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> in HUM'S Mil. The Noted Washington Divine' Sunday Subject, Subject: "TRIUMPH OF SADNESS.' T*rr: "Then wont I up In the night bj the brookand viewed the well, and turnec back, and ontered by the goto of the \Uloy, and so returned."?Nohomiah 11., 15. , A doAdotty is more suggestive tb.in a living city?post Homo than preeen: Romeruins rather than newly frescoed cathodraL . But the beet time to visit a ruin is by moonlight. The Coliseum Is far moro fascinating to the traveler aftor sundown than before. You mny stand by daylight amid the wonas?io ruins of Molroso abbey, and stud\ shafted oriel and rosottod rtone and mufllon, but they throw tholrstiongost witchery fcy moonlight. Some of you romembor whal the enchantor of Scotland said In tho "Lnj of tho Last Minstrel:". ' "Wouldst thoil vlnm fnlr ttnll-nan or.V.40 ( Oo visit it by tho pale moonlight." Washington Irving describes tho Andalufiiau moonlight upon the Alhatnbra ruins as amounting to nn enchantment. My text presents you Jerusalem in ruins. Tho towoi down. Tho gates <Jo\vu. Tho walls down. Everything dowu. Nohomlah on horseback, Jby moonlight look'.ng upon tho rains. While ho rldos there ar<~? some frionds on foot going with him, for thoy do not want the many horses to 'disturb tho suspicions of tho jHSoplo. Thoso pooplo do not know the secret of Noheuniah's noart, but thoy mo going as a sort of bodyguard. I hoar tho jllcklng hoofs of tho horso on ITrhloh Noho'niah rldos, as he guides it this 'way and that, into this gato and out of that, winding through that gato amid tho dobrls of onco great Jerusalem. Now tho horse comes to dead halt at tho tumbled masonry where h<.? cannot pass. Now ho shies off at tho oha^rod timbers. Now ho comos along wherty tho water uudor the moonlight flashes lrom/tho mouth of the brazen dragon after whj^h tho gato was named. Heavy hearted Nrffhomlah, riding in and out, now by his old Jnomo desolated, now by tho defaced tomplo, / now amid tho scars of tho city that had gone down undor battoring ram an 1 conflagration! Tho escorting party knows not what Nohomlah moans. Is ho getting crazy? Huvo his own personal sorrows, added to the sorrows of tho nation, unbalanced his intellect? Htill tho midnight exploration goes on. x?uuvuiiuu iiu uursuuiicK nnes tnrougli the llsh.gate. by the tower of tho furnaces, by tbo king's pool, by tho dragon wall, iu nnd out, until the midnight ride is eomplotod, nud Nohemlnh dismounts from his horse, and to the amazed and confounded and iucredulous bodyguard, declares tho dead S'<crot of his henrt when ho snys, "Conao, now, lot us build Jerusalem." "What, Nehomlah. havo you any money?" "No." "Havo you any kingly authority?" "No." "Havo you any eloquence?" "No." Yot that midnight, moonlight ride of Nehominh resulted iu tho glorious rebuilding of tho city of Jerusalem. The people knew uot how tho thing was to ho done, but with grout enthusiasm they cried out, "Lot us rise up now and build tho city." Sorao people laughed and said it could not l?o doue. Some people were infuriate nnd offerod physical violenco, saying the thing should uot be done. But tho workmen went right on, standing on tho wall, trowel in one hand, sword iu the other, uu> til the work was gloriously comploted. At that very time in Greece, Xenophon was writing a history, and Plato was making philosophy, and Demosthenes was rattling Ills rhetorical thundor. But all of them togother did not do so much for tho world as this midnight, moonlight ride of praying, courageous, homesick, close mouthed Nehominh. My subject first Impresses mo with the idea what an intense thing is ohuroh affection. Heine tho bridle of that horse and stop, Kelicmlnh. W|)y j,T j""f VIi'i V 'II" fit" here in the night? Your horso will stumble over these ruins nnd fnll on you. Htop this useless exposure of your life No; Nehemiah will not stop. He at last tolls us tho wholo story. Ho lets us know he was an oxllo in a far distant lan J. nnd no was a servant, a cupbearer in tho palace of Artaxerxes Lonlgmanus, and one day, whilo ho was handing tho CUD of wine to the klnc the kino suM t.-? him: "What is tho matter with you? You nro not sick. I know you must have some great trouble. What is tho matter with you?" Then he tohl tho king how that bolovod Jerusoiem was broken down, how that his father's tomb had been desecrated, how tnat tho temple had boon dishonored and defaced, how that the walls woru scattered and broken. "Weil," says King Artnxorxos, "what do you want?" 'Well," said tho oupboarer, Nohemlah, "I want to go homo. I waut to tlx up tho grave of my father. I want to restore tho beauty of tho temple. I want to rebuild tho masonry of tho city wall. Besides, I waut passports so that I shall not bo hindorod in my journey, and bosidos that," as you will find in tho context, "I want an order on tho man who keeps your forest for just so much timber as I may noed for tho rebuilding of the city." "liow long shall you be gouo?" said the king. Tho time of ahsonce is arranged. In hot hnsto this seeming adventurer comes to Jorusnlom, and in my toxt wo find him on horseback, in tho midnight, riding nrouud tho rulus. It is through the spoctncies of this sceno that wo discover tho ardont attachment of Nohominh for sncrod Jerusalem, which in all ages has boen tho typo of the ohurch of Ood, our Jerusalem, which we love just as much as Nohemlah loved his Jerusalem. Tho fact is that you love tho church of Ood so much thAt there is no spot on earth so sacred unless it be your own Ureside. The church has beon to you so much comfort and illumination that there is nothing that makes you so it ate as to have tnllrn.1 u.,ni..o> if there huvo itoen times when you have been carried Into captivity by .sickness, you longed for the church, our holy Jerusalem, just as much as Nehemiah longed for his Jerusalem, and the llrst day you camo out you camo to tho house of the Lord. When thetemplo was in ruins, like Xohomiah, you walked around and looked at it, and in the moonlight you stood listening if you could not hear the voieo of the dead organ, the psnlm of the expired Sabl atlis. What Jerusalem was to Nehemiah the church of God is to you. Skeptics and infidels may scolT al the church as an obsolete affair, as a relic ol tho dark ages, as a convention of good} goody people, but all the impression the} have ever made on your mind against tin church of God is absolutely nothing. You would mnke moro sacrillces for it to-day thai any other institution, ami if it were lieedfu you would die in its defense. You can taki tho words of the kingly poet as lie said, "1 I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let tuy righi hand forgot her cunning." You understunc in your own experience the pathos, tho homo sickness, tho courage, the holy enthuslasrr of Nehomiah in his midnight ride noutu in" ruins oi nis doiovoci Jerusalem. Again, my text impresses mo with tho fac that, before reconstruction, there must be ai exploration of ruins. Why was not Nehe uiiah asleep under tho covers? Why was no lits horse stabled in the midnight? Let thi police of the city arrest this midnight rider out on some mischief. No. Nehemiah 1 going to rebuild the city, and lie is niakliij the preliminary exploration. In this gate out that gat", east, west, north, south. AI through the ruin". The ruins must be ex plorcd before the work of recon-truction cai begin. Tlie reason that so many people in this da; apparently do not stay converted is boenutlioy did not first ? xplore tho ruins of thci own heart. The reason that there are s tunny professed Christians who in this da lie and forge and steal and eommi: ahouiinu tions and go to the penitentiary is hecnus they llrst do not lenru the ruin of their ow lienrt. They havo nor t'oun 1 out that '*tli heart is deceitful above all things and def peratolv wicked." They had an id>n tlui they were almost right, anrf they built roll gton as a sort of extension, nrf-an ornament* t cupola, Tbord was u superstructure ot reil gion built on a suhetratum of unreponted sins. The trouble with a Rood deal of modern theology Is that Instead of building on | the right foundation it builds on the debris r . of an unregonerated nature. They attempt I ? to rebuild Jorusalem before, In the midnight | of oonrlctlon,they have seen the ghastilnnss of the ruin. They have such a poor foundaVIob for their religion that the first northeast ? storm of temptation blows thorn down. I have no faith In a man's conversion If he Is ; not oonverted In the old fashioned way? r John Bunyan's way, John Wesley's way, [ John Calvin'B way, Riul's way, Christ's way, God's way. A man oomes to me to talk about religion. Tho first question I ask him Is, "Do yo? feel yourself to be a sinner?" If he says* "Well, I?yes," the hesltanoy makes me feed ' that the man wants a ride on Nehemtah's - hor.?o by midnight through tho ruins?In by ' the gafe of his affections, out by tho gate of > his will?and before he has got through with that midnight ride he will tlroD the reins on ' the horse's nock and will take his right hand * and smite on his heart and say. "God, be r raerolful to mo, a slanor," ana bofore ho has stabled his horse he will tako his feet r out of tho stirrups, and ho will slide down on tho ground, and he will kneel orylngj "Have moroy on me, O God, acoordtng to Thy loving kindnoas. according unto the ? multitude Of Thy tender moroies! Blot out [ my transgroesloqs. for I aoknowlodgo my . transgressions, and my sins are evor beforo ; Thoo." Again, my subloct gives me a specimen of busy and triumphant sadness. If there was any man In the world who had a right to mope and give up everything as loot, it was Nehomiah. You say, "lie was a cupbearer in tho palace of Shushan, and it was a grand place. So It was. The hall of that palace was 200 foot squaro. and tho roof hovered ovor thlrty-slx marble pillars, oaoh pillar sixty feet high, and tho intonso bluo of the sky and tho deep green of tho forest foliage, and tho white of the driven snow, all hung troinbling In tho upholstery. But, my friends, you know very well that flno architecture will; not put down homoelokness. Yet Nohemlah did not give up. Then, when you saw him going among these desolated streets and Dy thoso dismantled towers and by the torn up gravo of his father, you would suppose that ho would have boon disheartened and that bo would have dismounted from his horso and gono to his room and said: "Woo is mc! My fathor's gravo is torn up. The temple Is dishonored. Tho walls are broken down. I have no money with which to rebuild. I wish I had never been born. I wish I wore dead." Not so says Nohemlah. Although ho had a grlof so intonso that it excited tho commentary of his king, yot that pcnniloss, expatriated Nehomiah rousos himself up to rebuild tho city. He gets his permission of absence. Ho gets his passports. Ho hastens away to Jerusalem. By night on horseback ho ridos through tho rulus. He overcomes tho most ferocious opposition. Ho arouses tho pioty and patriotism of tho people, and in less than two month-*? namely, llfty-two days?Jerusalem was rebuilt. That s what I call busy and triumphant sadness. At 3 o'clock ovcry Sabbath afternoon, for years, la a beautiful parlor la Philadelphia? a parlor pictured and statuetted?there were from ton to twenty destitute children of tho street. Thoso destitute children received religions instruction, concluding with calces and sandwiches. How do I know that that was going on for sixteen years? J know it in this way: That was tho first homo In Philadelphia where IWOS called to comtortoi great sorrow. They had a splendid boy, and ho had been drowned at Long Branch. The father nirtl mothor almost idolized the boy, and tho sob and shriok of that father and mother as they huug over tho coflln resound in my oars to-day. There seemed to be no uso of praying, for when 1 knelt down to pray tho outory in tho room drownod out sill tho prayer. But tho Lord comforted that sorrow. They did not forget their troublo. If yon should go any afternoon into Laurel Hill, you would find a monument with the word "Walter" inscribed upon it and a wreath of fresh flowers around tho nntna T H.lnlr '7rrr.r-rr.-Vtwenty years, winter or summer, when thero wits not a wreath of frosh flowers around Walter's unmet. But the Christian mothor who sent thoso flowers thoro, having no child left, Sabbath aftornoons mothered ton or twenty of tho lost ones of the street. That is beautiful. That is what I call busy and triumphant sadness. Ilero is a rnau who has lost his property. lie does not go to hard drinking. IIo does not destroy his own life. Ho Comes and says: "Harness me for Christian work. Mv monov's t?oim. I lisve no treasures on curtli. I want treasures iu heaven. I have a volco and a heart to serve Ootl.*' You say that that tnan has (ailed. Ho has not failed?ho has triumphed! Oh, I wish I ccuhl persuade all the people who have auy kind of trouble never to givo up. I wish they would look at the midnight ridor of the text and that tho four hoofs of that boast on which Nohomiah rode might cut to pieeos all their discouragements and hardships and trials. Give up! Who is going to give up when on tho bosom of God ho otn havo all his troubles hushed? Give up! Never think of giving up. Aro you borno down with poverty? A little child was found holding her dead mothor's hand in the darkness of a tenement house, and some one coming In the little girl looked up while holding her dead mothor's hand, and said. "Oh, I do wish that God had made more light for poor folks." My dear, God will be your light, God will be your shelter, God will be your homo. Are you borne down with the bereavements of life? Is the house lonely now that the child Is gone? Do not give up. Think of what tho old sexton said when tho ministeraskod him why ho put so muoh care on the little graves In tho cemetery?so much more care than on the larger graves?and the old sexton said, "Sir, you know that 'of such is the kingdom of heaven,' and I think the Saviour Is pleased whon he boos so much white clover growing around theso little graves." But whon tho mlnlstor pressod the old sexton for a more satisfactory answer the old aex1 ton said, "Sir, about those larger graves, I don't know who are tho Lord's saints anil who aro not, but you know, sir. it U clean different with the bairns." Oh, if you have bad that keen, tender, indescribable sorrow | that comos from tho loss of a child, do not ' givo up. Tho old sexton was right. It Is , all well with tho bnirns. Or, If you Imvo sinned, if you havo sinned grievously? sinned until you have boon cast out by tho " church, sinned until you have boon cast out t by society?do not givo up. Perhaps there ; may be in this house one that could truth, fully utter the lamentation ofanothor: , Once I was pure as the snow, but 1 fell ? , Fell like a snowllake. from heaven to hell ? ! Fell to bo train plod as tilth in th" st re.?t? , Full to bo scoffed at, spit on and beat, l Praying, minting, wistiing t > die, , Hulling my soul to whoover would buy, f Doaling In shuino for a morsel of lire:; I. t Hating thu living and fouriug tlio doad, 1 Do not give up! One like unto the S ki ot - Clod comes to you to-day. saying. "<lo an I i sin no more." whim ho cries out to your a? 1 sal hints, "Let him that is without s:u cast thu llrst atone at her." Oh, them t is no reason '"hv any one in this i house l?y roason ot any tronblu or - sin should givo up. Aro you a foreigner t and In a strange land? N'eheinlah was an a exile. Aro you punnllcssV Neiiemiah was ', poor. Aro you homesick? Nuhoiniuh was s homesick. Aro you broken hearted? Neheg inlah was broken hearted. Ifut just sco him . in the text, riding along the.saurileged gravo I of his father, and by the dragon well, and through tlm fish gate, and by the king's ? pool, in and out. in and out, the moonlight falling on the broken masonry, which y j throws a long shadow, at which the horse i) ] stiles, and at the same tune that moonlight r | kindling up the features ot this man till you o j si o not only t lie mark ot sal reminiscence, y ! t>nt the courage and hope, the enthusiasm i- j of a man who knows that .lerusal m will be n , rcbuilded. I piek you up to-day out ofy.nir t n I sins and out of your sorrow, and I put you < against the warm hurt ot Christ. "i'he eternal do I is thy refuge, and underneath a aro the everlasting arms." d Residents of Belfast, Ireland, pay sixty I- cents a thousand for gas. EXPOSITION OP THE CAKOLII^AS Opening Duy Slay 4th, at Charlotte* N. C.?Low Admission and Railroad Rates. This is the day of exiK>sitions. They are to be found upon every hand, but it has been resorved for the Carolinas to inaugurate the first exposition to be managed entirely by women. This enterprise, which was instigated by the Women's Auxiliary of tne Charlotte Young Men's Christian Association has its management vested in an exqoutive committee of sixteen representative women of Mecklenburg county ?and is advised by an Advisory Board and honorary committee of prominent men from both States. The opening day is announced for May 4th and it is expocted that all will be in readiness by that time. The building, whioh is oemrally located, is going up rapidly and will be an ornament to Charlotte, both during and after tho life of the exposition Art, science and industry ^^^the special features to be inoorpou^^^K^spcciul omphasis is laid ^|^^^^^Rne Art Department by the maH^^^Kttas the ladies aro especially desir^^^Bincreasing an interest in the finn^R in this section, to be innVaced by tho exposition. Tho most popfilar picture in America, "Breaking the Home Ties " 1ms linon SACiiroH an/1 will be exhibited in this department. This picture is valued at $50,000, and is insured for that amount while on exhibition. Some of America's most prominent artists will exhibit, and the collection will number about 800 pieces. * The scientific department will oentain usual exhibits with copient emphasisupon the museum. The collections of Colonial War and Historical Holies will be one of the finest ever gathered in this section, and will contain relics from all over America and many foreign countries. A historical portrait gallery will also be an important and attractive feature." " . The industrial department wiPbe one of the most compact and con^lete ever gathered in bo small a space. It will include manufacturing goods and will also contain some machineiV'in operation. The lights will be furnished from the exposition's plant owned and operated by the Charlotte Machine Company. The electricity displays will proWbly be the handsomest ever seen in the South unless it be that at Atlanta. The railroads will ijraut greatly roduced rates and tho ail mission has l>een pluced ut 25cts. as it is the desire of the management to have the educational influences that tho exposition will exert extended among the people who cannot ordinarily incur much expense. Information of any character will be cheerfully furnished by Mrs. Minnie Hebb Kellogg, general manager, Charlotte, N. C. THE MARKETS WAITING. Some Improving und Some Sagging? Effect of the Tarlll Hill. The weekly trade reviews for the past week, as reported by R. G. Dun & Co. and Bradstrect is, in part, ns follows: "The markets are still waiting, some sagging downward and others recovering. VjSt|0 i H i strument yet the l>ajunto?a^?revcnTciW^TccTii exceeding ?1 per share, ami for trust stocks 20 cents per share. Tho reports of railroad earnings for the quarter have boon somewhat encouraging, the aggregate having been on roads within tho United States only 15.2 per cent, smaller than last year, and the March returns have been rather more favorable than those for January or February. The vote of the House in favor of a new tariff bill has made no impression on business, since it lias been expected since November that some measure of the same general character would become a law. If the bill stands with its provision making new duties applicable April 1st, the chances aro that foreign imports and treasury receipts may be for a time considerably restricted. "The cotton and other textile manu- ' facturers are slowly gaining in business, though print clotus uml most staple cottons remain unchanged in prices, and the restriction of the output seems to have given some reliei to the inarket. ' 'The iron and steel industry has been ( staggered, so to speak, by the decision of the Supreme Court affecting railroads, since it is apprehended that purchases not only of rails, but of cars, locomotives and bridge material will be ^ nr _A. _ JI m _ .i __ M Mt _ i_ iiii anociea. 1 ne aemanu lor raus is sua considerable, and one order is pending for 10,000 tons for Japan, but the reduction in Messabi ore with the want of agreement as vet among produois in bard ores, tend to encourage the belief in lower prices for finished products and so to hinder buying." BRADHTKEET'h ItEPORT. "The course of general trade shows some improvement, notwithstanding an almost stoppage of business in the south Mississippi valley by washouts, overflows and floods. The condition of conntry roadways throughout the central Western States and tue Northwest is such as to still further delay collections anil check demand from interior merchants. Another drop is recorded in prices of Bessemer pig iron and steel billets ami in wheat, flour, coal coffee and lard, which is in part offsot by increased activity and higher prices for wool and woolens, corn, oats, sugar und petroleum. A heavy movement of fertilizers is reported in the south Atlantic States, interest in shingles has increased 011 the northwest Pacific coast and (inlvestou is exporting cattle to Europe direct. Tho most favorable trade reports are from the Northwest spring wheat States. "There are 4,;VJo business failures in tho United Stutos reported by Bradstreet's during the past quarter, compared with 4,.112 in the tirst of IHftfl, a luiiui^ on 01 auoui 11 per cent. Wont Oil' to Harrow Money. E. C. Lineberry, who was reported as haviug absconded from iPuliain, N. with several thousand of dollars, lias returned to that city and given up every cent in his poscssion to cover the shortage, and to keep any from loosing lie will not reserve house, lioine or shelter. He did not run away, and ho was not trying to evade the law, but was endeavoring to borrow money to cover the shortage. As has been said, it is the old story of a mau who specu- j luted and lost. ? FIFTY-FIFTH CONUKKSS. Report of the Proceedings froiu Day to Day. SENATE. Monday. ?The Senate spent abou two hour in open session and about tan hours and a half in secret session during the arbitration treaty. A joint resolution appropriating $250,000 (to be made immediately available) for tlie improvement of the Mississippi river was passed. Pettigrew (Silver) of South Dakota, offered a resolution which was agreed to, calling on the civil servioe commission for a statement of the reasons why laborers and workmen in the Sovernment printing office and in other epartmonts^ of tho government are re quirea to submit themselves to competitive examination contrary to the provisions of the civil service law. Berry (Dem.) of Arkansas from thecommitteo on public lands reported, and the Senate passed a bill to approve a compromise and settlement between the United States^and the Stato of Arkansas. Tuesday.?The open session of tho Senate lasted until 2 p. m., and then the Senate resumed, behind closed doors, tho consideration of the arbitration treatv, spending two and a half hours iu the discussion. To tho 1,404 bills that had been introduced up to the olose of Monday's session, there were enough added today to bring the whole number above the tigure of 1,500, the vast majority of them being pension bills. The house amendments to the joint resolution passed Monday by tho Senate, to appropriate $350,000 to aid in protecting fife and property in the Mississippi floods, were concurred in by the Senate, and the joint resolution was sent to the President. Wednesday.?In the Senate Mills (Dem.) of Texas, offered the following resolution, whioh went ovor until Thursday : "Resolved, That the committee on foreign relations be instructed to inquiro what, if any, obligation the United States has assumed toward the pooplo of Cuba, by asserting and maintaining the ri^ht to prevent the acquisition of that island by any European power, and compelling its people to remain subject to the powet of Spain; and to report by bill, or otherwise. " Pettiirrew irave notice of an amendment to tlie taritt bill which will remove from tlio dutiable, and place on tlie free list, all articles of like character of domestic production, or manufacture that are made, or controlled by a trust, or combination for the purpose of preventing competition. In secret session the Senate remained this afternoon for three hours and a half, during which time it disposed of all the important amendments to the general treaty of arbitration and failed utterly to agree as to a time when the tinul vote shall be taken. Thursday.?In the Senate after the journal was read the tariff bill* was received from the Hoaso and referred to the committeo on finance. Hale, (Rep.) of Maine, reported a joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to trunsport contributions for the relief of the suffering poor in India, and asked its immediate consideration. It was read and passed. The Senate still further emnsculated the general treaty of arbitration with Great Britain, by striking out the eighth section eutirely, and adopting an amendment offered by Bacon, which is intended to protect the Southern States from M13- claim l?a?ed upon securities issued during the reconstruction period. There was quite u lively debate about freedom in Cuba, which was brought about by a resolution of Allen, (Pop.) of Nebraska, in the case of the Cuban general, Rivera, who is to be tried by court martial and shot. The resolution declared that "in the judgment of the Senate it is the duty of the United States government to protest to the Spanish government against such a violation of the rules of civilized warfare." The resolution ottered by Morgan in relation to tlio letters from the Cuban genera^ Maximo Gomez, to President Cloveland and President McKinley, ' was taken up ami agreed to. So like- 1 wise wus the resolution offered bv Mills, /T\ \ - /? ?n 3 Vx-?wui.;oi lexas, instructing the cum- i mittee on foreign riilntions to inquire , what, if any, obligations, the United States has assumed toward the people of Cuba, by asserting and maintaining the right to prevent the acquisition of that island by any European jiower, 1 and compelling its people to remain I subject to the dominion of Bpuin. i Senate, after being in executive ses sion from 1 to 5:15 p.m., adjourned until Mondav. ' < HOUSE. ! Monday.? In the House there were < sotoe dissatisfaction among the ltapub- 5 limns with the tariff bill. MoCall and 1 Levering, of Massachusetts, protested ( a^Ainst the high rates of duty imposed j infhe woolen and cotton schedules, j Tito provisions of the bill were defended . by Orosvenor, of Ohio; Kussell, of Ccnnecticut, and Dingley, of Maine. The " chaiges made by the ways and means coi mitteo were generally of slight im- t po: ance. The Senate joint resolution, c mr ing immediately available $250,000 1 for he protection of the lower Missis- a sini. and carrying some of the more ~ prdsing items in the deficiency bill, pas ed. 'irebday.? The House occupied nearly tl day in disposing of amendments offc ed by the committee on ways and mens, most of which went to perfecting he phraseology, or making clnssiticalou clearer. An ainendiiieiit put- ' tinJ)ooks, maps and charts imported for tie use of schools, colleges and public lpraries on the free list, was agreed to, k was also one restoring t!?# Me- - Kin I y rates on horses and mules. Twejty paragraphs of the tar ill' hill have nowkeen passed over. \V|>nksi>ay. '1 lie object for which 1'reagent MeKinley called the FiftylilftU'onjrross in extraordinary session a foiii^ht ago was accomplished, so fur fl the House of Representatives was ineerned, when the vote on tin I)in<iv tariff' bill was announced by ttpeair Reed. The vote was. yens. 205; tys, 121; answering present and not voiitf, 21. The affirmative vote was opposed of 10!) Republicans and 5 Denlcrats Messrs. Hroussard, I Jovey und jey of Louisiana; Kilberj? and Slade; of Texns and one Populist, Mr. llwward. of Alabama. Mr. Reed, in thlSpeaker's chair, directed the clerk I call his name just before tin nnuoii'eiuent of the vote, to which lie respoied aye, amid applause. The negate vote comprised 11? Democrat* and fit Populists and fusionists, Mos srs. Hjer, of Illinois; Marshall, Hinip sou ai Todd. Aooofding to a con olusioieached lust Monday niuht the great iniber of Populiats, Hilverites and fuoniets contented themselves 1 with answering "prosent." It was agreed by a vote of 150 to 120 making the duties in the bill effective April let. House adjourned until next Saturdarv. Saturday.?The House passed the joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to transport in suitable American vessels, which he shall charter, contributions of the iteople of the United States for the famine stricken in India, after which the Houbo adjourned until Wednesday next. The Flood an^^Tederal Atd. President MoKinley Saturday telee-aphed the Governors or Arkansas, ouisiana and Mississippi asking for information as to the extent of the suffering caused by the prevailing floods. Telegrams poured in on the ftesident all the morning, afcking for assistance. It has been decided that the emergenoy bill appropriating $250,000 for the repair of levees cannot be used for any other purpose, and the President thinks something should be done by the government to relieve the people. When the information ilnsiir?<l fmn. a- " ? 1? urn PUC UUVcrnors of the States named has been received, it in probuble that the President will ask Congress to do something. FREAKS IN WHEELS. Sonic Queer KntrUsh Notion* Presented to the Public. At the Stanley cycle show In England this year there have been on display some novel creations in wheels. Perhaps the most Interesting of them is the triangular framed wheel, with handle bars to the rear of the saddle, giving the rider the bolt upright, or, as It Is sometimes called, the hygienic position while riding. The triangle frame was originated by a New London, NEW TRIANOUI.AR Fit AMI". conn., manufacturer, who exhibited a wheel of that description at the '1)0 cycle show in Madison Square Garden. Hut the handle bars on Ids machine were on the front tube, and not behind the saddle, which pave the rider a leaning position. Another curious feature of the English freak is that it is driven with grooved sprockets and a band, in place of toothed sprockets and chain. The new seat-post is decidedly novel. Tt is a double-barreled affair, the top and bottom bars being eonneeted by ENGLISH FRAME PUMP. steel hinges, which allow considerable forward and backward play. It is not likely to become populur. The use of one of the tul>os in the frame as a pump cylinder has been tried in this country In a slightly different form without success. But the English inventor claims that he has overcome all the difficulties experienced in previous exneri i<-i>iiir>ivo msK'Srt of uttrnctlvo. lion.thy nkIn in llwsfl beautiful. The pun wui'J, Impure m,ays ami uosiuctice iujuro llio eLiu. Viola Cream 1 < Wvinsos, nntirlshPH anfl restores the skin, making It M>lt, w lillc ami m-niit If ul. It la not a oorruotlc - <I<m<s nut cover up, tail removes blemishes It | I* harmless nixl a.? n> a <h .es just what we rlaltn I for It. The imly prc|>uratIon thnt will positively remove I'nvllcs Itlaekhea.'.s, Tan, Hunburn ami I'linplc*. Hundred* of testimonials from prornlunit ladles. I'rlc? 50 cant* far at druggist*. I 0. c. B1TTNER CO.. T0l?I>0. OHIO. 1 inents, an<l that be has n device which i? eaHlly applied to auy wheel and furnishes a powerful pump that will not Set out of order and Is always ready for use. In 1870 the property of the United states wns valued, according to the rvnsus of that year, at $24,000,000,000 I In gold. In 1890 that property had In- I ;reosed to $05,000,000,000, a gain of I 141,000,000,000 In twenty years, or more than $2,000,000,000 a year. In that twenty years the United States accunulated nearly twice as much as It did 'rora the first settlement at Jamestown n 1870. When a man takes a woman to a paretic play lie always tries to look hard ind unconcerned at the most touching Mirts. UNION MARBLE -AND? Grranite Works. 1 GEORGE GEDDES 3uy a Smooth White Skin I For Your Face! It prolmbly n?wi.* rone win?, fop It Id roiiph, r<vt, freckled,blotched?>r pimpled, until it ims b?nm> gCDOMPERT, BUTLER ft McQOWAN, Attorney* at Law. * At 0. 0. Calp's *ld Offic*. D. E. Hydriok J. A. Sawytr, Spartanburg, S. 0., Union, 9.6 1"| YPRICE ft SAWYER. Attorney* at Liy Col. McKiaaick'a Old Office. M UNRO* MUNRO. Attorneys li Law, No. 2: Law Rang*. g 8. STOKES. Attorney at Law and Trial Justloa, Office Rear of Court Houee. DR. HARLEY B. LINDSAY, denti8t, Office over Merchants and Plantevs bank, Main street. 0. P. Townsend^ Asst. Atty Gen'l., Columbia, 8. C. Ben F. Townsend, Union, S. 6. TOWNSEND k TOWNSE8&, j Attorneys at Law, Union, S. C. Office Judge Townsend's old stand. - I CARD. Money to loan on short time on good security. W. W. DIXON, attorney at law. Office corner Main and Judgment Sts., Union, S. C. OLD CLOTHES MADE NEW ' j Goatling, Dying and Silks renewed at short notice. E. W. WILLIAMS. 13?ly. To The Public. For putting elastic in your shoes I have a universal feed shoe machine' Seams, Patching and Half Soloing. Mending Lamps call on J. S. hinson, hack of Scott Bros.?(t. f.) CO Cfl Will Buy a WVaVll Sewing Machine from the Music and Sewing Machine House. $50.00 for a 865 Organ. $250 for a $425 Piano. Guns away below regular price. Clocks cheap for cash. Good terms on time. S. M. B1CJE, Jr JE, U. Who are Dawkins and Thomson? They are the best barbers in town, For good work and civility No better can be found. If you will but give us a trial You will never go elsewhere, For those who have done so have never I^et any other barber cut their hair. Our razors are bright and keen Our towels are new and clean Will shave you in short time And l,what, do you think! Will shave you for a dime And give you a drink?" BRING YOUR Job Printing to The Times It will be neatly executed. SURVEYING. | 1 will be in Union until next June prepared to do surveying in the afternoons and on Saturdays. Call at the Graded School or Mr. Jacob Rice's. DAVIS JEFFRIES. (40?t. f. Wanted?An Idea Protaot your th*y may bring you waaltb. Writ* JOHN WEDI^KRBURN * CO , Patant AUor Money to Loan. In Sums of 9800 and upwards I upon Improved Heal Estate in I I'11ion County at a low rate of in- I terest. Long time and easy pay- I merits. A pply to I HYDRICK & SAWYER, I Attorneys-at-Law, I 0 0m UNION, S. C I Medical Card. H Dr. .John Lawson can l>e found at his H ifflec over l'\ Duke's drug store, night, H >r clay. Calls left at Dr. Dukes drug H tore will receive prompt attention. H Dr. J. //. HAMILTON; I /V/ysicau and Surgeon. H Otlice No. '?. I n Stairs in the tank Itiiililing. Union, S. C. * I