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A BINOLE I88VJS. CongreaaMuat Moel rh? Demand for Tarin Reform-Dilemma ?1 Kepi?bllcans?Jt>reie blent Cleveland'* Meaaage Make? Action I mpftrittlvf. (Letter to tlie N'en ?*uvk Ucrtikl.) WASHINOTON, Deoombor ll. There ie ii growing belief among leading Demo ! erat? tbat Mr. Carlisle would do well for ; tho party's barm OU io UH notion on tho re duction of the surplus it' he should make Mr. Randall chairman ot the Ways aud Means Committee. The suggestion has boon made to Mr. Carlisle by a promi neut Western Democrat, whoso belief is that this selection would have tho hap piest effect in leading tho two w ings of thc ptirty to "Hop together." The sug gest! ni docs not please the Llopubliouui at all. They have a lively hope that the ; Denioorats will disagree in this Congress, as they did, through the folly ot Mr. j M on ison, in the lust. Those Democrats who think it would bo good po'icy for Mr. Carlisle to ask Mr. Hammil to be chairman of tho Ways and Means, do not, however, muoh ex pect this to bc done, because they ac knowledge that it would bo too unbear able to Colonel Watterson, who is just in>w engaged in "shooting the deserters,' and who, it is feared, would shoot thi whole Democratic party ii BO sensible it thing should bo dino- as to put Mr. Randall at the head ol the Ways und Means, THE PKOUJJBM or TUB SCM'J.l S. AU prophecies as to what kind of bill to abolish the Bttrplus revenues will iu the end pass Congress a ed go to tho President aie meru folly. The Demo crats have hut a nal i"ow majority in the I louse and are in a luiuoi itv lu thc Senat >. When tho Ways and [cans Committee brings into tho Ho tue u bdl to reduce taxes, that will bo debated vory fully, and is thon likely te . rgoly changed before it passes the Hon lt will then go into the hands of ti: Finance ooiu mittoo in tho Sonate, of ?.? lioli the ma jority are Messrs. Mci rill, Sherman, .Iones, of Novada, Allison, Aldrich and Hiscock, alt strong protection? ts. Tuoy will chungo thc bill to suit their views, and bring it into the Uopublicuu Senate thus amended, where again it will bo J fully debated, and when it passes there | it will return to the ?louse to bo again considered. Lending men ol both sider; believe that the tobacco tux will bo ropoaled; in fact, that is generully takou for granted. The Democratic plan irs thereupon, te? mid largely to the free list, by way of reduc ing taxation and striking off surplus revenue, because to merely lower duties ou imported articles would probably iu croase ami not decrease the revenue Itr.l'l ni.li'ANs IN A DILEMMA. The Republicans, until within a few days, were determined on ( ne ol' tho two courses, either to strike oft' the tobacco tax aud thc sugur duty, w hich would re duoo tho surplus by about eighty mil lions, or to ropcul tho whole internal revenue taxes. Since they have realised the dilemma in which the President's message puts them, some of them are halting to consider tho situai' u. They ure BO fully committed to a revision ol the tariff by their speeches and plat forms thal, with the message starhig them in thc face, they begin to think it may bc dangerous for them to absolute ly refuse nud resist ail tai iii' amend ments. The message hos in fuot put tue. Re publicans iu a bad hole. Thc problem the President pu sonted in it bo pre sented to both* partios, because the Re? publicans rule in one House, tho Domo orats in the other, and, to got tho sur plus reduced, hutu parlies must act. The strong presentation of the ninth r by the President has awakened the country to tho fool thal thu surplus revenues must bo largely reduced to prevent general industrial aud financial ruin. How thia shall bo done, Mr. Cleveland hays in Iiis message, doponds entirely on Congress -that is to say, on tho Democrats in thc House and on tho Republicans in the Senate: and while, lie has given them his recommendations in the niultor, as is his constitutional duty, ho has in plain word', put the whole le Sjponsibihty of action to avert a great danger on Congress, w here it belongs. THE nt TV OF TUB I lol it. It is perfectly understood by tho Re publicans that tho President will, and indeed must, sign any bill sent lum which uctuully reduces revenue. The longer they consider tho President's measago, the more awkward tho Repub licans seo is the situation iu which it plnees them, and the moro dilliou?t they seo their course to l o. What conclu sion they will eventually rcaoh they do not themselves know. They came In re convinced that to repeal the tobacco tax and thc sugar duty was their cheap und easy way out; but they aro not nearly n.s suro about it today. Republican mom hors and Senators from somo Western Republican States have beon already made to feel the pressure of public sen timent favorable to tarit* reform. Thc remarkable course of tho Chicago Tri bune in promptly und positively sup porting Mr. Cleveland's n sago, amt in as plainly opposing Mr. Blaine's plant;, is seen to bo not merely tho expression of Mr. Medill's own long held faith in tariff reform, but to' denote also that behind tho powerful Chicago Tribune stands a strong and growing Republican public opinion und demand for tariff re form. Mr. Cleveland's message- hus beon a shell in tho Republican camp. If tho Democrats have wiso leadership, which will harmonizo instead of disintegrating thc party, tliey can tako and koop tho load, and puss.a judicious and beneficent measure to strike off tho surplus reve nues. Tho President's message hus shown tho way, and it has put new heart and vigor iu too party in tho samo de gree that it is embarrassing tho Republi cans. A Ureat-Uranddaughter of Calhoun tior* Mad. WASHINGTON, December 15.-During tho performance of "Article 47" by Clara Morris, nt tho Grand Opera House tonight, thc piny was interrupted by a scene which rocallcu thc famous shooting cuse in Ibis city some six or seven years ugo. Scated lu tho midst of the Inigo audience was Miss Annie Horton, groat granddaughter of John C. Calhoun, who is now an em ploye in tho Post Office Department. Several yours ugo lids young woman went to tho Trensury Department, where George Morgan, son of Senator Morgan of Alabama, wits al his desk, und calline ibo youngman out in the .street, fired at bim repeatedly with a revolver. The shots, however, inflicted only a slight wound, and tho young clerk refused to prosecute. At the end of the first act of "Article J,,'-'tonight, where Miss Morris, us the |fT)reolc girl Corn, is shot by her lover. George Duhamel, Miss ilortou became vio lently Insane, ana she bad to be taken from the theatre by the i>olIce. A disease of so delicate a na lure ns stricture of the Urethra should only bc entr isled to those of largo experience mid skill. By our improver.! methods we have been enabled lo speedily and perms neatly cure hundreds of tho worst eases. Pamphlet, references and terms, 10 cents In stamps. World's Dispensary Medical Asso elation, Cu)!' Main street, Buifulo, N. V. POWDBULY ON J AV (?ori.u. \ sovtii' Attttok by tlio I.?Muli r of i it hui upoii the ltiiiiruuti Bliozuate. (Kroin tbe Philadelphia Times.) Tho Ceneral Executive Board of tho Knights of Labor yesterday soot out from the Broad strei t headquarters the Inst si oret oiroularof tho unter prepared by Heuoral Master Workman Powderly. lt is iu refereuoe to the establishment of u govi riiiiiciital system of telegraphy uud . very local assembly uf tho grout organization to issue red-letter calls, ap point committoi s and wait upon every Congressman in tho separat;1 districts and persuade bim to vote fur thc meas ure I Tho si oret eiroular is euc of the most I limn ever issued by Mr. Powderly, and makes i bc most bitter atta?k upon .lay Could and monopolists in general that has ever been made by tho order. lt tl rat tab1) the members of the order for not attending to their duties ami work in i.in interest nf governmental tolo grti] " a id then tells el tho combined Herts o? tile managers of telegraph lines to suppress all good and spread all dis i . nows relating to tho Knights f Labor. SCOIUNO JAY OOUtiO, I'owdorly tells ol' the power of the Wostoiu Union and how it stands with out i: ?val; bow the Western Union bus i Iteotually ami easily killed off all cum pelitors, and cites, as un instance, tho ??.. m. of tho baltimore and Ohio, "day Could rules absolutely tb.e desti nies of tho Amerioan peuple,-' says Mr. Powderly, "and be is tho practical own er ot that purl of Hie United States M lech he wishes to take." In speaking of thc "capitalistic press" he says the order cannot ask thu press of this country to be independent as long as it allows monopoly to control both press and people. The circular says: "The news comes to them ready made on wires over which the people, tho editors of labor pupers and tho capital istic press havo no control. Wo ask of editors ol papers to speak out against monopoly. If they comply with our request they aro boycotted, first by thc man (?) who own tho wires, whan thc telegraphic nows is shut off from their columns; second, by thc very people who have asked of them towage war on monopoly and because 'they do not pub lish tho nows.' *' The circular tells bow tho gov ruinent has reduced postal charges to a mini mum, and how when mistakes are made in transmission or delivery the govern ment is alway:- anxious to rectify such irrer. As a comparison it says com plaint against the Western I nion Tele graph Company is entirely useless; that i-, uulees the complainant 1ms ten or twenty millions of dollars to back bim up. 'll ls ri M G TO WOUK." bc circular says that -lay Could has go o ju' t ns far as be ought to go in nis c ir? or of rapacity. The system be rep resents eau be displaced if thc people uwake from their Blumbors. The ac? j counts of the next Presidential election may be Hashed over wires owned and con trolled by thc people, it they will act at I u refe rence to asking each and . cry Senator or Congressman to vote for governmental telegraphy Mr. I'ow deily closes thc circular with: "When you havi scourod all tbs liarnos yon eau get scud the petitions to tho < encrai Secretary, lui. do not mail them until tho 2d day ?f January, 1888. On that day from every town and hamlet in Ibo l'nited Slates where wc have an assembly 1 want to have a petition. I hindi havo the ninnes counted and shall take idem to Washington to have them presented to Congress. Fill them out carefully. Have every mau or woman i-'y.u bis or own mime, (tel tho best writer in thc assembly to lill out the beading to each petition, giving the name of Stute, number of Congressional d striot and tiie name of your Congress mau. lia sure lo have these matters et refully attended to. lam?n earnest, and I wuut to take with me a petition so large thal Lt will demonstrate boyoud the shadow ? i doubt that you aro ir earn . i. !; i time to Work, and you must do work. Throw aside your per? i'd i tigs, your animosities, your and jealousies for tho timo sud ck for this measure as you never worki i before. The paper sent you w ill I cc tain naines enough; add more until you secure overy signature in your locality." I'i'obnblu Parla' Uc*<lii?*l lon. i; is not di?loult to predict v,hat the bill roduoing tariff taxes will be. 'J ?ie condition ol business and the m ocssity of framing a measuro that will puss the Senate dctino tho limitations which will dctormino the boundaries of the tax re duction bill. We predict that it will be in substance as follows: First--The free list will include ail the ores iron, lead, /.inc, copper- and also sait, coal, coal, lumber, wool, jute, hemp, marble, stone and other raw materials used in manufactures in this country. Tho free list will elfoot a reduction of : about $17,000,000. Second-Tho tax on sugar will bo cut in two in the middle. This will throw off?$27,000,000, unless an increase con sumption shall result from the reduced taxation, lt may, however, bu assumed thct the receipts from sugar will lie $20,* 000,01)0 less than at present. Third --Thc placing of tropical fruits upon tho free list and the lopping olfof taxes above 00 per cont, will make a further reduction of, say, $#8,000,000. Fourth There will bo secured by the changes above suggested a decronso of 840,000,000 in thu turill' taxes. Suppos ing that tho txliome is to effect u saviDg of $50,000,000, w hich is as great a re duction as Congress is likely lo maki-, thu general reduction which thu pro tected manufactures will ho required tu uiako will not bu more tbau ten millions. This can bu accomplished by revising the bl tes upon manufactures so that tho m..nmum duty shall bo 10 per cent, ad valorem and tho rnrximum duty 00 per emit. A miuiniuni duty of 10 per ci t. is "high protection. Wo submit it .o the judgment of tho pcoplo whothor it is not enough. SN ? now venturo to predict that tho tariff above sketched will bo found to resemble tho bill upon which Democrats take their stand as closely as tho Sarato ga platform resembled tho President's message. -Now York Star. w ..ni . ii. Pound dullly ?n<i Hentenced lo n.mii. M At ON, QA . December 15. -Thia was thc tenth day of thc trial of Wool folk Thc jury was charged at noon, and in twenty minutes brought in a verdict of gu hy. The prisoner was then sentenced lo be hanged OH February 10. In his Statement before hs was sentenced, WOO] folk asserted his Innocence before Heaven, ind said that bis witnesses bad sworn falsely. Ho seems to oe absolutely without nerves. A motion for a new triol will bo undo al once by counsel. Don't run against a chimney *weci>er; io's Hablo lo bring boot against you. UBMBH . I' NKWM >OTKH. Ileoia <>i lulorral Uatlieretl trout Vorloui Uuartvr*. Governor Bodwell ol' M niuo died yiater* du v. Smallpox ls epidemic lu Lehigh comity, [?a Tho Havana eiigur makers' strikt Ima encl? ii. A strike ol 1,100 coal miners ha; OC cuncd ot Qrovo City. Ti Thc Democratic caudltlale for Mayor of Boston. O'Brien, waa elected yesterday. Powdorly's condition la?*i night was rc gaoled as critical by Ins physicians. 1 luise iV Vaughn's grocory store, All gusta, (la., was robbed lida morning. Dr. Mackcu/.ie has examined tin-Crown Prince's throat uml dectarcsthat ho tinda no d uigerous symptoms. . d ual Master Workman Powderly is su (Vcr lng from a violent attack of homer* I hugo. The National Convention of tho Amurl* can Federation ol Labor ls in session ai Baltimore. Poster, Clark vV. Co., wholesale whisky dealers of baltimore, have made au assign ment. A tire Rt Marietta, tia., yesterday do strayed two buildings and tho roof of ti third. Less $25,000; Insurance $lb,c00, Thc muutcipal election in Charleston yesterday resulted in favor of Hie eulin straight Democratic ticket. The trial of ll nj. F. Hopkins, assistait cashier of the Fidelity National Bank o Cincinnnti, llegan yesterday. Mr. t?. W. Marshall, ono of thc oldes und most promlncul mcreliauts ol Green ville, 8. c.. died yesterday. Five Territories are knocking at tho deo to bo admitted as States-Montuna, I'tali Dakota, Washington and New Mexico. Tho County Treasurer's ellice al Flu casi lc, llotetourt county. Va. was robbet on Monday night of $UO0 wi iib of bond." Frank (?onion, eon or Governor Gor don. was married In Washington yester day to Miss Georgia bonis" Kilnoorat'. The depot of tho Augusta and Knox ville bond at Waterloo, S. C, was burnei down yesterday. Seventy live hales of col lon sloied therein wereid- > consumed. \: Pulatka, Phi., lost night tho lorry boa) Aruisiuear caught lire and burnell i t bo M aler's edge. Loss $5,500; hisuranc $4,000. [II Smith county, Miss., .Mrs. Faun Husbands, w hile traveling to her brother' house, was assaulted hy n ne; ro, robbe mid her tongue eui out. Searle, Vauncintin & Co., jobbers of ut lions mid white gootls, Philadelphia, llrtV failed. Liabilities $205,000; assets n known. Tin Vlrghihi State Grange IIUM proteste 10 thc I.enisle.'.un- against Hie recent ule< lion of a politician, In place of a larine il.? Connnis-ioiier of AgriculllUi Win Pincham, sentenced tobe linage in Buckingham cornily, Va., fi r ibu mu der ol his bi other, has been respited HUI Dccotnlier ?10. The Republican legislative caucus : Richmond, Va., last nigh I paid un eui pl h "mn ?o Mah.me by nominating him I succcc 1 Kidd lobergcr. Piro al the South Ticdiigat bolling Ml i.i Chultaiiooga yesterday ile troj tl oij half el" ibo nilli department, Involi ng loss < I $20,000. Willie Thompson, II colored yeirs ot ugo, killi I himself i- : . ,t morning, tu Savannah, while p!o\ I a pistol be had concealed In bli . j his parents. Tho City Council <l Alliuit.i yeslerd 11 \m I $1 500 as thc eos! nf retail 1 : -111 license. The ordinauca restricts >..l ions* cerhihi streets and pr?vidos for strlt : lati?os. Slr Tiiomas Henry Grallau l i int lida ni lion. A t i li ti r < ?"( 'elinor, li tali ; ? < '< < llUll ?minerulerau.se ?tl iii" Kogll li I': liainciit, arrived in Washington yoslcidi and I.ut willi a mosl enthusiastic rece (?..il. Tin* conunlllecs appointed by ibo i. General Assembly Ol ibo N ?rihern ni Soulhorn Presoytoibtn cbnrcbos incl Louisville today for thc purpose of lakii steps looking lo the ttllioii of th- (. hollies. Wong Mi I bing, tltcl I.?naman eon vi cl iii Ibo l ubed Stale*) Court a'Sui Pru ei>e-i of Importing Chinese women foi i mond purposes, has been scutoiiccd ttl I years' imprisonment in the California Sli prison and lo pay R fine of $2,000, Pompey Calhoun, colored, was -11 .. !< down on Broad street, Augusta, yest eui ai'i. in mn, willi a profuse hemorrhage ibo bingil. A physician was speedily attendant oon llicsiek man, but p renou nc him beyond the reach nt' medical aid. The United Ireland declares thal i Government has set und Mgr. Per leo'* i in restraining Irish priests from olfcri opposition to thc Governnieul equivalent, will codi iv the < idiotic r Vi-rdty lo receive tho Pupal envoy und sc an ambassador lo thc Vatican Henry S. Ives, ot the dofuuet hankl lirai ot H. S. Ives & Co., was arrested New York ycslordny, on o charge of ?ra larceny, made by Pre iden: Dexter of t Cincinnati, Hamilton mid Dayton Ruilrt Company. Ivi s is charged with the n appropriation of a cheek for shin.in He is In lil in $25,000 hail. D?9pateheS received ii! Vienna report ll thc condition of tho throat of tho Germ Crown PrincO hos suddenly bccomo WO ami tint special medical consultation I bu n ealie l at San Remo. Tho Princen Princess William have been notified lo in nat I ?ness for a sudden call to San Ken The United States grand jury in M> tana has indicted Thomas T. Oakes, V President of tho Northern Paclllc lb road, and other olllcials of tho samo c< pany, for unlawfully t utting thither publie lands in that Territory. 'I amount in question is about $2,000,000, The Dublin Erpt'tM says (bo Duke Norfolk anti Sir George Errington, bulb whom arc prominent Catholics, declined sign the address which is tn ne present hy English Catholics lo Mgr. Porsico faVOr of home rub) for ireland. Il si nlso thal Cardinal Manning ls debarred otirjtiotto from signing it. A stage running between Little Ro and Carrol I lon, Arkansas, was robbed Wednesday by three men, who appeal seddon ly from tho thick woods, 'I driver whipped up his hoists, but tho r. hers shot one ol' them. Thc four oe pints of the singe were then relieved $000 and two gold walch.' I Tho fl rsl national convention of Kopi Hean clubs assembled In Ni w v. ri. yeal day. Thc chairman explained tho pi pose lo he lo reorganize (he f lub* of i country inU) permanent organization* boom the Republican party nnd not 0 one in ll, Pearse, night operator at Spring Ci Timi., who mysteriously disappeared Ibo night of 2 lui Novem! r, wie ane nt Georgetown, Ky., on Wednesday, : robbing tim Baltimore a..tl Ohioexpr ofHce Rt Spring City of a $.5 ninney pat nae. Kc also stole .tho money order bo of tho samo company at Pacbuta, Mi He bas confessed. Thc suits instituted l?y L. Cambell Pensacola anti John P. HoKerTan of Nt York against ibo Woodstock Iron Co puny wero decided yesterday in favor the Woodstock Iron Company. Tin suits were institut",! lo recover propel upon which tho city of Anniston, Alu., buiit, and Involved property worth o\ $3,GW,000. HU IC-A.BK AC. Slloi ceil Ibo (lin o? tho busy day. Only ila: night wind s sighing b'ell on the ear of tho comrade near Tho sill ct ear. driver dying. si ?wry Ibo eyes of tho dying mau farted; he Rasped, hu started; Thu comrade bent with uar intent o'er the lipa th u speech had parted. V u angel had beckoned the dying mun Down by the Stream SO shady. And this was the wind the comrade heard: 'The other erossing, lady." A soar spot-the eagle's nest. A popular winter resort--hot toddy. A st> ck broker's ticket is sometimos o ."oilune telba-but usually it isn't. Very few persons eau hold theil'own on their tirst sea voyage lt is tho first business ot a Prohibitionist to prohibit common sense All oculist is the man w ho eau make people "open their eyes. ' To make u long story short st ud it lo u newspaper editor. One talent well used gives ils possessor greater satisfaction than live talents buried beneath tho rust of idleness and sloth. A beauty i- apt to lind no fault willi lei i eyes, clucks, or lips, but she upbraids bei hair. Hy Inking a voyage on a vessel all pas scngers arc turned into woad; for in ordet to go they must tic nil aboard. A clear conscience can n st easy on ii bei ot : "anile, while au evil one would he lill easy on otic of swiiusdown. Till rc are some men w ho ave SO oppose! 10 anarchy Unit they will not even wea nd Manuel. "Blessed ave thc piece makers," suki th small hoy when he dropped n costly pone lain ornament. The ( arpenter is an unreasonable fellow Ile objects to plain board, and yet he don' liku a hoard until it is pinned. We always admire w hat wc cannot ut 11 Tstund. Maybe thu is why so mau; w nnen get married. An angler giving tin account of i: nip I Cumula ?peaks of "a fight with a salmon, ! Wo prefer pens with salmon. I A lady man nt thc State election set ', i vt Y lo ii South Besten foundry to sec: ! they could liol cast his vote for him. <>n seeing a house being whitewashed, ll ho} ot three wanted to know if was going lo bc shaved. Macon Prohibitionist-The Atlanta ile lion wa? ti Watciloo. Macon Anti-Ni ? ii was a whisky I oo. AS ith much pain the public learns th ? the Barnum holocaust did not burn using I pink lemonade vender, M mkevtown ls the name of anew po i oili: :ef y ?zoo comity, Mississippi, bout ! ii * thc postmaster could unfold a tale. , N alce lo fon ?un nssossius- -If you dei I behave yourself when you come fro Ku rope you will i-pccdily go to your rop j The ol 1 lady who mended her husband trousers with II patch of grass is uo smoothing her hair willi thc comb of ' rooster. Philo: iphy docs liol requite ot us t est ri ii ms that would he unpleasant, but only b . moderate; und inodorntiou is consiste vs h': |i?iiprioly. 'vx-' will (jo out on Saturday, tho I? ii Dui year, month and week and 18 w roll in on Sunday I he first day of tl , ear, month and week. riiey tell mi you ure nu artist." "On "Ah. indeed: May I ask uh . mr speciality V "Certainly, I pal the town red." "We don t care for thc rain.' said o Baltimore girl to another us she raised "we rc neil her sugar nor sal replied Hie other, "but wo'cr lasset Croesus tu vi r wes ' ailed upon lo act I a nsou as financial manager of a nutioi upi ra company. Tli it is why he ls kum II ? history ns a mau of sonic uieanf, "Where i; you home?" asked a man <> ? ii l.t. looking stranger. "1 have any home ul present," waa tho reply, "' a ir. tiicr is milking her a visit. Poor white (taking a fistful of elim from contribution lioxl-Thank ce, dene? i' I il II known ver pud folks fer com I v. a h ? II here afore. Pi mi thc strnngothtill thal goes throu Jones' linn winn he puts it 'round his tl ling's waist, he imagines she must wear "vlei nie corset." It is binglllar thu. notwithstanding I great vai h t y III Ibu hill of faro at the cl dinners, t?tere are some nun Hud al wi w ant ti little gamo after the dinner is nv "Papu, why do they always call a tr 'she?' "Bi eau.se it takes three or fi men to m tungo, her, my son," replied ! Dawdle, glaring toward bis wife. Yon find yourself refreshed by the pi cm e of plea'.ant people. Why not mt carnes! Utfort to confer thal pleasure otb ?rsv Ovci fd?O.OO?) worth of valuable pup j. ? d money were recovered ycMen I 111 the. liol) Vaults jn the ruins of Phelps, Di Igfl iV Painter hoe fuclorj t b I Cago, a Illili was recently burned. . Vour bill has been running a long tin insinuatingly remarket] the bulcher lo !? pay tho o'lier morning. "That'll bad," marked Slopay, sympathetically, "V\ den t jon lit lt walk'.'" If wu bo nettled with severe mill take care never to sh >w that you are stu unless you clio sc lo provoke more. ', way lo avoid heing miden bull is no .et up for an archer. Tho man whose step ladder collup when lu- wa: hanging his father's pnrlr bringing the picture down on tho v>\ his i.ead, says it ls a striking likeness of . ?ld mat:. "ft lnko.3 longer for amati to lind milli than any oile r creature that is mad ) ii philosopher. Not so, my half ba friend, lt takes longer for u man lo I i out II woman. "How is ii you have so many young i call?n you?'1 asked a jealous girl. " cause," waa Hie reply, "father ba? the t in ol e fool and the rllliomatlstn hi thc ntl besides, we don't keep a dog." "How ran I leave thee?" bc wari under JUN best girl's window. "Co youngman," ?poko up thc policeman that boat, who had been attracted hy noise, "tho McQilfly family's gone ou town for two weeks." Mary-It seems cruel to kill so mi animals for their fur-tidily six \ Squirrels put IO death to make a muff II?1 Emily -Yes, it is cruel. Why dil thc monster take their skins oil without 1 ing them? A bride may lie robed in yellow, Binad with her bridegroom in a bowe < How flowers, and nil that, and ever married by a minister who hos tho is db e, hut no amount of decoration will vent IbotlisCOVOry of thc couple's gr?ent nt tll? first liolel they pul up nt. Joaquin Miller mys of one of bis tan hatred borolnofl that she "swept thc li somo sen." lt would have been mon her credit t i have laen at home sweer tho lonesome kitchen, or helping ber p motbor wash thc Supper dishes A idler was sent through Chnrloltcto P. E [,, poid Office, recently, which 1 tho following unique direction: "Del il to no one els Ask Un partie cal Hin lift his bat you will Seo a large Bald fi on thc Side of his head." Eat only what ls proper food; Drink otrtj thal which does you goo? Spend only what you can afford; bend only what will bo restored; Then you will have no cause to say I wav ? fool on yesterday. Soldiers* Panius. In South Africa, thu disaster of Is 'idlhwnnn gave tho soldiers" nerves ft .ovoro slinking, and it olteir happened that falso alarms at night led to tho rousing of whole camps, and sometimes ovon to a reckless discharge of firearms. In somu cases friendly natives, or even comrades! were taken by the excited imagination of a sentry for enemies; in others, unoll'ending cattle, even a bash or a shrub, becunio tho innocent cause of a fusilado sufficient to havo donlt widespread destruction to a host of Zulus. An odd incident illustrative of tito slightness of tho causo-or even, perhaps, of tho absence of any causo at all-that gives rise to a panie, occurred on tho night of Tel-cl-Kobir, amid a small cortior of the force that was bivouacking on tho battlefield. The narrator had crawled into a marquee ill which, with other commissariat stores, were tho rum casks from which ttie troops had received their liquor ration after the fatigues and excitement of the day's light and previous night march. Hosnies one or two commissariat issuers in chargo of tho stores, several "odds and ends'" of other corps had found their way into tho marquee, preferring to rest under its shelter amid the casks and biscuit boxes than limier tho opOU sky with thc sand for abed. Suddenly, in thc middle of tho night when all were sleeping, a noise and commotion began in a bivouac outside. Before tho inhabitants of the tent were sufficiently awake to understand its causo tho cur tains wore thrust aside by a red-eoated Moldier, who shouted to us to get up: "The Arab? arc in the camp-they aro upon us!M Thou he disappeared ns rapidly RS ho had como. Kvery ono sprang to his ?rms, and probably ex perienced that especially uncomfortable sensation that is caused by a vague feeling of an unseen though imminent danger against which ono is ignorant hovT to guard. Outside every one around was aroused and up, enderly striving to discover from what quarter attack was to bo expocted. Nothing, however, more unpleasant occurred than tho advent of a staff oflicor asking thc causo of the confusion. Probably thc truth never did roach headquarters. . Aftorwaid, however, a report gained ground-no other or better reason was ever forthcoming-that tho alarm arose from tho screams of a sleeping soldier, who, overwrought perhaps by tho hor rors of thc day, bau been lighting his battle over again iu his dreams! Chambers's Journal. Tho limitations ol* Helene?. lt may not he amiss for mo to supple ment or qualify tho foregoing paces with a page or two which have a aider ont bearing, lu tho first place, let mo say that I have iud so much spoken for thyself therein as 1 have spoken for that attitude of mind which make.- science or oxtict knowledge possible-a state < f mind which, in our limo. I am aware, is carrying things with a lugh hand. 1 know full well that science doos not make up tho sum-total of life; that there aro many things in this world that count for moro than exact knowledge. A tioblo -eutin., nt, an heroic impulse, courage, and self-sacrifice-how all your exact demonstrations pale before these things! But I recognize tho fact that within its own sphere science is supremo, and its sphere is commensurate willi human reason; and that, when an ap peal ts made to it, wo must abide by the result. Theology assumes to be a science, thc science of God, and as such the evidence, tho proof upon which it relies, must stand tho test of roason, or be capable of verification. Religion, as a sentiment, a? an aspiration after the highest good, is ono tiling; but, formu lated Into a system of theology and as suming to rest upon exact demonstra lion, is quite anet' As such it is ex posed to the terrible question, ls it true? In other words, it comes within the range of science, and must stand its lire. When mirp.cles are brought for ward aB an evidence of the truth of Christianity, the natural philosopher ?H bound to ask, Do miracles tako place? If our life were alone made up of reason or of cxaot knowledge, scienco would be all in all to us. So far as it is made up of these things, science must be our guide. But probably four fifths of life is quite outside of tho sphcru of science; lour fifths of life is sentiment. Tho great ages of the world liaro been ages of . entunen! ; tho great literatures aro tho embodiments of sentiment. Patriotism is a sentiment; love, benevol ence, admiration, worship, ar?j all senti ments.-John Burroughs, in J'opular Science Monthly. A Nice Calculation. She wa? a young woman in Wash ington for the season, und was very fond of narrating her conquests and speaking of lier powers over men. Ile was a bachelor with a heart of stone and a check of oast-iron. They were talking of love and matrimony and cognate subjects. "I've been engaged six weeks, Mr. X.," she said, with re freshing candor, in view of the fact that the announcement liad appealed in the society news after the proposal. "Ah!" ho said, willi a rosebud smile wreathed around nn interrogation point; "how charming." "Delightful, Mr. X.," she continued, radiantly; "he ira? nn old friend of our family, und he was so persistent; how long "do you think 1 kept the poor fellow waiting for his an swer?" and she giggled n real swell giggle. "Um, nm, he cogitated, a? if calculating an equation of time between a sun din! and a Waterbury walch; "um -well, 1 should say about a minute nnd a half, possibly two minutes." There v..it an abrupt termination to tho COD* rersalion, and the brute was left alone in thc alcove where they had been talk ing.-- Washington Critic, ---- tm --- - I'lnnoM unit Oi-gnnn. All of thu best makes. 825 ooah and balauoo Novomlier 1, at spot cash prices on a Piano. SK) cash and balance No vumbur 1, at spot cash pri?es on an Organ. Delivered, freight freo, at your nearest depot. Fifteen days test trial and freight both ways if not satisfactory. Write for oiroulars. N. W. THUMP, . Columbia, S. C. i. Bi PHYSIOC'H Morchant Tailor hV tabliahmcnt, Columbia, K, C., ia in full blast. Only u look will conviuco any ono. All that want a first-class fitting ?ait try him. A full lino of tho licet goods on hand. .Joseph K night, *bookkceper of thc Manu facturen' National Bank, Philadelphia, was taken Inf iro United States Cnniinh stoner Edward? yesterday, charged with stealing from tho funds of Ila) Imnk be tween $00,000 and *>7i),C(K>. il is said that Knight has been appropriating to his own MS lin- hunk's money for nearly twenty five years. Knight finn hen bookkeeper H tlc- bunk for thirty five years and has ul ways been considered trustworthy. Sick and bilious headache cured by Dr. IMortos "Pelhrto." .Tho tilfo of ? Convlot. ..Tho study qt human nature," said Principal Rooper Patterson, of ibo state ponltoutiary at Trenton, N. J., to * reporter iii tho lobby of tho National hotel the other night, "inside prison walla is more Interesting than pleasant The class of human beings one comes in contact with is usually so depraved und hardened that it oftentimes sur- j j prises oven those accustomed to the i ? lifo. Wo bolieve our system to bo as i ? good as any In exlstOUCO, and yet wo , j aro not as severe In somo ways as the ? people of tho Eastern penitentiary." "Aro Ibero not a number of crimi nals sent you who instead should go to asylums? Do you not have many cranky characters to contend with?" "Wolli wc do In a certain sense. Criminals are as a Milo, one-sided characters; their moral character is, so to speak, lop sided. Put it is not the men who go into the prisons that are mentally unbalanced; it is those who come out. Tho fact is, a man who serves a live or even a tinco years' sen tence out, is apt to leavo tho peniten tiary unsound in mind, if not in both body and mind. Imagine, foi instance, the "life they lead, day in and day out. To tho mess-room in tho morning, where they can not speak :> word to anyone; to tho workshop for thc day, where talking is strictly forbidden; lo tho mess-room again for supper, where tho same ordor is enforced; and then to solitary confinement in their cells, where there is no one to talk to. Think of it. Such a lifo foi years! ls it not enough to drive a 111:111* insane? Why, man alive, you can not roalizu it; but thc porcoulago is simply frightful ot those who go to jail strong in both mind ami body ami who como out wrecks in one or both.''- Washington I'tixL Mi"=s Youngblood ol Columbus, Miss.. ? has been ducted to the Chair cd Modern Languages at Martha Washington Col- I Icare, Abingdon, Va. in iii? ininti,* Over 'loo Year?. Thc splendid old colon!?! homestead "Oaklands," in Loudon county, Virginia, belonging t'< Mrs. Qcorgo W. Carter, nts Miss Kate Curtis Powell, has been placed in thc hiltlds of real estate tlgClltS for sale, and will soon go into tho possession ni strangers. Thc family have owned il for ov? 1 iiOO years, it having been ceded to the great grundfallier of thc po sent proprietor by King George, lo whom ho ? 1* counsel lor, (ttid whose portrait, with that of his wife, Killi hangs In the ancestral hail. The Now Voik ?.?irl speaks of an after 1 en tea as an "Oolong and Ilyson mati n?e." The New York mau ld.titles to It us ( an afternoon tedium. America (lo European malcontents)-ll you don't like our rope-, you need n* I come and swing on them. Tiley aro having 'h iving contests in thc Weal Thc winner, of course, carries ofl UK cup. ' lt waa thc man who picked up thc dollar w hich Borne one else dropped Unit met willi a loss. A TONGUE IN KNOTS. 1 contracted main ria in thc swamps ol Louisiana while working for tho tele graph company, and used every kind ol medicine J could hear of without re' .d. I at last succeeded in breaking the fover, but it cost mt) over ?SlbO.OO, and then uiv system was prostrated and saturated witli malarial poison and J became almost helpless. 1 tinnily caine here, my mouth HO ulled with sores that I could scarcely cat, and my tongue raw and li loti with little knot.?. Various remedies were re sorted to without cll'eet. f bought two bottles of P. P. Jl. and it has cured and strengthened mo. Ail sores of my mouth are healed and my tongue entire ly char of knots und sorcuens, and I feel like a now man. .(ackson, Tenn., April 20, lS'ot". A. V, BRITTON. STIFF JOINTS. A ?IOM1 llBMAHKARhH CASS ol' UCROPC&A ANO llUI'.l M.VriSM. I have a little boy twelve years old, whose kmcs have been drawn almost doublo and his joints aro perfectly still', and lie hus been in this "condition three years, unable to walk. During that time the m?dical board of London county ex amined him and pronounced the disease scrofula and prescribed, but DO benefit ever derived. [ then used a much ad vertised preparation without honcfll Three weeks ag?, ho became porfceth Itolpli i and suffered dreadfully, A ft icm! wiio had used ll. il. P. ad vised its USO. Ho lias used ono bottle and all pain has cetused and hu cnn now wntk. Phis hus been a most wonderful action, os his compluint had tattled everything. I Bhall ooutinno to uso it on bim. .Mus. EMMA GRIFFITHS, Unitia, Tuon., March '2, 18S<). 1 WEBB CITY, AUK., BLOOD. Having tested P. li. P. and found it to , bo all that is claimed for it, 1 commend it to any and every one. Buffering from j blood poison. it has dono mo more | good for less money and in a shorter , spuco of time than any blood purillor I j ? ever uned. I ow?? thc comfort of ruy , life to it* use, for I havo boon troubled !, with a scvore form of blood poison I r 6 j or (! years ami found no relief efji: . to that given by tho uso of B. P. B. W. c. MOOAOHBY. Webb City, Ark., May ?, 1886. AH wiio ilustre fuii Information shoal tho cause sud cure of aioixt I'olsons, Scrofula und Scrofulous swellings, I looi-s, sor?w, uiioumu. UMII, Kidney ?<im|.lnints. < uUirrli, eui , can secure by until, fi ? o, H COJIV our 34<i>i?we Illus tr.it. ?! Kook <>{ Wonders, filled with the most woniierml und startling proof over iietore known Audre un, iii.? oil RAUM 00.. Atlant?, da. I* I TTS CA KM I NATI VE! PO ll ?HVAKTU ANO TEETHING (HIL DRE N. An instant rellel for coho of infants. Cures Dysentery, Diarrhoea, Cholera Infantum or any diseases of tho stomach ?nd bowels. Makes the critical period of Teething safo and easy. Isa safe and pleasant tonic. For salo hy ldl druggiata, and for wholesale by HOWAUD, Wir.T,rr A Co., Augusta, Gs. SHOW DESKS, OFFICE FURNITURE AND FIXTURES. f\ sSi*J? ??I for I'nadnnera, Arrhfler V If f\ >ti anit lirplKO mun ; lor >ni O tri X TB BOi??rlnii.m?wh*nlo#,i? . O *'L'\ r+rm$n ?a rf Muk*nu, ? #1\ . <6? . T>lr?r?.j>t<- ?I?B??, Iron l.???l f I 1 tv Sj} ?l?'^r*w,if(>ii|.Wrxi*n.t.iri<rri?. 9 iii. I I \ 2* B ?T*4**i**t clrv\n an?) 1 Cl'Kl ICM AI.I. HINOHH, troin ii common IBlotcli, or Eruption. .. tho wornt Scrofula. Snll-rhcnm, . I'uvcr . ?oro?,** Mooly or Honer! shin, in short, ?ll discuses Muted by wuu jlood uro conquered by till? powerful, pnri f vin sr, ami invigorating iiiodlclno. cireat rio ion Ulcere rapidly heal under Ita be llgu hi?lnonco. lisp?-ci II liv lui? lt munlfestod tn potency tn curing Totter, Hose flank Hoi IM, CurbiuicIcK, Sore r.yea, Sorof III.IIIM Norco nn?l Swelling*, Hip loi m Dlaeaae? Walto swelling*. I; oil IC, or Thick Nook, and I'.ularged Mund?. Send ten couts tu ria mps for a largo treatise, with colored pinten, on Skin Diseases, or tho same amount for u trout iso rm Scrofulous Affections. ?THK HI.OOI? I? THE i.irft.;> Thoroughly oTeanso ft by using Ur. Pleree'y noldeii medical i>lnoovory,niid fop* IIIRCMIOII, a fnlr ukin, buoyant oplr tta'aud vttui atreiif ll?t will becstatMlihea. CONSUMPTION, which ls Scrofula ol sue Lunga, I? or rested and cored by this remedy, if taken be hue tlie hint stages of tbo disenso mt? reaotn^i. From Its marvelous power over thin terribly int ul diseuse, winn tlrst offering- til M now celebrated remedy to tho public. Dr. rianon thought seriouslv Of culling U "la "tt'ofi. loioiptioii Cure?" bul nbtindoncd tho'. nuiiHj ns too limited foi n medicine which, from its wonderful eoinbllinllon of tonic, or strengthening, altorat I ve. or blood-cleansing1, nnti-biiioiiM. pct.oui. m d nutritive proper ties, ls unequaled, nol i ; iv rn u ivmcdy for consumption, but for nil < broute Dia OlIMOR of the Liver, Blood, and Lungs. Tf you feel dull, drawn*, debilitated, Dave undow color of skin, or vi flowistl-brown anota on fuco or body, frequent headache or dizzi ness, bad taste In mouth, internul host or clti 11*9. ultornutlng with hot flualics. low splrlta Brid gloomy foreboding*, Irregular appetite, and coated tongue, jon ure i-i i iv. i mg from IndigOfttloii, l?TN|ie|iHln, und Torpid I.Iver, or .* ?tl I loiiHiu'NH." In many cusen only part of these symptoms aro expo rieiicod. As a remedy for rill such COSf, Dr. IMcrec** <; olden medical Dlr?? covcry is unsurpassed. For Wen li I.o II KM. Split! nu of Tllood, Slim IIK'HH of Uer ntli, llron cliltln, ANttima, Severe C'ougua, and kindred affect lona, lt ls an otllciont remedy. Soi.o nv DnuaoiSTS, nt $1.00, or SIX BOTTLES for fS.OO. Bond ten cents In stamps for Dr. ricrco's honk on Consumption. Address, World'* ItlnpoiiNary medical Am?. elution, WW Multi Street, Hoi CAMI, N. \. $500 REWARD In offert ?1 by the proprietors ot Dr. Bago'*Catarrh ftenu-dy tor ii case of catarrh which tiley cannot euri'. If you have ii discharge frena lb? nose, offensive or otherwise, partial io*>a <?f ?moll, taste, or hearing, weak ?yes, duuMla or pressure In head, you have Catarrh. Thou sands of ciim a terminate in conaurojulon. Dr. Sago's CATAHHII ItBMBDY etirestho wosst iviHOB of Catarrh. *?Cold In tit? Hoad,*-' unit Catarrlial ?tenducho. 60 coota. PRIVATE BOARDING. ON THE rn.ST OF OCTOBER, the undersigned opened a FIRST (LASS HOARDING HOUSE in Charleston, for tho ocootnniodation of both Trauaienl mid 1'crmaueut Hoarders. The Building, located on tho northeast coiner of Wentworth and (Hobo streets, is conveniently near the business portion of King street, yet free from tho noise of tho thoroughfare?, lt is vithin easy roach from the Aondenjy of Music ?nd from Churches of all the diff?rent de nominations. The house has been thoroughly ro pa: roi, and titted nj) in good style with now furniture and lixlures. Terms reasonable. J'or Curtin r information addreas Mus. E. i;. H ABE LL, (.r .Miss S. B. EDWARDS, i tf Charleston, S. C. Gilder's Liver P l I. L S. The iustly celebrated SOUTHERN VEGETARLE PILL having boen used as a household remedy for tho past hali century, in ali thc Southern and Western Slates, for tho cure of Dyspepsia, IH1 ionsnOBS, Malaria and all de-eases of the LIVER, have, by their WONDERFUL CURES, ?tined tho supremacy over all other I'll.LS on the market. After ono trial .you will join tho cry for "GILDER'S PILLS" with the ton million people of the United States who are now using them, If your merchant has not got then, si int J.', cents in stamps to G. BARRETT & CO.. AUGUSTA, GA. ruAiii.inTi; TOIAI.K INSTIITTK! Tho current sossiou of this Instituto idoses January 21st, 1888, when the Boring Bessiou begins, which ends Jua* llth, 18S8. 'Hie present session is ono of the most prosperous In tho history of tho Insti tute. There is room for ouly a few more hoarding pupils. Tho health of th? lohool, thc accommodations of ita boara!, lug department, and tho iflloienoy of Hs .orps of teachers aro unsurpassed any where iu tho South. The first of January ? a very convenient timo for entering. Pupils arc charged only from dato Cf .ut i ance. Kev. WM. lt. ATKINSON, Principal. Charlotte, N. C. IS A LINIMENT PERFECTLY HARMUSS AMOSHOU.D BM VSS? A ft ?V MONTHS. DEF Of M COHFtHtMBNT. .BEN O F QR BOOK TQ MOTHERS i ba_ATLAHTA.QA. A io* mon <<rv?to?Tog their ti??t? for rn iitrourroo* l?rmfnii. i'-J.r.M ?, all ?a#?i. triavd. gradnat?4 tjftU and v-.h.t. r t,.T r.