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African nIs,aod,st conference.

CHARLESTON, March H.-At the AZ
rican Methodist Conference, i'm session
LR Ato-day, the epistie of the bishops of
tina. ~. u. Church, in council at Jack
sonyille, was read and enthusiastically
endorsed. Section12 of the epistle reads
as follows:
"There is no North, South East or
West-the world is one field of labor
nor do we recognize any moral, social or
literary difference between our local sec
tions i'm ministers and members. Vice
and virtue hayen 10 typographical limita.
tions or spaces of operation. There are
good and bad in all sections and lines,
and all denominations have through the
ages been more or less annoyed by tho
bad and vicious and hypocritical.
Therefore w edisclaim the truth of some
recent publications Notwithstanding the
hasty approval and unfortunate endors-
ment of our aged and venerable Senior"
This is understood to be a reply to the
charge recently made that the Southern
branch of the A. NJ. f. Church was
behind its brethren at the North.
Nevertheless the epistle urges the an
nual conferences to be careful in the
selection of delegates to the general
conference and pick out "cool headed
men of deliberate judgement" because
the last three general conferences have
been rashly boisterous and the proper
legislation,of the Church has suffered by
it. The epistle is signed by Bishops
Payne, Campbell, Brown, Disyev, Ar
nett, Wayman, Ward, Turner, Gaines,
Tanner and Grant.
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There's the Dinner Bell /,

What a Gathering and u chattering as
the children answer the dinner bell and
lush into the dining room. Oh! the
qualification a good appetite affords as
our noon days meal is set before US.
But this vacant chair, what does 1T
mean? "Oh, that is Uncle Charley's
seat. Guess he don't feel like eating,
he's got dyspepsia, you know" Dys-
pepsia I! horrors! Deliver us from dys-
pepsia. WHAT'S the use of being plagued
with such an ailment anyway? What's
the Use having a stomach so irritated
andlsore thai ever II bit of food gives
it distress? Why not heal the and
allay The irritation and siren CITIZEN it's
muscular processes, by using Botanic
Blood Balm. Will 1t cure2 1t certainly
will. Many, many a former dyspeptic
owes his enjoyment of life to b. b. b.
Give it a trial.
S. j. Chandler, Richmond, Va,
writes: mo one can afford to be
without B. b. B. who wishes an appetite.
1 could scarcely eat a single biscuit for
breakfast, but since taking b. b. b. i
clean the whole table, so to speak,"
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~ nervous, so sf,at you

and you rise mp Nm the
b&SSda<lSH not because you arc slept out,
but BECAUSE your duty drags YOU from
your Eumbers, You have been where yoa
ought not TO haye been. THERE are
amusements that send a maj next day
to bis work bloodshot, yawning, stupid,
nayseated; and they are worng kinds OF
amusement.
Thare are entertainments that give n
man disgust with the drudgery OF life /;
with toolsNbecause they are not swords;
with working aprons because they are
not robes with cattle because they are
not infnriated BUNS ofthe arena. Ifany
amusement sends you home longing for
u life ofromance andNthrilllng adventure,
love that takes poisonNat d shoots itself.
moonlight adventures and h~air-breadth
escapes, you niay depend upon II that
you are the sacrificed yictim> of INSANE
tUled pleasure. Our rccreatioHA are in
tended to build us up; and If they pull us
Town, as to our moral or as to our Hby-
slcsS strength, you may come TO the coa-
ciusl0Sh bat they are obnoxious.
mere slothing 0 ~depraying than
efs1tsndance .Ssp amuscments that are
lmil OF in~nuenusssnd low suggestion.
Young man entss&. al gffsth he sits
lar back, with his hat III and his coat
collar up, fearful that somebody there
q ykn0w him. Several nights pass o
He takes of his bat earlier, and puts his
c~oatcollar down. The blush that first
casne into his cheek when anything inde-
cent was enscted COMES no moro 70 his
check. Farewell, young mani You
have probably started on the long road
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annual appeals OF the secretary
Two Thousand Apiece Fer Vote,

SACRAMENTO, March 1a-Aitcr the
adjournment of the Joint legislative con.
ventlon this afternoon, a tremendous
sensation was created by the entrappine
OF several of the legislators in an actual
case of bribery in behalf of FELTON,. A
prominent Republican has been for sew.
eral days In possession Of Information
that members of the legislature were be.
ing bribed to vote for a United States
senator. Yesterday a memorandum
was f1shed out of the waste basket in tho
state library, ON which names and
amounts were given. 1t had been torn
up by some careless boodler, but was
pasted together again by the person who
found 1t. This evidence was quickly fol-
lowed to its conclusion, and the whole
thing turned over to Attorney General
Hart. That official, when asked this
evening to tell the story, said 1.-THE
amount of money to be used for purchas-
ing the votes was $21 600. This money
was drawn yesterday from a bank in
Fresno, but the name of the bank 1 will
not give you. The amount to be paid
each member was $4,000. That is all 1
shall say"
AT q conference held by the friends of
DeYoung last night 1t was decided to
withdraw his name in favor of FELTON,.
The joint ballot this morning resulted
as follows: Estee, As; Felton,, 80
Blanchard. q; White, "a; Perkins, l i;
Johnson, 4. Necessary to choice, SO.
An adjournment was taken until tomor-
row.
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Another Cure for Rheumatism.

LAKE Il Fla.
p. p. p. MnJg Co., SaUannah, Ga.
GENTLEMEN had Rheumatism for
over six years, and last May was taken
down and confined to my bed. NV legs
and feet were badly swollen and the
color of a red apple, and l was in IA
fearful condition. | heard of Il. p. p.
(Prickly Ash Poke Root and Potas-
sium), and after seeing what the ingre-
dents were-as the formula IS on the
bottle-I concluded to try it, and after
taking three small bottles vas able to
go down town and attend to my bust
ness. and l must say that l feel like
another man. Am now taking the
large size, and to-day l believe that l
will soon be as likely as any man of
sixty-one years Of age can expect to be.
A. g. LANG.
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Tho ship Went Down.

LONDON, March 13.-The unknown
steamship which was reported wrecked
off Start Point, on the southern coast OF
Devonshire, on Monday last, iJ has been
ascertained, was the Miroma, OF Liver
pool. The crew succeeded In launching
two of the ships boats, and made
a desperate effort to reach the shore, but
to no avail. The boat which contained
the officers and a number of the men
had proceeded but q short distance, when
a tremendous sea swept over her and
she plunged beneath the waves, with all
on board. The remainder Of the crew,
In the other boat, made a fearful strug-
gle to reach the land. Once she capsiz-
ed, aud after q number Of the men had
been swept away was righted by the
survivors. Ascend time the boat went
over, with a like fatality and a similar
result. Finally, after almost incredible
suffering and wonderful endurance, four
Swedish sailors succeeded in reaching
the beach. where nj of their number
died from exhaustion.
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which ends IN cofisummate destruction.
Tie stars ofhope VIII 90 out one by one,
until you will be left Isl utter darkness.
Hear Jou not the rush OF the maeIstrom,
In whoee outer cigcle your boat now
dances, making merry with the whirling
waters ? But you are being drawn In,
and the gentle motion will become ter
riftc agitation. You cry for help. In
yainl You pail az the a 10 put back.
but the struggle viii rot avail! You
will be tossed. and dashed, and ship
wrecked, and swallowed In the whirlpool
that has already crusbed In It's wrath ten
thousand bulks.
Isaw a beautiful home where The bell
rang violently late at night. The son
had been of in sinful indalgences. His
comrades were bringing him homo.
They carried him TO tho door. They
rang the bell at one o'clock in the morn-
ing. Father and mother came down.
They. were waiting for the wandering
son, and then the comrades, as soon as
the. door was opened, threw Che prodi-
gal headlong into the doorway, crying,
There he is, drunk as a fool. Tia, hai''
/, When men go into amusements that
they cannot afford, they first borrow
what they cannot earn, and then they
steal what they cannot borrow. First
They 90 into embarrassment, aad then
into lying, aud then into theft and when
a man gets as far on as that, he does
not stop short of the p~enitentiary. There
is not a prison in the land where there
are not victims of unsanctified amuse-
ments.
How brightly the path of unrestrained
amusement opens. The young man
says, Now / am Off for a good time.
Never mind economy. I'll get money
somehow. What a fine road! What q
beautiful day for a ride! Crack the
whip, and yer the turnpike ! Come,
boys, fill high your glasses. Drink
Long life, health. plenty of rides just
like thlsV' Woodworking men hear the
clatter OF the hoofs, and look up and
say, "Hihy, / wonder where those fell
lows get their money from We have
te toll and drudge. They do nothingl''
TO these gay men life is q thrill and ar
excitement. They stare at other PEG.
pie, and in turn are stared at. The
watchchain jingles. The cup foams.
The cheeks flush. The eyes flash. The
midnight hears their guffaw, They
swaggar. They jostle decent men of
the sidewalk. They take the name oil
Godin vain. They parody the hymn
they learned at their mothers knee !; and
TO all pictures of coming disaster they
cry out, "Who cares - and to the coun-
sci of Some Christian friend, "Who are
your" Passing along the street some
night. you hear a shrek in a grog-shop,
the rattle of the watchman,s club, the
rush of the police. What Is the matter
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AYouthfnIR nhhar hand.

KANSAS CITY, March 13.--The police
of Armourdale have succeeded ID UNI
earthing one of the biggest robberies
ever known in tho vicinity of Kansas
City. Since 6 O'Clock last evening
between twenty-five and thirty men and
boys of Armourdale have been arrested,
charged with breaking open grain cars
in the Rock leland and Union Pacific
yards and stealing grain. The steal
Ing vas done, it appears, by an or
ganized band of thieves composed of
boys ranging in age from 10 to 18
years, who break open the cars and
steal the grain. 1t is thought that this
system of thieving has been carried on
for Il number of months past, aud thous-
ands Of bushels ofgraip have been carri-
ed off. The names of grain dealers who
received the grain were made known to
the police, and the arrests of a number
of others will follow. NJ
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Banuueting tho 1O1.

CHICAGO, March ia rousing re-
ception was given by the Cook County
Democratic Club tonight to the 1O1
Democratic members who succeeded in
the election of General Palmer as United
States Senator after voting solidly for
him 154 times. Farmer COekrell made
an address. He said he had not come
back to the Democratic party and
would not till it became the party of the
people. He declared however, he had
always intended to vote for Palmer,
provided the Farmers could not elect
their man. In conclusion Cockfell said
impressively, now, on behalf Of 100000
farmers, l wish to war; you that you
cannot make Grover Cleveland the next
President of the United States. A large
only heard the words cleveland" and
"next President" and yelled with de-
lighted intensity.
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would take these strins- Jnvofme. There
are sfripgs spun all around my body. I
wish you would take them Off of me.5,
1 saw Il was delirium. sOh,u replied
his wife, tsmy dear. there is nothing
|there.v He went on and said, ssJust
where you SIT now, Mr.. Taimage, my
mother sat, She said to me: Henry.
I do wish you would do better, L got
out of bed, put my arms around her, and
said, Mother, I want TO do better. /
have been trying to do better. Won't
you help nue. TO do better? You used TO
help me- No mistake about it, no de-
fusion. / saw her-the cap and the
apron and the spectacles, just as she
used TO look twenty years ago;-but I
do wish you would take these strings
away. They annoy me so. / can hard
ly talk. Won't you take them away
/ knelt down and prayed, conscious of
the fact that he did not realize what L
was saying. 1 got up. Isaid. "Good-
bye; i hope you will be better soon.o
He said. Goodbye, g~ood-bye.D
That night his soul went to the God
who gave 1t. Arrangements were made
for the obseQules. Some said, "Don't
bring him In the church; he was too dis
solute." .'Oh,o / said, 'bring him.
He was a good friend of mine while he
was alive, and L shall stand by him now
that he is dead. Bring him to the
church,
AS 1 sat In the pulpit and saw his body
coming up through the aisle, I felt as If
1 could weep tears of blood. i told the
people that day, ."This man had his vir-
lures, n a good many of them. He
had his faults and a good many Of them.
But.if there is any man In this audience
who is without sin, let him cast the first
stone at this cofin-lid." On one side
the pulpit sat that little child, rosy,
sweet-faced, as beautiful rs any little
child that sat at your table this morning.
/ warrant you. She looked up wistfully,
not knowing the full sorrows OF an or
phan child. oh, her countenance haunts
me to-day, like some sweet face looking
upon us through a horrld dream. On
the other side of the pulpitwere the men
VIII had destroyed him. There they sat,
hard-visaged, some of them pale from
exhausting disease, some of them flush
ed until 1t seemed as If the fires of int
putty famed through the cheek and
cracked the lips. They were the men
who had done the work. They were the
men who had bound him hand and foot.
They had kindled the fires. They had
poured the NORWOOD and gall into that
Orphans cup. Did Shey weepP No.
Did they Sigh repentingly No. Did
they say, .'What a pity that such a brave
man should be slain ?" No, no; not one
bloated hand was lifted to wipe a tear
from a bloated cheek: They sat and
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A Levee Blown UP.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 13.-Major d,
+. Courtney, chief engineer CT inc levee
board of the dist"iGttin which the new
9SSoGins6n levee, which gave way yester-
day is situated, was in the city last night
having come direct from the crevasse
to Memphis. He said to a reporter:
"The break is seventeen feet wide and
water is running through it about six
feet deep, or was when / left there. The
levee was cut or blown up without
doubt. 1t was one of the finest and
most substantial in the district. Thirty
loose without their pay recently, and
they were heard to make threats of get
ting 1t is rumored that some Of
these placed a dynamite cartridge where
it would do damage.
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B A Is Is A l. l.,
ATTORNEYS AT LA
Blacks Defy Whites,

KINGFIsHER, OF, March 18.--For
some time past the relation ofthe whites
and blacks in this portion of the territory
has been strained, and lately this feeling
has been greatly intensified by the arriv-
al of a large number of new colored col
onlsts from the South. The white farm
ers and citizens Of Kingfsher profess to
see a menace IN the settlement OF ne
groes in close proximity, and since the
hard winter has been Sc severe ttfhneefre
has been much petty thieving going on.
The whites have openly accused the
blacks of the crimes, and the result has
been an armed neutrality between the
two races for several weeks past.
The matter eliminated last Wednes-
day in a raid by a band of white regula-
tors, dwho visited the negro settlements
and warned the inhabitants that they
would be held responsible for all future
depredations of a thieving nature. They
were told that they would be whipped
and driven out of the country. The me-
groes were not to be frightened away
without a struggle, for they undoubtedly
outnumber the whites. They defied the
regulators, and told them that they
would be shot if they tried to do any
night work In that neiShbOrhOod. :.
On Thursday the mayor of Kingfisher
received the following notice, which has
caused a sensation:
To the Msyor of Kingfisher:
The colored people of this city and
county have been notified by an armed
band of night-ridcrs that they will be
held responsible FIR stealing, and that
We would be punished for any further
thieving that might occur.
We are %peaceable and honest citizens
of the United States, and as such we
have as much right ia this territory as
have the whites. We give you fair
warning that it any member of our race
is injured by a band of regulators or if
violent hands are laid on any colored
mar without authority OF law, we will
go to his assistance as n man, and if
we are prosecuted too far we Will burn
the town of Kingfisher to ashes.
(Signed) COMMITTEES OF SAFETY.
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NEW ORLEANS. March IA Pjcay-
une's yicksburg special says there ara
no material developments in The break
in the leyee at Suntlower landing since
the telegram of this morning. Dis
patches received here from above state
that trains on the North end OF the
Riverside division of the Valley Road
have been Abandoned, but trains on the
main line are still running. The break in
the levee is one mile below Sunfiower.
At a point above the levee crosses q low
fiat swamp out of which flows Bucks
Bayon which emptles into Hushpuckana,
one mile from the .evee. The water
from this break Will extend no further
North than Bobo Station on the Valley
Road which is about eight miles South
of Clarksdale. The embankment on the
main lipeof the Louisville, New Orleans
and Texas Railroad will no doubt direct
q large quantity of this water in q
Southerly direction. ;
MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 15.-A dis
patch from Hill House, Miss, in Coaho-
MIA County. says a levee on the Missis-
sippi River broke at 1880 this morning
Great damage will likely result.
NFw ORLEANS, La, March IA
Natchez special says: A steady rain has
fallen all day and it will have q bad
effect on the ~levees, as it will soften
them and stop work on the embank-
ment. {
MEMPHIS, March l2.-The levee at
Conley's Lake, thirty miles South of this
city gave way late last night and water
poured into the little village, completely
flooding everything. The tracks Of the
Louisville. New Orleans and Texas
road are completely submerged and the
water is reported to be rising.
VICKsBURa, March 12.-News was
received here to-day of break in the
levee near Sunflower Landing in Goa
honia County, three miles North Of
| Bolivar County line at 8 O'Clock this
mo rning. The break was $50 feet wide.
The water from this break will go into
the Hushpickana and thence into the
| Sunflower River. 1t will overflow the
Bolivar Loop Railroad and the trains OH
| that line are expected to stop to-day.
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Negroes Returning.

GAINESVILLE, Texas, March A.
Many of the negroes who emigrated from
Texas and Arkansas to oklahoma are
returning to Texas in large numbers.
They are very indignant at the manner
in which, they have been imposed on by
the agents of the ENGRAVING company
which prevailed on them to go to Okla.
homa. Those who have returned report
that the negroes who are unable to leave
the territory will call on the company
for assistance, and if refused aid mob
violence is feared,
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Pianos and Organs.

N. w. TRUMP, 1874 Main Street, Co
lumbia, S. g., sells Pianos and Organs
direct from factory. No agents com
missions. The celebrated Chickerine
Piano. Mathushek Piano, celebrated
for its clearness of tone, lightness oil
touch and lasting qualities. Mason &
Hamlin Upright Piano. Sterling Up
right Pianos, from 1925 up. Mason &
Hamlin Organs surpassed by none Ster.
ling Organs, $50 up. Every Instrument
guaranteed for six years. Fifteen days
trial, expenses both ways, if not salts
factory. Sold on InstalmentS.
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Gold Briok Dealer Released.

AUGUSTA, Ca, March 12.-Parker,
the gold bar fakir, who played a slick
game on Messrs. Weathersbee and Ken
needy, of Williston, s. O., and robbed
them Of 3 5000 several weeks ago, who
was caught in Atlanta several days
afterward by Sergt, 0zburn, has been
Brought here from Aiken, and released.
Some party from Chicago, claiming to
be Parker's brotherrin-law, met him
here. tits said the Cnicago party paid
ths officer the amount Of money that
Parker had fakea from the Williston
merchants, and Parker was thenIturned
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VILE ADJUSTMENTS.
Oh. TALMA0E ON THE WoEFuL IF
FEcTsoFTHE MODERN DRAMA.

49,. y FT'F 'TW
FEcTsoFTHE MODERN DRAMA.
q D,ssorss Real Lifs ywinh crsasiens Of
Dissased Observation-Disclosures Heroes
aud iSsroinss Upatsip& the xoutb ~
osr Land for Honest Labor.
BRooKLyN, March 15.--Dr. Talmage
preached the fourth of his series ofser-
IONS on the Plaques of the Cities This
moyning. The sermon to-day 10 on Bale
Sul .Amusements.n Tho text was il
samuel j, ia: Let the young men now
arise and play before us
The follorning ne substantially the SER
tt5op.
There are two armies encampedby
lie pool Of Gideon. The time hangs
heavily on their hands. One army pro-
poses a game OF sword-fenclng. Moth
Ingc could be more healthful and inno-
cent. The other army accepts the chal-
lenge. Twelve men against twelve men,
the sport opens. But something went
adversely. Perhaps n of the swords
MEN got an unlucky clip, or in some
way had his ire aroused, and that which
openly IN sportfulness ended In VIC
leiice, each one taking hls contestant by.
fhe hair, end then with the sword
thrusting him in the side; so that that
which opened i'm innocent fun ended in
the massacre of all the twenty-four
snortsmen. Was there ever u better
illustration Of what was true then, and
is true now, that that which is innocent
may he made destructive? What of a
worldly nature is more important aud
Strengthening and innocent than amuse-
ment, and yet what has counted moro
victims? Ihaye no sympathy with a
straight-iacket religion. This is a very
bright world to me, and i propose to do
all I can to maRel bright for others.
1 never could keep step to a dead
march. Al book issued years ago says
that a Christian man has e right to soma
amusements; for instance, IL he comes
homo at night weary from his work, and
feeling the need of recreation, puts on
his slippers, and goes into his garnet,
and walks lively aroundthe floor several
times, there can be no harm in it. Ibe-
lieve the Church of God has made a tre-
mendous mistake in trying to suppress
the sportfulness of youth and drive out
from men their love of amusement. If
God over implanted anything in us, he
implanted this desire. But instead Of
providing for this demand of our nature,
the Church of God has, for the main part,
Ignored it. As in a riot, the mayor
plants a battery at the end Q&pthe street,
aud hast s8se6is : asns<al 1at1 Arything is