HIC IS TilY naaorInn.
Has he fallen, deo ly fallen
From the path oltruth anA light?
Is he groping, blindly groplng,
In the blackness of sin's night?
Is he straying, sadly straying,
From the tender Shepherd'r fold?
Is lie staylg, ldly staying,
On the niountain, bleak and cold?
if he's fallen, still remember,
Thiel own stops may Onel day stido,
For while VIrtue's path is narrow,
Error's way Is broad and wide.
Or, if from the fold lie's wandered,
Lured by pleasure's voice away,
Remember from Ills loving care,
Thine own feet are prono to stray.
Turn not from a fellow croaturo
Haughtily, with scornful eyes,
But from sin and shameful rallures.
Lend a hand and help him rise.
If on his brow there rests a marking,
Like the bitter curse of Cain,
By gentle words and kindly actions
Help orase the deadly stain.
Tell him of God's pardoning goodnes
And you'll do the Master's will,
For it matters not how fallen,
Know lie Is thy brother still.
A DANGEROUS DELAY.
The Rev. Dr, Taimage 1'reachen Throuath
The Presa.
BROOKLYN, June 10.-Rev. Dr. Tal.
mage, who is now speed ng act oss the
Pacific to Iionolulo on his round the
world journey, has selected as the sub
iect for sernionic discourse through the
press today "The Exzited Governor,"
the text being taken from Acts xxiv, 25:
"Felix trembled, and answered: Go thy
way for this time. When I have a con
venient season, I will call for thee."
A city of marble was Cmanrea-whar
ves o1 marble, houses of marble, temples
of marble, This being the ordinary
architecture of the place, you may in
agine something of the splendor of Gov
ernor Felix's residence. In a room of
that palace, floor tessellated, windows
curtained, celling fret ted, the whole econo
affluent with Tyrian purple and statues
and pictures andi carvings, Pat a very
dark complexioned man of the nama of
Felix, and beside him a womnii of ex.
traordlnary beauty, whom he haid stolen
by breaking up another diomesti circle.
She was only 18 years of age, a princess
by birth and uinwittii--lv waiting for her
doom-that oi being huried alive in the
ashes and scorbe of' Mount Vesuvius,
which in sutidden eruption one day put an
end to her aiominations.
Well, one afternoon Drusilla, seated
In the palace, weary with the mna.nli
cent stupidities of the place, Bays to
Felix: "You have a very dialtiguished
prisoner, I believe, of the unme of Paul.
Do you know he is one of my country
met? I should very much like to see
him. and I should very much liko to hear
him speak, for I hava heard so munch
about his elcquence. ]lesides that, the
other day, whIen he was bein tried in
another room of this place and the win.
dows were open, I lieard the tipplause
that greeted the speech ol' lawver Ter.
tullus as lie denounced Paul. Now I
very much wish I could hear ['auil speak.
Won't Von let me hear him speak?"
"Yes," said Felix, "I will. I will or
der him up now firom tle suardroom.
Clank, clank, comets i chain up the mar
ble stairway, and there is a huill h at the
door, and i comes Paul, a little old
man, prematurely olI through exposure
-only 60 years of age, hut looking as
though lie were 80. IIe bowe ver'y
courteously before the governor and1 the
beautmfunl Woman by his side, T[hey say':
"Paul, we have heardl a great decal abmut
your speaking. Give us niow a specimen
of your elcquence."
Ohi, if there ever wase a chance ol'a
man to show off, Paul had a chance
therel lie might, have hanranigiod them
about Grecian art, alcut thin wondierful
waterworks lie had seen at uorinth,
about the Acropolis by moonlight,, about
p~rison lit'e in P'hilippi. about " what I
saw in Thessalonica," about the old
mythologies, but, "'No!'' P'aul id to
himself. "I am now on the way to
martyrdom, andI this man and woman
wlli soon be diead, and this is my only
opportunity to talk to them about the
thmngs of eternity.
And just there alad then there broke
in upon the scene ai peal ol thunder. It
was the voice o1 a judlgment day sneak
ing through the wvords of tihe diedrepit
apostle, As that grauid O'ld missionlary
proceeded with his remarks the stoop)
begIns to go out of' his shoulders, and lhe
rises up, and his countenance is illumined
with the glories ol' a future life, and his
shackles rattle andl grindl as lie lifts him
fettered arm, and with it hurls upon lisa
abashed auditors the bolts of God's iii.
dignatien. Felix grew very white about|
the lips, IHis heart beat unevenly, i~e
p~ut his handi to his brow, as though Io
stop the quickness and violence of his
thoughts. lie drew his robe tiighter
about him as undler a sudden chill. His
eyes glare, and lis knees shake, antd as
he clutches the side of his chair ini a very
paroxysm of terror he orders the shierifi'
to take Paul back to the guardroom.
"Felix trembled and said: (Go thy way
for this time. When .1 hiave a convein
lent .season, I will call for thee." A
young wan came one night to our ser.
vice, with pencil in hand, to caricature
the whole scene anti make mmrth of those
who should express any anxiety about
their souls, but I met him at the dioor,
his lace very white, tears running down
hIs cheek, as lie saidi, "Do you think
there is any chance for nme?" [Felix
trembled, anti so may God granm it may
be so with others,
I propose to give you two or three
reasons why I think Felix seat Paul back
to the guardroom and adjourned this
whole subjectof religion. T1hie first rea
son was he did not want to give up his
sins, Hie looked around. There was
Drusilla. Hie knew that when lhe be
came a Christian lie must send her back
to Azizus, her lawful husband, and lie
said to himself, "I will risk the deistruc
tion of my immortal soul sooner than I
will do that."
HOW many there are now who cannot
get to be Christians because they will
not abandlon their sia In vain all their
prayers and all their church going. You
cannot keep these darling sins and win
heaven, and now some of you will have
to decIded between the wine cup and an.
lawiul amusements and lascivious grati
fIcatlons on the one hand, and eternal
salvation on the other. Delilah sheared
the locks of Samson; Salome danced
Herod Into the pit; Drusilla blocked upI
the way to heaven for Felix. Yet when
I present thme subject now, I fear that
some of you will sax: "Not quite yet.
Don't be so precipitate in your demands
.1. have a few tickets yet that I have to
use. I have a few engagements that I
must keep. I want to stay a
little longer in the whirl of con
vlvlality-a few more guflaws of
unclean laughter, a few more steps on
the road to death, and then, sir, I will
listen to what you say. 'Go thy way for
this time. When I have a convenient
season, I will call for thae."
Another reason why Felix sent Paul
back to the guardroom and adjourne<
this subject was he was so very busy
In ordinary times he found the afflaire
state absorbing, but those were extra
ordinary limes. The whole land was
ripe for hisurrection. The Sicaril, a baud
of smass's, were already prowline
around thc palace, and I suppose tie
thought, "I can't attend'to religion while
I am pressed by t fl'airs of state." it
was businees, smong other things, that
ruined his srul, and I suppose there are
thousands of people who are not children
of God because they have so much busi.
lief 8
It is husiniess in tIe store- -loese',
gains, unfaithful (emp'oycos. It Is busi
ness in your law ofllee-subf iotas, writs
you have to write out, papers you have
to flie, arguments you have to make. It
is your medical profession, with its
broken nights, aud the exhausted anxie.
ties of life hanoing upon your treatment.
It is your real 8tate oflice, your busi
ness with landlordB and tenanta. and the
[ilure of men to meet their obligations
with you. Aye, with some of those who
are here, it is the annoyance of the
kitchen, and the sittmg room, and the
parlor-tbe wearing economy of trying
to meet large expenses with a small in
come. Ten thousand voices of "Lusi
ness business business" drown the voice
of the eternal Spirit, silencing tho voic3
of the advancing judgment day, overcom
ing the voice of eternity, and they canl
not listen. They say, "Go thy way for
this time."
Some of you look upon your goods,
look upon your profession, you look upon
your uemorandumn books, and you see
the demands that are made this very
week upou your time, and your patience,
and your money, and while I am entreat
ing you about your soul and the danger
of procrastination you say: "Go thy
way for this time. When I have a enn
venient season, I will call for thee." 0
Felix, why be bothered about the affairs
of this world so much more than about
the ailairs of eternit3? Do you not know
that when .eath comes you will have to
stop business, though it be in the most
exacting period of it-between ',he pay.
ment of the money and the taking of the
receipt? The moment he comes you
will have to go. Daat'i waits for no
man, however high, however low. Will
you put your office, will you put your
Shop in comparison with the aftairs oft al
eternal world, alairs that involves
thrones, palaces, dominions eternali
Wil you put 200 acres of ground against
inimensity? Will you put 10 or 5C
years of your lifle against millions of
aget?
0 Felix, Nou might better postpone
everything elsel For do you not know
that the upholstering of' Tyrian pur
plo in your palace will lade, and the
marb!e blocks of CAsarea will crumble,
and the breamwater at the beach, tuade
of ureat blocks of stone Go foot I mg
must, give way before the perpetual wash
of ti sea, but the redemption that pau
olers you will be forevei? And yet ant
yet and yet you wave him back to th<
guardroom, saying: "Go thy way foi
this tme. When I have a convenient
scasonl, I will call for thee.)
A gain, Felix adjourned this subject o
relgion ind put oil Pamt's argumont, tie
cause ie could[ not givo ut) the honors of
the world. Ile was afraid somehow h
would be compromised himself in this
natfer. Itemarks he made alterward
showed him to be intensely abniit ious.
Oh, how lie hugged thre favor of' men!
1 never saw the honors of' ts world
in tileir hohrowness and hypocrisy so
much as mi thre hfo and death of' that
wonderful man, Charles Somnier. As ho
wenit towardsl the lafce of buril even
ladependence ha11 ini Philadfelphia asked
that his romainis stop) there on their wary
to Boston, The flags were at half miast
~ad thre minute guns on Boston com-*
rnon throbbed after his heart, had ceased
tuo beat. WVas it always sc? While lhe
livedh, how cenisured of legislative reo
irtionrs, how cairicatured of tlhe pictorials
row charged with every motive mean
mdc rediculous; how all the urnis of'seorn
md hatred and billinigsgate emptied up
yn his head; how, when struck dIown in
enamte chamber, there were huaidreds of
housands of peolie who saidf, "'Good
or him; serves him righiti" how lhe had
ut the ocenan betweeai him andl his ma
iners, that lie mig'ht have a littlo peace
ud1( how, when lie went off sick, they
aid lhe was brokeni hearted because lhe
~ould not get to be president or secreta
y ofC state.
O) commonwealth of Massachusetts,
vhio is that man that sleeps in your pub
tic hall, covered1 with garlands and
wrapped in the stairs aid striper? Is
that, the man who, only a few months
before, you denrouncedh as the foe ot re
iubhcan and dhemiocratie instLitu tions? is
thast the amne mian)? 'Ye &aericarn peo
ple, ye could not, by onie week 01 fun.
eral culogiumn and newspap~er leaders,
wvhich the dlead sentor could neither
eand nor heair, atone for 25 years et mal
reatmnent anid caricature. When I see
r mian like that, pursued by all the
'iounds of the political keninel so long as
hae lives and then buried under a great
pile of garlands and amhid the lamnenta
Lions of a whole niatioa, I say to myself:
Whit an unutterably hlypocritical thing
Is all human aplplause and human fauvori
You took 25 years an trying to pull down
hris lame aand then take 25 year's in try
ing to build his moniument..
My friends, was theare ever a better
sommnentary on t':e hollowness of' all
aarthrly favoi? if ther 3 are young men
who read this who are p~ostp~oning re
ligion~ in order that they may have the
Favors of this worldl, let, me persuade
them of their complete folly. If you
lookIng forward to gubernatorial, sena
torial or presidenitial chair, lot me show
you your great mistake. Can it be that
there is now any young man saying:
"Let me have pclitical offie,. let me
hrave some of the high lpositionis of trust
and power, and then 1 will attend to
religion, but riot niow. 'Go thy way for
this ime. When I have a convenient
season, I will call for thee!'
And now my subject takes a deeper
tone, and it shows what a dangerous
tihing is this deferring of' religion. When
Paul's chain rattled dlown tire marble
stairs of Felix that was Felix's last
chance for heaven. JudgIng from hris
character afterward, lie was reprobate
and abandoned. And so was D~rusilla.
One day in southern Italy there was a
trembling of the earth, and the air got
black with smoke intershot with liquid
rocks, arid Vesuvius ramned upon Uru
silla and upon her son a horrible temp.
est 01 ashes and fire, Th9y did not re
ject religron; they only put it off. T1hey
did not, understand that that day that
that hour when Paul stood before them,
was the pivotal hour upon which every
thing was poised, and that it tip~ped the
wrong way. Tl1heir convenient season
came when Paul and his guardsman
entered the palace--It went away when
Paul and his guardsman left. Ihave you
never seen men waiting for a ecnrvemrent
season? There is such a great facination
about it that, though you may have
great respect to the truth of Christ, vet
somehow there is your soulni th uht:
I 'Not quite yet. It is not time for we t
become a Christian." I say to a bo3
"Seexc Christ." Ile save, "No; wal
nutil I am a young man." I say to th
young man, ' Seek Christ." le says
"Wait uutil I come to midlife." I Mee
the same person in midlife and I say
"Seek Christ." le says, "Wait unti
I Lyet old.'' I meet the same person It
old age and say to him, "Seek Christ.'
Ile says, "Wait uNtil I am on iuy dym
bed." I ai called to his (ying couch.
IUi last moments have come. I bond
over the couch and listen for his lasi
words. I have partially to guess what
they are by the motIon of his lips, he le
so fet ble. but rallying himself, he whis
pera, until I can hear hn say, 'I--iu
--wai itig-for-a-moi a- convenient
season,'' and lie is gonel
I el you whenl your coivenieit s.'a
son will comelo. I can tell vou the yeai
-it will be 1894. I can tell you whal
kind of a day it will be-it will be the
Sabbath day, I can tell you what houl
it will be-it will b3 between 9 and 1(
o'clock. 1u other words, it is now. D(
you ask ine how I know this is youi
convenient season? I know it becaust
you are here, and because they are here
and because the Holy Spirit is here, and
because the elcet Bons and daugbtora o'
God orc praying for your redemption
A I, I know It is your convenient seasor:
bEcause some (I you, like Felix, tremblf
as your past life comes up)n you with iti
sin and all the future life comes upor
you with its terror. This night air iE
aglare with torches to show you up oi
to to ahow you down. It is rustlins
with wings to lift you into light or smite
you into despair, and there is a rushing
to and fro and beating against the dooi
of your soul as with a great thunder o
emphasis telling you, "Now, now is th<
best time. as it may be the only time.'
May God almighty forbid that any o
you, my brethren or sisters, act the par
of Felix ot Drusilla and put away thii
great subject. It' you are going to bi
saved ever, why not begin toniehit
Throw down your sins and take thi
Lord's pardon. Christ has been tramp
ing after you many a day. An Indial
and a white man became thristians
The Indian, almost as soon as he hear
the gospel, believed and was saved, bu
the white, man struggled on in darknest
for a long tune before lie found light.
Alter their peace in Christ the wbit
man said to the Indian, "Why was i
that I was kept so long in the darknesi
and you immediately found peace?'
Tihe Indian reptied: "-I will tell you
A prince comes along, and he offers yoi
a coat. You look at your coat, and yo
say, 'My coat iN good enough,' and yoi
refuse his oiler, but the prince comei
along and lie offers me the coat, and I
look at my old blanket and I throw thal
away and take his offer. You sir,'
continued the Indian, "are clinging t<
your own righteousness, you think yot
are good enough, and you keep you1
own righteousness, but I have nothing
nothing, and so . when Jesus clers mo
pu.idon and peaeo [ simply take it.''
My reader, why not now throw awa.
the worncu', blanket of your sin an(
tike the robe of a Saviour's righteous
neas--a robe so white, so fair, so lus
trou?, that no fuller ou earth'zan whiter
it? 0 shepherd, tonight bring homi
the lost sheep! 0 Father, tonight giv4
a welcomimg kiss to the wan prodigal
o fricud of LozArus. tonight break dowi
the door of the aepulcher and say to al
these dead souls as lby irrcsistible fiat
A SAD TALE.
A Wrtdtd i"asauIly, WVito Traia,rd to
Ol ariect Lni for S uccur.
Cor.i:M 1 r A, S. C., J1unie 14.--Sunday
morning when St. Michael's run for
early service and the air was laden
with the perfume of tlowers the bell of
t he convent of Our Lady of Mercy in
Queen street was rung. When the good
samaratani of that holy place answered
the call she was horrifled to see before
her the ghastlIest sight of wvant and
siTerinig that she ever set eyes upon.
11er heart was touched at the spectacle
before her and it was with dililculty that
she could command herself to speak.
"l'or God's sake give us something
to eat, we are starving," said the voice
of a child. The sister started at the
wordls and looked into the pale, haggard
face of a boy of nine summers. The
boy's rugged countenance was distored
with pain, ie looked dirty and miser
able and was almost naked, his clothes
hanging to his hack in tatters. A thin
cadaverous looking woman, pate and
worn with suffering, held him by the
hand.
T'his was the boy's mother, poor souli
The clotnes that hung on ber back were
liko the boy's pacthes and travel stain
ed. A little old1 man bent with age
brought up the rear. TIhis was the
father on whose face the marks of suft
fering were indelibly stamped. ie
leained leavily on the arm of his son,
an elder boy eleven~years old, who like
his brother, wvas also ragged and dirty,
tired and hungry.
This was the picture that met the
good sister's eyes. A party of four hun
gry people stood staring her in the
lace. The sister's heart was touched,
she called for assistance and in a ver~y
few moments four tired souls were
seated before a table on which steame-i
the most delicious yiands, hot coffee
an(d rolls, a meal for a king. When the
meal was over and the party had eaten
their full, the mother with a dee~p sigh
related the following sadl story:
"My husband, myself and two little
boys lived at Marion. We lived liap
pily together until my husband became
sick. The little money lie had was ex
pended in (doctors' bills and medicines.
But that is not all, whliat properity we
had was mortgaged to keep the wolf
from the door. The blow came the
other day when everything we had was
taken from us. Then we decided to
leave thie o1ld homestead and come to
Charleston. We had no money to pay
our fare here and we had to walk. We
tramped the entire distance my sick
husband, myself two boys, and when
we arrived here we were tired and
worn out. The sisters were deeply
touched andl expressed their heartfelt
sympathy.
For the remainder of the morning
the sister did everything in their
power to make their guests as comfort.
able as possible. Towards evening the
party of -four were transferred to the
station house where they were
housed until an early hour
yesterdlay morning when they
were sent back to Marion, there
fare on the railroad having been paid.
't'he sisters collected an abundance of
clothing an ether necessaries for
them and they wont away much
happier than when they caime.
Thej1 old man was a siaht to behold .
Bent with age, his wrinkled and pallid
countenance had the marks of much
suffering. At the convent lie moaned
bitterly and called upon the sister to
take care of his poor wife that he was
going to die, lie asked the sister's
permission to lie on the piazz,'a. "I cant
walk anymore," he said, "I1 am going
to die." The names of'the party are
SPatrick lianks, Marry Hianks. 1". iE
IlHanke. ndi Jon. J. fanks.. - Ih Su.*
THE MINISTRY OF CHILDHOOD.
Extract fren hiabop Hargrove'so Sormou
5 at WoUord Vommvencement.
The following I A an extract form the
sermon of Bishop Hargrove preached at
the commencoment of Weilord College
on the 10th, instant:
Pishop Hargrove's text was Isaiah ii,
6: "And a little child shall lead them."
His subject was the Ministry of Child.
bood. He began by stating that angels
had no ancestry and they know nothing
of the family relation. Sex, matrimony
and children are human and do not be.
Iqng to angels. They do not know any.
thing of the blessedness of childhood.
Earth and Heaven are the only places
illumined by tRe radiant emiles of in
Iancy.Childhood is a divine arrangement
and has been distinctly and emphatically
recognized by God In all the great epochs
of the world's history. If our first pa
rents had ret ined their sinless integrity
all perfections would have been trans.
mitted to their posterity through endless
ages and a defection from original purity
would have been impossible. This grand
opportunity was lost and thus the curse
was entailed on posterity and depravity
took possession of the race. But human
exigency is the divine opportunity. Re
pentance, regeneration and sanctification
are the remedial exredients by which
God sought to redeem the race.
One half of the human race dies before
reaching the age of five. Many of the
otheis pass away before they reach the
years of accountability. So a majority
of the race is tranferred to the paradise
of God and Heaven Is peopled largely
with children. The death of each infant
is a defeat to Satan. If the presence of
the gleeful glorifled children gladden the
streets and mansions of the New Jerusa.
lem how fearfully dreary, doleful and de
solate must be Satan's dominions, where
childhood never can enter.
Parents sometimes charge God fool
ishly when their children are taken away
but these little ones did not live in vain.
They had their objective work. The
marvellous ministry of helpleness and
innocence has accomplished much in
mellowing and softening older hearts.
Delicate chord3 are touched into har
mony by tiny fingers where they would
not respond to the rude sweep ot older
hands. The gay, frivolous society wo
man Is often brought to herself by the
death of her child. A common grief and
a common tie in Heaven binds parents
closer together here on earth. Children
are leaders tow srds the Kingdom of God.
Let not everything be attributed to the
preacher. hooks, the press, because
thousands are led to a higher and better
life through the ministry of little chil
dren.
In the first epoch of the world's his.
tory the means of' salvation included
the children, for Noah failed to save tile
world from the flo)od, but he,saved all his
own family. Then came the grand op
portunity of the race, t-ut Noah fell and
his posterity was exposed to ravages of
sin.
The second epoch was when Abraham
was called to become the founder cf a
great nation and the promise was to him
and his children. They were included in
the covenant as often as it was repeated.
In the third epoch God commanded
Moses to keep the children of Israel a
separate and distinct people. Special
instructions were given as to the training
of children. In this school the Israelites
'were kept with fortunes for 1,500 years,
when the last great ep~och was ushered
in by the birth of the Saviour, who con
leecrated childhood forever by His birth
in the manger at Bethelehem. Iu all
His teaching Hie was especially comdelr
ate of litte children.
In all these leadling epochs ihe spiri
tual agencies were dlirected to childhood.
At any given time the majority of the
race is young. In this majority there
arc those who wvillihve the longest time
and exercise the greatest intluence.
W hen one seeks to instruct children they
are dealing with those who are to be
comne the most important faictors in work.
ing out the world's destmny.
The mind of children is receptLive, tile
conscience is tender, vicious habits hlave
not been formed, and it is easier to plantI
good seedls which will vield abuntlantly
goodl fruits. Childhood offers natural
and coastitutional facilities for the 01).
eration of' the spirit of God. Children
are imitative and gladly f ollow others.
Thley are curious and are always readly ~
to demand tihe reason for thing~s. They ~
never doubt and their faith is strong un
til they are deceived. This is the forma
tive period when chlaracter is fixed. The '
impressions of childhood are more last- ~
ing thlan tho'e made later in life. The i
mother's smiles and cradle songs will
all come up to the aged when they are ~
descending the dark valley. Mothlers I
write with indelible ink. Archimedes be
hioved lhe could move tile world if' he hadt
a place to stand andl a rest for his ful
crum. Childhood is the iulcrum and t
eternal truth is the leyer, and iby this ac
fallen world can be lifted back into the C
bosom of its God.
Nailed Up.(
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., June 11.-- t
Tile steamer China which arrived yes- 1
terday from the Orient brings a peculiar (
story of the methods employed by tihe a
agents of the Chinese in this country for C
immoral purposes. While the vessel al
was at th~e whiarf at Yokohama receiv- t
ing her cargo Japanese p~assenger came t
on board andl asked to have four large k
boxes takeii to his state room, but was t
refused, as the boxes were too large. 'I
The boxes were lefL on the whar f to be t'
placed in the hold with the other cargo. iI
As they were being hoisted up) a peculiar ;t
noise started the stevedores. They rolled
the, boxes aside, called the police and the
boxea were found to contain four Japan
eso girls almost suflocated. The boxes
wvere two feet three inches In length and
one and one-half feet broad and (deep. r
There was a small air hole at one end, d
but the boxes were laid on the wharf ~
end up and the holes closed. Lbe Jap- v
anese who attempted the outrage had d
not been apprehended whlen thle steamer r
left. Three of the girls wvere billed to d
Portland and tile othler to T.scowa,
A Murderous Bridge. c
AIKEN, June 13.--A brakeman on a
freight train of the Georgia and Carolina t
Railroad was killed liast night while ini
the discharge of his duties. 'He was rid- ~
ing on top of a box car In an erect post
tion, and while the train was passing i
through the Alken cut his head struck
Laurenis street bridge and he was knocked
oft the car and died in a short while af
terwards. His name is J. 1). Craf'o, and r
it is said his home was In Chlarleston. r
The coroner of this county su nmonedi a 1
jury of' inquest thIs morning with Mr.t
Jesse C. Petty as foreman. After view- i
!ag the body the jury adjourned until 12 f
o'clock on Thursday, when testimoney a
will be taken. Several person have beeni
killed by this same bridge tia the same i
way. The bridge is too low and should I
be raised. It Is the duty of the road to I
construct and maintain alt the bridges
that span this cut.-News and Conrier.
LABOR TROUBLES
SOME OF THE RESULTS OF THE
HARD TIME'S NOW ON.
Foreign Minors o Stlike, Kidap and
Maitroat Four Workmen-.itetenin
Deputies Killed Severai Slave-Troubtei
Elsewhere-Troops Oslied Out.
UNIoNrowN, Pa.,.June 10.--A bat
tle between seven armed deputies and a
mob of 300 strikers occurred this morn
Img at 9 o'clock at the Ls~nont No. 3
works of the McClure Coke Company,
One striker, a Slav was killed imstantly,
and two other SIv strikers wero fatally
wounded. The deputies were surrounded
and fired upon by the strikerA before
they shot.
The incidents leading up to the battle
last evening, when a mob of severa]
hundred strikers, mostly from the Trot.
ter works of the Frick Company, gath
ered at the Pennsylvania Railroad de.
pot at New Haven and took prisonere
four workmen, who are employed at the
works of the Frick Company and were
on their way home at Lelsenring. The
names of the workmen are John Dela
ney, Oliver Attleby. John Britt and
John Furlough. When they stepped
off the train the mob surroundod them
and marched them away. The
four men were covered wild
chalk and big placards with "scab,"
"blackleg'' and other epthets lettered
thereon. The men were then marched
through the streets escorted by the hoot
ing mob and taken back to the Trotter
and Leisenine plants, where they were
paraded through the btreets between the
compay houses. The strikers jeered
them and the women spit upon them and
hit them with stones and clubs. They
were even marched past their own
homes and their wives and children per
mitted to view them in their helpless.
ness.
Sheriff Wilhelm dispatched Deputy
Sheriff Allen with seven deputies to res.
cue the workmen. Allen arrived at 6
o'clock. At no time was lie able to
overtake the mob having the men in
charge. Allen finally learned that the
men were being passed from mob to
mob. It was found that the four men
had been taken to Morrel and from there
to Youngstown and then to Lemont,
where the battle occurred. Early this
morning, after placing the deputies to
prevent the strikers from taking their
prisoners elsewhere, Allen return to Un.
iontown for further orders and was di
rected to rescue the prisioners. Return
ing to Lemont, he found two deputies re
treating before a bowling mob of Slays.
As Allen roade up, a Slav fired at him
with his revolver. The ball passed over
his head. Several of the mob then began
firing at the officers. Allen' revolver was
defective and only two shot were (iced
by him. Five of his assistants came up
and began firing with their Winchesters.
About fifty shots were' exchanged, the
mob slowly advaning, the deputies rn
treating, until reinforced by other dep
uties, when a stand was made. The
mob then began to disperse. Sheriff
Whilhelm was again notitled and sent
thirteen more deputies. An hour later
twelve of the mob were arrested and
brought to lail.
The Slav that was killed was found
lying in the road, shot through the body
by a Wmnchester bullet. Tw~io other
were found in houses near by, both said
to be mortally wounded, having been
ihot. through the thighs. The strikes re
uisedl to give the name of the Slav killed,
>r of those injured. They wanted the
dfllcers to take the (lead striker with
hem whent making the arrest. One of
he men arrested was shot in tihe arm.
At 4 o'clock a special train took dowi,
en more dleputies, and then took the
rounded men to the hospItal at Con
elleville. Many others are believed to
ave been wounded. None of the dep
tLies were injured.
At 5 o'clock a posse of twenty-five
leputies, in charge of Field Deputies
U~len, Altebaugh and Richards, armed
rith search warrants, left for Cool Spring
lollow, after searching thie Lemont
ouses. It 'is belIeved Lhat four work
non were taken during the trouble and
re hidden away In the monument
ouses. It is believedl that the four
aen at all hazaras. Scveral hundredl
trikers live in the vicinity of Cool
pring and a conflict may occur. Tuey
ave not returned or been heard from.
Shlerifi Wilhelm said tonight that lie
rould not ask for the mIlitia on account
f today's trouble, ie says he is grow
ig heartily tired of the warfare, but, so
:mg as his deputies are not overpow
red will fight away in attempting to
naintain peace and order. Several hun
redl arrests are exp~ected to follow for
he kidnapping of the men..
At Pana, Illinois, the mining situa
ion still remain unsettled. A company
f strikers, numbering about 200, arie
ampesd on the SIblev farm about two
iiles from Pana, About 500 members
the First Regiment of Chicago with a
hatthhng gun, arrived on special traini
his morning at 6 o'clolck and were fol
>wed at 9 o'clock by compantes from
'linton and Bloomington, andl they are
l1in camp at the baseball park. Crowds
fstrikers are located in the timber
nd near the railroad bridge all around
ie city. It is variously estimated that
iere is from 1,500.to 4,000 foreIgn stri
era in close proximity to the city and
iey can be massed on short notice.
'he local minners vow they will not en
ir the mines while the militia remains
Sthe city. So no attempt will be made
> operate thie shafts tomorrow.
Drank Aconito for Aicohioi.
SE~LMA, Ala., June 10.-ThIs morning
id Fowls, David Johnson and Fred
ones went out for a day's fishing,
iven miles from the city. They car
Led with them, as they thought, a
emijohn of alcohol. They stoppedi
t the house of Paul Frazier, who was
tie first to sample the contents of the
emijohn. The old man died in a few
lnutes. Johnson, the owner of the
emijohn, then gave his supposed
luo-hol to his com-panions, to
how that the old man died -from
ther causes, but not liking the
aste, they both spat it out. Johnson
hien took a big swallow himself and
a ten minutes was (lead. It now turns
ut that the deadly fluid was aconite,
tolen through mistake for alcohol,
rem Cawthiorne & (Ogleman's drug
tore in this city.
. 'astponed a
CoL~UMBIA, S. C., .June 12---Agu
ients .as to the coristittionaluty of the
egistration law were appoInted to be
card before the Supreme Court this
serning, but the hearing was postooned
ntil the next term which begims on the
eurth Tuesday of November. This was
lons on motion of the A ttorney General
rho . atated that lhe had just aeen the
upernvisor of~ registration and did n'ot
ave time to prepare his return. This
:nocks up the p)ossibility of tile move
aent effecting this election, even if It
hould be declared iuncntaimnal
CO-OPERATIVE COTTON MILLS.
A Genle RemzInder to the People of sout
Osroliu.
In the current issue of the Baltimor
Manufacturers' Record Mr. D. A. Tomr
kins, of Charlotte, one 3f the-mobt su<
ceasful cotton moanufacturers in thi
section has an interesting article o
co-operation in building cotton milli
Mr.Tomkins shows how companies ca
be organized and the money raised b
weekly payments for building cotto
mills in such a way as to make the 01
ganization of such companies feasibl
in hundreds of towns whiere it woul
be impossible to secure large subscri:
tions. In the South we have few sav
iogs banks,compared with those in th
North, and we need enterprises tha
will encourage the habit of saving an(
investing a portion of the weekly earn
ings of the average citizen. Build61
and loan associations supply this wan
to some extent, but we need co-opera
tivo companies to push industrial en
terprises witi the capital that car
easily be furnished in small weekly in
stallments from thousands of our pee.
pie.
The success of this plan in Charlott
speaks for itself. Mills have been bull
near Charlotte by subscriptions paya
ble weekly in small sums for one, two
four and eight years, but the favoritt
plan is that of paying 50 cents pei
week on a share for four years. A
this rate 1,000 shares would make i
capital of $100,000, a sum sufficlent a
build a cotton mill of about 5,00(
spindles, with looms enough to weave
their product. Mr. Tompkins gives
the following cstimate for such a mill
Employees, men and boys...........3(
Emgloyees, women and girls........ (
Pay roll per week, about..........635(
Bales cotton consumed per week ....2C
In North Carolina the products o
the different mills vary greatly. Al
Charlotte one mill makes warp yarns
another skein yarns doubled and twist
ed, another makes both warps and
skets, another white cloth, anothef
ginghams, another counterpanes and
towels, another stockings and knit
goods. Those mills which make colored
goodsmust have dye works.
If the subscriptions to the stock 01
an enstallment mill are made payable
at the rate of 50 cents per week per
share, and the capital subscribed was
$100,000, then in the first year the
amount paid in to the company's treas
ury would be about $25,000. Witl
this money the buildings could be built
and paid for, leaving a surplas in the
treasury. The buildings would be a
main building, engine room, boiler
room and houses or cottages for the
hands to live in. In some special cases,
where the factory was to be built in a
city, these houses might not be built,
as the hands could find board or houses
to rent near by the factory in the city.
Generally speaking, however, it is best
to -put a factory one to four miles away
from a city, and let the company build
and own the houses the employes live
in.
In Charlotte no house rent is charged,
the factories furnishing houses free of
rent. In some other places rent is
charged at the rate of 81 per room.
Considering that subscriptions were
being paid regularly, and that the
buildings were all completed and paid
for at the end of about one year, and
that the company's income was about
$2,000 per month from regular install
mient payments on subscriptions, then
uinder these conditions about $2,500
spindles and appeartaining machinery
could be bought for a good cash pay
ment, andl the remainder payable
$1,000 to $2,000 per month. In about
sixteen to eighteen moliths from the
time the first payments were made the
mill could be started uip on about one
thirdl to one-half its capacity; then the
remainder of the machinery could be
addled and started up from time to
time as the money continued to come
in by installments.
No dividends should be paid until
the stock is paid in full and the 0f11.
cers should receive very small salaries.
The mills near Charlotte, built on this
plan, have been very successful, and
some of them during the (lull season
have run night and day to 11ll orders
for theIr goods. The co-operative plan
if fairly tried would soon -make the
South the cotton manufacturing center
of the world.
A NARROW ESCAPE.
A Lton Attacke is Tamer ini the
Cage.
CONEY ISLAND, N. Y., Juno 10.
Mlle. Bea trice, a lion tamer at the Lon
don show, which is giving a wild animal
show on the 01ld iron pier at WVest
Brighton, had a narrow ecrC'pe from be
ing mangled to death toniight by a lion.
it was just 10 o'clock - hel1 enclosure
on the pier where the -sa 11 is are on
exhibition was crowvdcd with,. people.
The last preformance of the day was
being relveu and Beatrice appeared in
the hall, climbed up the ladder leading
to the wild lions' cage and entered.
There are two hig Asiatic lions in the
cage, a male and a female. Bella is the
female's name and Brutus the male'e.
The latter is a groat pet of the lion
tamer, and she plays with him for fit
teen minutes at every preformance. Her
act with the wild beast is closed by
opening his mouth and kissing him. She
always succeded in kissing the brute
until tonight. While she was making
her bold attempt to smack the lips of
Brutus the man who feeds the lions
made is apperance near the cage with
a box of raw beet. Brutus caught sight
of the beef, and in a moment he un -
fastened B3eatrice's hold upon him and
sprang upon her.
Both had a lively tussle which finally
resuited in the lion tamer's falling to the
floor and the lion's grabbing the left side
cf her face in his mouth. The women
and children in thea nsulience screamed
and the men rushed aLoundl~ the hall
looking for clubs and stickcs ith which
to beat the lion away from the woman.
In a few moments Manager Farrar and
Trainers Bruce and Ord way rushed in
with pitch lorks. After lphmngag the
forks several times in the head andl body
of the lion they managed to make him
loosen his hold and got the girl out o1
the cairo. She was urlconsciouis and l
blood was lpooring from her lace as ahie
was carried into the oflce. Dr. Hlili
was eunmmonedl and the woman was p~ut
to bed. When the doector arrived the
woman was delirious and opiates had to
be giveni to quiet her. Upon eximma
lion Dr. Hill found that the lion had
succeeded in sticking three 01 hIs bIg
teeth through the woman's lefL jaw.
Othier parts of her face were also chew
edi. It Look some time to stop the flow
oi brood, Dr. Hill salid tonight that it
'was the worst case of animal bite lhe
ever saw. Thie woman was dlelirious
at midnight and Dr. lull says she Is in
a precarious condition. Mile. Beatrice in
20 years old. Her father was a lion
tamer and she went Into the business
when 18. She came from London with
the show three wes a.
Mu1011l nomes are Happy Bomes.
Have you ever noticed it? Call to
i mind the homes of your friends who
have a good Piano or Organ in the
house. Are they not brighter and
e more attractive than those where the
divine art of music never enters ? To
be sure it costa to buy a good instru.
ment, but it lasts many years, and will
pay its costs many a thousand times '
a over by interesting the young folks in
their homes. Don't make the mistake
a though, of investing haphazard. PosI
yourself thoroughly by writing Ludden
V & Bates Southern Music House, Savah
I nah, Ga., the great music house of the
South, established in 1870. They have
supplied 50,000 instruments to South
ern homes, and have a reputation for
fair prices and honorable treatment of
- customers; and they represent the lead
ing pianos and organs of America
They take pleasure in corresponding ' -
with you, sending free catalogues, etc
t Write them.
PC A S THE FREIGHI -
Extreme Pris 1or Goods,
- 4logue and See What You CMa Wn
her ro2
$69 "" $37
-1 Ju~st c nt r00uc hiemn
4 No freight paid on this Or
gAn. Guara,,nteed to be a
food organ or mmoney re
undod.
- nl PI.sh PA R .lO, MUITS consisting
-!ta, Arm ChatI , Rcking Chair Divant
Z *1de Cna4irZ -wort h $413. Will deives
* y" our t, jM;t for 8 -
This No. I
with 21
-., Pieces of
ware wM
- be delive
*N ed to yot
-de o for
A- *niy3 GE HM
price i.
A $t50t SZWING MAomNu
witi all attia-ii eni, for
'-- ONLY $18.50
dolivered to .vour pot.
- The -reguit pI i ,e of this
,I!GY isRt 0 Nas
rho nnifacure. ra ya all
the exper. and I W'ohe
to you for g-A1;.742
"nd guarantee every one a
bargain. No frAight paid
A *oaa PLiq'nl
11n frix t
.4oid for o.talog1.a of iur niture, Cooking
itioven, H.by Carriages, Bicycios, Organs, Pi
DnoS Teas Set, Din. ner tiett, Lamps, &a., and
AV MONFY. Addraun
S For Agricut
tural and Gin
eral Plantation
Ui e, have A~arn4
- '~ed their reputa
Wtion as the best
i-~on tnle market.'
!. For Simplicity,
Durablilit and
- 1 Eeonomyn
..fuel and water
THE TOZER
Has no Ecjual.
~ PINOSTimes Hard
- RGN Prices Low
(iiy 80 for a Superb MAsoN &
IA MLIN Organ. 4 sets Steeds,
10 Sto ps. ltch Case. 55 cas.h
and S3 monthily. lieduced
fromn $15. WnlTc Us1.
HIenn Ia ro l ST'rn L i NO Mirror Top,
L~ov' . ew stLyICes at 8615 and
B7; W a rric Us,
i~ennt New P'ianios onlyv $225.
'Nnica a.U at the ~(p
Trotiniu r iiLiii;rD'alms in ieair
a Li I - (lni.,. o arric U..
Ii you1 want Li J'ino oir Organm
now III Ohe liniii to .buy 1
'write un anyhiow. Tlrade 9
dnuJ and you1 --an' ,tsk tmor
* .rg4ansf than we want 1.0 s.
war l' re' (il Mien
NOW ISJTHE TIME
TO PLACE YOUR ORDERS FOR
Threshers:!
And 1j18el1 the Best in the'Market. Write
to mec Before Buying.
Shingle Machines,
8tave Machines,
Brick Machines,
Planing Machines,
Swing Saws,
Band saws, .
Gang Rip Saws,
and all kinds of
wood working machines.
U riot Mills $115 to $250.
Sa w Mills $190 to $400.
WVatertown Engines and Boilers.
Talbott Engines and Boilers.
Seed Cotton Elevators.
(Cottoh Gins and Presses
111011 anid LOW GRADE.
V.C0. BADNAMt.
COLUMBIA. S C ,
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