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y" ove s Grea Ny brother Hugh and I woro twins, an'd loived each othber with a fervor thati -t ew in intensity as we advanced in v.' rz; Perllaps the Peouliar aflec titln w hich is sald to exist between v wInl, was strOnig In us. Our home, at I ittle 'ottago of row.ugh hewn stoe. w"s sitlated in one of the vild but. beautiful vales that lies nort,h of Blati. WeO played togetther, Hugh and I ei limbedt the rocky hills togethor boated on the .tiny lakelot together, anId, when we were old enough, tramped over the hille to school to get her. We were Inselarable. The danvers of one were the dangers of Ie other ; his sorrows were mine, and ly joy4 wiero his. So our lives palsed in Cimple, childlike happiness, until WO wro IS, when a thing happened I bat trained th .reng t.h even of our love to its verel utmost tension. We would either of us havo willingly aenm cheerfully died for her- -the girl we loved : but we would also, if there had been need, as cierfully and wil'. ingl.: died for Caeh other. Many times wo walked togethber to her home at Bala and pulled across the lake. Somet'imes Iug-h rowed and le lnd I sat. side by 'ide in the stern n --tLe.ered the lit-tle boat ; someti imes t,e In t in wla: reviersed. ail1 I pilled hllil'' hi F'at by .1Jennic'S side And held be rudde' lines. I 't it could not go on soalwI.yvs. We knew that she could not make us both happy. Ahough, so 1a'. a1.' we thought it. over, she had srhown no preference for eitlier, unlss, as, 1 sometimes fanicied, her eyos rested longer. and with difforent expression. ou m1e than on hIm. Yet it Illust come to an end, anl so, one g loriously bright summer day we strolled atrin in arim up thbe mou ntain side and sat down at tle turn of the footpath. from whence w& Could see the w hite Cot.taL-e and the ieaut.'lul lake behind it. It waS tlheiC she lvd. and ch1, for .011g did we gaIze lovingky. with full, trem2lious hea1 t2,at the dear p1hwe C. I hai ' ne: the 1:0., ii- wavelets hjineinl an spark iite. IkK- diarnon011ds n h ,unii h : the ;;Tes tuon tain which t ell'Ie.'Ct it its with i rmitipart t nay, rather. as at gem is ciiireled by i).- 'netal winclh prot.e'ets1 it: and the ccitage, withli its cliniving ivv and tiSafmll. 1111d Setd honysieie, the Iir rox< wich shie--fairer even 01han the hdv-- i tented : how it spoke to us : ;a't dLy. et it wvs not iof spair'kling t:ake. nor of swelling hills, nor even of the emubowed Cottage that we thought, ilt of wha3t. we knew wasI that cot tage : to us the CeItre of the whole reenec. the% Owe in its ensket. .111.' at 11.t Said I ll' brother. and i Iin voice sounlded far away. to faint wa !, and eioked with emotion .iin. ~e antt :iwa -, e tgeher. ..litit -J~ll Vt one of \it. I 'rom iseI mie 0, whiher f u sl takes. I VOW 1r1i0 alnd \N w i w t j ,ake n11 Jil htir adt .'!t , onl ov r th th r r I e metLA tha -t yo wiO I still hie friend~ nd b) ot' h1 I. -:0 tnat nothing 11 the wo ha ci.il: et% wtC:I, Us." id.t no''' l1-13 otell to speak, h1l .''l:'h d rough e lt e n2. Then. eich w s ti e *r..: 'is ,oWit" nto the oth r''s fac '' n-.'"ehace th? hionorin ,v n itt a :l:-eneding 1Zof a great -orrlow", we' wer 'A owII. the mountain arm in1 *anuI.. 11 wc LaU 'dne up.) .\nd so. for I:. >2 it',.'' ne\V'l' went tao see her. premt-n d".:t i dys:. and necver' id echet:'' :itr witImu~t the other m~e'ettir'' 1 him or1 1 way tose by hiis fare whe~iither i ': ~ ende. ihit the'-eCV" w e thi'i '"Un:air. noth ook), oCe "a'lether --tra. ''i lr.t'fc dn e. .lni.' e P1Ill '. - ' t T he.'i nteed 1 P pain - 1m4'. '. 21 w~ aweil an tru - I the .IightCt 1.'w ual ' E..- n . lmy tnougt-- aV t- I mine -t.'.1 li ' w.' C . '~w whIich I hc:.u n.' 't1.est .-V. s 110211k iig It'r : 1yio t .1 'o1t.t t aloveypo e and w , . -a -e. tr tI'lli !?J a ti r eh' n(' 4.14 t. '. n thn>Ming -md wt a E .' u lrlt, (j thu 'il ''n I s i ' ': - fround her,~ 'n - - .' a mcun .'owar- ..'.-v - Iil-fd .1 ypa n :'.' 2'. .- '1 (ham. Fo . r- t - 11 . 'a.rIt- h.': C :a" l-l face 2 t .c- : -a - - -1> .. p t') J51( -W ~ v.'). . I hi'. J.. t ',91 a b -J w i:'hwro e .* yc it ' ai fI . i f) I 80 Jh~a r; Ew ;,,atn. I1I, lL' a . c'nC. hw-k. tIi I knnow. years mo nn hapn e y onr r'inb the memory of thabto atsot-Acrte,'n ci re membthatd bsraey, -, saw ovm-o an't h Weover ain hihing os'~on:l o nw ot tou thave the tre hap4-. 1 e4 mnenhvecmsfo do- af a o ls-rten cin e, L ...1 est Sacrice.... any address, a'nd his letters were posted at widely separated places. He was an enigine drivor, and that was all We knew. But, there Was One thing he nevor oinitted in his letters, and that, though we know it Was there before we. saw it, always Inade our eyos fill : Gio my lo j to . onnic." Wo were going to he married early in the spring, and I was looking for ward with ardent longing to the con summation of my hopes. IIL))y times they were, and to-day was happier than that in the suminer, when, the farin worc being done, she and I weit for a holiday to Glester. On our journey back a strano, awful thing happened. I was close to enni0 : her hand wis in mine, aud we wore dIranCIling of thO hakIpi)Y tjin to coni, when suddenly we were aroused by the shrill whistle of the engine, and a few seconds after the carriage began to rock violently from side to side. .1 cannot say that I was not alarined, but when Jonnio put her arm around m110 and clung to mo for protoe tion, as tcrustfulIly as a child to its mother, my courage returned. For I wits proud of that implicit trust, so that Iforgot my fear in a feeling of sweet responsibility. Almost im mediately the train began to slackon down in Sleed, and at last came to a standstill, and at the same instant we heard a fearful Crash. Then all was silent. I lot down the window and looked up the line. GrCat soft clouds of steani were rolling silently toward us, their under surfaceo glowing a dull red as hough dyed with blood. Our train wVas without engine, and, as the steam ;lowly drifted away, and our eyes got ieustomed to the gloom, we made out &bout a couple of hundrcd yards up ,he line, two engines locked together is in a death embrace, while the frag uents of the goods train lay scattered troll 110. We huri edl toward the .eene of the ,eeident. The heavy gouds engine lay m its side. aid jamninel between it. and he rocky hanic was the passenger ogine. Thu fire had Deen shaken mt and the (lying embers glowed with dull red light, as they lay spread alt on tho ground, among fragcnents f w1heels and twisted rods. Fron inler the goods engine we dragged nUo poor fellow with many groans., for Is leg was broken, and the escaping team bad scaled hiin fearfully, and lien, with half his body crushe hope essly under a tangled inaiss of iron and teel, we found aoothcr with hil eyes loied. Oh ! 'twas a horitd nigci. It t.urned ne sick, and 1 t-led to ptevetit .lennie ecingr it.. B1ut she. eager to be of erviee, pushed me atide, and gazed at lhe ptor, ti wounded tigure ly iri. t te o helplestly. and thell gave i ieam >f anguish and elung coe ehely to " .lim, Jim '' -he exclaimed. don't you see W ho it is? It's 1 ugh :" And 1H ugh it was. in his rough, oi gine driver's Clothiez. with a deadly paleness showing througi the.soot oil his face, and great drops of persira tion on his brow. We thoc4ght, him dead at Ii rst. hmt at Jeni e's e~lciamal tion he opened hiis eyes and smiled faintly at, us. Wec were poweries to heh p him: .we could not muove that great man of steel, nor could we draw him itiway fromt it. for, even as v; e touiched him. with a vague idea of saving him, he groaned in agony. And so. thlough it made us faint with horrot,. we knelt by his bide and watched the tide of life quickly ebbing. HIis right hand wa,-, cru-hedl under' hin. iat his left was free, and as . Ienni tenlder:. and genitey strok~ed it -- v ges and .-ooty ias It was -is :Guger-e osed over her1s andl held thlen. It CIIItnd to give im f relief, for a -nmile *n >r beautiful than I have ever -eeni on the face man, eithler before or' -nee . t up h'is face with a great joy. ." he pancted, and his voice was St ran low. so low that 1 had to nT y ear close to his lips to catch :-ed wiords, "I cannot last .steirav (;od -- it may be -t - for vour -sakces. I saw g o : ustron K iss me, J1i ce na b~tieonly once--the first, .oI.. .ut -- : .nng home again." I .: IIn' r: v'- l [Ti riri Imng over. w' i~r--:e *: L .a pa. and, gently v tp:nr '4ot to a.. m; !p romn his fore to asv~aae iu: t to. lt was not 'A e e.' uw Et f-t d iming i 0'i ' i- e:e 'a r:n.ly closing. -.nsv ':a ;.: c twuey onl his face k'ueuah : -,i., .; Li'. panting of his her~t - e'. t'~ to that the end erue------:-:----..-:--:na which it I ' li. -C -..' --(ne) last eon n - 10p 1..'..; Jennie's hand :0' v a- t. ':.'- poorf. bruised 'ci.'. . . :-'.- ep 1i had iIownI. ')t c V , i : '.> .t. LII II e pW~ak bu t, tI e c,: --m e t leec.:> i Jeranie'd hNe ani' e vii ,(cuti ' t o awaytlte)e.. ,-tmx , t( i~do' I';; t.tl /l- is jet L0 i, 2 1. ai I.IA1, i1..' ' b.. ijs ilsi .e,) AA ,.. t** loh -he'r I' 'oe l it~n 0M )( .;p e :..f ii it I ei. 1i t al si ..' ?1 i e't iy44 a.t. ai child ts lii I:'a vhis lia Or woud have I*er We'v W ul(ta, " r bcn thh. ine t'b:e-.f forvii'x .coXI W hoult I w C ben to- a night' , onl .,Jhl f. ae the i . or-; gr.ting on wont ol h ve tun-t~w e soe, for other an4.je'dhe r o~e tow lofe hku ilu n~w ivr fe whnh ate -e M uyIv and -his head hurt. Of course, you wouldn't hear of it, sir, there's many a hundred accidents that people nover bear of, becauso a railway man's life isn't of much account, and if one's killed they can easlly get another. At any rate, that's why we were told to take the excursion back. " We didn't like it. it's very .awk ward, you see, sir, when you are on k strange line, because you don't know exactly when to look for the signals, nor where the eurves and inolinQes como. Hiowever', it had to ho -done, and so we backed down in good time and waited for the signal. J ust about two minutes beforo wO wore due io start. you went up the platform, and I saw you and the young lady get into one of the carriages. I didn't know how it was, but somehow your faces seemed strangely f ,miliar. and I was wondoering who you weto, when sud denly ho saw you and gave a great start, and the blood rushed into his face. Then he looked at me with such an apIpealing, miserahle look, that I felt q itre scared. " till.' lie said. in a hoarse whisper, 'it's them.' I knew in a mninuto who yo were then, but I didn't like that look . it was juit a'v thougi hte was going tiad. Ilowever. therm wasn't much time to think of it: for just then the signal was given and wO wore oil Wo went splendidly and rattled past the station in fine style, until, just, as we got onl the single line, wo saw this goods train si pping along toward us at a fearful rate down the incline, and knew that in two minutes at most there'd he a mash. She was long way oJT, but, then, you seep. a good.4 tint , has no brakes. and we hadn't, any worth ,,peaking of. "It'm awful, sir, when a thing comes to you like that, just when you are least expecting it. You feel choked like-as though you must do some th ing, and don't know w hat it is. Hugh turned off team and whistled. whilo scrowed down the brake until I hoard the whuels grinling on the rails, but we both know that vecould never stop In time, cr, if we could, the goods train would be smashing into us befoe we Could reverse. Suddeuly H ugh svrang on the tender, yelling out. like mad : 'I ill, she's in, she's in ' " I didn't know what. he meant, but I saw him fling himsoll o.tir the hack of the tenlder. in front of the carriages, and a few seconds after I heard the clank of iron and know he had un linked the couplings. How he did it, s'r. I don't know. lie must have laid himlwelf ovor the buffers somehow and leaned over, lifting the heavy links. " In ton sceonds he was back, shout. ing madly : " OT with the brake, Man. off with the brake.' I began to understand what lie wanted to do, and unscrowed the rtake : and then. under a full head of steam, the engine left the carviages hohind. * Bill,' ho shouted. 'juI p or, junip off' ! ( )f course. I woulhi't.. and said so. Ho didn't stop to arguo, hut turned to attend to the lever, pushing it as far open az it would go, still shouting. .Jump off jump tiT! "I thioutghit. of tny little 01nies at home, Fitr, and tall in a twinkling like a flash of liglitning. I saw them fatherless und Imly wife weeping bittorly for ine and, for an instant. I thought of jump iI, o!). I Itt it was only for an instant, for &%qen as the titougl!t camie, some thing told tme my duty was to stop. ..\nd there I stopped. and now I'm glad 1 did. "Hill,' he cried, tumrrning to tme with Ia wiki light of trtiumiph Irn his eyes, ' lhi, we shall save the pasengors Iand - Jenlnic arnd d imt. ilon't you -.ee, lad, how it will bey We.shazll stop theL goods train by throwing it oti the line: aind the carriages are tnearly stopipod now-hiok !' I glanced behirnd. The train of iarriarzes was a hundred yards away and slowing down rapidly :th-e pasener were saved.l "In silence, save for t~te panting of the enagi n', we gripped each other's hami and waited. Oh, that wvaiting I feLt nay he'ardl--my, hear't thump irng Ihke the engine its elf. I tried to p iray, but liy brain was in a whirl. I longed for the tension to cease :for the endl to coe. Jlust then the good, train r"*appeear'ed r'oundl the curve. IThey hadnr't seen us, for the steam wan onlbut, instantly we hear'd the sharj; whiistle' arid knew they wore doing their best to stop. Isaw H-ughi glanice quickly fr'om the goodis tirairn ti) thc o ueriag'e-', and hais eyes lit up once mnor'e w ithi a great, tr'iutmphanlt joy as be gtaed up to the sky ; then, before I conuhl say a word, or lift; a fing'r, he seized hold of me. and cr'ying, ' It's your only' chance, lad I' lifteod me clean off the engine and swung me on to the hank. I r'emiember faliing and heat" in g a duill crash, a fearful scream, and then all wats silent. " Thti all sir," he continued, under the engine. " He gav'e his life for you." Then kneeling dlown, he took Hugh's cold hand into his own, and tenderly caressed It, the teat's-no shamoetc him---rlling down his cheeks,an "Giod bless thee, Hugh, my best arid oinly friernd. GAood-bye !" arnd walked slowLly away. UiohondStar :On the 30th o1 noxt onthlticmondwill tneisthe Confederate ar'miestht as ve takeni plac since thoso soldiers sepa ratad to thaeir' homes. Never agin wil it be piossib'o for such a number of these ol soldiers to he gathered Into one encamtpmoent. Elach suceed lng year sc'es a large number of those who woire tire gray crossing the river to join their comriados who are " rest ig. under tire tre l'' on the other side. The comrinrg mieeting will have the element-s of bndness mingled with the plea.sures and joys of the r'eunion of old comnraidos who will know that they ':anl nieer agaLin clasp hands and live .er' againr timo sseences in which they .rned that they could trust one an uort' or al that there~ was in.pet'fct -. l'oodl. Ti: i lpprotpriation committee of * il.,',of lt-.prsent.atives of the -:f the lInited States has re S!:1 t,t 00l fur a govern mont f:'tud exhiblit at the Tennessee x/I pos'~ition the colebra Tenn*J r rmo'~'s ad misrioin into the 2 er'ei I niieo. T1he people of Ten '' ste havsu givon haltIf a million of " ' lar'.. tbhus gura 'nteei ng an oxpendi I i:o tof at least *l.000,000, for the per' Jh"ting of demonstration. The T1en nessoo (Ce'rnitial l'x position Is a mtr'iotic ete.rpr~tise, intended to celo w-)te a gr".aI.t oceasionl, to encourage the arts and industr'ies and to promote sen r'e oO,.-di at rotations between the dit1ferent~ parts of the common country. *---Taking~ the young rnd the old to gether, it Is found that twmuty-sIX years is the averago at whIch pop le dIe in Lo/ndon. it' lngt'mrd and Wales only, mre.'~ that a humrlaid tthousand poerLoi are always slowly dying of o amptutn. ........ .... N LOW DOWN TIJIBK8." A Prdmlient 1erorme - als nto Governor Ev-ans Voir Orderig is Beer 8(eL.ed. Mr. Leon .1. Williams. of Ed geileld, is one of th most noted and Intonse Reformers in the State, and Is now a member of tle State board of control. Not long ago a barrel of bear was shipped to his address at Elgoileld, and it was seized by the dispensary constables, which led him to mate the following statement: "I was at Edgelled'o last Monday, and, much to my surprise, I learned that a barrel of beer, shipped to we as a member of the State board of con trol, had been seizod by the consta bles. It had been shipped without my knowledge, I suppose as samples, since I am charged with buying beor for the Stato dispensary. It had been %t Edgeflold for two weeks. " G avernor Evans went over to Edge field, and learning that the boer was there. ordered the constables to selze it. All this happened without ny knowledge. At the same time the boor was at Etdgofiold a keg of contra band liquor was shipped there to another party and seized by the con stables, which was released. Why this ditieront treatment? I am charged with purchasing beor to supply the people and should of course j now what I am doing, and assort that it is pro pe' and legiti'tO for me to receivO samples.. lven if it is improper, I am not reslpOns ible for shipments mado to me without my knowledge. "Now the Governor has frequently ordered selzed liquors released (som3 of it consigned to his relatives), which was shipped contrary to law and clearly contraband and forfeited to the State. lie has frequently petitioned the boar d of control to release seized liquor. and all these releases deprive the State of valuable proporty; besides it is nearly al ways consigned to enemies of the dispensary law. ' 'le has made an arrangement now whereoy he can nullify sections 25 and :I of the dispensary law and retain to himself the tight to keep contraband liquor out of the hands of the board of control so that he can release it, for no other Iurpose, in ny opinion, than to make votos for himself for the United States Senate. i have a caso in point wher b-- h., tr; d som of his bitter est enenues. I. understand the Governor is the frequCn6 recipient of gratuitous liquors himself. Now isn't it obvious (with a view to all thCse factsi that he Is prompt.ed by utner reasons than a desi.'e to strictly enforce the lavi ' Now what are those reasons ? Eviden tly to vent his spleen on 'ie and to pulish me if possible, for n, other reason than that I have refused to -ur render my convictions and m1anhoou and to.ady to him. I shall always "c fuso to go to any man or set of men for orders, but shall always excrcise my bet, judgment and profer to be honest in politics and refuse to perjure myself according to my construction of the -aw) to got any man out of a hole, even though he be Governor of the State. " llKspcially did I refuse to do this. as ia part of those unlaw fully appro priated funds for a State exhibit at Atlanta were used to have a steno graphic report made of his speech its an advertisement of himself. Whlie i reg ret the necessity for those statements. I shall always be dlefeno ' i myself. I des~ire to say that 1 sh6i resort to no such low dLown tricks to pun ish the Governor, but will be found holding uip his hands and as-. sisting him so far its it Ilies in my" power in the enforcement of all the laws. With these statements I wash my hand~ls of the w hole mtiitetr." \\ hllA TGO~v. V A Ns :AY.. Whena theo Governaor had read the above he s:mid :"I am soarry Mr. WNil Iiont s tamke so ntehw to hear. the bar iel of heet imit-perly shipped to him and sei, ed at F. ige Ii ild(. VTe conasta ble ealled my at tentLion to the seizure while I was itn lddgetiold, and he was' inistr'ucted to mtake t lbe 5CeiKuI e as~ the law perm its nl nutih shipmttents. The beer is in the pJossession of the State and if Mr. W'illiam.- feels that an in justice has bien done him. he hats the samefl remedy as any other citizen whose goods havo. heen impr~oper~tly seized. N *imber0 of 'the I Iartd of Con troi, uander the law, will be treated as other citiz :nO are~. 'Tie hiwt is nto ie specter of persons, and an enforcing it~ I certainly have the right to expect, the heartj coJ-operation of the State's oililers, patieu iar'y thuo.,e entrusted with the ad minibtration oif this law. that 'at the saun time the heer was in Edgefield a keg oif cotrabatnd was seized and released.' is without, fotan dation. Thme facts are that ia ship. rnent was muade by a party of a keg of whiskey to K hgeliel int t~he name of a negro. T1he conatstaible reported to me, whtile in lEdgelield, the fact and stated he htad released the same on the statement of tihe r-eal ow ner that it was intentded for his owtn use and not to evade the huw. The constable was piublicly censurod by me and instruct, od never- to retuitrn Iiq wt )rmitoer sucht circumstance$ a-s it catm specially under the order of -1lmadge Simonton. "The statement that. I have frecq ent ly ordered packaiges rele.i-ed i:n true, andl I amt~ continuJiing to doi so, undert the advice of! the Attornoey General, as the order of .1 udge Simajnton will he carrief. out until the test (enso now be fore him is decided. " [ have, as stated, pietitionled the State Hoatrd, of which he is ia metmber, to release packages in eases w here I was of the opinion the seizures could1( nota ho sustained. If the Staite ha-i, been deprived of valuable propemrty, as Mr. Willis ms states, the responsihmulty is on the State Hoard and not, myseto f. Gov. Ev'ans, continuing, said: 1 am utnawaire that I have pilacatted atny. of muy enmies by the Pme'nes~ of pack ages. If such had been imy o'>jict, I certainily wotuld not have 8 :1 z - Mir. Williams' beer.'" Gov. Evans said furthber, that ho had never yet releasecd any satinument tn loss advised by the Att >rney General to (d0 so, and unless the p.irtiles, regard Less of personual or othor toes, had1( mfad~e allidavit, that tihe shipanent was in tetnded and woouh ihe us ed strictly for personail utse. it ought, to lbe st~ated in justico to Mr. Wiliams that lie did niot, order the hi-or nor was lho aware of the fact that It, hadl beer. shipped to him. It wams sn rt as a sample by ai brewery. --The Wiscontin I 'rn'iibitionists have ad pot. 4 a latformu iect aulug : First, lor' pi miibition: stecond, for sulfrago tbased uj on in oll ignut citizenshi, rathertthman upoa0. se x'; thtird, forpuablio tobot~ : aught in the English language sudl to aippropiation for sectarian1 peps:atnd fourth', that silver be roustOo d to its position prior to 1873. I'his Jfr', phank wvas gIven a vote of 69 to 69. Tnoe chairnan gave h Is vote for .nivot1iiimid great excitement,. THE CLOSING EX[RCISES. Of the Southern Baptist. Convention Iati a Stormy Debate on Tem perance. The 51st sessIon o! the Southern Baptist Convention adjourned at n11n on the' 12th inst. to meet next year at Wilmington, N. C., the first Friday following the first Sunday in May. When tho convea.tion convened, but few delegates were in their seats, but the auditorium was soon comfortably filled. Tho reports from the com mittees on young people's work, and finance, and business of the Sunday school board woro road and accepted. The committeo recommen-led that arrangements for printing be left to the discretion of the Sunday school board. E-nrollnent committee report ed that 811) delegat.4 ott of a total of 1,162 accredited to the convention had attended. A long and heated debate was precipated by the introduction of a totiperance resolution by J. B. Cran fill, of Texas. Dr. Cranfill was vice presidential candidate In 1892 on the prohibition ticket. The resolution took advanced ground against the liquor tratlic in all ramifications, and advised the eximulsion by the churches of members ongaged in the business. Frank I-,ton, son of Dr. T. T. i'Xttoa, pastor of WalInut street Iltaptist Church, now traveling abroad, objected to it first. as a political manoervre. then denounced it as an ofrwt to reflect on hij father, whose church has had as membore for many years, two weil known distillors. Ife referred to the late D.ctors Manly and Broadus, the pillars in the church. as upholding Dr. lEaton's past action, and the debate became qfite acimonius. Pinally young liton, failing to) secur -post ponement of action. offered a com prormise aiondment, which expressed the hope that the action proposed by the resolution, might in timo be taken by the churches, and added, as a rider that we hope the time is coming when Baptist churches will not retain in their fellowship members who fail to render account for mission money hold in trust. This was a back-handed slap at Dr. Cranfill, and referred to an un pleasant incident of past history in his relations with his State convention. It reopened an old sore, for Iactors Eaton and Cranfill have been at odds for years. Aitton's amendment was tabled, and the resolutions finally passed almost unanimously. A resolu tion was carried. recommending to the Foreign Mission B.)ard the estab aishment of Bap'.ist missions in 'ales Line, with headquarters at Jerusalem. After thanking the press and peo tile of Chattanooga, the convention ad journed. WILL UPE A 'NARROW MARGIN. Senator Hill Figures a Close Fight on Silver at Chicago. Senator 11111 has been doing some fihuring on the possibility of the silver 1)cnocrats controlling at Chicago, says the Washiugton L'ost, and has comne to the conclusion that the result will depend upon a very narrow margin. In fact, he figures that it is (uito pos sible that the sixteen votes of Nebras ka, one way or the other, may decide the contebt. As is well known there w ill be two delegations fron Nebraska, one alleged to be composed of -ederal ollice-holders and other souud money men, and the other being the p sentatives of the silvce faction of the party. The National committee, w hich wilL make up the temporar-y roll o[ the conventiont, has majority of gold stan dar-d men, it is said, and upon its de cision as to the seating of oneO of the Nebi-aska delegates the wholu outcome of the convention may hinge. T1he Post recently, in esitimaiutes of the bilver- outlook, placed Illinois fir-st in the bilver- and later- in the doubtful co'onn. Senator Hill puts it dowvn for silver- en the ad vice of S- natoi- Palmer-, who treluctantly admits that the siiver men ha, e the miachincryv of the Stato. It is now said that the gold meni canniot even g.t, the ('ook county dlelegation, which they hop1)ed to control. In other Stattes the fre si:'ver maon have b~een given the or-gaizai'ttionl without a .-trug gle, hu:, Senator H-ill says that he does not believo that this oue-ht to he the case at the National coz,vuntion. He etxlpect-; to go to Cnicago at the headl of the No.v Y'ork deslegation, but even should the ilvur-o men seem to be in the majority he wIll not rabandon the fight until it is evident from a Vote that they are intrenched in their- posi tion0. It seemns to ho gener-ally admitted that thec fr-ee silver- delegation ft-oum Texas will be accor-ded seats in the convention wvithout qfuestion. Sena tot- Mills says the D)temcats with a few ssxceptio~ns, arc with the ft-ce sil ver tide, and that the regular or-gani ziation of the State is certainly for sil vet-. Ex-Speakoer Crisp said yesterday that ho thought the unit r-ule would be enforced in all the silver States. in c:lding Georgia, since the gold men had forced the r-ulo on the silvetr men in Xl ichigan. -----.e--.e The 1'rtench say "'It is the impossible that happens." This has prioved to he the caseC with the Mount Lc banon Shstkers. The whole scientific world has bee-n labioritng to eurt- dlyspepsia, but ver-y e-ffort seemedi to meet, with de fea-t. The sufflrntg ft-em stomach trouit ls has beome almiost universal. Multitudes bave no desire tot- food and that which they do eat causes them pint't and distr-ess. Sleepless nights at o the i-ule and not the exception, and thousands (of suffer-ers have become dis coutraged. Th~e Shakr-s of Mount Lebanon r ce-ntly came to the fr-ont with their new Dige~stivye Cor-dial,- which contains not only a foodl already digested, blut is a digester- of food. ft, priomtfly~1 relicevos nearly all for-ms of indigestion. Ask your druggist for one oIf theft- books. Faxel, thte new Castor- Oil, 18 beIng used in htospitals. It is as sweet as hone. -As anl evidlence of the' gr-cat, impetus the coitton millingr Industry has taken in thte ttate, It may be mentioncd that application was tmade to the trailr-oad commtfl'ssion~ by soveralt different new cott on mill enter-prises for the special two,-thlids rate allowed on uuIiding tratot-ials shipped to such conerns. The i-ate Is allowed in such cases by aigree-ment, with the sever-al railroads mif the( State. 'rThe applicatIons wOe till giranted. -'rThe high seas includie tile whole xtent of eea so far as it not the ox slusivo pi-operty of any particulac youtntry. The rule of international awv is t.hat every country bordering on ho sca has the -exclusive sovereignty >vor the sea to the extent of three niles from its shora, but all beyond ,nd which Is not within three miles oi omoe otht r c ,untry, is open or common o all Countrits. ALL SORTS OF" PARAGRAPHS. Cul led 11-om1 Various Sources and Ie tafing to Numerous Subjects. --Oving to IlI health Dr. Atkiuson will r% sign the presidency of the South Carolina College for Women. -Thue free public library of Colum bia, the best work yet undertaken for ) actical progress, is now an assured fact. -D,-. A. N. Tally, who for years has served on the board of regents of the State -hospital for tho insano, has been succe !cu by -Mr. .1. P. Glenn. of Ander son. * -The cannery at Prosperity will place an ord.r for 600,00) cans for .1une ship mont. They have about -Io0 acres planted in tomatoes or will have, and they expect to pack -I,i00 or 5.000 cases this season. -The Supreme Court of I ilinois has decid(d that a druggist his a rilht to declino tosell soda water to a n re if lie ptl(eases to do so. The negro gets knock--d out overy time he raises a fool issue of this kind. -The earicors around Rock liill have decided Lo plant about, 165 acres of tolacco. The leaf rabed in 1.his county is exceptionally fino, solling much in advance of the tobacco raiset In the lower part of the State. -R-:v. Alexander Sprunt' of Hocl 11111. leaves New York, Saturday mot n lng for England. After a bicycle tou1 through the country he will attend a a delerate the Pan Presbyterian etun cil at Glas-gow, Sco!,land. -Tho annual Alliance er.campmren and olenic Is to take place at Tir:z.d' in York county, on July 30 and 31. Th i gather ing is an unusual affair, a( there tire always prominent speakers Two days and nights will be spent ir the camp. --Rev. A. .1. Dirz. the R'aptist mis silonary recently expolled from1 Cuba has gonc to Atlanta to live and con nected hhnself with the Second i3ap tict Church of that city. lie let Thurirsoay night for a ten days' trip tI New York. -ft is stated that the Spanish gov ernment has addressed a note to the powers on the subject of the allegc( use of Cxl-osiVe bullets l contrary Pt the i ntelrnat,ionial usa ges of wVarfare Which it is claime-d have been obtain ed in thle United States. --A company has been organized ic prospo.t for silver and copper ii Wayne county, lennsylvania. Ther' are indications that these ores exis in paying (Iluantiti(-s in the region about South Canaan. and the compaiam has paid $55.000 for an option on 5: a ras of land. --In a magazine article just publish ed M r. A ndre w Cat negie says " W< should he qaite willing t.o abolish lux ury, but, to abolish poverty would be k destroy the only soil u)on which mal: kind can depend to prodnetc t.lee virtu: which alone can enabio our race I< reach a stiLl higher civilization than i flow poisesses.." -1hie ivy is never, used for Christ mas decorations. It was on1ce sacre< to Bacibs and. constituted aino.t, th<(, sole leaf'y decoration at the R nati Saturnualia. The early Chi stian elerg desiring to wean the ipl)'oron their pagan practice as far as possi ble forbade the use of ivy, and the pr-o h ibition has lasted unutilI the presen age. .--The city of Montpelier, in 1,'ane is said to be the firt, to regulate tiec kind of wrapping paper in which arti eles of food shall be (ei Ivered. Color'u paper is absolutely forbidden. Pr'cin, 0(d paper and old mlanncripts ma: only hO used for' dried vegetables l'or all other articles of food new papei 'oither white or' straw colored, mue. be used. -In the Demnocratic National Con v'ention of 189:' there wer-c till delegate: and under the two-thirds rule 01 vote, wero neccessary to a choice. Clovelam( received l'Id Votes on the Ii rst ballot The add ition of Utah to the list o States will add four delegates th is year making a total of 9141, and 1hi0 will b< neccessary to a choice if the the tw< thirds rule is maintained. --The Co'orado R.epublican Conven thon haus declared for b~Imletal li-sm um. priote'ction). wvith fee silvar as the pr'a mount issue. Senator 'relicer wve chosen to hea:l the delegation. Ne instructions wVero given, except, obe d ience to Iris dlirections. E'arly in the evening a telegram was received fron Senator Wolcott dceclinin. to go as delegate, wvh ich simpl ilied meatter; and averted the expected light be I-Tre Commercial Gazette son letters to all members of the Hopubli can national committee stating the the nomination of McKinley at St Louis being conceded, it was desirem to gather prefer'ences for' Vice l'resi doent. T1he r'eplir S ar'e puIblishe~d amfl show that with the exeiptin of the im pr'eferences for Hobart of New Jersey the members of the national commeaittet favor T1homeas B. Rhod for Vice Pre'si (lent. [A $25 COOKING STOVE SWi en? A court.ETE OUTWrrT 1O3 Only$12.00. I~iveeil vryur railroad depot, all b i e~ht carer c pai. IteadI this desorip a t in cariu b 'l is splendid Cooking 'iove la. No. .'; has fouer 8 Icinpt hoe; lt'nx it6 tic?. oe.is Sl.ch lire beox.24 inohes y ih ; v'ix'25 lnc- I op; nco'e sinootlh casting. I lehave lead c hii stoieo niadle for my trade,4 iralte-r iny o'wn id -a. comnleineg allt b ie good aontofall mc -dium picede storus, and 5liingett then o 'ject li~o features. * t:.c- on all clu lt tlhe best No. 8 .Cooking 5I pece, I pt co'v, ra, '1 skIllots, 2 grlddtes,8 Slar, I Ii er, 1 seriIay er. I cke polish 1I ron p tea kettle, I shocve-l. Wioeint to mio ous * tomdern aned fri-eds in overy part of the 0 South, for thce pucrpose-M of intr'oducing our p busineess to new poceI.', anid to renew our aoquitance wic ih c-i c frlfondsl. mi rttoir~We wiliahip thIs kecinldid 'ooking Stove Sand the above dlesor *bed wareto any depot Stove inc a ge'..: oee, well ecado, and will g ive entire 4aifc o.ou lutae loatalogieof Furnitu ree8tovcs and Baby " LeJF. PA DGET T,'I 640 3eoad Street, Auguta, G . -Mr. J. B. Cleveland, preshiCit of the Port Royal and West.i-tr C.-rolilni Road, )ats appea-rl behli c U v ail road Comintrl6ison ail -ucl em:u.u it. gt ting the old p -seg.r rates to be .f force on his 111I,!. Asidlu fe'<'n o '' n 'I conditions, VIr- ("h v%!iaril zob. wied tliat the I'rIc erh-Ifl s .Ls bnd fitiin bidehinud those of last year $6 00!) '(1dh r. 1 h circl~ustance8 bheb tvmi e fl it jut' tilled in 13ot en forcing the uced rates. --Mru. U. F. Giant, widow of the General, has writ tell a letter t. Seln tor Squire, thanking him for the re. solution which b hats introduceit in the Strate providing for a Grant s'atue. "1 have long lookel isild hopeu for an - xpression of uomo kind fr'om the government," says Mrs. Grant, " anta mim k your thought, if VLrierdt out, would be a grand fulillment of t'iat hie-w. I thank you, 8 nator." - 'TLo two. biggest fire engiln. in the we rid 1e 11n laive p:Ol. T e IM10I00econt spOcimnsOn of wor-kman - ship are the most powerful lire engin a known, throwing I 800, gallons Of n% ate. ill I 1111i te. itl itl j't 110 fee h ,b I i. T['he force vithe wlich tho w ;eA ojoect d 1ronm thelni mII:Iey b e :h i-tedj fromn tho fate that the j j - w rr' 'It d to kill a mnji at 3.50 feet. - Mandy,'" said I..n.ne,, re ' !, " wouldn't. you like to bol a 'nare'pat I Woman 11'' go to. tilm, 1 :.11 \ * SNo, si r." was t I: e po.i Liv -I 'y. - - I d mn't think it is fair --r 1 - 111. ee fior' W line 11 ti v b-- trvin 'to g rbt 1 the m ." " Why not?" "-Bectinto it %vo-:.an l; allus sieet ilt. enloughl telT I lI I11. i' | in I to s uvti i-T! thizt cms 'n.'s e. bat po'it ics is all someI(. men101 t-o fitl l. SoulwiRN RAILWAY. PIEDMONT AIR LINE. Condensed Schedule of Passenger Trianrs. Ves.Ft.h Northbound. No.38 No 36 No. 12 No. to Jan. 8, 5896. Daily iDaIlly h;aiy Esuit Atlanta, C. T. 12 00Wn 1115 p 7 60 a 4 33o " Atlanta. L..T. 100 p 121., a I 60a ,35. " NorurodA ............. 12566 a 1) 3S a U 26 is S li lotid ............ -.--.-.. 10 16 a 7 08p " GaisavillO.. 225P 201a 041 A 743p " 1 ................. 223a i1104a a121p * Cornelia .................. 11 26; a. M i. Airy..... ......20 a 11:30 a SroCcoA. ........... 3 15 a 11 z3 a West mite.tor ........ 3 66 a 12 .7 p 0 I * e *.......... 4 07 a 124-2 . Central. ..... 4 45 43j a 1 20 p). " Greenville .. 530 p b 19ia 2 It;p . " Spartanbuirg. 6 181) i it a 3 2 p " allneys............. 653a t10 p " ak rg. 706p 7'Ja 430 p " King's M.. .... .... 7 32 a 6 00 p. ( Gaist.iiu .... ........ 7 .53 a 5 s p Ar. Cimrlotto . 820 p b J a 6 20)p "t Danville . 12 00 a 1 0 y 11 25 p Ar. Iliclmeond.. .. 6 00 a 640 Ps 00 a Ar. WastluIgto . 6 .12 a! 9 4o y ..... '4 lBaltil'e. P' UH; 8 0:> it 11 -.l..'; p .. .... o Pniaitelia.! 10 25 a (0 a............. " NuwYork.. 1...E .2.a Southbound. N*. 37 No.,5 No. ii No. 17 1-4k.) DiAlly 'ully E sun Lv. N. Y., I' I R . 4 30 p 12 15 n. o I'll ~i1,I'5 Ilila. 0 63 p. 30 ai a lh t ia . ... 020 p .322 a "W hiAii.ouu . ' -03 p 1115 a............. Lv. livbuiendi. ..I 2 00 at2b5p 20a. Lv. DianvilIo..6 .0Oa 605 P '2 00a . (5Ciarlutto .. 9 35a 106t 1. ' 20j;. " Kinig .\t ........... ....... ggp . n a~cisbrg..10 42 a 12 10 a 2..0 . " alny ....... 12 23a 2 i8 p . " pa etian birg. 11 37 a 12 h9 a 3 vo " fieemiil.. l225p 150a 4 l p . " ('etl...1114 235a 5040 o " \ 'inster........... .......... g p. ".T............ ........ 350~ a O.8 p' " Lt. .\iry.... ........ ....... -;1go . "('srnelia............. ........ 7 4, y. " lAela ...... ....4 41a 8 12p p 5 "Oinlesll .. 8 ''31'p' 4 5in a 836 p2 "' Nore','es. ... . .1.... g4.1 p 2 .ar. A'-lania, 1'. T1.~ 455 p 6 Yi) a 1( 30e p 134 l v \ -.('5' T. 3 55 p 5 20 a , 833 .-a .4.1,.. S' p. mI. *-.\t- nloonl. "N' night. Nos :i.. i 3 -Washinagton and tlouthawestorn Vestibmu Limited . T'hrotugh Pullman sileepers between New York and New Orlcers, via Viash ligton, Atlanta andi Mont gomeory, andi also be. tween Now Yeork and Meimphia, v ia washington. Atlanta aad BIrmingham. Dining~ cars. Nos. 85 and 36--United States Fast Mail. Pull. mnan sleeping cars between Atlarta, Ncw Or. loans and New York. Nos. 11 and 12. Pullman steoping oar between Riohmiond, Danville and Greensbono. W. H. GREEN, J. M1. QULP, Gon't Suept., 1.Trantoc M'g'r, Washington, D.0. Wastinrgton, D. "'\. W. B. ItYDJCR, Superintendent, Charlotte North Uarolina. W. A. TURK, 8. Hi. IIARDWICK, Gen'1 Pass5. Ag't Ass't Gem 1 Pass. Aa - Washi ngtnn. o . Atlanta, G~ SO U TH ERNRAl~LWAY. Ooendensedl solaeule In ErrToe FEIRUAltY 23rd, 18t0e. STATIONS. I '1haft7 Li. Columabia.............. ij 10 a E " - o~ rlty. .. ... . . . . ~ 1 2 , i i Hodges ._.2.~ XAr io - tp ~ STATIONS. J a Plodmnt~ ... . n 00 a ise W iisto . ... I I a cm Avnlorsoni ....,0a A r. Doialds 0. .. Liv._IAbs .. ......~~ -t1 "(Greenwoodl ... ~ "' Ninet___-SIix.... 1, roper ity.------ .....- ..2 9 11 m)i DA ly ebia irc Ar.............nht.........408i 7 ,25 ....~.!on..... " 255p 1250a lea 125!!I " ......Ftu n ....... " l 15a lL42 14'/ :e-- -- ,iUio......." 12 5p 11 2.5 ,-:, '. " .... .l oewill .1" l. p 1: 0 , 4 P 4.: 400l Ar.. Sp r t anlmurg. ..Lv it1c la ]U 52p p4:110 Spb .. 13part:eiaug. . .Ar ii21a 10 25p .ir.li;A.A . Ashvill to L 20a' 7 1j "P.",s p. mn. "A," a. mn. TrI' 15. i~ and 16 carry ogant. Pullman Sh ePo.: cars~ bot.wcenn Coluiaui and Ashovillo, Ohi.uii eldilly betw~oon Jacksonville and (Jincin. Truai leave Spartanburg, A. & 0. division, nlorthh',und, 6:18 a. im., 1 :'2 p. mu., 6:18 p. im., '~mble~ i edl) ; aouthbulound I :00 a. in., U..p. t.117 a. mu., (Vestibulo ~imit od.) 'rniln4, leave Glrceenvillo, A. ad 0. division, norut b bo~unid, 6:26 a. mn., 2:10 >. mc. and 5:'J0 p. mn. I oeiibclied Limited)'s eontlebcmnnd 1:50 a. mn., 10 P. ut.. 1 2:;' p. mn. (ei osibuted Linuited). Pullman Service, Pulluman palace sleoping cars on Trains 35 and 001. "IL):!88, *oin A. and C. diivisionu. Ge u or'intendent, Tlraille M'Vg'r, K ohiungton, D. . WasbIgion. D. Ol, t Gena. P'aus. A.g't. As''tt Gon. Pnnu. A g't. WashngteaD.O. A imjs 'I