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EXAMPLE'S POWER.' imiVKN KKOMTOWKRTOTOWKit. Dr. Tttlmajte Hays "In (Jot! Is Thy Refuse. Text: "An Abimeleoh took an ix in hi* I hunt! mnl out down a bough from tlio trees and took it nnd laid it on Ilia shoulder and said unto the people that wore with him: *Wlint ye have seen mo tlo uiako haste nntl -do ns I linvo done.' And all tho people like"Wlse out dowu every man his bough."? Judges lx.t 48. Abimeloch is a name malodorous in Bible history and yet full of profitable suggestion. Buoys are black and iinoomoly, but tlioy tell where the rocks nre. The snake's rattle is hideous, but it gives timely warning. Frotn / the pinxr.a of my summer home uight by night I saw a lighthouse fifteen miles away, not placed therefor adornment, but to tell mariner.-, to stand oft from thnt dangerous point. So all the iron-ltound const or moral danger Is marked with Saul and Herod and Rohoboam mid Jpsobol and Abitnoleeli. These bad people are mentioned in the Bible not only a1. warnings, I>ut be -a use there wor ? I sometimes flashes of nooi conduct in thoir j lives worthy of imitation, (led sometimes j drives a very struight unit with a very poor hammer. The city of Xchcchom ha I to lie taken, ami Ahiinetoeli ami his men were to do it. 1 see the dust rolling u|> from their excited march. 1 hear the shouting of the captains ami the yell of the besiegers. The swords clack sharply011 the parrying shields, and the vo- ; eiferation of two armies in death grapple is horrible to hear. The battle goes on all day. | uu l ns tliesuu is setting Ahitnoloeh and his | army cry "Surrender!" to the beaten foe. j and, unable longer to resist, the city of I 'Khechem falls, an I there are cools of blood nnd di: severed limbs an I glazed eyes looking up h -gginglv for mercy that war never shows, ami dying soldiers with their head on the lap of mother oi wile or sister, who have icome out for the last offices of kindness aud affection, an I a groan rolls across the city, stopping not, because then* is no spot for it to rest, so full is the place of other groans. A city wounded! A < it.v d> ing' A cit y dead' Wail for Xtiechein, all ye who know the horrors of a sacked town. \> 1 look over th" city I tlltd only on- | bulling standing, an I that is the temple of the god llorith. Some soldiers outside of the city in a tower, finding that they can no ilonger defend She.diem, now begin to look ;??ut lor their own personal safety, and they j ..fly to this temple of IJ -rith. They go within | the door, shut it. and they say "Now we ( ;irs safe. Ahiimdeeh has taken the whole j city, but he cancel take this temple of | lb-nth. Here we shall be im.I r tlo* protee-j tioa of the g" I-." I) Iterilh, the god, do Vour I- >? now for these run. If v u 1 JhiiVi "jis, pity tlmni. ti v ui have hue I-. I tidntic in. 11 voi| Inve thomleriiolt?, s'rike I ^ fer'flnvii. Hut how shall Atdnieh- di ami is ' uriuv taki* this temuleol lb-iith ami . n? men ' V 'i > ar I here tort illeb.' Will tlp'V do ii wiii the sv.te i? Nav. Will Mc-v .tit with t1 so u N ly. With Hi bi. eriiis rani ro'.l I j H|i by hundred urip'ul strength crushing ! .uuainst the wails? Nnv. .'.himela uiar "i. this in?'ii to a wood in Ziilnioti. Willi his ax ; lii' hew* olY n limh of :? tree and puts licit ' .limb upon his stioulder, ami l&on lio says to his men. "'You ilo tlio Mi'iio.'" Tho.v Hro obodioiit to their commttiidcr. fl'here is a striatic as to whoshnllliuvcaxcs. iTho whole wood is full <>f hendinu boughs, ... lhu craokllnft and tho backing, nnd tlio Q inV4'?i'X. nlit i^ M?r oho of tho host has a liiM? ol a tree cut down, and not only that, / .Inn lias put it ou his shoulder just its Abini t .?h showed him ho?v. Are tic'so men nil armed with tho tree branch? Tho reply "All armed.'' Ami they march on. Oh. what a .strange army, with that strau.-je | ec|uij>m.'nt! They come up to the fool of i the temple at lleriih, and Ahiiaeleeh takes his limh of a ttei* and throws it down, and j tin lirst phitoon of soldiers eonio up, and I they tlir<>\v down then branches, atid the second platoon; and the third, until all nrouitd ahout the temple of llerith there is a .pile of tree hronelies. The She heinil look out froill the window of the t tuple upon i wh it seems to them eiiildish play on ilie ' parts of their eneinm-. liui soon ilie ilints are sti oak, and ih" spa el; hi^iu.s i (kindle tin brush, an I th" flame conies up all through -the pile, an I the re I element.* leap io tie < 11- lomt. an I III" Wo > iwork hei?ius to h.aze, and ->ne arm of I'.atn < is thrown upon the ri"ht side of the tempi", nud another arm (>f flame istlirown upon the loft side of the temple, until they hen their lurid paints | nti lor the wild in_'iit sky, and tho cry ol j ' ."ire!" within and "1' ro" without nnuoune >s th terror, an I th" >;i.iii^ulation, an I tint tie (in of tac She ' "inti s, and the i'oiupl"fe | *?i\ .-rt ItiMW ol the I .;>! 'of the j?od Horitll. iTh n there went up a shout, loin? an 1 loud, j lr >m the stout lumts aiut swarthy chests of AhiilP'leoh and tils men as tliey stood ami I th" ashes and the dusl <*r>nit?. "Vi-Mory. ! "*v ( tory'" jftih, niv fri.'n Is, the gospel is not a svlio. SXi' ill: it is lio* < asm- i \ : i; is in it polemics, or : th" xd-neeof siiua1' il"'. III. hlood re I tuet: it e warm heart" I invitation; u is leaping, j li ( .adieu, living u1' I news; li is cfllor scent with all liuht; it is i in .""lit with ail sumjnei > ?\v; it i- nti' mt with ill swe-'i i-.... .' . 1 II.n -it :'i It M-illl.! AV > ii til tr "ii tit" Tiptop 11-?ii-? . I nt t l"Tf was m? i i v tn t Ii a v < ? in; |>:ir"'<l with ; T ti*. v-prm 4 fr ii mi liiljli wili'it < *ii:*i -1 ' tri\ - Ii,; >t lo i .i .1 I ls:tv?i li";irii I'fit , i .mm.'. I ill lliiT" \v:i ii ? must" ill that "onij :r..| 'villi Hi - \i' I ('hrist wh"ii 11 sat I, ; " i 'lv .-in-* at" loruiv.-u lit"". a>> iii pi'ii"". j1 < i l I. -t ?'\.tv nil" ill it iwu a hranfli [ ' < 1 this irt*?* hi Ii an I wave il. I, it iiitii \ 1 tir.itv il iln\\ .i an 1 i.in II" it. L"t all tin* way i ' fr >ni Mount Zaliu ni to Kin-. Ii"iu la* ill!" I J u ilii tli"tosani^ joy. (I mil ii'avs1 This I*. :!- j ' fir" ?il III" Kospol ,lt ||| . .iiisiini" tlii- lii.it ti*:n- 1 1 .jtU- <it .?in, an I will 11111111111" ill" *kv with !; Hp.' al>pti" j-'*. lint' .1 \sti-. Christ anii* .lit . | tin- worlil Ik ,^.i?' nii"i?. Aiiv ii''W plan i 1 that makes a in.ni on: liis>ln, an-l ihatpr.s-l' j'.. is a wroin;, ( tin as ii.n Ii m lavur .if as "I h .;i?11 all Ih" .1 in.I Hi.* l'i-li >ps, an I th" :tri-lil?i-li-n's, i. I ill" \noils, m I th" ;i a ii'inii-al if.*w n a i ii i "iri-ni.uiit v ui"11...'n'.I il. I h i p ii l> Til It in i- >ai" ?l*'wli, ami I i|.? : in. h ?w't . i.. - .'.I 11<r i"r I l i a '' - : \ ' a" ' r nv.*r . . l Vaw-l ' -a; j . a i 'h . . I in-. 1111* i . m i lit tn tint ImttU*, llpsy i ' * 'lit l.. \ -r i I i ill. if ii ,h ii;i S t* vonhl hat" n w 1111 i ii I my spirt' or ' a-... ti\.- result, ' i* iv It "it \liitn**K'i'h ' \ M!t 1.1 own . in i 'i".v- an a I-.-a fit it It 1 Wl'll M'l'i h tllli pnts it .nt \ t i: - Il il" IikiiM' I* :.|l 1 ..ar Ill's III, I it'll, III \ ' i -1 ny*a 'ill Hi * p 'ji|t* tliil tlm snim*. 11 ?\v ti 1.iraith.it ..a W'tal ilia I" < aril'it! it all 1 Stoimwatl J*? kt ni in "j iiia^nclii* coin* a mrs ol tan ..ini v'' l'in*\ ihv.iv. r . I" a1.i .ni Oh. :li \v!i.'linin^ p iw"1* it | J I"' ll"r" ' " :* Iiitkii th" wi m.' r.'ii I. ' A.l his h > * i' a wroti-: r i.t I. IliT" i- ] a iat i'l-r ?\ li i.?i ' . .. t 'iirist. Il is . hihlr ? a-itii.-i. Ii\v m - : he pit tnri* mlh'r- , ' ii - i.f li't top Ih i ; a aiany >?f t li" ^r -at ! ' v, trktt ol til it fi ant mi i t>, fltnoltl tn fist <*fa, i h"f" wmil ' I' s.i'ii. ' iin s air ami IIv?.< tir >i I tfikit . j-.i tui-- I'll.-? - ' It \ IViTi* L I '? . win thru. |?'"2 ' ' .hi.*' h* i. - .mi i . -nil til. 'h .1411! i 1 n! v i i ii.. )!..i - 1 '/ riiii-ri1. .:ii 1 i 1114 'pi*' I. 11 <I i 'lrj .ii"- ' I T -illl ..f : "III" .\ hi.i i;n < > r ll.l I 111 t !. I :ni> nl 11:* \v Ii k ui'W > hi in! 11 it (h .r- ! 1 t- :i <>r ii MiiiI?i.iIi t 'k 'I'll v.!i it \ .-'i - iy. ; f. !; nit wtuii \ hi I -. r.n-riiity xvill h-'ur j < fi" I.'i. 'I In11 t ii'hi ' *r jir i 11 liii ? It- in . ! i 1 :i ii- '?ti"ii w.i I! I \ i v sii! . : i . h, i. , . -' .: I saw list summv, near the beach, a , wrecker's machine. It was a oyliaiter with I sonin holes nt the side. made for anil thrust- J ing in of some long poles with strong leverage, and when there is any vessel in tiouble or going to pieces in the offing, tho wreckers shoot a rope out to the suffering men. They grasp it, and tho wreckers turn tho cylinder, and the rope winds around the oylinder, and those who are shipwrecked are saved. So at : vonr foot, to-day. there is an influence with | a troinendous leverage. The rope attached J to it swings far out lut?< the billowy fuluro. J Your children, your children's children and all the generations that are to follow will grip that influence and feol the Ionic reach- fl lug pull !<>d|t after the figures on your tombstone arose near worn out that tho visitor cannot tell whether it was 1896 or 179G or IGDCthnt you died. Slill further 1 learn from this subject the j advantage of concerted action. If Abimeto-h had merely gone out with a treobrauch, the work would not have been accomplished, or If ten, twenty or thirty men had iron", but when all the axes are* lifted and all the sharp edges fall, aud all these mon carry " each his tree branch down and throw it V about the temple, the victory is gained?the j, temple falls. My frioDds. where there is one inan in tho church of <5od at this day shoul- 11 dcriug his whole duty there arc a great ?< many who never lift an ax or swing n bough. t< It seems to in*> as if lucre were ten drones in .. < very hive to nc l> i?y i>. ; .is though there wre twenty sailors - >uu 1 asleep in the ship's hammocks t<< four men <>n the stormy 1; lock. It .senilis as ?f I In to won; 50.00 ? men J, belonging to treserve corns. nint oi.lv 1000 active combatants. Oil, wo all want <>ur boats to -jot over to tit" golden sauus, P but tlio most of its arc sc.ited either iu ti tin; prow or in tin; stern, wrapped in v our stripe.1 sliawl, holding a big handled suu?hn le, wliile others are t-ii~t? ed in the " heat and | nit until tin* oar.nek groan ami ! ei the blades bend til! tliev snap. hi. you re- j, ligious sleepyheads, wake up You tiavo lain so long iu one place that the ants and eaternil'ars have begun to crawl over you! ii What do you know, my broth -r, about a Itv- tlug gospel made to storm the world? Now, j my idea of n Christlau is a uian on lire with ' r."al for (I.id. and if your pulse ordinarily v beats sixt> tim -s a minute when you think 1' >f other themes and talk about other themes, C( if your pui.se does not go up to seventy-llvo or eighty when you come to talk about " Christ and heaven, it is bee.aus" you do not <? know the one. and have a poor chance of ti getting to th" other. In a former charge one Sabbath I took into the pulpit the church records, and I H laid th'?m <<a the pulpit an 1 opened them ti and said: brethren her> are th<; church .. records I lliul a groat many of you whose nam - are lowo hero are olt duty." Some were afraid I would n?ad the names, for at it that tune = ate of them wero deep in the f] worst kind of oil stocks and were idie as to Christian work. Hut if ministors of Christ > to-day should brim; the church ree..r Is into 1' the pulpit and read, oh, what a flutter there a w* uld be! VI."re w oild not be hris enough in cliureu t'i keep the* ''h''"l;- "ool. I do not know but it would l>e a good thing if the " mini-t'-r on < m awhile should bring the v, ehur !i re -.ir Is i'i the pulpit and car 1 the f< ivP. a* t , it i- wiiut 1 .isider every church i ! i ? "kt' iv i iniirt'T run <u <no Lord's arm* -ludt'.i* reading of it should *' revea; wii'mj every soldier Is an-l what ho is doing. Nuppo.se in miiitiiry "ire.e- on tho morning of battle the roll win ended. and out of 1000 11 in u only 100 men in t lie regimeut answered, w What excitement thero would bo In the t| camp! What would the colonel snyV What high talking thorn would he among the captains and majors an 1 tho adjutants. k Suppose word onmo to headquarters that n these delinquents excused themselves on tho ground that they hud overslept flc'iedves, ; . or tho morning was damn a'id they were j afraid of getting their foot we or that they i |i were husy cooking rations. My frb- this ' is the morning of the dav ft I Air ighty's j hat tie. I > i you not see u> Hear vo not all the trumpet of I. ,ve:. ind all 1' the drums of h?U? Which i -re ? > n:r> ; f( If yen are >n tli right side, t whit \ ,, cavalry troop, l<> what art irviee, i .J to what garris >11 duty vou ; i In other words. i:i wh ' at do I ! " do you teachJ In wh'i |>r. >r :ing do you extort ' 'I o what : i;-it'ia." I>y : declare eternn' liberty.' what a! . . d-. you auuoiin-> < >>f i i\ *. ' What hrok *a !? >n * ' - t have f ;j set .' .Vr \ i d dug : ?'h. Is it p ...-i'.>! ; ^. Ilia* il :i11 . to sw to ho a follower o, .1 ;, <"i - ; ug !> iiiig? Th m hide | the horrihl" *er a t.. .uigels. Keep it i it awav f.-.o; th ? h ?.*; nf judgnvnt. If you ,j are doing nothing, do 11 >t let the world jlnd | . it nut, lest tliey charge your religion with, j being a fa >o fa .?. l>o uot let your cowardice , and ir1.is.>n tin hn:ir I among the martyrs <> about tle> throne, lesi tllcy forget til < .-a n*- I , I tity >>f the place un I denounce y> i:r b >t rav.il i ' of that ' !iuse for which the> agoii'.ed and died. t'l The tempo of llcrith is \.?ry bru !. and it is very high. It has been going i;i> by the hands of men aud devils, nail no human en- ' giiieering can demolish it, but if tho 70.000 tl iiiiiiis'ers of Christ in tills eountry should n caeti take a braneli of the tr>'e of life, and all |> their ? uigregiitions should do the s ime, and . we should march on and tiir >w ilcse " branches aroun t the gr -at temples >>f -in and m worbllini'ss and folly, it would need no lt match. >.- eoa! or h>rr i t ours to ton di <>tl the pile, for. as in the days of Elijah. lir 1' v..ill I fall fr e. Ii .? % -a an I kit. !. tl: boii- ^ tiie of Cliristiap vi ton oVt i'ih c. l..-h>> I sin. \\ iStiil fidlcr. I b-ara f: >m t .s subject tic Sanger >>( false r '.i.go.-. A- soon as th s . icaiit s g>* into tic temple they !lJ Hi e:gh: tlcy were ,-afe. Tiicv s u.| "B-rith < 1 > wi'l i.i'c . ii'.' of us. Abioiei>>ch*ma\ batter m iIjwii everything It .-.tnnot batter . down this ("tuple wh'te we are now hid." Itut very - ion 'lev !i -ar I the limb -r.- > .-ck- n ling, and thev were .sii.other.'.I with .- noke. mm i n mi.- t'iMiiiv ?!? I. l -tij?j?? ^ .>v?*ry j) 1:1 tin-- ail tn'ii-' tin- i.i i"iit i* -t?*|?liitii; iu'.o ciio kidil "i i-'fi;_* -. Ili-r.' you " in t!i<' t<>\vi?r of j 'V'-f Vdii >ny, "1 sit:i|I l>a >afi' in thin i'i?fi:?t\" Tun l-.Tt !<? iiii'iit.H nr ailorii" !. tli?'Hti'ji-i or- v:triii: ' in tint wnll :ir" i>i<>tiir.>- of all ll.i? uiiTvritiif *' v.mi liuv" aU- viat'-l, an I all tii < !: !. voii iinvo oAtalilUlioJ, anil ail tlu> Htm tiling you mi l:;iv?? >vi?r <1 ?iii?. l*j? in tliat 1'iw.T y >u -I j von nr?' - if - Hat lii'iir i.'ii :i<>t tn?? t.';iiii|i of i >ur inp ir 1 ?ii?? I >ni- all ai- >i:n !*: ? .wor? I'ii ?m Mi I* :v.- a r.i tt-'li. V"ii i'" I:':, liitr,' iii.'fi - i?t?? nri'i-rial. Y" i ! -1 t'i it al| II 1 I ft f " I* i III; I- .', >, \ ' lilt IlllV a t!l it !! > i IIVilli; 1m - I -Illlitil.' | t? "\V- I.." y ; -av. "I I..IV- In--;: ilriviM .it pi r ts .it t.\V!ii ra -Mall I . - ' ! ( ntii thla tower of IniHlTuri'tico. \ ; - ... iii-- r i\vr- - attii-'ki* I. it will a ;<ri'iit *' , bi>l .ff . ? lu'cn." V >u f? : a*. it lillt th- i> ill A! III'! ll '.Villi .' Hill > I? ,jj .Tilt it i"i. Il-'ilii an', tli < ir-' al . -ri i 4 t- .:fl. aii<l tli y 'hoi a i I that \.>ii " ! iirri-ii liT I'V.'rytliitiif. an I tli >* flamor foi >> i" iiVfrtbr.iw, and tln-y throw tlfir >'..- 1( :i -ir.it> in tii" win.low. an I Willi ill -ir -it i-:> tln-y lnvit aviiti-t tlm il aii'l wliiio i m art' 1 rvltii* t > k"0|i tlu'rn i: t \ >n lif I't'ln-- t.f ji: l^ini'iit kiiullintr, an I ovary f .r- ll >; n a t .: i aim ovary tii".irr un at -a in I I'Vi'f. -"-a a t.uvli. an I \v:.ila th" \!| > in-! anil Himalaya* I . a >:?t > a :ivn " >al, til .\v i r ' I'l'T an ! r- Mar Iiv i m v. Iiir'- .x> .vin I l>r'nth of a I n:niii|?"tiMt. win will " in.a r?f , . ir .-< ii/'" >>r lii*-. . It'll " - v?- ill'.ii < ir*. "yni| r ?..* . 1 11 l , TV ll'.i'lll i'll-il: , I r I V11 i .- II iWT t'i t'jv\< r. ' Oil, ii". i want t > ' !! . ; v. unfit Oihrnltar t Suit ii'-v-v tin* ! . a in i i. ii'vit will !" tak"n, "f a wall thai n - 'iiu.* l--atllt ''.'in - mI<', of a I'll!w ir tli it tho mlitim-nt <virtlii|ii:tk'"i < in:;"'. I'll lltliln r -f' r< to it WlU'Il . i . . ; O . ! . - thy r""'ia", ami llDilrfiinath til"" . : '! v Oh, l! i t?|f into I'!- .-:'i .Yi b an ' <?'' ! . i ' | HR.B.L ABNEY SPEAKS. IK HIVES THE rAXAL'S SIDE OF TilK QUESTION. mit KcafllrmsTheir Intention to Rttlld 10,000 II. I*. Power House unil Criticises the Sloan Resolution. Mr. B. L. Abney, who is member of 10 board of directors. and tho ttorney of tho Columbia Voter Power company, when soon v a reporter for The Columbia Shite ml asked about the concurrent reflation introduced liv Senator Sloau, ? direct the attorney genera! to inestigate us to tho riglit of the Stute > have the canal continued to Roeky Iranch by its pivu nt owners, said that e had no knowledge or intimation liutover before reading tlie coneurLUit resolution in the morning papers, ..it any such action was intended or as desired upon the part of any one, .though from past netion taken ly crl iiu citizens of Columbia inntteiuptig to bring about litigation with tlie nmpany, ami which hud proven futile, e was not surprised that some other il'ort would he made in a different ireetion to further annoy and ereute i xatious controversies with the Water 'ower company, which was about to eminence to expend a iarge sum of louey in ereetiug a power station in rder to make available tho property toy had purchased and which had itherto heen a dead expense upon :ieir hands, because of their inability > induce persons to purchase the ater power to bo used directly. He said that the resolution had been ltroduced and had been referred on 10 silmo day to the committee, of hich Senator Sloau is a member, and ad been reported on before ho Itucw nything about it; and that it nppeard that the persons in charge of the .. . i-. ; a . i :^ it i i IVUDUlt' UCMKHl UJ [HifSCl It lliruil'jll ithout allowing- time or opportunity 1 r member!) to lmvo a suitioieut un- i erstuuding of thy measure or its ! Hefts. The Water ' over company, ho said, as been ho persistently annoyed, and j is been no frequently tlireatenod. ith all kinds of suits on the part i f lie same persons who, no doubt, are j rging this measure, that he did not I now that the company would make j uy opposition to the passago of the *1 esolutiou, however unjust and uniuioly they might consider it to be, j referring to have the matter reach the ! amis of the attorney general and be- i oiul the further anuoyaneo of these ! arties. He had full coutideuce in the i lirness and impartiality of the uttorev general, and felt that if nuy iuves- j gallon was to be had, that no oflieer i f tin State could fail to see that what ver might be the legal rights of the j tate in the promises, it certainly ' ulil be injurioiis to the State, under ie circumstances. to attempt rigidly ' > enforce them, lint that he could nt possibly see that the company had i ant manner been derelict in any , uty it owed to the State. As a iuat r of law, there has been no omission > fulfill any obligation upon the part f the company that was imposed by j ie act under which it purchased. Ho i eight every one would recognize the j ie.lit of the legislature at any time to , iukc inquiry iuti> finy subject in hieh the State was interested; nnd nit so fur as the resolution was dieted to tLiis end, 110 one could object. lit the misfortune of the thing was te injurious ctVeot that the passing of ich a resolution might have by ereat- 1 lg in the luiuds of the public the imression that the company hud insouie nv involved itself with the State, or ere laboring under obligations greater | mil had heretofore been considered ' i devolving upon them, thus ereuting ' oiibt and aut'i rtaintv as to the invest- , lents of the eoinpany, both by its ochholders and !>) third f arties. lie 1 xitiuued: "The ouly interest the State has in ie matter is, to encourage the early i [ building of the manufacturing interns in and about Columbia, in the way ' : factories and other industrial en- ! r prises. "The question of navigation by , cans of tin* ear.a], to say the least of . is an impracticable one. It had eeii looked into l.\ ail the legislatures I rior to 1 mi : none lmd given it iv con-iderat: u: lie- truth about ,e mil'.t> r t:i i.ite in v. r did coiimplate, win!.; tie- e..:i:il was in its e -i ii, it-.continuance further than .cv.us stria t, a :-i, in fact, none of its lgineer-. while .t w.a- in charge of :e State, evt.' i stin. it".! the cost of leuiinr it f'.rt ti.a.'i lii-rv.us street. .<( no it|i$ r.?j>r..tt;oii was ever made ! >r carrying i: any farther. When the t of I*s7 j. i i the feature of ivigation was oniy placed iti the act >r tin- purpose >: giving validity to i ; proposed gnainnt.e of the interest . the t-ity of ( iumhia on the houd.s . he issued by tie- hoard of trustee*. 0 o!ie ever sii[>jio.-ed or ever expected :,::i the entire e -its miption of j ov r ! 1 i lie. n its. d v?:eh < e:hl he 1 nt 11 rvais 11 that any further wtensjon of the culm 1 would be eall. J ( " or demanded. When negotiations' re going on or the purchase of property bv the present: .. I.. : h, the | nrchn r.i were iih* iroil tleit they tvoiil 1 Hot l)( oXpectoit ! t!ie ;n t ! ?!it. 'ine tie- eatni. .1 I, would have purchased, at any sera, the caual as it stood in 1S92, with nu obligation immediately to coustruct it to Hocky branch at a probable expouditnreof $300,000, while there was lying 'unused, uud at an cxpeusive cost to maintain it, 10,000 horse power or more. "Besides the $>> '.000, which the present owners paid before the execution of the deed to them, and which went to complete the canal, which was in an unfinished condition when the sale was negotiated, and which would Imvj remained so without such payment, Ocean so the bouril of trustee* ; bad exhausted all of its funds and moans to carry it further, and the $100,000 of bonds put up to secure the interest, the company purchased be tweeu $80,000 and 800,000 of land lot sites for mills. They found that the annual cost of the physical maintainunco of the canal was from 87,000 to 88,000, which would gradually increase every your. The contpauy also has had to pay annually for the past four years 812,000 as iuterost, besides maintaining its organization and other things j .necessary to build up its property and i induce persons to invest in Columbia, i With this burden on their hands, they j tried for a year or so to sell the water , power to bo applied directly, but owing t: tl.eeoiiilit: n e allaiis, it was impossible to lease the power at any j :v:i.M!i"!,Rl:vj rate. 11 li fortunately it was ascertained that trie water could be used to generate electrical power, J which could be sold much cheaper . than the use of the water directly, or steam, or anv other motive power iu tho South. Tin y, therefore, had to abau- j don tho attempt to lease their power j for use directly, and as pioneers in the j movement for the nso of electrical 1 power, they have succeeded iu having I locutcd here the Columbia mills, a I corporation with a capital of 8700,000 j m which the individual stockholders of j ; the Columbia Water Power company ; i hold a majority of the stock. This ! new use of power having proven sue- ] j cessiul. and being compelled to aban- i ; <1 >n attempts to uso the water power ; directly, although they had available ! sites for the erection of mills, the com- j i puny some mouths ago i reputed, and i ire now ready to erect a large power j station to use all of the water power that the canal can furnish at Gervais j > street. '"This power station will probably cost something in the neighborhood of $dQ0f00M when completed. The price at which such power will bo furnished is so low as compared with what doveli oped power can be obtained elsewhere ! for as naturally to attract enj terprises to Columbia and thus enable ! the purchasers of the canal to utilize j their property which heretofore they ; hftdiin vain attempted to lease. While on the eve of this undertaking, this resolution is introduced, and may, unfortunately, have the otVect of destroying the confidence of those engaged in ; Th enterprise, and while it is pending ' may cause the suspension of all fur- | 'her operation. With this power sta- j tiou, all tin* mills that can be in- I disced to conic to Columbia in the next ! few years can be easily supplied at a ' cheaper price than steam or water. ! Besides this electrical station will open j up the country within a radious of 1 JI) miles for manufacturing purposes, where the investor may select his own \ location for any enterprise he may de- I sire to start ami will not he confined j to the banks of the canal, which from ! its situation, necessarily is in many \ respects objectionable as a location, j ami it will also cuahle the city to ob- i tain power with which to operate its 1 concerns. "It will readily be seen that after the failure of the company to do anything in the way of inducing investors to lease its power to be applied direct- ! iy, and after the large amounts it has I expended and already ..nested in the I canal, to be required now to expend 1 something like 3.".0;),t)ih> to develop j more water power which they could i not use or lease would be asking the I company to do something wholly un- i reasonable and which, too, would re- | quire them to abandon the erection of the electrical power station?the only means by which the company has ascertained that, it can utilize the power. "While I feel perfectly confideut of what would be the result of the iuves- I tigation and report of the attorney gen- ' era!, still there are legal questions involved as to which dillerent views might be taken, and unfortunately might involve litigation, which would certainly lie disastrous to the company, j js well as to the community, and ! w hich might be i.eeo - urv for th" company to resort to in order to preserve it. property and possibly itsc xistenee. ilow it Can be the int< let of any citizen of the State to encourage this per- ; pctnal annoyance against the water j newer comtuinv, which has civcn everv indication of its good faith, ami which line placed its money l>y the thousands 111 the city of Columbia, ami which is now ready to invest S'JOD,000 more, | and what possible interest to any eiti- I /.en it can bo to have an extension of the canal to Rocky branch, under the I circumstances, cannot be perceived. "Under the act of 1MS7, there is no I duty devolved upon this company to I provide the means of navigation and j the maintenance of the navigability of ; the canal. The continuance of the j canal to Ilockv branch, under the ' terms of the act, by liomcaus involves the duty to provide for tin- things that are necessary for the navigation of the canal; this the State would have to provide for, as is contemplated by the act. I suppose that the parties urging this resolution would, mi t tlmcanu! m continued to Rocky branch, tie-rc* r ueh v< " b<- found ku !.5:: ' at t'. doors of 1 n g m <1 le rb'y : tion for | .' . .ig tb st.d !I: lin : > . . . 1? r. ;c. i , IIii y w . ' : . t th . . {lit that tho !' j-.ru .. S ith Caruliutt v.as. II unity rid of? % "A' little knowledge of the trne status of the case And retlcctiou tliercou Svill readily show that Seuator Sloan's resolution will not promote the best interests of tlio State and city." COLUMBIA'S FAMK1) CANAL. Its Kutire Water Power to be I'tillzcd, an<l Put Into Marketable Shape. Columbia has set the pace for the whole country in the matter of the transmission of elcctrieal power for cotton mills, and proven that henceforth there is to bo no question as to j I tho sito of a projected mill. Recently The State republished an article from high authority dealing with that ques tiou. Now, in two weeks time ground is to be broken for the erection of a ' plant that will be the largest eh ctrical generating plant in the world save one, for the transmission of the unseen 1 _ r ? 1 1 - - i I lor long UlSItlUCCH, HOT except- I iug tlio plant in the state of Hidalgo, j Mexico, which was recently contracted < for to transmit 2,000 horse power over ? n distance of 20 miles, and the Sac/a- i mento-Folsom transmission plant in California, which was put into success- j , ftil operation last year, transmitting 1 i 4,000 horse power 24 miles from the ! < water falls at Folsom to Sacramento at i ( a commercial ellieieuev of over To per cent. 'Die only plant that will be lar- ' ger is that at Portland. Ore,, recently ( started, transmitting 12.< <? horse i power 1 1 miles. Columbia's plant : will, however, be somewhat different iu character, and of its peculiar kind, i it will he the largest in the world, it ! is said. ' All know that the Columbia Water ( Power company has been contemplat- ' iug the erection of a large generating plant here for some time. About a ! mouth ago exports came here to make j an examination with a view to deciiling whether or not to erect a plant utili/.- i ing all of the Columbia canal. The State now has the information direct j from one of the gentlemen who pro- ! ; pose to spend their money in the erec- j tion of this plant that tliev have at ' last accepted the plans: that the plant will utilize allot the newer i!ffi<r.lc?l 1>\- I the Columbia (-.-mill: tliut they will ^ a ward the contract for the construe- I ( ti.>n of the buildings this week, and \ , that ground is to he broken for the I ] erection of the plant near the foot of j j I Oervais street in two weeks time. A gentleman, who never makes sueh an-i i nouneements, until a matter is fully 1 ! determined upon, .says the available i power w ill be something over 10,000 horse power. The plant will be pushed j ' to an early completion. The erection of this plant will prob- I ably revolutionize things in Columbia i and in a few short months she is likely i 1 to become the "Queen City of tha ; * ' South," iudeed. The power will bo j cheap and cotton mills will doubtless 1 go up in every direction. The <pies- ' tion of sites will be no longer a cousid- i ^ oration. A leading authority only a f month ago said: "In the matter of j long distance transmission of power, i < electrical machinery has made such j i remarkable advances that it is no lou- ! < g< r necessary to bring tin- mill to the ! 1 water power. The proceeding is now j 1 reversed and the water power is trans- 1 mitted to the mill, which is located * where it is most desirable, and is not forced to be situated miles away from railroads ami cities as has been the t case heretofore." Jbit not only will j 1 power be supplied to cotton milis, but ' other enterprises in need of motive ' power. It would l?e hard to estimate j the impetus that will unquestionably J < be given to industrial development in . 1 Columbia l>v this plant. t And this only reminds one that it is ' time for the river navigation commit- I tee to ho pushing that matter on ! f through with the least possible delay. ; t Cheap freight rates and successful in- j iliistti il enterprises must always go 'J hand in hand.? Th> Shifc. t W I-1KKIA IJKMKW OFTUADK. ( i ( File Week .Harked by Apparent I tat her : j Than Iteal Improvement. K. <i. bun .V ?' of N ov York, in tiieir ' j weekly review of tra < , -ay: fail nr.<s for | lfteen days of January liave slio.vn liabilities | unountiiig to vr_? "i.is.ni? agaiiet t",o0I,'J0:? : . n 17 days of la-t y.*ar and ^U.GoH.O'JO in is ) lays of ISO 1. Die failures forth" week have j . .". a '.7:5 in th" I'niteil State- against :?!:{ last O'lir and <11 in Canada again.-t 500 la-t Is year. I ?' This ?* !; has -a marked by improve. | H n nt apparent rather than real. ITiees of | <oll|e prodliets h.'IV risen, hut olliy heeuuse | - n:e b"l: . d to Ihj .-mailer than was ! te.i. , V I'riee; ,,f ;.iu'ir'.n hi;:, t- have r:-eu, I t.llt beeatl ? eoke ami ore have heen made i ' lea.-er.Hii I .1"' I I any Iwtter demand ? for ibii-lie I |>rol'i"t-. .Money lias been j (< a.-i'T hut <>iiiv im-iiu*1 in has i u hor- i rowil from (.!;* >! ' at a tim" when the actual j tra<l- t a !? .-> money licncu to i lluroi"*. l'\< Jvuat" till injures all hits- I i. i an ' i. 'M.iajj iiihI th" Treasury aiiii it > : ' _'asn la ij'ilil as yet.hut losses an-|iv-.-> tism v. as i\|. :. >!. It is trcncrally nssiini<'ii tlia II: i. ".v I >aa wiil I"' |>la<'i'i| without IiMi' .it'. I'.a-iaasH at tit mil!-, a iloi's :i it r -\iv \ Pavim-nts throu/li elearin/ 7 li'.iisi's far ill" w' !: j?r la j. -r lit. lar/er { '' than last vi'iir. lait :! i"-r cent I'-ss than ( in |v.i;t.h?;ni{ I-- -ati- a ! >ry th in for a lonjf > tiai". \ xti 1 ii.'l . lri'--'l ? not stain. With ma- , ' t'-rials |ira-'ti aliv un-'h an/eil tliey halt I( | cause theilemaicl for fnt nri'<l?'li v?tv is s<> nar row. (aitt m inanu'n'-tnri'r.H have for mouths 1 hiicii storing up staple /noils hut prices hav I irra?lnally ! hie I '-vr since O'-toher 17lh. j Woolen O'loil-. also ti'ti'l loiV'T, with small I 1 :11a11 I. an I af pru'-ticnlly at the prices of ! t <t vnr ii'/ tao'i/ii '.v ">| hi/h'-r. The lMi"iii' llli'W I p W In*ii the Trait) | < Was (loin/ at liO.llilpsiiii Hour. i'a-si-ii/.-r train No. SI. on the I'aiihaiiilli*, ! v.as v.'rr !.' ! a ::ii! isi < : South <that h'ston, j i). 1:. t r. . i v.":- naitiimc at th'- rat'i < ' tltt ! 11 a- u :: . r ! a 11< !)??]ur lih-w ii p t;? , i - . : 111.1t .. s i i , r i f . r t h r. < : n i i , I .... ... ' "I LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF. GLRAMNGS FROM MANY POINTS. . ? . Important Happenings, IJot.h Home and Foreign, Urlefly Told. Newsy Soutliern Notes. Money has been elected (Jo'tod States Senator from tho Stato of Mississippi. -Yiiuniii iins anoiisneil its itJtective depart men t ami unsigned the members irn tbe police force. The Mississippi dead-lock has been broken by the nomination of Mouoy For United States Senator by the Democratic Caucus. The Mississippi Legislature has passxl a law making pistol-carrying a serious offense, punishable by a tine of $50 md .'10 days in jail. The National Editorial Association, it St. Augustine, Flu., was addressed >y Senator Squire of Washington, >n the pressing need of better coast lefeiises. *.* A verdict for $1,750 has been rcnlerod in the United tttut<><? Circuit L'ourt against the Florida East Coast railroad for blacklisting W. E. Willets, i conductor. Hon. John K. Cowen, Representative in Cougress from the fourth Maryaml district, has been elected presi.lont of the Baltimore A: Ohio Uailroud, to succeed Chas. F. Mayer. At Nashville, Teun., the board of lireetors of the Tennessee Centennial lud Industrial Exposition voted to [lostponc the opening of the fair froui September 1st. 18915, to May 1st, 1897. Ex-Congressman Oscar Turner died it his home in Louisville, Ivy., ThnrsIny afternoon, at the age of St). He represented the lirst Kentucky district *i... ir . c i>- ..a iiJ" ? ,ii mi- in?ii111 iiciii i'si'imiuvcs ns nu I lldepcudcut. The Democratic executive committee of Alabama met at Montgomery, ileeled four free silver men to till vacancies on the committee, ami selected April "Jlst as the date for hold* ng the State convention. The Republican convention held in the sixth Texas district elected two Reed delegates to the St. Bonis convention. This is the third congressional district convention thus far held II Texas at which the delegates elected vere Reed wen. One of the buildings at the Teuuostcc Centennial exposition will be reeted entirely with money provided jy children of the State. Everything n it and around it will he arranged for he pleasure and profit of the children, (n tlie tower will swing a line v, ' j?f lilver eliimes. The Baltimore Manufacturers' Re ord's weekly summary of industrial uterosts in the South shows that sev rnl of the oldest and largest Now Eugand cotton mill companies are now iu. estigating in the South for locations or building mills to cost over ?">00,000 saeh. ? Northern News Notes. A Salt vein, 'lOO feet thick, said to tv int! ricucM, in me worm, huh neeu buml under the town of Little River, :iu 11. The will of Mrs. Anna 11. A spinwall, if Pittsburg, Pa.,bequeaths h. r fortune >f about 8:1,000,000 to the hospital of lie Protestant Kpiseopal Church in 'hiladelphia The National Association of Manuftcturers in session at Chicago, Ills., dected Tlieo. S. Swearcy, of Philadcl liia. president for the ensuing year, rhoinas Daler having declined a reject ion to that position. An explosion of chemicals in the Inhibitory of the Swanson illiouuiatic 'lire Company, at Chicago, wrecked he contents of the ollices ononeiloor, rightened into panic the occupants of lie building, injured three persons uid caused a property loss of SI 0,000. A week's steady rain in tho lower dissouri valley converted creeks and ivcrs into inland seas. Farms were nundated, fences destroyed, bridges wept away. The property damage is! xtciisive. The railroads are great offerers and tratlic is seriously deayeil. An electric car at St. Funis collided it'n a barouche conveying live Sisters I Mercy on .Jefferson avenue bridge tid four of tin 11 it us and tho driver of arriage were seriously injured. The njuries are not regarded as fatal. The uotorman of the electric ear is held (.sponsible for the accident. Washington. Ifoii.se eoiniiiitteo on eh ctions. No. , Mr. .Johnson, <>t? indiana, chairman, ns.i decided to contest election cases of atmpbeli vs Miner, from the ninth U'\v York district, in favor of Mr. diner, the sitting member. The remit was unanimous. Foreign. Advices from the City of Mexico say mil-lighting has been interdicted in he republic after the fiiliilhnent of iieKi nt contracts. The cause is sup>osed to be frequent dangerous disorler ami turbulence at the fights by pectators. Highw.iv men Kill a !>airymau. Mi -li.v ' 1'crrag", a 'I lii.itiiin, was killed; >y :>i.rli',v;iyin ;i .a \ w orh an -. lie v.us I he: iniik v.!i ':>< was I; 1 I u|>. lVragi'slra i. oil of til a l< : pints ivilli n pnllj II 1 I .' . . . i i.n i I :,t 5 . ' nr. 1 . r;? r i.e.- ! n li e . ' qi I!: -SI I ! . . . i o ' 'i1* i . . j. ; til \,