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pr (J (j. iviiVor Ui ixASiiAiN. ? DR. TALVAGE PREACHES ABOOT THE i GIANT'S BEDSTEAD. I Lessons Drawn from the Bible Ilecital of the Encounter of the Israelites with the Eleven foot Heathen Warrior?A Powerfol Sermon. Brooklyn, March 13.?Dr. Talmage gave another illustration this morniag in his sermon at the Tabernacle of his wonderful power of drawing useful, practical" lessons from" 'ah obscure text, which, to the ordinary mind, seemed incapable ot yielding any spiritual ediiicatioD. The text was Deuteronomy iii, 11: "Only Og. king of Baahan, remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Kabbath of the children of Ammon? Nine cubits was the length thereof and four cubits the breadth of it." The story of giants is mixed with uiyiii. ?y iiiiaui. out vumiuvm to have been of overtowering altitude, but when in aftert:me his tomb was opened his bones indicated that he had been physically of only ordinary size. Roland the Hero was said to have been of astounding stature, but when his sepulcher was examined his armor was found only large enough to lit an ordii s nary man. Alexander the Great bad helmets anu shields of euo'cious size made and left among the people whom he had conquered, so as Vj '^ive the im\ pression that he was a giant, although he was rather under than over the usual height of a man. But that in other days > and lands there were real gimts is authentic. One of the guards of the Duke of Brunswick was eight and a half feet u!~v T-? "vmcoum 5r> T nn/fnn i? thp I u:gu. xu a muovuiu >u .uvuww** .v ? > "j skeleton of Charles Birne, eJghl feet V.-: four inches in stature. The Emperor Maximin was over eight (eet. V -J} Pliny tells of a giant nine feet high and two oth^r giants nine aud a half feet. So J^sh not incredu'ous when I com^Js^_ text and lind King a turnv 'i~he~ cubits of Ih e text IntoiS5t,-^h.e Vj*edstead of Og, the king, must have f been about thirteen and a half feet long. [ Judging from that the giant who occupied it was probably about eleven feet in stature, or nearly twice the average human size. There was no need of "Rabbinical writers trying to account for the presence of this giant, King Og, as they did, by savin? that he came down from the other side of the tlood. bein? tall enough to wade the waters beside "Noah's ark. or that he rode on the top of the ark, the passengers inside the ark daily providing him with food. There was nothing supernatural about him. He was simply a mon?" ';r in she. 3 Cyrus and Solomon Jept on beds of gold, end Sardanapalus had 150 bedsteads of gold burned up with him, but .i- this beds load of my text was of iron? everything sacrificed for strength to hold this excessive avoirdupois, this Alp of bone and flesh. 2so wonder this couch w&s kept as a curiosity at Kabbath, and people went from far ani near to see it, just as now people go to museums to behold the armor of the ancients. Yeu say what a fighter this giant, King Og, must have been. Xo doubt of it. I suppose the size of his sword and breastplate corresponded to the size of his bedTV x stead, and his stride across the battlefield and the full stroke of his arm must have been appalling. With an armed host he comes down to drive back the Israelites, who are marching on from -> V . Egypt to Canaan. We have no particulars of the battle, I but I think the Israelites trembled when they saw this monster of a man moving down to crush them. Alas for the Israelites! Will their troubles never cease? What can men fire and a half against this warrior^ of JuTTx ^ ; * ? and the gigjutocr sii[;u"co~v-^- , made when advancing into the bacc^-p were more than equaled by the gigantic ' strides with which he retreated. Huzza ' for triumphant Israel! Sixty fortified . - " cities surrendered to them. A land of ] iudescribable opulence comes into their i O. possession, and all that is left of the : giant king is the iron bedstead. "Nine 1 cubits was the lensrth thereof and four i cubits the breaath of it." i That man has been thirty years faith- ] fully in attendance upon churches and i prayer meetings and Sunday schools, and putting h-mself among iniense re- j ligious associations. He may have his imperfections, but he is a very good < man. Great is his religious stature. : liie Oilier man nas oeeu iui tun.ov jcau among influences intensely worldly, and be has shut himself out from all other influences, and his religious stature is that of a dwarf. Xo man ever has been or can be independent of his surround- : ings?social, intellectual, moral, religious. The Bible indicates the leuglh of : the giant bv the length of his bedstead. ; Let no man say, 'T will be good," and jet keep evil surroundings. Let no man say, 'T will be faithful as a Christian," and yet consort chiefly with worldlings. You are proposing an everlasting i:u- : possibility. : From the fact that Oi's bedstead was thirteen and a half leet long, I conclude i the sriant himself was about eleven feet i . __ i... ?u*. tiigti. i5Ut let no one uy mis uwu^ui be induced to surrender to unfavorable environments. A man can make his own bedstead. Chan trey _ and Hugh Miller were born stonemasons, but the one became an immortal sculptor and the other a Christian scientist whose ; name will never die. Turner, the painter, in whose praise John Kuskin expended the greatest cenius of his life, was the son of a barber who advertised "a penny a shave." Dr. Prideaux, one of . ? the greatest scholars of all time, earned his way through college by scouring pots and pans. The late Judge Dr ad levworked his own way up from a charcoal burner to the bench of the supreme court of the United States. Yes, a man tho r>f hia own bedstead. VUU UWiUV wu V WVMW V ? ? - - - ? , ? Xotice furthermore that even giants must rest. Such euormous physical endowment on the part of King Og might suggest the capacity to stride across ail fatigue and omit slumber. Xo. Ilerequired an iron bedstead. Giants must rest. Not appreciating that fact, how many of the gianis } early break down. Giants in business, giants in art, giants in eloquence, giants in usefulness. They live not out more than half their days. They try to escape the consequence oi overwork b\r a voyage across the sea or a sail in a summer yacht, or call on pay sicians lor relief from insomnia cr restoration of unstrung nerves or the arrest of apepiexles, when all they need is what tnis giant ot'my text resorted to? an iron bedstead. The only case of accident to sleep mentioned in the Bible was when Eutychus lell from a window during a sermon of Paul, who had preached until midnight, but that was not so much a condemnation of sleep as a censure of long sermons, ilore sleep is what the world ^ wants. Economize in everything but k 'T sleep. William H. Seward, the renowned secretary of state, in the midst of his overmastering tons aonseu :or me j capacity to rest, writing in liis memo- I randum boos, *'1 have never tound but one invaluable rceipe for having a good I night's rest, and that is to have been restless and sleepless the night before." When President John Quincy Adams * j * J fUn sVet'nmiicliA/l OllinP.V ! iiiU U?CuU j;Mioi;vu v ^ , wcut to bear Judge Story lecture oa law j to his students, and when invited to sit beside the judge and both fell asleep, the judge appropriately pointed to them and said to his students, "Behold the evil ciTects of early rising." In Bible times, when people arose at the voice of the bird, they retired at the time the bird puts his head under his wing. One of our national sins is robbery of sleep. Walter Scott was so urgent about this duty of slumber that, i when arriving at a hotel wher?. there was no room to sleep in, except that in | which there was a corpse, inquired n the deceased had died of a contagious disease, and, when assured he had not, took the other bed in the room and fell into prot'oundest slumbc-. Those of small endurance must certainly require rest if even the giaut needs an iron bedstead. Notice, furthermore, that God's people on the way to Canaan need no-; be surprised if they confront some sort of a giant. Had not the Israelitish host had trouble enough already:* Xo! Ked sea not enough. Water famine not enough. Long marches not enough. Opposition by enemies of ordinary stature not enough. They must need Og. the giant oftheiron bedstead. "Xine cubus was the length thereof and four cubits the breadth of it." Why not let these Israelites go smoothly into Canaan without this gigantic opposition:' Oh, they ~ - .. , r.:iU needed to have tneir courage auu luim further tested and developed! And blessed the man who, in our time, in his march toward the Promised Land, does no. meet more than one giant. I)o not conclude that you are not on the vav to Canaan because of this obstacle. As well mi^ht the Israelites conclude they were not on the way to the Promised Land because they met Ug, the sriant. ! Standing iu your way is some evil pro! pensitv, some social persecution, some 1 c-nrvift 7-.Viv<iir?nl rlis. 0USXUC5S JlUSiVl oviuv ?? ??.?. _? t-ess. Not one ot you but meets a giant who would like to hew you m twain. Higher than eleven feet this Og darkens the sky and the rattle of bis buckler stuns the ear. But you are going to get the victory, as did the Israelites. In the name of the God of Moses and David ; ^d Joshua and Paul, charge on him, anCSv you will leave his carcass in the I wildehsfiss. You want a battle shout! Take timSswith which David, the five footer, assailecTvGoliath, the nine footer; when that giant cni^d, with stinging con- I tempt both in manrN^r and intonation, "Come to me, and I v^Ilgive thy flesh nntn t.hp fowls nf t.hp. lal^.tnd to the beasts of the field," and Da>^^toojjgd up at ihe monster of bra?gadoc?o^em9P; defiantly replied: uThou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield; but I come to thee in the name ot the Lord ot Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. This day will the Lord deliver thee unto mine "hand; and 1 will smite tb<^ and take thine head from thee, and I will give the carcasses ot the host ot the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel." Then David, with probably three swirls of the shag about his head, got it into sufficient momentum and let fiy till the cranium of the giant broke in aad he fell, and David leaped on his carca ss, one foot on his chest and the other on Viia <?nrl that, was the last of the Philistine. brethren, I have made up my mind that we will have to light all the way up to the promised laud. I used to thiuic that alter awhile I would get iuto a time where it would be smooth and easy, but the time does not come and it will never come in this world. By the time King Og is used up so that he cannot get into his iron bedstead, some other giant ol opposition looms up to dispute our war. Let us stop looking for an easy time and make it a thirty years' war, or a sixty years' war, or a hundred years' fOUPwTr eethigh, ' Elis bedstead is as loajT^rrr^ [lis name is Doubt. His common tcod . .s infidel books and skeptical lectures ; and ministers who do not know whether the Bible is inspired at all or inspired in spots, and Christians who are more infidel than Christian. You will never reach the Promised Land unless you ; slay that giant. Kill Doubt or Doubt : wiit kill you. How to overcome tbis ( giant"' Tray for faith, go with people , who have faith, read everything that : encourages faith, avoid as you would ship < fever and smallpox the people who lack faith. In this battle against King Og u?e not for weapons the crutch of a limping Christian or the sharp pen of a contro- ; versialist, but the sword of truth, which is the word of God. The word ''It" is made up of the same number of letters 1 as the word '*02:," and it is just as big a giant. If the Bible be true. If the soul | be immortal. If Christ be God. If our belief and behavior here decide our ' future destiny. If. If. If. I hate ' that word ''It.7' Noah Webster says it is a conjunction; I say it is an armed ?iant. fcatan breathed upon it a curse ; when he said to Christ. "If thou be the Son of God." What a dastardlj and in famous "If." Airainst that giant kiIt" hurl Job's "I know" and Paul's "I know." *'I know that my Redeemer liveth." "1 know in whom I have believed." Don-n with the "It" and up with '*! know." Oh, lhat giant Doubt is such a cruel ^iar.t! It attacks many in the last hour. It could not let rr y mother alone even in her dying moments. After a lire of holiness and consecration such a3 I never heard of in any one else, sue saiu 10 my father, 1'Father, what if, after all, our prayers and struggles should ?ro lor nothing." Why could she not, after all the triais and sicknesses and bereavements ot' a long life aad the Infirmities of old a^e, be allowed to go without such a cruel stroke from Doubt, the gianr? Do you wonder I have a erudge against the old monstei? If I could I would give him a bigger bounce than Satan got when, hurled out of heaven, trie first thins he struck was the bottom of perdition. Another impression from my subject: The mare a or uie cnurcu cannot oe impeded by gigantic opposition. That Israelilish host ledjon by Moses was the church, and when Og, the giant (him of the iron bedstead), came out against h:m with amother host?a fresh host agaiDst one that seamed worn out?thing must have looked bad for Israel. 2s o account is given of'.he bedstead of Moses, except that one in which he ilrst slept? the cradle of aquatic vegetation on the Nile, where the wife of Cheaephres, the king, found the iloating babe and, having no child of her own. adopted him. Moses of ordinary size against Og of extraordinary dimensions. .Besides that Og was backed up by sixty fortified cities. Moses was backed up seemingly by nothing but the desert that had worn him and his army into a group ot undisciplined and exhausted stragglers. But the Israelites triumphed. If you spell the name of Og backwark you turn it into the word "Go," and Og was turned backward and made to go. With Og's downfall all the sixty cities 5iirrpnf]prft(l. Xothin? was left of the giaat except his iron bedstead, was kept in a museum at Kabbath to show how tall and stout he once was. So shall the last siant ol' ouDCsitioa in the churcifs ! 1 mar ill succuxfb. Net sixty cities cap-! * tureu, but ail tbe cities. Not only on j oue side of Jordan, but oa both sides oi j f ail tbe livers. The day is coming. Hear! it, all ye who are doing something for | the conquest of the world for God and I the truth, the time will come when, as j there was nothing left of Og, the iainl. | < but the iron bsdstead kept at llabbath as a curiosity, there will be nothing lelt ot the giants of iniquity except something lor the relics hunters to examine. Which of the giants will be the last slain I know not, but there will be a museum somewhere to hold the relics ( of what they once were. A rusted sword will bs hung up?tne only relic 1 of the giant of War. A demijohn? < the only relic of the giant of Inebration. j A roulette ball?the only relic of the ( giant of Ha/ird. A pictured certilicate of watered stock?the only relic of 1 the giant of Stock Gambling. A broken 1 knife?trie only relic of the giant of ] Assassination. A ysllowcopy of Tom j Paine?the only relic of the giant of Unbelief. And' that museum will do 1 for the later ages of the v/orld what the "iron bedstead at Ilabbath did for the < earlier ages. Do you not see it makes , all the difference in the wo:id whether ' fl.?litiniT All tnirarfl St nil"SPfable ' YV C <* 1 o li? vu w t> %? ? defeat or toward a final victory ? All the ]>1 ble promises prophesy the ] latter, and so I cheer you who are the . troops of God, and though many thiugs are darfc. no?r, like Alexander 1 review ' the aruiy bj torchlight, and I give you : the watch word which Martin Luther proclaimed, "The Lord of Hosts!" "The Lord of Hosts!" and I cry oat exultiDgly with O ivcr Cromwell at the battle of Dunbar, "Let God arise: 1ft his enemies be scattered." Make all the preparations for the world's evan gelization. Have the faith of liobert and Mary Moffatt, the missionaries, who after preaching in Bechuanaland for ten years without one convert when asked what they would lite to have sent them by way of gifi from England, said, "Send a communion service, for it will be surely needed;" and sure enough the expected ingathering of ??---! J 4. I I many sou is vfhs reauzeu auu uuc tuw munion service arrived ia time to celebrate it. Appropriately did that missionary write iu an album when his hu togrpph was requested: My album is the savage breast, Where darkness reigns and tempests wrest, Without one ray of light. To write the name of Jesus there And point to worlds both bright and fair, And see the savage bowed in prayer, Is my supreme delight. Whatever your work and wherever you SuZ1- in your^ayand I In ray way. With pTuciSl ti?ti'lr h ?r>rr>otl-iir>rr nf tVio sfrtincrth I -i *gq^iJW> Vi-i TV & C14 V* WUV w?_* J of Thomas Troubridge, who at Inker- j mana had one leg shot off and the foot of the other leg, and when they propos- ( ed to carry him off the lield, replied: ] 'Xo, I do not move until the battle is 5 won." Whatever be the rocking ot the church or state, have the calmness of j the aged woman in an earthquake that frightened everybody else, and who, j when asked if she was not afraid, said, ! "Xo; I am glad that I have a God who can shake the world." Whether your ] work be to teach a Sabbath class, or * nurse an invalid, or reform a wander- j ar r>r train u hnnsfthnlri nr hear the ' quietousoess of :;enility, or cheer the disheartened, or lead a soul to Christ, know that by fidelity you may help hasten the time when the world shall be snowtd under with white lily and incarnadined with red rose. And now I bargain with you that we will come back some day from our superstellar abode to see how the world looks when it shall be t'nlly emparadised?its last tear wept, its last wound healed, its hist shackle broken, its last desert gardenized, its last giant of iniquity decapitated. And when we land, may it be somewhere near this ~? ?r,V.tt?a V\r? tfCk "f/"vrrAf h 2>pU0 U1 fcti til \V JULClC \yv uarc tugvvuwi toiled and struggled for the kingdom ' of God, and may it be about this hour j in the high noon of some glorious Sabbath looking into the upturned faces of some great audience radiant with i holiness ami triumph. Klactropolsc. i ?rafig^vj>ufl'er with sickness or disease 1 penetfce say it far surpaises even skillful imedw~tion; and I have treated more tc?n two hundred cases of various diseases with a marked success. I have broken chills and c fever of several weeks' duration in from c one night to three nights. It is impossible c to have chills whila using the poise proper- t ly. 1 have treated more than 13 ca^es of r fever, the majority being typhoid-malarial curing them in from two hours to four _ days. Diarrhoea, dysentery and cholera. * morbus 1 have cured in from one hour to eight generally. Rheumatism in from Jthree hours to three days, in one case mak- j! ing the patient throw away his crutchcs }' and straighten his deformed limbs in four l' hours, and one more day's treatment made s a psrmanent cure- It is beyond doubt the d greatest remedy ^oa nas permureu us w i. know, The instruments are now placed t all around me, and I am treating people j, day and night. It is giving me influence here as nothing else can. My confidence in the treatment is almost unbounded; it cures promptly and permanently, I will 1 mark a few certificates in the enclosed j circulars of cures effected by myself. The f certificates of cures in Florida" could be c made much stronaer than given in the cir- r culars By all means put the treatment into the hands of our missionaries for their protec- v tion and influence, that like our Saviour * they may go forth preaching and healing * the people. Yours fratemallv, I C. N, MORROW. c A 40 page book, describing treat- > ment at,d coi tainiog testimonials from t all sections* and for the cure of all dis- 1 eases, mailed free on application. Ad- tv dress, ATLANTIC ELECTRO POISE CO., t 222 King St., Charleston, S. C. 'j Ht? Neck Was Broken. Spartanburg, S. C., March 14.?It ^ is seldom that a twelve inch fail proves t fatal to a person but this is the distance which George White, a negro boy, fell on Saturday night, and by the fall his v neck was broken. ueorge was employ- s ed at Blower's livery stable, on East ? Church street, as driver, and together with J ohn Finley, a small white boy, ? also an employee at the stables, was i playimj on the pavement just below the i stables, and directly in front of Syth's t bar room. It seemed that the boys ? were amusing themselves by throwing i small stones at each other and in dodg- t ing one thrown by John Finley, George < White fell from the pavement into the < gutter and never arose. He was picked } up and carried to the stables and was there examined. It was thought before ( the examination that the rock thrown 1 by Finley did the work, but a thorough 1 examination of the negroe's body i showed that there were no bruises and 1 the only ailment was the broken neck. J Finley was arrested immediately after t the rngro tell ana pui in jau, Dut, me coroner's jury could see no reason why he should be htld, and he was freed. - Columbia Register. A< It Should Ko. ] Topeka, Kan., March 12.?It Iias ( been practically decided by trie leading < Democrats of Kansas not to put a Fres- ] idential electoral ticket in the lield and 1 support the People's party electoral i ticket. A fusion will also be effected . on State cilices and Congre3sman-at- ' large. The Democrats will have two J out of seven Congressmen. The com- i L * slrwm tn tho ]P(T. t UlOaUUU Will CAICUU UV'IU cw tiiw ^ b islativeand county offices. Democrat 1 and Alliance leaders claims that this : will wipe oat the Kepublican party iu < Kansas. The same tactics are to be < used in Nebraska and the Dakotas. 1 . r? * rsi'TAimnn i T TV!1 I HI IN MS JtLiN ikli v r,. | :R!GHTFUL COlLIERY DISASTER IN j a\derleu?. belgium. >ue Hundred or Jisro Men ?ii-1 >V<>i??n ! Uelifrved to Have Met Their Death !a the 1>< ytfcs?Terribl? Scenes?In nud About the M incs. Brussells, March li.?A frightful ,'olliery disaster has occurred at Anlerlues. Three hundred miners are intombed in the pit, and a series oi' explosions Lave apparently cut oft all ac :ess to the men. An attempt has been nade to reach disimprisoned miners, jut s5 far without success. The explorer* have bem beaten back by the foul fumes. The shafting and ventilation are destroyed. Three female miners have been resitted, and it. sri-ais *l!iio*t certain that ill the rest arc dt-ad. Intense excitement prevail?, and thousands are Hocking to the place, which is oue of the leading mining centers of Beigium. The scenes at the pit ruou'h are most pathetic, a multitude of people bewailing their relatives, suppose 1 to have perished in the mine. Dispatches from Charier >1 this even- | ing state that four oflicials of the company owing the ruine at Anderlues If ft for the see fie of the explosion this afternoon. Machinery for keeping down the water in tin- mine and facilitating ttie work of hoisting out thti wreckage has already bten shipped. The Government is receiving bulletins of the progress of the work at the shaft, and has sent a representative to the spot to as certain the facts lor use in an mvesugation of the causes of the accident and in placing the responsibility for it. King Leopold has contributed 5,000 francs from his private purse to the temporary support of the families of miners already known to have been killed. Hundreds of men and yomen from nearby villages have ??frer (j near the mouth of the pit, aijj arri camping around bou(ires^w^"c^jng progress of the '-^rescue. Families and .tsicnres ot Lue -X) or more men nave nade thetr home i.-^ the fields for the light, and are e<>oki Tg their meals over )pen-air fires, so as U. gel the earliest lews from those imnrjS0Ded by the jhattered shaft. The place at which t h^ explosion ocsurred is in the second jja!ierj 500 yards jelow the surface, and the-^pth is diflinilt and dangerous. Volunteers have )een letdown three tiratis in a cage. U'hen half way down on t!qe lirst trip ;he further caving iq 0$ the shafr. Tiahteued them, and Uu>y returned t iveor tnt-ten men reir?sea,togo down igain,as the minewa3 lloodiip^ rapidlv, .hey said. and loosened ^dea 0f the shaft threatened to fallvQ ^ud bi.ry .hem. The other five m^e the second :rip and reached the j.^outh of the second gallery, rhey-^found a f^w men tvho were neare^ t?c shaft when the Jrst explosioru OCCUrrif(j These miners iad to rur<4 f0r their lives, hut had been caught the entrance by falling tirnjers. A11 had broken bones, and three *'erVso firmly lodged in the wreck that ~xie rescuing p.arty dared not wait to :f-*tricate them. ? lve 01 ice wuuuucu >yei-e brought up on the second trip,and ^ead were brought up on the third. .. ,^escued men say that twenty-live l"e~ miners still imprisoned are women. ^ There are about 200 in all stiil .0 be -^counted for. It is thought that nearest the first cave-in in the fallen j m;iy rescued alire. Those turtl^3t lrom the eatriince 0f the ;ailer^y jjave probably been suffocated this, and if not will die before t> }'4,u ',e reached. work has betnset back twice ?**? . * '.evening uy ice caving ui yicau ?s of soil and stone 1'rura the sides ' - ie wrecked sbal'r, and sicca the t trip no volunteers for the;y?<3,^sw~ra could be found. The-5*^" if the mine lias tv*"'' t, but has^g^^ v . *.w chances won*' ' ' ^.gainst 1 a* \5iro- lo n en" 'me dead will number at least 100, ,nd probably 150. About 400 members if the families of the missiDg men will amp in the fields around tbe shaft all light. About fifty of the 300 men in he gallery at the time of the first explosion got out by the second shalt. Late this evening another rescue aity descended ttie scene onne expioion in tne mine. They cleared away he debris at the entrance of the galery and found twenty-live dead bodies, ive of them women. Most of the bodes were terribly murillated. CHhers howed but few fractures of the limbs, leath having been caused apparently iv suffocation. The res2ue party reurned and'are still at work in the g;dery. latest fiiom the iiokkor. Brussells, March 12.?The Ander - ? 1 ?. k. ir?*Ar tho UrtlrtUliiy ill iiV/A x ui . xuw ut is now burning, and smoke and lames bar the searchers in their work if rescue. It is feared now that not ess than 240 mint-rs have perished, inluding a large number ot women, of vhom there were many employed in he mine. Kin^ Lipoid is informed touriy of the situation at Auderlues. t is now believed that ail those not rrs:ued jesterdav were killed at the time >f the explosioD, or died soou after. Nevertheless, the friends and rehires persist in hoping that some may lave escaped 0y taking refuge in some vorking protected from the effect of he explosions. .N obody shares this be ief, however, except thefamiliesof the nen and women who are in the pit. Phere is no doubt that those who were lot di-strojed by the explosion \rere uffucated by tL? fumes or drowned in vater which invaded various portions >f the mine. The Alij<tnc?. Washington*, March 11.?The Ailitncemen in Congress have undt-r eonlideration a program desi^ne-d to iQvancd the interest of the Alliance, rtey propose to establish an AUimce Oongiessional campaign comnittee on" about, the same basis as he committees which look alter .he interests of the Republican ind Democratic parties. The program contemplates the establishnent of a bureau to supply documents ind to have charge of the assignment )f speakers, also the establish id ?lit 01 a j lauonai imwspapei." m >r ftsuiu^tuu. rhese and other projects wore discuss?a at a meeting of the Alliacceoien leld at the house of Representative A'atson ut' Georgia. But before decisve action is taken, a conference will >e held with 2>Ir. Taubtneck of St. Louis, who is the national represent aive of this party. i'ut 5n a Cold Koom to l>ie. Buffalo, March 10.?The three nonths' old babe of a man named | ?arner 01 spring' -dtuuk. w;ts cn.(.?i;a.eu | ast night bv diphtheria. Instead of i jalliDgr a doctor Carner sent for "Alothir" J3ronson, a midlife. .^he told the parents there was no hop<i of saving the ittle one, and they might as vrell put it n a cold room whwre it could die easily. Accordingly the child was put in a room tvhere there was no lire. "JNI other" !3ronson ordered all the windows aad loors opened so the baby could have :he full benefit of the freezing atmosphere, while she and the ignorant parents sat in another room hugging the stove mi listening to the ioi'ant's plaintive iiies. Por three days the child's/vitality kept it alive, but it died last night. ? * * ' A liiiriilr.r K:I2c<!. The poslotliee at Bamberg was bur-i gUrized on last rrutardny night and robbed of ail the cash in ti.e money drawers and a registered pickage which had been received during the dny. The burglars entered through a frort window of the o!nce and then forced thtir way through the general delivery window and went out through the rear of the building. The amount taken was about 843. It is said that there was a laige amount of money in ~ irin* .in f)io f-nnnnir which cl till UUA l)lUg, 'H , was untouched. There is no due as to who the roWj.-rs are, except that th-. postmaster has suspicions and has Town Maishal Cave workiu? u;> the case. The suspect lelt here for Charleston freely spending money, and was followed by the marshal on the next train. Thirty dollars of the ir.oney whs recovered Sunday night l>y Policemen Cave and Jon^s. Tr.e house of the suspected burglar was searched and the money was found secreted under the bed. This settles tbe guilt on a colored man, an ex-convict, who left for Charleston Sunday night. Tiio Uflftihprer norrPSDOndelll Of the State, from which journal the above is taken, under date of March 14. sajs Town Marshal Wiley Cave shot and killed Jake Samuels, colored, last night about 12 o'clock. It was the sequel to the postoflice robbery of Saturday niyht, au account of which appears above. The only witnesses to thesfioottnjr were Postmaster Vara and Mr. Y. (J. Jones. An inquest was held Monday by Trial Justice Kowe, and from theevideoce of the thr*.e witnesses and the principal, which is corroburative, the following is gathered: Af ter Mr. Cave recovered S30 of the stolen money from Samuels'* nouse he thought It possible that Samuels would return during the night to secure his money, and requested i'ostmaster Vara and Mr. Y. C. Jones to accompany him to make the arres1". After had beiii at the house about a Pi'lour* Samuels turned up, only to bejj'rpri3ecj a'jnd arrested. 11^ broked^^ at once an"*^ acknowh^gedtlj^^ri^Ql/ywj the post > cthce, up all the money h? aflj!yS?ren. I ^fne three mrn t'nen nrou*ui uieu captive down the railroad toward the guard house, when Samuels suddenly turned and asked what they were going to do with him. Mr. Yarn told htm he wo*ld go to Sing Sing. At this Samuels made a break for liberty, but the marshal, who was too alert for him, wheeled and shot him within three feet of his body and lired twice more. The riejrro fell dead, the last ball piercing his heart and causing instant death. The verdict of the jury was that the deceased came to his death by a pistol shot wound inflicted by Wiley Cave. Trial Justice Hone committed Mr. Cave to jaii to await trial at the ne?t term of court. Public opinion differs as to wh8ther*Cave was justifiable or not. Sunday School Convention. The 15th annual convention of the State Sunday School Association win be held at Marion from April 5th to 7th, inclusive, and an attractive order of exercises has been arranged by the executive committee. One of the leading features of this meeting will be the practical normal teaching, conduct| ed by Trot'. II. M. Hamill, of Illinois. This distinguished Bible teacher has a reputation among Sunday School work ers throughout ttns whole country and his presence at the Convention ought to induce a large attendance. 2sormal teaching, as applied to Sunday Schools, is recefving more and more attention aimnsfc evervwhere. and South Carolina workers cannot afford to be behind. Mr. Wm. Ileynolds, already well known in this State, will also be present; and by his enthusiasm w:ll add greatly to the interest and proiit of the meeting. iiailfoads will sell tickets at reduced rates, and every one who will attend should notify Mr. E. ll.Gasque, Marion, S. C\, so that entertainment may be provided in due season. Fuil reports of the condition and the prospects of the Sunday School work in South Carolina will be presented and "^ifflifMiiii^jsiiU^thorough . Xjtl, every cuuuvy, uii/j, be represented". _>-htioQ will open on Tuesc-n7~trrcriTng, April 5th, with a thanks giving service conducted by the President, Mr. S. 13. Kzell, of Spartanburg. An address also will be delivered by Mr. Win. Reynolds, of Peoria, 111. Wednesday morning brief reports from the f:eld will be heard, and a'conference held as to the ways and means for the prosecution of the work. In the afternoon a Sunday School institute will be conducted by Prof. Ham ill, and in the eveniug several addresses will be made. Thursday is tilled with an excellent programme, including addresses by Prof. John G. Clinkscales, Clercson College. and J. W. Wallace, Augusta, Ga. The people>?^ Marion are famous for tneir Hospitality, ar.c tney win giauiy welcome the stranger within their gates. A Wild Western Tale. El Reno, 0. T., March 10.?One cf the most sensational killings ever known in this section is reported Irora the Western border of the territory. A young muu uamed Ileury Harvey has been pa} ing attention to a > oung wo- i 112 LI II 1U lllclt uci^iiuviuv;vu uaw^u xuut j | Wilson. Another mau in the same vicinity also wished ?.o pay his respects to the young woman, and the result was that a feud was at once inaugurated. Hurvey was the favored suitor but, the other lover, JohnTobin, was well knowa as a.desperate character, aud a fight was the inevitable result of the complication. Ilarvey was with Miss Wiison at a dance and during the festivities a quarrel wa* started between the two men, which resulted in Ilarvey getting a ball through his r'ght lung whicli inflicted a serious but not fatal wouud. Miss Wilson was with him when the shot was fired, and as soon as he fell to the ground she drew from his pocket his revolver and iired point blank at Tobiu, shooting him directly Lhrou^h the forehead and killing lum instantly. Th e p60pl6 0I IUC VICIIiitY sajr tUKIi SUUSCkl&u him ri^ht; and they liave done nothing to bring her to justice. !>he at once went to nursing Harvey, and to better do it she called lor a minister aud was married to the wounded man. There was talk by some of Tobin's friends of having the girl arrested, but they were soon silenced by the people ot the neighborhood, who roughly hin*ed that such ah actiou would be visited by a ljncninic bee. It, is probable that the young women will never be brought to court lor her crime, aud if she is there can never be a jury secured that will convict her. Voting tu Unseat a Democrat. "Washington, March 18.?The House coojmir.tee on elections to-day decided the contested election case of >'oyes Hgainst Kockwell from the 28th New York district in favor of Xoyes and auMir.st-. Rofkwrfl CDem..") she sitting niember. The vote on trie case was 7 to 1. Seven members of the committee were absent. Those voting for Noyes were: OTerrall, Paynter and Lawson (Deni.;) Haughen, I)oan, Johnson of Indiana and Clark of Wyoming, (Rep.) Mr. Gillespie of Pennsylvania (iJem.) voted for llr. Rockwell. The absentees were Moore, Cobb of Alabama. Brown, Lockwood, Johnstone of South Carolina, Taylor of Tennessee and Ueyburn. The committee also decidtd to hear argument in the case of Reynolds vs. Shouck, from the 12th Pennsylvania district, Oil X riUUJr IlCAv. /' / _ -?r v Jt.- ' - - . . SANGUINE JERRY SIMPSON i ; li-liovftf the Third Par'y "Will Cirry [ Eight or Niaa S~are?. ; Washington, March 16.?Do you expect to carry State this autumn :or the Thlnl party was recently asked Congressman Jerry ainwsoa. We do indeed," said Mr. Simpson earnestly. "We expect to secure the electoinl vote ol four northern and lour southern States. There is a probability of our carrying live northern States. Do I mind tfellini: you what they are? N?-t at all. They are Kansas. Nebraska, Minnesota, Xorih an South Dakota. The southern States arr- Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas and "North Carolina. We leel certaiu of carrying all of these with the exception of North Dakota." "That will not cnanle vou to elect your president," I said. "On the contrary ^ou simply make certa'.u the election ot a democratic President by throw in^r the election into the house." "That is an rigut," sa u jur. oimpouu, calmly. "It is IjOL the presidency we arc alter. Our underlying purpose is either to obtain control of the house and the senate or else hold the balance of power in both bodies. We would, of course, elect our president if we could. At present we don't auiicipite that. But a prt sidential tick'-1 carries with it a certain prestige. A full ticket, with presidential electors, and everybody else on it down to the humblest candidate, will jiive us a great many votes we could not otherwise ?ct. That is our principal purpose in putting a presidential ticket in the tieid?that and a desire to continue our national organization. ' What we want," Mr. Simpson went ou, t%is Uie control of the legislative branch of the uovernment. We never can accomplish our purposes ia any other way. With a brignt, clever man like l^natious Donnelly leading our ticket, ours would be a campaign ot education, and we must educate the people so that they will see that we are right and that both the oW^rties are w ' " T '*Xs it vou"purpose," I said, "to make"J c^gbinaUffis with the two old parties in cei^r of the northern and southern States? In other words, it has been suggested that in States where the republicans are ia the majority you should combine with the democrats, and in the States where the democrats are in the majority you should combine with the rt-nnlilu'una.'' '\No," said Mr. Simpson, reflectively, "I doo't think theie is anything in that. We prefer to make our fi?ht independently of the two old pa^ts." t "Shall you extend your campaign east of the Alleghany mountoins?into the MiitdhraadJSew England States?" "No," laughingly replied Mr. Simpson, "is would be useless. Those States are beyond reaemption. The West and South b our country. In addition to the Siates I have said we shall carry, we also except to elect representatives in congress and State assembly men in such other granger communities as Illinois and Iowa and Missouri." "Dou't you believe when the real test I comes," I said, that the while alliance men ia the South will vote the democratic ticket? Won't they be atratd if vour people Let into power that you may combine with the blacks and thus give the latter a political prominence they don't now enjoy. Didn't Livingston, of Georgia, who is one #f your alliance apostles, recently enunciate the principle that he wa3 a demoerat first and alliance men afterward, and don't you think he voices the sentiment of the white suuthern democrats geflerally?" uXo, i dou\" was the dogged reply. " ' - L T i4Vioh on/1 "I XI) OW IUUI Iji V ILi^S ll/JLL ?***<-* 1/UUw nuu I . he has lost caste by it. It has hurt him with our people everywhere. It has i burt him in his own home. We hare in j the South a membership ot one million colored people They have their own lodges and work independently, although . on the same line that we do. We be ' * lt-i.J/v neve mat we rau umuc mc wiv.^u vole there. 1 k*As I say, we have a Million colored ,L people in our organization now. As tais nunib'.r increases both old parties 1 wil! make^a jrantic endeavor to get th* rest of them. The repuDJicans *v:u nolu 1 what they have and the democrats will i reach out for all they can get. We will j thus divide the colored vole. And this : being done the negro question as a 'ques- i tion' will disappear. The ne^ro will then be a factor and cot an issue in or?/-1 wo will fhi?n hpflr 1 UlUJL C tauj^ai^ua auu > v. >.?. the last of the necessity of a distinctive- j ly white mac' party in the South. We will at least have accomplished this j much good and I hope the monopolistic j press of the East will appreciate it." Food lor the Starring. Lib Air, Russia, March 10? At 1:35 o'clock ttils afternoon a steamer was sighted off this port heading in from the westward and almost immediately j afterwards tnenagoi; uie uimou I of America could be distinguished flying from the stern of tbe vessel. It > was known then for certainty that the approaching vessel was the Indiana, | j under command of Capt. Sargeant j which sailed from Philadelphia for this | port on February 22 with a cargo of llour aud provisions for the relief of the famine suffers in Russia. Toe Indiaua will enter the harbor in a short time. Soon after the news of tbe arrival of the Indiana had reached Libau tbe liusslan cruiser Strasch, commanded by Capt. Davidoff, having on board J. M. Crawford, American consul, at Sc. Petersburg; Count Bobrinkiof, chief of famine relief committee; Mr. JBornhcldt, American consul at Riga; the president of the St. Petersburg Bourse * * and otner notauie pursuit piuuccuttu out to welcome her. Flags were flying on all the vessels in the harbor and the wharves were crowded with enthusiastic people. The war ship was followed by the Concordia, which had on board the Bourse committee and a large number of guests. As the vessels neared i he Indiana the miilitary band played "The Star Sprangled Banner" and the salute was fired. The gentlemen from the Strasch and Concordia boarded the Indiana, and speeches of welcome were made. The vessel will be unloaded at once. IJoru Without a Skul). rniLADEH'iiiA, March 11.?Mrs. I AngeJo Anizini, of 720 Brinton street, yesterday morning gave birth to a child which is a veritable freak of nature and a puzzle to science. The infant is anything bu t pleasant to look on. It has no skull and consequently no forehead, the crown of the head being parallel with the eyebrows. Mrs. Anizini is becoming lamous as the mother of freaks. Only about a year ago she gave birth to a child which had no roof to its mouth. The case caused considerable attention at the time, but the child only lived a short time. At any.arly hour yesterday morning Dr. Warner was called to Brinton street. When he arrived there he found a midwife from Carpenter street in attendance. To the physician^?>-^ *nounced that the child waV time before his arriva' tion was so strange " she decided to ? then showed tb- " and in it he would make vrtono/Yur IAO uiauft^ci The brain' proper position covered with r ' . parent men" * piace. Tb. . about t^ norma' - . Loo V-'. ' CO'". Y " f~ r / * f . A Jb'iiibt With liobb'-r.-j Eagle Pass,Texts, March 11 ? ;v r>ru has just reached E :gic; P.:ss '.;f an attempted robbery ami a in?rd"f nt-ar Durango. .Mr. jJriUain, i i" Las Yacas mines, left Durau^n c ty ou m> Light of February 21) rorthe mines, some seventy miles off. He hod witn him $10,000 in Mexican silver in a. snl'e in bis wagon. This fact U-eame known to six despi-rale characters and they v.eiit a few miles out on ti;e :oad jo L :s Vacas before da\ light and lay in ambush for Mr. Brittain. The Urittain party consisted of tour persons, heavily ;.rmed, aDd when the ambushed bandits * ?? ,.nr>a />h*Jp4TJ.rJ 3<4w iriK icams iuc_? fn, v.. upon them, usiug pistols and Winchesters freely. The others, however, made vigorous resistance, whiie hurrying into Constaucid, and though one of their number, Antonio Castana, was killed, the others with the treasure made safe en^ry into Constancia. The robbers, finding pursuit useless and dangerous, turnea toward Durango and have not bten caught. Killed Man a&U YVJf?. Darlington, S. C, March 14?Yesterday two negroes irot n:io a difficulty in torvn. One went to the other's home and bid under the barn with his gun. When the other, whose name is brother roa/*h<?i} hnrnp. his wif? caraii out to help him cut of the wagon. The a-sassin, whose name is cot known Li red aDd hit both man and woT.au. Both will die. The shouting occurred twelve miles from town. Talbot & son, Manufacturers of ENGINES, BOILERS, COTTON SEED OIL MACHINERY, and &11 kinds of TOBA.CCO MACHINES*, CORN AND WHEAT MILLSTURBINE WATER WHEELS, ^ - . SAW MILr^ _ ^ 1 WITH RAPE FEED, ! or BELT AND VARIABLE FRICTION FEED, IMPROVED DOGS, AND SET WORKS AND TIMBER GUAG&RS, giaduated to sixteenth of an inch ?200 to ??00: Brick Machinery and Wood " Working Machinery a specialty. Planing Machines 5200 and upwards. Drying Kilns for Brick and Lumber. Every yard should have onePlans and drawines for construction furnished, We sell the highest grade of Machinery and at low prices. V. C. BADHAJft, GENERAL AGENT, Columbia, S. C. Feb 19-lv. laWFays ile Freipl 1 Griat Oetkx that mav not AgaisS u ret1at2d, 80 do not dp.lay. ? "strike wkilbtr2 iron is hot." ? TTrite for Catalogue now, and say wha:| paper you saw this advertisement in. | ? ?*orn>iA' that T ???1I pvervthme thalB Igceste famishing a home?manuiactur-8 ing gom? things and buying others in tht largest possible lots, which enables me tta wip? out all competition HERB AF.3 A FEW OF MY STAilT-1 LING BARGAINS I A No. 7 Flat top Cooking stove, iuj size, ] 5x17 inch oven, iitted with 21 pieces f ware, delivered at your own depot *11 freight charges paid by me, ?oi only Twelve Dollars. Again. 1 will sell you a 5 hole Cookie fug? 13x13 inch oven, 18x26 inch top, lit j with 21 pieces of ware, for TiiiK-' IN DOLLARS, and pay the ivG.nri tc; it depot ? ? NOT FAY T\TO ijtnjk goojdsT^ jJ" I will send you a nice plush Farlor suit.O Swaliut frame, either in combination or3 gbanded, the most styiish colors for 33.50,5 It* y?ur aailroad statioa, freight paid. R I will also sell you a mc9 isearomob uitf cosslstiij of Bureau with glass, l iugij head Bedstexd, 1 Wasitstand, 1 Uentrwj [?Mo, 4 can# s?at chau-s, 1 eaue seat aad? back rockwr alitor lb.iO, and pa> freighl to your depot g Or 1 will send you an elegant .Bedroom? suit witJa lar^e glass, tull marble Cop, ior| M, a.s* fij ireijh;. Nico wiuaow sliade on spring roller 9 00* ?flautliaail gyaswtar day aiclocK.. 4.uJ Bw*i?iit i?nn?M 7.e| ?Lac? c*rtai*s j?er window, l.ul M 1 camset describe everything in a smalls iadTortiSMiext, but hay? an immense stores Scontaiiizg '22,Mi ieet ot floor room, withg |w*r# houses and factory buildings in others ?arts of Augusta, making in all the iar-i kesl business of thi3:kind under one nian-1 *ag?me?t in the beutiiern states. Theses Jjtorasamd waiehousea are crowded withfi Sth? choicest productions ot the besttacic-J {ries. My catalogue contaiuing illustrations! ! or gUOUS Wlil UW iHHIiSU It juu TTlii | **y wuru you saw tins advertisement. 1? j troigiit. Address, L. F? PASSETT, j | Proprietor 1'adgett's Furniture, Stove? and Carpet Storo, 5 fa 10-1112 Broad Street. AUGUSTA. GA.: TYPEWRITERS BOLtiHT. SOLI), exchanged. AGF.XTS PAID LI 1! Kit ALLY. Gonzales & Withers, COLUMBIA, S. C. CHILD B1RTI " MADE ' u Mother*! r f THE MUTUAL LIFE j Iasnmaca Company of New fork J RICHARD A. McCUftOY, President. Statement for tlic year ending Decoabsr 31,1891 J Assets, - $159,507,138 C8 I [ Beseire on Policies (Ajnericaa Table 4%) - - - - $146.0f.8,322 00 I liabilities other tfcen Seserre, ' "07,S48 62 ' Sarplss, 1 ?.080,967 16 - - - ? ??_ 3 *54.734 oS , XWeipiH irviv c.kk ouuiv^ , j Payments to Policy-Holders, - IS, <00,711 88 Bisks assumed and renewed, "<< 194,470 policies, - 607,171,SOI 00 ! Bisks in fcee. 22<5,o07 policies, j amonnting to - CSo,753,461 03 JJ I Note.?The above statement shows ?. Iar;e increase J'J | orer the business of iSgo in amount at risk, nsw business iM | assumed, p3 yments to policy-holders, receip's, assets and surplus; and includes as risks assumed only the number am 1 and amount of policies actually issued and paid for ia Wm j the accounts of the year. 9 THE ASSETS ASE INVESTED AS FOLLOWS: ^ Beal Estate ana Bead <t Mortgage Loans. ----- ?S1,>45,540 48 United States Bonds and other Securities, - - - - 57,Cf.l,455 78 loans on Collateral Sccuritics. 1<),223,903 90 Casli in Banks and Trust Companies at interest. - - - 5,070,153 03 Interest accrued, Premiums Do- I ferrcd, etc., - 5;2?6;:0S5_4? S!5?. n)7,13S 68 I have carefully examined -the foregoin - statement and find the same to be corrctrt. A. N. WATZRIIOvs.;, Auditor. ??????? ^ Fron. the Surplus a dividend will be apportioned as usual. "' ???????? "* * ' / EZPOST 0? THE mMSISG COHJCTT^. 0?^j of fas Hcteil Life Lssiasce Company of !i:w TcrL Jazzrj 25, 1892: it a nesting of the Board cfTrostaes of this Company, held oath# ?| 23d daj of December, Bitimo, the undersigned vera appointed a Cosoittee to examine too annual statement for tie jeir er ding December JW 31,1891, and to Tsrifj the same b7 ccat&risan, iriti tiu assets of Us* fl Company. fl| Bs Committee 2173 ?rsftlly performed tie duty aefgaed to them. j^k ud hereby certify that tie statement is is all parties!;-* correct, and A| that tho assets speriM therein are in possession cf the Company. gm In nalaag fics certificate tie Committea bear testimony to the higa dtfTcter of the in7estnents of the Company and ernes? their appro- M| batioa of tie system, order, and accuracy wiii which the accounts and washers b?7? fca fcept, and the business in general is transacted. ' H. C. von Post, Robert Seweu, George Buss, J. H. Herricx, Juuen T. Davies, D. C. Roemeow. -f*?_ ri. HOLJ3E.N, ROBERT A. GRANN1S8, Vice-Pkesibent. Walts* R. GnAEixj, General Manager. Frbdekc CRomrciL, - ? ? Treasurer. EiiORY McCiittock, - ? Actuary. COUNTY AGENTS. Abbe^Si& ; Chester, H. G. llcllwain;^Si^airfie!d, II. G. Mellwafo- ? Edgefield, Geo B. Lake: Berkley, W. S.' I Hastie & Son; Hampton, \V. N. Hey ward; Wliliamsburg, If. M. jonnson; uaureua, M. T. Simpson: Kershaw, E. 3. Cante^. Gernand & Hyatt, General Agents, Columbia, S. (J. AMD ' ' * FW DW ? TTZt t= pIiODD!jtA?!E| m !jm<m > I'. r. P. a? & IpTrnuTTTeo^aTiJoD^ (ml M!l|Sutliig far tht cuim a# all r'rr, <5:.-v>u>? Rft^te, M?'ir!*, old C^r?!c I.'icuf! ihrt tr.ve rol'tici all &?*:irea^ 'Jitinb, flM ? SUHES ? ^ M ?5# iWfSsOT I r?T*r? fiwiiurifiSBii fclcxi-ma, Chronic r-Kiit# Coop^t^ il#r? ' ' ^ ^ ^ rat-ujiy. Lull'l * vilcw- pOllOS^S 42d whOM Y.Otd l *Tk it? l^g'y* * ^ *''<^^? <j|'Q tA ?a?5s:rcAl jryqtL'?rUle*? (Wflflc .CUBES Dri-gsLi^l^ppicaa'sSlcc^ SAVAMidLGAj *** THE LAKGEST STOCK MOST SKILLED WORKMEN. t.OWEST PKICE?i Stitk Caroliia MarMe Mi, ; F. H. HYATT, PROPRIETOR. Is the best place in South Carolina 01 .southern States to secure satisfaction in American and'Italian Marble Work. A.1* fcinas of Cemetery Work j a speciality. ffl TABLETS, HEADS TONEb,: 110 NUM &c. 1 Send for prices andJ ull Information.^ F. H. HYATT April 8 Lr COLUMBIA. S. C. / \0M?*i .; f ^vV. r*?^eS> /? *.5?--:~ ^>" *"i *? ; 5 S .. {^^'--r^>S ;~> V'v -? .? ;*-" ' ..^ S C~- %S% '-: ' > I ?%?*J* &Jf ir: ^ z* ,r' .* . *i hT A <? T| ? . v * I f" H BH ^ mm ?? > .> -M