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PRACTICAL W LSOM. DR. TALMAGE CALLS FOR MORE F IT IN DOING GOOD Wants More Commcn Sense in M.:Erb Roigion-Absurditiea of Chnrch chi teoture and Management--T he Great Need of the W rid. Dr. Talmage in thi discoumse cates more practical wisdom n t 11t at doing good and assails rc cf absurdities in church are: i ectue at a management Th: tdx: Le U , 8, "The children of thi xc' their generation wiser '1ar t::e c dren of light. " That is ancthcr way cs! Christians are not S, i- : '' manipulation of spi-a is worldlines are skiillul ir t . ment of tempora':ites. I s e a I me people who'are alert, eseit, c - centrated and sCill'ul in o aLry matters, who in the i ' s are laggards, inane, inert. The '--:a: want of the world is more ccnm'w sense in matters of religion. L o half of the skill and fercefuilress e:. ployed in financial atfairws em ployed in disseminating the trut- s o' Christ and trying 'o make the we'. better, within ten years the iast J gernaut would fall, the last throne o' oppression upset, the last iwq'iy tumble, and the anthern that ws chanted over Bethlehem on Ci ris' w as night would be echoed and and re echoed from all naiions and kiu.red id people, "Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace, good wT to men." Some years ago, on a train going toward the southwest, as the porter cf the sleeping car was making up the berths at the evening tide, I saw a man kneel down to pray. Wor'dly people looked on as much as to say, "What does this mean T' I suppose thA mcst of the people in the car thought that the man was either insane or that he was a fanatic, but he disturbed r o oe when he knelt, and he dis turb-&d no one when he arose In alter conv,:rsa tion with him I found cut that he was a member of a church in a nortirrn city, that he was a seafaringz man and that he was on his way to New Orleane to take command of a vcssel. I thought then, as I think no,, tha :: such men-men with such courace for God as that man had-ten such men would bring the whole city to Christ: 1,000 such men wcu:d bring this : bole land to God; 10,000 such men, in a short time, would bring the whole earth into the kingdom of JTsus. T: he was successful in worldl:: s fairs found out. That he was ek::uui i spiritual affairs you are well pe-suad ed. If men had the courage, tce pluck, the alertness, the acumen, the industry, the common sense in matters of the soul that they have in matters of the world, this would be a very dif ferent kind of earth in which to live. In the first place my friends, we want more common sense in the build ing and conduct of churches. The idea of adaptiveness is always para mount in any other kind of structure. If bankers meet together, and they re solve upon nutting up a bank, the bank is especially adapted to banking pur poses; if a manufacturing company puts up a building, it is to be adapted to manufacturing purposes, but adap tiveneis is not always the question in the rearing of churches. In many of our churches we want more light, more room, more ventilation, more comfort. Vast sums of money are ex pended on ecclesiastical structures, and men sit down in them, and y ou ask a man how he likes the church. He says, "I like it very well, but I can't hear." As though a shawl fac toy were good for everything but makin shawls! The voice of the preacher dashes against the pillars. Men sit down under the shadows of -the Gothic arches and shiver and feel they must be getting religion or some thing else, they feel so-uncomfortable. Oh, my friends, we want more com mon sense in the rearing of churches. There is no excuse for lack of light when the heavens are full of it, no excuse for lack of fresh air when the world swims in it. It ought to be an expression not only of our spicitural happiness but of our physical ecmfort when we say: '-How amiable are thy tabernacles. 0 Lord Go-d of hosts: A day in thy courts is beittr than a thousand." Again, I remark we want more com mon sense in the obtaining of reliai eus hope. All men understand that in order to succeed in world:.y d rce tions they must concentrate. They think on that one object, on that one subject, until their mind takes fire witn the velocity of their on -thoughts. All their acumen, all their strategy, all their wisdom, all their common sense, they put in tLa: one direction, and they succeed. But how seldom it is true in the matter of seek ing after God. While no man ex pects to accomplish anything for this world without concentration and en thusiam, how many there are expect ing after awhile to get into the king dam of God without the use of arny such means! A miller in California many y ears ago picked up a sparkle of gol from the bed of a stream which turned is mill. He held up that sparkle of gold until it bewitched nations. Tens of thousands o'f pecple left the:r hmes. They took their blankets. ad thei pickaxe3, and their pistols and w-"- :c the wilds of California. Cities spra us suddenly on the Pacific ecos:. chants put aside their elegant apr and put on the miner's garb.Alth land was full of the talk about gold~ Gold in the eyes, gold in the ears god c in the wake of ships, gold in the -tree' I -gold, gcld. gold: Word comes to n's that th1 eu tain af God's love is full o-f gold: thw . men have been digging there ar'd have brought u;. gald,~ ad aeo-s and carbuncle, atnd jas er e-, onyx, an - -u-a s .tu stones out of which - va of heaven were bul'd Wc cn of aman who, digging init a for one hour, has brought u~ tre:se worth more than all te ste' t: keep vigil over our sick and dii' world. Is it a bogus company that i o ed? Is it undeveloped terory-v 0:1 no; the story is true. There ar dred and thousands of people -se would be willing to rise and testif that they have discovered that C'ole and have it in their possession. Not. withstanding all this, what is the ci cumstance? One would suppose tha: the announcement would send pet pl in great excitement up and ao s a our streets, that at midnight men would knock at your door ssi'g t they may get those treasures. Ias'.v of that many of us put our Larus b hind our back and walk up anda dc in front of the mine of eternal rih and say, "Well, if I am to be saveid.I will be saved, arnd if 1 am to be ksi I will be lost, and there is nothing to shout it." Why, my brother, do y~ou not that way in tus ness mate-rs? WIy do y ou not tomorrow, g o to your es u and eit down and fold your atuns axa say: "If these goods are to be sc-d. they will be sold- There is nothia, for me to do about it." No, y ou dis patch your agents, you print your ad vertismens ou nadon yonr snow - u eae :" a free imn--a umrow be ::ter - choice htoher n 'rte :t~r , 'u.. .:i : a il , 1.E:, b : :css throu h c. C'vive C -,.u rr Coe th: r I c.'r i :- rJI:e (:' :: . m _, e cmmn se e c,: se :3a' ethusm1; inj A(., I C kic e at moeI . c u t:^r. serin he kildin- up an d ! } e aie ' eur r.i L"a catrC.n (I- y . in -s a m o r, y 'ou, xctr' that l'la on i's e. at would you 000 aoner3 i. sTuh on, then o' eif o five : ea'rs a take no inquy inrear tO t e i nvm t oue came bact s'e up o thae cashiir 0e the 'inCin a'.. Ay, "Hvie y ou We 'that t 07 sa'py tat I lde i.c ~ ou :" . ' ut 'bi t n Test oar sho:t ~ iert o a ot dsk idern r ou , anis n tcm on 0 s 1 " s Nthr is it o that; : nsth Cy wce ac: m' me ters ow e oe.e We' mak e farme~i tatr ofvest i w- "- cr meint c thf 0 Werinvrt We our *:ul Is itecmlvAew weer A-re e ee,.'i ttors? od i any otter an di d we open ie, ando ve sa3: 'Nowr vd:at does this boonj noa to teac me: W t s a book on Iastronomy. It will teach te astrono my. la is a bcok on political econo me. It will teach me poitical fconof ask ourselae what it means to teach?! It mans to do just one thing. Get he world converted and get us all to hvn. I That is wnat it ono-ss 'o do. BIt winsteach oe poitica. ointo my"Taigupei Biblea ~ait opc dlowe or we gn o s uists one thisg.etg to. figt otead oritat wite gor int go as logicians trying to shar pen our mentai faculties for a better argument and we do not like this about the Bible, and we do not lire that, and we do not like the other thing. What would ycu you think of a max 'ost on the mountains? Night hascora-: dowr. He can no! find his way home and he sees a light in a mountain cabin. He goes to it, he 1:necks at the door. The mountaineer comes out finds the tray eler aud san: "Well, hera I have a lantern. You can take it, and it will guide you on the way home." And suppose that travaler should say: "I don't like that lantern. I don't like the handle of it. There are 10) or 15 things abcut it I don't like. If you can't give me a better lantern than that, I won't have any ?'' Now, God say s this Bible is to be a lamop to cur feet and a lantern to our path, to guide us through the mid nih ftis wo' t h gates of the c cstacty. We- sop a::d say we do no:ik ha:s scut it, and we do not 1k tha:. a-d we do not like : :e our wy toour verlastius~ home. Then weco o: eadthe Bible as we read oher- bookhs. We read it perhap~s f our or fiverminu'es jast before we re t.e at ni'at. We are weary andske I'ch edof the book is up. We drop cur eye perhaps on the story of Samson 1nd the fre or upon some geneacgcal tale i- ' portant init placeon bu .-rrg no more reng -'us ee begat/ -erdy e uy iseao opC tice o--e:-' a eaanr. Ihow~t .. e us: common~ -e'se~ i - O) Lo d, g'ive me something -- els, ngit w d no no we hav i do no watc am nt Ior :ts comin:.t. As 'a n~rhs t o02 teleg-raph cr y' '-u he n er-i r .'eI ce-*-t'-. S T -.ba Wasr~g: an rot ge-tiu it, --ki, ~skg u'itii yc. ge t u Now, my b-e-hre,-" 's noit that coim mon sr-? I- we ask ' a thn~g from "anl wa~tch a'- 'wa" : ut'il wegt dlIr~ak Igiw atmr an .-y ar ""a''Vur s. - n a a an ar . -c. -'em .o v. "narn |j Cou ws 7ou: v re as cOc as I .L c .eryo, 1u _ so far b "1. alav drve men aay fro01 f : it a' e ( .v i ""' a a - Cr:L here a alr sb ve-. a whde they re ( r ilar'ty si to one of then:, ( C0 org, what ist th1 tErs: s'een of v: om George luooked up : ::a said, "E4rr :ta . n~a!hi: o abusins."We: it W"s a1 vry ro." anrswer, b ;t It wa 'et 11 I r:-, t~al i'. .t-e as though1 1! t were a ,! tb 3s W e :ru3t be neu;ral in_ the.t rnt re'n t c.Oa '.. .- se t ha . - i c : roo car- ut t al as n a ehrr tti g ad on'E r Tli 1h Fr no o su ruce d in .ic' &s : ofrC.2r in wsork au tss he"' 'r nat v We want Itoto itt tu Lord? J er:.si Christ, r ho plucke :: roem fsprem the grass cf : ie d a wArd to i i:.te ? vr who talk 'th fare sat the man who -nt forth to so v, at-d talk.ed witht the frrnaot h rw it: h-a emn about v''th drawnt e- nu i a brot s fish of all s)rs, ana' W ed it the vine dresser aout th: infer in the vinesa-d. ani ta'ked w :h ria e supper,and tal-d with h ran crantd in moue" nutt*rs a'ut the two debtor,- 'and talked with the w; man about the ast that lEa veed the wnel^o n ao r~ ~ sharherd about the lest she p C!, we ight gater even the stars Of the sy and twist the:i like foret menots in the garland of Je'ss ! We must bring everythiong tohi-e w. a::h of :avguag-e, the tu nerness ci sentiment, the delicacy of meruing n a cloud, 'he t: nzmed snf o' th e ts seU , tS:c bu toircng tuhder geas of t::k ^r' bmbar:at, Y es, every s:.r md.: pint wtn to him, every heli trope m et reatedis raide, every arop '.n .re summer must iasn his ?ry, all til. tree branaches of the forest must{ thiing their nsic in the -rand mo ad nt thou bebrted aih worl reemed. all , all this eihag so, what is t: c: mtn sense thatg fcr you a. fn n:e to i that e dit came wre dentd upon tree facts-tre&e tcea The first ac;, Tat si has rind us. It r~as blasted body, mind an-d s We want no B be to rove that we are sinners. Aiy man who is ot willing to acknowledge himself an im perfect and a sinful being igisimply a fool ar-d not to be argued with. we all feel that sin has disorganrd t entire nature. That is one fact. An other fact is that Christ came to re construct, to restore, to revise, to cor rdet, to redeem. That is asecand fact. The t ird f ect is that e only ptie we are sure Crist will pardon is the res hren wouw, what bste somuch, aense thursdfar lust Frdayi vew n o the thee fadtlss-whe wuld yo agrendit mto q utr Wbn,tk yohrt cndtan Sepse oul micae: buImediael in whsesllillndyou tha mpteretwfeencsi shod 12l o'lock tomorrow, Mon dymorig orin betwen s11l accom plishuisabuponrhuesdayu mayhtak nesao t nd on Wednesday teei espo lecs and less-whnd lewou ll o attend to th tmattroi. Why, yous commn g ~u onsense woul dicate "mdately I wilca Hterer tohthatmatter bte1 cmodro2 o'clock tomorrow, Mnay plis nt. but nTday e may anot, ano'edea thee5 ais lesssro pect and ess, andhess Inj sile ttnd no. it oolr ."Now, lek us ingi our ~ commo n ino tht mter was rego. sa e atre teopes o th spel.o Wet ay gespt tenrw -e mayngso', the ot ess aid Is a no "aw.t 'I'- would not haveo oui ths 'aye to Itdia non Orio atsitnCrrint wa I ble t save all n the le.I ould o alm " toapply b wouldeot.aeh Suppose in Venice there is a Rth a faded picture, great in its time, -vari'g some marks of its greatness. ili tory describes that pic:ure. It is aearl -add away, ''Oho, what aL 2ity that sco wonderful a picture by \phael should. ba ear'Lyu defc ~saillful in art, ad het' proossto Lhile tee'oesan aris who i h denjce' inhs a-bll'y. He toch'si 1ere-erud there. F'ea ure a"ter fe.-r vita th) 'uei s os:'ei is or~inalrower -' o': a '- r "a' .0 d by atiu) o hoev. la ban- done' to save yorso. 'cere cld e an emotional tide o-ver sha 'Maimma," said a little child to her nother, when she was beinz pu'. to >Cd at night; "mamma, what maes icoar hsnd so scarred and twiste-d and enlike othie:-people's hands?' "Well, iad- he moter, "my child, when you w'e- e younger than y ou are no n, yearsj go, one night after I had p:,ut vo sed I heard a cry', ashriek up stairs [came un~ arnd found the bed was oul ire, ard'you we-re on iire, and I took~ "' of"o and I tore of the burning '-arn.ts, and while I was tearin he~ elandtrylue to get you awayI bundm hand, and it has been carredta:. d twist- d ever sin ce, and "ard- looks any mor ike a hand. arie'.-barr-d in-ukn you ou itwa~y are ieal:.e e l h TH. SOSLE CONFEESON e Pcr. MlEs Ddlah FALs h's efesssd her f"'are In :.e tragic d cst'h ' f .r rcme Kee Mmwowsfnd dxad : eo : : Weverly. , th2:,d o :t August atd *. y otr - urx an nc con essss she tig te s!etstht :led him. She :1a_ indicted: tday -.rid it .. 'aid hi:r a a~cca i -Ie *'- -re the fact, aie:ed tom rrrar tiiss a'es ch: atfes that when she was a me"e caild.(' 3 ears, he elder Kern be"t :aVye-_1 :r :ir' 1 :d ta C er a ft, r h e r Mr i : attentirs. :20 etes0... l--I ccrtto r. rwd bu as m ' r' tim h:.d JCrom isT b by 'h"tthe iam .hr for - :.'P,: 'entry 5. I' ki ed hN v.c'i hattion etw s 'a ., s: :e d." pray wt ba the ricnr:er I eod he man as & pr tear c1ri'-'uis.m - .: -e eu!! sied n aa of e capcinc . O2 mC C m setrary ad rthe eal Gcar t o: -e c: m r n'5 to n! t lif frd toe aY ent w a tha ke ead was dI l I evehi slept so7r wel s'-t I did e aer e fre the o cal h' - ian as hot fp putt'ig hima out f th t a a they Se ws d-'l. I' 'ees," shptso speid as s the ret voer f the uly. Oe w ay therder Ierl et cet the n, ol ) and hotf h shat h n. hed c:sa he the op-sic nrtidty in th hest ee woirtie icr a ed hie kss d mlking an an 3.men~t for .h flw n ornie th ne foe s er:ar r ho e h ine They ..He was on hi: knees, srys :er1 crrfessione. " be'ore I sa'. mny cnsrace to kill oim. I had he revolver j:st intside my coat, wh'ch was buttoned up. As he vas kneel:ng there I pull ed out the ret olver and shot him quily in the chest He whirled round on his knees a little way, and bee fell forward I shot him in ire b.ck I don krtC whether his .;'thes caught fire or not, I hurried Twen fbllys the detail of the plot ting of the t wo to lay the crime at the door of John Lewis, a former lover o f Delilah's. They even prov ed a letter purporting to have been written by the deceased on the day cf his murder and which was left where it would be readily found, as it was a few days ago. This letter said that if harm came to Kern, Lewis must be held responsible. William Kern's confession corrobor ates that of Miss Faie's in almost every detail. __________ THE TALE OF WOE. southemn Milts Fueh~ng New England MlI1S to the Wafl, Although Boston is the centre of the cotton mill ousiness of New Eng land, the men prominently connected with the trade would have little to say concerning the action of the Fall River manufacturers in voting to re duce wages beginning Januoy 1. The treasurer of one of the Fall River mills who wass willing to discuss the matter said he regarded this cut as the. beginning of a serious time, not only for the Fall River print milir, but for all the cotton mills in New England. The key to the whole situation, he said, is the relative cheapness of scuthern labor, which could not be better shown than by the fact that it cost the same mill in Georgia or North Carolina 35 cents to produce a poursd of material and in New Eog and uG cernts. With this fact in mind it is evident that thie cut of 10 per cent is not goinz to help iratters much and the only thing ihat will do any good a*pn will be a'adical cut of sayr 20 r 25 pe cent. This 'would inev:-I tnl bri'ng on a strike, but. vibh ::ut o 1) or 11tper cent., Lesr ys Ahr would he 1ittle likeliho:d of a strike. s te operatives rare w el ar qu--inted with the couditions and kn.- that a rductiont of some kind is raeces. Ven this would still leave - o hr u.ce of ab'out 25 per cent on. the cost f the labor in .'avor of southern :mils :oc gre-at a diff re e to struggle usainst succe-u!!y. In the first phe ns the trea u- r, thea outhern nmilsI ve every na'ural advantage; they 22'e chcaner O' cto an-d less burden tome taxe-'ion. Some of the iilois a Fd~i River or -r-star tce, ha.ve a gearly pvyment of $1i,000, 15,000O d ev 9900 in' taxe to r.-tke, nresl Georia and N -rh Cr-ro-j na ae ili'ar i ar insta-esI ri iifrec' Jies, accordi~ng to '1hec uthis s godas it is here ad tak-n s a r o'e is. abot :3 percent. ci--ap. -r oha *~'clm nOcrCuf-c u S hes N e g gs sbr-rs --re limited ii 58 31 in te .ith theyV a'~- uto ed. Ti:e only hopj. fer the N.-' I h1d ila ceordog.- to the- so-a . s e '-r inl tK i unrvernient 1 0rn ii mar':e', or in. a general raiguC I.' e addiLs between the TaZndem n telligencer say s the co'ng s pid ground aong hu eypeof the soate that the Ler 'e establiert of sernerate white ma coloi c jivonile r-formnatories. b'er ' the e 1 t ~ht it is apity to 1h. rison c-ildr-en among harde-ned criaii 1- alm~o very other State in the :fon except this is provided tsith uoch refrL-atories. Rev. R chtard .arrol, a proaninent colored minister >f Columbia, has recently contribute very sen'sible article to the Colum'bia apers on this sul j'ct, which deserves e attention of tur law-makers. A '\A Ei:ER PROvIT -One of th'e >est weather prophets is the si~ider. If here happ~ens to be a web in the se uded corner of the porch, watch it trefally for a fe'w days or wcek and .ne '.pider will unfailingly predict the :omriue of storms When the spider ats quiet and d al ir- the rnid dle of its reb, rain is not far 0iY. If it be active towev-er, and continue so during a ;n,uthen 5i Wib of brief dura Tuo( 1 the stae o New. Yoit Vet1-mcai by 6,It votes at .he 1:sYt C L~ctie , the- asseobiv remains 0.-tubtiean, becaause the greater city ? New Y rk, although 't has half the iopulation of the state, is a;llmd tot -tect orly fifty-nine assemblymen out oitT of 150A BLGWNXI TO ATOMS. A TERtiIFO DYNKAM'TE EXPLCS;NI NEAR COLUN:SA. The Mag z'ne at the i1Ichlmia "uary It:owni Up-Mr. Bran, Ils Keeper, Meets a Fearful E:d-The hcek Felt in the Ab u ore 'cock Thursday afrer ncon many houses in the city off Co lumbia were shaken until the window pars rattled and many citizens on the stre'ts stdpped for a moment puzzled b' the roar of a terrific explosion. Many ondEred what it was. It was 1r,: ion umil they knew that I2 :ou'dof dynamite had been c entaly Exet a mile from thed city n hta:anhd1e'bo a n- ce'1-bythe dcait Je. aum n uJ:o. Bra , ;kr:zu n vracciait s :s "Jer- r, 1ad pn tednamnite. m15an iover : :Lid s'--y. in a 'e"' o -r s the erfl e'-.xplosion fo1llwed and then the workren 1l} yrdCs aw.-v re overd from the shck, they had .ard '-ork hunting through the ields for the bloody particles cf -hat WAS but a fey minutes before, their ?low wor :sn. If any maa ever met an instant death Jerry must have Fxactly how it oczurcd no one will ever kno. The only possible cause a"si::fd is that Brant was smokirg is pi.e when he we-it to the naga :n e. knowing that there is no ca-ger of dynamite explocding without con e ssion; that there was loose powder in the magazine and upon this a spark from the pipe was dropped causing the racessary coccussior to explode dyas mriie stick s. When the ccunly "macadAtm quar r "t was establish d on Smnith's bra ch about a quarter of a mile from the :air road, Capt Sigh built a wood-u sagaz'ne on the side of the road which runs from the main road to the quer ry, on the hill side. It was about 4 yjaris fr, m the tool house further on a.:d 100 yerds from the quarry. Capt. Sli :h p!aced the keys of this magazine, hich waseight feet long, ftur wide :nd three deep, in the pcs sessicn o' Brant, who was an experi enced quarryman. He was 51 years of age and had been handling dyna mite for many years in qlarrying. Capt. Siigh said he was careful, ex pert, al-ass pleasant and faithful in carrying out all orders given him. He was one of the first men to be em ployed at this quarry. He lived in the city on Plain street near Wayne. Thursday the blasting was all done early as usual. In the magazice there were two and one-half boxes of dyna mite sticks, 125 pounds in all. Two of the boxes had never been opened. The other had been opened and half its contents used. The electric battery, fuses and caps and other appliances were also in the box. About half past 12 o'clock Engineer Taylor Marsh, who by the way was the conductor who stooped the runa way electric car on the incline last summer, returned from the city bring ing with him a roll of new fuses. He handed the fuses to his colored fire man, Jnc'. Bowers, who carried them to the magazine box and laid them down, going back and telling Brant to go put them away, Brand, who, so one of the workmen, had but a few moments before lighted his pipe, went in the direction of the b-:x. No one paid any attention to what he was doing. Mr. Marsh was standing in the door of the tool house and his fire man was inside. In an instant there was a blinding flash, a roar and an explosion that knocked some of the men down and stunned them for a few moments. Mr. Marsh was hit on the forehead by some flying object and had his scalp cut open. He stag gered inside the door and leaned against the wall. His fireman was knocked down by the sht ck; he said he crawled out of the back of the sbantv. Mr.~Wray, the well known livery mran, who was standing on the Smith's branch bridge and was p-ssibly the only one who saw the ex plosion, though from a distar cef of a quarter of a mile. He saw something fly through the air at ~ she timse he noted the tlbsh, this prcov ed to be a bundle of fuses !cuud later 100 yards away. When the smoke ciesred away t'reI was a fresh hole in the hillside where the magszine had stood. When a represe'ntat:ye o: The State arri-.-dih oulk of the remains of Br-ant were found 32 yards from the hole in the mid dle of the road lead ing towards the J main road. The man ha~d been blown through three clusters of chinaberry trees by the roadside, the body break i:3 <it limbs in its passage. On the tree ii bs could be seen mangled por t'ons of the body-, the trees were be spattered w-th blood arnd here and there strips of the qiuarryvma s eleti ing vere sen UOm of the iau's don ges was. taken fiom a tree. The mis in the ro cd was so mangled that no ae ccd tell what portioni of thie Yav it -euresented wiine-r close ex .iic.The head was blownL -f .etnkwas disemboweVo, both *ers were mrissig. It was-' a mr-e mxLss. Seac abouttheu ti-ds resu a -: the onding of tirst one foot thenL aothe r, the shoesbonofog - Srn-r-lyv ennu24n one of the man' -iswa oudi:: thbe onpcsiev direcsi~m sttequarry. All the piece:S of board, r-m'-ins of the eCh7tr;c )att-ry u- s, tc .:er-e found in~ th~e da c Kim of of Lvatt's payk-a direc-.iou at rmeut angles to that taken by the vie- ~ :im-far avay. Oue coil of fuses was found fully 100 yards up the hill. it had not b en injured at all. Capt Sligh was up the road. He real.z~d what had hannened as soon as he heard the explosio'n and wa.s soon Dn the sc'ne. He said he had beentoidt that all the powder, which hsd been bntught for grading blasts, had been i s.If there was any in the masga- ' dae he did not know it. All wo'l was suspended at the quarry and tnt C workmen began a search for the scat tered remains of the dead man. Capt. Siigh sent Engineer Marsh to the cili t-' Dr. Gibbes, who dressed the wound e ina his head. Coroner Green was notified and ant inquest was held resulting in a ver diet in accordance with the facts. The county authorities sent a casket o-ut and the mangled portions of B~rant's body were collected and plac ed therein.-State. The Unloaded Oun. Thursday morning, about 10 o'clock Jce B~rry, aged i16, while playing r with an -unloaded musket" killed his c ten year old brother, Brantley.He: sys that one of the neighbors passed d and gave him some gutecmps ar.d 3 while trying to see if the gun wouldji: "pop" them it i red. The load, which was'a big one, struck Bransley gust above the right ear, blowiag e if the whole top of his head. About the same hour. Charley Berry, brother of the two above named, haa his thrca:. o cust by Edie Mixon, at White i ond. '1 The knife heing dull, Berry escaped b~ witb his life. All of the above named v parties live in the lower edge of Aiken cons..-oinmbia Register. a ccr31 S c'in-3 kian to Fnt tale Price o: Cnttcn s Fair Figum, To the Elitor of The St.te: "elieving as I do at h' cir.ans of your vaa'le paper are oper v the diss~.ssicn of any arnd all sur j cts which is to relieve the farmers ot cur touthlard of the reat .i uarwisi str::in urdn hich thy. -ae ,o asinr, . sa privae ktter Irom heliL.1. M. C. Du:er in ie exr esssC his views at somte length. I wo'u'd be glad if ycu' w-ould pblih this kt;( as I amsur it woubli he ppreciatd by marry of your er'ors W. r.. fRADL!:-Y, Troy, S. t , Dec. 2. A.-- s ahion D. t .. Nov 2 -e i prv ist-a-cou '. s vies a-_: er' : La em:_t1 9 , "if a :r' .ls trect s:: euatcrs' and re-: ir:n: o very mon who hanles cotic a-cri: ss cu f h; 0as' um pr' es will ro' mend n".-- rs. I-s- "'no h uetin ther derarciaim of st e".ltors . ould specchte :e r Ovif theyhad e pp:ty. Ibe o:-IV way t'1 bet ith.e Socl '.rrs, dealers ;in- fuu res, Iis o ma:.ie our-" - Ives a so: teiv :r.deue:ent of t bem nis c orly be done byo br t ;o Icr' of slaver , arnd no ma can ca'ro ha e earns or rrduces so long as rdo, her has a caln on: it. buat let Ltis slav Cfd ,otce ^ft a ;;ar'.s su1 of ford *o i f...d f lr owe terb bek t . o s Now I know how diicuilt iis to gt oen en-a.cd in farmir. o c oser" e about ani; trng, men recuod to living to themselv: 1'I r.g d f inderenderc ' Add e-l relianc' nit found in any other calling, besides they live far 9oirt as a ru'e, a:d it Is always dtli::ult to get them to turn cu'. and me et for consultation. Tray may for awhile, but interest scon fags and fiaaiiy nothing short of a fire. famine or epidemic can vet them to gether. We all admit the truth of this; we all deplore it. We all sce the necessity for unity and concert of ac Lion, and yet it is not done. The original idea and purpose of the Alliance was to bring about this very concert of action. but the politiciss got hold of it and made it the ladder by which they could climb into of ice. Mr. John T. Raddey, formerly of Rock Hill. S. C., now in the cotton exchange of New York, proposes to effect an organization of cotton raisers, and insists he is going to do it wheth er we help him or not. I do not know what his plan is, but I do know be can have my assistance on what ever line he may adopt. Every trust in the Uhited States the sugar trust, the tobacco trust, the beet trust, each and every orne of them have the best businiess talent in the world employed in their organizations and management. What we want is an organization, all it what you will, 'Trust,' 'Piant r's Union,' or what not, of the best business talent we can get to hand le his cction question. They can organ 'zr omething that we can support aad play one class of business men against he others. The first step is to try and imit the acreage and production. ext is to get control of a million and . half or two million bales of cotton nd corner them so the speculator can-'t reachl them vitbout payirvg for then:. rh1s w.:uld not be a trust in the legs.! rceptation of the term, it woud rnot se in restraint of trade or commerce, ad therefore, not obnoxious to the rule which denounces whatever doies estrain trade or competition. Suppose for instance every man who makes four bales or upvwards igrees to withhold r market every 'ourth bale, and pit'- it in the hands of t bcdv ot sbrewd. faihful busir esr men necrid by sutlicint capital to he Pem mril rc-e?uective prices could be -elized. Thi wudscure t-i or hree mm lion .l. H ie' cmo.'d the >ears derver if they- sold short . 3h risible su-p y wcu'd b- in our nands bd Mr. Bear would :have o pay fo is cotton Cr go to the w-all Hec vculd co to the wall and stop har' nring dosrn the market. The 'e-s re the fellows thiat depre-s the~ markt vea full cr'ip is iade.- hey ca-i ell shcri nifty or a hund.redi milion rakos and by !rsving nan urd detni rth the spinner wvbo "van' to' buy" pot cotton cheap, kcep the roarket ow-n, the pr' ducer ise vic"im. But, if the pre"d cer, t rough -r o d ba.ckc the vi-'in~ wpytesi era ad spcuto m .'t pa fa it.I *d eenuL to d: fo cotton thrcmu itv r -u "tat i nee which would enab- "e -o m N.-. '"ere is 'oge'-saso "se. honesty ard hid- iy Coo exe-' ut yv -aoity, to') anow -v to ma.: ge e and tu. e care of money is ~rat is wantec. Tme neast tbing we nil ali h-ave to learn is to surrender omething of our own opinions atd recoceved jurdgmnents and myract rsdom from a multitude of emunsels nd experiences. We w1l rave to ust somaebody if wie expect to win. i the best of us can do is to exerciset ue caution an d judgment in soliciting ur agents and toien give them faith ful d cordial s'sppc-r:. One thing is very ertain: we can' '. be nuch worst-C rhatever may happer, and ma 'cej nmediately neinedtted. I nope so-rething practical will b voved at the Atlanta cos rAtiona he second Tuesday in Decemrber, atnd at we may be put ina positon to ave something to say about what rice our cotton shall bririg.. As it is. re have no more voice in that ma' ter an an inabitant of thae Congo Free -ate. I trust you will cintine to i!2te rest ourself in tnis all imp ~rtant question, 'id. let us see vy kncekinig our hea.ds >gether if we can't open- the door to a iore satisfactory cs'ndition for those f us wiso are e 'gag-ed in th a cultiva-j on of cotton. WXe cer-ainly -.i- i ot so by sitting dow~n swetaring at Vali street seulators 'and"~rbers 2 cotton futures. A oU~a x'i rrry. It is said that ead ish ar e sa n 'r s that they are btirg wash ed up aug Island by the sur f. arid ecau-: y the~ inha:Pi:a. cu n x::r a ithout tackle of aruy kl: . That is rety good i'sh storv for as far northr Ts Lo slard somndt Ttce cerl ..:.: ;if theo .',:ii -'av,', the ct y e is r.en ill yf a : f .or and p:Tiu: The r.en re:e ai 'mi texcept'Oio of Steph:a:". badtC~' de-;:,ed a cae f :u b rne:s shich his trao- er ic a ard tim m com'otin.: TI e m f the' wheel is b'in'ni :, .dject the e ids and briai ard " vn ae icatcs Cf s! ep whica they al:o thmtsz"res, th:e: imari e thisy are, ill rising. The r:.en must be forced to s'eeu in most instances by the train ;s. Thev wa:.t to be u'p ard away at wepace wich .a: shown no laing",. I c the sta wa T d'- w'. er'ul en: d r:ne cf the en s best sho"n b e t u ime sp,.t .?" s ep ;r lead.'.. dier h e hur1 d ... l e 1: t e rdei s12 hmils . :x, Pierc? S a a.:d ai dr.ad : - v ur 1i r s s to e E's:es " mad 160 o s ,eai-rg b.e :the ie ..ee tode v. s:.id : -I! l:. bru.: x h:ttion a;nd shrui e )Cdi cot:!!Ged? 'ort wi.v It is .C'. f.se:.nt ie hibt~in, ~storain hic orbrute 're - prey; Lc 1' It: e crosea to the bi: rd oc heath c:it s dtr l e.s-tal to) .e:ie r'd helt of th.e aruci th hc ,ardrd can :'se i s' d s it ' Dr. E .yard W . i r - iOeawte uki~ d"" 'a The CeA in ,~~~~~~~~". stl o~r'~I- %C r tine. tt parici::m- s cen iere ' cov r r: h'ind thl e! i-ts o' t'e strain, an.d ee nt te surprsed if soe kothin the mt bicn asvin manics before Saaurdtc a n." The C:lu bra "Sptat coul bei ore ce tru'n sases Ya kpde . w me kp:m o thlyc 0d ot lie torc Iusf cvi:uz. tien to t is toeighted co:untry of ours, who sphdder at the race.1 of the gla diatorial contestsf eold Rome, sneer at that civihzaeion of Spain and Mexi co which cnjos bull fighting, and would even clip the spurs of southern cameccks, manage somehow to enjoy lookirg ac a lot of men 'o:turirg rd killing themselves in a six day bicy cle match. Nothic g in accient or mocd era "sports" could be moare cruel than the race now beic un in Madison square garden, where men keep on the bicy cle 36 or 4 hours mithout sleep, traveling at te rate of 20 miles a hour; where ore contestant falls cff his wheel asleep and is not awakened by the shock, and where another is driven a club to keep up the crucifying competition. The taste which can enjoy such a spectacle as thes men make must 'be brutal iodeed. No Money i^ Cotton. Mr. B. C. Hu... reys, of Cycoone, Ga., is cne of the few farmers w}t o has given the cotton plantirg questic n that he as :s6 bneinng Thfrop the fa.ythat eire all oe his worke one phante got or iadt. an. acunt chy evefrtnte ispeln ns his croa afast as it was gathered. foriresa care ote bnoueang tc aeeman hei thinin of oingth itoc that cotton ras Hempreysn planedo2 es otti o on ban-t tne-avre aren gaute th rk done ino istarckt to fiish.v He has jrut0 on e 'aeperiyent.i an afte gting ter repso the 27. th crop estuc a 1 DOiance and foun tualyccs?iU d2ntmre.t ae: tha e got for it. Mr. -Humphreys cou~- r haveu been'~ mude in the th resen~t' ri do er p s o to re.c on in hspcke todso er th'tt t th satmet-e a ai G~ieu ~.~omr Tc hr a ou t aee a ina :.,e prd'c.: - i o .e c x 5; a ~tek b;rtiore tent ?..h ti di nic ipcai.Icd of tim 'E '0 ti: Co .e a lrnu~ n' :cqainan. aog it me t o~-a caens rcr unerers ofl the se coU"ty, j a )d a esis Ulcoc Im :i s oWe er th the Coflumb th annals toa: - asiT od 'as ad' - ked n r a tha wou--. h 2~ a:.otd himle orar eL eyera u :-:uhi bi. thet u;ii ~ see tore a oti pa cuis nc:e. and ba o ~d s ot-:a We~f oy spetlully "' vach Gsuv mer eI nan in up la c e eu ifbr, N. oC. * iv: e. ago 1:J r n .he srice of a yer asgo b tseicot t>p dfend:.' him'f pa s e and pled~ ohgy" tno tn cha dene threr in the ti e gree. Ihtis the drsoe n rcrds~lc 'here ua thingg tos ccc rre~,d Af'hoshthbly th e anasof 1cim, klin ca drun-'e hiy tor years ~ et ther is onthin in th Miligesofemn to ay frthe l plt c fl. his ade wt cois em'nce andbuprhpsr the de-la were el.m.nt in hi ch~a e-,'~r sic:. if~ brught oug wo' ode m e2Ho a iut for one to: tu- *is b-etux spow slihthoa"t'savig me, heep1g 'uilt vo adcharg vcichnus'1 colnd the ,ictim to o he gallo, w ith he soenn words "I ile he woad ought~ 'o raie mor. sheep doseciesmpty Roya! makes "he foad pure, iwhilescsomc am dclici:>us. OY [IPDWDE Absolutely Pure -,v tu L gtali;::cn . in a r'co -umber of the At'antic r y M E L Gcdhii, editor of Ne- York Eeink Pcst, has an article on "The Decline cf Legis 1 .res," i- which re contencs that o; of the df-c:s (t c-:r system of ove rn = m:.s mn tie great number * .s I l; *c.rs and :te !requency of Ih _ . . . -L :Z state of Ar k:as o 1893 our 'ates for 1894, stt s .r 1 nd the rest for i5 ( J c . _l:1. 'a.e legislatures do : &-l t the s.e 3 ear, and some only, one- i:: two Iears) Yr. Gcdkin ct;as . ttl Li meccrof acts and res:utf or s y m as 15.73). These W -re e a e , e'!e s~atures alore. in sddition 'L rthse, cngress in its stssicn Of :.5 56 pssed 457 acts atd resoluticns. Te amount of work turned out is r'ally not surprising when the Lumcer cf legislators iscon :ide red. There are no less than 447 national legislators and 6,578 state iegislatcrs-in all 7,025, exclu sve of county, city and all other lcal authoriuesc capable of pass ing rules or orainances. At'this ra tio of legislators to population, 4,000 at least would be engaged on the laws. of Great 3ritxin, without any provis ion for Ir.ia and the colonies, 3 800 on those of Franca, about 5,000 on those of Germany 3,000 on those of Italy. Godkin thinks that annual sessions of state legislatures are an evil. It is better to have sessions only once in two years; and once in five years, according to Mr. G:dkin would be better still. The iMyatery cf a Foot. Evidence of astartling nature which indicates that a murder has been com mitted somewhere between Chicago - and Denver, was found ;Thursday night on the trucks of the, Pullman sleeping car Miltiades shortly after its arrival in Chicago. It was a human foot, apparently that of a man. and a. long, slender spike penetrated the large toe. The foot, which had been torn ciff above the arnkle, was bare and. mutilated. Ligaments which had. been torn from the upper portion of the limb and remained attached to the root in dismem berment were twistedt around the blood stained trucks of the. sleeper. The police believe a man has been tied to the railroad track, his feet spiked to the ties and that he had. been left to meet certain death under t'he train. Oni this theory irquiries: are no w being made at every point on the road between Chicago and Den ver. The spike wbich was in the cen tre of the toe was about five irnches long and of the kind used in certain parts of railroad construction where a delicate, yet strong, piece of metal is used to hold wood together. There was no blood on the engine, which, the railroad men say, proves that the accident or murder as the case may be, occurred west cf Bloomington, as a change of engines was made at that print. A Hint to the Legislature. Our Legislature, when it convenes in January. will have some very imr rortant oujestions to decide. Pr-imar' iy, it cught to devise ways and means or the reduction of taxe's. The peo le are not prospercus, and the taxes at burd n them so heavily should 6.: dcd. Thsi a mnomentovs att~er. 'Tt the Southi should pros nr whl Lhe P.ric o. co'.t:)n is below as~ costo of puec'o" is an imnpossi ,i.it. rrs snil mmr knows .sto be . tu. The o cduction of the, n.il conis itute the fo'ndation of all :.r-sperity. Anid s", when agricultuire nakes poor returns. disitess muat to u ral. We are not a prosperous. ople. Oa taxes should be reduced. e' heartil cador.e thte above from EIAefiel Ch'o ic1: Tae Refortn etion w"-r't int' poaver on a promise a reduction i.t taxes, and we think e pr ie i~ol b kept About i r-d-mion inxeenses that. a eiauaa-3made is in reduc o th fee uai ampers for doing mile su'- r~ .Tis does ro. ur~ aa aeain hebucket. L h e e t s ao. The people Gurgtnd cf i;and unles a. es is- .u p vdt made they will be. 4d from. ~N CCifommemis on the shane.es; *e mony in buying colored vo:er; Oa erer e're i.n in Augusta .,eGreenom~e News says: Ts.k to the onstitutional conven *n atd. lri-. r. to the efforts of n er B. R-. Till:nan. elections in. u1 Caroli'a :are confiUned toh wh'i' r': owne-rs and not ilhterate. A a.. aign like th:s which has brought led t upon the city of Augusta culd '-e 'motibe u-dr nsseu; *.scit as in S&uv Caroinaa." THE~ Thom'asville Tunes s'ys ' Geor is wsni's fewer, simpler and plainer me, without so many surplus where ses. whet-Jores and thereferes The miliplicity of laws, musny of them ou ed in lazuage susc~ptible of rreth cre conntruc'ion, is the c:io t-o 'este." What is true of oristue of South Carolina. Mrmmb-rof the Legislature should aste this pa-ragraph in their hats. IT MIGUlT BE WORSE.--The average munty edit ar who is reveilir g in pud iaig and seus~gt and spare rio and all asrihents that grateful sub ar!,ers briog to him. can be glad of slotee thouzh he is paid in ~c'd scmetimes w sen he r have chickens, and in e eds bread. HTe "ra a Germsu edit 0 to jill very :ir trc'o he sold in f it. Pa ihnter. '3:3cr Oefl wits Snot expose ther aat oe ur d-rstc f the hunirur