bation and governmental rewara. The prayer sanctioned by highest Mohammedan authority and recited every day throughout TUrkey and Egypt, while styling all those not. Mo hammedans as intIdels. :s as fol;ows: "O Lord of all creat n'n Q Allal, destroy the infidels a:, . ::eis, thine enemies, the e-anes ,; twere ligion! 0 Allah. make thgreuuren orphans and defile their ou:es: Cause their feet to slip, give tusn and their families, their households and their women, their children and their rela tives by marriage, their brothers and their friends, their possessions and the race, their wealth and their land as booty to the Moslems, 0 Lord of al creaturs!" The life of an Armenian in the pres ence of those who make that prayer is of no more value than the life of a summer insect. The sultan of Turkey sits on a throne impersonating that brigandage and assassination. At thistimeallcivilizedlnations are in hor ror at the attempts of that Mohamme dan government to destroy all the Christians of Armenia. I hear some body talking as though some new thing were. happening, and that the Turkish government had taken a new role of tragedy on the stage of nations. No, no: bhe is at the same old busi ness. Overlooking her diabolism of other centuries, we come down to our century to find that in 1S22 the Turk ish government slew 50,000 anti-Mos lems. and in 1650 she slew 10,000, and in 1860 she slew 11,000, and in 1S76 she slew 10,000. Anything short of the slaughter of thousands of human beings does not put enough red wine into her cup of alomination to make it worth quafh'ng. Nor is this the only time she has promised reform. In the presence of the warships at the mouth of the Dardanells she has promised the civilized nations of the earth that she would stopher butcheries, and the international and hemispheric farce has been enacted of believing what she says when all the p ast out to persuade us tht she is only pausing in her atrocities to put nations off the track and then resume the work of death. In 1820 Turkey, in treaty with Rus -sia, promised to alleviate the condition of Christians, but the promise was broken. In 1S39 the then sultan prom ised protection of life and property without reference to religion, and the promise was broken. In.1844, at the emand of an English minister pleni potentiary, the sultan declared, after the public execution of an Armenian at Constantinople, that no such death penalty should again be inflicted, and the promise was broken. In 1850, at the demand of foreign nations, the Turkish government promised protec tion to Protestants, but to this day the Protestants at Stamboul are not al lowedto build a church, although they have the funds ready, and the Greek Protestants, who have a church are not permitted to worship in it. In 1856, after the Crimean war, Turkey ~promised that no one should be hin dered in the exercise of the religion he professed, and that promise has been broken. In 1878, at the memorable treaty of Berlin, Turkey promised re ligious liberty to all her subjeets in every part of the Ottoman empire, and the promise was broken. Not once in all the centuries has the Turkish gov ernnment kept her promise of mercy. So far from any improvement the con dition of the Armenians has become worse and worse year by year, and .2 1 the promises the Turkish government now makes are only a gainig of time by which she is mak-ing preparations for the complete extermination of Christianity from her borders. Why, after all the national and con tinental and hemispheric lying on the part of the Turkish government, do not the warships of Europe ride up as close as is possible to the palaces of Constantinople and blow that accursed government to atoms? In the name of the eternal God let the nuisance of the ages be wiped off the face of the earth! Down to the perdition from which it smoked up sink Mohamnme danism: Between these outbreaks of massacre tbe Armenians sutffer in si lence wrong~s that are seldom if ever reported. They are taxed heavily for the mere privilege of living, and the tax is called "the humiliation tax. They are compelled to give three days' entertainment to any Mohammedan tramp who may be passing that way. They must pay blackmail to the asses sor, lest he report the value of their property too highly. Their -evidence i court is of no worht, and if 50 Ar menians saw a wrong committed and one Mohammedan was present the testimony of the Mohammedan would be taken and the testimony of the 50 Armenians rejected. In other words, the solemn oath of a thousand Armen ians would not be strong enough to overthrow the perjury of one Mo hammedan. A professor was conden ed to death for translating the English "Book of Common Prayer" into Tur kish. Seventeen Armenians were sen tenced to 15 years' imprisonment for rescuing a Christian bride from the bandits. This is the way- the Turkish government amuses itself in time of peace. These are the del!ights of Tur kish civilization. But when the days of massacre come then deeds are done which may not be unveiled in aryreiled assemblage. and if one speaks of titO horrors he must do so in well poised ad cautious vocabulary. Hundreds of viliaaes destroyed: Young men put in piles of brushwood, which are tien satur ated with kerosene and set n-'t lire: Mothers, in the most solemn hour that ever comes in a womau's Jifte, hurled out and bayoneted: Eyes~ gouged out and ' ead andI dying hurled into the same pit ' The slaughter of Lucknow and Cawnpur; iudia, in 1857, eclipsed in grhastliness' The 'ini-. made more tolerane in con rast: In many regions of Armenia ndertakers today are thc iieka's and hvenas. Many of the chi-fs of the mass.teres were sent straiht froi Constantinople to do teir work, and haviug returned were decorated by the sultau. To four of the worst murdrers the sultan sent silk banners ii delicat ap prcation of the'" services. Fye hundred thousand Arneni as put to death -r y ing of sta-ti This mioment, while I sp a U a up do\wn Arnenia sit n'- y people, freez i''* i" tie ashes of their destroyed h 1os. bercft of most of A O' nou holds and awaiofg the eiu) ofsa slnati)n to put them out of their ii ery. No ; onder that the~ iphybeIns of' that region declared that anon al the men and women that were down with wounds and sickness and under their care not one wanted to get well. mmeshjer that nearly the renorts that have come Uj) to te Turkish outrag s he been mmuated and modihied and softened by the Turks Leitam~ ves. The story is not haIf told or a lunktredtb part told. or a thous ald"h part told. None but God arid our Sulfering brothers and sisters in that farof' land i,11Now the.N wlOie story, and it will not be known until, in ine coronations of heaven, Christ shall lift to a special throne of glory these heroes and hero ines, saving, "These are they who caine out of great tribulation and had their robes washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb:" Mv Lord my God, thou didst on the cross suffer for them, but thou surely, 0 Christ, wilt not forget how much they have suf fered for thee: I dare not deal in im precation but I neverso much enjoyed the imprecatory songs of David as since I have heard how those Turks are traating tbe Armenians, The act Is. Turkey :ias got to be dividcd up aion_- other nations. of course tue I Eun)an nations must take the chief part. 1It Turkey ought to be compelled Ito par America for the American mis sion buildings and American school houses she has destroyed and to sup port tev wives and children of the Americans ruined by this wholesale I butchery. When the English lion and the Russian bear put their paws on that Turkey, the American eagle IcuZt to put in its bill. Who are these American and En lish and Scotch missionaries who are iein: hounded amcng the mountains of Armenia by the MIohammedans? The noblest men and women this side of heaven, some of them men who took the higest honors at Yale and Princeton and Harvard and Oxford and Edinburgh; some of those women gentlest and most Christlike, who, to save people they never ,saw, turned their backs on luxurious homes to spend their days in self expatriation, saying goodby to father and mother and afterward gooby to their own children, as circumstances compel them to send the little ones to England Scotland or America. I have seen these foreign missionaries in their homes all around the world, and I stamp with indignation upon the liter arv blackguardism of foreign corres pondents who have depreciated these heroes and heroines who are willing to live and die for Christ's sake. They will have the highest thrones in heav en, while their defarmers will not get near enough to the shining gates to see the faintest glint of any one of the 12 pearls which make up the 12 gates. This defamation of missionaries is augmented by the dissolute English, American and Scotch merchants who go to foreign cities, leaving their fami lies behind them. Those dissolute merchants in foreign cities lead a life of such gross immorals that the pure households of the missionaries are a perpetual rebuke. Buzzards never did -believe in doves, and if there is any thing that nightshade hates it is the water lily. What the 55(1 American missionar-ies have suffered in the Otto man empire since 1820 I leave the arch angel to announce on the day of judg ment. You will see it reasonable that I put so much emyhasis on American ism in the Ottomac empire when I tell you that America. notwithstanding all the disadvantages named, has now over 27,000 students in day schools in that empire and 35,000 children in her Sabbath schools, and that America has expended in t-h- Turkish empire for its betterment over $10,000,000. Has not America a right to be heard: Aye! It will be heard: I am glad that great indignation meetings are being held all over this country. That poor, weak cowardly sultan, whom I saw years ago ride to his mosque for wor ship, guarded by 7,000 armed men, many of them mounted on prancing chargers, will hear of these sympa thetic meeting for the Armenians, if not through American reporters, then through some of his 360 wives. What to do with him? There ought to be some St.- Helena to which he could be exiled, while the nations of Europe appoint a ruler of their own to clean out and take possession of the palaces of Constantinople. Tonight tnis au rust assemblage in the capital of i-be United States, in the name of the God of nations, indicits the Turkish gov ernment for the wholesale nasassina tion in Armenia and invokes the inter ference of Almighty God and the pro test of eastern and western hemis phers. But what is the duty of the hour? Sympathy, deep, wide, tremendous, immediate: A religious paper, The Christian Herald of New York, has led the way with munificent contribu tions collected from subscribers. But the Turkish government is opposed to any relief of the Armenian sufferers, as I personally know. Last August, before I had any idea of becoming a fellow citizen with you Washington ians,$~>0,000 for- Armenian relief was offered me if I would personally take that relief to Armenia. MIy passage was to be engaged on i-le City of Paris but a telegram was sent to Constanti nople, asking if the Turkish govern ment would grant me p)rotec-tion on such an errand of mercy. A cable gram said the Turkish government wished to know to what points in Ar menia I desired to go with that r-elief. In our reply four cities were named, one of them th~ e scene of what had been the chief massacre. A cablegr-am came from Constantinople saying that I had better send the money to the Turkish government's mixed commiis sion, and they- would distribute in. So a cobwveD of spiders prop)osed a relief committee for unf ortunate iies. Well, a man who would star-t up through the mountains of Armienia with $5o-, 000) and no governmental protection would be gtulity of mronumn-tail fool hardiness. The Turkish government has in every possible way hindered Armie nan relief. Nov v-here is that angel of mercy, Clara Barton, who appeared on the battlefields of F reericksburg, Antietam,. Fahnoath and Cedar- Mou n tan, and under'the blaz:e of Fr-enchi and German guns at M1etz and Paris and in John stown '1oods. and 2harles ton earthquake, and Michigan tires, and Russian famie: It was compar atively of little importance that the German empi~eror decoraited her with the Iron Cros for God has~ decorated her in the sight of all nations with a glory that niherb~ timeo nor eternity can dim. Born i-i - Massachusetts village, she cam in- her gir-lhood to tins city to serve our government in the: 'atent o-, but afterward went office with a divine patent, signed and i sealed by God himself, to heal all the wounds she could touch and make the 1 horrors of the ilood and fire and plague and hospital by her presence. (i.l blei Clara B3arton. Just as I ex pected, she lir:s the binner of the Red Cross. Tn'Akev and all nations are pledged to respe'et and defend that Red Cross, alnhough that color of cross does not, In the opinian of mi.iny stand for Clristiaitv. In my opinion it does stand for Christianity, for was rot the cross under which most of us worship red with the blood of the Son of God, red v;ith the best blood that was ever shed, red with the blood poured out for the ransom of the world? Then, lead on, ( Red Cross. And let Clara B'arton carry it: The Turkish govern ment is bound to protect her, and the chariots of God are 20,000, and their charioteers are angels of deliverance, and they would all ride down at once to roll over and trample under the hoofs of their white horses any of her assailants. May the i5U0,000 she seeks be laid at her feet. Then may the ships that carry her across Atlantic and Mediterranean seas be guided safe ly by him who trod in sapphire pave ment bestormed Galilee. Upon soil incarnadined with martyrdom let the Red Cross be planted. until every de molished village shall be rebuilded, and every pang of hunger be fed, and every wound of cruelty be healed, and Arrienia stand with as much liberty to serve God in its own way as in this the best land of all the earth we. the descendants of the Puritans and Hol landers and Iluguenots, are free to worshiio the Christ who came to set all nations free. It hu;i been said that if we go over there to inter'ere on another continent that will imply the right for other na tions to interfere with affairs on this continent, and so the Monroe doctrine be jeopardized. No, no: President Cleveland expressed the sentiment of every intelligent and patriotic Ameri can when he thundered from the White house a warning to all nations that there is not one acre or one inch more of ground on this continent for any transatlantic government to occu py. And by that doctrine we stand u1ow and shall forever stand. but there is a doctrine as much high er than the Monroe doctrine as the heavens are higher than the earth, and that is the doctrine of humanitarian ism and sympathy and Christian help fulness which one cold December midnight, with loud and multitudin ous chant, awakened the shepherds. Wherever there is a wound it is our duty, whether as individuals or as na tions, to balsam it. Wharever there is a knife of assassination lifted it is our duty to ward off the blade. Where ever men are persecuted for their re ligion it is our duty to break that arm of power, whether it be thrust forth from a Protestant church or a Catho lic cathedral or a Jewish synagogue or a mosque of Islam. We all recognize the right on a small scale. If, going down the road, we find a ruflian mal treating a child, or a human brute in sulting a woman, we take a hand in the contest if we are not cowards, and though we be slight in personal pres ence, because of our indignation we come to weigh about 20 tons, and the harder we punish the villain the loud er our conscience applauds us. In such case we dq not keep our hands in our pockets, arguing that if we in terfere with the brute, the brute might think lie would have a right to inter fere with us and so jeopardize the Monroe doctrine, The fact is that persecution of the Armenians by the Turks must be stop ped, or God Almighty will curse all Christendom for its damnable indiffer ence and ap~athy. But the trumpet of resurrection is about to sound for Ar mienis. Did I say in opening that on one of the peaks of Armenia, this very Armenia of which we speak, in Noah's timie the ark landed, according to the myth, as some think, but according to God's "say so," as I know, and that it was after a long storm of 40 days and 40 nights, called the deluge, and that afterward a dove went forth from that ark and returned with an olive leaf in her beak Even so now there is an other ark being launched, but this one goes sailing, not over a deluge of wa ter, but a deluge of blood-the ark of American sympathy-and that ark, landing on Ararat, from its window shall 1ly the dove of kindness and peace, to find the olive leaf of return ing prosperity, while all the moun tains of Moslem prejudice, oppresion and cruelty shall stand 15 cubits und er, Meanwhile we would like to gath er all the dying groans of all the 500, 000 victims of Mohammedan oppres sion and intone them into one prayer that would move the earth and the heavens, hundreds of millions of Christians' voices' American and Eu ropean, crying out: "O God Most High: Spare thy children. With mandate from the throne hurl back upon their haunches the horses of the Kurdish cavalry. Stop the rivers of blood. With the earthquakes of thy wrath shake the foundations of the palaces of the sultan. More all the nations of Europe to command cessa tion of cruelty. If need be, let the warships of civilized nations boom their indignation. Let the cres cent go down before the cross, and the Mighty One who hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name writ ten 'King of Kings and Lord of Lords,' go forth, conquering and to conquer. Thine, O Lord, is the Kingdom: Hal leluiah: Amen :" What War Would Do. THLE Detroit Tribune rightly con cludes that in the event of war with the U nited States, creditor Eng land would be at a disadvantage. The moment wvar is decleared the Unit e:1 States must necessarily assme a po sition of financial independence, and its interests being opposed to those of England, the latter would be very likely to get hur-L The truth is that even in peace the debtor occupies the stronger position, unless it allow the creditor nation to dictate its policy, as we have done dur-ing the last 22 years. If we permit England to say what our money standard shall be, she will de clare f'or gold, because it enables her to collect what we owe her in money that is all the time getting dearer. But when we assume an attitude of independence the whole situation changes. Much of our foreign debt is, by its terms, payable here and simply in "dollars. - Under the present sys em this of course, means gold dol lars or their equivalent. Therefore it is to the interest of the foreign creditor to enhance the value of gold. But the instant silver- resumes its proper place in our monetar-y system, every for eigni debt payable in this country is liable to be discharged in silver dol lars, and the foreign creditor is vitally interested in sustaining their val-ue. Let the American Republic open its mim~ns once more to silver, and many of those who now sneer at the "debas ed" an d "-dishionest" silver dollar, will very speedily change their attitude, and labor strenuously to prove that the silver dollar is, at least, as good as the "best money in the world," Thus it will be seen that with silver remon etized miany of the tendencies which now operate to depress it, would be thr-own into the opposite scale, and THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY A GOOD BEGINNING MADE BOTH IN THE SENATE AND HOUSE. Speaker .Jone" Makes a Capital Speech, nIrimful of Good H umor and Entlhusiastu --The Mess.ge Read in Iota Ho-tseS aid Appropriately Referred. CLUMBIA, .Jan. 14.-The General Assembly met yesterday at noon. With a few exceptions all the mem bers were present, only seventeen members of the lower house being absent. The organization from the first session still being in force there was no delay on that score. Most of the day, however, was spent iQ get ting the body in working order and mapping out the matters that will have to be considered during the ses sion. The Senate, which gets along with its work more rapidly than the House, had quite a number of impor tant matters proposed. among them the new registration bill, which will be introduced in the house in the morning. Most of the Legislative day was spent in the reading of the Governor's message, which proved to be a much longer paper than usual. This was partly due to the necessary considera tion of the Constitution. The Glener al Assembly has started out with the best of feeling and an evident appre ciation of the importance of the work that has to be considered. Speaker Jones, in his brief (oening talk, struck quite a happy note, with which it is to be hoped the members will keep in harmony. A good business-like be ginning had been made and with the proper and expected perseverance there need be no unusually long ses sion of the Assembly. When the body was turned over to Speaker Jones with the announce ment that a quorum was present the Rev. Mr. Carroll was asked to open the session with prayers. Speaker Jones took occasion in calling the body to or Aer to make quite an oppor tune address. The Senate sent over a message that it was ready for business. Upon mo tion of Mr. Garris, Messrs. Garris, Gvston and McSweeney were appoint ed a committee to advise Governor Evans that the House was ready for business or any communication from him. The committee reported that Governor Evans had said he was ready to communicate with the body. The Governor's message which is ublished elsewhere, was received and heading Clerk Withers began its read ing. Most of the members retained their seats and with copies of the mes sage closely followed the reading9 Very few members left the hall and a great deal of interest was taken in the reading of the document. There were only two or three matters brought up this morning; others were headed off by the adjournment. THE SENATE. Lieutenant Governor Timmerman called the Senate to order promptly at 12 o'clock today. The clerk called the roll and the fellowing absentees were noted: Senators DuBose, Mauldin, Kirkland, Stackhouse, Walker, Wat son and Dennis. The session was opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Parrott. President Timmerman announced to the Senate that since the last meet ing of this body two vacancies had occurred. Senator Stranyarne Wilson, in consequence of his election to Con gress, had resigned his seat. The other vancancy was caused by the death of Senator J. 0. Byrd, of Flor ence. Writs of election were issued, and Mr. E. L. Archer was chosen to succeed Mr. Wilson, and Mr. J. E. Pettigrew to succeed Br. By rd. Those two Senators-elect, were es corted to the space in front of the Presi dents chair by the surgent-at-arms, and the oath of office was administer ed. At 12.25 Private Secretary Gunter delivered the message of Governor Evans to the Senate, and the clerk immediately began to read it A number of old bills that came over from the last session were indef initely postponed, and a number of new bills were introduced, the most import ant of which was one to regulate the suffrage. THE HIOIsE. COLUMBIA, Jan. 16.-The House of Representatives worked along very smoothly about two hours yesterday, and showed a disposition to get down to hard work by meeting an hour ear lier than is customary at the beginning of the session. Necessarily most of the day was spent in clearing the decks for future action and mapping out future legislation by the introduc tion of new measures. After the new bills had been intro duced the Calendar with the remnants of last year's legislation was taken up, and most of the bills were withdrawn from the files of the House or indefinite ly postponed. The most important bills introduced today were the proposed election law, the anti lynching remedy change of venue, the code commis sioner and an insurance bill. THE SENATE. The work in the Senate Wednesday was of a strictly routine nature. When the reading of the Journal had been dispensed with the point was raised and supported by Senators Fin ley and Buist, that the names of Sen ators present on the first day of the Senate should be entered on the .Jour nal. So ordered. The following concurrent resolu tion by Mr. Mower was offered, im mediately considered and adopted: Whereas, certain charges are made by T. C. Willoughby, one of the direc tors of the Penitentiary, in his report against the managent of the affairs of the Penitentiary; and whereas, said charges are of a nature demanding in estigation: Now be it Resolved, by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring. That the committees of the Penitentiary of the two houses sitting together be charged with the duty of investigating said charges, and that said committees sitting together have power to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of hooks and papers. Said committees may apoint from their -number a special committee to con duct such investigation, and shall also have power to employ an expert if found necessary. Several bills were introduced. One to increase the pension of Confederate soldiers from three to six dollars per month. This bill should pass. There were other bills introduced but the above is the most important. THE HoUsE. CoLUnuI, Jan. 17.-In the House yesterday an effort was made to pass Ihe bill to abolish the Citadel Acade my which came over from last ses sion, but it went over for the present. The only bill given actual consider ation was the one repealing the restric tions as to the sale of cotton seed in Florence County. The delegatoin continued its division, and Mr. Fink lea again tried to have the measure de feated, but the other members of the delegation prevailed on the Legisla ture to pass Mr. Ilderton's bill. The bill now goes to the Senate. Comparatively few bills were intro duced yesterday, but some of them were of general imnpor-tance. Among them were the following: against hog cholera and proposes a commission in communities where hog cholera is reported t examine the hors, and if found to have cholera to kill then and burn the carcasses, By Mr. Carroll: To punish servants or laborers who violate their verbal or written contracts. Uy Mr. Carroll: To provide that no action shall be sustainable in the Ciurts of this State for the killing of any dog found depredating on the premises of another person than the owner of the dog. By Mr. Magill: To amend Section 2,373 of the Revised Statutcs of South Carolina of 1S93, substituting the county supervisor as a member of the board of jury commissioners. instead of the clerk of General Sessions and Common Pleas. Among the bills on which favora ble reports were made were the follow To regulate the attendance of coun ty treasurers at vai ious places in the collection of taxes. To provide for changes of venue in certain cases, with an amendment. To declare the rights of married wo men. Relative to surety companies and the extension of their going on bonds. The only unfavorable report was that of the judiciary committee on the bill proposing to repeal an Act as to the foreclosure of certain mortgages. It is announced that there will be a meeting of the House and Senate ju diciary committees to consider the pro position to increase the number of cir cuits in the State to ten, and to gener allyoutline a bill to meet such changes as may be agreed upon. It is announc ed that there is some opposition to the plan of increasing the circuits to ten or of making any changes in the terri tory of the Judges. The following new bills were intro duced: Mr. B. J. Johnson has two Sunday bills. One bill provides that it shall be un lawful for any railroad corporation owning or controlling railroads operat ing in this Sate to run or permit to be run between the hours of 12 o'clock Saturday night and 12 o'clock Sunday night any freight trains. The viola tion of this Act shall be a fine of one hundred dollars, collectible in any Court in this State. The other bill provides that after the passage of it any -person who shall pursue his ordinary work or do any labor on the Sabbath day, saving and excepting work of necessity and mercy sh..1 be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall for each offence be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding thirty days. Mr. Mitchel, of Firfield, has a bill which provides that when any person or persons are convicted before any magistrate of any county of the State the magistrate shall send such per son or persons direct to the officer or persons in charge of the convicts of such county. THE SENATE. In the Senate Thursday the follow ing bills were introduced: Mr. Efird: To provide for the for mation of new counties and the chang ing of county lines and county seats and consolidation of counties. By Mr. E fird: To declare the law in reference to commissioners and mana gers of election, boards of canvassers, Congressional, Presidential and pri mary elections. By Mr. Efird: To re-enact the laws pertaining to crimes concerning elec tions and violations of elections and registration laws by such officers. The following bills come up for a second reading: Bill to declare it a misdemeanor for any person or persons, after actual notice or- knowledge of the existences of any mortgage or lien thereupon, to dissever, detach or remove from the freehold of any lands upon which any such mortgage or other lien may exist any building or fixture without the written consent 'of the mortgagee or holdar of such lien, and to provide a punishment therefor, which was kill ed. MF. Miller. Joint resolution to provide for the printing and sale of copies of the Con stitution of the State, ratified Decem ber 4th, 1895. Passed to a third read ing. Bill to provide for the appointment of magistrates and to define their jur isdiction, powers and duties. Passed to a third reading. Bill to provide for the organization of the Supreme Court, to define its powers and jurisdiction, and to pro videjfor the'appointment of its officers and 1o define their duties. Passed to a third reading. Senator Norris moved to indefinite ly postpone his bill to prohibit school officers from being agents for school books. Mr. Finley s tid he thought it was a bill that should long before this time be on the statutes, lHe thought it was wrong to allow the teachers to become the agents of the publishing concerns. A word coming from them goes with force with those who are to select the books, and this gives to those concerns intfluence which they should not be allowed to have. He had heard that parties who had the selection of books were the agents of publishing houses. He had no objection to those publish ing houses having their agents, but he did not think those agents should be those charged with the direction of the public school affairs. He knew that there were books now used in this State that should not be used. To al low school trustees or teachers to be the agents of a publishing house was improper. Senator Norris said that as it seemed to take up more time to pass over the bill than to pass it, he withdrew his motion. (laughter) and it was passed to its third reading. Senator Finlev assured Senator Nor ris that there wculd be no ten mill levy this year._______ Notorious Thief sentenced, JacKsoN, Miss., Jan 17.-William Connors, an all-round crook who was brought here a sew days ago from LouisvIlle on requisition, plead guilty in the Circuit Court this morning to the charge of having robbed Burgeis' jewelry store of -%,000 worth of dia monds, watches, etc., and was sen tenced to five years in the penitentia ry. Connors is a native of Chicago, and one of the best known thieves in the country. P'ianos for Winthrop. There have been found necessary several new pianos for the Winthrop Norma. and Industrial College at Rock Hill.- The officials charged with the selection have purchased the Mason & Hamlin instrument, through the Ludden & Eates Southern Music Hlouse, Savannah. Ga. The fame of the Masoni & Ha~nlin is as well estab lished a.s is the reputation of Ludden & ates; for promptness and fair deaf ing. _____ IT is estimated that a bond issue of one hundred million dollars, with the Morgan syndicate will net the latter a clear prollt of 811,75UJ.000 in excess of legitimate interest.- The business man may struggle to meet his payments, the manufacturer may have to close his establishment on ~account of dull trade, the farmer may have to sell his potatoes for seven cents a bushel, feed his wheat to hogs, and burn his corn, but business booms with the gold combine a it never boomed before. ABOUT TOBACCO. HOW TO PLANT. GATHER AND CURE THE WEED. Valutlle Information Abolit a Suhiect Now Attraltin - 311uch A tnt i4n) inl Slith Carolina. The following information about tobacco is from "A treatise on culti vation. curing. aud handling of to bacco," by 1L. E. Pittman: Much depends upon PLANT I:EDs for strong, healthy plants, and much depends upon strong healthy plants for an early and uniform growth in the field. I find that the south side of a hill where the sun shines most of the day and where the plants will be protected from cold by wood land on the north is the most desirable location for beds. The bed should be well prepared, be where wood is convenient. I consider it pays to thoroughly burn the bed before breaking the soil. This can be done by placing logs and brush on the ground to the depth of a foot or two and burning them. The burning is not necessary to grow good plants, but it kills all grass and weed seed and makes the land more pliant, and is no doubt :neficial. Clear the land of roots and trash, distribute heavy coat horse stable manure over the bed, mix well with the soil and on every one hundred square yards sow one and one-half table spoons full of seed. In order to sow the seed uniformly they must be mixed with other materia:. A good guano is be t for mixing seed with, and in mixing use fifteen or twenty pounds to every one and one-half table spoons full of seed. After plants have come up to add to their growth distribute over beds occasionally a thin sprinkle of guano, just before or during rains. Seed should be sown on, or before the 14th of February. but any tine during the months of January or February will do. Mt)IL. It is an erroneous idea that sand hills make thie best tobacco land. Most all land that will grow cotton will make tobacco. but different soils produce different grades. Sandy land makes thin light tobacco which is good only for smoking purposes. while stiff soil makes "heavy fillings" or chewing tobacco. Neither the thin light leaf or the thick rough one sells well. There is no good prices in eith er. The point is to make a bright, heavy, smooth leaf, and to do this re quires select soil and wise cultivation. A splendid rule for selecting tobacco land is to select that soil adapted to the cultivation of watermelons and sweet potatoes. Another mark of good tobacco land is that soil which before cleared produced long straw pines and chinquapin growth. New ground of this kind will make a good grade of tobacco and will ripen well in the field. Select hill sides with nat ural drainage as much as possible. Tobacco land must be well drained. Flat bottom land produces a thick rough weed which will not yellow well in the field, and makes it almost impossible to give it a good color in the barn. To make good cures tobac co must yellow on the stalk. You cannot make a bright yellow cure when the tobacco goes into the barn green; remember this. The soil must not be sobbed with water or be too strong for tobacco to ripen well in the field. A very rich soil does not make a good qualit'y of tobacco, and quality and not quantity should be the aim of the tobacco cultivator. Tobacco on very rich land will stay green too late in the season and grow too thick and rough. The land should possess only enough strength to produce a quick, heavy growth, and not enough to keep it green when the tobacco is full grown. 311~cH DEPEND>S ON FERTILI4ERS for early growth and for yellowing in field. There are many brands of fertilizers prepared specially for to bacco cultivation. I cannot say wat brand is best, this depends upon the kind of soil on which used, as with the cultivation of cotton. The planter must exercise his judgment here. Some use cotton seed meal and ammo nia with good rssults. I have received best results from use of a compost made of rich dirt and dead vegetation, mixed with horse stable manure. This I use on land that has grown up in weeds the year before, for I never cultivate my tobacco land two years in successioni, but let it rest every oth er year. IN PREPARING LAND I begin in the fall season by turning under the vegetation and in the spring --a.bout the first of April-plow the land again. I then run rows three feet and three inches apart, put in the rows the co-.post mentioned above, using about thirty-five cart loads to the acre, and on top of this compost I distribute six hundi-ed pounds of high grade fertilizer per acre. Some plant ers use eight hundred pounds and up wards of fertilizers per acre, but I consider six hundred pounds a sufli cient quantity. You want only enough to sustain a full growth, and if too much is used the tobacco will not ripen well, but grow late in the season and become thick and rough. After distribution of manure ridge up land as in preparing for planting cot ton, then drag ridge .down and sET P'LANTS three feet apart. Most planters use a peg for making holes in which to set plants. With proper care in setting plants most all will live. If weather is dry water plants in setting. The most successful way to water is by filling hole with water. set plant in the mud and place dry dirt around it. Plants set this way, even in very dry weather, will live. And I have learn ed by exp~erience that in dry weather it is better to set plants and water than to let them stand on bed and grow up spndling waiting for rain. I consid er best time for setting plants is from first to tenth of May. If it can possi bly' be avoided never set plants after tenth of June, though under favora ble circumsances plants set this late, and even later, will mature. As soon as plants have commenced to grow, CCLTiV.\TIoN. should begin and never be neglected. Much skill is required to cure tobacco well. and I think fully as much is necessary to properly cultivate it. From the timie plants are set untyl to bacto is put in barn it should be given almost as much care as a sick baby. Cotton can be neglected for a few days without serious damauge to it. But not so with tobacco. To neglect when it requires attention is to iahe a comparatively big sacifice. As soon as plants begin to grow tne soil should be loosened around them. Thih can best be done with an iron-tooth rake. In few fewv days the plow should follow the rake. L'se cotton plow with no fronts, throwing butl little dirt to the plant. After this con tinue to p)ut dirt to the! planit as it grows. As a rule the gr'ounid should be stirred after every rain. Keep it growng. Try to get a quick growth. luch depen ds upon this. When th.e tobacco gets twelve or eighteen inchtes high I'RuIMNG .\ND) sLWKERIN' should beoin. That is. the bottom leaves and suckers should be kept brokn oni' The bottom leavesshouldl be broken otY as fast as they begin t-, fade and dee-y. Do not try to save too, niy of th-se leaves. They are usua : nti ly worthiess. 'e-side be inr jj w11 0 tt , w:tfo-r lr vf-s and and dI > 1o' try. to *.>! :oxv anly sa r1, as ts> fi e nlumbler * of i-ates to leave ):! a st.B lE. One stalk may bV as!- to bear.sixteen or eighteen leaves, while the ttalk in the next lull may 0no! be able to bear but ten or t welve. Green. healthy tobacco should mature from twelve to eighteen leaves. Where land is not so strong and tobacco looks thin, top it for eight or twelve leaves You can easily darnage your crops by topping too low. When not enough leaves are left on stalk. those that are left become rough and heavy and do not yellow well in the field. Keep suckers off. Sucers always do harm, except perhaps on those stalks on very rich soil which were topped too low. In such cases suckers sometimes do good in keeping the leaves from be coining too rough and heavy, and in aiding them in yellowing. AND WOLUS. Do not allow them to chew your to bacco. That which they chew may not amount to much, and you could very well afford to supply a few in chewing tobacco if this was all the loss sustained. But it is not. The great er injury is sustained in the damage they do to the tobacco they do not eat. There should be no holes in the lear. A few holes in a few leaves may seriously affect the price when put on the market. By a little attention at the proper time one need not have much trcuble with worms. When you set out your tobacco also set in different parts of the field a few gmyp son weed plants, and cultivate them for the purpose of poisoning tne to oacco fly. This fly deposits the egg on the tobacco leaf which hatches a worm, and by destroying one fly you may destroy many-perhaps-hun dreds of worms. The gympson weed will produce a large white flower which these flies suck. To poison the fly get cobalt, a poisonous powder put two table spoons full in half pint water and then make water sweet with sugar. Put this preparation in blossom every evening. Pull off the blossom before putting poison in it to prevent poison killing the stalk, and then attack it to leaf. It is a good plan to pull all flowers not poisoned so as to be more certain to poison the fly. This is a prevention for worms and works well. But if you fail in your efforts of prevention and are troubled with worms the most effect ive way to keep them from seriously injuring your tobacco is to go over it carefully about three times a week and pick them off. In this labor droves of turkeys and guinea fowl are very useful, and when trained are worth more in a tobacco field for this labor than many careless hands. Who They Are. It will be remembered that soon af ter senator Tillman and Governor Evans spoke in Atlanta oa Carolina Day the Exhibitors Association took up the matter and passed rsclutioUns severely censuring the speakers for the only inharmonious note struck during the great Exposition. There has been a good deal said in the newspa pers about the Association and the pol .cy of the Exposition Company in al lowing such a statement to go out in relation to the orators from S-uth Carolina- The Columbia correspon dent of the News and Courier says Governor Evans had some curiosity to know something about the men whose names appeared attached to the series of resolutions, and whether it was a matter of political capital and the like, so he wrote to a trustworthy Car olinian. who was in Atlanta, and fro'n him has received a reply. The writ er says that he delayed replying until he was able to get definite information as to the parties in regard to whom the inquiry was made.- Then the letter goes on to say: "Mr. Filcher, who hails from California and is here rep resenting that State, or claims to do so, is a Democrat. WV. F. Anthony, who is here selling suspenders and goods of this kind is a man of no reputation and is a Republican in politics. Mr. Bennet, who hails from Tennessee. and claims to be a Democrat, repre sents the Winchester Repeating Rifle Company. J. W. Ports who signs himself from Maryland, is a resident o f Pittsburg, Pa., and a Republican. He is here in the interests of the Heinz Pickle Company. 0. H. Robbins, of Boston, is representing a leather con cern and is a Republican in politics. None of these men are here in their own interest, bu t all are employed by others who are exhibiting their wares and have emiployed these people as their agents for the time being. So far as I have been able to learn none of them is a man of prominence at home, and they do not seem to attract any special 'attention here. I~ think the matter was instigated by the bad tent pered editorial in the A tlanta Evening Journal, which I think was a piece of spite against Senator Tillman," and then the writer goes on to say that he thinks that there is no need to worry about the Exhibitors Association, and that the people there have about for otten the incident. Governor Evans sas that he does not care at all about the matter, and the contents of the letter are merely published.as a mat ter of interesting history. Both Sena tor Tiliman and Governor Evans have received letters from prominent citi zens thanking them for having told the people at the Exposition what they thought about the pension North, that the South was helping itself and that the Northern investors came here after they found this a profitable field for their money. Governor Evans -roposes to let the matter drop and in his annual message to the Legislature wil call attention to the Chicago, Nahville and Baltimore Expositions and ask the General Assembly to co operate with the undertaking as far as ossible. Governor Evans is specially interested in the success of the South Carolina end of the line for the Chic a ~o Cotton Exposition. Improvement in Piano Building. It is difficult to improve a really Fine Piano,but it is sometimes done. Those who have known and used the old Reliable MAT'HUSHEK, which for T wenty-Five years past has been .a favorite in Southern Homes, will hardly believe that any great improve ment could be made in such superior irstruments. But, nevertheless, if they could see the New Improved Mathushek, with NEW SCALE, REFINED ToNE. and SU PERu CASE DESIGNS they would be ut terly surprised at the tremendous ad vance made by these progressive mak Read Ludden & Bates' new adver tisement in this issue and investigate the merits of the MATHCUSHEK before you buy any other make. Write LtD DEN & BATES. They li ce at Savren nah, Ga. Reilief, with the use of "-Life for the Liver and Kidneys," is sure, in all cases of a disordermed liver or kidneys, and their attendant ills, such as Bilious ness, Sick Headache, Want of Appe tite, Aches in the Side and Back, etc. It is the momst successful and the most satisfactory medicine, for its purpose, in use. The trial of a single 25 cents bottl wil onvim'o the most skepti POWDER Absolutely Pure. A cream of tartat baking powder Highest of all in leavening strength-La test United States Government Food Re port. Royal Baking Powder Company, 10GWal S .N.Y. THEGOVERNOR'SMESSAGE. CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.1 ng the day for any purpose. This would make the law definite and clear and easy to enforce. This industry is becoming very powerful in our State baving more thar doubled the num ber of spindles in the past two years. AFTER THE BANKS. I desire again to call your attention to the oppressive hardships placed upon the people by banking institu tions in the smaller townships of the State in the practice of usury. It saps the life and existence of the large number of our farmers who are in debt and compelled to borrow even upon the harshest terms. There can be no defence of the crime. I would suggest as a remedy that a law be passed requiring the burden of proof to be placed upon the plaintiff in every action brought upon a note or account to show that usury has not been prac tieed before. IN GENERAL. The past year has been a prosperous one for every industry of the State> Our farmers have been blessed with abundant harvest; our merchants with good collections and large profits; our banks aid factories have paid hand some dividends; our State bonds are bringing a premium of 10 per cent. in the market, and for all this we are thankful. The burdens heaped npon us, however, by the National Govern ment continue to be increased, and in time of peace the National debt has been increased to the amount of over $3.00 for every man, wroman and child in the nation. Upoa the heels of it we are threatened with a foreign war, which would mean stagnation of the progress and development of the entire South. We believe in the en forcement of the Monroe doctrine, but let us hope that this is but a feeble ef fort to bolster up the repudiated for sign and domestic policy of a great political failure and monstrosity. I invoke the blessings of God upon your deliberations. J.o. GARY EvANs, Governor. -lunged Into the EdIsto. The Colambia State of Saturday gives the following account of an acci dent on the South Bound Railroad. near North: At 6:30 Thursday even ing the northbound New York and Florida vestibule in charge of Con ductor H. L. Taylor and Engineer Tom Cleary, slowed up for the trestle over the North Edisto, between North and Livingston stations on the South Bound road about 30 miles'south of Columbia. When near the centre of the bridge the engineer saw, either stationary or running down on him, a flat car loaded with piles, that had broken loose from a freight at North. Even at the reduced speed of the train it was impossible to avoid the disaster. A second after the discovery the crash came and the shock was so terrible that an entire span of the steel bridge collapsed and through the chasm plunged the engine and tender and the baggage and mail car. The dining car in which there was a number of passengers, reached the edge of the break and there stopped-poised on the brink of destruction. The Edisto at this point is but little more than a bold creek, but it was sufficiently deep at the point where the two cars went down, to completely submerge them,. and a route agent, the baggage-master and a brakeman saved themselves by swimming out of the doors of the cars, which were fortunately open. Engineer Cleary had one leg crushed and was badly bruised about the head. At last accounts he was talking in choherently and seemed to be very dangerously injured. Mail Clerk L. A. Thomas has his shoulder dislocat ed and was other wise bruised, but is not seriously hurt. There was a pret ty full passenger list and they were of course badly shaken up but none were hurt. There was a very heavy mail on the car, and as it is still under the water, postoffice men believe it to be absolutely ruined. The injured men have not yet been moved from the vi cinity of the accident. The train which reached here at midnight came in via D~enmark and Branchville, over the South Carolina and Georgia road. It will be several days before the tres tle is repaired and in the meantime trains will go around, either via Den mark and Augusta or Denmark and Branchville. Untold Good. There is no doubt about the fact that the Keeley Institute of South Carolina has done untold good in this State. Those who have received its benefits are loud ini its praises and they are living examples of the ef ficiency of the treatment. The ter rible curse of drink or opium can be and is daily being cured right in Co lumbia, and broken down physical and mental wrecks in four weeks re turn home sound in body and mind as nature intended themi to be. At the institute one receives the kindest at tentions and is made to feel perfectly at home. and in a few brief days he once again has the joy of realizing that he is a man; that life which seemed dreary and dark and almost hopeless is worth the living and en joying as God intended it should be. Anyone bound by either of these ac cursed habits can be quickly and per manently relieved beyond a doubt. All information as to terms and treat ment may be obtained by addressing the Keeley Institute. Columbia, S. 0. -Register. Baftiesi al Explanation. NEwVBoRN, Ga.. JTan. 10.-A natural curiosity that batlles all explanation was found here today by M1r. H. A. Patrick. lie was boiling eggs and having peeled one found on one side of the outer coating a square inch of printing as plain as ever seen on paper. Many people have viewed the pheno menon with curiosity, and none can account for it. The egg is kept at the warehouse where any one can see it. TnlE railroad commissioners of the State reduced the rate onu fertilizers about 10 per cent. The railroad comi pinies objected to the reduction as un air and unreasonable and pro:se to carry the matter to the courts. Mean time the ol rates will, prevail.