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SOUTH CAROLINA'S PRIZES. SUCCKS8PUL KXIII HITS AT TIIK ATLANTA EXPOSITION. Kour Medals of Cold, Klve of Silver, Five of Ilroii7.e, and Nine "llonoruble Mentions." From tho Atlanta papers the Columbia State bus made up tbo following complete list of tbo prizeH won by South Carolinians at tbo Atlanta Exposition. Tbo awards have not all boon made, bowover, and perhaps tbo list may bo enlarged later. Considering everything, South Curoliua has uo reason to fool ashamed of tbo result of tbo competition. AORIOtTt<TURA.Ii DEPARTMENT. Grand Prizes or Gold Medals? Clemson Agricultural college, Cleinrou College, S. C. ? Dairy products, choose and butter. State of South Carolina?Cheese, tobacco uud other products of the State. South Carolina agricultural experiment station, Fort Mill, S. C.?Chuddar clieeBO. Diplomas of Houor or Silver MeduIH? W. G. Ilinson, James Island, S. C. ? Sale sea island cotton. Diplomas of General Excellence or Bronze Medals? Darlington Tobacco Manufacturing company, Darlington, S. C.?Show case and bottles containing smoking tobaccos. Harris Lithiu Water company, Harris Spriugs, S. C.?Mineral waters. MANUFACTURERS DKi'AUTMKXT. Diplomas of Honor or Silver Medal? Walker, Evans & Cogswell, Charleston, S. 0. ? Heavy blank books for counting houses. Honorable Mention ? C. Moouey, Darlington, S. C. -Secrotary and book case. IIOltTU'iriYWltAXi DKPARTMF.N r. Honorable Mention-Dr. Charles U. Shepard- A collection of tea plauts. The State of South Caroliuu Froserved fruits. DECORATIVE AUT DEPARTMENT. Bronze Medals? Mrs. It. H. Kenny, Florence, S. C.? i TN 1 1 1 Eiinuroiuery. Miss K. C. Parker, Charleston, S. C.?Embroidery in linen aud silks. Honorable Mention? Ursalino Convent, Charleston, S. C. --Docoratcd china. Mrs. Hampton Dukes, Orangeburg, S. 0.?Embroidery aud needlework. G. It. Devuuo, Charleston, S. C.? Wood and bone earviug. Misa Kate W. Wynne, Greenville, S. C.?Pictures made from cotton. Mrs. It- Gerdts, Charleston. S. C.? Decorated china. MININO AND FORESTUV. Diploma of Honor or Silver Medal ? The South Carolina Mining and Manufacturing company, Killian, S. C.?Crude and ground tire clay, fire and sand fire cement; different stylo i of firebrick made. The State of South Carolina ? Min oral resources of the State. Honorable Mention? South Carolina State exhibit Col lection of trunk sections and planks. MIHCBTiliANKOtTS AND ORNISH AI.. Diploma of General Recognition, with Gold Medal Mrs. Andrew Simon and her associates, city of Charleston, for an important exhibit of South Carolina por trans oy uisuiiguiKiieti arums, represeating famous men aud women of South Carolina from the earliest colonial days, and for other decorative furniture of the auditorium of the womun's buildings. Diplomas of Honor or Silver Medal C. C. IjchHc, Charleston, S. C.t for a collective exhibit of HtufVed tishes in eluding ?11 of the importaut food specioH of the Charleaton market. Diplomua of General Excellence or Bronze Medals- The Charleston Museum of Natural history, Charleston, S. C., for a collection of mounted birds and mammals, illustrating the fauna of the State of South Carolina. TDK CASK, DISMISSKD. lusticc Cray Says tlie Supreme Court Does Not Sit. to Try Moot Cases. "This court docs not sit to try moot cases nor to decide abstract questions," said Mr. Justice <irny Monday in tho Supreme Court of the United States, and for that reason he announced that the appeal ill the ease of Lawrence l(. Mills vs. W. Briggs (Irccn mustbedis- : misseiI. This was the iirih'cciIi n?' "fnw - i iug out. of the election of members of Uii! constitutional convention in South Carolina, Mills asking a writ of in- j jiiliction to pi t vent (irocn from r|movini? his (Mills') name from tlic list of voters. The Circuit. Court of Appeals reversed that action anil ordered the liill dismissed. Since an appeal had been taken to the Supremo Court from that judgment, the election had been held and the constitutional convention was now in session. No relief could be alVorded .Mills at this date, and that behig the case, the appeal must be dismissed, without cost to either i arty. The Southern learnings for October. Tlio Southern Railway reports for October gross earnings of $1,97.1,070, an increase of ,JisMH,223; expenses and faxes, *1,17:1,111. increns ', $95, HI.'I, anil net earnings, 79'J,159, inj cretins,$17,410; mat from July I to October j.'JI, gross earnings of $0,0:14,2(50; i tier ease, j$454,408. Kxpensos and taxes, $4,472,122; j Increase, $2:15,991, and net uaruiuy-> ?2,102,'137; increase, $210,071. u. DK. SAMPSON POPK Gone to the Republican Party for ilie Next Campaign. Dr. Smnj Hon Pope, who wiuuUfcate?l in tho lust election in the race for C!ov ornor, ie out in hu interview, in which ho announcoH that ho hua gone to the Republican purty. Speaking of the situation, ho wayht "I believe that T am safe in auyiug that thcro ia much political unrest. The convention now about closing its labors has framed n constitution for tbo people wliieli, if submitted to them, would bo rejected by a large majority. There arc too many objnctiouable features iu it to refor to all of them, but the suffrage clauae is the most objectionable. It places the power in the hands of the respoctivo boards of registration to refuae auy mau not of their political views, and E predict that thousands of white men will bo disfranchised by them aud more than 100,000 negroes ?iu fact, as iu Mississippi, I do not oxpoet 10,000 negroes to be registered "Will the action of the convention lead to any political changes in this State?" "Yes; there are a largo number of white voters in the State who now feel free to make new party alignments. The Republican party of this Slate will, in tho next campaign, consist of 15,000 white Republicans, who have not voted sinee 1N70, or who have come of age since and have not voted, and of 25,000 Conservatives and Reformers, who will seek a new party alignment, and of that part of the negroes to be registered, who will not follow Tillman. "The Republican party is the party of protection, not only of manufacturers aud laborers, but also of the rights of the citizens under the constitution of tho United Statos. Hence our [ivi<|>iu ititi loosing ui unit puny. "You may look for nlively campaign in this State next year. I would not ho surprised to see South Carolina in tho Republican column, alongside of old Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. Kentucky and Maryland are in the column to stay.*' TIIK MKXICAN EXPOSITION. South Carolina Will lie Represented There. Governor Evans uttheearnest solicitation of the representatives of the Mcxicau Government, has appointed the following well known and experienced business muu of the State of South Carolina, to act as a State committee for the Mexicen International Exposition, which is to open in the City of Mexico on or about the 15th of September, 1806: David 11. Truxler, Tftnuionsvillc; R. ?). Wade, Montmorcuci; W. W. Ball, Charleston; K. Y. Hellans, Greenville; R. N. Jolly, Grassy Pond. The duty imposed upon these gentlemen will be making propaganda for fl,? ........... *i vuv (uiiUUp l>UU limn 11 1 f&t'Lll i " ers as it will be tlii! mciiiiH of opening up tin extensive market which litis boon overlooked by the export tnule of the United Stutes. After noticing the forward move meet of the Mexican nation it can be readily understood that the needs of (ho people are increasing proportionately and tfiat a market of enormous value is being opened up to the world. The object of the Exposition is to bring about a closer relation between the sister republics by making this one of the most extensive expositions ever held not excepting the World's Fair of 18911 at Chicago. , The foreign department is represent- , ed at the New York odices, 45 broad way, where all information regarding space, concessions, transportation, 1 customs duties anil all matters of importance will bo attended to. AUtiUSTA STARTS A "PliAN." A Chicago-Southern Cotton Kair, anil What it is Intended to Accomplish. Augusta, <ia., lias started a plan to includo t lie whole South for a Southern -oltoll exposition in Chicago. After several days, in i onsultation with Mr. 1<\ It. Lin Derard, of tliu New Aork Dry tioods I'l'pjuoniist, the following plan has Iwcn mapped out: It is self-evident that hotli consuusers md ill Vt'StoTM Will l?l? flttrilidmi to ?!?' Si great numbers by proof thut the South <%*m pi'oduco morn cheaply. The South can null morn cheaply than any competitor It is proposed losuppl) this proof l?y holding; a cotton exposition m Chicago, whoso broad purpose shall Ix1: 1 To make now customers lor present products, ti To open direct iines of distribution between producer and consumer. '! To briug to the knowledge ?; the capitalists in a most forcible and convim hi ; *? iv, the great opporliinili's for proli* woi-h Southern cotton mills all'ord. I 'i'o show to th grid \V .-.l (list ago i-the natural mill li^i i 'i.-triluitue.; iir" | ior .. JTiJ.tMKi.lMO worth . otton anlordly, which the South must on ! will ' i. >itirnl!y and logically ma' ' ui?i < 11 r :. 1 tin ;i;n the great or: - oi an mnv ' 1 ' ' , u: M'h.iiici' io,' Cln.li;.. i mi ;?i* a.--!si :, j lit siloing ii p I he .Soiit Ii. The 'exhibit siiolll I be is prc'i al ind !i"..iiie.ss lik" in its n.itiir* is -\j slfii'. hi. i ii 11*_'!i of Ihn pictiiros<|u ecnietif to tual. it all I active to the public. It ,-hould be devised to ipp wi t. i '111 great ei'lSses, ilelllied US followfor the general imblic- Jhuluresui: f... . I tires, cotton culture, preparation, n.-ll.ods I ( sliipiiieiit, etc,, plantation seeicM, south- j rii colloii markets, Northern ton c\ li.ing s, etc. < ' on pa rat i ve exlubil d ottoii machinery from the earliest lines to the present. Modern eotlon tnaehinery at work. J For the merchant: A very full ind complete display of Southern cotton goods, in j comparison with New l?nglniid-mnd<< goods ( of similar grades. F.labornte displays i>v t ti - ( dividual Southern nulls. Models ol lending ( Southern mills. Largo maps showing lis- ( tanees and freight eluirges. Full compart- i sons of ipiality and selling prices. For the investor. Very full and thorough object lessons in relative costs, North and South. New machinery contrasted with old. Tim great earning power of new equipments in the South. Low cost of construction and low capitalisation in the South. Comparison of wages, cost of raw material and freight charges, North and South. Southern water powers. This is but a rough outline of the many use I ill details that will suggoit tliJOiaolvas. LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF. OLKAMNOS 1' ltUM MANY POINTS. Important Happenings, Until Homo and Korclan, IlilclJy I'old. Newsy Southern Notes. December 11th has been not apart as Florida Day at the Atlanta exposition. Firo destroyed lour tenement houses in Ivnoxvillo, Tenn., Wednesday. Doss Si!,000, A petition will be presented to tho Kentucky Legislature asking legislation for tho confinement of inebriutes in nn asylum instead of in jails and work-houses. The schooner II. S. linn fair, from Baltimore to Jacksonville, struck the jetty ?it the hitter city Wednesday and turned over. Her cargo was oil uud Hllll. The entire issue of Sid, 500,000 Central of Georgia I tail way 5 per cent. 50 year consolidated bonds hue been sold, the unsold portions being taken Wednesday afternoon in New York by a syndicat e of prominent bankers there and in Lmudou. Griffin Johnson, youngest sou of the lute Major General Albert Sidney Johnston, the famous Confederate chieftain, died in Dob Angeles Cul., Wednesday night from hemorrhage of the brain, superinduced by a fall which he received a few days ago. The exposition management has set apart December 12th us Tennessee Centennial Day; December 11th as Chattanooga Day, and December 17th as Farmers' Day. These will bo three great events, and it is expeotod immense crowds will conic on those days. ? Northern News Notes. Governor Flower, of New York, thinks there are $400,000,000 in gold hoarded throughout the country. ClliffAWD will DTmIiiiMv voioil O o- I J ? nnty fund of 870,000 to get thoRepublican National convention. It ban been decided to remove tbo body of Gen. W. S. Hancock from Norristown, Pa., to tbo Arlington cemetery. A muu at McArtbur, O., who spoke disrespectfully of n woman, was ridden on a rail and tben tarred and feathered for the improvement of his manners. Tbo Chesapeake and Ohio is to build a new depot at Richmond, Va., to co.it, with improvements, $2,000,000. It will bo located on North Main street, just below tbo old St. Charles Hotel. Charles Bauer, a Sullivan county, N. Y., farmer, residing at Reaver brook, was in a stall untving a cow on Monday when she caught him on her horns and tossed liim into a stall occupied by a horse. The latter kicked Rauer to death. Washington. Secretary Smith claims to have saved 871,000 in the printing of the Patent OHice Gazette. A clerk and three colored laborers hnve boon dismissed from the Treasury Department for the theft of obsolete iuternal revenue stamps. Mrs. Mary Keau, stepmother of Arcliliisliott Kenn_ rector of !> > lie University, at Washington, was found dead in her room in Baltimore. She had, apparently, been dead about thirty-six hours. A synopsis of the rcj>ort published of the Nicaragua commission shows that the commission does not think that the canal can be built for the sum estimated by the company?GO,808,[?(>(). The provisional estimate of the commission is placed at $83,472,85)8. Certain features of the plan of construction are declared to be impracticable. They say more time should bo taken in making physical aud topographical examination, and for that purpose, they recommend an appropriation of $850,001). Foreign. Alexandre Dumas, the noted novelist, died at his homo in Paris on Wednesday evening. Two shocks of earthquake wore experienced in the s uithcrn part of Bulgaria Wednesdiy morning. Minister Terrell intends demanding of the Porte an indemnity for the destruction of mission buildings at Harpoot, as soon as details are known. The Chinese government, has created n separate legation in I'nris under the administration of King Ijiiii<*. 'J'he chamber of deputies 1ms vot ?<1 5,000,000 fines for establishment of additional consular posts in China. I'.'ie C. F.X V. V. '.'it 'I1 ' .ir \ i 5111 V itley It.iilr<>;t<l > 1.- i11_r N <: irtliwe.mil soiillieast, '"ill 'lie III !.'iih;>? i III. Iiief s ;i port, lill'l Ir.i ersin^ |?:? >f tit ;. o lm? int, eutl >11. mi v.ii Suv ami i 11 in 1 t lini.s, w itli t>r:isi -lies In 'i ulPi'li ititl It .metis i:!e, s. tis 11 p;if'en him; i err.Is ei its history, xvlneli is iwuiteil l>\ its frii mis < itli d |> anxiety lis Iii '111 itil troiilil inioiio ...iiini fori*eil it into tin* li.iiels of a ro ax"r, sail this invrssjiril\ teuipornry irr impatient is about to ;ive |iliii'o to ,i .-ill.' .in | ri'-or^aiii/'.iition ol the roail. tv*'o plans f >r whrli are submitted to Hi" stockholders One eiiiiti'in|>lates the sale of the line iii its entirelx, ami is ereiliteil In the Italtiinor .V Ohio Railroad Company, x'lii^the plan submitted by the "Baltimore committee." The other proposes to afford capitalists an opportunity to pitrehase sueh division or divisions of tlio Cape Fear .V Yadkin Valley Kail road as they may elect, and amounts to a prnetieal' dismemberment and lisiuteirrnf ion of the system. The It hi ne Is Nearly l?ry. Father Rhino"isiua bad way. The river has never been so low before now within living memory ?indeed, in <om?? places tli stream is almost drloa up. Trallle is completely suspended in the upper reaches ot th river. < \ I b?. BILL AllP'S LETTER. ENGLISH PKOPLU KNOW VERY LITTIiE ABOUT THE SOUTH. William Tells of Some of Tliclr Bad Breaks. Or all enlightened nations the English aiv the most iKUor.ni> of nflf iiis atul tilings on'side of England. 'llio dominant idea of the common people is that 110'hing ,K worth Knowing that is not English, and litiieo they do not disturb their minds about onr proplo or our eoun'ry. One of our boys w a> over there last summer and was amazed at the ignorance of some o:' their educated pooplo. His landlady had licard of otti civil war, tin* thought it was between North America and Month America. Hist was the only north and south she Knew of. iior r.on, a la 1 of fourteen, ask d my sou if lie hud anv I toys at liomu, "Yes," said lie. "I have four." "Are ihoy black?" ho innocentlr inquired. ill-* mother apologr/. 'il bv saving ho had heard bo much about tho negr. oi over hen ilut ho thought most all tho jmoplo wore b'.aok. A very refine*! .ami cuUttroJ English lady dined at onr homo H-?nio years ngn uml naked lo nee our cook, who had inv|>ar*'<l sucl* delight ul dishes. So Aunt Ann wits invited to her prosem o. fthoadie ! Im* many quest ion* that were t-roper enough and nfter uli had retire I the lady imputed how long Aunt Ann had been from Al'iaca. My wile was surprised nn*l said: "She ncvor was in Africa. She was born horj all I to we re her parents and gtiimlparents " 'I'tie lady th n express :d lmr tmiprisn. "Why, I th.. tight." naid who, "ilrit they gradually changed color limn Ilia iutluenci of clinialeand in two or throo generations became almost white." We all smiled, of courso. but she rallied to li'-r own defense and said. "Well. I saw some down at tho hotel who aro turning white." I told her that there were a few creolos aest'o-od around over the conutry and then I managed to clian e 1I10 subject. Tliis reminds mo of neighbor Freeman, who fussed at big-mouth Bob for going to mooting so much on work days, and Bob said: "Well, bos-, we niggers is tryin* to save our souls." Freeman smiled ami said: "Why, you old fool, don't you know that a nigger liasent got any soul? A man up in Tennessee has written a book about that and it's done proved that a nigger i asent. got any moro houI than a monkey. tao what are you going to meeting for?" Boh showed his pearly troth and laughed snd tlion came back at linn ami sai I: ''Look here, boss, lias a lnellnt'T got any soul?" This pcrpi xed the uabor for a moment ami he said: "Well, I xuppn.so that a mulatto lias got about half n sou'. ' Boh lunched tiiinnltuously and said* "Well, boss, dai's all r ght but I don't see how a soul can bo split in two." The other day I travelo l in tho ear with an Ohio farmer wlm w?* v.?rv ?...i f ly. 11<- was cmplni icaily a horny-handed son of toil, for his hands w- ro scanty and cracked and his stumpy lingers looked like iron claws. II t was on a bus', line i.or Iron) rlrmk. lie had bought a cigar from ihe newsboy and from tho way lie nutungod it I knew lis was not used to the at liclc. "Going to the expo?" said I. "Wall, yes." said lie. "l'vo got Hone nabore along. Wo sorter wanted to see the south now that thii-'s arc gitting along peaceable and there wasent any danger- Mighty chver poopledouu here, seem liko. Wo liavont seen any disturbance." "What wero yon afraid of?" said I. "Oli, nothing much, but you see it was a powei fill long stretch Irom homo and there are ro many niggers down hero, and our folks where I live don't like niggers. I stopped over a day in Ghatiunoogu and saw lots of niggers and they seemed to tic peaceable enough and was huv.n' more fun than the wlfta folk-", so we concluded to come on further 4>>wn. iVo want to get acquainted with vou people and maybe wo will idio ono uu thor l?ett?*r. Some of us ai e gittin* tired of six months winter and would iikc to change climate. Wo liavo been talking about it several years, but some said tho wa wascnt over down here and soino sai I tiio climato was too hot and some said tho niggers won' J perish us out an I our preacher said wo would liavo to turn dent crats tho tirst ?hing or leave the country. I've got a ??'Ol farm of l'S acres and 1 can sell it any day for $ltl,OOJ. It pays a good interest on that. I sold S100 worth of back wiiea' lust week and 300 bushels of applos. I i aisc cat Ho and hogs and potatoes and Imps and wheat and coin an I fowis and everything, but my wife is riiniiin' down bill; she works to> hard an 1 tlie doc'or says suo would live longer in a warmer climate and so I'm going to look armed tor a farm afore I go back." He ta'Ued fair and lionod and was a sample copy of th -v. sands of tboso people who liavo been for liai*' a century us ignoront about tiio south as if wo livqd on another contiuont. Now tliat man can buy our heat farming land for tr.O uu ncr?. land that will produce everything that lm crows in flhir, an/I /inn . .....1 tweet potato' s besides ami ho would liavo ten months to work in iugteatl of fix ami no doubt Ins wife would livo several years longer. lint it is nil right and has nodouht been a ble-sing in disguise that tlio tide of immigration went west instead of south. As Mr. j Loom is said. #nr people have preserved their American ism 1 am no A. I*. A., ami never expect to he, but I do like to ming o with our saint; sort of people; tvhai you call a homogeneous people, a poople who value good principles and truth and fairness in trade and respect for law aud reveronco for woman. Dot 1 like that Ohiontan I traveled with, and Ins aor. would find welcome down here in l>ixio. 11c would have come long ago hut ho was af id. lb- dith-iii know anything about ns < xci pi 'hat we would light. 'They all know lliat,"he said. Cut just consider thoso English. Even their editors are rid.eulously ignorant of our connIt v. Only a lew dtya ago a London daily published a br ef notion ot our exposition ami located it at Atlantic City. It told of the Liberty bell thai was taken from the dome of the ospi ol at Washington to open tlio exposition w lb and that Professor llooker Washington, who wnsa lineal descendant of Gunge Washington, the li st American president, made the opening address, and Ilia' on - of tlio novelties was a gmvc of cot ton wood trees full of cotton and'hat the exp >sition ieili/.d thndreimof i'hoinas P. (iradv, th<* father of the solid son:!i. il w is i lint fir hlnn I era? It looks like a jog", hut it wait not. I knew an Icighs'inum n!i told i.ii lie had been laugh' that entioii i as; nil l ii- '.i li. > .^ ..... I tvi, .... f I...... 1 i 1 " 'it- >oii!Ii li is always lici n I'i'i(it ;u-i|iikiutr I wi'li t!u' unrili li.an tin north lias hern with us. (tiir on irliants lis; i| ti> <> ii n lli about > twice si year to Imv tl fir poo.|s, ami our rich I ) II 11| I' V.Hllcll tin it' < III S Mill Watering I'llll-S ' i v iv ."iiniiinr. I hi: tli iv iv a. nothing tor th m income ilinvn hen- lor. .MIhmi Tuir^c run" Ii 01 ii i li a fo i;'i? ilia 11.1 at n r tin war ami went hack ntnl wio'r that our people wrr all horn j'uliti.'iaus (iovrrnor Alt! I said tli'- other i'.iv in Ins hiinit'fiil aiMri s> tint wo wo:v all horn raters. Mr. Looni n says wo areiiativ? hoin American patrin's, ami several speakers fi.ii.I ilint hosjiitnliti was an uihorii >onihorii ! rait. I; ih really rcfre-hing to ro.nl their I praises and oo?ii|>liin tils. Tin- other day a caravan <?r wagons and people came through our loan m >v?ng to lower fioorgia. Olio of the head men was sick an 1 D;?. Calhoun visited him and preset bed, mid tlm proscription wa< tilled at llio drug store noar try. Tiio man asked the doctor for his charge and he aaitl: "No charge lor that, my friend, you are too far from homo to charge " The Ii ileitis' told him tin- same and the man said: "Well gentlemen, 1 don't unders'iiiid you people down hero. I am aide to pay my way and don't want to beg it. There are several hundred ootniru from my section, arid more will keep coming when wo write hack how wo sro | trcifetl." The truth is, I neliev the backbone of our alienation! is broken and h renfter the Mirth and thoHoftli will fully huttn.ni /.?. We don't nsk them to turn democrat-', for they will so.)ii do that after they have lived with ns awhile. We are right smartly in the minority now, so far national politics is con1 ornod, bnt that don't troabl) anybody bnl the postmasters and tlio revenue men, and wo l-tep on hand enough e'ever republicans to fill ;h<**o offices when ilio time comes. 80 lei the procession proceod, for whethor the tariff is Inch or low; whether it's Rold only or pold and silver, we em stand it if they can. I lead Mr. t'r sp's up ecli and 1 am proud of liim. llo is one foreign-born man w Imm our pooplo delight to honor. Alums* iroin his infancy he lias in en an adopted son of tieorgi 1, With no influential Kindred, no family prestige, lio has, unaided, climbed his way to honor an 1 fame, and ilicre is 110 stain upon Ins name. The small <lo;;s may bark al liint, but he knows no fear an I will not turn to tlio 1 ight or the left Irom liisown conviction* of right and duty.? Him. Aur, in Atlanta Constitution. SABBATH SCHOOL. INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR DECEMBER 8. Lesson Tcvt: "David hi?<1 Goliath," 1 Saiuuel xvll., lt8-ol?lioldea I Text: I Samuel xvtl., 47 ? Commentary. fit. 'And Saul armed David with his nrnior." ltilli"iii>urv('iijiii; verses simo last lesson we simi David refreshing Saul wish his hurji. trrositly lovml by him, having livvuino his ar.uor bearer (chapter xvi., 21.28). He afterward returned lo feed his father's sheep at llcthlehem (xvil., 15). The It. V. snysthat he went to and fro between Saul atul Batltle.liem. Dut now the armies of Israel a ml of the. Philistines are face to fa 'e.tintl the hosts of Israel are detled by the giant, Goliath, of (lath. David, hiviugeonio from homo to see how his brethren fared and nbsorviug how the (Soil of Israel was being dishonored, offered to light and eomuter the giant. Saul, hearing his story of trust in the I.ord (verses 34 to 37), ueenpts his oiler and clothes him wi'.li his armor. 3'J. "1 eiinnot go with these, for I have not proved them." Everything like natural strength or human helps is apt to prove a .hindrance in the Lard's work. If it was to liea test between llesh nud flesh, armor and armor, Saul, who was head and shoulders above the people, should have gone forth to meet Goliath. David is but a shophered youth and if (Sad will work through him it must he apart from human devices. 40. "And betook his staff in hi.s hand and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook." Being a shepherd, he went fortii as such in his true character. Moses went from keeping sheep to conquer Pharaoh. Our Lord Jesus Christ is the good aud groat and chief Shepherd who will yet humble all His foes. The sling and stones David had orove.t, and ho may have had skill like the 700 left handed Boiijatnitcs of J.idg. xx., 1C. But the Lard was surely with him. 41,42. "When the Philistine lookolahaut and saw David, he disdained him." They draw nigh to each other, the mighty man of flesh with his armor bearer before him. and the ruddy youth of fair countenance with no armor and no visible companion. The manv thousands of Israel and of tho Philistines looked on in woudor, but -there wero unseen hosts looking on, loo, and tlie Lord Himself was thero. bnt not with the Philistine. 43, 44. "The Philistine cursed David by his gods." The llosh uisdnius the spirit and mocks as when Lshmuel mocked Isaac. But the carnal mind knows not the Lord, Consider these two upon whom both earth and heaven worn now intently gazing. The Philistine, nine feet six inches high, with armor weighing over two hundred pounds, a spear with a staff like a weaver's beam and a head weighing about twenty pounds, and an attoudant to boar his shield; David, a youth in a shepherd's dress, atone, with but his staff and sling. The Philistine strong in his own might and cursing its he eatne; David iu reliance upon the Lord aud with a prayerful heart. 45. '"I oomu to thee in Hie name of tho Lord of Hosts, tho God of the armies of Israel. whom thou hast defied." Goliath represented himself, but David represented God. As truly as Jesus Christ represented the Father when He was here on earth in a mortal body, and tho Father spoke through Hun. and wrought through Him. so we like David and Moses and Joshua and Gideon and the apostles may and should represent the Lord Jesus and '.lie Father in our mortal bodies. A whole-hearted yielding to Him, and relying upon Him, with no aim but to honor Kim will demonstrate (Jcr. xxxiii., 3). 4?. "That all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel." Seeking nothing r,., k..? - ? * ........ ... ..<?i v/ui.r i" ..u.nimy aenovnn nrnl lift His uamcoutof the reproach resting upon it, David went forth with his heart stayed upon Him who had delivered him from the lion and the bear. Could our churches Ret rid of the ambition to magnify themselves and their denominations, ami live only to magnify the Lord, they would soon see His power on their behalf (II Chrou. xvi., 9). 47. "The bailie is the Lord's." See also II Chron. xx.. 15. It is not sivord or spear, but tlwi Lord who shall work. "Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, saith the Lord of Hosts" (Zeeh. iv.,6). Consider the passage through the lied Sea, and the Jordan, as well as the deliverance from Cgypt. Consider the walls of Jericho also, and let us, like Moses and Joshua, put off our shoes and keep them olT. lest \ye hinder the Lord of Hosts by thinking that the work is ours nnd by making suggestions to Him as to how things ought to bo done. Oh, to keep our hands off and stop attempting to steady the ark. Wo must also studiously avoid nil the "new cart" business. 4H, 49. "David hasted and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine." The crisis is oil; all oyos are upon theso two men. What an exciting moment! A stone is quickly in David's sling, HWiftlv it ilie.s around his head anil is on its way with unerring aim to its destination. It strikes the giant on tlio forehead, sinks into his head, and lie fops upon his face to the ground. David is victor?no; tho Lord of Hosts is the victor, and little David is the happy vessel used by God, because his aim waste magnify Jehovah. 5i>. "So David prevailed over the l'liilisl tine with a sling nnd with a stone. Gosl chooses weak things ami things which are not to bring to naught things which arc, that no llcsli may glory in His presence. When Neliorniali llnishc 1 the wall with the j aid of the merchants an I goldsmiths nnd apothecaries an<l women, it is written that | "his enemies perceived that the \v.?rk was wrought of God" (N"h. ti., I'll. II i I 1 ii?workmen been W'll skill' I in the art of building stone wails then lltey would have had the ere.lit. II.i i David b-'eti a mighty man ami warrior he might " >? hut Ihe credit, but now it ise!'?nrl> of G >d, and Is. raid i- rebuked for It r I t *k <?l' faith in Him. 51. Slant by the si >n front Da vol's Isng, David now takes the giant's ?>\mi sword and . lit* .,f. I.i^ 1...... 1 .... ! I.r ...... .? I.O, I 1 . . 1 Saul. Tim *liilistiin- ISt*??. l.-rai'l pur-ict. ! si it I tliera is a great victory, f??r tlm I ?r<t ] li iili ilonu it. I..it us fnvoaie skilful in u-ing tlio stones I rum tIk* l>rw k, tlio precious tilings from tli<< word of (toil, for nothing ! will bring ilown I In* giants of prole and j blasphemy like tlo' word of God given forth : in Iiis iminc. - bessoii Helper. (fronted tlie I'd It Ion. At Charleston on Tuesday Judge j AI < 1 r ifli granted the petition of IVlr. I Barker, rhuirmau of the city Demo- i cmcy. Mr. Smyth,candidate for innyor, nml others, to compel Supervisor of Registration Ts. E. Williama to deposit his hooks in the office of the register of mesne conveyance, where they shall he open to public inspection. ".tlcr.'s! IDarintr Del)!. f"leveian.l July I 1S!):? . j'7lfi,202.?V.') larriioii, March 1, 1S!)J .. .Wi.uiM.MJ Cleveland's increase of debt tl31.167.?00 KOTII PARTIK8 CAUCUS. Mr. Roc<l Nominated for Speaker by the Republicans, Mr. Crisp by the Democrats. I At a caucus of the Republican members of Congress hebl on Saturday Mr. Rood was nomiuatod for speukor by tho Republicans, and will preside over tho uoxt llousoof Representatives. Mr. Rood, in accepting the nomination, spoke ns follows: < 'Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen : For tho honor which you have conferred upon mo I tender my sincere thanks. I am, however, not in the lenst liable to credit to my own pcsonality this tribute of your kindness. I had once the good fortune to bo so placed that L represented as well as I was able the patriotic sense of a great party and it is to that patriotic souse of our party that you tender the tribute of your matured, as you did your temporary approval. History will accord us praise for what wo did in tho Fifty-llrst Congress and it may accord us its praise in this for what we do not do. , "We have unfortunately a divided government, which usually loads to small results. Hut there are times when rest is as healthgiving as exorcise. We must forget that our llrst and greatest duty is to do all wo can to restore uontideiu-e to business and that wo miigt avoid all business legislation except in the direction of improving both, ltather tlian run risks wo can afford to wait until wellmatured plans give us assurances of permanent benefit. Crude and hasty legislation is above all things to ho shunned. "Could we cause our immense popular majority to overflow into other branches of the government and could we have full control, wo would create, not a perfect world, but a world rather more tit to live lu thau wo have lately had. "Kven as things are L do not for a moment doubt that our patriotic instincts will lead us to make every sacrifice except of principle to rescue our country from its temporary disaster. Not only have we been elected by tho overwhelming vote of the people us their servants, but as a house of representatives, of which wo are a majority. The right to initiate taxation of the people is by the Constitution placed in our hands its a sncrod trust which we have no right to surrender and which ali parties however they differ on other things will assuredly maintain. "That we shall lie ready at all times to furnish adequate revenue tor the government according to our sense of public duty, no man can doubt. This is the great nntion uf this hemisphere ned while we have no desire to interfere with other nations, we shall maintain our position here with firmness and sclf-respoet ami at tin*.sumo time with caroful consideration of facts and that conservatism of action whi *h snail leave no had question to troutdo onr future. In this I trust the whole government iu all itsbrrtuvhes will bo in accord with each other ami with tho peopla." The Democratic, members of the incoming House of Representatives held a meeting Saturday and gave Mr. <*ris|? the coiupliluuut of the nomination for Snoakur. Total Visible Supply of Cotton. Tho total visible supply of cotton for hto world is 3,007,300 bales, of which 3.337,100 bales are American, against 3,1)93,285 bales and 3,053,185 bales respectively last year. Receipts of cotton this week at all intorior towns 159,1)88 hah... Receipts from tho plantations 221,737 bales. Crop iu sight 3,531,GO& hales. Till') MAItKKT.S. NEW YOllK COTTON VUTUUKS. Cotton cosy, middling uplands 8;??, middling gulf, H'ya. Futures easy. fcialas 105,500 hales. December. 8 EOffH 27 April 8 13<R>8 44 January. 8 29(h)H 33 May 8 47(h'H 48 February ..8 34(a>8 35 June 8 .r>0(h8 52 March 8 39 July 8 51(h)8 53 August 8 53(?>8 54 LIVKItrOOI, COTTON MARKET. Cotton, quiet hut steady. Middling 4 11-10. Futures quiet hut steady. Sales 10,000, Including Aineiicau, 8.100. Nov. .V Doe.. .4 30<h 37 Apr A May. ..4 30 b Due. .V Jan. 4 33(h)30 MayA Juno. .4 37 s ' Jan. A Feb.. 4 35fh'30 Juno A July..4 37(S>38 Feb. A Mar... . 1 35<Vc30 July A Aug. .4 38(h>39 Mar A Apr.. . 1 35/h>30 oiiicaoo drain and rnonocK. wheat Dec.... 50J-h May 00>? ooun? Doe 20,'4 Jan 20!J^ ua in l/'"t I I ^ i>I ?I > ? <?U roitu?Jan....K 75 May 0 15 j i.ahi)? Jan 5 40 May 5 05 i mini? Jan.... 4 42.'-* May 4 05 , IIOUK COTTON MAttKKT*. Clmr <"ol Charlotte. umhla. leston. Good middling H'.; H 8% Strict middling 8 J-lt> 77^ Middling 8 7?,' 7-< Strict low middling.... 7"< 1% Low middling 7} j Middling fair 8% Fully middling 8 AT OTIIKU TOINTS. Cotton? Middling quotations: Augusts dull, 8'.{? Norfolk, dull,H 5-16. Charleston, steady, 8,l?. liostou dull, 8 5-lti. Savannah quint, 8 8-1 ft. Baltimore nominal, rt1.,. Philadelphia quiet, 8 18-115. Wilmington dull, 8J.,. /ew Orleans easy, 8 5-1(5 SKA 1SI.ANO eOTTON. The sea island notion market was firm this week with sali's of G'.l!) hags. The quotations are: Medium fine, 52 5 to 28'.., line, 215 to 27c.; fully lino, 28 to 80.; extra line, 85 to 40,j, UAL.KIOII NKW COTTON. i Middling 7>i Strict middling H Good middling 3,'tJ Market llrni. UAi.Kion touacco maiikkt. Smokers, Common 2 50? 4 flood 5? 8 Cutters, Common 10? 12 " flood 8? 121 " Fine 12? 18 Fillers, Common Oroen ...20f>27 ' flood 2? 4 ' Fine.. 5? 8 Wrappers, Common .... 12? 18 flood.. 20? 851 Fine. lO'u'55 " Fauey . -'m Market firm for ail grades. llAI.TIJIoltK I'ltolM.'Ct: EIAUKKT. Fi.otut dull. Western superline 2.15? 2.55; do extra t2.75(Vi8.00. iniuiiy ?8.20'?> 8.50, wilder wlmal patent \ "I ''5>v? .l.s.'j; spring win at. paten! :8. ,0'i > "! -,>n.ig wh -at straight ?:> mm:;*: r.-i.-iv ispol |\m I:.ii~? >.!1? til ? l.ol li ?', , M;.y < (> ' , ' ' i I ! \'I. "J I'.il li'J/V S >li! i i? rn w!; liy -: :<>] ! (17; linn . j^r I'l", <..! '? lilt. ColiN ! ..' , Spot .!!" (> >1 r> l : W ?.' <>1.1 ! I'm I1.. tli" \. : .. ; .lumuiry .'.1 Jn , I' :>? .. <. v c-? : I ., si ant " mi\'<! m'.J -ji'm M Soiiin vni'.it <-.>rn : I, 'I \ -II >w >rn i .. <>:ils i iriti; No '7 win!*" i , (aiI; N?>. I:Iix"<I wsliTii L'i IJyo Dull; No. ' ! I ' 11 in !> . No. 2 WOstiTII 17. Il.'iy I- ir:n. ;. :. T.i.n.l V, ;! ') N \vAi. si.>K;:*. \\ :liniii'7l'?:>. ? ( ll s.n linn ^tr i :? I. l.MO; jjoo i * r. i11> ?! I. !"?. 'i'.i; ; n (, ill I.ituiIi* 11?r; ;i?iii us\ !isr i 1 10. soli. 1.50, \ ir^in, I i.o. (;<irr?iN t>i.ri> N *\v V r.?Mo:? si "oil "I quid ami lino., j.;*::i"? rtnlo J.71 yi-llo'A jirini'" u 1 C . <:; :;n.l > W>r^ ni> v.. Tho rioo miirko? \v:ts st>"ii ly it Cli.trle-tton. The ?|Uotiiti<>iis .in* 1'ri'in" 11 _,ii1 , (lootl II;1 j it -I!-,: Fair I1,all1 ,. Common J, i t IOIMISV 1'IIOIHHK. Country Hatter Choi. '1' !in,,-.< . H t'2.7 . nc-ili'im li' . to 15 C..w Pt'its '.HI iiikI ; I 0.) (.it li'isi.o. Poultry drown fowls choice l!..".o "t 7? jut ilu/.cn. Cliiok 'ns i 75a'.!.50 |..t ?1.in. .t'-ooriliiii; (o si/- anil quality. 'in ks Muscovy la I. CO. (icose, youn ; 5 .0 par llo/.eil. Kittfs I'i'Ws 1.")(?. per <lo/.nn. Wool Washed 15." per pouitil; UiiW'itsiiad lie. Hides 11'- to 12 . Wax 25 to 27-;.