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POINTS OF COMPASS. REV. DR. TALMAGE AT THE NEW YORK ACADEMY CF MUSIC. He I'reaches- a 15nrely (ospel sermon Abounding in infornaIltion and Fall of Eloquent Logie- A Few Renarks About Political Reform. NEW YoRK, Jan. 20.-The hearty welcome accorded to Dr. Talmage at the Academy of Music, New York, Sunday before last, on the occasion of the eminent divine's introduction to the metropolitan pulpit, was addition ally emphasized by the'ininiense throng that greeted him this afternoon, ana which filled every seat from orchestra to top gallery. *'he singing was led by Professor Ali's cornet, and the ser vices opened at precisely 4 o'clock with the singing of the long meter Doxol ogy. The subject of Dr. Talmage's discourse was "Points of Compass" and the text Luke xiii, 29, "They shall come from the east, and from the west. and from the north, and the south, and shall sit down." The man who wr,,e this was at one time a practicing physician. at another time a talented painter, at another time a powerful preacher. at another, time a reporter-an ispired reporter. God bless and help and inspire all report ers: From their nen drops the health or poison of nations. The name of this reporter was Lu:-anus. for short he was called Luke. and in nv text. although stenography had not yet been born, he reports verbatim a ser mon of Christ which in one paragraph bowls the round world into the light of the millennium. "They shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north,and from thesouth,and shall sit down." Nothin- more interested me in my recent journey around the world than to see the ship captain about noon, whether on the Pacific. or the Indian or Bengal or Mediterr'anean or Red sea, looking through a nautical in strument to find just where we were sailin, and it is well to know that, thougi the captain tells you there are 32 ~ints of divison of the compass crdin the marine's compass, there are only four cardinal points, and my text halls them-the north, the south, the east, the west. So I spread out be fore us the map o" the world to see the extent of the gosnel campaign. The hardest part of the field to be taken is the north, because our gospel is an emotional o'ospel, and the nations of the far nori are a cold blooded race. They dwell amid icebergs and eternal snows and everlasting winter. Green landers, Laplanders, Icelanders. Sib erians-their vehicle is the sledge drawn by reindeer, their apparel the thickest furs at all seasons, their exist ence a lifetime battle with the cold. The winter charges upon them with swords of icicle and strikes them with bullets of hail and pounds them with battering rams of glacier. But already the huts of the Arctic hear the songs of divine worship. Al ready the snows fall on open New Testaments. Already the warmth of the Sun of Riohteousness begins to be felt through tile bodiesand minds and souls of'the hyperboreans. Down from Nova Zembia, down from Spitzbergen seas, down from the land of the mid night suns, down from the palaces of crystal, downoverrealmsof ice and over dominions of snow and through hurricanes of sleet Christ's disciples are ",umino from the north. The inha bitants of'Hudson bay are gathering to the cross. The Ch-urch Missionary societ in those plar climes has been grandly succssul in establishing 24 gope stations, and over 12,000 natives hve believed and been baptized: The ~Moravians have kindled the light of ~""-"4ieo'ope all up and down Labrador. Th~aih mission has gathered disci lies fsmamono' the shivering inha - m.~'('enand. William Dun canprahSte gospel upin the chil ly lttudes ~(Columbia, delivering one sermon mi times in the same day to as-many dferent tribes, who listen and then g'g forth to build schoolhouses and churches. Alaka called at 'its annexation Wiliam H. Seward's fblly, turns out to be William H. Sewgrd's triumph. and it is hearing the ;voice of .God through the American missionaries men and women as defiant of arctic hardships as the old Scotkish chief who, wheni camping- out inawnter's night, knocked from under hils son's head a pillow of snow, sayjng that such in dualgencein luxury vould weaken and disgrace the cl . The Jeannette went down ir .atitude 77, while De Lonoandhiseezing and dying'men s watc ngit from the crumblmng and cracJklng polar pack, but the old ship offhe gospel sails as unhurt in latidde 77 as in our 40 degrees, and tbs one starred flag floats above the (opg'allants in Baffin's bay and Hud son s strait and Melville sound. The eroism. of polor expedition, which made theiames of Sebastian Cabot and Scoresby and Schwatka and Henry Hudsoni immortal, is to be eclipsed by the prowess of the men and women who amid the frosts of highest latitudes are this moment taking the upper -shores of Europe, Asia and America for God. Scientists have never been able to agree as to what is the aurora bores or northern lights. I can tell them. It is the banner of victory for Christ spread outin the northern night heaven. Partially fulfilled already the prophecy of my text, to be com pletely fulfilled in the near future, "They shall come from the north." But my text takes in the opposite point of the compass. The far south has though high temperature, tempta tions to lethargh and indolence and hot blood which tend toward multi form evil. We have through my text got the north in, notwithstanding its frosts, and the same text brings in the .south, notwithstanding its torridity. The fields of cactus, the orange groves and the thickets of magnolia arc to be surrendered to the Lord Almighty. The south: That means Mexico and all the regions that William H. Pres cott and Lord Kingsboroughi made familiar in literature--Mexico in strange dialect of the Aztees; Mexico conquered by Hlerman Cortez to, be more gloriously conquered: Mexico, with its capital more than 7,000 feet above the sea level. looking dow'n upon the entrancement of lake and valley and plain. Mexico, the home of na tions yet to be born-all for Chr'ist. The south: That means Africa, which David Livino'stone consecrated to God when he die'd on his knees in his tent of exploration. Already about 750, 000 converts to Christm. m ea The south: That me~as a-i .oc i~oads strewn by omnipotent hand through tropical ~seas-Malayan Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia and other is lands more numerous than you can imagime unless you have voyagea around the world. The south: That means Java for God, Sumatra. far God, Borneo for God, Siami for God. A ship was wrecked near one of these islands, and two lifeboats put. out for shore, but those who airived in the firstboat were clubbed to death by the cannibals, and the other boat put boek and was somehow saved. Y ear's passed on, and one of the very crew -was wrecked again, with others, on the same rocks. Cirawling up the shore, ther proposed to hide from the cannibals in one of the caverns; but, mounting the rocks they saw a church a cred out: "We are saved: A Lhdr A cAur:ch The south! Iat Ieans Venezuela, New Grenada, Ecuador and Bolivia. The south That ineans the.' torrid zone, with all it- bloom aid all its fruitee and aLl iLs exuberaee, redolence of illim itable 'gardens. the music of boundless groves, the lands, the seas that night by night look up to the southern cross, wich in stars transfigmres the midnight heaven as you look up at it all the way from the Sandwich Is lands to Australia. "They shall come from the south." But I must not forget that my text takes in another cardinal point of the compass. It takes in the east. I have to report that in a journey around the world there is nothing so much im presses one as the fact that the mis sionaries. divinely blessed. are taking the world for Gol. The horrible war between Japan and China will leave the last wall of opposition flat in the dust. War is barbarism always and everywhere. We hold up our hands in amazement at the massacre at Port Arthur as though Christian nations could never go into such diabolism. We forget Fort Pillow. We forget the fact that during the war both north and south rejoiced when there were 10,000 more wounded and slain on the opposite side. War, whether in China or the United States. is hell let loose. But one good result will conme from the Japanese-Chinese con Ilit-those regions will be more open to civilization and Christianity than ever before. When Missionary Carey put before an assembly of ministers at Northampton. England, his project for the evangelization of India, they laughed him out of the house. From Calcutta now on the east of India to Bombay on the west there is not a neighborhood but directly or indi rectly feels the gospel power. The Juggernaut, which did its awful work for centuries, a few weeks ago was brought out from the place where it has for years been kept under shed as a curiosity, and there was no one rev erentially to greet it. About 3,000, 00) of Ciristian.souls in India are the advance guard that will lead on the 250000,000. The Christians of Amoy and Peking and Canton are the ad vance guard that will lead on the 340, 000,000 of China. -They shall come from the east." The last mosque of Mohammedanism will be turned into a Christian church. The last Bud dhist temple will become a fortress of light. The last idol of Hlindooisn will be pitched into the lire. The Christ who came from the east will yet bring all the east with him. Of course there are high obstacles to be overcome, and great ordeals must be passed through before the consum mation, as witness the Armenians un der the butchery of the Turks. May that throne on the banks of the Bospo rus soon crumble: The time has al ready conie when the United States government and Great Britain and Gerimany ought to intone the indigna tion of all civihzed nations. While it is not requisite that arms be sent there to avenge the wholesale massa cre of Armenians. it is requisite that by cable under the seas and by protest tlat shall thrill the wires trom Wash ington and London and Berlin to Con stantinople the nations anathematize the diabolism for which the sultan of Turkey is responsible. Mohamme danisrn is a curse. whether in Turkey or New York. 'They shall come from the east." And they shall come at the call of the loveliest and grandest and best men and women of all time. [ mean the missionaries. Dissolute A~mericans and Englishmen who have zone to Calcutta and Bombay and C~anton to make their fortunes dlefame the missionaries because the holy lives and pure households of those mis sionaries are a constant rebuke to the American and English libertines stop ping there, but the men and women of God there stationed go on glorious ly with their work-people just as good and self denying as was Mission-' ary Moffat, who, when asked to write in an album, wrote these words: N'y album is in savage breasts, Where passion reigns and darkness : ests Without one ray of light. To write the name of Jesus there. To poitat to words both bright and fair. And see the pagan bow In prayer, Is all my soul's delight. In all those regions are men and wo men with the consecration of Melville B. Cox, who, embarking for the mis sionary work in Africa, said to a fel low stiident, "If I die in Africa. come and write my epitaph." "What shall I write for your epitaph?"' said the stu dent. "Write," said he, " these words: 'Let a thousand fall berore Africa be' given up.' There is another point of the com pass that my text includes. "They shall come "from the west." That means America redeemed. Everything between Atlantic and Pacific oceans to be brought within the circle of holi ness and rapture. Will it be done by worldly reform or evang'elism? Will it be law and gospel? Ifain glad that a wave of reform has swept across this land, and alt cities are feeling the ad vantage of the mighty movement. Let the good'work go on until the last municipal evil is extirpated. About 15 yeai's ago the distinguished editor of a Newv York daily newspaper said to me in his editorial room: "You ministers talk about evils of which von know nothing. Why don't you go with the officers of the law and ex plore for yourself, so that when you preach agaimgst sin you can speak from what you have seen with your own ees?'" I said, "I will." And in comn pany with a commissioner of police and a captain of police and two elders of m church I explored the dens and hidine places of all styles of crime in New ork and preached a series of sermons warning young men and set< ting forth the work that must be done lest the judgments of God whelm this city with more awful submergement than the volcanic deluge that buried Herculaneum and Pompeii. I received, as nearly as I can r'e member, several hundred columns of newspaper abuse for undertaking that exploration. Editorials of denuncia ti, double leaded and with captions in great primer type. entitled "The Fal of Talmiage" or "Talmage Makes the Mistake of His Life," or "Down With Talmage "but Istill live and am in full symnpathy grithi all movements for municipal purificati on. But a movement which ends with crime exposed and law executed stops half way. Nay. it stops long before it gets half way. The law never vet say e anybody, never yet changed any body. Break up all the houses of im iquity in this city, and you only send the occupants to other cities. ~Break downi all the policemen in New York, and whil '' m tees their worldly fortunes it does not change their heart or life. The greatest whan in New York tod'av is the transfornming power of the gospel of Jesus Christ to change the heart and the life and uplift the tone of moral sentiment and make men do right, not because they are afraid of Ludlow Street jail or Sing Sing, but because they ho~ve God and hate unrighteousness. I have never heard, nor have you heard, of anyth ing except the gospel that pi'oposes to rererate the heart and b~y the mn iluence of that rggenerated heart rec etly- thme life. IExecute the law. miost certainly, but preach thme gospel by all means-in churches, in threaters, in homes, in prisoins, on the land and on the sea. The gospel is the only power that can rovolutionize society and half work and will not last. in w York it has allow( d mlic a wh -io got by police biberv lheir thlousands am tenis of thouIsands amd pehp 1hn dreds of thousanjds o.f dolirsti e t free, while sonme who were ' mAli the :at's paw an11d a mns of bribe' y are struck with the ligitniigs of thie law. It reiiiinds meo o a seniie in Philadelpia when I was living ither'. A poor wonian had bi een irrested anid tried and iniprisoned forselling molas ses caiidv on Sunday. 0thwr law breakers had been all(;wedt(To unidis turbed, and the grogsliops were open on the Lord's day. aind the law with its hands behind its back walked 1p and down the streets declaring to molest many of the offenders. but we all rose up in our righteous indigna tion, and calling upon all powers. visible and invisible, to help us we declare that though the heavens fell no woman should be allowed to sell molasses candy on Sunday. Then there are among these foreig ners so many of the English. They inherited-the English in which Shakespeare dramatized, and 3iilton chimed his cantos"and Henry Melville gospelized. and Oliver Cromwell pro rogued parliament, and Wellington commanded his eager hosts. A mong these foroigners are the Swiss, and they were rocked in a cradleunder the sha'dow of the Alps. that cathedral of the Almighty in which all the the ele ments, snow and hail and tempest anld hurricane. worship. Among these foreigners are a vast host of Germans, and they feel centuries afterward the power of that unparalleled spirit who shook the earth when he trod it. and the heavens wlen he prayed-Martin Luther: From all nations our foreiga populations have come, and they are homesick, far away from the place of their childhood and the gravcs of their ancestors, and our glorious religion presented to them aright will meet their needs and till their souls anl kindletheir enthusiasmn. They shall come from amid the wheat sheaves of Dakota, and from the ore beds of Wyoming, and from the silver mines of Nevad. and from the gold gulches of Colarado and from the banks of the Platte, and the Oiegon. and the Sac ramento, and the Columbia. "They shall come from the west." But what will the do after they come? Here is something gloriously consolatory that you have never not iced, "They shall come from the east. and the west. and the north, and the south. and shall sit down." Oh. this is a tired world: The most of people are kept 'on the run all their lfe-time. Business keeps them on the run. Trouble keeps them on the run.Rival ries of life keep on the run. They are running from disaster. They are ruu ning for reward. And those who run the fastest and run the longest seem best to succeed. But my text suggests a restful posture for all those who for a lifetime have been on the run. "They shall sit down:" Why run anylonger When a man gets heaven, what more can he get? **They slall sit down." Not alone, but in picked companion ship of the universe: not embarrassed. though a seraph should sit down on one side of you and an archaugel on the other. "They shall sit down." Rest from toil. Rest from pain. Rest from per secution. Rest from uncertaity. Beautiful. joyous. transporting, ever lasting rest: Oh, men and women of the -frozen north. and the blooming south, and from the realms of the ris ing or setting stun, through Christ get your sins forgiven and start for the place where you may at last sit down in blissful recovery from the fatigues of earth while there roll over you the raptures of heaven. Many of you have had such a rough tussle in this world that if your faculties were not perfect in hea~ven vou would some time forget yourself and say, "It is time for me to start on that journey." or "It must be time for me to count out the drops of that medicine," or "I wonder what new attack there is on me through the newspapers?" or "Do you think I will save anything of those crops from the grasshoppers, or the locusts, or the droughts?" or "I won der how much I have lost in thatlast bargain?" or "I must hurry lest I miss the train." No, no. The'last volume of direful, earthly experiences will be finished. Yea, the last chapter. the last paragraph, the last sentence, the last word. Finis: Frederick the Great, notwithstand ing the mighty dominion over which he reigned, was so depressed at times he could not speak without crying and carried a small bottle of quick poison with which to end his misery when lhe could stand it no longer. But I give you this small vial of gospel anodyne, ne drop of which, not hurting either body or soul, ought to soothe all un rest and put your pulses into an eter nal calm. "They shall come from the east, and from the west, from the north. and the south, and shall sit down." .Ana Old Friend in Need. CoLmmIA, S. C.. Jan. 23.-The State of today publishes the following letter: To the Editor of The State: Permit me to address the p~eople of the South and call theirattention to the f:.et s in regard to Mr. Samuel P. Thomas. the old, tried and true Southern patriot of this city, who stood by your people during'their struggle for independ ence. Duiring the war lie donated thousands. yea tens of thousands of dollar's to assist the cause of the South. His house -.as the home of all Confed erates who happened to come to this city. His bountiful hand was ever exended to them in the way of fur' nishing food. shelter and clothing. Besides, liegave them moneyv to de fray expenses, and sent them on their way rejoicing. Hie miade and p~resenit' ed to Gen. John Morgani the beautifvl checkered suit of clothles that lhe wore on the memorable night of his e'scape): f'om the Ohio pemtentiar'y. Mr'. Thomas was ari-ested and indicted for assisting General Morgan to escape and for harboring your soldiers IL cost him $2,700 to have thie indi tlmea stopped. Tifhis fact is shown i by th records in the United Staites Cour'ta Cininnati. I refer von to G~.etera Gorman, Birmingham, Ala. Judge Thomas Hines, Louisvilhe. Ky., o0t the oostmaster at Cincinnati. Mr. Thomas is inow ini a heljple condition, being r> years Oh, .nd.is without home. food or pr opei clth ing to keep him warm. What is to be come of him we dare not say-. un less o pople come to his rescue. This will doubtless be the last win -i ter that he will spend on earth. there' fore I be'n of y-ou, in the name of in meny no?>le Confedeate hiereos wno fell wchile they were battling forn t he cause that lie'loved not to forget or turn a deaf ear' to the crys that comes to you asking assistance for as true and faithful a Southern piatriot as ever' livd. His address is. Samiuel P. Thomaes. 2- Edci' str'eet, Cinmcinnatti. 0. A Neighbor' Kjilledi the iLader. NsuvILLu:. Teni n., Jan. 21. -There w~as a mutiny of thme cr'ew of the stea mer Neuimbville on the '1Tennexsse' riv er' v-esterday. They wer'e led by the ire man .Joe Dunn. whlomm Capt. Glover' o'dered to leave the boat. In tihe coni lict that follow~ed Capt. Glov'er shmot and killed Dunn and the rest of the cmrew were awed into subnmission. Glover gave himself up to the sherif f ofrsall county, Alabama. FET iiLiZERS N D C "'a T . v iiof 0- ne1p1. 1:w wVit!N the An intelli2em: f:;rmer. who is not dijspLl to bee .o ielv.vin g that ie he ls nd 'es not take anything for .mnted. talkid t') a reporter for thre News an1d Courier the other day in a very iitcrtainiig wy about the farm ers and fertilizers. His views were so interest~ing and some of his concliu sions so surprising that what he said is given as follows: "Tho drop in the price of cotton from seven to five ceits. he said, "mav well cause consternation to the planters. Some ten years ago it fell from twelve to eight cents, and then. as now, planters were advised to plant less cotton. to raise more corn and meat and, before all else.to quit using fertilizers, but-itis advice was unheed ed and. for reasons satisfactory to nimielf.the planter continued to plant all the cotton he could, to buy his corn and mieat and to use fertilizers. "With the d'rop in the price of cot ton from seven to five cents the same advice to plant less cotton, raise more food and use no fertilizers is offered the planters. But the situation under which we face five-cent, possibly four cent. cotton is entirely unlike any be fore k-nown by the pl'anter. As for planting less cotton and thereby en hancing the price: High pri-ed cotton has its disadvantages. It has induced the most strenuous elforts to produce cotton in other countries. and these efforts have been very successful and are recog7ned as a menace to our borIsted supremacy in cotton produc tion. As foreign grown wheat has forced down the world's price, so it is that foreign growin cotton alone has forced down the price in this country. This foreign competition has conie o stav. and we must 'mcet it by :in pr oved methods and increased econo nies. so that possibly we can grow even four-cent cotton at a profit, and thus recover our fornier supremacy in the markets of the world. With five cent cotton the cotton belt has all the natural factors for manufacturing low g;rdc cotton goods for a large portion o the world. The advice so persist ently given for years that we raise more of our own food is now being so well followed that this season a good nortion of the planters commence the ear w-ith enough corn and meat of 'their own raising for the year's sup ply. "As to the advice that less or no fer tilizers be used, there is more to be said than upon either of the other points referred to above. That the South will continue to plant cotton in much the same proportion hereto fore there are good reasons to oelieve. It is now largely growing its own food, and is so thoroughly satisfied with the result that it will continue to grow its corn and meat in increased prportioins each year. When cotton sold at 15 cents a pound, on much of the land it could not be grown at a broiit without the use of fertilizers. About 1S70 fertilizers were introduced and their use increased from year to year from that time until last year some 80o.00U to 900,000 tons were un der cotton. "When cotton sold for 15 cents a pound fertilizers sold for $75 a ton. Fertilizers that time furnished less than one-half thre percentage of plant food that ther furnish now. At first only fifty pounds per acre was used. It was found advantageous to increase this quantity, until now the average used per acre is 200 pounds. To pay for this 200 pouinds with cotton at 15 cents a pound and fertilizer at $75 per ton took 50 pounds of cotton, or $7.50; with cotton at 10 cents and fertilizers at $40 a ton it still takes 50 pounds of cotton to pay for the 200 pounds of fertilizer for one acre. Cotton at 6 cents a pound and fertilizers at $30 a ton, 50 pounds of cotton pays fpor 200 pounds of fertilizers: with cotton at 4 cents a pound and fertilizer at $20 a ton, 50 pounds of cotton still pays for 200 pounds of fertilizer. The. planter. has alwvays paid the proceeds of 50 pounds of cotton for the fertilizer for an acre. This he did, and found a sat isfactory profit in it, when fertilizer sold for $75 per ton. Through all the stages of the decline in price of cotton from 15 cents to 4 cents per pound the cost of fertilizer has kept an even pace with it, so that for the past twenty years the -fertilizer for an acre in cot ton could be paid for with the pro ceeds of 50 pounds of cotton. Remark able as this statement may appear it is nevertheless absolutely true. To this statement may be added the fact for his 50 pounds of cotton the plant er now receives twice as much plant food as lie reoceived for it twenty-four years ago. "Threre has beein no time in the hris tory of cotton growing when fertilizer could be used at a better percentage of proit to the planter than now, Upon the ordinary impoverished soil 100 poundsl~ of cotton ia a fair aver~age vield. This means starvation to the planter, hence for years the plainter has found it a prime necessity to pay for his supply of fertilizer, as without that he could niot farm. With 200 pounids of fertilizer pe~r acre 250 pounds of lint is a fair average crop. This shows a net gai-. of 100 pounds of lint per acre froni fertilizer costing 60 p~ounds~ of cotton or 200 per cent. Without fertilizer the planter will make nothing over cost of cultivation. or w >uld show a positive loss. Using fertilizer it returns its cost in cotton, also a lirolit of dlouble its cost. Of curse the pr-ice at which thre cotton is sold makes a great ditference to the planiter. but its percentage of profit remains thre samre. If cotton is at 4 eet pud Lut pr'orti per acre is made by theo use of fertilizer, but this ia net profit. Enough cotton having been raised to pay for the fertilizer laves the prie- of the 100 pounds as a cear p~rIol1 firom the use of a fertilizer, wickh is 2Q0 pter cent. on its cost. --There arc dominating advantages n fav~or of the planteri in thre present s~utiror thrat shn uld be considered. They~ need pay out nothing for corn amd it -t:all groce-ries, clothing.tools, et.. cost not more than onre-half of whatrthey co)st a few years ago. many of them less than one-half. Until yeery renly f od and all other supplies wer bought on a year's credit at v-ery larg proj!0ts to thle merchant. W'ithi smuh of the -otst of living as is r-efented by the cost of corn and mit. an the'amuount represented by derased pirihe of all other family spl'es, thi~Le planter should have at th ln of th~e year an amount of cash inhn that will enable him to buy a norionki at least of hims store goods for cas -he therreby impr~oves his credit with the muerchiant, who will sell himi any g-ood he iinds it necessary to buy on ediat at a much, lower price than he charged hrim when thre whole year's suplies 12 were boght on credit. -*Throughl thle improved quality of fertilizer tihe planter now gets double the amtount of lplanit food for thre per cenage of his crop that lie got tweirty yearse~g.ie cani, now buy the fer tiizr for an oerec f or tihe same pro p)ortin of the crop) as lhe has ever been able to buy it. is hence getting panrt food at half thre cost hre got it twenty years ago. He inow buys Iris store go'ods at one-half the pr-iee hre paidl a few yaars ago. He now need +a u nothing for corn and meat for his; f.unily or i. baiis. omgnty will pay out is:s filr wa than ever ore. So th:t;:t tih il of t he yeni as eash ini hand. A arein;l:.y-if the situation iieatis 10 t'ie- pini: , the1 plantee ;S aswe!enbttr:i, to brfertilizers tion1 e-verbfr. providd( of course. that le- rais-is Lis corn and meat. Also, that if peseon low prices hold the competition of foreign cotton growers may decrelase and disappear. While the planter may not formulate the above facts in the same way they are presented here. he is conversant with mest of them and is laving out his business for the year. and will plant as much cotton as lie can. and use fertilizers upon it. after having arranged to raise his year's supply of ni-at. corn and syrup. SPINDLES OF THE SOUTH. Their Roar Should Frighten Nortihern Maiuracturers. BALTIMORE, Jan. 24.-Mr. William C..Lovering, president of the Ark wright Club, which represents all of the large New England textile manu facturers, was invited some months ago after returnir-g from a visit of in vestiga: ion to the South. to deliver an address before the New England Tex tile Club on Cotton Manufacturing in the South. This address, which has never before been made public, is now by the consent of Mr. Lovering, pub li'shed in this week's issue of tie Main ufacture's Record. In his address, which is a a very full and comprehensive study of the whole situation, Mr. Lovering says: "The time has passed when New England manufacturers need to give but little attention to cotton manufac turing in the South. WVe have come to realize that the South has entered the race in earnest and to stay. Hence forth, it must be the survival of the fittest. The old mills in the South with their antiquated machinery have been succeeded by first-class mills with the best equipment, and we find mills in the So-ith today that will com pare favorably with our New England mills built in every respect to do their work in the cheapest and most ap proved manner. ~ While it has long been conceded that in certain lines of coarse goods. the advantages are in favor of the South, North manufacturers have comforted themselves with the state ments that the manufacture of the finest goods would remain with them and that the South could not make such goods. In this we are mistaken. There is au actual increase in the pro duction of finer goods in the South and where man ifacturing is once firmly established, it is only a matter of short time, when the labor em ployed will improve in skill and adapt itself to the finer work. There seems to be no reason why as fine yarns may not be spun in the South as in any other section of our countrv. A mill in the South running GS hours per week for 50 weeks in the year runs 3,300 hours. A mill in Mas sachusetts limited to 5S hours per week, for 50 weeks in a year, runs 2,900 hours-a difference of 400 hours a year, or seven weeks in favor of the Suthern mills - Two mills of the same size,construction and equipment, one in New England and one in the South will cost about the same so far as buildings and machinery arc con cerned. Tile very low cost of build ing material in the South is partly off set by the higher cost of the machine ry due to the expense of freight. There is a large population at the South eageir and anxious to work. The class of help at work in Southern mills today is as good as can be found in the whole country. They are na tive Americans with but few foreign ers among them. The South is in this case, really more Americans than the North. The taxes in the Southern States are not half what they are with us. It has been found that Southern men ai e more desirable and, efficient ps superintendents and overseers than men brought from the North, as they seem to understand and control the operatives better than Northern over seers. New England has, however, the ad vantage of establishment which may be termed the prestige of priority. This is a tremendous advantage and if we are not legislated out of it, we shall hold it for a lonae time by slicer forces of New EnglanY pluck and determina tion." In summing up his investigations and seeking to draw 'what conclusions he can from them, Mr. Lovering says: "It seems to me that the cotton manu facturers of New England are in a critical -condition. The tendency is away from New England and towards the 'South. and any 'legislation that stops looms and spindles in New Eng land today for any considerable period stops many never to be started again. In making these statements. I do not wish to be understood as sounding any alarm, but I think it is wise for us to know what the future posibilities and limitations of cotton manufacturing arec in New England."' What Irby Wil Do. WAS1sGOro, Jan.. 25.--eators Butler and lIrby met in the lobby of the Senate today and had a brief but amicable conversation relative to the Sampson Pope petition recently pre sented to the Senate by Senator But er. The South Carolina colony is greatly agitated over this subject, and they are anxiously awaiting further developments. Some of Senator Irby s friends advise him to get up in open Sen t and resent the charges made against him personally in the petition and demand an immediate investiga tion. Others suggest that lhe await the action of the committee on elec tions, to whom the petition was re f erred. Senator Irby says l.' does niot pro pose to act hastily in tis imatter, but states that lie wvill look after iins own interests and thos;. of SenatAr-elect Tillman when the proper time arrives. He has conferred with sever-al. of is Senatorial associates and they appear to be non-committal as to which' is the better course to pursue. Therme is a similar allegation againist Senator Morgan, of Alabamia, whjich lha beei' sleeping quietly in the committee on elections, and there is no aesposit1ion on either side of the Senate to (d5tisur it at present. Dr. Pope's petition forally reac-h ed the committee on election-s todav and Senator Gray, chairman _of thle committee, says hie can not anticipate what action inay be taken up)on it. Senator- Butler is equally reticent on the subject and denied to Senator Irby the report that he intended to ofiet a resolution ur-ging prompt action. Sen ator Butler says lie thinks it wise to wait until Senator Irbv dlecides what line of proceedings lie wvill follow. Among Senators the subject is not frequently alluded to. They admire Senator Butler, but they do not feel called upon to take sides in the SouthI Caolina controver-sy. Senator Iriby and Sen atoi-elect Tillmiani are elected as Democrats and they will be treated fairly by tl'ir party associates. In view of the narrow mar-gil between the two leading parties in the Senate it is difficult to foreshadow the action ,,-n n,. Pope' petition. V.' : ., sue.. . . 2: - wVin.; enmei forthi wvvh its- eC!r s te C):! e n ti le ..~' ... Stt conventioni. loi: ;iht on the matter of electingr dele ,rates t the State Constitutional con vention. Then came the colored min isters with their call for a convention. an0d now comes the regular Republi cin organization, which the other fac tios propose to supplant.withl a circu lar to the several Republican county chairmen all over the State. which speaks in pretty plain terms to the ne groes. Here is the circular: Headquarters Republican State Excutive Committee. Columbia, Jan. 12. 1895. To the Republican County Chairmen: Ti.e office of the supervisor of regis tration for each county will be open at the court house forgeneral registra tion, renewal of certificates, etc.. on the first 3onday iu February. April. May, June and July. In addition to these days the oflice will be open for the purpose above stated, and for the registration of all persons who have not previously registered, on Monday, the 4th of 3*arch, and on each follow ing day, except Sundny, until Thurs day, March 14. These are the only days on which there will be an oppor tunity to register before the election of delegates to the Constitutional con vention. The election of delegates will be held on the third Tuesday in August, and -each county will be en titled to as many delegates as it has Senators and Representatives in the General Assembly. The principal ob ject in holding this convention is to disfranchise the colored voter, but ow ing to the factional differences in the Democratic party. there is an oppor ti nity, by vise and judicious action on the part of the Republicans. and es pecially of the colored men, who con slitute so large a proportion of the Re publican party of this State. not only to defeat this scheme to nullify the Constitution of the United States, but to accomplish much to promote the best interests of the whole State. As absolutely necessary to success. an ef fort should be made to register every voter. You should instruct the pre cinct chairman to see that every Re publican makes an effort to register on the days above mentioned. The earnest co-operation and support of the colored ministers of every denomi nation should be: solicited in this mat ter. which affects the Constitutional rights and liberties of the race which they represent. and in the vital inter ests involved is elevated above the plane of party politics. A committee should be organized at the court house to assist voters in securing their regis tration certificates and procuring ac commodation for those from a distance who may be obliged to remain at the county seat for more than one day dur ing the ten days on which the office of supervisor will be open during the month of March. The great and all-important duty at this time is to register the voters. It does not seem advisable just at this time to call a convention of the party, but after the close of the registration in March a Republican convention may be necessary for determining the policy to be adopted in the selection of delegates to the Constitutional conven tion to be voted for on the thirid Tues day in August next. E. A. Webster State Charman. Attest: J. H. Johnson. Secretary. WHAT wEBSTER sAYs. State Chairman Webster is not tak ing any stock in the "Tnidependent Republican" convention, and does not see where it can do the Republicans of the State, of either faction, any good in the matter of the coming fight. He endorses very heartily the scheme of the colored preachers to work through their churches on auniform plan. The situation on the Republican side of the Carolina political house is now etting about as much mixed up and as interesting as that on the otherside. But no matter what comes, the months of February and March are certainly going to he very interesting.-State. The Crans 'I 'ns. COLUMBAr, S. C., Jan. 23.-About a fortnight ago. Governor Evans re ceived a communication from Benja min F. Hunter, the New York luna-' tic, who claims to be the "Living God.'" No attention was, as a matter of course.paid to it. Yesterday another came, which reads as follows: To the Governor of South Carolina and the People of His State: Be it and it is hereby known to you and all nations, languages and tongues no0w living in all States and Territor ies in tile United States that I am now. chief ruler of this generation~ of people for ever. Thus says the Lord God. Your time is out.' Come down and lie in tile dust, for I chastise the Jews with the rod, but I will chastise you with everlasting damnation. Amen: BEN.;AMN F. HN-rER. Stamped in red ink on the enielope were the followine inscriptions: "Deart from me for r know you not. Amen :" "By the grace of the living God. Benjamin F. Hunter. Washing ton. D. C. Amen P The judgment of the living God without doubts." "The axe is now 1 -ing at tile root of the tree." "3Iesge from the living God. Delay not. Thirty-sixc Tnches of'snow. DENvER. Col., Jan. 19.-Dispatches from Wvesterni Colorado state that thir tv-six inches of snow fell yesterday, lockading railroads and wagon roads.' The snow that had previously fallen n the mountains hlad mlelted and frozen, making it impossible for the last snowvfall to stick, and~ lnmerous mowsl ides have resulted. At Ou ray Joe Potti. a lessee of tile Mlickey Green mie,. wOs killed yesterday by a slide vhich s wept over the dump. At Lake City an avalanche camne down, catch inga mail driver and his team. Tile :driver escaped, losing his teami and wagon. At Telluride a slide near the Eeystone mill caught a Rio Grande Southern engine. smlashing thle cab and~ seriously bruising the1 eniginleer. At Rico thme Rio Grande road is block aded. and all tr-atiCi is at a standstill. Still another slide is reported at M1ar shall 1 Iusin,. which carried dowrn the Ciarron stales. part of the Cimar ron mnil i, and wrecked a teni~on station of the Smuggler-Union tramway-. A Fre'e Fi;ght. Cm (AGo.Janl. 3. -Tile Republicans and1( Dem iocrats camne to blows in the council chlamb)er to-night. Aldermnil Gallagher. Republican. was ini thle chair, and the memllbe~rs of his party, who are inl the nmaority. tried to get patsed all order redc~ling tile police force. Tile Democrats were vIolent in thir1l opposition and~ made at rush for the dooirs: while Chairmlan Gall ager shoulted tile order was carrie d. The aldermen of tile op)posinlg parties cae into phylsical contract at tile doors aind a right with fists followed. Alderman Lymlan. IRepublican. str-uck Alderman Kelly. Democrat, a stun nig blo0w inl tile face. The sergeant at-rs, reinforced by three pohce men whlo do duty inl the council chamiber, succeeded in restoring order Iand separating the combatants. inl thle State. Thek? conv.enltions Of the last fL years 'L:ve all lievn largly attended and have ccomplish ead great g-ood throug'ut the .4ate. The follo.vin; is the oilicil call for the convention whichl ha's just been issued. COLUMBIA. S. C.. Jan. 20. 187>. In sending out this call for the XVIII State convention of the Youngi Men's Christian Associations of South Carolina, it is with hearts fall of grat itude to God for His many blessings showered upon our work during the past year and the many evidences of prosperity which he gives us for the future. We invite and urge the Christain young men of our State to meet with us at Aiken, February 14-17.and there help us devise plans by which the young men in our country istr:Cts, our towns, cities, and colleges, may be reached for Christ. Will vou not unite with us. We need vo*u. Your community needs the inforiation which you ' will gain there. Yours M'r the Young Meu of S. C. D.--,; JoHsoN, Chairman, W. M. Lwis. State Secretary. State Coi. of the Y. M. C. A. of S. C Reduced rates have been secured on all the railroads for the delegates to the convention. Local ticket agents can furnish all informition as to these rates. All young men who are members of Protestant evangelical churches are invited to attend. If there be no as sociation where any such, who desire to attend, lives, he can simply get his pastor to sign his credentials. All such delegates will be entertained by the people of Aiken free of cost. Gosp'l hymns. numbers 5 and ( combined will be used. Messrs. F. F. Whilden, of Charleston, - and James A. Dorritte, of. Baltim6re. Md., will have charge of the- iMusic. assisted by a large choir. The Biglow & Main Co.. of New York. have furnished 200 note copies of this book free of charge. Each college, city a'nd town associa tion must bring a short written report of their work, to be read in open con vention when called for. A representative from each associa tion should be authorized to make a subscription to the State work for next year. Delegates should report at the asso ciation rooms immediately upon arri val in Aiken: all should plan to be on hand at the opening session. and stay until the convention closes. Sunday, February 10,is set apart by the State committee as a day of specia[ prayer for God's blessings upol the convention. The programme. has been -arranged with the gatester care. Tae Bible study will be one of the maia features of th'e convention,and will be conduct ed by Rev. C'. P. Williamson, D. D., of Atlanta. Ga. The programme will be printed in full and sent out about two weeks before time of meeting. Any further information will be gladly furnished, if you will write XV. M. Lewis, State Secretary, Columbia. S. C.-State. .. To Clemson students. For the information of students who attended the college last session and others who contemplate entering it this session, I am instructed by the board of trustees to make public the following resolution: "Whereas, The privilege tax on fer tilizers, from which the college derives half its income, judging from present indications and receipts to date, will not yield more than half the money hitherto- received from it, and "Whereas, The equipment of the mechanical and other departments, whose apparatus was destroyed by fire requires a large expenditure of money in order that we may teach with any degree of satisfaction, and "Whereas, After a most searching and careful study "2 the requirements of the various departments of the in stitution, and such reduction of salar ies as was thought possible, we have after paying our debts apportioned our probable income in the manner which suggested itself as best to the board. considering- the future as well as the present. and find there will be nothing left to pay students, therefore. "Be it resolved, That the president make pubhc the fact that in all proba bility the college will not be able, ex cept to a very limited degree, to assist needy stude'nts as we have hitherto done. This information is based on an estimate of-the privilege tax netting us $21,00after paying expenses of inspec tion, and any surplus above that amount will be appropriated to stu dent-labor. The cost of board has been reduced from $7.00 to $6.00 a month and sta dents will be required to puirchmase only fatigue uniform, cost $10.50, instead of fatigue and dress uniform, cost $2. 40. as heretofore--in all a reduction of $27.90. No student should come 'to Clemson who has not in hand $I8.00 for the first quarter's board and fees. $10.50 for fatigue uniform, and about $5.00 for books-in all $33.50. While it is true that the board has set aside no funds for the payment of student-labor. the president will fur nish to needy, industrious students. whenever possible. labor for which they will be paid according to its mar ket value. In other words whenever students can do wvork about the college, they will be given the prefer'ene. E. B. C'RAI';nEA.. President. A Repu~bncana steps in. WXAsHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 21. -Mr. Hoar was present at the of today's session of the senate. aft'er a long absence from the city and signalized~ his presenice by calling attention to the absence of 'a quoruin. A call ofr the roll took place and after somed lay the presence of a eomn was secured. Among the bilfs introdu~'c and refe~rred was one by Mr.iandler Rep.: of New Hamshire, to prevent the wrongful taking o f ne w dispatches from telegraph and telephone w:ires A.nother diplacemtent ot a~ Sent occuriedl todlay, when Mr.t Jris. of North Carolina. who had helid an ap poitment from the Governoir to i1l the vacancy caused by the deathn of Seator Vance. introduced1 and nuie" way for his succes'or. Mr. 4?ritehard w'o has beeni rcantly elected by- the Legislature to iill Senator Vance's un expired term. Mr. Pritchard is a Re ~ulicanl and after being sworn in h took a seat next to Mr. (Chandler. who0 subsequently off'ered a reo)iltonl to pay Mr. Jarvris $24.4U for hiast tw.o days service, which re-lution was inmedately agreed to. The State of North Carolina has not bee~n represent ed by a Republican in the Senate since' the reconstruct ion period-Sena ;or John Pool's term hiavingr exired twenty-two v-ears :ieo. Un the fourth of March ne'xt. Mr. Pritchard will have a Populist for- his collegue in tihe per son of Mr. Butler. who was elected at the same time as hinself, to succeed Seton Ranom, Democrat. A 4AKIN POWDER Absolutely Pure, A re am ;T tartar Daingi powder. Uir at of all in Ietavening strength.-La et- biuIted States Government Food Re port aayal Baking rwder Company, 1ots Wall St.. N. Y. How to Make G ood Bacon' Having frequently been asked how to cure good. sweet bacon. says a writer in the Bulletin of the Depart ment of Agriculture, and the time being now close at hand to begin this nice. pLrticular work. I herewith give my own plan. which I have practiced for forty years or more with success. In the first place. to make good bacon, hogs must befat. and the youngerthey aeothe better the bacon. for whites to 4nii. if 'hey have sufficient size. I should prefer not to have any hogs for bacon over one year old. They should at that age be . easily madeto weigh 150 to 250 pounds each. After being nicely butchered and cleaned. ana cold'e'nough to cut out smoothly. cut up as desired. Ha and shoulders I prefer to have closely cut: that is, leave as much to the sides as possible. Hams especially" should be closely trimmed. Salt viell and pack on a platform built for the pur nose. with slope sufficient to pass the drippings or brine from the meat; use about a teaspoonful of saltpetre on each joint and pack closely on the platform. After having lain in salt not more than - eight days-if the weather is favorable. and not too cold, five or six days is better-take it up and re-salt as at first, except dndh't use any more saltpetre. and replade as be fore. Here is where a good many fail in making good bacon, by not re salting and at the proper time. ; The salt between the meat at the thick parts will readily dissolve and .the pieces xill come together, and if al lowed to remain so. will more or less sour. aid the meat is never .goo&-and sweet afterwards. By. re-saltiiY as above described this isavoided anhe meat is kept sweet and palatable. After having lain in thesiilt four-or five weeks the meat shonld be taken up and washed clean and -well wiped. and if it is desired to keep sweet and perfect. put it in sacks make for the purpose, of ordinary cotton gobds, tving the mouth of the sack firmly with a good. stong string. which sl6uld be used for hanging it up. Have a large kettle with ashes and ivater heat ed to about a boiling point. sufficient to immerse each piece. holding it frm ly by the string with ,which it is tied. This immersion is to destroy any eggs of iusects that may have been deposit ed upon it. and also fills the openings in the cloth with ashes soas to prevent any further depredation- aupon it by flies or other insects. After this ~the meat should be hung up to dry with plenty of fresh air. I -prefer hams and shoulders hung with the hocks Idown. The drippings will thus be absorbed by the hocks. A sweet, jucy hoek is good enough for the most fastidious. If your house is a close one, bore auger holes in the gable ends of roof so as to admit plenty of air. I knew a gentleman. a railroad president. who hung his meat bigh up in a wearhnouse in the town where he lived to dry. and it kept perfectly without any further care or attention. Meat prepared as ibove will keep sweet and perfect indefinitel-y and will not become rancid, not even on' -the outside. fatty, parts. Pope's Appeal. IWAsHINGTON. Jan. 22.-Senator Butler, laid before the Senate today the petition of Mr. Sampson-Pope, late candidate for Governor of South Car olina on the Democratic ticket. Tho pettion is in the handwriting of Mr. Pope. is addressed to the Senate and mnaikes some 'very plain statements re lative to the coduct of the election. It savs: ~The undersigned respectfully rep r'esents that he is a citizen of the State of South Carolina. and that at the elec tion held in that State on November 6. 1894. he was a candidate- for the office of Gox-ernor, and was, as he believes, defraude a4't said election to 'such an extent. ' to deprive him of said oflce; tha 'o'embe'rs of the General Assembly wer elected at the same election, who have . rcnly elected B. R. Tilan a Unite States Senator: that thousands of voi rs we re prevented from casting thir ~lots at Sa:id election by reason of f4. andI intimidatein:that thousand of' bIi t s werei~ throjwn out or~ destroyed andin an instances other ballots v-ere su -stitiuted for the~m by managers and( other persons: that the constitu tion of the United States and of the Sta te- of South Carolina and the laws pa.sed pursuant .thereto were utterly dsagardxed: that these fr-auds were (0onnnitte.d under the direction of Ben janmin R. Tilln'an. then Governor of said Statie. and of Hon. J. L. M. Irby, chairman of the State executive com mittee. who is a mremiber of your hon orable body. "WiVlre'fore. yoiur petitioner prays that al comi)ilttee may~. be appointed by voor ho4rdale' 1ody ch?arged. with ex amiinga~ int) the condtuct (of said elec tioni. wthi ud-:-er th en for persons and paper. an ntecoining in of the report orsi commirttee, that such aciio be' t a in the premises as the repoItwl jus'v.tify. I ga.- n4 Ohio. %.m:- ( )ur: . .in. 24.-T wo well de ined1 m~ uinmis<takable cases of lep roa. bare b4n discov ered within a fe i miles o/ %:usvl.\ .The victims are~ daurhters of 'des Garer. the wi dov:4. ~ of Co G':wey an ex-soldier. yhe a'i.' hbe usualliy spoken -f as scrt-fula . A*ew monlths ag'o the father' of the 'children died and thie widolw appied4. for a wliow's peusion ad also-fo ani aillowance for her in vaid hi*r-n. In this way the suf evcrr: brengt before the p)ublic through Ii 44 th .nceary prelimnimiry miedica eixam'z'int~i T1hi eldest dag to e 'igh' :.""ars old iras exam ie(d by th new Le4xington board of pes'en examn-ing' surgeons and sh)' ir. 'fte it was rumored that she was h-er.Shehasbeen a sufferer for *i ven-ear .An inv.estigation uete.2mnpletedconf)irmI" s thedistressing reports.. In the case of the elder dauine~1xr. hands and feet have dried up anid dIropped. oif. the bones of the nosr have been ddistroyed and .partssof the upper and lower jaw bones have oumie a way. Alt sense of feeling- has pased away,. and arms -and legs are frghitfully~ 'swollen and discolored. The general -health has - continued good. The Victlim has no :hope of comfort except in deatht and 'ean talk b)ut little. The y'ounger .child .is six ears old and the disease is now con ined to her fingers and toes. but is go ing on with tihe same certainty as in