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Afterglow A flor tho sun'8 laat ray Has loft tho mountain croat, Taking tho golden day To lauda of tho vatting West; Aftor tho darkness falls Swift on tho parting hour Aftor tho night enthralls Vlno-laood, lano aud towor, Uko llushoH of early dawn With roso tints permeate, Up from tho glory gono, ' Springs glory ro-oroato, Over tho realms of cloud, Ovor tho earth below, And night hold? baok her shroud, In tho splendor, of afterglow. Aftor tho light of lovo Fados in hopoloss night, A glory from nbovo jHiU tho heart with aftor light And vrhon a llfo's bright ray Leavolh its loved in woe, Tho hoarts lt Jovod Hud day In its boautiful aftorglow. TALMAGES SERMON Bi- Talmage'? Discourse on .God s Way of Doing. In this disooureo Or, Taltnago raiBCB high oxpootations of tho day when that whioh is now only dimly econ will bo fully rovoalcd toxt, Job xxvi, 14: "Lo, thoaoaro parta of his ways. But how lit i lo a portion ia hoard of him? But tho thunder of bis powor who oan understand?" Tho least understood being in the uni? I vorao is God. Blasphemous would bo any attempt by painting or sculpture to ropro sont him. Egyptian hieroglyph ios tried to suggest him by putting tho figuro of aa oyo upon a sword, implying that (Jod BOOB and j vuleu, but how imporfeot tho suggestion I When wo spoak of him, it is almost always in language figurativo. Ifo is "Light" or "Dayspring From on High," or he is a "High Towor or tho "Fountain of Living Wators " Ills Bplondor is so groat that no man oan soo him alivo. When tho group of groat theo logians nssomblod lu Wostminstor ahboy for tho pur poso of making a system of religious belief, they first of all wanted an answor to tho quoBtion, "Who is God?'' No ono do sired to undertako tho answering of that overmastering question. They finally oon ohtded to give tho task to tho youngest man in tho assembly, who hoppouod to Ito Hov George Gillosplo. Ho oonsentcd to under take it ou tho oondition tual tkoy would first undo with him in prayer for div i ie direc tion. Ho bogan his prayor by saying, "O God, thou art a spirit, infinito, eternal and unchangeable io thy being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness and truth." That first sontonco of Gillospio's prayor was unani mously adopted by tho aosombly as tho best definition of God. But, after all, it was only a partial success, and aftor everything that language oan do when put to tho utmost strain aud all wo can soo of God in tho natural world and roalizo of God in tho providential world wo aro forced to cry out with Job in my toxt: "Lo, these aro paris of his ways. But how Millo a portion is hoard of him? But tho thundor of Iiis power who can under stand?" Archbishop Tillotson and Dr. Diok and Timothy Dwight and Jonathan Fd warda of tho pvstand tho mightiest theologians of this young oontury havo discoursed upon tho powor of God, the nltributo of omnipotence. And wo havo ult seen demonstrations of God's almightiness, lt might havo been far out at Boa whon in an equinoctial galo God show od what ho oould do with tho waters. It might havo been in nn August thunderstorm in tho mountains whon God showed what ho could do with tho lightnings, lt might havo been in South America when God. chowed what ho oould do with tho earthquakes. It might h?vo boen among tho Alps when dod showod what ho oould do with tho avalanches. Our oheck was blanohed, our breath stopped, our pulses Muttered, ouv whole bo lng was terrorized, but wo had seen only an instance of divine strongth, What was the powor of that storm compared with tho power whioh holds all tho oceans? What was ' : tho power that shook thu hills oom pared with tho powor that B tringa tho oar th through all tho cont aries and for ?,U?0 years and in a formative and incomplet o shapo for hun drods of thousands of yoarb? Whnt is that powor that sustains our world compared willi tho pOWOr Whioh rolls through immensity tho entiro solar system and all tho constell ations and galaxies and tho univor?t? Tho mightiost iutolloot of man would give way if for a moment, thoro carno upon it th? full appreotation of what omnipotence io. What you and I soe and hear of divine strength are only "parts of his ways. But how littlo a portion is heard of him! But tho thund r of his powor who can understand? ' Wo try to satisfy ourselves willi saying, "It ls natural law thatoontrolB things, gravi tation is at work, centripetal and centrifugal forces respond lo oaoh other." But whatls natural law? It is only God's way of doing things. At every point in tho universe il is God's dircot and continuous power that con trols and harmoniza and sustains. That powor withdrawn ono instant would mako tho plonotnry syBlom and all iho worlds which astronomy rovoals ono universal wreck, borcft hemispheres, dismantled sun set!, dead constellations, debris of worlds. What powor it must bo that koopB tho intor. nal fires of our world imprisoned-only hero and thoro spurting from a Cotopaxi, or a Stromboli, or from a Vesuvius, putting Pom peii and Horoulanoum into sopulohor, but for tho moat part tho intornal fires chaiuod in thoir cages of rook, and century afior con tury unablo to break tho ohain or burBt opon the doorl What powor to koop tho com ponent uart s of the air in right proportion, BO that all around tho world tho nations may breathe ia hoalth, tho frosts and tho hoats hindorod from working universal domolltionl Powor, as Isaiah says, "to take up tho isles ns u vory littlo thing," Coylon and Born?o and Hawaii as though they wero 1 pobblcs; power to woigh the "mountains in acalco" and the hills in balances"-Tonorifo and tho Cordilleras. To movo a rook wo must havo lovor and sorow and great maoMnory, but God moves tho world with nothing but a word; powor to oroato worlds and powor to destroy thom, ns from tho observatorios again and again they havo boon soon red with llamo, thon palo with ashes and then scattered, What is that powor lo us? asks somo one. It is ovory thing to us. With him on our sido, the rooonoilod God, tho sympathotio God, tho omnipotent God, wo may defy all human and satanio antagonisms, And when wo oro shut in by obstados wo can say as did ono of Froblshor'B men when tho sailor was doaorib lng how thoir ship was surrounded by ioo borgs in Arotlo soa, "Tho ico was strong, but God was strongor than tho ico," and what ever opposition wo may havo our God is wlghtof than tho opposition. All right willi God we may havo tho ojurago of tho gonoral dying on tho batllofiold. Ho asked to bo turned, and whon they said, "Which way shall we turn you?" ho said, "Turn my faoo toward tho.onomy." What a ohallcngo that was uttered by tho old missionary hero. "If God bo for us, who can bo against us?" God is tho only being in tho universe who has power to do as pleases. All human and angollo foroes havo onvironmonto. Thero aro things they oannot do; heights thoy oan not Boaio; depths thoy oannot fathom. Whatever their might and velocities they aro sorvants of omnipotoneo, whioh has no limitation, no hindormont and no insur mountable obstado. Martin Luther asked a Saxon peasant to recito tho creed, and tho poaiant began, "I boliovolnGod, tho Father, Almighty." "Stop," said Luthor. "What ia Almighty?" "1 do not know," roplicd tho peasant. Thon Luthor said: "Von aro right, my dear follow. Ncithorl nor all tho loarmv? mon oan toll what ?B omnipotonoo." liuman power, however great, tires and must roBt, but omnipotoneo novcr wearie?, and a quadrillion of yoars from now will bo j as fresh as at this moment. We got somo littlo idea of tho divino powor when wo see how it buries Iho proudest cities and nations. Andont Memphis it has ground up until many of itu IUIBB aro no largor than your thumb nail and you can hardly Qnd a souvenir largo enough to re mind you of your visit. Til ? oily of Tyro is under tho sea whioh washes tho shore, on whioh aro only a fowonimbllng pillars left. Sodom and Gomorrah aro covered by w ito-? so doathful that not a fish can live in them. Babylon and Nineveh are so blottod out of oxiatonoo thai not ono unlojurod ohaf. of (heir anolont np endor romains. Nothing but omnipotence could havo put them down and put thom under. Tho antediluvian world was alda to scad to tho postdiluvian world only ono ihlp willi a vory small pas senger liut. Omnipotence lint rullod tho over thc lr?'.id and then told them Jo gc baok to thoir usual ohnunols ns rivoia aud lakos and oooans At omnipotent command tho waiora pouuoiog upon their prey, and nt omniyotont ooniniaud ullnking back into thoir appropriate places. By auoh rehearsal wo Ivy to arouao our opprcoiation of what omulpotouoo ia, and ourrovorouoo ia exoil od, aud our adoration ia inloueiticd, but nftor all wo Hud ouvaolvoa at tho foot of a moun tain wo cannot climb, hovering ovor a dopth wo oanuol fathom, at tho rim of n circum ference wo cannot compass, aud wo fool liko drat going down on our kuoos nod thou fall ing fl it upon our facoi aa wo oxolaim: "Lo, thcao aro parle of bia ways, Bul how littlo a portion ia hoard of him? But tho thunder of hlH powor who eau understand? Bo all thoso who h wo put togothor aye (ema of thoology havo disoourad also about the wisdom of Ood. Think of n wiadom whioh can know tho cud from thobogiuuiug, that knows tho thirtieth century ns well as tho tiret omlury Wo o?u guoaB what will happen, hut it is only a OUOBH. Think of a mind that can hold all tho past and all tho prcsontaud all tho future! Wo can contrive and invent on a .small eoalo, bul think of a wisdom that could oontrivo a universe! Think of a wiadom that eau learn nothing now, a wisdom that nothing oau purpriao, all tho facta, Heenes and ooourrcnecs of all timo to como aa plainly boforo it as though tho? had already transpired! Ho cou d have built all tko material universo into ono world and swung it aglorioua uinaa through immensity, but bohold bia wiadom in (livid iug up tho grandeurs into innumorablo worlda, rolling aplondoraon all sidos, diver sity amplitude; majesty, infinity! Irorlde! Worlds! Moving in completo order, shiuiug with comploto radinnoo. Mightiest tolc soor>o on ono hand aud most po worful mioro Boopo on tho other, discovering in tho plau of God not ono imperfection. What' but di vino wisdom could havo plannod a human race and boforo itstartod build tor it a world liko this; pouring waiora to Bl?ko human thirst und giving soils capacity to produce siioh food and lilting euoh a oanopy of olouda ombroidorod with auoh sunlight and sur rounding tho world with such woniora that all tho soicntiats of tho agca havo only bo gun lo unroll them? Wiadom in maguiludo aud in atom, in archangel ?nd in mollusk. Think of a wisdom that waa ablo to form without any suggestion or any modol to work by tho ojo, tho car, tho hand, tho foot, tho vooal organ*! No wonder that Galen, tho most ot lebrated of mcdioil authors among tho ancients, foll on hi* knees at tho over whelming wisdom of God in tho constitution of tho human (ramo. Our libraries aro fillod with tho wisdom of tho great thinkors of all timo. Havo you considered tho far superior wisdom which fashioned tho brain for all thOBO thoughts of tho Infinito Mind that built thoso intclleolfc? But it is only (he millionth part of that wisdom (hat haa c?melo morlal approoialion. Closo noxtto ovory disooYoiy ian wonder that baa not boen disoovored. Wo seo only ono speoimon among 10,000 speoimoDS. What wo know is ovorwliolmod hy what wo do not kuow. What tho botanist knows about tho (lowor is nol moro wondorful (han (ho (hinga ho doca not know about thc flower. What tho geolog ist knows about tho rooka ?B not moro amaz ing than tho things whioh ho doos not know about thom. Tho worlda thal havo boon counted are only a small rcgimout of Ibo urinion of light, tho boals of heaven, vb ich havo ncvor passed in roviow boforo mortal vision. What a God wo have! We havo all beon painfully reminded in our own experiences (hat wo oinnot bo in two places at tho aamo time, and yet hero comes Iho thought thal God eau bo iu all places at (ho samo timo. M adler-, tho as tronomer, went on wilh his explorations un til ho concluded that (ho star Alcyone, ono of (ho Pleiades, was Ibo coutor of tho uni verse, and it Vf aa nrixod world, and all tho oilier wor'ds rovolved around that world, and M>me (bink(hat thu*, world is heaven and God's ihrouo is thoro, and thoro resido (he nation;) of the bleat. Butho is not no moro (hore than ho is boro Indeed. Alcyone has boon found to bo in motion, and it abo ia revolving around somo groat editor. Bul no plaoe has jot hoon found whoro God ia not present by Hisfaining powor. Omnipres ence! Who fully nppiooia'eo il? Not 1. Not you. Sometimes wo beni* him in n whisper. Sometimes wo hoar him in (ho volco of tho storm lim. .?ara (ho Adirondacks. But wc oin not swim across (bit oceau. Tho, finite cinnot measure thc infinite. Wo fool ns Job did after finding God in (ho gold mines and (he silver minos of Asia, saying, I "There is a vein for Ibo silver and a plaoo for thc gold where they lino it." Aod aft? r exploring tho heit/oas as an aslronomor and finding God in distant worlds and becoming acquainted with Orion and Mazziroth and A rel uni? and noticing tho lides of the scathe inspired poet expresses hiB inoapnoily to un derstand such evidences of wisdom and says: "Lo, these aro paris ot his ways. But how lillie a portion is heard of bim? But (bo (bunder of his powor who can understand?" Ho every system of thoology has attempted (o describo and do lino tho diyiuo attribute, of lovo. Kftsy enough is it to define fatherly love, motherly lovo, oonjugal love, fratornnl lovo and love of country, but tho love of God deben all vocabulary. For many hundreds of years poets haye tried to sing it and pain ters havo triod to skcloh it and ministers of tho gospel lo preach it and martyrs in Ibo firo and Christians on their deathbeds have extolled it, and wo can loll what it is Uko, butno Ohe hat yoi fully told what it ia. Mon speak of tho love of God as though it were lirai felt between Ibo pointing of tho Bethle hem star and (ho pounding of Ibo crucifixion hammer. But not Long before that ex isted ibo love of God. Tho nature of God never ohnnges, and from all eternity that holy passion glowed in (lie Infinito, and I think ho was (browing out worlds into space and inhabiting thora and moro worlds for (ho npplioation of (bat lovo. Ho may not havo told tho o(hor worlds what he did for this world, ns ho has not told us what ho did for thom I think (ho love of God was demonstrated in mightier worlds boforo our Hide woildwas filled up for human residence. Will a man owning 60,000 acres of land put all tho cultivation on a half acre? Will God make a million worlda and pul his ohiof nfl'cotion on ono small planet? Aro tho other worlds and largor wot Ida standing vaoant, uninhabited, while thia littlo world is crowded with inha bitants? No, it takes a universe of worlds lo expresa tho lovo of God. And Ibero aro other ransoms and othor rotoues and other redemptions, ns lhere may bo othor mlllon niiima and other resurrection mornings and judgment days (han thoso of our world. But in tho apaoo of ?Ix foot by fivo waB oompriaed (ho mightiest ovidonco of God's lovo that any world over saw or over will seo. Comprcssod on two planks joined together as a oroaa. Thero waaouough agony thoro concentered, If dis tributed, io put wholo nations into torturo. Thal God allowed tho assassination of bia own Son for tho reson? of our w ?rid ?B all tho ovidenoo noodod (hat ho loved tho world. Go ahead, 0 churoh of God! Go ahead, 0 world, and to 1 as well as you can what tho lovo of God is, but know beforehand that Paul was r ght whon ho said, "It passoth knowledge" Lot othor p<ota tako up tho stooy of God's lovo whoro William Cowpor and Isaac Watts and Charlos Woaley aud Horatius Bonar left it, and lot othor paintora improvo upon tho "Sistine Madonna," and tho "Adoration of tho Magi," and tho ? Cru cifixion" as llaphaol and'fillan and Ciando and Correggio presented thom. Lot the Gor man pulpit orator lako up tho theme of God's lovo whoro Frodoriok Tholnok loft it-, lot Italian pulpitlako it up whoro Gavnzzi loft i'? lot Fronoh pulpit orator lako up tho tborno whoro Bourdolouo loft il; lot the Swiss pulpit orator tako up (bo thomo whoro Merlo d'Aublgno left il; lot tho English pulpit tako lt up whoro Goorgo Whitoflold loft it; lol tho Hcotoh pulpit take it up whoro Dr. Oandlish loft il; lot tho Wolsh pulpit tako it up whoro Christmas livans loft it, and lot American pulpit tako it up whoro Arohlbald Alexan der and Ur. Kirk and Matthew" Simpson loft it. But tho wotld will never nppvoolalo fully tho lovo of G id until thoy hoar from bia own lips tho outburst ofhis Infinito and ovorlnafing nfl'cotion. Only glimpses of God havo wo in thlo world, but what an hour it will bo when wo first soo bim, *nd wo will havo no moro fright than I fool when 1 now soo you. It will not bo with morlal oyo that we will bohold him, but with tho vision of a oloanecd, forgivon and porfected spirit. Of all t ibo quintillion agio of otorully to U" tho mont thrilling hour will ho tho drat hourn whoii wo mcot him aa ho ia. This m?y uooount for something you havo all seen and may not huvo undorRood Have you uot no Hood how that aflir death tho old Christian lookHjouug ng?iu or tho feat?ros resumo tho L.t. "?IX? '!.??..-"_" _O nu.. mviv Vi *-\J vi vv J unto uvlvlvi luv TTvtMlllVDU is ?ono out of tho fnoo; thoro ia soniolhlng etrikiugly rostful aud plaoid; thcro is a pleasod look whoro hoforo thoro was a dla turbod look. What has wrought tho ohaugc? 1 thluk tho dying Christina saw Q )d. At tho moment tho soul loft tho body what thoBOul eaw loft it? impression on tho oountouanoo. 1 think that is what gave that old Christian faoo aft or dent h tho radiant and triumphant look. Tho bestormod spirit has rcaohod tho harbor; Ibo hard bnttlo of lifo is oudod in vio toiy. Tho body took that look tho moment houvon hogan, and tho ourtniu was oomploto ly lille 1 n ml tho glorios of Jehovah's preseuoo rushoi upon tho soul. Tho dopartiug spirit loft on tho old man's I'ACO a glad good by, aud that first look gavo tho plonsod curve to tho dyiug lip aad smoothed out the wrinkles and touohednll tho llnoamonts with an indescrib able rn Banoo. As no ono olso explains that hnprovod and gladdoued post mortom look, 1 try to oxplalu it, sayiug: "Ho saw Clod!-' "Shosaw Clod! ' Liai ?ummor wo journeyed thousands of milos to soo tho midnight sun from North Capo, Norway. Wo stood on dtok luthoarotio soas, our watches iu our hands, and it was olevou o'olook at night, but light as an ordinary noonday. Thon it was hivlf past cloven o'clock ut night, thou il was 16 minulcH of 12, but a long, wido, thiok cloud hung ovor tho suu. Are wo to bo disappointed ns thousands havo boon and tho journey boro a failure? Ton minutes of 12, aud tho sun is still biddon. But about five minutes of 12 tho aloud lift od, and tho mid night tun, tho most voudrons spcolaclo of all tho oarlh, uppoaro 1, pouring forth a reful gence that turnad tho arotio Boa into 20 milos of pouria and i ubica nad diamonds and om ornlds aad i vorpoworiag us willi a glory thal left U3 willi bod/ all a-tromblo, aid a mind full of all coslusy, aad a soul full of all wor ship. Thunk Uod wo saw it-tho midnight sue. So with that departing Chi titian soul-, tho voyago of lifo has boon ong and rou?h nud tempostuoue; ohilling sorrow? havo again and sgaiu snowed down upon him, and it is nu nrotio sen. Many olouda havo Oiled the sky. Ilia approaching 12 o'olook, and tho oloso of lifo's day. Friendo mimd arouud and count tho parting moments. Tho dook strikes 12, aud God broako through tho olouda and shines upon tho foaturoa of tho doparling saint until they aro transfigured with tho glorios of tho Sun of Righteousness. That is whit has so changed tho features of tho old mau. It is thc shiuing of tho Mid .light Sun. FOURTEEN PEOPLE E?LLED By an Explosion of Fire Works at Patterson, N. J. Pourtcon peoplo aro boliovod to havo boon killed and a number injurod Fri day as a ro&ult of tho firo following an oxplo&ion among a quantity of fircworka in tho storo of Abraham M. llittonburg, at Pattcraou, N. J. Tho Btoro waa on tho ground floor of a tenement building. Tho oxuso of tho explosion is not known and tho property IOSB will not oxooed $35,000. Tho explosion oooured shortly after noon and many of tho ocoupnntB of tho building wero out nt dionor. Tho building in which tho explosion ooour rod was a frnmo tonemont, four stories high with stores on tho ground floor. Tho middle storo was occupied by lt.it tenbuTg. Ton familios oooupiod tbo iUts in tho building. So great waa tho foroo of tho explo sion that a boy playing in tho ?trc.it halt' a block away was lifted from his foot and hurled against an iron fono. Ono of his leg* waB brokoa. A trolley oar was directly in front of tho build ing whon tho oxplosion ocourred. Tho burst of flnino blown out into tho street 80vTohod tho sides of tho oar and singed tho hair of tho passengers. A number ol' tboso who wero on tho upper ll jors ol' tho building whon tho explosion took placo wero either stuun od and burned to death or found osoapo out o? and wero suffooalod. After tho first oxploB'.oa thoro wero a series of H maller ones and thon oomo a scoond big explodion whivh was mulilod and deadened and probably ocourrcd in tho cellar. Every wiudow scorned lo bo emit ting (hm) within a minuto af tor tho first explosion. A woman, with her clothing on lira lonped out of ouo of tho windows and foll to tho yard bo low. Hor doad body was dragged out of reach of tho fUmos, but thc fljsh wa? roastod and dropping from tho bonoB. Sho later proved to bo MTB. Williams. Mrs. Williams' husband was a orip plo. His wifo is supposed to have ro maineel longor than sho oould with aafoty in an effort lo save him. Ho was found burned to a crisp on his bod. Sjnio of tho oooupauts of tho rooms dropped from tho windows and wero bruised; others hung from tho windows until tho firemen carno, aid 20 persono were taken down in this way through tho firo and smoke by tho firemen, while droppod into lifo nota. P/amol Dooloy, who was in tho yard when tho explosion took placo, s?w tho two ltittonburg ohildron in tho roar room and rushed into tho fUmos for them. Ho got ono of thom and carriod it out and triod togo back for tho other but tho room was then ono mass of firo and ho was too Into. Ho was badly scorched in rescuing iii o first child. While tho rescues were going on tho firemen woro fighting tho fiamos. Capt. Allon led with tho hoso lino in au eil ort to koop tho firo from tho upper floors, w he r J it was said many woro pinnod in. Tho mon had hardly takon thoir posi tions and bogun on tho sidowalk to throw wator into tho uppor floors, whon, without any warning, tho wholo uppor part of tho building abovo thom sagged outward and foll. Tho captain and two of his mon woro buriodundor tho blaz ing dobris. Ono of the mon is badly hurt. Tho building in winch tho ox plosion ooourrod was entirely destroy ed. .Kittenburg will probably bo arrostcd pouding an investigation. In tho dobris was found tho hoad of A man or a woman. Tho hair is burned iff and tho foaturos aro unrecognizable. Tho romaindor of tho body has not boon found. Tho bodioB takon out thus far aro al most unrooogn?z*blo and aro burnod and torn by tho tiro and tho collapse of tho timberi! of tho building. Ho Fooled Her, A woman in Chicago med for a divorce bacnuoo hor husband foolod hor by claiming that ho had a nprainod anklo whon ho hud a woodon log. She had tho profoundest sympathy with tho sprainod anklo and during tho courtship at his rcquoat would sit on tho other sido away from tho sprainod anklo, but sha has a nauseating contempt for tho wooden log and desires to out looso from 6uoh an imposition. Three Mon Killed. Thrio mon lost thoir lives and a dozon moro woro badly hurt by tho col lapBo of a railroad bridgo and wrook ing of a traiu on tho Dry Fork rail road, uoar Hordioko, W. Va. Thursday morning. Tho doad aro Wm. Bunker, maator moohAnio aged 50; W. C, (kawl, Aroman, And A laborer namod Morrison. 1 RESTORING CAPTURED FLAG. Dramatic Inoideut at tho Southern Industrial Convention. An imprcssivo foaluro of tho South ern Industrial Convention, hold last work in Philadelphia, was tho restora tion of a oapturcd Hag by a Fedorid officer to tho ohiof oity of South Cairo j. lin?, from whonoo it was takon in'-tnO' hu tor days of tho Confodoraoy, and whioh hal boon carefully kept M\? rolio of tho Into unpleasantness. Tho offioor is Qon. W. W. II Divis, of Doylostown, Pa , who wa^ formorly in command of tho Foi'oral foroos on Morris Island, and whilo thcro ia 1861 ono of tho signal flags of tho Gonfor orato ram "Ohioora" fell into his hands. Ho took advAQlago of tho opportunity at Philadelphia to eignalizo tho oooa ?iou by roturning tho flag to its right ful ownora, and it was grnoioudy w ooptcd on tho part of Charleston by ono of its dologatos, Dr. Kollook, whoso rosponso OYokod groat.npplauao and was worthy of thooooasiou. In pre sooting tho iUg whioh ho has ohor^had as ono of his most prioolos9 relios of hi J war oxpcrioiioo, Gon, Davis said: I . 'Tho duty devolving on mo, in eon nootion with tho ovoning funotion, is of tho most pleasing oharaotor, and tho pl of\ ?rn io i ?iii lian oed by r discharging it in this prosonoo. I am hero to ontrust to our Southero guosts a rolio of tho war betwoon tho Statos aod to doputo ono of tho t heir ino inborn to roturo it to tho City of Ohnrlostoo, S. ? , whoro it proporlv bolongs. Whon Ohavloston foll iuto tho hands of tho Fodoral force* on Fobruary 18, 1865. among tho spoils of war was tho signal flag of tho Coufodorato ram Ohioora. lt waB takon from tho looker of tho; voflsol by L:out. Wm ll Elliott, formorly of my command, and subsequently proBontod to mo. In Ibo montimo I dotoroiinod to rotura it to tho rightful owner if ho oould bo found, but it was novor dotto. Mr. Elliott buggostod wo toko nd vu ti to go of tho mooting of tho Southorn Industrial Convention in this oity.Jo I disohargo this linty. This mit my views and I am hero to-night for that purpose. To you, Dr. Kollook, I com mit thin symbol of tho nation's quarrol. and ask you to give to tho Mayor of Oharloaton to rnakn snob disposition its may sooin propor, and I hopo tho Hag may bo oared for in a mannor oom monsurato with tho oourngo that do fonded it ia tho si rifo of battle. Hap pily and wondoifully for both sidos that war has passed into history, nud our bruised nrms aro hung up for moiiu niODts and cliooourago and forboaranoo, and fortitude, tho suffering and tho toars that markod its progress havo crystallized tho nation into a moro per foot Union, Tho Union bassod on af footion, rcspoot and mutual good will, and tho Southern Industrial Conven tion assomblcd hero gives ovidonoathat both tho Noil h and tho South fully realizo that 'poaoo hath her viotuios no les* ronown?d than war.' If more wore wanting, lot us ono and all in this Uity of Brotherly Lova, founded in doods of poaoo by William Ponn, wherein tho immortal Declaration of Indspondonoo was mado and promulgated and tho Con stitution adopted, swear to retain our allegianoo to tho Union." In aeoopting tho (lig for Charleston Dr. Kollook said: "It would ao?m moro titting that somo battlc-soarrod votoran, nomo man who had borne it | proudly to victory or dofonded it in rotroat, somo ono, who had hoard tho, booming of cannon and bursting of ,v> all somo ono who bad ?bcd his tloac. "\n dofonoo of the o?u*p for whiotT's? mVuy gnvo thoir livos. should roooivo i' '-y most prc oious rolio from its gon o vous and chivalrous captor, lint thon those j mon aro rapidly marohing away novor to roturo, and already many havo crossed over tho river and aro rosting in tho shado of tho troos. Upon us, their sons, dovolvos tho duty to pre serve theeo rolioB of a oauso they hold no doar and to koop bright in our mem ories and thoso of oar children thoir glorious deeds. Ayo, goatlomon, of tho North ?nd South, ib is suoh doods as thoso that tond to softon tho feel ings of thc past and holp to oomont again tho aflootiohs of thoso brothors who differod, quarrclod and fought-as only tho bravo light-to tho bitter end. What memories this flag palls up from tho past, and what has booomo of tho bravo hands that boro it 'mid shot and sholl to victory or dofeat? Methinks 1 oan soo through smoko and fire thoso bravo mon in grey crouching behind thoir works of sand and logs, whilo from tho fiont in continuous stream oomo tho shot and sholl from tho Fed eral (lent, and again as thoy land, tho boys in tho blue, chargo bravely aoroas tho sands only to bo mowod down by tho ruthless live of tho besieged, and thus tho battlo wagos. Now for tho groy and now for tho blue, until liko tho mist boforo tho rising sun tho groy lino fados gradually away and is noon no moro. Thank God, gentlemen, that thoso days aro past, and lot us pray that nover again shall thoso brothors raiso thoir hands in angor against oao ?nothor, but that year by yoar and uay by day thoy shall moot as thoy do to day, for tho host intoto its of thia groat country and its pooplo. Fire at Greenville. Firo was discovered i a Deal's bakory, locatod in ono of M. C. Phcrsons' throe story buildings, on Main Biroo, Green ville, S. C. at 12.15 o'olook Wodnesday morning. It aproad rapidly to M. 0. Phorsons' two adjoining throo-story buildings, and at 8 o'olook tho flamea throatoncd tho entire city. Tho I i oat Ho building, a largo throo story struoturo on tho oornor of Mam and Washington stroots, tho largest, most modorn struoturo in tho oity, next onught, and was a total loss. Thia building was occupied on tho first floor by throe luminous houses, aooond floor oflioos, third floor hall. It waa valued at $20,000, insuranoo $15,000. Tho throo adjoining stores first niontionod wero valuod at $8,000, insurance $1, 000 Tho firo was oxtinguishod at ton o'olook Tuesday morning. Tho following is a list of losers: Smith & Bristow $8,000, insuranoo $6,000. Avory Patton $5 000. W. It. Hal* $8,000, no insuranoo. J. S. Deal, bakor, $500. J. F. Bruns, jowolor, $20,000, in suranoo $6,000. ltoynolda & E?rie, druggists, $4,000, insuranoo $3,000. Payno's boor disponsary $800. Bowmann's restaurant $500, fully insurod. _ Killed by Lightning. A vory sad aooidont ooourrod five miles from Andorson Thursday. During tho hoavy thunderstorm that was raging that aftornoon Mr. John Hall, Jr,, whilo returning on horsobnok to his homo, was struck and instantly killed by ligtning. Bolh horse and rider woro killed. Mr. Hall was 25 yo MM of ago, a inombor of a prominent family in tho K,nt Book neighborhood. Holoavos a wife and two littlo children. I ATTEMPTS HIS LIFE. Enonpod Convict Captured Who is V/antod in Alabama for Rape A spooial to tho Stato from Spartan burg says: On Sunday a negro namod John Wilson', alias John Brown, an ??. oapod oonviot sont up from sessions oouvt in this oounty ?boutono yoar ago, and who osoapod from tho nutboritios At tho Hiato ponitoutiary, was oapturod at Wollford and lodgod iu thc <.'ounty jail. Ho wm sont up from hero on tho ohargo of assault with intont to rape. Ho tundo himeolf notoriously obnoxious in tho oity prior to his Gist airest and waa a dAngorous monaco to sooioty. Ho nerved about a month in tho poni toutiary aid mado his es upe, Sinoo thon tho authorities havo ben on tho lookout for him. On or about May 7, at Springville, Ala , A littlo white girl namod Dolla Garrot; about 13 years of ago, whoso peoplo aro highly rtspcotod in that town was fiendishly and oriminally Assaultod whilo on hor way from sohool. She was dragged several hundred yards from tho publio highway and into a deep woodland, whoro tho brute aoooinp?Bhod his purposo tin o and again. This oriroo aroused tho pooplo of Springville to great oxoitoment and indignation, and ovory possible mensuro and stop was takon to soouro tho villiao, who raado good his osoapo. A reward of $500 was olferod. It so happened that at tho timo of this ooourrcnoo in Springville, Ala., John Wilson, under tho assumed naroo of Brown, was working there, hid lng from tho ofiioors of tho law in this State. It was known that tho littlo girl's assailant was a negro, and tho do I soription sont out ovorywhero of him answered to A dot to Wilson, ovon te two soars on hin faoo. Ho had also writton to bia wifo from Springville to Wollford, whoro sho lives. A plan was laid for tho capturo of Wilson by Mr. Mooro of Tuoapau Mills, and it workod suooosafully. Ho was lodgod in jul Sunday, and as ho boro out so minuto ly tho dosoription of tho rapist in Springville, Ala., tho Authorities thoro ! wore notitlod to oomo and got tho sooun drol and pay tho reward, which would go to Messrs, Mooro and a Mr. Roberts of Woli ord. TuoBdAy John Wihon wai informed of tho fact that ho waa to bo ea mod to Springville, Ala., where ho was badly wanted. Ho had littlo oommont to mako, but his goneral boaring was that of a guilty mau if appearances count for aught. Last night at midnight Deputy Shor iff White was in tho jiil who * tho prisonors woro oonfiood and s kW Wilton ,in his ooll. Ho was in good s pilks. This morning ho was discovered lying on his cot, blooding profusoly from an ugly wound in tho throat. Ho had brokon a half pint whitkoy bottlo which had boon loft in tho ooll by sumo prison or to drink wator out of, had mado a orudo woapon nnd attempted to tako his own lifo. lu thia ho wa? vory near ly suooossful, aa his wound oxtonds four inohos and his wind pipo is badly gash ed. In tho ooll two lottora woro found, ono addrcssod to his wifo at Wollford and ano tb er to his fathor in tho ooun try. In oaoh lottor ho stated that bo vo?ld rathor dio thangobaok to Spring ville, Ala. Ho bittorly upbraided his wifo anointing hor of infidelity and steting that sho was tho causo of his ho ing oapturod. In these totters ho did not aoknonlodgo his puilt. Tho Spring ville authorities luv o bson notified, and aro loekod for to como aftor Wilson. WEATHER AND CROP REPORT Director Bauer's 8umniaiv for the Past Week Below is givon tho .wockly bullotin of tho oondition o? thowoathor and crops issued Tuesday by Direotor Bauer of tho South Carolina section of tho cli mate and crop eorvioo of tho United Staten weather bureau: Tho wookx3uding Monday, Juno 17th, avoragod only slightly ooolor than usual, with a maximum of 91 at Batos burg on tho 11th, and a minimum of GI at Groonvilio and Spartanburg on tho 10th. Tnoro was a decided and harm ful dofioinoy in sunshine. Gonoral and hoavy rains prevailed from tho 13th to thooloEO of tho week, with amounts varying fro aa two to over six inohos, and avoraging 3.40 for tho Stato, whioh is noarly equal to tho nor mal Juno precipitation. Bottoms woro fioodod, hilhidoB washed, bridges ou* riod away, and lands gonor&Uy havo booomo boggy, ar.d wtro unfit for cul tivation oxoept from two to throo days carly in tho week. All filed crops have boon injured by thia exoossivo moisture, want ot' propor cultivation and lack of sunshine, and fields havo tooomo foul with grass and woods ovor tho on tiro Stato. All ootton has not hoon chopped ou*, and many holds aro lousy, And foul with grass, so that thoro aro numorous re porta of abandoning them, while in a few looalities soino alroady hayo boen ploughod under and planted to oom, Tho plants continue small, and aro yellowing. In Marlboro oounty, and in tho soa island distriota, thoro is somo improvement noted; olsowhoro, gonoral dotorioration. On sandy lands tho plants aro dying to somo oxtont from wotnoss. . Corn has mado slow growth, but on tho uplands of tho westorn half of tho Stato retains ita healthy oolor. Bottom land oom waa washed away, and will havo to bo roplantod, somo for tho fourth timo. In tho oastorn sections, oom looks yollow, and is tasBollinglow, and hos roooivod pormonont injury, whilo ovor tho Stato it ia in nocd of work And sunshine. Tho hoAvy rains, And worms, in pl?oo?, have damagod tobaooo; And in Marlboro oounty only is Any improve ment notod. Caterpillars havo rnado thoir Appoaranooon rico in Col loton. In tho G?orgotown distriots tho freshets aro only now subsiding loaving tho lands in poor oondition for either culti vation or planting. In tho lowor dis tricts, and on uplands, rico is excel loni. Wheat And oats aro noarly liArvoatod, except in tho oxtromo western portions, whoro whoat is ovor iipo And falling to tho ground, rains preventing harvest ing. Muoh grain was damagod in tho shook by tho heavy raino. Vory li ti lc haa boon bousod or thrashed. Early poaches aro rottning; apple? are drop ping; grapes vory promising; truok and gardons sro fiao; mellon? poor and book work. Tho orop prospoota Aro dooidodly un favorable at thia timo. Not Allowod in Town. Doputy Unitod Statoa MarshAl Sisson WAS oalold to Glonooo on tho iOaotorn Oklahoma roilrood Thursday aftornoon by A raoo difficulty at that plaoo. Tho Unitod Stato? marshals woro notifiod Thursday morning by tho Santa Fo authorities that tho oitlzons of Glonooo bad throAtonod to uso foroo to run out A gang of forty colored mon employed to Wiso tho grade At that point. Tho ol|izsna of Glonooo havo AS A rule al lowed no oolorod man to visit or live in that village. fjOTJLDN'X HAPPEN IN THIS STATE I A Louisiana Bridegroom Forgot the Marriage Liconao "I was ono of 1,500 i>croons who wit nessed what wo ail thought WAH a wed diug in a fashionablo ehuroh a fow wooka ago," romaakod a gontiouian Tuesday, and it was' cyidont from tho way ho started out that ho had a story to toll. "It waa ono of tho principal oVroh woddings of May, and noarly all sooioty wan gatborod in that ohuroh. Tho brido hod boon vory pop ular in Now Orloans sooioty, and tho groom was ono of tho host known of tho suooossful youngor business mon in tho oity. Thcro was a matron of honor, ?cvcral bridoBmaids, fbwor bcarora, groomsmen and ushers, music and all that sort of thiug, and many pooplo went to tho ohuroh simply to BOO tho fr?h that wove to bo put to tho old ceremony of giving and taking in marriage Tho groom's brother was bia boat man, and ho was as proud as was bia principal-until after tho wodding. No, ho did not forgot to pass tho ring to tho bridgcroom. "Aftor tho final vows woro oxobang cd and tho minist or had pronoun o jd tho young oouplo man and wife, wo in tho front acata notiood tho minister whispering to tho bridegroom, and tho look of worry and annoyanoo that oamo over tho faoo of tho nun who 'should havo beon to happy. Wo won doted what tho mysterious whispering meant, but wo woro not enlightened. As tho minister turned away tho groom gavo his arm to tho brido, tho organ pealod out Mendelssohn's joyful wod ding march, but tho groom did not scorn vory joyous, and a fow of ua lator discovered why and tho reason for tho whisporod conversation bot wcon tho minister and tho bridegroom in tho ohanool. "After pronouuoing them man and wifo, tho minister whispered to tho man that in roality ho and his brido woro not married; that no lioonso had boon obtained, and that tho reason why tho minister had followed tho ri tual was that no soandal might bo oroatod. Tho best man had boon in iruBtcd with ail ibo commissions ap pertaining to tho wodding, and ho had forgotton tho most important item of all, tho marriage Hocus j. Tho ministor know that at that timo of night thoro would bo no chanco to obtain tho li cense without long dolay, nod ho know that tho host way to ?tnooth over tho matter waa to go on with hi? part of tho progratnmo and thon toll tho bride groom that ho was no bridogroom, but only a bridogroom to bo. Tho man in tho oaso had mado all his arrangements for a wedding tour Wost, and had bought tho stateroom in tho slocpor of tho night train and bought his tiokets. Ho wont to his he mo that night, and tho brido remained at hers. "Early tho next morning tho lioonso 'o marry was obtained from tho board of health, and tho gonuino marriago ooromony was then porformcd at tho homo of tho bride's parents and with no witnesses Bavo tho momhors of her family. Tho bridegroom, aftor considerable trouble, got tho dates of his railroad tickots ohangod, but ho lost tho $18 ho had paid when ho rosorved tho state room in tho sleeper from Now Orlenos to (Jb ion go. The story only got out to a fow persons who wcro at tho ohuroh for what iHoy thought was tho wedding, and notiood in tho papors later tho dato of the marriago lioonso."-Now Orleans Timos-Dooioorat. WON A REBEL GIRL He is from Now Jersey and 8ho is a South Carolina Bollo Tho following published in tho At lantic Review, Atlautio fJity, N. J., will bo road with interest. A romaooo that will appoal to evan tho most unromantio will roaoh its climax in tho Episcopal ohuroh at Ab bovillo, South Carolina, at high noon on Juno 27, whon Lieutonant Colonol Lewis T. Bryant, of tho Now Jorsoy National Guard, and also tho well known commandant of tho Morris Guards, will bo unitod in wodlook to Miss Mary S. Lio, a oharming yourg lady of most distinguished linoago. iL.d it not boon tor tho faot that tho Unitod SiatoH and Spain woro at war and that Colonol Bryant whilo serving as a major in tho Fourth Now Jorsoy Voluntcors, was sout to Groonvillo, S. 0., in tho tall of 1898 as a part of tho overwhelming army that assomblod in tho South for tho purpoBO of showing Spain how vain would bo ber further rosistanoo, Colonol Bryant would doubt less never havo mot tho cultured young woman who will booomo his brido on tho 27th. Sho waa thon visiting in Groonvillo, and thoir mooting riponod into friondship and thon into that highor nfTootion An ongagomont waa tho natural result and tho nuptials will oulminato a most romantic courtship. Miss Leo's family is ono of tho most distinguished in tho Southland. In Abbovillo, whoro oho lives, tho first secession spcooh was delivered and tho little oity was also tho soono of tho last mooting of J off orson Davis, cab i not. Hor father, who is now doad, was for many yoars a oolobratod lawyer. Many of hor rolativea fought for tho South, but tho f?ir daughter will booomo tho brido of au ofiioor in tho military foioos of ono of tho nuBt prosporous Statos in a united land. Miss Lio is of tall and graceful oar riago and of tho brunotto typo of boau ty. Sho is oulturod and highly ac complished-A typical daughter of tho South. A number of Captain Bryant's frionds will attend tho wodding. Tho groom to-bo is arranging to IOABO his residence of North Carolina avonuo, south, and to spend tho summer in travel. Ho will bring his brido to At lantic City in tho fall And oooupy his handaomo cottage Wanted a Job. A Kinsas ii oho ol board roooived tho following lottor tho o th o r d ay from ono of tho toadhora: "I would liko to havo tho roiuaal of tho sohool as long ad you aro willing to hold it for mo, though [ oan't Bay positively that I will not teaoh, nor positively that I will. IP I Am married, as I think I will ho, of oourao I will not want tho sohool. But you know tho old story about many A slip, And I would h Ate to bo out of A job as woll ns tho othor."-Ex chango. Oranges might bo grown in Tennos SOO, but hardly At A profit. So can Any Florida, Georgia or Alabaos fArmor raino cotton, but whon tho condition of soil, oto., sro takon into considera tion as oomparod with tho Mississippi valley, can ho oomploto with thom At A profit? If not, thon why not turn his Attention to food orops sud stook to oonsumo thom, in whioh thoro is a suro profit. THE GROWING CROPS. Full Review of the Situation Through out the Cotton Belt Tho past wo ok wan a f iv vor ebie ODO on cotton oxoopt in tho Carolin??, G corgi a and Florida, where ?ins were OXC08B?V0 end largely prevontod oulti vation, of which tho plants stand in urgoat nocd, Howovor,?sinoo tho.ro' ports summarized below wororooeivoi more favorable weathor has prevailed, that will, no [doubt, tond toward a bet terment in tho condition of cotton. In portions of Louisiana and Texan mild I drought conditions pro vail, but n.t 6uffioiont to threaten tho ointral and woHtern portions of tho bolt, tb o plants aro forming squaros, and blooms aro roported, while in oxlromo southwest ern Texas tho "first bale" bas boon ginned. This is olnimod to bo tho earliest on record. With tho <xo?p tlonof tho Atlantio States where gras sy Molds aro tho rule, and where somo will bo ploughod under, cotton fields aro oioan and weit cultivated, and tho orop's genoral condition is promising although of somewhat later growth than usual. In North Carolina rains bogan on tho 13th whioh wero quito bonofioial at first, oBpcoially on uplands, but tho largo amounts on tho 14th. and tho gonerally cloudy, damp woathor during tho last portion of tho wook wore voiy unfavorable Farm work was complete ly intorruptod, and oannot bo resumod for somo timo, as Ibo ground ha? bo oomo very wot. In woll cultivated Holds cotton and oorn havo made some growth, and whilo vory small at least show good oolor; but gcnorally tho con dition of both crops oontinuo poor, ootton has not all boon chopped, and many fields aro being abandoned or plowed up for oom. In South Carolina all ootton has not I boon ohoppod out, and many fields aro | lousy, and foul with grass, so that thoro aro numorous roporte of abandoning thom, willie in a fow localities somo al roady have boon ploughod undor and plantod to oom. Tho plants continue small, and aro yollowing. In Marlboro county and in tho noa island districts, thoro in some improvement noted; eluc who.o, gonoral deterioration. On aenrlu 1 a n ri a niant a ?tw/t rln?nra ...... j - " - - - " w*AV? I'*"*" * M MAW U/AMQ *V somo oxtont from wotnoss. Io G jorgia exoossivo rains again oe ourrod during tho wook in many soo tions of tho State. In somo counties, particularly in tb o cantor n part, the rainfall oxoeoded 5 inches. There has been no opportunity for cultivation, for whioh all orops oro suffering. Grats and woods havo obtainod tho load and nrj growing rapidly. Tho reports of ootrespondonts oontain muoh informa tion of a discouraging oharaot<>r, and little hopo of improvement is expross od. Ii thor sooms to bo a soaroo com modity, and with so muoh cultivation, that is nooossary, this booomos a seri ous faotor in tho situation. In Alabama gonoral favorable oondi tions provailod. Practically all ootton has boon ohoppod, whilo it is of irregu lar size, varying from a fow -inohos to knoo high, it is moro promising than at any time this soaBon,'though its con dition is not yet satisfactory: grass is still troublesome in many fields, though being oloanod out rapidly; squares aro forming quito generally, hut no blooms aro reportod as yet. In Mississippi thc woathor during tho wook ?vas fino for tho cultivation and and gre.y th of all field orops. On low lands in tho northorn portion of tho Stftlo thoro is still samo oomplaintof grnsBy Holds, while ovor southern por tion, raiu is gonorally in tho extreme southwoBtorn oountiou wheat orops are suffering on aooount of continued dry woathor. In tho delta, northorn and middle counties muoh cotton is boing workod tho second time, and in the aouthorn division it is being hilled. in Louisiana, in tho lo J ali tics that havo boon BO long without rain, orops havo, of oourso, mado but little or no j pro*ross or aro deteriorating. Consid ering thc State as a whole, however, all staplo orops have mado good growth and show marked improvement, but all would now bo bonofitod by more rain. Ootton, in its various Btagos of ad vancement-from tho small aorosgo re- j plantod after tho first plant had boen I destroyed by hail, whioh is just ooming up, to that beginning to bloom-is making rapid growth and in most fields looks promising. In Tonnessoo tho woathor was mod oiatoly warm, and whilo tho poroontago of bright sunshino was rather low, tho conditions wero gonerally favorable to orops. A few oorrospondonts raport that oiopa are getting woody on aooount of tho rainy conditions, but farm work is gonorally protty woll in hand. In Arkansas dcoidodly warmer woathor pxovailod during the wook. The rainfall was very scattered, in somo lo calities good showers oourred, whilo in othors no rain foll. Corn and ootton havo boon greatly bone fitted by the waim days and nights. Cotton is boing work od out and tho stand is not so good in many looalitios. Squares aro bo ginning to foitn on ootton in somo sec tions. In Texas tho woathor during tho week has boon highly favorable for harvest ing and threshing whoat and oats, and for muoh noeded farm work. Crops, notably ootton acd corn that woro woody, havo roooivod attention, and at tho CIOBO of tho weok are cloan and woll oultivatod. Reports en ootton from ovory sootion of tho Stato indioato that tho gonoral outlook for this orop is favorable, lt is forming squares and fruiting in most looalitios. A genoral rain would benefit tho ootton orop, but I there are only a fow looalitios whore it is badly neodod. The boll weevils aro slowly boing destroyod and oomplaints of damage by those posts aro bosoming loss froquont. In Oklahoma and Indian Torritory tho oonditions woro cspooially favorable for tho progroes of all kinds of farm work, and as a rosult all orops wore oul tivatod and oloanod up, and plaood in oondition. Cotton ohopping is woll ad vanood, and it io boginning to squire; tho plant has mado a fair growth, and is fairly woll oultivatod. $100 Reward, $100 Tho read or? of this paper will bo ploasod to learn that thero is at loast ono dreadod disease that soienoo has boon ablo to oure in all its stages and that is Catarrh. Hairs Catarrh Cure is tho only positivo euro now known to tho modioal fraternity. Catarrh boing a constitutional disease, roquiros a con stitutional treatment. Hairs Catarrh Curo is taken intornally, aoting diroot ly upon the blood and mucous surfaeos of tho systom, thoroby destroying tho foundations of tho diooaso, and giving tho patient strongth by building up tho constitution and assisting naturoin do ing its work. The proprietors havo so muoh faith in it? ourativo cowers, that they off or ono Hundred. Dollars f ov any oaso that it fails to euro. 8ond for Hst of tostimonials. Address. F. J. CH KN KY #C0" Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, 75o. Hall's Family Tills are tho best. HE WAS A HERO How BraVd Baggageman Went Back to Flea; Down Freifiht A BAD UAIL.fiOA?) WASHOUT Nearly Every Pateengor on ihn Atlanta Special Wat Irjured by th? Trestle's Collapse. ListJMonday night about 10 o'olook, northbound Soaboard Air Lino Atlanta apoohtl (urnod broadsido oil a trcBtlo into a pond, about a milo north of Hook in gb am, N. O. Thoro woro on board . about 25 or 30 passengers, all of whom woro moro or hst injured, soveral very soriously, and two, a whito man and a negro, probably fatally. Thoro wore tbroo ladies and some ohildron aboard, nono of whom woro soriously hurt. Tho ongino and two mail oars passod ovor in safety but tho combination haggago and aooond, fir4 and two Pullman's turned ovor. O i account of tho rains tho piers of tho trostlos gave way on tho loft sid'-. At the first orash all lights wont out and wator rushed in waist doop through tho windows. Bag gagoxnastor Sinith, though soriously hurt himself at onoo thought of tho freight following olosoboh'nd. Ilo crawled out, and so?z;ng alantorn, hobblod down tho traoc and Hag god tho freight, thornby preventing a socoad oatstropho. Wnon tho freight stoppod ho was lying on tho ground unablo to raiso, but still waving his lantern. Ho foll timo and awain boforo |ho suoooodod in getting f*r enough bask to fi ig tho train. Ho had to bo oairlod baok on a strotoher. Tho newsboy also did horoio work, orawling through tho oars helping tho almost drowned passengers to escapo through tho transoms ovor a door. A raliof train oanio from Hamlet with doctors, and another fro ir Kook ingham. Tho hotel hero is hoing usod as a tom? porary hospital._ THE-ny or ami City Council of Philadelphia refused to accept $2,500,000 from John Wana maker for certain street railway and othor franchise s and after wards gave them away to their favorites for nothing. There must have heen a lot of greasing done on the part of tho fellows I who scooped the franchises. I TUB coloreel man and brother must be careful how ho deports himself when he gets North of Mason and Dixon's line. Recent ly citizonsof Now York objected so earnestly to a shirt waisted negro that he barely escaped with his skin aftor losing* the shirt waist. Corn Mills, Cane Mills, Rice Hullers, Pea Hullers, Engines, Boilers, Planers and Matchers, Swing Saws, Rip Saws, and all other kinds of wood i working machinery. My Ser geant Log Beam Saw mill is the heaviest, strongest, and most efficient mill for the money on the market, quiok, acourate. State Agent for H. B. Smith Machine Oompany wood working maohinery. For high grade engines? plain slide valve-Automatic, and Corliss, write me: Atlas, Watertown, and Struthers and Wells. V. O. BADHAM, 1826 Main St.. Columbia, S. C Iff Plenty of Places Are Open to graduates of ?he Columbia Business College, and ovory graduato is thorough ly qualified to fill a responsible poult ion in this business world. Wo fit youug men and women for business oaroors, and asBlst thom to soouro good positions. For spaoial suumor raten, and cataloguoa giving full information, Bond at onoo to Columbia Business College, COLUMBIA, B. O. ? . W. H. NEWBERRY, President. mm ^D'Buo&RoAeHBpMT? 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