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We have studied the fctar of Bethlohom, and the Morning Htar of the Revelation, -and tho Star of Teace, but ray present anhjoct calls us to gage at tho rtnr Wormwood, and my themo might be called Brilliant Bitterness. . A mote extraordinary eharaotor history does not furnish than this mnn thus referred to, Attlla, the king of the Huns. One day a wounded heifer came limping along through the fields, and a herdsman followed its bloody track on the grass to seo whero tho heifer was wounded, and wont on baok fur ther and further, until he oamo to h sword fast in tho earth, tho point downward, as thongh is had dropped from the heavous and against the edges of this sword tho heifer had boon out. The herdsman pulled up that sword aud presonted it to Attlla. Attila said tho Bwcrd must haw dropped frcm the heavens from the grasn of the god Mars and its being given to lifbi ^ngant that Atll1r\ should conquer nnd goVern the whole earth. Othor mighty men have been delighted at being called liberators, or tho meroiful or tho good, but Attila oalled himself, and demand ed that others oall him the Soonrge of God. At the head cf 700,000 troops, mounted on Cappadoolan horses, bo swept everything from tho Adriatic to tho Blaok Boa. Ho put his iron heel on Macedonia nnd Grooco aud Thrace. llo mado Miluu and Pavia and Padua and Verona b3g for mercy, which ho bestowed not. Tho Byzantine castles, to meet his ruinous levy, put up at auction massive silver tnblos aud vases of solid gold. A city captured by him, tho inhabitants wore brought out and divided into threo classes? tho first class, those who conld bear arms, who must immediately enlist under Attila or be butchered j the Becond olass, the boautlful women, who wore mudocaptives to tho nuns; tho tljlrd class, the agod men nnd women, who were robbod of everything and lot go baok to tbeolty to pay heavy tax. It was a common saying that tho grass never grew again where tho hoof of Attlla's horse had trod. Jfls armies roddoned tho waters of the Seine, nnd the Mosollo, and tho Rhino with carnage and fought on tho Cata Ionian plains tho fiercest bat llo since the world stood ? 300.000 dead left on tho field! On and on until those who could not oppose htm with arms lay prostrate on their facesln prayer, and, a cloud-of dust soen in tho dis tance, a bishop crlej, **Jt is Hie aid oT Go4!" and all the peoplo took'uj) tho cry, "It Is tho aid of- fled ! As the cloud of dust was blown .j?5i(lo tho banners of re-euforclng armies inarched in to help against Attiln, tho Scourgo of God. Tho most unimporlaut oc currences he used as a supernatural re source, and after three months of failuro io capture tho city of Aqullein. and his army h'fftt*ffi(en up the siege tho flight of a stork aud liniTtmiiii firm i the tower of 'bo city was taken by him as a sign that ho was to capture the city, nnd his army, luspired by the same occurrence, resumed the siogo and took the wails at a point ffcpm which the bfort -knd emerged. 8o brilliant was th9 conquorer in nttlre that his enemies could noc look at him, but shaded their oyes or turned their heads. Slain on the ovening of his marriago by his bride,' lldico, who wns hired for tho nssrtn Kinatiou, bis followers bewailed him. not with tears, but with blood, cutting them selves with knives and lances. He wob put Into three coffin?, the first of iron, thosecond of silvor and the third of gold.-He was buried by night, and into his grave wore poured the most valuable coin and precious stones, a mounting to tho wealth of a kingdom. The gravediggors and all those who assisted at the burial were massacred, so that It would never be known whero so much wealth was entombed.' Tho Roman empire conquered the world, but Attlla conquered the lloman empire. He was right in oalling himself a ccourgo, but instead of being the Scourge of God ho was the scourge of hell. Beoauso of his brilliance nnd bittern&?s tho commenta tors woro right in believing him to bo tho star Wormwood. As. tho reglong he devas- | tated woro parts most opulent with foun tains and streams and rivers, yon see how graphle is this reference in Revelation! "There fell a great star from heaven, burn ..Iqg as it woro a lamp, and It fell upon the third part of the rivers and upon the foun fnins of waters, and tho name of the star Is ^called Wormwood." Havo you ever thought how many imbit tered lives there are all about us, misanthro pic, morbid, acrid, enturnlnr? The Euro pean plant from wbich wormwood Is ex tracted, Artemisia absinthium, is a perennial pl-inf, and all tho year round it is ready to V'Mde its oil. And in mauy human fives tWJTe is a porennial distillation of acrid ex- J l>eriences. Yea, thcro are some whose whole j work is to shed a baleful inftucnceon others. Thcro lira Attllas of the boom, or Attllas of j the social circle, or Attllas^f the churoh, or Attllas of tho stote, and one-third of the waters of all the world, if not two-thirds the waters, are poisoned by tho falling of the Btar Wormwood. It is not complimentary to human nature that most men. as soon as Iflfly get greater power, bocome overbearing. Tho more power men bavo tho better If their j power bo used for good. The less powor men havo tho better If tb?y it for evil. Birds circle round and round and round before they swoop upon that which thoy nre aiming for. And if iny discourso so fnr has l?ecn swinging round and round this mo mont it drops straight on your boart nnd asks the question, Is your life a benediction to'others or an imbitterment, a blessing or a curse, a balsam or wormwood? ?Some of you I know aro morning stars, nnd you are making tho dawning life of | vour children bright with gracious in fluences, and von are beaming upon all tho opening eriterprlses of philanthropic and Christian endeavor, and you nre heralds of | that day of gospelizatlon which will yet flood all the mountains and valleys of our sin cursed earth. Hatl, morning start Keep on : shining with encouragement and Christian hopel Home of you are evening (tars, and you aro cheering the last days of old people, and though a cloud sometimes comes over you through the quorulousneia or unreasonable ness of your old father and mother It Is only for a moment, and the star soon comes out clear a^ain and is seen from all the balco nies of the neighborhood.. The old people will forgive your ooeaalonal shortcomings, for they themselves several times lost their patience when you were young and slipped ? you when rafdl4 not deserve lr. Hall, evening star! Hang on the darkening Sky- j your diamond coronet ! But are anyof you the star Wormwood? Do you scold and growl from ths thrones pa ternal or maternal? Jus your children stsr* ternal o lasting! ?HastfT _ ypeoksd at? Are you always srylag fi ' (o TKFmerry voioes and- swift rest, aad their laughter, whioh occasionally trickles through at ths wrong times sad Is suppressed by them until they can hold >t no longer, aad all the barriers burst Into un limited guffaw and saeblnnatioe, as In high weather the water has trickled through a* slight open log la ths milldam, but after ward, makes - wider sad wldsr breach 1 uariV fit rArriss all before It with Irresfeobla fresh st 7 Do. aot be too macb oBmM at tha aolse your efclldren . now , mshe, will ha till wimnh Whttt ghs'oT thsm Isdaa*. Tdsb yol would give four right haad to hear cms shout from their sl Isat vofsas or ooe step fieaUhg ?rill fcot. You wtS aot-aay of you fcgyvto wait *117 long before your house is stiller than you want it. Alas, that there are so many home? not known to Society For the Prevention of Oraelty to Children, whore ohtldren are put on the limits ami whaokeu and cuffed and ear pulled and senselessly ealle<l to order and answor sharp and surpreased until it is a wonder that under such prooeasea they do not all turn out Modoca and Nana Sahibs. What is your influenoe u|>on the neighbor hood, the town or the oity of your residence? I will suppose that you are' a star ot wit. I What kind of rays do you shoot forth? Do you use that splendid faculty to irradiate the world or to rankle it? I bless all the apostolic college ot humorists. The mnu that makes me laugh is my bonofaetor. I do not thauk anybody to make me cry I I can do that without any assistance. W^all cry enough, and haveeuough to ory about. God bless all skillful pudeters, all repnrteelsls, all propoupdera of ingenious conuindrums, all those who mirthfully surprise us with un usual juxtaposition ot words. Thomas Hood and Charles Lamb and Hidnev Bmlth had a divine mission, and so have tueir successors in these times. They stir into the aold bev orago ot life the snoohartne. They make the oup of oarthly existonoe, which is sometimes stale, effervesce and bubble. They placate anlmosltioa. They foster' longevity. They slay follies and absurdities whioh all the ser mons of all the pulpits cannot reflfob. Thoy have for oxamples Elijah, who m*<lo fun of the Baalttes when they called dejrn lire, and it did not comopsuggesting that their heathen god had gone hunting, or wm off op ajournoy, or was asleep, and nothing b?ft voolferation could wake him, saying, "Cry aloud for he is a god. Either no Is talking or pursuiug or peradvonturo he sloepeth and must be awaked." Thoy havo an example in Christ, who with hoalthful saronftm snowed up the lying, hypocritical Tharlsees by suggesting that suon pprfoct people like themselves needed no improve, montu, saying, "Toe whole need not a phy sician but thoy that aroalok." But what use are vou making of your wit? Is it besmlrohed with profanity and unoloan neas? Do you employ it in amusement at physical defocts for whloh tho vlotims are not responsible? Are your powors of mim icry used_ta^ut religion in contompt? Is it a bunch of nottlesomo invective? Is It a bolt of unjust scorn? Is it fun at other's misfor tune? Is it glee at their disappolntmout and defeat? Is it bitterness put dr^o by drop iuto a cup? Is it llko tho squt >?/.: g ot Ar temisia absinthium into a tica .rht al ready pungant? Then you nrfc the star Wormwood. Yours is the fun of a rattle snake trying how well it cau sting. It is the fun of a hawk trying how quickly it can strike out tho eyo of a dove. But I will chango this and suppose you aro a $lnr of Worldly Prosperity. Theu you havb largo opportunity. You can oncourage that artist by buying his picture. You can improve tho fields, the stables, tho highway, by introducing higher ntyle of fowl ami horso and oow and sheep. You can bless tho world with pomologloal aohlevemout in the orchards. Yoty oan advanoo arboriculture and arrest this deathful toonoolasra of tho American forests. You oan put a pleco of sculpture into tho nicho of that public academy. You oan ondow a college. You can stocking a thousand baro feet from tho winter frost. You oan build a ohurcb. You can put a missionary of Christ on that forolgn shore. Yon can help ransom a world. A rich man with his heart right ? can you toll mo how muoh good a Jamos Lenox or a Georgi Peabody or a Peter Coopor or a WtUUcrt E. Dodgo did while living, or is doinc sow that he is dead? There Is not a city, town or neighborhood that has not glorious speoimens of consecrated wealth. But suppose you grind the faoe of tho poor. Suppose when a man's wagee r.re due you make him wait for therti because he can not help himself. Bupposp that, beoauso his family is sick and ho kashad extra expenses, he should politely ask you to ralso his wages for thi? year and you roughly tell him it he wants a better place to go and get it. Sup pose by your manner you act as though he wero nothing and you were everything. Sup pose you are selfish and overbearing and ar roguut. Your first niime ought to be Attlla and your last opme Attlla, because you are tho star Wormwood, and you ha vo imbittered ouc-third if not three-thirds of tho water* that roll past your employes and operatives and dependents and nAsoolatec, and tho long line of carriages which the undertaker orders for your funeral, in order to make tho oooa slon respectable, will ba fllfbd with twiee as many dry, tearless eyes as there art persons occupying them. t There is an erroneous idea abroad that there are only a few geniuses. There are millions of them? that js, m?u and women who have especial adaptation and qdlokness for some one thing. It may bo great? it may be small. The oirole maybe like the circum Terence of the earth or no larger than a thim ble. There are thousands of geniuses, and in some one thing you are a star. What kind of a star are you? You will be in this world but a few minutes. As compared with eternity tho stay of the longest life on earth is not more than a minute. What are we doing with that minute? Are we Imbltteriug the domestio or social or political fountains, or aro we likeMosep, who, when the Israelites in the wilderness complained that the waters of Lake Blarah were Litter and they could not drink them, cut off tho branch of a cer tain tree and threw thnt branch into tho water, and It beca me sweet and slake I tho thirst of the suffering host? Aro wo with a branch of the Tree of Life sweetening a)tiho braokish fountains that we can touch? Dear Lord, send us all out on. that mission. All around * us imblttored lives? imbit tered by prosecution, Imbittered by hyper critlelsin, imbittered by poverty, im bittered by pain, imblttored by Injustice, imbittered by sin. Why not go forth and sweeten them by smile, by inspiring words, by benefactions, by hearty counsel, by prayer, by gospelized bohavlor? Let us remember that If we are wormwood to others we are wormwood to ourselves, and our life he bitter and our eternity bitterer. Iho^'gospel of Jesus Christ is the only sweetening power thnt is sufficient. It sweetens the disposi tion. It sweetens the manners. I', swoetens life. It eweetpos mysterious providences. It sweetens afflictions. It sweetens doath. It swoetenw everything. I have heard peo ple askedtln social compnny, "If you could navo throe wishes gratlAed what would your threa wishes be?'' If I could have throo wishes met this morning. I tell you what they would be-. 1. More of the grace of God. 2. More of t he grace of God. 3. More of the grace of God. In the dooryard of my brother John, missionary in Amoy, China, there was a tree called the emperor tree, the two characteristics of whioh are that It al ways grows higher than its surround ings, and lis leaves take the form of a crown. If this emperor tree be planted by a rosebush, it grows- a little higher than the bush and spreads out above it a crown. If it be planted by the side of an other tree. It grows a little higher than thnt tree and spreads above it a crown. Would God that this reHgkm of Christ, a more won derful empgrftrtree, mtgnt overshadow all your lIvesT^aro you lowly in ambition or clrouafsterfco, putting over youits/rown? Are yMfnigh in talent and posltion^.puttlng over you its crown? Ob, for itfore of the gaeehartne la our lives and leesol the worm wood I What Is true of Individuals Is true of na tion*. God sets them npto revolve as stars, "but they may fall wormwood. \ Tyre, the atmosphere of the mat with spioes, com tag la euavn^to fair*, all mm eleft la to foam by the * her laden merchant msa, her nark With horses aad eamele from Tcyannah, her Jmaaara filled with upholstery from Dedaa, with emerald aad coral aad agate from Syria, with wises from Helboa. with em* brotdered work from Aihv aad Okllmad. Where now the gleam of her towers, where 1 the roar of her chariots, Where the maata of her ships? Lst the flshsimsu who dry their uete whf re once she stood, let the sea that ruebeajrpoa the harrsaaeas whsre o*ee she challenged the admiratloa.of all aattoae, 1st tho IKrharfaaa who est thetr vwde teste whm once her palacta glittered, saswsr The question. Hbe wae a star, bat by hsr own *ia tereed to wormwood aad has fallsa. Huadred gated Thshee, for all tlsae to bo the study oftas aactquartam aad himoglr phfst, W thftsdow rotas spread etsr 17 miles, her sculptures pr<.v?ftnllng in figures of warrior :ind chariot the victories with which the now forgotten kiugs ot K?:ypt shook the nations, her obelisks nnd columns, Carnaa and Luxor, the stupendous tomfdes of her r>rl<le! Who onn imagine tho greatness of Thebes in t Hone (lay* when tho hippodrome ran* with her sports nnd foreign royalty bowed at her shrine and hor avenues roared with the whools ot processions in the wake of returning conquerors? What dashed down tho vision of chariots and temples naJ thrones? What hand* pulled upon tho columns of her glory? What ruthlessnesa defaced hor sculptured wall and broke obe lisks aud loft her indescribable tomples great skeletons of granite? What spirit of de struction spread the Sair of wild boasts in her royal sepulohor*. aud tr.ught tho miser able cottagers of to-aay to build huts In the courts of her temples, nnd sent desolation and ruin skulking behind the obolisks, and dodging among the saroophagl, nnd loaning against the columns, and stoopiug under the arches, and weeping In tho wator* whtoh go mournfully by a* though they were carrying tho tears ot all ages? Let the mummies break their long silonce and oomo up to atxiVor in the desolation and point to fallen gates and shattered statues and defaced sculpture, responding: '?Thobes built not one temple of Goa. Thebes hated righteousness nnd loved sin, Thobes was a star, but sho turned to wormwood and has tallen." Babylon, with her 250 towors and hor braeon gates aud her embattled walls, the splendor of tho earth gathored within hor palaces, her hanging gardens built by Nobuohadnezis.ir to please his bride, Amytls, who ha 1 been brought up in a mountainous country and could not endure the flat coun try round Babylon? these hanging garden* built, torraco abovo terraoe.dlll at the height of 400 foot there were woods waving and fountains playing, tho verduro, the tollago, tho glory looking as If a mountain were on tho wing. On tho Uptop a king walking with his queen, among statues snowy white, look ing up at birds brought from distant lands, nnd drinking out of tankards ot solid gold or looking off over rivers and lakes upon na tions subdue l and tributary, orylng. "Is not this great Babylon whloh I have built?" What batteriug ram smote the walls? What plowshare upturned tho gardens? What army shattorod tho brnzen gate*? What long, floroo blast ot storm, put out this light which illumined the world? What crash of discord drove down tho'musio that poured from palace window and garden grovo and called tho banqueters to tholr revoi and tho dancora lo their foaf? I walk upon the soono of dosolatlon to flud an answer and Elck up pieoes of bltumeu and brlok and rokon pottory, tho remalus of Babylon, and as in tho silonce of the night I hear tho surg ing of that billow ot desolation whioh rolls over tho scono,.! hoar tho wild wavos say ing: "Babylon was proud. Bnb'ylon was Impure. Babylon was a star, but by sin sho tut nod to wormwood and has fallen." Prom tho prosecutions or tho pilgrim fathers and tno Huguenots in other lands God sot upon thesa shores a nation. The oounoll Arcs of tho Aborlgintffe went out In the greater light of 'h froe government. The sound of the warwhoop was exchanged for the thousand wlwels of enterprise and prog ress. The mild winters, the fruitful sum mers, tho healthful skies, charmed from other lands a raco of hardv men who loved God nnd wautod to be free. Before the woodman's nx forosts fell nnd rose again In to ships' musts and churches' pillars. Olties on thobank* of lakes begin to rival cities br tho soa. The land quakes with the rush of tho rail car and tho waters are ohurned whlto with the steamer's wheel. Fabulous bushels of western wheat meet on the way fab ulous tons of ftasterncoah Furs from tho north pass on tho river fruits ffom the south. And trading in tho same market is Maine lumber man and South Carolina rice merchant and Ohio farmer and Alaska fur dealer. Aftd churches And schools and asylums scatter light And lovo and morcy and salvation upon 00,000, 003 of people. I pray that our nation may not copy the crimes of (he nations that have perished and ouroup of blessing turn to wormwood, aad like them we go down. I am by nature and by graoe an optimist, and I expect that this country will continuo to advance until Christ shall como again. Bnt be not deceived. Our only safety Is in righteousness toward God and justice toward man. If we forget the gooducss of the Lord to this land, and break His Sabbath*, and Approve not by the dire disasters that have again and a^aln ootne to us as a nation, and we learn saving lesson neither from civil war nor raging epl* domic nor drought nor mildew nor scourge of locust <?nd grasshopper ndt"6yclone nor earthquake if the political corruption which has poisoned the fountains of publto virtue andbeelimed the hlarh places of authority, making freo government at times a hissing and a byword in all the earth; it the drunk enness and licentiousness that stagger and blaspheme in the stroets of our great cities as though they were reaching after the 'fame of a Cyrlnth and a Sod6m nre not repented of, we will yoi see the smoke of our nation's run; the pillars of our national anc. state capitols will fall more disastrously than when Samson- pulled down Dagon, and futuro historians will record upon the page bedowod with generous tears the storv that tho free nation of the wast arose in splendor whloh made tliQ. world star?. It had magnificent posslb'ITItTe#/ It forgot God. It hated justice. It hugged its crlmo. It halted on its high march. It reeled under the blow of calamity. It fell. And a9 it was going down aH tho despotisms of earth from the top of bloody thrones bagin to shout, "Aha, so would we have it!" whllestruggllng and oppressod people looked out from dungeon bars with tears and groans and orl?)s of untold agony, the scorn of those and tho woo of thedo uniting in tho oxolama tion: "Look yonder! Tbero fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it foil upon the third part of tho rivers and upon the fountains of waters, and tho namo of the star Is oalled Wormwood!" AN AMERICAN PLANT IN RUSSIA. Ix>comotlT? Works to Be Established at Nijni Novgorod. The proposed establishment of an exten sivo locomotive building works at Niinl Nov gorod, Russia, by Amoriean capitalists was announced a fow days ago. Contracts for the machinery for the plant, amounting to f 900, 000, have already been awarded, the bulk of the onions coming to Philadelphia firm*. For several years the project of establish ing an American locomotive plant In Russia has been under consideration by capitalists in this countrv. The Arm of Edmund D. .Smith Jt Co., of Philadelphia, and Walter W. Dixon, who was formerly connected with the Rogers Locomotive Works, In Peterson. N. J , became Interested in the matter, and as a result of their visit te Russia a company of American capitalists has keen Incorporat ed under the title of the Buaslan-Amerlcaa Manufacturing Company, whloh will build the woAs. The plant is to be built in connection with the Sormova Works, an extenstro establish ment in Nljnl Novgorod, manufacturing oars, steamboats, steam boilers, etc., and employ ing 5000 hands. Engineer Dixon will save Entire charge of the locomotive works, which Will be controlled jointly by the Hearten end American companies. The locomotive plant Trill have a oepeoityof MO engines a year, and will employ 1000 hands. It Is under stood that the Osar's Government has given valuable encouragement to the enterprise. A Warning te Travelers. European travelers are warned by United States Coosa 1-Gsneml Jndd, at Vienna, to obey the railroad regulations excluding ear* tain articles from luggage, under severe penalties. Be dies the ease of a young American, who was fined ill florins for hav? ihg some cartridges tm his tntak, and says that Bsc fin. Bulgaria, Bodssaais^ Turkey and Bussin him riHt>r rinlflliii fltellif 15 Austria la Totsrespect. Beports ftw Tt? rtnfr tfrot ot anthrax is aflaottng and killing all kte* oi A n i m ^ ^ m m m Ia flCOM IVOW MM to BOVM^ ? ? * REPUBLICANS <v.> AT ST. LOUIS. \ ? ? # ? FAIUHANK MAUK OIIAIIOMN OF THU CONVENTION. Carries the Day The Committee Filled ami at Work? Further Contest .Stopped. When the national eommlttoo went Into session Saturday at Bt. Louis, all preliminary business was shelved and theTeunoiksoo ohh<m were taken up. There were two contests from this State, 11. W. Cheatham and J. 11. Rosley, colored, sixth district, being chal lenged by J. W, Crawley, colored, and l>au W. Bhlfnor, whlto. In tho jilnth district the credentials of David A. Ndnn and Henry A. Austin were claimed by John It. Walker and Itobert A McNeelyl Both contests were based upon irregularities* in tho calls for and tho proceedings of the respective district conven tions. In tho Sixth district, on the motion of Mr. Manloy, of Maino. Cheatham and Bosloy were seated. Thoy have no ilxed l'rosidon tlal choice, while their opponents were In structed for McKlnloy. The Ninth district case was productive of elaborato argument on either shlo, after whloh Nunn and Austin were seated. Thoy are MoKiuloyltes, as were tbo contestants. It developed at this point that thero was a third contest from this Htate. affecting the Tenth dlsstrlct. Only five minutes were .dovoted to tho contest in tho Tenth Tennessee district. Tho rogular dele gates, W. M. Randolph and Zachary Taylor, were seated. They and tho contestants wore all McRlnleyltes. At 11:30 tho special order, tho considera tion of tho South Carolina contests, was taken up and a largo delegation, represeu entatlve of the white and black Republicans from tho State, filed Into the room. Tho con tost was between tho regular "Republicans" and tho socallod "Lily Whites." Col. Ellory L. Melton, of Columbia, the re cognized leader of tho Idly Whites oponod for hlmsolf and his associate contestants, taking the position that tho disfranchisement or otherwise of 80,000 South Carolina Re publicans depoudod upon tho action of the oommltteo. Tho State, ho Bald, was on thuslastlo for protection and this contest wns not one of providential preference, yot u favorable decision for his sl'do would bring tho State into lino with Republican Ken tucky. Ex-Congressman Thompson, of Ohio, general counsel for all contestants of McKinlcy preference, submitted tho facts iu tho case of tho opposite delegation which inoluded Robert Smalls, tho well knowu col ored loader, and Eugono Wobstor.for years at the head of the dominant Republican faction in tno State. In bis own behalf Robert Smalls mado a bitter attack upon his opponents. The Lily Whites, ho insisted, had no standing in the State; they had no excuse for exlstenco, and they were entitled to neither tho recognition nor the respect of the Republicans of tho, nation. National Committeemen E. M. Bray ton, aiso oooof the contestants, spoke in his dual oapaoity. The rival delegations having withdrawn, Mr. Long, Of Florida, promptly moved tho seating of tho IVebster-Bmalls delegation. Mr. Settle, proxy for Committeeman Cowles, of North Carolina, proposed as a , substitute the seating of the Brayton- Moltou quartette. The roll wns called amid consid erable excitement. It resulted In tho rejec tion of the t>ut stitute. 0 to #1. This wa^flrst bkod for tho anti-Lily Whites, but wJrtn the. motion to seat the Wol>ster-8m Alls- delegates was about to be put. Mr. Fessenden, of Con necticut. moved that tho Delawaro pre cedent be followed and both eluee be ex cluded from the temporary roll. Dele gate Catron, of New Mexico, moved that dach delegation be seated with half a voto each. The proposlon to neat both del nations wss defeated, 16 to 32. The ques tion. recurred on Mr. Fessenden's motion to exclude both delegations nnd refer the Is^uo to the national convention. Anothor roll oall was demanded. Ag6tn the Lily Whites encountered defeat, 14 to 84. Thon the mi nority gave up the Contest nod the Webster Smalls delegation wao seated on a viva voce vote, with' about ten nays. This vote takes out of the convention a to tal of sixteen delegates who are noted in Mr. Hanna's handbook of delegations of contes tants as "having Reed preferences.1' Mr. Fairbanks, of Indiana, was unanimous ly selected as temporary obairman of the na tional Republican convention Gol. C. W. Johnson, of Minnesota, who was secretary of ihe national convention of 1893 at Minne apolis, was unanimously chosen secretary of this convention, W. O. Riley, of Kentucky, was made first assistant secretary; Harris H. Smith, of Washington, socond assistant secretary, and A. B. Humphrey, of New York, secretary of the Republican league, third assistant secretary. For chaplain, Rabbi Samuel Saale, of St Louis, was nomi nated by Mr. Scott, of Virginia, and unani mously clotted. The following were selected as temporary reading clerks: J. II. Stone. Washington; F. H. Wilson. Missouri; John It. Mallory, Co lumbus, O. ; R. S. Hatcher, Iudlana; J. R. Benson, New York, The selection of officers being completed, the committee resumed consideration of con tested cases. All the Webster, or regular Re fmblicau delegates from the several districts n South Carolina, were seated. All were for McKlnley. FIRST DAY*8 PROCEEDINGS. The first day of tho Convention opened with unclouded skiqp nnd with tho prospect of extremely hot weather. At 12:20 Senator Carter, chairman of t\io Republican national committee, callod the Convention to order, lly this timo all the delegates and nearly half of the gallery spalo were filled. The chaplain. Rabbi Saale, opened \^lth prayer, the whole assembly standing as ^ho chaplain invoked the divino benediction. Chairman Carter then called the conven tion to order, and introduced Hon. Charles W. Fairbanks. Of Indiana, as temporar/x chairman. He made a long speech which was frequently applauded. He could not bo heard at a great distance, fill rpferenco to the impossibility of com pelting fifty-cent dollars to circulate in unlimited numbers on parity with gold was greeted with a load burst of applause, while Senator Teller smiled sardonically and one of ihe Western delegates in the rear emitted a dismal owl call. Mr. Lamb, delegate from Virginia, offered a resolution wbtoh was agreed to that until % permanent organisation is effected the con vention will be governed by the ruls>4>f the last Republican convention. i A resolution was also adopted ordering that roll of Mates aad Territories be call^l and each delegation aanoaaee the names of the person* elected to serve on the several committees as follows: On organisation, rules, credentials, resolutions. Also that all rwolatloas la respect to ths platform shall bs referred to ths eommtttee without de~ bate. Ths Mstas wars thsa oallsd for thalr Mtoo tiAfi Of delegate* as members of ths several ??WhMft4& aame of Senator Teller was an no unoed sa^a^member of tho oowmlttoo on nits for/his Rate there waa a small out burst of Applause, 4ft er whfteh ths call was eiooesd^T with J Whs* Maasaehus Ats seat ap the aaaMof ?eastor Lodge ss its representative oa tho ^ISySiSea oa the pert of thlgeSd fad dBaggSSLB; BS. ulshal In Ibi liliillnllw of dectlet ooa - , - r . ? - ?? --u Another resolution from tho colored poo plo of Illinois affocting their rights hs a race was treated in a likomanner. Aft?'r nn announcement of tho placc* ami times of meeting of (lio four coininlltoct, tho con vention at 1:47 adjourned. Tho platform committee conducted Its labors behind close*! doors. Just as ?oou as tho committee on creden tials had organ l*od, Mr. J. C. Cohen, of Ne braska, submitted tho followlug resolution, which was adopted : "That tho roll of delegates ami alternates pr* pared by tho national committee for }iu> purpose of tho teiupifrary organisation be. ami tho same is hereby adopted by this com mlttco as tho true and correct roll of the del egates ami alternates of tho convention, ami that this committee proceed with tho hearing of contests referred to by the national oom mittoe, vir. : The delegates ami alternates fropi tho State of Delaware and tho delegates ?ml alternates from tho State of Texas." This is regarded an a vletory for McKinlOy mou, who uoMro to shut out any further bearing of contests. The following text of tho financial plank was adopted by tho sub-comnvlttoo on reso lutions to bo reported to the full committee: "The Hepnbliean party is unreservedly for 'sound money. It caused tho cnnetinont of tho Iftw providing for the resumption of spo oto payments in 1H70; slnco then every dollar has been as good u.s gold . "Wo aro unalterably opposed to every moasuro calculated to debase our currency or imimlr tho credit of on f country. We are, tljor?foro, opposed to free coinage of silver Except by International agreement, and until [such Agreement can Ik> obtained tho existing I gold standard must bo preserved. Our isilver and paper now in circulation as cur Toucy must be maintained at a parity with gtyd, ftnd wo favor all measures to maintain inviolably tho obligations of the United States and all our money, whether coin or paper, at tho present standard, the standard o| v<ou.ost enlightened nations of tho earth.' TI1K FIFTY-FOURTH (ON'OKKSS A Synopsis of tho Proceedings of lloili Houses. TIIK BKNATIi WKltNKSOAY. In spite of tho fact that it was generally beliovod that Wednesday would be the last day of. tho session, thoro was a rather slim attendance In tho galleries, and the day's proceedings wero devoid of interest or ex citement. Tho following bills were passed: Increasing tho pay of letter curriers; to pre vent the transportation of spirituous liquors under false names. Tho bill increasing tho pension of Francis E. Hoover was passed over tho President's veto. Tho latter part oi tho day's sossion was occupied by Mr. Stowart, Populist, of Nevada, and Mr. But ler, Populist, Of North Carolina, arraigning generally Congress and tho administration. A concurrent resolution for final mljornmout Thursday at 4 o'clook was agreed to, TMtlUSDAY. Tho flrst session of tho Fifty-fourth Congress gently, and quietly, almost without incident, glided into history Thursday, tho shortest "ipng" ^<v?3lon of Congress, with two oxcoptious, in'tho history of tj>o govern ment. Tnero was a marked difTereneo bo twoen tho closo to-day and that of tho Fifty first Cot grcss, tho Inst previous Republican Congress. Then ft bittor eonillct raged bo tween Spoakor Hood and the. minority |pd no one of tuo latter was found to introduce tho usual resolution of thanks to tho presiding officer. To-day Mr. Turner, tho second Democratic member of tho committeo on -ways and means, acting for tho minority in tho absence o( ex-Speaker Crisp, offered a resolution thanking Speaker ltocd for tho "ability, faithfulness and strict impar tiality' with which ho had discharged the duties of his difficult position, and at tho suggestion of Mr. i>orkerjj#*ntl other Demo crats, there was ft rising vote, that tho ex pression of heartiness back of the resolution raiirht therobv bo emnhasir.ed. Iu his closing remarks Speaker llebd offered his grateful recognition for tho taouor, saying, "Tho thanks of tho Houso of Representative* is ftlwayn n high honor, but is especially so at the end of a session wliero "tho Spoakor has boon forced to nay 'no' moro fimes. perhaps, than in the history of any other Congress. In tho course of tho sossion a number of private pension and relief bills wore passed, and Representatives t'itnoy, ltopubllcan, of Kansas. andDookery, Democrat, of Missouri, were appointed' members on the part ? f tho House of the commission to sit during tho summer and investigate tbo charities of the District of Columbia. wouiu no* o? lounu. tho Houso provision in : off appropriations .to od charitable instltu* THE HOUSE. .. WRDNRSDAY. Wednosday tbo business of tho first sopsion of tho Fifty-fourth Congress was practically oncluded by the agreemont of thetwo bodies upon tho sundry cl til and District of Colum bia appropriation bills, tho enly remaining matters of difference between tho two house# when they met this morning. To nccom plisb this the Uouse voted to concur with the Senate in its amendments to tbo sundry civil bill appropriating, diroct aud contin gent 1 000,<KK) for certain public buildings. This vote ? 100 yean to 88nays- demonstratoa what had been feared would not bo found. Tho Senate agreed with tho 1 the District bill, cutting off reilgioue, benevolent ond tlons, amended so as to make tbo now policy effective after June 30, 1897. Frovious to reaching this conclusion tho Houso. passed many moflsufss Under suspension oT the rulos. ** THURSPAT. O If tho first session of tho Fifty-fourth Con grees has been a' vlone-nothing session," ns bad been predicted, tho closing day of tho Senate furnished a fitting culmination to the session. It was a day of inactive, drifting, laborious effort to kill tlmoby doing nothing, when, according to the concurrent resolution agreod to Wednesday, the two houses wore to adjourn. The Senate was called to order at 11 o'clock when tho District of Columbia ap proprlatlon bill woa received and immediate ly signed the Vlco Presidont. thus dlsposlug of the last of tho general appropriation bills, so far as the legislative branch was concerned. The galleries were almost deserted during the early hours of the session, but when the Vice-President delivered his valedictory he had a ?q od sized audience in tho galleries, though tnere wore but twonty-fivo Senators present at that Interesting momont. As tho Viee-l'rdQident uttered the la*t words, and tho gavel\fell for the last time, there was a faint outburst of applause, after which tho scene of many stirring Incidents was loft to the pages and attendants until tbo first Mon day in December nc*xt. (J|j|H(KSEJN BOND. The Sureties Not Released Now Kxcept On Proof of Re-exportation. Under a now ruling of tho Treasury de partment tho sureties on bonds given to per mit Chinese to land in this country must fur nish, before they are rolcasod from liability, a certificate of the collector of tho port of do' part a re showing that the Chinese let in havo left the country within the twenty days limit This ruling Is the result of a caje that occur " three moat he ago, when four Chinamen ? admitted with proper bonds and sure* and when a doubt arose as to whe'her ? v had really left the oonntry within twen ty day* the harden wee put on the govern ment to prove that they bad not^ A Chanoe for American Merchandise. then are ten coloniee of Mormons In Mex leo, nearly a'l Amerleans. Their bejdlafs an ta theflaest portion of Northers Mexioo, the sell It eery rteh aad prodnetiee, aad Wtthlhe advent ef railroads, froa?the near mMeetotnullttal report to the State de fanaeai He fade, that there is a good open Inn for Asoerieaa goods anMc the eeCepL esd lhas the *? $nm$ tr pwif ttww "***4 BILL A HP'S LliTTEH. THK PHIIPSOIMIKU'S KXl'RUI* ICNC'K A^ A OAKDItiNMU. Fells of HI* Suoossa In llitlalnff Kino Vegetables. "Fate cannot harm me ? 1 havo dined today." Th*t is the way wo feci Just after a good dinner, eapooially if wo have earned it? worked for it bodily and wautod it. But I havo hoard folks Bay I hoy woro never hungry and not oven (ho odor of ououiubors and onioua in tho diuing room would exoito thoir appetite. I havo hoard othors say they bud the appetite, but wore afraid to indulgo it booauso of digestion. Huoh folks aroto be pitied. They have my sympathy. 13ut I siuooroly belioto that work or physical exeroise is a remedy for both, 1 suppose that Hliakospcara suffered in this way, for ho nays, "Now, lot (ligostion wait on appotito ami hoalth ou both." Cortaiu it i? ii in death was sudden aud prema ture, for ho lived only fifty years. Milton understood this trouble too, for ho says that Adam's sleop was swoot, being bred from pure indigestion. That's tho secret? working in tho gar den? I inherited that trait from tho old man? Adam, I moan? and I sleep sweetly, too, after I havo worked in my garden. Thero is no ineomonia about me, but Mrs. Arp suffers from st sometimes vpm I am snoring liko ft hippotamus. I was ruminating about tho valuo of a good garden to tho family? wo had mi (xoollent diuuer today, and I counted tip thooost. Wo havo ftvo in J tho family and the diuner coat ub only 5 routs apiece, and thero was- enough left for two or threo more. Wo had a small pioco of middling moat, about half a pound, that was boiled with tho beans, and there wcro buvou different kinds of vegetables from my garden. Tho butter aud buttermilk woro homo made. The rioo aud oorumeal and huekloVrrios oost a little? not nrooh. Everything was well cooked, aud all that was wanted was au appetito and good digestiou. I am reasonably proud of my gar don, for it ie all my owu work. I pro pared tho ground and dresaod it aud opened the furrows and plauted tho seed aud crtlttvated the plants aud killod the woeds, and it is my espooial pleasure to watch everything as it grows, and gnthor the vogotablos and wash them at tho baok door and call tho good wife and children out to soe them and liston to thoir compliments. Wo havo had a long drought, but I had fortified against it. Every hill was first spaded out a foot deep and filled with water, and after it bad soaked into the ground I fillod up tho holo with a mixture of top soil and barnyard scrapings aud sifted ashes and puf on some more water. Every furrow I opened for beans and poaa and beets I lot water run in it, and then put tho fertiliser in and planted the seed. I had eighty holo* to dig for tomatoes and forty for squashes, and as many more for /cu cumbers, anfi notwithstanding the drought, everything has grown vigor ously. It is hard work, an4 tskes pa tience to lay the foundation in this way, but it pays. My squash vinos oover a spaeo of four feet square to each hill, and my tomato plants are | five feet high and full of healthy fruit., Well, now, to tell the whole truth, I ' have a hydrant in the center of tho garden, and when tho dry, hot weather was at ita worst I opened sm ill trenohes oloso by Jthe roots of tho plants and turned sthe water on and let it run slowly and soak in, and afterwards covered the trenchos with dry dirt. This too, is tronble, but it paid well, Some folks sprinklo, but that does harm and no. good. It bakes the surfaoe end never reaches the roots. Sprinkle nothing but grass. I Whore water is plentiful and conven ient tbore id no exonao for a poor gar den. It is bettor to dig doep and fer tilize and cultivate a rquaro rod well than to skim ovor l^If an aero "nigger fftflhion" and ?eo it all^drj up whon the dry drought, as C<jHd calls it, comes. Tho intensive system is the best for gardens, I know from long experience. It made me sad to see tho crops on the railroad between Marietta and Atlanta tho other day. Acres ana acres of corn not six inohoft high and cotton almost invisible. It did 1 >ok like por idling to death in the namo of the Lord. It is a poor coinlry, I know, bnt they could sow it down in peas nnd gradually improve it so that a Georgian wouldn't be ashamed for travelers to lookont of tho ear window as they ride through it. It is astonishing how much influ ence ono gcoJ farmer has over the neighborhood in which ho lives. They aro very envious of each other and will try to keep up with the best. J. hear somo say that their oats crop is a total failure and will not be fit to cut. I *eo a few acres of oats in a field not far from me that will make a good crop. Of course there is ?ometbing in tho land, butjjherc is n*fre in the fanning. Deep plowfl% to b^gin with is abeo lutely necessary in fanning. I don't mean deep turning, bnt deep plowing. I know a farmer who always follows the torn plow with a bull-tongnein the same farrow, and he makes foo<*. orops whether ^it rsins or sol. My good nsighbor, Widow Fields, has to, hydrsnt in her garden, bill she always has the flosst gsrden in the town, and the secret is deep plowing and fertilising. I can overlook her work from mr window, aad it excites me to keep la bsiliifdii' tsnpn BpBtiuft win mimr state of Mllinlios. and will meke more on il thm? will be made on fifty acres of that land below MsrlcHa. Work on tbe firttw mast not stofw Koop planting Huoootflivo crops every ten days or two weeks, ami have a fresh anpply, A good, largo family Ottu live well on an afro for live mouths in tho year, ltaiso your own straw berries and raspberries aud buy wihl berries enough for j-?m and jolly. Then, if you have grapes and peaohca around, you can live liko a priuoo and always havo soinoth n? nioo for com pany. A fow flowers in tho garden will hi' p to innko it attraotivo ; and my wile wants all tho old- fashiouid herbs, liko sago and mint aud bftlm > uttd thymo and calamus and oamouVilo, Sho has noruo radish enough for a hotel. Sl . ? \ (lard'eniug is tho first work of which wo have any history, and it ia tho most pleasant aud hoalthy of all oooupationa. If u man is u f ood gardener ho will bo good farmer. As you travel overland through tho oountry you can tell a good farmer by lookiug at his garden. just a 1 you can toll a good wife aud daughter by looking at tho flowers aud vinos in tho front yard. They are a sign of good tasto and rofloomont and ' good housekeeping and /coutontment. They savo dootor bills, for half thedia eases oomo from dlB^asod minds-? ? mont?l misery ? borrowing trouble and v nursing it. Tho oultiva(tioh of flowers is a good tonio for indigestion. I have noticed that the people who are tho moHt diligent in feuoh oooupktions are tho least concerned about politics and silver and gold aud tho next president ial oleotion. Tho farm and tho homo absorb tbem, and are a bigger thing than tho spoils of ofTloo. The average polit ioiau wants aomothing for nothing. As Oobo says, "lie is just sidewiping around hunting tho orthography of an ofTloo," and when ho geta it .the first lesson ho learns is how to log-roll. Ho will voto for anybody's bill if thoy will voto for hie. Yon tioklo mo and I will tickle you is tho motto, and thoy call it a oompromiso of oonfiioting interests. Oongroes has at laat voted every member a privato secrotary with 81,200aalary. Merciful heavens! When will this thing atop? Now lot them apply for a roceiver and boII out tho ^ oouoern. Hut 1 am off the subject, aud will got in a bad framo of miud aud havo sr. fit of indigestion; aud so I will quit , and go to my garden, whoro I am always calm and sorono. ? BilIi Arp, in Atlanta Constitution Traoiportatlra of National Xtaak';. V HotM. United* States Treasurer Morgan hm 1 ?? med thli olftultf t "Circular Ho. 174, of Mot? tW 17, Wm, reqalring the charges lor Uieji? ofMHo??l buk United BuumU* r*Vmptio?f uadarthaost of Jeeo SM??, to b* pal? Vf the se??*n> is hereby revoked, to toko iffw en on* NM COMMKHCIAL RK PORTS. Not Much Kfl'ort to I'uah Ruhlticss Until After t ho Conventions Below will bo found BrAdsfteet's and Dun's weekly commercial reports Mr tlio past w?wV< Thoro is llttlo or no effort to push business nt n poriod of ho muoh uncertainty and will not be nny until tho precise tortus of tbo fi nancial plank (hat should be adoptod by the two great political parties In tho national ? ?ouvontlous Is known. , , ^ Tbo general morchandiso movement con tinues as dull and conservative aa heretofore, retailor*, wltb fow exceptions, bnying only for immedinto necessities, Mercantile collections continue slow mid unsatisfactory and thero Is no gain In tho cotton( woolen godds. Iron ' or steel industries. Reports from Southern district contrlbutlngcentres report an almost qulot trade, tbo tributary territory to Charles ton having Improved in tbo crop outlook and wholesale trade. In Texas oorn Is suffer ing for want of rain. T?-' The government report as to wheArfndl catcd a much smaller yield than anybody, ex Jiects, but that baa become so much the rale but the report had no real influence and. tho principal effect was tbo serious depression caused by large stiles in anticipation of tho report which seemed to be thoroughly known in advance to some speculators. Rocelptsat Western ports of 2.429,285 busbols against ], 880, 230 fsst year, snow tho persistency of condition* which have governed thB move ment during the whole year. The government estimate as to the cotton crop waa ypexceptedly favorable, and has caused a decline of mors than X oent in single week, but it is only Jnst to say that somo reaction from artificial prices would bnvo come earlier if Information much moro reliable than that of tho government had not* been iters latently discredited. Pal.ures for the week have been 846 in the V United States sgslrnt 241 last year, and 27 In Canada against 24 last year. . , Tho Programme For the Confeder ates' Reunion., _ PnUpwIng Is tbe prog???* of oomaantss for the reunion of the Confederate Veterans in Richmond: Juno BOthl Opening of the convention, prayer, welcome by the Governor of Virginia, welcome by the Mayor of Richmond, business as tbo convention may order. /At nlKbt? Re?ontlon "Tho White House of tho Confederacy, presided over by Mrs. V. Jefferson Davis and Miss Winnie Davis, other receptions by cltixons. ' July 1st? Ruslnees as convention may order. / At night- Grand concert of war songs at auditorium, chorus of 1,000 volcos, grand Tableaux of stato sponsors, reception by othor citizens. ? July 2nd? Short session of convention, grand procession of militnry and veterans, Gen'l Jno. R. Gordon, chief marshal. Lay ing of tho corner' stono of monument to President Jefferson Davis, oration by Gen. Stephen D. Lee. _ ? At night? Inception by Governor ot Vlff r glnia, recoptloQvby other citizens. % JUMPEDOFF BROOKLYN SSIDOB A Young Irishman Mnkee the Leap Successfully? Under Arrest* | Fatrick Sullivan, 27 years old, a painter, of No. 172 Wiilougbby avenuo, Brooklyn, jump ed from the middle of Brooklyn bridge Into East river. He was picksd up by a faorfag tug bost and taken to the foot of Twisty sixth street. There he wss placed under or* rest on the charge of attempting to eonunft suicide. Tbo only io>uiy b? sustained W*?a slight sprain of tho right log, okidrifr thought to bsve been oansed by ?toj>hg again it one of the ooblos of thejmdfo os he , ?utnptd over.