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AN OM) WHALERS SERMON JONAH AND THE WHALE; A REPLY TO LYMAN ABBOTT. Alt Ablo Mommm, who Ima Ilttudlort YV Union, Tolls ul the KxporloaoOM Timi. Convinced tam of tho Truth of tho Ululo Story-Hin Wonting to Scontlca. Despite inodorn solon li ho resoarches ami loamed treaties of emiuont di vinos, who have sought oagorly to provo to tho world ihe unreasonable noss of tho assertion that a whale can .. swallow a man, I des ho to say, with out fear of reasonable contradiction, that from practical personal knowl edge on tho subjootl know they aro all wrong. Thirty years ago I sailed from New Bedford, Mass., on a whalo ship for a forty-four mo ot hs' cr ti iso in tho South Seas with tho veteran whalo man, Capt. Elisha Babcook, who is well known to tho whaling fraternity. Wo had a very successful voyngo UJJ to the timo I loft tho expedition, twen ty-seven months afterward, off thc coast of Borneo. Now, a whale is thc biggest of all Clod's living croatures on sea or land, and what wo call a sporm whale is the smallest of whales, varying in longth from 50 to 130 feet and largo in proportion, making from 40 to HO barrels of oil. Ono beautiful day in August, 18?6 on tho Wostorn Ocoan, a whalo wai sighted by tho man at tho masthead who sang out : .'Ah, she blows." Thoso words had tho effect of ar oloctric shook. Every mau in tin ship from stom to storn was up an< doing in an instant. Presently tin oaptaiu shouted back : "Whore away(" "About threo points on tho loo bow sir.? "How far oil'?" "About threo miles, sir." Thou sab the captain to tho crow : "Baok your main yards." "Low? boats anet away," was tho noxt ordor Our ship carried four boats, oacl manned J>y a crew of ilvo men and ai o??cor. Tho boat iu which I wit roached tho whalo ilrst. When w got to him ho was aslcop. It was th most clangorous time to strike him, be cause nobody can toll what move i whalo suddenly aroused will malci first. He was tho largost sperm whal I think I ovor saw, and probably wa good for 110 barrels o? oil. That is i vast amount to got from a sporn whalo, although from a bo whoa i whalo ono sometimes gets 250 bav reis. When we struck this follow h raised his tail, whioh ineassurett abou fifteen feet across, and made tho watc seethe and boil a momont or two; the ho went down. Being fast lo hit with two irons, we payed out tho lin very quickly to koop from going dow with him. Presently tho lino gre slack, which moans that ho had sto] ped somewhere just beneath us. Bi tho water was so thick with his bloo that wo wero unable to seo how ts down he was. Wo knew ho was net but how near wo could not tell ju thon. While we wero eagerly loo! iUg over tho sides of tho boat, quick i a fiash he struck tho bottom of tl boat and wo wont Hying. When I r covered my senses I was about fi flee feot below, looking for fresh ai When I roached tho top what should meet but the whalo, just as ho w raising his tremendous tail high abo my head. I darted to one side. Dov came tho tail with an awful aplas If I had beon un dor it I should ha1 been smashed to smithereens. As was making desperate,, efforts to g away from tho whalo. who shou ^ , ...como up right alongside me but tl harpooner. Ho could not swim, few strokes away there was a buoy, soourod it, dragged it to him, and ji as ho was about to givo up in dospj he grasped it, and was saved. Th wo both oluiig to tho buoy and took tko situation. The bow oarsman w thrown over about twenty rods. T tub oarsman, stroke oarsman, and t second mato wero thrown in diff. , ont directions. I, hoing midship oa man, had beon picked up, as a pr cake, and ilopped over and shov down. While tho harpooner and hung to tho buoy wero kopt busy kic ing away sharks, pushing thom iii one way, then anolltor. Not shar of tho kind ono sees around tho ba and rivers, but big follows, from 1 toen to twenty-fivo feet long- -tho ki: that can divido a fellow at ono nip. Our stroke oarsman could not swii but ho got hold of a piece of the hoi that piece was fast to tho lino and t lino'was fast to tho whalo. Ho pass us like a shot, reaching out Iiis han and shouting, "Bill 1 Bill 1 Savo rid Save mel" Ho had no sooner said than ho was gone. Presonlly t whalo wont down, tho piece o?' bc wont with him, and tho ??roteo oa: man was left at tho.Mnorcy of t waves, a gcwl ?is toffee away. Mo r - ??????Vd?l? the other threo boats wero co ing up, and just as ho had oxhausl himself, struggling to koop on top, t third mate's boat reached him. was rescued, and thon tho rest of wore picked up. . All this happened within ten m utes. Nothing remained of our sm boat. Tho 600 fathoms of lino w gone, as wero kino thc 1 anees, h ar poo and tho two buoys. Ouo of tho oil boats, howevor, put for tho whalo a captured him. Now, when I was clinging to tl buoy the Biblo story of Jonah and I whale carno forcibly to my mind, a I wondored if I was doomed to through Jonah's oxporionco, WI: tho whale was lying at tho ship's s and wo wero cutting him in I told boyt? of theso fcolings. They ur/? mo to go through tho whale's thrc and I resolved to do so whon his lu carno on deck, to demonstrate possibility of Jonah's oxporionco. did not then boliovo in tho Biblo, 1 I verified tho whale story, for wi the hoad was on tho neck I w through tho throat as easily as 11 crawled through bars when a boy. Tho hoad containing tho spormai oil is always cut from tho trunk ti hauled in wholo. Of courso, whalo's jaws como with it, and tl measured often from eight to two foot. When wo killed othor wha from timo to timo, somo of tho n lifted up tho lowor jaw, whilo rest, ono aftor anothor, would crt through tho throat, not. down wh Jonah wont, but to tho deck. Th did moro times than I havo fing and toes, lt should bo romombo that in each caso wo crawled throi tho throat of a dead whalo. If, wi doad. a whalo had a throat to a<Ji mo, then woighing 170 pounds, wi would bo tho possibility of a livo, m and hungry whalo? Although sperm whale is largor, with a thr notonly capable of swallowing aw built man, but, in my judgomon good sized horse or cow. Thus it < readily bo undorstood how and wh am so emphatic in my remarks at beginning of this article. I wo further say that all tho stories t learnedoplnionsthathavoovorbcen visen and related in roforonco to inability of a whalo to ?wallow a u I, aro simply absurd, I am a skoptio longer, and, wha'iovor mon may ? or boliovo concerning tho vcraoity tho wonderful whalo story of Biblo, not ono jot or tiltlo of it ouj to bo abated, modified, or loft out. Whon a whalo ls killed ho no dlca unless his hoad is toward tho sun, Sometimos tho skios would bo over cast whon wo killed a whale, but when tho olouds would vanish it would ho seon'that his hoad was Coward tho tun, I never knew o? a while tobe otherwise!"I cannot explain it, nor did I ovor hoar it oxplainod, but somehow I havo au idea that God, tho creator of this monstrous oreaturo, has, given lum tho instinct to turu to the light while he is sinking in dark ness and death. Is not this n lesson to tho higher oreatures, teaching them in darkness and despair to keep their fo/jos over toward the Groator Bun? WILLIAM H. CRAMPTON. THAT DISPENSARY DECISION. Tho Oiiiullmt? Ooiistnblo Injunction l'ont uro Doos Not Hold. COLUMBIA, S. C., Fob. 1.-Tho Stato authorities havo found on examina tion of tho dooision in tho dispensary oaso that tho omnibus injunction against constables doos not hold. This phase of tho ' decision is brought out ir? tho equity caso decided in ino uni ted States Supremo Court. Tho decis ion requires judge Simonton to mod ify his decree of injunction to con form t? tho decision, making it apply only to tho constables named in tho original action. Tho Stato, however, doos not proposo or intend to antago nize tho principle laid down it is stated, Tho anti omnibus injunction prin cipio is said to bo of much import,and tho decision of tho Unitod Slates Su premo Court says on this point: "But while wo think that tho complainant was entitled to an injunction against these dofondauts who had dospoilod him of his property, and who wore threatening to continuo so to decreo in this caso. Tho theory of tho decree onlercd in this caso. Tho theory of tho decree is thal tho plaintiff is ono of a class of persons whoso rights aro in fringed and throatoned, and that he so represents such class that ho may pray an injunction on behalf of ali persons that constitute it. It is, in deed, possiblo that there may bo others in like caso with tho plaintiff, and that such persons may bo numer ous, but such a stato of facts is too conjectural to furnish a safo basis upon which a Court of equity ought to grant au injunction. Wo prefer to accept in this respect tho viows exprossod by Justico Nol ton, in the case of Cutting V. Gilbert, (5 Blatch, 259.) Extracts aro citod from tho decision. Similar viows pre vailed in the caso of Baker vs. City of Portland (5 Sawyer, 566.) Tho decree is also objectionable beeauso it enjoins persons not parties to tho suit. This is not a case whore tho defendants named represent thoso not named. Nor is there allogod any conspiracy between tho parlies defendant and oilier unknown parties. Tho acts complained of aro tortious, and do not grow out of any common action or ogreomont between constables and shoriffs of tho Stato of South Carolina. We have, indeed, a right to presume that such offioors, though not named in the suit, will, when advised that certain provisions of tho Act in ques tion havo been pronounced unconsti tutional by tho court to which tho constitution of tho Unitod States re fers such -questions, voluntarily re frain from enforcing such provisions; but wo do not think it comports with j woll sottled principles of equity pro 1 ccduro to include them in an injunc tion, in a suit in which they wore not hoard or represented, or to subject thom to penalties for contempt in dis regarding such an injunction. (Fel . low vs. Follow, 4 John Chan, 25 ; cit ing Ivcson vs. Harris, 7 Vesey, 257.) Tho deoroo of tho court bolow should : therefore be amended by being re . strii ted to the partios named as plain i tiffs and defendants in tho bill, and ' this is directed to be done, and it is i othorwiso affirmed. Mr. Justico Brow \ or did not hear tho argument, and i took no part in tho decision of this > caso. The full toxt of tho decision 1 was givon out tonight, but the ex tract given is tho new and important part not published horotoforo, Tho official dispensary bill will- probably bo introduced tomorrow.-Nows and Courier. i?c;it nut ion in r.ouisiuiiii. I Nicw YORK, Fob. 3.-Congressman C. J. Boatner, of Louisiana, who is in tho city, said that about 100,000 people are destitute in tho northwestern part ?f this stale, beeauso of tho fail uro of their crops. Ho had received dis patches from a Now Orleans editor, stating that thn.pooplo needed scod with which io moko new crops, and asking him to make an appropriation thorofor. "I shall not ask congress to mako appropriations for seed." tho congressman said, ""because I fool suro that President Cleveland would veto any bill of that naturo. Ho vetoed.a j bill of a similar kind for tho sufforors in Kansas some years ago." He ox plained tho reasons for tho fearful condition, which wore as follows: "Last y oar wo had a drougth for four months. It not only killed tho crop, but tho streams dried up, cattlo died or those that lived locarno very poor. Thc drought was confined to tho hilly or sandy soil and not to tho rich allu vial lands of tho Mississippi, Red and Oachita rivers. Tho alluvial lands, however, can stand longer drought than tho other lands. Tnoro are about 100,000 affected by this failure to mako crops and we aro doing all wo can to help laom. Tho stato ot courso will do all it can to provont thom from suffering; but thoy aro in actual want. A Fatnl Itali. NfOW YORK, Fob. 3.-Whilo exor cising on the rings in tho gymnasium of tho Twelfth Regiment armory to night, Rohort Marino nt foll to tho floor and was instantly killed. Tho distanco was only six fest. Marmont was not a member of tho Twelfth Regiment. Tho only mark that could be found on tho body was a slight bruiso on tho loft tom plo. Deputy Coroner Weston, who madoanexam ination of tho body, found that tho man's neck had been broken by tho fall. rotioemnlU'i-fl u iliad. STOCKTON, Cal., Feb. 3.-Charles R. Dodgo and Alcxandor Borland, old residonts of Nowhopo, in tho soutliorn section of this county, and two of tho best known and respected residonts of tho county, wcro murdorcd last night at Nowhopo by G. F. Kloupfer, tho senior moro ber of tho finn of Kloupfor Sc Co., general storokeopors and sa loonkcopi s in that sown. Tho two mon acted as poacomakors in a quar rel to whioh Kloupfor was a party. Horvort Ulm Ff' ?c, * KNOXVILLE, Tonn , ^ou. 3,-Rosa Bunch, a whilo woman, shot and fa tally wounded a no^ro, Harrison Bur dock, this morning. Tho nogro at tempted .to assault hor in her houso boro. Sho retroatod to tho upper hall way, secured a pistol and fired upon hor assailant. Tho bul lot ontorodtho negro's abdomon and -ho is boliovou to bo dying._ A Fntnl WrooU. DICSMIT, S. D" Feb. 3.-A mixed train, whilo.standing on tho side traok at Arlington last ovoning, was run into by sn ongine. Conductor Ad dington, Brakeman I ! os i ac, John Lottua of Desmit and Mr. Harrison of Arlington wore killed. AVORK OFJTHE^HOUSE, . {CONTINUE? ?moar PAGE ONE.] Goodwin, doLoaoh and Barkoley, and I ld cr ic a and LXOO??UUKU composed tho pairs. Tho Houso refused to labio tho motion by a voto of 38 to 59, as follows: Yeas-Baoot, Bailoy, Blytbo, Burns, Garraway, Ohilds, Oolcock, drum, Gadsdon, Kibler, Livingston, Lofton, Meares, Mefirtens, Mitch oil, Moore, Nettles, Patton, Pcrritt.Pollook.Pyatt, Reynold i, Hogers, Sanders, Seabrook, Sinkler, Smith, J. li. ; Smith, W. S. ; Smith, E. D. ; Stevenson, Sullivan, i Thomas, Jno. P. Jr. ; Thomas, W. II. ; Townsond, Vorner, Vincent, Whlso nant, Wilson-38. Nays-Gary, spoakor; All, Ander son, Armstrong, Ashill, Ashloyf Aus tell, Banks, Bedon, Bothuno, Breo land, Carson, Oaughman, Cushman, Davis, C. M. ; DAVIS, Geo. W.; Davis, W. C. ; deLoach, paired ; Dukes, Ed wards, Efird, Epps, Fairey, Fox, Gar r?s, Gasque, Glonn. Goodwin, II. P. ; Graham, J. S. ; Hamilton, Harvey, Haselton, Henderson, Hiott. Hollis, Johnson, Konnedy, Kinard, Henry J. ; Lancaster, Layton, Lester, Limohouso, Magill, Mauluin, Milos, Millor, Jool H. ; Mishoe, McDaniel, MoLaurin, McWhite, Owen, Phillips, Ply lor, Prince, Raiusford, Robinson, Bussell, Skinner, Simians, Speer, Sturkio, Timmorman, W?lling, Westmoreland, Wingo, Winklor, Williams, Wyebo, Yeldoll-59. Tho motion of Mr. Magill was then put and tho bill was continued to tho noxt session, tho final voto being clinched. Mr. Robinson's bill fixing the fees of witnesses afor attendance upon tho courts of genoval sessions was culled up and Mr. Westmoreland moved to strike out tho enaotiug words of tho bill. After somo furthor argument Mr. T. Y. Williams called attention to tho fact that a great proportion of witnesses could not mako CO cents a day at homo. By a vote of 55 to 3-1 tho house killed tho bill, which was to raise tho por diem from 50 co nts to $1 a day. Tho House then adjourned un til evening. At tho evening session mnch work was accomplished. It was tho last night for tho introduction of new bills by any membor, and there was a rush of now measures. One of them, joint resolution offered by Mr. Gago was ono of tho moat far-reaching and important yet presented. It is direct ed at tho enforcement of a mandatory provision of the now Constitution which will cost tho State $90,000 and moro. This resolution directs tho comptroller general to levy a tax on tho property of tho Stato sufficient to realize the sum of $92,070.18 to bo hold and used as the "supple mentary school tax" provided for in tho now Constitution, ^ho resolution sets forth that tho report of tho super inloudent of education shows that on Oct. 31,1895, lhere were enrolled onlv 223,021 pupils.aud that $G69,0G3 should have beon tho total fund. Tho dispensary committee roported Mr. Child's prohibition measure back to tho house without recommendation. Unfavorable reports wore presented on Mr. J. P. Tilomas' resolution relating to tho salo of nativo wines in the dis pensaries, and Mr. JoelT. Miller's bill to allow tho county boards of control to purchase liquors. A substitute bill was presonted by tho committee for the original bill es tablishing Dorchester county. The substituto bill establishes the county with St. George's ' as the county seat, tho judiciary committee being of the opinion that tho matters of the name1 and county seat of new counties aro j not required to bo settled by a two thirds majority, but are settled by tho rules of ordinary elections and that1 under thoso rules St. George's was chosen as the county seat. This viow was adopted by the commit too upon the conclusion of a majority of tho committee that section 2, article 7 of the Constitution applies only to the establishment of tho now county and not to tho choice of a name for the county seat. . . The Bamborg county bill hoing tho special order for tho evening: was called up. Mr. Orum was in chargo of the bill. Ho liad tho bill amended in regard to certain minor features. Tho bill was then ordo?'*?1. Lo a third reading withoni daoate. Mr SUcol also introduced a joint resolution for tho payment of a judg ment of $3,000 obtained by Aarrania. Oantini against T. G. Gaillard, C. B. Swan, li. II. Popper, C. B. McDon ald, Stato constables. The c*se has been carried up to tho court of appeals and tho judgment against tho consta bles still stands. Tho money cannot bo recovered from them and tho prop osition in tho resolution is to requiro tho Stato to pay it, it being contouded that tho mon woro acting as Stato offi cers . Mr. Winklor's bill to amend tho law rolaliug to costs created some do bato. Mr. Stovonson opposed tho bill. Mr. John P. Thomas was in fa vor of tho bill. Mr. Winkler thon de fended his bill at some length. Ho said it was not right that tho sheriff should get tho samo foes for foreclos ing a$50mortgago asa $5,000 mort gage. Mr. Skinner said that tho bill simply proposed to put sheriffs and clerks on tho samo footing with other officials. Tho bill was passed to its third reading. It provides that the costs allowed by law in all cases of partition whore the property sought to bo partitioned does no exceed $1,000 in valuo,and in actions for foreclosure of mortgage whero tho amount does not exceed $500, shall bo ono half of tho costs allowed in cases whoro tho value oxeceds thoso sums, and this provinion shall apply to all cost in tho ] causo. Mr. Crum's bill to savo small es tatos from hoing consumed by tho costs of administration was takon up and passed. It provides that tho costs and fees and othor expenses allowed by law for tho administration of in testate estates shall not in any case exceed 10 per cont, of tho appraised valuo of tho porsonal proporty in cas es whore the said sum of 10 per cont, of tho appraised valuo of tho porsonal estate shall bo less than tho fees, costs and oxpenses allowed by law for ad vertising an estate, that in that ovont tho said sum of 10 per cont, shall bo prorated among tho various ofilcor3, including tho minter for advertising, according to thoir respectivo amounts alowed by law. Mr. Wingo's bill to requiro tho com mutation tax to bo oxpondod io the town in which tho taxpayer resides was ordored to a third roading with out dobato. The Hotibo thon adjourned. A Forfeited Katnto. ATLANTA, Ga. Fob. 4.~-ASnocialto tho Constitution from Sparta, Ga,says: Joseph Babcock, an eccentric man who had lived boro forty years, diod yesterday. Ho left an catat? worth $50,000, but made no will, and, so far as is known, had no heirs. Ho carno hero from Now York boforo tho war. Ho was a poor boy thou, but ? by industry accumulated monoyVt Mr. Babcok was a jowollor. Ito f He novor made a conftdont of any ono, nevov married and novor corros ?ionded with any mombor of his fami y.. Dospllo his rosorvo, ho was very much liked by his neighbors, foi ho was always courteous. His propef ty will go to tho Stato. ADMIRAL BUNGE SETS BAILA Tho UlookniUuK vi o ot on lu Wny lo Chm ICStOIl, f WASHINGTON, Fob. t-Adfcfal Bunco ia now ou route to Ohaidojton. Tho fleet of war ships belonging to tho North Atlautio squadron Ailed put of Hampton Hoads to day, h aled by tho flagship Now York, with? Ad miral Bunco in command. The vos sols which followed tho New York wore the battle ship Indiana, tfe ar morod cruiser Maine, tho turrOt?ship Amphitrito, tho cruisor Columbia, and tho dispatch boat Fem. !Tbo Admiral telegraphed the faot cf his doparture to tho navy dopartrhent, and added that the Marblehoad, which is somowhore outsido tho Gapes, M'ould bo ordered to fall in line, if sighted. Tho double-turroted monitors Puritan and Terror are also expected to'join tho squadron, and by tho timo the ac tual blockade tactics begin there will probably be other additions ' tb the force of vessels. ' Tho sqaudron will probably put in some timo during tho favorable weather drilling"off: the Capos and on tho way southward, and it is not expected that tho phips will be oil: Charleston boforo the *Hh instant, unless tho weather forces a chango in tho programme. Tho Tex as, Massachusetts and^Brooklny' are disabled, and thoy will not bo ablo to participate in tho blockado of Charles ton harbor. Tho Raleigh, Newark and Dolphin now engaged in patroll ing the Florida coast may bo ordered to join tho squadron at Charleston, provided they can be spared from their present duty. Tho Cuban agita tion along tho coast is subsiding, and Socrotary Herbart will allow Admiral Bunco to uso his discretion 03 to tho advisability of drawing tho ships la?t named further north for fleet drill. Admiral Ramsey, chief of tho bu reau of navigation aud dotail, says that Admiral Bunco h is been invested with full authority to omploy tho'ves sels of tho squadron ns ho may deem proper under tho circumstances. On ihe cruise down tho coast to Charles ton tho Admiral will practico a now sot of manoeuvres and di ills in hand ling war ships at sea. Admiral Ram sey says it is diflicult to describo tho proposed manoouvros, but tho idea is to test tho capacity of tho resp?otive shipa for gotting into action, sustain ing sister ships in caso of omorgo?cy, and indulging in other evolutions at sea, on tho samo principio that a rogi imont of infantry would be drilled on land. Some vessels eau go about and come up in liuo quicker than others. Tlieso details have to bo carefully timed and measured, so that when the flagship gives cortan commands ii cau bo ascertained to tho minuto how long oach ship will take to got into tho position assigned it. Under tho cir cumstances a weok or ten days iuay bo thus employed before the groat ovont-tho blockadiufi* of Charleston harbor-will bo attempted. Whon the fleet roaches Charleston it will be divided into two divisions. Half of tho hoot will bo assigned to duty to guard tho entr??eos to tho harbor. Tho otor half will bo desig nated as the attacking party. While the rival divisions aro ' manoouvering ono of tho swiftest ships will try to run tho blockade. Tho following day tho assignments of tho two divisions will ho changed, and some othor vos seh will try toget through'the blocado. Tho officers and men of ?ho fleet aro greatly interested in the sea game, which strikes us land lubbers as being something on tho style of modern foot ball. All of tho vessels that can cross tho Bar will rendezvous in Charleston harbor, where Secretary Herbert will roviow tho fleet. Whilo in tho harbor a boat vactfbe lween tho rival ship's crow might bo made an interesting feature. Anyone who has over witnessed a boat race be tween tho crows of several men-of -war in double-banked cutters will never forget the scone. Each ono of these war ships have in constant training a cuttor or a gig crew prepared to row a race at pop of tho gun. This sug gestion is thrown out for tho benefit of tho committee in' charge of tho Charleston end of tho demonstration. -Nows at?d Courier. Jumped lu til? Itlvor. NASHVILLE, Fob. 2.-A sensational suicido occurred hore Inst night, but was not discovered until early in the morning. Miss Maggie Comer, a hoautiful and prominent young lady 25 years of ago, leaped from tho bridge into tho Cumberland river. No ono witnessed the suicida, but she was seen on tho bridgo by soyeral persons about 12 o'clock and a shawl and umbrella wero afterwards found at tho place whore she was last seen. She had been in bad health for about two months and retired last night in good spirits. Upon awakening this morning tho family found her miss ing and a note was pinned to the bed, saying that her hoallh had broken down and she was going to commit suicide. The body has not been re covered yet, but a numbor of men aro dragging tho rivor at tho place she wassupposod to have jumped from. Mr. Slbbloy of INmnsylunuln. Hon. Joseph 0. Sibley, of Ponnsyl hania, advisos his Democratic friends in congress to make no captious1 op position to the passage of a tarvif bill such as tho Republicans desire. Ho says if tho Republicans can bring about prosperity, nobody need ob ject, and they should havo a fair trial. Ho is a free coinage man, but would wolcomo prosperity in any shapo and by any political party. Ho says, however, that "if tho present conditions continue Mr. Bryan will be nominated for prosidont by accla mation by tho Domooratio pavty in 1900 and triumphantly elected.' On the other hnnd, if times are good, tho Democratic nomination and all other nominations except that of tho Re publican party will bo but ompty hon or." T?ynohocl for Ills I in pu dom; o, BOWLING GICICN, KY., Fob. 4.~Rob ort Morton, colored, was hanged by a mob nonr Backfield shortly af tor midnight last night. lb is said that yesterday tho nogro, a son of a section hand at Roch Hold, wroto an insulting and insinuating noto to Miss Tommio Johnson, a well-known young wliito woman of Rockfield. Morton was captured and taken to a house on the Russellvillo pike and put under guard. About 12 o'clock a party of mon ap peared at tho house, ovorpoworod tho guards, took tho prisonor away' and anged him. Five Children Drownod. NBBRASKA CITY. Neb., Feb. 3.-Five children ranging in ago from 8 to 15 years, broko through tho ico whilo skating on a pond near tho Missouri Rivor, on (ho Iowa sido across from this city, last night and wero drowned. Three boys bolonging to tho family of G. W. Gibson, ono boy to tho family of Phoenix Gibson and ono girl to J. Mell vano. TffV Cooked to Deiuh. Cj?ltOOKVILLHJ, ttl., Ifob. tl.-A fiix >oar old daughter of Mrs. William Hines yesterday foll into a wash boiler flllod with hot water and was literally cooked to death. Tho child had boon playing around tho boilor. She died shortly, after .boing removed from tho water. ROUND COTTON DALES; Iutoroittluff Kxporliuonta, Whloli Heom tu I i.-........ np>.?Ujt Very interesting experiments have recontly boen made in St. Louis, de monstrating tho advantages to bo ob tained from packing ootlon i uto ba loa of cylindrical form. The test was mado at St. Liuis, and tho objeot was to noto tho effects of lire upon bales of this kind. Tho judges were from tho board of underwriters, and tho follow? lng from tho St, Louis Ropublio. in dicates that tho system of packing has many advantages over the old. The Republic says: "Cotton put up in round bales won't burn to any groat extent. This faot was proven botoro the board of underwriters Wednesday moruiag by the Amorioan Oottou Company which operates tho round balo systom. A round balo was shown completely covered, ends and all, with a closely woven cover, and with no cotton whatever exposed. The "flash haz /.ard," ono of the greatest risk in cot ton, is thus romoved by tho now method of bailing. It was explained that no cuting of the wrapping of any sort was necessary or permitted, as a guaranteed sample of tho halo was drawn in procoss of making and properly idontiiied. As tli9 objection had boon raised that tho balo could not bo sampled, it was demonstrated perfectly that a sample could bo drawn from tho round the samo as from any othor bales, simply by cutting it. Thon tho ends wero cut opon and tho char actor of tho winding fully shown. The bale was then placed upon proper supports, tho bagging still further cut and tho cotton thrown back and ox posed, and wood piled under, around and on top of tho halo, and coal oil poured ovor all of it. It was thon tired; After twenty minutes tho Ure died down and tho bale was rolled out, and it was found that beneath tho outer lawyers tho cotton was un touched, and that it could not pene trate tho ends of tho bale, simply charring tho exposed onds slightly. It was again set tiro to, but tho blaze quickly died o?ut. Meanwhile auothor balo of similar character was shown, with an iron rod run through it and properly sup ported, and this was unwound clear down to tho core, rolling of like a coll of paper in a modern printing press, delivering tho cotton in a smooth, rogular "bat," ready for tho maohinory. Thero was no hitch in the unrolling. Then tho flro bale was returned to, and to show that wator would not penetrate it, as well as to put out any little remnants of fire that might bo left, wator was poured upon tho bale. Thon, , with tho unrolling of ono single turn it was shown that under tho first layer tho cotton was perfectly dry and not damaged in any manner. Tho bale was then rcovored, weighed, and it was found that it had lost ll per cont. Tho large number of uromineut'men, railroaders, bankers, insurance mon, otc, who wore present, expressed thomsolves as satisfied with the suc cess of tho te? t. From this it sooms that the round bale has much tho best of it, but of course thero aro oth or points to bs considored. For ex ample, tho packing of cotton in this manner requires achango iu machin ery. Can it bo packed at as little cost ; can it be compressed as effectively, and can it bo stored in tho hold of a ship or in freight cars with as much economy of space aud handling? All of these features must be weighed bo fore the new bale can become tho standard. 8pnnlflh Cruelty and Urutnllty. KKY WKST, FLA.. Feb. 2.-Tho fam ily of Rogero Cordivo, Cuban born, consisting of father, son and three daughters, ono of tho latter under 1(5, wero brutally killed at Guanabacoa, Friday night, undor revolting circum stances. Tho son, aged 19, had in curred tho enmity of tho officer of the patrol some days before by wearing a small button with the United States flag on it, and rofusing to take it oil* whon ordered. Tho patrol officer, I knocked him down, tearing the but ton off and injuring the lad severely. Tho father made a complaint to tho commanding officer but was thowu out of the office by soldiers. B'riday night tho patrol visited tho houso in tho city limits and after binding and gagging him, his wife and son, pro- ! ceeded to exorciso thogroatest indigni ties upon the helpless girls. They woro compelled to danoo beforo tho soldiers under throat of (loath to thoir father and mother if they refused. AJter several hours spent in carous ing, suddenly tho loador drew his machette and killed tho father. One soldior killed tho mothor and another shot the lad. Tho girls were then taken oil', thoir dead bodies being found next day half a mile from tho Spanish sentry lines hacked in a hor rible manner and showing evidences of brutal treatment. Tho bodies of tho others wero found in tho house, and the boy with his dy ing breath told the story in all its horrible details. Fron doveilla's officers, when told the story, laughed at it, saying with a shrug: "Only soldiers'- play-it was only Cubans." A Fut til Klglit. Rr AUTAN ?una, S. C., Feb. 2.-Par ticulars have reached hero of a bloody encounter this afternoon on tho lino between North and South Carolina six miles from Tryon,, On Saturday night Will Gunnels and Claudo Jen kins, two mountaineers, disagreed and eamo to blows. Gunnels got the worst of tho encounter and whilo no doadly woapons wore used ho was beat up considerably. Ho swore to have rovengo, so today bogot his brother, Joe Gunnels, and set out to find Jon kins. Tho three mon met on a lono ly mountain road and immediately thoy bogan tho difficulty anew. Ono of tho Gunnels brothors dealt Jenkins a terriffic blow, which almost stag gered him ; the othor out him soverely in two places and ho foll to his knees, Whilo in this position Jenkins suc ceeded in drawing his pistol and killed both Gunnols on tho spot. It is not thought that donkins will recover from tho wounds he received. Will and Joo Gunnels wero both shot in tho head and diod almost instantly. lint Two Kaonpo. JACKSON VI LI.M, 'Fla., Fob, 3. Captain Fo/.zard and tho mato of tho schooner Risoayno, whioh was wrecked Tuesday night near Sebastian, arrived in tho city to night. The threo soa mon constituting tho remainder of tho crow, wore drowned, refusing to f;ot in yawl boat becauso thoy thought t was unseaworthy. Sovoral passim - gora wero roportod drowned, but this tho captain denied, saying that ho had refused to tako thom aboard on leaving this port, tho weather being so stormy. Drown ni Her Ilnlio, WELLSVILLE, N. Y., Feb. 2.-Mark Ellsworth, 25 years of ago, and his wife, of Gonosoo, Pa., a village ton milos south of this placo, were jailed at Coudersport today, charged with drowning their two months-old baby. Whon cliavged with tho orlme. Mrs. Ellsworth oonfessed and implicated tho father. The mother says that cold and hunger drove her to the awful deed. ty A DEFICIENCY IMPENDING. Ooinptrollor Norton's Xdons How Moro . i i.miiiu r>?i?> MO ?Twoi?jr linmui.. OOLUMDIA, 8. 0., Feb. 8.-The Ways and Moans Committee of tho House, it is said, has not yet com menced On tho appropriation hill for tho year, awaiting the Comptroller General's report which is being print ed, having been received too late to havo it oa the dosks of mombers bo foro. This was owing tothoohango in tho flsoal y oar whioh proven ted tho roport hoing compelled until some timo after tho oloso of tho fiscal year the General Assombly meeting soon a flor. There has been moro or less talk for several months about a deficiency in the revenues and a consequent in crease in the tax levy. Gonoral Nor ton was asked about these matters yes terday and ho said there was no doll-, oienoy this year, but ho thinks that with tho present bans of ?.axation and tho assessment of property, which must stand for some time, there will bo a deficit of $150,000 to be mot in January, 1808. There eau be only $92,000 more from tho dispensary to go in tho goneral fund, and tnat counts for this years appropriation. The Stato treasury now lias cash on hand of about $500,000, the interest having been paid in January. The Legislature will have that much and a little moro now in process of collec tion, besides $15,000 in fees and tho $92,000 from tho dispensary, for ap propriation purposes. Tho estimated amount which it will take to run tho Stato g o vor n mont at present expendi tures is about $800,000, so it will be seen that unless somo provision is made other wno, tho next session will havo to faco a defloit about at tho fig ures statod hy Mr. Norton, $150.000. Tho Comptroller Gonoral has, how ovor, warned tho Logislaturo of tho impending crisis ana his porsonal bo liol is that, unless exponso3 are cut down, tho levy must ba about llvo mills, if not something over. Other wiso tho Stato will have to borrow money and gel on? too cash basis it is now on. Mr. Norton expressos Ibo opinion tha? there can bo a reduction of ex penses without detriment to tho pub lic sorvico, but oxactly what these aro ho will indicato to the committee, probably, when called on for informa tion. Ho suggests other wa3's, however, of raising additional revenuo which he thinks is just and fair. Ho believes that insurance companies could bo taxed ono and a quarter to ono and a half per cont, on their gross business in tho State, instead of paying taxes separately in each county as tlioy do now. This ' law has beou operated in other States and has proved accepta ble to the companies. He suggests, further, a graduated incomo tax on people doing business in tho Stato, winch business, however, is such as not to bo liable for taxation -such as tho Pullman cars operated in tho Stato. Anothor idea is lioenses for professional mon of other States who come in hero temporarily to do business in competition to native pro fessional mon who pay taxes. As an instance of this ho cited the case of a dentist from Marion who went on professional business in threo counties in North Carolina for a certain period. In oach of the counties ho had to pay a license, while a similar man from North Carolina can come into this I State and praotice for nothing. The1 lax department poems tb be hard for ono not versod in its intricates to un derstand, but after a talk of an hour with Comptroller General-Norton tho J above seems to be his ideas on the situation and tho remedy.-Roglstor. DoaporrMloeH Captured. BAMRERG, S. C., Feb. 4.-Nows has just reached hero from Briar Creek, a swampy, thinly settled portion of Barnwell county, about ten miles be low hero, of the capture of Carolina Davis, and his son, Kelly Davis, lead ers of a band of desperadoes that have infested that community for a num ber of years. Last Friday night Davis and his son entered the house of Mr. Thos. Rontz, a prosperous farmer of that section, and pillaged the houso, securing everything of value. Then going out into tho yard wont into tho ! meat house, stole seven sides of ba con . The next morning a searching party set out and succeeded in tracing tho robbers to thoir houso, whore a search disclosed a lot of stolon articles, such as watches, jewelry, razors, etc., also re covering tho articlos stolou from Mr. Rent/.. Kelley and his son wore ar ranged boforo a magistrate on Satur day and given a preliminary hearing and bound over to tho noxt session of court. Somo timo ago this band was, chased by the sherill' and posse, and a number of shots exchanged, resulting in the shooting down of one of tho robbors, and thoy finally escaping to tho swamps._ A Dogonornto Orooloy. Los ANGELES, CAL , Fob. 2.-*A dogonorato relativo of Horaco Greeley, tho great editor is now confined in the County jail, a confessed horse thief. Behind his capture is a story of wild, reckless riding by tho robber over snowclad mountains and tho dogged perseverance of Frank Griffith, depu ty constable of Handford, who plucki ly trailed tho gang for fivo weeks and arrested Young Greeloy this morning. Grooloy is about 25 years of age. Ho confessed the crime, but refuses to di vulge tlio identity of his partners. His fathor, who claims to bo a cousin of the editor, said his son had only re cently given indication that he was on tho wrong course. Fight Wltli llandlts. GUTHRIE, OKLA., Feb* 4.-Tho ro port was received hore this afternoon that about dark last night a gang of six or eight bandits attempted to rob tho government offices and general store at Sac and Fox agonoy and in tho battle which followed ono outlaw and three other mon wore killed, among tho dead boing Gen. Thomas, tho Indian agonf formorly at Atlanta, Ga. At Shawanco which is tho near est tolograph station to tho agency, tho samo roport is current, but no particu lars can bo obtained and the roports cannot bo verified. A Fool With a Gab? CHICAGO, Fob, 8.-Julia Sheehan, 17 yoars of ap o, was shot and killed last night by hor sweothoart, Joseph Cronin, who was handling a double barrel shotgun whioh ho diu not know was loaded. Ho snappod ono barrel at her and when sho urged him to put it down bo still.pointed it at her. Sho triod to push tho gun asido, when Cronin said: ''Lookout, I'm going to shoot." and pulled tho trigger tho sec ond timo. A heavy load of duok shot struok tho girl in tho abdomen. Cro nin is now nearly insano with grief. Starving Minora In Ohio. BELAIRE, 0., Feb. 4.-A committee of minors from tho Belmont ooal minos, this city, was out all day so liciting aid for tho families of men omployod at tho mino. Investigation shows Ibero aro ovf r fifty families at theso minus sulTorihgfov tho necessi ties of lifo and someYiotually starving. Tho minors havo n >t worked for four months. Thero ii muolt au (terina throughout tho dist ict and many ap peals for aid havo b on irecoivcd. ? I . ? . !v ? I r.ogfalfttuv? Darned Out? HAimisnuu?, Pa., Feb. a.-A. five, whioh started ia tho rooms of Lieu tenant Governor Lvmi KO??? !?!32? this morning swept "through thc an cient Capitol of Ponsylvania and within an hour and a half after the break! ug out of the flames, tho struc ture was in .ruins. The sonate and houso wero about to reconvene for their aftornoon session when tho first flames burst through the walls and tho law-makers were driven for their live to the open air. As far as known no ono was killed, but a number of people were in the building try ng to save f um iture and other effects when the dome fell in, and it is possible that some ono may bo buried undor the ruins.. Quito a number of people wore out and bruised or half smothered by smoke, but no ono was seriously hurt. The most.valuable of the stato and legislative records which wore in the building wore saved, but tho records and statistics of tho department of publio instruction, which included much valuable information bearing upon the public schools of tho state. were destroyed. The legislature will find a temporary homo tomorrow, the j senate m tho rooms of tho Supreme court and tho houso in the United States distriol court, in tho post office building and tho legislaturo will .at once ta Ice stops to have tho capitol rebuilt. The total loss is estimated at nearly a million of dollar*), on whioh thoro is an insurance of but $200,000. Tho origin of the fire is unknown. X? Thin Prosnorlty? CHICAGO, Feb. 2.-Twenty-five hun dred employees of the Illinois Steel Company, South Chicago, accepted sweeping reduction in wages yester day. Not a man from the president down was exempt from the reduction. Five ton and fifteen per cent was takon from each day's pay, but there was nothing more serious than 3rumbling and dark looks. Tho cut id not a licet members of the Amal gamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers. The announoomont of a cut was not bad news to all, however, for along with it tho company ex pressed its intontion of soon taking back a thousand men discharged a month ago. Theso mon have been suffering tho keenest poverty. In fact, many of them with their families havo been supported by charity work ers of South Chicago. By them the meseago from company was hailed with joy. .' nut loo l>ro vrilla. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3-Tho disous si?n of tho contested election case of G. W. Cornott vs. G. A. Swanson from tho Fifth district of Virginia oc cupied nearly the whole of the day's session of the houso, and by an over whelming vote Mr. Swanson's title to the seat was confirmed by tho house. ? The committeo on elections No. 8 re Eor ted that Swanson was entitled to old his seat; the minority. Messrs. Thomas, Walker and Overstreet, held that neither Cornott nor Swanson was entitled to tho seat. A Convonlout Invention. An Orangeburg farmer comes to the front with a new invention in the shape of a Lubricator for oiling vo lliefe wheels without taking thom off tho axle. It is inserted in the hub between two of the spokes. When you want to grease your wheel all you nave to do is to withdraw a plunger, whioh operates with a spring, and put os much oil as is needed on the axle? Upon being released tho spring closes up the oil hole until it is Opened for oiling up again. It is a very ingeni ous and clever device, and is bound to be used generally. With these lubri cators a vehicle can bo. oiled up any where along the road in less than, ono minuto. Tho patent for this valuable invention is owned by the National Lubricator Company of Orangeburg, S. O. Mr. Jas. L. Sims, Editor and Proprietor of tho Orangoburg Times and Democrat, is the manager of tho company, whioh is a guarantee that it is ail right. The company wants an agent in this covnty to sell tho Lubri cators. Soe advertisement in another column. Plnuoa by tho Milo. Soe Luddon and Bates' new ad vor tismont of ono thousand Mathushek pianos. Suppose them all loaded on to wagons in one grand procession, allow 15 font for each wagon and team and tho line would ba nearly three milos long. That is just the wholesale way this great southern houso docs business. Having acquired an interest in the noted Mathushek Piano factory, they ai'O now supply' ing purchasers direct and saving all intermediate profits. This means a saving of from $50 to $100 on each piano, and tho securing of one of tho oldest and most reliable instruments at a remarkably low figure. Bettor write them at Savannah, Ga., or at 98 Fifth Ave., Now York City. It la 8*id That of all tho diseases that affect ' mankind, diseases of the kidneys aro tho most dangerous and fatal. If this be so, how important it is that tho kidneys bo kept in a healthy condi tion . Tho use of Hilton's Life for tho Liver and Kidneys will do this. It is *ho "ounce of prevention" in thes troubles. Tho trustworthy cure for tho Whiskey, Opium, Morphine and Tobacco Habit), For further information address The Kooley Instituto, or Drawer 27, Columbia, S. O. SE li HERE? IS "YOUR LIVER ALL RIG IT? Aro your Kidneys lu n healt hy c<irMHt.Wra ? If so, Hilton's Lifo for tho laver a nd Kldnoys will koop them so. If not, Hilton's Lifo for tho li vor and Kidneys ?.will mnko thom so. A ?5c butilo will convince you of this fact. Taken regularly after moals lt Is an aUl to digestion, cures habitual constipation, and thus rot realms and oleara both body and mind. BOLD WHOLK9AM6 BY rh? Murray Drug COLUMBIA. 0. C. hw tlf.- H. JiAKH, Charleston, 8, V. WANT A PARTNER IN EVERY TOWN. Postmastors, Railroad Agonts, Cobera; (?rd Kiupn-.s, Clerks, Ministers, or any other person, lady ?r gnntlnmau, who o an devoto a Utttoor ntl ot their timo to our Imslooss. Wo do not want auy money In nd vaneo, and pty largo commissions to those who work for as. Wo have tho bea ; B'amily Medicines on oarth, and can pro duce lots of testimonials from oar homo pooplo. Send for blank application and oiroular. Add coas BRAZILIAN MKDIOINB CO., 844 Broadway, Auf sta, ya "MATHUSHEK"-Tho Plano for a.Lifetime. When other Factories Were closed thc great MATHUSHItK Plano Factory held its skilled mechanic;! and oxperts, and now has au im mense stock ofi Pianos on hand. LUDDEN Ct BATES, Interested in DUR Factory, now ofTor thia groot stock nt $50 to 8100loss flinn former prices. No strictly High Orado Plano ever Hold so low? ONE PROFIT from Factory to Consumer. Greater Inducements than ovor lnsllght ly used IMIUIOH and Organo-many ns food a? now-sold nuder guarantee. rfitoatStylea. ElogantCoses. Also Mew STEINWAY Pianos, Mason & Hamlin Organs. Wrlto for Factory l'rlcca nnd IlargQln Data. LUDDEN & BATES, SAVANNAH, GA. AU Sheet Muslo Ono-II?lf Price. Machinery 1 AND Supplies; ifingtcos, Bollol BJ Baw Mills, Corn ^?j?ls," Whoat Mills, Planers, Briely Machinen, Mouldors, Gang Kdgora, And a'l hinda ot Wood W orking M$, ohluery. No ono lu tho South can offer you higher gride goads, or at lowor prices. Talbott, LlddoU and Watertown Bngtaes. Wo aro only a few hours ride from ycu, Wrlto for prices. ILight, Yarlablo Feel Plantation Saw Mills a Specialty. V, Oo Badham, General Agent, COLUMBIA, 8, C. Advice to Mothers. We take pleasure In calling your attea Hon to a remedy so long needed in carry ing children safely through the orltieal stago of toothing. It ls' an Incalculable blessing to mo th or and child. If you aro disturbed at night with a sick, fretful, teething ohlld, use Pitta* Carminative, lt will give Instant relief, and regulate the bowols, and make teething sate and o*ay. It will cure Dysentery aud Diarrhoea, ; Pitts Carminative ls an Instant rollef for oello ot Infanta. It will prorao'wo digestion, give tono and energy to tho stomach and bowols. .The sick, .puny, sufforl?g child will soon become the fat and frolicking Joy of tho household. It ls very ploAB&ut to the taste and only cost 25 couta per bo Uto. Sold by dmggtsts and by 'Him MURRAY PRW UO., Oolumhlm B. a ENGINES, ' SAW MILLS, GRISTMILLS, ATJ FACTORY EiW.. PREVEN, OOMXMBXA^B.O.i Atti?HTS WAHTIGU) In each county in South Oarollua to Introduce a LUB1UOATOR for oiling voldolo whools without re moving tho wheel front tho axle. It ; ia a rcoont South Carolina inven tion, and will soU vapidly, aa it is a tory oonvonlont device, KxoW'j ?ive territory given to tho right.j man, For particulars addresa,, NATIONAL tUBRIu?TQR COMPANY, 3 LOCK MOJ? NO. 411, OUANaKMJHG, S. 0.