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? J i' : B3B8SSWB ? 9 W >i-WB JllUWI UlHJ.illl SBB WBB3 glliil THE DOOR ORENEDT THE iNViTATICN TO Tr.E ?3ETTER WUKLU AtfUVt. John oe I'atmo* and Napoleon on St. Helena Contrasted?Sunyan's View of a Celestial City Through the Open L'oor? Calvin's Inspiration. Dr. Talmage's sermon Sunday was on "The "Wide Open Door." and his text. Revelations iv, 1: "And. behold, a door was opened in Heaven." Following is his sermon: John had been the pastor of a church in Ephes.us. He had been driven from his position in that city by an indignant populace. The preaching of a pure and earnest gospel had made an excitement dangerous" to every font: of iniquity. This will often be the result of pointed preaching. Men will flinch under the sword strokes of truth. You ought not to be surprised that the blind man makes an outcry of pain when the sargeon removes the cataract from his eye. It is a good sign when you see men uneasy in the church pew and exhibiting impatience at some plain utterance of truth, which smites a pet sin that they are hugging to their hearts. After the patient has been so low that for two weeks he said nothing and noticed nothing, it is thought to be a good sign when he begins to be a little cross. And so I notice that spiritual invalids are in a fan- way for recovery when they becoaae somewhat irascible and choleric under the treatment of the truth. But John had so mightily inculpated public iniquity that he had been banished from his chueh and sent to Patmos, a disolate island, only a mile in breadth, against whose rocky coast r.l>p find mine-led its voice vrith the prayers and hymns of the heroic exile. You cannot but contrast the conation of this banished apostle with that of another famous exile. Look at the apostle on Patmos and the great Frenchman on St. Helena. Both were suffering among desolation and barrenness- because of ofl'en:-ts committed. Both had passed iuough lives eventful and thrilling. Jietii buci oei.21 iionorea and cuspisea. Belli were imperial natures. Both had been turned ofi to die. Yet mark itit infinite difference; one had fought for the perishable crown of worldly auuiorlfv, the other for one eternally lustrous. The one had marked his path with the bleached skulls of his followers, the other had introduced peace and goodwill among men. The one had iived chiefly for self-aggrandisement and the other for the glory of Christ. The successes of the one were achieved amid the breaking of thousands of herjrts and the acute. Heaven-rending cry of orphanage and widowhood, while the triumphs of the other made joy in heaven among the augels of God. ? The heart of one exile was filled with remorse and despair, while the other was lighted up with thanksgiving and inextinguishable hope. Over St. Helena gathered the blackness of darkness, clouds lighted up by no sunrising. but rent and fringed and j having with the lightnings of a wrathful God, and the spray flung over the rocks seemed to hiss with the condemnation: "The way of the ungodly shall perish." But over Patmos the ^ Heavens were opened, and the stormy w sea beneath was forgotten in the toII and gieam ot waters irom anaer me throne like crystal, and the barrenness of tlie ground under tiie apostle was forgotten as above him he saw the trees of life, all bending under the rich glow of Heavenly fruitage, while the hoarse blast of contending elements around his suffering body was drowned in the trumpeting of trumpets, and the harping of harps, the victorious cry of multitudes like the voice of many waters, and the ? A -?v? ItlrA V-1-* r\ ! JJ.VS3i3JJSJ.ii UJ. JJLL xlLVLUWl JJLOkC IJLiC " stars. What a dull spot upon which to stand and have such a glorious vision! Had Patmos been some tropical island, arbored with the luxuriance of perpetual summer and drowsy with breath of cinnamon and cassia, and tesselated with long aisles of geraniums and cactus, we would not have been surprised at the splendor of the vision. But the last place you would go to if you wanted to iind beautiful visions would be the island of Patmos. Yet it is around such gloomy spots that God makes the most wonderful revelation. It was looking through the awful shadows of a prison that John Bunyan saw ' the gate of the celestial city. God there divided the light from the darkness. In that gloomy abode, on scraps of old paper picked up about his room, the great dream was written. It was while John Calvin'was a refugee from bloody persecution and was hid in a house at Angouleme, that he conceived the idea of vrritiiig his immortal Institutes. Jacob had many a time seen the sun breaking through fhp rrnsfs nnr] kindlmrr them into shafts and pillars of fiery splendor . that might well have been a ladder for the angels to tread on, but the famous ladder which he saw soared through a gloomy night over the wilderness. The night of trial and desolation is the scene of the grandest Heavenly revelations. From the barren, surf-beaten rocks of Patmos, i John looked up and saw that a door I was opened in Heaven. As we take our stand upon some hi?rhnoint,sinele objects dwindle into such insignificance that we cease to see them in the minutire. and we behold only the grand points of the scener*. But not so with God. Al. though standing far up in the very K tower of heaven, nothing by reason of ' its smallness escapes His vision. Every lily^ of the field, every violet under the grass, the tiniest heliotrope, aster and gentian are as plainly seen by Him as the proudest magnolia, and not one vein of color in ! their leaf deepens or fades without His notice, jc rom tnis aoor in neavl en God sees all human conduct and the world's moral changes. Not one tear of sorrow falls in hospital or * workshop or dungeon bat He sees it and in high heaven makes record of its fall. The world's iniquities in all their ghastliness glower under His vision. Wars and tumults and the desolations of famine and earthquake, whirlwind and shipwreck. spread out ' before Him. If there were no being in all the universe but God, Ke could be happy with such an outlook as the door of heaven. But there He stands no more disturbed by the fall of a kingdom than the dropping of a leaf, no more excited by the rising of a throne than the bursting of a bud. the falling of a deluge than the trickling of a raindrop. Earthly royalty ^ clutches nervously its sceptre and && waits in suspense the will of inflamed |p' subjects and the crown is tossed W from one family to another. But above all earthly vicissitude and the T BJUKJUB-l'. 1-. LJ^LUBBJI J. f.U>J J>U< assault of human passions, m unshaken security stands the Xing of Kings, "hatching all the affairs o: His empire from the introduction of an era to the counting of the Lairs of i your head. i Again: I learn from the i'uct tnat j i a door in heaven is opened, that there j is a way of entrance for our prayers ! and of egress for divine blessings. It j docs not seem that our weak voice j has strength enough to climb up to J I God's ear. Shall not t>ur prayer be lost in ihe clouds? Have words wings? The truth is plain: Heavens door is wide open to receive every j prayer. Must it not be loud? Ought j it not to ring up with the strength of stout lungs? Must it not be a loud call. s:ich as drowning men utter or like the shout of some chieftain hi the battle? Xo: a whisper is as good as a shout, and the mere wish of the soul in profound silence is as good as a whisper. It rises just as high and accomplishes just as much. But ought not prayer be made up of golden words if it is to euter such a splendid door and live beside seraphim and archangel?. Ought not every phrase be rounded into peri'ec ticn. ought not tiie language oa musi-1 cal, and classic, and poetic, and rhe-1 torical? Xo, the most illiterate outcry, the unjointed petition, the clumsy I phrase, the sentence breaking into | grammatical blunders, an unworded j groan, is just as effectual if it be the utterance of the soul's want. A | heart all covered up with garlands of j thought would be no attraction to , God, but a heart broken and con-! ' *' . ? ?*?*>__ I trite, til at is tne aeceptaoie sacrmce. "I know tliat my Redeemer liveth," rising up in the mighty harmony of a musical academy may overpower our ear and heart, but it will not reach the ear of God like the broken voiced hymn of some sufferer amid rags aud desolation looking up trustfully to a Saviour's compassion, singing- amid tears and pangs, ;iI know that my Redeemer liveth." I suppose that there was more rhetoric and classic elegance in the prayers of the Pharisee than of the publican, but you know which , was successful. You may kneel with complete elegance oil some soft cushion at an altar of alabaster, and utter-a prayer of Miltonic sublimity, but neither your graceful posture nor the roll of your blank verse will attract heavenly attention, while over j some dark cellar in which a Chris-1 tian pauper is prostrate in the sfraw, angels bend from their thrones and cry one to another: "Behold, he prays!" Through this open door of heaven what a long procession of prayers is continually passing! What thanksgivings! What confessions! "What intercessions! What ;beseeching! "And behold a door was opened in heaven." Again: The door of heaven is opened to allow us the opportunity of looking in. Christ, when he came from heaven to Bethlehem, left it open, and no one since has dared to shut it. Matthew threw it still wider open when he came to write, and Paul pushed the door farther back when he spoke of the glory to be revealed; and John in Revelation actu ally points us to the harps and the waters, and the crowns, and the tin-ones. It is -wide open enough to see Christ. "Behold him, ihe chief among ten thousands, all the bannered pomp of heaven at his feet. With your en- j kindled faith look up along these i ranks of glory. Watch how their palms wave and hear^how their voices ring. Floods clapping their hands, cf-.vppfc (rlAfimirtor \rifh o-nld. rmcount ed multitudes ever accumulating in number and ever rising up into gladder hosonnas. If you cannot stand to look upon that joy for at least one horn-, how could you endure to dwell among it forever? You would wish yourself out of it in three days and choose the earth again or any other place where it was not always Sun-1 clay. My hearer in worldly prosperity. | affluent, honered, healthy and happy. look in upon that company of the redeemed, and see how the poor soulir heaven is better off than you* are, j brighter in apparel, richer in estate, j higher in power. Hearers, afflicted and tried, look in through that open ! door that you may see to what gladness and glory you are coming, to what life, to what riches, to what royalty. Hearers pleased to fascination with this world, gather up your crvnlc -For nno nr?rvrp/?i?.f.ive Irtfik linon riclies that never fly away, upon health that never sickens, upon sceptres that never break, upon execptations that are never disappointed. Look in and see if there are not i enough crowns to pay us for all our battles, enough rest to relieve all our I fatigues, enough living fountains to quench all our thirst, enough glory ! to dash out forever and ever all earth's sighing and restlessness and darkness. -Dames enaect, tears wipeu away, thorns plucked from the bosoms, stabs healed, the tomb riven?what a scene to look upon. And that door has not begun to shut. If redeemed by grace we shall enter it. This bide of it we have wept, but on the other side of it we shall never weep. On this side we may have grown sick with weariness, but on the other side of it we shall be without fatigue. On this side we Dieea wim me warrior s wounus, on the other side vre shall wave the victors palm. "When you think of dying what makes your brow con tract, what makes youbreathesodeep and sigh? What makes you gloomy in passing a graveyard? Follower of Christ, you have been thinking that death is something terrible, the.meas ?"* * 1 urmg oi lances witn a poweriui antagonist. the closing in of a conflict which may be your everlasting defeat. You do not want much to think of dying. The step beyond this lif seems so mysterious you dread the taking of it. Why, who taught you this lesson of horrors? Heaven's door is wide open, and you step out of i your sick room into those partals. Not as long as a minute will elapse lva+\rc><vn rnnr rlpnnrtm-p and vour ar rival there. Not half so long as the tvdnkling of an eye. JNot the millionth part of an instant. There is no stumbling into darlmess. There is no plunging down into mysterious depths. The door is open. This instant you are here, and the next you are there. "When a vessel struck the rocks -f the French coast, while the - ? 1 -?-V-V A l\AO/?U 'vl'tw -v\ <.e viuuiweiiiiq ujl? tiic a cage of birds in the ship's cabin awakened, began to sing inost sweetly, and when the last man left the vessel they were singing yet. Even so in the last hour of our dissolution when driven on the coc.st of the other world may our disembarkation from this rough, tossing life be amid the eternal singing of a thousand promises of deliverance and victory! For all repenting and believing souls the door of heaven is now v/ide open, the door of mercy, the door of comfort, for the poorest as well as the V wealthiest, lor the outlaw as v.vli as the moralist, for Chinese cyclic :i.3 { well as hisemrrror. for ihc iias-lat: 5 oor ;is well us ti:C czar, jortiit ik; Wf-ll :5R 111" Ki:lr.:n>. 'l\ch; " il:::5i all wealth, mora refreshing than ail fountains, deeper than all depths, higher than uil Lights. t:;id broader than all breadths if; the salvation of Jesus Christ v/hieh I press upon your consideration. Come all ye travelers of the desert under these palm trees. Oh, if I could gather before you that; tremendous lat-ure upon wincn you ; are invited to enter?dnminions ;ind j principalities, day without night, martyrs under the throne and four and twenty elders falling before it. stretching off in great distances the hundred and forty and four thousaud, a ad thousands of thousands, host beside host, rank beyond rank. in. infinite distance, nations of the saved beyond nations ol the saved, until angelic vision cease to catcli anything more than the faint outline of whole empires, yet outstretching bc-yond the capicity of any vision save the eye of God Almighty. Then, after I had finished the sketch, I would like to ask you if that place is not grand enough, and high enough, and if anything could be added, any purity to the witnesses of the robes, any power to the acclaiming thunders of its worship. And all that may by yours. A WILD MAN AT LARGE He Defies the People of a Whole County in North Carolina. Chahlotte, N. C., July 24.?Union county, this State, is very much wrought rp over the appearance of a wild man. This strange being makes the woods his home and hiding place. He was discovered a few days ago by a party of negroes that were out hunting at night, and before the negroes had time to converse with this strange individual he had a pistol in each hand, bidding them depart. His sleeping place has not as yet been found. lie is a terror to. the iarmers m tnc neasant Vxrove neign-1 borhocd. At the dead-hours of night he will come to their houses :ind cany off any kind cf fowl, and so:nctimes will slaughter a hog and drag it awhile and carry it o?i Ms shoulder, so as to completely keep his place of abode to himself. lie has been shot at two or three times in his night rambles, but on each occasion he has successfully escaped injury. It is thought by some of the inhabitants | that he is an outlaw, and has chosen i Union county as Lis refuge. All j efforts to capture him have proven j unsuccessful, and the men, women j and children are afraid to go outside j their houses at night for fear they i will come in contarct with this being, j The fanners of that section are get-1 ting up a band of men to scour the J country for this pest, and if found he will be shot down.?Atlanta Constitution. An Alliance \ ictory in Tennesse. The result of the Democratic Convention at Nashville was a triumph for the Farmers' Alliance. Mr. .Buchanan, the nominee of the convention, is a Rutherford county farmer, a member of the Alliance and received the support of that organize tion in his candidacy for the nomination. If the majority rule had obtained in the Tennessee Convention. Mr. Buchanan would have been an easy winner at the outset, practically overriding the opposition, and even under the two-thirds regulation his following was so much greater than that of any other candidate that his nomination was inevitable. But there was no fight made against Mr. Buch anan on account o: ins convictions. He was in fact less antagonized than any candidate in the field, except Taylor. The fight was chiefly between Patterson and Baxter, and each of these candidates made it a point not to offend Buchanan, hoping to secure his influence should he fail of the nomination. A Suicide of Sixteen. Gp.eexville, S. C., July 22.?Luther Eightower, sixteen years old, son j of Danial Eightower, was found j hanging by the neck in a_ house on his father's place, near juinia, Sunday about noon. The rope with which the young man committed suicide was twisted to a joist and then wrapped tight around the boy's neck. The indications were j that Hightower had climbed to the I joist and aftev %ing the rope to suit himself, had rolled off. His neck was broken, but there were no other bruises about his body. No reason is assigned for the boy's rash act. He had been well treated at home 1 ... . 1 1 _ 1 . 3 . '2. _ TX ana seemea to oe m goon spirits, jlu is reported, however, that he had been rejected by a young lady to whom he had been attentive. Another Campaign of Boodle. According to a Philadelphia correspondent of the New York Times the Republican gubernatorial campaign in Pennsylvania is to be one of boodle. It is asserted the State com-1 mittee has $300,000 to start with, and the corporations are expected to come down handsomely with the cash. Senator Cameron's only part 'ttv -ml/* if -ic "fin-fllo"** XJX tliV JLL^JuLV) AW A?3 AVU. VUV4 MWVVA wwv?j I will be to put up S3 00,000 or so to j save the Legislature, before which he i will be a candidate for re-election to 1 the Senate. Failing to come up j handsomely, there are those who say j Mr. Quay will not hesitate to trade ! legislative votes wherever he can get ballots for the Governorship. Attacked by "White Roughs. Greenville, S. C.. July 24.?Jess ^lackey, colored, was seriously cut! liAn+nn All qnn.--j-.i- rtiflrtlf loet. i aiXU. Via AW^v **j j three young white men. whose names ! are George Kotterso. Walter Beard i and John Smith. Mackey claims that he was near the Columbia and Greenville railroad in the We.vt End, when he was attacked by tne men mentioned above, and if Le had not 1-iin oiror n.wnl/1 Viavrt h.noTi CPTlflllslv 1UU U< ?? WJ ?T VUJkU Alu V UVVM . hurt. As it is lie lias a knife wound j in the back wliicii is considered dangerous. The young men are under aiTest to await the result ci" the wound. Capt. Courtenay for State Treasurer "We understand' that the Tillman men . have selected "William A. Courtenay, of (Charleston, as the man they expect to nominate on their ticket as State Treasurer, and that it is understood that he will accept me | position. He is selected on account < of his financial ability and to secure j his influence in refunding the State j debt. "Whether this is correct or not; we will not venture to say. "We have j been so informed.?Xewberry Ob-' server. j ?The New Brighton Hotel on Sullivan's Island has been sold at auction under mortgage Tor $12,000. It cost 500.000 eight years ago. It! will be closed this^se^^^ j T irj'-x >' . * '.i 'i-i'.f' 1. A SCARING HOUSE 3LCWM UP* "> rlbi*: < .i-i ri?j>Iu- i:s Snvasirsitls -Tj:r<*.; ; Si! Vd <?': Six : ?>ischar:-. <I Sutpc-ctrrt of th<* SJaMartlly i rime. ^AVAXXAii. CA.. Ji;iv 21.?\Y. J. jUuiinrJ's Louse. tiil'cci.zory brick d\\ ciluig. 2U3 Cuii-rcbs street, v.*:is blown up at 1.20 o'clock mis womaijr. iinee persons were ; lulled find si:c injured. Two o; them v;ill probably die. There were thirteen people in the house. The explosion shattered the walls, which col1 ipsed in an instant and I' ll in a mass of ruins. Most of tiie occupants of the house were asleep aud were hurled from, their beds, and either were buried under the falling debris or thrown top of it. T'lm Irill r>/) \Tvc? W T 11 . % ? *! u. Iiv nutvvi ct*. w -.IJ.XO. it. V. JL^UJUUJ. Lockly and Gas lioble. The wounded uru John Roberts. light ankle fractured and concussion of the brain from Hie shock: L.J. Tate, contusion of the face and chest: ileldon Haywood, colored, shoulder dislocated and bruised: }.Irs. Edwards Everett, slightly bruised: Edward A. Rims, sligtlily bruised; Sam King, colored, badly injured about the body. The lirst person taken out of the ruins was L. J. Tate, collector for the Citizens' Bank, who vvji3 sleeping on tiie second lie or. and was pinned down by failing timber. A few minutes later the mangled body oi! Mrs. Ballard was found eight feet under a pile of bricks, beneath the room where she was sleeping Ilobie's body was taken ouc at 3 o clock and was luid hi Franklin square on a mattress. Bobie came here from New York about a month a<ro and was cinnloved by McDonough & Co., as a scroll man. He slept in the front hall room on the second floor, and was found under a sheet- on the bed. where he had been evidently killed us he slept. He has a wife in New York, from whom he received a letter a day or two ago. He was about 40 years old. The body of Lockly was found about i o'clock. It was the last taken out of the building. J. A. Eims, who was sleeping in the front room on the third Hoor with Eoberts, was hurled to the second lloor and was pinned between the bed and floor until he was pulled out by firemen. He did not see Roberts alter the explosion occured. The first thing lie board was a grinding noise and then came a crash and then a blank. The next he knew he was being taken out from under the debris. He was slightly bruised. Five or six other persons were more or less injured. The cause of the explosion is a mystery. There are many rumors of an ugly nature, but nobodv will take the responsibly of making a direct statement. One man insinuated tha t there had been a row in the house toward the end of a jollification in which the inmates had been indulging. Lamps were used instead of gas, ana it is said tnere was 110 meter m the house, though it was supplied with gas pipes throughout. Most people, therefore, are unable to see how the explosion could have been caused by gas. One of the sensational stories alioai this morning connected the name of a discharged employee, bent on revenge, with the disaster. As the story goes, the person alluded to had not been paid his last week's wages am 11 Jt'oc <ntt/mi vrro 1 Inrr >> XJ.t' *? U.O XXXO <^1 IVI ? 15 J^/Ui pers. Saturday night he was at the house endeavoiing to collect his money. He used indecent language, and was so disorderly that he wes arrested. When he appeared before the mayor he was fined. For this he is said to have threatened to be revenged. ' -Just before the explosion one of the lady inmates of the house heard a disturbance down stairs, and called Mr. Bullard's attention to it. On 3Irs. Bullard's advice he started to go down to learn tho cause. He had gone but a few steps when the crash came, lie escaped, and tne fate 01 liis wife Las already been told. Everything in the rare of the premises indicates that the explosion occurred near the basement door in the rear, to which the fiend, according to the theory, crept on his errand of death ana deposited the explosive. Artcinus Ward's Last Joke. Joseph Jefferson, in his autobiography in the forthcoming Midsummer (August) Century, relates what was probably the last jest of Artemus Ward. When the famous wit lay dy ing in Southampton he was tended by his devoted friend "Tom" Robertson, the English playwright, who was also a friend of Jefferson. "Just before Ward's death," writes Mr. Jefferson, "Robertson poured out some medicine in a glass and offered it to his friend. Ward said, Otly dear Tom, I can't take that dreadful stuff.''" "Come, come,'" said Robertson, urging Lira to swallow the nauseous drug; "there's a dear fellow. Do now, for my sake; you know I would do anything for you."' "Would n?!5'1 cni.-l Wnr/1 fnftblv out his hand to grasp his friend's, perhaps for the last time. "I would indeed.*' said Robertson. ''Then you take it," said Ward. The humorist passed away but a few hours afterwards. An Attempt ar Train Robbery. A bold attempt at train robbery was made last Friday night on the Cincinnati, Jackson and Michigan Railway. Three men boarded the - - LI. /I engine 01 one juului-uuujllu. train at Enterprise, Ohio, and attacked Engineer Vande vender and ir,-> fireman with hammers and coupling-pins, knocking both senseless. They did not succeed in stopping the train, owing probably to the light made by the trainmen, and jumped offbefore reaching Van Wert, Ohio. The engineer and fireman were both lying senseless in the cab of the locomotive, and the train, which should have stopped at Van Wert Station, rushed through the yard at the rate of 75 miles an hour. Here it collided with a switch engine, and Eugincer Vandevender was found > > --- ^ t* ?,??. 1,^ UfctK!. Ill LJUfc," wxecn.. Ai/ uc learned whether the engineer was killed by the robbers or in the collision. None of the passengers was seriously injured. All Languages Spoken. A hotel keeper at Lyons had pos tod on lus door tins notice: "Jiinglish. German. Italian and Spanish spoken here."' An American arrived. a-.)d asked for the interpreter in as decent French as lie could summon, "jlonsieur." replied ihe landlord, ' there is none." ""What! no interpreter? And yet you aim on nee that all languages are spoken here." The re- j ply was charming: "Yes. monsieur ?by the travelers."?New York Star, j i JTJ IM'M?. r;f 1 j' r i ?. . i> <r . i j One Argument i"oi* ilie Force iiiII. "i.t ii) Vwi'y VwCii to rcjoic*? in iiiv ?*?.. Ti-1- 1 .TV/iV.-ii! Mi' i'itT 7 ? ? - _SOi tis iVoSi. iO?" tlK'ii" Sl.'iiilvi ?lcWS , uy./:i the l;iiirl' generally prevail. ami1 _ there progress Jots not now inter-: fere v/ui! ourselves: but the advance . o!' the South is to a great extent at i our expense. Her cotton jnilis coin pete with tiiose oi New England and j ?.Ii. I Ho States, and lier furnaces arc j supplying pig iron at rates which j v.iol,-/-. ifrn nin thittfc* :")f i 1 Pennsylvania. If the Democrats had never be<=n allowed to regain control oi' the State governments of the South. Northern capital would nevr-r have embarked iiv the development vi Southern coal and iron: and the surest and speediest way to put a stop to this competition from men who are our political enemies, as well as our commercial rivals, is to carry through said enforce measures like the Lodge election Law. They won't like it. and some of them will be fools enough to make trouble about it; and if we can oiic-e more get them into the conditicu they were before 1S7G we won't bear any more about cheap iron ami cheap cotton goods from the South. ?Letter to the Philadelphia Press. A Fight against "Whiskey in Georgia. There is going to be a big light in the next Legislature for the suppression of bar rooms in Georgia. A general law making it illegal to sell whiskey in quantities of less than one quart will be asked for. Five thousand petitions are now being circulated over the State anu fifteen hundred ministers are at work for the law. Judge John D. Cunningi " *i1- i. * .?11.. nam, 01 Atlanta, is one 01 inn lea-wis in tlie movement, and lie and bis coluborers are very much in earnest The gentlemen who are at the head of this movement think that new is the time to press their bill, the original package decision having 'made the liquor question a new issue. They also base hopes on the fact that the Farmers' Alliance is against barkeepers. An At rocious Crime. "VYedgefied, S. C., July 24.?Last Saturday night Juliana Stewart, a colored woman, was shot and killed almost instantly while lying asleep on her bed in her own house. An in quest was held by Tnai Justice Mosely yesterday, and is just completed. The verdict of the jury was that Juliana Stuart came to her death from a gunshot wound in the hands of a colored man, Frank Dili kins, who has been arrested and committed to jail. The evidence against him is altogether circumstantial, but the circumstances point very plainly to his guilt. Even in Mid-Ocean. Scene?A raft in mid ocean. Dramatis persona?, a shipwrecked party that have oeen noating ior several days without food or water. Shipwrecked Mariner?"A sail. A sail." Woin&n passenger (reviving)?"Excuse me, but did you say a sail"" Shipwrecked Mariner?uYes, and not far off.*: Woman paf-senger?' What do the bargains consist of?"?America. ?Crowfoot.the Blacid'oot chief, received a perpetual pass over the Canadian Pacific railroad, and in acknowledgment of his thanks, sent the following letter: Great Chief of the Railway: I salute you. 0 Chief. O great, i | am pleased with railroad key, opening road free to me. The chains and rich covering of your name, -writing its wonderful power to open the road, show the greatness of your chieftness. I have dene. Crowfoot. The Charleston World, in a donbiaieaded editoral in its issue of Tuesday, unuouaced Captain Tillman would ijticoL' ct. rVic? Mmtwion pip.pl.inp'Jin 0 o-ipointed to be held last, night ia the GraLd Opera Eou?e. Tie c-r uniy ex ecutive committee was recently re queslcd to have the meeting he-id in the cp en air, but declined to alter the arrange mes.ts previously made. This refusal is .said to underlie Captain Tillman's omission of Charleston from the places at which he will address the people. The World intimates, hewever, that for Captain Tillman to speak to a Charleston audience would be an empty farce, since the "ricg'' ir> that city will, id any event, so "n <" mmgs thar. the Charleston delegation will go to the State Convention, hc.stile to Cap: ai a Tillman. Chicago is exceedingly happy over the official report- of the ceis-ia supervisor, which credits' that city with a population of 1,101,23. This is 61,263 ahead of the estimated population of Philadelphia, and only 412,000 less j than the population of New York. Several mon:hs agv Chicago expended ! its limits so as to take in nearly all of the county in which it lies, and ! is now by far the largest city in area ] on th,'s continent. It occupies 173-j square miles, while New York has I only 41. j ?Although the next Grand Con- j clave of Knights Templar does not j take place until the autumn of 1802. j the Masons of Denver, where it is to ! be held, are at work on the plans, j They have decided to raise ?500,000. j half of which will be used for erect- j ing a mammoth assembly hall, and the other half for entertainiDg the A /v? o VISIllLJLg' JVLlIiJilLO. ?'X t>_jL ui ci | million dollars will buy a good deal of i champagne. ?Sarah Althea Terry attempted to secure a second appeal before the United States Circuit Court at San Francisco last week, but was ruled out because the time allowed for such lio/l /-k-VT-nvn/"] H PV nil 1V VP XAC4.VI. V.'V?.? v source now to carry on the famous litigation for a slice of the Sharon estate is to apply to the United States Supreme Court for a m anclate bring-! ing the case again befo re that court. She looks old and ill. ?P. T. Barnum celebrated the ! eightieth anniversaiy of his birthday at Bridgeport, Conn., Saturday, by giving a reception and dinner to his employes and their families at Seaside Park. About two hundred and fifty persons were present. Mr. Bamum's wealth is estimated at ?11,009,000, all of which lie has made since his fortieth year. ?The Governor has offered a reward of one hundred dollars for the apprehension and conviction of persons who attempted to assassinate the town marshal of Jacksonboro, Colleton county. June 27th. The first six months of this year have been nnnsna!^- prcspeious for America-! railroads. Som> of the j;reat trnrk lines have mad:* enormous gain? in their fiross and net rewipis, and nearlj' all have dene well. ^ 1 ... . II. . , imi, I I -? > ? . II I I. II L1 - J. -*W _ACY JUMPS ON EARLY. ! I Che General's Private and J'u?>l:c llecord < tiitU'rly Ass'iilctl. j jfiiEDErjcsssuRG. Ya.. July li.?Inij L'csnonso to the interview '.vltb^ G r-n.;1 Early. which bus appeared all over ! ] blic country, denying tLut Gen. R. E. Lee eve:' told Ivlaj. Horace Lacy that if he (Lee) retired from command he ] would recommend Gen. Mahone as . iiis successor. Maj. Lacy has published < a card, in which lie deals not srently with G?.n. Euvi3*"s record, public and private, both before and siuc^ the i 1*7*1V In his interview Gen. Early denounced Mai- Lacy as a liar and a | > crank. In his reply }Iaj. Lacy says in substance thai Earley's non-recollection of what passed at Richmond at the unveiling cf the Lee monument between himself and Early, concerning the conversation with Lacy, is proof of his debauched condition on that day. He says Early is not onv a miserable liar, but his private character is in keeping with the lie which has stamped his brow ever since this controversy began, and that what he said was literally true. Then Lacy turns on Early's military career, and says that whether in tent, at drill or on the parade he was invariably drunk, and the only notoriety he has attained since the war was iiis love for gambling-houses and other places of ill-fame, and his concubinage with a negress. His card closes in this manner: "I am a Democrat, and have no sympathy with Mahone or his tactics, audi am opposed to him as a politician. In justice to myself I feel I should reiterate what I have already said, and I regret that I have to deal with this miserable cur, who is trying to exchange drunkeness for bravery." A Candidate sreps uown. The Rev. Dr. D. C. Kelley, who recently accepted the Prohibition nominrtion for Governor of Tennessee and entered upon an active canvass, has withdrawn from the race. This action is the outcome of a correspondence with Bishop Keener, of the M. E. Church. South. Dr. Kelley was the pastor of a church of that denomination at Gallatin, Tenn., and proposed to retain the pastorate whilsi stumping in favor of prohibition, but it is understood Bishop Keener objected to this, and so Mr. Kelley concluded to withdraw, allow the Prohibition party to name another candidate and devote his time to the duties of his pastorate. Divorced and Married. SV. J. Avers and liis divorced wife were manied in Chicago the other day. Their wedding cards bore this startling and original line: uWhatever God joined together let no rum put asunder.'' During their iornier wedded Hfe Mr. Ayers became so dissipated that Lis wife could not live with him, and so got a divorce. Ayers reformed, and for a couple of years has been a prohibition exhorter. ? The Power of Tvloney. "What an iniiuence for good cr evil j is exerted by the proper or improper j use of money. It seems to be the lirst essential of modern life. Sad < " - - e ?1. - a. 4.1,x. I mtl&CQ. IS me iox 01 ujul uraii ur lx.hu woman without money and without friends. Especially in cases of sickness is the need of money felt most pressingly and yet even the rich with all their money fall into a state of poor health and die, whereas if their money was lightly expended ana th e proper remedies applied they might regain health and strength. Z. A. Clark, Atlanta, Ga., says: "I spent four hundred and eighty dol lars in gold to cure me ot temoie blood poison that affected my limbs and nose and body, with running u)cers. One month's treatment of B. B. B. healed the ulcers, restored my appetite, strengthened my kidneys and added 21 pounds to weight."' Still, in spite of this and much other testimony there are many . who refuse to try the remedy, seeming to prefer to pay large fees to physicians, or visit distant springs in vain hopes of recovery. The great truth how ever, ever shines brightly and that is. that no one who ever gave B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm) a trial ever IOUIIU UISUJjpOJLXXtmciJll/ UU.eiC.Ui. 0. H. Rudolph, Talladega, Fla., writes: "I had blood disease for six years, but nothing benefitted me, although I paid two hundred and fifty dollars for treatment. At last I tried B. B. B. and found it a quick and cheap blood purifier. Pianos and Organs. N. W. Trump, 134 Main Street, Co lumbia, S. C., sells Pianos and Organs, direct from factory. Nc agents1 commissions. The celebrated Chiekering Piano. Mathushek Piano, celebrated for its clearness of tone, lightness ! of touch and lasting qualities. Maj son & Hamlin Upright Piano. Sterj ling Upright Pianos, from ?22 up. ! Arion Pianos, from ?200 up. Mason & Hamlin Organs, supassed by none. [ Sterling Organs, ?50 up. Every In| strument guaranteed for six years [ Fifteen days' trial, expenses both ways, if not satisfactory. Sold on Inr | stalments. ?Rev. John Tillett died in Charlotte, N. C., a few days ago, aged 78 years. He was a Methodist minister, having been a member of the North Carolina Conference for about fifty years. Rev. Wilbur F. Tillett, D. D., of the Vanderbilt University, is a son of the deceased. Skin and scalp diseases, the head, <-> (- +i-rY?rte n mmninop cnru dU Cb X UAi UUUAQ WVA ^ v v?j entirely covered with sores a s large as a quarter of a dollar, and no medicine had tlie desired effect until P. P. P. was taken. Tlie disease yielded at once, and P. P. P. proved itself the best blood purifier of the age. P. P. P. makes positive cures of all stages of Rheumatism. Syphilis, Blood Poison. Scrofula, Old Sores, Eczema. M.iaria and Female Complaints. P. P. P. is ;i wowerful tonic, and an excellent appetizer, building up the system rapidly. New York Suite has more population than England during the reign of the Stuarts. She has progressed backward, however, since according to Kepubli can theory she is no longer able to conduct her own elections. All monthly disorders peculiar to woman are corrected and much suffering avoided by use of Bradfield's Female Regulator. Sold by all druggists. Erysipelas, swolen limbs, bad sores scales and scabs on the leg have been entirely cured by P. P. P., the most wonderful blood medicine of the day. Abbott's East Indian Corn Paint is a quick cure for Corns. Billions and i Waits. 4 / The outlook for the American "vt heat' ?rop is cheering. Itepnrrs frora the I rrr-st wheat reeion indicate a verv i ^ w large yie'd pr-I no signs of rust. The j aes\s iVcui th.> far?igr- crop is such as io arouse expec*o.f ;gr:sj of nsusupl ex porto of wheat- The crcr> 12 England i in continent.".! Europe and in India is j . the poorest that has been known for j oaany years. The farmers of tie west may get a chance to sell their surplus wheat abroad this year in spite of the tariff walL *. <j? ? The Br^oklya bridge cost about ?20,300,000, astl it wai considered a won derfulJy bold enterprise. But the new bridge over thft Hudson, making an entrance into New York, will cos^, with rights-of-way, approaches, etc., at least twice that enormous sum. TLie total length of the structure will be a mile and a quarter, and it w^ll have a single span 2,850 feet long. New York scoffs at expense when any great object is to be accomplished. * ?~~ "BpriLor ' Mr.flSTRUAtiGM OR MONTHLY SJCXNZSS lr OUR\S5 CHANGE. w V\?t 6i\tAT.\)MlSE^SU?TIR\K5mB?AM0lDHl J300K TO"WOMA BRADFJELD RERUifl. TOR CO. ATLANTA fit SOLD dYALL JF.UCSIZTS. 0T HIRES' IMPROVED 25t If i'ftQOT BEER!| i| fiiSCtt. :;< /SfluKOHSTSAiMWS EASr.rMASr if? i| rn:s iv.cK.'. y.vxss nv? gailoxs. ? I |P* |F^ f^f ^&W&& S ^23^39 Bo ',:s& most APPBTISTNO- ?a<* WEOLESOSC? T^MI'SitANCB DRINK to the -world. I~...-<-l?.,? ??,1 Hrvn^Hnf "EST IT. As? your Druggist or Grocer for it. J S- E. !-S?RZS. PHILADELPHIA. ? * ran ? ctness a hsad pjoises cuatofer - && &E2 i'eck'j LNV1SIBLK TliSOUit EAu :<*? bcjgf ?r\ft la eUSHICSS. Whispers beard. Ccro^ irtafcV. MiMwufol where all Bemedicafail. SoIJby T. HISCO^. t -Uy. 8S* Ur'dwaj, Sew York. Write for iKok^f aroaCtfliZi' DEPOSIT I'OXJE SUKPLTJS MONET IN TEW COMMERCIAL BANK, -OFCOLUMBIA. S. C. One dollar and upwards received Trtfpvpcf. ?.+. r.ViP rof<=> nf d npr rtP'i annum, paid quarterly, on the first j days of February, May, August ano < November. Married women anc minors can keep account in their owl name. Higher rates of interest ai lowed by special arrangement. , C. J. Ihedell, President. Jxo. S. Leaphabt, James Iredell Vice-President. Cashie.-. i iwa?nB UPP3U>* BROS., Wholesale Druggists, 3oIo Proprietors, Uppiaan'sBIeek, Savannah, Gi Hrj td guaranteed to ocr 11. 1 Sick Headache ana Constipation lu a short time. Prevents all Mala T>-;^rv oaIA V>V j icu. uuuuiro* x uv,c jxiuj lchw. i' vi oo-io vj druggists and merchants. Manufoctuxed by the Barrett dbug co.. Anjrasta. Ga. Pianos S30. Cataloguefre F.Beaty, WasM-jgton, N". Ill mils M? 18! For Estimates on STEAM SAW*MILLS, Ginning, Harvesting and otlier Machinery -write to the undersigned, wno -will guarantee the goods they may offer in all respects, and make -Li_ 1 XV_ _ *1_ _i_T_ X matters interesting coin to consumers and competitors. We -will also furnish everything needed in the line of supplies: Belting, Oils, Piping, Fittings, Valves, Inspirators, Injectors, Pumps, Etc. W. H. GIBBES, Js., & Co., Columbia, S. C. """HI?1| I Spring Mefce! ^ . >i?i i mil I ,1 IDp FOB TIRED ! j m AND WOMAN. 1 4 .mimmm n n I.i.I???> >j P. P. P. will purify and vitalize your n V.; blood, create a good appetite and give your jg Thole system tone an* strength, v- A prominent railroad superintendent at & )> Savannah, suffering with Malaria, Dyspep- (a 2 sia. and Rheumatism sa} t: ^^^r'tzing ga 1 , P. P. P. he never felt so well in his life, and ? : ? feelsasifhe could live forever, if he could B *2 always get P. P. P." /, If you are tired out ?r and R ':! close confinement, take I ^ I it If you are feeling b25iy In the Spilng ?? ; and out of sorts, take 1 P. P- P. 1 ifi If your digestive orgwaneod toning up, i| if- B | F. P. P. g] If rou suffer with headache, indigestion, ? j '& ! debility and weakness , take g lip p P 1 If you suffer with rervous ;>rcstraticn, i i!3 nerves unstrung and a genera! let down |g of the system, take IS | P. P. P. | fg For Blood Poison. Ilheumatism, Scrof- p c% ula, Old Sores. Malaria, Chronic Female SJ 5? Complaints, take I P. P. P. 1 | Prickly Ash, Poke Root' | and Potassium. i p The best blood pnrifler in the world. ! h UPPJIAS BROS.. Wholesale Druggists, % I .5. Sole Proprietors, o?;vr.;i:ia;i, vjcw rv j A?5c Consumptive. i H??\eyou Cough. Bronchitis, Asthma, In ii[ pest ion? Use PARKER'S GINGER TONIC. It has cured the worst cases and is the best remedy 11 ills arisins from defective f-uStitlon ke in time. 50c. and SI. ___ 1 J57;rtQj?Y WiTG| pi aJ Li 1 x n x.0 . Cbi'I Fev?r Tare. I/a>ye bnt,t!c? ft) <?r.{? ;n-i sra.Tr to cure "ty ?tsft o!' Chilis t'i'J b'tvor, Miusrial. at k. lie" til'-eiit K BARRETT DRUG CO.. thy fiats. f Eindercorns. Theonly ^ure Cure lor Cir stops ail pain Fnsurari comfort to the feet. l^c. atdruggists Kisccx * Co.. X. Y. WRITE TO wj HOLLEK & ANDERSON V BUGGY CO.. Jm ROCK HILL, &G, fl For their Catalogue giving Prices, ^ Terms and References of Buggies, ^ Carriages, Wagons,Road and Phaeton I TTn,m?C! All firsts! OSJ5 / work made by hand and warranted. / Prices lower than any other of same grade. Our Vehicles are running J&every county in South Carolina, -"^nd in many counties of North. Carolina, Georgia and Florida. All inquiries promptly answered. In writing .... mention this paper and don't forget ' to give your Postoffice address and sign your name plainly. ' Holler Acdersos Cyggy fo,, ?MANTJFACTUBERS.? ROCK C. KA5& BALSAM} M'^gP^P&^JKaClcaiiFcs cad boantifiea IDe hair.j C^'I'ronious." n Jato: iaiit growth, f | |s|^P^g=js?^'-Never Fail*. f~. < >.ttoro Gray! Hair to its Yeuifrfuf Color.-I Cures scalp ? I' enaus ci hair fallia* BQc. aad $1 t* ~r ?>ngg)st?. **"* PITT'S CARMINATIVE! " For correcting nausea dysentery Diarrhoea and Cholera Infantum. a pleasant medicine of incalcuable merit in the nome circle for child or adult. It is popular, I pleasant and efficient. Traly a mother's friend. It soothes and heals the mucous membranes; and checks the mucous discharge from head, stomach and bowels. The mucous discharge from the head and lungs are as , promptly relieved by it as the mucous dis- I charge from the brwels. It is made to relieve the mucous system and cure nausea, and it Hrvxs it. Tt. makes the Crisical Deriod of teeth" J Ing children ?afe and easy- it invigorates and builds up the system while it Is relieving and cuilag the wasted tissue. It is recommended and used largely by physicians. For sale by Wannamaker & Murray Co., Columbia, S.C., and wholesale by Howard & Willett, Augusta, Ga. The Tozsr Engine (Successor to Dial Bngin flfl JOHN A. WILLIS, P?HHB 117 West Gzkyais S's m a Tirroft'B f?E ^axREKS n Tozer Steam Engines, And all sizes of both Locomotives and return Tublar Boilers. 6?"Foundry -work In iron and Brass pairing promptly executed. CHARLOTTE FEMALE INSTITUTE. The building is now modernized and improved as a boarding school until it is second to none in the South in comfort and conveniences. The Corps of Teachers engaged for the coming sea sion is the best the Institute has ever had. No other institute in the South can offer advantages superior to those ofI forpfl hfir*? in the Literatv. Music and Art Departments. Mr. Maclean continues to be the Director of Music. The patrons of the Institute, whose daughters were taught by Mr. Maclean during the past session, are referred to in proof of the statement that he is the best teacher of /Music who has ever taught in Charlotte. As originator and director o the June Musical' Festival in this city, his reputation has extended throughout the South. Wm. E. Atkinson, Principal. GILDER'S LIVER PILLS! Remove the bile from the system, cure all bilious ^troubles, and prevent malarias ?..5?isp?5 For Kaie bv all dnursists nnd mer chants at 25 cents a box, or mailed on roceipt of price by BARltETT DRUG CO., Augusta, Ga. TAKE GILDER'S PILLS. mi SH^CASSS. ior Uiiaigyqc. TERRY WF'G CO.. Nashville. Ten?* TALBERT & SON'S ENGINES AND BOILER?, SAW MILLS AND GRIST MILLS Are acknowledged to be the best evsr sold in tills State. When you buy one of them you arc satsfiedi that you have made no mistakeWrite for our prices. nnrrmnv <tl\to ami's UVJ -LUI3 'UJilO lii>U COTTON PRESSES AT BOTTOM FIGURES. I can save you money. T. . BABHAM, Gen. Agt., /COLUMBIA, S. C. office nnd Factory: T < I o ri Tr? o r> <3, Va. DETECTIVES Wanted in every Coantv. Shrewd men to act undar instructions in ocr Soertt Seraoo. Bzpcricaee not oeeetaaij. Pu-Jculare free. Srannan DetectJre Bureau Co. *A Arcade,Ksdaajti,! f i ^ _ _ ...