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RESPECT D UE TO AQiE REV. DR. TALMAGE ON HON TO TREAT CLD PECP-E. He First Corstaers larental Attachme nt and Then the Duty of the Young to the Old-An Elcquent and Forceful ':ea I r Filial Affsction. Dr. Talmage. in this sermran ..W's scene of tenderness andI reverence ... : us how we ought to trea: ol teep - text is Genesis xiv, I w:: him before I die." Jacob had long since p::edL tae ...: irei year milestone. In those ttims Ve we disting~uished for lonevi"- 'I cen turies after persons lived ogrea a -.'en. the most celebrated phy:Ca" o hi. te. took so little of hip .wn r.ediem t ne lived to 11;)year,. Am:a o ' veracity on the witne-s stand in agianti swore that herenemterel an event ears before. Lord lacn speaks of a count:e who had cut three sets of teeth and died a: 140 years. Joseph 'rele of Peniusylvania lived 14' years. In 1-7 a book was primed containing the names of :; persons v ho live 14) years and the names of i persons w-ho lived 1.50 years. Among the grand old people of wlho:: we have record was Jacob, the sher'herd e: text. But he had a had lot of bys. Iey were jealous and ambitious and every wa unprincip:ed. Joseph, however, s~eueeA to be an exception, but he had been gone "'my years, and the probability was tih: a was dead. As sometimes no w'u i house ."u will find kept at the table a vacant ei.n ir : plate, a knife, a fork, for se::e deemey member of the family, so Jeb e" "t'h heart a place for his beloved .") a here sits the old man, the :eck of I. yers :t their riight having alighted long enough to leave the marks of their claw on forehead and cheek and temple. is long heard snows down over his chest. Hlis eyes are somewhat dim, and he can see farther when they are closed than when they are open. for he can see clear back into the ti:.e i hn beautiful Rachel, his wife. was irving, and his children shook the oriental abode with their merriment. The centenarian is sitting irc ming over the past when he hears a wagon rambling to the front door. He gets up and goes to the door to see who has arrived. and his long absent sons from Egypt come in and an nounce to him that Joseph. instead of b eing dead, is living in an Egyptian palace. with all the investiture of prime minister, next to the king in the mightiest empire of all the world! The news was too sadden and t:o glad for the old man, and his cheeks whiten, and he has a dazed look and his staff fal!s out of his hand and he would have dropped had not the sons caught him and led him to a lounge and put cold water on his face and fanned him a little. Inthnt half delirium the old man mum bles something about his son Joseph. He says: -'Tou don't mean Joseph, do you? My dear son who has been dead so long? You don't mean Joseph. do you?" But af ter they had fully resuscitated him, and the news was confirmed, the tears begin their winding way down the crossroads of the wrinkles, and the sunken lips of the old man quiver and he brings his bent tingers to gether as he says: Joseph is yet alive. I will go and see him before I die." It did not take the old man a great while to get ready, I warrant you. He put on the best clothes that the shepherd's wardrobe could afford. He got into the wagon, and thoughthe aged are cautious and like to rile slow. the wagon did not get along fast enough for this old man, and wh-n the wagon with the old man met Joseph's chariot coming down to meet him and Joseph got out of the chariot and got into the wagon and threw his arms around his father's neck, it was an antithesis of royalty and rusticity, of simplic ity and pomp, of filial affection and paternal love, which leaves us so much in doubt whe ther we had better laut'h or cry, that we do both. So Jacob kept the resolution of the text-"I will go and see him before I die." What a strong and unfailing thing is par ental attachment! Was it not almost time for Jacob to forget Joseph? The hot suns of many summers had blazed on the heath; the river Niue had overflowed and receded, again and again; the seed had been town and the harvests reaped; stars rose and set; years of plenty and years ef famine had passed on, but the love of Ja::ob for Joseph in my text is overwhelmingly dramatic. Qa, that is a cord that is not snappe4, thnough pulled on by many decades: pough when the little child expired Joe~ parents may '' ahave been moregaa% years of age, and no i the vision of the cradle, and thechildish face, and the first utterances of the infantile lips are fresh today, in spite of the passage of a half century. Joseph was as fresh in Jacob's memory as ever, though at 17 years of age the boy had disappeared from the old homestead. I found in our family record the story of an infant that had died 50 years before, and I said to my par ents, "What is this record and what does it mean?" Their chief answer was a long, deep sigh. It was yet to them a very tender sor row. What does that all mean? Why, it means our children departed are ours yet, and that card ofattachment reaching across the years 'winl hold us until it brings us to gether in the palace, as Jacob and Josep~h were brought together. That is one thing that makes old people die happy. They re alize it is reunion with those from whom they have long been separated. I am often asked as pastor--and every pastor is asked the question-"Will my chil dren be children in aeaven and forever chil dren:" Well, there was no doubt a great change in Joseph from the time Jacob lost him and the time when Jacob found him between the boy of 17 years of age and the man in midlife, his forehead developel with the great business of state, but Jacob was glad to get back Joseph anyhow, and it did not notke much difference to the old man whether the boy looked older or looked younger. And it will be enough joy for that parent if he can get back that son, that daughter, at the gate of heaven, whether the departed loved one shall come a cherub or in full grown angelhood. There must be a change wrought by that celestial climate and by those supernatl years, but it will only he from loveliness to more loveliness, and from health to more radiant health. Oh, parent, as you think of the darling panting and white in membranotus croup, I want you to know it wiil be glori ously bettered in that land! where there has' never been a death and where all the inhabitants will live on in the great future as long as God: Jcseph was Joseph notwithstanding the palace, and your child will be your child notwith standing all the raining splendors of ever lasting noon. What a thrilling visit was that of the old shepherd to the prime minis ter Joseph. I see the old countryman seat ed in the p alace looking around on the pillars, and oh, how he wishes that Rachel, his wife, was alive and she could have come with him to see their son in his great house. "Oh," says the old man within himself, "1 do wish Rachel could be here to tee ad this:" I visited at the farmho'use of the father of Millard Fillmore when the son was pre.si dent of the United States, and the ectogena ran farmer entertained me until 11 o lc at night telling me what great things he saw in his son's house at Washington and what Daniel Webster said to him, and how grand ly Millard treated his father ia the Wi'' House. The old man's face was illumined with the story until almost the midinig He had just been visiting his son at the cap. ital. And I suppose it was something ofth same joy that tarilled the heart of the o d shepherd as he stood in the palace ofth prime minister. It is a great day with yoc when your o'd parents comne to vTsm you Your little childre2 stand "ra-'-n wit great wide open eyes, woid-rin how anybodyi could be so old.. The parents cannt stay' many days, for they are a liter~lsar especially at nightfall. ben hy1e better in their own bed. but whi"e'''lt. y you somehow feel therei in every room in theh hos. Ie r feeble, and you make it e'y asyo for them, and you real'ize thiey ' ;rm not visit you very oftn--P'na ' ea again. You go to their room ale i,..un crly put out, for'theeld reor '--e'san' candle and tamp better thn te m -' ap paratus for 'liunnte~n. a12"m n with real interest in their he"alth, youa how they rested last night. Josb in ,l' hstori': scene' of the text, . .:l t. 'L.: :i t.1 . '. r.i th f n a y il e \"vi 1 :1 - . . w : re:::en r l: h\ - -. : . ;S V . :. ... r t .t V 1 . th-it o'e hora .c.>e troa Ie o ?les _:a etta:hee:~h e t+ a'u' i \' hi elm.. : e t:ern re : ah yw : I .' :::' 1t n . a hr c : f is hr :utn .:g . i1 1'In ...i i: : r i " fa :ine _:i h i l countr h . m an cint\u. hi:n ire th polt .tia r n e.uti. Wh te. i antc e t i t aV ' i:1' :. lieo weunnl .e d n isay th, ut he t:h: ei oui't t ~meer.t i 1 fathere with . prfec abandn proviiel:::. al n eto heftersdy ad t ing wast god : o man wn livn' and wheny he'. was dea. lsephn.i with miiar esort.. to his ca'r's remin to d ren werees kn d ie in t ih cpruentrv I1 th thr ha I larg protty and hel: ortV.\~ s.':t I ctt- 11 ': a n:1% tru it Pa1 (be w i.:e ert t kep it in hi- ow i hellt' be~ rneee bay htehi. but h owrse out to meet hie ther with d ree: ifantln of o:leetiot. ea- brouat veryup to the pal ale and tnro. ae o im to the emperor I Pron i fOr sl .ne rest o the ytttct5 a c Iar and nothint wis uio od or oily man while uvin. and whien he was deadi .loerg. with ilisar escort too- at i hers remains to the family cceeey W1'tUli Go I al chil "en were as kind to ti parents: If the father lie laro proretty. and he 4 :e wre nouh O keep it int ins own niaie. whefioreete dt by tae heirs, but how often is it when te acrt "nds his father in famine, as Joerh . .Jaicob+t in f'tine the vonngi Tple make it velon herd the I old man. They are so surprised he eats with a knife inseed of a fork. They are charin d at his anteiluvian habits. They arc pro toked beaue he cannot hear as well as he use to. and when he asks it over againand. the son has to repeat it, he bawls in the old man's ear. tI hope You hear that:, how long he urt wear the old coat or the old hat before they get hit: a new one: How cagrined they are at his inependence o the Ealish grammar How long he yangs on' Seventy years and not Cone yet. S'ev enty-rive years and not gone yet:' Eighty years and not gone yet: Will he ever c Then think it of no use to have a ioctor in hi last sickness. a-I co up to the drug store and get sonething that koes hin wore and economize on a coin, and teat the undertaker dow to the last point, giv ing a note for the reduced amount, which they never pay. I have otliciateli at obISe quies of aged people \vitere the family have been so inordinately resigned to Providence that I felt like taking my text fronm Prov erbs. 'The eye that mccketh at his father and refuseth to obeh its mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out. and the yoan eagles shall eat it." In other words such Ian tngrate ought to have a flock of crows fr pail bearers. I congratutate you if you huiave tihnstret of alliin for age r-l hient d Then lsinfe h e asd the eghos! caepo and coreill ed on' o osil atnd caried i atli os the igeoMahpesa and.u hied ion abeasinoidedce byth whloi e ofad sone wo than ahelf a ntr-. seantyu ces wdohimtu there peplen yrobabhlityes a pthe ofpricls to con enumer achieyour oremne. ovte past. in Let wsp dioide rwith Jaco the hoase ture ~eds ot osecm and there wte Egypianstoumt. falsrt orgl hiAnd he1wo life o ased the negrs camte oiuterhod ehopressied uhnrrsied and brutahi wl cabstese thel cerithm on eualived moulr t hifaouentdry are your sucvaces ait theyol pepe.a -Tn prh oabit is easie te prkncie the in arCriin, prmpntgecident orknyc nsie thlion.Le oeman diidmong o the pas-wme ot ur lanld are tosewh anwd the rioomh And therents wWhdlek tositheraiens ofete aslee. erd whoreaingted maris thati ther. mihainiother toaidn paren The brtlorldneyl ese selfn acrindance uon rpeuliation anularreautinf plattarl fad ths any anacesf theyeptaeada an ith aton.t eier eiretlak e of ou kndet t has ben~ hien soe ee o nl oarinee wads otrld in. Amonige bth bt iwoen t oldr ladce tecose wo thledsne tilool ofliatio pass awyhie ltheya were ang:: for thiraen. Wh eiler othter, maind eren aslep thyeret sang talher odmns et or tucguhe obietyrs cottld he iondi in th mthe. Wile other lite ere inhe ectlan Atoug were worldin atoodne th,-li yea. thifi the set -aneoin oi auienhoodn' ator s in th g ieo thos who- hver dene marig 0tha they.n~ hril-h b eul~e soe .1uie espcais toecwnrideeand hany Shton. andI AnI Eteidg~e.t an i Geriana. Willett, th on the t ~e~ of the haeleneld ofFi nak and Loot.ontin hadh Chaselotill and i~ Coopr-a shop-5- ersal nd n thoug sil laife hai been honoet by the all tuhe three ranestme oh Bcalle - htand Paulh aen aunt, hertGint hand ai troer drnse for mer arrialf nd on oreiire otha tnrne in hlestveonthr of ta litte ciofainir twewe. lstecone briehter than the-tooi mnidofondoa tower. ind the lohe larero those who diayon uevernod vin tet ditriit o Gh ble Uate one jewe by ethe ai iary are the atnce cu wia ho wod- Inarsmrc aseck0irie it l r ~~ tonfte. h ther jeway tels cfir the the~ palace o euto i-n oopr so-- hotm al ats yed1 i thoh --elf ~raue enofth Bbl-Jhn a aile and hr-.-wee :nliner.s Ljve th-e uitns tef Pworld sner aste e an ti wen a-t h his aee tnureist I hr er rorei m . a :- enoei io th a tcron no Le.0ave tnee s-o ota mother ne the ritry than thd e w nmor o odn oe.anuteote o ~ada-he oe jwel y t e re c- w thther-sIa n: tiy i- aCc, waY' b:t'lerc ee t : t l : ..o :i 11 :1 i.. 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"t".ri. ai th --I ll i. a :G ti t o thee1 an li hry ee-l at:1t er t." <iii. ete v :lace ite2 p i:d :t the palac Tha: I , h at nil !ch-I ard U xx'te e ote r "the C:hnt S -i:ll :''t:?j R:t.'' w Tha ih whayt .iehn t hyan te:1 r the r"dCi elet alaCty That wha Totlish --.Nieit Thouhits" turrel inito morning ex-I ons.u TV .t is Gr:ty's lle i a Churchvar l'' turned to resurrection spect:1 ele. T1'::t :- the --.Couer's S nr:y N; t exchtan-e-l f r th e cotter'sSa ahm rig Th.-Lt it the ;he-herd of Slib r ltu a^mid the doeks onl the hills of heaven. 'I hat i the :amne struck Pala1:nara n turned1 la:oe :he rich pasture field" of Goshen That is Jacob i.iting Joseph. at thet emnerald eastie. i.S IT CONSTITUTIONAL'* GromvIUie Ltvies Lcses on Original Package Route, Tue d.!y night of last week the city council of Greenville injected a new' featuare into the original package busi i ness, wic h muay or may not cause a' ' s lett~ing1 up?o this l:si2neSs. Tuesday at the conel meeting, every me mber being present,an ordinance was unan imously adopted, which will make a test of the question of doingr business in this city without contributing to the city expenses. The ordinarce le: ies a special license tai to aid in co' er'ing the expenses of the city. section 1 rea's: "Every person. nem, corpo ration, avet or agents of them , or any of them, enSged in procuring, carrying on, cond'vctin or about to engace in, carry on, presecute or con duct, within the iits of the city of ns e -r1ein oin piangen of l cXIityC asfpaia ie ~er~s tax therefaori ~ ofI~ gross sae and o pr ic upon s r artetn s otens asls ofheen af e provided frc to itr:n tu0 nd-I deri p200;ta50 aned unde it,000. T5; $1,000 nd undr $2,00, r300 '-,00 J500." SctiJonep atrvi th a t $20, pro~cvie stt eac os riginalkg hoses allmkse s ornutemetso provids forh fu aymt ofe te cit te irst of ArnilJly, iOcte anw efoarceinto the alvacke bvsen ofSS w00 n als for temaneot csen fotcing the cf tecsionsof th. tax by ex thctoni tesmeasthateory ae an count axes Trdae as upnalty fofalur doted which return ofk ars taes fce orefalse of adulnt reuns in tine cof withand imprionentor theity dayss. The ordina~ce ie'r ri. n i eoptieso. the cty.hecica s1o byecoci: aner amuing ain csug rastive, incidnt wrags oveloeb oe anf themerenproducing a aber for esknwasoriginal ackage butlswihws prne inhrenviinle wichas ofac cepted adsoviec htall lqor sld cwas ntshiape toeenvlex fhro-n ofheros saes andr res elevn sornt renanlo pacaetss insGrerei;af ter woill o, tonorr5o ad seinr oders are0 i50 candemplation. Taisa0; nero th000 b10ard of hand urder tha0t no50 f5es shud uearge for!0 h5al.h ctionate pronde that lli0e pashold be ieturdvne.-Retiote. prAie tna h oprieinalc ac. Husy salvake swnor satis tra gros banesriaterlygrnd. Ston th ceebrste oWapr svag La, Ohbrasd Jurear.e to I7 arfte fo tnel experent ofnthe akne anex pforing toar cicTibeft he ax abyn doed byio the me s t-his can spate aedcont tavxcoes. Thria tpenTai and, failte toin make retrn hof ronss ale hi fo fale orrauuleont returnsd. -talms tin of$ant manisnent forec getioind was stpedytev Irand byamn, of the aldtrehn proucin a spele for rignikaebote which grawyijre r.Ln chainted inor eeilday hi wrlas - ped ar. eaidocr hat ano liqer than terta-tewo ounds are tlevesul ofi nis tpackre. r.se LindGrhbeenvl;a tener tlopec L'Hrowassa seheai ta ciry if Tiet, treideuc Tof the grndc llama o-aa - hiieat odter rierlt ceat-Pae n htalf Aid s ~Uktpredened-1Drout. T A d ouh Tennoese.supee denrd Latae Lg a-:ebe a ie rav ler aund wrte, ardnarany arge thream celerateiier havi agru dry, an has in~ from aill oinia ater teri bed j expereno C\ahinoga rnsimice un e h3rn to- rin aibt as aban- t cu s nen-dr ebs ofan inch. T-ne Te ~ee r cies. Katloy, true T tan, .a:-rese d, Li oy an a1t o Trechry as ---ed i 9th athu and after aortun hina mrn i io rre powim to the ecin r hi yd tamsthe ucLas Prnentuhe to th tionetasiotow:d bte oned Lo ii zwhso of-u the sen Ltnc taolin. wilb aeby the ra:.roan lo aspduing fa seine and liobs hAveatningto n:b ed sgtas ohe wscreay, d. Tro. W.ndoi hsano l'e:critan C., f-tor awpremias lie Mrel o:a hisu torue.a Mts Ldr h beenld cnd isoe wis byne yousiold Mite ende2arm t o e LIss -:e -.a .'JAi ~i Ai.K Vi TH. Ui _.a rT COU '. C ' ':p rtcy .iv ) . ?ast Hinse'', lte Goe ,i O) der -' . uies t 0? ''t - Thuse la:9U::te S'anes Court .it C" Atorney (enerai a in he bi chr 1 c iracy~ :errev ?' ral 'oi~r Asei::tatAt - - Mc~ey Gei~r TuKn end. a . S. c and'--4 ot er oninici ar d wa a trrds~ wi~aw. Th court Co' 'ened a t J o'cloc'. More the L Tf-n , bei) 'rs-:lnn cs Jontin'S Am.o tO her* o t na I"- pW.at'.:thal IhrBc r };.; andruid ? S .s fii. v .l t n. "' court co L' el dat or oorl :. r nae t'e Co ti~f r'"ir:-'- f~ig in ys iou Las' .Uar lII'- I asn roar I ise, beoe r s'ma ue case' imeconsidertin, to he>:r iot ijin n tese of iat enthal & Becka t ''-dins Lnnd ac, Jthers. Tti mtion surde st supplyemettalt bll cf :ern WV dcetdav afternoon. Tif re haveoeen this cour-, irom time to ti...e. sxorn statements and eares in bills cf ! caik tid with I: av pennited to ,o unnmtic-d: but. if you,-r Honor please, the lie h4s ben reached and I crossed b:rnd 'Chi'ch I emo pner:nit these staten.ents to ;:o uncha. llenge d. The ce asion, ther foe. is your Hoor ple'-r:, .necessitat'-Ss.. se veury plain taik, aud, 'ith your Hi r, r's peris sion, I pto pSo to do it I held in my hai ac npv of this it' o complaint. I orur o'Ittor is not ami'iar with it. I avuid invite our atterntion to te alse ation i t eill hich is markd -I"page 7. Aft; r alleg;ing various. this as to some sip:nents into the Sate ad ndr sizres of these lci ors, the coTmp laint alleges th^at "thll seizaresI abae set out. at Union, Eko and Chester, in said State of South Caro lina, were made an~d done 'cy the said parties above named by the authority and under the direction of arnd pur suant to a conspiracy, agreement and combination of the said defendants, William H. Ellerbe and William A. Barber, C. P. Townsend, S. W. Vance and State constables and other officiais of South Carolina, unknown to your orators.', I would invite your Honor's atten tion further to the allegation in the bill of complaint which is numbered L," on page 6 thereof, in which it:i alleged that "Your orators further sho v that the said William H. Elerbe and William A. Barber, C. P. To zn sce and S. W. Vance have, notwith standing the rights of your orators as! importers of liquor in original un broken packages in this State under the constitutioL and laws of the United States, caused and directed the agen cies of your orators at Union, Elko and Chester, in the State of South Carolina, to be seized and the said goods of your orators to be taken possession of by various parties claiming to act as State tousties, and that the said Williamn H. E:ler be and William A Barber, C. P. Townsend and S. W. Vance,' for the purpose and with the intention of evading the inj anctions of this court, have caused suc si:zares to be made by different State consta bls, in each instance, claiming that the irj jactions isstued i~y this court and hereto fore obtained by your ora tors for the protecticz of their budiaess as af'oresniti ins the State of South Car, olna only aifected the parties nametd in said bill, and that the said William I. Elierbe and William A. Barber, C. P. Townsend and S. WV. Vance, have agreed, comabined and cogspred together and threaten with parties un known to your orators further to seize and contiscate all goods of your ora trs in the State of Souto Caronina at th various agencies hereinabove se:. forth, and purpose to selz2 and con fs cate such goods by authorizing difler e~t constables or agents in each in sta.c to make such seizure; and that it is manifestly impossible for your oratois to m take, as parties defendant to this bill, all parties who mignht pos sibv be authorz d and directei by; the said William H. Ellerbe and William A Barbaer, C- P. Towareal anid S. W. VaLce, unlarally and wrongfdily' to se za and conrUeats the goods of your orators, and that unless relieved by this houorabie cour; by the :su a~ce of an injaaction and restraining order protezttag the goods of your ora tors so shipped as aforesaid into the State of Son-h Carolina fromn sach un awft:1 and wrong ui acts of the saiu Williamn II E~ler b and Williun A. U rber, C. P. Tosusend, S. WV. Vaaee and otner p artiks to your oratora un anown, and the agents by them ap potd to do sucz wrongful ac s, yoar orat-ors are remnediless in the oremses." These allegatlins, and kindred ones, in this bil, reli1 et sertousty, mnost seriou4y, up~n the respondents to ycur honor's rule, that I have tne honor to represent; they reiect upon the o:licers of tile State; and, may it pl-ae yoar hionor, ror than that tey rrli:et scriousliy usons my ass5is a-i and~ myself as attorz'ess of tms oa I: I am guilty of enterms- inito ac,nspiir acy to tnwart the decinsof t:s c ourt, am u-,crthy to practice here. If his extcleVy the gorernor ad th?e other state cili-'r h- ave en tered into a conspiracy in re-traist cf trade, which is a crine uander the stat utes of the United States, we should be imeached and removed froam otlice. Te chargs, therefo-e, may it please your boaor, are of the most seriou-s chrcr, and I take it that the re crds of this court are not to be trilled svi;h. In addition, taese allegations no only? rect upon us as otlicers and atornevs of tii s cou, but there aire cmarges in this bil th are damaging to u. as ind iiais. The charge con: - aieli the- alega'io marked -N 'Adyurorat rs further show that rtec iu 01 \ au irators in tne Pretfl -es at 1 a ivlve a ma&uipulty o su ,~ ~aais a said d?eudnts, and that al ci said defe ndnts are unan and. unsoe to re'poud toany da ge wh ---vr --:si -t ne, c:- eith-er of *d- it nase your honor, inV' o - ci -l"is snd s-orn to by Mr. osa nowldge tan we stn it: You hae isseda ue earneale o cnalleu ?- a;: to::: ' my e -lagu a ws fo id a . i lea o and t-- alieg "'ionas to riaciarre least, as fie a- eu ' I anod nt sea '-eard to ope amy mouthn in this court, ant i- myt c'olleagues be guilty they ehul r., aimni "'r tho n'om ithe my c u si we ll " yf ta .7- t-u 7: C r s of conspiraQ- b.-ween th. Cistcers of tre Siste of S " a Car l ia a.r - 'isiy ad u: qu: - alse. 1 :tote to your honor rov, as I have :1say s sa , that thet li-ers ofi the a ie endeavor-d in e inl Sa c- in these pi-cceed:p to cb7y f rv r r issued by this iicnrable cou ans if this man who makes the a e aainst us of conspiracy and inanial -rreJpanLsibility, to which e 'ears, if e has mn ms possession ny .roo, I ask your honor to force hint ?o preou =ce it at once in open cxurt, or hereaier stand tae conws'qur-nces of fa:lse s ai: On bebalf of myself and the other centlemen who stand bsfore this court I ak oermission to make an immedi ate retur,. at the earliest p3ssible mo mxent. and that your honor will at once grant to us a right to clear our selves of the ciiare~-s that rilect agaiust all of us as cilicers and as in dO:idual citizMs of the state. Nw I re naught to say which I trust tbe fcc c would not entirely sus tai., nor would I state anythiag upon :here: suspicion;but there -s now pend i:1 a proceeding in the United 6tates court of Georgia, instituted by the sasue complainants as in this case, in which it is sworn that there is a ca spiracy between the governor of the State of South Carolina and the South ern railway to suppress what they say is their legal business. I think they magnify their importance when they sappose that the State of South Caro liuo is aiming all its guns at their rum business in Atlanta. This bill cannot with my consent stand upon this rec ord, and together with the rule issued thereon possibly be used in the hear bup before Judge Newman, the district in Atalta,upon a hearing there ixed fcr the 9.h instant. I earnestly ask 'iour honor to hear our testimony in open court, and I am ready to tes tify, and my assistant on my left and the two gntlenen on my right, who are parties to this bill, stand ready to testihy. We take this bill to be insalt ing and ats)lutely untrue, and the oath thereto is false. We ask your honor not to have us forced to suomit to these things. Upon tae conclusion of the remarks of the attorney general, Mr. Gadsden, of the firm of Mordecai & Gadsden, stated that upon the filing of the amendment and supple.nental bill of Blutrenthal & Bickart against J. G. Long and others on yesterday after noon, that he arranged for a confer ence between himseif and the attorney general late on Wednesday afternoon a: the Charleston hotel. That at that conference the qnestion of the charges of conspiracy made in the bill was fully discussed, and that the attorney general nad stated fully to him the facts and circumstances connected with the matter. That he had con vinced Mr. Gadsden that there had been, as a matter of fact, no precon sidered arrangement or combination or agreement oetween the S:ate otli cials to seize the goods of Bluthenthal & Bickart, and that owing to the close personal relations which existed be tween Mr. Gadsden and the attorney general ne was satistiod that sucn statemaent made by the attorney gen e'ai was in every particular correct; and that at that interview last night he stated to the attorney general tnat upon his statement of the incts he was satisfied tnat the charges made in said bild were incorrect and unfounded, and that he would this morning move th-.: court to strike from the bill the names of himself, the governor, the assistant attorney general and Mr. Vance; and that he now begged to say that, having been thorougaly sat isiied by the assurances of the attorney general that the carges in said bill were inicorrct, the complainant asked leave t> witndrasv said bill frora the i ei of this ccurt. Shot His Father-tn-Law. Daring a quarrel Tueslay night near St. Louis, Mo. George P. Pfetfer, a se nographer, shot his father-in-law, Robert Dslaney, through the brain and then killed himself. Delaney was 70 years old, and had been in the habit of coming hcome intoxicated and making trouble. Pfeter had remon stratect with him because of his a~ze Last night Delaney came in as usual and a quarrel with his son-in-la~v en sued. &uddenaly Plett'er drew a re volver and shot Delaney through the head. Hearing the shot Pfetfer's wife rushed into the room just in time to see her husband send a bullet through his own Lead, and another through his heart. He fell dead at her feet. bearing moans in another room she rished in and found her father dying f -'cu his wound. She carried him to a couch, passing over the dead body of ber hsus bana in doing so. She sum mioned the neighoors and then swoon ed and is now in a critical state, owing to tne shock. Pfeiter did not drink and was considered an exempiary yuug man. A veteran's P0c:uro. The Columbia State says at the meeting of the Governor's Guards Tuesday night "Uncie" William Rose, the colored veteran of the Mexican and Ci-iil wars, and now messenger to the governor, presented that company wita a fram,:d nortratt of himself. I-1 accping the gift the Guards passed complimentary resolutions thank-ng the donor, and assuring him of their high appreciation. The picture was ordered to be hung on the wall of the armory with those of other veterans of the comnpany. "Uncle'' William's services in the two wars through whica he has passed, and his connec tion with the militia ever since, has made nim too well known for a sketch of his life to be necessary. Up to the time of the disbanding of the Rich land olun'eers he was an honorary m mber of that company. Died White Hu is Ma Barned. Urn. Lavson K. Armstrong, a member of the lower house of the South Carolina legislature, from Yorks lle, met with a tragic death at his heme, Tuesday moring- Shortly af ter &svlizht he was aroused frcum his sleep with the ne ws that his saw mills autd gin were burning, and immedi ately weat Out to nelp check the lnies. After a vigorous tight it be came appareat that the case was hope im3and Mr. Armstrong sat down to 1,s. Presently he fell o ver and ex pired instntlv. It was acase of heart failure. Le a sa prominent ulan in this sec tou and leaves gqaite a handsome U 'l. Thoim.s A ppainted, Mr. L E. Far!-y, during the sickness o his brother, Gen. Hagh L. Farley, nas been supervising the work of col ecting and preserving the Confeder ae rolls, has done the work in a most acceptable mianr.er, but he thought after his brother's death charge of the work should be given to a Confeder ate veteran, so he had a conference with the governor and presented that v-iew of the case. Tne governor agreed with him and appointed Col. J. P. Thomas to continue the work carried on so successfully by General arie anrd his brother. r L; "' 1 iti \VY CiN NUT *j"l( : I i. " ] - '. r A disoa'ch !: e Coni cle fro:. D-i. AN:,L> sac; back' iii the statg t^1 y -l - b e games inTm:nd :. ,,t enste conmittee r: or am r'ain, II i. agood Li b one of the rn who uia'ed *i - e ee-' saw as big a p:ie c.'u chan e hands e one dt (r s one o the player s cured of the. ,i-.ir i the sme time, as was seen here las- TiurSda.v. The majoity of the men who hv come mall~7O h e h aeto tis place fo)r the wi::ter areI hardy prosoectors who hare turned I over every foot of ground on the con tiLent where it was probable a ran of dust mlight be cleaned up. L ke all of their kind, they divide their timeI betweEn panning. "irrigati'" and the s(luctive, moilifliug intluence of poker, the gentlema's na . About two weeks ago I. Sam Curtis. ]aw? of Iliniro:s, and P1te Nowmn, known ae "Forty Mile Pete," a:so from that portion of the at 's, came e 1)- e from the nerti to nit ;ral' p'!! would1 era-)e .Is to hi ('ur c'ee.gst to t:e 'FriSC ::it h-):ore Vi- ) to our claims on Forty Ii err -tk. Pete and I were ptids ard, if I d'; say it had cleate:1 up a very nice pile in the fetw weeks we olacered on the divide. We had picked up a fe- good nuggets and felt that even if we left the gold fields for go:od we could buy plenty to eat and drink for the rest of our lives ~That was before we met up with Joe Henderson, known as "J:rsey," and Charlie O'Brien, who is usually hailed as "KTlcndike Chrrlie." When we got to Dyea we hired a shack and prepared for the long win ter. We cyst about for some one to help keen house, and one night over in the Nugget we ran into Klondike and Jersey. jast back from the fields, ard on the sa-re errand as ourselves. Well, to make a long story short, we pooled and then hired a Chioaman to do our cooking. Forty Mile found the celestial, and was the means ta in troducing the moon-eyed heathen to our camp. Forty Mile quit brohe of his thirst and dust as the result. We had not been established long when Jersey one evening proposed a quiet game, jast to pass the time, you know. Here is where Kiondike showed a great head. He shifted his pipe to the other side of his face, took it out of his mouth, blew a few rings into the air, aud then took a long, hearty pull at the bitters. Then he said, with his head on one side: "Wbich I holds it ain't no good way to do. Yere is four gents and a heathen a-livin' into the same shack. We all plays into a game and we all gets riled and mixes into a fight ef we loses our dust. Which I mean to say, I 'low we all better play over to Bill's place." This seemed good advice, and it was adopted as the rule of the shack. No man was permitted to propose a game in the shack as long as we went pard ners. So Jersey lifted lis hat and. strolled over to the Nugget and we all followed him. He sat in, and for a time we jast sat aroand and watched the play. But who ever saw a miner with a stack who could keep out of a nice game when he has a chance? The gambling spirit is stronger than the habit or irrigating. So we three boug ht a stack about third-drink time. and'soon af ter ward the four pards had the table to themselves. It is no good thing to play with your pards There is always something to come cif which spoils the situation. We found this cut before daylight that night. Finally we all went broke excepting Jersey, who won right along. This made Klondike and Forty Mdle hot, and they seat over tn the shack to get their bags of dust. I alho needed some gold, and we all had our Chinaman bring in the bags which held our for unes. I had several cans, formerly of pressed beef, filled with dust. Jee sey had art oil cart or two. Klondiks was rich with nuggets and a fat belt and Forty Mile had an arncient powe der can fi lled to the limit. All told we couold show up almost $500,000. Tnen that heathen waltzed up to the table. put down a fat bag and says: "Me play too.' Wing sit in and shutil -d tho cards before we could make any o'bjtetion. Jersey glaniced at his bag asa thien uncoed over and let the celestial take a place. We all had been irrigating considerable, and it was sixth drink ime when Wing took the ficst hand. He did not drink any, so he kept a c)0l head, something those fellows aliways have. Well, it came to Jersey to deal. Wing set in a good pile of dust as his ante and Forty Mile, who sat next, stradlied, Klondike, sawa the straddle as I did, but Jersey tilted it before the deal. We had as much as $10,000 on the table and not a card dealt yet. Win:: skinned his hand and bet. Forty Mile stayed out and it went round to Jersey. who found a jack. The game was getting good then. With $2,030 on the table and the rule to open for the pile it meant some mighty good betting to get the pot. Wing passed. Forty Mile did like wise and then Klonoiks opened her or the $30,000. I skinned my hand. and having the making of a fall of p'ctures, tilted back. All the others stayed in, so that when we discarded we had in about all we coald scrape together. Still we had enoagh to do somne fair betting, but a showdown must come soon. I took one card, Klondike took two, Forty Mile was satistied wita one and Jersey and Wing stocd. Wing bet a few ounces and was tilt ed by Furry Mile. Klondike had not helped and dropped out. I was too much in to quit and raised the tilt with a can or pressed beefed origin. Klondike was glowering at the heath en. Hie did not like Cniiaamen, any way, and he tiuge-red his guns at~d k oked ugly wuile King went on sni ing and setin in his dust. We ie: arournd a coupli o' times and then Wigcald. J: u.id tur at than the tdeck teeded t " tr.k it plete and k'r dia-. j 1gdupa.1 puihd. Hie had l ad d hi gu wih small 1uoret Latan fro a-ol ."e ec. Le td at W\i, ua i--,y Mi jumped in he see and tou .tue ball trough his arr. ?~ondike wes wild, but before he could pli aan Winug was sent thro-gh the windou into a convenient saos dr, whre~ h-~ kicked and struggiaa to get out. "Whatever do you feiier3 meab mixin' in V i t e and h h nd roared Kloadike, ..u uI s' *-to get .iS gun mu raan. "K.tin't all 'r1 to ie -2: -o O su blam.d fool We at ?i ain i later. Pa pt~ rs"sidl orty Mile. Well, we t vo -i ilygtKa t put u.p&isgus an -ha.e-s ed to liadot nc wu.a y was gone,iniet . r ands were al n. -dupo the 11o-. We - oa1 went out aer th Lbcoding par Hewas over the pu ytetm ocated his traeas. We w-ent bgc to te Nugget to liquor up, but r orty Icn. T aue adetre h i..'.I. , .. no:r1, bu 0 . of I haig 1 a biz gun i coutd cot be fourd. I e doctor ash#d a l;t of fool q- stions I "rd bhet said: 'Just - I f'red, 1r:y Ele inaction c f thne grease, pow der ar. ai sunk e on that narrot turnedi:io caJlridi of gold. Y >u all h: iast ur titirs'. samne as if you had o ) siht. I III srr. but 3au cau't irri gate Icne no more.' It was 'rua. We pards hal mixed into a squable, les. all our dust ard the best fellow on the c-ek was sociled for life. Forty Mile had bs n one of the iiveliest boys in Alaska, ready with his guns and always skin tight with good red liquor. But after that tarre he l'eft off cards, stop pa dringing and wanted to go about tie ca ip preathing teo r-rance. O c.rse, we l!ad to Ere him out of ine c-amIIO. 'l went back to the Sates a chainged roan. No man without a goon thirst is wanted in these diggins. Pouor Forty M:le wept as ha read the nodcs. but ne said: 'It's all right, boys. I know I done lost all you all's res pct I done los: ali respect for myself. K'oadk' never mneant to do this and 1 freely forgives him. I hope you all makes a good pile and turns from your wicked ways. I'm goin' back to Illinois and missionary witln my old chums." Tbat's the last we saw cf Forty Mile, like tise our fortunes, which may be over to Juneau, for all we know. We three are fixing to bngia over when the spring comes. The ( .vernor W ata' Adv:ca. Ia view of the matey complications that have ari:ee and are constantly a iing, to put the dispensary law in tr:u'fle and to place the executive be twen the d :vil and the deep sea as to w;hat to recmme:d to the legislature :o do in the pre ni-es, Governor Eller-! be is preparing to sound the sentiment of the preachers of the State upon the lquor problem as it presents itself in South Carolina. There are about a thousand divines in this State, inciud ing all denominations, and to each of them Governor Ellerbe is going to send a circular letter asking them for their written cpinioi on the matter. In connection with the sending out of te c:reular it is suggested that the go ernor should not confine himself to the preachers in asking for the opinions he desires; that other profes sional men and business men have as deep interest in the issues involved as have the preachers, and being thrown mare in cntact with men and afairs could give broader and less biased opinions than the preachers. Follow ing is the circular that will be sent out in a 'ew days: Dar Sir: The following questions are submitted to ministers throughout the S'ate. for the paroose of ascertain i the sentiment and opinion of Cistian citiz ns with refereace to tbo dispensiry law. Please arswer each q"estion in the space following it, and aft r signing and stating to what de n'omination you belong and your post ollize address, return this in the en closed envelope to the undersigned. Your prompt attention will be appre ciat: d Very respectful yours, Willian H. Ellerbe, G~overaor. 1st Hlas the dispensary system in creasei.or decreased d:unkenness or drinking in your comnmunity, and to whit extent, indicating ycue opinion* by' percentage of increase or. decrease? 2ad. What is the preferencr o! your people as between: (1) prohibition, (2) dtspensary law, and (:3) high li0cns unider restrictions in the State consti tution. and which is most practicable as a temperance under existing condi tions ? RIemnarks....-.............. ... N........................... Denomination.................. Pao tIflce...................... County............. ........... Bicycle Accidents. To decide a wager made by ani Cp:. nent of the bicycle, says the IndiaL apolis Ness. :hat Gle wheel ce'ses more casualities in one week than oit ball the entire season, 10e stakeho'Jer obtained the follo wior surprising tir ures froma indiscu'abl-' authoris. Throuzhont the Uoited 8'.a'es du-icg the pas.t monta there were 818 acci dente reto:cd to wheeltneu, 33 re~slt ing- fitaby at the time and 5:t inally causing Leath. CJllisions with other riders cemod 2i7 seedents;ie fiaa~i ti's :rd the e probav wo.Ohr stistic show: Ulisions vith1 ve hlicles, 13'.1; with stree cars, :33; d3$s, 9; htogs 1; ch'ckers. 1; covN. 2; tnro vn from wheol 23; fell ov. r er bamennts, 8; br 01r of a m:lul. 34 Over exerti n inj ird four atd kuil f u--. Three were di avei iy holes in th~e ground, atid live were hu:t by slipping (tf whel. Miscella neou-i causes iojured 14 while 101 mre hurt by unknown agencies. Cy-Indrical Press and GIln. A soecial dilsoatch from Barutvell to the~ Columbia State says Col. Mike Brown started his cylindrical press adgin plant Wednesday, turning out roeand biles weighirras high as 558 nutLd.. Talis :s th~ Nrat plaut of the kind in Smth Ca-ie and sill revob tiouze the catto basiness. Col B3-own haes er g-ged .. eewt (2. U. Batts o' thie Jor n'ton s.amshi liue via C iarlssn for the drat sip meait of 1;00 baies. w;hich gass ii:s et to Lie rp ol. Hie ehar-es i 5 i 'Ni tare, al c~:'. 'c d- "~ taken from~ the samz::s ysuta pipe vith the\ Wir~i imreis temn and deliered fro-n- r-e -c for exp >r:. T :efamr-~ 12n : tion ar? all p eased v~~ 'u ne s -n ing the plant to -e sered. 1' takes ten tmniunts to unaa sael cot'an roat te agro, -i ar.d paick a bale o.,ei iii Y.,u~.w , y r. Al..hough the :ons -a :in .the f-e wike n secCt at toe S ist most' distressing. t'ne c.>s: ' a., - : > "'gio to basiness is assumine s pLe that cau5ss eren gra erei 1. it ise esied that in Ne~v 01-4:s abne the los will be )2 Uso while the loss in' other dire ' a Ad the cost of m-stn : e r wlii run th~e tu.L ' J J 0.03 - Peopl~e an rajre fa-vo red '-ee ias may weil ereadI 'e sym wayl' to 'ice people o:- tnhe u' se~s s:r -n sec. u. At a.ne cauisei at Maimd the an~a gocrnnea dciled to grant io t aLi auander the suz eran 0:sma?i '-o coa:.inute the cim een n lag a miv be necessary. -u~r Glion, minis e -of foreign anes ex .) tae cabinet the p ,**i n f j d'p oUatie negotiatiOus w*t tu L':ted States. Sanor Sagasta -.h: premie, has received a caole mes a. ;iton C.?:-ain General Weyler, wno olfers his services to the govern ioyal make. the food par(, wL"icsome and dclicias. IK POWDER Absolutely Pure ROYAL IAK!'E POWER CO., NEW YORK. A I: -p roach to 1i3 sex. Mr. Arthur S. Melcher, of Auburn, Me., is one of the most beautiful char h'ers in contemporaneous history. Not long ag o be lost his wife anda fey; weks aber her death he began a most ioving correspondence with Miss Lou ise M. l)inay, a ni'c+ of the man w'ose n:erj is attachkd to te worst ariff bi 1 this c!: utry ever had to ea dure. Miss Dingley began the corre.s o- d ne by se:inag her condolences t" 'armriur dear," and it must be said tii t she expressed herself in terms some Khat warmer than the situation prop'eriy demande{. Tner gal ant Arthur, not to be out donr, repiied in a stran of even more i aense and y earning solicitude. Thus besn a carrespondence which for s.obberv sickiiness we have neverseen sirpassed. Louise scon professed the most ardent affection for Arthur, ard true :0 his instincts of native chivalry, ne :greed to accept her proposals of msrin,)ny if she would wait six ocnths. This she agreed to do, but oh! ickle woman, before the expira tion of that period she married a Mr. Hadley. Arthur's heart was terribly torn by his crui disappointment, but instead of killing himself, he institut ed suit for breach of promise, estimat ing the damages to his blighted affec tions at $25,000. T1 e case t at recently been tried, and it caused a terrible commotion in Maine society. Arthur produced in court whole stacks of let ters from his lost L-uise which are about the worst specimens of maudlin sentimentality we have ever seen, not excepting those in the "L wets' Ready Letter Writer." Arthur's own testi mcny was very pathetic. It was. enough to convince any jury that the only balm to heal his lacerated soul could be supplied by a contribution of cash from L)mise. Tae jury was touched by poor Arthur's case and heloed him to touch Louise to the tune of $1,789 darnages. Tne verdict was delayed some hours not because the jury doubter, that Arthar was damag ed, but because there was a stobborn contention between tnose of its mem bers, who thought $1,780 even would suffice as an effecuve poultice, and those who insisted that the application would not be effective unless it was made uo of $1;790. A co-npromnise on the basis of $1,789 was finally affect e d. Arthur received the verdict with a winning smile, the facinating m:etch, whiile the tair and blonde Lau ise shot at him and the jury a looL that wnld make an ordwary man taike to tue woo~ds. Arthur left tue court room surrounded by a crowd of j iliant friends, while the faithful 1.uise departed, leaning heavily on the arm of the wretch wno had taken er from the plaintiif. The Atlaunt Jornal is pretty severe on &tr. &idca r, and thinks that the only proper sett~e rneat would have been for eau nemnber of the jury and every otner maa in the community to have aicc d "Arthur dear" untul sedeataryreL weali have been made for nitman un ttainable joy for many weeas L> come. Sowleg Fill Oits. T h -utual rotation has been c~tton, c rii, oats or wheat, varied someiinie~s y wiieat or oats after cotton. Its con venience doubtless caused it to be aopted, because corn could ba gath er d in time to so a do wn in grain and o tton could not. There is one greai dfect-i: leaves the co tra tield bar8 of living plants from Oartober to May. Frcm ine continueus cultivation of' ettoa land througn tne summer Ditri dation is greatly developed, and at the end of the season the soil is sup plied witb soluble nitrates, ready to be leacht d by tne winter raius. It will be seen that it is of the utmosf import ance, therefore, to cver the cotton ields as quickly as possible after the ctton plant dies, with some growing crops which may take up these nitrate s. It would be well to start said crop in advance of tue death of toe catrou, and1 oss sownL in :atemberc meet all the regiirements of iae case. Tne great qJes:'on tu b: dei.imned is how to sow the o~ts n Lued ca oit:n is still on the land to be saeta. We rnave come to te ccesiai. says the 3,~u ern Cuiltivator, tnat sentag oats in such a manner Inlst taey wold~ come up a little celo w tne general suW face of tne land, ia drrui., is tue best single preventative against cold. it shields the plants fron the exd wmncs and counteracts tne neaving action og freezes, by allo wing dirt to iall in the drills from their edges and re-coved the exposed roots. H. w sniall oa~s b. diilled in standing cotton? .Just after the cotton is picaed over run two shovel fairrows in each middie, siding the cotton as closely as it ca i be dons witnout breaing ott Limos and bolis. a these furrows drill tae seed t arougal aa urdinary guano horn. Tae end Of te norn traiung in tne !urro .v pre ~ents the scattering of the seed by tue laes and lhmbs wmecn woitd occur it so n from ihe hand. Follo g wtcn a onencrse narow and cas~er taa seea. In c3Lnon rows four feet wide such pro::dure would mia'e tne Ont erills aout two leet apart; less for narro i r ro ss. Tmts is wider, peraaps, than i deirable, but we do Lnot see how Ithey ca weii Oe mnade less, and the d:s-.ance is nOt too igreat to prevent a Igood yield. As ta jo ug oats will t tiret be sha~ded arnd so.ne what re tarded by the cotton the so siag snould oe early. The cotton stauks saould be et aloxne until tae last o: Feo:uary. K;adn., iacy will d. sam1e goJ.d as .m oreaks. Ao mt the las: of Feo ruary Knock do'.a the staltis wttn stiks, uaen with a long suoster plo f up tae roots atid rua a rolier ovce Lfna neid to mash no an eve:ymhag wnican stands up higa enough to interfere with the cradLe. Chi ao's Amus m -Dn An ides of tue extent of g:.mbling in Chicago can be had fron tne fol loing item: -'t is stated that the gamung gamnes in Caicago give em ployment tO 2 500 men. They mus: ro at least 25,000 men aznd ooys of emoloyment og oreaking dna their :eure to mrae an honest hiving." Tese ate o miua lgaures and tae re sponsible citizen cannot .view them ha felin; of equanimity.