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PALMETTO STATE SHS. ! N?tes iii 6?ieral Merest Piele? lip j fers sm fi? And Served in Brief Paragraph s for ? Casca! Headers, Governor Tillman has appointed Wm. M. Jordan, Master of Aiken County, vice Woodward, term expired. Governor Tillman is again at the helm of the State dispensary, as Com? missioner Traxle? has again tinfortt* iiately iiad to go to bed on account of ? recurrence of fever: .. One million five Hundred thousand gallons is the estimated quantity of liquor heretofore consumed by South Carolinians in three hundred and six . ty-five days and nights. A commission for a charter has been issiled to the Laboring.Men's Union bf Beaufort* Tiie union proposes ic" organize for business purposes; which are understood to be to protect the interests of the stevedores. The cap? ital stoek bf the organization is to be ??2}?00: THe docket of the court of general sessions for Berkeie-v conn tv; sitting at Mt: Pleasant; is unusually large; con? taining over firty c$ses; including twelve capital cases. Iii view of the formidable amount. of work bil the ?ockei Judge Izlar has determined to make the daily session run from 9:30 ?: m. to 6:30 j), m., with only thirty minutes for lunch: The South Carolina College was thoroughly inspected a day or two ago by the board of visitors appointed by the board of trustees. The board con? sists of Dr. J. William Stokes, ex Senator Furgeson, of Laurens ; D. H. Bussell, of Anderson, and Col. J. C. Colt, of Chesterfield. The board will prepare a written report,which will be submitted to the board of trustees of the college. The Leesville Holiness Camp Ground Association, of Leesville, Lexington County has been commissioned. The corporators named are : L. B. Haynes, C. D. Barr, J. J. Skealy, J. P. Able and G. B. Bich. The purposes of the corporation are "the holding of meet ings for the promotion of education and religion." The capital stock is to be $3,000, divided into shares of $10 each. The railroad commissioners have been advised that the Southern Kail way and Steamship Association will hold its annual rate convention on the 14th inst., and, on that account, it would be preferable if the hearing on the whiskey rate be made for some other day than the 15th, as originally announced. The chairman is consid? ering the question of fixing a new date and will probably do so. A Columbia special says: While the dispensary law is calculated to work a great hardship on the liquor men of the state, none of them will perhaps be left in better condition than those of Columbia. It will be found, no matter what may rx the course elsewhere that every dollar that is owed bv Columbia dealers will be paid. Most of them are able to easily do so, but if they were not they would spend their last cent in paying their obligations. A meeting of confederate veterans was held in the court house at Green? ville a few days ago for the purpose of forming united veteran camps. Reso? lutions were adopted approving the object of the meeting, and as soon as the papers are received a camp will be organized in the city and in the coun tv. The attendance was large. Gov ernor Lubbock, of Texas, being pres? ent, addressed the veterans on the life and character of Jefferson Davis. Governor Lubbock was a close and in? timate friend of Mr. Davis during and after the war, and told what he knew to be the truth. As Governor Lubbock said, "those who knew him best loved him most." The purchasers of the new state bonds, Messrs. Lancaster and Wil? liams, have made ali arrangements for the prompt handling of the entire is? sue. A conference with Treasurer Bates was held a few days ago to pro? vide for sale and transfers being made in New York, Chicago or Columbia, so as to facilitate the work of all parties interested. Mr. Evans, one of the at? torneys for Messrs. Lancaster and Williams, states that South Carolina may consider herself very fortunate to have made the contract she did. Hud there been a few weeks' delny it would have been practically impossible to have made near so advantageous a ] contract, and that with the present stringency in the money market no respectable price-could be secured for gilt edge securities. Plan? to Re-Open the Kaiik ?if lite far? lina?. A meeting of the board of directors of the Bank of the Carolinas was hel? at Florence a few days ago to hear the report of the committee sent to Charleston to examine the securities placed there und those held by the bank at Florence and elsewhere as col? lateral. Afier hearing the full re? port, which was considered very satis? factory, a resolution was adopted urg? ing all creditors to accept the plan proposed by circular some time ago, as they were satisfied that it was best for all concerned, and that by this plan all claims of creditors and depos? itors would be speedily paid. "Many of the creditors have replied accepting j the plan and responding cordially to j the effort made by the directors to j speedily resume business. Judging j ^ from these it will not be long before j the bank re-opens. Everything is ? jj now ready to resume business as soon j as all creditors express satisfaction. I L Not thc slightest un easiness is felt i>v ? Si d. i U! Port Royal Deck hs a lind Way. A serious difficulty h?s arisen in ti:* 81 construction of th? timber dry dock j r ' at Port Royal, which will doubless de- j n late date in this year. Owing to the fi difficulties and novel character of the k work the contractor was unable to fin- : >? ish the work on time, which was April ; is 23 last, and he secured an extension of ; five months. Matters were progress- h< ing well until May 13. when weakness tl developed in the bottom, and in a short time 125 feet <>t concrete ?iii-i piling was heaved up by the heavy water pressers below. Cracks also cl - ti velopod, mid although *V- bottom wa.; forc?d back by heavy wt^j?jts abotil ::; half the distance J t had Sen, the in - -: jury has r.ot yet been completely rt tn- ;:? edied. There a:.e different theories as to the callee of t?v? brea-iv. but Biost ?? 8? ft? depositors or stockholders at Colum- j bia. plausible one is that the sheet piling, which is intended \o e?cltide Water in ?oi?e ?te?sjife and rel?ete the bottoms of the dock fioni extraordinary press? ure, was not c?rriect, do wit fat enough to perforai its fonction; In addition to this lapse ?here was a failure to place relief valves in the bottom. At present it is not possible ;2 to estimate the extent of injury to the dock. If the upheave! does not extend, the dam? aged portion may be repaired in the course of a few weeks,but if it extends the stability and success of the whole dock may be threatened. Divorce* Don't C?o. Judge Witherspoon* of the circuit I court at Columbia: has rendered a de- j cisi?n ifi ? civil case ^McS touches; in ! a very important way; on the question1 ? bf marriage in this state as affected by j divorce in another stated - The., case was brought up by C. W. McCref y," of Columbia, against J. H. Davis to compel the specific performance of contract on the part of the latter. Davis' refusal to comply was based on the ground that McCrery failed to give him the release of dower of his divorced wife: Mrs: Rhoda McCrery. The plaintiff was married in Brooklyn, N. Y.; and two. years later his wife separated herself from him, removing to Chicago, where she obtained a di? vorce, McCrery failing to respond to tue complaint; Mc.Cr?ry held that; haying thus severed their mar? riage, 3Irs; Booda McCrery has no longer a right of dower iii his prop? erty; Judge "Witherspoon; in bis de? cision, says that the state of Illinois, or any o?er state, has no right to set aside the civil laws of this state, which are as sovereign as the state. The marriage was either contracted under the laws-of New York or pf South Car? olina. If under the former, the laws of that state will only permit of a di? vorce for adultery, while under the latter, the law permits of no divorce proceedings. He holds that, accord? ing to the laws of this state, the mar? riage had not been annulled, and the right of dower still holds good, so far as civil action is affected. In brief, the action of a Chicago court, or the . court of any other state or country, is powerless to affect the laws of this commonwealth. This case is destined to prove of great importance to the property interests of South Carolina. A"dv?T*:? tu xc. it wUi pvy you. That Engineer Germany was a man A unusual popularity was clearly shown by the immense turnout at his funeral. There were sixty-five visit? ing engineers in attendance. Chairman Duncan states that the commission has received a letter from deceiver Chamberlain, of the South karolina Road, in which he asked for i hearing before the proposed whiskey i .ate was to go into effect. Col. Dun- J .an announces that all interested par- : ies will be heard on the 15th of the couth. ' A few days ago? at Denmark, fire lestroyed Mr. S. E. Keeley's barn, tables, two horses, two mules* fod ler, oats and about two hundred bush Is of cern. It is thought to have been ;et by an incendiary. No insurance, vir. Neeley is a young man just starti? ng in life, and the loss to him is very teavy. June brings with it the perennial .ommencement season, the joy of ehool and college students. What is ordinarily a day of pleasure and en ertainment in most places, is protrac ed to a month in Carolina's Capital ^ity. lt is acknowled that she is the educational as well as political centre >f the state. The citizens of Greeenwoo dare very auch delighted to learn that Gen. 'elm B. Gordon will on the 4th of uly address the Survivors'Association nd the 6th South Carolina Cavalry ai hat place. The day can be made a uenierable one for the town. Arrange aents will be made for the entertain aent of all distinguished soldiers and ?ther visitors that will be present on hat day. Senator Don Cameron gave a little tinner to Senator Butler at New York . few days ago. Though Cameron is . strong republican and Butler an equal y ardent de mocrat, they are bosom riends. Their friendship began when Sutler's father voted to prevent Cam ron's father from being unseated in he senate. Years later Butler's seat ras in danger, and young Cameron telped him to retain it. The town of Johnston is moving in he matter of establishing a cotton aili. A sufficient amount of stock tas been subscribed to perfect an or? ganization. At a recent meeting of he stockholders the following officers i-ere elected : J. D. Eidison, presi lent ; S. J. Watson, secretary ; board >f directors, J. D. Eidison, J. H. Sonkuight, P. L. Wright, D. T. htzts, S. J. Watson, J. H. Edwards, 5. F. Lewis, S. L. Ready and W. P. tassels. A committee was appointed o receive offers for a site. Altogether up to the present about 00 barrels of liquor have been re eived at the dispensary in Columbia, t is marked X and XX Rye and X nd XX Bourbon. Everything at the lispensary is in shape to begin the ?Ettling with the exception of the en ine. The shafting, bottling arrange? ments and all other apparatus for bot- j ling is ready. When it does begin ir. Traxler thinks that he can have rom 1,500 to 2,000 gallons bottled per [ ay until they reach the casks, when J bey can g?-t along very much faster. : 'or the present only straight good? < ill be handled. 1 _ 1 Tomatoes grown on a Charleston * 'eek truck farm have been in the ' tarket this season two weeks earlier ' ian ever before. The owner of this articular fiirtn is Mr. Furman, a ortherner, who came to Charleston >me years ago ?uni h.'is since boen I 1 ^voting himself to the scientific cult- j re of several trucking crops. His j forts so far li:i\proved exceptionally i ! iccessful. Mr. Furman has broken : !?. record for early squash also. The j ' ..-?I Charleston squash crop is just j : riding it^ way into the various mar- | / ets of the North. Mr. Furman has j arrested :;11 of his squashes, and j , resting ?ii thc assurance that, j , iving struck th?" very earliest market, | . ? got a better price for his truck !t tan ?riv other farmer in this section j , iii probably secure for his. Every year th" Enter-State ManrTar iri rs and Dealers' Association, with j t :'<|.?u:tr?"i ? vt >;. -,\ L(Oiid<?T?, Conn., ! ? ?propri?t? n large sum of money bu- j, . purpose of fjivitig sh<>otiugtourna- j , .-ats m various parts of tie- (Jutted j , tates. ii. As-sweiation senda on it- , di's 'md managers of the ttnirnamsnts : ordes io advertise tu goods. Head- j manifested in all places where sport I ing blood is found to secure one of j these tournaments each season. Mr. ?J; W? Bieaise,- president of the Pal irietfo CJriii Clnb of Charles?ol?. is in tefcstir.g himself in tliis matter,- (ind it is highly .probable iha? within the next two months the sportsmen of Charles? ton will participate iri a grand tourna? ment. A paragraph which is goirg the newspaper rounds reads: "Baron Liebig, the German chemist, says that as much flour as will lie on the point of a table knife contains as much nu? tritive constituents as eight pints of the best beer made/' This is very in? teresting and ehco?r'aging information in South Carolina just ai this time. Undef the n'ew liquor law no beer can be Sold except iii bottles; and it has been officially announced by Governor Tillman that none will be sold.for less than fifteen cents a bottle. It makes no difference no^. A man can take a cent's worth of flour, a little sugar' and a jug of water and make a mixture that will render him perfectly inde? pendent; of the dispensary system. We should add, however, that the Lie? big . o'eet . must be drunk while it is fresh': The iaw forbids the manufac? ture of "fermented" liquor. Ruined by thc Evans The liquor men of Columbia are perhaps pi etty fair examples of those of ?he state. While they are exceed? ingly despondent ariel do hoi know what to db; they still think there is a slight chance for them arid to not al? together admit that their case in the courts of the state has. been lost. They all want to see where the first test is going to be made, and some, of the. dealers .are willing to be the first to make the fight. Of course the creditors of tlie liquor meri are all anxious to secure settlements, but the dealers are in a bad fix and cannot in all cases make a settlement. There is many a dealer in the state who for years has spent his profits, and about all of the reserve he has is invested in his bar fixtures and equipments. In the event of their wanting to settle, it would be found that they would not have a penny left for themselves and families if they paid all accounts. Then, there is not now a good market to get rid of the stock on hand j as wholesale dealers, together with the larger dealers, are selling off their goods in small lots at reduced prices. s till Another; One of our exchanges remarks : The plan for the building of new cotton mills, which are so frequently reportedj are not "all on paper" by ! any means; In the early part of last Week it was announced that the pre? liminary work of excavating for the foundation of the projected mill at Batesbiirg was then nearly completed. Then followed the news that $50; OOO had been subscribed in Laurens county for the proposed $100; OOO mill atLau renSj and that work was to begin at once without waiting for further sub? scriptions; And on Friday it was an? nounced that the Hampton mill is "an j assured fact," as 20 per cent of the $50,000 capital stock was paid in on J that daYi and the contractor was on \ the ground and ready for business. All three niiils have been "talked about*' for some weeks past. They hare passed that point now, and their j walls will be rising in a few days. Three new mills started in earnest j within a week of each other, in as j many counties, and all mostly sup- j ported by local capital, and with a j number of similar mills already going j up in other parts of the state, is cer- j tainly a good record for South Caro? lina in this time of general depression, j We do not believe that any state in . the south can beat it or equal it. Rights of the Ronds. A recent special from Columbia says : There are no two ways about it, thc- j 1 State board of equalization ha.-: found j itself in a dilemma. In a word Mr. ! Jos. W. Barnwell, representing thc j ; South Carolina, and Judge Cothran, j { the Bichmond and Danville roads, foi j the first, time handled the assessment ! 1 issue with gloves off. They boldly de- i ' dared that they had no hoi>e orexpec- i ] tation of receiving any concessions j from the board* but would have to bi j again forced into the courts, where i ] theV aire confident justice will be had. : Their line of argument, supplemented I with affidavits, was that the railr? ucl j property, as at present assessed was at ? its uctual value, as is proven by thc j records and affidavits of county officers, j the assessed value of land and othex { property is not over 50 or 00 per cent J : of the value. There seemed to be con- j ; siderable surprise when it was stated i ? that previous boards had announced ? by resolution that the real estate | (linds) was assessed at 50 per cent ol I the real or market value. Then there j were three affidavits read, which seem ed to be quite unexpected at such a j juncture, in which the Comptroller | General, the Attorney General and the j Treasurer say that the assessments were made at their actual value. Old Tinto? Schedn?eK. The people who have become accus? tomed to rapid transit as it is known and practiced by thc railroads of th<: present day are 2>rone to forget that fifty and less years ago railroading was in its infancy and the most rapid ? trains of that day would have stood a poor chance of winning a race with a bicyclist of the present era. This fact is called to mind just at present by a (plaint old schedule of the South Caro? lina Railroad, dated March 1, 1852, which has recently beeu discovered among the archives of the company. The schedule ia neatly framed,whether ! by the parties issuing it or at a subse- ! [juent date is not known, and is now j lianging in the office of the general j manager of the road. Th?' document contains a schedule of th" trains, j freight and passenger, then running ! ?etween Charleston and Columbia and Charleston and Hamburg, and is fol lowed by a list of rules to govern eon- I luctors and engineers, and is signed ?y the officers of the road of that day. j A few extracts "-ill give an idea of ! he spi't d at which trains were then ! un t?n what, for the period, was con- ? ?idered a well-equipped Iii!'-: Thc tight express train left Charleston at 5 >. rn. and arrived in Hamburg at <"> a. M., making the run ot* <>n<- hundred :*id thirty-six miles in thirteen hours, it Jiij average speed of ten mil?-* per lour. The night express train for Columbia left Charleston ;it ?.l? p. m. i md arrive?! .':t its destination, if it , i appen ed to bo on t?n?', which ivasnol \ vi all probable that it would Kc. twelve ours and fifteen minutes aft?*rwar?i, ie- distance being one humlivd and hirtv miles. This sounds v? ry tunny nowadays vhen passenger trains are mn consid- '? Ted fast :;1 ;:!! unless scheduled for : hirty-fiv: er forty miles an hour, but t i\ M<>\,''-ti. t'l <-OT;-)J.;tr>- with ttiC reigh? schedules which were operated lieu. \<.rd ing to the t :m< table rc . rre-1 to a freight train left < liarles- \ ' on ?[i 5 o'clock n. m. and ?vas duo t?. I trrive ?t Aiken at U:lo the next morn \ 1 ag. I Wi distance is 120 miles, and j ii$ ti?*3 #*|ow$? is^?aty-^ii nowt* 1 1 arid forty-five minutos-a little over four miles per' hour. Tho freight trainier Columbia coveted, the dis? tance between that city and Chafiesiort in twenty-nine hours, or travelled about hull* the distance rfhich dozen3 of expert pedestrians have made in tho same time in modern six-day go as-you-please walking maicheS. VIRGIN?? POPI?LISTS KftMng Preparations for a Vigorous Campaign iii i?idt ?t-Ate? A Eichmond special of Wednesday says : The Virginia populists will hold their state convention for the nomina? tion of governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general, in Lynchburg on Thursday^ August od; This is just two Weeks bef?te the democrats will assemble in Richmond for the same purpose: Tiie basis o'f representation iii the people's party, gathering will be one delegate ?lid ?He?t?ate from each precinct. .These matters were determined at a meeting cf the stale central committee held at Eichmond V?edjie&d&y* with twenty-one persons present, repres??"* ing all of the districts except the sixth and eighth. The committee had two long sessions and discussed the politi? cal situation in the state qiii?e freely. The executive committee reported ah address to the Virginia* voters which was adopted and will be subtuiti?c! to the state convention as a basis for thc party platform. The paper is quite lo'?g and declares in favor of the free coinage of silver,- ?gif?ifeatios of taxa? tion and the repeal of the Andeis?? McCormi?k electoral board law. The party will also favor a dog lav/ and a graped income tax. Secretary Harris states that the parity is organized in twenty-four counties, partially organ? ized in twenty more and has chairmen in ninety-six out of one hundred counties. AUSTIN REJOICES Over the Completion of the Great Dam Across Colorado Hirer. The great regatta which commenced at Austin, Texas, Wednesday, brought together the world's greatest oarsmen. In its international character it is probably the greatest contest in the history of the world and the promises are good for fine racing fot the four days it lasts. The regatta is in the nature of a celebration in honor of the completion of the great dam across the Colorado river, which is a remarkable piece .of solid ma? sonry. The length of the dam is 1,500 feet. It is sixty-six feet high, sixty feet broad at the base and sixteen feet at the crest. It has formed a lake twenty-two miles long, with an average width of L200 feet, and contains enough water to supply the city of Austin twenty years* with? out being replenlihed. The purpose of the dam is to furnish a water sup? ply and power for the electric light system of the city. Besides accom? plishing these purposes, li;OOO horse? power has been developed, which will be disposed of to manufacturers at nominal cost. The cost of the dam was over $000,000. FARGO IN ASHES. 4 disastrous Conflagration Sweeps j Whole Blocks Away; Half of the town of Fargo, Minn., was swept away by a disastrous fire Wednesday. The fire started at 3 j D'clock in a restaurant On Second : street. A strong wind was blowing. At 4 o'clock the fire had reached the Great Northern tr.ick, ten blocks lorth, gritting the en ire district for three blocks east to Broadway. A strong fight was made to prevent the [lames from crossing to the west side of Broadway, but bv 4 o'clock thev had crossed in several places. Telegraph fores are all burned, so that it was im? possible to reach Grand Forks or Hills? boro to ask for helj). Probably two thousand people are homeless. Nearly all of the principal commercial houses of the town were swept away. A strong wind made the fire travel so quickly that hardly anything was saved. The flames went through brick buildings as easily as wooden ones. The loss will be over SI,000,000, as practically the entire business district in the c itv was gutted. MCKINLEY RE-NOMINATED. The Republican State Contention of Ohio in Session. A Columbus, G., special says: A few minutes after 10 o'clock Thursday morning General Grosvenor called the republican state convention to order, and the Kev. Dr. N. H. Holmes im? plored the divine blessing on the pro? ceedings. Hon. H. M. Dougherty was introduced as permanent chairman and made a three-minute speech. The report of the committee on resolutions was read by Congressman G. W. Hu lich, of Clermont. Each |^ank was loudly applauded. McKinley's name was presented as the nominee for governor bj Colonel Bob Nevins, of Dayton, and seconded by Senator J. W. Nichols; of Belmont. There were no other nominations and the governor was declared the nomi? nee amid a scene of wild enthusiasm. A committee was appointed to con? duct him to the hall, and a few mo? ments later he made his appearance. He was greeted with cheers prolonged for several moments. MUST CLOSE ON SUNDAY is thc Decision of Chicago Judges in Regard to World'* Fair. A Chicago special says : In the in? junction suit brought by the United States to restrain the local directory from opening the World's fair gates on Sunday, Judge Woods announced Thursday morning tlmt he and Judge Jenkins agree on Hie main point in the World's fair injunction proceedings and also decides that the injunction must issue and the fair be closed Sun? day. Judge Grossary holds that it may be kept open. Carnegie Companies Assign. The Carnegie Land Company and the Carnegie Iron Canipuny of lo! r;son ( 'it v '!'<.:.!!., on account o? the financial situation; thc inability t ? make ddloetions and the hick of assistance from [von-resident stockhold? ers, hav< I ?eon t\ ?reed into a temporray e ignment 1<? protect tin- proporti? ons Unir creditors. The financial pressure lias been so great that the i.onds of the company could not be ??ld nor the amount due them could n. t bc collect* 'I. Yellow Fever at Costa li? a. 'Ute ?narine hospital service al Wash? ington received a telegram Wednesday 1 ransmitted thr< ?ugh th" department of state from th-- United States consul at s>an Joye. tV^tn Kn-.i. statin? that a vi Ho? [ev. i epidemic prevail1; ;.t Li t n ? MI, (> ?iiea. The surgeon gen ; ?ra lat once ??,"U]"i\ lo telegraph the '?ealt?r o ?leer? al Savannah. Mobile. .jiark'?itoij, >.! ..;. ?riiftus und Jackin* 'iiie an?! tbs o/Meer* in cjtargs of {ho ?j* uiiaiHu I >..<<'. 8&???Bi j REV. DK. TAU!AGE Tiie Rroo&ly** J?iv?n?>s Sunday Sermon. T?ffi?/*Bul ,?iien the ?hiidrM.?f 'I?rM \ cried uni? thc 7>?rd thc Lord raised uieni Uv Ot \ deliverer, Ehud., the ?di of Gera; ? ?enjcanv ?te* a man left handed-Ju?gzf?l; 15. ?-?trd was/.' ruler iri Israel. Ho was left handed, anet ?fthat was" peculiar about the trlbs of Benjamin, to -?Thict? no, belonged, there were in it 700 left handed raen: and yet so dexterous had they all become in the' use of the left hand that the Bible says they could sling stones at a hair's breadth and not miss. We'll,- there was a king of the name ol ! Eglon who was an oppressor of Israel. H? imposed upon them a most outrageous lax. EhtM/ the- man of whom I first spoktf. bad a drftrre c'onirriisri^n to destroy that oppressor. He^.c'ame? preteriding Jb?t he was going tc p?f tho faxV and asked tosec? King Eglon. He was told he was iii ?he* Summer honi-se, the place to which the king retired wb'e^ if. Was too hot to sit in the palace. This SiMhfitS* house was a place surrounded by flowers and WS?f arrd springing fountains and warbling birds. - .... Ehud entered tho suninicr. house and said to King Eglon that ho had ?' ?ecrefr Orrai?d with him. Immediately all the attfiVrdafrts; wero waved out of the royal presence. &Lug Egl'in rises up to receive the messenger. Ehad? th? }??f? handed man, puts his left hand td. his", righi side\- fulla out a dagger and thrusts1. E"glo'ri through the haft went ina?tei fhe'bt?de:.. Eglottfalls. ?-lwdcomes forth to blow a tx'umpet of recruit amid mountains of Ephraim, afiu ji great' host is marshaled, and proud Moab submits to' the conqueror, and Israel is free. So, O Lord, , M M? Thy enemies perish ! So, Q Lord, let ??Thy'irl^nds triumph ! . X learrt first from .this subject the power of ??.it handed meri; There are. some fficsowho bf, physical ?rganizatio'fl have? as much strength in their left hand as in ?heir rig :t hand, but there i? something iri_ the writing of this text which' implied that Ehud had ?orne defect in his right hand ?rhl??i com? pelled him' to; use the left. Oh, the potf'er ox ??ft, handed men ! Genius is orten self obser? vant, careful of itself ; Trot, given to much toil, burning incense to'its own ?ggraridizement, while many a man with no natural ?Kdinr ments, actually defective in physical and mental organization, has an earnestness for the right, a patient industry, an all consum? ing Pers?v?rance which achieve marvels for the kingdom' di Christ. Though left handed as Ehud, they can striker down a sin a? great and imperial as Eglon. , ...... I have seen men of wealth gathering abouf thom all their treasures, snuffing at tb* cause of & world lying in wickedness, roughly ordering Lazarus Off their doorstep, sending their dogs, not to lick his sores, but to hound him off their premises, catching ail the pure iain Of God's- blessing into the stagnant, ropy, frog-ihhabi*ed pool of their own selfishness -right-handed mcn< worse than ?seles* while many a man with large* heart and little purse has" Out of his limited mean* . made poverty leap for joy" arid started an influence that overspans the' grave arid will swins round and round the" throne ?f Ged/ world without end, ?men: ... Ah, me, it is high tirrie that yeni left handed men who have been longing f?r tins' gift and that eloquence and the other man's wealth' should take your left hand out of your pock? et; Who made all these railroads? Whose! up all these cities? Who started all these churches arid schools arid asylums? Who has dorie all the tugging and runnirig and pulling? Men of ?o' wonderful endowments, thousands of them acknowledging themselves to be left handed; and yet they were* dornest, arid yet they were determined,; arid yet they were triumphant. But I do riot suppose that Ehud the first time he took a sling in his hand Ctfiild throw a stone a hair's breadth and not miss. I suppose it was practice that gave him the wonderful dexterity; Go' forth to your spheres of duty and be n?t discouraged if in your first attempts you miss the mark; Ehud missed it. Take another stone, put it care? fully into the sling, swing it around your head, take better aim, and the next time you will strike the center. The first time that a ?i?s?ii rings his trowel upon the brick he does' not expect to put up a perfect wail. The first time a carpenter s?rids? a plane over a board or drives 3 bit thron orri ? b s'a rn bo does not expect to make perfect execution. The first time a boy attempts a rhyme he dort^ not CXX;^?L io ''him0 a "Lalla Rookh" of a ''Lady of the Lake." Do not be sur? prised if in your first efforts at doini; goo.I you are not very largely successful. Under? stand that usefulness is an art; a science, a trade. There was an oculist performing a very difficult operation on tho human eye. i young doctor stood by and Said : "How easily you do that. It doesn't seem io cauro you any trouble at all." "Ah." said the old ocu? list; "it is very easy now, but I spoiled a hat? ful bf eyes-to learn that." Bo not surprised li it takes some practice before we can help men to moral eyesight and bring them to a vision of th* cross. Left handed men to thc work ! Take the gospel for a sling and faith and repentance for the smooth stone from the brook, take sure aim. God direct the weapon, and great Goliaths will tumble be? fore you. I learn also from this subject the dangei o? worldly elevation. This Eglon was waat the world called a great man. There were hundreds of men who would have considered it the greatest honor of their hie just to havo him Speak to them; Yet, although he is so high up in worldly position; he" is not beyond the r.-'aeh of Ehud's dagger. I see a great many people try.'ag to climb up iri social position, having an idea that there is a safe place somewhere far above, not knowimrthat th'.", mountain of fame has a top like Mount Elane, covered with perpetual snow. Wc laugh at the children of Shinar for try? ing to build a tower that could reach to the beavens, but I tldnk if our eyesight were only sood enough we could see a Babel in many a dooryard; Ohthe struggle is fierce ! It is store against store; bbu?d against house, street against street. Nation against Nation. The goal for which men aro run? ning is chairs and chandeliers and mirrors and houses and lands and presidential equip? ments. If they get what they anticipate, what have they got? Men are not safe from calumny while they live, and, worse than that, they are not safe after they are dead, for I have seen swine root up graveyard?. One day a man socs up into publicity, and the world does him honor, an", people climb up hito sycamore trees ? watch him as ho passes, and as he goes along on tho shoulders of the people there is a waving Of hats and a Wild h?zza. To-morrow the same man is caught between the jaws of tho printing press and mangled and bruised, and the very same persons who applauded him before erv : "Bown with the traitor ! Down with bini !" Belshazzar sits at the feast, the mighty men of Babylon sitting all around him. Wit sparkles like the wine and the wine like the wit. Music rolls up among the chandeliers ; the chandeliers flash down on the decanters. The breath of hanging gardens floats in ou the night air : the voice of revelry floats out. Amid wreaths and tapestry and folded ban? ners a finger writes. The"march of a host is heard on the stairs. Laughter catches in tho throat. A thousand hearts stop beating. The blow is struck. The blood ou the floor is richer hued than the wino on the table. Tho kingdom has departed. Belshazzar was no worse perhaps than hun? dreds of people in Babylon, ?int his position slew him. Oh. be content with just such a position as God has placed you in ! It may not bo said of us. 4,Ho was a sreat general." j or "He was an honored chieftain," or "He | was mighty in worldly attainments," but this ? thins may be said of you and me, "He was a ! good citizen, a faithful Christian, a friend of Jesus." And that in the last day will be tho highest of all eulogiums. I learn further from this subjecttnat death comes to the summer house. Kilon did not expect to di** in that (Inc place. Amid all til" flower loaves thvt drifted lik<? sn?-?- into the window ; in the tinkle and dash of the foun? tains : in the sound of a thousand leaves flut- I terras on on?; tree branch : in th? cool breeze j that came up to shake feverish trouble out <>f j the king's locks, there was nothing thntspake I of death, but there he died 1 Jn the winter, when the snow is a shroud, and when the v;ind is a dirge, it is easy to think of our fciortaliiy, but when the weather is pleasant and all our surroundings are agreeable bow difficult it is for ns to appreciate tl)" truth that we are mortal ! And yet my text teaches that death ?loes sometimes como to tie? sum? mer house. He is blind and cannot see the leave?. He ls deaf and cannot hear tho fountains, oh, if death would ask us for victim?, we could ? point him to hundreds of people who would ! rejoice to have him come. Push back the ! door of that hovel. Look at that little child cold and sick and hungry, lt has never : heard the name of (io! hut in blasphemy. ; Parents intoxicated sta^LreriiiLr aroun I its straw bcd. Oh, death, there is a mark for thee! Up with i': into the litrht ! 1' 'l'or-* i these little feetstumble en life's pathway give I h<-..-i re??t. Herc is ??in ase-1 man. He has done ni? ! work. lie has done il gloriously The com paniuns of hi* youth are all ?ro?e, i-.i^ dui- ? ?irr!? dead. Ile. lene;* to bo td n-vt, and j wearily tho days and tlw nights pass. Fte ? grow dim,' and Hie hair whitens not through the long years of eternity. Ah, death will not do that. Death turns back from the straw bed and fr'orc the aged man ready foi the skies and comes to' th* summer house. What doest thou hero, th'cti bony, ghastly monster, amid this waving ~ras>? ?md under this sunlight sifting through fl? .tree branches? Children are at play. Howquid?? their feet go and their locks toss in the wind : Father and mother stand at the side of the ioom looking on, enjoying their glee. It does riot seem possible tba* the wolf should ever break ir-to' thai fold sud carry off a lamb. Meanwhile 2& old archer stands look? ing through the thicker. Kc points- his arrow flt the brightest of the group-he is a sur.-. A??^k*man-thc bow bends, the arrow speeds ! Ht?s2*iK?W" The quick feet have stopped, and the kt?fcs toss no more in the wind. lighter has gose out of the hall? Death ia the simmer house ? . Hero is a father ia midlife* His coming home at night is thc signal for mirth. The chBdre? rush to the door, and there ar? books on the evening stand, and the hoars pass away on glad fiefc There is nothing want? ing in that home. Religion is there and sacrifices on the altar nieming and night. You look in that household and s?y : '"'I can? not think of anything happier. 2'k> not really believe the* world is so sad a place as< S?S30 people describe it tobe." The scene changes. i??afcher is sick. The doors must be kept shut. Tba deathwatch chirps dole? fully on the hear: h. Tho children whisper end walk softly where Otu** they romped. *'?tssi/*g the house late at night, you see the quick' f?nfteilig o? lights from room to room. It is all over*, .ii^ib In the summer house. Here is an aged l??Cbe??-aged, but not in? firm. You think you will tiif'n the joy of car lag for her wants a good while feb As she goes ?tor? house to house, to children and gfaiVdohihircri* her coming is a dropping o? sunlight i? ?be dwelling, Tour children see her coming thro>gB fife? laue, and they cry, "Grandmothers come:" Oa.ro for you has marked up her face with toany a deep wrinkle, and her back stoops Vfi'h car? rying your burdens. Some days she ia ver/ 'juiet. She says she is not sick.- but something tells you you will .no? much longer have mother. She will sit with y<y? n?? longer at tb**, table nor at the hearth. " Her soiil goss out sa gently you do not exactly know the moment of its going. Fold the hands that have dorie-=o many kind? nesses for you right over the heart ihat has beat with love for you since before you were bern'.- Le* the pilgrim rest. She is weary Death iii the summer bouse ! Gather" abox?? TIS what we will of comfort ?md luxury, when the pale : e*senger comes he does wt stop to look at the architecture Of the house before ho comes in*, nor entering does he wait to examine the pictures we have gathered on the wall, or beading over your pillow h*' does not stop to see whether there is a color in che' tfheek. or gentleness in the eye, or intelligence in' the' brow. Birt what ofthat? Must we stand for ever' mourning among the graves of our dead. Iso \ No-' The people in Bengal bring cages of birds to the graves of their dead and then they open the cages, and the birds go singing heavenward. So I would bring to the graves of your dead ?ll bright thoughts and "congratulations and bid them think of victory and redemption. I stamp on ih? bottom ?f the grave, and it breaks through into' the light and glory of heaven. The ancients used to think that the straits entering the Ked sea were very changerons piales, as they supposed th.-rt every ship that went through those straits would be de? stroyed, and they were in the habit of put? ting" on Weeds of mourning for those who had gone on that voyage, as though they .ft'ere actually dead. Do yon know what they called thew straits? They call them the ''Gate of Tears." Oh, I stand to-day at the gate of tears through which many of your loved ones have' gene, and I want to tell you that ali are not shipwTec^d that have gone through those straits into tb? great ocean stretching out beyond. Tho sound that comes from that other shore ori st>lt nights when we are wrapped j in prayer makes ifis think that the departed j ?re hot dead. We are tH? dead-we who | toil,- wc ?fc'he weep,- we who ?in-we are the dead. How nit heart aches for human sor? row ! This sound of breaking heart*) that I hear all about me ! This last lO-fi of faces that will never brighten again! Tai? hist kiss tff lips that never will speak again! This widowhood and orphanage ' Oh, when will the day of sorrow be gdSS? .After the sharpest winter the spring dis- | mounts ffcm the shoulder of a southern g"aio | and puts its warm band upon the earth, and in its palm there comes the" grass.- and there J come the flowers, and God reads ewer the ! poetry of bird and brook and bloom and ! pronounces it very good. What, my friends, j if even* winter had not its spring, and every hight its day, and every gloom its glow, and j every biner now its sweet hereafter? If you j hav? been on the sea, you know, as the ship I passes in the night,- t here is a phosphorescent j track left behind it. anti ?s the waters roll up they toss with unimaginable splendor. Well, j across this great ocean of human tToubl? jesus Walks.- Oh, that in the phosphorescent track of His ??e? ire might all follow and be illumined ! There was a gentleman in the f?il ?ar who saw in that same car three passengers oi very different circumstances. The iirst was a maniac. He wa? carefully guarded by his attendants : his mind; hke a ship dismasted, was beating against a dark, desolate coast, from which ho help could come. The tram stopped;and tho man was taken out into the asylum to waste away perhaps through years of gloom. The second passenger was a Culprit. The outraged law had seized on him. As the cars' jolted tile chains rattled. On his face were crime;depravity and despair. The train halted, and he -ira." taken our to the penitentiary, to which he had been con? demned, lucre was the third pass-?j?ger tin? der far differen* circumstances. She was a brid?. Every L ur was gay as a marriage bell. Lifeglittered and beckoned. Her com? panion was taking her to his fathers house. The train halted. The old man was there to weicoate her to her new home, and bis white locks sriowed down upon her as he sealed his wo ni with a father"? kiss. Quickly we fly toward eternity. We will soon be there. Some leave this life con? demned culprits. They refused a pardon ; they carry tueir chains. Oh. may it be with us thor, leaving this fleeting life for the nex:y wo may lind our Fat ber ready to greet us to our new home with Hun forever. That will be a m cr iago banquet. Flair's wilon?! .Fathers bosom. ! Father's kiss : Heaven I Heaven S moms?M PEOPLE, SEXATOB. STAXFOBD'S income is $400 pei hour. THE Infanta Eulalia has eleven Christian names. GUNMAKER Knurr's annual income is 8L? 000.000. THE Pope refused to let the German Kaiser kiss his hand, but gave the hand three shakes. TKOKAS DUXX ENGLISH, the author of "Ben Bolt." is living in Newark, N. .J.y at the age of seventy-four years. ISAAC HOLDEN, a member of the English Parliament, is eighty-six years of age? Ho lives chiefly upon fruits and biscuits. PERK HYACIXTHE delivered an oration in London, recently, with all his obi-time vigor, though he is now sixty-six years old. THE late Commodore Anderson did two big things in his day. He commanded the Great Eastern and introduced the stock ticker into England. HENRY ?J. STANLEY declares that he will be a candidate fora seat in the British Parlia? ment at the next election, and that he has no intention of returning to Africa. CAKnrxAi VAUGHAN-, the Archbishop of Westminster, is not only the handsomest pre? late in England, but also on* of the flnest looking men in the British Kingdom. COLONEL JOHN S. Mosnv. the famous ex Confederate, is practicing law in San Fran? cisco. He is nearly sixty years old. but stands straight as an arrow" and is full of ?igor.* IT is said that l?Te readings given hy the Lite James E. Murdock, th-'actor and* elo? cutionist, in aid cf ti:,? Sanitary Commission during the Civil War. produced S'2"'0.0C0 for that organization. Tin: wife of Professor Bell, the inventor HI the telephone, was a deaf-mute until taught the lip language : but she now converses eas? ily and understands all that is said around her. lier husband instructed her in the sign language. QUEEN YICTOTMA. wh^n on her continental journey, is always accompanied by George Greenham, ene of the most respected mem? bers of the Scotland Yard stafT, whose duty it is to shadow aud ifeguatxl Her Majesty upon all occasions. DOCTOR RUPOLF FALR, <>f Vi.-Tina, who bas hada vputation for. twentvyears past as an earthquake prophet. i> th<> ?onof an Austrian miller. !l<' publishes every year a list of 'vritieal days." and these are the days when the moon approach? s the earth most closelv. EX-PRESIPES r IIARUISON is already at work on his course <>f lectures on international law.which he will delirar at th.? Stanford University in California next October. When completed and delivered tho lectures will be printed as a te\t book ia the subject of Which they treat. S.Yl 1 n AV.\'.' v? i . .: y? ?.:> ' woman Hv?it near Midvi?e. i ?a.. li ?:J I killed A1. 1111 ! * * i UoS 'UW ru', a peddler, who \v I ?*'>.] her a pair of she which ..?? ; satisfactory. THi. oSS- ia': r?' ;? ..;.? on QH??^??OQ foy i$854 5hv->v $1.003 r:-i >-v-'vs gm?fr?atf?ij ;i'??:n ?r^atii?. BEET SUGAR. Result of Experiments by the Agricultural Department. Sugar Beets Car be Grown in Nearly Every State. The American beat sugar industry is a success, writes a Washington cor? respondent. The experiments of the Department of Agriculture during the last two or three years,* prove the en? tire practicability of producing beet ?"gar in the United Stales, and that in quautities. A single state pro? duced last year about twenty million pounds of beet sugar, and sugar beet? were grown in greater or less quanti? ties in nearly every slate in the Union. Sugar beet seeds were seat by the De? partment of Agriculture at the begin ning of last year to 2316 persons, lo? cated in every slate and territory, and sample beets were received from 29 i states and territories. This gives to the department offi? cial?, who have been making a study of the beet sugar question, a pretty thorough knowledge as to the possi? bilities of beet culture and beet sugar producing in the Uuited States. It is found ihat the sugar beet will grow and thrive in nearly every state in the Union, though the sections of country Jying north of the Ohio River aud stretching southwardly from the month of the Ohio through New Mex? ico aud Arizona and Southern Cali? fornia appear to be the best suited for the production of sugar-yielding beets. In many states it is found that be? tween 3000 and 4000 pounds of sugar can be produced per acre. The results of these experiments indicate that the section of country lying west of the Mississippi river ia to be the great sugar producing section of the United States and that it may readily produce all the sugar that the people of this country want or ever will want should the population be? come many times that of today. One gratifying feature which the experi? ments of the year haye produced is tc show that beet sugar raising is not only practicable but a profitable in? dustry. The work at the government experiment station was carried on with great care, and accompanied with an accurate estimate of cost and re Hilts, and showed that a net profit, above ail expenses, including labor, of over $10 per acre would have beeu thc result of the work carried on iu au extensive form. Xbe Grand Canon of Arizona? In Northwestern Arizona lies what is known as the Grand Canon district. This embraces an area of about fifteen thousand square miles. Its northerly beginning, at the high plateaus in Southern Utah, is a series of terraces, many miles broad, dropping, like a stairway, to lower geological forma? tions. In Arizona the platform ia reached which borders the real chasm, and extends southerly beyond far into thc central part of that territory. It is the theory of geologists that 10,000 feet of strata have been swept by erosio?? from the entire surface of this platform, whose present uppermost formation is the carboniferous, the deduction being based upon the tact that the missing Permian, Mesozoic and Tertiary formations, which belong above the carboniferous in the series, are found in their place at the begin? ning of the northern terraces referred to. The climax of thia extraordinary ex? ample of erosion is, of course, thc chasm of thc the Grand canon proper, which, were the missing strata restored to the adjacent plateau, would be sixteen thousand feet deep. The whole re- I {rion has been repeatedly lifted and submerged and d tiring the last upheaval the river cut its gorge. As the plateau deliberately rose before the pressure of the internal force?, the river kept its bcd worn down to thc level of ero? sion. Thus calmly docs science ex? plain away the wonders of earth's wonders.-[New York Observer. Sifting Salt. My mother used to seat me before a tab'c in a rather high chair, give me a long, shallow tin pan, a little sieve or gravy strainer and about two pounds of common table salt in another dish, writes Mrs. H. H. White in thc New York Recorder. # I then proceeded to have a minature snowstorm by sifting thc sait upon thc long tin, in some places piling it high in drills I was fortunate in having am >ng my toys a "farmyard," consisting of a little hoiue, some woollen trees and all kinds ot animals. These 1 distributed about in my field of snow, making paths through the drifts and building pens for the animals. A handful of wooden toothpicks will suffice to make fences, woodpiles, etc., ami a tiny miner or bit of looking olass ?crves as a beautiful ice pond in the midst of thc fields. The ?.farmyard,"' of course, is not necessary. Green leaves will serve for trees, and a log cabin can be made of little bits of wood. No Australian Ballot Then. Those were thc days when the county judge, with a list of the voters in his hand, his "irood gray head that al! men know" lilted above the voters, stood and called out : "Hiram .Lues !" "licj e. your Honor!" ''Whom do you vote for the next President of the United States?'' ".Tames Buchanan, your Honor." .'Thc County Clerk will make a note of thc fact that Hiram Jones votes for .Tames Buchanan for thc next Presi? dent ot Hie United Stales." And so on lo the end. (*7bi$i$ tho story oftUo county N?qiJ?iir'VfKiiiiS?i Oliy ?fili?ttii The Soul of Man? Say, in a hat of mean estate A light just glimmers and then is gone, Nature is seen to hesitate - Put forth and theu retract her pawn ; Say, in tbe alembic of an eye Haughty is mixed with poor nnd low ; Say, Truth herself is not so high But Error laughs to see her so ; Say, all that strength failed in its trust; Say, all that wit crept but a span ; Say, 'tis a drop spilled in tbe dust. And then say brother-then say man ? -fDora Reade Goodale, in Lippincott. HUMOROUS. The rose that ali are praising is nov. the shad roes. When a bicyclist goes at top-spee<" he very properly call3 it a spin. It is doubtful if a blind man car, possess the prophetic gift; bc is no seer. A crying need is an elixir that wii: restore the hair ou a bald-headed seal? skin sacque. Men who never take a si and any where else frequency have to take one in a street car. No matier how solid the road is fi ancially, the engineer inauy limes has to whistle for his pay. ''There's another lie nailed," said the impecunious boarder who fastened an empty trunk to the floor. He-I think Miss Trill would make an excellent sailor. She-Why? lie She likes to venture on the high C. This difference still liugers Among women in all lards: The rich ones ring their fingers And the poor ones wring their hands. Is Miss Trip s girl of means? Phipps -Yes, but what I am trying to dis? cover whether it is yes or no she means. ?Do you ever have spring chickens at your boading house ?" "Yes, but they seem to be a kind of woven-wire springs." What nonsense it is to say a man is inclined to be bald. When a man is becoming bald it is quite against hie inclination. He-I've bought yon a pet monkey to amuse you, darling. She-How kind of you! Now I shan't miss you when you're away. Chipper-I often hear people speak about slow poisons. Do you know what they are? Lipper-Yes, meals served at the average boarding house. Clerk-These remnants are in lire and seven yards lengths and very great bargains. Customer-They won't do. I want to make a pair of sleeves. Engagement times will soon be here, Ano: now the prudent lover Endeavors to get back that ring, That he may use it over. Friend-Going to try for a prize es? say this term, Sawyer? Medical Stu? dent (lowering his voice)-*Su! Yes. Got a man hunting a subject for me already. Popper-That boy of mine is a regu? lar phenomenon. Batcheiler (wearily) -In what way? Popper-Six years oid and never said a bright thing in his life. Miss Hart-Which do you think is usually the sillier, the bride or the groom? Mr. Oldbatch-The groom, of course. That's how he happens to be a groom. Watts-Are you going to make any garden this year? Potts-I think I shall. I had a garden last year that kept me supplied with chickens clear up till frost. "I thins that marriage is the only state that is conducive to real happiness." "Are you married?" .?Er-no ; but I am engaged." "Yes ; [ thought so." He-Dean me, don't you know, Miss Sweetbrier, that when the electric caw struck me it knocked me silly ? She Poor fei low, how long ago that must have happened. Said the judge, "I will poems indite; With my conduct let none find a flaw, For aman must be justified quite In being well versed in the law." "This chicken," said the boarder timidly. " "That is a Plymouth Rock, sir, said tho frowning landlady. "Ah! Thank you, ma'am. I knew it was a rock of some kind." "Look here," said the applicant's friend, "I'm afraid you are too cager. The office should seek the man, you know." ?'That's all right. But Pm not selfish enough to deprive the office of a little judicious steering." "Well, my dear, how would Farmer Brown suit you for a husband? He seems uncommon sweet on you late? ly?" "Perhaps so, father, but his hair is so red that-" "True, true, my child; but you should recollect that he has very little of it." A Western editor apologizes to his readers somewhat after this fashion: "We expected to have a death and a marriage to publish th's week, but a vioient storm prevented the wedding and, the doctor being taken sick him? self, the patient recovered, and wo are accordingly cheated out of bjth." Whale-Oil CYullers. Somebody mentioned crullers. "Well, I reckon you never tasted real crullers," said an old follower of the sea. "In the days when whales were plentiful and great rivalry existed between the New Bedford sailors it was customary for the captaiu of a vessel to offer his crew a barrel of flower, about tweuty pounds of sugar and a barrel of oil out of the first whale caught. How that prize used to make the old saits work! And when they got the whale the cook was called in and there were crullers till you couldn't rest. Never tasted whale-oil crullers, yon say? Then you never wiii. Thc whale busi? ness js almost done for. Whales are getting scarcer every year. They had no protection, and man has uearly ex? terofeftttf ikem,--?tf*w York Tri? tam*