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SPIRiTUAL PO W SAMEON'S FALLT HE UEJECT OF 1. TALMAGE'S SEF.MCOiN. Phyeical and Moral Gintsz Shcd i.e Theirtawer in Daizfg Gtiod-:as:.d Strength May Wo: k G re : oar Champion. Taking the exciting stcr' c son's fail as a suggestion, D. T mage in this discourse shows to ants in body and mind or scul c to be consecrated to gocd sua er purposes. His test is J :' s ... 1. "And Samson went d , n to nath." There are two sides to the char of Samson. The one phase cf Ms ..lr if followed into the particulars, w oula administer to the grotaque aind ir ful. But there is a pha i o .is La acter fraught with lessons of sO e: a and eternal import. To these grave lessons we devote ou:r ser on. Thi giant no doubt in early life gave evi dences of what he was to be. It is almost always so. There were tso' Napoleons-the boy Napo e n andt man Napoleon-but bosh alike; :w; Howards-the boy Howard' a t man Howard but both alike;eo Sm sons-the boy Sam sone Samson-but both alike Ti :s was no doubt the hero of the , ground, and nothing c uld stand b: fore his exhibtions of youth -u o ess. At 18 years of are he w:s re trothed to the daughter c a tine. Going down towa, T lion came upon him, and,at-o young giant was wt. ponis. e St Z ed the monster oy the long ma ue a . shook him as a hung y huud sh'ak a March hare and made his o crack, and left h:m by te waysi e bleeding under the smitingz of I:s : and the grinding hest of his aee, There ne stands, loomiig p abov other men, a mountain o fts', i arms bunched with muscle trat Cs:: lift thegate cf a city,tab:rgcn attitud defiant of every thi.g. His hair i;.0 never been cut, and it rolled down :a seven great plaits over his shoulder. adding to his bulk, tieroenss and tr ror. The Philistines want to couqur him, and therefore they must find cu. where the secret of his stre:ngt li-s. There is a dissolute woman hvin in the valley a Sorek of the name o Delilah. They appoint her the :raem in the case. The Philistines are se creted in the same building, and :imt. Delilah goes to work and coaxes Saj son to tell what is the secret of hi. strength. "Well," he says. "if you should take seven green wnhes, sue:. as they fasten wild beasts with, and put them around me, I shou'd be p'r fectly powerless." So she btncs bin with the seven green wishes. The. she claps her hands and says, '-The: come-the Philistines!" and he wk out as though they were no impedi meat. She coaxes him again an says, "Now tell me the secret of this great strength," and he replies, "I you should take some ropes tbat have never been used and tie me with them, I should be jast like other men." She ties him with the ropes, claps her hands and shouts, "They come-the Philistines!" He walk out as easily as he did before-not a single obstruc tion. She coaxes him again, and he says, "Now, if you should take these seven long plaits of hair and by this house loom weave them into a~ web, 1 could not get a way." So the hcuse loom is rolled up, and the shuttle flies backward, and the long plaits of hair are woven into a web. Then she claps her hands and sayvs, "They come -the Philistines!" He walks out as as easily as he did before, dragging a part of the loom with him. Butafter awhileshe persuad~eed him to tell the truth. He says, "If you should take a razor or shears and ~cut off this long hair, I should be power less and in the hands of my enemies." Samso sleeps, and that she may not wake him up during thbe process of shearing help is called in. You know that the barbers of the east have such a skillful way in manipulating the head to this very day that instead of waking up a sleeping man they put a man wide awake sound asleep. I hear the blades of the shears grinding against each other, and I see the long locksfalling off. The shears or rs zor acomplishes what green withes and new ropes and house loom could not do. Suddenly she claps her hands and says, "the Philistines be upon thee, Samson !" He rouses up with a struggle, but his strength is all gone. He isin the hands of his enemies. I hear the groan of the-giant as they take his eyes out, and then I see him staggering in his blindness; feeling his way as he goes on towards Gaza. The prison door is open, and the giant is thrust in. He sits down and puts his hand on the mill crank, which, with exhausting horizontal motion. goes day after day, week after week, month after month-work, work. work. The consternation off the world in captivity, his locks shorn, his eyes punctured, grinding corn in Gazr. First of alJ, behold in this giant of the text that physical power is not al ways an index of moral power. H.e wasa huge man. The lion fcnd it otu, and the 3,000 men whoas he s2ew found it out. Yet he was t be subjc e of petty revenges and out gisnte d by low passion. I am far from to rowing any discredit upon pnys'eil staino.. There are those who seem to have j great administration for delicacy and aickliness of constitution. I never could see any glory ini weak n erves or sick headache. Whatever tl'ort iL our day is made to make the men and! -women more robust, should have the favor of every good citizen as well as of every Christian. Gy manastics may be positively religious. Good people sometimes ascribe to wicked heart what they ought to ..s cztibe to a slow liver. Tne bcdv au the soul are such near neighbors tv often cat-:h each o.her's disease' Those who never saw a sick dat, a' who, like Hercules, show the gne the cre.le, have nmore to aus ' e than those who are th~esubjects, a li long infirmities. He wnu ec twice as much as y ou can andw twice as far and work twice s oc 'will have a double account to me the judgment. How often is it that you do notf physical energy indicative of spriu power? If a clear head is worta m..ore than one dizzy with perpetual vertigo, if mtucles witn the play of health a them are worth more than these drawn up in chronic rheumatics, if a' eye quick to catch passing objects is better then one with vision di'- n d *uncertain, then God will reouire of u efficiency just in pronortioa to what he has given us. Physical ~e'er ought to be a type of moral no ver We ought to have as good dies-on cf truth as we have cap'acity to .an. late food.c Ouir spiritual hearing- ought to eas good as our physical hearin. o spiritual taste ought to be as clear as our tongue. Samsons in body,, we ought to be giants in moral po wer. But while you find a great mny men who realize that they ought to "se their money aright and use thneiri'tl ligence aright, how few men y oud aware of the fact that they ought to use their phys'cal orgarasm argt 'With every thump of tUe heart there is something saying, "Worr, work. and lest we should complain that we! have no tools to work witi:. Go "S c c. to-''O : , 4.i: , - u a:abo -Iz .: ! e ..a wrnek s a ;'orL wo C n. u, ba du'.ths o J atively invali l. R c -;rd lix . (e.'o .. . ..s s. ....l s d. cd~ 1 e.dia 1ran:sinnee for C;e 'd U e 7 ( *Gr 1 "~ r c ho r1 - , ! ad Q l s, e n Tet ou ee l b .'i d c :s a: dS ie a fCtnghtye :S (o t '7" C'J 5 terin upon phil p eG p:-, e th.ci g n ad a - Clme e a:. prise sI- t.x.:: itins a~~~ tW ):.; 1,) rs1,ptwhl rachi:5 e wo' art s hn is down aerave, ani the .Lor:es h te clet.' city droid oreEn: : a z- , e el r.1It. ia hsatt r.at pmys:cao ec:rn er ro!so ose %or n as nerve mea : i c to dsc o p . L.r. G,.uts i1 body. you u .n'to be giants in sot. end scllto in the story of m teXt l.uiiration of t'io daae that - g1 can do it istJ r 'a uided. It te:ss to ::e tat t:s man spent a ret dha of his ti.^ i"' doing evi l, his S'son of n;y t-.xt. To pay a whic't he had lstJy fuessing of :s ri(dle he r.b; asd kills 30 people 3e wsr.not only igi1:anutic it strength, ut g gaattc ir nusc 'e aud a type of .hs en in all -.Fs of the world iho, powerful in bedy or mind or any aculty of sociai posit:on or wealth, save used their s:rengta for iniqitous urpCses. It is not th small, mek men of the lay who do the damage. These small nen vho go swearing and loafing tbout your stores and shops and ,anking houses assailing Christ Lad the Bible and tue church. hev do rot do the damrge. They ave no inniuence. They are ver in that yo-u crush with your foot. ut it is the giants of the day, the isguided giants, giants in physical ~ower, or giants inumental acu'nen, or iants in soci position, or gis~nts in reath, who do the damage. The ien with sharp pens that stab religion na throw their poison all through ur literature; the men who use the ~ower of wealth to sanction iniquity. ~nd bribe jastice, ad make trutu anA ~onor bowv to their olden srepter. [isguided giants. Look out for them. In the middle and latter part of the st century no doubt there were thou ands of men in Paris and Edinburzh nd London who hated Gzd and bias ~hemed the name of the &lm ighty, ut they did but little mischief. TheyF ere small rren, insignificant men.I "et there were giants in those day s. Who can calculate the soul havoc f a Rousseau, going on with a very athusiasm of iniquity, with fiery naination sei'~ng upon all the impmt ve natures of his day, or David [ume, who employed his life as a spi er employs its summler in spinning ut silken webs to trap the unwary, cr 'otaire, the most learned man of his ay, marshaling a great host of skep is, and leading them out in the dark nd of infidielity, or Gibbon, who owed an uncontrollable grudge Lanst religion in nis history of one fthe most fascinating periods of the ord's existence-the "'Decline and all of the Roman Empire,"a book in hich with all the splendors of his enius, he :nagaified thbe errors of sesta disciples, while with a ase'nes of notce that never can be >rgan he tr'a ed of the Chriatisn eroesof we~n he wrA was Lot UOh, men orf "~au physic~J healh eo. great me.tal stature, ruen of :g' se aipsnr en of great v rorm sort, I vwant you to~ :2 Cta d y* urp~r and I wau: vou > a:. i.t hat. pa .er devo0tal to' -d -.i i ea rw e erth, to yo pical of acrov"n in .e0n bat mis . .* I -o rr't -as e-de -nason in the day c....i...o.aire at pa'ater, :nsa.. ri .d s.see kie a: 'sub"c' s a L~mae s 'i r inle down 1'" 1 mpT ' Dn a0.o. .dats's nrS i ls2 -.- r- u *de~ ers :.iIa a si. masrurs on t ve e .1 -isr o :rce Tnearen~ overpowj :s m -:::.~c::eesImeauttes C. e drs e,"Cry aLdt, spar'i d sa -:m 7 ger~rta~e Th robe is tat u npol be g lete ' so eaec" ine: e el . 0 great Frenwr.r, a * mad oah:m 3 ::s~utl. T ere re t e a a~broad whic,i n d ~ on-- . Iere- :1 only for, 0 and the so't an-'d t:. cast .= gt'. wmt. Wai ne I Seak there re r'e M thousands of :,'e'7 swo :eu going over t::e aw ple S i: ure 1:d srful ii', ae6, h(i e I cv 1. d r ercv uc n a t t"ri -)e :o. y u- '~Mes. -: bC'. .e l d . Yo l kuoy C a .e feS. of . s -r.Ss. W1 r L C lt^ J l t' c 3 of: 'he 'cr qu:ers. E.:a C)y1: ..v r ,.'e sc n f r:o: ande 6 11: i s \ o~y o ifrs L~ ~ u:1 S .1 t1r' on ,.g tin h ii:.: Its roof is fr ted d or is essalatedi git . i s caalice; are chasea :it tie It o: isa soC f L e Is al r: u'itterse s of tiro. :' " mu refers to i when he sas. '' He ta itfl .e deats of *lt . . B'I d a's: i this gia :' : t: nd i t.h giant of -ur o1n cntu ' at g rt susr crum bleandexore.The Samezon of :: exi k:. a o went a ay. He fui t selien. He fcught t-Piiu Ie coufd nt anythin, bt ha'e wvas too much fo-r hun Hle m'n. Tai req aired a lon-' r gy~ave anod : 0:d er iave. but ihe tomno never~inei s was ;is terminus. Ite wartobcoLgole :1 c at of this world, where are we to o tis body and soul mut soon tart. What shall be the dstiny of ! te former I knoos-dust t: dus'-but chat s1ail be the desuny of ti- 1t r Shall it ris- i to the camplnion. hio of rie white robed, whozesi Loris: hos slain, or will igo do am'ong the unb1livn, who tried :L ain te world and svee their soul , ba' were s vindled out o' bot! E1 oi be God, we h-avl a chtampion : iL s so stydin the Bibce- ca pian vit" has cx.au-red dea:h and hell, 1nd( he i reuov it ti:ht al our bult r:n tL first to the las-. "Who is 's that c'mth from E'm wci seed a. emnts from Bczrau, ig aty o save' If we follow in the wakr " ,at ch ampion, deit has no power ad the grave no victory. The wors mltan trasting in him shall have hi girz pangs alleviated and his future ilnaried. Iu tie light of this subject I want tc can vour attention to a fact which -v not have been rightly considered oy lire men in all the world, and that is the fact that we mu t be brought itro jsgmtnt for the employment of our physical organism. Sasoulder, rain, hand, foot-we must answer in judgment for the use we have made' o: diem Have they been uaed for the eevaton of society or for its depres sin? In proportion as our arm i strong and oar step elastic wili our ac count at last be intensitd. Tnousands of sermons are preached to invalids. I preach this morning to stout men and nealthfal women. WA must give ic G-d an account for the right use of this physical organism. These invalids have comparatively little to account for perbaps. They could not lift 20 pounds. They could not waik half a mile without sitting down to rest In preparation of thih subj -ct I have said to myself. How shah I account to God in judgment for the use of a body which nevei knew onz rnoment of real sicknessi Rising up in judginent, standing be side men and women who had only little physical energy, and vet con sumed that energy in a conilagration of religious enthusiasm, how will we feel absed: Oh, men of the strong arm and the stout heart, what use are you making of your physical force? Will yon be able to stand the test of that day when we must answer for the use of every talent. ahether it were a physical en ergy, or a mental acumen, or a spirit aal power? The day ap;:roaches and I see one who in this world was an invalid, and as she stands before the throne of God to answer she says: "I was sick all my days. I had but very little strenght but I did as well as I could in being kind to those who were'more sick and more suffering." And Christ will say, W ell done, faith ful servant." And then a little child will starnd before the throne, and she will say: "O earth I had a curvature of the spine and I was very weak and I was very sick, but I used to gather flowers ut of thr> wildwood and bring them to my sick mother, and she was com lorted wnen she saw the sweet flowers xt of the woods. I didna't do much, ut I did something." And christ mal say, as he takes laer up in his u:ms and kisses her, "Well dor'e, well ione, faithful servant; enter thou into ;he joy of thy Lord.'' What, then, will be said to us-we to whomn the ord gave -physical strength and con :nuous health ? I said to an old Scotch minister who .as one of the best friends I euer had, "Doctor, did you ever know Rbbert Polock, the scotch pos' wvho wrote The Course of Time I'" '0, y'es, e reolhed. "I knew him wel.Iwa 1s classmate. And then the doct.or went on to tell me noo that 'he writ nz of"Te Course of Tme" exhau" d the Lenlho" lbbert Pollck,' and u expired. It seems as if ro man ould have such a glimpse of the di' or which toier da a were ma-ea >bert Pollock had ad lo-g surrir at gim'pse. In the dcripon of hat d-yv ne says, a'og wuae' t n .gin the woe e ''wool' .an t ell ' t tth od dcleXul winds w l toth ow '1g hils, tad1 howlit 1i'll niourn tote s - e, \nd dis:nal. vales -igh to the sorrowing cnad sorrowing ' reas tree" toj th Cera iniweep'ing '-r:eao awake the groaning e he iveo', gr.:at. arohvway of :!:e tuverre. pu saReta on. ad iier r'- :hyselt la arE u:'- wide; ud ::llraliy waves into r-groan an: 'iter 't 1ng len, ep, J :crcing. doloro'us, ut gels c~ne t lay er i -he gave. Whi Ener. Pi~cOk sa.v in' pro hetic dres.. youad I e:iil see : T1' e Win ot rop college girls have re u.ed. to their homes ov"irg to the deO-tio b~ the board of t usee of0 a a~~io ht he~n coe -rb closed ct. fo ther dreen Alir over qahe .gt t rO dantrsi 6oeaanee to l::a ct' b 'und fo- :t:r dage' of the'* sprea'tig of~ s sii oricss E niy Maslr dPu r9ro G.ry Erens. O. Aies .? eni"e from New York, NewH Haen, I EP. LA C Li O-T~Cios ;N ;-') r1 Cus;' t C r- - , ad ah''in wihM.Rdel d. ami:Led andc_ .?scu: d ti s'1s j cl. T rult ( A.s i :as Fr.:.. 'o h ro t r pr.d :at theC rLubr OIan omice our S ue t :ate : .cw prepa r ra'ed as ci . S c)n"d. He found 2: the na b-r ot . s :cr::L't- in ti-e t aer otates in i.e lis :: e;rs bfore he wrot:e raed the2 e rormo- sgsre"'t o In th.em nvJ s -.r",urc itdnl seh1 c'.: the .at ; f Tos. Kemtuck h a a e bauae in each .f tom, Stas .here was pub ;i Ni j~~ .por c zi-a:i kela e: thlc u::brass tiat , a:')d at lew an of c:Ues o .:'.r . givenu peo.. he ye-ar V.ws .: e as a1::verage a. ... rJut -i c a s2C~feaat zf e- mia - 'd ero.id g fcts.e era7 a.::d N criden c :li in in :ea ulco s I' is ta.f a at d tties r. for:: Sou Is.r~a m-a1.-'er a Sufs Carlican-.otell ev-a to his own peSle ,iat as t::us shown. But a e.cit, Nio'nL of CIkus't i e befe a:n" t . ':-ual ci ort to a:n1eCdmert. I Vi > sha:e, at least wi h fankress, Egt u u looa at the cordemi g facts. In T.xs:uing the- year there were :;ore bo: ic ds thau :a t the-n States of Mai.ee, N- ampshire, Vermont. .ass:cuset s. Rhsoe Llnd, Conrac acut, Newv Yark. Pennsylv-atia, Mica. ican and :i n psnra, ith an aire gat_ pc puration oH early, if not Ul.t_ ztvante'oen o'th.tioS. In Kutucky that year theri ere more r~cmicid s t?;:e1a in the eight States of Maine, NwHampshire, \r .:ont, Massachisetts, R:';de Island. Conntclicut, Pennsylvania and Min neota, with a at e poputips oation of narsl ten mi!Sions. In South Carolina that year there were more homices are thane eht States of Maine, Ne anapshire, nr alont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Conn: tticut, Michigan and Minnesota, wits an aggregate population of about x min t oens. In this old Staae f Stu h Carolina, with a civiliztion daing bck two afctries, ther cres cfr hanmtcie a ah mancmeasied nl anns sine moe thanW frilrs tha inhaban. s asate long ah fodi State. Iot harolia wua lsele oari rten, tie anr frdequnent an i h nd t s o sMr.Retas d'sho wotwas pulihe in180 eenteen.oo ars bo. t samt refato to the coies and hotcie oas rtheer incresd tan tdecresed sim-e hressio'e oWt~ e fearl time it see hadosshad tuo lofe GB eraet, asRd anidpennts oRtepubis, nin its theparly polsted u community t haeKensuho ad urne the saeol riof othe olnIies andoldheoold thitee taesan, andt the loidyeim prion o tee cio ary me nitoem fil aondtsout the ise nothigin hoaogivn uch at to the crople of Southc Caolna.h Nother n Stat cos fmunity, Th ner v snoraonve mi-ner cnde wayndawe the whites thCr lia, shoud bithor fheqwer forein ao iolicei the Northe brn Sites of Ne w England. At d y et. measured by r' lative population, Mr. Redifeld Einds manslaughter among the white people of S3outh Carolina to be more than ten tie more frequent than among Ameri'oin' born cit zens of New Eng land. It 's true, I believe, that this 'erri le proportion is e >nfined to homi cide, and does not iteude murder. Our people do no: kll frarn malice er fo. r Iunder uti blood for fan' ciewrongs. Murderis every where bu ia fau tha' homiu" '2s re so much n ore *reoe: in th- Sambe~hrn Stat theeiesr h b 'd put the Southi er p' opeuo ito.:-' as to the cause No-.v e is the cs of thiai ot~t~de ulty paw a -- '.7 lc rU p-o i . 1t '' : ' t el h e. ar, {PoC'k Cacl.. ...r.pst bcas-< was sceral e. 0 ,hs I45 ..C a-:i y a e d 's o -.u t 0nd 2 .2 di1 ao a.. ""oa c~o :-u bo~ica bye iesu'ae i mCh gter all taro pOrtnal : an e numer ab dueg. c ...cuaty r is. i c, -e-um..es. ,inee U:t in'v e 0r.:u : G:tr ca 4ia' a t t ". as cen i; u e t ded, L.has nad There W. an nu ch Or nr rm gis b ulrs i: South C:' a a u der U. il p under Chauerbi a d St If Mr. is d: d w-:re wrti:;r today: he :out ad, that the ih o ca'i uL uu -r :"go', Tnp e, Ric'ardsoc, Tiien v and. Eller Fj. ala: s7 far fron: 3.mr:--v.n in the sereue vyers s r ce Mr. R d wrct-, in 188S i.n this res ect ma'terg have grown wort e. yhis i idal :ar a oC lur people a aL. te, th reorP, to neither ricer poriical cause. To what is it t-en dut i Mr. Redhild, like mos: Norhera w riters, attem'ps to connect it wi~ the 1auitsengend-red by the ns!itution of slavery. The short and decisiv answer to this, at least as far as this S:ate is cmncer;ed. is that there was tosuch hcnicidal habit durinz the existence cf that institution. Our gentlemen then fought duels; but as :any men art killed in personal e: comnters in ainc.St any sinie year s.ce the war as were killed in duels ii all the previous history of the State. I:deed, so 1ue is this ;hat there are not wanting those who attribute toe itcrease of homicide in the State to _e supprtssicn of the duelliug code. I cannot mysief doubt that all the manifesta:.ions of this crime have their ;rtiln in the onf great cause, towit: hab:ts ergendered by our late war. atnd rcro especially with us by tie ?atul. if suprreeed war of reccng:rec ti-n whih fo-llc-ved Wnat are the manifesti .s o ts homicidal spirit? Are they nut these: 1. The habitual disregard cf the sacredness of human life. 2 The military impress upon civ l goverr men t. 3 The contempt of civil g vern ment. 4. And growing out of these the aabit of carryinr: weapors on the per son.-col. E wv . d Mc~rady i: the Sunday News. ACREAGE MUST BE REDUCE). Co t #n at Presunt Elic'sales--y Beakrcpt cy t.1 the South. The foli-owing extremely interesting circular ietter has been received by the Charlotte O'server from Atwood Violett & C, N-' York, brokers in stocks, cottun and grain and is com mended to the consideration of read ers: Great Britain, without a pound of n .ive raw cotton, spins and weaves 77 per cent. of the cotton goods pur chased by ot'er rations. Tre United States, producing cver half of all the cotton grown in the world, supples less than 5 per cent. of the manufac tared cotton which ether counties buy. Over 95 per cent. of the world's trade in cotton gocds is in the hands of Great Britair, Gera auy and France, neither of which raises a pound of cot ton at home. In 1S96 the British con sumed 4,160,000 bales of cotton, and S3 per cent. of the product of this cot ton was exported. This represented a consumption of about 3,412,000 bales of raw cotton, c'r about 2C0,000 bales more than the entire quantity consum ed by the United States' mills durin g the same period. The daily spot sales at Liverpool for the last 18 months show that 90 per cent. of such saks are of American c~tton, and the cheaper the Irice of American, the more does it guaran tee a continuance of this large excess of consumption, because prices are now down to a point to which the East Indes and other countries cannot sucess-uly cempee wi:h that o' American produ:ion, while even at the same price, A merican cotton woula b.e given the prefernrce, on account of the better staple. It would, there. fore, seem that present prices will !argely stimulate the world's con sumption of cotton grown in the Unit ed States. It ecosts on an average of 40 cents per hundred to pick cotton, and it requires an average of 1,600 pournds of seed cotton to make one bale of 500 pounds of lint. It costs 70 cents per bale of byzeing and tics, nettics, therefore, but $18 to the producer ouit of one bale of 500 pounds of lint at 5 cents. Cotton at its present price means bankruptcy, literally. far the South, and insure: absolutely a re duction of acre.<ge that will prevent a recurrer ce of what is disastrous to Southern in terests. L. can be seen how largely depend etAt the manufacturing world is upon cotton of American growth. and how greatly it lies within the power of the American producer to regulate the price, by avoiding large crops and planting for those of moderate rize. w' esulng rapid mncrease mi tire orice allof hi we think will comre about some time durng the next six The coto -ed it isow estimated, iworth '30,000,00 a yet'ar. Ii. has re centlv b-een discovered that c-tton seedl oil w'th tm sdiion of 18 per, cent, of rcrd ITdia ruo~er, oneso imitation that c~inoot be distiuguisb--d fromn genuine rubber. Y-urs vervtrly ATWOOD 10ILET>C Co. A Cat erd ar Free. The Atlants Wakly Journal isa large paper, e fltining! 1en pages o se'een columns t a:2. I:: d:1 d w-t thelats m~csof '-eday, both ua -seadfr-'g" Orainre i-s o' I i asedc telgraybi wis which~ nre usedfor nocoY-r puros t t ric g T - Jour.nal :s precared 'o 'et a t th nlev.s up -0oflhe , hs.1or; e t - addi' r to the nes i' contis mao-el sa1cia u-aUresth any- ot' S- uta -r .i Aiong thr hicsi 's a wee k- r tte'r or ser mon- rom' R2 oJnes, a contiuionL fr -a temi, hOgrap es o dit n uish d mien, ar a mhy olr ct rEre ea>.-1 ur i-. The evelyournal is beauttj fuly iusrated by its own- ar'is .1 fac r~nte eazynor montyf is' Week- Calerdar free. Aud 'ah pri'ce is only Fi ty C-ents~ a y ear.T every, subsOrirsnn : i t for a-ar' subcripi and' a two-cent ne 'e stamp extra (to pay- pos'aO.P' s wi be sent free, Specimeu czos free Acdress, The Journa. Oa ne nd possib-y -.vo, livecwr last a * "U.Uwr of property de' ,ta'e about m'-iduiht Wednesday' runed ta e businssprtL:cf ngadtere is httiedubt in . perished inea ln:s Nine store nu- di'ngs and four dwellings were d s tion, pe f'ro:n1 a Lr cu he f "3.I a b -.u e - o m a A i . it' - . t:.rog thr ins i} h :os io a Sed. In the CoJ denser c' this :. -. . e prpo is . to asemearfrym .. c tand at mu of t co7 an .sO as n: c.^ne d. t an i :r. as o~sil ; then the c't oatt-ormger, w hica- consists of t c aprons, vhic carry the caton cdo. ward and whicth graIu3!!y c nps it until it c :mes It: at the bttom of uni'orm bat. Te bat parse- do-n the cou-e betv-en te statnonary ro I a he comr e si..n ro!?, ri 'n gets the c tto in h.see fe: the ale Tn cotta hat :s _ipiy wou d around an core, and ty-.e ieessure iin .h cylinder and iy'rauic force a c m pact b ie is ma.e. The b e is w; d btveen t o larg cylin.m, -yich are covered r h pr tec: tie cot:-n fro.n cam"'ge. A:l c the baits, of cou:se, are c .f'rm z - cur feet . om ,rd a bnt t . o feetL diameter. The veigh.t o, the -ale, o: c:urs, cepe as upon t.e :t.' n hat is ..cr d to b p-.t in arce, at at B.iarn tiel1 saw t oo turned out trom .) o ~ oj gaus er 're cotton 1ogo iLto te b, :e has 'ben wera 100 r.:'d or cy 'idrical :orm it is resd: !or is co er, and a je or cotton cover is rlied r.eaxly around 1t and the 'si;s completed, an~d ti a ev r it ii Lte a to:Cwn fromi etWe.. a the two iron r.lers, ard is .d have the cvert g e ;:d. Te rn rod which is put i . a core .s th drivnca e and thepck a ie is tcpite. The markttabe bale e~auLams n >ta: xcpt LLe coverir of light a'i :, whici has been rot ed around i: before it is t' ken out of the press, and the .heads, which have been sewto. on. After being wcighcd th& package is then ready for market The bale could as readily bn wrap:d 12 paper, or the b4gi g :s sinply used Lo protert the comn :ginst dirt n hana-ing; if the xezeicg were re moved the vale would retia its suaae as it cos cout o 1he press, all the :r oavirg been pressed oft of it. CHILDREN AT CHRISTMAS Tl E. rieirJoy and Mirthshou:d be lcn8.ra1i ed on TLis Day c: Pays. " If there is one day in the year which rightly belors !o the young it is Cbrihtmas day." write: E ward W. B k in The Christmas Ladies' t1->mv Journal. "It shculd be g'vea over to them, there'ore, without stint or res erration. And I think somtimes that parents do not always understand this. It is right and adl essential that restrictions upon th~e amusemc ats cf the young should prevail in cvery horre. But Christmas day is the one day when these barriers ought to ne lifted, and the young given free play. No wholEsome liberty nior indulget ce should be withneld from a boy or girl on that day. What of it, my dear friend, if such hiberties do mean a tear here, or a broken chair there? Sap pose the boy is particularly noiss on. Christass. What of it? Tell me, if ycu can, a better sign of strong, young health than the noise froms a boy's lungs:i Suppose he does thre-, himsmf or even juimp or stand, on your best lounge, and soil or rumple your pet tidy Pass over it, don't Christmas day. And if the litt'e sir! does itnsist upon p :tticf g her sticky candy' fi::gers on your dress. what oi it? L-.t her romp atd tea:allt over the house. Give her the jay of f!eling that for or-e day the hcuse is hers in every ncok ad corner of it. Lit her put her smutchy :ittle ha::ds on the fayb ura any day cn the whie pan fadoor, andteya;reu cd aove :h'e ecstliest orr aments in that house. N.;thing couk' irndace the mother of that home to nype otf thcee finger marks, ard gav'y would her h- art sing if too little ficgers that put tnem there coudmake other all onr the dioors and windows " ''ha house. L:t each one of us who car, give free d.em and zes1 to ie'eares treasure ofi the Ch2htma.:tide: thec yo'ng bar br ans of cur homes God ->ess tnem, I say. Ms": ech child in ths ta d (f ours :have a Chm" s ay thi v a An E x-niv:-.cy '?'eoedi.r s' at der h cx5n c""t o ad .\the U.i'd rS~ates:e cotn i '-' in'c'-~ ere tesl ir tnce its 'os that 'dr. Bj-o N:.i D*-','-- un " 'to e tee of ina e- ema izema'c Lu'eros trip toN1 o nvanu ae N) .. r k !n 2: - te :.t~ i.G e.a -d t hrrn 2,r6 OnD.D se xr 'u't or .1 o r;: M. D'r'-' -'0 b C.. bakat .i. " t ._ __. g"'"_ et. :h e . t CIs [h ' b:. i d %i e .. isp " .C ', thet 1, ip : , d orcc a r: A o_ e si aea .: :,s y a sae r e stranger in hebgha.h oee to appac e c'.rc xatt-n t:,a. controlled h' ~in the room. H-e lead his e- e> .glued to a wa cior hangirg cn the w.a. c:",e by, wh - n to his am, zemet, the i;:-.a, sudd :-- w' cot out, i.:aving : e spar.e: inta darkness. Of co irl :. r.s o; inr -u a . deat at ;he' po cr hrus-, but the vcuun: man did.:- knor- that, 2nd natur-;ldv expected the lights would immediately i. sh up again. An instant after the ecic- sa set in there was a sh rg gasp fr' the dir-. tion of the Tady -vh the bi ha "Y:u-;cudid t at a urpose." ne shrilly re:narked. "ia ou. anL.: by thie button." ine tung man '.09; a th.e ree:pra o a 'icn f raon iii. b ro -. "I assur ou, ma1m." he said, 't:at I Lat notin to o with it. 1t m ..t~ -sam lap)e 'a tre cu: rn: t. Cr S aethice.' "Yo L, i cin the sh il voice. "cause you warted tc kis N no, rd : rcried the ceux man; "no, no: I woudn't kiss you Lfr : in h:s asure to scpe he s'ir tea towards the suopscd lcatLon of t', dCor. "Dont's mo -'," c:.e the lady, "r I'lscream." He haled for a monert, t: sofuy crap: alon the w a gain. hear you, cried the lady. "Don't you dare to come near me "Ma dam." said the exasperated youth, "nobody wants to harm a hair of S our hea:p." "Tha:'s just what the burgl:r said the night ou: house was robbed," maned the lady. But I must and the dlor," said tt ;Guth. "We can't stay in here indfi nitely in the dark." "I should think not," snapped the ,adv. "But dn't you d re to came Iteis way. If y ou do, I'll stab your face with a hatpin: And don': you thin k you can fool me I hear 3 ru: miserable squeaky shoes every s:e you take." "Perhaps," said the ycu.h, fa i's sense of humor was beginning :0 re ii, "it would b5 well to t- ke tin:-. offi" -ecy n", cried ine lany; coal 0ou dre> t I" ent the ycu~n felt his way for ward, t aed as to the lady's locationr by sundry sniffs and starts cf alarm, and after he had run squarely into the mantle, and banned against a screen. and tumbled over a footstool arnd sev eral chairr, he finally found the door krnob sud bounced into the hall. It was itchd drk, but ailmost immediate She saw a servant coming up the s:-airs -' ith a 'amp. "Sh w me tr e.vay out of this "saii the you:h, acd the servant escorted him to the front door. As he s:"nged on the side waik he drew a ior-g r. re~frsbi:: breath. Mudered ard ie'bijed. We dnesday mcrnin"' a hitt'e r geing to th stcre of Mrs. M. H;na, en the corner cf Clay and Congrs strees. dobie, Ala ,to mide a sma rurchase, f und the store o pes ard th iamp stburni'g, bu no or e rttendizr 'r-. HUgan lte on the tbordrad, v.it. Ee ?a ds tied behiicd her ic andu a mp-ce of o-ad wrapped t-hly aroumrid her thro~a. G ving tte alar, a m1 i '1vetigtion 'er bwed, tu i:-hs.::w ed that th-e pl ace nad been rebo~d at rnny a~ zcods. The rbbers had p-o'ably forcxd the womau, who was 65 years< f age, to gve up her smnai ho rd which she kr-pt in her tack room" of te store. Then they stran eled cer with the braid, but ilrndir~c hier slow itdyins, brained her with is me bi:' i::str-nrent. Her br>,i-s hId rce 2ut upon te floor, From tL e fac the aii.'s "'ere still burnino r~d he era: u-ly dressed, it is tho-',. '- muncdr eccurred some It'- ,a riht pe-ca-s at en early horne evening.' N> ucise was 'eard at any time, and there is no cin :c theinit o ~le muaiderer nrya 'n eca vist.Oa da.y rd- e.'.dt 0:1.Pavel3C-y'., ? '1 e:ie 'h t B Ik of L d>Sa -in.a~tie A er ofD(u. as-d vs :; 9: 7.dtalkd a::z p a'ry Gar t v~ eea app c~ue: : 3:om nh" i- r 'a' t :::e rnty:~arr e ofnsa.r C. . r, nest a or sv o eU is: soni de: i.. ous~y, er t .e so tioe --.'..'r-::- to e i l fter :a t h ai' . 1. Cai"f -o, Jr.f as the lucky man.:-e sthe ftw! pure, whuL!Cume zd delicious. 00 r; Absolutely Pure . ..... , N.vC Co., \!W YORK. Fig' CLS IN A PARLOR. A dlo.d3 T: gc.y at a Sccial Gathbr'Dg in G orgia. T::e e 'zms of Jeffersonville. Ga., w-re star:d ;Ia e W+edr Esdav right by a jfie r; pistDl s ots at the res ice:ce or r L Califf. The scream of t w;ome-n arous-d the town. andt when:e eonulation gathered :=ae ite shootin. when as eistcvo .i d at !h ree men were g: c.a the w.;t )or and awo. r iere .:v sect. Mr. Ca 212 ad ',i ieu in gited a number ~f frind. :". eeir i.oce ' spo.d the evn\ irSL. 2 0 o&a e---rti'.ea: T:Le p rlr ws a seer" of gayeLy, u J o dn ad singing al t- t a11d amisym.- t 'as at its eight .e c* ridia, a yourg m an under iti.;e xe fliuor be came t: clinsi:e i_ his manner to w-rd tie =outg ladies. Mr. Cal if remuo:stated witn im and advised himn to . homue. This enraged Grif _ia :.1d i drew: a ristoi and bean to rare and make threats against his :ost. Caltf, kLowing Grifin to be a dangerous man. prepared himself and ordered tbe offender to leave the hous. This ma.de matters wcrse. Gri Ln began to L:jht. He drew his ptoi ani just as he raised itCaliff w's ready for a battle and the fi;fng r ean. Seven shots were excuaugeu. B't: principals dropped dead, and Clarence Jones, a young man, was also kiihd, the thiec men falling wi h Ln a radium of svell feet As soon as the first shot rang out the ycu.g ladies began to flee for their lives, and before the room was lared two o- them were fatally wounded Califf fired three shots, all of which t )(k t ifect-one striking G, iffn in the r ht temple and two in tae breast. Griffin fired four times. One shot en tered Calid's breast, killing him in stantly. another struck Clarence Jones in the head, and death ensued an hour later. Mrs. Cal if was shot in the abdomen and her 7 year-old daughter n the neck. When the fir iug nsd commenced the young people beg~an to fie from danger, many of them ~ getting into bug-gies and driving away. Darmng the present year there was alknost a simiLar occurrence here whcen Newby and Defore fell in a street duel. Just before that two ne grces were taken from jail and lynch ed. And a few years ago Mrs. Nobles atd Gus Fumbles commnitted a most horrible nurder, for which they are now uinder senter~ce of death. TAKEN cur OF GOV-.RNCfc3 HANDS. Board of Control W il Look After Enforce znent o1 Duhpensary Law. The enforcement of the dispensary law has taken a new tack. The gov aerdor clie hss, up to this time been a tetin ti e enforcement of the laW, and slh derelictions have been reported through tha: Ctlice and he hss appointed su;ch ctonstables as have beens neceesary. In Outoer he dis charged the c ktre force of constables in the state an d has appointed consta bhs wherever they may ce necessary oare requesLad. In this way the o -ce has been i. creased to about six or eight men, but now the state board ut co'..ro: nea sent out a circular lettt r an:gal of the ct untry 'coards to re por het :er the Jasv is being enfo~-etd n thir counties and whether they .snt contables sent there. In this wa he state will, if constables are app'ointed. get out of the payment of th'e constables and they will be pa cut of the profits going to such towns shecounty boards report are not en orin aew. Ia this method, if the couti 's re port a failure~to enforce L.* s.a, the force w-i he ncreased to i s eoi sr ad overnor Ellerbe w l1ehlas an he 5a already ~e-ererr theyv are ak. 'o by s5 Iyaa C. como!<rO ( sa lautbo 0i. upo-' aOtee ttelwis 4 ii~os sed:.aeatoma h en ? . a~ent o' the~ 1aw out- of te hands o -. . u'r r d elii ne n s--,cot ~ nte boards. c - 25.wde''' iti o as - e'r ye * n:- --Pi-- fi d o0 o b add~aa t '-.: on bearof o:.ro o:.: I' inther w- ie im : t r i 31.as nor t e . :e oir mor 0 rb- ~iu~m n 1s a ned x e cmetr:eai gal and~e n a ien1:.re -- t an~ ueusto ad t ;a 1 'e uz- m t s 3:'e theY nur ered a :t i.eptsxe a~n hae E bea - D e- e r y1 amd a ''" h-'ray o al t e ~t'cnz a le as -u acugh *4a aiLy sh4, rd fore d~. rpi"' cue -ta onl 11 r u . Tau '-ienc moreu~ nieml: ro - t trat heu air a. st e ~ .-d as t es'atd ed t cdy s2pdg s e iteag h wa filmear..d I herd s piaiy i t e sooma sisicvy d Iere s ::optu'-t3for