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: - . . 7i^? ' " ' ?~?v T<S9 j vou XLy ~~ WINNSBORO, S. C , WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1888. NO. 17. || HOW THE DEVIL TRAVELS. | BEV. T. DEWIT TALMAGE'S SUNDAY L MOKXTXG DISCOCKSE. R His Satanic Majesty Marches to His Vic tims' Souls Through Avarice, Thflt, Bp- Forgery, Jealousy, Murder, Arson, Adultery and Every Other Crime. ^ At the Tabernacle on Sunday morning the Kev. T. DeWitt Taimage, D. D. took for the subject of his sermon: "Satan on his Travels." His test was, Job i., 7: "And the Lard said unto Satan: Wence comest thou? Then Satan I answered the Lord and said: From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it." "In my test," said Dr. Taimage, "we haw, Satan on his travels, and I am t going to tell you some of the routes he is apt to take. Oil his way down from the palace where he reported himself in answer to the question: 'Whence comest thou?' the first range of mischief he may be expected to take is the air. It was not a witticism or a slip of the pen when Paul in his letter to the Ephesians called Satan the 'i'rince of the Power of the Air.' I think that it means that Satan works through conditions of the atmosphere. The west wind is full of angels, i the east wind is full of devils. Satan spreads abroad his black wings and hurf ricanes andjeuroclydons and Carribean whirlwinds and equinoctials are hatched out. He takes the miasmas that float up from swamps and hatches them into tj, phoid fevers. He takts the cold blasts Land hatches them into pneumonia and rheumatisms and consumptions. "Not only has he power in the upper highest clouds float, but power over the lower air which we wokiio at as we breathe nineteen Lfl Ct?w*vj times a mute and take in 350 cabic feet of air a every twenty-four hours, and much ? thif air affects the arterial circulation/ou see what opportunities the Prince-" the Air has of contaminating and (foiling and demoralizing a ^ man. Thagh atmospheric influence he clouds/* disposition and rasps the nerves ac'covers the best of people with reli)us despondency, as in the Hiward Payson and William H m that beloved apostle of B BfeJames W. Alexander. His is to have the air of I feted, and inthat way dulls 1 and stupifies the people, that the atmosphere of not Be out of a hu ndred churches athe, and whole coogregaRh after Sabbath, are as Yes, he is worthy of the Pgave him?'Prince of the I Air.' I route he is apt to take is Saestic life. There is no Jt for him than conjugal H>) says to the husband: L wife you have compared b once was. Don't you see n: has gone out of her cheek, e several wrinkles about her a sprinkling of frost on her ides that, you have advanced jk^^tilffsiie iSTstood still Bbw hard it is that you BR to such dullness ?>nd Hen he turus and says to Knan neglects you; you Be jealous. He likes his IBLuu and anything and Hp than you. Why not Marriage is only a civil B?> and not a divine alliBhave that ring. It means Bou might as -well give it Bring is handed over to Bosses it into the yawning B^honsands ot marriage reBed almost to the breaking, Hind to all men and women Bess in the present marriage Bhey resume the old time njpd take as much pains to Belves agreeable as they did Bor twenty years ago, before Bg march announced to the Bl fluttering crowd that the Broom were coming. AccordBiatistics of Professor Dikes, Bar in moral New Hampshire BSe 241 divorces; in tempeiate BS divorces; in good old Massa-* K 600 divorces, and in New EngF'steady habits,' 2,113. In one fof Illinois 830 divorce suits were in one year, and in many places * > . n t HB|BBjUU|kis as II new arrangement nau ueen fi?of the commandments, and instead hr there were only nine, the seventh H Hnandment having been left out. Hen yon 6ee how many husbands and pes are parted by law, and know of so 8j Kny who would like to dissolve conjuHal partnership, do you not come to the onclusion that Satan is engaged in HHH*ighty industries? Wf "Another route that Satan is apt to H^'cake ic Lit, active travels is the 1'actorieB 5 W ant^ other establishments where capital V sits in the office or counting room and a tm good many hands of laborers are bus? Hy among wheels and spindles and fabrics. Wr On this visit he will first step into the manufacturer's office and finding the p owner and proprietor of the great establishment all alone with his correspondence and his account books, says to him: KBT?~*5?u are not making as mnch money as you onght. You furnish all the brains. "Were u not for your enterprise this caff tablishment would not be in existence. These men and women in your employ are very common mold. Their appetite is coarser and they do not need the luxBt uries you require. Their comfort and happiness are of very little importance. Put them down on the very verge of starvation and take all the profits into your own possession, and 11 tney ao noc like it tell them to go where they can do better.' "Having done his work in the counting-room, Satan steps right out among the. workmen. He says: 'You work too IgSfi^SMSgxhonrs and you do your work better H ^fj?? k? be done. You are M HLttvin^PS&Jtafi!. bond-holder, anyhow. H BESa-jias no right to have any more than B W?* ^"^y sS&nld he ride and you H Kw&lk? Why should he have tenderloin H flfrfeakand you salt pork? Captial u the jflBacmy of labor. ?et labor be the sworn H Roe 01 capital Why don't you strike | Hgd bring birr to terms? Wait until he ?f*8 ?large order to fill by contract, and he cannot help himself. Go all j together, without a moment's warning, and tell him you are going to stop. 1 f 'irt --winore rosocrtr-es tbau yon know oi Persists in going on and cettin* now men, give them a volley of briokBbats or put a little dynamite in his oflice j OSS ^low him and his factory all up with rtttio wuw ci.piOU.OH.' . , "Look out there oil the night sky J Great fire somewhere. "What is it? The night is cold and Satan has made a big bonfire of that factory to warm himseix by. The capitalist has lost heavily and Hie "workmen and their families are without bread and clothing. 'Whence fcomest thou, Satan?' 'From going to and fro among employers and employees, and walking up and down among them. Ha! hal I was the only one that made anything out ol that strike. "What a splen did fire and lots of smoke! Ha! ha! I like smoke!' "Another route Satan is apt to take in Ms active travels is through the mercantile establishments. He steps in and says to the clerks: 'How much salary do you get? Is that ail? Why, you can't live on that! You have a right to enough for a livelihood. A few quarters out of the money drawer will never be missed, or here and there is a remnant of goods you could take home without beiDg found out. Or you could change those account books a little, and you could make that fignr-" eight a naught and that figure five a three, and if you do not feel exactly right about doing that you can some day pay it back, which you can do perfectly easy. Don't feel Jike running the risk? Well, then, you can't go to the theatre, and you can't go on that round with the boys, and you will have to wear that plain coat, whereas 13 i ?* I you coma, nave yutut uvcitvjm jiu..i.iuou, and take board at a tip-top place, and walk amid plosli and tapestries positively Oriental. While you are making np your mind I will just go through the different parts of this great commercial establishment and try every one, from the wealthy firm down to the errand boy?.' "The result of that Satantic visit is that one of the partners has drawn so much out of the concern that the whole business is crippled, and a bright and promising boy is sens home to his mother in disgrace and a young man is in jail for embezzlement. Three lives ruined and three eternities. Whence comesfc thou, Satan? Satan would rather have one young man than twenty old ones, if he won the septuagenarians and the octogenarians he coaki do but | little harm with them. But he says: Give me a young man, especially if he be bright and generous and social.' He sees that the young men have for good or bad been the mightiest in this world. Hernando Cortes conquered Mexico at 32. Gustavus Adolphns became immortal in history so early that he died at 38. Kaphael, the most famous of painters, died! at 37. William Pitt was Prime Minister of England at 24. Jesus Christ completed his earthly life at 33. Five years in a young man's life are of more ru^nray -f/vr rrnnr) or <vuil than t.hfl last, fifteen of an old man's life. So Satan is especially greedy for young men, and in going to and fro in the earth ha has especial temptation for them. "Another route that Satan on his active travels is apt to take is for the dispoiling of the people's souls. It does rot pay him merely to destroy the bodies of men and women. Those bodies would soon be gone anyhow; but great treasures arc involved in this Satanic excursion. On this route he meets a man who is aroused by something he has seen in the Bible, and Satan says: 4Now I can settle all that. The Bible is an imposition. It has been deluding f.ne world for centuries. Do not let it delude you. It has no more authority than the Koran of the Mohammedan or the Shasfcei1 of the Hindoo, ortheZenuaVesta of the Persian 1' He meets another man who is hastening toward the kingdom of God and sas: 'Why all this precipitation? Religion is right, but any -time within the next ten years will be sooh enough for you. A man with a sfconfc chest like touts and such muscular development, need not be bothering himself about the next world.' But Satan says nothing to him about the fact that the professor who gave his whole life to the study of health and could lift m&re pounds than any American, died at about 40, and that another learned man who proved conclusively that if we observed all the laws of health we need never die, jexpired beforG he got his book on that subject published. "Satan meets another man who has gone through a long course of profligacy and is beginning to pray God for forgiveness, and Satan says to the man: 'You are too late; the Lord will not help such a wretch as yon, you might as well brav * up and light your own way through.' And so with a spite and an acuteness and a velocity that have been gaining for 6,000 years, he ranges up and down baling, disappointing, d<sfeating4 afflicting, destroying the.human race. He has instigated every war. He has rejoiced in every pestilence. He hafe started every groan. He has pressed out every sigh. He bas bulled every ship wreck. Lararettoes, insane asylum*, commercial panics, plagues, destroying angels, continental earthquakes, and world wide disasters are to him a perfect glee. Can you look upon the Communism and the Mormonism, and the Mohammedanism, and the wide sweep of drunkenness and fraud and libertinism, the Franco-German War and Crimean War, the North and South United States War, and rivers of blood flowing across continents of misery into oceans of wretchedness,without realizing the power of the evil one, who reported to the Lord Almighty, and when asked: Whence comest thon? answered: 'From going to and fro in the earth and from going up and down * Ji. 5 Ill It. "Remember, it is do sin at all to be tempted. The best and the mightiest ha j be tempted. Milton describes a toad qaat at the ear of Eve. The sin is in surrendering-. Do not feel so secure in yourself as to think you cannot be overthrown. How do you account for the fact that thero are so many old men in Sing Sing "and Auburn and the other penitentiaries serving out their protracted sentences for frauds committed in midlife or advanced age?, although their early life had been good, and nothing had been suspected of them until at 50 or GO years of age the whole land was struck dumb at their forgery or embezzlement. The clock in the steeple of old Trinity Church striking the hours did not remind the recreant j Wall-streeter of the passage of time that I would soon bring exposure to and doom. xne explanation is mat itiepniatopiieies, Apollyon, Satan got in his work at that time. The man was not naturally bad. He was as good as any of you are, but Satan, with whole battalions of infernals, swooped upon him unawares. Look oul for the wiles of the devil, not only those of you who are young, but the middle-aged and the old. Outside of God yon sre not safe a moment. But yield not to disheartenment. If we put our trust in God our best u'ays are yet to come? days of victory, days of song, days of Heaven, and the best days of the cause of righteousness in all the earth are yet to come. As the ten thousand men of Zencphon's army when bev (r'tm-'3 to the top o: Slouiit Thcchrs ? . .! 1 -i i IS'VkV lilt? M'UtlJ-iS v?n >v Uivii iiivj >*civ lo saii to their homes, the soldiers with clapping hands and waving banners all together shouted: 'The sea, the sea!' So we to-day in oar march toward our heavenly home como up to the top of the mountain of holy anticipation and look off upon oceans of light, and cc.-ans of joy; and, thrilled as we never bave been thrilled before, we clap our hands and wave our gospel ensigns, and cry one to another, and shout up to the responding and re echoing heavens: 'The sea, the sea!'" Line written on a buttonless shirt: "Insatiate starcher, would not one suffice!" THE FARMERS* ASSOCIATION. Annual Meeting in Columbia?The President's Address- The Legislature Requested to Accept the Clemson Bequest-- Other Matters. (Columbia Record, Nov. 15.) The Farmers' Association of South Caro linn met in Agricultural Uall last night, President D. K I\ orris ia the chair. He addressed the Association, setting forth the present aims and objects of the organization, more especially with reference to the Ciemson bequest. On this subject Mr. 2\ orris said: "The munificent bequest of Mr. Clemson has eliminated the plea of poverty from the list of objections to the establishment rtF .,n ?orric-!iimr!il ffl]Tlie flllld aC VJ. O cruiog to the Slate upon its acceptance of that bequest was, in the opinion of gentlemen learned in the law, available for the erection of the necessary buildings. "The property is magnificent, and the funds given by Congress for the advancement or agriculture in this State should be given to its support and diverted from the maintenance of a system at once unpopular and unprofitable. More than this, the Stute should coyer every doliar bequeathed by Mr. Ciemson for the education of the sons of its sturdy yeomen. It has been said that the State should not accept the bequest because it could not control the management of the college "when erected. "The fallacy of this statement was obvious. Mr. Ciemsou's executor was instructed to deed the propeily to the State, not to tne seven tiustees. Should the State accept the bequest in the time specified it will pass into the ownership and absolute contiol of the State; his seven trus tees, like the six chosen by the Legislature, will be in the hands of tne State, and cun do nothing without the consent of the I /.^'olotnro ' Whether the Clemson bequest is accepted or not, you should stand by your demand for a separate college, and the funds, not being spent, should be husbanded and allowed to accumulate until such time as the courts will pass upon this bequest or the Legislature litis acceded to the ciemands of the people for an agricultural college. Until we have this college for the education of the masses, and until a more economical administration sof State affairs is entered on, the Farmers' Association of South Carolina cannot, will not, must not die " The next business in order was the election of officers. After several withdrawals, Capt. G. W. Shell, of Laurens, was unanimously elected president. Capt. Shell had himself declined to run against Col. Donaldson, of Greenville, who in turn would not oppose Captain Shell. The followiDg-named gentlemen were elected vice presidents: M. L. Donaldson, of Greenville; G. Leaphart, of Lexington, 1 and J. iS". King, of Abbeville. A number of resolutions were offered and referred to the committee on resolu- 1 tions, who reported favorably upon the following, which were adopted. By J. C. Sttibbling, of Oconee: Whereas the Hon. Thomas G. Clemson, rliii hv his last, will and testament (locate to the State of South Carolina a large property for tlie purpose of establish- , iug an agricultural college at Fort Hill in said Stale; and whereas we, the farmers of South Carolina, feel the need of agricultural education and very much desire the said college to be established; be it, there1'oie, Kesolved, That the Legisluture be urgently requested to pass a joiut resolution i at its?ensuing session to the effect that the 1 State will acctpt the Clemsou bequest i whenever the will shall have been established. i A resolution was adopted commending certain newspapers [uames not given] that ; had worked in the interest of the agricul- j tural movement to the members of me organization for their preference and support. Mr. 15. O. Duncau offered a resolution that this Convention suggest to ihe next 1 Legislature tLie names ot nve gentlemen to till the vacancies about to occur ou the Board ot Agriculture, which was adopted and a committee appointed, who presented the following names: For the First Circuit, W. T. C. Bates, of Orangeburg; Third Circuit, J. E. Tiruiall.of Clarendon; Fifth Circuit, iJ. it Tillman, of Edgefield; Seventh Circuit, J. A. Siigh, of Newberry; State at large, D. Iv. Norris. of Anderson. The following resolutions by Mr. Norris were unfavorably reported by the commit tee, but adopted by the Convention: "Th;d the President of this Convention do appoint two of its members, who shall forthwitti visit the Agricultural College of Mississippi, located at Clarksville in that State, and investigate thoroughly aud impartially the workings of said institution. "That for the information of the people of this State said committee shall make, through a leading paper iu each of the cities of Charleston, Columbia and Greenville, a report upon the success or failure of said institution, according to the conclusions they shall have reached from observation. "That the two members at large of the State Board of Agriculture are hereby in vited to j-'ia with the two members of this : Convention in making the investigation, ; and report as herein provided for." J The Ciiuir appointed as such committee * D. K. Norris, of Anderson, and J. E. Tindal, of Clarendon. t A resolution by Mr. B. Odell Duncan, < demanding the acceptance of the Clemson ; bequest by the Legislature and diverting ( the land scrip fund and exjKjrimcatal sta- ( tion fund from the State University, was i reported unfavorably and the report was , adopted. , Dr. J. 0. Byrd, of Darlington, offered a < resolution calling a Constitutional Convention. It was unfavorably reported and finally laid on the table. A resolution urging and requesting tbe ( Legislature to so legislate as to secure a re- < duction of expenses in the State govern- ] ment was reported unfavorably and the f committee's report was sustained by the ( Convention. ? At 12 4o A. M. tbe Convention ad c > 5-- -1 journeu .vine uie, unci mg c-^ecutivti committee as follows: Abbeville, G. N. Nicholls; Anderson, D. K Norris; Aikeu, J. E. Ilawlinson; Chester, J. II. Hardin; Clarendon, J. E. Tindan; Darlington, J. O. Byrd; Edcefield, B. K. Tiilsnau; Fairfield, T. P. Mitchell; Kershaw, W. K. Thompson; Greenville, W. B. Buist; Lexington, J. M. Crine; Laurens, J. M. Hudgens; Pickens. W. T. Field; Newberry, Thompson Connor; Spartanburg, Moses Wood; Sumter, H. R. Thomas; Oconee, R. W. Shelor; Berkeley, J. B. Morrison; Marion, E. T. Stackhouse; Union, J. W. Gregory. riASOb AM) OltfcrAA'8. One thousand Pianos and Organs to close out by October 1. All Organs and Pianos sold at cash, price, payable November 1?no interest?delivered to vonr nearest depot. Fifteen days trial. Organs from $24 up; Pianos from S150 . np. Ail instruments warranted. Bend k-r circulars. Bay now and have the u.e of the instrument. Remember we < pay freight both ways if the instrument don't suit. Prices guaranteed less than New York. N. W. TRUMP, * Columbia, S. C. If Great Britiau and Russia ever get fighting, it will be another contest betwetn bull aud bear. The world is round. This is probably the reason so many people fail to get square witli it. Hatters report the sale of silk hats far in | excess of that of last season. More young 1 men are wearing silk hats than ever before. THE LAST REMNANT. F5rt?>(*n Full Grown Dinon and Seven Calve* Corralled by Texas Cowboys. C. J. Jones, of Garden City, Kan., better known throughout the southwest as "Buffalo" Jones, who started with a party of seven last April to capture alive llie only remaining herd of buffalo on the plains of Texas, has succeasfullv accomplished his purpose, and the shaggy haired captives are now made acquainted with civilization and the comforts of a well kept ranch a few miles from Garden City. In starting out to capture the animals Mr. Jones calculated that he would lind about one hundred animals roaming over the plains between tne norm ana south forks of the Canadian river, but he found upon arrival there that the number had been greatly overestimated. There were hardly two score all told, and these so scattered that it was with the greatest difficulty that he and his party of experienced hunters corralled and saved from destruction the small herd. The story of the hunt and the manner of capturing them has been told from time to time by dispatches brought by the carrier pigeons sent with the party. A total of fifteen old buffaloes and seven calves were secured and have been carefully watched by Lee Howard and others of the party, while awaiting the arrival of the tame herd owned by Mr. Jone3, which was used as the guide for the wild animals in the trip north. Mr. Jones shipped from his ranch thirty-two domesticated buffaloes and upon arriving at the spot where the wild ones were corralled the latter were turned loose among the tame ones. They speedily fraternized, and after a few days the journey to Garden City was begun. The combined herd were driven by cowboys and dogs, as the common Texas steer is, and the whole lot safely ranched on Mr. Jones' place. This ranch is on one of the finest grazing sections in southwest Kansas, covering 1,500 acres, well wooded and watered, with abundant ranges on every side. The 200 head of cattle and sixtyone buffaloes on this ranch in winter and summer roam over the surrounding plains. This is where Mr. Jones and his colleagues, for he will organize a stock company for the breeding of his buffalrcattle, intend to go into an enterpris. that eventually will revolutionize th. breeding of range cattle. The domestic cow crosses with the buffalo bull admirably and the product is a large, hardy and superb meat giving animal, requiring comparatively little care, living' almost entirely on the range, and strong enough in the cliaracteristics of the wild animal to withstand the storms of winter. The domestic cattle, when a blizzard comes, turn their backs to it and soon become exhausted. The buffalo cross breeds face the storm and come out of it as well as ever. They need less attention, grow fat and thrive on the ranges that the domestic cattle desert, and altogether present a field of enterprise that offers large profit. The meat is firm and juicy, and the average weight of the dressed carcass is over 1,200 pounds. The price in any market is double that of the best ordinary beef. The hide of the cross breed is also a val uable article. It is a thick, siuooth skin, with the soft hair of the buffalo covering it evenly, and can be readily sold for $50 each. Mr. Jones discovered near "Winnipeg a similar ranch, owned by S. L. Bedson, warden of the penitentiary, but it is not being run on so large a scale. This ranch is situated about sixty miles southeast from Winnipeg, and on a recent visit Mr. Jones found that the greatest success was being had by Mr. Bedson in sross breeding. He has no hesitation in pronouncing the half and three-quarter breed cattle the best in the world for range purposes. On the Bedson ranch the buffalo cross cattle live entirely on the prairie grasses, summer and winter, pawing up the roots in winter and needing no care. Mr. Bedson is not making tnuoh effort as yet to market his stock, lml is getting only eighteen cents a pound for such as he kills for market, Imt the hides bring him $30 each for robes. He has only twenty-five head if the half breeds, but will have many more next year. Mr. Jones offered hi3 rival in t!he business no less than $500 ipiece for the twenty-five head, $12,500 n all, but the offer was refused with a augh. Evidently Mr. Bedson knows he las a good thing. He even refused to put a price on tbern. On the (Jarden City ranch there will -\e\ Ana s\F CXn 11 /\rx*att ;o\v6, a sturdy breed, which, with the juffalo cross, produce the new cattle, and .he day is not far distant when the epicures in all American citi^ will be able ;o indulge in the luxury of a table meat ;liat combines the nutritive qualities of a juicy buffalo steak with the firmness and tenderness of the best stall fed ox. While in the north, Mr. Jones heard ,hat a few miles out of Emerson, Manitoba, there were some moose deer and he it once made arrangements to try, and capture a young one to add to his stock )f wild animals, and in his endeavor he ;vas entirely successful, bringing back pvith him a male moose calf about six s-eeks old, which he will place oil the harden City ranch.?Chicago Times. Smith to Contest. S. E. Smith, the colored candidate for Congress who opposed Mr. Tillman in the second District, will contest his seat in the fiftieth Congress. Smith's main grounds or contest will be based on the operations >f our registration laws, which he claims ire operated in such a manner as to practically disfranchise the great majority of nerro voters. Many turned out, be says, who lad no registration certificates, and for the ;ame reason others stayed at home having xien told that it was no use to go to the villa, Smith also claims that man? of his cotes were thrown out by the managers menus'; deposited in the wrong box. He said the Democratic constable, who was alowed to be inside with the managers, svould instrut Democratic voters who could lot read, so that they always got their balots in the right box. We asked Smith was not his main reliance of contest|on the fact that he the ught he colored voters were in a majority in his district, and that fact alone should en,itle him to his seat? He said that had some weight, but he objected to confining his constituency to ,he colored, claiming that the Republicans peere in a majority, and that if they all ;ould have voted he would have had a majority.?Aiken Recorder. Kumortt of a Terrible Railroad Accident. Gkeenville. Nov. 12.?The North Carolina. Air Line train, due here at 1.51 P. M. did not arrive on time, and the depot officials have been notified that the train has been abandoned on accouut of a wreck between Toccoa and Tugaloo River trestle. Particulars of the accident are unauthenticated here, but it is learned reliably that the train was thrown from the 1 ? ?.J on/^ irac& auu nuciwaiua m*, uuu burned up. Horrible possibilities are suggested. but reports are conflicting as to whether there was any loss of life or not. The Mother's Friend, used a few weeks before confinement, lessens the pain and makes labor quick and comparatively easy. Sold by all druggists. TO EUROPE IN A BALLOON. PROF. KING WILL TRY THE VOYAGE IF FUNDS ARE RAISED. He Believes It Pognible, and Explains His Theory?How He Will Overcome the Dangers Attending the Experiment. (Philadelphia 1 inn s. Ncv. 14.) Prof. Samuel A. King, the well-known aeidnat, has expressed his willingness to attempt a voyage across the ocean in a balloon. provided the necessary funds are raided. Prof. King has nude 294 succefsful voyages since 18;">1 and feels confident that he can cross to Europe. In speaking of ihe project, Prof. King said yesterday: "My prime reason fur wishing to attempt this trip across the ocean is to demonstrate the usefulness of the balloon. The balloon has been misunderstood from the first. Instead of being intended for serial navigation, it is really an immense meteorological instrument by which we shall be enabled to lr-vo all ihat cau be learned of the atmostAore. Besides that, it is probably the one means of reaching the. inaccessible p?trts of the earth at some future period after the full development of its powers. We have had any quantity of experience in ballooning in a small way, and the main thing which has kept it alive is the gratification the public has experienced in witnessing ascensions. View inn the mailer from my standpoint, something more should be done, something- more should be dene. somethiug on a grander scale, nnd that wmeu lies nearest wziuin reucii teems 10 ue an occan voyage. pkofessoh ring's theory. "I think the voyage can be successfully accomplished Professor Wise said that he thought the trip could be made in three or four days, and gave as his reason Ibe theory th?t three miles above Hie water there were two constant, rapid currents of air, one going west and one going cast. His plan w as to get in the east current and then the only difficulty would be to keep the balloon in ihe air a suflicieut length of time, Now, there is nothing to support this theory and I do not base my offer upon it. The general direction of the wind on the f ceun is east and I feel confident that the lalloon would reach it final destination when once started on its way ar:d for a certainty it would not again come in view of the American coast. ' This ocean voyage will require more than ordinary skill and judgmeut and a balloon of large proportions fitted up with unusual appliances. It will have to be capable of lloating in she air a number of weeks. It will start upon an errand the true nature of which we have previous practical knowledge. We would probably encounter storm the iliec: of which we can only imagine. We would have constant waste of water benc-aili us into which we may be driven by unforeseen circumstan ces. "We may be blowu north or south out of our course and so l?e delayed in reaching our destination. But not withstanding ali this I think it can be saftly accomplish ed, and that the accomplishment of this feat will be fruitful o' discoveries of the greatest value to scir.nce as related to meteorology. THE SUM NEEDED. "It lias been suggested that the North Pole might be reached by balloon. This may become eyident when once the ocean is crossed, and may possibly follow, but ur.-.i'?omething of this nature has happened thei* is no hope of any sane person attempting to find the North Pole by this means. "From $13,000 to $14,000 will be necessary to defrav the exoensea of an ocean voyage. If it is asked what are we to learn by the voyage it may be difficult to answer. It will probably demonstrate the movement of storms across llie ocean, the general drift of the atmosphere, as well as a vast amount of meteorolgical phenomena to be gathered in no other way. The United States Signal Service Bureau would take great interest in such a voyage, and would be represented by one or more observers. The principal obstacle to be overcome in startiug out on such a voyage is the great expense which must necessarily be incurred in procuring the most perfect outfl: that prudence could suggest. But this might be overcome when once the possibility and benefit accruing is brought hefore those possessing sufficient means to insure success. An effort will be made to raise funds necessary and if it is successful preparations will be begun at once. PROVIDING FOR EMERGENCIES. "No balloon has hitherto been kept afloat twenty-four consecutive .hours, except Gilford's great captive balloon, which was kept in the air while the Paris Expo silion lasted. This was because the balloon was not allowed to rise to a great altitude but was kept up at one height all the time. The great waste of gas in ordinary ballooninc/ it- rtonca^ Kir ATnonoiAn Jxc ^aucgu i?jr iut u\|;ououui nuiV/U ivr lows a rise to a great altitude, thus forcing the gas out of the opeu neck. Now I propose to adopt the system used by Gifford, that of keeping at certain altitude. I will fctay down in the lower atmosphere, about two thousand feet high. This will be accomplished by a drag rope or a similar contrivance, and I propose to lose nothing by wastage. "Another advantage we have in the ocean balloon is that we can use heavy material for the envelope, thus reducing the loss by percolation to a minimum. In ordinary ballooning it is considered preferable to use lighter material and suffer the loss by percolation. To make the voyage, >1 balloon witn capacity or about oW.uuu cubic feet wiil be necessary. It will be filled with pure hydrogen gas, the lightest known. "Under all circumstances wc would be provided for emergencies. If we should happen to be swamped we would have appliances which would render us capable of rising again. If we were compelled to leave the balloon we would always have something that would float, so that in case failure did come it need not ntcessarily be followed by loss of life." Lost and Found. On Saturday afternoon about 2 o'clock a two year old child of Mr. J. 3L. Dickenson, who lives near Buford's Bridge went out to play. About a hfllf hour later it was missed and the immediate vicinity of the house was searched and the wells were raked but without success. The neighborhood was aroused and everybody joined in : J rnu* vusit a wiuci i. iiv Xiigut Uicn kju and suspense and aniexty grew greater as the unsuccessful hunt went on. Some time after dark a horn was heard and soon after a colored man rode up In hot haste, bringing the little wanderer with him. His wife had heard its cries iu their yard, a mile from Mr. Dickenson's, went out and brought it to the light and fire. It bud strayed through dense woods and thick briars all that distance, and was badly scratched and torn by its travel. When found it was quite numb with cold. Perhaps some guardian angel led its steps to the humble house where it found help, and so saved its young life.?Barnwell People. The world may be searched from pole to pole and no remedy found equal to B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm) for the nnwA A ? rvAlf Atl T 4" 1 ? O mtVl Zl.'l T7 c-11 rc Ui uiuuu yviouu. o.i> ?o a xowtuj founded on scientific medical knowledge, and its reputation as a curative established by such true and unsolicited testimony as are found in our columns from to time. Custodier (to head waiter)?Here, sir, this clumsy fellow has spilled over half of my cup of tea down my back. Head waiter (to clumsy waiter, sternly)?BriDg this i gentleman a full cup of tea instantly. OLD BILL H1NDSLEY. A. Tennosseean Who Couldn't Tell the Truth If He Wanted To. A horseback traveler, in Tennessee, approached an old fellow who sat on a log, near Richland Station, and asked him if he had lived long in that neighborhood. The old fellow scratched his grizzly beard, looked about him, whistled softly and then said: "I lived here when Andrew Jackson msuifl his famnna StAta Rank snAArh. standing right out there on that stump." "You don't say so!1' "Yes, I do." "What is your name?" "Those who know me best and who consequently respect me most, refer to me as Hon. William' Hindsley, but the more ignorant, and consequently more familar, call me old Bill." "Very productive land about'hera, I suppose?" the stranger said. "So do L" "Good place for watermelons?" "Tolerable. I raised a few last year that were putty good size. I know a passul of us took one, ripped it in two with old Unclc Jim McLaughlin's crosscut saw, hulled out the meat, and got in the shell and paddled across the high water." "You don't say so!" "Yes, I do." "Good place for corn?" "Only tolerable. I raised some last year, though, that was putty good , size. Passul of tis1 one day shelled one of the ears, put the cob on Wat , Goosetree's wagon and hauled it to a , saw-mill." "What for?" ' i ?TY> havp it finwai? intn InmhAr.1' 4 'You don't?" . 'Yes, I do," Mr. Hindsley broke in. "That's a pretty big stump out there," said the stranger. "Yes, pretty good size." "Was the tree very tall?" "About two hundred feet." "You?" "Yes, I do." "How long has it been cut down?' "I cut it down last spiing was a year ago." "Thought you said that Andrew Jackson stood on that stump." "Oh, no; I said he leaned against the tree." "Yes, I remember now. Timber grows very rapidly in this country, doesn't it?" "Yes, pretty peart I neglected chopping down some black oak sprouts in my field one day, and the next morning we chopped down several of them and eplit them into rails." "Woll ?h*i>. is rpmn.rtfl.hlfi. "Nmr. that great tree that was so tall, how long was that growing?" "Well, I tell you. It came up sum- ' mer before last and was grown by the next May." "I thought you said that Andrew ' Jackson leaned against that tree." "Oh, no; I said ho used to own the 1 land where the tree grew." The stranger rode away, and meet- j ing a man shortly afterward, asked j him if he knew Hon. William Hindsley. \ "Yes, I know old BilL" "Know him pretty well?" "Yes, well enough to know that out here at the station if a man repeats ( any thing that old Bill says, w'y, we J fine him a bushel of meal." "Srmnnsn tVift mrm rftfiisos ' to pay it?" * "He can't help himself, for the mat- E ter has been decided by the Supreme c Couru A fellow named Ben Hardin ( contested the case, and it broke him 1 up."?Arkansas Traveler. HOTELS IN JAVA. ? f On$ of Mrs. Forbes* Experiences In the I / Eastern Archipelago. Hotels here are all similar in plan, r a quadrangle. The front block is the reception hall, fronted by a veranda. The veranda is faced with marble, ? a a-4 n a. n ana aispuseu 111 iu arc uumcruus suiudi ? tables, chairs and lounges. Passing from the veranda through the reception hall you will find the dining room fi extended back into the square. It is r simply roofed, and flowers in pots and ? pendant creepers fill the open sides. 1 The bedrooms open into the court-yard, ^ formed by the remaining three sides f of the square, having each a veranda 3 furnished with a table and a lounging * chair, making, as it were, a parlor for fi the occupant of the bedroom behind. * As I returned (from the bath) at every 1 cottage door sat the occupants, the \ gentlemen lying back in their chairs, c with their bare feet extended over the ' long ledges. Ladies sat by them and 7 below, and "boys" hurried hither and 1 thither. The sarong and kabia form 2 the native dress, adopted by the Euro- ' pean ladies ior comiort ana conveni- * ence In the climate, and worn by them s as sleeping attire, as also during the *= day in a richer form. Imagine a piece ^ of calico two yards long cut from a * web. Sew together the raw edges, and you have a petticoat without band ^ or hem. Imagine it covered with s floral patterns or curious deviccs of [ crawling creatures, or having a village c with houses and scenes of daily life de- * pioted on it, and you see a sarong, or c skirt. Put this over your head, draw 1 all the fullness In front, and form of ; thin a large plait; put round your waist * to hold it a cord with a rich tassel de- * pending, or a gay silk sash. Then put * on a dressing jacket of fine lawn, trim- e med with lace; loosen your hair and * let it fall down your DacK; sup your * stockingless feet into Indian-looking: * pantoffles, with gilt or silver embroid- ^ ery. Take now a fan in your hand and * promenade before your mirror.?J?z~ t periences in the Eastern Archipelago by I Mrs. Forbes. , < A doctor in an Ohio town, who lives on a street leadiDg to the cemetery, has a re- 8 versible sign. Usually the sign presents < his name and office hours; but when a funeral passes he turns it over, and then the ) following legend is displayed: "Not my * patient; I cure all who follow my direc- 1 tions." Tommy?My father is a church mem- i I T/\k Cia T)nf 1 UCI. O \JU.UUJ UW W liUJJC. JLULULLIJ Ltlit I my father says your papa ain't 'cos he 1 don't never come to church, nor put noth- 1 in'in the collection box. Johnny (brave- < ly)?Well, my, papa is an honorary mem- i ber, and honorary members don't chip in. The simplest question has more sides i than we can see. FOREIGN GOSSIP. ?On the spot where Louis II. of Ba>*ria is supposed to have sat with his physician, Dr. Gudden, just before taking the fatal leap into the Starnbergcr Lake, a column is erected bearing a perpetual light ?On public occasions the Governors, of the British provinces in Australia all appear in military uniform; yet not one of them is a professional soldier. This looks funny, even to a practiced eye, and the people of this country think it ridiculous. ?A telephone has been fitted up be tween the Hospice on the Great St. Bernard and the valley below, and the monks are now informed when travelers start to ascend the pass. If they do not appear within a proper time servants are sent to meet them. ?The gypsies claim to have descended from the ancient royalty of Egypt. An old gypsy named Rafael has asked the Emperor of Austria to invest jhjm with the dignity of King of the gypsies, because he can prove'his direct descent from King Pharaoh. ?A Spanish General of Barcelona has bequeathed a million francs to found a refuge for the orphan daughters of poor officers, a proviso being that each must be beautiful in face and form, "because the more lovely a woman is the more she is exposed to danger in this world." ?Bismarck's sleeping room in his country seat at Friederichsruhe is very Bimply furnished. The bed and chairs are of pine and entirely unadorned, and there is nothing about them beyond their unusual size to distinguish bhem from the beds and chairs found in the homes of the humblest German peasants. ?The most important source of insome of the oity of Paris is the octroi, Dr duties on comestibles, wine, etc., which amounted during the fiscal year snded to 187,000,000 francs. The city lerived nearly 19,000,000 francs from the gas works, 12,000,000 francs from the city water works, 8,000,000 francs torn the market halls, and 5,000,000 Fran as fr/vm nnhlift fionvevances. ?An extraordinary will was recently idmitted to probate in Pestb, in which :he testator, a physician named GoldDergar de Bdda, left his fortune?about i quarter of a million of florins?to acjumulate for the benefit of posterity, intil by the operation of compound interest, it shall be sufficient to relieve lestitution universally. And accordng to a calculation made by the testajOr his wishes may be carried out when tfie capital shall amount to the sum of ;wo hundred and nine millions of florins. ?From October 1,1878, to March 31, 1887, 12,500 neglected children were iaken charge of by the government in Prussia and placed in houses of refuge or with private families. During the period 1,600 were discharged and 2S5 lied, and the number was further reluced in various ways by 154, so that it the end of the time the government lad under its care 10,461 persons. The ;otal expenses incurred was 7,t>U0,U0U narks, nearly one-half being by the National Government, the remainder by the municipalities. ?The Prince of Wales became much snamored of the magnificent mustache worn by the coachmen of Hungary. )ne man in particular roused the adniration of His Royal Highness by the ierceness and grace of his hirsute , idorninents. On reaching Marlbor>ugh House the jehu saw that the joachmen, footmen, and, in fact, all he servants wore faoes devoid of hair. ( le at once sought a barber and had his , ace shaved clean. When the Prince < taw him again he was horrified. "I 1 mgaged you for your mustache and for lothing else," said His Highness. That 1 jvening the Hungarian set out for his rntive land. i A SURGICAL MARVEL 1 riie Marvelous Properties of Iodoform When Properly Applied. ' A startling advance in surgical ' icience has been made by Dr. Maxi nilian Klein, a German militarv sur [ eon. The particulars are given by i he professional journal Memorabilien. I man accidentally cut off his left jreat toe in the middle of the first 1 omt. The severed piece remained langing to the foot, but the connecting ikin was scarcely thicker than a hread. Dr. Klein sewed on the fragaent, dressed it with iodoform, and . lad the satisfaction, in twenty-two j lays, of finding the wound healed and he toe perfectly sound and flexible. ' Cncouraged by the unexpected result 1 n this case, Dr. Klein was induced to ipply the 6ame treatment again. ; V recruit, in order to disable 1 limself and so escape from military ervice, deliberately cut off his fore-fin- j fer with an axe at the second joint, ["he finger end was lost, and could not >e found until half an hour had ! ilapsed. It was then cold and blue. Nevertheless, Dr. Klein sewed it to the , tump and applied a bandage of iodo- j orm gauze. As early as the second I lay it was evident that circulation had )een partially re-established throughmt the finger, and in six weeks the , nan had not only left hospital, but ?as doing the very rifle drill which he lad hoped to shirk. The finger was, , n fact, as serviceable as it had ever , >een. These stories read almost like ] ixtracts from the exploits of Baroa klunchhausen. That they are chronl- , :led in Nemorabilien is, however, evi- | lence of their truth. English surgeon* I Till not be so unwilling to credit them is they would nave oeen in tne any8 i >efore the discovery of the marvelous i properties of iodoform.?SL James' TazetCc. "Wife?Why, John, what made you get l uch a little umbrella with so much han- < ile? Husband?That handle'ssolid silver 'Yes, but you can't put the handle up vhen itraiucj." "Well, I'd like to know : f I didn't put it up for live dollars during he last wet spell?" Ladies according to a London paper. : vill have to show that they are in fashioD dj just raising tne nem 01 rneir aress a in3e, for it has been decreed that they are to wear sandals. The sandals are to he worn Dver the boots, and are of calf, but still will Qot be higher than the instep. Bear's fur, and others of long, shaggy fleece, will be fashionable trimmings "for winter cloaks. HELD KESPONSIULK. Among the several theories advanced to Jvcnuut for the deieat of the Den)*.<cra!ic electoral ticket in New Yoik, while Mr. Hill, a Democrat, was handsomely elected Governor of the State, and Mr. Grant, a straightout Tammany Democrat, was elected Mayor of the metropolis, that of the Brooklyn Eagle is expounded in ierins which state the case most strongly. The following is the text of its' editorial comment: ^ There are poliucal facts which have ML aided to produce Piesideut Cleveland's de- XA. feat in bis own State. They are facts for which respansibiliiy d:;es not abi^e at the doors of the Eagle. It will be seen that Governor Hill's line words iu public, that -his supporters should prefer the national ticket to his personal fortunes, have betu . construed in a Pickwickian sense wbeie he runs ahead of the President. VVre hope his Excellency was misrepresented by his supporters when they made his apparently sincere words the sheaths in which they cased their knives, until they.hur;ed theui in the body of Cleveland. We are aware ^ that a partisan'ciunot be truthfully aiways " held responsible for The action of his fol- __ . lowers, and we trust that the Democracy of the United States, ia the inquest they are certain to conduct, will ascertain the facts before they ruth to unjust conclusions. An unhomogeneous association of national and State tickets was a misfortune which we deplored, as it involved a danger which we feared and which the result has confirmed. We are free to declare, however, and would be just in ia.) ing it, that the alternative to not renominating Mr. Hill-was a very serious one, so long as he was unwilling, for the sake of success, to take himself out of the field. Had the Administration machined the nomination ot another Democrat over him, interference wouid have been plausibly charged and ie sentmect would have been aroused. The right course would have been for liim to reiase a renomiuation, instead of effecting one with the implied obligation to see that thereby Mr. Cleveland cauae to rto harm and that the Executive of the Stare would build up no wall of bcnefirs for himself, founded on the slaughter and cemen ed by the blood of the President. The obligation has not been met. it is to be desire t that the Governor will be able to show that the fault is not his. Certain it is that, had be not insisted on a third period in the Gov- * ernotship, and had the nomination of a man been secured whose atmosphere and record would have conesponded witu. those of the President, and whose friends would not have been the President's enemies, the result might have beeu different. Another infelic ty was the quadrangular Mayoral contest ia New York city. Primarily the responsibility for that is due to the County Democracy, whose eff/iocinent as an organization, accompanied, in the io terest or uie puDiic nosiiii, wiui suoauie disinfectants, will not be an unbefitting consequence of the national defeat. To their blundering hand and available for tbeir gaoiiug purpose, tlie urbanization found the vanity, obstinacy and g&rruluy of Mr. Hewitt, with his unequalled capa city to make a good Mayor aod a fatal candidate. The figures will probably show that Mr. Cleveland was traded to defeat by the strugglers for the municipal fiesbpots over the river. Nor is the result in Kings county satisfying. Tne campaign committee did their best to overcome tne disgust at gang politics. The local candidates were iu part a surrender of the orcauized machine to the unorganized one, and in part a concession to public sentiment; but Vv the majority nas decreased Instead of iu- ~ ~~creased, and Cleveland, like Hancock, is made the victim of a management which, we trust, finds not too many tacks in its laurels 01 learner. The Agricultural and 3Ieclianieal Society. The annual meeting of the State Agricultural and Mechanical S-ociety was held last night. President Humbert delivered the welcoming address. Memorials on the life cf deceased members of the association were read and ordered spread on the minutes. Eulogies on the lives of Messrs. B. F. aDd J. VV. Williamson were prepared and read by Colonel J P. Thomas. Col. John S. Richardson prepared and read a eulogy on thy iife of the late Hon. D. Wvatt Aiken. Col. J. B Humbsrt and Col. T. W. Hoiloway were respectively re-elected President and Secretary, and the following were elected Vice Presidents: Major Leapharf, of Lexington, First Congressional District; Col. A. P. Butler, Second Congressional District; Col. B. F. Crayton. Third Congressional District; Mr. J. Wash. Watis, Fourth Congression?1 Districl; Major 3. H. Ma^sey, Fifth Congressional District; Col. E. R. Mclver, Sixth Congressional District; Mr. W. G. Hinson, Seventh Congressional District. The Executive Committee elected are: t a t\.? ? r n r> c; * i n lUCSSiS. O . O. JL/UUU, o. vy. JL . VJ&IUC, Xw4 1/. Childs, Columbia; E. L. Roche, A. T. Smythe, Charleston; T. 0. Sunders, Sumter; S. A. Gregg, Florence; I. S. Bamberg, Bam^rg; R.^A. Love. Chester; N. C. Elobertson, Winnsboro; T. J. Moore, Spartanburg; 0. P. Mills, Greenville; I). P. Duncan, Union; S. W. Vance, Laurens. The society tlieo adjourned sine die.? Columbia Record. Nov. 16. The Shapslioroters. The Sharpshooters of McGowan's Brigide assembled again last night aud effected i permanent organization with the following as officers: President, Maj. W. S. Dunlop; Vice President, Lieut. N. I. Hase]; Secretary, job a u. squier; treasurer, uarid Moore. The following were enrolled as member?: . -? Maj. W. S. Dunlop, Arkansas, commanding battalion; Lieut. N. I. Ilasel, Charleston; Sergeant David Moore, Columbia; S. VV. Ruff, Fairfield; Rufus Hurling, E.geEield; I. Dicks, Burnwell; Ilenry Bundrick, Fairfield; John C. Squier, Columbia; S. fhomas, Richland; Colonel A. C. Haskell, Columbia; O. F. Chappell, Bookman's; W. H. Biunson, Edgefield. Major Dunlop delivered an interesting recital of the war history of the brigade, ind a vote of thanks was tendered him therefor. After the meeting the members met at Branigan's, where they partook of an excellent supper.?Columbia Record, fly-ember 15. "What is an edition de luxe?" asked a sustomer in a bookstore. "It is simply an edition de looks," was the conclusive reply. It is claimed by physicians that few men ire killed by bard work. But is this any reason why the physicians shouldjush to the rescue? The proprietor of a bone mill announces hat "parties seDdiug their r-wn bones to be iround will find their orders a'tended to with punctuality and despatch." "We never furnish a knife with p;e," said a prim waiter at a Keokuk, Iowa, boarding-bouse. "Then bring me the axe," :ried the new boarder, in despair. A generous patron was a lady who conIrlbuted to a fair held the other day. S! e brought a large number of useful and fanc y irticles to assist in the adornment of the tables, and after they had been accepted purchased them all herself. The propagation of game should be taken up seriously and become a branch to be foslered and encouraged in the same manner as the methods of the pisciculturists. Thot ffgmo/iun ill 1V TPStrtPfd tfl depleted portions of the country is not a question of doubt. Experiments have shown that under proper conditions perfect success is sure to result from the effort.