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'AihTOURX ED SINE HI JR. | cont1npbd rBOM second raoh. J Fortt-Fifth YV\y.?-Sat mlay was ratification day, and u grout many acta wore ratified. When tlio House mot tbo report of the committee of free ceuferenoo on the magistrates bill was received. Judge Townee ud aud Mr. Skinner sxplaiuod the soopuof the eompromiso. The point of ditlcrouoe was that the Senate insisted that when au appointment was rejected it should stand, au?l tho appointee could not be reappointed faring the recess. The bill iu its present shape is entirely unacceptable. The Governor, said Mr. Townsend, would have to appoint whoever is named for magistrates in Sumter, Charleston and Kicblaud. The Governor, he hold, had uo power of removal, ft is important to fix the salaries of magistrates aiul dutino their duties. Mr. Baoot held that the Constitution must determine the question iu issue. Mr. Skinner agreed with Mr. Town- I send, but saiil there was no use to try I to have the Senate agree to tho amend- i ment as to the removal of a magistrate, j ^ Air. AY Illliii 1 ro s:im it miik imiujiij i? , jtuition of killing tho lull or not. j I lie Senate would uot agree on the < matter. I Mr. fownseud stiiil under th> Con- \ , Titutiou the (loveruor oouKl reject a i part of tho Act and leave such of it as I lie cares to stand. uud ou this suggestton tho free conference committee was j agreed to. Tho fr?-o conference committee re- ( port on the (leneral Corporation Act was adopted. i Mr. Wortou's House bill was adopted with few 'exceptions. Messrs. Tutuui and (Hack well, re- | ently elected members id the hoard of ilirectorH <>f the lYnitentiary, re- ( Mgn <1 their seats us members of the House. , Tin* first of farewells \>ax through i solutions of Mr. Watson, of AuderMtn, who proposed: . lie it resolved. That the House reegui/.os in the IIo-j. l-'rauk It. liarv all j| the ipiulities which eondueo to a prop- I er Speaker, t'? wit: Integrity of eh.ir- , actor and purpose, impartiality, deeis- ! ion, dispatch of business aud atTability. ! and congratulates itself upon having ' Miioh u presiding ollicer. The resolutiou was unanimously adopted. It will be of interest to note that Mr. Frank M?dlett had his reasons lor 1 voting against tho dispensary law spread upon the Journal, hu.1 said"I am opposed to hill No. Sol for the followiug reasons: Fir^t, hoeauso it is repugnant to the Constitutions of j ili-> Cnited States and tin' State of South Carolina; second, it infringes upon the rights id um American eiti/.cn; third, if enaeted into law it will bo coo I "f the moso gigantic frunds ever porpetiated upon a free people." It was somewhat noteworthy that tho Bouse concurred in tho four important luieudmeuts to the election ! :il proposed by Mr. Barnwell and adopted in the Senate. They provided against ' the removal of managers nud e on I mi-floners of cdeetiou, keeping the, ballot box i:i public view and the i management of an electiou in the] event tin managers fail or refuse ' TilLKtiltAIMIIC 'l i< ICS*. < !ov. Grieg*, of Now Jersey, presnl- ! e.J at a bur meeting in Newark to pro ? st against Armenian atrocities. Ninety-bodies have t!ins far luen ' tain n from the Clenpbus mine at l\at- ' towit/, 1'riisnian S,!i i i, tli .-veiio of i"u i \plosion of lire damp < i>tmre.'.s:nnn Phillip". : Pennsylvania. iutrodneed in tins If.ei- at the .' 'I' * -t o, the ? teeutive mi:: i! i>| the \lii"i ieun leil- r .! 'i>m of let''..-, a 1,(1] * ) r< triot tin1 juri-iln-tii :: .?f I'nin d i com i:: pr<nve,ii<. / tor tvnt< inpt. It is rumored ?lis*t 'too. ISaratii ri, oinmnuding tin* 11tt!>uri forcesiu Aby^1 ituiit, le?s committed suicide, being limbic to ?*11 11ii't: tiu? ii Kiulatiou of his i 1<-f<-nt by tlio AlivMsioiiiiiM, on March i 1st, wInn :i,()CO of hit* troops were j ."tilled including two generals. A Huntington, \V. Vu., dispatch says i tiiut tin- county court house at Wnyuu ! was hurncil Friday, entailing a loss of | more than $">",00". All the recor.la were Havcil. Tho building was fully i covered by insurance. Owing t<> tlx* shortage of funds Chicago will probably tinn ant tho street .ights on nights when the moon is full. { Tlx re is no money in the treasury lor ' >tn i t lighting. A New York dispatch ways A. laclin, ! Jr., Frederick Cromwell, \V. I". House* 1 well, and Kit ward N. (iililis have been appointed a committee to re-< rgani/e I,., i'l l?. ;r i .. ? .?( Ik?* U v mil IVOiV'U -Z Willi dill (.'omjiauy. A htroot our at MomjihiH, Toim., Inslu l from a l>ri.l *t> uinl ?li\ < 1 into tho autor tiftoon foot holou. Tlioro woro thirtoon Movorul of whom woro fittuliy ir:ji:r? ?I. 1 ho oou luotor uml nintiii n:uu of tho our huvi ' bo? ii urroslt'il. N?>{|iiiio ^o oomt'otoly tells tho story it tho wi.rl* of tiio ('i.iiii;, (< j^;iin i.i Io|iolnlili<o than Wo slutolllOUt that o.il\ '! of tho:!',I iiujt ,r',(tut i:ioT ?i u -> of Hi i -1 ii !i I v t ('iilui uto tniiiitio. I tioir'looi;.riiOoii to ?'!it otVtlu oi,\ ortitin iii rovotiuo , utul oo otrilo'u vital s|>nt hi tho contort i? v. ry Hour tiio. Tho 'i? r. i il out of * *;s 1 ??i. in 'ho Kiiour |?ro<luot.is ' >.'i >0 ,n; I " . t .not tiooii rcittio' ( to lM0,O')t) loio. i'oo MiMirn k'tion in >!ih j to; *i?i?t;o hn toi|uiroil >i * ? i . *' it. O't'ti S< in iti,m v :ir ui ion.si i,- ' ) - Soli i:i ' U.\ I SlCOflM1. V/ i' . ??. i ?'*.'>[ ' r i r. I I . > O |1 I > I I i . 'it! i . (i i.. r ' \ t" 1' ' ' i . o i . ]? rV-ihitai . :: u -voices It* THE WINI> There are voices In the wlnht Tliev are calling. They are soul* of human kin-_?They are falling, Iloar their voices, dim with sot. nv. They nro striving for the morrow; From thoir pang* wo ail can borrowThey are falling. Let us sing the sougs of sadness, Ktill rejoicing, For tho many songs of gladness Now are voicing. On tho morrow up to heaven Our souls will awift bo given, While to sorrow they aro riven? Though rejoicing. ?G. Ib'tiry Payne, in Vauity. TTTP THHTTT DP STT7" A a. jj.u xuu a xx vx kjx i xx? by oF.cmm: n. faiwuhaiu > 11ECKON this trip is i* VS _ downright failure," ox" claimed Louia "Henley, |\ y irritably, us he eat with h'8 friend Dr. Worrull * iJr 111 their tent one night, ,?^3 . ^ after a ton hours' stalk J iu the desolate region nt tho foot of the Himalayas. "I voto we cjivo it upas a bad job ami make tracks homeward." "We've boou unlucky, that's all," returned Dr. 'Worrull. "There are vaks about, for we catuo across their 'spoor' to-day up by the lake, llalloo, Louis, what's that thing?" Louis had pulled out his chronometer us ho was speak in g, atul tho doctor's eye chnnced to catch the gewgaw that dangled from the chaiu. " This?" replied Louis,nonchalantly. "Oh,, it's a little present I had from Pollard before he left Calcutta. Neither valuable uor very ornamental, but I keep it iu memory of him." Tho object which Dr. Worrall now scrutinized with some degree of curiosity was a conical-shaped piece of greeu jade, about aniueh iu length; irom inn oase oi ic projocic-i a bunrt strip of tarnished lueta', ami through this met?! a liolo hail been bored. Dr. Worrull lookeil long ami carefully at the article. "VVhere did Pollard get it?" he asked, a grave look ou Lis lace. 41 Well, ho came across it iu tnis very neighborhood, I believe. Perhaps. 1 ought to say ? putting the fact into plain English ? he stole it." "'low did he bccomo possessed of it?" "Ob, by some means or other ho secretly obtained access to a Brahmin temple, iu which au elaborately jeweled image of Siva was enshrined. The jade teeth of the idol w* re lixed into their sockets with golden screws, ami Pollard, desirous oi iiaviug a tuciaenio of his iiaz ir lous cut r; r.ae, broke one of tho teeth off, and carried it awav With him. It-was the art of an iconoclast, a vandal, but?" "You don't mean to teii me," cried Dr. Worrall excitedly, "ihit this is the notorious Bhuratra tooth?" ".Vow you mention it, I recollect that was the name of the tempo?tho Bharatra temple. But way notorions?" ii M,..f , ^r.....u " w ..... ...v "UV tauil.-o have a special regard i'or those teeth, certain scores or inscription:* upon them being attributed to ifr.ihtua's i).rn hand. if wa-tlio don /e triaugle cut into the face of tins piece of ja ie that cause.1 tun to question you respecting it. A description of the missing tooth was circulated throughout the district, the ll-ijoti o: Wnysiia oduring a suo-tnnt Mil rcwnr.l for its recovery. if you value xu.it comfort 1 s:uf< tv, Louis, 1 won ! n Iviso you to get rid of the stone.*' tie euriic.se opportunity. Many a muttie v/uivM hoc count t-u cost i" In- co il 1 only ontaiu po-sc - - on of too tooth, ait ! ui my sv ii ? ai t- not r<iti.*uie- woui I Irive idi! - ra i> lit kit it:-., you for til mi t u re ward. " "l iiit i no idea oe.s eirrying kuc'i a liiiiji;. is art ice it. .in w it ii me," rCj >i!:e ! !j .ui-, with ;t hiUgu. "iior. it goes back into my pocket." "dark!" interpose I the doe'or, suddenly sitting up stiiily. "Whit was that?" .re rose to his /cot, strode past the tentpole, mi l lifted the tinp of the tent. For a in mut e ho looked kceuiy out into the night, listening. "I must have oetn mistaken," he said, returning. "I thought- I uear.l stealthy footsteps in the grass. But there's nobody a "The wiud among the leaves, that was all," opined Louis, with a yawn. "i say, Worrall, I think IT. turn in. I'm den 1?.' it.' The doetor u>!!owou his companion's example, and within half u:t i:our the twain were deep ir. simuoer. low long Louis had slept he knew uot belore he awoke with a shir, r, the cold night .iir heating i'.lU up >n his face. An ; no wonder?for there, nor ? yard from his hen', the tent elot/i was dandling 1 >o?e. While he was dreamily debuting tho menus by which the canvas could be ro listened with the ieast amount of exertion to himself, he saw n nan 1 thr ft into the nooning. Loire gaged Jiscdly. (.'he elota was cautiously raised, and now the moon's r cys glistene I upon a forearm, which protrude 1 into the tent, .-wept gently trorn side to side, in tin < ver widening Bern t-circie. .onis rolled over ncisole-sly nud c.u died the 'groping liuil? with both 111 . hand . The tug of w ir w tsviobut l?ri"f, lor Louis's lingers s. ;>{ ( 1 dow ii ins u t\vr.-ury*H arm us i were tiio Oody of nu >!. The v. nr a ' Ivid n-p I, thus unexpectedly V'-.ca- , s ot ii *ii ' > t . w ird upon Dr. rr i! , who. ai l,nv> at nis frieii l'a iii co', nil r s-'u nr. ? . sitting pusti:re. itefore to v e oil s 4>rt ti in.... res on too won Id'ho mi efpf?fnf mi . c mi l lu> Co doubt th r tlie inlit i r wis e on p 'in i r u u.? ci i r: t-riv vani b 1 li to * or, at1 ,ii a ;/ fit (/..c : \ tun in f t.-; * .() . ir .!liiijiiu teara., i o: ci; i uu a u.U isUaati -CJUidllic | eligheat trace of the marauder be dia covered. "These Indian tent thieves are slippery onatoiners," remarked Dr. Worrell. "Literally, I mean. They smear their bodies with oil and grease, and theu go about their nefarious business naked. Wo must keep a better watch in the future. But I don't think thoy'll trouble us again? at least not to-mght." Next morning, while tho hunters were imbibing their early breakfast, their guide, a Bhootauose, shikari, Chuta Son, oamo running breathlessly into camp. Ho had already been to the top of an adjoining bill, from whence bo had soon a herd of yaks grazing in the valley beyond. Swallowing a hasty meal, the Englishmen shouldered their weupons and urf 4^ ?h? 4. L' Plitifa wu tir buu rut uuuu vuunt Sen had nut dooeived thorn. Tboro, fur below they could discern u dozen or so of the wild oxen, mcro brown dots 011 tho plain, browsing placidly upon the sparse herbage. Ik became necessary to exorcise the utmost caution in approaching tho herd and a Course wa? accordingly shaped round a hummock of tho hill to leeward, this detour bringing tho hunters within guuahot. | Singling out their animals, Hr. Worrall and I-iouis tired together. The alarmed yaks broke up iu disorder, most of them stampeding up tho valley, whilo three only?and one of theso ovideutiy wounded badly?burst away in the opposite direction. l"?r. Worrall, followed by tho two Hindoo servants, rushed nell-mell over the bowlders iu the kopo of heading the larger herd at tko neck of tlio hollow, and so of getting another shot at them. Lonis, on tho other hand, elected to pursue tho bull He had wounded, which, from its labored flight, he spw must soon drop of exhaustion. Handing his gun to Clmta S.-u, aud ordering that worthy to keop close at his kee.s, ho broke out into a run eastward. i "Look, s ihib!" cried tho shikari,! poiutiug. "Yaks make l'or t'uo nuliah. ' Wo cut off corner this way." The terrified brutes had, indeed, ! veered from their original track, unu i were now plunging full tilt toward a deep ravine that cut into the mount- I ains to tlio uortb, Following bis companion's lead, Lonis bounded, np tho \ ruggod slope, from which is a narrow | | shelf of bare rock preseutly oranceed j off round tho crown of the precipitous | gorge. | "Is this our path?" exclnimod Louis, hesitatiug. "Yes, sahib,** returned Chata Sen, who, hampered with tho gun, had once I ' more taken np the rear. "Yaks soon 'pass below. Juste, sahib, haste !" j Louis needed no urging. Down the j steep be went- -recklessly enough, con- j siiler.ng that but six feet o* stony ledge j separated him from tho brink of a gulf 1 threo hundred teet sheer?over bowl- j ders and tussocks of coarse growth, j where a slip of the foot would have i oeen luai. lhuvii, uowu?now leap- : nig, nov scrambling on all fogra?for! fully five minutes. Tli v htf.^tapped dead, with blanched face. Jin'ore hiiu and to his right vnwued cavernous dentils; on his left naud was the perpendicular face of the mountain. 'iTie 1 dirt path bad en led. ( "VVnat do you mean by choosing i thb route?" erieil Louis, angrily. 1 "VVc cau't gd any farther. Let us ' go baca, or we sua I miss the ? " Ashe sju> <o ho turned wratu fully upon t ie shikar.. The words oaokeJ ] u his rhro .Tn'f a dozen prcos bo* | hind iitm sio jI Chuta Seu?naif nmil- ; tug, a ;if scorn fill, who iy self-possessed ?. ie oiled 'on *i held uctho "present." " iVr Higher," ho said, a m itii.iic r.ng 1 in his voice, "i v.'i"ttho tooth?the ow Ted f'loti' (>. Siv.il'' Ah!" . ul'.tod L iu?a, flinching i. ore tii ui';,:/. e. 'That's it, is it? So it w- you v..i<? were prying roued tlie teut 'a-t i.ig'.d ; p.?rh*ps it was von. ioo, w.u> oi.t< lasted to rob a-> *.\*iido we were o i mo," I " 'he tooth!" reoi itci (Ttntn Sen. ] "iJivo me that and you go bafe. If no, then I shoot and tiKo it." "It wdl bo ba t for yon ?f you do," siid Louis, assuming an air of conlidence ue little fcit. 'The uoiso of tho shot will bring :uy friends, upon von, and vonr iifo wii! cav?" "-'Jeforc they roach here," interr up ted tho shncari quickly, "I Khali he away? away. i tell tho wuolc story, and then t ?ey, n t f", luvo to run," Tho bantering' tones in which Ciiutii i Sen $po<io tol l L viL; tint be had not to deal with ft reli ,'ums /.e Lot? indeed, the mere fact u*. tit. min's refraining from killing hi in wit to it scruple ta ttle that sufli H-ntiy certain, No; clearly iii; shikari mid m liia ! mind the rewnrd oiV^ro l by the Rajah to too restorer of the purloined tooth. This knowledge iusp.red ijouis with aonte degrei) of hop., t w.oilil be idic to oxo.'ct ni l from i)r. Worrail, who at that moment was probably hii'os away; and yet Louis did not relish yielding uohis possessions without cv..n the show of a urtiggle. Only one coarse remained ? ho must temporize with ihe fediow, una if possible outwit him. | "Lt ok uere," he sui', pnlliuc* tho welg. of green ja !e front hi- pocket. "Tiio thing's of no vams- t > m '. voa siiali have nil yw;: put ..- u tilCgUQ." "Throw it to my feci, so i can pick it tip. ,p ic f.ihib ;i . .1 riot move till I reach the t >: 01 tue roc .a, or l tire. There l cast the 1111 i.ivr:he edge,and thou tho K.?li:biuty catch me?if he can." i "VVrv well," said. Lot.i, biting hie lip. ".foro it i'.." | the pier ' o 4 c dropj: <1 a couple i.f feet m fro hi, of n. wily hiibrnari. hi .1 tirooK:: I ti.s f; j; order to > it, ho an in \ ? r. hnml was u-' vi ari y .! ;<: i iruii instant, , ( in f i it i"- inn Ij't , : Jia.l dong b 'tiseif a <o*> too dgura. Tho iv-up mi 'hi w; a a t . r t > ;ho c. irth, i. i fro a:.-a {jr.-ppi 'X ia iierco cj-ilicu To and fro tho j swayed in mad' 1 striving^ now' ob the verge of the I dizzy height, aud anon o'ose pressed against tho adamant faoe of the beetling crags. Snddenly the lithe shikari shook himself free. With a snarl of hatred, the light of mnrder in his eyes, bo rushed afreah npon Louis witb v outstretched hands. The other sprang aside deftly, and Chnta Sen, nnablo to check his own impetus, was launched over tho edge of tho narrow plaforra 1 into apace. There came tho hiss of tho falling body?a long-drawn wail ? a uickoning thud?and silence. Taking np his gun, his face pallid, his eyes wide with horror, Louis tired iuto the air. Alter an interval ho slipped in another cartridge and tired again. Soon ho heard Dr. Worrail's 1 cries, and presoutly that gentleman, j with his attendants, appeared upou c the spot. Louis related what had occurred. 1 "I was afraid of something of this ' sort," said tho doctor, pickiug up tho I jado tooth. which still lay where it had 1 hem tlung. "ifavo you any further desire to retain this tiling?" "f never wish to set eves oa it again," returned Louis, firmly. **l'vo had quite eaongb o'" it," 'Thou here it goes," and with that j Dr. Wovral! e?st the 'vaered tooth" far out over the rocks; it fell with a| upheh into the foaming torrent sit t heir t base. "Xor.*, we'll look for Chut*.Sea's bo iv and carry it up to the nearest | village. Ho stnmblod over the cliff, j that is all. Yon nuderstaud? At the j same time, Louis, in case nsrlv rumors i should arise, I think it wonhl be well j to terminate our hauling expedition | at nuee." And that is precisely what was done. ; ?Frank Leslie's I'leasaut Hours. ' 1 Yemeni da's OcU-Hiri!. , The present Venezuela boundary , dispute has been so wi lely discussed i and written up that considerable at- ! tension is being giveu by most of the ! civilized world to a country hitherto j almost unnoticed. One happy result of the wrangle has been the knowledge j of the bird, animal, lis a nail plant life i iu this little republic, which his thus | become suddenly worthy of acquisition. The birds particularly nr-- ex- | Iromsly bonutiiul in plumage, grace- ! fal in form and have most of them voices of ravishing sweetness. Many arc singers of wonderful compass aud possess notes as voluble au l ever vary lug as our o .vii mockingbird. | Oho bird that is perhips eulitlcd to tho place of tlie most etrikiug vocal | artist is tho bell-bird. Siranee iu other ways* bosi ks bia voice ho is, too. His spotless w rite coat, his tall black horn or crest that, rises just back of the I bill, a-31 his font chuging to the | ground except wkou frightened into i I :ligut make - aim d'stinguishod. The l I horn is only erected when he is excited \ , or e liiing at. twilight. Fioreiug and load, lint sweet, nn.l I full as tho deep notes of a h lrp, his vij brant calls ring out over the B>icnt ! I woods. Well may the astonished hunt- j cr look about hi on for signs of a clear- j iir* and a mission chanel. it is just at j sunset thai these campaneros (liell- ' bir Is) riugout their gentle notes. Tho ! different hirds seem to possess voices | of varying depth, nn t tlio distuuees, j long and shrrt, servo to modulate and ! I Iiarmoni.ro the a all. For three or four ' I miles you cau hear the faint, respon- \ ' sivc rings, liko echoes of tho loader j j ones hard by. The grout moras and j , ccibas stretch heavenward, an I meetiug overheard form grand arches of | gr. en that roof m the moss lu'teu i aisles of nature's cathedrd. Tho trav- I tier notes 1 hoe, iustiuetivciy dotting bin ctp as tbn choir 01 sweet singing jupubas and grosbeaks and Spanish warblers break out into a vast, deep ! swelling vo.-rvr bvmn, and over and throii *u it all, lik" the ohiiite.s of so.no olden i.iouasr ry, fall thA si'.v r oing<h>: r! <iia '! !:riar-'on r 1 o I s cam ' p.*n i-Ci-.-'-V ?. York World. I \lie cat Map of Awiir.ra. I bu7e IaIliV, to mv groat surprise, : met with a \ r r iuteresting map of Norcli and Central America, published iu Fa'is in it*> 11, hanging on tho bed' room wall of an invalid coflager, ' formerly a farm laborer, to whom I go i to read from time to tiuie. It is iu wonderfully good preservation, and ' the names are as legible as if they had J been printed yesterday instead of '200 | years ago. Its tit I o is in both Lain ami French : "America Septenti lonalis ' in sa.;s praecipes partes etivisa, ac' j muni S( :'eci-isitc; Bnrgundiiie Duoia;" "Amcrique Sep:ei:trioualo divisee en sea princinales parties. l'rcsento a Mon-eigneur io Due de Bourgogae Par sou Tres-hnrab; ot tres ebeissa ; Sciuitcur, II. Iallot," who is unquestionably the earno us Hubert Alexis Jailiot doscrihed. in Hole's "Brief Biographical Dictionary" as French geographer, born circa 1010, oblit 1712. Js this mop well known to geographers? It hccms io be very accurate, considering itd date, although it looks strange enough on comparing it with 'a modern imp of -North America. I j was much interested in finding myself almost at once on the track ot Milton I ?in "Kstntilaude, <>n Torre d<. b<abor! !iib?r" i'ore "i'jiri! Ii?f< f.i.vt " lit- v I OS''.). Wimt tii il rivnlion of "K<j totif'inilo?" / <tc? not sou "Xurumbc$H" inirfuf, nu ationeJ by Mi i ton ft few I linoa lurito r on. Professor Massou j Miiy.s that "Xoiambe^n, in oi l maps, is tnc part of tho coist- of the present j Stuius ru'aioHt t?> CiuaJn.*' In >* u.tthowever, quote I in nn earlier . o iitioa at .Milt m'rf "f'ooius" (Sir ' K-jcrion 'Iry.l .eV:, 1HI2), u vv/y oil ! (event lou:i tty it j.l to Xo' rum ?('r;v; Siien* it i; Miiti. I in be a "proviiJOU ?> < 'i X irtloTU Arjiiou i-i. " j Tiio man, iih mar^iti, i? nearly t wu:ity-!l vo inen ; !ou ; t>y ; ?s nr y-oue nroa ? rum ion S.it..-a an i (.li-nos. Ivan rts i)M oim-ty-flvo towns ur 1 tlx % pojjuuiViua of wvr. tUuu lUM each. PLAIN TALK TO LAWMAKERS. IAN JTOMRS DEALS SOSIE UAKD LICKS TO TIIKM. rbe Noted Kvangollat Lecture? For Two Hours to no Immenio Audi- ' ?uce?The Whiskey Problem Dealt With In Mtronff Terms. Tbo Rer. Ram P. Jones, the famous eotnrer and evangelist, was greeted by ully 1,500 people at tlio Washington itrot Methodist church on the occaion of his first pnblic appearnnco in >olumhia. In the immense eongrcgaiou of people there wore many mem)ers of both Honscs of the general n? embly, a largo nninber of ladies, sov'ral ministers of the various douoinimtious and others prominent in the nty, and they 1'stened iu rapt attention . 'it . i i i . i _ i i i.: o ilie coionruteu speaker, luugiuug vhou occasion warranted and drying ears from the eyes when his pathetic itorios touched u responsive chord and tounded sympathy in tlu-ir hearts. On ho rostrum wore Drs. Rico, Kirk and Daniel and several other Methodist niuistera of the city. Tho exorcises were opened with i >rayt-r. followed with the singing of lymus. The evangelist stood for a ew moments silent before the immense Ludieuce, and then slowly and doliber- ! itely began his address. He uiiuounc- { id as liis text, "Come, let us reason | together," saying that the great God, | vho made anil would linally judge oil, >v the text wanted men to reason with [liiuand lie to reason with men, and that it was his purpose by his address i h> reason with these before him. That | viiieh had made hun u good father, i lusband and eitiz- 11 would make oth- ' jrs the same if they obeyed tho teach- i jngs that he had obeyed. The best ; hiug to do in this world is to do right ' md when a man or boy imagined that | tie had found something to beat doing j lightly, ho labored under a groat mis- j take, and one which would prove the | 'aithful father of 10,000 others. God | xmile it easier to do the right than thej ; tvrung. It bad been made easier to i tell the truth thau to lie, for the truth ! 1...1 1... .1 i.....v 1..4 1 tbe lie be heard ami then the lie had to I i>e followed up and remembered always | fn order to crush the truth for the time | heiug. "Some of you fellows hare aeon at it." lie compared life to a j nrelo uud ?aid that if 0110 was good (he road would bo smooth and easily traveled; but otherwise, wheu uoar the darting point one would stumble ovor tome devilment and pile on more to jover it up again. Turning to the legislators present, 10 asked: "Is there any honor in being a member of the legislature?" Continuing, ho said: "No, that is a tcuuli potato, uudastriugy one at that." [Laughter.) The devil, ho said, would get some >f them, but lie thanked God that he *oiild not get much. (Laughter.) Then the great evangelist turned to .lie strain of polities, and tho congregation knew that soiuethiuginteresting vu-. coming. Mr. .lonea said ho was nut talking us u H"former, Conserva- j .ive, Republican, Democrat or Demi- j dinicrat, or an a r( reset, tutive of any j ither party. Most of you fellows w.uild ;.el auk- j vur.l in my tlx. I'm a gentleman. ! Suppose y.ni try it for a !'? w days and ! ICO how it feels." (Great laughter.) lie thought i.i! political parties tor- [ aied a dirty i\ssj oul of cortui ti<m and vice, ji>r the p< l.tician.-i coim .1 to be [ men and formed theinsehe-. into o howling mob of unscrupulous ofliro I n-i ke: ' He sai l that he was in Wash- ' iugton when ('!< vehind was turning >ut the Llcpnhliciin e.il\-e who hint aeon living in the co?|u':i f"r the l?st j j() ycurs and flicking nil thv. v. bile. Ho | loon an they u< iv ousted the Demo - i initio culvts scrambled in, euchgiab- ; bed a tent and begun to suck away, ((irent laughter.) Tf be wanted to ruin uiyouo he'd run him for nil olliee, though it wi\h possible to go in clean,j it was utterly impossible to come outj in the same condition. The last con-1* jjresH could not pass anything, not even a saloon. (Laughter.) He strongly believed in woman's -ightH, l)iit he did not want to sec her i futhor of ? family. He emphatically' lectured himself ready at all times to defend a woman, and during the entire course ot his career* as a lecturer and mi evangelist he had been striving to protect every woman anil child in the land by barring their door against the entrance of a whiskey liend. He had never been a member of any legislature in any SiJte, but if he had ho would hav stood firmly by the women and fliildmn m'm! viif.<i! Inr unv luti Unit guaranteed them protection. Ho said that if the preachers behind him, pointing to those on the rostrum, j would eotu>o preaching of the sweetby-aud-by aud eoiunieucc on the nasty "now," the people would receive more benefit as a result. The average S.?uth Carolina boy was in his seventh heaven ?rf delight when in possession of a bottle of dispensary whiskey and j a pistol- but. iu jail tho next morning, I p> rhapa. He referred to the hitter anguish of a mother when her mm w?a a drunkard and he warmly scored the dispensary law for being an agency for the distribution of n drink tbut would make drunkards out of tin: Bona ot the State. The famous preacher th?n hesitated a moment before beginning tho narrut oii of a pathi lie bile regardii g a ro1 dive. He Had been preaching in Ah mil and in illustrating the evils and vices i l<li(|;i> i, lie tol I the people' Iicfoie iiim th i> a fii'jti ihad h en stabbe.1 by her husband. He weut to lier f1 bedside and as he kissed her fevered brow, she asked him if ho was goiug to the Stuto prison to visit h r husband. ft He replied that he was and shortly after left on his ride to the peniteutinry. There ho was met at the gate by the youthful husband and couvict, who, under the influence of drink had madly stabbed his friend and was thea Borving a term in the Btute prison. Afterward he killed himself. The great speaker's eyes were filled with tears when he finished and over th< entire chnrch white handerchiefs dried tho eyes of many who were touched bv the words of the evam/elist and Ki? pathetio story of a drunkard's end. He advised the legislators to see^ ' the counsel of their wives and Bistort in oastiug their votes for any measnrt that concerned them. They are bettei I mou than yon are, you old fools." (Great Laughter.) The preacher has a text and speaks in tho p Ipit on it, bat a woman can wipo up the flooi with any preacher on a prptoxt. (Laughter.) The people need improve uicnt, and if they don't get it very shortly they'll turn into razorbacl hogs on the slightest provocation." (Loud laughter.) Then he concluded bis address witl a few witty remarks and a comparison of the various churches. He said thai he would call them enginos?ther< were tho Episcopal, Methodist. Pros bvter.an, Cougregatioualist and otheri ou the trestle, ami down below the bij Cawbellito sidewhoclor came pufTing uj the river, each trying to reach th? golden truto tirst. TlIK i1sukc.kk coni<i<:kknce. A Negro Association WIMi Principles ? ^ Good Knough For AuylMHly. Tlio tlfth annual soeslon of thoTuskeget Negro eonforoneo was hold at Tuskegoe, Ala. Thorn wero over six hundred peopls present and dftoon States represented, eight Southern and seven Northern. Tho meeting was presided over by JJookerT. Washington. The following declaration was unanimously adopted: 1. We an- to ere and more eonvtneoil as we gather in tic annual conferences that wo shull secure our rlghtfal place as <:iti/,ons In proportion us we possess Christian character, edue.ition an.l property. To this cud we urge parents to exercise rigid euro in tho control of their .hildren, the doing away with the one ronrn cabin and tho mortgage habit; wo urge the purchases of land, improved inethndsof farming, divorsillod cr i>?. attention to stock raising, dairying, fruit growing un.l more interest In learning tho trader, now t<x> much neglected. a. Wo urge that a larger portion of our college o incuted nieu nud women giro the benefit ii their education, along industrial lines, and that more educated ministers ami teaeiiers settle in the country districts. J. A< inmost places tho public schools are in s> 'ion only three or four months during v-nr. we urge the people, bv every means I --.ihle t<> supplement this tinio by at least three or (our additional months eaeh year (bat ito saerillee bo conriderod too great to keep the ehiiilion ia school, and that only tho best teachers be employed. 4. We note with pleasure the orgauiaatiqa of other conferences and wo advise that tho number be still uiore largely i tier eased. As we look bin k over the live annual sessions of th ? conference we us e o .vh o d thi t marked ? improvement bus beou rnado among tho \ musses, in getting rid of the out* room cabinet. in tho purchase of land, in greater econ- j omv, in getting out of debt, in tho raising I inoro food supplies, in tho uioro considerate treatment of women, a greater desire for higher education, a higher standard of morn's and a widespread ami intense purpose t* get into l iter conditions. RUSINKSS IN Til K SOIWTI licportto the Manufacturers* Kcoord Many Ncit Kntcrprlsn. Tho ISaltimoro M inufa'turors* ReoorcTf weekly r-'view of tho hu'iness conditions of the - vulh show < that the bank ch .-icings for the week ended i'otrtrirr 15. avhl'dt au ia crcu'-o of 18.1 per cent, over the corresponding week of last year wlu *h is a considerably larg'-r increase than in the oor.nl ry a; Iarj.ro, the train in the middle and western States for tin t i:?:* * 11 in ' 1.1 ( or con*., and for I ho Pa ifJc Slat' < ? jicr ueni, Tin* neiuy inovot of /i11 through southern parts contimes and tin* shipments' of ivm from Port !: >..i, which lias m l heretofore utlraotcil inii' Ii attention .11 n grain exporting point, w:!l iij;or irntc. fi.r .(miliary imil L'i?t?rii:iVy n* arty 5t)l),000 bushels. Tbo movement at N wpoit N'-iV-t, N'-w Orl-'uns and Uulvedtoii .-otiill.UcS \ IT) a . y. I'm industrial enter;:ri w* re portivl during the wee!; were tie: proposed orgnuFr.ntiou of u *>200.000 cotton mill lit Wdinttigton, N. (:.,? *>50,000 knitting mill at Charlottesville, Va ; bids invited for tin* erection of a 12,000 spindle eotlon tni'l at Abbeville, 8. t*.; largo lime plant i:i Alabama; .$>75,00? waterworks, sewerage and olnctrlo ligbt system at Kufauln. Via.; n $10,000 furniture fuotory nt Ocaln, Kla.; u cotton compress Company nt Augusta, <>h.; n $00,000 lumticr exjmpnny at Cordelo aud a HO.OOO nkHttrio light coinpuny nt the same place; a 625.000 boiler manufacturing company In New Orleans and a new elevator; a 6000,000 bond issue at Charlotte. N. C., for the purpose of purchasing and improving a waterworks system; n $'25,000 waterworks to be built at Newbcry, H. O.t a brewery of 50,000 barrels annual capacity nt WaiVo, Tex ; a $20,000 pressed brick company at Denton; a $100,000 tobacco mauufnclunug company at iiicbmond, and the resumption of work at the rolling milt at Iron Ua'.e, Va. I'llK Dl'iivr STATKMIiNT. Hnlunees of the Severn! ClnsaM?-Redemption of the Sherman Notes. The debt statement just issued shows a decraaso in the public debt less cash in the Treasury during February of $15,978,704. The interest-bearing debt increased $75,'.!.^,::50. The non interost-buaring dob: de created $113,886 and cash In tho Treasury increased f?!)l ,115.228. Tlio balances of tho several eliisseb of ilaht at the clo.-o of hasdnetui |<" lirn.-irv 20th, wore: Interest-. ciirlnij &S22?615,170: <! t>t I'll wbieli interest Inm censed slice maturity ?l.G(i7,tl:J0; del?t hearing no ii.iep.-t v:t7r?.4t?l,C7i?. Total *1,109,771,470., and Treasury noti-c, olTaut hy an equal amount of rush in tho truiiHury, outstanding nl the cud of t.lio eoetli, w<<r? 4558,551.27:111 decrease of $ :5,<)!>l,f,00. Th?| total ea-'li in tho Troasur.- wie s?.v/.S,8il,8.10J Tlio ifold reser <? wait $70,000,000-, not euslr I hi anees t 1(1'.!,707.000. In the month there wn-? Increase in Kol?^ eoin and hars of *68,002,t>||, tho total at thi^ eh l? in* I (17.605.978 Of silver I hero wad ail mere;,; o of )}: 1,842,(111. Of the ?iiir|>ll)? tin-ie wa-' in natiiu.iil i'iitil: detiositorics liitl :<5G ic-jainst * It.so.:,so;!, ,\t. tho end .of tie reeedinff month. Of the #111.OOO.OOrt for wbieli tho recent flon.Ol 0.000 i-suei ff-iited ;t!at"s -1 |x-r <vnW t . 11.1. s.?!11 ifc01.7 iuiVO heen in p;ol.l Si'.ee the I I, l-.lll ; II tin to.ill issue rtt what are .-ailed shor n m units, or Treasury! tint' s, $12,211,722 havo been ri-ilci.tuvd inj V standard silver dollars. t \