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AT THE TABERNACLE. REV. DR. TALMAGE PREACHES UPON THE WORTH OF RELIGIONAn Interesting aLd Eiciaent Sermon From Ctro Words ol Solomon?"WJedom Is Bstcer Than Kubiei>"?The True Christian Spirit. Bkocklyx, Feb. II.?In the Tabernacle this fjrenoon Rev. Dr. Taimase preached to a crowded audience that filled the yreat building lo overflowing, tfce subject of bis sermon being 'Rubles Surpassed," and the text Proverbs viil, 11, '"Wiyf'im is better than rubies." You have all seen the precious stone commoi-ly called the rubv. It is of dead red color- The B.ble makes much oi u. It glowed in the first row of the high priest's breastplate. U^der another name it stood in the wall of heaven. Jeremiah compares the. ru^dy cheek of the Nf-Zarites to the rubv. Ezcklel poin's it out in the robes of the kiCir of Tyre. Four (times does jjoioojon use It as a dymboi by *Lic't ' > exiol wisdom or religion, always sen.-ug its value as Detter than rubies. The world does cot a^ree as to how the precious stones w foemtd. The ancients thought that amber was made of drops or ptrspiranon ot '..he aoddess Ge. The thunderstone was suppo?ed to have dropped from a stormcioud The emerald was said to have been ma-.ie of tt<e fir fly. The lapis lazuli was taougni to have hsen bora of t5e cry of a a la dian giaat. And mceern mineralogists say that the precious s:ones were maHe of gases aad liquid.-? To me the rabv seems like a spark iron the aavil of the setting saa. The home of the genuinegruby is Bur ma*h, and 60 miles from its capital, where lives aad ieLns the raier, called "L- rd of the Rabies," under a careful governmental guard are these valuable mines of ruby kept. Rarely has any foreigner visited them. When a ruby of 1 <rge valae was discovered it was brought forth with'elaborate ceremony, a processioa was lormed. and, with all baaaered pomp, military guard aad princely attendants, the gem was brought to the king's palace. Of great value is the ruby, much more so than diamond, as lapidaries and jewelers will tell ycu. An expert on this subject writes, "A ruby of perfect color weignmg ave Kirais is worm at iuc wcoeat day ten times as much as a diamond of equal weight." It was a disaster when Charies the Bold lost tbe ruby he wa3 wearing at tbe battle of Grandson. It was a great afllaence when Rudolph II of Austria inherited a ruby from his sister, the queen dowager. It was thought to have had much to do with the victory of Eenry V, as he wore it into the battle of Agincourt. It is the pride of the Russ'an court to own the largest ruby ot all the world, presenied by Gustavus III to the Russian empress. Wondrous rub\! It has ekctnc characteristics, and there are lishtnings compressed in its double six sided prisms. What shall I call it? It is ircz;n hre! It is petriHed blood! In all tbe world there is only one thing more valuable, and my text makes the comparison, Wisdom is better than rubies." But it is impossible to compare two tilings together unless there are some pslnts of similarity a3 well as of differ ence. I am glad there :s noting JacEing here. The ruby is more beautiful la the eight and under toe lamplight than by day. It is preferred for evening adornmect. How the rubies glow and bum and flash as the lights life the darkness! Catherine oi Aragon had on her finger a ruby that fairly lanterned the night. Sir John ilandeviile, the celebrated traveler oi 400 years ago, said thai the emperor of Chica bad a ruby that made the eight as bright as the day. The probability is that Solomon, under some of the lamps that illumined his cedar palace by night noticed the peculiar glow of the ruby as it looked in the hilt o' a sword or hung in some fold of the upholstery or beautified tbe lip of some chalice, while he was thinking at the same time of the excellency of our holy religion as chiefly seen in the night of trouble, and he cries out, "Wisdom is better than rubies." Oh, yes, it is a good thing to have religion while the sun of prosperity rides high and everything is brilliant in fortune, in health, in worldly favor. Yet you can at such tiaie3 ha< dly tell how much o! it is natural exuberance and hew much of it is the grace of God. i3at let the sun set and the shadows avalanche the plain sod the thick darkness of sickness sr poverty or persecution or mental exhaus'.ion fill the sou! and fili the house and fill i.he world; then you sit down by the lamp of God's word, and under its l!ght the consolations of the aospel come out?the peace of God whi-:b passeth all understanding appears. You never fully appreciated their power until in the^ deep sight or trouble the^IJiyise^amp" ^?w rcveaiea their -exfijatsitentos. Pearls ana ?aeeTfcy&tsTcr the day, but rubies fcr the night. All the books of the Bible attempt in some way tbe assuagement o> misfortune. Of the 150 psalms of luvid at least 90 allude to trouble. There are sighing* in ever, wind and tears in everv brook and pangs in every heart. It was originally proposed to call tbe president's residence at Washington, 'TbePalace" or "Toe Executive Mansion," but after it was destroyed in the war of 1814 and rebuilt ii was painted white to cover nn the marks of tbe smoke and lire tbat bad blackened the walls. Hence it was called "Tne White House." Most of the things dow white with attractiveness were once black with disaster. Whatjthe world most needs is the consolatory, and here it come3, our holy religion, with both hand3 full of anodynes and sadatives and balsams, as in Daniel's time to stop mouths leonine; as in Shadrack's lime to cool blast furnaces; as m Ezekiel's time to console captivity, as in St. John's time to unroll an apocalypse over rcckv desolations. Hear its soothing voice as it declares: "Weeping may endure for a night, but }oy cometh in the mornics." "The mountains shall depart aod the hills be removed, but my loving kindness shall not dspart from you." "Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth." "They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more neither shill the sun light on them, no: any heat, for the lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall lead them to the living fountains of water, sua God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes." The most wholesome thing on earth is trcuble if met in Christian spirit. To make Paul what he was took shipwreck, and whipping on the bare back, and penitentiary, and pursuit of wild mobs, and the sword cf decapitation. To make David what he was it too-: ail tsat A U:* L _ 1 .1 ^ _ rt . ? _ * i Amietnei aca sau: ana Aosaiom anu Goliath and all tbe Philistine hosts could do against him. It took Robert Chambers' malformation of leet to make him the literary conqueror. It was bereavement the.*, brought William Kaworth of Wesley's ticce from wickedt ss to an evangelism that won many thousands for heaven. The world would never have known what heroic stu2 Ridley was made of had cot the fires been kindled around his feet, and not liklne their slow work he cried: "I cannot burn! Let the lire come to me! I cannot burn!'' Thaok God that there are gems that unfold their best mini?o?n?ea? iiiwpx? ?h siories under the lamplight! Thank God for I he rub)! Moreover, I acn sure that Solomon was right in sa\iog that religion or vr3sdom is belter than rabies, from the fact that a thicg is worth what it will fetch. Religion w;ii fetch solid happiness, and '.tie rusy will not. [a all vour observation did yon ev--r rind a person thoroughly felicitated by an incrustcnent of j-welfr? As you know more of yourself than auy oce else, are you happier now with worldl/ adornments and successes tl*au betore vou won them? D:>e* the picture that cost yon hu;.dr'-ds or t^r.naonrfo nf flnllars nn TOilf wail brlCiT \ou as much satisfaction as the euiir^v me that at the ?-sp^ose of $5 was buc^ upon the wall when you fjrst began to keep boose? D > aii the cutlery and rare plate tbat yLtier on your extension dining table, surrounded by fluttering quests, coDtain more of real o.ixs thaw the plain wara of \our ilrsi table, at wlrcb sat only two Does a wardrobe crcwc'od w.th costly an ire ?ive yon 'uore satisfaction than your 0r?: c.'othe3 closet with its four or CV3 peg-? Did not the plain rms set v>n the tnira S.-<_er of your lek hand on the day ot your betrothal yive more^ladne^ than ttie ruby thac is now enthroned oa the third ficuer or your right. haaa? if in this jouiuey of life we have learned anyttiin^ we have leaaned that this world neither with its emolucnenrs nor sia'us can satisfy the sojI. Whv, here c >me us many witnesses as I wis^ to call to the stand to tes'Uv that before blijh heaven and the world, in companionship with Jesus Christ and a ?0 d hope of heaven, they feel a joy t^at all the resources of their vocabulary tail to express. Sometimes it evidences itself mio ejaculations of hosana, sometimes in d> xology, sometimes in tears, A ?- ? -J m rt 1 ?f ftp cuLiver'fu uanvc ui jllju;o m c. said, "How I l?ng for my bed, not thai I may bleop-I he awake ofteD ana lorigbnt to hold sweet communiou with my God ? If so mishtv Is worldly joy that Julius II, hearicg Lis armies were triumphant, expired, and if Talva, hearing that the B )man Senate decreed him an bouor, and if Dionysius and Sophocles, overcome of jjy, expired, and if a shipwrecked purser, waiting on the coast of Guinea in want and starvation at the sight of a vessel brioging relief, fell dead from shock of delight, is it any surprise to you that the joy3 of pardon and heaven rolling over the soul should some times be almost too much for the Christian to endure and live? An aged aunt said to me: "Da Witt, three times I have fainted dead away unaer too great Christian joy. It was In all three cases at the holy communion." An eminent Christian man while in prayer said: ''Stop, Lord; I cannot bear any more ef this gladness; ifc is too much for mortal. Withhold! Withhold!" We have heard of poor workmen or workingmen getting a letter suddenly tellies tnem that a fortune had been left them, and how they were almost b? side themselves with glee, taking tLe first ship to claim .the estate. Bat, oh, what it is to wake up out of the stupor of a sinful life and through pardoning 2nd that all our earthly existence will be divinely managed for our best welfare and that then all heaven will roll in upon the soul! Compared with that a spriag morning is stupid, an August sunset is mane, and an aurora has no pillared splendor, and a diamond has no flash, and a pearl no light, sod a beryl no aquamarine, and a ruby no ruddiness. My Gracious Lord! My gloiioas God! Mv precions Christ! Eoll over on us a few billows of that rapture. And now I ask you, as fair minded men and women, accustomed to make comparisons; Is not such a joy as that wortu more than anything one can have in a jeweled caskei? Was not Sol omonricht when he said, "Wisdom is better than rubies!" There is also something in the deep carmine of the ruby that suggests the sacrifice on which our whole system of religion depends. While the emerald suggests the meadows, and the sapphire the skies, and the opal the aw, the ruby suggests the blood of sacrifice. Tbe most emphatic and startling of all colors hath the ruby. So'.cmon, the author of my test, knew all about the sacrifice of lamb and dove on the altars of the tomple and he knew the meaning oi sacrificial blood, and what other precious stone coui j he so wrll use to symbolize it a* toe ruby. Red, intensely red, red as the blood of the greatest martyr of all time ?Jesus of the ceaiuries! Drive th?s story of the crucifixion out ol the Biole and the doctrine of the atonement out of our reli ji -n, and there would be nothing of Chrip'i.nity left for our worship or our admiraiion. Why shouid it be hard to adopt the Bible theory that; our redemption was purchased by blood? What great brides e ver sprung itsarcnes; what temple ever reareS its towers; what nation ever achieved its independence; what mighty good was ever aoue without sacrifice ot life? The great wonder of the world? the > ridge that unites the3e two cities? qast tire lite of the first atchiiecl. Ask the sh'pvardsoi Glasgow and Xew York bow many carpenters went down under accidents before the steamer was launched. Ask the three great trans continental railroads how manv in their construction were buried uader crumb ling embankments, or crushed under timbers, or destroyed by the powder blast. Tabulate the statistics of how Tiauv mothers have been martyrs to the cradle of sick children. Tell us how many men sacrifice Derve and muscle and brain and life in the effort to support their bouse hulcis. Tell me How many men in .England, in France, in Germany, in Italy, in the United States, have died tor their ccunry. Yicariou3 suffering is as old as the world, but the most thrilling, the most startling, the most stupendous sacrifice of all time and eternity was on a bluff back of Jerusalem, whe~ one Being took upon himself the sins, the agonies, the perdition of a great multitu' e that no man can number, between 12 o'clock of a darkened noon and 3 oxIock in the afternoon, purchasing the ransom of a ruined world. Dive in all the seas, explore all the mines, crowbar all the mountains, view all the crowned jewels of all the emperors and find me any gem that can so overwhelmingly symbolize that martyrdom as the ruby. Mark you, there are many gems that are somewhat like the ruby. So is the cornelian, so is the garuet, so is the spinel, so is the balis, so the gems brought from among the gravel of Ceylon and Xew South Wales, but there is only one genuine ruby, and that comes from the mine of Burmah. And there is only one Christ, and he comes from heaven. One Redeemer, one Ransom, one Son of God, only "one name given under heaven among men by which we can be saved." Ten thousand times ten thousand beautiful imitations of that ruby, but only one ruby. Christ had no descendant. Chnst had no counterpart. In the ligf*d up grandeur and glory and love aid sympathy of his character he is the Incomparable, the Infinite One ?''the only wise God, our Saviour." T at- oil liogrfo -all hnmoa a]] firriM ill! iJUV USil UUl?l M4i MA* ws.MX.Wj u*. eternities bow low before him! Let his banner be lifted in all our souh! In olden times Scotland was disturbed by freebooters and nirates. To rid the seas and ports of these desperadoes the hero William Wallace fitted out a merchant vessel, but filled it with armed men and put out to sea. The pirates, with their liaff inscribed oi a death's head, thinking tbey would get an easy prize, bore down upon the Scottish merchantman, wlu.a the armed men of Wallace boarded the cratt of \ the pirates a&d puttfce-i ia c~;*i<:3 -;n = [ rheo for port una*:* the Scotch j fag flving. And so our sou!-, assaivi | < of sin and dpalh and hell, throus'-: I " Christ are rescued, and the black lH? j of sin torn do*'n, ard th* stripped fu? ! of Ui? cross ir> hoisted. Blessei be Cod j , for any sigi;, for any signal, for w.\ j preciou stone tba* brir.gs to mi-nd thr ;. price paid for such a rescue.' I like the coral,for it seen.s th? solin- !; itied foacn of breakers, ana 1 like the 1 j-isper, for it gathers IT cc: >rs into it( bosom, ?.nd I i:ke *he jet, ftr it corn pr-sse* 'he shadows cf many mid nii'h*s, a-id I like the chrvsopras- be- ' cause i's purp:e is iduumi-d with a <'qa!1 heaven of stars, acd I like o.iiysolo'e for i?"s waves or color,!1 seem on lire. Hut this morning noth- j: inu so impresses ma as the ruby, tor :r ; depicrs, it. typitirs, it suggrs;.s "the ] U .-d o? J^sus Christ th*c cleans^U; ' from aii sin." "Without the sh-dd'.rtg j ] of t-l.jod t.'iepe is na remission." Yea. j Solomon was ri^ht wheu iu iny text he said, "Wisdom 's barter than rub?"S." \ To bring out a c-j.itrast that wi)i ii- J lus*rat,e my text I put before you tw ? 1 last earthly scenes. The one is in a j ro<>m wi:b rubies, but no religion, and the other in -> room with religion, bnr ' no rubies. Y >u enter the lir-r. room, where an yifluentand worldly man ?s . about to qut this life. There is a ruby 1 oq the mantel, possibly anion* the va- 1 s?s. Trereisa ruby in the he.i'.'drtss or the q-enly wif*. ? On tn?- li >ger ot 'he rtyinpr man there J is h ruby. Tne preser"vof t. lese rui ies f j implies opulence ot ail kinds. The p!c tuivs on the walls are heirlooms or ih" y Trophies of European travel. The csk- f taias are from foreign looms. The ; rugs are from Damascus or C-iro. The ! sofas are stuffed with e/.se and quie- \ Tvu? ?-,vl I r,,i?L> CUUC. a. ar; u'iaao i.v/11 w^vo- 1 we.rd and forward ou lullabies. The i pillows are exquisitely embroidered. ; All the appoin; merits of the room are ' a peroration to a successful commercial or professional lift*, liut the man ^ has no religion, never has had and iisver professed to have. There is not a Bible or one religious book in the r?om. The departing man feels that his c earthly career is ended and nothing ? opens beyond. Where he will land stepping off from thi3 life is a mystery, | or whether he wiil land at alJ, lor it t may be annihilation, lie has no pray- c tr to off-r, aiid he does not know fto.v g to pray. .\ro hops of meeting again in another state ot' existence, lie is ( through r.vith this life and is sure of no other. The ruby oa the mantel and g the ruby on the" wasted finger of the 1 c dsrarting one say nothing of the ran- I soming bloo.i which they so rnighiily t typify. So far as giving solace or ilia- t mination to a departing spirit they are t a dead failure. Midnight of utter t h opelessness drops on all the scene. Auother room of mortal exit. Keli gion and no rubies, i>ne never had ] money enough to buy one of these ex- c qmsites. 8 metimes she stopped at a r jeweler's show window and saw a 1 ow of them incarnadining the velvet. She t had keen taste enough to appreciate c those gems, but she never 0wued one j of them. sha was not jealous or ud- j happy because others had rubies while & she had none. But she had a richer "r treasure and that was the grace of Go;i ~ that had comforted her along the way < amid bereavements and temptations and persecutions and sicicess and pri- c ? -.1 - ^11 I VriUUUS dUU UirtlS UL an ovi IS. -Wi* she is going out of life. I The room is bright?not with pictures or statutes, not. with upholstery, ] not with my of the gems of mountain s or of sea, but there is a strange and l vivid glow in the room?not the light ? of chandelier, or scar, or noonday sun, but; somothing that outshines all r>i them. It must be the presence of supernatural. From her ill urn i air d fuc 3 c I think sne must hear sweet voices, i Yea, she does hear sweet voices? 1 voices of departed kindred, voices i apostolic and prophetic snd evangelic, t but all of them overpowered by the i voice of Christ, saying,, 'Come, ye bless- ? ed of my father, inherit the kmghom." r From her illumined face I think she must hear rapturous music. Yea, she does hear rapturous music, now soft as ^ solos, now thunderous as orchestras, J now a siintly voice alone, now the ' hundred and forty and four th ?usaLd in concert. From her iliumnined face < I think she must breathe redol^nc-. s Yea,she does inhale aroma from ulf e f gardens whose ilowers never wither i from the blossoms of orchards 1 every tree of which bears twelve t manner of fruit. From her , illu;n:ned face I think she j must see a glTious sight. Ye3, she sees the wall that h^s jasper at th* . base,aod amethyst at th^ top, and bloc J red rub'.e3 between. G^odby, awett sr>ul! Why 3houM you long-r stay? ^ iTour work all done; your burdens aJi ' carried; your tears all wept! Forward ? into the light! Up into tae joy! Out < into the grandeurs. I And after you have saluted Christ > and your KindivG searcn out nira o: j the palaces of Lebanon cedar and tell :him that >ou h*ve found to be gion- f ousiy true what thousand of years ago he ass-rted in this morning's t?-xf, ?, "Wisdom is better than rubies." In " those burcissed palaces of our God , may we all m?et, for I confess to you that my chief desire for heaven is not ( the radiance cr to take t he suggestion ; of iue text??not <ti6>~-cuji?S?e nce of the scene. My one idea of heav~jj place to meet old friends?God, naH oest friend, and our earthly friends ai- t ready transported. Aye, to mtet the i millions to whom 1 have never seen, ? but to whom I have administered in t toe gospel week by week tnrough r journalism on both sides of the se?,ai:d ' throughout Christendom, and through { many lands yet semibarbaric. For the last 23 years every blast of injustice against "me has multiplied my readers all the world over, and the . present malignancy printed and utter- , fed because our chnrch is in lioancial ? struggle after having two great struct- J ures destroyed by fire and we compelled to build three large churches?I say lr the present outrageous injustice in some q .-ters will multiply m> audi- ence in aiJ lands if I can keep in good ( humor and not fight back. s A gentleman tapped me on the shoul ( der summer before last on a street of < E iinburg and said,''I live in the She:- [ land islands, north Scotland, and I ^ read your sermons every Sabbath to an ; audience of neighbors, and my brother , live in Cape Town, and he reads them r every Sabbath to ah audience of his , neiguoors. Ana i uere aau lluw say ( to the 40,000,000 of the earth to whose eyes these words will come that one of 1 my dearest anticipations is to meet ( them in heaven. Ab, that will be bat < ter than rubies! Coming up from different continents ( from different hemispheres, from opprs- < ite side of the earth, to greet each | other s in holy love m tbe presence of the glor- < ious Christ who made it possible for us < to get there! Our sins a'.l pardoned. ; ou: sorrows allebanishe, never to weep never to part, never to die! 1 tell you J that will be better than rubies. Others , may have the crowns, *nd the thrones * 3nd the scepters. Give us our old friend 1 back again, Christ, '-ths friend who I sticketh close than a brottu.-r," and all 5 the kindred who have gone up from bereft households, and nil our Iriendswhom we have never yet seen, and you , may have all the rubies, for that will ; be "better than rubies." ] Instead of the dying kis3 when they . looked so pale and wan *nd si-.-k,it v,-.!i . be ihe kiss of welcora-j on iips jut>ii ?at with song, while standing on Uoors j paved with what exquisiteness, under ( ceilings hung with what glory, bounded j ] by walls facing us with what splendor j, amid gladness roiling over us with i; what doxoiygv. Far better, inlinitely j Detter, everlastingly better tnau rubies, j; Ax effort is being made to establish}' the Louisaua State Lottery at Tampa, j; Fla. Gov. Mitchell has another serious j matter to deal with, and it is to be ] hoped he will be more successful! than he was with the lighters. : HOiST BY Hi3 OVV>:'P?TARD 5?{>'-r liresupteil * > .w.:iow 'err.it i m :i?c j i-hJp Vv'.vsiUXGTO.v. rVb. 0 ?Cp.itirT.an J-uifcmiiigs. or to.: House Naval Coranittrf, li-ts ccaipic'^d 1 fie remrlt'd of .fat: c >ajiri!i!"- up.>a la-? flyman res:}"u*jo!\ ?"j-cl?rintj the premiums 3aul r"f sp^a'.'t 11 iv u v-ssels are a:t-ss:Ve -4'- i ffcfekic.2'f'i r"?Tr?in f:jirn*-r :-i\ inarifs o~: it score.. Mr. Oil innings p-rfa^-S his n-porn :>y calling itreiitl.JU tt> th? ?.n:ir Mr. n J'tc:sn iouer.i ti. secure fne ira ueinate adop,jolj ->i r;?H resolu'ion svitMout retVrenca i? t he eoaimii'ee. lie says a patim^ rll'.jrc has ye^n .;sa<le t?> u'uarrh fac'.s .0 warrant no inve Meatiun. Mr. HoJnar has introducM Mr. J. II lie Syper h agt nil em a:, of rxcrlient reputation vh'j h ci fnrri!-s.t-d the Tacts upon which t? c i??r^es -v-re ins-'!; bn*. *vhea the ; . sjcmitit?- ai'csp'ing Mr Hoima-t's esimar* cf ?he called for 'iicis noi>e w<jre pirseo'e-i. The witdid not beJi?*ve that any naval 'Ulcer und \ e-n parry to a corrupt-comHiia'iO'J, bar bttll' Ve i t'1.4r- i-fie preidmum U>v was un wise and r va* r^k!ej rtv-ag-inc-* had brea sa?wa. app:-~r d that. Mr. Syper k^ew notb , fg o!' f>y fra-'.d or 01 oavi construc,;o:i or tnairje^rio^, but relied upon lews j.jp r rveorts. lie named experts vho wouM support uis statements, .hat the designed engiaat-rs could cal:ulate f he s teed o< \ 7is?tl within a I'aarterof a knot, but when one of hem rLniu.i nnccihii'u /*f '*00 Vfl'l' U UV V4V Ui? M VA )reilic itig* the spsrd v/rhiu a krur. or a , cuot and a half. Oaef Engineer Mel7il?e h-:d denied that ?he pr?r.l;e-.i >n : :ou d be mnde within half a knot hug jo had other naval experts. The commit --e foucd that ths charge hat the i' s / :* were purposely drawn i o &e..-ure ;.hau the contract speed , y<is nor b >r::6 oat and the same was rueof the dlieiTHt.:on that unusu! an improper m;uas werv t:s-d to fore.? the ; r'es3el3 on trui trips, damaging the , nachinery. i The rv -rr next taxes up the question >f Mr. SyiK-r'i motives iu passiog th< i :hargrs. It quotes the testimony co ihow that he declared that he appeared pro bono publico, a patriot" ana that :e ha'I deiihd any coac-crn in the inred ujtion of the lii-tir resjlu'ion pressing Mr. Holm iq's resolution on the < a me subject. Than it quotes Svoer's letter to the i 3rainps .S-p:. 2S.h l ist saving that he lad important information at their i ervice: Knd continuing this evidence i >t ex representative ILizrlton who l.-oiv 11,. i, ..liiiiir r-> ilnr.mn h#> sat3 it vas prrparedin Super's otlice in forma- : iou fur.usa^d >)y 3y? ;r. la further at- i ack upon the cnaracter of thewitness, j ,he report sa> s: ] Tbe lltdman prermbleand res3luiioo were introduced into the House Dec. :3. On his tirst appearance btfore the j loaimitiee Mr. Syper was asked; "Did ou prepare a copy ui cbar. resolution ?" i ills reply was, "Xo sir." He wa3 ( hau asked whether be had knowledge i if ihe resolution before its introduced lis reply was, "Yes, sir; I haJ knowedge anu that resolution probably or;- ; nnats-d from the suggestions maae by- 1 ne based upou th-se newspaper artiles." l'utber alo^g, be was asked, : Didyou firmer the resolution?" lie replied, "VVfjv? It is not my :hlld." He wasagain asked, "You aid nor jrenareor caused it to ue prepared?" Elis reply w?s, "I did nor. prep ire it, but I had a talk with Judge Holrnan ; leveral times and showed Lim tbese lewspaps: arilcies and gaye this infor- ( i.'C*UUU. TTas h? Cr.1z7.or Anjjiy? Brooklyn, Feb. li.?A sensation u the very "large an kinds was created his morning in S-. Paul's R iman Cathoic Church, the oldest consecrated church u Brooklyn. I1, arose trom an attack spoa the pai'-or o? the church, the Ilev. Villisai J. Hili, at the very siens 01' the lUar bv iiis assistant, the Rev. Dr. IVick V. iicDona!ed The trouble occur ed at the 10 o'clock Mass wi:ea 'he urch was crowded vrth worshipers. bV-bsr IIII :s about 5."' . jars of a^e. aud r. was uuder his succ-*sstul administraion that the parish has bee-i f;etd from JebL, and w\s consecrated some years , i?0. D*. McDonildca'ae to the parish rom Ne-vark, X. J., and wa3 originally rom the diocese of Cloyne, Cork, Ire add. lie is a highly educated man, his ( ravelled widsly, and it is paid has once >r twice beert in ecciesiadcal trouble, le hod staed to Father Ilill, it is said, siit he had sufl'ered troin soueaiag or toe | jiaiD. He is of powerful ph\<:qu?, vs'fbioi about 250 pou'ids. I).-. Ale [).>ria'd had been a.ipoini-d b? Filhe.r I 1 to cwie'orale M .?.< a* 10 o'clock and ils'T- the High Mass at 11. During tbt. , ;<:lobi?Lioa r f t! e icrmr-r the whorsbip- 't )srs were auazed to see Dr. McDoaaid pprosch Father Kill, who (fi'eredto . issi.-r, "it the c Koration, and strike turn i vioie;:: blow, kii'.cg the ins-O? o ihe lo'-r. 13 ;f :re F.Dtr Hill could arise L>r. McDona'd c^.ois to u:e ohanoel rail, Uid, geaticulaii ir wHd:y. -exclaimed that , :here had te^n a consi.irncv between , Father Hill and Bishop McD >na!d to I five hiai fro:?: the -/bess*. He then .uroed ard agaia a^auit.ed F^her 11:11. The rcfishioners fina-iv iuslie l fv-r vard ( Kid held him unnl the arrival oi officers, irfwas subs'qjcntJy. taken to 81. i'ev .r'a 11 !3pi'.a! focjicjiaient iucharcc oi : m cfiber. I . is said tiiaTEe had been !0ti:ieu I'u the Bishop's secretary ,iiat he at uid not be made a regular jr'est cf the crcese, au !, this fact veghed upon his mind. lis ha3 many J riendi who believe hua to be insane. aiar* ?r of ?n A.?et Conple. Knoxvillu. Texn. Feb. 9.?Henry ;noder.v. a^d 9:, aed his wife, age'* 70, vcre murdered on Tnursdav night, ] ibouL 8 o'clock, in Union Cou. /, eigh- | .sen miles from Kuoxvilis. The news )f tragedy rescue-; ibis place about noon. . Cno old ^a:i w.ts very wealthy nud was :aowa to have a iarge sum of roonsv :oncea!ed abou- his home. His grand- : id living with him had occasion to go ' >n an errand to the mill near by. lie ; _ J\ ^ ~ rl ^ C -I r*r i \zr \ moo Ire./! ~ J'-Jl U-IU *T L. Tf KJ UJUCD.WV ncn ca the outside armed wkh revol- , ?ers. He spr:m? back, bat a volley was ! iiaci and Snoderiy tell dead. Another ' vas 0re3 and Mr , Saodeily was killed. Fhe burs ars covered the yuunc man ?ritb their pistols and ordered him to ind his graccf-'her's money. The boy pulled the drawers out of the bureau and :mpticd them in the bed. Finding an pportumty while taay i*ere searching or the money he sprang out o( th? door iscaped to alarm The neighborhood. Afsearching the I.cut? the burglar? svu!';e:I two line 'ior=eand escaped :n Lhv 'irccticu o! Knoxviile. It [3 said they j ;ecu;ed only $200. No accural descrip.:ca cculu be yiv<.n on account of the . aas'st, but ii;e rohaers were trailed to wiihia live milts Knoxvilie. It it bv eved they were city men and may ;>. jonceaitu somewhere around here* Ti:e joiice and a force of deputy sheriffs are scouring the oi;-v aud county. Tht 'Z7 Were Kansas City, Mo, Feb. 13.?Reports received ner^ tod<*y trom Oklahoma *Qd the Indiaa territory m iRe iv, alj^o .t certain tnat at lease, thirty lives tvere less during the great storm of Sunday. M-tny isol:t'ed honesteads, where the families were poriy prepared 'or the w'inrtr,ear:COL be n-ard from lays, and po-sib.y weeks, and mer-s is reason'o Relieve u:ar, tniriy wm cos | represent th* total number of the dead. La Western arsd Southwestern Kansas there was tireat suirenug aac1 is probable that in more thanooe bouse dea^l L?c:dic.; vill some u.-ty be 1'ound. The tf-orst of the storm v. as rwer in the Missouri valley toaay, and as it is growing warmer and is cioudy it is act ualiKely that the sr;ow will be melted iuddemy causicg iloods in mauy streams. A i KG.s NCMiNATcD. W5 ; Opp ?Se 1 D ><bo2 s'-lc N :i 'uc-? ? A S r>.n: e r>l'x u*v. J3ii::iixoham, Ala., Feb. 8.?The >ta:e cjnvratioa of tae Jefferson ian, Democrats or Kolbites in*! the People's party '.vas hel-i her^ to day and a fall St*te ticket nomiaatfd to oppose the i regular Di*aoor:itic ticker;. , The People's party held their Srate eonventioa this morn'n? at the Winnie Davis Wizwaxn. A. Longshore presidtd as chairman. An invitation rcv.s received from tne Kolbi'.es to j iin the u ( m their convention. I?. was accepted but no* without some disesssious Tne Feoplr's parry adopted a pi itform which endorses the Omaha piat- ( form dec!.inas for an income tax.de- , mauds a free ballot and a fajr count and opposes the repe-il of the 10 per cent tax ou Sta'e banks. At noon The K doite delegates came into the hall and the two conventions c >mbined into one. Judge Z-ili Gasiou of lintier County was niide perm men; chdirm tn. The following State tiek. t was nomin.ited: For Governor, Reuben f. Kolb of M.'f.tgomery; for Secretary of State J. C. F vjvine of Crenshaw Oo;in'.y; for Auditor, W. F. B. Lynch el M^coo 0 maty;for Treasurer, T. K. Jones of ! ilale County; for Superintendent cr Education, J. F Olivei of rail* >oosi County; for Auorney General, Warren lieese of Montgomery. Captain K>lr>, when he came forward to accept the nomination, was greeted with loud applause, whica continued for several minutes. He read a , af?eech in which he denounced the Djmoera^y ana reiterated all nis grievances against that party from which he bolted c<.vo years ago. He was follow- , ed by F. G. Bowman, J. C. Manning und others who spoke in the same strain The convention adjourned until 7 o'clock to night, wnen it reconvened and adopted a platform. The attendance was much smaller than had been expected. The following is the platform adopted at to-night's meeting: 1 V?> dftmnnd a free vote and an , honest count. j 2. We demand the passage of a contest law for Slate officers. 3. We demand the tree coinage cf , ?old and silver on the basis of 16 10 1. 4. We clemanil the expansion of the , i-irculwting medium to SoO per capita. ( 5 .We protest against tne control of the circulating medium by corporate , enterprises. ! (J. We demand a tariff for revenue and that the revenue necessary to meet Jie expenses of the government be ( ra'.sed'so far as possioJe by a tariff on , importations and that this tariff be a s levied as to protec: thelaoorer in the ( mine?, the mills, the snops and on the , farms, and their products, against the labor of foreign countries. , 7. We demand a national graduated income tax on salaries or incomes in j excess of reasonable expenditures of ' the; comforts and necessities ot life. , 8. We favor more lib eral educational j facilities for the masses and a better j and more efficient administration of the school laws. 9. We demand th-it the convicts shall ; be removed from the mines. ( 10. We demand that the present lien , i*W3 be so amended as to give miners < fti" same benefits accorded to otner , Laborers and the enactment of such laws as-.vili secure t) tnn payment? . of wt?ges in lawful money semi-month iy. 11. We favor the creation of the office of State ins Doctor ot weights and meas lire*, the election of mine inspectors and the inhibition of worsing children under 13 yenrs of age in the mines. 12. We favor the development of our , nuteral resources and the upbuilding of industrial enierpries and to oat end, ( we invite the investment of capital, ( pledging the enactment of such laws as will afford encouragement and , protection to all legitimate invest- | ments. The Shenft K lied. i Wharton, Texas. Feb. 9.?News h.as just c >me to town tuat SheriG; ' Hamilton JD;ekson was killed ab"!*.e to An at 3 o'clock. In company with ; Sheriff Townsend, of Columbus and D-puties Hope, Hearatt and Wells they Lad located Braddock, the murderer o' Constable Townsend at Weimar, While < entenns: a thicket on the east side of , ihe river, about three mile3 below Llincbo Grando. Braddock was suddenly discovered* He be^an riring at close quarters upon SieirfF Dickson, who was i killed instantly. Immediately one of ih? posse ;uado "hort work of Braddoes. i Hie murderer was shot and killed in an ustant. Mr. Diek3on was married oaSv a t^w weeks ago. Braddrck, the dead ; x Kunn (KTOOrfH for t rCJ} n ucafcjcitiu*? uuu t^oui uhwau robbery and killing two nesioas, but ; relea ed, A ie\ weeks ago he was put, oft au excci sioa train and tired in?,o it, for which he was locked up at Weiruar When Constable Townsend went to teed him Braddcck cut him to pieces and ( escaped. Constable Hearatt returned . at 10 o'clock to-night. He reports tnat ! when II. H. Moor?T, who had been h!nd , io'^ Braddcck, was called on to butjn- . tier be fired cn the ofSeers, but without ' elect. They returned the Arc, kiliiui : Moore. The res'ro who has been sup j pii'eg Biraddock wiia food was brou^o: , in and j ailed. Djsastioas Scorm. BeuiLN, Feb. 13.?Reports of loss of life and damage to property by yester- . daj's storm*continued to be received from all parts of the country. Among the many dispatch received, giving details of the storm, is one from Hideburs?, a srnail town in Saxony, one from ( l^cz.in, in Mecklenburg Scnpwerin, ; onu from Rintein, in Hesse-Xassau, and cne from Soncterburg, on the south- ' west side of Island sf Alsen, in the Baltic. At Rsadeburg, a scaffolding upon which a number of men were working was blowa down :.nd four of < the workmen were instantly kiiied. Some of the other .men who tell with the scaffolding were injured. At Pen- ( zlio, a house was blown down and all the inmates were buried in the ruins. Seven children were either crushed to death or scaff seated. At liintelc, the tallchimney of the stove and giass works was blown over, .Some of the bricks struck three persons, killing them instantly. At Sonderburg, a bridge collapsed and several penons who were oa it were killed. Kobberf. Columbia. S. C., Feb. 9.?Last ( n^hi about 10 o'clock a trio of ne^ro vagabonds forcibly entered a colored ! u-.nact's house on the farm of General HamplOD, about four and onehalf miles Jrom Columbia, and, at the point of a pistol, be was made to give up all of the rations he had In his house. They then marched him out and made him go with them to the residence of Miss Hampton, i'here they broke into the store house and appropriated many things such as clothing.and groceries. From ihere. not being satisfied *:th booty obtained, tnev ciine oacK a cms up ice roau auu urcne into t ie 3toie houje of Col. John Haskell. While there a white a?.a on the place ilicovered them and fired upon them, but li ey made their escape. The supposition is thov belong to the lot 0! new np^roei who have come heie in the hope ol yetting wortc at the new miil when it commences business.?Journal. Ball'd. Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. 14.? Jun:ee Gillespie rendered a decision tor*av in the preliminary trial el' George X. Ilensoc, charged -^ith the murder of Jacob 13. Wert. The justice admitted the de'endant to bail, placing 'the bond a'. $10,000. The banker promptly executed the bond and was released from custody. Q'J-iN W EXPncSSID L*8t? AUisiic I! ti t -? - 1 - :,a:J j ! Give* Vivi'*. Eli:or Co!r.nrib::i Roister: Lisbon! Alliance at 'he re^u'ur meeting, 02 i Feoru ;ry 10. passed *vo sets of r- so- j iutions, and revues' that a copy of | each bj sest to th*- Roister for pub!i 1 catioc. Tiiej areas roilows: Whereas, certa;n self-constituted; leaders, who are no* Democrats, arej undertaking1 to take charge of and con- i irol the JivffDrm movement in South J Carolina, and whereas we, the rr.esb^rs of Th Alliance as we!1 as Democrat*, promised the people or'! .is S'ate in IS'JO, tnat w? would "Of disrupt ?-r Ll'-stro7 tiie Deawentic p r-.y, ao<l upon which the niic'tiriery or tne puty was aiiowed to t?c g:v-u to us: now therefore b^ it res ;:ve1 by the L'soon A'lianct-: First., That we mean lo personal [ riisrep-?et <>r want of aSle^i ince to the j priatMp'ts of th'' Alii me* srhen we b jldly proclaim that- no third party I man or LI-publican, whether he is <m | Allirncemnn or not, or the enter of '.lie Alliance orgnn or no% need, attempt to l-'-a; us into revolt; 8g/?.in$t the Democratic party of this nation or State, and we protes: as houe?.t rr.ei' and Democrats against any in'erference in our faction*! movement from either Editor Bowden or any man who is not fully identili-d with the D^no cratic party of the country. Second, That we fully endor-e the agreement as to th'; calling of a March convention e.ter-n ?nv> Detwe-n Governor Tillman and Senator Ir;>y, and will tallow their lerl because wp know that th-y &*ve beer; true am: iv> - > | Reformer.*, and no man who is : : :? of thin Democratic party or who a;!!:!ates with c,ur opponents shall receive our countenance or support. Tnia is piam language b it we mean what we say. Whereas some little men of large ambitions,desiring to briDg themselves into notice, have been a little too previous by assuming to speak (from Wright's Hotel) for the people and to call on a gentleman (sshose political fjesignt has failed him, consequently he has lest the Reform paths) to call a March convention, therefore b=it r3 solved: First, That March is rather early to set out a gubernatorial plant", as only one M ireh drawing has ever matured. Second, That we notify the politicians and would-be leidersshat the people ure going to tdk-.-i a band in selecting their public servants this ye ir. Third, That the people had better o-t consult ed before anj of their true leaders are asked to tak<* a back scat. Fourth, We would aavhethe politicians to bs car?ful how and what kind of a slate they m-?ke, as tie people, being natura'ly clumsy, wouiy be apt to smash it. Fifth. We would notify would-be leaders tfiat the farmers are atteadiDg to the skimming of the political sor2hum, and have done some efficient skimming in the past "..nd w.ll rcontinue to skim uatii they hive ihDU'-earicit; Sixth, '.Ye would advise the antis cot to rejoice too ma ;h over the treachery o? a r'?w so-called Uef>-ms:r, lor ihey should remember th-.t t'je in *.iu r-ohoo! of li-m keep in the rua of the chauoe!, :?nd only the skipjacks get into shoa: waters, rnase a splatter and are tusen in bj h;i-v!*3. W. L. Cunningham, President. A. K. Holmes, Secretdry. Lisbon, Laurens Ojuaty. Feb. 10,1804. Murdered oy h?? So as. Mobile. Ala., Fen. 14.?A special to the llejfis'er frcm St. Stephen's Aia Says old Has Rodders cf the-Keenton r.ainhhAphn IVa^h i nortnn firtwnt.v disappeared oa .January 28. When inquiry was made his soils. Alien, aged 18, and Benjamin, aged 15, said tie had gone to Texas. Tin boys bad considerable mon,jy which they spent freely. This aroused suspicion, and a searcn or the premises resulce \ in hading Rodgers' corpse in a shaiio.v grave under the kitchen floor. JLJiood on the walls of the bed room showed where the murder had been committed. An inquest was held and a verdict rendered tnat the death whs caused by blows from an ax-* by parties unknown, but Allen and lien j-nam were arrested and held without bail charged w?.<h killing: their father. They were lodged in jail at St. Stephen's today. Th- guards say that on the way to jail II 'U confessed that when the murder was eommittfd he was in the yard, having gone thereto escape seeing the deed d-me. He heard the tatal blows and heard his father ?roan three times. Returning and tindiug nis father dead he asked Allen why nc ha-i killed him, and Alien re piled there was noLumg else to do, as nis father had threatened to do him up if he did not by next morning ;iad the new plough line he had 1-jS*. A li >om<THEjr. London, Feb. 15.?A Freushmao, who is supposed to hive been an Auarchist, was blown almost to pieces ;oaight in Greta which Park, ^ar by were, found the fragments of a botile, which evidently cad contained explosive material. The park keener heard the report. of the explosion, which came from the direction <4 the observatory, and ti&stoa:&3 ihiihe.% bet found a man :<- ?? imr ou the flxr,covered wii.ii bwvd. iLs baud and wrist had been b'ovn a va<\ bis face ;ind body r/ere covered wrh wounds and there was a g-ipicg wound in his stcmacb, a portion ot the mteslincs protruding. K-J was only ably to jay '"Take ojc ho ne." Where his horns was could not be learned from the papers in his pockets and he was therefore conveyed to tbe Seaman's Hospital. He died halt an hour after reaching there. The conjecture of the poiice is that he stumbled aud fell and in this way caused the explosion of the contents ot the bottle. wiich was in his pocket. The man was about thirty years cfage. English and French papers found in the man's pockets showed that he wa3 Martial Pourdio, a foreign Anarchist. lie was one of tbe foreign refugees and is belived j to have been ia London bat a few] months. What look him to Green which J P?rk h:is noL haen discovered. Ma'der^d. St. Louis, Feb. 14.?A dispatch from Oklahoma, I. T., sijs that seven persons were i'ounu dead iu a housa there It is reported that their threats were cut, and that the father of the victims left a nor.esayiug he had murdered his family to kee[> them from freezing: to death, adding that ns would commit saicde. The dispatch says tint 20 persons had ro 'evh DEN SI "THE WORLD'S GREA1 TEE M&CH1XI The Onl FOR TYPEWRITERS AT THE ST "vo machine could BEAX1" BETTEU. ITU ffl|lll PERi-ECT." ,.^P| privave statemer?t of on* of the Judges. Responsible Oouni; J. W. Grib GEXEKaL AGSW,< A Prdi'etotic City. Mai'imi. Mex. Feb 16? Malvern V. Crestvoah, an English m:niDg man, vicii kao*-n throughout S uthwpst Mexico. arrive-J brre to <Uy from a long over and journey through the Sierra Madre M u.'itaios. his srariing point being (.'uhcin, near Ihe Pacific coast, ia the S ate of Sinaloa. He claims to have v-suc'I a f-action o? country never before visited by a while man of tbe present ..cnc.f.1*1 ini^ 1 Hat Vio ^icr> * larcra and bdutiful dtcer;ed c>ty. He states rh t the wonderful c;;v i3 situated about esgHtv miles w?3t ct Lake Coloiado, in ;hevery recesses ot tbe Sierra Madres. [i occupies a basin about ten mile* loos; f>y e;<jt!t oiles *ide. Perpendicular cliffs su round the basin on all sides, rising to a height ol hundreds of feet. The only en'r icce to the city is through a deep cmvon, which has a width of about SO feet. Mr Cre*worth states that he stuaabled iu u the secret entranca quite by accident. He srives a vivid description of he deserted city. The buildings, he s?.ys, arc constructed'. f reduoce blocks. rt?eajb!:nsi granite. The business blocks are two and three stores in height, and are entirely d'ffrrent in architectural <)e.-i2n from the struc'.ures built by the Az'.ecs and Spaniards. Tae street* are very narrow, but are laid ou', in regular ord?r. In the city is a small park, wh'ch is overgrown wirh rare floweri and iropical vegetation. He entered the business houses end decaying re? idences, but fouod very little of value except borne remarkable and strange ornaments m*ids ofstooe. He believes that the city was looted at the time that it was de-erted, whenever that may have been. No rccords or writings of any kind rrere * ;und, nor did he see any skeleton that won d give an iJea a3 to tbe race ofpeop:e who it one time inhabited the city. Xonc of the natives of that section of country had ever heard of the dacerted city. Mr. Cresworth is making ailigent inquiry of tbem. Mr. Cresirorth's story is very startling and remarkable, hat It is believed by those to whom he has related his experiences, He will orgo'iwh on avrv^ition tr> motrft It thnrflOJtb exploration of the city. Staits OuC Nakad. Boston, Feb. 15.?"Paul Jones," a aauae assumed Dy one of the Boston Athletic club, why, on a wager, Is going :o circumnavigate thb glone, starting without money or clothes, has made hi* start from the Boston Press club. By the terms of the bet he must circle the earth, and he will not be permitted to beg, borrow or steal. '-Jones's" clothes were apptal3?d by the committee, and he returned to a room where he disrobed in the presence of as many members of the club and visitors as cared to pay him 5 cents each. After undreeang. he sent out and bought with money he had taken in 11 cents worth of paper out of which he ingeniously made himself a suit of clothes for temporary use. Liter in the evening he sold this suit at auction to a retail merchant for $5 He then went to the reading room of the club, where he gave a shorl entertainment?he is something of a gen* ious?and here again he charged an *dm ssion fee ot 5 cents. By this time be a<-.d money to buy back his underclothes, which he did. In giving his entertainment he had occasion to use a fe\v trivial articles, which he hired, from the steward of the club. He t?ave another entertainment at the club and from rhe proceeds bought himself a suit of ciothes. He was treated several times during the night, and a number of cigars were given him. Theee he turned into cash whenever he conld liQd a buyer. He goes from here to 1'irk where he hoptt to eara sjtne money bafore leaving for lagoiud. Pitiful Lament !i>n*. WiLKESBARRE,Pa., Feb. 13.?An extensive cdve in occured at the Gaylord mine of the Kingston Coal Company at Pij mouth this morning, A large number of miners and laborers were at work under a section of the roof which has ior some time been considered weak without cny warning whatever, thi roof, consisting of rock and coal, fell in. It is nut known as yet whether any of the men were killed outright, but it is known that thirteen of them are hemmed in in one of the gangways. Tneair supply is now shut off and the chance of living for any length of time is very small. An army of rescuers are ha:<j at work trying to reach the entombed men. The relatives of the men shut in the mine are gathered about the nia na or>r? their la.mAntJit.fnna are pitiful. The section of the mine, in which the men are imprisoned, Is a portion of the Baltimore vein, which at this point is very thick, and they were engaged in placing large timers as a prop and support for the roof. Too Many wires. Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 15.?A special to the Times-Union fromOcala Fia., says: Several months ago Frank Jenkins of Valdosta, Ga. eloped with a youog woman of that piace, deserting his wife and babies. Jenkins and his paramour came to Lake Weir, Fla., where they passed as Mr. and Mr*. Denkins. Denkins soon deserted the young woman and came to Ocala, where he ingratiated himself into the affections of Miss Myra Frencher, a highly respected young lady, and married her. Today Denkens, alias Jenkins was recognized by a gentleman from Valdosta, and he immediately fled. His latest wife has sworn out a warrant for bigamy. DeaUi ol Representative StMelza. J ones ville, Feb. 10?Capt, John R. Jeffries died here this morning. Capt Jeffries has been to Columbia to attend a meeting of the board of trnstaee of vJemson College, and waa taken sick here on his return. He suffered intensely for a week with blood poison, contracted in nursing a sick son after having a finger hurt on a wire ftnee Capt. Jeffries was a member of -ho Legislature from this county, and State lecturer of tha Farmers' Alliance. Many old soldiers in Kershaw's brigade willrecollect him from Manassas to Appomattox. Fianora acd Organs. Now is the time to buy summor plan 825 cash balance November 15th 1SW. Will buy a mno at spot casn pn?e 3io cash, balance November 15fn 1868 Will bay a organ at spot cash pric?. See the list to choose from. Steinway, Mason & Hamlm, Mathushek and Stirling Pianos, Mason & Hamlin and Stirling Oralis. Fifteen daya Uet trial and freight both ways if n*t ?atiafactory. A large lot of nearly new and second hand Pianos and Organ* at bargains. Good as new. Write for prlwi W.NMVjmo. Columbia, S. C. ^IORE. rEST TYPEWRITER." E TEAT TOOK y Award 'ATS FAIR,-5K)VE5?BER|8, 1893. ?THE OKLT ATTAKD ALSO MADE TO US FOR TYPEWRITER'S* SUPPLIES. Y Agents Wanted. bes & Co., COLUMBIA C. S I What Will Become of Parvls. Jackson. Miss., Feb. 14.?Attorney General Johnston, in the name of the State, has made a motio-i in the Supreme Court in tne case of Wiii Purvis to have the question settled ia order to hare a new sentence passed either by * the Supreme Court or Circuit Court, a* % the Supreme Court may see proper to determine. The motion will be present- . ?d to the Supreme Court next Mondav. Section 3467 provides that tne sentence of the Supreme Court in all criminal! cases brought before it shall be executed in like manner as if passed by the court in which the prosecution or lgmatea, wnne secuon i-ioi proviues tbat the mode and manner in whch the Circuit Court may resentence a convict where the conTict has not been executed according to the original judgment of the court, ond this provides that the convict shall be brought before the Circuit Court on a writ of habeas corpus. The question which aris^e is whether thiscass, in which the sentence v. as not executed by the sheriff was pronounced by the Supreme Court and where tha sheriff was acting under the mandate of the Supreme Court, comes within the terms of Section 1451 and whether it is a case proper for the Circuit Court to award the new sentence. The whole nutter can be realily determined on this motion by the Supreme Court and the proper direction f lren by the oourt In the premises. Exhausted inquiry confirms the belief heretofore telegraphed that Purvi will be dealt with under Section 1451, Code ofl8C2,that the Supreme Court bas aothing to do with the case and tbat it will be so stated. * * iv"-7? FATS THE FRE1G81 . r \?j :"itrercs Prices for Goods ] .Has to and Sse What Yeo Cm Sail 1 ' 8ZX au, ?Lj | f v.. _/.v, .i w.^h. f?p.\ UJ iT4arass ail p,ric^a. J. $69?r,f?~$37 Just to introduce Ihvrn. jj| So freig'it njiid on this Orgjgfj g?n. Ouaranieed to us a jppj| p^cd1*411 0r ruoncy r?" iTlrjHwil Plush PARLOR SI" ITS, consisting <c &-Sr, Arm <-hxir, Rocking Cn.-ilr, Divan as*i 2 nidt tlfciirs ?worsii $4-5. Will delivet it to your 'Jfcpot for $33, ... This No.} &H8NK 5T8ft with 21 >v lEref^lfl * to year ^iT dejxrtfor IS"*? only ^2 w SL ?*?"? jk^5 pnceilg. i?6 ETSSW ]?iCESa via A *tt*r$x??enLs. for Owssgai. CM LY $*8.50 deflnroed toyo'irdepot. ^C$Sl?*s8^^^onsr3. ~ ~? ?fc? mauuC-.-r-tBrer pays all V^fS fca?x]? i:v* xod I Nfcll them ^8 o rev for 642.73- B/jSJ wa flo*mo.tee every one a SnSWg r"'g ^ A $eso ?:>55 T-lui Irr olfc?loge<s of Furniture, CooJcing R*k^ <ks by Carriages, Bicycles, Organs, Pi W. Tia ?? ?. Dinner Sets, Lamps, <tc.. and 2U.1TE HOKSY- Address L.r.PADGBTT Machinery - ^ Commission ? Agents. o Witk a view to mutual advantage, we invito *11 parties who intend buying Jmaefaiaery to correspond with U3 before piac- \ ' lag their orders. We are confident or our ability to tare money to our customers, ana e&ly ask toe pportunity of proving the faet. A Besides machinery of iall kinds,, we deal largely In Buggies, Wagons, ana otfeer 49 renlelet. Write to us. 0 ? mmmgrg ^ ? ^M//Jry ^ ^ fli '^TJj / cw M "* StS??- I 1RS5 - J lu / Jg# ? ? i^P? ! ii^P ? e*4ivX. f$%f * /(3?5S 1 ( SA* M? 1 Xice .Planters and Rice Millers can buv a ?lngle machine that will clean, hull aad polish rice ready for market for $380.00. Corn Millers can buy the best French y burr mill, m iron frame, fully guaran- j [teed, capacity ten bushels meal per m fcour, tor Sllo.00. m vSaw Millers can buy the variable ^ ; iiicnoa ieea ua-Lioacii Jim irom / jL S1S0.00 ud to the largest sizs. /^H I Also Gang Rip Saws, Edgers, Swi^r /A Saws, Planing Machines, and all kinds r ^ of wead working machinery. "Talbott" Engines and Boilers.' Special discounts made for cash. ^Hj ?. C. BADSAM, 7 I COLUMBIA. S.C,