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"AN ILL EAST WIND. Tli? Dlbln SpMihs of (Iia Hast Wind KI#Mecn TiiiifH? Troiiblcn and t l-lula Tor Somo People. ' ' Tk\t; "And tho T.or.l bro vrUwl noon tho land all that tiny and all th.d Lfxnt." ? Exoius X., 19, Tho reference hero Is not to, a cyclono, but - to tho JOUR continued .blowing of tho wind from Mft uhhealthful tjuartwf. Tho north Wind Is bracing. tho south wind l? rolax'nif, V>nt the ciud wind is Irritating and full of threat. ^Eighteen tlmoa does tho Blblo speak hgalnSt tho east wind. Moses describ&s tho Inlh cars blasted hy tho east wind. Tho psalmist describe* tho breaking of tho ships of Tarshlsh hv tho east wind. Tho loeus's that planned Egypt wero born in on the oast wliid, ; Th? gourd that sheltered Jonah w?8 shattered by tho oast wind, and in ail tho 6000 suftimert, autumns. winters, springs of tho world's existence the worst wind that ever blow Is tho east wind. Now. if Ood would rh'y give us ft climate of porpetual ' Hor'wester, how genial and kind and p'anld and indnstrious Christians wo would aU bo! But it takes almighty graco to bo what wft ought to bo under tho oast wind. vndej the chillinsr aad wot wing of the east wind tho most of tho world's villainies, frauds, outrages. suicides and murdors havo been hatched out. I think If yon should keep a meteorological history of tho da.\s of . the year and pnt right I esldo It tho criminal record of tho country y<ju would find thnt thoso wero the host days for publlo :norals which were nndor tho "north or wost wind, and thnt thoso wero tho worst days for pub lic morals whloh werft^nder tho onst wind. The points of tho compass havo morotodo With tho world's morals and tho ohnroh'u piety than you have y?t suspected. Rev. Dr. r< ? Archibald Alexandcrf-t^mlnent for learning and for consecration, whon asked by ono of his sttm^ts at Princeton whether ho always had /till assurance of faith, replied, ''Yoj. except when the wind blows from the cast." Dr. Franola, dtctntor c4^Pa raguay, when tho wind was from tho e/iHrnria lo oppressive en actments for tho people, bnt -whon tho Weather changed repent od him of the ornol tiw. repealed tho enactments and was in ' go?iJ humor with all tho world. Jin fore I ovortako tho main thought of my Subject I want to tell Christirn peoplo llioy ought to be obsorvam of cllmallcal changer. M %Jlo on your guard wfion tho wind blows from IHio east. There nro certain styles of tempta tions that you eanuot endure unler certain styles of weather. When thO wind blows from ti'O east, If you a/e of a nervous tem perament. go not amoufc exasperating people, try nOt to sottlobal debts, do not try to fettle old disputes, do not talk with a bigot on religion, do not po among thoso peoplo y, who delight in sayiug irritating things, do not try to colloot funds for n oharitablo institution, do not try to answer an Insulting lettor. If these things must be done, do them whon tho wind Is from the norlb, or tho couth, or the west, but not when tho wind is from tho oa*t. ? ' You pay that njou and women ought not to bo no sonsitivo and nervous. I admit it, but I am not talking about what tho world ought to be. I am talking about what tho world is. While ihoro aro persons whoso disposition ?> does not seem to be affected by cbuneos in tl'o ntmosphere, nine out of ten are mjghtily ?j.lnyed upon by such influences. O Christian ? man ! under suoh circumstances do not write hard things against yourself, do not got wor? rlcd about your fluctuating experience. You nro to rommber that tho barometer In your soul Is on'y answering tho bnrometer of tho weather. Instead of sitting down and being rt'.^UTaged and saying, "l am not a Chris- ! tian because I don't feel exhilarant," got tip and look out of tho window nnd see tho weather vano pointing-la the wronfc quarter, and then say-, "Get tbeo behind me, satan, thou prince of the power of tho air; got out of my house; got out of my heart, thou d? nion of darkness horsed on the oast wind. Away !* However good and groat you may b? in tho Christian life, your sout wilt nnyor Ci bo Independent . of physical coutlltion. I feel I am uttering a mOqt practical, useful truth here, one that may give relief to a great many Christians who are worried and de spondent at times. 1>?. TALSIAGK'S SUN WAY Til KM K. P Dr. Jtusb. a monarch In mndiclne, offer curing hundreds of cn^es of mental depres sion. himself fell sick and lost his religious hope, nnd he would not believe his pastor when tbu pastor told him that his spiritual duprresion was only a consequence or physi cal depression. Andrew Fuller. Thomas Hcott, William Cowper, Tiiom:is Boston, David Brainerd, Philipp M?lnnohthon w<-re mighty men for Ood, but all of them illus trations of the fact that a roan's ?oul Is not Independent of his physical hea;tb. An emi nent phvsidnn gav*3 as bis opinion that no man erer died a great triumphant death whom dlseasi was below the diaphragm. Kfaekhousc, the learned Christian commit tor, says he docs not think Saul was insane when David played the harp before him. but it wan a hypochondria coming from Inflam mation of toe liver. Oh, how many good people have been mistaken in regard to their religious hope, not taking thoso things Into consideration! The dean of Cnrllftlo, one of the best men that ever lived, and one of the most useful, Fat down and wrote: ''Though I have en deavored to<?ltschnrga my duty as well as I crfuld. yet sadness kmQ melancholy of heart pli'ck close by and itrtrcase upon me. I tell /nobody, but I am very much sunk indeed, ( and I wish I could have the relief of weening n# I u*<*d to. My days are exceedingly dark and distressing. . Iu? word. Almighty Ood H'-etns to hide Qls 1 a<;>, and I intrust the eo, cret hardly to any earthly being. I know, not what will become of mo. Ihero is doubt less a good deal of bodily afflictUflb mingled with this, but it is not all so. jfoless Ood, however, that I never lose sight of the cross, and though I should die without toeing any iierson%l Interest In the Redeemer's merits, I nope that I shall bo fouud at Bis feet. I will thank you for a word at your loisure., My door is bolted at the time I Km writing this, for I am full of tears." What was tho mutter with the dcah of Car lisle? Had he got to be a worse man? No. ' The physician *ald that the state of his pulao. would not warrant his living a minute. Oh, If the east wind streets the spleen, and affects the lungs, and affects the liver. It will affect vour immortal soul. Appealing to Ood for r.elp, brace yourself against there withering blasts and destroying influences, lest that which the psalmist eald broko the ships of Tarshlsh shipwreck you. Bat notice in my text that tho Lord con trols the east wind: ''The Loitf Drought tho , mat Wind.** brings H tor especial pur pose; It must sometimes blow from that fjunrler. The east wind Is just as important ms tb?i north wind, or the south wind, or the west "wind, but not so pleasant. Trial must cnm^O 'J he text does not say you will escjtpn the cutting blast. Whoever did escape it? . Especially who that accomplished any thing for ehureh or state ever sscaped it? I WM .la the pulpit of John Wesley, in Lon don, ? pulpit where he stood one day and said, "I have been charged with all the crimes In the eatalogua except one? that of drui\kenne?s,'' mod a woman aroee in the audleneeand said. *JJt>hn, you were drunk last night." Bo Joan Wesley passed under the fljii. ry I saw la a foreign' journal a report of one of Oeorce WhltsAcld'e sermons? fc sermon preached a hundred and twenty or thlny years sgo. It seemed that the wporter stood to taknthe seratoa, aad his chief idea was to earicatnin It, aad tfceta are soma of the re port oris! tnterllnlags of the sermon of George- WhtteAeld. After calling htii by a nickname Indicative of n physical Meet In tne eye. ft goes on to say: "Here the pt*acher clasps his chla on the pulpit cushion. Here be elevates fcts voice. Hers be lowers his vole*. Holds his aims extended. Bawls aloud. Hands trembling. Makes a fright ful fane. Tarns an the whites of his eyes. ? Olsspshls he sis hetrtmi htm. Ctmrpr Wr ?rmaaienad Wf and hew blmssl'. Roars "atsa*. Halloo* Jamfs, eriea. Changes Uvea crying, Hailons nn.l Jumps ajcr/vl a.** Witt mv brother, if that goo <1 mail weut through nil t tint process, in your occupation, In your brofnulon, <u your Ktor^, in your shop, at ilie bar, in t Ik* sick room, in tho editorial chair, somewhere, you will bavo to go through ft similar prooe&J. You canuot escape it. Koala wrote hi* famous pnom, and (ha hard criticism of the poem killed hlm-dll* era'ly killed him, Taaao wrote his poem, entitled, "Jerusalem Delivered," nnd it had such a cold reception It turned him into a vlnt; maniac. Htillineflect was slain hy hTs literary enemies. The frown of Ilonry Vllt. plow Cardinal Wolsey. The Duke of Wellington rcfused'to have the fence around h.\> house, which had been destroyed by tho excited moh, rebuilt, becauso ho wanted tht fence to remain as it was, a reminder of (ha mutability and uncertainty of tho populitf favor. Ami you will have trial of gome sort. You bavohad It already. Why nco I I prophesy? I inlirht better mention nn historical fact in vonrhlstorv. You are a merchant. What ft time you hftdwith that old business partner! How hard it wis to get rid of hito! Before you bouuht him out, or ho ruined both of you, what, magnitude of annoyance! Then after you had paid him down a certain sum of money to hftvo him go out and to promiso lie .would not open ft store of the same kind of business in your street, did "he not opou tho very same kind of busi ness ns near to you as possiblo and tako all your customers a* far ns he could tako thom/ And then, knowing all your fral ties and weaknesses, after beingimyour business firm for so many years, Is ha?ot now spend ing his time in making ft commentary on what you furnished as ft tcxi? You are a physician, and In your slokncpp, or in your absenoe, yon ?et ft neighboring doctor to take your place in tho aick room, and ho in gratiates himself into tho favor of that fam ily, so that you forever loso their patronage. Or. yo? tak? a pationt through tho serious stages of a fovcr, and someday tho impatient father or hunbaud of tho siok ono rustics out and Kojts nnother medical pneti tioner, who comes in Justin tlmo Id got tho credit of the cure. Or. you are a lawyer, nnd you come In contact with a trickster in your profession, and in your absence, and cftfitVary to agreement, ho moves a nonsuit or tho dismissal of tho ease. Or the judge on tho bench, remembering an old political grudgo, rules against you every time ho geti a chance, and says with a snarl, "if you don't liko mv decision, take nn exception." Or, you arc a farmer and the cnroulln stings tlio fruit, or tho weevil gets into the wheat or tho drought slants the corn, or thci lontj contlnuod rftbiB givoyju no opportunity for gathering the hftrvest. Your b'st cow gats the hollow horn: your best horse gets fonu dored. A French proverb said thnt Iron bio comes on horseback an 1 poos away on foot. So trouble dashed in on you suddenly; but, oh. iiow long it wfts lu getting ft way! Came on horsoback, goes away on foot, llapld in coming, slow in going. That is tho history of nearly all your troubles. Again uud again and attain you havo experienced tho/ power of tho e ist wind. It m:iy bo blowljvy from that direction now. * My friends, God intondol these troubles and trials for some particular purpose. Thoy do nof como nt random, Here is the promise: "He Htayoth His rough wind in tho day of tho east tWud." In the tower ot London tho swords nn I the guns of other ngos aro hnrn iehod and arranged into hugn passion flow ers and sunflowers and bridal cakes, and you wondor how anyllitug so hard as sleQl could be put Into suo'.i floral shapes. I have to toll you that the hardest, sharpest, most cutting jno.'-t piercing sorrows of this life may bo made to blco:n and b'ossom and put on bridal, festivity. The Rihlo says they shall bo mitigated, tbey shall be assuaged, fifty shall bn graduated. God is not going to al low you to be overthrown. A Clwr$tlan wo-. man, Terr much despondontr- wee holding tier child In her arms, nn I the pastor, trying to oonsolo the woman in horsnirilunl depres sion, saW, "There, you will Jot your child drop." "Oh, no," she said, couldn't lot the child drop." Ho said, "You will let tho child drop." "Why," Bhe said, ?H^*I ishonld dronthoohlldhore.it would dash his life out!" "Well, now." snid the Christian min ister, ''don't you think God is a< good as you are? Won't God, your lather, tako as good caro of you, Htn child, as you tako care of your child? God won't let you dronJ1 I suppose God lets the ea^t wind bio* jest hard onougli toMrive us into the harborlof God's protection. Wo all feel we oan qwn ngoourown affairs. We have holm and compass mid chart and quadrant. Give- us plenty of sea room and wo nail on and sail on; but after a while there comes a Caribbean wblrlwiud up the coast, and we are helpless Jn the galo, and we cry out for harbor. All our calouiatlons upsat, we say witU.tfce poets ? Change spd docuy on nil around'I see. Ob, Tliou who obabgcst not, ntfWo with tae! Bleas God for your trials. 0,h. my Chris tian friend, keep your spirits up by tho *?ower Cnrist*a gowanl. Do not surrend ?er. Do you not knoifftbat wbon you givo up, other# wlil give up? You havo conrago, land others will have courage. Tho llomans wont Into tho battle, and by noma accident ihere wns an inclination fc>f tl^fitundard. Tho standard upright meant forWntd maroh; the inclination of the standard raennt sur render. Through tho negligence of th^mnn 'who earned tho standard, \Aud tho inclina tion of it, the aiuoy surrendered. Oh, lot us ^.jeAp the Atnndnrd up. whether it bo blown Mown by the east wind or the north wiud or "tho south wind. No Inclination th sur render. Forward into the conflict. There is near Bombay a tree that tliey call itho "aorrowlng troe," tho peculiarity of whioh in it never puis forth nny bloom in tho {daytime, but in the night puts out all its .i>lo<tyn nud all its redotunoo. And 1 have to [ilell you that through Christian character 'puta forth its sweetest blossoms in the djirfc aess of sickness, tho darkness of financial (distress, tho darkness of bcroavement, tho .darkness of death, ??weoping may onduro for ? night, but Joy cometh in tho morning," Across tho harsh discords of this world rolls the musio of the skies ? music that breaks from tho lips, musio that breaks from the harps and rustles from the palms, muslo like nlling water over rocks, musio like wandecr tug winds among loaves, musio like enroling \ birds among forests, musio likO ocean bil lows storming the Atlantic beach. "They i *hall hunger no mdre. neither thirst any more, neither shall the sun light on ihom nor any heat, for tho Lamb which is In thp midst of tho throne shall lead them to living fountains of watei, and God shall wipe away all team frort their eyes." I sco a groat Christian fleet approaching that har bor. Some of the ships come in with sails rent find bulwarks knocked away, but still afloat. Nearer and nearertbe shiningshor*. Nearer and nearer the ttornal anchorage. Ifau I away, my ladsj haul away! Some of i the ships nafl mighty tonnage, and others wero shallop* easily listed of the wind and wave. Home were men-of-war and armed of the thunders of Christian battle, and others Were unpretending tugs taking others through the Narrows, and some were coasters that never ventured out into the deep seas of Christian (experience! but they are all coming nearer-the wharf? brigantluo, gal leon, Jine of battle ship, longboat, pinnace, war frigate? and as they come into the har bor I And that they are driven by the long, loud, terriflo blast of the east wind. It is through much tribulation that yon are to eater Into the kingdom- of God. Ton have bleasrd God for the north wind, and blessed film for the south wind, and blessed Jlim for the west wind; can you not la the light of this subject bits* Htm for the esse wiad? Hearer, my Qod, to TheSL s Hearer to Thee. ] ? E'en though a cross That ralsetftLaCt ' Still all as j sony shall be, Ksartr, my God, to Thee. yesier to Thee. ?enp6aft will have oieltate osrsmoalal to look aflsr 4hls sasiflser. aad th^wltl ha the dedication oftha moaaaseat tothe^liory of Thomas ChltjesdepuJItvt Onrttaar ~U TSIWSftf. ITU aailthatit will take alas* doriaa the asaaal eacampmckt of the T?a? moat Hatloaal 0 tardy . . 111K !? Il< Tk'-KOI It t!l ( ()t\'(l|{]<XS. 1 A Synopsis of the I'rooeedlugt gf Moth Houses. j TIIK 8KNATEL \ ? WKDNK8HAY, ! ?i. ??iVl)Ht7 WVa,1,'-Slluv flowed the exatn P ^ Tuesday by (ho House in passing l.v I vnfl r^(,/ont H veto. The II vo negative h?!? 1 5?. r0,n 1>vinoor??ti?? Heuutors, KKf'ittn '# ?J Tm"Ii0hs^; < 'hilton. Of i?2r' , \,i? Now *ork' Smith, of Now i a" n ' of WUt>0?al?. The dobatu l.nnrJ S ? \ i OOOUpled ftboUt fOUr hours. Speeches in fuvor of over-riding the veto were made by Ronator* Vw, Hhennau, I ettlgrow, B.?rry, Htewart. Hnwley aud Hut' ? Speeches in favor of sustaining thu veto 7 .^ou?iors vans, mm lilfinn Vl' 'nUor Introducing a joint reso lution to amend tl?o constitution oy giving the President power to veto any Item in u ?PPloiu-intiou lull. thuhsday. ihursday tho conference report on the naval appropriation bill wasdisposed of after ft discussion which did not occupy more t him no four's tin*. The motion to ' ro?ide from the Bona to amendment reducing tho number f\?VViV bnUh'fi1,Pl frrtl? four to two. w'as do feated? yea* 1 /, nays 33. Tho ? ? 'il ll?d cheese' ' uiu was discussed for a couplo of hours All the amendments that wero offered to it wero voted down and the bill was passed ? 87 to 13 ?just as it canto from the House,- so that now it only needs the approval of the President. 0 nuiMV. Senator Pritehard secured tho passage j Friday of his bill to peuslon Mrs. Emily K soldier1 wl(Jow ot a Mcxleaft war I Senator Butler tried hard to got the fTil order 5,000, subsequently reduced to 8 000 aud theu to 1,000 copies of the twenty sixth monetary conference report, but Halo was obdura'o and ho hud simply to introduce his reso.ution at 3,000 copies aud let it tako un?'0<? nf* ? Ho. ofTor<Hl an amendment to Hill ? bill about contompts of court, omitting the 1 daugorous power which left it in tho dis cretion of tho court to have a trial. Iiu tier also offered a resolution providing for inforirftuUm from tho Postmaster Oen Hvo t? his ruHuKs and tfao reasoi 3 inerefor as to secoud-class jrystal matter, T 5 hatuh'da*. ' o-' In t.10 Rennte Saturday Vlco- President 8tevenson announced his signature to several bills, including tho general deflclenoy ap propriatl. n bill and thu lllled cheese )>ill. lhe build lugs where tho llouso conforms re fuse to iucreaso tho limit of cost werollioso at Kansas Cltv, Mo.; Savannah, (la., and Camden N. J Mr. Ilawley, Republican, inquired up to tho Honato amend mont aphtQprlating #15,000 for a postofrieo building at Fortress Monroe. I ho House to expedite tho delivery of im *ro<>7 n,Kl packages, not exceeding ?500 in value, wiw taken up and amended and passed. Tho bill as amended merely permitted imported merchandise, not intend egfor sa o, to bo expedited. theexnross com -pahy giving bond to tho government. The conforonco roport on tho naval appropriation bill was presented at d read. Tho amendment JOUuofftg tho number of uow battleships from l^rto two is modified by making tho num bor three and tho prlco for armor plate, ln f<tea<l of being limited to $350 por ton is lim ited to *425, with instructions to tho Secre tary of the Navy to inquire what a fair prico would bo and to report at the next seaslon of Congress. B. O. Guthrie was confirmed lis postmaster at DurllnKton, N. C, MONDAY. Tho Sonato passed the new general de ficiency bill Monday In less than throe Vtln !ri!0. an hour* Ordinarily a bill of 1J0 printed pages w6uld have taxo<l the pow ers of tho reading clerk for at least two hours; but tho reading of this blJl was com .ft u!Uu i n'1 hrpur- An 5 lit tempt wos m?<k?by Mr. Hnrri#?, Ihnnorrnt, M 'I'onnesHoe, to Iiavo tho claims ujulor tho JJowioan act aggregating about. Iinlf a million dollars placed in tbo bill; but they wero rulod out on a point of order and the bill was promptly passed, without amendment. Mr. Daniel, of Vlrg nia, Introduced, and tho Sonato passed, a bill appropriating if68,550 to pay tho Rich mond Looomotlvo and Machino Works for damage and loss incurred In tho construction ot tho arined battleship iVxafe. tdkhdat. ' ?t ^ery snt'"[ftctory progresA leT cloarlng up s^o odds and ends of loglBlaeTvo work of tho swftlolTwus made by tho Sonato Tuesday IMnal conference roports on tho naval appropriation bill and on tho Indian appropriation bill woro presented ami agreed to. In tbo naval hill a compro r ?? wiWfVJ, rnndo reducing tho number or battleships to throe and dirqMW that no contracts should bo mado for anuor plate hniL ^ Secretary of tho Navy nlmll ha^o inquired Into the cost of manuldcturo and shall have mado a report to Cdmrreas The question of contract schools in the In 11 1 ^afl con,promi8od on the basis of scffu'f t"1!? (k ,er?, thero ?r* no other v?.5r t?07 t"ko"1(' r Place) during tho fiscal >?nrl897. A supplementary denclency bill [lC^1f."D#uion and mileage of new mem bers of the House of Representatives was passed. It appropriates about $10,000. TJIE II0U3E. ^ 1 WEDNESDAY. Tho somewhat noted olcction case of Mur ray vs. Elliott, from tho Charleston, 8. O., district, wns tho principal matter of business beroro tho House Wednesday. Elliott's eloctlon ffom that district hag been contested three ?ija*s? I'd -tho Fiftieth, Fifty-first ft'pd Fifty-fourth Onnghwacs. The contestant In this caso was eloctod to tho Fifty-third Oon gross.The majority report of tbo committee in charge of tho case recommended tho seatlug oi tbo contestant and was advocated by Mr. Ovorstroct, Republican, of Indlann. Tho minority found that Elliott was entitled to retain his scat, and Iholr view was urged upon the Ilouso by Mr. Jones. Domocrat, of Virginia. It was not disposed of Wednesday, but will bo taken up tho II rat thing Thursday. thubhday. \ Tho contostod clootlon caw of Murray, colored, Republican, against Elliott, Demo crat, from the seventh district of flouth Caro lina was decided Thursday In tho Houso tho first thing; IJy a vote of 153 to 33, Murray was declared to bo entitled to the seat oc cuphnl by Elliott, and was sworn in b'y Bneaker Roed amidst Republican applause. The caso of Martin, Populist, vs. Loekhart, Democrat, from tbo sixth North Carolina dlstrlcL.o^eup'ed nearly all tho rost of tho session^ Iihthls caso the majority recom mended tho Wating of Martin. The Anal voto will bo Ipken Friday. ) Kill DAT. Two I)nmdcrat-) woro voted out of their scats Friday #uui thoir places filled by their opponek^s at the congressional election in 1894. As 'on tkat occasion also tho Demo crats sougni to W$yent action, abandoning their places\fo-?iA floor so as to break a quo rum, so it wps In tho caso of Martin, Popu list, vs. Lock hart, Democrat, from the Sixth district of north Carolina, which Was dis cussed. Us on a preliminary voto, the Dem ocrats left melr seats, only a bfclf-dozen re maining. Subsequently, when Mr. Bailey, Democrat, of Texas, who was la charge of the tifinorltyt made a point of "no quorum," pointing to vihe vacant seats as evidence of tho fact, Speaker Pro Tem. Payne over* rule^tho point, holding that ou the last re corded vote a quorum had answered to their names and deelinod to entertain an appeal j from his decision, Ho declared that the res olution ^f>f tho committee, that Martin was enUtlod to bis s<aMpd been adopted by tho vofo of 113 ayes to*5 nays, and Mr. Martin was sworn in. Upon tho oontest of lUnakfcr vs. Downing, from tho Sixteenth Il'lnols Dis trict Oen. nmaker's right to the seat was affirmed by a vote of 167 to 5K? SATOaDAT. In the Houso Saturday the Senate bill to regulate fourth class mall matter was passed upon motion by Mr. I?oud, Republican, of > California. The greatar part of the after noon was derotwl to tbo President's veto of the general deficiency appropriation Mil. ?It was vigorously attacked by Messrs. Maboo. ol K?tuHiy, sml Oroarcnor,-of Ohto. Han (Uhsdsd by Messrs. Caanoe, of IIHaots, Doekeey. of Missouri, and Heyers, of Texas, sad iMBf snstslas* by a rot* of 170 to M. Speaker fteed appointed Messrs. ^vapa, of Kentucky, Russell, of Connecticut, and Mc Mlllnii, o( Touiu^moo, n? llohso members of (ho joint congressional commission provided (or In tho bill to repeal tho froo alcohol claUSO. MONDAY. Tho House sot fit: hi houis Monday in con Unuatlonof Saturday's J*e*.sh>u; by t hit) par 1 lament a ry llotion continuing 1" effect tin* resolution of last week, maklug in order motion* to pass bills under MUponsion of tho rules. Th<* llouso oonferoo.s have offered a ?x*npromlso to tho Senate conforoOH on tho Iiullun appropriation l?ill which will ho ac cepted aud this bill together with tho naval bill will be got out ol tho way early Tuesday moruilg. Tho Houso will'agrcu to tho Inrmojconferonco report, cutting off appro priations for seetarlau Indian schools at tho end of tho<no?t llacal yeah with a proviso that tho 800 rotary of tine interior l?o in ntruoted to divido tho appropriations as evenly as no,ssil>lo during tho noxt llscnl year between tno various denominations, l'hls will end tho sectarian school question and remove tho 0110 great stumbling block that has for several days stood In tho way of a llnal sottlomont of this question. TUKKPAV. Tuesday, tho day before which Congress is confidently expected to llnally adjourn for ? tho stNsalon, tho House spent six and a hall hours in the consideration of a contested election case ? Truman II. Aldrich, Republi can, vs. Oscar W, .Underwood, Democrat, from tho Ninth Alabama district. Thoro was considerable Republican opposition to tho recommendation of tho eommltteo, and tho resolution declaring Aldrich entitled to his seat was agreed to by less than ton majority, tho vote being 116 yeas; 107 nays.' Tho final conference reports on tho Indian appropria tion bills woro ngroed to nmld applause A MILLION AWKK1C. flint Is the XVny Capital Is llelng In vested In Southern Cotton Mills. The Industrial progress Of tho South dur ing the Iftst waok, jis shown by the reports of tho Manufacturers' Record, has boon contin ued with tho activity that has been prevailing for tho lust year. While thero has boon a decrease in tho numbor of now Industries announced, tho character of these is such as .asshts in the unbuilding and permanent prosperity of this section. Especially in the establishment of plants for manufacturing for tho market the Sooth's great staple Is the activity In now companies marked, and t ds lias been tho rule for several years. Tho cotton millH reported for the week ending Juno y, (or Instance, will roquiro tho investment of capital to the extent of about $900, OCO. . Home of tho more iinpcrtant announce ments of tho wcok follow: The Warren Man ufacturlng Company ot Grnnitevllle, H. ('., Juts abi ut oomph-tud arrangements for t lit* erection of a 2,000 spindle mill; tho KnoxvllH Woollen Anils have placed an order for 5,000 spindles for an addition now . building; tho Eagloand Phoenix Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Oil, Una" decided to erect a $150,000 woollen mill; Howard Colo, of Shrcveport, La., has ologed a deal for the erection of a $ 10,000 spludle mill; Atlanta ?artius will build a 8,000 spindle mill at itbla Springs, Ga. ; a #10,000 knitting mill company Is forming at Fioronoe. 8. O.; tho Ellrd Manufacturing Company of Albemarle, N. C., has organized to orcct a mill of $75,000 capital stock". * ? Other enterprises in varied manufacturing lines were: In Alabama a company at Mont gomery to introduce a new dry kiln; in Flor ida, thO Havana Cigar and Cigarette Com f>any. of Tallahassee, with capital of 910,000; n Georgia, the new Georgia Car and Manu facturing Company, of Savannah, has been laity- organ igcil-nwd^rHi erect M pmnt tmvlftft a capital of $50,000;y1tome tolling Mill, at home; a oottpn tio pro<lucorto rcftumo oper ations; in Louisiana, lluohol Hrush Company, of Now ^>rl??ans, capital #7,000, incorporated to manufacture; In Shroveport arrangements completed for tho establishment of a fonnil ory plan by Texas foundery mon; in Missis sippi, a #25,000 cotton seed oil mill contract ed for at Clarksdalo; in North ' Carolina, tho Gantonia Tanning Company will build a new plant at Gnstonirt; in South Carolina, tho city of Laurens voted $50,000 In bonds cJfW*,wat or works and electric lights: the Plumber Elevator 'Company, of Columbia, organized with capital of $100, 000, to inako elevators, etc.; Sumter Cotton Seed Oil Conrtttany, of Huinter, will let a contract tot a 80-ton mill to cost $18,000; in Vapnoeseo, rft Shorwood, tho Gager Lime Wdrks are to double their plant, making tho production over 1,000 barrels dally; in Texas, the Southern Transportation Com pany, of Houston, capital $250,000, to oper ate steamboats, and tho Walter Ilarnor Jewolry Company, of ilillsboro, capital $20, 000; Hagloy Lumber Company, of Winsboro, capital $50,000, both incorporated In Virginia; Atlantio Water Front Company, of Norfolk, capital $40,000, incorporated. [4 ? . . *. ? ? ? r * * <y* f " " ?i ? ? BIUSTKRINU OFTIIK QYI'SIRS. Annie Harrison, the Queen, Said to Llvo In Itttlelgh. For Bovornl wooks tho various bands o! gypsies In this country have been headed towards Bollofonto, Pa., for thft reunion they ' ihold every flvo ytars. The place mu seloct ped by Peter Quy, of Elkhart, Ind., who Is , i^oognlscvd as King by all tho gypsies in tho United Htates. Annlo Harrison, n beautiful KirJ of twonty-two, living in I(alelgb. N. C., is tho queen, and her word is obeyed implic itly. 4 <? Tlioscenoln Bellofonte, wbnn five or six hundred gypsloa worn enmpod together, was picturesque. Tho men spent most of the timo trading horaos, while tho wnmnn be guiled many ullvor coins from tho young swains and thf*lr sweethearts who visited tho camp, and wnjitod to have their fortunes told. All tlio Ryp>fes were gaily dressed, and tho camp was vlsltod bv thousands of pcoplo be foro tho mooting broke. Rni^uilly Ilnnk Officers. Tho grand fury investigation of tho Deposit Bank of Midway, Ky., scandal, resulted in eight Indictments being brought against ex Cashier William Shlpp and Ax-Book keeper Charles Stone, charging larceny, embezzle ment, swearing to false statements and mak ing false entries. Both men have been among tbe most honored citizens of Kentucky. Shipp wis mayor of the city and both are elders In a church. When the Deposit sus pended and they were charged with embez zling #70,000 It created a tremendous sonsa lloa. * Carlisle Justifies tho Bond Issue. Secretary of the Treasury Carlislo has re plied to the enquiries of the sub-commltteo on finance of the United States Senate charged with the Investigation pf the sale of bonds of the United State* in the years 1894. *95 and '96. He traces tbe beginning of the trouble back to the closing year of Prealdent Harrison's administration. He Justine* all tbe bond Issues, and afflrros his belief that they preserved the credit of thor sountry. > ? Cyclone Cleans (Jp nn Alabama Town. . The little town of Wyeth City, with MO inhabitants, situated on the Tennessee river In Mar?MU bounty, A) A, was totally demol ished by a cyclone Monday morning. Eight een booses were wrecked, lire being swept completely away. Fifteen persons are woupded, six away. ? 1 ^ l^rZ Blaine's Publishers Asilgn. The Henry Bill 'Pnbltehlng Company, which published Jsmes .(L JUalaCyB "Tvsntjt J Tents In Congress," and Oail Hamilton's "Ufeof^aMsO/PlalM" has made u ?? I (abilities g<v|gW. I BILL All P'S LKTTliH. UK ISVIN FUlJi SYMPATHY WITH "Til io shop uiitLS Ami Heartily Commands tho Move moiit (or T!>#* Relief. ' ? / i Lot tho good work go on. Tho shop girls of Atlanta aro now allowed to nit and rest thoir weary litnba for a brief time whon not waiting onv customers, and their working time in out at 6 o'olook in tho evening. This is a ro forra that means muoh to them, and our sympathetic peoplo will all thank tho Chamborlin houao for starting it. Tho f<irla havo not demanded it, nor have they uttorod a word of complaint, but wo know they get tired, vory tirod, and Hometimoa tlioy aro sick and Bomo I of them havo work to do when they get homo, lhit they never strike? no, they had rather sulfur and endure and always look ohoery and try to bo happy and ooutouted. 1 havo wondered why i thoy did not organize and ohooae thoir loaders nud sometimcH got on a strike and walk out and mnko demands on their omployera like tho men do. No, they will not do that. It is not their nature, and for that reason, if no other, those who omploy them should bo all tho moro considerate. Every shop girl and evory shop woman has an in dividual history, and could toll a talo of sorrow or misfortune, and somo of them would bo intonBoly sad and pa thotio if writton aud published. Many of them belong to that class who havo spen bettor days ? many aro orphans ? Komo havo a widowed mother or an in valid sister to support. All aro depen dent and havo no bright prospects of bettering their condition in tho years to como. Somo of thom aro not strong, and often go to their work with a headache, or a hoart-aohe but they must not complain ? Fad faoes or siek faces or very homely onoe nro not wanted. I know four sis ters who aro ehop girls at different places. Tho el dost is only flixteon. Thoy havo neither fatlior nor mother nor brother, but tboy live togother and work by day und comfort onoli othor by night. Some merchants nro hard tnsk mxstors; "only a shop girl" ia tboir motto, and their sorvico in worth what it will bring ? that much and no moro. They fix tho prico and keep it thero. There is no promotion in wagon, I kuow one who kept a girl down to 820 a month. Sho was refined, diligent, conscientious and popular, and had boon reared a lady in all respects, but aho waa only a shop girl, and out of ] meager wages must pay for her board and clothing. Not an hour did fcho ovotf lose ? but by aqd by j&ho was offer ed $30 by anoth??*v house, and then, and not till then, did hor employors propose to inoreaso her wages to tho aamo amount. Why xlid thoy not do it before? I know another large, wealthy house that gept a young mau for three years, promising at intervals to raise his wages, but it ' was only a p promise. ' At last Jio qnit and sought other business, and then they offored him nearly doublo what he had boon getting if he would come book. That is what the prophet calls "grinding the faoes of the poof." Why wear a poor girl's life and health away by feeding her on hope nnt'^it tarns to despair? Only a shop girl! A young lady who had onoe been in dependent was foroed by tho common calamity of thes?i^rd times to become A ahop girl ? and aho Ibid me thatythe hardest thing to boar was the stftely coldness of her former frie??i*--th0 lack of familiar, social recognition ; when thoy traded at the Oounter (hoy hardly knew hor ? thoy said good morn ing, But not in tho sweet old way. After Job had lost his property, ho said : "But now they that are younger than I hold mo. invderision ? whose fathors I would- have disdained to sot with tho dogs of my flock." It is tho samo old story of social in sincerity. A man never knows who are bis frionds n?(il misfortune over takes him. ThanlMioaven I there aro some exceptions to Vhisrule, and these shop girls do sometimes find some body to lovo thorn and abaro their sor rows. Thoro is nothing more unbe coming to womkn than her disposition to rule money iijlo her social sot and rulo poverty out/ No real, well-bred lady will do it. tyy observation is that this foolish tanity is generally in dulged in by tho shoddy aristocrats-? those who have nothing else to their credit exoept money ? those whose fathers gdtrichby questionable means. Peaohtree is lined with many snob, and so are the faahionable quarters of all cities. This folly is mainly a feminine one; ibsjasaMTfiwi Hi no man dares to snub another because of his poverty, or his humble origin. With men there is no aristooraey except that of intellect. It i? re lated that when Douglas and Lin ooln met for the first time ' on the Costings, Douglas, who was a great aristocrat, said be had not had the honor of an acquaintance with hie op ponent, and, in fact, had seen him but onoe, and that was when he was selling whisky behind the bar in aeroee-roade saloon. When old Abe roee to reply, ha sailed from ear to ear, ai h? i? marked/ "That'i so, my fellow citi zens. That ia the only tlme^I over saw him until now. Ha waa on w ww) of the bar and I was on the other. He took a drink and I took the money. We are about even, on that eo ore.' What's the different? A nice, ewset, LweljMflanBered firl or young womtftf |W4hs waits on the customers in a targe dry gdode boose ia on one aide of the iMiter abd a rieh aristocratic lady la [mt ttou other. Onw budmowr.t*^ oiher bad goods and they .xehesged that's all. Which is aheadiathe mmtir allifc ? d mkk* be the* whoa tho play is ended and final judg- I mont is rouderod? With ono lifo is a ' fashionable faroe; with tho other ? Btrugglo for broad. "Givp us this day our daily broad" i? her morning prayer. 'i ho position of thoto working girls is a hard ono at l>e?t, but kind \}ords ui>d fair wages soften it dowu glt'utly, They b<?g for theso plaooA and got th?m, but why women should not bo paid as much as men for similar ecr vice T cannot understand. My infor mation is that they aro paid about halt und tho oxployoi's exenso is that competition is very great and asothnrs out rates they must do so, too, for la bor is worth only what it will bring and a woman's labor can bo had cheap cr than a mnu'e. That is not a good cxoubo. It is not to tho interest of tho employer to got labor on such terms. Twenty dollars a month will not keop a young woman in good health and good clothes ami loavo anything for a sick mftther or a child, or for a doe tor's bill. A big-hearted, generous mad will inquiro into tho condition of ovory fomalo eiuployo ho has, and as far as possible make it his ojvn con cern. '1 hey are, as it wore, his wards for tho time, and ho cannot oscapo tho responsibility. _ Bejoro tho -.war thoro were no shop girls, but for thirty years this great transition has boon k<>'?K on, and now tho south, hko tho north, is full of working girls. Tho children and grandchildren of those \\ ho onoo wero proud and indepoudont aro now forccd to becomo their own bread winners. 'J hero is no porecption for them. It in daily food for daily labor. Tho rich aro growing riohor by short cuts and questionable moans, all of which in their last iuihIymh como from thoo:irn? iugs of tho toilers and grind tho faces of th& ,|>oor. Widows and orphans whoso husbands and fathers left them stook or bonds in a great railroad liavo lived to soo it wrecked by tho unsoru pulons Bchemets and by tho time the wrockors had done with it their stock and thoir bonds were worth less. Daniol Webster got u fco of $10,000 for making a epocch in tho Myr a Clark Qainos ciisc, and it was noisod by tho press as an onor mons fco, but now a common lawyer gots $50,000 for bringing tho money of a wreckod railroad into court. An incorporated company accumulates n million dollars surplus and asks thov court what to do with it. Thoro was no fight, no contost, but tho lawyers poijjwui j.uuo Xoi[) ; j 'opis tqtfuq oq i no j(ooj 8.CwM[ii piai du aoaqo. tftii^joAv oqj ?oj jiq[ ^'Aioqs JSa j ??90JJ0[|?8J PI-IOM 8jqjJt, *auas p|0 ?OiM\S l?q$ tfutiaumq <iot| avoq j boau]ojti aoq I iJaoaiu *oa ssojob eoiuoo oqs uoq^y I ?0j*ounjoo oqj jnq guiq^fiOAO ^soj oqa pan iiaoa ? auj waopjoqpaoq aqj -of PJOB pa? po^oojAi stm !)i puu po^uioddti joaiooo j u pnq pno ^juoo ojnj qi ?jeaioqoe juq 'djoddsoid pooii puq pus Jjoo;a pooiJ sum 'wuiHqtqy of pBoj|iua v ai jfoojB jo oOO'Old J01! ?J?[ M1I"J OBOOM MOU OOI JUOll SI oqs pno /pBj o Aioujj i qujtdwj o^vpiui;? j-ai pan jfa^supui eziC|mt>d pat? ^stiSsip paw fsnjiBip q^<A opload oqj |[y juqi BSaiqt ?qi oju oaoqj4 'saopjoq^oo^s Jo sjo^ipojo ioj ijoj uf 0[;ij[ 4tiq pun 's??ujq jo 83B8B0JB0 oqj uodu BpjWZ'/nq snoi^oaodjoo jo sosaoojno oqj uodn ?oid sjoXmb[ pno sjoaiboo^ ')jnoo ojnf Xoaotu oqj ftaiduuq joj COO'QLS popivjhv 049 OOJOap oq^ ]{00} Ut{tt them look aronnd and aeo how much miBcry marriage brings ? how fow wo men are happily mated, Encourago a ohcerful disposition, and if you oan'fc be happy, bo as happy as yon oan, Trnst inJhe Lord and do good. It is not all of lifo to livo nor all of doath to die. Theroaro many bloasiqga that cost us nothing. I nover pass by my neighbor's (Mrs. FioldV) front yard that is radiant with beautiful ilotren bnt what I think how cheap th#y ar^. to me. It is a good idea to somotinni^ think of that poor little boy' whoi^ mother covered him with straw on* bj?* ter night and pntan old window fibnttor on the straw to hold it down. "Jlwther," said lie, "it isont every ITttlo boy that has a shutter to hold down hi* straw, is ilfc" And thero is some oomfort in a Persian proverb that fays : "iJlesscd aro they who havo but little, for thoy shall not bo on vied."? Bimi A iip, iu Atlanta Constitu tion. ? NKW YORK Olt 11 A I/I'l 51 (> II IC. ? Proposition to Hold the C'ltictigo Kx l>(?ltlon In Of o of t'to Above Named Cities. ' Mr. If. W. Fiulay'sfin, of Clio raw, 8. 0., has (Ills to say concerning (ho Cotton Btntos Ex position, whlo'i was to li-Vo been hold hi Chicago, III., through tho (Charleston, (A C.,) Now? and CWirlor, of a reeont daloi "Allow mo to suggest that tho Cotton Htatee Exposition bo offorol to N ;w York" city at Baltimore. I believe It would bo graspea quickly, and tho work nlrou.ly done would not be wasted. This hhould bo done nt once before tho orgAblzadon In th*? differ ent 8(n(?-s goes to pleccs. Now England wants to eo me Bouth m well ns tho great Northwest; and If the business men of elthor New York or Baltimore tnke hold of the project they wlllcnrry It through without Any "postponements" or oth0r excuses for dofay. It to A pity that so much Iias been done to be throw* yway, And' It ought not be thrown Away. I believe an exhibit in New York or BAlUmore will be as beneficial as it would have been in C'blcrto, and from a personal knowledge of the?wo cltlea men tioned I feel eonildent Chairman Walsh* wca'd net a ready response from them. If, as to proit-able. and he could not be bianard, Senatoy Walsh Is too discouraged for tbtoy throw oat a "feeler" to them. Keep tha "wires hot awhile" and the Exposition will (mmM* ^ WbaiM to be done should and mast be done qulckl y. No time for calling commit tees together or other conferences, and no one need fear the States and railroads inter rated willtiot do their part. Let the Mouth show soma ability to take oars of ftaelf la each a a emergency . There oaa be ao qaestloo aboat pledges when made la New York or Baltimore oar natural busi aeas friends ? and the attsadaaoa at either I tbe Wetu ; . ? mm ? (.par, _ ru()l? I UliliKllN Ol I ho South I'hrolliwt Weal her ami Crop Strvlee. The following i? Observer Manor's .. climate ami crop service weekly report* from one tjr nmro correspondents in each county in tho State: Aa ((rowing crops stood in need of ruin dining previous weeks, it follows that with tho copious showers there wan a marked and general improve ment in their con htion duriugVho past week. The rains, however, iuuV t'eied with the wheat and oata harvest, much of which was out and shocked, and it iB thought may l>c damaged. Tho raiiJK also interfered with plowing, hut little having been done. Mm.i, Holds wero well cultivated and eleiu?, hut grass is springing up rapidly, ami the present need is for sunshine and dry weajtfior for Killing grans. 10aT)y corn is intdlkaaiid tasitolfl, and is being "laid by1' in excellent ooudi tiou generally. Juno corn ia being planted and is coming up to good stands. The corn crop looks very promising. Complaint of lice on cotton iH vory general, and in plaoca tho plant aeciUH to have boon iujurcd. , Cottdn In "limbing" well, and in Homo placoa i? in bloom with squaros forming frooly. Home reports indicate a Happy condi tion and a tendency to grow too much > ' to weed. On tho whole, tho plant is in good condition but needs sunshine, Grass threatens some fields. Hea-Island cotton in poor condition. Peas are being extensively sown on . ' stubble lands and with corn, this work being considerably in advauch of tho usual timo for doing it. Tobacco is reported small and siokly in Florouoo, #nd the best reports -ou its condition indicate that it is doing only "fairly well." ltico is still being sown and tho crop is growing well genorally, ex cept upland, in which a marked im pro* cment is expoctqd on acoo^ut ol the rainA. & Irish potatoes on tho const wcro not* materially helped by tho raius, but elsewhere seem to have started a now' growth. Sweet potatoes slips oxtonsively sot out under very favorable conditions. Melons have mudo excellent advance, as also has cane, both of which are very promising. Teaches, plums and apples continuo to drop freely, aud tho outlook is for a small fruit crop of father poor quality, lilackborrics 'and huckleberries im proved aud continuo plentiful. Gardens linvo startod growing again, and the supply of vegetables has ! materially iucreascd aud the quality has improved. Pastures which havo been poor up ? to thia time aro growing well and are beginning- ta wffbrd OTcelleutngTaZlfigT ^ The crop outlook is at this timo Tory encouraging, being reported the best for many years by annmbor of corrca- ; pondonts particularly in tho north- " eastern counlics. jr ... \ WlMRlNW 4 TKLRGRAI'IIIC TICKS. It is that Hamlet, NV C.,~74 to got thoor^. L. shops, which was rocontly burned at Raleigh. Rev. M. G. O. Soberer, pf .Concord, N. 0., hnn accepted tho presidency of North Carolina Lutheran Cdlfogo at ? Mt. Pleasant. ?< Tho Sotithorn Railroad has recently v hauled threocar-loads of melons to tho Northern markets, and in a week or ?o tlo melons will bo sent by tbo train loads.* Tho Unitod Statos cruiser Raleigh ? passed out from Now York at Sandy ? ' * ifook Monday on her way to Charleston and Now Orleans for tho purpose of. taking the South Carolina and liouisia- * pa naval militfo o'ut to soa for instruo-r ' Jion. . A Havana dispatch says that a train which left San Nicolas with a number of workmen on board to repair ddmagrea along tho liuo of tho railt. ad?is reported to havo been blown tif^wilu dynamite. ' Several workmen were injured. '. The total visiolo supply of cotton for ' tho world io 2,512,002 bales, of which 2,028,802 bales aro American, against 3,02(3, <408 bales antf?,200,208 bales re speotively last yoar. Crop in sight, 0,812,592 bales. It is said that James Lafittc Smith, a clerk in tho Washington postoflice, is the ^postotlico clerk ivho sold tho first . postage stamp and tbo first staifipod onvelopo ever issued l>y this Go?jru inont, and who registorek tho first let* * ters that were presented fo?- registry when tho system of mail perfection was introduced in tho United States, lie entered tho post office as a clerk iu " 1847, and is now 79 years old. ?'Lord JJercsford" Divorced. J udgo Bookman la the Su, rome Court has rendered a dec^sc oT divorce' la the ' case qV Mr*. Maud Lascellos agaiwt her husband, Sidney Lascciles, alias Lopraorcsford. The action was begun several months ago. awt . wua undefendt d. ? Sidney Laaceiles cut a wide swath in m circles in Hp* York some years ago. managed to obtain entrauee to some of i mhst exclusive* households and his soefy^ waa courted by thgaoolal llgMs ot ttsJHiil. Hundred. Tim iWnn was ao impostor, but ft waa a long time before he was found oat, and not ontll he bad swindled maay Mow .Yorkers to the extent of thousands - W In 18)0, whilo he waa making a totar of" Continental Euft>pe, Laseelles me* Mtm Maud L'lllantha), aa b>4nw to am ? worth *8, 000.000. She became with him and on February 3, 1MI, married la Beaver, Pa. out his ft venture was not eradicated, ? J though not la used of Into his old practice* of r Q a., be gave a draft for * London to a victim. It qucstloa, but waa later ret* r good." Ia tho meiaUsM fort, wktnNW |i He w* sentenced to ? aad farmed out wttka