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REV. DR- TA-MA3E ON 23USj NEzP ERS E c h O n e D m e s 1 1 e r e G d v ' ,+ : " Pulpits-Editorial it -p. =: - In a previ-.:s dsco mage having s ho' t p of tLe secular "-re i: is" speaks of the papers. His te: and lifted up'm e and behold a .:_in. v, 1). In a dreamt thing rolled up the heavens. I: e. message. It or.o e wings. It has ma destiny of nai . E Sou will look up 'ou w many lying rci. Ty e"c with great speed a;d have mess; fox all the earth. T .e ilying ro. s this century are the ne ,s :oers Ct carry messaze hu--' m nd dil. They will decide t:: hemispheres. There are in th: Uniad ?cr-e 20,000 ne wspapers The . newspaper of which I am - . was born 19 vears . seven years ago. l th b :ne has grown to about 2u...i and, by the ordinary ing the readers c f a pa te", 10,000,000 readers. U.e t - blest with many re n edited by c:onsecrated % their contributors were t e ablest a ' best of all professions and occu :o Some of those j ;urnals for alf a ce: tury had been drooping their gene:c tions unpn the nation, an they i on and will continue to live c uti there will be no more use for t mission, the world itself haviog be come a flying roil on the tempes~s of the last day, t nit out of existence There will be no more use for s*ch agencies when the world :'eass be cause, in the spiritual state, w e s, i have such velocity that we can _atuer for ourseleves all the newos o heave;, or, seeing some world in co: !hgration may go ourselves in an instant to ex amine personally the scene of disas ter. Was there room for another relisi ous journal in this land, ai;eady far ored with the highest style of religious journalism? On, yes, if undenoniia tional, plenty of room. Ncthing can ever take the place of the denomina tional newspaper. When the minlle nium comes in, it willfid as may' denominations as there are now. Pe, ple, according to their temperaments. will always prefer this or that fora of church government, this or that stye of worship. You might as well ask us all to live in one house as to ask us al; to worship in one denomination or to abolish the regiments cf an army in order to make them one great host. DE OniNATIONAL PAPERS. Each denomination must have its own journal, set apart especially to present the charities explain the work and forward the interests of that particularsect. The death of one de nominational journal is a calamity to all the other denominations. I Wor id almost feel that a great misfortune had hapoened me if The Christian In telligencer of the Reformed charch (my mother church) did not come to my house every week. for I was brough' up on it, and it has become a house hold necessity. Such a denomina tional journal had better be' edited by some orne who rccked in the cradle of thai, church aud, ordained at her altars, having be come venerable ini her service, sits spectacled and wise and, with rtear: full of sacred memories, address s toe living of today. In the most s scred crypt of our memory stands the s tatuie of the religious editors A bel Stevens and Joshua Leavitt and the royal family of the primes Irecous and Eusebiuts. while others linger on the banks of Jordan, where they will not: have long to wait for Eli jah's chario*, and when they go up, if we still be sitting at our editorial desks, we wl cry out in the me~norab'e words. "My father, my father, the chariot of Is rael and the horsemen thereof But, then, there are great move ments in which all denominations wish to join, and we want more unde nominational newspapers to marshal and advance and inspire such more ments. Yet such journals nave a dif ficutf task, because all Chris aan men, if they have behaved well in their de nominations, for some re ason prefer the one of their natural and sniritua nativity and even looking off upon the general tield and attempti. g wider work, will be apt to look at things through denominational prefernce and to treat them with a denommna tional twist . In the issuing of the religioun j-r'n al whose seventh anniversiry I prea ch that difficulty has been met atAd over come by the fact that its publisher is a: Methoais and in its editorial rooms there are a Presbyterian, an Episcopa lan and a Congregationalist, and a line of denominational prejudice inI editorial or reportorial column wouldj run against immediate protest Against John Wesle-i s "Free Grace," or Calvin's "E:ernal Decrces." or Bis hop Mcllvaine's "Canionicals," or Dr. Bowling's "Baptistery," from years' end to year's end not a word is written or printed. On all these subjects wej have convictions, but undenornina tional journalism is not the place to state them. He who tells all he knows and expresses all he he thinks on all occasio~n and ia all places without re ference to the proprieties is a boor or a crank and of no practical service~ either to church or state.I THE UNDENOJEINATI0NAL mEss. Undenominational journaaim is absolutely necessary to de-monstrate the unity of the Christian world. Wide and desperate attempt is maode to show that the religion of Jesuts Christ is only a battleground of sect~s, and the cry has been: 'If you-"ant us to accept your religion, agree, gen tiemen, as to what the Chr.stianr ligion really is. This denonuination says a few drops of water dripping from the end of the aingers is bapt . and another demands the su~e gence of the entire body. Tison prays with book, and inat one m->kes extemporaneous utterance . The re tcr of one delivers his serm-ni a gown, while the backwoocs pree ae of another sect addresses the' peopei his shirts sleeves. Some' of your - nominations have the majeti domin ant in the service and o~hr s' city. Somne of you thiu- i-~ t: 1 all eternity some m re prewi to be saved that from lle ers were doomed." Noi:i ness of Young Men's Chri da- w tions and tract socieesa . school unions and pro-c un- d -rd nominational journais tosowy falsity of the cLa-ge iP-at we. are - ing among ouirselves bygtern Christian denominations, ona one M - form or launching theui ment of all Christendo afo e style of religious prin Unity, complete ui: - any other arm-y on ear. - ly united under one ia - by one sentiment and db mander as is theer Christ ecommands ;.1teto denominations of Chritas are going to shout toget2er i a n 1' '' '' :_ _ i u l s.. J *~-f U .e cr:'s U 0e a.C~ " S a' s the: is-. r-oi i f ita 'Oi~ t.LS j Yir" that '-'auds f V :b-rty 6, L2t~'. to L"..:'k ' us bet --e t is or tr Iln. ofusil, mA.il a ;3 sf n-.'.r)a orc Is Th 'c :u jIIZao :_s t nr'vtrshry 2 prnn:ch has h1. fo itsi O- rd L ouii n r one who in' ' arc-s rv xo-~eriec--d j 1a the op ac-tie. His ather, an exile~ from is rs e la id .-,cause ci his opir:.octs ts tmo-r-'y con sa:d,1s life :^. er ihd i 'ed on itrim-.n~ aci bo o ado-- cou-a rob lu a c- Na Li-a y F- s ':_ 3"-S r0lh i" !h 0 a-'p"'C i a .bert . 1h. r-ios: or us ar u, si .:d Fromn t:1050 ' 3;:.: S UlirnS'raali zod re :..gu s prs-'~ and the e'Jitor_ c :cs b' c -e: own~ which d-ire to anty attempt ag is to put onta sackles The movement has started for ,he dem~olition of all t-' ttran1s cf church and st-ate. R-l: ;ions news4 papers riu~t stand shoulder to shou: der in this ricty march- for Gal and the wcorld's rescua. OLD FASIONED EVANGELISM Again, on t-',is seceAts a,, itv ersr I i say tnea:; is rcoom for a religious pa s~~~ ~ ~ *'.S."_, _it ~ . oV f'r)1Th rIL'. a'fr ch rej. -. * a N ecz d y a d 4 1ra 'r . r i h Lir r uC :P: ch-;as ''c' "'.3 Tee 'e' a "p t -h ecrue :ca!s '~ t" 13: pa':- 'pstn .,: ci' ''xe wn'to L'xr- s> tb "a o o a" ; abr u pens o _1 X-rc tan. txie' mna? :re1i ke0>- jm.~ Li":?n to become scero, m 3.r-'' aD'! u.-uuna.ory of th: se who a:;dree:i roihm vsI l e ro -:ivat0LS there are dusappooa:e n' nu~e who put mean t ings in r :x.-;ous newspapers a? out ministersj and o- er promiuent Ch ris-tian wor: era. U : uccsful men a:nd wsrn never like succ_-ssful men and Tvome. .ere are ed cr. and r D.)rters w -as'ea'd :f wv::.;!inr Wit,- ink, dip their !)-;s i oil of v it ro lo: iitDoai- . I - -i . .... ._ -_x1 . " ! . " 1 . . b:to iu."+e Set ,t. Z t e o e eieo Caris isC~a e .:02: uor wr0aompaar no uu: _ . :.ti e t"i , ..l "J:! . -. d one Daai t ILth to7 have S .: 1 : " B ' D o 1 :0, ''r a , a:1a~~ a '.;.. s C- (2 01_ over m"" as a:_ citer, tidnity a: a 't o . d -; -Le : ..s i 1 or it as \' .1 Gre's "D ~ 1 w ce Upo Me"i e mea;'= I . ajri s th . eoe , c .aM c atB. ris au JaZ , * e ig ro. wH'ch r'ral 'h of et i sa uolsad & r iearago,3 r " rithe t sn e - !D n ever .atr to.u ad t bi, and ang f'" :y is varentspiMgpesstn Tr e rs ivf"td, wl:l o uad to v. e. bir CC"! skorns t ;e->:o V' t; a o2Vt asC' kzli'A o" 'ad' "nt. '-An i v the dead, nnai uagat. stn byforUAd, ad: A C-APTe2 0- A JCIDENTS. t>:r'- ba-g 'anne H-1.'a ier Vuil ~Shsie Las' Wete.* It is'-''serce old str:; in Oeang-i tar"-r rather zwo stories-the ever ready pistOi aod the burninz of a ne r) coild in' a rouse where it ad' been by ivts parents s'e series of accidJents as told by the 3:.. eb irg corr'spOmdent of the Co Nel R':str i3 asoJI as follows L~re '' ( y morning " numboer of i -o ' :eroes who se~ thir time - at.g oYte str'e s C c i to goj >ui i :1ew Ods '77dS"O yea other wha thy could do, when it c~rne to &!.ig es T-ay supplied thea *vw-isg : a'd as ot :-: e .J t r "'." t'ey dJ or whe'rei ysen as ot k ia Whn iut rd tnec.-er,--o bl," atcuig n gro' x''IS i: de ' 'i pri d:red! .i-rse sos Ja Ri." , a x'cucgj *e -' o7i i-1 fai, b R"1a saysl wr~ tiv Ue Ci: t"" o3St sttruk 1:s i. th el iLe re-'uted fatal po: or d.rac, ba n t s stnali'rej 4d doiCg sil "So a'oali" has; > nars. n is nw bihind theJ Ta th fatn'liar o s oryr: that, >flavn "i negro children by arned to atta s.,cuId a ire start. I"use o a i ei hab.>uto onej a half els fro ' Orangeburg, on I'B-l 'raproad. c'iant nre andI 're a t> h 'round, with a child U i:. De-' 'the eaidre" r:ere barc y r~ yt "Ie~ ,Uh "rt~ s c the o~r .i r?b.1li*.r Tae ahe : :I \"" "er '"-tc a' :a inc O\'t.::e ut.~ isyfa c'm:-e a1. .e c o,-c' 1'Jr'ougn? Li" front dc'r. n iitoa bs~a: rcim those that C "e "he 'e literally baking hea :ancesrrive:d. ""'e1 ca:c : al apro1ch from the rou. d a u icir nd w was brekenj e~ hc :rhe InrS larger a "O"ase ju-t in fime to1 "Iab from' crr-mation. That hen't ' so'i ' ' s>'iha it was 'abslutely 3:eaib~ c"-re h' ba'by, which av' i n'es ' " roa ' rai've. Ita a 1 7 p- !-- r.SS al152z cut .3 tours tro ci: "as Ul :angebar" have 'no'm~i 'rkn ZaprO . . . on t t eCostLite d~p' early1 idyGrni": to :neet meohi L: ,ris eprteta d M ' J~ .nU '-',awedadkon GT lis:: on" na'net - 1' -ey. -u 'd - nn I'~- r' - " -1 '"" . ., .. s a .E -. -s .e - 'C tl'is is'se tee " -ing Cnfed -.. ^;-s ^te be n accused of de i . s)' parts'n to the south, "d arr1 - 'ist advarc":r 'the in t-res to to')ec who have histories for , ro-e. to it r-solved: T w e have .,o p -cu'niary inter es' in a::y history, acd emphatically al that we desire is that ii trut 'e p ulhed in r.gard to the 2 T "'t f;ut ..:ht for the prir cipirs l i -eif gocverinme'nt and 6tate'si .:tierso :: a. d : , by 'ahu, Llee and hl1' utJ.rn St tmen, and in op e by Ha-nilton, V V : a C nthers. T::t "e have reason to beii".e a.a saieiient tahrt ;s not being :udeb our so itern people anid esurc tiv by our teachers to educate tie ; o'na p -ple in the true c. .ses Sle to t:.e war and that th':re is a "-r that in adcp:irg the northern p'oiur ciation, etc., they imbibe north em opiCtons also. 4 That the war is an important and intezral part of the history of this c->untry and cannot be blotted out and that for the south to be silent simply aea s enJ iag tn iortaern ac c;onut s. 5. Taat r.1e t the State board of educatioa, whenever practicable, as a clear. coric:se statement of the "cssus beill" to incorporate into the South Carolina h stories copes of the oayths taki-n core and since the war, -6i a er txplatiatory reiarks. Oith bfcre the war: '"Ido solemn: ' shear ()r llecm) that I will be satilul and true ailegiance bear to the State of South Caro!iua, so long as I may continue a citizen thereof; and that I am duly qualiied. according to the constmi loni of this State, to exer cise the cili;e to whien I have been as 'oin'ed- and tha:. I will, to the best of ny abilit es, discharge the duti-s thereof and preserve, protect and de feLd t-e constitution of this State and of the United States, so help me God." Oath efter t:ie war: "I do solemn ly s. ear (or alirm as the case may be) that I am duly q ialiti:d according to the constitution of tae Uuited States and cf this State, to exercise the da :ies of the office to which I have been electd (or appointed) and that I will faith ully discharge, to the best of my abilities the duties thereof; that I re cognize the supremacy of tne constitu tin.i and laws of the United States over the cons:itution and laws of any Sta:e, and that I will support, protect a'd defend the coustitu:ion of the t ..ited States and the co nsitutiou of South Carolinr, as ratided by th~e peo ple on the 16.h day of April, 1883. Sc x.ep me~ G'od." 63 Tnat unt.il this can be done we sugges toat the State b ma'i of educe tion have leaflets, containing tne twc oaths, with explana:ory rem'arks printed and sent to each county super inteadeot of edacation, to be distri buted aong the achois 7. That we urge on the teachers of lhe State tha importance of educating tue childrena thurourhiy in regard to t'a causes whic led to toe war'. 8. That while we nave sccented in goed faith the oath reaognizing the sumprcnacy of the constitutiona of th; United States over that of any S-ate, in jas:ics to ourselves and the herresi anu paat--iots w'hosleep on many a bloody battledield on accountof their, deosion to the "Lost Uause," we d~e sire to pu'. ourselves on rt cord as hav ing nothing to be ashamed &. and everythe? to be prou:! cf and still be li' ve that s.ur ca~ee -vas holy, justt and true. 9 That the Columrbia State, Charles ton Netvs and Courier end our county papers be reqmested to publish these resolutions add thait s copy be sent to the .3tate superintendent of education. S. P. Dendy, Captain C)mrfande~r. F. V. M.r'ic. Sec and Treas. MARTIN THORN CONV'CTED. iIs Accaseticn of 'n Nsck. avaided Him Naughit.I M irtia T bore was convicted Wed sdm t Ne r York of murdem in the degi ree in1 killing William Gal eaurpe, his predleccssor in the asiec '(n's of Mrs Augusta Nack, at Wood d- L I. on Jane 25. At the re onest of Thorn's counsel the passing of e' dJeath sentence wansde-ferred until nert Friday mo.rnin;r. Thorn heard th jarymen polled on their verdict, ~ut eis face inever chaceed color dur aus th trymeI ordeal. With Iip. ti-,n y compressedi, and jaws hard set, he fced the Judg'e. jur'y and Court roo~n all of pctauors, with well feigned rS ic1Csm. Ahbout three weeks ago Thorn's dirs:j ~riIl on the charge of murd-r was be-I turt, but o''icg to the illness of a jurorj t had to be abarndoned after three days. A second triut onened a weei< triee days on which the Court did not t tn-a con.sumed six ditys ony. rs Nrcr :sirony during tne n's rialmade'i cm -nulsory for Tior'i's '-Vyer to e ar thei 11:- of defence ni tauc 2"nd trial, ad hae: manide at ErCt 'c a:rirs Mrsk. Nack, aidj n aite tha he ieze conresion aa li, adt tha sheherselY was the .stigatr ar d percetrator of the mu Ie. norni b-ing 'gnorant of the ki ll ugun'il G-uideesuppe had been shnot bv irs. Nack. The woman was not reduc-d dJuring toe srco.ad tr-a, b.ut ['nor 'itc on the star.d acd sub::tan aed at-: assertions made by his a- e.:; ao the micnifjes's gulisi terr.as te rCit shows, did uo nave t're des~red effecct upo n he rv cortofg L er Howe began a sum-2 ni g~ ', 5a -half of Tluorn . Judge ax's c.ar~-e was cereallyv pre ami nd :Ddlivred Ii: -'as a chdedby he .lwesfo d'&impartial T. jur remne .d 'n ela -rtion jt treehorwe are' read' to reaer a verda! -4 ac:o thiTr-t. remig out' -so lO'kg ',hr t ~- dce t asrLch ccepto pyea from her w:n ch wili .y: 5 7 nd q p1 95. eS dto(:2 a ' s, c-Aparil 19, 1',:; i 174223. -v nionrs th en n Fedm r o risons. .. . an army Oi ....' At t dae of surrende- to'- arm s stood: United States. 1.U0J 51: Con feJlrate States 272 0925 F,-omn the c lic of the Adjutant Gerira of :he United S ates July 15, Total enlistment- in 1union army ... 277 . Indi:tans (to be le ucte1; ..... - ~ >:U Negroes to be deducted 17. 75- J.'-2.50.' Total enl-t ment of White mer. 9 Wti e so:Tifers furni-he-i to l nit.d S:ate- ::rmy by secedin.: sta'es... ' N9 W hi:e - lier' furnishe.I the Lnited S :ate' army by n.n.-seced"nr Tota, troop: furr he-1 nital -steb army by -lave ho ling state.. 1>.1 Number (:' torei-ners i: led S!:cees arr,: G ermian ................... .......... . Ir:-h ....... ...*....... .............. 1 ; .-3 0 lUritish - ericans....................... - S g - .................................... 4r>,50 ) Other forei;ners.........................' T otal .................................... 41 1::'i A-ll to this white troops from the south, and negroes ................... 4.5.5,414 Total........... .......... No Thus it will be sern that the Feder at army was much larger thns the en tire Confederate States army without drawing a single nian from the North. New York with......................... .. . n 'ennsylv ania with....................... 2.j,. Total outun:abering the Confed erstes) ..............................78 .7 I Illinois With...... ................... 259 0' Oh with ..... ........................... ";:;,.1) I diana with .............................. t1 N Total (outnumbering the Confed erates ............................... 7 , 1 New Enr and states................... .1G2 slave _:a:tes............................... 16,421 Total ,'outnumbering the Confed era e= ................................ 9-' 6 9 ; States west of the Mississippi River, exclusive of Missouri and other southern states, enlisted........... :09,.r Delaware, New Jersey and District of Columbia............................ 10-~ ' 2 Total...................................... 415,1 ", This shows four armies as large or larger thau the entire Confederate army, The largest muster roll of the Confederacy for troops ready for du-y at any one tin a was January 1. 1S64; 472 731. tiE:: IM:r First Texas lost at Sharpsburg. "' Twenty-First Georgia lost at Ma na:-s s.......... ....................... ';. Twenty-Sixtn North Carolina icst at Gettysburg....~..................71. Sixth MIississippi 1 st at. 5hiloh...7. Eighth enne-see lost ot M1urfressboro M Seventeen1th South Carolin:a lost a' Fifteenth \'irginia lost at $harpshurg 55. Germans in Franco-Germ-an war..... ::.1 The Austrians in wr~r of 1S>.... 2 The allies in the Crimea............ :; Federals........................... 4.7 Con feerates.................... 9 Tais is the larg~est pronortion of any mad'-rn army that .fell arcund its stan.d ard. Nunbar of Coatederate soldiers in Northern prisons, 220.000; number of Northern soldiers in Southern prisons 270.000. The death rate in Nort~bern prisons' was 12 per cent : in Southern prisons! it was less than 9 per cent. These prison statistics are taken from the rertort of Secretary Stanton made July 10 1866, and corroborated by the report of Surgeon-Genera. Barnes the following June. The Grand OMd Bnmbua. The Republican party insisted in 189S that there was need of currency reformn and the people of the UnitedJ States were quite willing to agree, ia-I asmuch as the currency is exactlyi wha t i be R-publican party made it. Bu whilej R-ubjiem, restored to porer, still talk of need of currency reform they discover that they have no plan or are fruitful in ot-jection to suca nian as is non-oilcially suggest ed. When Cleveland, tormaintain the~ gold reserv-e,isyued interesi.-bearing co ligations the R-publican party cried cut against what they decribed as an illicit proceeding. Tney represented it as impolite as well as illicit, and now they tnemiselves are talking of issuing long time gold bonds to redeem d marnd notes bearing no interest. Bu t even as to this program there is no unanimity. The only agreement in tne nremoises seems to be that whi'e ther'e is need for Repuolican reform ofc the currency created -by R-publIicans,i there cught not at this time be any at tempt W.such reforni jest it mnizat be I unpcpular. The Republican party is a grand old humbrug. It c'eates a IC situ ation whic9. needs reformation and regains po wer on the promise th~at it i will reform, and when it has seizedj thte spoils and increased the taxes i leaus bac~k confessing practically that it has no intelig.ent plan of reform I and that if it had it has not thie cour aze to carry it into execut ion. Tne , par:y will not retire the greenoseck,je it will not au uorize the increard of national bank eirculation, it will mnainta~rn the situation exactly as it ex ists, a sitaation which. a vear ago i said was unendurable. But it was mg hty s wif t in the passaze of. a pro tcrion meaure more drastic tnan any ever before ventured by this o g-gation of spoilsmen. -Chicago Croniele.________I Wail ei a Georgia Editor. Here are a fevwhinms that a Geor-gia paper has very r-ecertly given to its 1 delinquent subs5crbers: Woo:1. on ~ subsciption would be acceptable now'. I -We feel grateful to lot of .cur suo s scribe:s who remrembered us with aje dlths week. Say, cat yuLI br. ' us a lea of w~mod on yur sub s.::puo wnen.t youi~ com-e 0 o tn I ilbe ighby louesome up. 'tee v~a t any n~oe thisl -:it r~ .. u. mr. !": .: z ' i ou after dele taa _.I?.f I. ',r os ha.e -:Mited, ,':1d c~n CreM o .so hi al: T n . preg i is frety cri.icised 'Y -L::- Or his wanti of ap prioC.?O Io e 'mn aiLd bro:ie-, and we are '. tid nt .J w'ite p)litc.acs or rounders could be more i-iportu Hae tao the ne.-ro pie hunter,. The president has thrown a nurnoer of slic es of pie of various sizes to the colred contingeut, but the cry is, still they core. The demand daily gathers force, ad the clamor is made all the more disagreeable to the presidential ear Py reas:z of the fact that th, negro liad:=s, following the example of the white leaders, are sqbuobing aa'ong tnerns2lve over the qestion of the distriuutiUn of the patro' age. Oc.e reazo2 given fur the extraoruinary rush of c Artd offi'e st kers :s that an un pree.dented prof iuacy of ante elec:ion promises was indulged in. It is ssid that the hopes of the negroes were never raised so high since the days of the "!orty acres ad a mule" delusion, and certainly there seems no question that McK'nley is "pestereu cy tne n.egro as never a president was so "pestered" before. Verily, the fourteenth and fifteenth rutndments have made the negro an 'ld man of the tea" to the R-:publi can party. In one respect, ho sever, tne negro viewed ia that b1ght differs from his prototype. Tre more hilari ous he becomes-on promises-the dro erhe clings.-Rienmund Dispatch. Too Mach Legies'atioe. in a recent rumber of the Atlantic 1Iontbuy, Mr. E L. Gdlkin, editor of the Ye ,v York E rening Post, has an able article on "rne Decline of Legis latures," in which he contenas that one of the defects of our, system of overnment lies in the great nuiber of its legislators and the frequency of legislation. Taking the state of Ar kasas for 1893, four states for 1894, ten states for 1593 and the rest for 1S).> (bocaus- the state legislatures do not all meet the same year, and some only once in two years) Mr. Godkin anus that the total number of ac:s and resAlutions p ased was 15,73J. These were passed by state legislatures alone. in addition to these, congress in its session of 1S95-96 passed 457 acts and resolutions. The amount of work turned out is really not surprising when the number of legislators is con sicered. There are no less than 447 n:.ional legislators and 6.575 state legislatcrs-in all 7.625, exciu sive of coua ty, city an' all other iocal a'uthoritiesc a pable of pass ng rules or ordinances. At this ra io of hgislators to population, 4.000 at least sould as engageA on the la -s >2 rat Brttin, wituout any pro vis on for India and tne colonsics, 3.800 oi tihose of France, about 5,000 on hose of Germaany 3.000 on those of :aly. Gsdkin thiuks that annual essions of state legislsture5sare an vil. It :s better to have sessions only nce in two years; and once ia nye ears, according to Mr. Gad kin would e better still. The~ Fension Grab. The annual report of the Commis ioer of Pensions, H. Clay Evans, o the Secretary of the Interior, says hat the pension roji has not yet bgun to show~ any diminution, hough it had been anticipated by his redecessors in oficee that such would e the case. Seven widows of revola oary soldiers, and nine daughters f revolutionary soldiers are still on he rolls. As to the finances of the ureau, the report states: "The ~mount disbursed for pensions by pen ion gents durin:g the year was $139, 39 249.12, and the amount dishursed y Treasury settlement was $1->0,475. l3. a total of $139,949,717 35. ThisI xcteds the arsntet disbursed durngj L ns:al year 1896 by tibe soim of $1, S84 9S0. 181. If the 14C71 certinea~es vhich were heldl in this bureau un il Jly 1, 1$97 hai been izalid to t ej >esioni agzents deilr. ttme rscal 3 earJ er woul 1:ave required tirst p~'y er's amcuat. t 3091,691, 'e des the anua vatue, wao-a wouid 'o have be ' charge upon the ap o ~ riin.Ts a uat s"Ced to i ction for ne av est' of pnsiors S -.0. m snows tha:. t?*(atios he -osavd ae notr s'o' c.i d and- E ag~ pay fcr their valuable s-rvices- r k i Own kri&t f.rm Tne anniouncement of B.ojurnin M. ackoorn, ed':or of the Deauy Coc ercil of A tla~at5. of his candidacy r the Demecer:c a na~tionl for ongress t: su cc d Col " r nsto, u . onm the alilanta ditrct, tu "ou a . en' pltrm . Aftr declaring hin .6 If i is. c r of thn extrert e ime'-cre-, :ion of the CLhie o piator. he ds to it this: "I beli-eve inai=a crat ha~ving some ideas of h'so ad I favrs a rat manyl 'things Lui I elive to be fruitful of good results~ >my rneore at asre not to. be fo~ t~ e platform. I a- in 'j -:.hing " u a~ :or the tou i-run-, cause I odieve trnat it is our reig- r -us duty to k'ap Southtern h'on-'s pure d un.wiled. I b-lieve the S'outh as'' tnlex six's and that the A CO .~.6. nticont o he pep a ilssti r4Jt a.s er adsaet Ho- t -e--i'ol the' seco-d i 7-d in"n with abul- 1 t e ~nali of t.e ba12 Ia - ..l w ndig uim22 (ln-: ojs:y - uler Th uga crcecdI eat ini c;ure. It is sad all three Ila r4~ POWDER Absolutely Pure ACYAL PAKM\!: "A'DR CO., NEW YORK. A Suvereign Remedy. The large number cf recent bank failures, in several instances for enor nous amounts, varying from $500,000 to $2,000,0U0. a great portion of which :omisted of the hard earnings of what s known as the p2orer classes o! our people, sugeits, as perhaps the most pretic..l way ut preventing the re :urrence of fu. ure disasters of a like -harac'er. the appoication of the Chi ness remedy inflicted upon the occa sion of the first bank failure in the Celt stial Empire, when, the following morning the bodies of the bank offi cars were found swinging from the iamp posts in front of the building. That happened over 2,000 years age, siad there has never been a oank fail are in Cnina since The remedy is evere, bat the medicine need easy be taken voluntarily when the patient willingly takes the consequences. Something must and will be done to put a stop to this high handed tniev ry of robbing the honest, confiding and unsuspecting public. Imprison ment in the penitentiaries has been tried until they are all full, and the wearing of the stripes is no longer considered a stigma of disgrace for merely dependent widows and help less orphans and kindly turning them. over to the ten der care of the alms housEs. And yet, with full knowledge. o> all this, the golden calf woiship ping Secretary cf the Treasury would. Lot only increase the powers of these heartless, bloodsucking shylocks, but. would give them absolute control of the banking system of the country.. Is it not time for the people to rise in. tneir might and power aad demand. that a halt be called. A Vorrect View. Leading Democrats of Ohio have ecided not to enter into any coalition to elect a Repuoiican in place of Han na. They declare that since they can not elect a Democrat, every political unsideration urges them to let Han ta secure a seat in the S.nate, as his >rsecc in tnat national boay is cal :ulated to harai tne Republican and ielp the Demiocratnc party more than say thing else imat corid mapen. So ne rspects are that Mr. Han~na will iceaieve the ocj .er of his ambition, siLh a comiertable sense thlat he is iy allo wea to reach it because he is rgerded as a "horrible example" ana he worst possible man for tnle place. Ne are glad that the Demorcrats of )Zio t-ke this sensible view of the aatter, ad will not assist the Repub icans ot :hat SLate to unload Hianna t.s an c o ject lesson Hanna has no qual in t'e counitry, and we are de 1.wated to anow that he will be on ex uinition in the Ui.ea States Senate for ix y ears longer. WV e wonid De glad to ~ee a Democrat in the United States knate from Onio but as a Republican as 1o be elected we are glad that ianna is to be tne man. By the time tis six year's term expires, he will be a. tencn in the nc~ strusa of the nation, nd a rankling thorn in the side of he grand old party. Wali street Paic stricken. The enlightened capitalists of Wall treet, who arrogate to themselves the. xclusive privilege of managing our ublic affairs and control the finan ial destinies of the nation, always un er British dictation, gave a strikiing vidence of their superior wisdom and kill as~ safe and reliable financiers then upon a mere rumor of the prob bilty of war with Spain being circulat d, there was a break in the market ausing the loss of $40,000,000 to the' olders of securities in a single day nd almost creating a panic as disas -ul as that cf the celebrated "Black 'riday." This would be a fine coun y judeed, were it governed by the' &ylocks of Wall str'eet and Wa I rteet inlibences5 It would b: a cow rd coun try, a pawn broking couz~try,. country re'ady 10 seli its rnom rfr turn upon the ste.ck board, a coun y u:ntit far liberty and sel! goera Snt ~No: aGold Democrat. Mr. B:-yan tells a gocd story ati :pnse of the Paimer Backr.r Dr. at: A traveling man on a Mes uri train said that he c'.A'd tell og e ioaks of tile passengers what ~iiical party they te:onged to. his man here" said the trav.eler, s a Republican . Ys" said the ~siengur "that is my politics." "Te~at an o.'er there is aD Deccrat," "That correct," responded tae second pas nger. "That man 'n the third seat SPopulist." "orrect you are," .J thne Populist, "Aud that mun rher on is a gold standard Demo at." "No I am not," promptly re ondied the fellow. "I've been sick. mt's what makes ma look t his way." 'T- is doubtful," says the Baltimore :erican, "whether any county in e State can equal Worcester in the a' of a family. Near Bridgeville -s a colored famiiy consisting of seenml nis wi - and t wenty four la ea. T wenty three y esrs ago w>il marie Martha Augn Rog:ers, * twenty-:cur childcren werc born. uechldd-. There were three sets si.T oy ears ago his wife died, d one year later Qall married ,iri. One child is tUe result of that :on. Wh~en the meais are served o tables are used, fourteen sitting one and :aveave at toe other, to od the uniucky thirteen." WEArEVERt failiigS may be imputed 8::nator ilHaa it cannot be charged at he lacks tuat audiacity which is ,iarly but exuressively known as all. ' To preach prosperity to a -o e o' s:me workers, coal miners J.:ira men~ who Lave been out work and starving for six months j rJs a cjnsiderable exercise of ye. Yet this is what he did at Bel re, Osto, during the recent cam