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ALPHA AND ('MEGA. * XJ THE MOST CONSPICUOUS CHAR AC- c TER OF HISTORY. j r Christ tho OrertoppineTFisnre ?f All Time ?The Alpha and Omect. tbe Beeioning c . ud tb? End?An Eiamyle to Prtachsrs. t On Rnndav mormn^ the Rev. T. De t """ J ? "Witt Talmage, D. D., preached on "The r Glorious Christ." His text was: "He j' that corneth from above is above all."? 1 Join iii, 31. The preacher said: The most conspicuous character of history steps out upon the platform. The finger which, diamonded with light, pointed down to hi? from the Betble* hem sky, was only a ratification of the Inger of prophecy, the finger of genealogy, the fiBger of chronology, the finger of events?all.flve fingeri pointed in - a: * V?Q one mr^CtfioQ* vmiou 10 iuv v v??^ ping figure of all time. He is the toxhumana ia all music, the gracefulest line in all sculpture, the most exquisite mingling of lights and shades in all paintings, tha acme'of all climaxes, the dome of all cathndral graideur, and the pero ration of all splendid language. - The Greek alphabet is made up of twentj-fonr letters, and when Christ compared himself to the first letter and the last letter, the alpha and the omega^ ht appropriated to himself all the spi^jj dora that jou can sp?ll out either.f?' j thoss two letters or all the let*^1**1 a tween them. "I am the Alp*"61* ^e* Omeea. the beginning ^ja^ and the the first and the last." ?* Ice *n?> s ? f- E " means after J1? n^HFtU Alpine Dnd Him- r the glory of Christ t ^^HgR^Kpread its wings and de- b .^^NHngraSpo d leagues to touch those t ^^d^HBHHEBPelion, a high/mountain, of a hig^mountaia, nod Has, a high motfntaia; but mythol- j, Hns us when/tbe giants warred ^ H^sc the go&T they piled up these , mount^s, and from the top of r Kem propped to scale tbe heareas; t ^^bat the^eight was not great enough, wy and th^re was a complete failure. And a the giants?Isaiah aad Paul, 1^5betic and apostolic giants; Raphael ^ Bflr Michael Angelo, artistic giants; j. Wp ubim and seraphim and archangels, c WBr >i?stial giants?hare failed t? climb to { ? 'fh? top of Christ's glory. They might all g weil unite in tke words of ;he text and j say: "He that comoth from above is above all." t First, Christ must be above all else ia j our preaching. There are so many >. books on homiletics scattered through , the country that all laymen, as well a& ^ all clergymen, have made up their minis t what sermons ought to be. That ser ^ aon is most effectual >;hich most peint- { edly puts forth Christ as the pardon oi t all sia aud the correction of all evil?in- , dividual, social, political and national ' There is no reason why we should ling the endless changes on a few phrases. There are those who thick that if an exhortation or a discourse have frequent mention of justification, sanctification, covenant of works and cevenant of grace, that therefore it must be profoundly evangelical, while they are suspicious of a discourse which presents the same truth, but under diSerent phraseology. Now, I say there is nothing ia all the ?pulent realm of Auglo-Saxonisn of all the word treasures that we inherited from from the Latin and the Greek, aad the Indo-European, but we have a rif ht to marahal it in religious discuarion?. Christ aets the example. His illustrations were from th* cn-aca thi? flowers, the spittle, the salve, the barn- . yard fowl, the crystals of salt, as well j as from the seas and the stars; and we < do not propose in our Sunday school ' teaching and in our pulpit address to be > put oh the limits. 1 I know that there is a great deal said " in our day against words, as though : they were nothing. They may be mis- , used, but they have an imperial power. , They are the bridge between soul and ; aoul, between Almighty Qod and the ( race. What did God write upon ] Btaijlg?^i??tone? Words. What did ( 13 WutteroETSKAiwMiiw^ "Words. ( what did Chrigt.strike the""s^park ' for the illumination of the univeKwj | Out of "Words. "Let there be light," ^ and light wai. Of course, thought is \ the cargo and words are only the ship: ? but how fast would our cargo get on D without the Bhip? What you need, my ^ friends, in all your work, in your Sab- t baih school class, in your xefcrmatory T institutions, and what we all Q?ed is to f nlarge our vocahulary when we come to ^ speak about God and Christ and heaven. t We ride a few old words to death w len j, there is such a? illimitable resources, j Shakespere employed 15,000 different , words for dramatic purposes; Milton a employed 8,000 different/ words for po- t etic purposes; Rufus Choate employed n over 11,000 different words for legal purposes; but the most of us have le?s t than 1.000 words that ws can manage, t lets than 500, and that make3 us so stu- $ pid. t Whe? we come to set fortk the love of t ? Christ we are going to tak? the tendereat ^ phraseology whenever we find it, and i! ^ it has never been used in that direction g before, all the more shall we use it. j. When we come to speak of the filory of i, Christ, tbe Conquerer, we are going to j, draw our similes from triumphal arch and oratorio, and everything grand and i stupendous. The French navy have t eighteen flags by which they give sig- ^ nals, but those eighteen flags they c?n put into sixty-3ix thousand different f combinations. , And I have to tell you that these ? standards of the cross may be lifted into a combinations infinite and varieties eve> t lasting. And let me say to thofe youDg ^ men who come frcm the theologrieal semi- h nariea into our services every Sabbath, j and are after a while going to preach j Jesus Cbrist, you will have the largest t liberty and unlimited reiources. You [ only have to present Christ in your own ^ way. u Jonathan Edwards preached Christ in 0 the severest argument ever penned, and ^ John Bunyan preached Christ in the sub a limes allegory ever composed. Edward g PaysoD, sick and exhausted, leaned up ^ against the side of the pulpit and wept ^ out his discourse, whila Georgo Whit- , field, with the manner and the voice and rj the art of an actor, overwhelmed his ti auditory. It would have been a differ- a ent thing if Jonathan Eawards had trieC 0 to write and dream about the pilgrim's t] progress to the celastial city, or John j Bunyan had attempted an essay on the u human will. ^ Brighter than the light, fresher than ^ the fountains, deeper than the seas, are 0 all these Gospel themes. Song has no melody, flowers have no sweetness, sun- ? set sky no color compared with these glorious th*mes. These harvests of grace spring up quicker than we can sickle r< them. Kindling pulpits with their fire, and producing revolutions with their t! power, lighting up dying b?ds with their d glory, they are the sweetest thought for ti the poet, and they are the most thrilling w illustration for the orator, and they offer >t the most internes scene for the artist, and w they are to the ambassador of the sky all b< enthusiasm. Complete pardon for direst ti guilt. Sweetest coaafort for ghastliest agony. Brightwt hope for grimmest T death. Grandest resurrection for darkest tl sepulcher. Oh, what a Gospel to preach I ti unrist orer an in it. his oirm, ms am- ai faring, his miracles, his parables, his tl sweat, his tear9, his blood, his atone- tc ment, hirs intercession?what glorious di lerces! Do you exercise faith? Christ > its objec:. Dj we have lore? It fasten? 2 Jesus. Ha^e we a fondness for the burch? It is because Christ died for it. ave we a hope of heaveo? Ii is because * * a esns went ah<;ad, the neraia ana iuitunner. The royal robe of Demetrius was eo :ostly, so beautiful, tbat af:er he had >ut it off do one ever dared put- it on; >ut this robe of Christ, richer than that, he poorest and the wannest and the worst may wear. "Where sin aboundeth >race may much more abound." "Ob, mysins, my sins," said Martit Luther to Siaupitz, "my sins, sins!' fhe fact is, that tne brawny G*rmai student bad found a Liaun r>iuic tua made him quake, and nothing else eve did make him quake; and when be fount aow, through Cbrist, be was pardonei and saved, he wrote to a friend, saying "Come over and join us great and awfu sinners saved by the grace of God. Yo seem to be only a slender tinner, an you don't much extol the mercy of Gaff out we that have been such awfui wepraite his grace the raore^^^ners' nave beta reueeuicu. nc you are so desperately f:that you feel yourself that ual trim, ana that fa^irsTErate spiritnairtotbetip o^rcm the root of the less and immap^he toe you are sc-sris a lookin?^iiate? Wbst you need Bible. P^^ass, and here it is in the ole, !tQ^ wretched, and miseracro)^ blind, and naked from the iHvn of the head to the dole of the foot, all of wounds and putrefying eores. io health in us. Aad then take the fact bat Christ gathered up all the notes gainst us and paid them, and then offerd us the receipt. And how much we need him in our * """* f - /3rtr?> /\f Al P_ OtTOW! we luucpcuucuu ui v*nuasstazces if we have Sis grace. Wh , le made Paul sing in the dungeon, and inder that grace, Sc. John from desolate ^tmos heard the blast of the apocalypic trumpets. After all other candles iare been scuffed out, this is the light hat gets brighter and brighter un^o the lerfect day; and after, under the hard loofs of calamity, all the pools of wo;ldw enjoyment have been trampled iuto leep mire, at the foot of ths eternal rock ue Christian, from cups of granite lily immed and vine covered, puts out the hirst of his soul. Again, I remark that Christ is a*>ove .11 in d?ing alleviations. Saladin, the *;;eatest conqueror of his lay, while dying, ordered that the tunic le had on him be carried after hi3 deatb >n his spear at th? h<i?d of his arc.?, and hat then the soldier, ever and anon, houid stop and say: "Behold, all that s left of Saladin, the emperor and con[ueror! Or all the states he conquerad, ?f all the wealth he accumulated, nothng did he retain but this 6hroud!" 1 lave no sympathy with auch behavior, 01 uch absud demonstration, or with mucfo hat wa hear uttered in regard to departlie from this life to the next. There s a commonsensical idea on this subject hat you and I need to consider?thai here are only two styles of departire. A thousand feet underground, bylighi >f torch toiling ia a ainer's shaft, t Ae ? f?*ll nj n vac CUg? VL ill-*J tan uuvu U7, ~Uv? ... aaj die a miner's death. Far out at sea. ailing from the slippery ratlines and >roken on the halyards, we may die ? iailor'8 death. On mission of mercy it lospital, amid broken bone?, and reeking eprosies, and raging feveri, we may di( l philanthropist* death. On the field o,' )attle, serving God and our country, ilugs through the Le'art, the ^jn car iage may roll over us, and we may die 8 >atriot'? death. But, after all, there an >nly two styles of departure?the deatt >f the righteous, and the death of th< vicked?and we all want to die the 'ormer. God grant lhat when that hour coma jou may be at home. You want th< land of your kindred in your hand STou want your children to aurrouoc rou. You want the light on your pil ow from eyes that have long reflected rour lo7e. You want the room still. Fori do not want any curious stranger! itaniing around watching you. Yot irant your kindred from afar to heai pour last prayer. I think that ii th< ifish of all of us. But is that all! Cat iarthlv friends hold us up when the bil ows of death come up to the girdle 3an human voice charm open hearen'i *ate? Can hu?ian hind pilot us througl ;he narrows of death into hearen'1 sarbor? Can any earthly friendehij hlwld us from the arrowi of death, anc a the"h<3tsi when Satan shall practic< ipon us hi tYn reveal archery! So, nc iO, no! Alas I PocJrs^oul, if that is al letter die in the wildehj^i, far froc ree ehadow and from fountain), alone ultures circling through the air^aitin' or our body, unknown to men, andXt< lave no burial, if oniy Chri?t could ?aj hrough the solitudes: "I -will n?rer rhp* T will neTer forsake thee." ^rom that pillow of stone a ladder rould soar heavenward, angels coming nd going; and across the solitude and he barrenness would come the sweet lOtes of heavenly minstrelsy. Gordo? Hall, far from home, dyiDg in be door of a heathen ttmple, said: 'Glory to thee, O God!" What did lying Wilberforce say to his wife? 'Come and sit beside mo, and let u? alkof heaven. I never knew what nnt-.il T fnnnd fihritf:." Vbat d'd dviDj Hannah More say? "To ;o to Christ, who died that I might i7e! Oh! glorioua gravel Ob, tbe ore of Chriet, tho love of Christ, the ove of Cbrist." What did the dyinj Jane way say 5 'I can as easily die at close my eyes or urn my head in sleep. Before a few tours have passed I sball stand on * V. ? <%MA Vinwti^vA^ LLUUU I Za.VLA TTIUU IUO UUC UUIiUlCU 6UU orty and four thousand and with the ust men made perfect, and we shall nsribe riches, and honor, and glory, and aajesty, and dominion unto God and he Lamb." Dr. Taylor, condemned to >um at the stake, ?n his way thither iroke away from the * guardsmen and rent bounding and leaping and jumpog toward she fire, glad to go to Jesus nd to die fer him. Sir Charles Hare, his Ust moment, had such rapturous ision that hs cried "Upward, upward, ipward!" And so great wa? the peace C /\ n a a# Okninf Jfl JAir\1*o tVt? f Ua wuf I VUC Ul VULiSt O tuat lie put lis finger upon the pul?e in hi? wrist nd counted it and observed it; and so ;reat was his placidity that after a rnile he said "stoppadP' and his life ad ended here to begin in heave*. But rarder than that was the testimony of be wornout first missionary, wh?D, in be Manaartioe dungeon, he cried: ,4I ta now mdy to be offered snd the time, f my departure is at hand; I have fought be good fight. I have fini?hed my course hav? kept the faith: henceforth is laid p for me a crown of righteousness, rhich the Lord, the righteous Judgt, rill give me ia that day, aad not to me nlj, but to all them that love his apearing!" Do you not see that Christ is bnve all in dying alleviations? Toward the last hour of our earthly ;sidence we are speeding. Brighter than a banqueting ball irough which the light feet of the sncpN cro ur? and down tr> tho snund nf umpeters "will be the sepulcher through hose rifts the holy light of heaven reamath. God will watch you. He 111 send his aDgels to guard your slumsring ground, until, at Christ's behest, ley shall roll away the stone. So. also, Christ is above all in heaveu. he Bible distinctly says that Christ i? le chief theme of the celestial ascripon. all the thrones f icing his throne, .1 the palm# wared before his fact, all ie crowns down at his f?et. Cherubim > cherubim, seraphim to seraphim, reeemed spirit to redeemed spirit, shall rerite the Savior's earthly sacrifice. Stand on ?ome high hill of heaven, &lc in ail the radiant sweep the most glori ous object will be Jesus. Myriads gazing ?n the scars of his sufferings, ii silence first, afterward breaking fortl into acclamation. The martyrs, all th< purer for the flame through which the; ?,;n ''Thia i* .Tmua. fc U&50CUy V7A44 mmJ * * ? y whom we died." Th? apostles, all th happitr for the shipwrtck and Jd j icourging through which they wen*| [ sav: "This is the Jesus preached at Corinth, and atfli^' m i and at Aotioch, and jggT docia ' Little children clad ! "This is the Jesus w]U 8&y t arms and blesM^? t00^ u9 jQ gj, r etorms of iheja^f U8? aa(j wjjeB thi 3 load, broup^id were too cold anc i place."JWQt U3 jnt0 this beautifu : wUl sa^f^e multitudes of the beref "'This is the Jesus who com "JjPred us when our hearts broke." M*d] Spwho wandered clear off from God ani plunged into vagabondism, buc wer< saved bj grace, will say: "This is thi Jesus who pardoned us. "We were I03 on the mountain, and He brought u home. We were guilty, and he has madi ue white as snow." Mercy boundless grace unparalleled. And then, afte eauh one has recited his peculiar deliver ances and peculiar mercies, recited then as by solo, all the voice* will come to gether into a great chorus, which wi make the arches echo and re-echo wi;l the eternal reverberation of gladness and peace, and triumph. Edward I. wai so anxious to go to thi Holy Land that when he was about t expire he bequeathed $160,000 to hav his heart, after his decease, taken to th< Holy Land in Asia Minor, and his reqaes was complied with. But there an hundreds to-day whose hearts ar? alread; ia tbe Holy Laud of hearea. vv aer your treasures are, there are your heart also. Quaint John Bunyan, of whom apoke*at the opeaiDg of the discourse caught a glimpse of that place, aou i; his quaint way he said: "And I heart in my dream, and lo! the bells of thecit rang again for joy; and as they opene the gates to let in the men I looked 1 after them, and lo! the city ahone lik , the sun, and there were streets of golc and men walked on them, harps in the: : hands, to slag praises withal; and aft< that they shut up the gates, which whe i I had seen I wished myself among them. , YOUTH UNDER THE AX. Remarkable Nerve Exhibited By tl Youngest Victim of the GuUlotine. "That man has recently witnessed rare and infrequent sight," said a vrc known man-about-town to a New Yoi Journal reporter on Broadway, poin ? fn-awfn.lnnl-inor man ivhn W I 1U^ tU ?b iV/i>V^U~lWAI<4^ .. .. just goin^ into the Fifth Avenue Hot? [ The reporter approached the gentl man, who gave his name as Geor< i Herbillon, a well known Parisian jou . nalist. He left Paris about ten da; ; ago. : "Yes; I have witnessed a stran< ; sight, and one I don't care about seeir . again," he said, with a strong forei| accent. He then related the incident. I l had seen the guillotining, about tv ? weeks ago, at Paris, of the younge person who had fallen a victim to tl [ grim ax in Paris since the Jb rench Jtce i oluUon. It was a boy of 18 who had suffer* , the awfuipunishment. His name w; \ Georges Henri Kaps. He had murde [ ed his sweetheart in May last. At tl trial for this crime it was shown th ' young, beardless Kaps.at the age of 1 had assassinated an old man in a da; side street. When arrested for this last murde boy though he was, ho threatened 1 * guards w'jth death. "I have seen many persons die said M. Herbillou. 4'I was in the cor i mune in '71 and at the executions aft* 5 it, but I never saw anything so distres : ing as the end of this young murdere ! "He was only a boy fit still for ' mother's caressing," went on M. He ? billon, "but he displayed the most r markable nerve during the trial at 3 greeted the verdict of death with 1 smile." r When the officials came in to tl * prison to announce that his hour hj 1 come he showed no fear,though till th moment he had expected a commutati< ? qZ sentence. s He dressed himself with out assis i ance. When a priest approached ] J motioned him to leave with a wave > his little hands. i Afterward he gayly skipped to b ; place ia the sad procession for tJ > guillotine. 1 When he arrived at the "Place of ti i Ax" he glanced curiously at the fe j spectators. Catching sight of tl r deadwagon that was soon to car J away his lifeless body he smiled visibl -p Standing beneath the glitterii Ktr4|e, the priest extended the crucif t.o th?\hny1s lips, but he turned asi< nis head* " Tbe victim s manner wvas so nar that a movement of pity macfe a mu mur in the little throng as the execx tioners forced him back and laid h: neck in the fatal groove, "As he lay for a second before tb blade dropped," said Mr. Herbilloi "I caught a lingering smile upon h: lips. "Then I turned away," he said, "an the sound of the falling knife ws heard. The boy died more like m idea of a Christian martyr than any or I ever saw die." Ibseniana. Ibsen lives in Munich, and he is very peaceable man. Eyery eveain at the same hour, he walks alone, wit slow steps, up and down Maxmilia: street. Punctually, and ever repeal ing itself, this promenade takes place In the "Haxmillan" he sits alone, mc tiomess, always at tne same taoie, 10 about an hour, before him is a glass c beer, sometimes accompanied by a lit tie glass of cognac. Thoughtfully th keen eyes gaze through the spectacle straight ahead; the thin lips remaii closed, for he is rarely addressed. Hi acquaintances?of whom he has nc many?remember well a remark h once made with the friendly look of man who means no harm and sirapl 6ays what he thinks: "I like to b alone." Should he nevertheless be en gaged in conversation, he we will hare ly say anything that some one els might not also say. He likes to hea everything new; especially facts rathe than thoughts. He never talks abor his own works nnless some one else ic troduces the subject, and then onl with miserly words, and even thes soon cease. When Frederike Gossmann had re cited "Nora" to him in his own house the variety of opinions about the pla; was mentioned. "They make a sense less objection," Ibsen declared, m hi labored, halting German, "who main tain that I have said a woman shall o may not leave her husband and chi] dren. I have not said at ail what an; woman may or shali not do. I hav spoken only of one woman. Of m; Nora. Of this single woman. I hav asked myself: What will this woma: here do according to her nature? An< I thought to myself: She will not g away. Another one perhaps wouL have done something else." In the last act of the "Wild Duck' he srave the stasre directions concern ing the -winter forenoon after due con siaeration. "On a clear summer aftei noon Hedwig perhaps would not hav shot herself. One feels different! when one stands in a room or on meadow between hills. Before dinne and after dinner?that is a great diffei ence. Our feeling is different in bright day than on a cloudy day.""Fransatlanltc. ^ WOOLFOLK And He DcscrV^n^^^HgFL/^ '>^^' 1 wri^M^^O^Tom Woolfolk has | F begffl^^^ letter to Governor Gordon j T JB?*Z to be removed from the jail in Hacos. ^^The story he tells is not credited a ^fewe executive department, as it is writ * ten in a wandering way toward the las 5 although the first part is coherent \\ After begging to be removed Tom says: "I could gi7e you a dozen reasons : for this, but one will do. ' i "In the cage below my cell are be| tween fifteen and twenty prisoners. I 1 J lvn A rw M U.-4- T uvu u auuvv iui uci iaiu, uuu x earnestly believe it, that white people, meD, wo-1 men and children, have been trapped by the jailer an^ some of his assistants and I tortured. "I believe these people trapped are my witnesses ai.d friends. "They are first arrested, tied, gagged, thrown into a bath tub, while ons of the assailants sits on birn till he e drowns. UTl < 1 4. T ~ ^..4. ? ~ "luvy are iueo luruwj out aiuuu;; r the negroes while some of the prisoner* put on boiling water and then ail the 3 hair is scalded off the drowned men or I women. "One of the assistants, who is a pain1 ter, then paints the white bodies black o:: ' covers them over very nicely with some pieces of seal skin, and when the officers 2 come the jailer tells them a nigger is 3 dead. B He continues, saying that the men e who do this are in a gaog together and ' open all letters sent to prisoners andj " olra t"hot- iQ in t hpfnrft ! y they receive the letters. 6 He continues, saying tbat many drumy mers aDd other strangers in Macon have been trapped by tbejail gang which has '? been organized for the purpose of makj? ing money. The drummers, Tori thinks, are carred into the cellar at the jail or \ thrown into the sewer which opens into the jail and empties into the river, first ? being cut up so that they can be easily , handled. 1, ir A Profound Youngster. >c ,n Therb was convention of Sunday ? school teachers in ilnaois, ana tne teachers of three counties were there to the number cf 400. On the last hi day of the convention the chairman annouced that he would be pleased to a have the knowing ones think up ;1] some hard questions on subjects per^ taining to their work, write them od slips of paper, aad submit them to ^ him, and that evening at the l&^fc session, which was to be a sort of enterel tainment, he would answer them. re A lot of people wrote these quesr. tions, and gave them to the great proy.g fessor, and when evening came he had about fifty good old problems in his re bunch of paper slips. The evening cxercises "began with rn reading and answering the questions, 5 and though some of them were very [e obtuse, the professor coped with them 5r0 successfully, and impressed the great ,st gathering with his vast knowledge. 3e Finally he ran against a question v. that made him knit his brows?; He scowled at it a moment and then laid it aside. When he answered the rest as he picked up this query and said: (lIJ/vv/v in ? tttV> i r?V? |J*. ULC1C XO <X AJL TV iixuii vvuiv?w ie I am unable to answer. I submit it at to the audience, and if any one is able 4, to give the answer I will be glad to rk hear what it is." Then he read this query: r, "'Who was the boy, and what wag tig his name, who held the basket containing the five loaves and two fishes which fed the multitude?' " a- Nobody made uny effort to ans^e er it, and the professor said: >s* "It seems that nobody knows anj ' ^ xl X J . T 211 ^ r. more aDout it xnan 1 ao. 1 win nav< a to call on the person who submitted :r- the question to come forward anc e- answer it. Will you please do so?" id To the great surprise of the 400 peoa pie, and his mother as well, Franl Jones, a thirteen year old school boy ae got up and modestly walked up th< id aisle. Everybody looked at hin at amazed. >n The professer said: "Did you sub mit this qu3stion?" it- ,lYes sir." ae "Can you answer it?" of "Yes sir." "Well, I am sure everybody wil is be glad to hear it." ae '-The boy," said Frank, quietly bu steadily, "was Ben Ezra, son of Niri ie am, who was a sister of Philip, om w of the twelve disciples." ae A murmur of astonishment ran ove ry the audience. Here was somethinj y* too deep for even the professed theo ig logiatis in convention assembled. Thi ix professor turned to the boy. ie "Did you find that in the Bible?" "No sir." re '-Wb?re, then, did you get it?" r* "In Greek history." That was the oJvi&f. A ? ^ thirteen uowling down 400 declared teachers in the Christian cause, anc 10 telling them in an unassuming waj ?i that he dug the information out o. is Greek history. d To Start an Alliance Organ. 13 CoLBMBiA, S. C., Feb. 20.?It is rey ported that at an early day some of th? 10 wealthiest Alliance farmers of several oi the counties will meet in this city tc organize a joint stock company for the purpose of publishing "a purely agricultural paper" for the benefit of the farma ers of this State, and that the very best P talent will be employed that can be found in the South to conduct It?meD who can instruct the farmers not only in ' the scierce of agriculture, but in all the ' _1 1_ J . . f _ _ practical meicoas ana reiorius necessary to make farming a success. The projectors say that some of the papers have become politico-agricultural, and have e failed so far in instructing the farmers a9 s to their agricultural warts. The capital a will be $25/100 at ?100 per share. The s paper will be published in this city. ia' Dar* Fund. 0 a vr AXfi, Ps; 20,- >rdinar/- 'V t y CJhwin, who is <:reasu.er of tje I *vib e window and orphan fund for Georgia, i- states that he has so far only collected L- a little over $7,000 of the amount sub~ U r, iUA4. ?11 4 e iuiiuiu, uuu iic au iru&Lccc r and others having in their hands aDT r part of the fund forward the same t> it him at once, as he is desirous of makiig i- his report to the Governor. y q Probable Strike of Coal MinerSf London, Feb. 19.?A. great strike of s- British coal miners ia threatened. (, Four hundred thousand of the y operatives having determined to s- insist upon their demand for ten per s cent, increase of wages. Should tbe - strike be inaugurated, it will befol'owed r by a decrease of three quarters ii the L- out put of coal, y e y Mrs. Parnell "Wants a Pension, e Mrs Delia Parnell, the moher of n Charles Stewart Parnell, visitec Gover ft nor Abbott yesterday to gain his support 0 of the bill before Congress, giving to her 1 a pension of ?1,200. Mrs Parneli is the daughter of Admiral Stewart, who was 11 a soldier of the Mexican andtiivil wars. l- She preseated affidavits showing her l- need of the pensioo, and the Governor > signed it, expressing the same opinion e and declaring himself iirfavor of the y passage of the bill.?"WfisiriD^ton Star. Tl" m .A. ^ -? **-? W ^-? Vl^UUlbUiJ V* a dered to be adopted jftHe arm of tha German cavalry, ag?stf the adj?ke, it V \ 11 _ (|j jUBMigMpge????? GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. Fact* of Interest Gathered frcm Vsri og? Svmrcp*. ?Dr. W. J. Thomas, one of the most prominent physicians of North Carolina, died in Wilmington Tuesday, of diphtheria, aged seventy-two years. ?A serious collicry explosion took place Wednesday night near Decize, France. Thirty-four bodies have thus far been recoverd, The total number cf victims ia - not known. ?The Railroad Commission has taken action to have theAtlanticCoastLine make close connection at Columbia, with the train leaving that city for SpartaDburg at 10.40 a. m. ?Mark Twain (S. L. Clemens) has been invited to take part in the forthcoming London reception to Stanley, and he seriously thinks of making the ocean trip for the special purpose. ?Popular Branch Alliance, in North Carolina, has got up a mutual aid society, and when a member loses a horse or a cow they contribute the sum of one dollar each provided the loss will require that much. ?TTftnrv J. Fanz. the victim of the Aberdeen outrage, has been recommended by Superintendent Porter for appointment as special agent of the eleventh census to collect statistics relative to the recorded indebtedness. ?Four hundred thousand miners iQ Great Britan have decided to adhere to their demand for an increase of ten per cent, in wages. It is probable that the men will strike. Should they do so, the coal output will be decreased threequarters. ?A theatrical performance for the I Totnoo "Rlftirm. Jr.. UCUCUl VI JJX1C* VUUAVW V. ? , 7 came off Wednesday afternoon in Broadway theatre and netted $4,000. Among the performers were Elsie Leslie, William H. Crane and Mrs. Kendall. ?The Paris correspondent of the London News says Dom Tedro's nervous disease increases and partly unhinges his mind. He lives in daily expectation of being recalled to rule Brazil, and does not realize the precarious sute of bis own finances. He refuses to reduce bis imperial suite, and maintains his expences on a grand scale. ?S. P. Chandler writes from Max, Sumter County, S. C., as follows: "Our Alliance is thriving, and is still growing. All seem much interested in the progress it is making against trusts, combination etc., and wish it success. You see from the way old subscribers have renewed their subscriptions to The Cotton Plant that they knov how ii to appreciate it." ?Washington Post: Senator Vance says a constitaent of his in a pine woods district of North Carolina, fc> whom he sent a copy of of the Paent Office annual reports, spoke to hii of the occurrence in this way: Ginem, I T cn-mo/Vhea ft' rmim. bw I i. j;vu lutiu. ^ j- , couldn't read 'em through. Thar lar a leetle too much Whig doctrin Jto 'em. ? Poor Place for Stamps. W An amusing incident occurred/the postoffice recently. Stamp Clerk Lemcke had just sold a natty oa genr 1 tleman a dollar's worth of "2sJ The | old man was wondering whereto put them, when he accidentally tat his damp fingers on the sticky si(b of the +Vi^ir Kooron t/, ct.i<y fcoceth AUU VUVj MVgMM VV 1 er. "Say, how (lo you keep thse things ' from stroking?" he askea. "Rub them on your head/ the clerk replied. "Ah, that's a new ?chece," said the [ purchaser of the stamps, ind he removed his hat and beganto rub them ' over his bald head. 1 "The longer we live te more we learn," he said, smilin/as he allowed the stamps to remaii >n his head : while he paid lor therjjid put some I papers back into his c?f pocket. The 3 stamps stuck. i/j 1 ' ctrni Iia aoi/3 oc JLUCIG, JJOWj luaij i ?v he reached up and /cid to remove the stamps. They f p sticking closer than a brother w Ze shiny white scalp. He tore onf /them off, and he said it brouf '/the skin; The . clerks could not c Jcain themselves, 1 and the bald hesf{i. old gentleman slapped bis hat c'"Wilis head and hur? ried off to get a ^sjmpoo.? Savannah ~ News. jf A Midnipt Funeral. r A midnight fjsral is a queer sight. = Shortly before aismal hour Sunday night a Iodine of carriages traile ed through thyud and mist of Madi ?J TM A A-looa c?An sou buret;u. jjm> pia-uo oiuvo vi the sable tricwed. hearse flashed back the struggiicKlearns of the electric lights and tjRull rumble of the vehicles sent Quiver through the peo!f pic wdo iaoed the fog and chill of the night. A dozen carriages followed 1 the black transport of the dead. ' Weeping. women in mourning veils - ar.d relations and friends of the dead, wi th boated heads, were seen as the carriages passed beneath an electric lamp. ,The body had evidently arriv ed by a late train and the last rites of the dead were being performed in the i darkness of the night. It was a gloomy, ? soiTOvful procession?the weather, the ! hour, the grief, the pall, all midnight bb ctness?not a ray of light.?Chicago I?"ews. | Boycotting the Bishop. Chaleston, S. C., Feb. 20.?The col| or ([nesti-m in the Episcopal Church in thu diocese has copped out again. For over one hundred years the diocesan convention whenever held in Charleston has always met in St. Philip's church. At the last convention which was held in Aiken, it wa=? decided that the convention of 1890 should meet in St. I Philin'a church in Charleston. It is now announced that the convention will be held in another church, the congregation of St. Philip's having notified tne tBisnop that they will not permit the convention to meet in their church. The delegates of St. Philip's are the leaders ia the opposition to the admission of the colored clergy and led the dis&easion in the convention several years ago. The collorcj question is expected to turn up again in the convention. Burned to Death. Lancaster, S. c. jb'eb. 2u.?A colored woman, the wife of James Creightcn. about 40 years of age, living on the plantation of Mr. M. J. Williams of this County, was fatally burned on Wednesday last. She was engaged in burning brush in a new ground when her clothes caught fire, and before the flames could be extinguished the unfortunate woman was burned in a most horrible manner. Judge Kellcy's Successor. PHILADELPHIA, Jfa., J? CD. ly.?iDe full vote cast yesterday in the Fourth Congressional district for the unexpired tearm of the late Judge Wm. D. Kelley, was: Reyburn, Republican, 24,830; Avers, Democrat, 16,446; Tumb ston, Prohibition, 238: Reyburn's plurality 8,388. Kelley's plurality over Ayers in 18SS was 9,630. The West Virginia House has passed a ballot reform law, and the Senate has killed it. Tiae Mouse is Democratic, and the Senate is Republican. That seems strange, in view of the schemes suggested by men like Chalmers and Chandler to "reform" the ballot in the South, * i ?gg? " mM UHI?WV-UJ"? A Sad :?taks. We bave recently seen a printed letter go-ten out by an Alliaace man who wants office. It sets forth in gocd style b;s fitness for the position and gives what be conceives to h? ?Htt ! -- ? * *. UJ *?V J should be supported. This thing, taken aside from the man's connection with the Alliance, would not cause any comment upon our part, but when men try to use the Alliance as a stepping stone to office, we most seriously object. The aspirant is not in any way connected UU iU - Ct.i- 111- ~ wuu luc cuate Alliance, eitber as an otti-1 cer or as a committeman, and does Dot I aspire to be governor, bxit be wants a position of public trust, and bis printed letteis give the name of the Alliance to which he belongs. If a man wants the nomination cf th-2 Democratic party we want to see him seek it as a Democrat, but not endeavor to constitute himself an Alliance candidate, and send his printed campaign circulars to different Alliance men of prominence, seeking their endorsement which he in turn would add tn hie ^am. i paigo literature. If a brother is so well koown and his fitness for a position 19 so evident that the people throughout the State want him to serve them, be will not have to send out letters to the order telling them who he is and how he is needed in office. These of our brethren who are now or ever expect to indulge in that ktnd of policy will find that they have made a great mistake. Simply being an Alliance man does not fit one for office any more than it unfits him for it. The order will r-lways condemn such attempts to use its influence. That is the kind cf nolitina we ar* to fear.?South em Alliance. Is"cgro?? in New York. A young real estate tasa who has charge of the renting of a good deal of property tells me that pe would rather have colored people k'r tenants than any other class. Some Tears ago he got hold of a block of tenements and rented them out to colored ztfople. The owner of the buildings was highly incensed, but has since changed his views. Where he previou^f got but 5 or C per cent, on bis investments he now gets 10 or 12, rt nr? no ?a irt Viio rnoioo ajvam+o auu iiv .0 *?* l oicv ^i uio agvu uo sagacity. Colored people, the real estate men have just begun to realize, are i very desirable sort of tenants. They Bad it so difficult to secure good quarters in this city that when once settled they remain for an iadefinte period They pay promptly, complain little and give infinitely less trouble to their landlords than do any other race of people. I am told they are charged on an average 10 per cent, more than white people are, but they make no protest. The only objection real estate men have to renting buildings to colored people is that they are never able to get white tenants to occupy the apartments after wards.?N. T. Letter. A Pointed Incident. The Washington correspondent of the Atlanta Constitution says: It is conceded on all hands that Thomas Brackett Reed is the House of Representatives, that he is the only member, and that the others who hold seats are merely honorary members. An incident showing this was when the clerk of .the House went to the kJCUdlV/ UUIO JLUWl Ullli^ YVlfLL a UU HJIl Ui bills that had been passed by the House. Either inadvertently or premeditatedly, as the clerk was introduced, and placed the bills in the hands of, the secretary of the Senate, he said: "Mr. President, I am instructed by the House of Representatives to inform the Senate that the Speaker of the House has passed the following bills." The dignified Senators were quick to detect the error, and laughed heartily. Some one on the Democratic side was heard to say: "So the Speaker passes all the bills in the House, does he?" North Carolina Negroes Mad. A "Washington letter says: The negroes of North Carolina are raising a I rrvoot ViAtrrl ^ononca 4-V*a o/lmmiffwA+iAw I givuu AAV VTA uuv uug a'aiiiiiuouiaii^ii has giaen all the offices in that State to white Republicans. There is a gang of a dozen negro politicians here from that State, and they are raising much of a rumpus. They say there are 140,0 )0 colored voters in North Carolina, and they have not a single office. They send the only negro to Congress in that body, yet he cannot get an office for a constituent above a job as laborer to haul wood or clean spittoons. They swear that although Harrison made a dicker with some of the white Republicans in the Tar Heel State, giving them the control of patronage for the promise of a solid Harrison delegation in '92, the negro vote of North Carolina will be cast against him, and the delegates will go instructed for another man. Harassed by Incendiaries. Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 20.?The people of Rocky Mount, a town just north of Wilmington, are in a state of indignation and alarm, by reason of repeated incendiary fires. Sunday night, the cotton seed warehouse of R. D. Arm strong was destroyed by an incendiary fire, and Mooday night the torch was applied to ths large carriage aad buggy factory and eight email buildings were destroyed; loss $20,000. Telegrams received here today state that the fair ground buildings at Rocky Mount were burned last night. It is believed there | mat negroes are tee mcesaiaries. .Last night when the fire broke out at the fairground?, which are half a mile from town, the white people thought it was a ruse to induce Ihem to leave their homes, but they did not turn out. Sam Jones "Will Quit Georgia. A special from Cartersville says: Oar people received with much regret the anneuncement that the Rev. Sam Jones is soon to take up his residence in the State of Kentucky. The famous evan gelist will, on or about the 1st of June, remove to his beautiful farm at Eminence, thirty mile9 from Louisville. We understand that Mr. Jones's purpose in going to his Kentucky farm is to take a few years of much needed rest. Only Partially Educated as Yet. Mrs Kidsma?John left a vase on ine laoie touay wnere vv line couia reach it, and the little man went over, put his hands behind his back and said: "Willie mus'n' touch, Willie mus'n' touch!" John?And he let it alone, eh? Mrs. Kidsma?N^o; he said that three or four times, and then he grabbed the vase and dashed it against the mantel before I could stop him. But he's learning to let things alone a little; don't you think so? There i3 no country like France fo starting journals. Durirg 1SS9 no les than 950 new ne v. spapers were brougb out, of which not one remains in life /\_ ~ ,3 At. - Tt-J.:*. T -1 v/ii i/iie ui/iieiuauu, me jretiu tiouroai now claims a circulation of 1,095,000 oopies. During the same period there were printed in France over 15,000 new books, including 5,000 new musical pieces. The passion grab does cot diminish in extent. The pension appropriation bill for the next fiscal year gives $98,427,461 ?beins an increase over the previous year of $16,608,761 But it wilt" require $21,598,834 to meet the deficiency of the nreeent vear. So that there is a decrease of $4,930,073. Corporal Tanner's views were so liberal that even the Republicans can't adopt them. A CANARD EXPLODED a sfl'hbillioorl mory f*po!lor*. Flosescf:, S. C., Feb. 22 ?The sto ry sent lroin uoarierfon, b U , to the effect tiiht Coroner Lure'". who recently shot a negro in the act of stealing, he-id theinqu t over the body of the deceased is totally false. A Safe Remedy. When a person is sick they wish more than aught else a restoration of health. They are williog to take even nauseous medicine in order to get well. With many, however, a first consideration is whether the mediciue is perfectly sate. Will it or will it not leave any evil aftera A ant *7 XTr?fic- i? nn( known to be certainly safe. It is a botanical discovery, and it is culled Botanic Blood Balm, or B. B. B. It will not harcu tbe most delicate constitution, nor will a discontinuance cause a craving for its further use. It it a sure antidote for poison in the blood. The blood becomes poisoned in vanous ways. Constipation, urinary difficulties and other causes of effete matter remaining in the system will cause blood impurity, or blood poison, as many call it. Symptoms of blood poison thould not be neglected. B. B. B. should be taken at once. It will cure promptly, and is not bad to take, nor will it leave any evil after-effects. J. D. Watkins, Blakelv, Ga., writes: "Old sores covered my entire person and itched intensely night and day. For several months I could not work at all. I commenced the use of Botanic B'ood Balm and began to grow better the first week, and am now sound and well, free from sores and itching and at work again." * "Wholesale Arrests. On Monday morning at 4 o'clock United States Marshal Gorbett, of Macon, and five deputy marshals ap paired at Sharon, tfa., ana arrested during the day seventeen prominent citizens of the town and county, charged with conspiracy and intimidation against E. L. Duckworth, the newly appointed postmaster at Sharon. The marshals were armed with Winchester rifles when they began makiDg arrests, but they met with no resistance, and later in the day Marshal Corbett instructed the deputies to lay aside their guns, having been assured by those under arrest and other citizens that the arrested parties would accompany them voluntarily wherever ordered. The warrants are based on testimony taken by postofHce inspectors who have been at Sharon for several days investigating the case* The parties have been bailed in $100, each. Tbevare charged with boycotting the postoffice. Bradfield's Female Regulator will ciire all irregularities or derangements peculiar to women. Those suffering should use it. Sold by all druggists Terrible Retribution. Anao named Corvett, near Crawfordyilie, in Arkansas, murdered a young woman in a shocking manner. The neighbors, learning who had comnritted the deed, took Coorvett to the scene ol the murder, and with an ax cut off his arms and legs and severed Ws 'hftAd from Ms bodv. They then built a fire and burned the body with its members. Pianos Occans. ? . W. Tkuic?, 134 Main Street, Co utnbia, s^lls Pianos anl Organs, dir?ct from factory. No agents' commtesioB8. The celebrated Chickering Piano. Mathushek Piano, celebrated lor iif clearness of tone, lightness of touch ar? lasticg qualities. ilason & Hamlin Upright Piaoo. Sterling Upright Pianos, from $25/ up. Arion Pianos, from $200 up. Mason & Eamlin Organs, surpassed by none. Sterling Organs, $50 up. Every Instrument guaranteed f< r six years. Fifteen day?' trial, expenses both ways, if not satisfactory. Sold on instalments. "** " 3 JLt. . The senave cas rauneauie cncisn exTmdlu? treaty, with tmmportant amendments. ? FOR SIXTY DAYS. OKJJKK <?L-a N<?. 2 UAND-MAD2 ! * t U'J . L> CAR:' to resjiuosibl#. parties OS | SIXL'i' DAYS' time for only $13.00. It has besl hickory wheels and shafts, steel tiros and axle, cushioned seat .and painted nicely. Not a cheas mado uart, but la first class throajjl-.oat. W? ala? offer our our So 10 hand-made Buray, put up oa any kind of sprigs, on SIXTY DAYS' time foi the small amount of $43.00. It has best patent wheels, steel tires and axles. Trimmed up ana painted in good style. Not by any means a chcn-fl vehicle, but is very substantial and is warranted, For circulars and jenerai description, address HOLLEB &, AJTDERSON. 55snu&cturer?, P o Rn? lln " r nr y . auti. ttlL.Ju, B. C. la rntiac please mention this paper. c: l-?m " i ARK V]K.'L h STOCK AND POULTRY FARM5 HORSES, Ca.TTLE. SWff'E AND POULTRY fCK SaLEGgid Medal ki&: ilsrd o! Jersey Cattle. The hcpc-ilci? Fercheron Stalb'c 3'*"H JS. . ii: 7.; -rfi? make th? Cb'.:cC>t>liP!T.:?*rs-i tJrtUie ''ii>rtle;ts v.'r-:i, ii:. .< Wv;ii;uc?ts, LiiBg^uaas, Brown Lexl.- r.-is, rii sn.?t>rb Hocks un*l (i-iae iVwts r?r sale. Lt'o in >vioa. ?>< ?.? .?>: ? t. ?;fci/io>, {.'(i!rmWo <5 i i } iJ ?? ii. 11. L . GL'.\i:\XTEFD TO CUR1 Sick tlcadanhc And Constipation in a saor time. Prevents all Malarial troubles. 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