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DEST?N Y O)? NATIONS. REV. DR. TAUMAQ? DISCURSEO THE STAR OF WORMWOOD. Anothoi' Uatquo Toxt iUjicou to Kiiforoo tx li^od?d TiOi'?on-Tho ljYoo Nrttlon of tho KrtvtU ami UH Salvation. "VVAfHUtiatON. Juno lt.-It was ap twAnttiafA that.?lita anrmnrt i>n tho des {iny ot nations should b i proaohod in what long oas been oallod tho presi dents' church, beoauso Presidents Jackson and Pioroo aud Polk aud Olovoland have attended it. Dr. Tal hiftgo chose for his text Revolution viii, 10, ll, "There foll a great star from heaven, burning as it wore a lamp, and it foll upon tho third part fir the Rivera and upon tho fountains ot waters, and the : name of tho star is oallod wormwood." Mairy commentators, like Patrick and howth, thomas Scott, Matthew IJenry attd Albort Barnes, agreo ia saying that tho star Wormwood, moa tionodin RoyolatlOn, was Attila, king of tho Huns. Ho was so called ba ;?auso ho was brilliant as a star, and, Uko wormwood, he iiubittorod every thing ho touched. We have studied tho stat* of Bethlehem, and tho morn ing star of the' tiovoiation, and tho star of poaco, but my present subject calls us to gaze at tho star of Wormwood, and my theme might bo called '?Brilllaut Bitterness." A moro extraordinary character his tory does not furnish than this man thus referred to-Attila, tho king of the Huns. Ono day a wounded hoif sri .? Tua ping along through tho fields, and a hordsmau followed its bloody track on tho gross to seo whore .the heifer was wounded and wont on ? back farther and farther until ho carno to a sword fast in tho earth, tho point downward, as though it had dropped from tho hoavons, and against .tho edgos of this sword the heifer had boen out. Tho hordsman pulled up that sword and presented it to Attila. At tila paid that sword must have dropped from tho hoavons from tho grasp of the god Mars, an its being given to him meant that Attila should conquer and govern the whole earth. Othor mighty mon havo been de lighted at hoing Called liberators, or the merciful, ortho good, but Attila called himself and demanded that oth ers oall him tho Scourge of God. At tho hoad ot 700,000 troops mounted on Capp?d?oian horses, he swopt ev erything from tho Adriatic to tho Black sea. Ho put his iron heel on , Macedonia and Greece and Thrace. Ho made Milan and Pavia and Padua and Verona beg for morey, which ho bostowod not. Tho Byzautino castles, to meet his ruinous levy, put up at auction massivo silver tables and vases of solid gold. A oity captured by him, tile inhabitants were brought out and put into three classes-tho first class, '.hOso who could boar arms who must immediately enlist under Attila or bo butehored; the second class, the beau tiful women, who woro mano captives tb the Huns; the third class, tho aged men and womon, who wore robbed of '. everything and let go back to tho city to pay heavy tax. lt was a ?ommon saying that tho grass novo* grow again where tho hoof of Attila's horso had trod. His armies rods?shcd tho ?waters of the Seine and tho M?sollo and tho Rhine with car nage and fought on tho Catalonian plains tho fiercest battle since thc world stood-300,000 dead' left on tho lloldl On and on until all those who could not oppose him with arms lay prostrate on tnoir faces in prayer, and, aoloud of dust soon in tho dislanco, a bishop cried, "It is tho aid of God I" ; and al! tho.^people took., up'tho cry, "It istho aidlif God r As tho cloud pf dust was blown asido thobannors of re-enforcing armies/, marched in to help against Attila, the Scourge of God.. Tho most .unimportant occur rences ho used as a supernatural re ssourc?, and after throe months of fail ure to capturo tho city of Aquilola, and his .army had given up the soigo, tho filght of a stork and her young from tho tower of tho city waa taken by him as a sign that ho was tc capture tho city, and his army, inspir ed by tho samo occurrence, resumed tho seigo and toole tho walls at a point from whioh tho stork had omorged. SO brilliant was tho conqueror in at tire that his enemies could not look at him, but shaded their eyes or turned their* hoads. Slain on tho ovoningof his mar riage by his brido, Jldico, who was hived for tho assassination, his follow ers bewailed him not with tears, but with blood, cutting themselves with knives ana lances. Ho was put into thrco coffins, the first of iron, the sec ond of Silver and tho third of gold. Ho was buried by night, and into his. gravo woro poured tho most valuable coin and precious stenos, amounting to the wealth of a kingdom. Tho gravediggers and all those who assist ed at tho burial were massacred, so it would novor bo knowu where so much wealth Was entombed. The Ro man empiro conquerd tho world, but Attila. conquered the Roman emniro. Ho was right in calling himsolf a soourgo, but instoal of hoing tho Scourge of God ho was scourge of hell. Boeauso of his brilliance and bitter ness tho commentators were right in believing him to bo tho star Worm wood. As tho rogions ho devastated wero parla most opulent with foun tains ?nd streams and rivers, you seo how graphic is this referonco in Revo kation, ''There fo^ great star from heavon, burning as it woro a lamp, utiditfoll upon tho third part of tho rivers and upon tho fountains of waters and tho ?arno of tho star is catted Wormwood." Havo you over thought how many imbittorod lives there aro all about us ;--misahthropic, morbid, saturnine? Tho European plant from which warm Wood is extracted, Artemisia absin thium,> is a perennial plant, and all tho year round it is ready to exudo its oil. And in many human lives there is a perennial distillation of acrid ex periences. Yea, thoroaro some whoso wholo work kis to shed a baleful inilu onco on others. There aro Attilas of tho homo, or Attilas of tho social cir ele. or Attilas of the church, or Attilas pf th6 state.'and ono-third of tho wat ers of all tue world, if/not two-thirds tho wators,aro poisoned by tho falling pf tho star Wormwood.. Il is not com plimentary to human naturo that most mon, as soon nsthoygot groat power, become overbearing. Tho moro power men havo tho bolter, if their powor bo used for good. Tho loss power mon navo tho hotter, if they use it for evil. Bi rda circle round and round boforo they swoop upon that which thoy aro aiming for. And if my discourse so far . has boon swinging round and ronnel, this moment it drops straight on ydiit heart and asks tho question. Is your life A benediction to others or ah imbittermont, ft biossing or a curso, a balsam or wormwood? Some of you, I know, aro morning stars, and you aro making tho dawning lifo of your chlldion bright with gra ; oioua influences, and you aro beaming upon , BU thc opening onterprisos of philanthrPpioand Christian ondea vor, and you are horalds of that day of gos peMza?on whioh will yet ilood all tho mountains and valleys of our sin curs ed earth, Hail, morning star 1 Keep On shiningwith encouragement attd Chilian hope I Some-of you'aro ovenin/y stars, and you aro ohoorlug tho last ydaysofold people, and though a olouU somotlmbs opines Ovor you through tho querulous ness or unroasortablonoss of your old father and mother ty is only for a mo ment, and tho ?tar soon cornea out clear again and is soon from all tho balconies of the neighborhood, Tho old people will forgivo your occasional shortcomings, for thoy themselves several times lost tholr patienoo whoa you wero yoi in cf und slapped you when you did not dosorvo it. Ttail," evening starl Hang on thodarkoning sky your diamond coronet 1 But arq any of you tho star Worm wood? Do voil soold and growl from thc thrones paternal or maternal? Aro yourohildron ovorlastingly pocked at? Aro you always cryiug "Hush I" to the merry voices and swift foot, and their laughter, whloh occasionally tricklos through at wrong times and is suppressed by them until they can hold it no longer, and all the barriers burst into unlimited guffaw and eaohiunation, as in high weather the water has trickled through a slight opening in tho milldam, but after ward makes wldoi and wider broach until it carries all boforo it with irre sistible frcshot? Do not bo loo much offended at the noiso your children now mako. it will bo still enough whonone of them is dead. Thou you would givo your right hand to hear one shout from their silent voices or ono slop from tho still foot. You will not any of you havo to wait very long before your house is stiller thau you want it. Alas, that thoro aro so many homes not known to the Society for tho Prevention of Cruelty to Chitaron whore ohihlron aro put on the limits, and whaoked and cuffed aud oar pulled and sonsolossly called lo order and answered sharp and suppressed, until it is a wonder that undor such processes thoy do not all turn out . Modocs and Nana Sahibs! What is your iniluonco upon tho neighborhood, tho town or tho city of your residonco? 1 will suppose that you aro a star of wit. What kind of rays do you shoot forth? Do you use that splendid faculty to irradiate tho world or to ranklo it? 1 bless all tho apostolic college of humorists. Tho man that makes mo laugh is my bonofactor. I do not thank anybody lo mako mo cry. I can do that with out any assistance. Wo all cry ouough and hnvo enough tocry about. God bless all skillful punsters, all ro parteoists, all propounders of ingeni ous conundrums, all those who mirth fully surprise us with unusual juxta tlon of words. Thomas Hood and Charios Lamb and ?ydnoy Smith had adivine mission, and so have their successors in these times. They stir into tho acid bevorago of life tho sac charine They make tho oupof earth ly existonco, which is sometimes stale, effervesce and bubble. They placate animosities. Thoy fostor longevity. Thoy slay follies and absurdities which all tho sonnons of all tho pulpits can not roach. s . Thoy havo for oxamplo ICIijah, who mado fun of the Baal iles when they oilled down Uro and it did not come, suggesting that their heathen god had gone hunting, or was olf on a journoy or was asleop, and nothing hut voci feration could wake him, saying: "Cry aloud, for lie is a god. ?ithoi i ho is talking or pursuing, or perad venture ho sleepolh and must be awaked." Thoy have an example in Christ, who with healthful sarcasm i showed up tho lying, hypocritical Pharisees by suggesting that such per feet people like themselves needod nc improvements, saying, "Tho whole need not a physician, but thoy that aro sick." ' But what uso aro you making ol your wit? Is it bosmirched with pro lanity ^nd uncleanness? Do you om ploy it in amusement nt physical de < iects for which i! .o victims are not re ' sponsiblo? Aro your powers of mimi cry used to put religion in contempt! Is it a bunch of nettlesome invectivo) Is ita bolt of unjust scorn? Is it fun at others' misfortune? Is it glee al their disappointment and defeat? Ia it bitterness put drop by drop into a i cup? Is it liko the squeezing of Arte . misia absinthium into a draft already distastefully pungent? Thou you are tho star ii Worm wood. Yours is the fun of a rattlesnake trying how woll it can sting. It is tho fun of a hawk trying how quickly it can strike oui tho eye of a dove. But I will chango this and suppose you aro a star of worldly prosperity. Thon you havo largo opportunity. You can encourage that artist by buy ing his picture. You can improvothe .Holds, tho stables, tho highway, by introducing highor stylo of fowl and horse and cow and sheep. You can bless tho world with promological achievements in tho orchards. You can advance ai'boriculturo and arresl , this doathful iconoclasm of tho Amer ican forests. You can put a piece ol sculpture into tho nicho of that public academy. You can endow a college, You can stocking 1,000 baro feet from tho winter frost. You can build a church. You pan put a missionary of Christ on that foreign shorn. You can help ransom a world. A rich man with his heart right-can you tell mo how much good a James Lenox oi a Georg o Poabody or a Peter Cooper oi a William li. Dodge did while living or is doing now that he is dead? There is not a city, town or neighborhood thaOias not glorious specimens of con secrated woalth. But suppose you grind the face of the poor. Suppose when a man's wages are duo you mako him wait for thom because he cannot holp himself. Suppose that, because his family is Sick and ho has had extra oxponsos, he shotild politely ask you to raise his wages for this year, and you roughly toll him if ho wants a better placo to go and get il. Suppposo by your manner you act as though ho were nothing and you woro everything. Suppose you aro sol fi sh and overbear ing and arrogant. Your first name ought to ho Attila and your last name Attila, because you aro the star Worm wood, and you havo imbittorod one third if not throe-thirds of the waiora that roll past your omploycos and op eratives and dependents and associates, and tho long lino of carriages which tho undortakor orders for your funor al in ordor to mako tho occasion re spectable, will bo filled with twice as many dry, toarloss eyes as thoro are persons occupying thom. Thoro is an erroneous idoa abroad that thoro aro only a fow goniusos, Thoro aro millions of thom. That is, mon and women who have especial adaption and quioknoss for some one thing, lt may bo great, it may bo small. Thooirclo may bo Uko tho circumference of tho oarth or no larg or than a thimble. Thoro aro thou sands of gonui8os, and in some ono thing you aro a star. What kind of a star aro you? You will bo in this world but a fow minutes. As com pared with eternity tho stay of the longest lifo on earth is not moro than a minuto. What aro wo doing with that minute? Aro we i m bittering the domostio or socials or political foun tains, or aro wo liko Moses, who, whon tho Israolites in tho wildern?ss corn plained that tho waters of Lake Marah woro bitter and they could not drink thom, cut off tho branch Of a certain tree and throw that branch into thc waler, and it became swcot and slaked tho thirst of tho sufforing host? Arc wo with a branch of tho tree of life sweetening till the brackish fountains that wo oan touch? Hoar Lord, send ug nil out On that mission; AU around us iihbUtored livra- -imbittorod by persecution, im bittorod by hypororUiei?in; imbittorod by povorty, imbittorod by ihjustto, im bittorod by sin. Wiiy not go forth and swoolou thom by smiles, by in spiring words by benefactions, by hearty counsel, by prayer, by gospil' ized behaviour? Lot us rom?mbor that if wo aro wormwood to othors wo aro wormwood to ourttnlviv^ ??ul oui* life will bo bitter and ourot'ornity bitterer. Tho gos pol of J osus Christ is theou y sweetening powor that is sufficient. | It sweotns tho disposition. It sweot 0119 tho manners. It swootons life. It sweetens mysterious providences, j It sweetens aflliotions. It sweetens death. It sweetons ovbrything. 11 have hoard peoplo asked in social com pany, ^If you could havo three wish es g rati?ed, what would your Unee wishes be?" If 1 could havo three wishes mot this morning, I toll you what thoy would bo: First, moro of tho grace of God ;.second, more of tho graoo of God; third, moro of tho grace of God. In tho dooryard of my brothor John, missionary in Amoy, China, ibero was a tree called tho emperor tree, the two characteristics of which aro that it always grows higher than its sur roundings, and its loaves take tho form of a crown. If this emperor tree bo planted by a rosebush, it grows a little higher than tho bush and spreads out abovo it a crown. If it bo planted by the side of another tree, it grows a little higher than tiwi tree and spreads above it a crown. Would to God that this religion of Christ, a moro wondorf ul emperor tree, might overshadow all your livest Aro you lowly in ambition or circumstances, fmtting over you its crown? Aio you ?igh in talent and position, putting over you its crown? Oh, for moro of tho saccharine in our lives and less of tho wormwood I What is true of individuals is true of nations. God sots thom up to ro volvo as stars, but thoy may fall worm wood. Tyre, tho atmosphere of tho desort, fragrant with spices, coming in cara vans to her fairs; all seas cleft into foam by thc keels of her laden mer chantmen, hor markets rich with horses aud camels from Togarmah. hor bazaars fillod with upholstery from Dedan, with omorald and coral and agate from Syria, with wines from liol bon, with embroidered work from Ashur and Ohilraad-where now tho gleam of her towers, where tho roar of her chariots, whero tho masts of iior ships i J-iot the fishermen who dry thou* nets whore onco she stood; lot tho sea that rushes upon tho bar renness whoro once sho challenged the admiration of all nations; let the bar barians who sot their rude tonts whoro once hor palaces glittered-answer tho questiou. Sho was a star, but by hor own sin turned to wormwood and has fallon. Huudrod gated Thebes, for all time to bo tho study of tue antiquarian and hieroglyphist; her stupendous ruins spread over 27 railos : her sculptures presenting in figures of warrior and charriot tho victories with which the now forgotten kings of Egypt shook the nations; her obelisks and columns; Carnac and Luxor, tho stupendous temples of hoi* pride 1 Who can imag ino tho gaeatness of Thebes in those days when tho hippodrome rang with her sports and foreign royalty bowed at hor shrines and hor avenues roared with the whools of processions in the wake of returning conquerors? What dashed down tho vision of chariots and templos and thrones? What hands pulled upon the columns of her glory? What ruthlessness defaced her sculptured wall and broke obelisks and loft hor indescribable -templen great skeletons of granite? What spirpit of destruction spread tho lair of wild beasts in hor royal sepulchers and 11 taught tho miserablo cottagers of to day to build huts in tho courts of her templos and sent desolation and ruin skulking behind the obelisks and dodging among tho sarcophagi and leaning against tho columns and stooping under tho arches and weep ing in tho waters which go mournful ly by as though thoy wore carrying tho toars of all ages? Lot tho mum mies break thoirlongsilonco and como up to ?hiver m tho desolation and point to fallon gates, and shattored statutes and dofaced sculpture, res ponding. Thobos built not one tem ple to God. Thebes hated righteous ness and loved sin. Thebes was a star, but she turned lo wormwood and lias fallen." Babylon, with her 250 towers and hor brazen gales and hor embattled walls, tho splendor of tho earth gath ered within her palaces, her hanging gardens built by Nobuohadnozzar to please his brido, Amy tis, who had boon brought up in a mountainous country and could not ond? o he Hat country round Babylon-these hang ing gardens built, terraco abovo ter race, till at the height of 400 feot thoro wore woods waving and fountai) rt, playing, tho verdure, tho foliage, tho glory looking as if a mountain were on the wing. On tho tiptop a king walking with his queen, among stat utes snowy white, looking up at birds brought from distant lands.and drink ing out of tankards of solid gold or looking ott1 ovor rivers and lakes upon nations subdued and tributary, crying, "Is not this great Babylon which I have built?" What battering ram smote tho walls? What plowsharo upturned tho gard ens? What army shattored tho brazon gatos? What long, fierce blast of storm put out this light which illumin ed tho world? What orash of discord drove down tho music that poured from palace window and gardon grovo and called tho banqueters to their revel and tho dancors to thoir foot? I walk upon the scono of desolation to find an answor and pick up pieces of bitumen and brick and broken potte ry, tho remains of Babylon, and as in tho si lonco of tno night I hoar tho sur ging of that billow of desolation which rolls ovor tho scono, I hoar tho wild waves saying: "Babylon was fn'oud. Babylon was impure. Baby on was a star, but by sin sho turned to wormwood and has fallon." From tho porscoutions of tho pil grim fathers and tho Huguenots in other lands God sot upon these shoros a nation. Tho council fires of tho abo rigines went out in tho greaten light of a freo government. Tue sound of tho warwhoop waa oxohanged for tho thousand whools of entorpriso and pro gross. Tho mild winters, tho fruitful summers, tho healthful skies charmed from other lands a race of hardy mon who lovod God and wan tod to be free. Before tho woodman's ax forests foll and roso again into ships' masts and churches' pillars. Cities on tho banks of lakes begin to rival cities by tho sea. Tho land quakes with tho rush of tho rail car and tho waters are churned white with tho steamer's wheel. Fabulous bushels of western wheat moot on tho way fabulous tons of eastern coal. Furs from tho north pass on tho rivers fruits from tho south, And trading in tho samo mar ket in Maine lumberman and South Carolina rico merchant and Ohio far mers and Alaska fur doalor* And churohos and sohools and asylums scatter light, and lovo, and moroy,and salvation upon 60,000,000 of pooplo. . I pray that Our nation may not copy tho crimes pf tho nations that havo perished, and our cup of blessing turn to wormvvooil. and liko thom wo go down. I nm by Maturo mut by grace un optimist, and I oxpoot that thia couutry will continue to ad vaneo Un til Christ shall como again. But ho not dceoivodl Our only safety is in righteous nos 3 toward God and justico toward man. If wo forgot tho good noss of tho Lord to this laud, und broak his Sabbaths, .and lui provo not by tho diro disasters' that havo again and again como to us m a nation, and v/e learn caving lesion uoiihor from civil war nor raging epidotnio nor drought nor mildow nor scourge of lo cust and grasshopper nor oyolone nor earthquake; if tho political Corruption whioh has poisoned tho fountains of publie virtue aud beslimed tho high places of authority, making free gov or amont nt times a hissing and annoy ance in all tho earth; if tho drunken ness and PoontiOusnoss that stagger and blaspheme in the streets of our great cities os though they wore roach ing after the famo of a Corinth and a Sodom aro not repented of, wo will yot seo tho smoko of our nation's ruin, tho pillan? of our national and state capitols will fall moro disastrously than when Samson pulled down VA goa, and future historians will record upon tho pago bedewed with genorous toars tho story that the freo nation of tho west arose in splondor which made tho world H taro. It had magnitl o.ont possibilities. It forgot Clod. It hated justice. It huggodlts orimo. lt halted on its high march, lt reeled undor tho blow of calam}tv. -ri- -f?*U. And it wi'goiiift -Aovvri all the despot iima ot earth from the top of bloody thrones bogan to shout, "Aha, .(so would wo have it," while struggling and oppressed peoplo looked out from dungeon bars with toara and groans and eries of untold agony, tho scorn of thoso aud tho woo of thoso unitiug in tho oxclamatlon: "Look yonder I There foll a groat star fvom heaven, burning as it wero a lamp, and it /ell upon tho third part of tho rivors and upon tho fountains of waters, and tho name of tho star is called Worm wood." j COT TON SEIZED AND SOLD. Twolvo Minimi Hollara In tho Trennery ltoloii({li)(r to Private Cltl/.eiiH, Tvvel.vo million dollar?? aro in thc treasury awaiting tho claims of right ful owners-mon whose cotton was seized after tho war. Tho prosecution of theso claims is barred by a statuto of limitations specially passed, and ono of tho measures that was preparod put not pressed nt tho present sessioi( of Congress was a bill for tho repealjof tho limitation act. Three New York ers, ono said to be tho largest cotton j brokor in the world, are back ofj,he ' schomo, and will press it at tho nfxt session of Congress. Aftor tho closo of actual hostilities in 1805 cotton was seized throughout tho South and sold. Secretary Ch?so was doubtful of thorighlof tho govern ment to do this, and tho samo doubt rankled iu tho mind of William IC. Chandlor, at that timo acting secreta ry of| tho treasury and now a Senator from New Hampshire. Tho doubt was so strong in Mr. Chandler's mind t,nat ho would not use tho proceeds of tho salo, but organized a division in ibo treasury department which ho cabled tho "Division of Abandoned Property and Lands," which is still in existoico. He then turned all of the proceed!} of seized property, consisting of about 35,000 bales of cotton, great quantities of tobacco, sugar and rico, togotjior with somo turpontine, tar and rosins, over to William L. Noorr, chiof of tho now division. In 1874 Gazaway B. Lamar, a high ofllcial in tho New York Bankuf Com < morco, a Georgian by birth and a com mission merclmnt, retained -iho lat? Gonoral Benjamin If. Butlor and ox Attorney-Genoral George H. \Villinms as his counsol in a suit against; uni United States to recover $000,000," tho erocceds of tho salo of cotton taken by mitod Stalos troops. When Lamar secured his vordict of $000,000, Pobort C. Schonck, of Ohio, lato Minister to the Court of St. james, was chairman of tho committee ott ways and means. Bolioving that a raid would he mado on tho tronsury by holders of olaims, he introduced a bill creating a r'a tuto of limitations, thus barring the prose cution of this class of claims, In this way tho monoy has road inod in tho treasury. It lias beon invested in tho United States bonds, and now amounts to tho enormous sum of $12.000,000. * Outside of four or five Southern Sonntors, it is doubtful if any one knows tho true situation. Tho legislation which tho New York syndicate wants passed is very simple. It consists of a five lino resolution re pealing tho statuto of limitations against theso olaims, and allowing thom to ho sont to tho United States Court of claims for adjudication. - A Toi n Mo I ?luvt hq nu . .o. YOKOHAMA, June 17.-Nows of ater ribJo disaster, involving tho los?j of overa thousand li ves, has reached hero from the Island of Yosso, which con tains the Northern provinces of Japan, including Shirobesho, Oshima, Furl, 1 Iiiuka, Tokacvhi, Ishikari, Xirshiro, Toshiwo, Kitami and Nomoro. All theso sections of the island seora to havo boon moro o/ less shaken. Tho subterrnnoous disturbance lasted about twenty hours and during that period tho utmost torror prevailed. Tho ground rumblings aro described as re sembling tho roaring of distant can non. Shook followed shook in almost uninterrupted succession about ovory eight minutes. In all it is estimated there wero 150 shocks of moro or less force. It is impossible to obtain for tho prosont aoourato dotails of. tho dis aster as communicated between tho mainland of Japan (Island of Hondo) and Ycsso, from whioh tho former is soparatod by tho Strait of Tsugnru, (Sanger,) is said to bo intorrup^u, or, moro likely, in tho hands of V/au thorities. Tho whole town ol ivuma sltai, howovor. is reported to havo been destroyed. Tho awful serien)of earthquake shocks were accompanied by a tidal wave, and it is boliovcd that it will bo tho onrush of a giant wavo from tho sea which practically wipod out tho town of Kumaishi, whioh is situated towards tho Japan sea on a narrow nook o? land separating it from Volcano Bay on tho Paoiflo side of tho island. Tho island of Yosso has in tho past had several similar visita tions and contains active and extinct volcanoes. Humors have it that tho numbor of lives lost and tho amount of damago dono is far in excess of the flguros contained in the brief dispatch. A full oflioial roport of tho calamity has beon asked for and is expeetetl shortly. It is feared that disasters to shipping also have rr,suited from the tidal wavo. StftMi?d tn Month. . MicMi'His, Tenn., Juno 15.--Wini A Sneed, a prominent business man and citizen of Memphis, was stabbed'io death at tho criminal court room to night. The affair is very mysterious and tho identity of murderer is yet un Konwn. Two arrests have boon mado. Sneed's wifo and child aro visiting frloqda In Ohlo?^p.. / ?1^,2. ' : V> ?row nod, ATLANTA, Ga., June 17.-A spcoial from Dahlonega, Ga., to The, Consti tution says that M, B. Stanton, of At lanta, and David GilUard, asmallbby, were drowned ?oar.'there - yestorday while foathing* THE iXOYpS INSURANCE, A. Stutcmont li?m Mr. W. 0. Moutolth of Cullimbin. To tho Public:-^-From November 1894 to ?th of April, 1890, I transacted businossat this point, as general man ager for tho South and North Ameri can Lloyds and the Now York and Chicago Lloyds, under contract with Whipple & Cc, attorneys, No. 85 Liberty street, Now York city, and during that period through State and local agonts, placed nearly 10,000 poll? cies throughout tho States of Virginia, North Carolina, Goorgia, Alabama and Florida. I also placed an occa sional policy for tho Pankors and Merchants Lloyds, represented by the same attorneys. 1 regularly remitted to Whipple & Co., almost daily, tho' premiums re ceived, not waiting for the rogular mothly accounts to go forward, as my batik aocount at tho Carolina Nation al bauk will show, and at the end of oaoh month, during that period, I for-, warded a statotnent showing ?very J policy issued and dolivored, together with statement of tho policies cancell ed,and thoso attorneys aro fully?aware j of tho condition of every policy issued by mo for thom. In tho last days of March, 1890, they allowed their losses to go over due, and suits in attachment wero com menced against thom in a numbor of oases, which aro still pending. I was 1 at that limo summoned to Nesv York, and informed that thoso three Lloyds had-decided to retiro from business, but would reorganizo in somo other form; later, about the 12th of April, I was informed that u new organization, under tho old unmo ot ino South and North American Lloyds, had been I formed, but I mado no contraot with J thom. In tho moan timo, the linn of Whip ple & Co., attorneys, havo commenced serving notices upon tho holders of policies, informing them that the pol icies will bo cancelled at tho end of live days from tho time of said notice, J and asking them to send in tho poli-1 cies, promising that return premiums j will bo sent to the holder. This prom-1 ise, however, seems to bo delusive,and appears to bo a moro trick on the part of theso underwriters and their attor neys to secure tho possession of their policies, without paying tho roturn premiums. Whon tboy have been j sont to them in accordance with such j request, thoso attorneys then reply I that they cannot pay the return pro-1 miums uutil tho party satisfies them | that ho lias actually paid tho premium j to me, by getting a receipt, or certili- j cato to that effect from m? ; which ro- j quest is mado in tho utmost bad faith, j as they aro perfectly woll aware, by tho statements which I have sent to them, that the premiums havo been J paid to mo, and tho possession of tho j policy, on the part of tho assured, is a j sullloient certificate. Any information I that my reports would fail lo furnish J has beon obtained by a special agent sont hore to inspect my work. This notice is given after repeated requests made by mo to Whipple ?Sc Co., to forbear making statements-J expressive of doubt as to theso premi- j urns having been paid, or fonding to J load tho public to suppose that there has been any confusion in the matters of accounts, which I allege to be in all respects regularly rendered and ac- j companied by the funds collected. Afl persons to whom return premi ums are due, aro advised not to send policios to Whipple & Co., direct, as thoy will likely not hoar of them, I again, but they should send them J (with notice of cancellation) to Col. j John. lt. Abnoy, counselor at law, No. 2 Wall stroet.Now York oity, a South erner, and a gentleman as woll as an J auo?nc'y or nigh're'p?t?tiou, ?iid li? 1 will look to tho collection of theso ac counts and have thom promptly re mitted to ,tho parties, when collected ; and if y.hoy shall alroady have sent them td Whipple & Co., and shall not have received a satisfactory return, they should at once send to Col. Ab ney, tan order directing Whipple & Co., jio pay tho amount to him, and autlurizo him to collect,and they may cal) upon mo for any information in regard to tho policy that they them selves cannot furnish, as my books, which aro absolutely correct, will on able mo to supply the facts in regard to them. W. S. MONTEITH. Columbia. S. C., Juno 12, 1896. A i lil ( nit lon Doftlrml. PEORIA; 111., Juno 15.- Tho Hall way Brotherhood of Engineers, Firemen, Trainmen, and Telegraphers, three of which recently removed their hoad qharters to this city, havo decided to ask tho Republican committee on res olutions for an arbitration plank in tho platform. The following resolu tions wore forwarded to St. Louis: "More than 800,000 railroad|eraploy os in tho United States, a majority of whom aro members of organized bodies representing their difforont callings, demand that a plank bo in serted in tho platform of tho Republi can party endorsing national arbitra tion of differences that may arise be tween employer and ompioyo, engag ed in interstato commerce We be lieve the public desires it,;wo aro sure that railroad employes want it, and wo know of no ono who opposes it. "We doploro strikes and strife and urge that all means possible bo em ployed to bring about an amicable settlement of disputes by arbitration. Wo beliovo tho bill now ponding in tho national EIouso of Representatives and known as the 'Krdman arbitra tion bill' is a long stride in this direc tion, and wo ask tho support of tho convention in having this measure made law." Flood oil i?y ft f.'tlc *. CAM?I?N, N. J., Juno 18.-.?-'.Rho banks of Halcyon Lake, an arU^^il pond at Montau Creek, a pleasure ro sort in Gloucester County, Hf teen miles from hore, gave way this morn ing, Hooding tho surrounding country and causing a loss of $20,000. Tho banks woro noticed to boin a danger ous condition by two farm laborers a short timo before tho break occurred, Tiley counted horses and gave the alarm and tho pooplo living on tho banks of tho creek Hod to places of safo ty. The buildings, boats amusements both in a pleasure park on the banks of tho lake were washed away. Kxporfc Diamond TIIIOVOH. ST. Loma, Juno 15.-Dora Ponegan arid Jennie Monroe, said to bo export diamond theives in the country, wore arrested just as they wero proparing to enter tho Planter's Jlotel by Detectives McCarthy, of Chicago, and O'Connell of St. Louis. Tho women had their baggago with thom and apparently in tended to register. Dora Donogan was convicted of stoaliug diamonds in Chicago and served a term iu the J oilet penitentiary.. Tho police con sider thom two of the best captures made since tho crowds bogan to gather, Voil in lllftKlng Whiskey. tiOUisviM.w, Ky ,, Juno 14-Ware house A of tho White Mills Distilling company in tho southwestern portion of tho city, was dosstroyed by fire this morning, entailing a los3 of about $126,000. Sovoh thousand threo hun dred barrols ot whiskey were burned. The loss is fully eovori dby insurance. Ai h. Schwab, a firemen,' was fatally burned by fallingin ? ntroam of bia/.-, lng whiskoy. IRBY DRAW3 OUT. Huya lio Will ?ot Binna tot Ito-olootlon lu tho Souuto. LAV??KNB, JUUO 17.-lu ft short iti t?rviow with Senator Irby to day, tho'State's correspondent ' asked this question: "Will you bo at Manning next Monday, souator?" To which tho sonator said : "I shall n?l attond that or any cam paign mooting' as a caudidato for tho United States senato. I had intonded up to a short timo ago to ask for the nomination at tho ensuing primary, but have concludod not to outer thc contest. From advices received from different seo lions of tho State I con clude that my motives and my o?T olal acts for tho last year havo boon misunderstood by the faction of which I was a charter member. It is appa rent from these advices that I musl antagonize those with whom I have co operated politically since 1880. Il seems that tho ontiro machinery of UM {?arty government has boon organized o lunn iluto, dofeat and destroy mo, This would not have been dono but for a misunderstanding; of my motiver in opposing tho equal division of dele gates to the Constitutional convention, tho dofonso of the nam o of Butler ir the convention, my opposition to UM plan of suifrago as adopted and th< uncompromising position talc ?n by nu in opposition to a boll in the lato Statt Democratic Convention. In addition, if I wero to run with my old friondi organized against me, I could onlj expeot support from those horotofon my political opponent^-rrhiob,- woub. bo distasteful to mo, as they owe UK favors. "In arriving at this conclusion, C dosiro to say that I cherish no spleor towards ttioso who I beliovo miscon struo my motivos and political cours* recently, and confidently ontioipal tiie futuro to vindicate thoso position and policies." Wliut Froo UolniiKO .Moulin. Tho freo and unlimited coinage o silver means that neither tho presiden nor his secretary of tho treasury woul bo allowed any longer to boycott th four hundred and twenty eight mil lions of standard silvor dollars now i existence Tho power that could ro establis silver coinage would compel tho use c silver with gold in tho redemption < greenbacks.. This would do away wit tho false pretense that bonds must h sold with which to buy gold to redeei greenbacks, lt would remove tho co; slant menace by the gold gang that tl legal tender quality shall bo take away from tho vast amount of silvi dollars now in existence. It woul add enough to tho money in circu? tion in tho country each year to kee pace with tho increase of populatio and the requirements for domestic e: changas. It would mako all tho si ver bullion in tho world worth just i much as though it wore already coil ed into dollars. It would stop greenbacks from boin presented nWho treasury, because He dolbach, Ickelhounor & Co., and tl rest of tho breed of gold speculato: would bo offered silver when they d mauded gold, and they would n< want it. Free coinage would guarantee tl stability of tho currency. The grin ing contraction now going on woul ceaso. The borrowed surplus in tl treasury of nearly $200,000,000 wou bo oxponded in grand publio iinprov monts, inoluding coast dofonces, ai thus bo restored to circulation amor tho people. It would gradually rai tho general lovel of prices. Tho pr duction of whoat and other farm pi ducts would bo resumed on the fori er seato. Manufacturers of every d soription would no lon gor engage a mero hand-to-mouth production, b would manufacturo for tho rcquii monts of tho coming year. This wou give work to thoso now in distrc and would enable li boring peoj themselves to buy what they are nt doing without under tho harsh co 1 pulsion of poverty. Tho commerce between foriy-fi States would bo resumed; railroc would be taken out of tho hands receivers, because thoy could a^i earn intorest .on their debts and e penses and something moro. The i cupation of tho panic maker would gone. With free coinago would cunio president and secretary of tho treust: who would not spoud half their til bawling to tho world that their g er ii mon L ia bankrupt and compelled sell its bonds at 20 per cont, discoi from tho interest rates of the world onrioh favored syndicates for so unfathomable reason. Freo coinr would stop tho borrow/ng of moi in times of peace for the purpose obtaining gold with which to pay ligations not payable in gold. Free coinage would moan a back fi fov syndicates and thoir olllciul strumont-a baok seat for tho boar* tho Now York steck market, and tho pawnbrokers throughout tho coi try. It would moan that money wo1 bo moro profitable when invested business enterprises than when 1 away in a napkin to breed upon its It would mean fair play among m and only 100 conts on the dollar tho payment of debts. And froo coinage is coming uni bribory and corruption are strongoi the land than tho honest expressior tho people's will.---Cincinnati ICnqi or._ A Oront Kallroud. ST. PKTERSBIJUG, ?Tune 17,-' progress mado by tho great railway Russia across Siberia is suoh that gigantic work is almost cor tain ti completed by tho closo of the conti The war between Japan and Chi and tho finanoial arrangements y China whiohhave followed, havo| on tho Russian government and contractors a powerful impulso. From Shebalinsk, tho terminui tho Wost. 1,800 miles from Moscow Vladlvostook, the Faster terminus tho Pooifico coast, isa distance of 4 miles, which is fast hoing spanned Tho total distaneo between St. torsburg and Vladivostok by rail will bo 6,BOO miles. In anticipa of the opening of new sections, zono system of tickets has latoly I adopted in Russia for all <1 ?stances i 800 vesta, or .200 miles. In this wt should opst under five pounds to I el from Moscow to tho Paollle tl doss, Tho prosent slow rate of tr< is to bo increased by ten milos por 1 on both ordinary and ox press! tra raising tho latter to forty miles hour, Moscow, whioh is now < sixty hours from London, will bo niuo and a half days from Vlad stock, Tho railway will revolutionize routes to China and Japan, and g ly shorten tho Paolflo Ocean. < ncoted with the main project aro i important political plans, beliovi bo tliosubjtiet o? negotiations wltl Pekin authorities; Such aro th enlng of the Sungari navigation its source in tho heart of Mano! to its conlluenes with the 'Amur, a brandi railway following tho of that river to an outlet on tho low $oa not far from lAddn. A orritory rioh in coalk and min will thus bo opened up, and Nort Munohulia must' itlt\in*toly fal Russia, A<i to Corea, its fata wi botweon Russia and ilapao. TiUuinu mut *\Vll?on. NARUYIUAO, Ton?., Juno 10----This olly today was .honored with tho dis tinguished presonco of Messrs. Wilson and Tillman, whoso addresses aroglv on in substance as follows : Senator Tillman npoko two hours at tho Btato Capitol to a largo crowd His speech was enthusiastically re-, ?oivedand was entirely in lino with Ids other efforts which have made him famous. Ile piwioioCvvioiovy foivsil vor at Chicago and siicvess in Novom bor for tho Democratic nominee. Ho said lie would withdraw from the Con* vention if it did not declare for (Veo, unlimited and indopoudent 2OI1W0 of silver, tho doing away of national banks and tho issue ot enough green backs to take tho place of tho bank notes; mado u strong appeal to the Populists to como in with the Demo crats and for all silver men to get to gether. SouatOr Tillman in an inter view said he felt some apprehension about tho Chicago Convention not as to silver declaration, butas to the can didate. Ile wants a mau whose re cord is clear on that subject. N Postmaster Gonorul William h, Wilson delivered the annual oration to the library soctoties of tho Vander bilt Uhiversity today. His subject was tho relation of oduoation to tho Government, the necessity of edubatcd leaders for tho people. Ho cited tho recent tari If question and tho present (luuncial problem as showing the ne cessity for wisdom in our leaders abd" reliance on the experience of other na tions rather than on our own experi ence. Mr. Wilson wont on to show that our political system was far fr jin por ieut. Tho power of "tho demagogue aud bribery and corruption of those iii ; public places kept our learned and wiso men from mitering publio life. He thought "it a sign of of decadonco in Soulhern ideas that the ein?ionoy Ot a ltoprosontativo or Senator was adjudg ed ny his ability to obtain large appro priations for his district. In this way? ho. said, a river and harbor bill with appropriations so skilfully dis tributed as to compel the sunport of two thirds of tho members of both houses may easily dofy tho Executive volo and overrule every appeal"to pub lie economy." In closing Mr. Wilson said that tho future salvation and stability of our institutions was lu tho h anus of the university men. Freedom itself would die did not our mon of wisdom and education assume tho leadership of the people in such crises as now besot us and would strive forgood government against tho demagogues who appeal to tho ignorance and prejudies of the masses for selfish ends." Hildo Argument? fur Hllvor. Tho Nashville Sun quotes some verses from the Bible in favor of silver rather lo show the ancient usage than to support tho theory of free coinage. Among tho quotations are tho follow ing: Genesis xiii, 10: And Abraham barkened unto Ephron ; and Abraham woighed to Ephron tho silver which ho had named in tho audience of the sons of Iloth, four hundred sheckels of silver, current monoy with tho mer chant. Genesis xxxvii 28: Thon thoro passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of tho pit, and sold Joseph to Ino Is li mae li tes for t.wonty pieces of silver; and they brought Josoph into Egypt. Judges ix, I: And thoy gavo him three score and ten pieces of silverout of the hou.se of Baal-borith, wherewith Abimeiech hired vain and light per sons which followed him There is ono vorse, however, that is not quoted, which wo append: Ecclesiastes v, 10: Ho that lovoth silver shall not be satisj.led with silver; nor ho that lbvbth abundance (of cir culation?) with increase; this is also vanity._ A Clover I'olltlOAl OAIUO. Aliltlo interesting personal and po litical history was mado during tho last election in Montana, E. J. Fraw ley and J. J. Blake, graduates of tho University of Wisconsin LAW School, established a law partnership in Hele na shortly before tho limo of nominat ing candidates. They were both Democrats at that time. Soon after the linn was established Frawley sur prised his acquaintances by throwing olE tho robes of Democracy and joining the ranks of Republicans. He became so active a partisan that ho was given tho District Attorney nomination. Mr. Blake appeared to bo vexed. Ho stood by his party, stumping tho Stato for Democracy und fi co silver. His services wero likewise rewarded by the nomination of his party for the' oillce ol District Attorney. Being unable to agree politically, the tvvo lifo long friends dissolved their law partnership and exposod each other's weaknesses to the publie in their active campaigns. Tho Re publicans wou and ?rawloy secured tho covotod oltloe. Tho two old friends found that they had misjudged each other, came to an uuderaUndtug and wont to practiug law again in the same ofllco. Now" they divide the profits of tho publiootllce. Tu.icluu'il AUvlco. JL U'OUSO DOW orico dosed a discourse with tho fol lo a'lug language, which is as singular for its quaintness as prac tical i a its ad vice: *\l want you, my youn,? sinners, to kiss and get wiArried, and de volo your time to morality and monoy-making. Then lot your homo bo provided with such comforts and necessaries as pioty, pickles, pots and kattlos, brushes, brooms and bonovolonoo, broad,'vir tue wine and wisdom. I Caving these always on hand, and happiness will bo with you. DJ not drink anythnig intoxicating, eat moderately, go about business after breakfast, louugo a lit tlo after dinner, chat after tea and kiss after quarreling. Then all the joy, poaoo and bliss tho earth can af ford shalt bo youivi, until tho grave closes over you, and your spirits aro borne to ti brighter and happier world." W '?'it ti? Sott lo Um o. COLUMBIA, S. C., Juno IB. -Secreta- ! ry of Stato Tompkins yesterday re? ! celved tho following letter from S. A. Garrott of Dayton, Ohio, the secretary of a recently formed immigration col ony, which has boon answered fully anti satisfactorily, it is hoped : "Honorablo Sir; When wo organ ized our colony wo oxp?ctod to locale in oast Tonnessco, but so far have boon unable to lind suitable location and prices and have decided to corre spond with your State in regard to a proposed, location lu tho northwestern portion of South Carolina. What in ducements can you otFor as to land, timber,' 'manufacturing faolHUes.fcfnrnv ing, frutt raising, oto ; also prices of land? By an early roply you will greatly obligo, oto." COO ArmoL\lav* IVlrionovd. CON?TANTiNpPiiW, Juno ii.-Six hundred Armenians have boon arrest ed ip this ?ifcy'shico JuneO. A majori ty of tho prisoners aro from Rjdosto, , Tho mernb?r o? tho A??monlart revolu tionary committee who on Monday last assassinated an Armenian spy in thia city and who was shot and killed while trying to escape, vyas a native of Rodosto, Two 'hundred of the pcbion : hrs syoro shipped to Anatolia -yester day. ''.Tho' government is using; tho ooOasloii of tho assassination1 to expel posible agitators. AlUtio ?p?nUow Honra IfiOih Ulis Ihr*? ?ho Warrant? Hunt Out IM?ouUwy hy tho Comptroller Ooaeral to tho ?^t^Hovijii . COLUMBIA, 8. C., Juno J.0. ~-Yc$it8i; day tho comptroller g?n?ral 'sontdut to tho various ponsion*''^. itho j$tato coming uuder*"Oiass A," those super ing from wounds and disabilities' iii' curred iu tho lato war, tho wnrrants for their pensions. Three o,oUnl?e?* have not gotten thoir lUtp straight and theroforo the warrants were not sent out. |Thoy aro tho counties of Aiken, Abbeville and Beaufort. The "Ohm A." poiiedonora get #8 per month for tho year. The folio wing is the list of tho veterans who como under ""Class AV provisions and draw poushh?stA Barnwell -William J. Glory, Mut* Berkoley-A-J. J. Weeks, ; Bonn eau'?*. Chariestou--James Crog??, J. W. Cleapor, ?topheh Mooro, Court liouGe. Clarendon-Warren I). Watts,- For reston; ?.'.'?', , Ohestef field-V. % Brown, Chester Hold; 8, H. Powers, Alfred Bmo?icrs, Cheraw, . Col loton -M. 1). Benson, Walter- ..' .'.'V boro. : EdgOllold-K 8. Ton las, ?ulokv, John Matthews, Cloud deck; ICly Branson, Kirksey; L P. 0>ver, Court House; Aude?sou Howard, Faifa ; t>. A. Medlook, Pleasant Lillie; Whit Bte wart * Pu vue. Fairfb/ld C. G. Ro^rUvo, Winds boro ; Thomas Gallagher. ?roidiy vii lo ? J. A. Wooton, Presley .Cooper, Ridge way. Horry -William Johnson, Joidan ville; John Q. i^onto, Con way ; B, Ii. Cox, Nixonvillo. L?ureos-James liam, Mo.uhtVillo; G. M. Langston, Court Hou^y ; Mas ton FI more, Waterio?; B. Good man, James Jones, Cross Hill. Marion-Joshua Byrd, Guddy'; C. M.Btnlovy, Manon; G. W. Brown, Mt. Nebo; H. B. Boatr?idil, Tuoor un cle; G. T. Gripp, Mullins. Mewborry-J, J. Itinard. Bingley,,, Bichland-J. R. Boyles, Josiah Gunter, James Prasor, J ulitis 'A >bel, Jesse Thomas, Columbia; M; ll. Wharp, .'(':( Hopkins. union-Charles Garner, Kelton. York-S. L. Campbell, Mover; J. B. t?teele. J. W J?ohinso?, lio?tilili;' W. M, Sprouso, Hickory Grove. - . Spartauburg-- William Johnson, Moore's. As will bo soon from tho above, there aro 47 ho far who 'gol in "OIHSJ. A" under tho new pension law. I Tho lists of tho pensionersitt tho othor classes uro now .being tabulated as rapidly as possible. When tuts work lsdoue, thoBtato boaid will pass' , v? upon tho applications.. Uni ky 12 <n M o H, A NOSY York horseman tolls h ?w ha at ono time started b.dky horses.. Ho walked up to tho balky horsa, patted hts neck, and talked to him, hud the tirst thing anybody know, the leam was going down tho street RO fast tiled the coaonmun could hardly hold, them. "How did you do il?" asked a by stander. "That is what .tho niau ..wanted to know, aud all oilier people. Bo far as auy one could see, 1 hadn't done any- ;?' thing, but 1 had. You walk up to tho Horse's head and feel arouud a lit tle, and then, ns quick as 'you eau, slick a pin through mo tip ol the em?, and let it stay rig ht ..there, Tue ears aro tho horse'* tenderest point; ho can not do anythiug without his oat's. As soon ?iii tho pin goo* tur??ghids 'ear, you can make up your mind that bo Knows it. "He probably thinks it is somo new kind ol ily, and tho whole f oro J.of j. ?: mind is cornered m getting away from that ily, so he does tho duly thing th?t is loft, that is, tears away at lull speed. \ ' 1 don't believe that sohomo ever fatted. There are balky horses that lot you build a Ure under theiii without moy iug; but t li oro is not ono that w ll stand still and let you stick a mn through his oars." The whole philosophy of curing a balky horse i* to ouauge the current of bis thoughts; give bim nomoiliiutf else to thiuk about, lt is about the samo thing with balky inoiij who are about as common as balky horses. yc.?. To Wulic'WoU. Ono of tho ohief graces is a h+blt of walkiug easily and oreot. Few walk .well, yet all people who aro not de formed or decrepit may acquire the habit. Men, as u rule, walk better than Women, but ibo latter, notwith standing their alleged incapacity or physical emulation lu the uthioUc ex orcises of their brothers, may learn to walle in a way that svlil 'compel? tho latter's admiration. A Dolsurto teach er gives tho , follo wing hints for prac lice: Tho proper len ?I h hf tho su p is twice tho length bf one loot, and is measured from the hollow df tmb foot to the hollow of the other. N-r.v, take ' ' V a piece of tap? aud sew on it bits of dannel at intervals twice the length I of ono of your foot, strolch it 'ncr ?as tho longest room joh bavo at your dis posal, and you ai o ready for practice. F*oh. foot should cross th>i same lino as you walk yourhip^, soiling one f>ot and thou tue other right over one of these bits .of fl th ne), lolling the il/n nol como just under the instep. Po this, and turn your tJes out woJl and awing your leg fro m the thigh, and you aro far on the ro.td to a bo tum ni walk, Fiialinu lu minti. SAN F?UNO?S?O, June 17 .V fa>n ine which threatens. to id-hi go tue most prosperous portl m of. I.onkni, Chihu, into the direst inisory lor many years ls desolating 'ib?,country. Tho harvest has houn a I ut Iii .'rt and the natives throughout the whoi,e country aro in the most miserable condition. Inhabitants imigrato from /tho, coun try en masse to tho cities to , bog .for sustenance, whiio many others are going about pilaging and perpetrating acts of tho grossest violente. Humeri in a Halli. SwANBKA, Juno lt.-Tom. JiMics.-n respectable negro living thW;o miles east of Swansea, lost, his bum ami food by uro between 2 and ;i o'clock this morning. One of his sms, a simple minded boy 23 jens old, who slept with his other brother in ibo barn, wits burned to death,. The (ire- , , . , w?s evidently the work of an ihcimdi ary.os tracks were fice* loudhig lo and from the barn.- -State. "wao?yS??w*d'.,l ,, . .' 'Vis' CO?AIM?UA, 8. C., Jnuo i7.--.-Oi? Mon day' afternoon a little four-year old child of Mr. and M?% W. McDougal was oUdly soahled/ Tho childi grand-, mother sat a kettle of bolling, water down on the lloor. No quicker bini sho don?i so and turned Uer bick Mun die little one pulling tho kottle over upon itself. Tue child wa t very badly illicit Whto?t.y., PuspTMONT, June ld, - About lb o gallons or illicit liquor \yh? Capiur d " in tbc suburbs o? town h.Ht night ly, tho local, oiueorfl hore. Tiio,p'A?.\.i-?v VV liU ,^0ro doa 1 iii g it iliad? tb eu'