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DOOR OP EN FORJ ALL. There Is Not Monopoly in the Christian Religion. Dr. Talmage'O Timely D!eonrae on Occas'ion of the l%,.entieth AD ulver.arT of the Bow ery 1L1astonD in New Tork. On the occasior of the twentieth an aiversary of the Lowery mission. Ja nary 13, Dr. Ta mage preachct to a vast audience at the New York Aca cerry of Music. Ministers of a' dencon:r.a tions were present. The test was. John 10:16: "Other sheep i hare hic are not of this io:d." There is no monopoly irnre igion. The grace of God is act a :e rior - that we can feace ca ourselves. It is aot a which we iook t't:hch way. wishing that we a see the statuary an.e the c e loyal conservatorY. No; it is a Fa ther's orchard, atd everyunere there are bars that we may :et Ccvn and gates that we may swing oven. L In my boyhood. next to the country schoolhouse there was a. orchard of apples owned by a very :ame mar., who. although there were apples in the place perpetually decaying and by scores and scores of bushels. never would allow say of us to touch the fruit. Sometimes the lads of the school in the sinfulness of a nature inherited from cur first parents. who were ruined by the same temptation. Invaded that orchard, but they soon re treated, far the man came after them at a speed reckless of naki:g h:s larte ess worse and cried cut: "3oys. drop those apples, or I will set the dog on you." Well, my friends, there are Ch-.'tian men who have the church under severe guard. There is fruit in this orchard for the n ho:e world. but they have a rough and unsympathetic way of ac costing outsiders. as though they had no business there, though the Lcrd wants to come and take the choicest and the ripest fruit on the prenmises. Bare you an idea that because you were baptized at eight months of age. and because you have al: your lfe been un der hallowed tafluences, you there fore have a rig t to one whole side of the Lord's table. spreading yourself out sad t: king up the entire room? I tell you no. You wil: have to haul in ycr elbows, for we wi:l place on either side of you those whom you never ex pected would sit there, for, as Christ said to lEs people long ago. so He says to you and to me: "Other sheep I have which are not of this fold." McDonald, the Seotchman. has thou sands of head of sheep. Some of them are browsing on the heather. some of them are lyinc down cider the trees. some are stroking over te moun t ains, some of them are in his yard. They are scattered a: around in -,any pace'. Cameron, his neighbor, comes over and says "I see you have 36 sheep. I have just counted them." "No." says Mc Donald, "I have a great ma.ny more sheepthanyoufound in thisyrd. S-n:e are here, and some are e'sen.her-. I have 4,000 or 5,000 in n-y fcks. '0:her sheep I have which are rnot of this fold.'" So Christ says to uis. Bere is a knot of Christians arnd there a knot of Christians, but they make up a smna:l part of the flock. Here is the Episco pal fold, the N1ethodist fold, the Luth eran fold, the Congregational fold, the Presbyterian fcld, the Baptist mc~ the Pedo-Baptist fold, the onvy diiference between these last two being the nay In which they wash the sheep. a::d so they are scattered n.1l over. And we come with our statistics arnd say there are so many thousand of the Lord's sheep, but Christ responds: "Io. no; you have not seen more than ore out of a thousand of my flock. They are scattered all over the earth. 'Other sheep I have which are not of this fold.'" Of all the merciful institutions which bless this city not one more thorough ly enters into the spirit of the text than does the Bowery mission, whose twentieth anniversary we to-day cele brate. During the past year 3,000 soui. hav'e been saved through its instru mentality, and during its existence It has put its temporal and spiritual benediction upon hundreds of thou snds of the poor and sui'ering and lost. With the bread of this life in one hand and the bread of eternal life in the other it is doing a stupendous work, and to all of its patrons Christ Is saying: "I was hur-gry, and ye fed me, naked, and ye elothed me, sick and in prison, and ye visited me. Irasmuch a ye did It unto one of the lcs; of these, ye did it to me." It is through this Gospel that New York is to be taken for God, and America for God. and the world for God. There are two elasses of hearers in this auc'ience whom I especially address, the friends of this institution who have come out to show their interest in the work, and the other class made up of those who are astray, but want to get back, have faflen, but want to rise,. We need a-s churches to get into sym pathy 'with the great outside world and let them know that none are so broken-hearted or hard beset that they will not be welcomed. "No," says some fastidious Christian, "I do not like to be crowded in chureh. Do not put any one in my pew." Mv brother, what will you do in Heaven when a great multitude that no man can number as semnbles? They will put 59 in your pew. What are the people assembled in Christian churches compared with the mightier mi::ions outside? Some ehurches are like a hospital, that bouid advertise that its patients must have nothing worse than :oothache or run-rounds, but no broken heads, no crushed ankles or fractured limbs. Bring there for treatment moderate Passed the Senate. In the sernate Friday there was a debate over two hours in lergth, which finally resulted in a re fusal to strike out the enacting words of the {harle s ton ( xposition bill by a vute d 27 to 6, as follows: Yeas-Caughmao, G 'od rin H-an don. Blough, Sharpe, Talbird B'akeney, Brown Brandy, B-iee B own, Dean, Dein, D sugt Gaints, Glenn, Graar. Hender-on. H y drick, liderton, Marsh al, 'a:- fi1 Mower. Sarratt, Sheprara, Stackhouse, Stanland, Sulhivan, Walker, Lynching in Loutisiana A Mi-d. n, La , special says: Thurn day at D elne a statirtr o, the Vek - burg, Shireveport and Pee fi: rai -o 3, about ten mices froma here. a',ou g DOZrO namec L-arkirgt n ata mt d a. saul' en :hp wife of a onti fr er namned E don WXa.er. H U e frnaen d and ran sat b f - s comphishiag hi? purposE a d w ee.M ing brou.:h 'o the Mimie' ja1 w: overtaken arnd shot to jpiee, s b, a cron c of men. r fnr2 el:5_ eoa'ed C1^: -s tr t - wheat. :si'. he nou.d re:i p, r. 1 e c::u-ch of God har bestowed i.s .f care en one are anrd has r sc d:.n and -cten in that s^.a.1 iarcture. sF'it Li -id is the 'e or>!. Ihat eans Europe, A sa. efrica. North and South Airertca and all the islands of the sea. I have to rem:x:k :hat t e Bin e the ac T a'e co.n gre tions w 'e::e they ar a i Chris liars. and thel .e.'aNe P f: and ' n o:e of the ske~on :eves h chby che.cal pr .re t:ak. c T ie c: arc re ':ce d ant. wrh:e and ce :cate. nothi i.ng bt a g.:ss case to put DThe i. i.-r of (hrist Las rathirC to do n: h sh Christ ians but to C e Gtee a v ' r.d with ostrich ferather c::_t cd the accutr' .ati:>n of the itvr. six days, le: vi". them: brigh t ad c 5y..s.ne as b-fefe. E:. the other k:dof church is ar -rra'- ' gthering recrtits fr th:^ Lod of Hosts ar.d syr' to Peery apn~iaet: "Do you want to be or. God's side, the: safe -side and the happy side? If so, come in the armcy n d get eqniPP'd. Here is a bath in which to be cleansed Rere are sarr's to put on your feet. Mere is a he'.mct for your brow. here Is a breastpiate for your heart. Bere is a sword for your right ar:n. and yonder is the battleneid. Quit your selves like men." I remark again the Heavenly Shep herd is going to 5nd a gretat many of his sheep amorg tho'e who are now re jeotcrs of Chiistianity. Some of the mightiest adv'cates of the Go-pei were once skeo:.s. Thotuas Charers or:ce a skeptic. Robert i:1 a skeptic.: C:ristmas Evnrs a sacp-ic. Charles G. InDer a sk:ic. P , the aPostle. or:ee a skea:ic. Bt when once with s:ro- ha: ::eyTai held of the Gos pe: chariot t::-v relied it on with what moren U t I do not know how you came to reject Christianity. It may have been through the ir.d-e: talk of some young man in the store or shop or factory. It may have been through the trickerr of some professed Christ:an man who disgusted you with religion. It may be that 30 ye-.rs ago you Iet a:: faith by what happened in an oil company which was formed amid the petroleum excitement. The eom pany owned no lansd. or it they did there was no sign of oil prodneed. ?t the president of the eompany was a Presbyterian elder and the tre-asurer an Episcopalian retrymant,. and one director was a Methodist class leader and the other cffieers prominent mem bers of Baptist and Congregatiena: churches. Circulars were got out teai ing what fabueus prospects opened before this company. The circnar haC ail the hues of earth and sea and sky. The etters lmed with all the buauty of g~:d and jaspr nad antethyst. In nocent men and wo=nen who had a lit tie merey to invest, and that ittle their a:l, said: "I do not know aeythinn about this company. but so mtary gooc men are at the head of it that it must be exce::e:t and t.aklrg stock .n i' must be a::.ost as good as jo:r.:Z the c:urch." So they- bo'.: their stoc and perhaps rect nil ore dividenC te keep them sti::. Eunt after awhile they fotund that the coanpany had reorgn ied arnd had a different p-esident. a different treasurer arnd different di rectors. Other engae-ments or ar overcoming nmodesvy had caused th former of::eers cf tihe cotr-p-:y. w th many regrets. to re. gn, arid all that the subscribers fer the stock had to show for their investment was a beat: tifu::r orn-amnented certiileate. Samre timne that nman. Iooking over his oi? papers comes aeroa~s that- certificate-. and it is so sugg~estire that 'he rows hr wants none of the re~igion that the presid eat and directors of that oil eom pany profe-ssed. Or you may hare become sk-e-ptoa: fromn the fact that you grew up in a home where re'igion was orerdone. Sunday was the most awful day in the week. You had religion driven into you with a trip hammer. You were surfeited with prayer treetings. Tot: were stuffed and choked with oate chisms. You were often to:d that you were the worst boy your parent-s ever knew because you liked to ride down hill better than to read Bunyvan's "Pil grim's Progress." Whenever your father and mother talked religion they drew down the corners of their motiths and rolled up their eyes. If any one thing will send a boy to ruin sccaer than another, that is it.I But I do not stop now to know how vou came into rejection of Christian ity. You frankly tell ine that you do reject it. You do not 'eheve that Christ is a Divirne being. although you admit tha-. Ee was a very good rran. You do not believe that the Bibe was in sp'red of God. ':houg yout thI:: ter are some very Ene things in it. Yo. believe that the Scriptura: description of Eden was onjy an a:Iegory. There are 50 things tha; I believe that you do ::ot beliere. .and yet you are an ac commodating :ran. Erverybody that knows you says that of you. If I should ask you to do a kindness for me or if anyone else should ask of you a kind nes, you would do it. If, when you are ill, I shouid come- to vou with a vial of medicine and say: "This kind of medicine cured 50 people who were j~st as badly off as you are; take it." ad you replied: "I do rnot want to take it; I have no confidence in it," I would say: "Take it to ob:-ige me," and you would say: "Well, if it will aecom :odate you i wii! take it." Now. you hae found that this word is insum cet and you are sick of sin. I come to vou with a Gosnel medicine. It has cut-ec hrndoreds and thetusands and milI lions. Will you take i? "No," vou say. "I have no con fidence in it." Take t,then,teooblige me. I teilyou of a Phy B.ee~d us NansaLs. The Nw L rkt Press say s: "Do o 'emem'- r 'B3:ee-ee-ce-ern Kuas.a" John Bro'wn's boidy mue:t1y h.v: ki~ff s mne-deritg in tiio grave an~ ur's s <f Frederiek AK' der baran ri at th.' stake. MEc-l b'y n And wha' do-n Henry Wsd B-.. n- r ;y, li- g in h- "a e ffi' un t reen grass of Grewoi Iti uldie to senji a fey rumee vO er , -e -.or ~the e. Ae ere ol e i sta'es i the Ut t d S :.t s K sa v. doul. be th-t h t to ih nb a Na nd n'ow to 1is than 185M 60. Sharpe's li~dfl n.gt be: nt'-t r iha' a eair g I -an' .,- ur hear Gtt-g'a arid rxas gt a. This Is True. Love your choLdr't' a.d to~y wi'l - r te in so-t of ail :a s or - k i p Liah with t-n tr 'h , i r~i iha1 anodrhy n iul f--t oW tr -; ake them th-e centre of nu-li'e an' Iey will make you the pa ..c brok:en 1:earae, p.us. Ce ':- c-:a c ter exp'ce.n. . i A .s a.. t:uated w: re o-- ry of prayer. say i s:0- - o 'a. d -'.:s, this is a stra-:e t: r fr:. d I know :as of reli gi -! _e .:' :_' p"c. e have been th s1. abnnt )what thet eanst do for re I am ready to do whatever thou co-mmradest ne. If there be any power in re:-gion. as these r.pe say. let me have the advantage of it." Wil you not try that experiment? I do not now say there is anything in relig'on. Do not take my counsel or the cotnsel of any eergynr n, for you may Cilike c'errmen. Perhaps we may talk profesio '^.:y. P.-rhb we may be prej:.ices in the . Perhaps our adrice is not t\:rth tak ir'. Then t.i:e the counse: cf some vory respet a; e .:an. as Jan .' t-tt. the "- as Wa:i:n Wiberforce, thee ::i i" p:--: as iS:ac New-on, the ztroae::er; ac Robert Poy:e. the pI! c:epher; as Locke. the met-:hysiian; as Mor-e. the te:erapher; as Washing ton, the statesman. They never preached or pretended to preach, yet, pntting down one h!s teoescope and an other his parizamentarian's scroll a-d another his electrician's wire. came forth and commended the religion of Christ as the best thin; fer the cure of the world's woes. If you will not take the recommendation of ministers of the Gospel, take the reconnendation of highly respectable laymen. Oh, men, skeptical and struck through with nurest! I beg you to some off that great Sahara desert of doubt into the bright and luxuriant land of GospeI hope and peace. You do not wan, your children to come u? in that sket:icism. If you do not believe in anythirg else, you be:ieve in love-a father's love, a n:Ather's love, a wife's love, a chi:'s love. Then let me tell you that God loves you more than a!i these together. The great heart of Chr:st aches to have you come in. ar fie lciaks into your eves this mornent, saying: "Other sheep I have which are not of this fold." Again, I remark that the Heavenly Shepherd is going to find a great nany of the sheej among those who have been fall of evil habit. They were all cheated into sin. The spider does not say to the fly: "Come into the web where I kill iasects." Oh, no. The spider says: "Dearest fly, come and talk a morning walk with ma on this suspeasien brdge of gos eamer glittering with diamonds of dew." Do not be hard on these gone astray. It makes me sad to see Carie tian people give up a prodigal as lost. There are those who talk as though the graee of God were a chain of 4 or 50 links and that when they had run ont there was nothir.g left to touch a bad case. If they were hunt fng and got of the track of the deer, they would look longer among the brakes and bashes for the lost game than they would look for that lost soul. They talk about the catacombs of Naples and the catacorbs of Rome and the cataco:tbs of l'int. th. great b:;rial places :t tr the city where is the dast of marny genera tions t'assed on. but I tell yon New York hias its catacombs and Washin~g ton its catcombos and aii our ci:ies their catacoarths. They are under gound liquer dives, full of dead men's bon-s and all unceanllness. There is no need of goirng into the art gallery to see in skiliico sculpture that wron derful representation of a man and his sons wound round with serpents. There are families represented here to-day that are wrapped in the mar tyrdom of fars' and seale and venom, a living Laoooon of ghastliness and horror. There is only one class of persons about whom I am dishea~rtened, and they are the Gospel hardened. They have been faithful in atterndance at churches for 20, 30 and 40 years, yet never have surrendered themselves to God. As Christ says: "Publicans and harlots go into the kingdom of heav en before them." They have resisted all the importunity of divine mercy and have gone through most power ful earthquakes of religious feeling, and they are farther aw-:y from God than ever. Af-ter awhile they will lie down sick, arnd some day it will be told that they are dead. No hope! But I turn to outsiders with an ex petation that thrills through me, body and soul. "O0ther sheep I have, which are not of this fold." You are rnat Gospel hardened. You have not heard many sermons during the last few years. You feel the Holy Ghost this moment in your heart. You do not weep, but the tear is not far off. You sigh, and you have noticed that there is aiways a sigh in the wind be fore the rain falls. There are those here who would give anything if they could find relief in tears. They say: "Oh, my wasted ii'e! Oh. the bitter past! Oh, the graves over which I have stumbold! Whither shall I fly? Alas, for the future! Everything is so dark, so very dark: God help me! God pity me:" Thank the Lord for that last utteran-ce. You have begun to pray, and when a man begins to petition, God steps in and beats back the hounde of temptation to their kennel and round about the poor wounded soul puts the covert of his pardo~ing mrercy. Hark! I hear something faiL What was that? It is the bars of the fence around the sheepfold. The Shepherd lets down the bars, and the hunted sheep of the montain bound in, some of them their fleece torn with brambles, some of them their feet lamed with the dogs, bat bounding in. Thank God! "Other sheep I have, which are not of this fold." Mr. Andrew D. White, the United States ambassador at Berlin, has been elected a memboer of the Berlin Acad emy of Science. The Hteathenu at the Door. Noahi I ro i -,, as -c l1 as V gii, ra- useor ad.,i"mest t - se,e o . o Jvc de'te 5.i.oo! taxe- -'ivi to -he wite -chtu:' a!! the las a raise f.r ,c 'ol r.na-s on ie e r., erty of Ih' it., '-,.d O t P e el rex --cjls oniy h taxe, from the puep r:5 ( of ne R a.h ni- Em ..ys h -i . a b d ca*r.N t ": ,r In: f.r i'-"ia for i ig (ido I is a' usek3 40 anfl C: r ti1 *o u It, send tea.cher 5 madto er1m a':' hvau en d :et fl0 do' arj) i isu fotr ce eS~aion <-f t brok nia 's e Gd n at 'rome" Exac ly Eo. Wou d'nt we look like sod mu d at ae be a lot cf inc.-us C'jt i ::o to be suton in -rv y 'o th : m g -~ar', fir-idst , iAria t h Ie te are d :e.-e A-ricaa, t- gr'a 'a- in 4:0 Purity's Tribute to Purity. I : t- :]o a- .f : t Q .y it the S-a 4 r.-r- v. a n otc e - e tr I der-i-ce o wi it, flow r-, eu: ma-icf m-n ira-s 11r. Q ity's frae da of the IN JOINT ASSEMBLY Senate and House El-ct Judges and 0 her O'f.ces. OLD JUJDGES RE.ELECTED. This Completes the Elections to b3 Held by the Leg Islature at This Session. Tuesday of last week was the day s pointed for the election of certain offi ctrs by the general assembly. The senate attended in the hall of the hou-e of representatios at 10:30 a. m. and the two bodies in joint ses ->ion proceeded to the elections. The elections in some cases were cloec enough to b3 interesting, though not exciting. There was no show of parts spirit, and merit and personal prpularity seemtd to be the only is rues. 'I h elections were not concluded at *ne sittirg, but the following selections were made: To be State librarian, term two years, .alirv $S00 per annum, Miss Lugy Bar run of M onirg To be judge of tl'e Ffh circuit, term two years, salary $3 (t00. Ernest Gary, rucceedirg hinselt without opposition. To be judge of the Seventh circuit. D A. Townsend, winnirg over Senator Hycrick with a surpisingly large ma J rity. At the hour of taking recess, the election of a code commissioner was in progress. During the balloting for Sate libra rian there was some confusion in the beck o the hall, and L eutenant Gov ernor Tillman ordered that the door be ciosed. After the ballot had been taken, tbre were mewbtr4 in the lotby wh.. -an ei to set in to vote on the next allot. Mr Moses called the attention ,f the chair to the fact that the door kveper had the door still keked, al though no ballot was in pregress. Mr. Tiliman ruled that the door should be kept locked daring a ballot Mr. Mo~es said that the tufts off the jlont assembly would Dot austain this ruling. Mr. rillman-I would surgest to the gentleman from Sumter that he study .he rules. Mr. Moses later stated that he had bi en a nmember of the gen ral assembly t,:r 15 yeara and never ueard of sun a rulir g. The roles of the joint assem b'y d~d not uphold the preaiding officer, he ceclared. The incident was not taken very seriously, as no issue was at state, ar d the vote was not at any time close enough to be exciting. FOR STATE LIEAIAN. The first <ffige to be fi led was that of State librarian. Cu-tom has brought it about that a weman may hold this poaition, and for that reason no man .care apply. Tr-ere were 10 applicants w::o t re put in notmination, all of h. m ladies of irteil:gence. Senator Dean of Greenville nomi ated Mtas Fannie H. Whitmnire of Greenville. Mr. Henry B. Rich'rd on of Claren don nominatec Mias Lucy Barron of laren don. Mr H J. Kin ard of Greenwood nomi nated Mass tahie Fouche of Green wood. Mr. Gaston of Chester nominated Miss Tn, rae of Chestt r. Sena-or Y>haal of Riehland nomi a ed Mr., Frarit ZNerusee of Colam ba. wiow 0f the ar,.hiteot of State Louse. Sci~ator Hcugh of Lan-aster nomi at, i Mfr. Pre~ton L. Meiten of Co Un.i'. SeL aton Graydon of Abbeville nosni atcu Mr-. Ltzzie M Cason of Ab-be ville, wido# o.f the la'e aasistant eierk of the house. who died froma cold con racued while at worK in the State Mr. Moss of Orangeburg nominated lji. M1.wgre Co.r of Ocaeureburg. Mr. F. U Moilaster of Coatleston rionna r d Mis. B.anche O'Neale of C. lua.Dhia. Mr. MaGowaun of Laurents Doominate d iu L 11 e Harruaton of L aurens, but wiul drew the nau-e before the ballot ig. leavins nine to be voted for. The tdeos were Seators Herodon sd Branutley, Re-presen tatives Wul jats, Lever and Ruciker. Ooie n-ot balavi. Misa Barron led, re civos 53 votes Th'e vote was as io1 ws: l0 al nu:uber ease 151; Mai' lBr:oo, 51; .M~s. O N< alt, 22; M sa ont r 11; Mr.. Canon, 13; Wise Whit airn, 15 M1s, Fouoene, 7; Mrs. Niern -e. 2, Mr-a. Meiton, 24; M.ss l'hoine, 5 Saater Si1vanl cnat g d his vole frou, N sa Fouche to Mias Barron and o'-aw.r :tauiand chang--d his vote from M,. U'.Nea.e to M s, B.rxon. TL'.e vote was the-n announced as a Ve, a c apt that the t ao changes io el cave Mi-ss Barron 53 a. d as iaated one (act' from Mbma O'Neale a~d Mis, Feucee M1r Gaa~oa witharew the name Ms, Tborne. Ou s cor d ballot the vote stood: Miss ifanen, 65, Mrs. Melton, 3t; Mrs; Casn, 1ti; Mas 0 N~ale, 22; Mlias Foucne-, 6, M~sa Cunnor, 10; Miss a hawire, 12. T ,re were a number of changes then, rt long in t ie election of Miss Buon. The~ A.derson and Aboevine sieations begacn to change tirlr votes r m Mrs. Ca.,un and Mies Fouche to Mt.. M -eon. I'ie Greenwood dekgition chanted .lyr m Miss F, u:,ae to Mias Bar oi. Tli.- was !o~iowa by the cha ge *. O:an~e-bu g s five votes from Miss Conor so M.s, Ber:.. Mr. wVn.l y 1f echarlkston led the r. ak from Mina O'Neaie to Mi-u dar rou, asai it Wa., eviaent that Mis, Bar rn .sa' elected The vote as ~aiy annuced, alter all changes lhad been r. c'raiud, waa: Miss Barron 83, M1rs 'I Iton, 33; Mrs Cason, 5; Miss o N ate, i3; M.,a Whiitmire, 1., Total, 146; uee.sary to elect, 73. Mr 3leron of Greenveie, who had voed lkr Mi.. Wriuure, then moved o0 utke M.-,s iBrron'a election uuami naus Mr. Timwan, the p.reaideat of e- j .int as-rinbiy, rulhd that "the eulemnn is out of irder and uncon .i utitral " Mr. Morgan sat down amAd lauartter JUDGE ERNEST GARY. The ele-e.oe. o ju.ge of the Fifth ei cuit was then entered into. Seator Shep1 ad of Edgefield nomi natea the "pr. sent incumbent," Ernest Gay. This wa seco'ded by Senator M.tall and Mr. Ashley. Mr. G ry was unanimously reelected, receiio usi 5uvtes. JCDGE D. A. ToWNSEND. Ne caune the election o1 joare of t~e S.venth circuit to succeeti Judge Tow osend. The incumbent, Judge D A. Town mend of Urinwas. no.i.-A by Mr. A C. L5es of :ion, second-d by Messrs B itlei of Cher,.kec and Sharpr of L. -nzetn. Sera'or D. F. Hy lrick of S artan burg w is nominated, by Mr. Dca' of Spartanburg, scnded by Mr V illiams of Lac .ster ani Senator Branticy of Orang.burg. Mr Prine moved "that the nomina tions do Dow cl:s:." The president of the joint assembly, Mr. Tillman, declared that the gentle man was out of order. Mr. Prince contended that the joist rules would not sustain the ruling of the chair. On this appeal Mr. Tillman again ruled that the motion to close nomina tions was out of order. The rules of the joint assembly make no declaration on this subject, but parliamentry au thorities so declare. Furthermore, the chair ruled that a nomination may be made while the balloting is actually in prog ress. The total number of votes cast for judge of the Se.venth circuit was 148 of which Judge Townsend received 89 and Mr. Hydrick 59. The number nee esta-y to a choice was 74 CODE COMMISSIOER. The election of a ced commissioner was then entered upon. Mr. Joo. P. Thomas, Jr., nominated Mr. G. P Lgan of Richland. 'his was seconded by Mr. John McMaster and Senator Appelt. Senator D.uglas of Uaion nominated Mr H. L Scaife of U.zon. This wes seconded by Mr. Jarnigan of Marion Mr. Dominick of Newberry nominat ed Mr. 1 H Welch of Newberry. This was seconded by Mr. Liver of Lxztng ton. Senator Graydon of Abbeville nomi nated Mr. N. G Evans of Eig.-field 'his was seconded by Messrs. Strom and Ashley. Mr deLoaob of York nominated Mr W. H. TowneLd of Barnwell. This was seconded by Mr. J. 0 Patterson aid Mr. Lockwood. On the first ballot there were 148 votes cast; nec ssary to a choice, 75 rDewnsena rt ceived 50; L .gan, 25; Ev os, 30; Scaife, 27; Welch. 16 Before tLe secona oallot Mr. Domi nick withdrew the Lame of Mr. Welch. 01 the second ballot the 16 votes re ceived by ir. W Ileh wire day.dea as 'uilows: Evans, 8; Towneend, 5, and Soaf-, 3. T ae vo.e as cast was lown aeno 55; Evans, 38; Scaife, 30, and Lo gan. 25 Belore the vote could be announced, and as soon as it was seen that Mr Townsend needed but about 20 votes, air. Logan's supporters began to change to Mr. foanserad. Mr. J. C. Robertson then withdrew the name of Mr Logan. Part of the R.eh:and delegation changed from Lean to E.ans. Mr. Scaire s support oegan to go to Eva's. Before the changes were all made, the clock pointed to the hear of 2 Mr. Ashley "raised to a point of order,' that the hour for taking a recess had arrived Mr. Tillman announced that while the point of order appeared to be well iounced, vet he thought complications might be avoided if the matter in hand be finished. Hwever, as the change of votes con tinued, the presiding officer a moment lacer ancoun.ced that Mr. Ashley's point ot order was sustained, and the j int assembly took a reess until 8 ockc. Is was said that Mr. fownsena at ttnat time had two more than enough votes to elect. Upon reassembling at 8 olock the j .int assenabiv proceeded with the elec Lon of a coae commnissioner. Tihe ro 0ast of the ballot taken at 2 o'clock was aenouinced. Tne vose was as 1ollows. low . asna, 83; Brans, 47; Scaife, 16; Loan, 4-10.al, 150. Mr. Townsenn was acciarea e ies<. a. Iha amsenilly then proceeded to the election of a aupenintendent of the pen nentiary, Capt. Giriffitai was nominated for reel' c ion by Mr Eird, ant therei tieing no other nomiomuons, the roll was eaue~d abd ayp. Gr~filul received every Vote cast. T'ne election for three directors of the penientiary was then Lakeni up Mr Snarpe mnominated Mr. J. G. Mooleiy of 11uifield. Mr. B-o nominated Mr. W. D. 0 Dell o1 Piekens. Mr. Win-on n ,minated Mr. M. 0 Ri lana of Sparean burg. Mr. Dean Lominated Mr. A. K. San der, of Sduiter. Mr Croft nominated B. F. Holman of Agen. The result of the fir-t ballot was as fo 1,>ws: Mobley, 134; O'Ddeli, 92; 11o L..i, 98; Sadera, 104; ilolman, [1; total. 145. ihere were only three Vacancies to be filie.1, Dut four ot te can.:zdaces having received a miaj a i y of the~ votet-, CU.l nima d~ciareu MLs ri Mabley, aders sa R'ianid ehLteed. The elecuon ol a trustee of the South Carolina colJlege was taken up. de ator Brantley nominated Mr. Augus K am, anai ttnue being no other nomioations, the roll wa.n cal.ed and Mr. Konn was declared ececea. He rscaved eVery vote cast, 1i7. Toe next election was that of one iu Leo for Clemson eo.lege, and for tis cnere was Only one n~OtLiuat onl. 8:ijat, r Aldroen nomit ated Mr. Lav renee di. Sease of Lxz~ngton. Tne far maty of ca..ing e roll was gone through wats aid Mr. Sea~e was de clare~d ec.cree, 101 totes being cast. Ihi.n beinig -hc ia-c election to be held, at 10j:t5 the joint as-embly wa. d. sjivee and time senate returaea to le .a-aa. ber. imo nouse adjournt d immediately af ter waras, anta the senat~e adj .urn,.d upon reaching its ebamnoer. Spanish Methods. It seems that the Americans are teaching the F.lipinos vaiy miush the s~m~as the d&anisti aid tine Cub-us. A ipatch fr..m M1auila says (Gen. Men Arbur Las oru.ered a d. z.n or moure na cves to be takeA on ooaro the Soi.e , pre paratory to ti~eir deportation. Tnhey are osarted with being insurgent abettors and agntators who swore allegiance to f e Uuned States for the purpose of tacilatng revolutionary operations. Drowned. Lieutenant H L Tylor, of the c'ns tons se-Ivm..e loca ea at Pensac )la, Fia, was lost over board IThurnday from the reve nue e-u ter P)enrose anid up to the 1-resent time not the slightest trace of him has b.:en found. 1t is the general imression that as Lieutenant Taylor fell from the cutter his head was struck by 'he propel-r and he sank immnedi ately, having been rendered unconsci Wants to Know. The R -puolicans in ee Senate will be glad w beo Sernato~r Pe tigre w retires from ih~t be de. which will on the 4th of March next. ln the Senate on Thursday he introduced a resolution callirg upon the secretary of war ftr in formaton as to whether A. Mabini, a itisen of the Pnl1 ppine islands, has been depoxa d to Guam or to any other laceas a political refuee. FELLO W SEEV&NTS BILL KILLED Rights of Cotton Mill Operatives Dis oussed in the House. The house of representatives, Thurs day by an overwhelming vote, refusea to extend to cotton factory operatives rights of 'fellow servants" guaranteed railroad employees. When the third reading bills had been dispoeed of. Mr Webb a bill was taken up as unfluished business. Mr Mc.Master's bill was taken up in conneetion with it. Mr. Hardin of Chester moved to strike out the enacting words. He said that t.e bidl is too far reaching. Why not in corporate the operators of all kinis of machinery, reapers, mowers, etc.? He has the .ighett respect for the opera tives, but ne has also a high regard for the men who are putting their names into the great industry. The eff-t of this bill would be a lordship on the cot ton mill operatives, for they would be ompelled to carry accident insurance. Mr. Ashley said be bad mixed up with cotton nmill people as much as any man on the flour. He had gone to every mill in Anderson County and had told them that he was the author of the law to reduce the hours of labor in mills at d that he was opposed to any further legislation on chis sot ject. He had gotton very nearly a unanimous vote from the cotton mills. Wednesday eve tring he bad recsived petitions from 2,000 operatives proteting against this bill. If they o and a cotton mi 1 and this bill stould piss, he wouli immedi ately commence deduoing from the wages a fund to meet damages. Thtre are good aan in the cotton mills a+ any where, but there are some triflng. lazy fellows who won d be wil ing to have tneir arms taken . if to get $5,000 and set up and do not. ing the baiance of their say;. Mr Lver. the new member from L xjngton who is quite youth u in ap p.arance, agreeaoiy but prised toe nouse by a thougn.fual and well deliver ,d argument. He would like to have diseuseed the questioa in L xington county with Mr Asuley in the cam paign. Toe latter gentleman would have been left at home to rum his far, f r the operatives ut L xingtsn demand this eoa.:tin. Mr L.ver, coai uin., aid chat there s:ethes to be an iaea prevalvnt in th.s b.,dy that any bill hav tog the word "cotton factory" in it wa. opi osed to the pr, gress of the astton mi. in.duatiy. fui, was all a mistake Fif teen years ago suc enaction woad not have been necessarf, but the t me has come when the labor is-ue is para mount in the State. louey is not bigner than men, corporate rights are not higher than the interests of human ity. Mr. J. Caldwell R >bertson of Rich land favorsd te Dill. H-3 said that optrtives have rights which should be piotected. He coud not be sail to be in the position of labor against ca-i tat. He occupies rather au independ eat position. He favored the bill, for it would not be a hardship on the mills to carry inaemnity to employes, and this is what the m'lls would do. Mr. Croft of Aiken then moved to indefinitely postpone the bil. This mo tion was n.t debatable. By an over twhein.ing m :jrity the house votes in favor of this motion and the bill was .Iled. Mr. McMaster's bill was th'en before the house. Tne purpose of this biel wasn 'o extend the rights and remedies of employcs of railroad corporations, as provitied by the constitution, to em p103 e5 of textile miul corporations, ette. trail a ay and tels.graphacompanies"' Mrl. CrAt cffered a motion is strike out of the bid the words 'texiile mill corporations." in behalf of this my tion, he said that this was to make thle nmeasure apply to street railwvay ani telegraph companies alone. Mir. Croft picured the aevelopm.ni of the miii inoustry and made the leading argu ms at agsinsst the all. Iu beuiaif sof his bi:1, Mr. Mc Master sp,.kc ver, tarnestuy. He a:ked p r tinently if this be a geol measure far rairoauis why should i10 be abad law for other corpozations? Tae bill is founued upou toe commz~on law princi pal recognized lang before there was a jorpstrauen when t he servant hai even ada aional protectiona because he sat on th. same work beech with the master Ihe heuse then voted on Mr. Croft's motion to amend the bitt ., as to re mose teX ie corporations fr om its pro v slsns. Tnis was asiopted by a vote oi 68 to 39, and the bill as emasculatel bub'st queajtty pased second reading. 'Those who voted against the amend ment of Mr. Croft and in favor of the original bill were M1e -rs, B~auks, Bates, Carter. Dsminiet, Eird, Estri, ge, Gas ton, Goturuin, IJ-lau~cha', Giunar, Jar ci gao, Joranson, K oltr, lKi sey, Lever, Litie., la gan, Lowax, Mayson, M1o Laugilto, Jno Mcbliat.er, M15noe, Mor gan, M1o-, Rtchards Rachards in, Ron rson, Saxot, S.rjnoau, Tatom l'hom as. W. J., 'l'nomas, Juo P. Jr., Webb, Welte, West, Weston, Wiluains, Woods, and Woodward. Those who voted in the affirmna'ive, in favor of the atznenament wete: Hmu W F Sstevenson, speaker, anid Mseasrs A.,h.c.y. Au, Aust n R -ot, Beam enard, B vens, Bott, Brooms, Brown. B ,suisk, 85 so, Builser, Campbeal, Cog aesnall, uLo. cg, Co.'psr, CUolt Cruum, Dbn s.sor, Desa, D Loach, Den -is, U~do, Dumtir, Durani, E der, FLx, Freeer, .Fcsanau, uaile, Hsro,n HitI, Huzli-, Hunmputey, J ames, Keel-, Kin. ard, Li toe, Le~.q.ood, L .tffon, ac Call, M1 Leod, ML(.Gowan. MLfst, 11er riso, Mlo.,cs, Nesoi~tr, Nioto e,, Parker, W. L ; Patterson, Pr neet- P at, Ran kin, I- cte an, Ro:>inson, C R; duD inosu, R B A.; Rucrer, 8 bekhouse, seatrevk, 5,nauer, aith, J B; ; Smith, M1 L ; Turus, ?cnompson, Wollinig, W ilson, axid W% ingo. A Carlisle Story. M1 bile R sister. Thbe following incident is related by a corres os~dent of the Cleveland Plain Dealer in the South. Is. is told of Dr James TI Ca-li-Ie, the venera->le presi dens. of AX if rd college. S,>uth Care lina, and counselor of the grpat Chan augaa system, with hta quarters in thi-, city: When 10 years old yonn Carlisle was attending a typical country school of the old South unidsr the manag-ment tf a typ:cal ceacnt'r of the time, a s'ern and eenio~arl~ o d gentleman. Ote dar' Ittle James found considerable d fizulty in sowe of his work and his teacner, becoming impatient, took the boy's ate aud, writing upon it the words, "I am a fool," ga-e it to the little fellow, saying, "Here, James, sign your name to that." Trho learned pedagogue procesdcd with the other lessons, tns. on coming back to his youing charge after a time noticed that the name had not been written. Becoming angry he demanded in ihundertc g toneb: "Jamee odariisle, wh v did y ou not -ign your name to that, sir? 'And little James Carlisle slipjed from his place on the hig:1, rough old bench, ant1, looking his tr.acher sqiare ly in the eye, replied: "B.:cause it is a lie, sir!'' FAUTS ABUuT CRIE, Statement by Races, Sexes and Ages for Two Courts. The forthcoming annual report of the attorney general is to contain at least one table that will be entirely new to such reports in this State and will prove of the greatest value to those in terest id in the study of criminal statis tics. This table will give a summary for the summer and fall terms of court by counties showing in detail by ages, races and sexes the number of oases made for crimes against property, morality, the dispensary and the peace, the verdicts and the totals. The table is indeel' one of the most valuable sta tistical sheets ever gotten out in the State. The following is the summary by ages and races, showing that the greates- crime reriod is between the ages of 20 and 30: TEN TO FIFTEEN.TEARS. Whites-Maie 1; temale 0. Blacks-Male 18; female 2. Total 21. FIETEEN TO TWENTY TEARS. Whites-Male 14; temale 2. Blacks-Male 124; female 2. Total 142 TWENTY TO THIRTY TEARS. Whites-Male 64; fen.ale 8. B'aoks-Male 283; female 10. Total 365 THIRTY TO FORTY YEARS. White- hale 6"; f. male 3 Black-Male 133; female 9. Tota- 205 FORTY TO FIFTY YEARS. Whites --Male 28; it male 1. Blacks-Male 57; female 3. Total 89 FIFTY TO SIXTY TEARS. Whites-3ate 24, temale0. Blacks-Male 29; female 6. Total 59. There was a total of 881 cases. Of the whit, s 118 were convie ed and 87 so quite d; --f the black, 471 were convict cd and 2115 acquit e I. B. the raj.s she character of the Affent es wa< s f- I "'w-: AGAINST THE PEACE. Whites 113; ti -ek- 275. PROPERTY Whites 327; '.ac :-18. MORALITY Whites 19; hi k- 40 DISPE SARY. Whites 41; t,.sat- 38. Raided Saloons Mrs. Carrie Nation. Mr.. Wilhni e "nd Mrs Eva:.s, three W. C. T U., raided the Senate ard Merrig's Place, two fine saloons on East Douglas are nue, Wietita, Kau., Wedneaday after noon with rocks and billiard balls, and oanaset the two places to the extent of $1 500 Fine mirors, oil paintings and eas glasses were smashed into amal! bits by rocks thrown by the temperaLee women's hands. The raid took place about 5 o'clock this evening and lasted only fhf.een minute s. The three women were just entering the saloon wrecked by Mrs. Nation three weeks ago when the police arrived and took the three to the station house in patrol wagon. When called before Cheif of Police Cuboin he said: "You women are dis charged. I have no right to detain ion. I would like you to promise not to raid any mire until tomorrow afternoon. thougn, for cy that time the saloon men can swear out warrants, if they care to." Mrs. Nation, as spokesman, agreed not to do any more damage' un til tomorrow. The three women then went down ihnglas avenue, followed by thousands of men, women and chil dren. In front of the Manhattan R otel, on East Douglas avenue, Mrs. Na'ian climbed into a transfer wagon and made a speech in which she stated that the wora of smashing saloons had oily eon,m nced. This angered some arusken men, who hauled her down and made her run toward the Santa Fe depot. After running several blocks, ouowed by the ho .uling mob, she turn ed and showed fight. The men crowd ed in around ber and several were hit over the head with a large cane which she carried. An attempte was made then and (here to lyrnch her but the po lice rtisit d in. She says she is guing to leave town tonight, but the police are watching her movements, while anost of the saloons in to wn hate closed for the night. Cuitivated Roosters. The village of Brackel, in Belgium, enjoys the fame of having originated one of the most celebrated races of do mestic fowls. The Belgians do not hes itate to assert that the Brackel hens are unequaled for the excellence and number of their eggs, while the roosters have developed, thanks to generations of cultivation and the influence of "crowing tournaments," a power and rhythm of voice equally unrivaled. The breeders have a theory that the musical contests in which the Brackel roosters are trained serve to develop the peculiar qualities of the race. However this may be, it is cer tain that cultivation has differentiated these fowls from all others.-N. Y. World. Reckless Fishing Method. "Our fishing methods are absolutely reckless, and we allow the young to be destroyed, not only in thousands. but in millions. It Is not only that the Chi nese and Japanese line their seines with mosquito netting, and thus capture everything that is not microscopic. but the shores of the bays and lagoons of the island are swarming with ducks, which eat up the small fry of the mullet and even pursue them into the shallows far distant from the coast line."-Ha waiian Star. Hot Water in Cuba. Hot water is very difficult to obtain in Cuba. Water is heated in small vessels, and a surprisingly meager amount seems to be needed in the day's work. Cuban cooks have devel oped the system of washing dishes in cold water to an art, but American servants find it difficult to get accus tomed to this hot water scarcity. N. Y. Sun. Hard. Miss Rosa Dawn-Don't you think those hills are lovely, Mr. Tire? You should see them in the early morning, when the sun is climbing grandly over them in his fiery chariot. Mr. Plumpford Tire (who has just come over them)-It may be all right in a chariot. but I'd like to see him do it on a bicycle.-N. Y. World. Keeping the Subject Uppermost. "My daughter's young man went home on time last night." "Did you go in and remind him?" "No; but I had our parlor cloclb fxed It so it cuckooed every ten min utes."-Detroit Free Press. Africa's Largest City. Cairo is the greatest town of Af rica; its Inhabitants number 500,000, 25,000 being Europeans. - Chicago Chronicle. Sure to Be Fooled. If you expect a lot of wordjerful things to happen you are going to be Feold.--Atchison Globe. NEW VALUE OF SAGEBRUSE. The Long-Despised Plant Has Been wound to Be Excellent Food for Cattle. One of the strikingly remarkable things in she development of this coun try has been the transformation of views that has taken place in the pop ular mind regarding relative values. Sections of the country, their capabili ties and products, that in the early days were regarded as wholly worthless, of late days have been discovered to be among the richest wealth-producing territories to be found anywhere on the face of the earth. Take, for example, that section of country lying between the Missouri river and Denver. Thirty five years ago the principal part of what is now known as the great corn belt was supposed by the shrewdest and best informed men of affairs to be little better than a vast Irreclaim able wilderness, incapable of affording sustenance for anything but jackrab bits and prairie dogs. Its chief product In those days was sagebrush, which was thought to be useful for nothing but adding fuel to the flames of prairie ores in the fall season, says the Chicago Post. But that supposed wilderness has turned out to be the garden spot of the continent, which requires only to be tickled to produce In superabundance of food for man and beast. It has, In fact, become the great granary of the world, on which the eyes of civilization are constantly fixed to see what prom ise for the future it has to make. Not only so, but It has been discovered that the despised- sagebrush is in Itself an article of great value, through the cul. tivation of which the people of the seo tion 'which is its habitat may be greatly enriched. So clearly and ford. bly has this been demonstrated that the department of agriculture at Wash ington is actually sending out free to the agriculturists of the region in ques tion packages of sage seed, the cultiva tion of which is strongly urged. Recent investigation has shown that the plant contains highly nutritious qualities, and is the most desirable for age that can be found for cattle in win ter. Furthermore, it has been found that cattle are exceedingly fond of It, and will eat it when available In pref erence to anything else. Stock fed on it make rapid growth and are said to be remarkably free from disease be .auie of the tonic qualities it contains, It cannot be cut and cured as is hay. but where cattle can be allowed to roam at large during the winter months It affords them most desirable feed. .It will grow anywhere. Alkali and non alkali lands are the same to it, and it flourishes alike in dry and wet seasons. Seeds and stems are both eaten with relish by all grazing animals. ARMY PAY TEMPTED THEM. Sow New York Italians Were In. dueed to Answer Questions for the Census Man. - The foreign quarters of New York gave the enumerators a great deal of trouble. Many thought their names were being taken for the purpose of Impressing them Into the army. An In terpreter was sent post haste one day to help out an enumerator who had telephoned to headquarters that he had been nearly murdered by an Infuriated rowd In a crowded tenement. When the enumerator returned to the tene ment In company with the Interpreter pandemonium broke out again. A big, strapping, muscular woman led the hostile forces, and was followed by one Italian armed with a club, another with a picket torn from a fence, while a third had drawn a stiletto ready for bfsiness. The interpreter finally managed to win the attention of the amazon, when she remarked In surprise: "Oh, you act not like an Italian dago who came around bullying us as soon as they got a government job. And you are a good-looking gentleman, too." Then, turning to her followers the woman cried: "Men, these are real gentlemen, and they won't take you for soldiers. So answer all their qus tions.". "How do I know that they won't take me?' asked a small-sized man. "They would not take you If you offered yourself," replied the Inter' preter, and then be explained the qual fcations required of an American sol dier and told what pay he got. "Fifteen dollars a month and food and clothes? Mosit holy Madonnat And I barely earn that amount the year round, and have to buy food and pay rent," exclaimed a well-.built man. "I'll go and enlist to-morrow." The next moment 38 Italians were tumbling over each other to have thor names taken down. Sometimes the work of the enumer ator and interpreter among the Ital an. was more agreeable, and had they been matrimonially inclined they could have made good Italian matches. In a comfortably furnished house were two sisters, somewhat past 40, one a widow and the other still a spinster. After giving their names and ages they proceeded to catechise the visitors, and when they learned that both were bachelors the wido'r at once proposed marriage. She had' $10,000, she said, and her sister had 58.000. Lead Poisoning'. Lead poisoning may be more com mon than Is supposed. So thinks a French physician who was puzzled by the Illness of a boy of 12 years, until the father appeared with the same trouble, when it was discovered that the family had been using wood from a white lead factory.-Clncinnatl En quirer. __ Pain Producers. Mr. Talkso-Yes, I am very sensitiva about my feet. Mr. Sourdropp-What do you do? Wear tight shoee or write poetryt-'j Baltmore American. Motor Posts in Australia. I A frequent difficulty encountered byl postal authorities in Australia is the cheap and expeditious delivery of malls to outlying localities. Many of these places are hundreds of miles from the nearest railway line, and the route Is apt to be through drought-atricken country, where the dry roads are at times impassable even by camels. This Is conspicuously the case in tropical Queensland. But the government of that colony has risen to the emergency and has decided to try the experiment of dispatching mails to "out back" by motor car. The result Is likely to be awaited with interest in other places than Queensland.-Lonldon Daily Mall. Our Bad Manners. If we could get a consen.sus of hon est opinions from foreigners we should no doubt be told that our dominant national trait is-bad manners. We probably never shall live down the ef fet produced by the swaggering, rich "trippers" and shrieking girls who first represented us in Europe. They still are believed to be the true American types. "The American vulgarizes all that he touches" has everywhere passed Into an adage.-"An American Moth" -" n a.. a..' Horn. Jnamat -.