The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, April 09, 1897, Image 2
> 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.
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