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HOT DJJBATK IN TH? SENATE Sensational Scene Between Sena tors Tlllman and McLaurin. The tilt bctwoon tlio Senators from South Carolina baa atracled the atten tion of tho country, and in order tbot our readers may learn what took place botwecn them on tho tloor of tho United Slutes Senato, wo copy tho fol lowing account of tho Associated Press: The Senate chamber was tho scono of a highly dramatic episode to day, when Senator Tillman, of South Caro lina, challenged his colleague, Suuuior McLaurin, to resign with him on the spot in order, to ut.o his own language, that they might bo able "to wash their dirty linen at homo." Senator Mc Laurin did not take up tho gauge. xho exciting scene between Ih? two Senators to-(Tay ? as a direct sequel of the controversy which arose between thorn in South Carolina last spring. Sonator McLaurin aroBe to a quuatiou of personal privilege to-day, and pro c< cdod to explain what he charged was a conspiracy to discredit him in his own Stato for acts and views which did not moot tho approval of certain Democratic leaders. He declared he was being humiliated and, aecordiug to tho public prints, was to bo ex cluded from tho Democratic caucus, becauso ho had acted upon ccru?n pub he issues in a way which he consid ered was for tho best interests of the country and the pcoplo of his State. Ho announced himself as being a be liever in the old Democracy and, after denouncing the new Democratic lend ers, who, he naid, had brought de struction upon the party, declared that ho could not bo driven from his old allegianco into a party with which he. did not care, to alliliato. Senator McLaurin'a statements drew tho flro of Senator Jones, chair mnn of the Democratic National com milteo, who denied that he had any *4 ulterior motives" in not inviting Sonalor McLaurin lo enter the caucus. From Senator Tillman it brought forth a roview of the wholo contro versy, in the courso of which Sonator Hoar took occasion lo express the opinion that he had doubts as to whether both the South Carolina scats in the Senate wero not in reality va cant. He coutonde.d thnt when the resignations wero offered last spring to tho Governor they could not thereafter bo withdrawn, but they he camo immediately operative Ho cited a precedent, nnd suggested that the committee on privileges and elec tions look into tho matter. Tho climax came when Senator Till mau challe aged Senator McLaurin to join with him in proparing their joint resignations nnd handing thorn to the presiding ofllccr of tho Scuate. This challcugo, however, Sonator McLaurin did not accept, nnd tho episode was brought to an abrupt close by a mo tion of Sonator Lodge that the Senate, go into executive session. At tho conclusion of tho morning business thero was something of a stir in the chambor when Senator Mc Laurin, of South Carolinn, arose to a question of personal privilege. Ho had bofore him a huge pilo of manu script. M I anso to a question of pcr sonnl privilego in connection with the published statement that I have been excluded from participation in the Democralic party," ho announced. With evidoucc of considerable emo tion ho proceeded to explain that if such was tho case, and that if ho was to bo without assignment upon commit tees, the right of his Stato, which bo in part represented, would suffer. Tho personal effect of an exclusion from representation on committco was, ho said, not of as much importnn o as its effect upon the Stato of South Caro lina. Tho only notice ho had ever had, ho eaid, that ho was to be oxcluded from the Democratic caucus came last spring before, the adjournment of tho Sen ate, when ho was accosted by tho chairman of the Democratic National committee. in the cloak room and ask ed why ho no longer attended the Democratic caucuses. Senator Mc Laurin Baid he had replied that in viow of Ins opinion of tho question growing out of the Spanish war he thought his presence, might he. embarrassing. The Democratic chairman had replied: 11 Then perhaps it would be less em barrassing to you not to be invited to the caucus?" Senator McLaurin said he had ro plied: "Certainly." This incident, Sonator McLaurin declared, was tho culmination of a long series of ovonts, in a contest waged by an element of tho Demo cratic party against him. By this timo tho ontire Sonnto was ihi crested. Several Republicans cross ed tho political aisle to the Democratic side, the better to listen to what Sena tor McLaurin had to say. Continuing, Sonator McLaurin said aaid he would bo silent did ho not fear that tho movement against him was ono to keep alivo sectionalism. For many years iho people of ihe South had realized that thoy had not obtained their fair sharo of tho, national bone. His. Senator McLaurm recalled the fact that although Samunl J. Randall had advocated a protcetivu '.arrff he had boon votod for in a Democratic National Couvontion for President. Hancock, although he declared that the tariff was a local issue, had been nom inated for President, and David B. Hill, although ho opposed tho income tax, had not been read out of tho Domocr a tic i arty. That party, ho declared, had always hoou triumphant, except when the sec ilional issue was raised. He still pro posed, ho said, to vote in his judgment /or what ho holioved to bo aloi.g the lines of Democratic principles, but he did not propoao to place himsolf against a proposition which he believed to be for the best interests of the people ?i in ply because it was advocated by Re publicans. In conclusion Senator McLaurln said he did not proposo to bo driven from his own parly, nor to bo forced into affiliation with the parly with which ho did not care to ally himself, and that on great public questions ho would act according to the dictates of his own conscience and best judgment. ^ When Senator McLamin took his i ho floor to make a statement. Homo of tho statements made by Senator McLauriu, Senator Jones said, bo cou sidored a reflection upon himself, and ho desired to offer a statement con cerning the incidont to which Senator McLaurin had reforred. At the extra session of tho Scnnto last spiiug he bad been asked by the caucus olllcer for tho list of Senators who were to be summoned to a caucus, and Sonator McLuuriu'a uamo being wuntloncd, ho (Jone*) bad sai'l ho would himself bee tho Senator from South Carolina. " I mot bim in tho cloak room," said Sonator Jones, " and recalling the fact that he had not attended a Democratic caucus for more than two years I asked him what his status was. Ho replied that his relatious with tho parly were such that ho thought it would bo cm barrassing for him to cntor the Demo oratio caucus. I then Baid to him : I 4 You do not wish to bo invited Iben? ' and be replied,4 Certainly.' " " As to tho charge of ulterior motive ou uiy part," eoutiuued Senator Jones, 441 am eoutoui to treat it will? tho con tempt it deserves. It is a notorious fact, which ovctyonc seems to under stand, except tho Senator from South Carolina, that thero has been no Dem ocratic caucus ut this scssiou of Con gress. I have no hesitancy, howovor, in saying that in a recent conversation with a lnbdiug member on the other side I said to him that I did not think tho Democratic caucus could undertake to provulo committee assignments for the Senator from South Carolina." Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, was ou his feet when Senator Jones concluded. Iu his characteristic way he announced that while his nnmc had not been mentioned ho realized that lie was the cause of it all. He said ho would not at this time make an extended re- j ply. Bnclly, then, he reviowed the j controversy botween himself and Sen ator McLaurin, which led to the joint! tender of their resignations to the Uov-1 crnor of South I Carolina last spring, and told ot tho Governor's suggestion that the resignations be withdrawn. Sena tor Tillman said he contended that the 1 Governor was simply 44 a box iuto which wo had put letters for the Leg islature," and that they could notuudo their act, but that Senator McLaurin ' had hastened to withdraw bis letter. ' Senator Tillman said he had examined tho record, and of about two hundred I cases in tho history of tho government, ! Where Senators had resigned, Senator McLaurin enjoyed the. enviable distine- ' lion of being tho only one who bad withdrawn his resignation after offer- ' ing it. As to Senator McLaurin'a charge of conspiincy to humiliate him ] by barring him from the Democratic | caucus, Sonator Tillman called attcn- ' tion to the fact that he had not been I in Washington during the extra ses- I sion of tho Senate last spring. 44 This i conspiracy," ho said, 44 is a dream1 conjured up by him. It is the creatieu ' of his ow? brain." In conclusion Senator, Tillman, with a^weop of his arm, adjured his Dem ocratic colleagues 44 not to fret about! ihe charge that they were conspiring j to discredit Senator McLaurin at home, I becauso his crowd was demoralized, en wed and whipped." Senntor McLaurin mudo no reply to Senator Tillman, but ho aroso for a moment lo reply to Senator Jones to say that he did not desiro lhat there should ho anything personal in his chargo that thero had been an 44 ulterior purpose " in anything ho had done. 441 thought I was justified in saying what I did," said he. 441 accept his disclaimer." 411 disclaim nothing," rotorlcd Son ator Jones, without rising from his seat. 141 simply contradicted." 441 thank tho Senator for his cour tesy," observed Senator McLaurin, bowhig with mock doferenco, as he took, his seat. Tho holding of euch views by North ern men, no matter how diverse, did not ondangcr tho position of certain political leaders, an"d consequently they wore immune, from attack. But when a Southern man, said Senator McLau rin, tried to get the benefit of tho tariff for his peoplo those whoso political career might bo ended by the success of his efforts wero ready to crush and humiliate him. Ho had contended that If tho tariff was robbery his section Should share, in the. booty. Upon that issue, he had lately gono into a cam paign in South Carolina and, although Iiis Democracy hud been attacked a;ion the stump, tho peoplo of his State, bad endorsed him. He declared that dur ing that campaign 44calurofty, falsehood and trickery" never equalled in Ameri can politics had been employed, and now tho principal charge against him was that during tho McKinley Ad ministration 44 ho had beon bought with patronage," and 44 lhat he had renewed his former contract with Presi dent Hoo8ovelt." Entertaining the high personal regard that ho did for both tho lato President and his (succes sor, Senator Mel amnn said it WJUld bo I unnecessary for him to say that neither I would stoop to so ignoble nn act. It was truo that an unfortunate condition of affairs had existed in his State, and that ho had recommendod good men for ofllco, because ho did not de?iro to seo a repetition of tho horrible, affair at Lake City, when a negro p< stmaster had been burned to death. He had voted for tho war with Spain and de clare I that ho was compelled to sup. port mo Administration, that con ducted it. He still thought that the con duct of tho war should havo beon non partisan and during its progress ho had never heard from President McKin ley's lips a word cot corning parly ad vantage*. Senator McLaurin paid a high tribute to the late President, whom ho characterized at "a broad statesman And Christian gentleman." Sonator McLaurin said that he had no ofllcial knowledge of the charge brought agaiust him by his Democratic colleagues, but that from tho news papers ho understood that tho princi pal charges were that ho had not op posed the ratification of the treaty of peace with Spain; that ho had upheld tho Administration in its efforts to re storo order in tho Philippines, and to that end hod voted for an increase in the standing army, and that he was in favor of .tho upbuilding of the Ameri can merchant marine.. " If thc8o are tho only charges," said ho, dramatically, "they arc true and 1 crlorv in thorn." Ho said be had not wished to vote a?aiust Ids party upon tho question of ratifying tho I peace treaty, and had it UOl been for tho roopouing of hostilities in the Philippines ho would bavo deferred to (tho opinion; of bis colleague*. But, ho declared, " the dictate* of reason and consciuueo should not he stifled by ! the party lash." With bitter words I Senator McLaurin then pioceedod to oxcorialo the new loaders of tho Demo cracy, who, he said, had guided tho party through its destruction during tho last six years, and who were trying to crucify thoso who would seek to draw tho Democratic party to its old allegiance. IIo was not one of those who wished to uso tho uauio of Demo cracy for a shroud in which to bury the prlncip es of the old party. Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, ad dressed himself as to the legality of tho resignations which the South Caro uua Senator? bad sunt tu tho Governor of their State. Ho declared that the resignation of a legislative office vacat ed the oflico at once, and that he doubted whether such resignations could be withdrawn. He said that Sneaker Bluino had ho held upon otio occasion in tho House Contrary* to the English notion that a legislative olllco cannot bo resigned. Ho said that n man could not be kept in ollicc agaiust bis will, and raised a laugh by observ ing that, in his opinion, neither of tho South Carolina Senators had a right to address tho Senate if the statemeuts made by Senator Till man were correct. In reply to this sally Senator Till* man said he hnd himself beou of the samo opinion, although he was not a lawyer, and in Withdrawing his resigna tion from tho Governor of the State he had added that ho withdrew it " if it was lawful to do so." Ho suggest ed that the judiciary commit tee. should look into tho mailer, as he should en joy nothing so much as washing the dirty linen at homo. .lumping to Ins feet Senator Mc Latinu declared, in ringing tones, that he was ready to meet his colleague at any place or at any time, for the dis cussion of th issues between l.hcm. Thereupon, in tho most dramatic fashion, Senator Tiilmau challenged bis colleague to resign on tho spot. " Let us draw up tho papers now," said ho, "and tender them to thte man," (pointing with outstretched arms to ward tho presiding officer) " and that will settle it." All oyea wcro turned upon Senator McLaurin as Senator Tiilmau paused, as if waiting for Ins colleaguo to accept the challenge, but Senator McLaurin, although looking bun steadily in the oye, did not rise from his seat or mako reply. Senator Hoar again took tho lloor and oxplained in detail the occasion upou which Speaker Hlaiuo had held that a resignation immediately vacated a seat in tho House. A resolution for the expulsion of a member from South Carolina was about to be voted upon, and tho member, knowing that the re solution would bo adopted, sent his re signation to tho Cbaii, with the inten tion of addressing tho House and then offering it befote the vote on the re solution was taken. As s ion as Speaker Blaine saw the naturo of tho communication sent to him ho im mediately declared tho neat vacant, thus putting nu end to all further pro ceedings. Senator Hoar contended that if tho facts bearing upon the case of tho South Carolina Senators had boon correctly stated it was doubtful whether they were entitled to scute upon the lloor of tho Senate at this time, lie, thought the commit tee on privileges and elections should inquire into the matter. SenatorsTi)lmnn said that he was glad that 'his own legal instinct bad been backed up by so eminent a legal authority as tho chairman of the judi ciary comtmttoo. If his colleague would prepare any document that would vacate his seat as well as his (Tillman's) ho would bo glad to sign it. As long as ho rcprosentod the pco plo on the lloor, ho said, in conclusion, bo proposed to represent them honestly and not in a fashion which was a dis grace to his Stute. Senator Lodgo at this point arose and announced, with a smilo on his face, that while the. re-donations wore preparing ho would movo that tho Sen ato go into executive, session. Tho motion was carried. After half an hour behind closod doors tho Senate adjourned. VETOED THE DISPENSARY. Governor Candler Characterises the Wright Bill ns a Delusion and a Snare. Gov. Candler, of Goorgia, decliucd to approve tho disponsary bill passed by tho Legislature, and in his message ho declared tho bill to bo a delusion and a snaro, which would not tend to prohibit, but would incrcaso the sub of whiskey. His mossago is as fol lows: To tho Houro of Representatives: I am constrained to return to the House of Representatives, in which it originated, without ray signaturo, bill No, 338, which seeks to amend sec tions 1541 nnd 1G44 of tho codo of Georgia by providing for tho establish ment and operation of dispensaiies in tho several counties of tho Stale. Three, nuliieie.nl. rea80U8 impel me, to withhold my approval from this meas ure, First: While, it purports to bo In the interest Of tOIOpOl anee, and for the restriction of the snle and use of intoxicating liquors, it will in my opin ion, howovor good tho intent, have pro cisoly the opposite effect. It will open tho llood-gutos in the dry counties and overwhelm them, and at tho sumo time setback tho chuboof lempornnco in the SUlo at least a generation. Secondly. If the cocstruction put on it by Min;.; able lawyers is tho true construction, it is a delusion aud a snaro, not only damsgiug to the cause It purports to foster, but misleading iu its language aud its details. It is ostensibly an effort to extend the principles of local option, whureas n rdally restricts aud stilles local option in an overwhelming majority of the counties. The old law sought lo bo amended provides for an election in any county to determine by popul-tr vote whothor total prohibition ol the hqiK r iraffic or liconscd barrooms shall prevail in thnt county. This bill ?eck* to amend that law so as to provido for An imperfect skin is always caused by bad blood Remove the cause! Improve your blood. How? By tak ing the blood purifier that has stood the test for thirty years SarsaparUla QUART BOTTUO. It has thousands of happy friends. Quart Bottles sell every where at $i. "THO MICHIOAN ORUfJ COMPANY," Detroit Mich._ l.lvcrottos for Liver Iiis, Tho Pamoua liulo tint PUto. For Sale, hy tho Liurena Dfxig Com ny, Luurens, S. C. election*, in the several counties of the Slate to determine by popular vole whether intoxicating liquors shall bo sold in them from a dispensary or in licensed barrooms. Hut no provision is made anywhere for an election to determine by a vote of tho people whether total prohibition or tho solo of liquors in a dispensary shall bo the policy of the county. Tho bill pro vides lliitt upr n the presentation to tho ordinary of any county of a petition signed by one third of the quali/lcd voters of the county ho shall ordor on election, not to determine whether in toxicating liquors shall bo sold in tho county or not, but whether thoy shall be sold " except in a dispensary"?in other words, whether their salo shall be in a dispensary or outsulo of a dis pensar,. If a majority of tho votes cast be '?fora dispensary," then all aro agreed that tho salo of liquors in a dis ponsary in that county is legalized and provided for. If, on tho other hand, a majority of tho votes cast bo " against a dispensary," then such liquors can not undor Ibis interpretation bo sold in that county in a disponsary, but can be sold 41 except in a dispensary " ?'that is, can be sold in open barrooms. Thus under this proposed amendment of tho existing local option law tho people aro robbed of the right to say that intoxicating liquors shall not bo sold in their counties at all, and tho alternative is forced upon them in the 117 couniie8 in Georgia which havo rid themselves of the liquor trafllc in all its forms of a dispensary or open bar rooms. Tho people in these counties havo already decided in tho manner provided by law that liquor shall not bo sold at all within the boundaries of their respective counties, but under the terms of this bill thus interpreted tho most irresponsible and immoral third of thoir voting population, ? re gardless of race, color or previous con dition," can forco them to submit to tho restoration of the liquor traffic in their counties cither In dispensaries or in open batrooms, No matter bow tho election goes, whether for or against dispensary, the rcault is the same?the sale of liquors in the county, if not in dispensaries tin in barrooms. This is tho construction put upon the bill by ioiuo good lawyers. If it is the correct Interpretation tho bill is unwise and unfair to tho dry counties and ought not to become a law. If not, then the languago ia ambiguous, nnd it ought not to go on the stnluto boo), because it would give riso to bickering and vexatious and interminable litiga tion. It is evidont that it was drafted with special reference to tho " wot" coun ties in the State, and without regard to t ho.se, more than ninety per cent ol the whole, in which liquors cannot now be lawfully sold nl oil, Its effect would bo to precipitate elections in all of the counties which have, undor tho local option law, prohibited tho sale of liquor withiu their borders, in order to give tho wet counties a chance to establish dispensaries; io loau thoso counties which havo been saved in order to save those, which have been lost; to damn the redeemed by an awkword dovico to re deem tho damned. Third?Instead of putting a quietus on tho agitation of tho liquor traffic it will Inaugurate In almost if not quite every county in tho Stuto llcrco con tests over it, while, all of tho most wort bless, element, which is now prac tically out of politics by reason of non payment of taxes, will bo brought back to disturb futuro oloctions, Federal, Stale, county and municipal. It is a generally conceded fact that contests at tho ballot box over tho liquor ques tion aro moro stubbornly fought than any othor contests which are thus settled. Men, and women, too, become enthusiastic and excited and scour the country to bring out every vote and go down into thoir pockets and pay nil past duo taxes for defaultors, in ordor to get their votos in the pending elec tion to secure tho triumph of their re spective fides. Both parties, tho liquor and tho anti-liquor parties, uo it, and thus every irresponsible voter is armed with the ballot not only to vote lUjthis locnl election but In the noxt genoral election in tho Stale. Evory venal voter is thus armed with a ballot which is to sell. In many counties this class constitutes a balance of powor sulllotcnt to control fleet ions. Men baao enough aud rich enough to buy this vole will buy it, and get into public olllco and make and adminlstur your laws to tho uetriment of tho beltor elements of so oloty. A stato of things now, happily, of the past, will be brought back, liooil men must either submit to the rule of tho vicious and the' immoral or to escape it resort to methods in elections demoralizing, dangerous, humiliating and expensive. This is one of the in ovltablo results if this bill becomes a law. But defeat it and let tho stalui remain as it is, and as it has boon for some years past, since nearly all of the. counties have under the present locnl option law outlawod tho liquor tralllc, ' and peace will reign in these counties, elections will bo fair and inexpensive aud the moral and intellectual standard of otlicial excellence will coutmuo to bo elevated more and more at each succeeding election, und tho vote which will be mado under (hu operation of this proposed 1 iw a balance of power, will be entirely eliminated us u disturb* ing ?dement in elections. I have heard only ihr. e. arguments in favor of the bill, one ia that it will stop tho agitation of the liquor ques tion. This is not true. On tho con trary it will probably ptecipitulo fierce contests over it in every counlv in the Stato within twelve months. Another is that it will slop the Illicit sale of liquor in the dry counties and provide for its lawful Palo bv responsible bond ed Officers who will not, ns d<> thu blind tigers, sell on the days forbidden by law nor to minors aud druukun men. There is some foiee in this argument, but not so much as those who advance it think. It would no doubt, greatly curtail the business of the "blind tiger'' in day time when the county liquor shop is open, hi t between sunse' aud BUuriSO, when it is closed, and when under the cover of darkness most of the dangerous drinking is done, it will bo no barrier (o intemperance. The blind tiger will etill do business at the old stand, aud will prosper and the young men and boys who infest the streets of our towns nnd cities at night will still bo exposed to its baneful in lluonco. This has been and will con tinue lo be the case, dispcusary or no dispensary, wherever there arc no licensed barrooms. Neither tho dis pensary nor total prohibition can pre vent it. Tho other argument which has been advanced and chiefly relied on, is that it will be a great soureo of re venu o to the counties and towns in which the dispensaries aro located, and will in this way gi< .t y reduce tho burden of taxation. is even claimed that al ready thero ba^ been fouud a county in winch no taxes aro imposed for county purposes, because the profits of its dispensary amply support the coun ty government. Grant that this is true and that Hie dispensary iu every county will pay all the expenses of the county aud the people lie wholly re lieved of local taxes, can Georgia, a glorio-ia State, glorious in her history, her traditions and the aeluevmenls of her illustrious sons, and peopled by Christian people, afford to sanction a law making every eounty and town in tho State proprietor of a liquor shop to debauch Hie morals of the youth of ihe country in order to escape tho legiti mate burdo.u of local government? Can she afford to put upon her statute book a law to coin the tears and blood of the wives and children of weak men into dollars to fill the colters of eounty and town treasuries that their lax payers may be relieved from taxation? I do not think she can, and for those reasons and others not necessary to mention, 1 am obliged in ihe conscien tious discharge of official duty to with hold my approval from this bill. ? ' CHAMP CLARK'S STORIES. The Bad Little Boy and the Good Presiding Elder. i Hon. John Dougherty, of Missouri, says that in one of the counties in Iiis Congressional district, thero lives a good Christian lady, a devout and con stant member of the Methodist Episco pal Church, South. Soino days before the date of a quarterly conference held there some years ago our good lady friend received word that the presiding elder would be her guest for a fow days during tho meeting. In ordor to con vince ihe elder (bat she had been and was doing her Christian duty in Ihe matter of training her only child, a hoy about four years old to walk in 14 ihe straight and narrow path" she thought it not aim- ' to givo bun BOlllO special instructions before the minister ar rived. So taking the lltllo fellow upon her lap one day she toid him that tho presiding elder, a big aud great man, would visit them soon and that he would "bo very sure to ask some ques tions about your Sunday school, bow you liko your teacher, etc. But pro bably tho lirst question ho asks W*ill be: What is your name? How old aro you? Do you know where bad boys go whon they die? Now, when bo asks your name, tell him Johnnie Jones. When ho nsks how old you aro, tell him four years old, and when ho asks if you kuow where bad boys go when they die, toll, him using tho Scriptual word, that bad boys, when they die, go to hell." John was drilled on those questions daily until tho minister como. In the meant line, ho knew by roto that his name was Johnnie Jones, that bo was four years old aud that when bad boys die they go to lull. Tho minister was a portly gontletuan of friendly manner and pleasant coun tenance. After receiving a cordial welcome, he was seated in ihe silting room, and tho proud parent excused herself and sought Johnnie, tho pride and oxpectancy of hor life, to intro duce him to the minister. After John's faco was washed, bis hair combed and ho was olherwiso made presentable his mother led him In to meet tho preach er. As tho urchin entered Iho sitting room ho observed through tho open door a noighbor playmate bitting on the fonco whittling for htm and calling him to como out quick. Johnnlo at once grow impatient to go out and wished tho coremony of meeting tho preacher and answering his questions to bo dono with as quickly as possible Tho doting mother introduced him as tho youngest child, the baby of tho family. The good minister called the boy to him and taking his litilo chubby baud in his own rcmnikcd: " What a very handsome l id? II >w lk.: bis mothei?' Ills nrxi qu. stlon was ox Rotly .1? hiid beenHhiieipstsih v W*u, my I;.tic in.ui, what i<i >our iinin. ?" The boy glanced first up to tho minis ter, then at hi* waiting plnynvito, and intending to oxpoditc matlors aa much as possible by answering tho threo ex pected questions at once, roplied, " Johnnio Jones, four years ohl, go to hell," and in tho confusion that fol lowed skipped to meet his friend. O IS *I* C3> ?CTL Z .A. ?? Bwir* tho H* Kind You Haw Always BougM Signatar*) a The Kind You Haw Always j THE ORIGIN OF THE NEGRO. The Scriptures are Searched for Light on the Question, The following interesting articlo ou the Origin of the Negro is from ihr pen of Rev. i>r. J. ? Mack, of Fort Mill, I nnd is reproduced Irtan the Charlotte Observer : Whence the Nc?"o ? This is a dark t-uhject; an exceedingly perplexing problem. Yet its soluttou is vital to some doctrines of tho churcn, and also vital in determining the nature of our national gOVOrUtnunl. Indeed if WC think of the strange introduction of Negro slavery into our land and its pwculini phases in colonial days ; if we notico how it colored almost every ques tion in Congress from 178U to 1801 ; if wo study the causes of our great civil war; if wc consider how this matter hat made the South almost solidly Dem ocratic aud the North almost solidly Republican from 1808 lolUOO, wo must conclude that this problem lias been the main pivot of our national differ ences and doings. I'li's being the case, it is clear lhat God's Providence intends for our nation to solve this problem. As the Lord made Esther to be Queen of i'ursin for a special purpose, so He has made our country to be a queen among the nations of the world for a wonderful work, viz : The determin ing of the relations of the various races lo each other, and especially the rela tion of the while man to tho Negro. Hence we have in our land all of the four races : tho white man of Europe, the led man of America, the yellow man of Asia aud the black man of Africa. Tho position of the Negro has ever boon very varied and always peculiar. Some have regarded him as a beast, others as an inferior race of mankind, and others as the image of God cut in tbnny as the white man is thai imago cut in ivory. Today m some Slates the negro can vole, hold oOice and in termarry with ihe whites. In other Slates he can volo and hold olllce, bul the line is drawn at uarriage. In other Slates he is voted (sometimes even aller he is dead) bul cannot rido in the same car or eat at the same table with while folk* ; while in some others even the right of voting is \irlually denied him. Now is it right to make these dis tinctions? Is it right to debar tbo Negro from voting and from holdiug olllce, if he is intelligent ? Is it right tu i><i hid his eating and drinking und marrying with whilo folks anywhere, provided the whites aro willing? Tho answer to these questions depends on the answer lojtheqmstion, 41 Whence the Negro?" Let mo mention you four answers : I. Involution asserts that "from the mud camo a mollusk, then a reptile, then a bird, then a beast of low grade, then a monkey, (hen a negro, and then the higher grades of men up to tho while man. This is au easy way to ac count for the origin of the negro, and as laic a^ it is easy. Science denies it; for It has never yet found the "miss, ing link" between the reptile and tho bird, between the bird and tbu beasl, botweeu Hie monkey and tbo man. Scripture denies it; for its affirms that 1 the Divine law is that 44liko begets like." Racial instinct denies it; for every truo whilo man abhors the thought of deriving cxistenco from negro ancestors. Religion denies it; for the idea of our blessed Savior being descended from a negro is revolting to l be Christian heart. II. That tho negro is a talking boast; a being in human form, but , without a soul. Such say that the Hebrew word 44chai," in Genesis 1,24, which is translated "beast," docs not does not mean a quadruped but a biped, and refers to the negro. Rut this is not irue; for repeatedly in the Bible djes 44chai" mean a quadruped. To sco tho absurdity of this theory you havo only to read the lllb chapter of Leviticus, where threo times the Is wellies aro granted permission to eat i the I'chat," If that word l of er red to I tho negro, then the Jew would have ! one article of food far tuoio ropulsivo even than swino's flesh 1 This theory I is worse than utittue, for it robs untold i millions of their immortal souls and of any hopo of salvation. It is contrary to Scripture and is contradicted in its influence and results. III. That then wero two distinct creations of man. Thero was fiist tho creation of mankind in general, which would include all lue inferior races, aud I this is recorded in Genesis 1,20. Then came the crem ion of tho whilo man, the royal raco of earth, and this is re corded in Genesis 1, 27. This theory bases its claim upon four things in thoso two verses. (1) . Tho first word in verso 27 is improperly translated 44so." It should bo translated 44?nd," which provos that vorse 27 is not explanatory of vorso 20, but implies au lulditional fact, viz; another creation. (2) . The word used in verso 2(5 to desoribe what God did is 44asah," which only means to make or manu facture; whilo in verso 27 it is 44barn," ' hieb means to create and is tho highest and Miongest word to describe God's power. Hence as tho word used is higher aud nobler in vorso 27 than in verse 2(1, it Is argued what was cro atod was higher and nobler. (II). In verse 2d what Gud created is expressed by one word, " Adam." jNow ibcro is no doflnito article nor demonstrative pronoun connected wilb ihn word Adam. It siuiply means man, or mankind in general, in verso 27 what (Jod created is expressed by ilnoe words, ?? Elb IIa-Adam "?a duiiionstiaiivu prououu, tho dellnlto 1 The Woi * Greatest QKLM iTialarla & Tot all formtfvf Malarial V*"?: ?Ina Uke John?on'? Chili ?"<??!?*?" TonhT A tat.nt of Malarial iwl?m 'fthnre. HI"?! mwUMn?? can't our? for It la JOHNSON'S TONIC, ?et a bot?e today. {Ott! soCbbUI? |t Gur?*. The U- S. Government Tests Show the Absolute Superiority of Royal Baking Powder, article, a:ul the word Adam. They thus tiandalo "and God created this one, who is tho man," i. c, the ono who is by pre-eminence tho man. (4). Tho word " them," in tho phruso 14 lot them have dominion " of vorses 20 implies that a plurality of persons or races was signified by tho word Adam or mankind. Tho argument for this theory is given thus fully, in order that those of us who boliovo in tho unity of the hu man raco may seo something of tho strength of tho theory that we oppose, aud that is virtually accepted by many in our churches. Candor compols mo also to admit thut this theory docs answer mauy questions that havo perplexed Uiblo students, and some of which cannot otherwise be satisfactorily nuswered. Here aro some of them. (1) . Why is there another account of tho creation of man in Genesis ii, 27; unless it is to designate which raco was to be put in Eden and to bo tho representative of mankind in the con Venaut with God ? (2) . As Genesis v, 4 teaches that 4i alter " Adam begat Seth ?? he begat sons and daughtors," it thus ioinlics that before tho birth Of Selb only Cain and Abel had heen born to Adam. Who then could Cain foar would find and kill him] and from wh<>m did God protect him? . Genesis iv, 14-16. Who Was thero lor Caiu to marry? And Where did the people come from \fi in habit the city that ho built? Genesis v,17. (.*)). If the eight persona saved in the nrk were the only persons in the world, how and where could Nimrod, thegrandi-on of Ham, lind people en ough to lill four cities, 41 Habel and Freeh aud Accad and Calneh in ibo land of Shiuar?" Geuesis x, 10. (4) . Whence originated those races of men which are mentioned a num ber of times in the Uible, but which are now extinct? Whence tho Emim? the Anakim?the giants, who wcro eicht feet or moie in height?and the seit of man that bad bix lingers on each hand and six loos on each fool ? (5) . If tho flood, that occurred 4,248 years ago, destroyed all mankind and not merely the descendants of him designated in Scripture as 44 Eth-lla Adam;" then how could Ihere have,, been a populous kingdom iu Egypt '?? 4,600 years ago? How ouldtho na:. lion of China have been iu txistcrrctr 0,000 yeais ago. (0) If the while4 man aud the Ne gro wero descended from the samo Adam and Eve, when and where was the miracle wrought that has made them so different in hair, and odor, and color and character? From 4,timo immemorial" Ibis diflf. renec has existed. Egyptian monuments prove that4,000 years ago these differences were as distinct as they aro today. Where in the Bible is there any ac count of (Hod's changing tbo divine law that 44 like begets like." IV. The Unity of the Human Itaco. This is now tho teaching of the Chris tian church, and has been so for cen turies. The arguments lor it arc from the Bible, and hero arc toino of them. (I.) Acts xvii, 20, God 44 hath made of one biood all uations of men for to dwell on all the lace of the earth." (2). Kornaus v, 12, 44 Wheroforc as by ono man sin entered into the. world, und death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned." Hore. surely it is implied that Adam I was tho head of all men. I (.'I). 1 Corinthians xv, 22 , 44 For as in Adam all die;" where Ihe doath of all men is attributed to Ihcir relation with Adam. (4), I Corinthians xv, 46 and 47 ? wbeie Adam is called tho44llrst man." Now of what has been said this is the sum: 44 God's l'rovidonco indi cates that, now and in our country is to bo solved tho problem. 44 Whence tho Negro? " Tho answer given by evo lution, and that given by those who believe the Negro to bo a beast, aro boih unlruo and absurd. We must choose between the theory of two crea tions, and that, of the unity of tbo hu man race; and both of theso baso their argument upon the Biblo. Eel that ehoico be mado honestly, impartially and prayerfully. If tho Nogro was created separate from and inferior to the while man; then to keep him as our political equal is a crime, and to permit him to be our social equal is a sin. it is 11 igranlly to insult God by disregarding the dif ferences which Ho has so clearly and indelibly stamped upon, tho two races. But if tbo Negro is really our broth er, bone of our bono and llesh of our llosh, havo tho t nine Fatbor Adam and Mother Evo, then it would bo sinful, cowardly and moan to desert 44 our brother iu blt>ck" becauso ho is unfor tunate. We must lovo him for his own snko, as well as for tho Saviour's sake. Wo must olovate him by ovory means in our powor, and try to lift him up lo a level with ourselves. This must bo earnestly and honestly done, or olse wo who believe in tho " unity of the hutunu raco " must be put under tho condemnation of both God and man. Do not apply nilratc on whent in tho fall, an h may not remain in the ground uiilil spring. If applied eat) in the spriug it showt wonderful effects on growing wheat, r.nd seems to glvo tho wheat a good start and a deep groon color. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kiprj You Hate Alwsys Bought Bears tho tfgnatorocf I TO GF/T RID OF MICROBEB It Is Claimed that Certain Dis eases Prolong Human Life. Pearson's Weekly. It iB a remarkable fact?ono of na ture's peculiar compcnsatiau?-that pooplo who have suffered from small pox gcuernlly live longer than peoplo who have not. Why this should be tho case, there is only an unproved theory to explain; and tho theory is that tho microbes which goto smal1 pox, being very powerful and pugna cious, swallow up the microbes of many other diseascb which they find in the By&tems of persons they attack. Hcnco, by contracting smallpox severely, you stand a good chance of oliminating from your system other diseases which would seize upon you at some timo or other, and, likewi-c enough, prove fatal. At tho samo timo, it must bo ad mitted that smallpox is not scheduled as a preventive medicine; and tho number of persons it cither kills, maims or inflicts with mental incapa cities is probably greater than the number of persons Whose.?VCjS is pro longs. At <,ho same time it is a fact that the disease, though one of tho most terrible known to medical science, doeu you a groat deal of good if you aro capable Of throwing it off without suf fering al tor-effects of a moro surioua diameter than being pitted with tho queer little marks it almost invariably leaves behind to distinguish its past time victims. Numbers of elderly peraoua, in more or less feeble health, aro kept nlivo by coughs, such, for instance, as bron chitis. Chronic coughs are peculiarly common to old people, and hundreds who complain of tho distress caused them by such affections aio really in debted to their coughs for their length of life. Tho reason of this is that most elderly persons suffer with weak heart and feeblo circulations of the blood, and weak hearts become weaker and weaker merely as a result of their weakness. A constant cough corrects this, keeps tho heart beating more strongly than it otberwiso would, and the strong, heart beat keeps the blood jgfeculaling more quickly; and the vital organs aro thus kept in a ^Uito of ac tivity which could only be maintained b artificial means, and for a limited time, but for the troublesome cough. Moreover, the constant rcmindor given by the cough deter tho sufferers from running nsks of catching colds. In other words, they have to study their heal In or suffer more acutely from their coughs, and choosing the former, they benefit accordingly. (iout and rheumatism arc exceeding ly painful diseases, and, of course, in some cases provo fatal, but they con fer many a blessing upon mankind; and rheumatism, particularly, is well known to doctors as a preventive of many other diseases, it is a notorious fact that gouty subjects generally live to a ripe age, and albeit they suffer severely at times, they generally enjoy excellent general health, tho very causes of ihe gout keeping their blood in p,ood condition, and making it uncn durablo to many kinds of microbes. I Cases have occurred of wholo house holds except one member, being strickcu with infectious diseases, and the lucky exception has been a suf ferer from rheumatism or gout, which alone have prevented him from con tracting the diseases which havo run through the house. Such sufferers do " not run half the risk of catching tho common illnesses that non-sufforers run, and a large proportion of tho peo plo who reach ages over four-score years are people who, for years, havo suffered from gout or rheumatism, tt> which fact they undoubtedly owe many of tho years they havo lived over the hi lot led span. Tttko half a do..cn persons over the ago of 70 who suffor from rheumatism or gout, and half a dozen others who suffer from neither, and you will llnd that, except for their rheumatism or gout, they enjoy very much better health than the non-sufferers and stand a splendid chance of outliving the latter. Moroovcr, gout and rheuma tism greatly enhance a Buffercr's chances of retaining bis mental facul ties until the end; a largo percentage of centenarians who dio with all their wits about them, and with excellent memories of tho days of their youth, ^ havo suffered for many years from^fl rheumatism, and been particuhuly fn''oH from other diseases. AW 'flic, loss of a leg or an arm is tdfflflH said to do you good in tho long rfl Perhaps that is an awkward pluaa| apply to tho loss of a log, but 10 aland. Ii certainly flucms thai svlM man is deprived of a leg or an Jg llio vitality and vigor of (hu '"Vj? bcr remain with him to inc^g vitality of tho romaindor. ^9 ll'liaa boon declared by #| authority that when a inr I cut of!, he being in nillc mm hcallh not to collapse 1" "1 ?? lion, adds iwo or three, 3| moro, years on to hla latter d 9 A Nowark (N. J.) woman fl lection of 1,600 pitcher*, noH which aro ahko. They aro -fl shapo and,, color under the Jfl have been picked up In allfl nooks and corners of llio wuA of Ihcm wasoblninod at tho ifl that Dickons immortalized usfl curiosity shop." Tho wholoj on oxhibillon in llio rpoma ojfl Jenoy Historical Socloty. *B OA?TOn^ Betn th? 1 ti9 Kind You Hate AlwJ