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K VOL XL VI. WINNSBORO. S. WEDNESDAY, MAY -21, 1890. NO. 40. , 1
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1 TIMELY TOPICS. j
Charlotte was for awhile agitated I
over the matter of street improvement.
Tbeci'.iz >is have r?eeotly settled it j
by rotii.-j Jo issue $70,000 of bonds for
ti-e work.
^ The Louisiana Lottery Company
zrea&s fcusintes. The concern now
otters the Slate one million dollars a?B?
nually for ilie privilege of maintaining
y the lottery.
^ Co!. Djuiel S. L :inoct is said to be
flfc getting rich a; n rapid rate. He is
HP interested in several large financial en|P^
terprises. Ten years ago he was a
legislative reporter.
9E& Postmaster General Wauamakerhas
H adopted : nd officially announced as
f the rule of hi? department I'resiflent i
L Cleveland's o?dtr to (ilice-holders to
k keep out of pontics. But we want to
W hear about the oilice hc'ders.
The two wealthiest women iu Philadelphia,
both widows, are said to be
Mrs. Thciaas K. Powers and Mrs. !
Thomas A. Scott. They are wrth be- j
^ t ween $6,000,000 and $3,000,000 each.
Mr. Powers made his money on u p
nine, while Coi. Scott amassed wealth
by big railroad operations.
r Columbia is locking after the matterof
utilizing her canal, Jnow almost '
fis ishtd. It will ^require, it seems, :
about. $oU,C00 in addition to the $200.nnn
from the sale of i
I WV MVl * ? V/.* ..
f bond*, to complete the work. Col.
t Pt-arce has; submitted a scheme by
which he hopes io induce; English :
k capitalists to put from $2,000,000 to ;
R $5,000,000 in the work. The.'trustees!
have not yet U;kea final action.
[: is announced fi\?m Washington j.
that Mr. Rowelh chainn.m of the j,
committee on elections, who was in
structed by the House caucus to pre- <
pare a bill providing for an extension
of the functions cf the natiou?l supervin
sors of ek-ctiocs, introduced the measK
ure in the House. It is patterned up
^ ob the bill prepared by the Senate
committee on privileges and election
reported by Senator Hoar, but carries i
the principle of petition for judicial .
interference furthtr, in that it peraiits
iifty or more voters in a county or parish,
instead of requiring one hundred
voters, to secure the benefits of the
r supervisory system. It provides pun- ;
isbment tor any person who shall
change the position of boxes intended
for Congressional ballots With the in- !
f f ention to deceive. The chief supervi- ;
sor in each election district is required
to keep a noil list and a list of rejected
-r<--v.rt.rfir>or thA rAAson for their re
P VUlCO,
r jo-ciion. He is also required, to sep- <
amtely receive theve rejected ballots,
place the came of the voter upon the
back and inclose them in separate envelopes.
The supervisors are also required
to inspect all ballots as they
are being canvassed and counted by
, the local election officers, and to make
? separate returns of the result of the
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^ vote, being governed uy oue iawo vl ,
tbe State iu counts, except as otherwise
provided in the Act. They are
aiso fo inspect the returns for Ke.oresentatives
and Delegates in Congress
^ of local ispectcrs of elections and note ;
m whethet or not iney disagree with
their own returns. In case polls are
not opened within one hour from the
time fixed by the State law. it is made
the duty of the supervisor to open
them tc ballots for .Representatives
and Delegates in Congre** only, and to
conduct the election and make returns
according to the State law.In each iacJiAnniHiMni-r
Kaovi^ 1C fn !
C'iil UIMI Ivl1 23? V/?lii V (tcoiu^ VVU* v*. AW vw <vv
created, composed of the chief superv
visor, the United States District Attor*
ney and the United States Marshal.
This brard is to correct imperfect re
turns, tabulate the returns for Representatives
and Delegates, and to furnish
a copy to the Attorney General
and the clerk of the House of Icepre
*e.:tatives. This latter officer is to examine
tfc return*, and where the return
conflicts with the return of the |
f local canvassing board to the extent ot J
returning a dilfereat person to Con- j
gress, then aeiihcr^of tho persons so j
certified a? elected is to be placed upon j
the r.. H of members until the House
% sbul J dcciuc^vhicb has been duly e;oo-1
i i. \
This measure would seem to cmLody
^ v. oil the liepuiiean idsa of the methv
ods to be employed in restoring Kern^
publican ascendency in the South.
' That idea, simply stated, is that the
ontViArifv i-; powerful enousrh J
i. VUV? V*: M.V4VMV. ( w
to effect conditions that may not be
induced through the agencies usually
employed in civilized communities in i
a normal siate. The measure comes
of the sentiment which, for many
years after the war, justified the employment
of Federal bayonets to help
the Radical spoilsmen. The people of
the I'rited Suites alter awhile sickened
of military interference. The
soldiers were sent to their barracks,
and have stayed there. Now it is pro]>o?t<i,
under the guise of the civil au
thority personated by United States
marshals ttnd supervisor?, to use the
v power of the Federal cou* t-s to frigbtf
en the good people of the South inio
sojec sort of surrender of their home
govern men:, or their representation
in Congress, to the fellows from whom
the wrested them.
! is not likely that the scheme
would wo. k, even if it could be put
thr. tigh t?o:h houses of Congress. And
^ *- cr;r.:s thvre uo-.v seems some doubt.
Tiure i;re ev'idcuces of ft little eonser
y Ailed in some qf the members?
iaot!^h. probably, to cause them to
half at extraordinary interferences
with local affairs and unite with Democrats
even in preventing their enactment.
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j THE ASCENSION
I AS TREATED INsTHE TA3ERNACLE
PULPIT.
The Iter. I>r. T. DeV.'itt Tii!:nag?a I'reathcs
0:1 the Ascension of Our !.or?l From the
Xoua! of Olive*.
After reading appropriate passage.* j
of Scripture, ami the usual prayers j
ami iuusic::i exercises. Dr. Talmagc1
preached the following sermon, in
the Academy of Music, Sunday morning,
from the words, "JL.ii'i up your
heads, O ye gates; and be ye lifted up
ye everlasting doors: and the King of
Glory shall come in." Psa. 21:7.
In olden times when a great conqueror
returned from victorious xar.
the people in wild transport would
take hold of the gates of the city and
lift them from their hiugts, as much
as to say: "This city m eds no more
gates to defend it since this conqueror
has got houie. Off from the hinges
with the gates." David, who
was the poet of poets, foretells in his
rvnrl. TVo-.-flin
Christ into heaven, after His victory
over sin and dcutli and hell. It was
as if the celestial inhabitants had
said: "Here He comes! JUake way
for aim! Push back the bolts of diamond!
Take hold of the door* of
pearl and hoist them from their hinges
of gold! Life up your heads. 0
ye gates; and be ye lifted up. ye everLasting:
dooi*s: and the Kin:,' of Glory
shall come in."
Among the mountains of Palestine
no one is more uplifting than Mount,
Olivet. It was the peroration of our
Lord's ministry. On the roof of a
house in Jerusalem I asked, "V.'hieh
is Olivet?" and the first iriance trans
iixed me. iJut how shall I describe
aiy emoiious. when, near the close of
Li journey. in whieli we had for tv.*o
uigius eueawped amid the shattered
masonry of old Jericho. ami tasted oi"
the aciiu waters of the Dead sea, that j
crystal sarcophagus of the plain, and
waded down into the deep and swiftj
Jordan to baptize a man, and visited
the ruins of the houso of Mary and
Martha and La:-:;irus. we found curselves
in stirrups and on a horse,
lathered with the lout: and difficult
way, ascending Mount Olivet. Oil.
that solemn and suggestive ridge! It
is a lime-stone hill, a mile in length
and three hundred feet high, and j
twenty-seven hundred feet above the-}
Level of the sea. Over it Kin;? David I
- . i i i , v . i
tied witii a oroxen nearr. uver rv
Pompey led Lis devastating host*.
Here the famous Tenth Legion built
their batteries in besiegemeni. The
garden of (rethsemane v.-yt-ps at the
t'oat of it. Along the base of this
bill flashed the lanterns and torches
of those who came to arrest Jesus.
From the trees 021 this hill the boughs
were torn oft' avid thrown into the
path 01 Christ's triumphal procession,
dp and down that road Jesus had
walked twice a day from Bethany to
Jorusilem. and from Jerusalem to
Bethany. There, again and again,
He had taught His disciples. Halt"
way ;;p this mount He uttered His
lamentation, ;0 Jerusalem. Jerusalem!''
From its heights Jesus took
dight homeward when He had finish
Tt* ii ; * . rj'i
eel ills eaitiiiy mission. .mere is j
nothing mure for him to do". A saj- j
ii?ce was needed to make peace between
the recreant eartli and the
outraged heaven, :uid He had oiferod
is. Death needed to be conquered,
and He had put his resurrection foot
upon it. The thirty-three years of
voluntary exile had ended. The
grandest, tenderest-, mightiest goodbye
ever heard was now tu be uttered.
On Blount Olivet Jesus stands in a
group of Galilee fishermen. They
had been together is. many scenes of
sadness and pcrsecut.on and had
been the more endeared by that
brotherhood of suffering. They had
expected Him to stay until the day
of coronation when He would taka
tlie earthly throne and wave a sceptre
mightier, raid rale a dominion
wider, than any Pilaraoli, than snr
Coesar. But now all the so anticipa- j
tions collapse. Christ has given His
last advice. Ke has offered his last
sympathy. He has spoken last
word. His h ands are spiv ad apart as
one is apt to do-when lie pvonoun-.'es
a benediction, whe n suddenly the!
strongest and most stupendous law {
of all the worlds is shuttered. !
It is the law which, since the worlds j
were created, holds them together.
It is the law wliick holds everything
to tilt; earth or, temporarily hurled
from earth, returns it: the law which
keeps the planets whirling around j
other systems, nn-.u. all the systems j
whirling around the ihrone of God? i
the law is suspended, or relaxed. or j
brekem to let the body ox -J c-siis go. j
That law had laid hold of Kim thir- j
ty-iliree years before. when He de-!
scended. It had relaxed ils grip of
Him but once, and that when it declined
to sink Kim from the top of
the waves on Lake G;:lile<\ on which
i A- 11. i ,ii
HC WtliKeil, l-J Hit: UUllUili (..'i mv i
lake. That Ia\r of gravitation must
iiov>' give way to Him who made the
law*. It may hold the other stars.
but it cannot longer hold the ?t!orning
Suit of the Redemption. It may
hold the noonday sun. I nit it cannot
hold the Sim of Righteousness. The
lingers of that lav.* are about to open
to let go the most illustrious JSeing
the world had ever scvr. ;tnd wh nn
it had worst maltrentvd. "'"lie* :-t. one
est law of nature whu-h philosophers
ever weighed or ni<\ist-r< il mu-.t at
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last L IVc V. a V. it rtlii W! v\"UV >i t ?? v.
the rc-k of Olivet and tl i- heel ; ?
Clnists +V>or. Y\:i:rli ir.aH ye dis<-i
pies! AValvi* it. :ili the ii:! M'uk-h
it, all lite IiOi'! Chris- about
leave tliis iiv.v' Kit: mauls?
will not consent t-j have nini u-. >. His
enemies eatelun- lum would. or.ly attempt
by another Calvary to put
Him into some other tomb. J v. ii1
tell you how. The chain of the mo<t
tremendous na4uv;il law is uiilii-ked.
The sacred foot of our Lord ami the
limestone rock part. and nnrt t'orever.
i-CUlv. il'ui ..;;n jvui.vi
cilveks JUKI Uplifteu C\V t
pies see their Lor;! ri.-'-i.u- :Vo;u ilsol
ill earth. The n rnshli!:.. i'ui
ihewvouhl grasp His feet to h-k;
Hjj^Kii, but tlu;y are out of reach,
t?? ^liia.
?9g&ntii tops of the llgtrees iroin
'Ifl^^krin the olive-trees that
sIHknt. Higher until hi
?
j is within sight of the Uetlilehein
where II*.' was bora, and lli?- Jordan
whore he was baptized, Jir.'l the Golgotha.
where ho was slain. Higher
until 011 stairs <.i fleecy clouds Ho
steps. Higher, until into a sky bluer
than tL:- Like that could not sink
Jtiim. Jtlo disappears into ;t sea oi
priory whose billowing h'ridors hide
Him. The fishermen v,.u-!; and
\V:.tch. wondering if the law oi' nr.
tin;' will nor re-assert itself, and He
sa;'ji in ;t f--w minutes co]no back
again, ana they >;irJl see Kim dending:
fast His scarred feet co?tt.
ii: si^Lr, then the scarred side,
th'-n the scarred brow. and they nwy
lake again His searrvu hand. But >
i he moments pass by, and the hoiu\i,
and no appearai'u-e. Gone out oi 1
sight of earth, but cO>uo within sight I
ol heaven. And rising still, not wel- 1
coined by one angelic choir like those <
who one Christmas night escorted 1
Him down, but :iii heaven turns out 1
to ;n'eel Kim home, and the temples ^
ii;iw espi-i'iai anthem, and the pal;i- J
ces espoeial banquet, and the streets i
especial throngs: and all along the i
line to the foot of tlio throne, for i
years vacated but again to be taken, i
there are arches lifted, and banners t
vraved, and trumpets sounded, aud
doxologk s chanted, and coronets (
east down. 1
* "1:0.1:14 !s !hro:jg'<l His churiot Jv.?
oi>i? U!m to Ui> ivcmi ,
Th- :i sv. v-;>t their golden harps H*at su.ig c
Y??ft /H'illtl!! U
It was the greatest day in heaven! J
As lie goes up the steps of the throne ]
that tliirty-tkree years before He ab- 1
dieated for our advantage, there rises i
from all the hosts of heaven a shout t
saiotly, cherubic, seraphic, archangel
ic, Hallelujah! Amen!*' s
" > of olives, thou d^ar honored .spot, t
Til" ftuneof thy ulcry shall ne'er be forgot." 3
No wonder for at least fourteen f
hundred ye:u\s the churches have, c
i'orty vl-iys alter Easter, kept Ascen- .
bioii Jay: for the lessons are most iu- spi:itijj:
and glorious. It takes much I
01 U:j uu,: rtainty out ol the idea of 3
heaven, when from Olivet we see hu- V
max nature ascending:. The same ?
body that rose from Joseph's tomb c
asccnded from Mount Olivet. Our j
human nature is iu heaven to-day.
Just as they had seen Christ for forty
days. He ascended, head, face, shoul- ,
tiers, hands, f?ct, and the entire hu- ^
man org;mi sin. Humanity ascended! ,,
Aii, how closely that keeps Christ in ]
sympathy with those who are still in t
the straggle! Ascended scars, face s
? : * --.- I V
M"li >, Jli'.IiU .SCai15,'CX .V.'UM, TyU^UJAlVA ?
.<i\\vs." That will keep Him in accord j
with all tlie suffering, with all the [
weary, with all the imposed-upon. No \
More is He a spirit now than a body.
110 more of heaven than earth. Those [
of the ?:elestial inhabitants who never
saw our world, now walk around ]
Him and learn from His physical con- {
tour something of what our race will
be when, in the resurrection, heaven jwill
have uncounted bodies as well as ]
uncounted spirits. On Ascension
day He lifted H:mself through the at- t
mosphere of Palestine until, amid the ^
immensities. He disappeared. He' }
1w.in<r ill/. VV?Y?-Ii1 ATY?V ,
? V/AliJ MV- .Xl0 IUV T. -V.V4. V . V* ^
saw who coultl Jilt Himself. Surely, .
if He could lift Himself, He can do t
the lesser deed of lifting us. <
'"so star s;oes?liiwt t? ;t c:irebsanother sky. 3
No sun Sv.*is itere cxcc.pt to :*.?? on high." 1
CJirist leads us all the way; through r
the bright hour, for he was born in I
ikthlehem; through boyhood, for He t
p.rtstd il in Nazareth; through injus- *
u^cs, for Ho endured the outrages of (
Pilate's court room; through death, 1
for He suffered it on Calraryjthrough 1
the sepuleiire, for He lay three days <
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Witnui its uarxeueu wans; turougii <
resurrection, for the solid masonry ?
gave way on the first Easter morning; 1
through ascension. for Blount Olivet <
watched Him as He climbed the f
ski-c.^: through the shining gates, for t
He i riiered them amid magnificent J
acclaim. And here is a gratifying f
consideration liiai you never thought <
of: We will see our Lord just as He i
looked on earth. As Ho rose from <
the tomb He ascended from Mount *
Olivet. We shall soe Him as he look- <
ed on the road to Emmaus, as He '
appeared hi the upper room in Jeru- [
sahm, He was that day of valedio j
tory on the ridge from which He ?
swing into the skies. How much *re *
will v.ant to sec Him! <
I was reading of :i man born blind. <
He c? as married to one who took care 3
of him all tiiose years of darloiess. A ?
siu goon said to him, "I can remove 1
that biiiidiiess. and so he did. His <
given him, a rose was handed <
to tile uiau who ii'.'VCT before had seen }
a rose :tucl he was iu admiration of ^
it. and his family whom he had never 1
s.en before now appeared to him. and ]
he vas in tears of rapture, when lie
suddenly cried out: *\l ought lirst to '
jKivc a--cod to see the one who cared
nit: show Die the doctor." AYhcn '
from our eyes the scales of earth shall :
i'::]], and we have our first vi>ioa of
brawn. our lirst cry ought not to be.
-Wi'-vru are niy loved ones?" Our
first cry ought to be. ""Where is
|( irist. v;lio made all tlus possible?
Show n;c the duetor!" Glory be to
God for ascended humanity! Could
wo real z-.' it, ana that it is all in
sympathy for us. we would have as
cool a couraire in tire eontlict of this
life as had (.'harks the Twelfth when
]>'. was dictating dispatches to his
secretary, and a bombshell fell into
the room. and thy secretary dropped
| his pen and attempted Highi. Charles
! sisid t'.> hi'!.: 4*Oo on with your xnillujr!
what h:ts the bombshell to do
with the letter I am dictating?" If the
asi-ended Christ !>' on oar side, noth
\:i? should disturb us.
Our l~iiow-.$a:!i*rer ;>. i ?laic-s
\ i*-!!t?v>-;'c-. ;n;j s:s our ;>:ui:s,
i ill i-r.u tubers, iu Tup skies
iI . > tojjrs, il'.srivOHies. and cries."
1 ;:tu su glad that Christ. broke the
?".ati:rul I;i\v of gravitation v,*hon Ho
' sju?ok oti' i'i'Oiii His iVft tin' clutch of
?*lo;v;.t Olivet. i';-">pl;' talk :is though
, col liroiu unsympathetic. natur;:l l;av
; controlled cv; ryrhin.v The xeigii of
; law is a majestic thing. but the God
v.'Iio made it Las h rig-it to break it.
?.ud ::gain and agiin has brolien it.
: :? ] HIT:, in aii'i itL'il'j.U vr'ui break if. A ;
.iv.'; o:lv G jd .s w;:y of doing things.
si riv fitOOS:-S t?> UO lllCttl SO!)l?.'
o.iiii v vac*. He b.-.s a rig-:c to do so. A
i lav is v.or strong enough to shackle!
| the Almighty. Christ broke botanii
eiu law when, on Monday morning
j in IVIhsd*, on the way from Bethany
j to Jerusalem, by a few words he
turned a full-leaved % tree into a
mili* HIT u, ? ?LI IBIII ? i. 111 ji. --JLitmifci
lifeless stick. He broke iclitkyological
law when, without any natural inducement,
He swung a great school
of tisli '2ito a part of Lake Tiberias,
where the fishermen hud oust taeir
nets for eight or ten Lours without
the capture of a minnow; and by making
a iisli help pay the tax by yielding
from its mouth a Soman stater.
Christ broke the law . of storms by |
compelling, with :t word, the angered !
...m to hu.-h its frenzy, and the winds i
to quit rii? ir blowing.- ITe b' oke i
zoological 'aw when he made the j
devils possess rhe swine of Gudara.
He broke fho law of economics when
lie made enough bread tor five thousand
people out of five biscuits that
ii _ . ? __ i__ _ *i? i i i
vroiuu not oruinaruy nave ueen
snough for ten of tlie hungry. Ho
broke intellectual law when, by a
word, Ke silenced a maniac into placidity.
He broke physiological la\^
ivi-ei!. by a touch', He straightened p.
.voin:in who, for eighteen 3rears, had
vcj: bent' almost doable, and when
ile pat spring into the foot of inhunuted
Lazarus, and when, without
nedicine, He gave the dying girl back
n health to the Syro-Phtcnician
nother, and when He made the pala:ial
home of the nobleman resound
tg tin with the laughter ofhis restorHi
boy, and when, without knife or
mattery, He set cataracted eyes to
iecimr airain. and the drum of deaf
ioi j6 to vibrating again, anu the nerves
>f paralyzed arms to thrilling again,
iiul tlien when in leaving the earth
ae defied all the atmospheric law and
jhysiolcgiciil law, and that law which
igs in it withes and cables and girlers
enough to hold the universe?
he law of gravitation.
The Christ who proved himself on
;o many occasions, and especially
he last, superior to law, still lives;
knd ttvery day, in answer to prayer
or the good of the world, He is
overriding the law.
Standing today cn the Ascension
>eak of Mount Olivet I am gladdened
at the closing gesture, tho last
res luxe Christ ever made. '-He
ifted up his hands and blessed
hem," says the inspired account of
>ur Lord's departure. I am so glad
le lifted up Kis hands. Gestures
ire often more significant than words,
attitude than arguments. Christ had
uade a gesture of contempt when
vitli tiis finger He wrote on the
;round: gesture of repulsion when
fe said, "Get thee behind me Satan:"
resturo of condemnation when He
.iiid, "Woe unto you Pharisees and
lypoeiltes." But His last gesture,
iis Olivetic gesture, is a gesture of
jenediction. He lifted up His
janus and blessed tliem. His arms
ire extended, and the palms of His
lands turned downward, and so He
Iroppcd benediction upon Olivet,
>enediction. upjn Palestine.benedicion
upon all the earth.
The cruel world took Him in at
he start on a cradle of straw, and at
aot thrust Him out with the pomtoi
I, spear; but benediction! Ascending
intil beneath He saw on one side
he Bethlehem where they put Him
imong the cattle, and Calvary on the
xi. i ai i tt:
HUt*JL biU'C, YVJULCJLU L1ICV put JJUill
LHiong the thieves. As far as the
x cited and intensified vision of the
jroup on Olivet could see Him, and
il'ter He was so fsir up they could no
onger hear His words, they saw the
gesture of the outspread hands, the
benediction. And that is His attiudo
today. His benediction upon
lie world's climates, and they are
hanging, and will keep on changing
mtil the atmosphere shall be a coniuingling
of October and June. Benediction
upon the deserts till they
whiten with lily, and blush with rose,
aid yellow with cowslip, and emerald
vith grass. benediction upon governments
till they become more just
md humane. Benediction upon na;ions
until they kneel in prayer.
benediction upon the wole eartu un;il
every mountain is an Olivet of
;onsecration, and every lake a Gallec
on whose rnosiac of crystal, and
>pal. and sapphire divine splendors
shall walk. Oh, take the benediction
)f his pardon, sinners young, sinners
>ld, sinners moderate and sinners
ibandoned. Take the benediction of
riis comfort, all ye broken-hearted
.aider bereavement, and privation,
md myriad woes. Take Kis beneliction,
all ye sick-beds, whether un.ler
acute spasms of pain, or in longprotracted
invalidism. For orphanige,
and childlessness, and widowrood
a benediction. For cradles
md trundle-bed, and rocking-chair
:>f OvcOgenarians a benediction. For
ifo and death, for time and eternity,
'or c-artli and for heaven, a benedic7x0ii.
Sublimest gesture ever made,
the last gesture of our ascending
Lord." "ioid He lifted up his hands,
and blessed them."
la our attitude the same? Is it
the clenched fist or the open palm? Is
it wrath or is it kindness? Is it diabolism
or Christianism? God gives
us the grace of the open palm, open
upward to get the benediction, open
downward to pronounce a benediction.
A lady was passing along a
street and suddenly ran against a
ragged boy, and she said: <VI beg
your pardon, my boy, I did not mean
to run against you: iaru very sorry.'
And the boy took o?' the piece of a
cap lie bad on liis head and said:
"You have my parding, lady, and you
may run agin me and knock me clear
down: I won't care." And turning
to a comrade he said: ''That nearly
took me off my feet. Nobody ever
asked my parding before." Kindness!
Kindness! Fill the world
with it. There has always been too
much of disregard of others. Illustrated
in 1G30, in England, when 9-3,000
acres of marshes were drained i
for health and for crop-raising, and I
the sportsmen destroyed the drain-..-/Vi.l
Ua/I.snca +"hmr w'anfo.l fn
tii-,t; ?> VliV MVVUU^V II MMWV* wv
keep the marshes for hunting grounds,
where they could shoot wild ducks.
The same selfishness in all ages. Oh,
for kindness that would make
our life a symphony suggestive of one
of the ancient banquets where everything
was set to music, 1110 plates
brought in and removed to the sound
of music, the motion of the carvers
keeping time to the music, the conversation
lifting and dropping with
the rising and falling of the music.
]>nt. instead of the music of an enrthjy
orchestra.it would be the music o'a
heavenly charm, our words the music
of kind thoughts, our steps the
music oi' helpful deeds, our smile the
music of encouraging looks, our
youth and old age the firsi and last
i bars of music conducted by the
j pierced hand that was opened in love
I and spread downward in benediction
! 011 Olivetic heights 011 Ascension
'day.
' . *l>y a new w;<y none ever trod,
OhiiKt mounted to the throne of God.'
| To Succeed 3Ir. Randall.
Richard Yaax has been nominated
! by acvliimation as thecandiditetofill
; tiie vacancy caused by the ueath ot
SamuelJ. Handall. Richard Vaux
was born in 181'J. and admitted to
the bai when i wenty years of age.
During President Van Buren's administration
he acted as secretary oi'
the American le-ation at London.
He was elected Mayor of Philadelphia
on the Democratic ticket in 1850
and served one term. He has always
Vet-u a stalwart Democrat and <
is poularly known "as a bourbon of j
the bc:v ' Va:;."
A CALL TO THE CLU3S. i
lice State JL> mocr?tl? Executive Committee
Son si ImtrucfcionH for the Campaign.
O.jl. James A. Hoyt. Chairman of
iiie Democratic State Executive Committee,
has sent the following circular
letter to each County Chairman:
'D-ar Sir: A convention of the
Democratic party of South Carolina
Trill assemble at Columbia on Wednesday,
the lOfh day of September,
1800, at 12 o'clock m., ii--. tLo hall of
the of representatives, to ;
nominate candidates for State officers
and to transact such other business
iis the convention may deem proper. ;
"The number of delegates elected
by each county will be equal to double :
the renrGHfrntfttion to which anfh
county is entitled in belli branches
of the General Assembly. The County
Chairman of the several Counties in
this State '.vill proceed to have the
Democratic clubs in the Counties reorganized
and take such steps as are
necessaiy to curry out the call and
for the election of delegates to the
State Convention. It is respectfully
suggested that the election of delegates
to the county convention be
postpones.;, wherever practicable,until
after the meetings in the respective
counties under the arrangement for
n oi'cliimnarv cainDahm of the State. 13
It is tlie sense of the State Executive
Committee, as expressed by a resolu- ]
don adopted on the 8th instant, that *
delegates to the State (Convention '
should not be elected until after the i'
close of the preliminary campaign,
which is to end on the fifth day of 1
August." ^
Accompanying tlio above call for *
the convention is another cirriiip? '
letter, presenting the plan of iht> pre- ^
liininary campaign, suggested i>y the 1
Jxecutive Comiaiffcffi^in accordance '
with the provisi^tosrof the constitu- ;
tion of the ji;^^?Aitcr naming the ;
dates iiidicatc^wKr holding meetings 3
at the various county seats the com (
mitte. says: ]
"Your attention is directed to the '
fact that these appointments cover
the entire State, and that they have J
oeen arranged to the best advantage
consistent rvitli the time allowed for
the campaign. If tLe date selected :
for your county needs to be changed '
for any urgent reason it will necessarily
carry your meeting to tlie end ]
of the list, as it is impracticable to 1
make changes any other way. Pleaie
notify the chairman at once in regard ]
to the date iixed. -whether or not it '
is acceptable, and address him at ^
Grceaville. '
"The State Executive Committee '
further provided that in the conduct ]
of these meetings each County Execu- *
t:ve Committee will take full charge '
of their respective meetings, and .
while it is obligatory to invito all 1
candidates for State offices, to use '
the exact language of the Constitution,
there is no prohibition against '
other Democrats beiBg invited to J
speak if the county committee see .
proper to do so.
"The County Chairmen will summon :
their executive committee to attend 1
the preliminary meetings of their J
reipectiro counties and aid in the
proper conduct and management of 1
these meetings, so that a full and fair
discussion may be had of the issues
presented to the people." i
An Appropriate Selection. !
Gem Joseph E. Johnston was a few ,
.7..?., .. ~.n >-.1 !*? T.aa T
IctiJ E r5L'lCOtCV.t UJ L1?U JUCU i?xt JU?- i
orial Association to unveil the Lee ,
statue in Richmond, Ya., on the 29th
of the present month, and from a
distant Southern city promptly telegraphed
his acceptance of the honor.
There is a great appropriateness in ;
this selection. They were both born
in Virginia, within a month of each
other, in 1807; they graduated in the
same class at West Point hi 1S29, and
distinguished themselves in the war
with Mexico. They both resigned
from the Federal army at the outbreak
of the civil war. and achieved
distinction as masters of the art of
war. It is known that these distinguished
commanders held each other
in the highest esteem, and one of the
most interesting features of the approaching
cercmonies will be the appearance
of General Johnston as a
it/*
contrai ngure.
A Fearful Storm of Wind.
Central. C., May 15.?The most
terrible storm of ram, wind and liail
passed orer our town about three
j o'clock yesterday afternoon that has
been known for years. The amount
of rain and hail that fell in a short
space of time was simply enormous.
The hailstoaes were not very large,
hut the quantity was so great tliat
they drifted down in one basin above
a railroad embankment to ihc depth
I of from three to four feet. Crops
j were beaten out of existence. We
! can hardly tell that anything was
ever planted. Fruit was almost en:
tirely destroyed. Gardens were swept
I 2. rrc?va
J UUl> U1 CAIS It'll L'l*. tt iliuwn I'iuivo iiiiv
! broken, trees were blown down and
| birds and poultry were killed. The
| damage to crops can hardly be osti ;
mated.
J
! ?Mr. Charlisle has been nominated
i by accloinatioa. by the Democratic
! caucus to succeed 3L>\ B<-ck as Sec*- i
i tor from Kentuckv.
1
: ?J. W. ^IcLaury, publisher of the
i Tocco.i. Ga.. -Sews, will put up a canj
ning factory at Toccoa and take all
: the tomatoes his subscribers raise.
f at the^ghest market price.
i / ' . ;
AT ANDERSON.
THE SECOND SPEECH OF CAPTAIN
TILLMAN'S CANVASS.
A Kopotitlan of tlxi Points Xnde at lUdgeway,Wlth
Some New One?Colonel Earle
In lie ply.
The second meeting oi'Capt.Tillman's
campaign was lield at Anderson on
Saturday the 10th. The meeting was
attended by about 1.000 persons.
Nothing new was developed by Capt.
Tillman's speech, his jrks coverng
about the same points he made
at Itidgewav. He was replied to by
Attorney- General Earle, and the discussion
was harmonious. From the
Columbia Registerwe take the follow
ing report of the speaking:
A3 the crowd began to get settled
around the stand, someone :r!ed oat
"Three cheers for Earle," which was
followed with a whoop. Three cheers
was then given for Tillman, and then
three cheers for the straightout Democracy.
Hr. A. C. Latimer called
the meeting to order. Kev. C. B.
Smith was requested to open it with
prayer, which he did. This was
about 11:30. Cnpt. 1). li. Tillman was
then introduced to the audience by
the presiding officer.
After leisurely arranging some
manuscript and newspapers on the
board, he began: "It gives mepl easuro
to meet the citizens of any ounty
c< i: l <1 _ .. i
di ooutu. v^aroima ana see mem, una
let the in look me in tlie eyes, or eye,
for I hare got but one eye. After
what you liave seen in the papers, I
am sure you are surprised to learn
that this little, insignificant fellow is
Ben Tillman. I have some peculiarities.
I write with my left hand. All
you've seen in the papers as coming
Eroin me was written with this left
paw. Another peculiarity is, I have
only one eye and I will tell the truth.
E have said some h:ird things, but
that is neeessary in all reforms. "What
[ have said has been in self-defense.
E am here as a candidate for governor.
[ am here as the exponent of the
i t i i 11 r ?
principles represented ovine larruers
movement.
Re tlien went on to discuss the
necessity for the March convention,
md said lie "was respoesible [for its
Deing called." He spoke of his can.'as8
two years ago with Governor
Richardson?md referred to the elec;ion
of delegates to the State conven;ioii.
and said the ringsters had the
convention bottled up in their
breeches pockets. He also spoke of
:he amendment to the constitution,
.wo years ago, as a trap to catch the
farmers pi. He said the change was
i damnable plot. "I warned them
:hat me tanners would. interest tnem
ii 1890." He said tlie State Demo?ratic
executive committee bad mapped
out thirty-live meetings, at which
ie was expected to be.
He said: "I hope they will meet
no there.'' A voice from the crowd:
They'll never do it.
Capt. Tillman: "Don't you bo too
jure of it. Don't holler until you get
uut of the woods. I don't holler."
He spoke of the cry of splitting the
party,* and finally came to the nieetng
at Ridge way. and explained why
ie withdrew. He then went over
rvr/iffv rtincli fit^ *!ime mwnnrl fis
covered at llidgeway. Ho denounced
;lxe free schools miserable as humbugs,
aid said we should stop work on the
State House. It would take nearly a
million dollars to finish it, and we
jould not afford it and live in our
liuts.
Capt. Tillman referred to refunding
the State debt, and said: "I
lon't see why I can't refund it as
tvell as anybody. I've as good a
character as anybody if I do say it
myself."
At the conclusion of his talk. Gen.
Earle was introduced to th? audience
is "another honored son of South
Carolina.He made a calm and
i-lear speech, notwithstanding that he
was often interrupted by Tillmaa
ind others.
Col. Karle's Reply.
Colonel Earle said he agreed with
~ . m<ii il 1
Uapt. Tillman m some tilings. ana
differed with him in many. Under
bis definition, Tillman was an aristocat,
and he was an oflice seeker in
Columbia. He also said the March
convention was called outside the
Democratic ranks and that hence it
was an independent movement.
He then said he wanted to know,
as attorney general, in what the corruption
in the State offices consisted,
and turned to Capt. Tillman and asked
him to tell him.
Tillman replied: ''Well, the legislators
did not do what they swore
they would do, in not taking the cen
sus and re-apportioning thsrepresen
tatives over the State!"
;r.. ?ii?" oo;/i n.<vn T.ovio
HULL tUi- OUiU JUUiiv., ,
"AVelL yes," replied Tillman: "there
was also a i'ailure of duty by the board
of agriculture to prosecute fertilizer
dealers."
"Is that all?" inquired Gen. Earle.
"Yes."
' Do you charge anything against
me in my officef
"No."
"Have I been extravagant?"
"No."
"Have I failed to do my dutv?"
"No."
"So the only corruption in the
State government is in the failure to
re-apportion?"
"Yes."
. 1 T!iiK 1 ^
mere were severei muo ?pai?, um
nothing generally involved.
Gen. Earle's speech was characterized
by calmuess and clearness. He
showed that the railroad commission
was without power. He also said
that Capt. Tillman had done wron^
in saving that such men as J olm
C. Haskell and others, who are just
as good and pure as Tillman, are perjurers.
Gen. Earle characterized this as a
fight by the outs to get in, and said
it looked very much like Walker Russell's
Democracy. "I don't say they
will go like Russell, nor do I compare
them to Eussell, but the facts point
-? ."Jiw.rt+K-vii " T-rllmnn tlivn
ill ILIUll V.U1
ed his back on the rules of the Democratic
party of 1S7G. He believed
Tillman was a Democrat, but if defeatedlie
did notkuon what he would
do. He is a misguided Democrat. He
did not think Capt. Tillman would
be false- to the party.
I Concluding, Gen. Earle said: '"God
be praised, this Democratic party
lias no corruption to answer
for, and South Carolina's proud name
has not been smirched."
Tillman replied by reiteration to
Gen. Earle. and the meeting closed.
All mssed off cmietlv. Both speak
ers were listened to attentively with
few exceptions. There were f-iequen fc
applauses f?r botli speakers!;
A MISER'S HIDDEN WEALTH.
Material for a Novel Furnished by in
Old Woman's Death.
Ample material for a sensational
novel is supplied in the last police
reports from Stockeran, a small town
on tlie left bank of tlie Danube, say*
the London Daily News. Abou-t a
week ago ail old woman of 70?Theresa
Schiller?was murdered by two
visitors, who succeeded in escaping.
She was known to boi an eld miser,
who lived in rags, witli two cats and
dogs, in a little surburban house,
which stands quite isolated near the
railroad station.
The police made an inventory of
her possessions. After some searcli
it was found that the old woman
must have been in relations with ail
the thieves of the empire. Property
which had been missing for many
-Tan-n/1 , .11 wvar>-?tccl*
> O ? tiO XVLLX11L V/Il iiti jyj. ^AjLIAO^OThe
clue was given by the discovery
of a voluble watch and chain to which
a strip of paper was attached with
the words: "Bought this of S
for 6 florins."
The watch bore the name of a well
known citizen of Stocl:eran, out of
whose room it had been stolen ten
years ago. The old woman's clothes
were mere rags, and the police at
first felt reluctant to touch them, but
when a splendid golden pyx, set with
precious stones, fell out of the tattered
gown, their interest was aroused
and every comer was searched. In
the cellar large pieces of gold, no
doubt melted ornaments, were found.
In the loft there were boxes with
l?/.^ r?4-\n-v/l i r?i ayntt a/
i.AAUH.tJL oaiivi UIuLlJ WX AJLa^ja
| the police recognized as forming pail
I of tHo Grfmichstaedtcc property of
| which, on the Graben caused so much
commotion live years ago.
In the moldering furniture valuables
of every description were found,
such as chalices, pyzes, golden candlestick*,
beautiful lace and linen. In
a comer of a cupbord by a bag containing
20,000 liorin* in gold and
shares and bonds worth upward of
10,000 florins. Silver spoons and
forks were discovered in all the kitchen
drawers. In a little box live blac-K
diamonds were found, which are
said to be of enormous value. Only
part of the floor hits been pulled up.
but large quantites of linen and valuable
dress materials were liidden
there.
At present the garden is bemg
searched, as it is supposed that she
may have buried things there. Tho
whole property found is believed to
be worth more than 500.000 florins,
and yet the old woman scarcely ever
allowed herself a decent meal, and
had not a piece of respectable clothing
on her when she was found dead.
The fuel slie used consisted of little
bits of coal collected by poor children
at tke railway station and sold
to her for a few coppers.
THE COTTON STATES
I'lautlng Generally Late Except id the
Cirolinaa.
The statistical returns of the Department
of Agriculture for May, relative
to cotton, report tho progress
of planting and conditions affecting
seeding and germination. Planting
is late except in Carolinas. In Georgia
it is scarcely up to the average at
this date, the delay being caused by
drought, difficulty of plowing and
slow germination. From Alabama,
westward, serious delays have occurred
from excessive rains, overflow
of bottom lands and Hoods from the
rise of the great rivers. Replanting
is necessary where the seed has rotted
in the ground. A great scarcity of
seed is reported in parts of Tennessee.
Usually nearly seren-eighths of
the cotton area is seeded before the
close of April. This year only threefourths
has been planted. The proportion
in the several States is reported
as follows: Virginia, 55 per
cent.; South Carolina, SO; North
Carolina, 77; Georgia. SG: Florida,
87; Alabama, 85; Mississippi, G5:
Louisiana; 70; Texas, 75: Arkansas,
GO; Tennessee, 57; average 75.8 per
L
cent.
In the Mississippi River ?oiton
lands the fear of floods, as well as the
actual overflow, prevents planting,
which will be actively pushed as the
j waters subside and daugor becomes
less imminent.
World's Fair Finances.
It is intended to secure the additional
$5,000,000 of "World's Fail* capital
stock by subscription, as the iirst
?5,000,000 was secured, and a subcommittee
has been appointed by
the ways and means committee to
draft a suitable form of subscription
l.lnul- f/-i Tv?rvvi,f/>rl ?v nf
VJ IV K/\. JIV^'VA vvv% ?. w ?V
the committee. The issuingof bonds
as a part of the financial scheme outlined
before the committees of Congress
will come later. A p' - tion of
the finances of the fair, which will
doubtless receive a great deal of attention.
iS the sale of privileges,
which is expected to bring in at least
$1.000.000. At the centennial only
55237.000 was realized, and only about j
$400,000 at the late Paris exposition. I
The question of a site, it is thought, J
will soon be decided.
A Fanner's Keenest.
"Good bye, children." said a Kanj
sas farmer on his death l>ed. "I i
leave you my blessing, the old farm, j
and," gasped tlio old man?
' And wliat, father dear?" eagerly
whispered his expectant children.
"And the usual mortgage." were
the last words of the good old man.
?An infant child cf Mr. and Mrs
Grantham, living a few miles from
Americas, was choked to death in
a singular manner a day or two since.
The parents of the child went early
to the Held, leaving the child asleep
on the bed. In some manner it rolled
off the side of the bed m>xt to the wall.
The child's head was caught between
the side of the house and the bed^
stead, in which position it died in
5 short while from strangulation.
=r ^ . t_' .
ALLIANCE ARGUMENT. I
THE SUB-TREASURY BILL BEFORE THE
HOUSE COMMITTFF
An Address by Chairman jlaoCv-.*.?
cultural Depression the Cause of all Industrial
Troubles?The Sub-Treasury
fcciieme.
Washington, D. C? May 13.?A
de-legation representing the Farmers'
Alliance appeared before the "Ways
nnd Cleans Committee this morning
to advocate the passage of the Pickler
bill to create sub-treasuries in
different parts of the country for the
reception of staple goods produced ^
by farmers. The spokesman was C.
V>*. MacCune. chairman of the logislative
committee of the AUianc? and
editor of the National Economist, a
paper devoted to the objects of the
organization. Others present were
-JaJLV/JJ.Z,vJ >V2UUt'IU VJ1 OVUtXl X/iU^UUi,
Benj. Ten-oil. of Texas, National
Lecturer; C. T. Livingston, President
of the Georgia State Alliance;
K. M. Humphrey, General
tendent 01 the Alliance, and J. J.
Rogers, of the. Virginia State A i nance.
i In addition there were present a number
of members, principally from the
Southern States.
MacCune began his address bv de- . >.
scribing the depressed state of agii- '
culture, which, he said, wasth^prizn*
cause of trouble in other pursuits.
If the existing conditions continued,
he warned the Committee that labor
would become desperate and a great
revolution would ensue. History
,.t ?--If., ?, 1..
fcJLLUYVCU LLLU.L *Y CiXXLUL UUU iULWajS XZiVA>ed
intelligence to meet in time the
necessities of labor and in its past la -3.
bor had never adopted proper means
to remedy the faults of whicu it complains.
The object of the Farmers'Alliance
was mental, social and financial
improvement. Republicans in .the
North and Democrats in the South
were working in the same direction .?cj|
and the result hadbeento place them
shoulder to shoulder?black and
white, who were engaged in the cultivation
of the soil. Harmony of purpose
characterized the concerted efforts
of the Alliance raid the prejudi- \
ces of generations had been sunk in
the pursuit of the good of the commonwealth.
At the St. Louis convention 2,000,- , ;i|j|
000 fanners had been represented
and they had proposed the remedy
set out in the bill as.a first step in
the rierht direction. If it was crudely
framed and the ideas indistinctly expressed
tliev relied upon the wisdom
of the committee to give it the proper
form, but they believed that they had I
found a remedy for them.
She Illinois farmers asked 110 favor
and no class legislation. They were
now suffering .from the latter. They
did not ask the enactment of any un
constitutional measure, but as the . '
great debtor class, as the men who .
had gene out fn the "West and laid
the soil under contribution with borrowed
money they protested against
the contraction of the currency at the
time when their debts became due
and asked that the conditions be
restored to what they were when the
money was borrowed. They asked justice.
pure and simple.
New Threats of Secession.
Secession is not so dead
as it was thought to be. The citizens
of James county. Tennessee.
threaten to secede from that State. * "A|
The Legislature has abolished the
county, but its citizens keep up the
county organization, assessing taxes
and arraigning criminals. They
propose to secede if the Legislature
doesn't recede, and to apply for admission
to the Union as a
separate State, probably as a
counterbalance to Pthode Island.
If one the States '"lately in rebellion"
should have to suppress an at- ^
tempt of a body of its citizens to se- "
cede and should accomplish it, then
pvpti fh^mosf rnhir] R<sTYubIica3i would
be compelled to admit that secession
is dead indeecl
A Plucky Chinaman's Offei
It has never been stipulated in the
conditions of so-called "civilized
duals" thai the survivor of the corn
bat should care for the family of the
slain, and it has remained for a Celestial
to suggest this important and
reasonable proviso. His came is
Chu Fong; and he lives at BridgeDort.
Conn. The other day he was
refused membership in the Rosedale
Fishingclub.and heard one of theblack
bailers refer to him as a "heathen -J&
Chinee." Thereupon he hied him to
his laundry and penned the followiug
letter toPresident McCann: "iou m
insult me calling Chu Fong Haythen ^ 1
Chinee. Me no haythen. me Cklis
tian. Me v.*ant to light like man. Me
meet you on Rosedale dock some
night. You get gun, me get gun.
You say 5 May. me say all light. Me
kill you. many widow and take care
childlcn when you die. M* mean
business. Cnu Fcxg. Clistiax.'*
A Timely Snake Story.
The season has now advanced far
enough for snake stories to be in or- __
der. One of the first to gain curren?,
ev is to the eliect that the boys who
| attend the Howard public shool at
j Johnsbury. N. J., found a den of seri
pents the other afternoon. It was a jgj
| big hole in the ground. partly covj
ered with a stone. They poked sticks
j into it and in ten minutes a large
| number of snakes came out. "With \j
i sticks and stones they killed fortyseven
black snakes, live pilots and
fourteen garters. Two of the black
snakes were live feet long.
?v/liX" cxii^xj.1%;vi* i
two brakemen were killed by tlie
collision of two freight trains on ilie
East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia
Railway, at a tunnel four miles from
Chattanooga on Monday morning. j
The accident was caused by a misunderstanding
of running orders.
?The Fannin county. Texas, Alii!
ance have passed strong resolutions
j favoring the working of county eonj
victs and short, term convicts on
| the public roaus; in favor of a can /t|
i nery at Bonham; in favor of the use ! m
j of cotton bagging: in favor of the use
101 uniform text-books in the public
schools.