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V O .P IC K Il-NN , S . , I1891.'-'s lr t-, "U A POOR INVESIMENT. YOU HAVE BARGAINED YOUR SOUL AWAY FOR NOUGHT. Dr. Talmiage bliilwa uow thi Fooll"hi Simle to M11atit amt liow it May no lte-iedle-l. Christ'l 1liamlI Will flly You iek. ' l;P1EKA. KAN.. A twust 9,!).r. Tal ima. reached dhis city yeste-da; in the course of his Western trip. lie was warmly welcomed by tle citizens who cane in large ntinhers to hear the fit inous Hrooklyn divime. The siibject of t,he si e mon for this week is: "A poor investment, and the text Isaiah lii: 3: '"Ye iav(e sold yourselves for nouht; and 3e shall be redeemed without m11oley."1 The Lord's people had -one head lg into %in, akmi as a uitiishimleit they had been carried captive t. Babylo'n They found that iniquity did not pay. C3russeized Bbylon. anud telL so sorry for these poor capLtives that. without ~a dollar of compen.-ation, he ICL themll !p home. So that, literally, it) text was fulfilled: "Ye have sold c iselves f*or nought; and ye Shall be redeemed with ouit. 11oilcy.'' There is enougih Gospel i this f r fifty sermons. ThMere ate 1ersois here who have, like the people of the text., sold out. You do not seem to belonv either to y urselves or to God. The titledeeds have bel i passed over to 1the world, the flesh, aid he devil," but the p;r chaser never paid up. "Yehave sold )ourselvem for nought." W h ti a man lnses himsell over to 1l- world le expects to get some ade (uate collpensa'.ion. IIe has heard the great things that the worl(l does for a ian. and lie believes it. Ile wants two liin(ret an( fifty thousad d(ollar. That will be horses and houses, and at suniier resorit, and jolly compnionship. To get it lie parts with his physical health by over work. 1ie parts with his conl scit ite. lle parts with uich domestic eiijolliet. Ile parti wit.h opportuni tit a for litei ary culture. Ile parts with his soul. And so lie makes oyer his enti e nature to the world. Ile does it ill tour instha iments. lie pays down the first intallmeint, iaid one fourth of his nature is gone. lie pay down the sec ond in4tailment. and one-iill of his nature is gone. Ile pity down the third inlstallheint. and three quarters of' his nature are Lone; and atter many \ears lave gone by Ie pays down the lourth installment, andl(] o ! his entire nature 1a gone. When lie come up to the world and sa s. ";tood morniiv. I have delivered to 3ou the gomis. I finve pis ed over to you my body, my mind, and my soul and I have come down tocollect the two hundred and ifty thousand <lollars."1 "-Two hundred and fifty thous and d(1ollaI'?'' st3 the w011d. "What do you meanf? "Well" )ou say, "* -olne to coflect the iionley you owe mc, ctnid I expect you to fulfifl your part of tihe contract." "But," says the world, "I have failed. I am bank rupt. I can not possibly pay that debt. I have not for ia long while expected to piy it." "1vell," you then say. "give me back the goods." "Oh, no," says the world, "they are all gone. I cannot give thei back to %oi." And there you stand oi the copqines of eternity, your spiritual character -one stalering under tile con sideration that "1% ou have sold yourself lor nought.'' I tell you the world is a lIar; it does not, keel) its promises. It is a cheat., and it ilecces everything it can put its hands 0on. It is ai boguis world1. It is a six-thousand-year-old swindhler. Even if it patys the two houndred and fifty thious and dollars for which 30ou conitactedl. it pays3 thenm in bonds lhat, will not, be worth any thing ini a litt.le while. ,Just as a nmanimay pay down t(en thousand dollais aIn hard cash and get for it worth 4 less scriji-so the world passes0 over to '3e0 the two hundred and fifty thusaini dollars in that shape which will not, he worth a fartingit to you a thousandth part u,l a1 second( alter loui are (lead. "Oh,"~ how." Oh, my brothier! you neved noit worry about that. Th'le worl will buiry yo oon en11Cioughi for sanlitari coin.ideria tions. P'ostmnorteemm(iolumnts are (ifnio uise to .301. Th'ie t.reasures5 of' this worlo will not pass8 cenit mn the tuture world; and1( if alt the wralth of the lBanki of' Eng land weie put ini the pocket of1 (our shrioud(, and( 3011 in t,he midst, of tihe ,Jordanih of death were asked to pay lhree cenlts for your ferriage, you1 couIld not (do it. T1het e comles a miomient i ', our ex isttence beyond which all eart.hly values huhl; andl numny a man fias wakem dI up inl suchi a tilne to find flhat he hatS sold outt for (etelrnity, illta has not1 hino t.o show foir it,. I11hould 1as son1 tlhink oIf gingIi to Chat ham street to buyi silIk pochket ias to go to thlis world expettiig to find anly permanuientL hiapiness. f has:' de: cei veJh and1 deluded every man wii iho hauS every put. his trus, in it. hlitory tells 1u8 of one ~ who n sol ndi thai~t he would have all his noses gria i - ied iat 01ne iandt hle same)1 t.iime, li h le expenidei thoutsants of' dolhius o n ech eense. I Ie enitered a room, and1( the' e were the first, musielans of thec lanai fleiis ing his tar, anid there were fine lpicturcs fascinat.mg his eye, aiid there weie t(ostly aromnatics regahnig his nostril, amnd there were the richest, meats and wines and frits, and coniections, pleasing the aip ilet,ite, and there was a soft,couch of sin .ful mduItlgence on which he reelioed and the man dleclared afterward that lie wvotld give tenl tiies what.hle had aivent if lhe could lhave (one0.week oh such enjoy wuent, even lhoughi he lost, his souil by it! Ahi! that was the rut)! Ile did lose his soul1 by it! Cyrus the Coiiqueror L,h suighit for a litt,le while that lie was ma kIng a line thing out, of this world, and1( yet be lore lie camie to his grave lie 'wrote outl this piltiful eplitiaphl for his mloniumntt, "I anm Cyrus. 1 occupied the Persma empire, I was king over Asia. ih-gr ..dge mec not this mloi.umlent."' But the worlid in after yetars plowed up) his seplclhire. The world clapped its hiands and1( stam ped it.s feet, m1 honor oif Charles Laint, but what (does lie say? "I walk upI and down, thinking 1 am happy, but feelIng I am not." Call the roll, and1( be qutick al:out it. Samuiel .Johnson, i,he learned! IIapnv! "No. I am afrni(l I 111azlitt, tho grett esiltyist! IIapp'? I "No. I have been ifl'or two hours and a ti half' goint! up and doil Paternoster t tow with a voleanlo Im my1N. breast.'' I Smollet, the witty author! Iappyy? I "No. I am sick ofi praise and blame, im 1Ind I wish to God that I had much cir olilstalnces around Illt that I could w t.hr1ow nily penl into oblivion." liuchanl- 0o mli. the. wor.4d--renoWned wrliter. exiled I fIoi his fwu colitry, appeaiing to I Illenry V,Ill. for protection! I lappy? si "No. Over iomtaiis covered with w Snow. anid th1rou.!1 villIevs floodid w itl is raill, I cole a Fivitive." moliere, the -1 popiilar dra iliaticaitc-ath! 1a ip3y ''No. It That wretch ol ati auctor just 110w recited II 'our of my lines without the prope- ac- di ent, and gesture. 'To have the chilfren it of my brain so hunv, drawn. and quar- ha tered, tortures me likf a icnICldemn( er spirit." I I went, to m e a wvordffhui di,-. As I bI went into the hall I i iw its tllor wias w teswellated, an I its wall was a picture w '10alery. I thund hs death-chamber a 141lid ed With tapestlr utiil it sceied as M it the clouds of' the settin-z sun had set- C LIed ii th room. The man had given 1 1iLy p: irs ti 1the w)rld-hi4s wit, his itme, his !Ieius,'his I halt. Nohi oul. 3 Did tile World cole ij to stand by his teMit-bed, and clear,in oll' the vials of o bitter medicine, It doWn any comipen- te ition? Oi, tno! The world does not 1 like sick and dyin! pozople. aid leaves (I them in the lurch. It. ruined this man, I mid then left him. Ie had a magilii- tc ueiit funeral. All the ilinisLers wore m swart's, and there were >r v-i bree car- m rimnres in at row; but the departel man h( ippreciated not, the obsequies. i I want to poersuade mV aud1(lieIIeC that Li this World is I-, poor in11vcstileit; that it V( d!oems not paN Iilety per cent, ol' satis- 1) faction, nor (i?ity per cent nor twenty SI per cent nor two per cent. nor onle; Li~t a it gives no solace whie a dead babe lies d on your lap: I hat it gives no peace when ConScience rinIs its ahirm; that it :ives tr nio explanation in) the qiky of' dire trou- n ble; and at the time olf your decea,e it Lc takes hold of' the pillow vase, and shakes C' Out the feathrer, ald then J(lts down in m the place thereol' sihs, aid groans, and i execrationls, aal then ml akes vou put h your head onl. it. Oh. Se who have tried b, thik world, is it. a satisittLorv liortion? el Wiould you advise N.our hriend. to make h tie 'investineit? No: "Ye have sold 01 )(111ursIves f1ur iou!ht."' Y 1our con scieuce wveit. Your hope went. Your ' lible weit. Your heaven Went. Y our U God went, When a sherill'under a writ o trom the corts sells a mn1:11 out., the otli- b) cer generallv leaves a few chairs and a I bed, and a few cup-i .anid knives: but m t Ilhis awful venlidue in which vou have c been en--a-ed the auctioneer's mallet L, has conic down upon body, inind and tl soul: Goinig! Golne! "Ye have sold (' yourselves for noi-it." I low could you do bo! )id vou think e that vour soul was a I-re (rinklet which loi a 1'ew pennies you could buy in a toy slope Dil you thi'nk that your' soul. I I' once lost. iiht be found aain if you ' Went out with torchs and lantern " Did you I tink that your soul was short- c lived, and that, panltinlig, it wouhl soo e lie down for extinction? Or had141 vou no idea whfiat yori soul wa., worth? Did h you ever put, yoir Iorefin_ers on1 its eter nal pulses Ilave you not ift the quiver oi' ts ieerless winn 1*.ave you I nIot kilowi that lifter lavling the botly, the first step of' pour -'ouil reachoe to the b stars, and the next step to the fartherest h outposts of God's uiv-lerse, and that it will not die nitil the day whlen tfe ever- 8 lasting ehlovah Jxohiries? Oh, m broth er', what piossessed v'ori that,YO ytiuhold a part with your soul so chfeay p?You ' have sohl i youriself' for iiouht." ''b lnt, I have soime good news to tell a .\0u. 1 want to enga&re mn a litigaLioti a for tire recovery oif thart soulf0 l'yours. I s want, to1( shotw th at \ou havI ne been'u cheat- Li ed out ofi it. I want to prove, as I will, P I ha t you1 were i'X razy1o that, sub jecL. atnrl thfat, the world, ulcier such eritn staniitcs, flmf noi r'i2ht,( to take tihe title- e deed( fiOlil yen; arid ii' 34)o1 w ill join me 1 ' shial IgetC a dlecrece!rom tilehli' aaneiry e thle l44>.ni.sSion of~ *s 41a. 54oul. ' )hi, you' say, "1 amr alraid of lawsuits, thier are' o so e'xpenhsI .e ;iai i iniot, pay~ the u cost.'" TIhen h iVre yH ou l'gotLten the ( last, hall f m\ u' iuxl? -'Ye hiave .ofd C y ourself' for nioricha anlil ',e shia!f be re. t dleemled wit,bout mnire v.'' hlnutter of the serif. \'orlii 11(1o buiy ai '4our1 n' ny't 1. brong b~. D off.r's andiu p 'hmrs 3 slerfitog imean iloting atL thle gat e 4)1 nie'i .v. II .(1 'ou ii coub 3' buy you salva- h ti<im, an'' Lten sin 4)1 Wallf stLeet. Ia 0ii rieii wou'1hlf g) up aiel tbuy outi the ihfte i andl( fleave us" to slfi, Wir ou.1ies.p liut it as inione ' s l i not a hi Wl 1tender, wrhant is? I wvi!h' ansieri: filied! Whiroey i: Aewe loi '.i linoui:hi the' slhuhtery n It, waiit' a kiia's n'ond. ft liuris, be e 144tire 1'4if } ro"ii i t4' ;ia li r 414s. ItL inIlist he 0 in1i? f si'4:'a -:lent.uii man thrones and(h a4 grat'un. 45 cui'nm:ls, 'i et nione seem C aficr aiiwIiie,the4cl4ck of ni4ht lini lit ( hn'hiem 'tiio .s twve, anuii the silver h ficiiluu if a yhir swin:'. neros thre U sk, uni I see tiui lKoui' e lleav'en ris- I og 11,, ani e hdelocendiis, andit step)s downr i iromli star toi sll., anid rotu clotud to1 p clo(tni, hos ri andii iower,: until lie tonrelies Lire 5he4 overed('lcl ills. andi tiheii on to a anrothrii' . tis h;ist skui-..tnaped, andr( 4 th ere, at L e sharpf Strioke of' persecu lion, a1 rift inicari.ainu LIric'khes don, C arit we i whoi couti n ot fhe redeeimed by -i I iiiOnc) rro e r'eemed biy fi cious anrd im.. We have in th.is dayv pirofessedl Chris t.iansi whot alre i'E iri('j&ll iiit m ltiiirf izecd thait thiey do ot, wvant, ia religion of' Lt) wan t a reiliuin of brian-8. T1hre liible sa.p: "In thie lood1)4 iS thu e '' o atoniemenrit ithon bod.()uA, o lie, apostle to kiiown? Whit didf he say? -''Ye iare in deeO.t Oh not id i cor-rupftibleC tinui.s, atrilieh asalher indro gold, but by the arecious hi,od o1' Chirist,'' You put y~Our1 lancet mito theo armii of' our holy re lii arnd withudraw thle bl1ood, and yo)u leiave it, a lmere orpse, hit, onily far thne grave. Wiry did God( cot)mlmn tihe p)riests of' 011( to strike thle knife imto Lhe l kid, nnd thn m;at, i'tr tiopgon r e bullock, and the lamb? It was so < iat when the blood rushed out from i 0seI imiillals onl the floor of the ancient, I b)ernacle the people should be Com- i Aled to think of the coming c.uilae ol e Son of God. No blood no atone ent. I think that God intende(d to impress us 1 it,h a vividness of that color. The grewn I the izrass, the blue of' the sky, would I Pt have startled and aroused u-t like i is dehp criison. It is as it' God had i tidi: ".Now, Sinner, wake up and see I hatt the Saviour endured for yov. Thit not water. This is not wine. It is ood. It is the blood of' my o.Vn Son. I is the blood of the Immaculate. It is I e blood of' God. ' " Without, the sied- i tg of' blood is no remission. There is bevii many at mati who in court,s of* w has pleaded 'not guilty," who nev theless has been condemned because ere was blood found on his hands, or 00d found in his room; find what shall do in tile last, dv if it be sound that. . htv- recruoilled the Lord o. Ar ory id halve never repvwlted of' it'e Vm ist believe in the blood or die. No capet. Unlesis you let the sateriiie of* !Mus 1) it yiur stea-1 vyo yursei'tl ulst, ilfer. It is either Christ s blol or )ur blood. "'Oh". says som1e on1e, "the thou.ght '0blood sickens tIe.." Good. ' God in nded it to sicketi You With your sin. o not iat, as though you hiad nothinz to > with thatf, Calvarial Ilassacre. You td. Your sins were the implements- ol rture. Those implement,s were o0 ade of steel, and iron, and wood. so ulih aS Out o your sins. G uilty of t,lis MbiCide, aindl this rtegirindt, aun:1 this -icide, confess Nour guilt todaty. Tell ousald voices of heaveu brimg inl tile rqlct against you of guiltv. !uilty. Pre ire to die, or believe in that blood. ,retch yourself out for the sacrili-e, or :eept the Saviour's sacrifice. Do 11ot ng away your one chance. It seIS to me as if all heavet were ing to bid in pour soul. The litst hid makes is the tears of' Christ at, the mb of Lazarus; but that is not a hig,1 iotuglh price. The next bid heaven akes is the swcat of Gathsemane: but is too cheap a price, The next bid 3aven makes see - s to be the whipped tck of Pilate's hall: but it is not a Iii-hi ioughi price. Can it, be possiblo that aven caiiot buy vou in? I eaven tries ice more. It savs; "61 bid this Liume r t iaL man's soul the tortures of hrist,'s martyrdom, the) blood oil his mi p'e, the blood o his cheek, the blood a his chi, the blood on his nand, the lood on his side, the blood o- his knee, ic blood oil his root-the blood inl drops, 1e blood m tills, the blood in poofs Jagulated beneath the cross; the blood Hit wet the tips of the soldiers' spears, ie blood that, plashed warm in the faces I his enemies.'" Glory to God, that id wis it! The highest, price that was ver paid for antling was paid for your [)ull. Nothing couli buy it hut bloou! 'lie est,ranged property is bou.;it, back. 'ake it. -'You have sold 3 ourselves >r nomrlit.; and ye shall be redeemed 'ilhout imoney.'" 0, atoning blood, leansing blood. fife-iving blood, san Lifying bh>od, glorifying )1ood of Jesus! byllv lot burst, into tears t, tie thought (t for thee lie, shed it. "No," 81ay8 zome One, -I wil.lhave ot,nlmg to (to with it except that, like t enleilies of Christ, L LMLt bot! mii. aids into that carnage and sL op up oth palis full. antid throw it (411 ily ad and cry: "Ilis blood be Oil us -aId ii our children!' "' Can lyou do such a iockiig thingi as that? .Jlst ruh .our and)(kerchiefl across your brow. iand 1look m, it,. It is the blood of t,be :-on of Godl, bom11 you1 havtte de0spisedl and1 dr1iven actk all thlese years. Oh, do not, do that Iiy longer0! Comiie out, boldly and1( tfrankl y mi( honestly, andi tell Christ, 30ou are n'rry. YIon cannot, alf'ord to so rouglly 'eat, him, upon01 whlom eve0ry'tingl de I do not know how you will got,away an il, his sucject. You see that, you ar'e 41d jul , and that, Chirit, wiants to bu y oul back. There.i' are4 tree pers'ons5 wh> 01m1 afther 30ou todayp: 4;od, the l"athaer; odl, the son; God, the 11o)y Gp(host.. 'hey uiite their three 01mnipoitnces in 14e miov,eent 14)r 30111r silvaitioni. YIou til not, take tip arms aainst. the TJriunec od1, wili 3011? Is there einougeihmus Ie ini your' arms 14or suchl ia coOiibai By he! higtest thrione~ in hieaven, and1( by thle cepeOst, chiasmi in hell, I beg you look ut. I'nless you1 allo0w Christ to) carry' waly 3441ur 51ms. they~ wvill ciarry'p you way'. Uinless you allow Christ, Lio lift (lu up,I tbey will dra4 30l (uowni. '1'htere 011 only11n hope for y'ou, and that, is the food. Chriist , t,he smi-olleing, bearin141 01u1 tran.ressionis. Christ, the sureiL'',, .y'inig your1 (1ebts. ChistK , thle dlivmea '' r'us. oseningit y our Ilhibvlonish ia pi Wouhli14 you)t noit like to1 be free? I 'e Ithe price0 of 'pour li 1)rat, i. n --not ionoey, but blood44. 1Ittrble fromi head 1>foot., no4t, btcaus 0115 1ear your11 pres0 nee0. butl because I leart thlat, you will 1iss .4)our chatnce of' immor'tal riescuie. 'hits is the altfernat,Live dIivinely hput: lie that, believ.th on the Soni shall have ver1'lastin-' life; and he that, beli1ev th~ not ni the Son shall nIot, see lifeo, hut, the 'athi of Godl abideth on him.'' In thet st, dlay if' you no0w rejec4t, Chriist,, ever'y irop of thant sait' icial bloodi, istead of leadinig for y'our releoase, as it wold aIVe p44leded if you had( repentedL43(. wil Ieadl aga1inXt, you1. () Li,d God~ of1 t,be juIol aent dayi'! vort, thait callait!!I L1t, 11s see the (lick flash of)1'b ne tert that, 5lays the inm but saves the sinnler'. Sti'ike, 'o 4,nip telnt God, f'oir the souP's deliverg;nee! lcat, () etrnal s(ea! wit,h all t,by waves ain t,be bar11ren heaebc ofd tht, r'ockp 4)u1, and miake it, tremble. OIh! thec ppre1Csiveness05 of the hour, the mitmte, he~ secondI, 4)n which the ,4)uP1s destinp fiveris, ando thits is thait, hou4lr. ftat min te, that 84econd(! S.m* 'pears ag44 there came11 do1WI a ierce stormh on thle seacoast,, and a ves e- l)t tn the breakers and1( was uioinig to n(ces. They thre'4w upl some signIals of' listt'ess, and( the peop01)e on shoire saw .hem. They.c put ouIt inl a lifeboaft. They -ame( 4on, and1( they saW the po'ir sailors, ilmost, exhausted, el nin~ig t.o a raft; ail l10 afraid were the( boatmenOl t,balt thle mein vould give up1 be'fore they cot to them, ,bey gave them thre'(e rounds of' cheers, mnd criedl: "IIol on thiere! 1ho1( 4)n! Well aveou!nn" Alter.nwhin the boat :aIC up. One man was saved by hav n- the boat-hook put in the collar of' 'is coat; and simoe in one way and soine n another, but they till got Into the boat. D "Now." says t,hi caltaill, 'lor the hlo0rC. PUll away now, pull!" The )cople on the land were afraid the life oat had -,one (lown. They said: "1ow Oin!, the boat stays. Why, it muist have )ceen swamped and they have ill per shed togeher." And there were mien umd Women on the pier-hIeaud and Onl he. beach wringing their hands; and n vhile they waited and watchled, they tj aw something loomm-g tt) through the y uist. and it titrned out, to be the lfe- 1i )oat. As sooni as it came within speak- ii nig distance the people on1 shore cried t mut: I Did you save any of them*! Did ou save any of them? And as the boat d ;wept through the boiling surfand came ,t ,o the pier-heaf. the captain waved his land over the exhaust,ed sailors that lay tat oi the bottom ol the bottom of the joat. aud cried: "All saved! ''hank Nod! All saved!" S. may it 1#e today. hle waves of your siu run high, the e iL-tirm is on you, but I cheer you with a this Gospel hope. God grant that with- s in the next ten miniuttes we may row ' wvith you into the harber of God's mer. t 3y And when these Christian men gat,her aroumH to see the result o' this service. and the -lorilied 1athering on the pier-heads of heaven to watch and to listen. may we be able to report all saved! Yonig and old, good and bad! All saved! Saved for time. Saved for eternity. "Aud so it. came to pass that r hey ll esc:Ied al'3 to land.'' 8 KANSAS CAN'T GO IT. Iaiiu,rts, of Repu,d iatia oI)(f thle suni-T'rea CnicAuo, Ill , Aug.5.-A special from Topeka, Kan., says "A siisation has C hi-en catied in alliance circles in this State by the piblicat-ion of open letters from W. A. Harris and C. W. Shum, C prominent leaders in the people's party, a protesting against tihe sub-treasury scheme. 11arris is regarded as the safest leader In the alliance and would have bueen elected V'nited States senator in the place of Petfer hall lie not. been a Confederate colonel. Shuin was the peuple'S party candidate for lieutenant guvernor last fall. -Sut-alliances throughout Kansas Ill is inionth will vote nti the sub.treasury scheme to decide vh-ther it shall tbe Incorporated in the people's party platform, and the indica tiots are now that it, will he defeated. Frank McGrath, lresident of the alli ance, who ls been warm in its advo cacy. has iow come out. openly against the sub-treasury scheme and a big light is looked for wien the annual meeting of the alliantce occurs in September. Colonel larris declares that "after a brillant victory lad been won by the alliance the so-called sub-treasury scheme was brjught rorth. The scheme inl its essential featurts is iuodtelled after the most vicicoius and ruinous practices we have condeuned, patterned autter the illeg;timate loaning of money ty the government to the national banks aid to rail roads and the ware houisimg and stora;;e of goods for importers and dis tillers; a scheme to tax the many for the benielf. (it the few uid of even the mlost, doubt ful hentefi t o those few." Ife iays substantial buisiness imen over the couitry .ave unanimously protested agaiimst, it. It is certain to bring about. the coiplete overthrow of the people's party it it is not at oice abaidonled." The Farmers Cajtuirn Kentucky. L,ot'Jsvinn-:. K. ., Aug. 5.-Late KentuIcky elcti'A return. ae lalTvorable in very instane to the ,armers, and theare is iuo longer any doubt tat. the.y. will cotrol the ne(xt legiislturie. T1I'muy are no.tiall Albanace or Pemoleh's Patrty imen, however. although the P eople's Il'arty has sutrprised the I )emnocrats by electing no less than thirteeni of their canididates. The poilitical comphllexioni of the house: I)emoerats ($, lIepublhi canus 17 1 'eolel's Il'arty 13., independent, Demiiocrtat I. an'd one (listrict. doutatul. T1 i te himrs of all pbartes niutmbher 56, buesidIe~ several country michanimts and teatchecrs whose syimptithy is ini the same direction. '[hle farm ers, muost of whlom are A'.hantcemneti, will have a matjority nii tIhe I)emerat.ic caucus. TIhiere willI he six ty-eight memibers of the D)emo eraitic t*:miCus, ne't, coutinig the Iinldpenl dent D)emocrat ie, w hose aimissioni to the caucus is doubtful , tand tirty-ninle oflie he are tarniers . 'Thle ha rmers can, is they like, elect every oilicur of t,he I louse, froim the spieaker down. Ilirown' s (I Dem .) Pouirali ty for cover tiot is bJetweeti 25,t000 andi 3i.000t, i.s compiiaried wit,h 16(,000t lir GoYernior I huck ner at the last. gubhertat orial elec - ti'ui, wilth 3,I (ialt thle last treatsuirer's edetion. 'iihe schousa la n it aud. ...Ans ii., a \lo.,- iig. 5.- Se.vei:al week~s augo t h.e ' I omie F'asci nator (oimipatny."' of MontrealI, adv ~ert isedl extenusi vel v a e.o(rdl conltest, ioffer ing pirizes ranit ngii . fotin eI,(NX)diwn. The conte sL was lim iited to sub tscribers. Several hadtIies here beca inn stubseribhers, ani tIhe othe dii ay each of them me eis ed a notiace hat, she laid drmawn t,he thi rd prize, a gold IintedI sil ver tea set, and askitig hier to reimit .34 90) to cover cost ot pack i g. P ostmiaster Itising commeniiced ant investigat ion, antd lhas mrecivtd at ice tfruiin the atslstanit uttor ne'y gemnural hiat thie ''Home Fascina tor ('ompanay" is a fraud. TIhe schemie has beeni extenusively worked. Huavel b.V h is ( r,ia nd nmet hie-r. iLiw Av, N. .J., Aug. t.. -Gierrge l"oste'r, Jr i., I hue t.hr ee yetar old1 soin of (;i-irgie Foster, was saved fromi diown fing TIueisday through thle brav ery of inis grandmduother, who is sixty years (1h(. Tlhue chuibi tell iinto a deep 11001lin thei I tahiway Itiv~er. the was dis. coverOd b y th e o.' hly, lying motion less ii the bo.ttoim. She pt lugeid bravely -In, head first, arnI siucceeded in bringing thin boy to tthe surface. lioth were pull ed inito a piassing Iboil andi the boy wa~s p)romptly resuiscitatedh. IUt tC,ne- limocraice,. Ooui>sN, U'rail, A tug. 8.-The firsti election In I ui on n:at ionatl pairty lines caime olT yesterday. T!here we-re t,hree tickets in the fiefl, hiowe'ver, the rein nanut of thue I lieral party, madle up muostly of repiublicanus, niominiating a lull ticket. Th'fe Mormoni vote wvasabott -qually dividetd bet weeni the de'mocrats anid republicanis. Thle former wvon by a sumuall lurality over the liberals, who were slightly nheadt of the ronubhlc,nn. k BABY'S AWFUL DEATI. ROWNED IN A TUB OF CONCEN TRATED LYE WATER. efI Alone, It Climtbs U1p, (ioea in Head- le furenmost and Die1-Found Colid and ri Badly Dipfigured-An Awful I)eati. i COLUMIA, S. C., Aug. I.-One of the lost fearful and revolting accidents u iat has occurred in Columbia in years I' 'as that which ended the life of an w m1oceOt, pretty and playful little child s ia sudden and terrible manner yes -rday afternoon. all About 7 o'clock the news of the acci- w ent spread up street, and nothing was tlked of for the balance of the night. he story is as follows: w At the llauskett hoine on the corner di f Taylor and Henderson streets, a col- w red girl was engaged in scouring the c< oor of the rear piazza. Mr. and Mrs. il Lugii4tus 11olt occlpy the place, and c little adopted girl child, Lily Wooten, hIio is only a mere tot, two years and ixteen days old, was playing around. 'he woman was scouring with an old al utter kit filled with water, delutted vith concentrated lye. Mrs. 1lolt's " wn little child was ill and she and the 8' urse went inside to attend to it., leav- il ig little Lily outside. No sooner had hey left than the playful little one had tr limbed up on the top to look in. liut 11 lie look was fatal, for she lost her bal- ir nce and lell headfore most lia the hor- l ible death dealing liquid... When found by the horrifled nirst he was quickly taken oit, gave one asp and died. A number of physicians. ere summoned, but to no ptur11e81. 'hte lye had badly eaten the flesh of the e' ace, arms aid upper portion 01 the i ody in certlain places. The little child was a bright little " reature ant'. was the daughter of a for- 0 ner workman at the railroad shops. L ler tiother having died when shi was ii ie week old, she was adopted by M r. t mdt 3Mrs. Hlt.--Sate- k NOQUARTER IN CHILI. I in a W ar' of Exterminaain--Trae ' 'alla iboomn" in iJanger of minkiug. BRADFORID, PA., Aug. 6.--The follow. Jig is an extract from a private letter, eceived recently fron an ollicer of the nited States navy, well known in iradford and at prosent attached to lie South American squadron: TV'he insurrection or unpleasantness Low in full blast throughout Chili, amid )articularly in and about the central ind northern parts. is hot and interest- r jg enough to satiSy tte imost blood r h11irst.y. The Chilians believe, as did Beauregard when he asked permission A the Confederate war secretary to raise the black flag and take no prison- I 3rs, that war nuans tight and light I means kill. Ambulance corps arid field hospitals are to either side useless en. -imbrances. Surgeons have become line olliceis and ambulance coI)s aro ictive ighting orgranizations. No (Iuar Lr is given and none expected by either iide. It has become a war of exterimi nation. Tie military control the elec lion, and military dictatorship r'eigins ipreme. A censorship over the press, he telegraph and mail is carried on. laimaceda, supreme dictator, governs ( vithout a cabinet, and until recent ly e vithout congress. At present thie in- ii mirgents seemi to be having things their c >i way. I notice in recent copies of' t .he papers report to the contrary. I L'hese are all "doctored" reports for oreign effect. Thoy emanate from he lalmacidan censor. Several out >reaks have taken place in luenos I %yres, others in the inland tow.ns. C lanks have with excepItionis suspeiidedl mid trade is generally paralyzed. t "Te'Tall-apoosa' will never see her i1 intive heath again. She is t ied last to ,he dock at lutenos A) res, atraidl to let, no for hear she will sink. While all the irst-class cruisers are (In t,he hioiii at a ion1 a'doing then grand' for' the eifica- ) ion of the Newport swells, we, thie ~ouuth Atlantic sqiuadrsi, are kept, busy akinning into somte piort every tiiie 'in thirens uinder tear of' going to lhe bott.oin of the sea." 'rThouRandti of P'eople sitiledi. ('1 iCiA,o, Aug.10(.-Alfre-d l)owniniz, i N. II. Tlollmairn anrd thi'ee yoiung wvomeii I nlerks, occuipanits of the oflice of the< National Capital Savings, Iin Iding and(< Loan Association oif N orth A inerica, in Llhe l{ookery buiildinig, w ere arrest.ed this ufternooii by nitled St.ate-s Mairshals liitchcock, Allen and Charles, and the I -iir e' pistolariy contents oh tbe place' 2aken t o the of lice of I'niitedl States I )is nret A ttoi'iey Milchrst. IDownring anid L'ollina~n were taken before the nlited 0( Stat.-s coin iisioner, chargadli( with Iis- I ug the ' ni ted States miail If or fraudu11 .-nt puirpIoses and1 lact d under $6,(M ) onid for a hearing Thtltiirsda., An'guist 20. I le thIiroe clerks were niotih d~ 1( h at, hey were wvanted as witne'Ses att thle hearrig. It is ch arged( i that. It ineil, who have b&ein ('onduicting this associ It ion, have swinudletd thioutsands of pee pde ftoim every St ate ini the I'n ion an '~I akeii ini fromj $200x),(J to $350,000, ai,(d 4ve nVliot ('1e penn iy inr ret aiirn. '1lTre ire two men at liberty, they hiavinhg wo meni, ;t appe-ars, got away wit.hi niost of the funtis. Knaocked iIa,wn by a Wactaan. Ilit\!inINOllA~M, (olin., Aulg. )'.- -Milis. Patrick Mc(l iiess was sitting at hier wvindlow last eveniing wbleu tItobert Ceook( mdA Albert Shye, two we-ll-kinown ath.t etes, caiie along amilt-ganl guyinig lher. 1 l'hiere is nothing frail abhout Mrs Mc- I 1 inness, and .she ran out and kiio'leed 4lye dwni. Cook ldi't wait, for nias urn, bitt iniade good time dlown the itreet, with Sl.)e just behinid, andt Mrs. ~Ic(liruness at their heels. They dodged nito a conveilent hall way and held the loon agalist the iratei Anmazon until hey were finally rescued hv I riendts. Ilrs. Mc(iliness deoclares that, she will: hirash thenm both on sight. Tarred anti Featheredtu. SIA TI1C ash., August ii -lather )uay, a Catholic pIriest oft Sniohiomih, was tarred and feathered by a iinob this normung between 12 and 1 o'clock. Citi tens etfected an entrance Iito his 'esidence, dragged hum from his bed iAn appliedl a comnplete coverling of tar uud leathers. The priest fought detsper itely against his lormenertors, but was In ally overcome, iIe is aecc.ued of ent ic' ng chIldren of both sexes inito his roomi nd there practicing variouis forms of mmorahity, aft.er stupeftying them. it is statUd he was removed from his charge at St. Thomas, N. D., for similar prac L.ics ELEVEN KILLED, ELEVEN INJURED. Tall-End Collision on the West Sh.bre Railroai. SYRAcus., Aug. 6.-The St. Louis :p)ress on the West Shore railroad which ives here at 1:50 a. i. mlet with a ter. -1 Ac> accident, three miles west of Port vron tils morning, near what is known the Duchess Cut. The train was run ng at a high rate of speed1, and at that >int ran into a froight train. The :cck was at awful one, and eleven per ns were killed. Those killed outri,ht t L those who died from their in juries mre all Italians but one. the fireman of c paj!seiger train. Eleven Italians ere badly hurt and fotur will probably 1 e. Twelve cars of the freight train ere wreck:d and piled n) on the tracks, M)letely blocking traille. The Ital ni were in the sniokiug car, .Yhich was mipleteiv wrect4- --Alarddly a whole t ece ol' timber was left of the car. The reek ,o:)k fir.e antj the paisengr train ( as burnedl, witl the exception ol three a eeping cars. The train was made up e two express cars, a baggage ear, a j nioking car, a dIay car, and four sleep g cars. J. J. sullivan, of Syracuse, was on the atin on his way to Bulfalo. lie was in le scCOId car, Ihe one behind the smok 1 car. Ile lial hnia in there but a tort, ltie heflre the arident occurred. I uncderstood. from a c a1 v,ersatIon with ie of t he brakemnan," maid Mr. Sullivan, that it. w%as a tail-end collision. The eight train, with which our train collil- I 1. was ruItiting ni -lie passenger train's I 1n1. Whenk the crash caie the scene % as a terrible 41n1w. The siuoking ear t as smashed to splinters, and the shrieks the w-iunded who were inprisoned mn ie wreckage were heartrending. The chdentot tcirred about :1 o'clock. I lelt .e scene on the spevial train and do not now ivlt. hlias Ietn dlone towards car a1 for the in.jtired. There were about, dozen killed. and I should ti*nk about, venltv injured. Whell I leR, thie dead t til womialed were 4cattered about on the I LntId inside I he tracks, and the surviv- t iL passengers were doing all they could r t lie reliet if the wounded.'' DIolugt in idia. MA I)RA.s. Aug. C.-This year.'s mon )on set, li somue timtie ago in soic points f I udia dispelling aill lears of failure of rops iin the port,ionl ot the Conitry where uits had lallen. There lis been no iin in t,he Chiingleput, al. North Arcot istrict, in this presidency. and all hopes If averting fiiiie have been abandon d. Tle heat is unprecednted; stand ng gI'ainl llid other urops haye succutubed (a the long drought ald all tire withered nd bturned. Already the ellects of the cat'eitv of 'Iod are heing lelt and there S great muffering anmowu! the tbnabitant, >f the di'trict. Man" deatls from starva ion have been reported. It is also im >ossible to get food for cattle, Iasture ainds being devoid of grasses. ad In nny places streams have dried ill, ren ermg it impossible to get water for tea. Aive stock is dying in large numbers very where Ii tile distriet. It is Iot nly tbe tpoorer classes that are sutfer ig from seareity ot' food. Many natives t ib easte arte making application to lie authorities to keep themselves and imilies from starvation. The district f Chingleput, cmtains an area of 2,753 quitre niles, and acording to the fig res of the latest census obtainable, that F 1S7 I, has i3n.5 inhiab1itants. North treot contains 15,1% squar(tie miles and be ptophiti on ini lalced at over two Aillion. lng RCailr.nti Dals, Cii.r tu.E*sTox, S. C., Aug.5.--The big est ratiroad deal oh the century, has uist, developed her.'. A. 1B. N orton, 'ice p resident, of I th Cincinnat,i anid ~'ape Feitat ilroi, w ho was here last va'ek, had recordled ina lIerkleIy couty~ m or t gage fo r 89~ ,I0 'A,00 otn p roper ty ft thait. road . Theia project is t o run tIhe ad f roun N orfolk to Chlarle.ston east f thlie l .\thratic Coast LIie, etitetuzg lie cityv ont a bridge~ across the Cooper ver, cros.wing thle A shh-ly river, and ownt to Sav'annmah. Thel company now otttrols th o te line bilIt from N orfol k to otihport, N. C.X, anil is erngged in ('ot tritinig a line k.omi South port to Con vay). 'roiti there the' ro-fiv ill bez ex etidedj Via (Geotrgetowni to (Chlarleston. l'he cinn hati s puiirchasetit tie frain hise oiift Mt . I 'leasant anid Little Sver railrtoad, u itli all thte necessary at.d anmd grait s. Theia new road will, it a said gri ve the short e.st rotute north ii <o wee . to w ini exist ence. ThIie lees or recirdhing the. motrtgatge amttoutfnted o $-4 ( . - -A tgust at Chiroti ilo it ,a.a Four Tihn- i. Chliho'mtlrE, N. ( .,. .\ug. 6. Ne ws of rathbet rettmalai a fai.j in the teiIthrho if lIienderson-t 5 dlripige, 1.1 Juls.'- ehey haere'. T1hte i e of W im. 'r ecamm dledf, anid uhilet' bel laily er-ei at trtfinihe tI' tum ral .some on' t( i ered thle hitse atndi sth;te $4() ini lias sispectedf. it' wasK captutred, a o)pe jIared arnounmd htis tneck anid he ats hititg tilp to a limbt. A fter a few untemtfs hie u ats takleni (dwni antd askedl f lie awitl cot,nss. i m refused to do0 0 andt( was hibug upl augairi. Th is was ltiaa toutr tianes, hits sufIfering being ini eaillIed ach Ii me by I he ti me of' tang' tg be*inmg prolongt d. A fl.er the iturtli hanging hncecontlestd, anid totld Vhuere thle inoilty a as. There was a rotng idea of lynzchmutg himt anywvay. (QuiELty D)iMtnoineei Or, (1oREEN viLLE., S.C.. Aiutust d.-Inufor ntat,ioni has been received here from 'iekeins Couttty, S. C., that ine negro vhto re'ci litly commttedf the ripe on uirs. liow lan:i, a iespec'table~ white vomtatn of thei County, who Is a help ess criple, has beeni cauitghit and qutiett y put out of' the way. 'iThe tuen who vere- wit,h the piursuinig party have vturn fed boma' andI rel use tio talk, but ay thie negro "wvill not btothier anybody igain3." Ills body is supposed to be im he Aeoowee lhiver. Eicteel Presieint. (COLUMnjitA, S C., Aug. 6.. TLhie trits ees of the South Carolinia college todlay ninnimnously elected Dr. Jame's Wood 'ow president of that nstitu iiIon. 11is :atae was presenitedl to the board by the iomnmitte'e on1 nomninations, and no otni 3r was proposed for that ofllice. Dr. \V oodrow was also elected professor of Aiologv. grenlogy and imieninov. WINDS' WILD WORK. VASHB0'RN VISITED BY A DESTRUC TIVE TORNADO.* wo Peo11e Killed and Scores Injured in a Circus-The Aninials Escape Front Their Cages-Great Datnage to Pro perty. Asi[LAND, Wis., Aug. 8.-A terrible arnado struck this place at 4 o'clock his afternoon, demoralizing buildings nd tearing things up in general. A eavy rain accompanied it, flooding the Lreets for hours after. At Washburn, across the bay from Oshland, the tornado's force was more arious. Business blocks were serious f damaged and seven people in one miding were slightly injured. Prof. Villiams's circus was giving a per oriance, the tents were torn to shat era and scores of people were injured, ut, fortunately, only two were killed leorge I)edbell and Louis Wilson. The nimals escaped from their cages and re still running wild in the streets. bout (H0,000 bushels is damaged in the 'hicago, St. Paul, Minnesota and )maha elevator. Several pleasure rachts were caught on Chequamegon lay and have not been heard from as ,et. The roof was stripped from the itield block. The Sweedish Baptist Jhurch was lifted four feet from its oundations and turned around, and imerous small buildings were twisted ibout. Out on the bay front half a dozen lit le yachts were moored. They all roke away from their fastenings and vere wrecked upon the shore. The to al damage amounts to $10,000. The worst effects of the storm were xperienced at Washburn, on the oppo ite side of the bay. The postolice uilding, a frame structure on Main treet, in which were half a dozen per ons. collapsed and caught the inmates i what seemed to he a death trap, but >y a fortunate lodgnent of timbers, hey all escaped without injury, except ,wo women, one of whom suffered a )roken leg and the other a contusion of he head Half a dozen other buildings ire badly wrecked. The roof of the )maha elevator was lifted up and iashed into the bay, exposing the stock )f wheat to the rain. The dry docks md hoisting engines at the coal dock were blown over and ruined, and many Lhousand feet of lumber piled in the yards of the Iligelow mills were bl:wn into the water. Several sail boats are reported lost on the Chequamengo Bay, but the3 reports are not verilied, and until the full extent of the storm is known the damage to marine interests cannot be estimated. The loss at Wash burn is probably $50,00. The Weather and the Cropd. The weekly weather and crop bulle tin of the South Carolina weather ser vice, in co-operation with the United States Signal Service, for the pait week was issued Saturday afternoon and it is as follows, giving much information to the farmers in the various sections of the State. The weather conditions for the past week have been generally favorable in most sections of the State to the cotton ::rop. The rainfall has been about the riornial. with temperature and sunshine about the average. The cotton crop is reported in much etter condition on the clay lands than Uhose on sandy lands. The excessive rains of the previous week do not appear .o have injured the former to the extent )f those of the latter; while it is true Lhat the plant has shed some of the [ormis on the clay lands, but the shed ling has been much greater and the in irury much more extensive on the sandy lands; besides rust is reported and g reater inj ury imuist necessari ly follow. In some sections of the State, where the crop was wvell cultivated and no ex cessive rains have fallen, the crop is un exceptionally tine, and a large yield may be looked for, buit the area is not large and( is contined to those particular sec tions. Cotton caterpi liars have mtade their appe)tarence on the coast, but as yet no dhamage reportedl. Tlhe corn crop is very fine, and as the Learly corn is now about matured, a large yield must follow. Some little damage has been sustained by some ot the farmers from overtlows on creek bottoms. T1he crops on the river bottoms were never hetter, but are later than usual, andt if favorable seasons continue for a tew weeks, the yYeld will be larger Ll'ani foryears. '.The rice cr01) on the rivers and up. lainds is looking remai kably well, stands Koodl and in tine cond(ition. A Fu-ilon Formed. Ni:w~ OnRLAxNs, Aug. 8.-A confeir mene of the Farmers' Alliances alnd the ifti-lottery D)emocrats at ILa Fayette has resulted in an aigreemenlt by which ' jioint ticket will be nomil]atedl. TPhe lFarmers' Alliance will name the Gover nor, T1reasurer andl Superintendent of Public Education, and' the antilottery leaguie the I eu tenman t Governor, Audii tr. A ttorney General and Secretary of State, T1hese nommnations are to be made by a convention elected by all the wyhit" voters who are opp)osed to t,he lot tery, and afterward submitted to the Democratic State Convention. Thue Al liance aicceptedl this agrcemenut, and at once nominated Thomas F. Adams, its l'resident and State Commissioner 01 Agriculture, for Governor. T1hte camn paign will be almost altogether on the lottery issuue. Shot T wo Men. ATrLANTA'., GA., August 1.--lieze kiah Arp, nephew to the origInal Biti Arp, shot two men to death near the State line in 'Fannin Count y yesterday. Arp held a claiim against W.- II. Branm let, who was about to leave the State and had a yok. of steers attached. This prod uced a quarrel and Arp shot liram let through the heart. ]ramuulet's broth er then took a hand In the rowv and was shot through the chest, subsequently dying of his wound. Arp belongs to one or the leading families of this sec tion. lowe His Drans Out. UNION, S. C., Aug. d.-Mr. Louis, the agent and operator of the Georgia, Car olina and Northern Railroad at Car lIsle, (l"ish Dam) committed suicide to day by blowing out his brains with a gun. The cause is unknown. Trhe cor oner has gone to hold an inquest.. tate.