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AT THE TABERNACLE. DR. TALMAGE CONTINUES HIS SER MONSON YHE LESSONS OF NATURE. There Is a Staughlile of the sotul Whci Can Ile Found Only In t,le 1coligion o Christ. There Are Wit. 11ilumorall4l En curing I'ivacity A moni 11'0 ploiie RooiN LY N', Jan. 29.--lev Dr. Tal ma,ge this forenoon preached to a greal audience in tho Tabernacle ou "The Sullshilleof' llteh'lion," tle text chose'll being Proverbp iii, 17, 'ller ways art wa3s of pleasantiess.11 You hive all heard of (iod's onlly be gottell Sonl. flave voll heard of, (odl daugh1-Iltere She was Ihora mIl heaven She caie down over the hills of ou world. She had (ticelyl step. OI he brow was celestial radience. 11er voic( was music. ler name is '3eligionz. M3 text introduces hler. "Her ways ar( ways of picasantness, and ail her pati are peace.'' But what is religion? The thet is tha theological study has a dittereut elfe' upon ue trom the effect soliel n1ues pro duced. lvery year I tear out anotie leal from my theology itil I have 4,nl ' 0three or four leaves lelt--inL othe, words a yery brief and phIu steeL11n111nlt i) Christian helie'. Anl aged (h1:istinll minister said: "when I was i youwn, man I knew ev erything;when I "ot to be thlirtiiLveye Ii'art ot age Ii my miuis,try I huad mily a, hunl,. dred doctrines ol reh-ion; whenl I got to be forty years of age I hlad only lil:t doctrines of 'religlo; whenl I got to h< sixty years of age I had only ten do, trines of ligion, and now I am dyiii at seveity-live years ( Ige, 1111d ther< is Only o c thlilw I know, a111i that i4 that Christ .Jesus catne into the wor.(l to save sinners." A nd so I have notice, in the study of G(i's word, al'S inl r contemplation of the charIkactr of (o and of the eternal world, t lat is neces sary for mle to drop this pIrt of Iy lie lie i and that I art (X Imy h a s ie bel i huini non1essentLial, While I chbn, to thle (11 ,-:teat doct,rinle that. inl i4 :aM ne Christ is his Al mi-,hiy and 1)ivine Sav iour. Now I take the"(! thrj!nte 11r l 1ur ,leave, of 111y theoloNg.: i I lid Imt, in tiln flit place, and14 do11imi nta o eal t ers, is tle snlishile (l reli.ioll. \ T I u"o into a 104inl I have ,a passin o throwillg opeall .i the shlutters. That what I Want11 to4 d1( thi.- nlmilnin . N\ ,v art apt to thirwm So 111titeh () the Septillchlr into our relgion, alit to ',l(e 1 hie shut ters, alld to pull Il l tile h uids, that i IS illy throulgh lie nd 111 there a erevie: that the light stie.,ils. Ille reh'ion 0 tile .ord .Jlsus ( ll'rist i a li ion I joy inidiscribable andl un11t Li-rable. \ e everI I cnn find a bell I mean.'>1rin) It if there are any1v ill tlisi hollse thi! iio'rnilg Wh1o are lispbose'l4d to IIhll (in theirl Melancholy Itild 'dooill, J(tLte now depart0lis sorvice befoe tile Iai est and the brighltest atiml the Ilost, I.11 ailt being Of all tle 111tverse col blt. 4(.i' mon has1 leftmlur worl, bull(; du11,0hter is here. ( ive her iolol! laiI Princess of llealeil. Hlaid! da il(rt 1 tte L.ord ("od Alinli-,1h1Y. ( 4)[n1( inl a,ll imake thin hotiuse thy throne in . theory of reli'.,iou h'- ollv, o sliushine1. hardly kuaw where to be..:in, t,r ihe are Ilinany thouwihts Ihat rush 1 u)li /y soul. A motier sw her I' little chil -seaLcIl on1 theC tlioor inl the sunisine an w.ith1 a1 0poon fil her han. She s;ih thabil toereay it presntml liu wLith I lgl in lis e ofI hi s ' Ilri ousle> erli hind ia 111grea i., : A I 'It l sun he i Chr~ist Suan society.(115 heIt'tihy '1i lufI tan theL conianinip lii the meri lie hIl il 11Ile (bit l''ill1tIc i t I t i 'lIhey tukei sthler itnlih,i bulet i ou wi' ' hy, youill w ilLie li ha dmyr. Win i beio nedu1' till' was aX1 te rI Ie di.ile talle V.l' g tri o ie lhip iee ll manHia lughs.lt'Il Till bvtu' hin s 1 T11ti1 iiaurn amongt'ty; th A diotwsic I hillhi Thed 1 drunird thf inXt ;1( hi driate againest 't walli ill h ls. t NliI The4 lreti isa tribfle reion tain al siyu annwrliytnenty n rilal errlitent Which ment are crol 'the e:ai sey 'ii'l11 snap aetfo you to chane, or te, p;11 I you,CI y(I00 geogni'(ltmSt 111u, Ialte wii" qi 1t21al" wob l oiel aer th reason' tlI wtIso dilr, 3'oi (tfill.' sp> stilIi' AI givue orial voacito at till I nuIst ha1r1 IS 01lwaysh wal nthe,211 sia ht!eh( < f'or treet,n aIl lon ttrasn11 il hav kottoke the(orle r oepar e uetter. hIktI the stile of' utenisement111 ht,tfr aran iwthey11 i(uit lie-ae die1111 nohin, kntwiptrsons wIhltioni hae ontin und ather afte cwe the oii Q'dot saidf,hg bac tli to havte benlIl dem) re mie. t-'.er wether, aodt tiI2 xistn waose godelatr afth hrys at 1ana1'tomtl and at. phostesshbu they( adi) L t hupi natullvwi y11( 21 the s (ioelnthi ev o and th kelpasWem1 alve.ilth ront stenpor twe Chrisot'ian dool ily ato o(hisfato ftian ecversa io and young willni from o1' e l h more reyoudn going t seit brih troes' ofewt ume tln orWie tiouh mrelmay polacey ofty fNowit whor asaymn"worldly part meiue forato tt throw your arey invied beca1suse untti closte ofrfivetyears ofd hellse ht h. bethe restult yof' thi beiviced, an wih you thgo cue uande wlo thecr toending te whoie vnd wiwnte ditt sinful amusement. He will come dis- i sipated, shabby in appart), indisposed to look any one in the eyes. moral char- i acter 85 per cent. off. You will come t with principle settled, countenance i Irank, habits good, soul saved and all the inhabitants of heaven from the lowest ang.&1 up to the archangel, and I clear past him to the Lord God Al- s mighty, your coadjutors. This is not the advice of a misan- 8 thrope. There is no ian in the house 1 to whom the world is brighter than it . is to ime. It is not the advice of a dy'- C peptic-imty digestion is perfect; it is not the advice of a man who cannot iindersi-:and a joke or who prefers a iuneral; it is not the advice of a worn out man, but the aivice of a num who can see this world in all its orightnesi, and, considering myself cmipetent ini judging what is good cheer, I tell the inultitudes of young men in this house C this morning that there is nothing in worldly association so grand and so beautihul and so exhilarant, as in Chris tianl society. I know there is a great deal of talk about the s dItenials of the Christian. I havv to tell you that where the Chris. tian has one seli denial the man of the world ihs a thousand self denials. The Christian is not commanded to surren der:ything that is worth keeping. Hmt what, foes a man deny himself who deis him elf tl religion of Christ. lie denies insell pardon for sin; he denies himself peace of conscience; he I denies himself the joy of the Holy Ghost; hie denies himself a comforta ble death pillow; he denies himself the glories of heaven. Do not talk to ine 1 about the self denials of the Christian 1 life! Where there is one in the Chris- I tian life there are a thousand in the life of the world. "Iter ways are ways 1 of pleasantness." Again, I lind a great deal of religi ous sunshine in Christian and divine explanation. To a greAtt Ilmanly people life iS a ilexIplicable tangle. ThilgS urim otit differently from what was sipposetti. There is a useless woman in perlect health. There is an indiis trious and consecrated woinan a coi I plete invalid. Explain that. There is -a had inan with $30,(x)0 of incoime. There is a good man with :80Y of in. colm. Why is that ? Ther-3 is a foe of societ I y who lives on, doing all the dam agv lie Can, toseventy-live years of age, and here is a Christian father, faithful iln every department of life, at thirty live years of ago taken away by death, I is lainly left helpless. Explain that. ()h, there is no sentence that oftenei drolps f'roIII youi' lips than this: "I cannot umiderstand it. I cannot under Ktimld it." Well. now, religion conies in jutst at I that point with its illumiiation and its explanation. There is a biisiness man I w%ho has lost, his entire fortine. The wek (efore le lost his fortune there c were I went v carriages that stopped at I ie do4)or of his iasion; the week at ter lie lost his fortiime all the carriages yot cotuldI count on one linger. The week before finiaicial trouble began lwople all took ofl t.heir lits to him as I he passed down t lie street. The week his linancial prospects were under dis cussion people jist touched their hats - lihtIt. iny WIse beliniig the rim. The - week tha1 hie was pronoinced insolvent lwoph-le just Jolted their heads as they leisse<, not tipping their hats at all, ind ilhe week the sheriff sold him out iall his Friends were looking in the I stort wviadows as they went down past hill. N ow while the world goes away froi, a 1ini when he is inl financial distress I he religion iof Clirist comes to him and sa.: '"You aresick.and your sickness is to he imoral pu milication. ' ou are lboroa-d.God wanted in seine way to take your fa iily to heaven, and lie ie insl begin stline'whiere, andi( so ice t,ook Iihe ee that, was mnost b)eauitiiiul arid was5 ilt st reaedy toI go.'' I do not Say) I Ith:et. refligioni explains every t,hinrg ini I t ihis hfie, lait I edo say it Jays ehowii cer-r - tinc piniciples whiichi are grandly cont I so!:ite'ry-. Youccc kniiow hui si ness mnen often tele- I graphl iin iipheris. Thie mer-chanit ini ail t l'riuwiscol teletgraphcis to the~ mie.rchaniit ini N ew Yoirk ce'rta'inc iinformi'i in l eci icliint-ss ca itt i c'i'est;mdit, bIct the t. inechant;ic ii ni mi'raincisco has lthe keyI to t lie ciphe'r, anl ite nier'hanit ini Ne'w 'V inck bi I Ihe key te Lithe ciphier, anti on t it. ai ntoinalticon transiiiit ted there are t tieierri: : in volving hiidtrecis ot -Ilinui-sandes ofi dollars. Now thle pro'(vidlences ofI life some ii unes seem-i to bce a se'nse'le'ss rigitnai'ole, t at inyateriouIs (' iher, but tIod hags a key h 111111hat ei pher, and the' ( 'hist eian a key t- to isut. cipheltr, and thotgh lie may Iiiutuly b e ale tIl spell oult the meaning ' lhe getsa enough of1 the~ imean inig to uin. ditisItnoi thatt it is for the best. Now. is I here in'd sunish inie ini thcat ? Is there iniot pleasurei i-nii that ? l"'ar bey-ond blaight er, it, is nearer the fountaini of t'a rs than br oister'ouis deimoin.stratlin IIlagve yu inevt'r cried for joy ? Tiheire are eariis which are eternal rapture ini di i li ituin. 11 A nrinr hlasse'd dotwn the street with Iu an. ir\ shoes arid syiid: "I have no hlioes. lsni't it a hardship that 1 have 1 no15 shiet-s'.' )thecr pe'ople have shot's. I Noshoes, nio shoe's,"' until lie sagw a man i will no ItIee't. Theni hie learned a les nor. Y on ought to thank G od for wha;t he' doces, instead otgrumibling lort' what lie doe-i not. G~od arranges altl lihe wveathie'r ini thi.s world-the spi't ciii weaither, the moral weather, as well as thle natural weather. "Wha'i't k i nd of weather will it be to-dlay ?''said i soliimit'n to a f armer. 'The farmer re- t plied, ''it willI be such weather as I I r asked t' ther. "Well," said the farmn ei-, "it will be such weather as pleases< the L orid, amid what letases the L ordi ple'ase ine.'' (ih, ti' he unshine, the siunshi Ine of1 ('hirist.ianti e'x hiration' liecrc is somie I one beIndinig over' the grave (of time I deadit. Whiat is going to lbe the conso iitionim? 'fhie flowers yu strew upon time t (omb1 ? (iih, neO. ''hie services read at tihe grave ? O h, rio. 'l' chief con At4dationi Oin thait grave is wiiat falls fr'oci'li e thron e id Suinsinle gloriou ci 9sIunsh i Ie. !Resurr'ctin suni shinie of tich I ;ible' andi of our religiom in thce c'il;iat e'ric joys3 thiat ar'e to come. .\ imaii wvho gtes up and goes oumt fronm ai conicert right atrier tile openIng vol nu!.tar'y has been pl yed mand before the prima doinna sings,,or before the or c'hestra begins, has ,a better idea of that concert than they man hats who sulpposes that tihe chief Jtciya of religion atiid ini this worldi. We heare have only the iirst niote' of the (eternalorchestra-. We shalli in that wvorldzhave he joy of discovery. We wIll In five 'nminumtes catch up with the natronomiers \the ge ologists, the scientists, the philosd1inhers of' all age's who so far suirpa'ssed un n4 this world. We can afford to adjouiru agstroinomy andi geology antd matny of the " sciences to the next world, because wet -shall there have better apparatus arnd t better ')pportumnity, h I nmust study thiese sciences so far as t o help me In my work, buet beyond that t I must give myself to saving my ow, >sul and saving the sonls of others, > knowing that In one liash of eternity v we will catch tt all. Oh, what an oh- Ii servatory in which to study astronomy p heaven will be, not by power of teles- e I cope, bumt by supernatural vision, and if r t,here be somnthing <ttau 10,000,nruma ., niles away by one stroke of the win fou are there, by anotber stroke of th ving you are back again, and in lese ine than I can tell you catching it all tone flash of eternity. And geology! What a place that will e to study geology, when the world is 'eing picked to pieces is easily as it choolgirl In botanical lessons ptills the 3af from the corolla! Vhat a place to tudy architecture, antid the thrones, nd the palaces, and the cathedrals t. Mark's and St. 'atil's rookeries in omparison. Soimetaines you wish yoti could make lie tour of the whole earth, going round as others have gon-, bitt you tave not the time, you have not the eans. You will make that tour yet tring one musical pause in the eternal nthem. I say these things for the omnfort of those people who are abridg. d in their opportunities-those people o whom life is a huiindr,im, wlo toil lid work, and toil atd work, and aspire Iter knowledge, but have no time tu et it. 4nd say, "I f I had the opportu ities which other people have, how I vould lilt my mind and soul with rand thoughts!" lie not discour ged, my friends. Y ot are going to the iniversity vet. Death will only ma rictilate you into the royal college ol he universe What a sublime thitig it was that D>r, Lhornwell, of South Carolina, uttered n his last dying moments! As he look d up lie said, "It opens; it expands; it xpiands." Or as Mr. Toplady, the ait hor of "IRock of Ages," in his last ino nent, or during his last hours, looked tp and said, as though he saw some hing supernaturai, "Light!" and thet is he caine on nearer the dying mo. nent, his countenance tore hnimoui s ke cried, "Light!" and at the very mo. nont of his departire lifted both hands onething sipernatural in his couite iance as he cried, "Light!" Only an >ther name for suinshine. iesides that we shall have all thc >leasires of association. WVe will gc 'ight up inl the front of ('od without my fright. All oursins gone, there will )e notih g to be f rightened ahouit. l'here our old Christian friends will roop arouid is. .I hist as how one of our sick friends goes awar to -lorida, lie land A, lbowes, or to the solt h of ralnce, aind do not. see him for a long vile, anId after awhile you ineel, hlim, mnd the hollows iiiderN' t.1 ey es are all illed, ald Llt appetite Ihs coine back, bUd the criutel has been thrownt away, md lie is so changed you hardly know lim. You say, "Why, I never saw you ook so well.* lie says ".1 coldhi't ielp lit be well. I have becl sailing tht-se ivers and climthing these iml miitainus, nd that's how I got this elasticitY. I ever was so well." oI, my friends, your delarted loved nes are only away for their health in a ietter climate, and wlenl you Itilet hem they will be so cianige yoll will ardly know them ; they will ie so vory ouch helaiiged, a1l atIer awhilE, when 'on are assurvo1 thIat, they are yout rien<ds, your departed I rit-ids, ym will ay: Why, where is tiat coigii \ Where s that. paralysis? \\'here is that pnuil nonia? Where is that co Elln pt ion ? %nd lie will sa.v: "(i, I atl 01ntirely veil; there are no sick olis inl his ncll .ry. I have been rangingi tl hEse lills, md heie! t,his elastlity. I have bevie iere nov I .weit y years, and ot1. olle iick oie have I sEEn 'we \vare a1l well inl ,his cliit e." And then I stand at the gate of the !elestial city 10 see Lh icEssions eome >it, and I Se a long procession (it litt le :hildren wit hl their aims fill ol i4 wers iid then I sev a provession of kings -Iid wriests inlovinig inl cele-4tal pageant ry t long p rocession1, biut noEE black iassEIe'd 'Ehicle, no iiumrning groupil anti I say: 'ITo w st.range it is' \Vher' e is voliir i'reeniw(ood' WhIerIE' ISyor 'ELi JaIrel till' Where is yVour' WPstininiister ab >&'y ?"' A mid 11103' shall cry, " lb'her are 10 graves Ihere.'" A nid t.ihen list en IIo he tollin g tof Lihe 01h1 heie' i s of hieavent lie 011 hetl fries of1 et errity L. I lI ste toiLi earl t!'elii toll for Lte de'ad. Ihit LIhey oIl not for thei dead, TEliwy (lnly strike pI a silvtery3 ciinie, ttoweri to fm iweri, east 'ate to wvest gatei, as they ring omit Iliey shall hungei~r Eo iniOrE', 1ieihler hiirst any3 moreli', nieit,Er shaill tIhe som ght oni thtEmI, nior anyt3 heal, filr t he iins of' waler, anti ( I0E shali wipe way all tears fro thi leiri eyes."' )h, tunglE your011 haind andi give1 it toE te in cong ratuilationi on Ii hal Seilt it' nel ais it 1 wotild shout . I will shoutiE alleluiah! '21 ear Lord1, forgive ti hat I ve*r compllainied abioiit aniithing. Ii 11 this is befo re us, wn1o carmE5 fo r an y hing hut GoEtt anEi heaven ami eternal rothierhiood ? 'Take the (crape1 off' thte oorblell. Y our ltivedi ones arc otily wVay for' theiir healt h in a land ainbros ml. Comie, Lowell .\lasvon; coime Isaac Vatts, and give us youri blest htymn bouit jo~y celestial. WVhat is the use (If post1 pon inig our env en any lonig'i'? I 4t, it b egiti i (1w, nd wVhiosoever ht1h a hia rp let her brumi it.; and whosoever hiath a t'u rim et, let him bilow~ it; and whoisoever' ath an organ, let himi gi vi a fu ll d ia '45on1. 'lThey crowd down the airm, sp)tir ts blessed, moitvinrg in cavalcade Elf tri nmph. TIheir chariot whteels wv htirliti he Sabb ath sounlight. TheIiy come! lalt, ar'ii,e5 of G od! hIatt, uantil we re readly to jin the lat,taliion of' pleas ites that never dieI. Oh, tmy friends, It woulti take a ser mnii as long as eterntity to till tIe joly-i hat are coinrg Lto is. I just set open hfe sunmin11iy door. Ciomet ini, all 30 d is. iples of' the wordl who have ionndtc the v'orldi a mockery. Comie ini, all ye this a ples or the (dance and see the lbound ng feet of rtis heavenmly gladness. ~ome in ye disciples of worldly anniise nenit arnd ste thle stage where k inlgs are he~ actors, andt bumrnin mg worlds thle'ioo'. Ights andi thiron's t he sp'ctaeiilatr. \rise, ye dleadl ini sin. for' this is the noring of' the resuirrectioni. Th'e joy's >' heaven soubmerge ourii somul. I 'pull itt the trum ~pet, at op. itni th resEnice here is a fuiliness of .N.1V': at, thy r'iht, taind there are hpleasuress i orev~ermoi(re. ilessed are the sa its beilovedl of (God1 mVashed are theeir robtes 111 .Jesus' IbEoE)i reigh ter titan aingels, lo, Lihey) sin! l'hieiir glories spIlenidu andi subhlinwi. dy soul is[ticipates thle dlay, NVonuhi stret ch her w intgs andh soarm away Po aid fl.h' sotng, the palmii t o he'ar' \nud bow thme chief' of sinnercis thierte. O ht, t he sun tshi Ine, t he glorions sitnr blne, t,ate everlastitg 811. inire! STI n i years ago an o)1d genrt leiian fell iy the roadside iie'ir Neulsinigton, i.;ng. amnd. OfC <iiiit' ai tnumberit I of1 p)ersons vho witnesseid his fill all prioouncedl aim ncl' duk, save one, a lady tnamed ti rch. She alorne went Lto his aid, ini Istintg tht he had0 metrel y haited vhiich wits the fact. It is not k nowni K~4 Miss liirch evter aftetrwards saw 10 ol en.gcttlemnan, bit,.a low wet'ks ago Is sol'~ r cailled aind iniformedit' her lat hed had t'd and beti ett1t Lb)ed to'r te sum,' of' si (K00. rails out t1hat the selection of' Ar. CJar ale as Secihtary of the 'l'reasury is rQof positivej that Mr. Cilevelatnd will mforce a pol i(cy of free trade "and( the manumfactumri ng t:hterests need ex pect. o favors from ~ither dir'ection," BURNED AT THE 8TAKE. larbarle Vengeance- Wreaked Upon a Human 11rute in Texas. PAtls, Texas., Feb. 1.-A mob of an gry meni and women nutnbering thou sand;l wreaked the most frightful ven geance of lynch law today upon Henry Smith, a burly negro, who, with the fiendishness of a depraved brute, out raged and cruelly murdered little four year-old Myrtle Vance, on Thursday. .'oo powerful to resist, they took the prisoner from the guards, bring log him here, dragged him by a rope about his neck to the scene or his crime, subject ed hin to every conceivable torture, and there burned the pitiable wretch at the stake. All the morning trains had brought people by the hundreds to this city, white and black, to await the arrival of the gitards who were bringing the prisoner back from Texarkana, where he had been captured. The country for miles arouind had become wildly excited over the crime and the hunt for the brute murderer. When the news came last night that he had been caught and identified by members of the ['aris searching party, the people seemed crazy with joy, and thirsted for his life. By trains and wagons, on horse and afoot, the people piled into the city. The mayor ordered the liq. nor stores closed, unruly mobs dis persed and schools dismissed. The plans for the lynching bee were syste matic and business-like. Ilenry Smith, a big burly negro, had on Thursday picked ip little four-year old Myrtle Vance near her father's (Po liceian Ilenry Vance) house, and (itieting her with candy, carried her throtigh the central portion of the city to (ibbon's pasture. Several people (Iuestioned hin, but to each he said lie was carrying her to a doctor's. At the pasture, ifter assaulting the poor child, he took one little leg in each hand and literal.y tore her in twain. Then, cov ering the body with leaves and brush, lie laid down and slept calmly beside his victim throughout the night. 119 went h1onme, got breakfast., and disap peared. That day a mass meeting was callea at t(e court house and search parties sent out to find the child I [er man gled body was found, and '.he whole town joinel in the pursuit ot the fiend who had nirdered her. le was caught yesterday it Cl.w, on the Arkansas and Loidsianta railroad, twenty miles north of Ilope. lie denied the crime but blood stains were on his clothing, and later lie confessed. This in)riitg he was brought to Tex arkana, where 5,000 people had gath ervd, eager to get at him. 'l'he l'aris searching party begged that he be not iiolested. I'he nmvs traveled fast everywhere along the line as the train bore the wretch to Paris. Morbid crowds gathered to gaze upon him. At the depot at l'arts were 10,00() people. The (epuity slieri1ls put up a show of pistols, but were brushed aside and a rush imade for the car. A rope was tbrown aboit Smith's neck and he was d.agged from the car. lie was taken to a rutte Il )t and borne through the city streets. that the people night gaze on the monster. At the open prarie, 3() yards from tlie Tex;s and I'acifie depot, the scaf toll awaited him. fG was six feet s< iiare and ten feet high, And well with. in tIe sight of all. There for fifty min tes the maddened inob tortured him with diabolical eunning that savages oilly are su1pposed to show. Ited-hot irns were thrust from every side into his botly. Ilis shrieks added vigor to his persecuitors. First the hot irons baranided his feet, and inch by inch they cre~pt Ill to his f ice. Tlhe litan was aeno;ciouis wheni at last ketosenie was pour ied over on himi and( cotton)f seed( hll s placed beneath himui. A t orch set. the pyre on lire, andl all was <tuick ly consumed. Curiosity seekers have carried away all that was left, evet to t lhe ashes. Sinuith, some say, conuinitted the crime to revenige hiiitiself otn Vance, who hiad a rrestet ii himi onceC whet driunuk and al ubb ed hii mt. \' ar.ce is prostrated wvith griaef, and( ihis wife is udaniger'ously ill flront he1 shtoik. ENFORCING THE LAW. 4Goveru,or iistam,a iakM st rangtly on the ('al.n' uiA, S. ( ., ,1 at. :tu.-G ,overnior 'Tillman had something to say yester day. that wi'llibe of especial interest to sonie prohtibitionists. It may make Gooda-Tetmplar lIranttsoti and some of htts followers thtink a litt,le. For some titie there has been talk that the pro hibiittlornist and out and-out anlti-(lispen. sary people were going to combine and prevent t he dlispensaries froin being es tab'ishied by withholdinig the signatutres of the majorit y of thie I reehiolders. hlere is I he stat,eimt Goverinor Tiliman itade to (lie Pt ess yesterday: '"It is toy opi moin, and( it~may b)e tak en for what it is wvorthI, that any prohi bitionist who ref uses to co-op)erate with tie in thle establ ishinog of d ispenisaries hay not signing the petitions of the dis petnsers anid assisting the governiment in every possi ble way to en force, rather t,han to p)revenit it going inito effect, they will regret it. ''The threatened alliance betweeni the whiskey men atnd other political oppo nenits, who are iit,terly opposed' to t,he lawv, and( the p)rohibitionis'ts, who, are in favor oif it, may bring about sucn a state of dissatisfaction as will seriously crip p)le me in muy effort to help the cause of temiper'ance. "I I the prohibitionists are bamnboozled( by ihe opp)lositiouJ. i.nito letiding their aidi to this end, they will be likely to find themselves in the condlitioni of the dog ini the table, who, seeing his shadow re lected ini the water, sntapped at it and lost, what lie had. l'hiere will be absolute prohibition in eve'ry country where the sale of liquor is prohibited hby law. Not even drug gists being allowed to sell it for medi cine, nor cani it be shipped inito those (oiuntiies by express or otherwise uinder tie new law, and, therefore, the exper niet ats to whether the people will stanid abasolurte prohibituotn will be made ini at least six count,ies, and I shall take part irilar painis to see that the law is as strictly eniforced in those counties as it is anywhere else, let it cost what it itay. "I t will be time enough for the prohi. btitioniist to) adlvance to a stronger posi t ion after they have fountd that they can hol what has already been galit ed." btate. A Fmenity F"roz.nu to D)eat, Il'i'rrsiiinO., l'A, .Jain. 29.-A l'ark ersbur Wii~. Va, special says: , lihn AIlcheals, his wife andl three little chil aireni were dliscoveredl frozen to death last ihit, in a hovel in Il'uthiam C ounty, netar the Laincoln County line, The fourth chtill, an infant, heauvily wrappiedl, was iounda Ito be alhve. Micals and hIs wife, who( wercesaid to besimple-imindeid, have led a sort of gypsy lile for years, wan ad ermns about thruough West, Virginia in summer anda going Souith inl iavance of tie snmows in witer. It, is suppilosed t,hey tailed to get away in timte this year, and th" stwere cold, so prolonged, caught tem without, prepertions t,o withst,and OBNOXIOU$ LAWS MUST GO. Davenport's geaod@ SOevreiy 400 demnued by a 1anmaittee. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-The special commiLtee of the House of Repregen tatives, of which Ashabel Fitch is chairman, has concluded its report in to the supervision and administration of the Federal election laws in the Southern district ot New York. The evidence t:ikbn by the com mittee re lates entirely to the administrat,ion and supervision of the Federal election laws in New York City and county. The committee after carefully study ing the operations of the federal elec tion laws, expressed the opinion that, all of these laws "have failed to pro dt.ce any good results in the direction of the purity of elections or the protec tion of the oallot box, and have been producti ve of such serious and danger ous results that they ought at once to be repealed," and the reasons given for such repeal as stated are because they result in no conviction of offenders, and are therefore useless to prevent or punish crimes, are expensive, and are fruitlul of constant and coutinuing frauids upon the f'reasury. The committee devoted some space to a consideration of the above men tioned points and referred to tWe I rait ing of the laws under which the Cci supervisor of elections act,ed, and makts the following declaiatioit in regard Lu that ollicial: "lie holds his office by a tenire which makes him practically independent o1 any criticism or danger of removal. le not only holds the oflice of clief super visor of elections, but he has also fad himself appointed United States Comn missioner, so that he can sit as alt ex amining magistrate. With thie power of the government behind him, and with the money of the government to use, he has managed 1or years a detec Live bureau, by means of whichli he las sought to get proof of the crimes which he has claimed existed in the city o! New York. When in his first capacity, as detective, lie has outaiied such proofs as he wisnes to use, lie then in his second capacity, as pulic prosecti. tor, issues warrants for the arrest.4 of the alleged criminals. Somet,imes lie gave thtse warrants to Unit,ed St.ates Marshals to be executed, and home times, in his third capacity as shiriti, he seems to have inaae the arrests 01 the accused parties through his own deputies. Then, in ins lourtn capacity, as United-:tates Commi.iioner, set ting as a magistrate, he has heard his own charges against the prisoners, which ie presented to himsell its judge, by himself as prosecuting attorney, and has decide-1 himseif ipoln their guilt or hinocence." TlIh'e report concludes: "These laws, instead of constittiting asystemn for the protection of the franchise in the hands of honest citizens, has beenti used, as is sworn to by evidence, to furnish the machinery for the corruption and for cible robberv of the franchise; and they ouigit, if for that reason alone, he promptly repealed. The committee therefore preseiit to the h1ouse a bill providing for the repeal of these laws, with a favorable recommendation for its passage." The report is signed by Ashbel 1'. Fitch, .). A. (iwissemnaineri ad iohert IX DePorest. O(ly Skin anli.,, iirf . i-:ssm.:Mi-:n Ala., .lan. 27.-he Ster linz dynamlit,e plant, sitiuatel at McAdai ry. two miies from llHBessmemr, exploded with terrifie lorce early Ltis meonitg. G.~lass rattled in t,he windows ini t,he town,. aid builIdings shto..k, many people think inug it, an earthquake. At the dynamite p)lantt trees were Lornt-itpi by the roots. and gr-eat holes were made in the rgrounmd. T wo enliplovets,,Jim i'arsons and Geo. Willhams, were in the composing room whmen the~ explosion occuitred. Tlhes were instant,1y killed, and onily smail pieces ohf skin mand bones can b)e lound to tell ol their fate. ilangerN of th,e licep. L~ONImON, Feb. l.---The ]ritijh ship (sladstone, at ( wenisborciighi from lPer. sac(ola, reports that on D ece-a.ber 27, off thte Western Islands,sihe resc~uedl twelve survivors of the crew of the German ship Menidelssohmn, froi '. f'ensticola for Oistend. 'lThe Memndeln-ohnm wa:s dhis. mas'i5ed aindl water-logged. OneC of her seamen had been dlrownied mind another had been frozen to (leath before the Giladstone camelt up with her. The der Ilict Norwegian bark Velox, which was abandoned while on the voyage from Apalchicola for Conway, has been tow ed im Qtieentowvn. 'JTi1-: Wine and Spirit Gaizette, repre-' senting the liquor interests of the coun try, says that the disponsary law of South Carolina "(is a very long and stringet one, leaving no loop-hole for evasion." Anmd yet, says the G reenville Mounwttineer, there are people nearer home who are trying to con vinice othere that thme dispeinsary law is going to h;Oa a prohitic breeder of "blind tigers." !Ne tors will di [ter, and the liquor advocattes are no exception to the general rier PIAnoN amti Orgamnu. \Vhere t,o buy Pianos and. Oran representinig the world's great'it ma kers. Stemtway & SODs P'oo, Ma thushek Pianos, Mason & lIamlin P'i antos, Sterhin Pianos, Masqonm and 11am lin Organs, Sterling Orgous, Lowest prices always. Ftasiest. terms~ possible. : All freight paid. CoiM>lete outlit free. 1ive years guarantee. One price to1 all. Bluare dealing, Money saved. We (do not ask big prices as many dealers (do, and then come down. Our motto- Onie price to all and that the . lowest. WVe ship on lifteen days' trial to any depot and pa,y freight both ways it not satisfactory. Write for illustrated catalogue. N. WV. 'Trump, 0 Columnbla, S. C. *' CNILL) $RT- - - MADE EASY! Mo-rl mas' uiEiNr D I 1 S ' cit ifk - t dily prepared I in iimet , vry ingvre - con'stanit uise b y the m ial pro 11 fession TFhese ~Ing' h.it aure comn bined in a1 manne r h u i-e, miunkown "M1OT HER S' - FRIEND" WiN'l.l. D)( aud that is claimed fue it AN ND M(ORh. It S-houicens L.'1 s .essces 'ain, imnish.ies l)aner to. Life of Me ther and~I lhii. - ! to "' Mo Im.!e ''.ni-aild R iii, :ou. Sent byv e xin c'. w n re-cr ii of phe e m $) , * >o a. BRADF2EL1) REGULATOtI co.. Aiianeba on, eO),t iiv A 1,1. i,?10 uW m P~EiNN ")Iv'lu""a "no"ulla IN~l IJ 1J/. I.~ inrane. Great estua ivedsenur nity. ldr e [41 F ? 1 . ( . 1,AlNe D, Re e 't Ad ret 46th Ynna. Coltiat. C." OF Extrac ir you a10 or a Imlsitiial to buy a P i yoll aIlreaty Organ, .enit: correct post( We will soInd ('1init in1te IeSs to You. II writing to htIIy %an4 maker. I-ffTlhow L,ii IT IS IN11I T1[O BA A I I t.1ST Padgett Pays the Freight A large lu1mtrawt-I Ci'tab110.I Allm :lng haanrdredsiofelii.,agn.,i tl urilturi StOVe.? anld By II'arriages wIll b. 11tallit froe, it voui ni t , iii ti s piw r. I Will -Wt' v 1 Ft'R aN I rI .: etc., Jti-st as chivap,'ns ymt l.it,bu Sthens iIn larg' oil.ie. !ill mI m t .. frePi g hit..to you r dLIn put. A No. 7 flat top 'tookling M%ove Pwit hi 20) coCkI ig util,4 l, ude1lin-di t)n det1 , for $1'2 041. A 5-hole1 ('oo1k lin Ilnge wth 20 CiokIig ultAnIls, tiiIieliresti *1an3 d1e >IIt,.for $15 04). IhIr1ge line. of Stvs inS ) propor141 Stoves. A i e 'l'rlr Suit, a 1411 i'holsrd inI I lne of' Pa'rlo r Mu Its to? ier'lt froni. A Heduroomu M,uit, bur'ge glass4,, b*ig :uliIt 9 pleces cha4irs have ''nne4 s11ats, delIvered aniyw'haere' for1 $22 1)1. Ot h.r MuiaJth~ 14 :he )aper and11 molr 25 yds. o,f ydI.-wItbu Carpet for $7 50) I plair NottingXthamJ rLuce4 Curta11inl, pole, 2 chiains, 2 hiooks, 10 pIfas, uall for $1 00). A ni c,e Window Shade, 7 ft. long, :t f4.. wio, on MprAng roller,i,with frlinge for 50 cet. No fre.1ght pl.ltd onl iiihades andl Cur tains uunlessq eordered in 01 onnet4in with ot.her goos. Mend for Ota I.aogun. A tddres .* F. ~P.AroETT, '805 Broad Sti-eet, Augusta, Ga. ' ll FM Newe'.t and Most l'er fect D evel -menit of. the L ife Po4i1cy is tilh) ITORp'Cl i uiaeIl llI1 4MM I lllill'R F litIy. mdii thian unde1(r the 01411er formi~s of asii 11en), and .1( the amlot tf tile poli1 )y is p: ble0 in 20, 25 otr .mo annual payIlenltS, hie assairiedt ma iy leclt, thius secuI'ring ,he personi for whose benefl'it thle assutoi uimber of years.l, allIt at the( same.t timei y on11lig t.hilos of1 lthelt wholed atIlunlt ha ff 4)n thet cast,. rpoII lcy contlfrac't conIlsult ally agent. EQUTIT ABLE. r' weIll rIw lirec(t to W. J.ORODDEY, IA N A(EKit1~) 'lTl iK CA IIl N A R{OCK. lIIL. 8. MPftJ.AM BROS., Proprtetoms, SE I FER s. (t irdinary -0 i llic teachlr or or if yottintnlit{ :> or Orgai, or if wn it Piano or aln is your nio antit AhmIl atddtress ani) You ionoeling of -est anti 11sefti stato what, kind of oil own or intAind lo naute of the( 'Itoyour fri,1ni IRTA NT. 4AS RTON Fol ,a. .r CURE5 A hw Vt'% 6, t. of * fi U krs that h;a ret P' * I I a towerifal '4 p -- a s +- 111 ----- 11 t 4 e uf I fru ggists, Lilipman's IL A .' r i Talbot ' thro~ . SA W 11,1, 6, u s 'ina WOl)o WOe G'minneie ost Lr3 of TIalbiott's K4ngies an Van Winbk n C. C. B. A a LC& AING s SAW a Qa. A..