The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, March 13, 1896, Image 2
'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.
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-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
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