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REV. bil. TAUMAQS DISCUSSES THE S TAH OF WORMWOOD. Another ?ul?nio l>xfc Tukon to JSnfofOe ? No?dtut riOSaou-TJUo Wroo Nation of tho J?rtvtK ?uti Ita Salvation. WASHINGTON, Juno it.-It was ap propriate that tai? sermon on tho des tiny ot nations should'ba proaohocl in ...U_t ?^.." KAAU 1U... TT urtu tv i ty, MM* UHV? vt?i.i?vt ina (iiuni dents' church, booauso Prosidonts Jackson ami Flore? arid Polk and Cleveland havo attended it. Dr. Tnl mago chose for lila toxt Revelation viii, 10, ll, "There foll a. great star from hoavon, burning as lt woro a lamp, and it foll upon tho third part or tho, rivers and upon tho fountains of waters, and tho-numo of tho star is called Wormwood." Many commentators, Uko Patrick and Lo w th, Thomas Scott, Matthew Henry and Albert Barnes, agree in v saying that tho star Wormwood, men ttonod in Rovolatlon, was Attila, king of tho Huns. Ho was BO oallod ha: causo ho was brilliant as a star, aud, Uko wormwood, ho imbittered every thing ho touched. Wo havo studied ' tho star of Bethlehem, and tho morn ing star Of tho Revelation, and tho star pf poaco, but my present subject calls us to gaze at tho star of Wormwood. .: >"ud my theme might bo callen "BrllliautBtttomoss." A moro extraordinary character his tory does not furnish than this man thus roferrqd to-Attila, the king of tho Huns, Ono day a wounded hoif sc Mu Vitapmg along through tho fields, and a hotdsman followed its bloody track on tho grass to see whoro the hoifor was wounded and wont on . back farther aud farther until hoeiwio 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 tho hoifor liad boon out. Tho herdsman pulled up that sword and presented it to Attila. At tila said that sword must have dropped from tho hoavons from thc grasp of tho god Mars, an its being given to him meant that Attila should conquer and go vorn tho wholo earth. Othor mighty mon havo been de lighted at being called liberators, or the merciful, or tho good, but Attila called himself and doinandod that oth er? call him tho Scourge of God. At tho hoad or 700,000 troops mounted on Cappadooian horses, lie swept ev ery laing from tho Adriatic to the Bla?l: sea. Ho put Ins iron heel on Macedonia and Gr* eco and Thrace. He made Milan mid Pavia end Padua and Verona bog for mercy, which ho bestowed not. Tho Byzantine castles, to meet his ruinous lovy, put up at auction massivo silvor tables and vases : of solid gold. A city captured by him, tho inhabitants woro brought out and put into three classes-tho first class, V those who could boar arms who must ? '- immediately onlist under Attila or be butchered; tho second class, tho beau tiful women, who woro mado captives to the Huns ; tho third class, tho aged . men and women, who wore robbed of ' everything and let go back to tho city to pay heavy tax. It was a common saying that the graBs never grew again where tho hoof of Attila's horse had trod. His armies reddened the ?waters of tho Beine and : t)io Moselle and tho Rhino with car riage and fought on tho Cata lon ian plaina tho fiercest battle since the world stood-000,000 dead left on tho V field 1 On and on until all those who ' could not oppose him with arras lay prostrate ou tneir faces in prayor, and. ' a cloud of dust soea in tho distance, ? bishop ?ried, "It is tho aid of Godl" and all. thft.peoplo topic, up r the cry. -\Efc.is the aid^f God 1" As tho cloud of dust was blown asido thebannors of ro-onforcing armies/, marched in to help against Attila, the Scourge of Goa. Tho most .unimportant occur rences ho used as a supernatural re source, and after three months of fail uro to capturo the city of Aquilola, and his army had given up--the soigo, tho ilight of a stork and her young from Mio tower of the oity was taken ^ him as a sign that ho was to capture tho city, and his army, inspir ed by tho samo occurrence, resumed tho seigo and took the walls at a point from whi?h tho stork had emorged. So brilliant was tho conqueror in at tire that his onomies could not look at him, but shaded their oyos or turned . their heads. Slain on tho evoning of his mar riage by his bride, Ildico, who was hired for the assassination, his follow ers bewailed him not with toarn, but with blood, cutting themselves with knives and lances. Ho was put into three coffins, the first of iron, the sec t'; ond of silvor and tho third of gold. Ho was buried by night, und into his. grave wore poured tho most valuable coin and precious stonos, amounting ! to tho wealth of a kingdom. Tho gravediggers and all those who assist ed at tho burial woro massacred, so it would never bo leno wu where so muoh wealth Was entombed. Tho Ro dman empire conquord tho world, but Attila conquered the Roman empire. Ho was right in calling himself a , scourge, but insteai of hoing tho Scourgo of God ho wa? scourgo of hell. Booaiiso of his brilliance and bitter ness tho commentators woro right in believing him to bo the star Worm wood. As tho regions ho devastated woro parts most opulent with foun tains and streams and rivers, you seo how graphie is this reference in Reve lation, "There fell a great star from heaven, burning ns it woro a lamp, and it fell upon tho third part of tho . rivers and upon tho fountains pf waters and tho name of the star is oallod Wormwood." V.V->, Havo you over thought how many irajuttored liyos thoro aro all about us --misanthropie, morbid, saturnine? ; TheKuropoan plant from which warm Wood is oxtraotcd, Artemisia absin thium, is a perennial plant, and nil tho yoar round it is ready to oxudo its oil. And in many human lives thoro is a perennial distillation of acrid ex periences. Yea, thoro aro some whose wholo work kis to shod a baleful inilu oneo oil othors. Thoro aro Attilas of tho homo, or Attilas of tho social cir cle, pr Attilas of tho church, or Attilas of tho state.^and one-third of tho wat ers of all tho world, if ?not two-thirds tho waters, aro poisoned by tho falling of tho star Wormwood. It is not com plimeritary to human -nature, that : most mon, as Boon as they got groat power, become overbearing. Tho moro powor mon havo tho bottor, if .-th?ir powor bo used for good. Tho loss powor mon oavo tho bottor, if thoy uso it for ovil, > Birds oirolo round and round boforo they swoop upon that which thoy aro aiming for. And if my discourse so far has boon swinging round and round, this moment it drops straight on your heart and asks tho question. Is your lifo a benediction to othors or . an imbittermont, a blessing or a curso, a balsam or wormwood? Some of you, I know, aro morning stars, and you aro making tho dawning lifo of your childion bright with gra cious influences, and you aro beaming upon all tho opening enterprises of ph ilanthropio and Ohristian endeavor, and you aro heralds of that day of gos polizatlon whioh will yet flood all tho mountains and Valloys of our sin curs ed earth. Hail, morning /lari Keep on shining with encouragement and Christian hopo I ? Somo of you aro ?voninft star?, arid you aro chooriug the Inst days of old poonta, and though a oloud Homotimos comes o vor you through tho quorulous irio&jor unreasonableness of your old , father and mother it is only for a mo ment, and the star soon comos out oloar again and is soon from all tho balconies of tho neighborhood. Tho old people will forgivo your occasional shortcomings, for thoy thomsolves several limos lost thoir patience whon you woro young and slapped you When you did not deserve it. Hali, ovoniug star! Hang cn ike darken ?:J g sky your diamond coronet 1 But aro any of you tho star Worm wood?' Po you scold and growl from tho thrones paternal or maternal ? Aro your children everlastingly pocked at? Aro you always crying "Hush I" to tho merry voices and swift foot, and their laughter, which occasionally triciclos through at wrong limos and is suppressed by thom until they can hold it no longer, and all tho barriers burst into unlimited guffaw and oachlunation, ns in high woathor tho water has trickled through n slight opening in tho milldam, but after ward makos widoi and wider breach until it carries all boforo it with irre sistible freshet? Do not bo too much offended at tho noiso your children now make, lt will bo still otiough when ono of them is dead. Then you would give your right hand to hear ono shout from thoir silent voicos or ono slop from tho still foot. You will not any of you havo to wait very long boforo your house is stiller thou you want it. Alas, that there aro so many homos not known to tho Socioty f?r ?ho Prevention of Cruelty to Children whore children aro put on tho limits, and whacked and culled and oar pulled and senselessly called to ordor and an3Wored sharp and suppressed, until it is a wonder that under such processes thoy do not all turn out Modocs and Nana Sahibs 1 What is your influonco upon the neighborhood, tho town or tho city of y?ur rcsidonco? I will suppose that you hie a star of wit. What kind of rays do you shoot forth? Do you uso that splendid faculty to irrad?alo tho world or to rankle it? I bless all tl io apostolic college of I nun or isis. Tho man that makes mo laugh is my benefactor. I do not thank anybody lo make mo cry. I can do that with out any assistance. Wo all cry onoughand havo enough toary about. Cod bloss all skillful punsters, all re partco?8ls, all propounders of ingeni ous conundrums, all those who mirth fully surprise us with unusual iuxta tion of words. Thomas Hood and Chartas Lamb and Sydney Smith had adivino m?sion. and so havo their successors in these times. They stir into tho acid beverage of lifo tho sac charine. They mako tho cup of oarth ly existence, which is sometimes stale, offervesco and bubble. They placate animosities. Thoy fostor longevity. They slay follies and absurdities which all tho serinons of all tho pulpits can not reach. * . Thoy havo for example ICM jail, who mudo fun of tho Baalites when thej called down fire and it did not come, suggesting that their heathen god had gone hunting, or was off on a journej or was asleop, and nothing but voci teration could wake him, saying ''Cry aloud, for he is a god. lSithoi ho is talking or pursuing, or perad venture ho sleopoth and must be awaked." They have an example in Christ, who with healthful sarcasn showed up tho lying, hypooritica Pharisees by suggesting that such por feet pcoplo liko themselves needed nt improvements, saying, "Tho wholi need not a physician, but they thal aro sick." But what uso aro you making o your wit? Is it besmirched with pro lanily Mud uncleanness? Do you om ploy it in amusomont at physical do leets for which tho victims aro not re sponsiblo? Aro your powers of mimi cry used to put religion in contempt Is it a bunch of nottlesomo invective Is it a bolt of unjust scorn? Is it fui at others' misfortune? Is it glee a their disappointment and defeat? Ii it bitterness put drop by drop into t cup? Is it liko the squeezing of Arte misia absinthium into a draft airead] distastofully pun gout? Thon you ari tho star Wormwood. Yours is tin fun of a rattlesnake trying how wei it can sting. It is tho fun of a hawl trying how quickly it can strike ou tho eye of a dove. But I will change this and supposi you aro a star of worldly prosperity Thon you havo largo opportunity You can encourage! that artist by buy ing his picture You can improve tin Holds, trio stables, the highway, bj introducing highor stylo of fowl an< horse and cow and sheep. You cai bless tho world with promoiogica achievements in tho orchards. Yoi can advance arboriculture and arres this doathful iconoclasm of the Amer icaii forests. You can put a piece o sculpture into tho niche of that publi academy. You can endow a college You can stocking 1,000 baro feet iron trio winter frost. You can build i church. You pan put a missionary o Christ on that foreign shoro. Yoi can holp ransom a world. A rici man with his heart right-can you tel mo how much good a Jamos Lenox o a George Poabody or a Peter Cooper o a William E. Dodge did while living or is doiugnow that he is dead? Thor? is not a city, town or noighborhooi tbntlins not glorious specimens of con secratod woalth. But suppose you grind the face o tho poor. Suppose when a man' wages aro duo you mako him wait fo thom becauso ho cannot holp himself Suppos? that, because his family i sick and ho has had extraoxponsos, lu should politely ask you to raiso hi wages for this year, and you rou ghi; toll him if ho wants a bettor place ? go and got it. Suppposo by youi maniier you net as though he wer nothing and you wore everything Suppose you aro Hellish and ovorboai ing and arrogant. Your first nam ought to bo Attila and your last nam Attila, because you aro the star Worm wood, and you have imbittorcd one third if not throe-thirds of the waler that roll past your employees and op erativos and dependents and asiociatos and tho long lino of carriages whicl tho undertaker orders for your funor al in ordor to mako tho occasion re spectablo, will bo filled with twice a many dry, tearless eyes as thoro ar persons occupying thom. Thoro is an erroneous idoa abroa< that ibero aro only a few geniuses Thoro aro millions of them. That is mon and womon who havo especia adaption and quiokness for somo on thing. It may bo great, it may b small. Tho circlo may bo liko tin circumference of tho oarth or no larg er than a thimble Thoro aro thou sands of genuisos, and in somo on? thing you aro a star. What kind of J star aro you? You will bo in thi world but a fow minutes. Aa com pared with eternity the stay of tit longost lifo on earth is not moro thai a minuto. What ave wo doing witl that minute? Aro wo imbittormg th domostioor socials or political Joun tains, or aro wo liko Moses, who, wh?i tho Israelites in the wilderness com plained that tho wators of Luke Maral were bitter and they could not drinl thom, cut off tho branch of a cortah trco and threw that branch into th waler, and it became sweet and slakoi tho thirst of the suffering host? Ar wo with a brandi of tho tree of lif sweetening all th? brackish fountain \ :M WIM . that wo can touoh? Doar Lord, send us all out ou that) < mission. AU urouml us imbittored i lives-imbittored by .persecution, im- . bltlor?d by hyporor?tiClmi. imbittorod by poverty, imbittorod by ipjustic, inj bittered by sin. Why not go forth and swooton thom by audios, by in spiring words by benefactions- by hearty counsel, by prayor, by gosnil1 ized behaviour'? Lot us romombor that if wo uro wormwood to others wo aro wormwood to ourselves, and our lifo will bo blttor and ourotornity bittoror. ?li? guapei m il eau a um bi Its mo OU* ly .sweetening power that is suthcleut. It sweotns tho disposition. It sweot cus tho manners. It s wootons lifo. It swootouB mysterious providences. It swootous a Mictions. It svveotonu dcutii. It sweotons oVory thing. I have heard peoplo asked in social com pany, ^If you oould have three wish es gratified, what would your tinco wishes be?" If 1 could havo threo wishes mot this morning, I toll you what they would bo : First, moro of tho grace of God ; second, moro of tho graoo of God ; third, moro of tho grace of God. In tho dooryard of my brolhor John, missionary in Aoioy, Cfhina, tlioro was a trco eal Iud tho emperor tree, tho two characteristics of which aro that it always grows higher than its sur roundings, mid its loaves tako tho form of a crown. If this emperor treo bo plantod by a rosebush, it grows a little higher than the bush and spreads out above it a crown. If it bo planted by tho side of another trco, it grows a little higher than tb.<\? ire? and spreads above it a crown. Would to God that this religion of Obrist, a moro wonderful omporor tree, might I overshadow all your lives 1 Are you I lowly in ambition or circumstances, J putting ovor you its crown? Aro you j high in talent and position, putting j over you its crown? Oh, for moro of lho saccharine in our lives and less of tl io wormwood!, j What is true of individuals is true j of nations. God sots thom up to ro j volvo as stars, but they may fall worm j wood. Tyro, tho atmosphere of tho desert, I fragrant with spices, coming in cara I vans to hor fairs; all seas cleft into j foam by the keols of her laden mer* j eh an tm en, her markets rich with j horses and camels from Togarmah. her I bazaars lilied with upholstery from Ledan, with emerald and coral and j agate from Syria, with wines from j liol bon, with embroidered work from j Ash ur and Chilmad-where now tho j gleam of her towers, whera tho roar J of her chariots, whore the masts of I her ships I Let the fishermen who I dry then' nets whore once she siced; j let tho soa that rushes upon tho bar I reit ness whoro once she challenged tho I admiration of all nations; let tho bar J barians who sot their rude tents whore J once her palaces giitlerod-answer tho I question. She was a star, but by her j own sin turned lo wormwood and has fallen. Hundred galed Thebes, for all time I to he tho study of tue antiquarian and I hleroglyphist; her stupendous ruins I spread over 27 milos: her sculptures I prcsonting in figures of warrior and I charriot tho victories with which tlic I now forgotton kings of Egypt shook I the nations; hov obelisks ami columns I Carnac and Luxor, tho stupendous J temples of her pride! Who can itnag j ino the gaeatness of Thebes in thos( J days when the hippodrome rang wit! j her sports and foreign royalty bowei j at hor shrines and hor avenues roarei I with tho wheols of processions in th< j wake of returning conquerors? Wha I dashed down tho vision of chariot* J and temples and thrones? Wha I hands pulled upon tho columns of hoi I glory? What ruthlessness defaced ho: I sculptured wall and broke obelisks an< j loft her indescribable templesgren J skeletons of granite? What spirpit o destruction, spread tho lair of wih j boasts in her royal sepulchers am I taught tho miserable cottagers of to I day to build huts in tho courts of he I temples and sent desolation and rmi I skulking behind the obelisks am j dodging among the sarcophagi an< I leaning against tho columns am I stooping under tho arches and weep j ing in tho waters which go mournful j ly by as though they wore carryini j trio toars of all ages? Lot tho mum I mies break their lon g silence andoom I up to shiver m tho desolation atv I point to fallon gatos, and shattorc statutes and defaced sculpture, ros ponding. Thebes built not one lem plo to God. Thebes hated righteouf j ness aud loved sin. Thebes was star, but she turned to wormwood an has fallon." Babylon, with her 250 towers an hor brazen gales and her embattle j walls, tho splendor of tho earth gatl j ored within her palaces, her han gin j gardens built by Nebuchadnezzar t I please his brido, Amy tis, who ha I been brought up in a mountniuou I country and could not endure tho fi; j country round Babylon-these bani: j ing gardons built, terrace above te: race, till at tho height of 100 feet thoi j wore woods waving and fountain j playing, tho vordure, tho foliage, th j glory looking as if a mountain wei J on tho wing. On the tiptop a kin I walking with his queen, among sta I utes snowy whito, looking up at biri I brought from distant lands,and drin 1 j ing out of tankards of solid gold c j looking off over rivors and laicos upo I nations subdued and tributary, cry i nj "Is not this groat Babylon which have built?" I What battoring ram smoto tho walli J What plowshare upturned the gan I ons? What army shattered tho braze gates? What long, floree blast < I storm put out this light which illumh j ed tho world? What crash of discoi J drovo down tho music that poure J from palace window and garden gro\ J and oalled tho banqueters to tho rovel and tho dancors to their feel? I walk upon the scone of desolation i j find an answer and pick up pieces i I bitumen and bride and broken pott j ry, tho remains of Babylon, and as i I tho silonco of tne night I hoar tho su I ging of that billow of desolatic which rolls ovor the scene, I hoar tl wild wavos saying: "Babylon w? I proud. Babylon was impure. Bab I lon was a star, but by sin sho turn? j to wormwood and has fallen." From tho persecutions of tho pi I grim fathers and the Huguenots other lands God sot upon tlioso shor J a nation. Tho council fires of tho ab I riginos wont out in tho greater lig J of a froo government. Tue sound I tho warwhoop was oxohanged for il I thousand wheols of enterprise and pr J grees. Tho mild winters, tho fruitf I summers, tho healthful skies oharnv I from other lands a raco of hardy mi who loved God and wantod to bo frc J Before tho woodman's ax forests i'< I and rose again into ships' masts ai I churches' pillars. Cities on tho ban I of lakes oogin to rivai cities by tl sea. The land quakes with tho ru j of tho rail car and tho watora n lohurncd whito with tho stearne I whool. Fabulous bushels of westo I wheat moot on tho way fabulous to of eastern coal. Furs from the nor I pass on the vivers fruits from t south, And trading in the samo mi j ket in Maine lumberman and 8ou Carolina rice merchant and Ohio fi j mers and Alaska fur donler* Ai ohurches and schools and asyltu I scatter light, and lovo, and morcy,ai salvation upon 00,000,000 of people. |> vi pray that our nation may riot Co I tho crimes of the nations that ha I porished, and our cup of blessing tu IO ??O?IUwood. and li ko thom wo go Jp'.vo. I urn by nature and by grace tn optimist, and I oxpoot that thia joutitry will continuo to advance un til Qhrlat shall como again, But bo not decoivod ! Oar only safoty is in righteousness toward God and ?justico toward man. If wo forgot tho good ness of tho Lord to this land, and break his Sabbaths, and im prcVe not by tho divo disasters that havo again ! and again como to us as a nation, and wo learn saving lesson neither from alvil war nor raging opidomio nor lirought nor mildew nor scourge of lo oust and grasshopper nor cyclone nor earthquake; if tho political corruption which has poisoned tho fountains of public virtue and beslimed tho high places of authority, making freo gov ornmont at times a hissing and annoy ance in ali tho earth; If tho drunke.i- 1 noss and licentiousness that stagger and blasphomo in the streets of our great cities as though they wero roach ing after tho faino of a Corinth and a 3odom aro not reponted of, we will yet seo tho smoko of our nation's ruiu, tho pillars of our national and stalo capitols will fall moro disastrously than when Samson pulled down Da gon, and future historians will record upon tho pago bedewed with gonorous 1 toars tho story that thc freo nation of the west areso in splendor willoh made tho world stare. It had magniil-; neut possibilities. It forgot God. It hated justice, lt huggod its orimo. lt halted on its high march, lt reelod under tho blow of calamitv. J.t- f*dl. A.nd it w*VgOiii?:?otfti ftU tho despot- . buna ot earth from tho top of bloody thrones begau to shout, "Aha, ,\so would we have it," while struggling and oppressed people looked out from dungeon bars with toars and groans and cries of untold agony, tho scorn of those and tho woo of those uniting in tho exclamation: "Look yonder 1 There foll a groat star from nea vdu, burning- as it wero a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of tho rivors and upon tho fountains of waters, and tho name of tho star is called Worm wood." I COTTON SEIZED AND SOLD. ? Twolvo Million Dollar* lu tito Tronfltlry Itotoiigliifr to IVIvuto tat l/ini i. Twelve million dollars aro in tho treasury awaiting the claims of right ful owners-mon whoso cotton was seized after tho war. The prosecution of theso claims is barred by a slaiulo of limitations specially passed, and ono of tho measures that was prepared (mt not pressed at tho present session, of Congress was a bill for tho repeal) of the limitation aol. Three Now Yopk ors, ono said to bo tho largost cation broker in the world, aro back ofj.ho schemo, and will press it at tho n?xt session of Congress. Aftor tho close of actual hostilities in 1805 cotton was seized throughout tho South and sold. Secretary Chaso was doubtfulof thorighlof tho govern ment to do th is j und tho same d?ubt rankled in the mind of William IC. Chandler, at that time acting secreta ry of| the troasury and now a Sector from Now Hampshire The doubt was so strong in Mr. Chandler's mind tjiat ho would not uso tho proceeds of tho salo, but organized a division in ,tho troasury department which ho cajlcd the "Division of Abandoned Property and Lands," which is still in oxistonco. Ho then turned all of tho proceed!} of seized property, consisting of ab?ut 35,000 bales of cotton, great quantities of tobacco, sugar and rico, togot?tor with somo turpentine, tar and rosins, over to William L. Noorr, chief of (tho now division. In 1874 Gazawav B. Lamar, a high ofllcial in tho New York Bank of Com merce, a Georgian by birth and a com mission . morchnnt, votnmed-.'ho Jato General Benjamin F. Butler and ex Attoriioy-General George H. Williams as his counsel in a suit againstVeno United States to recover $000,000/- tho Eroceeds of tho salo of cotton takon by mited States troops. When Lamar secured his verdict pf $000,000, Robert C. Schonck, of Ohio, late Minister to the Court of St. janies, was chairman of tho committee on ways and moans. Bolieving that a raid would bo mado on the treasury by holders of claims, he introduced a bill creating a statuto of limitations, thus barring the prose oution of this class of claims. In this way thomoney hasromlinod in tho treasury. It has boon invested in the United States bouds, and now amounts to tho onormous kum of $12,000,000. . Outside of four or (Ive Southern Senators, it is doubtful if any ono knows tho truo situation. Tho legislation which tho Now York syndicate wants passed is very simple. It consists of a five lino resolution re pealing tho statuto of limitations against theso claims, and allowing thom to bo sont to tho United States Court of claims for adjudication. A Torplblo Knrtliciuiiko. YOKOHAMA, Juno 17.-Nows of a ter rible disaster, involving the loss of over a thousand li vos, h as reached here from tho Island of Yosso, which con tains tho Northoru provinces of Japan, including Shirobeshe, Oshima, Furl, Ilitaka, Tokaovhi, Ishikari, Kirshiro, Toshiwo, ICitami and Nomoro. All theso sections of tho Island seem to havo boon moro o?* less shaken. Tho subterraneous disturbance lasted about twenty hours and during that period tho utmost torror prevailed. Tho ground rumblings aro described as re sembling the roaring of distant can non. Shock followed shook in almost uninterrupted succession about ovary eight minutes. In all il is estimated there wero 150 shocks of moro or joss force. It is impossible to obtain for tho present acourato details of. tho dis aster as communicated between the mainland of Japan (Island of Hondo) and Yesso, from which tho former is soparatod by tho Strait of Tsugaru, (Sangar,) is said to bc intorrup^u, or, moro likely, in tho hands of V/ati' thorities. Tho wholo town ol Kuma shai, however, is reported to havo been destroyed. Tho awful soviet)of earthquake shocks wero accompanied by a tidal wave, and it is believed that it will bo the onrush of a giant wave from tho son, which practically wiped out tho town of Kumaishi, which is situated towards tho Japan sea on a narrow nook of land separating it from Volcano Bay on tho Pao i flo sido of tho island. Tho island of Ycsso lins in tho past had several similar visita tions and contains activo and extinct volcanoes. Rumors have it that tho number of lives lost and tho amount of dnmago dono is far in excess of tho Jlguros contained in tho briof dispatch. A full ofiloial roport of tho calamity has beon asked for and is expected shortly. It is /earod that disasters to shipping also have resulted from tho tidal wave. M tub timi to Dont ii. . MEMPHIS, Tenn., Juno 15.-Wm. A Sneed, a prominent business man and citizen of Momphis, was stabbed'to death at tho criminal court room to night. The aiVair is very mysterious and tho idontity of murderoris yet un konwn. Two arrests have boon mado. Snccd'c wifo and child aro visiting frlonds in Chicago.^ _^_ . Drowned, ATLANTA, Ga., Juno'17.--A speoial from Dahlonoga, Ga.t to Tho Consti tution says that M. B. Stanton, of At lanta, and DavidGllliard, asmallboy, wero drowned near thoro yostorday whilo bathing? THE L?OYpS INSURANCE. A 81 Moment from Mr. W. 8. Monteith ot Oolumbl?. To tho Publie:--From November 1801 to OtH of April, 1890, I transacted business at this point, as goueral mali nger for tho South and North Arnorl oan Lloyds and tho Now York and Chicago Lloyds, under contract with Whipplo cte Oo., attorneys, No. 85 Liberty street, Now York olly, and ?uriuK that period through Stato and local agonts, placed nearly 10.000 noli* oles throughout tho States of Virginia, North Carolina, Goorgia, Atacama ?nd Florida. I also placed an occa sional policy for tho Bankors and Merchants Lloyds, represented by tho same attorneys. 1 regularly remitted, to Whipple & Oe, almost daily, tho premiums ro eoived, not walting for the regular mothly accounts to go forward, as my 11 bank account at Hie Carolina Nation- j i til bank will show, aud at the end of oach month, duriug that period, I for warded a statotnent showing ovory polioy issued and dolivored, together with statement of tho policies cancell ed,and thoso attorneys aro fully'awaro of tho condition of every policy-issuod by mo for thom, "In tho last days or March, 1800, thoy allowed their losses to go overdue, and suits in attaohinont wero pom menced against thom in a number of j eases, which aro still ponding. 1 was j at that timo summoned to Now York, ] Ni\d informed that thoso three Lloyds had-decided to retiro from businoss, but would reorganizo in somo othor < form; later, about the 12th of April, I i was informed that u now organization, I under tho old uaino of tho South aud i North American Lloyds, had beon formed, but I made no contraot with j < them. j 1 In tho moan time, tho lirm of Whip ple ?teCo., attorneys, have commenced serving notices upon tho holders of policies, informing thom that the pol icies will bo cancolled at tho ond of llvo days from tho timo of said notice, and asking them to send in tho poli cies, promising that return premiums ' will bo sent to tho holder. This prom-11 iso, however, seems to bo delusive,and appears to bo a moro tri?le on tho part j ] of theso underwriters and their attor- 'J neysto secure tho possession of their polioies, without paying tho return premiums. When thoy have been ' sent to thom in accord a nco with such 1 request, thoso attorneys then roply { that they cannot pay ttio return pre- ; miums until tho party satisfies thom * that ho has actually paid tho promium j to me. by getting a receipt, cr ccrtifi cato to that otFeot from me ; which re quest is made in tho utmost bad faith, as thoy aro perfectly well aware, by tho statements which I have sent to them, that the premiums have been paid to mo, and tho possession of tho policy, on tho part of tho assured, is a sulllciont certif?calo. Any information that my reports would fail to furnish has been obtained by a special ngont sont hore to inspect my work. This notice is given after repeated requests made by mo to Whipplo ?te Co., to forbear making statements expressive of doubt as to these promi urns having beon paid, or londing to lead the public to suppose that there has beon any confusion in the matters of accounts, which I allege to bo in all respects rogularly rendered and ac companied by tho funds collected. Afl persons to whom return premi urns are due, aro advised not to send policios to Whipplo & Co., direct, as thoy will likely not hoar of them again, but they should send them (with notico of cancellation) to Col. John. It. Abney, counselor at law, No. 2 Wall street, Now York oity, a South erner, and a gentleman as woll as an attorney or high refutation,'aiid ho ' will look to tho collection of theso ac counts and have thom promptly re mitted to .the parties, when collected ; and if y.hey shall already have sent thom tq Whipple cte Co., and shall not have received a satisfactory roturn, thoy should at once sond to Col. Ab ney, Un order directing Whipplo cte Co., jco pay tho amount to him, and authr rizo him to colleot.and they may cal) upon mo for any information in regard to tho policy that thoy thom selves cannot furnish, as my books, which aro absolutely correct, will en able mo to supply tho facts in regard to thom. W. S. MONTEITH. Columbia. S. C., Juno 12, 18DU. j A i hit rut lon DOH I rmi. PKCUIA, Ul., June 15.-ThoRailway Brotherhood of ICngiucors, Firemen, Tn/nmen, and Telegraphers, throe of wjlieh recently removed their head charters to this city, have decided to ask tho Republican committee on res olutions for ail arbitration plank in tho platform. Tho following resolu tions wore forwnrdod to St. Louis: "More than 800,000 railroad|employ cs in tho United Stales, a majority of whom aro members of organized bodies representing their difforont callings, demand that a plank be in serted in tho platform of tho Republi can party endorsing national arbitra tion of differences that may ariso be tween employer and ompioyo, engag ed in interstate commorco. Wo be hove tho public desiros it,;wo aro miro that railroad employes want it, and wo know of no one who opposes it. "Wo deplore strikes and strifo and urgo that all moans possible bo em ployed to bring about an amicable sottlomont of disputes by arbitration. Wo behove tho bill now ponding in tho national llouso of Roprosontativos and known as tho 'Krdman arbitra tion bill' is a long stride in this direc tion, and wo ask the support of tho convention in having this mensure made law.'* F/ooiloil liyn Lilt*. CAMPIAN, N. J., Juno 18.--The banks of Halcyon Lake, an arti,*,?al pond at Montau Crook, a pleasure re sort in Gloucester County, ilfteon miles from hero, gave way this morn ing, flooding tho surrounding country and causing a loss of $20,000. Tho banks were noticed to boin a danger ous condition by two farm laborers a short time boforo tho break occurred. They counted horses and gave tho alarm and tho poople living on tho banks of tho crook fled to placos of safo ty. Tho buildings, boats amusements both in a pleasure park on the banks of tho lake woro washed away, Kxnort Dlnmoml Thlovos. ST. LOUIS, Juno l?.-Dora Donegan and .Tonnie Monroo, said to bo export diamond thrives In tho country, wore arrested just as they wero preparing to enter tho Planter's Ilotol by Dotcctivos McCarthy, of Chicago, and O'Connell of St. Louis. Tho women had their baggago with thom and apparently in tended to registor. Dora Donogan was convicted of stoaling diamonds in Chicago and sor ved a term in the Joilot penitentiary. Tho pol leo. con sider them two of the bost captures mado sinco tho crowds bogan to gather. Voil In mazing Whiskey, LpUiSviLiiW, Ky., Juno 14-Ware house A of tho White Mills Distilling company in tho southwestern portion of tho city, was dosstroyed by Aro this morning, entailing a loss of about $125,000. Sovon thousand throo hun dred barrels ot whiskey wero burned. Tho less is fully covored by insurance A. hi Schwab, a Aromen, was fatally burned Ivy falling in a stream of blare Jug whiskey, IRBY DRAWS OUT. Say? Ko Wilt not Stand for Ito-olootlon in tho Sonato. L?UIWNB, Juno 17.-In a ?hort in Lorviow with Senator Irby to day, the Stato's correspondent asked this cmostlon: "Will you bo nt Manning noxt Monday, sonator?" To whloii the senator said : "I shall not attend that or any cam paign mooting as a candidato for tho United States sonato. I had in tended lip to a short timo ar?o to ask for the nomination at tho onsuiug primary, but have conoludod not to outer tho Dontest. From ndvices received fron? .)i?l'erent sections of tho Stale I con dude that my motives and my oin? 3ial acts for tho last year have been misunderstood by tho iaotion of which I wan a charter member. It is appa rent from these advices that I must intagonize those with whom I have :o operated politically since 1880. It leonis that tho entire machinery of tho party government has been organized io humilnto, defeat and destroy mo. This would not have been dono but for a misunderstanding of my motives in opposing tho equal division of dele gates to the Constitutional con vont lon, tho dofonse of the name of Butler* in the convention, my opposition to trio ?dun of suffrage ns adopted and tho uncompromising position tainan by mo in opposition to a bolt in the late State Democratic Convention. In addition, if I were to run with my old friends organized against mo, I could only ?xpeqt support frorp those heretofore ny political'opponents;-whioh would 30 distasteful to mo, as they owe mo favors. "In arriving at this conclusion,! iosiro to say that I cherish no spleen towards tnoso who 1 believe misoon druo my motivos and political course i'econtly, and confidently anticipate Lho future to vind?calo those positions ?nd policies." Wllllt Kroo CJoillHJiO .11 ?mun. The free and unlimited coinage of iii vcr means thal neither tho president nor his secretary of the treasury would lie allowed any longer to boycott the four hundred and twenty eight mil lions of standard silver dollars now in )xistonce. The power that could re establish diver coinage would compel tho uso o? diver with gold in tho redemption ol greenbacks.. This would do away witb Lhe falso pretenso that bonds must be jold with which to buy gold to redeom greenbacks. It would remove tho con stanit menace by thc gold gang that tm logal tondor quality shall DO takor ?way from tho vast amount of silvoi tlollars now in existouce. It wouh ?dd enough to tho money in circula tion in the country each year to keer. paco with tho increase of populatior ?nd tho requirements for domestic ox '?nangos, lt would mako all tho sil ver bullion in tho world worth just ai much as though it wero already coin ad into dollars. It would stop greenbacks from boiuf presented at'tho treasury, because Hoi del bach, Ickolhoimer & Co., and th? rest of tho broed of gold speculator! would bo offered silver when thoy do rounded gold, and they would no want it. Freo coinage would guaranteo th stability of tho currency. Tho grind ing contraction now going on wouh cease. The borrowed surplus in th treasury of nearly $200,000,000 wouh bo expended in grand public improve monts, including coast defences, am thus bo restored lo circulation anion? tho people. It would gradually rais tho general'lovel of prices. Tho prc duction of wheat and other farm pw ducts would bo resumed on tho forn er soalo; - Manufacturers of every dc soription would no longer engage i a moro hand-to-mouth production, ht would manufacture for tho requiiv mehts of the coming year. This woul give work, to thoso now in distres and would enable laboring peopl themselves to buy what they are no doing without under tho harsh con pulsion of poverty. Tho commorco between forty-flv States would bo resumed; rai I rom would bo taken out of tho hands < receivers, because they could agai earn interest on their debts and e: penses and something moro. The o cupation of tho panic maker would \ gone. With freo coiuago would como president and secretary of the troasui who would not spend half their lin bawling to tho world that their go ernmenl is bankrupt and compelled soil its bonds at 20 per cent, discou from tho interest rales of tho world enrich favored syndicates for soi unfathomable reason. Free coina? would stop tho borrowing of mon in times of poaco for the purpose obtaining gold with which to pay c ligations not payable in gold. Free coinage would mean a bade st for syndicates and thoir oflloiul i strumont-a back seat for tho bears tho Now York steck market, and f tho pawnbrokers throughout tho cou try. It would moan that money wou bo moro profitable whon invested business enterprises than when IP away in a napkin to breed upon itso It would mean fair play among me and only 100 con ts on the dollar tho payment of dobts. And freo coinago is coming unh bribery and corruption aro stronger tho land than tho honest expression tho people's will.- Oinoiunati Knqu or. _ A Groat Railroad. ST. PKTKRBBU?ICI, Juno 17.- 1 progress made by tho great railway Russia across Siberia is such that t gigantic work is almost certain to completed by tho cioso of tho contui Tho war hotweon Japan and Chii and the financial arrangements w China which have followed, have g on tho Russian government and I contractors a powerful impulso. From Shobalinsk, tho terminus tho Wost, 1,800 miles from Moscow, Vlad ivostock, tho blaster terminus tho Pooifico coast, is a distance of 4,: miles, which is fast hoing spanned. Tho total distance between St. '. tersburg and Vladivostock by rail? will bo 0,600 milos. In anticip?t of tho opening of now sections, zone system of tickets has latoly hi adopted in Russia for all d ?stances o 800 vests, or 200 milos. In this wa, should cost under five pounds to tr ol from Moscow to tho Pacific th class. The prosont slow rate of tra is to bo increased by ten milos por lu on both ordinary and express trai raising tho lattor to forty miles hour. Moscow, whioh is now o sixty hours from London, will bo t nine and a half days from Vlad! stock. Tho railway will rovolutlonizo routes to China and Japan, and gv ly ohorton the Pacido Ocean? C neoted with tho main project aro m important political plans, boliove, bo tlij subjoot of negotiations with Pokin authorities. Suoh uro tho cuing of tho Sungari navigation f its source in tho heart of Manch to its conUuoncs with the Amur,' a. branch vail way following tho of that rlvor to au outlot on tho " low Soa riot far from Pokln. A aivitory rion in coal and mine will thus bo oponed up, and North Manohulla must" ultimately full Russia. As to Corea, its fate wll between Russia and Japan. I, Tillman nmXyviUon. NASIIVIU,TO, Tomi., Juno 10 -This oliy today was honored with tho dis-, linguished presonoo of Messrs. Wilson and Tillman, whoso addresses are giv en in substaoo? as follows: Senator Tillman spoke two hours at tho Stalo Capitol to a largo crowd Ith? speech was enthusiastically re ceived and was entirely in lino with his Other elYorts which havo mado him famous. Ho prodictod victory for sil ver at Chica ITO and miccoss in Novem ber for tho Democratic nominee. Ho said ho would withdraw from tho Con vention if it did not declare for free, unlimited and independent coinage of silver, tho doing away of national banks and tho issue ot enough green backs to lako tho placo of tho bunk notes; mado a strong appeal to tho Populists to como in with tho Demo crats and for all silvor mon to get to gether. Sonator Tillman in an inter view said ho felt some apprehension about tho Chicago Convention not as to silver declaration, but as to the can didate Ho wants a man whose re cord is clear on that subject. Postmastor General Wil limn D. Wilsou delivered tho annual oration to the library societies of tho Vander bilt Uhivoraity today. His subject was the relation of education to the Government, the necessity of educated loaders for tho people. XIo cited the recent lari tr question and the present nda-notai problem as showing the ne? cessity for wisdom in our loaders aud' reliance on tho experience of other r:u tions rather tuan on our own experi ence. Mr. Wilson wont on lo show that our political ayote m NY os far from per* foci. Tho powor of tho d?magogue aud bribery and corruption of liiosoin public pluces kept our learned and wiso men from entering public life, t?t? thought "it a sign of of decadence in Southern ideas thal the olllctoncy of a Representativo or Sonator v/as adjudg ed by his ability to obtain large appro priations for his district. In this_way. ne. said, a river and harbor mil with appropriations so skilfully dis tributed as to compel tho suuport of two thirds of tho members of both bouses may easily dofy the Executive veto andovorrido every appeal,to pub lie economy." In closing Mr. Wilson said that tho future salvation and stability of pur institutions was in tho hands of tho university men. Freedom itself would die did not our men of wisdom and education assume tho leadership of the people in such crisos as now beset us and Would strive for good government against tho demagogues wno appeal to i Sie ignorance and prejudics of the musses for selfish ends." ni hin ArgumoiitH for Silvor. Tho Nashville Sun quotes some verses from the Bible in favor of silver rather to show tho ancient usage than to support tho theory of free coinage. Among the quotations aro the follow ing: Genesis xiii, 10: And Abraham barkened unto Mph ron ; and A braham weighed to Ephron tho silver which ho hud nan nut in the audience of tho sons of Helli, four hundred shockols of silver, current money with tho mer chant. Genesis xxxvii 28: Thon there passed by Midianitos merchantmen; and they drow and lifted up Joseph out of tho pit. and sold. Joseph to tue Ishmael des for twenty pieces of silver; and they brought Joseph into Egypt. Judges ix, 4i And thoy gave him three score and ten pieces of silvor out of tho house of Baal-borilh, wherewith Abimelcch hired vain and light per sons which followed him There is ono vorse, however, that is not quoted, which we append: Ecclesiastes v, 10: Ho that lo vet).' silver shalt not be satisfied with silver; nor ho that iovoth abundance (bf ctr*': culation?) with increase; this is also vanity. A cn,vor l'oIItlcU Odiue. A liltlo interesting personal and po litical history was mado during tue last election in Montana. E. J. Fraw ley and J: J. Blake, graduates of tho University of Wisconsin Law Sohool, ; established a law partnership in Hele na shortly boforo the time of nominat ing candidates. They were both Democrats at that timo. S jon after tho linn was established Frawloy sur prised his acquaintances by throwing olf tho robes of Democracy and joining the ranks of Republicans. He became so active a partisan that he v/as given tho District Attorney nomination. Mr. Blake appeared to bo vexed. Ile stood by his party, slumping the State for Democracy uud fi?e B?vor. His services were likewise rewarded by tho nomination of his party for the olllce ol District Attorney. Being unable to agreo politically, tho t>vo life long friends dissolved their lasv partnership and exposed oacli other's weaknesses to tho public in their active campaigns. Tho Re publicans won and Frawley st-cured tho covotod oltljo. Tno two old friends found that they hud misjudged each other, came to au uudcrsUtiding and wont to praoting law again ia thu sumo oilico. Now they divide the ro.lts of tho public otllco. ToiiuliurVl AU vino. . Lrn-eu&j Dow once closed a discourse with tho following language, which is as singular for its quaintness as prac tical i a its ad vico: .'i want you, my youn? sinners, to kiss and got married, and devote your time to morality and money-making. Then let your homo be provided with such comforts and necessaries as piety,' pickles, pots and katllos, brushed, brooms and bonovolonoo, broad,'vir tue wino and wisdom. Having those always on hand, and happiness v/ill bo with you. DJ not drink anythnig intoxicating, oat moderately, go about business after breakfast, louugo a lit tle after dinuer, chat after tea and kiss after quarreling. Then all tho joy, peace and bliss tho earth can af ford shall be yours, until tho gravo olases over you, and your spirits are: borne to a brighter and happier world." Vtr i??it tu Mutti? lloro. COMJMHIA, S. C., Juno 18.-Secieta^ ry of Slate Tompkins yesterday re ceived the following letter from S. A. Garrott of Dayton, Ohio, tho secretary of a recently formod immigration col ony, which has boon answered fully and satisfactorily, it is hoped: "Honorable Sir: When we organ ized our colony wo expected to looato in east Tennesseo, but so far have boon unable to lind suitable location' and prices and havo dcoidod to corro-, spond with your Slate iii regard to a proposed location in tho northwostom portion of South Carolina.-:. What in ducements can you otFor ?ja to land, timber, manufacturing f?.cuilio9,Hfurm lng, fruit raising, eto ; also priooa of! land? By an oarly reply you will greatly obligo, eto." OOO Armonluns 1'rlmniord. OoNSTANTiNornw, Jtthp H.--Six hundred Armonlans have boon arrest' ed in this city sinco Juno9. A majori ty Of tho prisoners aro from Rjilosto. Tho tnembor of the Amionian revolu tionary ? oommittco who on Monday last assassinated an Armenian spy.in this city and who was shot'arid\?lUed; while trying to escape, Wu? anaiivp of Uodosto, Two hundred of the prison? ors wore shipped to Anatolia yester day. Tho. government is using; tho occasion of tho assassination to expel, agitators; . <: , ; THll n?u, Ch* THE "Cl-.'.?Ji A'J Qt I>EN8)0N(?(16, AUilx) Oo?uU?l? Hoard *'roni 3\i.\K Xhrc?- - Thy Warranta Sont Out Blond ay by tb? Comptroller Oonoral to tho J/'otty.?cvi'n Veteran?. CO!A'S!??A, g. O,, J?ii? ju.- YvsioiV day t?i? comptroller general seiil out ; to tho various ifW?hioiMM? in tho 8lato coming under "Class A," those ?uHer ing from wounds nruPdirnvbilUk'S Ju curred in tho jato'.war, tho warning for their p?nsions. Three counties havo not gotten, theirlists straight and thoroforo tho warrant? were not soot " out. ;'i'hey are th? oomitios of Aiken, Abbeville and ?ua?ioi't;^ -Tho "Class : A" pensioners get.$H per month for ', the year. Tito following ts tho list of ; tho veteran* who como under VClass AV provisions and draw peuslopstV Barn woll-William J. Olorytyi??MM'' tin'?. Berkeley-J. J, Weeks, Bonneau'u. Ohariestou-JauUsii Grogan, J. W. Olcapor, ?tophdh Moore, Court House. Clurondon-Warren 1). Watts, For reston, .ChostOrueld--V. T. Brow?, Oheator Hold ; 8. ll. Powes, Alfred'Smothers; Oheraw. Oolleloa -M. D. Bdnson,Wulter lvoro. : Edgc?l?ld-H.;" 8. Tonia:., , lOaloio; John Matthews, Cloud deck; Ifii'y Branson, Kirksoy ; L. P. ?JvOr, O?uri House; Anderson Howard, Faifa j 8. A. Medloek, Pleasant Lane; Whit Stewart, ,P?yno. .Fairfield-G?. O;^ U.^ertHoii, Winns- \ borO; Thomas Gallagher, O.'osby vii jo; J. A. Wooton, Prosloy.Ooopor, Ridge way. Worry-William Johnson, Jordan*.."?.^ ville; John C..-Lento, Conway ; B. B. Oox, Nixonvillo. Laureas-Jamos Hum, Mouiilvillo; G. M. Laughton, Court Houao; Maa* SV ton Flmoro, Waterloo; li. Goudonui, James Jones, OrOss Hill. Marion- Joshua Byrd, Guddy, tl. M. Stalevy, Marton; G. W. Br?.wu;V?;;? Mt. Nobo;R. B. Boatright, Taberna^ clot G. T, Gripp, Mullins. Mewberry--J. J. Kinard. Singloy. Richland-J. ii. BoyieB, Josiah Gwntor, Jamos Frasor, Julius Z?bolt '-? Jesse Thomas, Uolumbia ; M; ll. 8?aop, Hopkins. Union- Charlea Garner, Kelton. York-8. L. Campbell, Mover; J. B. 8teelo, J. W, Robinson, Kook Hill ; W? M. Bprbuso, Hickory Grove. ? --,/ '8pas,i?uburg-. William johnson, Moore's. As will bo soon from tho above, thoro are 47 ho far who g?t in "Class A" under ibo new pension law. \ Tho lista of the pensioners in tho other olas^oa aro now being tabulated as rapidly ,as possible. When this work is done, tho Btaio board wi.il pam Upon tho applications. ;,"-' H\ivt- ll?)Uy llotHOH, A Now York horseman tolls h >w hV':V?,\ at ono ticno started balky horses. Ho walked up to the balky horse, patted . his beek, and talked to him, and tho Brat'-thing anybody know, tho team was going down tho street so fast that the coaenman could hardly hold, . them. "How did you do it?" asked a by staudor. "That is what tho man wanted to know, and all other people, 8o far a* v any one could seo, 1 hadn't dono any- . thing, but 1 had. You walk up to tho horse's hoad and feel around a lit tle, arid then, as quick as yOii oiu?,> v; stick a pin through mo tip ol ibo ear?, . and lot it, stay right .thorn. Tue ears i i? the horse'* tenderest point ; ho can not do anything without-ti ia oars. .Aa.":-': :>ooii .is tiru pin goos-iur??^h bi? ear, you can make up your mind that ho. Knows it. "He probably thinks il ia somo now kind ol ily, auct tho virti?le fore* pf ??ut ?? mind is centered in getting away from that Hy, so he docs tho only Hung th?t is left, that is, tear? away at f ull speed. 1 don't believe that soborno over 'failed. Thero are balky horses thal let you build a tire under them without mov iug; but thero is not ono that, w ll stand still and lol you slick a pm through his bars." The whblo philosophy of curing a Ibalky horse ii to chango tho current of his thoughts; give bim something dsoto think about, lt is about ibo ^ ?amo thing with balky mon, who ar J I tia ut wi common as balky horses, To Walk Wo)). One of tho chiof graces is a h ibit of walking easily and erect. Few walk well, yet all people who are not de formed or decrepit may acquire th? habit. Men, as a rule, svuik better than women, but the latter, bpi with standing their alleged incapacity or physic il emulation lb tho atiilolic ex ercises of their brothers, may learn to walk in a way that will .compel? the hitler's admirrttion. A f>elsiii7(e teaeli er gives tho folio -ving hints for pr.ie tico: Tho proper length of the su p is iwico tho length of ono JOot, ami is mea! urcd from tho liol low of lino f t*.>t to tho hollow of the other. N<? v, ta kn a piece of tape arid sew on it, bits of llaunel at intervals twico ibo liingih of ono of your feet, Blrotoh it'aer >ss the longest room ,i od bave at your dis ?Vosal, and you ai o ready for praoticp.; CiOh foot should cross th v same lino as you walk your taps setting one f>nt and thou ibu other right ovnr. ono of these bits o?; ft tono?, lotting tho il.tn nol come just Under tho 'insteps Bo this, and turn you'?; t jes out woJl an<l swing your leg fro n tho thigh, and,.; you aro far on tho ro^d to a-b??uu.l di walk. ."""._"__ii_ Piuolno in Oiiiua. 8AN FUANOISOO, Juno 17 A fam ine which threatens nbiiige . tao i most prosporoas porti m of roi.lcm, China, into tho direst misery tor,V many years is desolating tibi country! The harvest baa been a tuilu.e and tho natives throughout tho whole country aro ia the most miserable contiit?bu^^ Inhabitants imigrate from tho coun try en rmwsb to tho cities to beg for suutenanco, whilo many others aro going about pilaging and perpetrating acts of the grossest, violence. liUrnoil in a ilarn. SWAN$JK\, Juno Pl.-Tom Jonep, a respectable negro living th.eu miles; east of Swansea, lost his bim and food by. flro uocwoou 2 and ;i o'clock this morning. Gao of Iiis s ms, u simplo milided boy 211 }OI\VA old, who slept willi bli other brother In the barn, was burned to death. Tho Ib o was evidently the work pf an incendi ary as tracks were Been leading to and from the barn.-8tato, ii:nlly Soairtod, CoiiUMiiiA, 0, Ci June 17.- On Mon day afternoon a little four-year old ohild of Mr. and Mrs. W. MAp?iig?l was badly scalded. Tho child's grand. : mother sat a kettle of boiling water down on Ibo door. No qViiokor bud she dono so and turned her back 'luau tho Mt!oyouo pulling the kettle over upon itself.' Tao child was very badly scalded. ' tllt^lt AVblHl?oy; Pjk;orMONT,: Juno : 10.V About ; IP o gallons of lllioit liquor . was captor ? in tim suburbs of town last riightly tho local . OiHoors hero. Tho paivi ? who >yoVo dealing it oiU inadu Uiou ortCApo. The whiskey will bo lomat over to tho prober authorities at Green ville today,