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GLORY OF THE NAVY. Dr Talmage'sSermon on Dewey s Home Coming. RECEPTION TO DEWEY. kl _ I U ? r> r- .11 mm.. i-vavai nerves ueaerve run measure of Praise. Useful Lessons Drawn From Their Bravery and Devotion. Heroic Deeds Lauded, At a timo when the whole nation is stircd with patriotic emotion at the return of Admiral tJcorgo Dewey ami his gallant men on the cruiser Olytupia and the magnificent reception accorded to them, the Rev. Dr. 'J'. DcWitt Talmago in his sermon, preaching to a vast audience, appropriately recalls for devout and patriotic purposes some of the great naval deeds of olden and more recent times. Text, James iii, 4, 'Rohold also the ships." If this exclamation was appropriate about 187- years ago, when it was writinn nnnonrni n<? Kn ? tvu vvuvvuuui^ iliV VI uuu UDIIIII^ OlimCM) that sailed Luke Galilee, how much more appropriate in an ago which has launched from the drydoeks for purposes of penoo the Oceanic of the White Star line, the Lucuuia of the Ounard line, the St. Louis of the American line, the Kaiser Wilhclm dcr Grosso of the North Gorman Lloyd lino, Augusta Victoria of the HamburgAmerican line; and in an age which for purposos of war has launched thoscrew sloops like the Idaho, the Shenandoah, the Ossipce, and our ironclads like the Kalamazoo, tho lloanoko and the Hunderbcrg, and those which have already been buried in the deep, like the Monitor. the llousatonic and tho Wechawkcu. tho tempests ever since sounding a volley over their watery scpulchers, and the Oregon, and tho Brooklyn, and the Texas, and the Olympia, the Iowa, the Massacnusctts, the Indiana, the New York, the Marietta of the last war, and the scarred veterans of war shipping, like?the Constitution or tho Alliaucc or the Constellation, that have | swung into tho naval yards to spend : their last days, their decks now all siInnt nf t lin Innt *)?.? * l?/v?? 4 L..J? I vuv lUV > VVV VUIVI I t V V.4 illUUi, INCH rigging nil silent of the hands that clung to them, their portholes silent of the brazon throats that onco thundered out of them. If in the first century, when war vessels wero dependent on the oars thnt puddled ai tho side of them for propulsion, my text was suggestive, with how much moro cmphasi-* and meaning and overwhelming reminiscence we can cry out as we see the Keaosargc lay across the bows of the Alabama and sink it, teaching foreign nations they had better keep their hands off our American light, or as we sec the ram Albemarle of tho Confederates running out and in tho ltoanokc and up and down the coast, throwing everything into confusion as no other eraft ever did, pursued by the Miami, the Ceres, the Southtiold, tho Sassocus, the Mattabosctt, the Whitehead, the Commodore Hull, tho Louisiana. the Minnesota and other armed vessels, all trying in vain to eaten her, until Captain Cushing, 21 years of ago. and his men blew her up, himself and only 0110 other escaping, and as 1 see the flagship Hartford, and the Kiohrnond, and tho Monongahcla. with other gunboats, sweep past the batteries of Port Hudson, and tho Mississippi flows forever free to all norcheru and southern craft, and under the lire of Dewey and his men the Spanish Bhips at Manila burn or sink, and tho fleet rushing out of Santiago harbor are demolished by our guns, and tho brave Cervera surrenders, 1 cry out with a patriotic emotion that I cannot suppress if I would, and would uot if I could, "Behold also the ships." Full justice has been done to the men who at different times fought on the land, but not enough lias been said of those who on ship's deck dared and suffered all things. Lord God of the rivers and the sea. help mo in this sermon! So, ye admirals, commanders, captaius, pilots, gunners, boatswains. ?..;i?i - muiujunuin, nuifjUUon, SLUKUrH, 1I1CSSmates and seamen of all names, to use your own parlance, wc might as well got under way and stand out to sea. Let all landlubbers go ashore. Full speed now? Four bells! Never Bincc the sea tight at Lcponlo, where 300 royal galleys manned by 50,000 warriors, at sunrise, Sept. C, 1571, mot 250royal gallcyH, manned by 120,000 men, and in the four hours of battlo 8,0( 0 fell on one side and 25,000 on the other; yea, never since the day when at Actiuui, 31 years before Christ, Augustus with 2G0 ships scattered the 220 ships of Mark Antony and trained universal dominion as tho prize; yea, since the day when at Salamis the 1,200 galleys of the Persians, manned by 500.000 men, were crushed by Creeks with less than a third of that force; yea, nevor bincc the time of Noah, tho lirst ship captain, has the world seen such a miraculous creation as that of the American navy in 1801. In the cemeteries for Federal and Confederate dead are tho bodies of most of those who fell on tho land. Jiut where those are who went down in the war vessels will not be known until the sea gives up its dead. The .Jack Tars knew that while loving arms might carry tho men who fell on the land and bury them with solemn liturgy and the honors of war for tho hndios r?f thoan who dropped from the ratlines into the sea ?r went down with all on board under the stroke of a gunboat thcro remained the shark and the whale and the endless tossing of tho sea which cannot rest. Once a year, in the decoration of the graves, those who foil in the land were remembered. Hut how about the graves of those who went down at sea? Nothing but the archangel's trumpot shall roach their lowly bod. A few of thorn wero gathered into naval oemeterics of the land, and wo every year garland the sod that cover thorn. Hut who will put Howors on tho fallen crew of tho exploded Wcstficld and Shawshcen and the sunkon Southfleld and the Winfield Scott? Hullets threatening in front, bombs threatening from above, torncdoos threatening from beneath, and the ocean, with its reputation of 6,000 years for shipwreck, lying all around, am I not right ia saying it oquired a special oourage for the navy * , aLu % in IBM as it required spooial courngo iu 1898? It looks pioturosquo and beautiful to see a war vossol going out through the Narrows, sailors in bow rig singing, A life on Ihe ocewi va?o, A homo on the tolling deep, tlio oolors gracefully dipping to passing ships, the decks immaculately clean and the guns at quarantine firing a parting salute. Hut tho pootry is all gone out of that ship as it comes out of thai 111gagemont, its docks red with human blood, wheclhouse gono, the cabins a pile of shattered mirrors and destroyed furniture, steoi iiu wheel broken, smoke- I stack crushed, hundred pound Whitworth ritlo shot having left its mark from port to starboard, tho shrouds rent away, ladders splinterod and decks plowed up and smoko blackened and scalded corpses lying among those who arc gasping their last gasp far away from home and kindred, whom they lovo as much as wo lovo wife and parents aud children. Oh. iiinn tho Aumi'i.ioii r,?, " turned from Manila nnd Santiago and Havana, aw well as those who are survivors of the naval conflicts of 1803 and 1804, mon of tho wostorn gulf squadron, of tho eastorn golf squadron, of tho south Atlantic squadron, of tho noith Atlantic squadron, of the Mississippi squadron, of the Pacific squadron, of tho West India squadron and of tho Potomac flotilla, hear our thanks! Take the benediction of our churches. Accept tho hospitalities of tho nation. If we had our way, wo would get you not only a pension, but a homo and a princely wardrobe and an equipage and a banquet while you live and after your departure a catafalque and a mausolum of sculptured tnarhlo, with a model of tho ship in which you won tho, day. It is considered a gallant thing when in a naval fight the flagship with its blue ensign goes ahead up a river or into a bay, its admiral standing in the shrouds watching and giving orders. Put 1 have to tell you, () veterans of the Am- I crican navy, if you arc as loyal to i Christ as you wcro to the government thero is a flagship sailing ahead of you of which Christ is the admiral, and lie watches from the shrouds, and tho heavens arc tho blue ensign, and he leads you toward tho harbor, and all the broadsides of earth and hell cannot damage you, and ye whose garments ? _ 1 . t * wuru once reu wun your own blood I shall have a robe washed and made white in the blood of the Lauib. Tl i strike eight bells! High noon in h .ivon! Somotimcs oir the coast of lCnglnn 1 tho royal family have inspected the British navy, maneuvered before then* for that purpose. In the Baltic sea tho czar and czarina havo reviewed ll.u Russian navy. To bring bofore tho A mcrioan pcoplo the debt they owe to navy 1 go out with you on the Atlantic ocean, where there is plenty of room, and in imagination review the war shipping of our four great conflicts lTTti. 1812, 18(if) and 18118. Swing into line all yo frigates, ironclads, fi.e rafts, gunboats and men-of-war! There they conic, all sail set and furnaces in full blast, sheaves of crystal tossing from their cutting prows. That is the Delaware, an old Kcvolutionary craft, commanded by Con. modore Decatur. Yonder goeH tho Constitution, Commodore llull commanding. There is the Chesapeake, commanded by Captain liawrenco, whoso dying words were, "Don't givo up the ship," and the Niagara of 1812, commanded by Commodore Berry, who wrote on the back of an old letter, resting on his navy oap, "We havo met tho enemy, and they are ours." Yonder is the flagship Wabash, Admiral Dupont commanding; yonder, the flagship Minnesota, Admiral (ioldsborough commanding; yonder, tho flagship Dhiladclphi i, Admira' Dahlgren commanding; yonder, the flagship San Jacinto, Admiral Bailey commanding; yonder, the llagship Black Hawk, Admiral Borter commanding; yonder, the flag steamer Benton, Admiral Footc commanding; yonder, lin fl0<Tok;.. n ^ vuv iiiigpii 11' 11.IIIIU1U, l 'in HI V). X'lin'ilgut commanding; yonder, the Brooklyn, Hoar Admiral Schley commanding; yonder, the Olympia, Admiral Dewey commanding; yonder, the Oregon, Captain Clark commanding; yonder, the Texas, Captain Philip commanding; yonder, tho Now York, Hear Admiial Hampson commanding; yonder the Iowa, Captain Koblcy P. Evans commanding. According to his own statement, Farragut was very loose in his morals in early manhood and practiced all kinds of sin. One day he was called into tho cabin of his father, who was a shipmas tor. His father said, "David, what arc yon going to bo anyhow?" He answer ed, "I am going to follow tho sea." "Follow the sea," said the father, "and bo kicked about tho world and die in a foreign hospital?" "No," said David; "1 am going to command like you." "No," said tho father; "a boy of your habits will never command anything." And his father burst into toars and lcpt the cabin. From that day David Farragut started on a new life. Captain Pennington, an honored cldor of my Brooklyn church, was with him in most of his battles and had his intimate friondship, and ho confirmed, what I had heard olscwhoro, that Fa ragut was good and Christian. In evory great crisis of life he asked and obtained muj'niiic uirecuon. vv non in i>loble bay the monitor locumseh sank from a torpedo and the great warship Hrooklyn, that was to lead the squadron, turned back, he said ho was at a loss to know whether to advanco or rotroat, and ho says: "I prayed. 'O God, who created man and gavo him reason, direot me what to do. Shall 1 go on?' And a voice commanded me, 'Goon,' and I went on." Was thore over a more touching Christian letter than that which ho wrote to his wifo from hiH -flagship Ilartfoid? "My dca est wife, 1 write and leave this lotter for you. I am going into Mobile bay in the morning if God is my leader, and I hope he is, and in him 1 place my trust. If ho thinks it is the proper placo for me to die, I am roady to submit to his will in that as all other things. God bless and preserve you, my darling, and my dear boy, if anything should happen to mo. May his blessings rest upon you and your dear mother." Cheerful to tho end, he said on board tho Tallapoosa in tho last voyage he over took, "1 would bo woll if I died now in harness." Tho sublime Episcopal sorvice for tho dead was never moro,appropriately rendered than over his oaskot, and well did all tho forts of New York harbor thunder as his body was brought to tho wharf, and well did tho minute gum wound and the bells toll as in a proeessiou having in its ranks the president of tho United States aud his oabiuot and tho unghty men of land and sea tho old admiral was carried, amid hundreds of thousands of uncovered heads on Broadway, and laid on his pillow of dust in boau tiful Woodlawn, Sopt. .'It), amid tho pomp of our autumnal forests. Hut just as much am 1 slitrod a* tho socno on warship's deck before Santiago last summer, when tho victory gamed for our American flag over Spanish oppression the captain took ofF his hat and all the sailors and soldiers did tho sumo aud silently thoy otVcrcd thanks to Almighty God for what had been accomplished, aud when on another ship tho soldiers and sailors were cheering as a Spanish vessel sank and its offioors mm UlUWH woro Struggling 111 tl\o wipers and the captain of our warship cried out, "Don't ehcor; tho poor fellows arc drowning." Prayors on dock! Prayers in tho forecastle! Prayovs in tho cabin! Prayers in tho hammocks! Prayers on tho lookout at midnight! The battlos of that war opeuod with prayor, woro pushed ou with prayer and elosod with p.ayor, and today tho American natiou recalls them with prayer. Wo hail with thanks the new generation of naval heroes, those of tho year I 1893. Wo are too near their matvelous deeds to fully approciato tlicm. A century from now poetry and sculp.ure and painting and history will do tlibm better justice than wo can do ibcm now. A defeat at Manila would have been an iniinito disaster. Foreign nations not ovorfond of our Amoi.can institutions would havo joined tho other side, and tho war so many months past would have been raging still, sod per Imps a hundred thousand graves would have opened to takedown our slain soldiers and .sailors. It took this country throe years to got over the disaster at Hull Hun at the opening of theeivil war. llovv many years it would nave required to recover from a defeat at Manila in the opening of tho Spanish war I cannot say. Hod nvoriod the calamity by giving triumph t<> our navy under Admiral Dowey, whose eom:ng up through the Narrows of Now York harbor day before yesterday was greeted by the nation whose welcoming cheers will not cease to resound until tomorrow. and next day in the capita' of tho nation the jewoled sword voted by congross shall he prcsonlod amid boomi*?'! cannonade and cmbannerod hosts, a.id our autumnal nights shall booomc a conllagration of splendor, but the tramp of these proocasions and tho Hash of that sword and the huzza of that grooting and tho roar of those guns and tho illumination of thoso nights trill be seen and heard as lorg ?u o ,.f A . I c?r? ? v/i ii uiui luaii niniui ? rcuitiiun inviolate. Especially let tlio country boys of America join in theso groo?.ings to>he returned heroes of Manila. It in their work. The chief charaotor in aU iho scone is the once country lad, Goorge Dowoy. Let the Vermontorsooino down and lind him oidor, but tlio same modest, unassuming, almost bashful poison that they wont to school with and with whom they sported on the playground. 1 ho honors of all the woild cannot spoil him. A few weeks n',o at a banquet in England somo of the tilled noblemen were affronted booauso our American minister plenipotentiary associated the name of Dowoy with that of Lord Nelson. As well might we bo nlFronted because the name of Nelson is associated with that of our must rcnowed admiral. The ono man in all tho coming a^cs will siand as h'gh as the other. So this day, sympathizing with all the festivities and celebrat'ons of tho past week and with all tho festivities and celebrations to oome th;s week, let us anew thank God and those heroes of tho American navy who have done such great things for our beloved |??,1 \ ,1 <1 1-1 -t.:_ 1UI1VI. vuilli; UUUiliU 11113 U1U fllll|?, /J ion, yc sailors and soldiers, whether still in the aotivc scivioo or honorably discharged and at home having resumed citizenship. And ye men of the past, your last battle on the seas fought, take froiu me, in God's name, salutation and good cbccr. For tho few remaining lights with sin and death and hell make ready. Strip your vessel for the fray. Hang the sheet chains ever tho side. Send down the topgallant masts. Barriscado tho wheel. Rig in the living jib boom. Steer straight for the shining shoro, and hear the Bhout of the great Commander of earth and heaven as lie cries from the shrouds, "To him 1 that ovcrcometh will I give to cat of the trco of life which is in the midst of tho paradiso of God." Ilosanna! llosannal KILLED HIMSELF. A S' -anger Found De?d at the Douot ?n Donriiark. A ?pccial dispatch Irom Denmark to ' Tho News and Courier says: Thursday evening about (5 o'clock a strange whito man was noticed walking up to tho Soul hern Railway track from towards Charleston. Nothing more was seen of h;m until about 8 o'clock when <ho t. rent of tho Southern Road at East Denmark went to tho oftieo. He wont in and was at work on his books. A little later his son ami a friend came down, and tlio friend was requestod to go around to the back part of tho ortico and abut in the window blinds, lie soon came back and reported that thero was a man sitting with bis back against tho wall with a pistol in bis band. Tho matter was repowed to Mr. U. W. llightowor, thointondant of the town, who promptly camo to the depot. An examination was made and the man was found to bo stone dead, llo bad quietly sat dowo and leaned back against tho wall, took out bis pistol and put it to bis right tomplo and pullod the trigger. Tho ball did its work well. Miss Marie Soniag, who keeps a storo just across tho street from tho depot, says she beard the pistol when it was fired, just aftor dark. Coroner Bellinger will bo notifiod Friday morning when an iuqucst will be bold, at which time tho roan may bo identified. lie looks to bo about 40 yoars old, and is well dressed and about six feet high. A Big Crowd7*" The Metropolitan sircot railway, sar face, ??f New York oity, moved 11,(100,000 passongcrs in the tbroo days of the Dewey celebration. Tho estimate of the numbor of visitors in tho city is 1,000,000 and thoy are supposed to havo spent $7,000,000. . THE OLD FIRST BRIGADE. An Effort to Publish Dickert's History of Kershaw's Brigade. Mr. K II. Aull sends tho State* the following: "1 will greatly thank Tho Stato i? it will take enough interest to publish tho circular below and inako the statement contained therein. If there should bo smyono whoso pieturo Cuincs in the list enumerated who is not willing to help i ho work by paying 1 would bo glad to have him send the photograph dowired and maybe sotue one else will help bear the expense so that tho list will be complete. "ilio publisher would bo glad to liavo tbo papers in Darlington, Marion, Marlboro, Fairfield, Kershaw, Chesterfield, Spartanburg, Union, Uroonvillo, Anderson, Abbovillo, Edgefield,Saluda, Lexington, Orangeburg, Newberry, Charleston and Kiehland eopy the circular as it was largely from tboso counties that the men who made the brigado cauio. I do not know to whom to wrilo, but 1 hopo tboso oflicors who are living will heed tho request?and iboso who are dead I know havo loft Homo descendants who havo onough interest in their own to help in this ma' tor." To tho Friends, Bolativos, and Surviv ors of tho Old First Brigade: Tho publisher of "Dickort's History of Kershaw's Brigado" takes pleasure in announcing that this work has passed boyniul its doubtful stago, and is now a reality. Tho work of printing is now well under way, and will soon be ready for tho binder. It is tho wish of those who havo undertaken the publication of the historv fo mitu ?i ?" bomo-liko, roalistio, and attractive as possible, and nothing will add moro to thiH purposo than having it ombollished with cuts and engravings of thoso who led and commanded, for so loug a time and undor such trying ordeals, this noble band of immortals. They would oven like to have the outs of all wore it possible or practioal, but this not being tho caso, thoy will have to content themselves with only tho illustrations of the captains (or company commandcrs), colonels, and brigadiors, and their held and Btalf officers. As wo have said at the outset of this undertaking, the history is not writton nor published for gain or profit, but more as a memorial volume, and the publisher doos not fool warranted from a financial point of view, in making this outlay of ready cash to meet those requirements. As tho author has spent ho much of his time, to say nothing of tho expense, in getting up this memorial to the worth and valor of his obi comrades, without compensation; it is 1 1 v C 1* ' 1* 1, . lt ? 1 . l il, . IIIC liopu ui. luu i?uuiKiiiui mac tit%j friends and survivors will come to his aid; and ho mukca this proposition: Any of the frionds of tho above named r,ffirt?ra ?.!,? ^511 1 *1 H?u <1111 nuuu LUC I HI I?11 H 111! r a photo or pioturo of tho officers naiuod, enclosing five dollars?thrco dollars for the cat and two dollars for 0110 volume of the history?ho will havo a nice picture or cut ol' such officer inserted in tho book, and one volutno delivored without additional exponso to tho person furnishing tho photograph and paying fivo dollars. This will about cover tho actual expenso. of tho engraving and publication. Capt. Dickcrt has written a valuable history, and as a record of the ovents, a description of battles and camp life, skotchcs of officers, and tho lifo of a soldier as seen from the ranks and the battle line, it stands unrivaled as a history from tho Confederate standpoint, and it is now a duty the friends and survivors of the Old First Hrigado owe to their ohildrcn and to postority to furnish these illustrations as a litting tribute to the brave officers, dead and alivo, whs so often led thoir troops to victory. Pictures of photos taken during the war, or just after and in uniform, aro prcfoirod. They will be carefully handled and as carefully returned. No uooasincss need be felt as to thcirbeing damaged or lost, as the publisher is well awaro how these priceless relicH nf flin t?oa> nrn t-M*? ? ...v |'m.jv iuu uwua'u <tu iiu pains will bo spared in having them safely roturncd. \Yc wish photos of all captains (and licutonauts commanding companion), adjutants, qu&rtei'mnstcrs, commissaries, arid chaplains, majors, lieutenant colonels, and eoloncls, brigadier generals and their stall's. Write (if living) the name and rank of ollieer, in his own handwriting, under the picture, or paste on back the name on slip of paper; and, to avoid dolays and miscarriages in roturn, write the name of post- , oilieo to which it is to be roturncd. I'leaso give this request prompt attention, as photographi must bo received within tho next thirty days to insuro having them inserted in the book. 1 Send the throe dollars along with photograph and tho hooks can he paid for i on dclivory. Address I Albert H. Aull, Newberry, S. C. Mb RDEREDAT SUPPER. A Bride and Groom Shot by a Rejected Suitor. A special to tho St. Louis Post-Dispatch from Montgomery, Mo., says: Frank Walker and his brido wcro murdered today by Cbarlos llankin, a disappointed lover, who then killed him- i self. A child was seriously wounded by the shots that killed tho coupio. All concerned in tho tragedy were < prominent residents of Montgomery i county. The murdor occurred at tho 1 homo of dames Cook, nine miloscast of hero, whero tho couple and thoir friends had gone to eat tho wedding suppor. Walker, who had no rolativos, worked around the farm. Tuesday after- ] noon he and Miss Maud Goshorn drovo to Montgomery and woro married. They then drovo out to the Cook home, 1 whoro a supper was prepared. A company of well-wipers gaiherod. Tho brido and groom sat side hv t.l?? head of tho tablo in front of an uncurtained window, when Hankin shot tho oouplo, firing with a shotgun through j tho window. Both wero*instantlyAill- | ed, their heads being riddled with shot. ( A child, a member of tho Cook family, was badly wounded. No ono saw tho murderer and his idontity was unknown until his doad body was stumblod over outsido tho I houso. A letter loft by Hankin rovoal- 1 ed tho fact that he was a rejected suitor i of Miss Uoshorn's and that ho committ- i ed the murdor bocausc sho married an- i other. CHARLESTON TO AUGUSTA. Seaboard Air Line Railroad Oets Its Charter. Tho 30 days' notice having boon givon and no one having raised objection under tho railroad incorporation act, tho secretary of state yesterday issued a commission to tho Chattanooga, An gusta and Charleston Air Lino Railroad company, which is to construot tho Seaboard Air Line's proposed road from Charleston to Klberton, Ua , via Augusta, (ia. TL? r.i:.... .??: 1 mx/ a vr ? mm iiiiii^ \J I (ill; tM^UCU UUCltfc* raiiou which was published somo time ugo whs made yesterday, and. tho coinmission was issued to Mossrs. R. Good wyn It licit, Goo. \V. Williams, Jr., C. Wulburn and \V. 11. Chisholm, the four corporators resident in the city of Charleston, whioh is to bo tho company's principal place of business. It is said that all the requirements necessary to socuring tho charter will bo complied with immediately and tho roturn tiled at tho earliest possible moment. Tho Soaboard is anxious to get the ohartcr and push things along as rapidly as possible. There is now nothing in the way. Tho Soaboard's work in and around Columbia is now "going at a gallop," to use a slang expression. Much has boon accomplished in the last few weeks in tho park, through the city and in the country, and tine progress is being made 011 tho construction of tho piers for tho river bridgo and Smith's branoh trestle.?The State, Notorious Robber Dead. Worn out by years of confinement, resulting from his long career in crime, "Jimmy" Cogue, tlio famousox-oonviot who is believed to have stolen more money than any other thief of his time and who was perhaps tho best known bank robber o)' tbnntrn H'rwl nnail u V ?o?| ,1 VUMVUVKV in tho county ulins house, at Philadelphia (?Li years oi' ago. lie sought religious consolation beforo he died. Loguo is supposed to have had a fortune at one time of about $300,000, all other people's nionoy. lie started his career of crimo at tho age of 17 and spont more than 130 years in prisons of a number of states. His aptness displayed itself best iii discovering where large sums of money were to be obtained, lie was connected with three big bank robberies in Philadelphia and also operated extensively in other cities. One of tho largest robberios he m ide was iui Washington, D. C , where ho played his favorite game of sneaking through a roof trap. His victim in this case was Naval Constructor Isaah llanscombe, and his booty was $7?"i,0u0. She Deserves It. Tho sailors of Dewey's flagship are going to make Miss Helen Gould a present that she will appreciate highly. It is in the form of two 4 7-inch sholls from tho wreck of tho lteina Christina, Admiral Montojo's flagship, mounted in Leghorn marble. Upon each shell is a statuotto of Liberty in ivory. Tho mounting and carving were done at Naples. Don't Want Them. There has boon soino talk of establishing a colony for Negro farmers in New Jernoy. The scheme does not rcocivo much encouragement from tho newspapers of the section in which iho colony is proposed to be planted. The New .Jersey nowspapefs are always ready to givo a word of advice respect- , ing the Negro in the South; but they do not desire to bavo the Negro in New Jersey. Killed by Boiler Explosion. By the oxplosion of a boiler at Bruoc's saw mill near Trovilions, in Louisa county, A. Campbell, awolbknown farmer, and a Negro were instantly killed. Another Negro was fata.ly injured, and tho owner of the mill, Mr. Kobort ( Brueo, so badly scrldcd that ho, may dio. Joseph Stockford, Uodgdon, Me., healed a sore running for seventeen years and cured his piles of long standing by using DoWiti's Witch lla/.cl Salve. It cures all skin diseases. Dr. E. Norton. "If you scour the world vou will never find a remedy equal to One Minuto Cough Cure," Hays Kditor Fackler of the Micanopy, Fla., "Hustler." It 1 oured his family of LaGrippo and saves thousands from pneumonia, bronchitis, croup and all throat and lung troubles. ' Dr. E, Norton. "When our boys were almost dead from whooping cough, our doctor gavo One Minute Cough Cure. Thoy r<?)Vercd rapidly," writes 1*. It. Itellcs, Ar- ^ gyle, Pa. It cures coughs colds, grippe and all throat and lung troubles. Dr, E. Norton. "It did me more good than anything I ever used. My dyspepsia was of ' months' standing; after eating it was * terrible. Now I am well," writes S. B. 0 Keener, lloisington, Kas., of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. It digests what you cat. Dr. E. Norton. i The "Plow Boy Preacher," llev. J. Kirkman, Belle ltivc, 111., says, "After sulTering from Bronchial or lung trouble for ten years, I was cured by One j Minute Cough Cure. It is all that is claimed for it and more." It cures coughs, colds, grippe and all throat and 1 lung troubles. Dr. E. Norton. J Millions of dollars, is the value placed t by Mrs. Mary Bird, llarrisburg, Pa., on " the lifo of her child, which she saved B from oroup by tha uso of One Minute * Cough Cure. It cures all coughs, colds and throat and lung troublca. l)r. K. Norton. President King, Fanner's Hank, Brooklyn, Mich., has used Do Witt's Hittle Early ltisors in his family for years. Says they aro the best. These famous littlo pills cure constipation, biliousness and all liver and bowel * troubles. J Dr. E. Norton. Eat-plenty, Kodol Dyspepsia Cure ^ will digost what you oat. It ourcs all forms of dyspopsia and stomach trou- J bios. E. It. Gamblo, Vernon, Tox., lays, "It roliovod 1110 from tho start r and cured mo. It is now my cvorlast- * ing friend." Dr.E. Norton. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. Digests what you eat. Itartlflclc!lydlgeststhe food and aide Nature In strengthening and reconstructing the exhausted digestive organs. It is the latest discovered digestant and tonic. No other preparation can approach it in efficiency. It instantly relieves and permanently cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn, Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea, Sicklleadacho.Gastialgia, Cramps, and all other rosults of imperfect digestion. Prepared by E. C. DeWItt A Co., Chicago. For sale by Dr. 10. Norton. Atlantic Coast Line. WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA ANL AUG US PA RAILROAD. Coni>knski) Schedule. rp : iiuiiis vjumg owuiu. No.66* No.3C P. M. A. M Leave Wilmington a... 3:46 Leave Marion tt:34 Arrive Florenco 7:16 Leave Florence *7:46 *3 21 Arrive Sumter 8:67 4 21 Leave Suintor 8:67 9 4< Arrivo Columbia 10:20 11 (K No. 62 runs through from Charleston via Central It. It., leaving Charleston 7:00a. m Lanes 8:34 a. m., Manning 9:09 a. m. Trains Going North. No 64* No.6: A.M. P. M Leave Columbia *0:60 *4 (M Arrive Sumter 8:16 6 l< Leave Sumter *8:16 (> Ot Arrivo Kloronco 9:30 7 2( I ........ L-1......? m/w. uvr?TO i Leave Mariou 10:40 Arrivo Wilmington 1:25 * Daily. > j. 03 runs through to Charleston, 8. C., via Central It It., arriving at Manning 6:41 p. m , Lanes 0:17 p. in., Charleston 8:00 p. iu, Trains on Conway Branch leave Chadbourn 6 36 p m, arrive Conway 7 40 p m, returning leave Conway 8 30 a in, arrive Chadbourn 11 20 a m, leave Chadbourn 11 60 a in, arrive Hub 12 25 p in, returning leave Hub 3 00 p in] arrive Chadbourn 3 36 p nil Daily except Sunday. J. It. Kenly, General Manager. T. M I'.inerson, Tratlio Manager. II. M. Kmersou, General Passenger A gen Wilmington tad Conway Railroad. Daily xoept Sonday. Southbound.?No. 97. Leave Ilab... 8 00 pm Leave Illone *,10 put Arrive Chtdbcirrsu I 86 p?i Leave Chadbourn..... 6 85 pm Leave Clarendon 6 00 pa Leave Ml Tabor - 6 16 pa Leave Lorie 6 85 pm Leave Sanferd 6 60 pm Leave Bavboro . ? " M nm L*ht? Prlvetta... 7 09 pm Lmt? Adrian .. 7 12 pm ArrlvaCoaway 7 40 pm Northbound.?No. W8. Lear a Conway 8 SO am Leaaa Adrian 8 66 am Loato Priretta 0 00 am Leata Bajboro 0 10 am Laara Saaford 9 20 ara Lanae Loria 9 86 pm Leave Mt Tabor 10 10 am Leave Clarandoa 1 40 am Arrive Chadbourn II 20 am Leave Chad bourn.- 11 60 am Leara lliaaa 12 16 pm Arrive Hub 12 26 pm i. 11. Tolar. J. H. Hart T. H. Blaohlj. TOUR, RUT 8 00.. 160 Teoht Steut, NEW YORK, Commission Merchants and | Jobbers of Naral Stores. Liberal advanees on eoaiign ments of Naval Stores and Cotton. Members of the New York Cotton and Prodnoe Bxehange. R. B. SCARBOROUGH, Attorney at Law, Cojkwat, 9. C. Igtnt Mutual Life Insurant* Co. of New York. NOTICE. Conway Lodge, No. 80. Knights af Pythias will meet regularly the first and bird Thursday nights of each month until tlherwise ordered. D. A.8rrraT Chan. Com. J. U. tjriTBY I It.* B "ay 14th. M ly H. H. WOODWARD, Attorney and Counaallor at Law, Coif WAT, 8. 0. M^Offioa up stair* over Harald offics oppoaiU Bank. WAOCAMAW LINK BTBAMBR8.?The Btaaaar will laave the wharf at Conray ovary Monday and Wadnaaday morning r Qaorgetown at 4 o'olook, touohlag all inarmadlate point*; and will laav* bar wharf X Georgetown every Tnaaday and Friday aorning for Coaway at 4 o'olook, touching t all intarmadiata point*. D. T. MeNelll, Gen'l Agt aad Tree*., Caaway, 8. C. B. A. Mnanarlyn Agent, Georgetown, 8,0. To get strong mil healthy use me bottle MURRAY's Iron MixruRE. Price 50c TH MURRAY DRUG GO. < I ? 1 * 1 What Would the Business World Do Without Us? Wo know our business and wo always have > employment. We secured our training at the COLUMBIA BUSINESS COLLEGE, Columbia, 8. C., and would advise you to do likewise if you > desiro tho b^st iu tho country. No ott^or school has a moro thorough business oou*. *0, a simpler or easier loarnod shorthand co^* j or more successful graduates.. Their catalogue gives full information as > to courses of study, rates of tuition, board, I securing positions, and other inducements. ) Send for it and uamo tho oaurse wanted. ) Address, W. 11. NEWBERRY, i It President. t - MARIilNFRY ANfl i mill supplies" of ; EVERY DESCRIPTION. It is now nnsoasonablo to "Talk" Cotton (J inning Macliin, cr>', l)iit it is tho time for you to 1 place your orders for? KICK 11ULLERS, KICK TIIKE8EUS, OKISl' MILLS, , H VW MILLS. ?> . WOOD WORKING M ACM IN BR V, L ENGINES AND BOILERS, And many other useful and necessary machines wo might mention. If you want the best value for your i money, consult your interest by writing or caktug on lis for "prices and estimates before placing your orders. Large Stocks. Prompt Shipments. Lowest Prices Consistent With "Honest Goods." W. H. Gibbes & Co.. COLUMBIA, a. 0. Ginning Machinery. The Smith Pneumatic Suction Elevating, Ginning and Packing System la the simplest and most ctlicient on the market. Forty-eight complete outfits in South Carolina; each ouc giving absoluto satisfaction. Boilers and Engines; Slide Valve, Automatic and Corliss. My Light and Heavy Log Beam Saw Mills cannot bo equalled in design, efficiency or price by any dealer or manu cajturer in the South. Write for prices and catalogues. V. C. Badharn, 1320 Main Street, COLUMBIA. S. C. KIDNEY, BLADDER, URINARY AND LIVER DISEASES, DYSPEPSIA. INDIGESTION AND CONSTIPATION POSITIVELY CURED BY THE USE OF Bit. HILTON'S LIFE FOR TI1E LIVER AND KIDNEVS. ^ A vegetable preparation, wherever known mo hi m popular or an remedies, b jc uise iho most effectual. Sold wholesale by? The Murray Drug Co. Columbia. Dr. II. Baor, Charleston, S. C. Macfeafs . School of SHORTHAND ?AND? TYPEWRITING COLUMBIA, S. C. This School has the reputation ofboing tho > t best business institution in the State. Graduates are holding re uuuerative positions in mercantile houses, banking, insurance, real estate, railroad offices, &c., in this and othor ctates. Writo to W. II. Mnofoat, ographorCjrnulbu,. C fir uran OLD NORTH STATE OINTMENT 19 WHAT YOU NEED ! v It cures piles, eczema, carbuncles, boils, sore eyes, s.ies 1 tind granulated eye lids, old sored, cuts, bruises, bums, erysipelas, inflamatory rheumatism, corns, bunions nnri growing toe nails. Taken internally it cures dyspepsia, l>ilio\is fever, stomach and bladder troubles. It ia the best t^'ng on the ir<"?kel for aM these aflB'c 'one. There h nolb'1^ to equal it for Ki iney Trouble and Colic in hO'viej, nnd all it coat ia 25o a bot. At wholesale by MURRAY DRUG CO., Columbia, S. O.