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He Draws Morals Stories-His Conclusion in lat ter Day Style. _ 7 ~ f Atlanta Constitution. „ ^ . In all • a2t8 niHukind Las felt the need of a God. There a f->elinfc of l4 our fixture and if man can’t find a God he will make one. It is curious how strangely similer are all the heathen anthologies to the Bible religion, at. John «ivA, “And there wa«°war in heaven anti Michael and his angels fought against the dragon and his angels and hurled them down. That old dragon, which is the devil, was cast down unto ihe earth. Just so in Grecian and Homan and Scandi- nuviaii' mythology ; there wa< war in their heaven and the good dei.ies pre vailed and the evil were cast out, but not destroyed. Jupiter had v.ar with the Titana and dethroned them. Oden, or Woden, as he wa.«? called^had war with iyoki ptnithslUoBed him and gave him Ilela, or Hell, for his k ugdom. The Scandinavians had a ser ( »eiit to figure iu the ^ iwn of their creation, •ml that atrpenl was ever gus wing at the roots of the tree of life—a tree that grew by a spring and was kept in pei- petual bl<K>m by <he water of the spring. This spring was at om- end of the rainbow and the home of Woden and the gods was at the other end, and as oft as the rainbow speared Woden and his retinue made use of it as a beautiful bridge ovof wh’ph they pM. ( d u» the spring U> dnuk amt re new their yon lb ami held Uwir high nt hiou «Ifeb- ion tells us of >f lift <li SjUllfr'lli' Just Mi t»ur Tc the tree of life and water ( ami ihe leal rrs of lb# troy wb ich are for the hi-ail ng of the na'.he)*. Thi» Mean dinsvtan ravtboi «' v was a beautiful am d foeoualmg fell* 1 ion euti the Norertu •n, iut luitiff.' tbe Itauc* and hw«l##, , believed iu it a* piously a# w# b«li#v e iu our Itibt# and Cbn*- liami) M |r#d it l -uk <**nti 1 rim ■to overthrow tl 1 anti plant i'hrii •usury there. Fori cbturw* U bcM **1 ■V ovfrl aii G«>arany and even to tbu day ail 1 hn*l, n.iutn u%«* ill*' name* of the €a>* 0 f iht \ m rt k ihi at c ibm «lowi n from (I’bil the N ormtt r Wrdt . rs.! it y was ally ti Wodn 'll m—dey waa 1 ten 1 • ft • IHkT# Thor mm w >*.cn'» • 00 at id wa# jvai *i the go tl of ll tia ck U Ie. Wh •a bt r wish- > wa* •d to tuafc** ll U t.|« r All* | ahi ike lb# nMu c jyt of ilic b« AVC BMI ftim tan MW ok two rub M gml mown tat y* hi# ia •aah ha d. ithiff r au’l cl M'i * ‘ 1 the t « » *• 11|4 tr. Friday bowl mm Y mr» aay • » Vjga w 's •5 M mica'* 1 Lav wife. Jutt ao w« erne# of the 1 nr’* ,w«’wUi • fn* in to lUimao ■yt holtwy illAUl ID*) W< • got tbe watelU i'»n* m the pubin fecavct !• frm m th# 1 I ^ffptiai 1 mvt hology j iGcbi ami 11 mum 1 tin y IftAOkred to th 1# •lay. i OlO»f Hut 1 wi»h lb# >*»« ft it g pa** pi# ta 1 know < of hi< at»u re Mir th ia al! mill* ufofftve tact tKa*tr v n «i *1 l ft •waded l ipoO a faith I men that u tltH Ml ihI ju alt ce and virtue mu»t uui. pra ^ fad 1 o%«*i r evil The gi 1 ^ er# re- It. U|l wanl«< i aut! l * a. rj wrn » pui tiritod. l .vulob it out I mer- bul , but in tb< rtucr is tl Mto love an and we have hundred, ilial Jupiter and hie ind Xepiune, after the Titans, proceed- ie t hetr greet doniaiu. enlesl and smartest the seas to Neptune anil kipt-UAaa. monument. I know of one that was erected to a very rich bad man—an old bachelor—and bis executor, a man of unflinching integrity, had chiseled in the marble these words : “He began the world a poor boy $nd died a citizen of large estate. This is his^best eu logy.” He might as well have never lived and doubtless would be better off now. How many of the rich deserve a simi lar eulogy ou their tombstoues. Old Agur’s prayer was a saf* one—“Give me neither poverty nor riches.” These great accumulations impoverish some body. They generally come from the sweat and toil of the poor. Carnegie, the New York Herald says, was worth not lees than $500,000,000, and no doubt is the richest man living or that ever lived. According to human laws anA* human mortis his wealth was hon* eslly earned, more honestly than that of most millionaires, but in the sight of heaven-he wronged his fellow-men. No good Christian man can ever be come a millionaire except by inherit- anoe. H«j can’t earn it and comply with 1 he Scripture which says “Do justly", love mercy and obey the Lord thy God.”. But the poeU and preachers and philosophers have from time immemo rial written and spoken enough 00 this subject l* encourage the liberal and alarm the greedy, ami yet most all of. our rich men are struggling for more. The Pea bod ys nod Peter Coopers are rare exceptions iu philantbopy. Yesterday I received from a friend a late copy of the )fcw York Son, in which a whole page waa devoted to a review of “Ifarlay's History of tbs 1 1111...1 .2kaiwhich has just t.ern published in three volumes by the I Appleton*. I read with deep intereet | ail aixAit the destruction of (be Maine and the light at Santiago, when sad- <»e* ly 1 came upon a mercilsas, scath- [ing criticism of t'-immudore Schley, I a inch made me hot and fatigued my i indignation. 1 had thought that whole controversy waa scaled and partially I harmonised, bat thie will caase it to I break oat afresh, for ‘U* Sun lavishly endorse* ail that Maciar wrilas. He | tells what Admiral Philip told him ait Schley's diagracefal conduct ip l» dead n« a >, and that he actu- urned ud and ran away from the , and that hts SMninhntiou to na tratrgy throughout lbs campaign -Avoid your enemy a* long a« bln, and U he makes for yoa, Hobson is act mentioned m ■eview. Who is this Marlay, any t Hut to-day 1 am rauforied. for re been eagerly perusing Dr. Car- last and beet Bunk. "Tlie Civil try of tbu 'hbfederal# States,” ahe«l by B. F. Johnson A Co., mowd. It is a small book ; a calm, derate review of the jm-t and fall 1 personal reminiacencee —bia coo- ami comma a ion with oar noble -Davis, Toumba, Stepheoe, Ben Howell Cobb. lajagatraet, Judah amin and oiben. It is almost an dograaby. It does not stem to be a school book, but 1 wish that every y< uug man is the land would read it. It would take bat a lew hours and wbald establish him la tbe failb—tbe true failb—tbe faith of our fathers. Dr. Cany is now almost alone. All bis cootemporanea who figured ia the scenes he has narrated are dead. All but uoe—Judge Cabell still liven. How fortoaalc we are that the good doctor ived/to write this book, for what he was not hell at that lime. The spirits of tbe dead, both good and bad, min gled together in hades until lluto con cluded to separate the unrepentant and incurable ones for fear they would usurp his kingdom, and* so be estab lish! d a hell aud called it Tartarus and shut up all the hardest cases therein.. Now Pluto married a daughter of Ceres and she had a son named Hutus. Hu was the god of wealth and that is where tbe word plutocracy came from. Our millionaires beloug to it. So it seems that the god of money is brother- in-law to the god of hell. Pietty close kin and dangerous, but it is. according to Scripture, for it says that “the love of money is the root of all evil,” and “it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a necdk than for a rich mau to go to heaved Now this Plutus began to give his riches to the good only, but Jupiter diiln’t like that and struck him blind so that he couldn’t tell one man from another and so he ^gropes his wav about slowly till he finds a man. Then he gives him a pile of money and suddenly opens his wings apd dies away. That, too, is symbolic of what Scrip lure says, “Riches take wings and fiy away.” Tbe love of money seems to have been accursed’in all ages. The wedge Of gold not only cursed Achan, but atllicted all Israel. Milton says that Mammon was one of heaven’s gods— “one of the spirits that fell. His looks and thoughts were always downwart bent,-whUe he admired the golden pavements in heaven’s streets ant never looked up to aught divine. Then let nu one wonder that riches grow in hell. tbe precious bane No wonder, then, that Mr. Carnegie became alarmed and hurried to di»- gorge. What a world of care be is now going through in distributing bis wealth./He receives thouaands of pleading letters, I know, for many have been sent to me to be forwarded to him—many piteoua appeals for a little chanty. Of coarse 1 forward them and that is the last of it. They are perhaps real by proxy and then , destroyed. Dr. bamuel Johnson wrote ’ truly when he said, "inches fortify s against but oo« of the ills of lift, t Chat ia poverty/* Cwsue had ao far above envy or malice or distraction., .ong may he ysl live. Bill Axp. * Not So V kby Hard.—An old army surgeon who was fond of a joke, if not >erpelrated at his own expense, was one day at a mess when a wag remark ed to the doctor, who had been aoma* what severe in his remarks on the lite rary delinquencies of some of the offi cers appointed from civil life: “Doctor, are you acquainted with Captain G—?” “Xes, 1 know him well,” replied the doctor. ?*But what of him !” “Nothing 111 particular,” replied the officer. “1 have just received a letter from him, aud I wagor you that you cannot tell in five guesses how he spells cat.” ‘Done,” said the doctor; “It’s a wagtr.” “Well, commenpe guessing,” said the officer. “K-a-double-t.” “No.” “C-a-t-e.” “No, try again.” “K-a-t-e.” “No, you’ve missed it again.” “Well, then,” returned the doctor, “c-a-double-t.” “No, that’s not the way ; try once more, it’s your last gueM.” „ “C-a-g-t.” “No,” said the wag, “that’s not the way ^you’ve lost the bet.” “Well,” said the doctor, with some petulance of manner, “how does he spell it ?” • - “Why, he spells it c-a-t,” repliet the wag with the utmost gravity, amid the roars of the mess; and, almost It is the'soil that best deserves "Cholfln? with rage, the doctor sprang to his feet, exclaiming : “Gentlemen, I am too old to be tri fled with in this mannerr”* The Society of the' Daughters of the Americafi Kevolution was organized in Washington, D. C., October 11, 1880. Atiy woman may be eligible for mem bership who to 18 years old and de scended from an ancestor who, “ with unfailing loyalty, rendsred material aid to the cause of independence as a recugiuxed patriot, as soldier or sailor, or as aril officer ra oam of the e*v#rui colonies or Stales, of tbe United Col- The following article was printed in the reunion issne of Tbe State on the 8th of May, 1901, and it deserves to be read by every man, woman and child in South Carolina, as it deals with facts that are not generally known: - The history of South Carolina dur ing the “war between the States” should be written and the sacrifices of oar people should be made known. The glorious c induct of our own sol diers in the gre^t battles has been re corded in a meagre way, but other trials aud sufferings have not been heard of. Brief mention of a few facts that should be included in the history of our State is proper and timely. On December 14, 18C3, the Senate concurred in the following resolution: “Resolved, That the General A«sem- bly do tender to Maj. Gen. Wade Hampton the revolving cannon now in iu possession, satisfied that it cannot be placed m more worthy hands, and they protest against bis proi>osition to replace it by another.” “Resolved, That the other revolv ing cannon, they are completed, he disposed of by the Governor in ^he way be may deem best.” How many in South Carolina ever heard of this revolving cannon? An article from Gep. Hampton about it wou d certainly be read with intereet and might lead to an improvemeut 10 artillery jost as the Stevens Floating battery •uggesU-d ironclad vessels of WV. The Stereos battery was used hr Charleston harbor and was the design of oat of South Carolina's sous. Ilia M?a waa slop led and tbs Mcrrimar was built aud rlsd with iron. Tbe battle between tbs Merrimac and the Monitor rsvuluUooith^dhe method* of uaval warfare. Wheu ib# war begsa there was a student ia Ki skins CuUsgo named J. F. G. I aaimlr lie was a Frenchman and when b« cams about Dus West be first worked at tbs harness-making trade with Col. D. O. Hawthorn. He was ambitious and dsisnaiosd to se cure an sduesUoo, paying fur it by bis own work He went into Cu. C\ *#»• ruih >. \ . when lbs war broSk out. Us invented a doubts-barrelled cannon. Ils bad a brass model. Both rela wars In be loaded at uaua, tbs baits to bu bald together by a strong chain. W ben fired tbs doubts load wold do fearful work, for tbs balls < •aid stretch lbs chain at full length it would rut down every thing in front of IU fall leofth. This taveo- Uoa did not mret wltn favor nod that such a caouou was ever thuurbi of baa long ago pasiad out uf tbs memory of must per soon. (Jo Dsrsmbsr 3. 1M3, tbs 8soats concurred iu tbs following resolution of tbs House: “tteeotved, That lbs Stats assumes, with pnde and gratification, the cus tody of tbs bandcr committed to her care by lbs gallant Tbirtssnlb, and will keep it carefully as another valued emblem of tbs devotion and patnousm of her ebsnsued sons.” “Rseolved, That tbe flag be com muted to tbs custody of his excellency tbs Governor.” Tbe Thirteenth 8.. C. V. belonged to Gregg's, afterwards McGowan*k, for »u gn^sul *ef- W - ^ _ as given to the State for safe-keeping 1 early as December, 18(13? Tbs gal- an*. Tbifteeoth -carried tbe batUcfiag after tbu until Appomattox. The names of many of the noblest sous of South Carolina who fell in that l(reat struggle have almost been for- goltea or people'have no knowledge, of low or where they fell. Who know* of Col. J. Foster Marshall except, that he died at Second Manassas? He was a captain of the Falmetto regiment in tbe Mexican war, and one of the most ublic spirited citizens of Abbeville. Ie was Senator, and when Col. Thomas Thomson announced hi* death he paid the following tribute to the memory of his predecessor on Novem ber 24th, 1862: “Leading his rifietnen into the bap tism and blood of a battle on the Chickahominy, with a patriot’s fire glowing in his heart, he addressed to his soldiers, at the moment of the charge, these memorable words: ‘Re member the State you are from. But your trust in God. Acquit yourselves like men and follow me.’ Well was this appeal answered by that regiment of heroes. Iu. the harvest of death that ensued, one-half fell killed and wounded, their noble leader himself passing through the battle unhurt. But on the blood-stained and glorious field of Manassas, so fatal to many of South Carolina’s leading sons, he gave his life an offering to his country’s cause. He died as a brave man w.ould wish to die, al the head of the regi ment lie had led so long and loved so well, their steady and onward tramp around him, aud their earthquake shouts of victory ringing in his ears. He fell a soldier of hw country; he rose, I hope, a soldier of the cross.” We ought not to let die such an ex ample of heroism and patriotisul. It U impossible for the present gen eration to appreciate what difficulties our people met in conducting the war. It was a task to supply powder, but the authorities hit upon a scheme that was new and unique. In the cities children contributed to the defense of our homes and the cause of constitu tional liberty. 4 A chronicle of such facts would be invaluable. It is due to the memory of those who etfdured suffering in those days of trial and heroism that a last ing record should be made. Robert R. Hemphill. Abbeville, 8. C. THE PAST AND THE FUTURE. A Graphic Deacription of Robert R. Lee’a Appearance Before the Vir ginia Secession Convention. The Richmond Chamber of Com merce gave an excursion on tbe James river a few days ago to members of the Virginia Constitutional Conven tion, of which Hon. John Goode is the president. Mr. Goode was called upon for a speech, and he paid a glowing tribute to the Richmond of to-day, the result of untiripg industry, pluck and energy, and then he continued : “But, gentlemen, my mind reverts to the Wichmond of other days. Grand, old historic Richmond! How kind and hospitable her people have always been' to me ! Well do 1 remember my flret coming in 1852, when but a boy, and tbe friendships formed here eyen then that lasted to'the graves of so many heroic soul*. Well do I remember when as a member of the convention of iHfil I not only enjoyed Richmond’s hospitality, but enjoyed the fellowship and shared the labors of tork band, only five walk above the sod. Well do I remem- b* r it was the first time 1 bebeld the w great, the grand, the immortal ItoU-rs ^jjy ynea K. l^ee. (Great applause). After as- ' rrdttig from lbs 1‘mot* and before join ing the Confederacy, Virginia was an itulrpendrnl nation, sod K £ Lee was mails commander-in-chief of lbs forces uf the (’ooituoQwealth. ••well do I r»member his gisod physique as be cams into tbs Coovsn. lioo I tall, where ws here have left to day . leaning upon the arm of J Mayor Smyth's Statement as to Difficulties of Enforcing the Dis pensary Law. The State board of control held a special session on the 16th inst. in re gard to the blind tigers in Charleston, at which Mayor Smyth and Chief Boyle were present by invitation to show cause why the dupensary profits for Charleston should not be withheld on account of the non-enforcement of the dispensary Hw. Nothing startling was brought out and the intimations of interesting developments did *not materialize. The proceeding was opened with the reading of the hoard’s resolatioa. Chairman Williams stated that official ly ai# unofficially it had been reported to tbe board that things were running wide open in Charleston. The mem bers knew of the violations in Charles ton and they wished to hear about the failure of the municipal authorities to enforce the law. Mayor Smyth then read a statement be had prepared. He referred to the peculiar difficulties surrounding the en forcement of the law*in Charleston. Its geographical position made it itn poasible for an army of constables and police Knitnctly enforce tbe law there. The same conditions had been ap parent under the melropolltian police system. He hail enforced the law with bis police to tbe best of hla sbllity. w, . , 1 1 Me related the difficulties encountered \ irgima * hi-- | ^ j men in endeavoring to of whom now I loc^ tigers. The police, be said, were ordinance • specially directed by to enforce the dispensary law. The dstscUwu, but their names soon becaase known. This was the way tbe names of the same men usuallv appeared ss wliacssas ia dis- pc d< kluu*• »o, and •t<**l ■lent of that content I have tbs booor to| Well do 1 remember tbs when tbs prestdsot a rudgn be presi- set where day now. salute be guvs id reseed , who each .im. ,| VYesim* optrsUoaas .»u VO to n- a gu PTS 1 tbe days wb eted all eyes sod, ia Ytrgu ;un!aace, and Ie over tbs tm IA, wi ber •limes of that r* aw » #0 now, wben w t havt •igti ity-iv to agato • Aq Fit h Stoftc tueoaurm 1 lo pr o* at a ight < term th# h • gw Itge uf lud#MO delict. th# sick 1 all eye# ■gain 1 ora to old W ce oiorr- aboi at ihi 1*0-1, turn ir •vur girrioue by a Wath- OU he eft! tagtou ai 1,4 l*g ftt-Horo# Harri I>w. ov# r two aad you. Int •00 , oer dear beiov •d, we wei kaui *r*«t tod ay and invoat yoa wt ih iuir lar* eiy m nnwer ’ Mr. !•#* n»«i#*i.i repLn id that Ie a b# waa r au fouo dly lmprr*#*.t by the through mum uf th# oc#a#U>a aad th* cravt wbc art < duties be aaatiBi •d with the hoe Ht€ ac- U wal cepted. •i accr pt If h# mid,* with a tttg Ad lo prayer lo A tmgl itf God that 1 shall bt bt ■g^l given grace to pi to serve you, in wb 1 Hun and 1 me to-harr trength alooe 1 s And. be was ' > Isas re- tbet glo rious chief tain accepted tbs aibilra- menl of tbs sword, and as president of Washington sod Lae University de voted tbs rest of bis lift to lbs educa tion of tbs son* of Virginia, be crown- shall ever draw my sword ogai oh ' what a peer lea# captain •Feare hath her victories n< Downed than war,' and when Mayor Smyth said that a uniform*! lice man couldn't got up pusitiv* svt- ucs against a blind tiger cones be woe not allowed to drink; If be did dnuk and so untifisd bo would be discharged. If sues his lootimoay along that lias could act bo obtaloou. The very appearoacs of a uniformed policemea was a warning to Liltcil dealer*, so lha*. they would be pre pared foe their coming. Asuther rseeon nby thn> of ( heriesfeu ratn'M shenlaMly facte the law is from the fact that m lbs city there are sixty-aias anise of street. These are pet railed bf only so. Half of them ais an ball in dey, and *~ w *~g tel, there m generally only irty or (birty-avs policemea reeu This gives sash maa mdse to look after. As Is »n < barieston's population la mde ap of tsgroos aad there jysl gf u •th of that popu.ati .>u negroes coming to tbs etty of a lawless character. The ice force have ibsee people ta and if they did not M would y to tbs detriment of the peers and tbe good enter of the city. NsvsriheloM strict orders have boon givm by tbs mayor and lha chief policeman -ma*t ( report all Uticlt 1 of whiskey aad to co eperots will coqstables ia every instance. Recogoiuog the fact that uniformed men could nut properly carry out tbs law, tbe administration of Mayor Ftcksn appointed three special police men who were to be la cillaeae’ beyond the one which existed before lbu dispensary law went into effect.] Mr. William* asked whether the mayor could give any instance where a State law was not enforced by specie! ordinance. * Mayor Smyth replied that the State law absolutely prohibited the sale of anything on the Sabbath, yet by or dinance in Charleston milk and his and fruit and soda water could be legally sold without police interference. Mr. Dukes asked whether the city ought not to pass a law against* the sale of liquor and have the violators tried in the recorder’s court If the city officials wanted to enforce the law? Mayor Smyth said he doubted the legality of each a law. The recorder can’t try a man for burglary and some other crimes. His jurisdiction is ex tremely limited, and an effort was made to enlarge it at the last session, bat it didn’t go through. Mr. Williams, and later on Mr. Dukes, asked the mayor whether or not the city of Charleston did not dominate tbe politics of the county, the idem being that if the people want ed to enforce the law (hey could secure jnriss who wonld do their doty. Mayor Smyth replied that the city government of Char lea Ion bad ab solutely nothing to do with the county or the State courts held in the city. Mr. Dukos asked whether Charles ton city could not do something politi cally to force the appointment of a jury which would ib us duty. Mayor Smyth said that 00 far as politics ia cuttcurned tbe people of Chari salon ruled the county, bus that jury commies loner* wora appointed from Columbia, aad wfca that the dty government Lad noth tag whatever so do, nor did aay man la II attempt to exerdee aay to due nee. Mayor Smyth thee proceeded to read hw statement funner, la whieh be btemed the aou-enforcemeat of the law ou the county. Who may be re- ' V** I sponsible for It be did not mau. He • b^ showed dearly theft the grand would not bring d jure la Iran btlis, thougb 1 woe givoo tha ■flVcer* la uniform aad He said tha cfti ly he jury b* police ay deieciives. He said tbe dty gwv- could not justly he held oc- e fur such a eoadttloa of 1*. that Chiefs hellers and Howie, the passage of tha above xnsolatfaB, and that a copy hereof be seat tq. mayor end chairman of the board of controL” The resolution under which tha State board reqaastad tbe Chariaetou officials to appsar before tba board was adopted July 3d. It reads: “Ra- solved, That tha nayor and at police of the dty of Charleeton are hereby accorded the privileges, and are io requested to appear at the office of tho State Iward of directors in Co- , lumbia, 8. C., on the 10th Inst, at 10 o’clock a. m., to show came if aay they have, why the dispensary proflis seeming to said city should not ho withheld under section 0 of tha dfta> pensary law, to be used foi the bating enforcement of said law.” The board gets authority for Its action from the following section of dispensary law: “All proflu, after paying all expenses of tbs ooenty dis pensary, shall be paid oua-baif to tha ’ municipal corporation In which tl may be located, soch settlsmsnta to be made quarterly: Provided, That U the authorities of any town or dty hi the judgment of the State board of control do not enforce the law, tha State board may withhold the pari go- lag to aatd town or dty, aad use it to pay 8iats constables or else tare it late the county treasury.” * * The death of Prof. John Fisks at * the early ^e of fifiy-oln# yuan Uhea away 00s of tha •mat satarialaiag k lug wntacs iha< It ta < i. always eo-opural Chief Howw, stattoasd ta m, uoa la the budding at t »d aft Mayor bmylh's raqaas lies co-opsraUag with aud Mr. liowi# positively 1 The mayor cos ■poo the board Ws ‘ to ift, OM pressatsd to hi mss If aad clad |h < Boy Is recotvs aay rd as to ho Thors sdvwuhtllty the effect uf oat ■ «— I Um for U ordi bmyth m proils to 114,001). trial. Mayor at that the had never excueda Chief Boyle "eaiiodaapa aud told lbs board that no ahaalauly snforcs tha di ia Charleeton. - He with was to Ipok after violations of the die- the regularly good to think of sftd historic Kichi and l*ee together. Old Richmond ! My friends, 1 re cur to tf)«s days when Mr. Lincoln told the peace commiMiouert to *go back and tell your people to take off tbe gray, lay down their arms and I will m-e what can be done for you.’ Wlieu Stephens came back with his message to old Richmond a greal meeting was' called in the old African Church, and a monster gathering took place that filled the streets a block awsy. “It seems but yesterday wheu I saw the great Judah P.. Benjamin and Jef ferson Davis (great applause) walk down tbe aisle of the old church, and heard the thundering applause that shook the very rafters. It is impossi ble to describe tbe speech that Jeffer son Davis made. Demosthenes’ most celebrated phillipic never equaled it, and not a citizen of glorious old Rich mond went to sleep that night without a vow to* preserve with life’s blood, if need be, the honor of the Common wealth. And I remember old Rich mond a few years later in the grandeur of‘her ruins. Heroic, unstained, ex cept with patriots’ blood,.tp the last Behold her then, cast down but not dismayed. See her to-day, a represent alive of the twentieth century prog ress. Dear old Virginia ! God bless her To many of us here have you placec her destinies for the future. 1 think I can promise you that they are safe in our hands., (Applause) “The past is behind us, aud its glo lies will endure so long as our blue mountains lift their summits to the everlasting sky. “Your Constitutional Convention in ,Richmond, let me assure you, has its eye set on the morning of a new exist ence ; a morning bright with sunbeams and sweet with <U w upon the flowers. A morning also thai bdiokens a day of strenuous life, industrial achievement, political r?-1. commercial greatness, peace and ~pt<*jJerity now and for ever.” pensary law*. This metropolitan polys# system, and they cost tbs taxpayers of Charleston 06,- 000. Notwithstanding the records show that illicit sale of whiskey went right along. After I went in as mayor and ae- sumed charge of the polios, under the law 1 could only appoint three such detectives. This I did. But they Soon became known to the dealers and their work didn’t amount to much. Then the appointment of these de tectives was left to the chief of police, and the mayor kimself did not kn«/W their names, nor did they appear on the pay rolls. They were appointed even before the terms of the other de tectives had expired, so that no one should know them. Yet of all tbe cases made out by them none were considered by the grand jury. Chief Boyle and myself have honestly tried to enforce the law, and 433 cates have been sent up to the circnit court. At this point, Mr. Dukes wantod to know whether any cases had come up before the city court, and whether any ordinance had been passed by the city against the illicit sale of whiskey. Mayor Smyth replied that the juris diction' of the recorder’s court was quite limited. It could not hear cases of burglary, for instance. Mr. Dukes insisted that all cities had been instructed, under Governor Tillman’s administration, to pass or dinances against the illicit sale of •whiskey, aud hr insisted that Charles-^ failure. In that council has failed ton had such an ordinance. : enact an ordinance forbidding the TWy are aaft II haa • L aft T-WBB gart of tlk^Ra£ifc*fiialitog ttoa to tea 1 1 Ufa M Ms < tea hto CftftJ th# markat privileges ■ap plied half the blind tigers la Charted too. Tha director* of the State dlapi eary passed the resolution which takes away from the cijy of Charleston what ever profile may accrue from the opera tion of the local dispensaries. This resolntion wiU continue of effect until the city auihoritie* indicat* that the illicit sale of liqaor Is suppressed—if not eradicated. Mr William* offered the following a* the reply of the board to the municipal authorities of Char leston: “The State board of director* having carefully considered the defense of the city government of Charleston, pre sented through the honorable mayor, Mr. Smyth, and Chief of Police Boyle, •to show cause why the dispensary profits accruing to said city should not be withheld under section 4) of the dis pensary law, to be used for tbe better enforcement of said law,’ finds as fol lows: “First, That defendants failed to show, and m fact admitted, that the dispensary law was not properly en- lorced in the city of Charleston. « ‘•Second, 1 .mi dfendanta succeeded up 4 ».uently in eo.aolishing the fact that the county government of Charleston is larcdy lovponsible for the non-en- forct no-ui of tbe dispensary law in the city 0! Charleston. “Third, That t .e city government (ihrvugii ua re.^esentatives) admits its piinuuy responsibility lor such ‘ ‘ to n> tali ve cannot rab against deriving boom bam Uoa.”—Items Fan tlegraph poles In tha have jost he Mayor Smyth replied pleasantly that licit ^a'.u of liquors, providing adequate he bad studie d the ordinances of Char- peuaT.y lor the violation of snch ordi- leston quite thoroughly and he knew . nance, to be imposed by tbe recorder, there wo&ino special ordinance on the in case of convicUons; therefore be it subject, a- tbe State law fully covered -‘Resolved, That the dispensary the matter. , proti's accruing to the said city of Mr. Dukes iusisted that ail cities Charleston are hereby withheld to be had passed such 1 tws. used for tbe pay of State constables for Whereup.*u Mayor Smyth asked the better enforcement of the ditpen- whether there was such an ordinance in Columbia and whether tbe police enforced the law in this city. Chairman Williams stated that be had heard that Columbia had a speem! every morning wagons were sent around to all the residences to collect chamber lye, Which was hauled a ay Mr*^ J tine* M.1U, of Woodham, I ordinance on (he lubject, and be bat in barrels. From this liquid was ex- Unt., wh» recemiy celebrated her one been informed that tbl law waa eu- traded niLate of potaah, an important hundred and tlipuenlh birthday, will ' forced here, in part at least. > ingredient in the manufacture of pow- visit the Buffalo exposition with her | [As a matter of bet, Columbia hi* der. In this way men, women and son, a sprightly youth of 76. no special ordinance on Uqi^r aeiliag *ary law iu the city of Charleston, an ul such time as the State board may be convinced that the city aotboritiee have discharged every obligation rest ing U|>oq them. “Resolved, That the Charleeton count) u »*rd of control ia hereby in •lreeled to retail to the State the portion of the profits th go to the ctly uf You will a chargee of electricity are M the aripa of thunder clouds. The appraaMi at a cloud as well as its p—iag^away^ jre when the air la foil of eioetriety tha ex plosions eon tin a* whan tha rata Is pouring down Soma battave that tha descending rain drops tha else tricity to the earikso gradually that them » aa explosion. It may ha that tha etoale are magnets with tha polaa out at tha edges where the current is brokan. It is the end of the ‘ gives off the spark*. The highest tele United States have jost been pat 19 ia Beaumont Texas. 80 for as known they are tha highest of any in the world, the top being 100 feet above the ground. They ware erected aa tha opposite banks ot the Nechee River by the Western Union Telegraph om- pany in order to string, it* cabU across the Stream. The span is 144 feet in ength. This height Is nscessary to admit the passage of ships through the draw-bridge, their masts being 100 'eet tab and more. The introduction ia the Montana House of n resolution for the appoint ment of two more women as dacha gave rise to an intonating diicamton the other day. It was pointed oat Ra* there were alreedy twenty-ffve clerks, who, according to 4td little bat sit nroand the co rooms ell day, reading novels or iiotng fancy work, end drawing $0 a dap. Another member told of the straggU he had to persuade one oat iff n bevy of fifteen of thase clerks to do e little week for him on n typewriter. Since tha ere learnad to they have 1/M0 tells* of 1 ing 300,000 000 ia bafl