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AT THE TABERNACLE.
DR. TALMAGE DELIVERS A TRIBUTE
TO WOMANLY INFLUENCE.
The "reat Woman" of the Text Was 0nly
a Type of the Christian Mother of To
day-The Virtuen of 1IoMltality.
BROOKLYN, Aug. 20.-Rev. Dr.
Talmage chose for hin subject today Coo
of special interest to the outler sex, the
announced topia being "A Great Wo
man," and the text IlKts iv, 8:
"And it fell on a day that Elisha passed
to Shunem, where was a great woman."
The-hotel of our time had no counter
part in any entertaimentil ol olden Lime.
The vast majority of travelers must then
be entertained at private albode. IIere
comes Eliaha, a servant of the Lord, o
a divine mission, and lie must find siel
ter. A balcony overioldg tile valley
of Esdraelon is oflered h1tm, in a private
house, and It is esoCkcially 11urnished for
his occupancy-a chailr to sit on, -a table
from which L cat, a alitstick by
by which to reia and a le.t on whiih t
slumber, the whole Itablii!nnent be
longing to i great anit Iod woma.
Her husIani1, it seems, was a gi dlV
man, but, le was 41%cr! Aaversha'owedI
by his wite's e1xeene . jnit as now
yOU soICtiliCs li ii otit-1t(01h1h the
wife the center ol :1n1t and inIleWmce
andll( powcr, noit b a :ir *,0'IIIr(ve of
presuiption, t I y Ij% spiv or ii t.ntellect
and fhree of on t :ittre vli wblig
domleSlit-' 0 j:atIs aI1 It ithe sal' Lime
snpervisin-. all 1iI I!k at "Iltl bu si- - s ad
fairs. The v;fe's b1an1o ni tle .huttle
on the bankin-- liisuse, on the irbily
business. Ymi see hliindreis At mleni
who are successfui only beca.ue tTere Is
a reason It hJomlle wiy they aie rSitiTs4
fll.
.11 ita man marry a goo1, Ioest 4(.ul,
lie maes his t otune-. It he uiarrv a
fool, the Lord help hi! TIe wi le inay
1e tile silent partlltr Il tie iti l, i lre
may be only !auline v oWi e ( wn n
exechanlge, bu1t, thltre' itt 1ion cwnutl.,
irem the hioliee Ic le : it; :d
Clevat mg ii IIelIe .
Tifis wvomnanl0 iytx a th" 1i
puperior of ler ta h;ba I. II 1,11 : t t is
I caii uni,-rst.ail, wV:ts wi :;t1 we W i tl sce
in our (la11y, a 1ii:1 > hire lI 11 u1i 0
only i 1i14lnl m (1 bain ii tcnsiie l . t.
liting i nim'! wi l :kI lle ; )
w ithiout rli llin ! ho.1 <" r ''. '' it -:: v %I,llsi
"lyes,"' respotidn, ye' ynu saM Ib
'no,'' 1eslaimti4 '' nine, eIs
1i1 h8 tit, I101oti w id. (" wli. 11 ;1:11toiin, h
his posittotin smi S ety 'il\ lit-c.ise he l
hits a laIre uatrimn lIut his
Wife, Iny text SysWis ' ,gitt w 01m11ati.
fler 1ia"ine has it t cine d]%Vll to s. 1s
Nie beloied to (!;:it e(4tiektionl of peo. 1
Ile who nieed lo (ni a1e t') distinguish a
tLiem. What woul title of ducihess or s
princess or qiuIeIn-wtII1L would 0
escuitcleo ir ing qdiaetim le to .
this womian i1 iy text, Who by hier in
telligetie and er lbehavior challenlges a
the idiratiiii tt all atges lanp after t
the brilhant Women of tie culirt of v
Louis XV have been forgotten, antd tihe
brilliant women of the ciurt of Spain
have been lon-,otten, and the bi illiant t
women whoui sat 'In tmighity thrones lave
heen org'otten. :W1l!e gWrainlitfier will
put oitt his sptaIcles, and holiniig the t
book ti other s:! the light tcad to lis r
grandeihren the sto. y o the great v
Wonan of sliiiei who was so kind and s
courteous ain Chriistiant to the good t
prophlet Eliliha. Yes, she wais a great t
wvoman. t
In the first pit e,s lie was great in her ii
hospiitalities. Uinetv i lizedl andI Iar- L
barous niatio ns hionior this virt.ue. . uit- a
ter had the surine iit thle hotspitauble
andi hie was 5:th! Is le tly to) avenive (
the wvrontgs of st rangers. IIoe t ex- u.\ i
tolled it in his vers 3. The Arabs are g
piuttiliotus upotn this suinet, and among (
someC ol their tribecs it ts not until thea
ninth dlay ott tarrying that, the occupant ~
has a right to ask hIs guest, "Whi Io and
whence artt Ltou?' ' It this iritue is sto
honored even aninrg h aririn, hoXv
ought, it, to lie hono red amonittg thonse of
us who bieheyo ini the lhhI!i, whieb e
commiiands uts to nt-e hotsp't:ity oti* t- e
Of course I diii nt iiean ittler tis r,
cover Li) give itny Me thiIat I illprov~'e el
of that vagrant ias wit> In arimd i fromil it
lace LI to lauc, trnig their whole lie si
timeC perhapst 5 ii let LIhe aulpiteS it sim rni
benevolenit ir 1Ihihmithriie somtt bi
(quartering thiemselv\es on t:n l etj~r
familhes, with ai ereat pul of trunid ini 'I
the halt and eatpit h a*s pr t etntuis ite
tarrying. Thtere is miany a counrtry b
parsonatre that lo oks oit week by week 0
upon0 the om11iniouls airiv.d, it uad wgit WiLia
creaking wheel rind buik hoir.e anid d2a- p
Ilidalted divet, comlte innh- th Ile mn"jpic's h
of somte chiaritablte mitittin to spiel
few weeks aiii ecivacs the nighorhtIi .
I Lti such rehet g iis Itanus take tad- (1
vantage of this lieaiutaltvirtute il ('ba hi'l
llarn|hos pitat y.
NOt sio mucih ithe sutil u iu iinIesut i
your diet tatd the r(egahty ol youIr iabodie
wvill imp lress the ic enh or the strantger
that steps across~ your th1resh ihtl as thied
warmth of yiiuri greethe,~ t te ttirii l i
ty ot your rece'tin trihe i reiterat iin by bi
grasp and by looik andi b y tousami a.t
tentions, malignuiIcanr t at. tenI t iton, of your
earnlestnless of welcome. Thiere will bie
ihth apiprecemtionr of yourt we lcoetri at- i
though you have inottiiurg liut the Ibrazz en
candlestck and phI ~11 ehamir to oler (
Elisha when tie comues to Sh utnm. e
Most beautiful is this gratec of hiospi- wv
tality when shown in the house of (God.
I am thankful that I tam iator ot a g
church where stranigers are always wel. d
come, arnd there is riot a state of thet n
Union mn which I have nt heardl the af
fability of the uisheris of our churich coma-a
phimentedi. But I have entered churches
where there was rio hoispiitality. A
stranger would standl in the vestibule -
ior awhile anti then muake Itilirimnage upt C
the long aisle. No~ door opetned to hunm
until, iluihedl and excited iand embar-d
rassed, lie statrted back againl and comt- a
ing to some half fillied Pew with aplolo- e
getic air entered it, while the~ occupanits
tsay, "ie,tI lhist I luined'
Away With such accursed indlecency iromi t
the house of' Godh Let evrahuc
thlat would maintaiu latrte Chlristiuan in.l
fl~uence in community culture Saubbath
by Sabbath this beautiful g.race ot Chris.
ttan hospitality.
A go'od man travelling in the far west
in the wilderness was ovestaken byi
nIght and storm, and lhe put, in at a calb
in. lie saw firearms along the beams
of the cabin, and he felt alarmed, lie
did not know but that he had fallen mnto
a den of thieves. Hie sar thieve greatly
perturbed. After awhile the man of the
housa came home with a gun on his
shoulder and Bet it down m a corner.
The stranger was still more alarmed.
After awhIle the man of the house whis
pored with his wife, and the strang.
or thio ht 111s destruction was being
Then the man of the hiouse camne for
ward and said to the stranger: "Stranger
we are a rough and re neonie out ere
and we work hard for a living. We
make our living by hunting, and when
we come to the nightfall we are tired
and we are apt to go to bed early, and
before retiring we are always in the hab
it of reading a chapter from the word of
God ond making a prayer. I f you don't
like such things, if you will just step out
side the door until wo get throuAh I'll
be greatly obliged to you." 01 course
the stranger tarried in the room, and
the old hunter took hold of 1
the hornq of the altar an( broight down i
the blessing of God upon his household
aln I upon the stranifer within their gates.
I<do hllbt glorious Christian hospitality.
Avain, this wonan in my text was
vreat in her kindness toward God's mes
senger. Elisha may have been a stran
ger in that household, but as She foumd r
out ie hal colle oi a divinie mission le
was cordially welcoibd. We have a
great many hooks in our day about the g
hairdiships of ministers and the tt iais of s
Christian uiniisters. I wish somebody
would write i book about the joys of
the Christian minister, about the sym- :
pahics il around himi about tie kind -i
nesses, aiut the genial considler itions t
f him. ]iet sorrow come to our home 0
and is there a shadow on the cradle, 11
there are hundreds of hinds to hell) and 9
imaiv who weary not through the long
ii,hit watcliing, and hundreds of prayers i
oin1 that God would restore the
ick. Is there a burninv, brimmng cup 0
) cailamtity placed on the pastor's table a
ire there not many to lielp him drink of d
hat cup and who will not be comforted v
)ecause lie is stricken? Oh, for some- t,
ody to write a book about the rewards n
d thie Chiristian. im-iuister-about, his a:
iurrouniiiigs of Christian sympathy. 0
This womnan of tle text was only a t
Lype of thousaids of men and women
who vmiie down from tbe mansion and 0
[rom the cot to d kindness to the Lords
;crvants. I suppose the mien of Shunem g
ia<u to pay the bills, but it was the large 8
learted Christian synipathies of the wo
ini of Shuiinem that looked alter the
,()rd's tmeeger.t
Al-'ainl, this wioman in the text was A
rea in her behaviour under trouble. s
Ifer only son had (ied oil her lap. A '
ery briglt light, went out in that house- a
b41l. The ,sacred writer puts it very
vly when he says, "lie sat on her 0
i's unil noon, and ithen lie (lied.",
et the writer goes on to say that sie
xI ui1ed, "It is well!'' Great in pros- t
(itv, this wouan was great in trouble. el
V here are the feet that have not been p
listered on the hot sands of this great --
u-bara? Where are tie shoulders t,iat g
aO not been bent under the burden of a.
ie!? Where is the ship sailing over s4
bissy sea that has not after awhile been a
itight in a cyclone? Where is tile gar- a
i of earthly comfort but trouble hatwr '
itched up its fiery and panting team r
d Lone through it with burning plow
hares of disastor? Under tile poltinc
f ages of sitlering the great heart of c
ic world has burst with woe, a
Navigators tell us about the rivers, a
lid the Amazon and the Daunbe and o
le Mississippi have been explore-1, but ii
1ho can tell tihe depth or length of the v
reat river of sorrow made up of tears il
not blood rolling through all lands and e
11 ages bearing tihe wreck of families
rid of colinlnitles and of empires- ii
>aming, writhing, boiling with the ago. t
ies of' 6,000 years? Etna and Cotapaxi y
not Vesuvius have been described, but, r
rho has ever sketched the volcano of 1
uffering reaching up from its (epths a
ie lava and thie scoria and plouring ~
rem dlown tire siodes 1o whelm thie na-,
onis? Ohl, ii I could gather all Ihoie
eartsfrings, the b)roken heartstrinirs in-h
a harp I would p)lay 01n it a dlirge such e,
3 was nrever sonde(d. er
Mythologists tell us of Gorgon and eo
t nt auir and Tit,an, and1 geologIsts tell N
s of ex tinct species of mnonsters, but hi
rleIteri than Gorgon or mlegathieriumr, ci
Lid nrot belonging to thre realm of fable tt
ndi inot of an~ extiinct species, is a monr- t(
Leur wit h iron jaw and iron hoofs walk- it
rg iL"ross the nrations, andi history andl d
I1ietry' and sculpture in their att 'm pt al
o ske'tchr it an I deoscribie it have seem- tI
(i to sweat great. dlrops of blood.
I hit. t hank G odI, there are those who.
iii cuiiiteir as this woimnan of' the text
11(iuquredl and say: "It is wel! I Though
my propeirt y be gonie, though my chlitI.
'ni be1 gonie, thiouigh my13 home1( be hrok
i up, t houigh my health be sacriflicerd,o
is wel'l, it is well !" There Is no ro
orii on (lie seal biut Christ 1.9 readIy tow
se ini the hinider Part of tire ship andl
rish it. Th'lere is no (lark ness but the r
m11te(llations of I iod's eteirinil love can h
Ihiiniin it, and( though the wInter *
>mes out of tire northern sky you
aret solietimers seen tire northern sky
II ablaay with aurroras that seem to
uv: "Come uip this way. UTp tis wary
re t hronmos of light, and seas of sap-w
hire, and thie splenidor of' an eternal
l*ave n. Coture up this way,"h
may1c, like the ships by temiiptest lie f0
to"'M<4 ha
ni perihlr tlt''ep, but canni ot be lest. ei
boughi~l antan eniraige thie. indi anid tire wl
he' 1rou >ise nrs s etire Lord will pro-w
Vale.
I hreardl an echo of miy text In a very Li
irk hour, when my father lay dying, wi
ali the old country mInister said to tc
mi: "Alr. T1almage, how do you feel Ie
>w as you are aboutL to pass the ,Jor- ar
mi of dleath ?" lie replied-and IL was II
e last ting hre ever said--"i feel IB
i'll; I feel very well; all is well," lift- al
g up Iris hand In a benriiction, a p
'ch3Iless9 benrediction, which I pray to
01d may go down through all the gen- 1]
aLions. It was well! Of course It
as well.
Again, this woman of my text was
7eat in 11cr aipplicartion to dlomestic
ities. Every p)icture Is a home pict- Z
re, whlether she is entertabring an e
llsha,or whether sire Is gIving carefu dI
,tention to her sick boy, or whether n
te is ap)pealing for the restoration of y
3r property-every pIcture in her cases
a home pIcture. 'iThose are not dis. n
ples of tire Shuineite woman who, rt
Ding out to attend to outside chari. c'
es, neglect the dirty of home--the ti
Lity of wife, of mother, of daughter. Vi
i o faIthfulness In purblic benet action
in, ever atone for domestic negligence.
T here hias been many a mother wire j)
y indefatigable toll has reared a large it
ily of children, equipping threm for ci
lie durties of life with good manners '
nd large Intelligence and ChrIstian oi
rinciple, starting them out, who has bi
one more for the world than many L~
nether woman whose name has sound- p
dI threogh all the lands and throughp
di centuiries.
hl rememer,o. when Kossuth was in L
his country there were some ladiesLI
vho got reputatlon, honorable reputa-g
n, by presenting hImvery gracefully
eastoens, but what was all ti rat cr
paredl wIth the work of tire plain filn
gavila mothern wie gave to truth and 1i
liberty a lNossuth 2 Yes, tin onra of
my text was groat an her simplIcityn
When this prophet wanted to rew'ardn
her for her hospitality by asking some f
preferment from her king what did
she say ? She declined It. Aire said, "I t
dwell among my own people"-as m'uch (
as to say: "I am satishled with my lot.
All I want is my family and my friends
around me. I della among my.. n
people." Oh. what a rebuke to the
strife for precedence in all ages!
How many there are who want to
Zet great architecture, and homes fur.
iished with all art, all painting, all
;tatuary, who have not enough taste
.o distinguish between Gothic and By.
.antine, and who could not tell a (Igure
i plaster of paris from Palmer's
White Captive," and would not know
boy's penciling from Bierstadt's
'Yosemite"-men who Duy large libra
'ies by the square) foot, buying these
ibraries when they have hardly enough
.ducation to pick out the (lay of the al
nanac. Oh, how many there are striv
ng to have things as well as their
ieighbors. or better than their neigh
)ors, and in the struggl3 vast fortunes
re exhausted aid businesi firms
hrown into bankruptcy, and men of
eptuted honesty rush into astounding
orgeries.
Of course I say nothing against re
nement of culture. Splendor of abode.
umptousnes of diet, lavishness in art
eatness in apparel-there is nothing'
gainst them in the Bible or out of the
lible. God does not wanlt, us to prefer
md hovel to English cottage, or in
tined sheepskin to French broadcloth
r husks to pineapple, or the cluisi
ess of a boor to the manners of a gei
leman. God, who strung the beach
,ith tinted shell and the grass of the
eld with the dews of the night, and
ath exquisitely tinged morning cloud
id robin redbreast, wants us to keep
ur eye open to all beautiful sights,
ld our ear open to all beautiful ca
ences, and our heart open to all ele
ating sentiments. lIut what I want
) impress upon you is that you ought
ot to inventory the luxuries of life
i among the indispensables, and you
ught not t) depreciate this woman of
to text, wha, when offered kingly pre
3rnent responded, "I dwell among my
wn people."
Yes, this woman of the text was
reat in her piety. Faith in God, and
'e was not ashamed to t ilk it before
lolators. Ah, woman will never ap
reciate what she owes to Christianity
util she knows and sees the degrada
on of her sex under paganism and
[ohammedanism. 1Ier very birth con
dered a misfortune. S)1d like cattle
i the shambles. Slave of all work, and
L last her body fuel for the funeral
yre of her husband. Above the shriek
f the fire worshippers in India and
bove the rumbling of tie juggernauts
hear the million voiced groan of
rong, insulted, broken hearted, down
-odden wonian. 11er tears have fall
i inl the Nile and Tigris and the La
lata and on the steppes of Tartary.
)e has been dishonored in Turkish
irden and Persain palace and Spanish
Ihambra. Her little ones have been
Lcriliced in the Ganges. There is not
groan, or a dungeon, or an island, or
mountain, or a river, or a lake, or a
)a but could tell a story of the out
tges heaped upon her.
But, thanks to God, this glorious
hristianity comes forth, and all the
aains of this vassalage are snapped,
nd she rises up from ignomy to ex
ited sphere and becomes the affection
te dtaughter, the gentle wife, the hon
red mother. the usefil Christian. Oh,
Christianity has done so much for
romai, surely woman will become its
lost ardent advocate and its sublimest
xemplification.
When I come to speak of womanly
ifluence, my mine always wanders oiT
: one model-the aged one, who 27
ears ago we but away for the resur
ection. About 87 years ago, and just
efore their marriage (lay, my father
nd nother stood i) in the old meeting
ouse at Somerville, N. J1., andi took
pon them the vows of the Christa in.
'hiough a long life of vicissitude she
v'ed hiarmlhessly usefully and camne to
er end in peace. No child of want
'er came to her dloor and was turned
upty away. No one in sorrow
>mne to her but was comforted.
o asked her the way to one
savedl, b)ut she pointcd him to the
oss. When the angle of life came
a neighbor's dwelling, she was there
p rejoices at the starting of another
nmortaltspirit. When thie ange of
sath caine to La neighbor's dwelling,
'ie was there o roble the departed for
ie burial.
We had often hreard h'er, whlen lead
ig family prayers in the absence of
y farther, say, "O Lord, 1 ask not for
y children wealth or honor, but 1 (do
k that they all may be the subvjects
thy comforting grace!" 11er 11 child
n brought into the kingdom of God,
e had but one more wish, and that
as that she might see her long absent
issionary son, and when the ship
omu China anchored in Newv York
rbor, anid the long absent one passedi
'er the threshold of his paternal home
e said, "Now, Lord, lettest thou thy
rvant depart in peace, for mine eyes
tve seen thy salvation." T1he prayer
as soon answered.
It was an autumnal day when we
ithered from afar and found only the
muse from which the soul had fled
rever. She looked very natural, the
mnds very much as when they wer e
n ployed in kindness for her children.
'hatever else we forget, we never for
it the looks of mother's hands. As
eastood there by the casket we could
)t help butt say, "Don't she look beau,
ful't" It was a cloudless (lay when'
Ith heavy hearts we cairried h er out
>the last resting place. The withered
ayes crumbled und(er hoof and wheel
we p)assed, and the sun shone on the
aritan river until It looked like tire.
utt more calm and( beautifull and radi
it was the setting sun of that agedl
ligriml's life. No more toil, nio more
vars, no more siekness, no inorei death.
eat mother! Beautiful mother!
Sweet is the slumber beonnat h thie sod ,
While the p)ure& spirit rest with God,1
I need not go b)ack and showv you
enobia or Semiramis or Isabella, or
ien the woman of the text, as won
are of womanly exclence or great
ess, when I in this moment point to
o>ur own picture gallery of memory and
iow to you the one face that you re
em ber so well and arouse all your holy
sminiscences an)d start you in niew
mnsecration to God by the pronuncia
on of that tender, beauitifull, glorious
ord, "Mother!_Mother!"
Faith in Oleveland,.
TO?EKA, Kan., Aug. 22.-Colored
emocrats this morning senit the 1o1
wing message to the Negro D)emo
'atic National League, in session at
rashing'on: "The negro D emocsats
Kansas sendl greetings to their
'ethrnon on the D)emocratilc National
eague. We have abiding faith In
resident Cleveland, the Democratic.
Arty, and the Negmo Democratic Na
onal League, of which the lion. C. ii
Taylor is P'resident. If negroes fol
i.se they cannot go astray, bunt will
reatly aid in solving the race problem
od speed you. Stand firm."
Loss of Life at Hea.
11A LIEA X, Aug. 23.- At a late hour
ist night it was reportedh that the
~eamship, "D)orcaq," with the bargre,
iCtta Stewart," in tow, coal laden, from
ydlney, for this port, was wrecked
ear Three Fathom IIarbor, forty miles
rom IIalifax, and all hands were lost.
Fears entertained for the safety of
he steamer "Carroll." which left for
MaPe Breton and Prince Edward Island
erterday, wIth a 'arge number of pas
engers, and of which nothing since has
)(in hard,
AS GOOD AS GOLD.
Clearing Houss C)ertilloates Going the
Rounds in Atlanta.
ATLANTA, (LA., August 23.-The first
little flve-dollar certificate from the
Atlanta clearing house found its way
into the pockets of the trading public
today. It was passed over the marble
counter of one of the best banks of the
city, and stands for what it is worth,
whether it be used for debt paying or
cash trade. It is as good as the gold or
the silver. It Is real live money. Mon
ey with the bloom on it, and there will
will be no such thing as turning it
(own in Atlanta or elsewhere, for
everybody is glad to know that it has
found its way from the vaults of the
banks at last.
During the day a large amount of
the.e certificates wero paid out to dif
ferent persons. These certificates will
go the rounds now, that they are out.
'hey will go the wage-earner every
Saturday night when the work of the
week Is done. They will go to the
capitalists who needs more money than
the banks can comfortably let him
have for the payment of his greater ob
ligations. They will go to the black
man and the white, to the young man
an( the old, to the poor and the rich
alike. The history of how they came
to be issued is well known to the At
lanta public. It was not through any
fright. The banks of Atlanta have
stood the tempest of hard times far
better than the banks of any other city
in the land. They were making no
word of complaint.
But when the leading trade journals
of the North began to publish reports
that the banks of the South would not
be able to furnish enough ready c'isi to
move the cotton crop this fall and win
ter, then it was that the citizens of At
lanta identified with her growth and
her best interests got themselves to
gether in a mass meeting called by the
president of the chamber of comnerce,
and decided to call upon the banks of
the city, to issue their clearing house
certificates if it became necessary to
furnish the cash demanded to move the
cotton crop. The banks of Atlanta, al
ways ready and willing to do all that
the people and business men of the
city demand of them, at once took
steps to meet the call. They decided
riot to issue certificates such as the
mass meeting asked them to do, not
deeming it necessary just at that time
to put in general circulation a sort of
local currency. But they did decide te
issue such certificates as could be used
by themselves in the clearing house
in squaring their daily settlements.
These certificates were issued. At the
same time the bankers declared their
willingness to issue other certilicates
for general use whenever the demand
made it necessary. The merchants of
the city at once began a movement to
get the banks to take this step. The
long list of names the Constitution
published from day to day from the
best and most progressive business
men in the city asking the banks to
issue these general certificates and
pledging themselves to use them just
as readily as the cash money tended to
show the bankers that the people wan
ted them to issue the paper, and they
have met the peopla's demands.
When the banks first issued the reg
ular settlement clearing house certili
cates they did so to the amount of Sih,
(x)o. Most of the certificates were of' a
denomination ranging from S100 to
500 in value. They have within the
last day or two, however, issued small
er certificates, and it is these smaller
ones of from $5 to $20 In value t hat
are just beginning to find their way
out into the arteries of trade and comn
imerce.
The larger ones will continue to be
used by the banks themselves in their
daily settlements through the clearing
house. The banks have nlot yet gone
above tile limit of issue they at first
Igreed upon-t9,000. TIhey will prob
ibip hlave to increase the limit, ho0w
sver, before the cotton market is at Its
~enlthl of activity. This depends alto
ether up~on the way money begins to
some Into the banks.
Atlanta'N Idle Clamsses.
A T LANT A. G A., Aug. 22.-The city
sounrcil met this afternoon and agreedl
to spend $5,000 on extra public works
f'or the benefit of the idle laborers
whose numbers are beginning to as
iume alarming proportions. T1his mon
3y Is not available by the city for the
purpose out of the regular channels,
but the demandls of the idle wvorkmen
have become so urgent thlat the mon~ey
Is provided by individuals, whlo are
hopeful that It will alleviate at least a
portion of the want now existing
among tile idle laborers of the city. It
is in the natuire of a charity dlistribul
tion. From 75 cents to $1 per (lay is
tihe amount to be paid the men for
their work. Many of them are skilled
workmen who usual.Uy earn from $3 to
$6 per (lay at their tradies. TIodav
crowds of idle workingmen who coI
lected on the street corners were so
large that the police were obliged to
Interfere. Almost every branch of in-~
dustry has redluced the number of
workmen employed, from the mer
chant's to the street car lines. The
street railway company today made a
cut in tile schedules in ordler to save a
few (dollars. Tile people are working
now to save thleir nickels. A dlanger
01us feature of the situation i the in
flux of strangers from othIer parts of
tile country. ThIey brinlg witi. them
idleas that may fead to more serious
troulble among the classes who are in
want than Saturday night's deCmonstra
tion, when several intemperate speechl
es were made by labor agitators. T1he
local papers are warning- the stragglers
to keep away from Atlanta. If they
continue to come they are likely to be
pult in the chaingang for vagrancy. As
a consequence of tile many idlle men,
footpads and housebreakers are over
running the city. The efforts of tihe
police to disperse tihe crowds on Mari
etta street today were unavailing,
though no trouble occurred . The men~
sim piy h ad nowhere else to go and I f
forced to move on one minulte would
come right back the next, to contInue
the discussion of tile gloomy prospects.
Th'le clearing hlouse certificates went
into cIrculation among tile b)anks to
day. They will be put Into use by the
public in a few days, the merchlants
having generally agreed to preserve
the local currency at par.
From K isaing a uricl.
.J A MEsTO WN, N. Y., A ug. 22.-In KNi
antonle' a few miles South of tis city,
0on Wednesday, Miss Aiken and Mr.
Amadell were married. The bride was
a popullar young woman and many
friends were at her wedaing. She had
a slit sore throat at the timle and
since the wedding tile case has devel
oped into diphtheria. Nearly a score
of hler friends who were at the wedding
and kissed :he bride have been attacked
with the same disease. Many of the
cases are seriouis.
They Want F?reetom.
TfOFEK A, Kan., Aug. 119.-A petition
signed by all the State oillcers and
State Ilouse employees of Kansas, has
been sent to Glovernior Stone of Mis
souri, asking him to call a Western and
Southern convention to consider moves
for the mutual relief of the people, for
the cultivation of commercial relations
and for securing freedom from the
East lai hd=lncaa aars.
THE HOUSE COMMIT'IEE.
They Give General Satisfaction to Nearly
Every On1e,
WAsHINTON, Aug. 22.-The com.
nittees as anibournced by Speaker Crisp
in the [louse lesterday mornitig give
general satisfaction to the memnbers.
T here are not more than half a dozen
dissatisfled ones. Of course Mr.,Sprin.
ger is disappointed because lie was not
again placed at the head of the com
inittee on ways and means, but his ap.
pointment to the chairmanship of
banking and currency was well re
ceived by the loutise, and Air. Springer
will probably clo good work in his new
assignment. flis financial views agree
with those of the adininistration, and
Air. Cleveland and Mr. Carlisle are
throughly satisfied.
The apoinitment o1 Air. Wilson, of
West Virgiiia, as chairman of the
committee on ways and means 'was
probably made at the request of Mr.
Cleveland. Tie President is an ad
mirer of Air. Wilson's ability and be.
lieves him to bo the best posted man
in tlie House on the tariif qoie0tion.
lis views are in the thorough accord
with those of Mr. Cleveland and the
tariff bill, reported by the cominittee
under Air. Wilson, will be just what
the administration wants. The only
change made in the wa3s and neans
committee is the removal of Mr. Sprig.
ner. Mr. lynumi, o1 (ndiatna, succeeds
Mr. Shively, who is not a mieimber of
this Congress. Mr. lireckenridge, of
Arkansas, who was removed from this
-oimnittee two years ago, is reinstated
andl Alr. Tarspey, of Nissouri, is aded.
Every meiber of the louse, except
Mr. llohuan, is thoroughly delighted
with the appointment of Mr. Sayers, of
Texas, as chairnian of the coinimittee
on appropriations. Jtudge lolman's
peculiar ideas of economy managed to
retard, rather than advance, business
in the last House, anId it is necess-Arv,
on account of his age, to place a young
er man at the head of this coinmittee.
In(leed, Ar. It-)nan's ideas of econo
my have not been at all satisfactory
to the Deinocratic leaclers. lie woult
light for holirs over an appropriation
of a few dollars, whereas it it happened
to be in the millions it would go
through without his opposition.
Mr. [lolman has been imade chairmilan
of the cominittee on Indlian affairs,
which meaus that the poor Indian is
to be given no showing whatever by
this Congress. If "poor Lo" ii fortu
nate enough to get eveni a half slipply
of blankets he will be in luck. The
chances are that he will got none, but
have to clothe himself in the leaves of
the torest. Naturally, tie array ollicers
are delighted at the anpointuient ot
Mr. 1Iolilan to the head~of thii con
mittee. For they hold that if the In
(ian lwill not go to war over this econ
omist being platced in charge of his ra
tions and blankets lie will never light
again. .Mit they believe he will light
and this will give tl:em opportunity to
see more active service in the field.
Already thece is talk about th capital
of the Indians preparing for a gitost
dance and the army ollicers are cele
brating the prospect of war at the
Army and Navy Club here tonight.
AIr. lilands succeeds himself as chair
man of thie coi-mIIittee on c)inage,
weilits andi mieasures and that coi
mittee is organized just as it was in
thie last Congress. 1i. hru a in.jority
of frie coni;ge, atii should it nave
to deal with" this 1,(es0ion it will
certhinly brin14g in a Iree cina-'ge hill.
Althouigh t heire has bteen ilIc
conlilitent about t lie Speaiker's
posi tioni otn the si1lver <fptestion,
the fact that lie has made this coimmit
tee a free coinage comiii iittee is an inidi
cationi that he hiohls thme same views ex
pressedi by his vote on this question in
the last Congress, wvhen hic decided a
tie in the llouse by casting his vote
with the free coinmage men~i. The hiigi:
est comuplmment paid to any New York
member b)y the Speaker was the aip
poinment of thie l Ion. Amos .1. Cumii -
minigs as chairman of the commirittee
on naval aff airs.-Columbulia Jouurnal.
lbliii ilei A P'reachter .
['INEli iIbT, (Gi., Au. 22.-I Obert
Gordoni is gone, anid liev. Charlie Smith
is buried as a result of a row between
the two mien. G ordon has iiot sustained
a good reputation, while llev. Smith
was quiiet, peaceable and hardl woirkinig.
le toildl all week in the pine woodhs, and
then on Sunday dispensedi orthodoxy of
a brand peculiarly his to what dutsky
hearers lhe cotuild get. On)ie of thme lambs
of the flock of which lhe was shepherd,
was the wifeo of Glordon, who hl1 been
separatedl for some timie past from her
husband.
Gordon objected to the shepherd and
amb, relationshii p, andII uted Sm ithi
with wrath in his eyve, aind a liberal
loadl of buckshot ini his gun. le found
Smith, andl, platcintg the muuzzle of the
gun so close thiat the p)owder birned his
linen, pulled tIhe trigger, k illinrg his
victim instantly. The body lay upon
the grotud( from night until the mid
die of the (lay, when an iu<qtuest was
hel and a verdict rendered in accord
danice wit,h the f acts. Gordon gave
himself up to the bailiff, and( a deputy
sheriff came to take hiuni to Vinia.
Th'le deputy huandcufled him and then
turned to hitch his horse, when Gordon
ran, arid is p)rob)ably still running.
Whlen the denput y reach(d( Vienna with
out hiis p)risotner, he was reprimanded
f or allowing ihe p)risonier to escape, and
made to pay 87 I or the hiandcuf fs, much
to his dissatisfaction. If flhe fuigitivye
should read this notice lie will coinfer a
a favor iiponi the dhepiuty by sendintg
back thle hiandcu ff for which lie now
has no iuse.-Aunguista Chronicle.
SiT. Lotns, Aug. 18S.-lieginnmig to
mnarrow a commnittee of the uinemnployed
mi the various labor assoL iations will
take upi their station at the union depot
and thie freight, yardis of the variot.s
roadls runiining into St,. h/>is fromi the
West ando meet all persnsi tookinir for
work, explain the sit,uationi and ask t,he
traveler to proced t.o Waushin'ton, D),
C., to make a dlemonst,ration before Con
gress. Leaders in every large city in
the count,ry have agreed to the plan.
It 1s expec ted to aithier 5,000 men in
Washiington.
CHIdAGO
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JAI LED'
NATIRAINS
Iblsyh LEXINGTON O
Bunaln .LEUISVILLE
vo
CHICAGO.
FRiMiAN'
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6:4.4'p (TLANTA
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. JACig|DiyluE '
WEwO S / -SAUISIEN
Dordering on Anarchism.
ATLANTA, Ga., Aug. 19,-Another
open air meeting of unemployed work
I ingmen was held to-night at the artesian
well, Manufacturers who import labor
were denounced and several speeches
bordering upon anarchy were made. J.
B. Ozburn, a labo,: organizar, advised
the crowd to demand work or ioney of'
the city by marching to the Mayor's of
lice in a boly. Ozburn said i he had
called upon the finance committee to
day to (Ind out how muchi money the
city has on hand, but was refused. Ilie
declared, lhowevter, that the suflering
laboters would know by next Saturday.
Resolutions were passed calling i'or a
b,ycott of the Nashville, Chattanooga
and St. Louis Railroatd Company,
tesseR of State road, on account of' the
removal of the Western and Atlantic
shops to Nashville. Laboring men we-e
called upon to refuse to buy goods ship
ped over the Western and Atlantic
Road, and merchants here requested to
have their freight shipped by other
routes if they desired the laboring man's
patronage. A headluarter has heen
established, and other meetings will
continue to be held next week The
labor question is assuming troublous
proportions to Atlanta.
Shot to Death.
PADUCAH, Ky., Aug. 19.-Last Tites
day, a nt.gro tramp went to the farm of
Albert Horn and asked for food. Mrs.
Horn was alone and the tramp as.
saulted her. 11er screams brought her
husband from the field and the negro
lied. Two posses started in pursuit,
and af er a short chase shot himu to
death. The news was suppressed un
tit to-day.
PlAnon and Orgau.
Now is the time to buy summer plan
|825 cash balance November 15th 1893.
Will buy a Piano at spot cash price $10
cash, balance November 15th 1893.
Will buy a organ at spot cash price.
See the list to choose from. Steinway,
Mason & lamlin. Alathushek ant Stir
ling Pianos, Mason & Hamlin and
Stirling Organs. Fifteeii days test
trial and freight both ways if n.!t satis
factory. A large lot of nearly new and
second hand Pianos and Organs at bar
gains. Good as new. Write for prices,
N. W. Trump, Columbia, S. C. *
OF SOUTil CAROINA.
1L G. Cmlan -C-r. M. .
For the treatment of inebriety, Opium,
(Morphine, Chloral) and Cocaine Diseases,
Tobacco Habit and Nervous Exhaustion
by the methods of Leslie E. Keeley, M. D.,
L. L. D., Surgeon Chicago and Alton Rail
way and formerly Surgeon U. S. Army.
For literature or further Inforniation
oloase address
THE KEELEY INSTITUTE,
COLUJMBIA, S. C.
Ur a Triy to the World's Fair Free
T. X.L.
TH'IE EXCELSIOR LiNLMEN'1
Ihe great p)ain alleviator', is strictly ia
and free from opilates~of all kinds, [:
reflieves pain In all Its formns wi
pr'operily applied.- Full dIirt'(
with each bont
tIe, for
25 Cents
Sold by druggists everywhe ro.
Six bottes by express for Ii1.
P'repare'd by TI. X. Company.'
(C. M. D)empsy, Manager,)
'23o Main Street, Columubta, S- C.
TH'LE MURRAY LRUG C()Mi>ANY.,
WVholesale Agents, (Colu.nbia, S. GO.
Full p)articuiars sont by mail for tw
'ltamps.
WOOl) WORKING MACHINERY
BIC1K AND) TfIlE
BARREEL STrAVE"
GINNING
GRAIN T1HRESHING
SAW MIlL
RiCE HULLING
EN(SINES AND BOILERS.
State Agency for TIalbott & Sons' Engines
and Boilers, Saw andI Grist Milks.
Brewer's Brick Machinery.
D)ouble Screw Cotton Presses.
Thomas' Direct Acting Steam P'resses, No
LU(lts.
TIhomuas' Seed Cotton Elevators.
Hall and Lumumus' GIns.
Engleberg Rico Hlullers.
HI. B. Smith Co's Wood-Working Machini
ery, P'laners, Band Saws, Moulders,
Mortisers, TIenoners--comprlsing com
plete eqnipmnent for Sash, Door, andI
l)eLoachie's Plantationi Saw Mills, varla
ble0 feed.
Vlling, Fittings andt Machinery :SIpi)lIes.
Write me for prices.
V. 0. M ADIIAM, Manager,'
COL UM P't A, S C.
OH ICAGO.
Thern(J 4 '.N & (.aisepT at-t'T aff'or<ls the
ntih','t Secules', the Finest Equipment,
ONLY THROUGH CAR UINE TO CHICA6O.
trm Atheville, l'aint Rock Ihot S , rings and
:noxville, v'ia RI. & I>., E. '11 V. &(4., Q. & (.,
. d. R. ., Lou~isville and1 the Peonna. ,inen to
A.hrel ar r,,u t a A,eite ,' ('in innati. noth, car
Ask for youtr tickets vIa
QUEEN & CRESCENT ROUTE.
An~y Agent oftthe R. & D).. E. T. v. & 0. nr (een h
et. wit give you infernation s toI route, rate.
Stop-overs allowedI at Oineinnati, Louis
Sile or Indianapolin.
). 0. EDWARDS, 0.1P. A,. CINCINN ATI, 0.
PAD ETT PAYS THE FREIGHT
, . hy F y %lenmo reces for Coods I
emi foi 4lcak u a $I ''a Whatou Can Save I
UTl ' A T -
PICE fjow $16,9
15
$69 -cx7 $37
r i d 1mb ol I his or
* j.~oioo. GuI-aI ilu 1.4 ho a
- ogli or n1IOne1y ro
Owl Divit-RugCh ir I ln ,
:i- 2 so'll Ih 1 b $45. Will doliver
'i4 No.7
COOKING
STOVE
wit ht 21
- plcces of
(1- -del3I ver.
-ed to vtir
onily $12
reguiiar
price $15.
A t
- N L y $v
I I I
N4
S A *33Cl, PIANO
on in- :k
I^ 1)O S IN
SA VI-: M,
L. r . G
The Sa St ana B6St
Life Assurance issued by
a company of the great
financial strength of the
EQUITRBLE, LIFE
RSSURIINGE SOGIETY
of the United States, when
written on the Twenty-i(ear
Tontine form (and if the
PROTECTION furnished by
the assurance is taken into
account) is, of conservative
investments, the most valu
able and remunerative in the
market.
W. J. RODDEY, Manager,
FOR THIE CAROLINAS,
ROCK HILL, S. C.
- TO
FAR MERS
AND)
MANUFACTURERS:
As a matter of bus~iie. interest to you
and ouirselves' wva ask yott to allow us the
privilege of makting estimates uplOnl anly
machinery you may wish to buy before
placing your ordlers elsewhlere.
Our facilities andI connIlections with man
efactuirers are suchi that we can: qjuoto on
the same goods as low prleces as are obtain..
able in America. It i.s but a narrow minud
that would p)ass by the home dealer to pay
an equal or greater price to a foreign
dealer or manufacturer.
Only give uts the opportunity andi we will:
servo you to) advantage, and keep at homne
a small part of the money whieh is going
away from our State to enrich others.
W. H, Gibbes Jr., & Co.
___COLUMBIA, .lC.
I will be P1leased to Furnish Prices
for
liarnless, Carriatges,
lhiugg ies, & .,
11 arnrsq Leith1er
11 ardiware,
T1eamn andt
Ilaggy Collara,.
Collar I 'ads,
Whips of all kinds,,
D)usters and
Ily Nets,
Axle Oil,
llrnssOi,Axle Grease,
lrness Soap.
II arness h)ressing,
Saddles, liridies,
and any and
everything kept
In a first class
Ilarnerss and
Carriage Store.
Give me a trial
andI I will *
save you money
J. S. DUNN,
136 M Ain street, Columbia, 8, C.
