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THE DOOR ORENEDT
THE iNViTATICN TO Tr.E ?3ETTER
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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
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" 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
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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-!
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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
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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
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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
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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;
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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
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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"**
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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!
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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
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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
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A SCARING HOUSE 3LCWM UP*
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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_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.
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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,!
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