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VILE AMUSEMENTS. DR. TALMAQE ON THE WOEFUL EF FEOT8 OF THE MODERN DRAMA. It DUtorte Heal J.IU- With Creation* of ))li?w?d Iui*Klnattou?? St?g* h*roM aud Ueroluee V iflttluK the Yoail) of Oar I.und for Houc?t lLabor. Brooklyn, March 15.---Dr. Talmage \ reached the fourth of hl? scries of ser ?nous on the Plagues of tho Cities" thin morning. The sermon to-day la on Bale mi Amusements." Tho text vras II Samuel ii, 14: "Let the young men now arise and play before ua." Tho folfornlog as substantially the ?er t on: liiere are two armies encamped by tl.o pool of Glbeon. The tiro* huogs heavily on their hands. One army pro poses a same ot sword-fencing. Noth ing could be more healthful and inno cent. The other army accepts the chal lenge. Twe?ve men against twelve men, the sport opens. But something went ndvorsely. Perhaps one of tho swords men got an unlucky clip, or in some way had his iro aroused, and that winch openly in sportfulness ended in vio lence, each one taking ills contestant i?y the hair, end then with tho sword thrusting him in the side; so that that which opened in Innocent fun ended in tho massacre of all tho twenty-four sportsmen. Was there ever a bettor illustration of what was truo then, and Is truo now, that that which Is innocent may ho made destructive? What of a worldly nature is moro important and strengthening and innocent tbau nmusc - ?ment, and yet what has counted moro ./victims? I have no sympathy with-a V straight-jacket religion. This is a very f bright world to mo, and I propose to do all lean to make 11 bright for others. I never could keep stop to a dead march. A book issued years ago says that a Chrlstan man has r. right to soros amusements; for instance, if ho comes homo at night weary from his work, and feeling the need of recreation, puts on Iiis slippers, and goes into his garret, and walks lively around tho floor several tirueB, there can bo no harm in it. 1 be lieve the Church of God has mado n tre mendous mistako in trying to suppress tho sportfulness of youth and drive out from men their loVo of amusement. If God ever implanted anything in us, ho implanted this doslro. But instead of providing for this demand of our nature, the Church of God has, for tho main part, Ignored it. As in a riot, tho mayor plants a battery at the end oktho street, and hui? li flun-tiaV nn Mint dfcnrthinr is which ends In consummate destruction. The stars of hope will go out one by one, until you will be left in utter darkness. Hoar } ou not tho rush oltho maelstrom, in whose outer clrclo your boat now dances, making merry with the whirling water* ? But you are being drawn In, and the gentle motion will become ter rific agitation. You cry for help. In vain 1 You pull a. the oar to put back, but the struggle will cot avail! You will he tossed, and dashed, and ship wrecked, and swallowed In the whirlpool that has already crushed In its wrath ten thousand hulks.. 1 saw a beautiful home where the bell rang violently late at night. The son had becu off iu sinful indulgences. His comrades wero bringing him homo. They carried liim to th?- door. They rang tho bell alone o'clock in tho morn log, Father and mother came down. They wero waltluj: for the wandering son, aud thou the comrades, as soon as thadoor was opened, threw tho prodi gal headlong into tin door-way, crying, 1 'Thero ho is, drunk n.\ a fool. Ha, ha!" When men go into amusements that they cannot afford, they first borrow what they cannot oarn, and then they steal what they cannot borrow. First they go into embarrassment, aud then iuto lying, aud (hen into theft; and wheu a man gets as far on as that, ho does not stop short of tho penitentiary. There Is not a prison in tho land where there are not victims of unsanctifled amuse ments. How brightly the path of unrestrained amusement, opens. Tho young man says, '"Now 1 am oil' for a good time. Never mind economy. I'll get money somehow. What a line road! What a beautiful day for a rido! Crack the whip, and over tho turnpike ! Come, boys, lilt high your glasses. Drink ! Loug life, health, plenty of rides just like this!" Hard-working men hear the clatter ot the hoofs, and look up and say, " Why, I wonder where those fel lows get their money from ! We have to toil and drudge. Thoy do nothingl" To those gay meh life is a thrill aud an excltcmcut. Thoy stare at other peo pic, and in turn are stared at. The wntthchain jinglos. The cup foams. Tho cheeks flush. Tho eyes flash. The midnight hears their guffaw. Thoy Swagaar. They jostle decent men off the sidewalk. They take tho name of God in vain. Thoy -parody the hymn thoy learned at their mother's kneo ; and to all pictures of coming disaster they cry out, "Who cares I" and to tho coun sel of some, Christian friend, "Who are you?" Passing along the street some night, you hear a shriek in a grog-shop, the raitlo of tho watchman,s club, the rush of tho police. What is the ma would t&ko these striu^ Wof me. There are strings spun all around my body. I wish you would take them off of mo." I saw it was delirium. "Oh," replied his wife, "my dear, there Ls nothing there." He went on and said, "Just where you sit now, Mr. Talmage, my mother sat. She said to me: 'Henry, I do wish you would do better.' I got out of bed, put my arms around her, and said, 'Mother, I want to do better. I have been trying to do better. Won't you help me to do better? You used to help me.' No mistake about it, no de lusion. I saw her?the cap and the apron and the spectacles, just as she used to look twenty years ago;?but I do wish you would take these strings away. Tbey annoy me so. I can hard ly bilk. Won't you take them away." I knelt down and prayed, conscious of tho (act that he did not realize what I was Savins. I got up. I said. "Good bye; I hope you will bo better soon." He said. "Good-bye, good-bye." That night his soul wont to the God who gave It. Arrangements were made for tho obsequies. Some said, "Don't bring him in the church; he was too dis solute." "Ohv" I said, "bring him. Ho was a good friend of mine while he was alivo, and I shall stand by him now that he is 'dead. Bring him to the church." As I sat in the pulpit and saw his body coming up through tho aisle, I felt as if I could weep tears of blood. I told the people that day, "This man had his vir tures, and a good many of them. He had his faults and a good many of them. Butjif there Ib any man in this audience who is without sin, let him cast the first stono at this coffin-lid." On one side the pulpit sat that little child, rosy, sweet-faced, as beautiful is any little child that sat at your table this morning. I warrant you. She looked up wistfully, not knowing the full sorrows of an or phan child. Oh, her countenance haunts me to-day, like some sweet face looking upon us through a horrid dream. On tho other side of the pulpit wero the men wh) had destroyed him. There they sat, hard-visaged, some of them pale from exhausting disease, some of them flush ed until It seemed as If the li res of ini quity flamed through the cheek and crackled the lips. They were tho men who had done the work. They were the men who had bound him hand and foot. They had kindled tho fires. They had poured the wormwood and gall into that orphan's cup. Did ihey weep? No. Did thoy sigh repentingly ? No. Did they say, ''What a pity that such a brave man should bo slain ?" No, no; not one bloated hand was lifted to wipo a tear from a bloated cheek. -They sat and . BtMkl en tho MUaUalppl. New Orleans, March 12.?A Picay? uuo's Vicksburg special say* there are! no material developments la the break in the levee at Sunflower landing since the telegram of this morning. Dis patches received here from above state that tr dus ou the North end of tho Kiverstde division of the Valley Iload | have been abondoned, but trains on the main flue are still running. The break in the levee is one mile below Sunflower. At a point above the levee crosses a low flat swamp out of which flows Bucks Bayon wir h empties into Husbpuckana, one mile from the levee. The water from this break will extend no further North than Bobo Station on the Valley Road which is about eight miles South of Clarksdale. The embankment on the main Uno of the Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railroad will no doubt direct a large quantity of this water in a Southerly direction. Mkm pnis, Tonn., March 15.?A dis patch from Hill House, Miss., in Coaho nla County, says a levee on the Missis sippi River broke at 12:30 this morning Great damage will likely result. Nfw Orleans, La., March 12.?A Natchez special says: A steady rain has fallen all day and It will have a bad effect on the levees, as It will soften them and stop work on the embank ment. ? Mkm Fit is, March 12.?The levee at Conley's Lake, thirty miles South of this city gave way late last night and water poured into the little village, completely flooding evorytbing. The tracks of the Louisvlllo. New Orleans and Texas road aro completely submerged and the water is reported to be rising. Vicksburo, March 12.?News Was received here to-day of a break in the levee near Sunflower Landing in (Joa ? honia County, three miles North of Bolivar County lino at 8 o'clock this morning. The break was 150 feet wide. Tho water from this break will go into the Hushpuckaua and thence Into the Sunflower Blver. It will overflow the Bolivar Loop Ballroad and the trains on that line aro expected to stop to-day. Presidential Speculation*. Washington, March 12.?Senator Butler and Representative Hemphlll of South Carolina, who have been spend ing a few days In New York city since the adjournment of Congress, returned to Washington to-day. While there, thoy wero entertained by members of the Southern Society, and listened to con siderable political gossip and specula tion from a New York standpoint. Among Southern men there is a general feeling of regret at n*Meni*eH,iin,fir'"1''T dsv us, so {fiat you ond you rise up Mn tho not because VOU aro. sic pi OUt, but beefcuse your duty drags ydu from 3?ur auunbers, yon havo been whoro yoa ought not to hayo been. Thoro, are Amusements that send a man next day l<> bis work bloodshot, yawning, stupid, nauseated; and they aro worng kiuds ot amusement. There are entertainments that givo a man dwjaiftt with the drudgery or life ; with toolsSbecauso they arc not swords; with working: aprons because, they are not robes; wah, cattle bocauso thoy aro not infuriated binNs of tho arena. If any amusement sends^vou home longing tor u life of romance antNAirilling adventuro, love that takes poison a.i d snoots itself, moonlight adventures add hair-breadth escapes, you may depend n.pon it that you are the sacrificed victim ot unsanc llfied pleasure. Our rocrcudoKit aro In tended to build us up; and If they pull us lown, as to our moral or as toour'jsihy BicvVstrength, you may come to tho coV^ clusi#>that thoy ore obnoxious. > '/Here Toothing more depraving than ?^Attendance amusements that aro r full of inhuentWsmd low suggestiou. The young mun cnfS^ At first he sits far back, with his hat. >i and his coat collar up, fearful that sona-body Hu m may know him. Several night* pass on. He takes off his bat earlier, and puts his coat-collar down. Tho blush that first came into his cheek when anything inde cent was enacted comes no moro to his check. Farewell, young man! You have probably started on the long road it. They laracter. Jou are de r JL one cent en wticn you aro eepnotfone tear at hey will chuckle over Uton. 571 a friend at tho Wost?a rare t ohd. Ho was ono of tho first. to wel bmo mo to my now home. To fine personal appearanco, ho added a gener osity, frankness, and ardor ot nature, that mado mo love him like a brother. Hut 1 saw evil pooplo gathering around him. Thoy enrao up from tho saloons, from tho gambling-noils. Thoy plied him with a thousand arts. Thoy Seized upon his social nature, and he could not stand tho charm. They drove him ou tho rocks, like n ship fuU-winge?, shiv ering on the breakers. I used to admon ish him, I would say, "Now I wish you would quit these bad habits, and becomo a Christian." "Oh," he would-reply. "I would like to; I would like to; but I havo gono so far I don't think thfro is any way back." In bis moments of re pentance, ho would go home and tako his little girl of eight years, and embrace her convulsively, and cover her with adornments and strew around her pic tures and toys, and everything that could mako hor happy; and then, as though hounded by an ovil spirit, he would go out to tho enllaming cup and and the houso of shame, like a fbol to tho correction of tho stocks. \ I was summoned to his death-bed. I basoned. I entered tho room. I found hirmN? my surprise, lying in full every day drees on the couch. I put oat my hand, ffo grasped It excitedly, and said, "SltNjown, Mr. Talmngo; right there." I sat down. Ho Bald, 'jjast night 1 saw my^mother, who *has dead twenty yea?, and sho sa whe.c you sit now.Xlt was I. Wo^wldo awake. There slonlusibo matter. 1. plain! a the pared sick-bed he hands ou knew he e arm around fbrought you very dying kiss; by the wood that you never rush ot tears; by the ere amidst stories of tho brief but ex pros irths and deaths: by tho he pasl, and by the agon ies tare: by a judgment day, when Is and wives, parents and chll immortal groups, will stand caught up in shining array, or to nk down into darkness; by all that, I beg you give to home your best affec tions. Ah, my friends, there in an hour com ing when our past life will probably pass before, US in review. It will bo our last hour. If from our death-pillow we have to look brick and see a lifo spont in sinful amusement, there will be a dart that will strike through our soul sharper than tho dagger with which Virglnius slew his child. Tho memory ot the past will make us quake like Macbeth. Tho iniquities .and rioting through which we have passed will come upon US, weird an I skeleton as Meg Merrllies. Death, the old Shylock, Will demand, and take, the remaining pound of flesh, and the remaining drop of blood; and upon our last opportu nity for repentance, and our last chance or heaven, tho curtain will forov er drop._ Polk on Palmer'* KleetlSn. Washington, March 12.?President Polk of the National Alliance declined this morning to express his views on the election in Illino'j of Palmer to the Senate, and the position of the three Alliancemon In the recent contest in Illinois, further than to say that it ap peared to him to havo been a fight be tween the Republican and Democratic parties rather than a contest between those tWo parties and the Alliance. The Alliancemen, he thought, had fought manfully for their principles, and though they had not been victori ous in sending a Farmers' Allianceman to the Senate he believed that Palmer's election would generally be regarded with more favor than that of any othor candidate. Polk said, further, that he knew of no promises being mads by Palmer as to nls policy in the Senate on any question whatever. Fatal Contact With a Dxaatuo. New York, March 12.?John Free man, aged 18, a clerk In the employ of Melville, Strong & Co, was Instantly killed by electricity at the factory of the firm this afternoon. He reached the current of the dyn **ie mecijfp.ery of the jmntaot ged h the him, his oated, and . Fllisexcellent him from being . after suffering four ^.jy confinement he escaped" . his way to Odessa. From _ was carried in a sallng vessel ,_edlterranean port, and then made r way to London, where, for a time, Jo worked as a laborer. Friends In this country induced him to como to America, and ho at rived in New York iD Decem ber last. Tho rigorous winter proved too much for his broken-down constitu tion. Three weeks ago he came to Phila delphia, and his ailment increasing, he Anally drifted penniless and hopeless to the Philadelphia hospital, where yester day be, died. Tho Shi p Went Down. London, March 13.?The unknown steamship which was reported wrecked oft* Start Point, on the southern coast of Devonshire, on Monday last, it has been ascertained, was the Miroma, of Liver pool. Tho crew succeeded in launching two of the ship's boats, and made a desperate effort to reach the shore, but to no avail. Tho boat which contained tho officers and a number of tho men had proceeded but a short distance, wbon a tremendous sea swept over her and she plunged beneath the waves, with all on board. Tho rpmainder of the crew, In the other boat, made a fearful strug gle to reach the land. Once she capsiz ed, and after a number of the men had been swept away was righted by the survivors. A second time tho boat went over, with a like fatality and a similar result. Finally, after almost, incrediblo suffering and wonderful endurance, four Swedish sailors succeeded in reaching the beach, where one of their number died from exhaustion. A Youthful Bobber Band. Kansas City, March 13.?The police of Armourdale have succeeded ib un earthing one of the biggest robberies ever known in tho vicinity of Kahsas City. Since 0 o'clock last evening between twenty-five and thirty men and boys of Armourdale have been arrested, charged with breaking open grain cars in the Hock Island and Union Pacific yards and stealing grain. Tho steal ing was done, it appears, by an or ganized band of thieves composed of boys ranging in age from 10 to 18 years, who break open tho cars and steal the grain. It Is thought that this system of thieving has been carried on tor a number of months past, and thous ands of bushels of grain have been carri ed off. The names of grain dealers who received the grain were made known to the police, and the arrests of a number of others will follow. Gold 11 rick Dealer Relented. Augusta, Ga., March 12.?Parker, the gold bar* fakir, who played a slick game on Messrs. Weatherabeo and Ken nedy, of Wllllston, S. C, and robbed them of 95,000 several weeks ago, who was caught in Atlanta several days afterward by Sergt. O/burn, has been brought here from Aiken, and released. Some party from Chicago, claiming to be Parker s brother-in-law, met him here. It Is said the Chicago party paid the olticer the amount of money that Parker had fakea from the' Wllliston ohanj?, and Pjtrker was then turned W. 11. GEBBES, Jr., & Co., COLUMBI A, S. C. ? . SOLE AGENTS for LIDDEL &. CO. Also Pkalkrs Ik Engines of r.earlall in ik<?, hooutotlye mi it Tubular It >ilor4, Traatlon anil oth er Mounted Engines of the best and latest iinprovod style, Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Gins, Hos?. Cotton Prossus, Shingle Machines, Plainer* and Wood Working Ma chinery, Brick Manhinor', . Cotton ?- eed Oil outfits, ?Sc. a largo Htock of ENGINE Fittings, of all Minis and slxos, In Stock Tor prompt dolivery and at Hock. Bottom Prices. BELTING and PACKING at LOW Figures. a largo stook t.t Putnpa, or ?11 slzos and styles. BEAMING Mowers, Heapors and Rakes always In Btock jnP-Our Mr. K. It. BAUGII AM, Lautons, 8. C, who Is fully compotout. will ?>? pleased to call to see you, or answer any communication directed to btm, and will sell you as cheap as II you were hero In Person. We buy for cash and pay our Traveling Mou a Snlary, tberuby saving tha Con sumer Agent's Commission?Quick Sales and 8o>all Profits is our /ort. Write to Mr. Bautrham. or to us direct, aod get prices and discounts. af)0?*Oid Engines traded for. K. R. BAUGHAM, ) W. H. GIBBES, Jr., & CO., Traveling Salesman, > Laubbn8,S.O. 3 *' COLUMBIA, 8. C KEN NEU Y BROS UNDERTAKRS NORTH SIDE PUBLIC SQUARE, - - - LAU RENS, S. C Over KENNEDY BltOS., Store. , Keep constantly on hand a large assortment of Coffins and Caskets "oth Wood andMctalic, which will be sold low down. Furnished at ny hour day or night. Hearse sent when desired, viyo KENNEDY BROS.. Successor toj. K.o elJiv^WO i A Depleted Navy. Washington, March 17.?An order has been scut to various roceiviug ships of the navy to discontinue all enlist ments for tho present. This is because legal limit of 8250 men and boys ou nearly reached, a discovered last week that the in service la within forty-two of and in order to provide for us-seryico men. whom it is desirable to re-onlist, it was advisable to call a halt before !s no room left for theso men. to make more room, it was to discharge a number of men term of enlistment had nearly ex* The crew of the Galena, about fifty men, were to have been discharged upon tho arrival of the ship at Ports mouth, but is is probable that they will retained now until the end of their rm, as they have lost all their clothing. It is expected that if there should be relief afforded by tho legislation ag the next Congress It will be im* asibls to properly man the vessels .t have been ordered by name to par pate iu the navy reviow in 1893, in ueciton with tho World's fair. In words, the vessels that have been official announcements will need than are now allowed the en it ho ut reckoning ships that it essential to keep on foroign 'annual appeals ot the secretary navy to Congress for relief from constantly growing difficulty have ten ignored until it lias become a di lemma with which tho navy department is now face to face. The gravity of the situation may bo realized . when it is stated that it is now impossible to give the vessel* in commission their full com pliment of meu. The new erutaur New ark is about ono hundred men short, and there is scarcely a vessel iu the navy that has it's full compliment of men. Two Thousand Apiece Far Votes. Sacramento, March 11^?Alter the adjournment of the joint legislative con vention this afternoon, a tremendous sensation was created by tho entrapping of several of the legislators in an actual case of bribery in behalf of Felton. A prominent Republican has been for sev eral days In possession of Information that members of the legislature were be ing bribed to vote for a United States senator. Yesterday a memorandum was fished out of the waste basket in the state library, on which names and amounts wero given. It had been torn up by some careless boodler, but was pasted together again by tho person who [ round It. This evidence was quickly fol lowed to Its conclusion, and tho whole j thing turned over to Attorney General Hart. That official, when asked this evening to tell tho story, said : "The | amouut of money to be used for purchas ing the votes was $21,GOO. This money j was drawn yesterday from a bank in Fresno, hut tho name of the bank I will not give you. Tho amount to be paid each member was $2,000. That is all I j shall say." At a conference hold by the friends of De Young last night It was decided to withdraw his name in favor of Felton. The joint ballot this morning resulted as follows : Esteo, 45 ; Felton, 38 ; Blanchard. 2; White, 24; Perkins, 1 ; Johnson, 4. Necessary to choice, 58. An adjournment was taken until tomor row. Shocking Death of Two Young I.ndle*. Roanokb, Va., March 10.?The west bound train on the Norfolk and Western railroad struck Miss Lula and Miss Leila Copparag, this morning, ou a trestle near Coyncr's Springs, live miles from here, instantly killing Lelia and in Hiring Lula, so that sho died this even ing. Tho girls wero walking on tho track with the wind in their faces, when the train dashed around a sharp curvo and was on them before thoy could get off tho track. Thousands In a Cost Lining. St. Paul, Minn., March 11.?-Nearly $10,000 was found here this afternoon in the lining of a coat belonging to the late Judge II. M. Cooley. The dead jurist had been one of tho leading law yers of the State, but for ten years had I been doing nothing and was supposed to be penniless. Tn selling some old cloth ing his son felt something like paper in the coat, and ripping open tho lining found 8100, 8500 and 81,000 bank bills to the amount of $9,700. To Remove South. Philadelphia, Pa., Mirch 12?A special to the Times frsm Pottstown, Pa., says papers completing the agree ment of the removal of Ellis & Lessing Iron works, of this city to Salenj, Va., were signed here to-day by the firm and by Colonel Logan and Captain Lang horn, representing the citizens of Salem., who offered 8100,000 andtorty acres of land to the iron company to locato thero. complete Bedroom Suit fori 9*i fht pKid to your depot, rue. THE LAURENS BAR. II. Y. SIMPSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW. LAJKBN8, H. C. W. II. MARTIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW. LrAUHUiNo. - - S. O J.t. johnson. Vf. lt. kigh1c JOHNSON A RICHKY ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Offiok?Fleming's Corner, Northwoa Bide of Public Square. LAUR12NS, II., - - S.O. BALLAB ALL, Attornktb at Law, LAUHKNS, - - - - ?.C. Oct. 22, tin W. XV. KKNNKDY. att?un?t at law Special attention given to the investi gation of titles. Laurena C. II. 8. C. April 1 *??.a?irein i i ?SggSSSBSSSt* Blacks Defr Whites. Kingfisher, O.T., March 18.?For some time past tho relation of the whites and blacks in this portion of the territory has been strained, and latoly this feeling has been grently intensified by the arriv al of a largo number of new colored col onists from the South. The white farm ers and citizens of Kingfisher profess to see a menace in the settlement of ne groes in close proximity, and since tho hard wiutcr lias been ~*t>HMWM xfteftf has been much petty thieving going on. Tho whites havo openly accused tho blacks of the crimes, and tho result has been an armed neutrality between the two races for soveral weeks past. The matter culminated last Wednes day in a raid by a band of white regula tors, fWho visited the negro settlements and warned tho inhabitants that they would bo held responsible for all future depredations of a thieving nature. They were told that they would be whipped and driven out of the country. Tho ne groes were not to bo Irlghtoned away without a strugglo, for they undoubtedly outnumber the whites. They defied tho regulators, and told them that they would be shot if thoy tried to do any night work m that neighborhood. On Thursday the mayor of Kingfisher received tho following notice, which has caused a sensation: To the M?yor of Kingfisher : The colored people of this city and county have been notified by an armed band of night-ridrrs that they will bo held responsible fir stealing, and that we would bo punished for any further thieving that might occur. We aro peaceable aud honest citizens of the United States, and as such we have, as mucli right in this territory as have the whites. Wo give you lair warning that, if any member of our race is injured by a band of regulators or if violent hands are laid on any colored man without authority of law, we will go to his assistance as one man, and if wo aro persecuted too for we will burn the town of Kingfisher to ashes. (Signed) Committee of Safety. The Jury Was "Fixed." New Orleans, March 12.?The trial of nine Italians for the assassination of Chief of Police IIennessy at 11:25 o'clock on tho night of October 15, which has occupied tho time of Judge Maker's division of tho criminal district court sinco the 10th of February, was con cluded this afternoon, the jury bringing in a verdict of not guilty as to six of the accused, and failed to agree upon a verdict as to the other three. When the jury handed In their ver dict, Judge ilaker looked at it for some moments before he handed it to Minute Clerk Screven. There was apprehensive silence while these preliminaries were going on. The prisoners stood up, and there was a look of infinite woe pic tured on the face of Macheca and some of the others. Of course Mathranga and Incardoria were disinterested. They knew they had "been saved, and their only interest in the matter was to see that their friends or partners escaped the fate which had threatened them for so long. Tho boy Marche/1 showed no signs of emotion. The jury looked moro concerned than any one in the room. Their faces were deathly pale and showed plainly the ef fect of their long deliberations. Chief Clerk Screven read the verdict in a firm voice. As the verdict was read there was an audible expression of sur prise and dissatisfaction. Judge I biker immediately discharged, the jurymen and orderet! the prisoners held, as there was still another chargo against them. The court then adjourned. When tho jurymen left the court room they were surrounded by reporters, but none of them would discuss the case or how thoy reached the verdict. They kept together until they reached Lafay ette square, where they were jeered at ^?Mvd who had already learnedJM* _. African UetUodlat Con(*r?uo*. Cuaklkston, March 14.?At the Af rican Methodist Conference, in session h ?to day. the epistle of the bishops of tflw^A. M. E. Church, in council at Jack sonville, was read aud enthusiastically endorsed. Section 12 of theepistlo roads as follows: "There iB no North, South East or West?the world is one field of labor nor do we recognize any moral, social or literary difference between our local sec tions in ministers and members. Alee and virtue have no topographical lim it a tiuus or spaces of operation. There are good and bad in all sections and Hues, and all denominations have through the ages been more or less annoyed by tho bad and vicious and hypocritical. Therefore wo disclaim the truth of some recent publications notwithstanding the hasty approval and unfortunate endors ment or our aged and venerable Senior." This is understood to be a reply to the charge recently made that the Southern branch of the A. M. E. Church was behind its brethreu at the North. Nevertheless the epistle urges the an nual conferences to be carer id in the selection of delegates to the general conference and pick out "cool needed men of deliberate judgement," because the last three general conferences have been rashly boisterous and the proper legislation;of the Church has suffered by it. The epistle is signed, by Bishops Payne. Campbell. Brown, Disvev, Ar nett, Wayman, Ward, Turner, Gaines, Tanner and Grant._ There'* the Dinner llell t What a clattering aud a chattering as i the children answer tho dinner bell and lush into tho dining room. Oh! the gratification a good appetito affords as our noon day's meal is set before us. But (his vacant chair, what does it mean ? "Oh, that is Uncle Charley's seat. Guess he don't feel liko eating, he's got dyspepsia, you know." Dys pepsia ! horrors ! Deliver us from dys pepsia. What's tho use of being plagued with such an ailment anyway? What's tho uso huviug a stomach so irritated aud|soro that even ouo bit of food gives it distress? Why not hool the soreness aud allay the irritation aud strengthen its muscular processes, by usiug Botanic Blood Balm. Will It cure? Itcertauly will. Many, many a former dyspeptic owes his enjoyment of life to B. B. B. Give it a trial. S. J. ('handler, Richmond, Va., writes: "No one can allbrd to bo without B. B.B. who wishes au appetite. I couid scarcely cat a s'inglo biscuit for breakfast, but since taking B. B. B, l clean the whole table, so to speak." IlAiMiuetliig the lui. Chicago, March 13.?A rousing re ception was given by the Cook County Democratic Club to-night to the 101 Democratic members who succeeded in the election of General Balmer as United States Senator after voting solidly for him 154 times. Farmer Coekrell made an address. He said ho had not come back to tho Democratic party and woyld not till it became the party of the people. -lie decleared however, he had always intended to voto for Palmer, provided the Farmers could not elect their man. In conclusion Cockfell said impressively, now, on behalf of 4,000,000 farmers, I wish to warn you that you cannot make Grover Cleveland the next President of the United States. A large portion of tho audience appearently only heard the words "Cleveland" and "next President," and yelled with do lighted intensity. $ Another Cure for Ithoumnti8iii. Lake City, Fla. P. P. P. Mn'fy Co., Savannah, Ga. Gentlemen?I had Rheumatism for over six years, and last May was taken down and conlined to my bed. Mv legs and feet were hilly swollon and the color of a red apple, and I was in a fearful condition. I heard of 1'. P. P. (Prickly Ash Toko Root and Potas sium), and after seeing what the ingre dients were?as the formula is on the bottle?l concluded to try it, and after taking tnree small bottles was able to go down town and attend to my busi ness, and I must say that I feel like another man. Am now taking the large size, and to-day 1 believe that I will soon bo as likely as any man of sixty-one years of age can expect to be. A. C. Lang. A Lovoo IMowu V\t. Memphis, Tenn., March 18.- -Major D. F. Gourney, chief engineer q[ ;;u. jevee' board of the .district in which the new pfvChfason levee, which gave way yester day is situated, was in the city last night having come direct trom the crevasse to Memphis. Ho said to a reporter: "Tho break is seventeen feet wide and water is running through it about six feet deep, or was when 1 left there. The levee was cut or blown up without doubt. It was one of tho finest and most snbstanciat in the district. Thirty or forty laborers on contract were turned loose without their pay recently, and they were heard to make threats of get ting ovon. It is rumored that some of these placed a dynamite cartridge where it would do damage. PlanoH and OrgHiiH. N. W. THUMP. 184 Main Street, Co lumbia, S. C, sells Pianos and Organs, direct from factory. No agents' com missions. The celebrated Chickering Piano. Mathushek Piano, celebrated for its clearness of tone, lightness of touch and lasting qualities. Mason Sc Handln Upright Piano. Sterling Up right Pianos, from 8225 up. Mason & Hamlin Organs surpassed by none.Ster ling Organs, $50 up. Every Instrument guaranteed for six years. Fifteen days' trial, expenses both ways, if not satis factory. Sold on Instalments. Nogroe? IteturnliiK. Gainsville, Texas, March 14.? Many of the negroes who emigrated from Texas and Arkansas to Oklahoma uro returning to Texas in large numbers. They arc very indignant at tho manner in which they have been imposed on by tho agents of tho emigrating company which prevailed on them to go to Okla homa. Thoso who hove returned report that the negroes who arc unable to leave the territory will call on the company for assistance, and if refused aid mob volcncc is feared. Randall Pope, the retired druggist of Madison, Flu., says P. P. P. is the best alterative in the market, mil ho has handled and sold all the sarsaparillas and blood medicines that were adver tised. _ Erysipelas?I, L. Irvin, of Thomas ville, Ga., says he was afflicted with Erysipelas for ten years and was only cured when P. P. P. w^s used. Tetter, Saltrheum and Cancer are all cured by P. 1'. P. Tho effects on these diseases are perceptible after the first bottle of P. P. P. was used. COitlPl.fr.Tl* <-}I.^*i:ttll2N. ?PON THE MOST APPROVED plans, with Suction Fan or Spiked Belt Seed Cotton Elovator furnished & competitive prices. t.OTTONGlVSand PRESSES of best makors. Thomas Bay RakeSj, Deering Mower, Corbin Harrows an?j" Cultivators. A largo stock of Portable Ginning and taw Mill Engln^ . State Agents: ?. A G. COOPER <fc C glnes Lano Saw Mills am)j pany'8 complete line. W. H. G1BBES. 0? UK "EE got**! Tog m i HER? kJC Qxr*M that may NOT AOAlMg 9UTSD. so DO kot J'BI.av, H K Wallahs 1uO> 18 ilOT." 3 >r Catalogue now, <mu ?ay whatH >?w this advertls -a*): i in. ft jber that 1 sell everything tbatl usnlshing a homc~-ui?mifactur-f things and buying others tu the] M?kbl0 lots, which enables me to; all competition. RKA FEW OK MY START-; LING BARGAINS A l4o"YFlat top Cooking Stove, full 'sire, iJt??leeh oven, fitted with31 pieces <>r wuusf^'live red at your own depot,1 all frelgr* charges paid by me, for only Tw4?]v'J Dollars. Again,l1 Vi11 sell you a 5 hole Cookin Range 13|*V luch oven, 18x'i?lueh top, fit ted with l?Jlecee of ware, for THIR-, TKK^jjiJf LA us, and pay the freight to your *DO \ r 1 w t walm '?band to vu I wlB consist! head table, A back r to your ,Or I suit wit I 130, and Nico win1 Elegant If Walnut lo Lace ou loannot advertise in containing f {ware houses J parts of Ar - ggost basin agement in tl storosand wa the choicest p rles. My catal PAY TWO PRICES FOR f OUR GOODS. ) ou a nloeplusli Parlor suit, either In combination or ost stylish colors for &3-&0, el station, freight paia. 11 you a nice Bodromoa ultj Bureau with glass, l high1 d, 1 Washstand, 1 Contre icat chairs, 1 canj seat und 11 for 16.00, and fay freight] d you an elegant Bedroom glass, full marble top, for relght. ? * > ' ado on surlug roller f 40 nut 8 day olook, 4.00 7.00' r window, 1.00] every thing in a small t have an Immense store' feet of door room, with' otory buildings In ?therl naklag in all the lardj a kind under one do Uth?rn States. T are crowded uns of the best ntalmng 1 of goods will bo mailed if yo say where you saw diisadv pay freight. Ad" L. Fr P Proprietor 1'adgottff and Carpet Store, 1110-1112 Bread Stl j- (\ > ami ?fi AND HI It A ? ' P. will purify b'.ooo,. ivatoagood nppotltl vt'olosyctom tone o ad siretij A prom I non t railroad nilM BaTaunab.BufTcrliiK with 'vtl Hin, nnd Kheumatinm s<v - 1 V. P, 1?. be never felt so well U r?'cl3 ns if he could livefcrave til way* get P. lJ. P." If you are tired oat fr ,i close confinement, takd P. P. P. If you nro feeling !? J'y iu '. ; I out of sorts, tako , P. P. P. If jour dl^cstivo organs tako ? g P. P. P. If you Buffer with lavidrteho, debility and weakness, Uko P. P. P. if you Buffer with rervous j.swwi nerves unstrung nnd n Rimers* let l of tlio system, inko \ P. P. P. For Blood Poison, lth?iiniatisp> u1a,Old lion's. Malaria, 01ir>nl<P Complaint*, take ^ P. P. P. \ J Prickly Ash, Poke and Potassium. The best blood purifier in thorworlil LOW PRI< WILL RE MADE ON TALBOTT Si j ENGINES AND BOILER ESTIMATES ON SAW MIfJ I MILLS. PLANERS AJ C1IINERY GENERi AT BOTTOM HTGUR1 V, C. Badham, ?ei COfciUMllIA, Buy tho Talbolt Engine; It Is tlj RK<tn iliiisK pioi Farm Wagons, complete with 2 8-4 In Thlmblo Skin. 3 in Thlmblo skin. '6% In Thlmblo Skin. One Horse Wagons, J24.?0, ?2i;^ 128.50. Warranted second to noue. Write for Circulars. Buggies, Carriages, Road Carts, 10 per cent less than regular prices! for Catalogue. This offer is for i days in order to reduce stock?so ord| once. HOLLER & ANDE BUGGY CO.. ROCK HILL. In writing mention this paper. .. ? ? ?