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W A CHRISTMAS SEKMON j PREACHED BY DR. TALMAGE ON SUN-1 I \ DAY. DEC. 28. I ." A a Intensely Interesting: Discourse by j the Brooklyn Divine?Tlic* Text Luke H, [ 15: "Ltt bi >?w ui) i.vi-11 iui? i ^ lehcai"?The S?ruoon in Full. i5Kucrjr-?-?r. i>oC_ 28.?Dr. Talmage s sermon to-day was appropriate to the season. Its subject was the ChrisUuas Jubilee. H:s text was Luke ii, 15: j "Let us now ?0 even unto Bethlehem." Amie a thousand mercies we give each, other holiday congratulations. _____ By long established" custom we exhort each other to healthful merriment. By gift, by Christmas trees which blossom and fruit in one night, by early morning surprise, by clusters of lighted candles, by children's processions, by sound of instruments sometimes more blatant than musical, we wake up the j night and pn-long the day. The event j commemorat?-d is the gladdest of the centuries. Christ's cradle was as wonderful as his cross. Persuade me of the first and I am not surprised at the last. The door by which he entered was as tremendous as the door by which he went out. WHERE JESUS WAS IN EGYPT. 1 was last winter at the house where Jesus lived while he was in Africa. It was in Cairo, Egypt, the terminus of that, terrible iournev which he took when Joseph and Mary tied with him j from Bethlehem to Egypt to escape! the massacre of Herod. All tradition,} as well as ail history, points out this i house in Cairo as the one in which i these three fugitives lived while in Africa. The room is nine steps down from the level of the street. 1 measured the room *nd found it 20 feet long and 1% feet h.gh. There are three ehfilvin^c nf rnr?k nnp of which I think was the cradle of our Lord. There is j. no window, and all the light must have come from lantern or candle. ! The three arrived here from Bethlehem, having crossed the awful desert. On the Mediterranean steamer going from Athens to Alexandria I met the eminent scholar and theologian, Dr. Lansing, who for thirty-five years has : been .a resident of Cairo, and he told ' me that he had been all over the road s that the three fugitives took from 1 Bethlehem to Egypt. lie says it is a : desert way, and that the forced journey 1 of the infant Christ must have been a 1 terrible -journey. Going up from j < Egypt Drl Lansing met people from t Bethlehem, their tongues swollen and 1 ' hanging out from the inilammation of J Lh'irst, and although his party had but J one goatskin of water left, and that J 'was important for themselves, he was '< so moved with the spectacle of thirst ; in these poor-pilgrims that, though it ( excited the indignation of his fellow 1 travelers, he jrave water to the stran- J gers. Over this dreadful route Joseph < and ilary started for this land of t Egypt. !No time to make much preparation. Herod was after them, and what were tnese peasants ueiore au < irate king? < Joseph, the husband and father, one t night sprang up from his mattress in < great alarm, the beads of sweat on his t forehead and his whole frame quaking, c He had dreamed of massacres of his ' wife and babe. They must be off, that i Light, right away. Mary put up a few t thing? hastily, and Jose'ph brought to i thedox. - the beast of burden, and helped 1 his wife and child to mount. Why, ' those loaves of bread are not enough, i those bottles of water will not last for i such a long way. But there is no time y to gat anything more. Out and on. c Good-br to the dear home they expect i never again to see. Their hc-arts break. It does not reed that ours be a Dig t house in order to make us sorry to t leave it. ( A TERRIBLE WAY. t Over the hills and down through the t deep gorge they urge their way. By i Hebron, by Gaza, through hot sand, c under a blistering sun, the babe erring, s the mother faint, the father exhausted, t How slowly the days and weeks pass! t Will the weary three ever reach th* j banks of the !Xile? Will they ever see s Cairo? Will the desert ever end? i TXTVinn it loct thor r>rn<5 thP line hpvnr^f) r ?? JLl^U l? U ;u>JV UiVJ w? w ..MV ^ v. ? which old Herod has no right to pursue i their joy is unbounded. Free at last! t Let them dismount and rest. Now s they resume their way with less anx- * ietv. They will And" a place some- 1 where for shelter and the earning of 1 their bread. Ilere they are at Cairo, c Efypt. t They wind through the crooked r streets, which ar* about ten feet wide, ' and enter the humble bouse where I \ have been to-day. But the terminus c of the journey of these three fugitives <. was not as "humble as their starting point at Bethlehem. If that journey [ across the desert ended in a cellar it j started from a l>arn. Everything c humble around that barn, but 1 every thing glorious overhead. 1 Christ's advent" was in the hostelry c called the house of Chim Ham; the c night with diamonded linger point- t ing down to the place; the door of c heaven set wide open to look out; c from orchestral batons of light drip- 1 ping the oratorios of the Messiah; on j lowest doorstep of heaVen the min- t strels of God discoursing of glory and s goodwill. Soon after the white beard- a ed astrologists kneel, and from leathern ^ pouch chink the shekels and from open c sacks exhale the frankincense and rustle out the bundles of myrrh. The ' loosened star; the escaped doxology of a celestials; the chill December night t afiush with May morn; our world a lost s tot- ctnr rn^hino* ilnwn lo the sky that night to beckon the wan- ' derer home again, shall yet make all a nations keep Christmas. g XEYr- UNUACKXEY ED LESSONS. t Are there no new lt-ssons from the \ story not yet hackneyed by oft re- ( peatal? Oh, yes! Know in"the first <j place, it was a side-real appearance c that led the way. Why not a black j f cloud in the shape of a hand or linger v pointing down to the sacred birth- t place? A cloud means trouble, and ;i the world had had trouble enough, j ( "Why cot a shaft of lightning quivering ! \ and" flashing and striking down to the j n sacred birtn piace V Lightning means I s destruction, a shattering and consum-je ing pow^r, and the world wanted no ; f more destruction. i s But it was a star, and that means jt joy. that mrans hope, that means go >d J t cheer, that means ascendency. A star! j" That means creative power, for did ; v not the morning staj^ sing together i ^ rnr??. vi ^ a:? i opened V A star! That means defense,'} t for did not the stars light in their pi r the ? inlidei astronomers have been compelled to testify that about the year 1 there was a very unusual appearance in the h?-aveus. The Chinese record, of course entirely independent of the "Word of God. gives as a matter of his torv that about the year 1 there was a strange and unaccountable appearance in the heavens. llut it may have been a meteor such as you and I have seen flash to the ' horizon. I saw a few years ago in the northern sky a star shoot and tall with such brilliancy and precision that if I had been on a hill as high as that of Bethlehem, on which the shepherds stood, I could have marked within a short ^stance the place of the alighting. The"University of Iowa and the British museurrNimyft sproim^ris of | ixix.; iiLVLito ?>is^>rwtu. uu iu i fragments flung off from other worlds, leaving a Aery traii on the sky. So that it is not to me at all improbable the stellar or the meteoric appearance on that night of which we speak. I ouly care to know that it was bright, that it was silvery, that it flashed and swayed and swung and halted with joy celestial, as though Christ in haste to* save our world had rusted down without his coronet, and the angels of God had hurled it after him! CHRISTIANITY A STAR OF HOPE. Not a black cloud of threat, but a gleaming star of hope, is our glorious Christianity. une glimpse or tnat steller appearance kindled up the soul of the sick and dying college student until the words flashed from his pale lingers and the star seemed to pour its light from his white lips as Xirke White wrote these immortal words: When marshaled on the nightly plain The glittering hosts bestud the sky, One star alone'of all the train Can fix the sinner's wandering eye. Hark, hark to God! the chorus breaks From every host, from every gem; But one alone, the Saviour, speaks? It is the Star of Bethlehem. Once on the raging seas 1 rode. Tho cfrvrm wac lrmH flip rntrhf woe flarlr And rudely blow the wind that to?sed my foundering bark. Deep horror then my vitals froze. Death struck, 1 ceased the tide to stem, When suddenly a star arose? It was the btar of Bethlehem. Xotice also in this scene that other worlds seemed to honor our Lord and master. Bright star of the night, wheel on in thine orbit. '"Xo," said the star, "I must come nearer, and I must bend and I must watch and see what you do with try Jesus." Another world that night joined our world in worship. That star made a bow of Dbeisance. I sometimes hear people ;alk of Christ's dominion as though it ivere to be merely the few thousand uiles of the world's circumference; but [ believe the millions and the billions and the quadrillions or worlds are ill inhabited?if not by such creatures is we are, still such creatures as God iesigned to make, and that all these ivorids are apart of Christ's dominion. Isaac Xewton and Kepler and Herschel )nlv went on Columbus voyage to find ;hese continents of our king's domain. THEY WERE WISE MEN OF THE EAST. JBut this scene also impresses me with ;he fact that the wise men of the east lame to Christ. They were not fools, ,ucv >\eie Liuo linuecnea. iuc iecuiu iistinctly says that the wise men came ;o Christ. We say they were the magi, >r they were the alchemists, or they svere the astrologists, and we say it rvith depreciating accentuation. Why, ;hey wers the most splendid and magliiicent men of the century. They vere the naturalists and the scientists, rhey knew all (.hat was known. You nust remember that astrology was the nother of astronomy, and that alchemy vas the mother of chemistry, and be:ause children are brighter than the nother you dc not despise the mother. It was" lifelonsr business of these as ;roiogers to study the stars. Twentyayo hundred and fifty years before Jhrist was born the wise men knew he precession of the equinoxes, and .bey had calculated the orbit and the eturn of the comets. Professor Sm'.th leclares that he thinks they under;tood the distance of the sun from the ;arth. We lind in the book of Job hat the men of olden time did not sup>ose the world was .flat, as some have ;aid, but that he knew, nndt'ne men of kit? tima tKo uvx.H n"jc orlrvKnlor XIO t i II C*0 g^wuiCtL. rhe pyramids were buiu for astrologcal and astronomical study. Then, he alchemists spent their lives in the itudyof metals and gases and liquids tnd solids, and in filling1 the world's ibrary with their wonderful discoverer. They were vastly wise men who :ame from the east, and tradition says he three wisest came?Caspar, a young nan; Balthazar, a man in mid-life, and yie!ch:or, an octogenarian. The three vise'-t men of all the century. They ;ame to the manges ,'IIKIST WILL HELP IX STORMY TIMES. it %vasclo3ing December that he was jorn to show that this is a Christ of >eople in sharp blast, for people under :Iouded sky, for people with frosted topes, for people with thermometer beow zero. That is the reason he is so iften found among the destitute. You :an find him on any night "coming off he moors. You can see him any night :ominc threugh the dark lanes of the rity. You can see him putting his land under the fainting head in the )auper's cabin. lie remembers howhe wind whistled around the cnravanarv in Bethlehem that December ni^ht, mil he is in sympathy with an those vho in their poverty hear the shutters latter on a cold night. It wa3 this December Christ that iVashingtcn and his army worshiped it Valley Forge, when without blanK ts they lay down in the December now. It was this Christ r'.iat the Pilcrim Fathers appealed to when the j dayilower wharfed at Plymouth Koc!% ldiI in the years that went by the j rravts digged were more in number! hnn thA Virtue a* ItniM* Oh T tall rAn ! V?l V I/Uii V. V*?J A UV^ii ' VWj ve want a December Christ, not a .'hrist for fair weather, but a Christ for lark days clouded with sickness, and hilling with disappointment and sufoirating with 'jereavement, and terrific vith wide open graves. Not a springi me Christ, not a summer Christ, not! m autumnal Christ, but a winter! .'hrist. Oh, this sufff ring and struggling:} vorld needs to be hushed and soothed : .ad rocked and lullabied in the arms' of j v r>"> rvi t h r\ rrt/>tV?_ I ;ui wi v uivitu-i r cvtr with more tenderness put her j oot on the rocker of the cradle of a ! ick child than Christ comes (low to us, | o the invalid world, and he rocks it in-{ o placidity and quietness as ho says, | My peace I give unto you; not as tne | vorhl siYeth give I unto you." ALL THE WORLD "is IIIS. Lut notice also in this account the j hr?e Christmas presents that are i ij^ght to the manger?gold, frankin- j jj|||fejind myrrh. Gola to Christ?; all the affluence ofthcTTorld ; fcjgg^g^J^orlackof money j Christ. The gold for Christ. Gold not t merely paid the way of Joseph and Mary and the divine fugitive into Egypt, but it was typical of the fact that Christ's way shall be paid all around the world. The gold for Christ, the silver for Christ, the jewels for Christ. Australia, Nevada and Golconda for Christ. The bright, round, beautiful jewel of a world set like a solitaire on the bosom of Christ. Bat I notice that these wise men also shook out from the sacks the myrrh. The cattle came and they snuffed at it. , They did not eat it because it was bit! ter. The pungent gum resin of Abyssiana called mvrrh brought to the feet of Christ. That means bitterness. Bitter betrayal, bitter persecution, bitter days of suffering, bitter nights of woe. riiyrnr?What-.they put into his | cup when he was dying.' ilyrfh.TPaSL, I is wha * they put under his head in the ! wilderness. That is what they strewed his pafh with all the way from the cattle pen in Bethlehem to the mausoleum t'f 1 'c? rtAn nfrr oCk of A f v r- r?V-> "\rno I ciw y votyn o V/Wuuiij' otau. jl v_cv, says the Psalmist. "Ail thy garments ; smell of myrrh." That is what the ! wise men wrapped in the swaddling ! clothes of the 6abe. That is what the Marys twisted in the shroud of a crucified Christ. The myrrh. Oh, the height, the depth, the length, the breadth of the Saviour's sorrow! Well might the wise man shake out the myrrh. FRANKINCENSE MEANS M'OKSniP. But I notice also from another sack thpv shnkp nut. the frankinppnsp f!1e*r up to the rafters of the barn the air is filled with perfume, and the hostlers and the camel drivers in the farthest part of the building; inhale it, and it lloats out upon the air until passersbv wonder who in that rough place could have by accident dropped a box of alabaster. Frankincense. That is what they burned in the censer in the an UlClll/ CCLLiyiC. A 1 dii n. lIKJCiJ oC. JLilrtb means worship. Frankincense. That is to Gil all the homes, and all the churches, and all the capitals, and all the n-ttions from cellar of stalactited cave clear up to the silvery rafters of the starlit dome. Frankincense. That is what we shake out from oar hearts to-day, so that the nostrils of Christ once crimsoned with the hemorrhage of the cross shall be flooded with the perfume of & world's adoration. Frankincense. Frankincense m song and sermon and offertory and handshaking and decoration. Praise him, mountains and hills, val- 1 leys end seas, and skies and earth and . heaven?cyclone with your trumpets, riArfharn lirrhfo with rnnr flominrr c?n_ UUi U i.guvo U J.UU J VUl UftUitU^ vu sign, morning with your castles of ; cloud, and evening with your billow- ; ing clouds of sunset. Do you know how they used to hold the censer in the olden time, and what it was made of? ; Here is a metal pan and the handle by . which it was held. In the inside of ; this metal pan were put living coals, i on the top of them a perforated cover, i In a square box the frankincense was i brought to the temples. This frankin- < cense was taken ouc and sprinkled over ] the living coals, and then the perfora- i ted cover was r>ut ob. and-when thev : were all ready for worship, then the cover was lifted from the censer and i from all the other censers, and the per- ; fumed smoke arose until It hung amid i all the fold3 and dropped amid all the altars, and then rose in great columns ; of praise outside oa above the temple, rising clear up toward the ihrone of 3 God. So we have two censers to-day of j Christmas frankincense. Here is the one censer of earthly frankincense. On that we put our thanks for the mercies of the past year, the mercies of i *11 our past lives, individual mercies. , family mercies, social mercies, national i mercies, and our hearts burning with ] gratitude send aloft the incense of < praise toward the throne of Christ. ] Jirinar on more incense, and higher and , higher let the columns of praise as- j cend. L?t them wreathe all these pil- i lars and hover amid all these arches, , and then soar to the throne. But here is the other censer of heavenly thanks- < giving and worship. Let them bring ail their frankincense?the cherubim i bring theirs, and the seraphim theirs and the one hundred and forty-four ] thousand theirs, and all the eternities theirs, and let them smoke with per- j fume on this heavenly censer until the } cloud canopies the throne of God. ( Then I take these two censers?the ] censer of earthiv frankincense and the } censes of heavenly frankincense?and ( I swing them before the throne, and j then I clash them together In one great ? hallelujah u.ito him to whom the wise ] men of the east brought gold and the , myrrh and the frankincense. Blessed ] be his glorious name forever! The Farmers Home. The farmer's home must not be for- ] gotten this winter. It is too much the ; custom of the agricultural journals to i treat of subjects pertaining absolutely 1 to the farm and ignore the home as if it were a separate institution entirely, j This is an error which is liable to do much harm and the policy should be , to create in the minus of the boys and girls of the farm a love for home and , learning. For music and painting, for , drawing and fine needlework, as well ' as for the heavier tasks that must be * performed. Every farmer should pro- ; vide for his family amusements for the \ evening and of wet days that will at- , tract their attention to the home and , away from the low, loafing: places that will create within them a morbid love for the things that will lead them astrav. Then fathers and mothers should \ spend part of the time in the compan- ; ionship of their children and teach ( them many things that have passed under their own ob5ervation during ' life and not bury themselves in news- ] papers or knittings. Improve the farm- * er's home and you improve the ,1'uture k of the nation." ' A Convict's Chrlstaa*. J TT--?.T>ri O /"< 91 T+ it. ...ft, 1 JUOiA? V.J L'&t. v?A. JL 0 lO 1 OIU* l er unusual for a convict to sperd his j Christmas at home with his family, } but there is now one case on record. ] Dr. Sloan, the secretary of the Clemson j college board, is authority for thestorv, , < nd he vouches for itsabsolute cor- { rectness. Ilere it is: One night shortly j before Christ mas a negro convict work- ? ing in the squad at Clemson college, l and seeiDg no prospects of a pleasant .t Christmas at the college, was missed. \ Search was made for him, but no trace j could be found. The authorities de- < Thai", hp had lnaiip orinri hie <a?r?or>A " w ? vwMjfV' Q and thought no more of it. As soot* as Christmas was passed, however, he j t came to the stockade and knocked at j s the door. When the ffuard opened itj" he Ttas surprised to see the escape. IT The fallow ?aid: "I'se come back. I j only went home to spend the Christmas j holidays and I'se had a good time. I'se r come back now you see/' The guard ; saw uu>, uk waa tuu inucu astimisucu j Bte^^^ndh^uietly took the rev-1 "j ~ NIHILIST STEPMAK. ~| HE TALKS ENTERTAININGLY ON RUSSIAN AFFAIRS. A Great Revolution is Imminent Tliere^ w^ Covo on/i th/i rrar'f T.ifp In Dan jfcr -Sc-rglas Stepnlak Is au Assumed Name. New York, Jan. 5.?Sergius Stepniak, the famous Russian revolution* ist, exile and writer, arrived in New York Tuesday on the Umbria and is occupying ap ;tments at the Everett House. Mrs. Stepniak accompanies him. lie has come to this country to. i" v^gfc^r^$^^cture.s' an<^' *.n view 01 me great cans feel in particular interest whichtne^!W!?i necessarily take in a man who has been a co-worker with the most noted leaders of the popular movement against the Czar, it seems probable that he will address large audiences. It was a mild-mannered Nihilist who sat in a room at the Everett House at < o'clock and answered questions from newspaper men. Anybody, taking a good look at him, would say: "There's a man overflowing with good nature, a warm-hearted, sympathetic fellow. He cannot be a Nihilist." But that is the very sort or man to make a good Nihilist, according to the definition whick Stepniak-himself gives, for, as he puts it, tbe Nihilist is a man who, touched by the sufferings of his people, feels impelled to espouse their cause and to make a martyr of himself, if needs be, to right their wrongs. He may do very bad things, but he does them because he is a very good man. Stepniak must measure 5 feet 11 in height and weigh 190 pounds. The lpsely-fitting tweed suit which he weens iiiiih.es uiin iook an even neavier man. He is well proportioned, with erect body, full chest, magnificent shoulders, and a well-balanced head. He has full, black whiskers and bushy black hair. His eyes are black, and are full of life and Intelligence, and his face is altogether a pleasing one,showing great animation as he talks and expressive of dignity and character in repose. "The Nihilist as a party," said he, "believe that certain things should be given to the people of Russia. They want a National Parliament, universal suffrage, local autonomy, and nationalization of land. They do not believe in a Sf.at.p. P,hnrr>h hut in -fv^? . ^ w*.., ^V?w UWOUiUtt JL1CG" dom in religious matters, for the present they are fighting for but one thing, and that is for the. substitution of a free government in the place of autocracy. They ask no more than this, willing to leave the rest to be settled afterward, and willing to take their .chances with other parties in the ( determination of what institutions are best suited to a free people. .Thev do not ask for a republic, although they . are individually Republicans. They would be "willing that the reigning Czar should be the President for life. But they do insist that autocratic pow- 1 er shall be done away with." * "What are you here for, to make some i money?" Was the next question. i "Oh, no," answered Stepniak to this ( rather abrupt inquiry. "I come as t.he ] representative of the paper which is ( published in England?Free Russia?a , paper which has for Its object the ^ awakening in the civilized nations of , the world of a sentiment of disapproval of the course of the Russian govern- . ment toward the people of Russia. We 1 have no popular semtiment to which ( we may appeal in onr own land in the J hope that it may lead to a modification I Df the rigorous treatment of his sub- t iects administered by the Czar. Rut ( we realize that foreign opinion of our country nas a tremendous influence. In the sentiments of other people than Dur own we have fonnd a lever which 1 we may use to great advantage in our work. "For example, we realize that what las come from the work of George c Kennan has made an epoch in Russian l aistory. I do not mean that the senti- ( nent which he has aroused has had its ? greatest effect direct upon the Cztr, it | las operated perhaps more strongly . upon others, upon the great body of * officials surrounding the Czar, and it , aas certainly produced a great impres- : >ion upon the e?tire body of Russian ^ liberals. The paper of which I speak ? was founded by some of the leading I nen of England, and our committee of a management is composed of noted men fc }f both parties. I wish to create in * :his country an interest in our cause I similar to that which is felt in England, t mar, is wnat l am here for, and if I do t it I shall consider that I have made a s very successful journey." i "Do you indorse the practices of the Russian terrorists ?" was the next interrogatory which was submitted. To this question Stepniak responded ^ cvith the counter question, "If any one )f you should have your sister Hogged, 11 what would be your feelings?what 8 ;tep would you stop at to overturn, the government that authorized such a I c punishment?" Then he went on to t Jescribe the relations prevailing in f Russia between people and sovereign, the conditions were so severe he said, c ;hat they could not be tolerated. k "We tried the propaganda first," he ^ continued. "but we got nothing from it ? except the most cruel and barbarous treatment of all who took part in it. F There is no other way than by the use 1! )f force to get what we want and must lave, and I believe that in the end it z. Brill be better for "humanity if force o >nau ue used than it would be if >ve I c should continue to endure. J "I had my first trouble with the gov- s jrnment," said Stepniak/'in 1873, when j L was maki".i, propaganda among the y seasants. I was ordered into exile, But I didn't leave the country. I ? changed my name and residence some- f vhat and still kept on with my work. [ was probably the first of what are cnown as the 'illegal people.' That phrase covers persoas who, having c jeen ordered to leave the country, stay r n it under assumed names, liable, if apprehended, to undergo severe punish- c nent. I went to Switzerland in 1873, t ind there wrote for a leaflet publica- a inn ttoc o 1? KHivu " uo cil^UiatCU 1 Li It 11301 cl? {. Later I returned to Russia, stilJ an j illegal' person, and published a paper $ :alled Land and Liberty." "What would they do with you if bey should Gnd you in the country; . ;end you to Siberia?" "Worse than that," answered Step- v liak. with a smile. "It might be that u lorrioie pruoa at Schusselbourg, which j } s far worse than Siberia. There's ij nanv a Russian, I can tell you, who | a vouid be very happy to be sent to j s Liberia rather thun to Schusselbourg. j ii to conceal my real name. Let the Russian government know* me as 'Stepiniak.' I have never dene aught that I am ashamed of or regret, but I do not .wish to give my name and it is my right to withhold it." "Have you ever Killed anybody?" mildly inquired one 01' the journalists. \ Stepniak open d his eyes at this question, as well he might, but he .answered it promptly in the negative. The last question put to Stepniak j was whether or not he considered that the reigning Czar's life was in danger. - "Yes, I do," was the answer that came with emphasis. "A great revolution is impending in Russia, and unless some concessions are speedily made to the DeoDle it will soon come upon the country, and, ^ depend upon it, ^'he Republican JB Washington. December 30.?The s-.-ene in the Senate this afternoon was memorable in many respects, but the ; cb:-5f interest lay in the fact thaj; the Re_^ui: i.u J.I ( puimuaiio Lieiu a uauuua m tuc uj^cu ocuate. The day had not been propitious : for the Iriends of the force bill in the morning and an hoar had been wasted id the effort to obtain a quorum. Then Senator Wolcof t made an eloquent and ! earnest speech against the bill; then the ; measure had been laid aside while Sen- j ators Stewart and lleagan discussed the financial question. . Finally the climax was readied when j Senator Teller began to abuse his col- < leagues for not bringing the measure to j a vote, and charging that it was being i delayed by Eastern Senators in order ; that a Senate financial measure might 1 not be passed. As Mr Teller proceed- I ed with increasing emphasis, despite the fact that ills voice trembled with weak- ' nesa due to a recent illness, the Sena- { tors on both sides bewail to regard him ^ with the closest interest. The cloak rooms were speedily emptied and Sen- j ators hurried from their committee 1 rooms. { When Mr Teller had concluded, after 1 attacking the proposed closure bill, Mr Hoar rose to. reply. He. twirled a hook ( on his desk in a nervous manner, and in '< an apologetic speech threw the blame ( - C i!..^ L ? 2. A 11" 1. [ 01 non-acuon on senator Allison, wnuse absence, he said, had prevented the con- * sideration of amendments to the bill in j committee. t Senator Hale then arraigned Senator ^ Hoar for his management of the bill, and Senator Hoar retorted by denouncing t all- the Senators who had paired with the J Democrats. - Senator Mitchell, with a smile on his \ brown-bearded face, suggested that his c Republican colleagues'had better hold a < caucus. Finally, when nearly the whole 1 qwIa itroc? in cnorl QnnQ. I OiUU fT lio 1L1 HIV* O.l.lW, UVUtt . tor H^vlej moved that the Senate go j: into executive session, and this brought the debate to a close. s During the whole time not a Demo- c cratic Senator opened his mouth to y 3peak, although all of them enjoyed to a the utmost the display of lack of harmo- c ay in the enemy's ranks. The Demo- s :rats are jubilant to-night over the out- r burst of bad feeling, and are encouraged, c especially as Senator Teller openly ad- 1 rised them to leave the chamber and f break .a quorum if such action would de- ? 'eat the bill. | The action of Senator Aldricn in oiler- ^ ngthe closure resolution yesterday had c ?o n o /I t Vi ri T ^ c*r*-? to 4 a o a?*?ntic-1 xr nnn /UUOWU UllVx <1 lO IW OUiVUOi ^ VVU" j uder the necessity for united resistance, s 3ut to-night they-are more hopeful of a ;he luture of the country.?News and Courier. THE MISSISSIPPI VENDETTA. Vttenipt to Make Politcal Capital out of a ^ Private Feud. Washington, December 31.?Presi- ?; lent Harrison, with the assistance of * Postmaster General Wannamaker and |[ Jen Whitfield, first assistant postmaster a ;ouerai, is making au iuve5iig?iuuu 11110 ,, he recent killing of J. P. Matthews, )ostmerter at Carrollton, Miss. Matthews was tlie third appointment o the po9tmastcrship of that town. 11. jj Hansbrough was appointed, but the :ommission was withheld, and another Iansbrough, the former's sou, was then ^ ippointed and took charge of tlie oflice. , loon .. after, however, his bondsmen vithdrew and he. was unable to give ^ >ond again. He accordingly surrendered he office on August 20th last. J. P. Mat- . hews was appointed and took posses- p inn nf (hr> i->f1ir?r> in flip fnllnwinw fVfn " c ?er. ; Records in the postoffice department how that in 1875 one F. A. Doss was .ppointed postmasier at Carrollton. iome time later the ollice became vacant, j q what manner that records do not how, but among the applicants was . tfrs. Y. A. F. Doss, who in her appliatron states that her brother was at one lme postmaster at Carrollton, and "died or nis itepuDucanism." ( Senator George, of Mississippi, has re- ( eived a number of letters relating to the . ;ilhng of Postmaster Matthews, at Jarrollton, Senator George,s home. j ^he following epistle, given to the Star eporter by the Senator this afternoon. * 5 Irom a Baptist minister in that town: At the request of some of our best citi- ^ ens i write to give you tne particulars y if the recent unfortunate occurrence in >ur town. 3,30 P. M. on the 25th inst. t '. 1\ Matthews, our postmaster, was n hot and instantly killed by W. S. JIc3ride. our druggist. We wish to inform ou^ and. through you the postoffice de>artment, that there is not the slightest i: )olitical importance to the unfortunate ;illing. It was simply and purely a per- d onal difficulty between two young men. t Mr. Matthews lias been drinking much a if late. He and McJ3nde were warm ? lersonal friends, but on the night of the ? !4th Matthews was in Mciiride's store! , naking some Christmas purchases, and ? hey fell out and had an altercation about! . .piusn dressing ease wort a .Mat- t hews became exasperated aud struck p Jc Bride on the head with his pistol, in- ci iictmg an u^iy tlesh wound. v On the morning of the 25th Matthews v ^as drinking and walking up and down r he streets with a Winchester ritie. lie s ras arrested by Sheriff McCain and put a ;p a forfeit of $100 for his appearance at he Mayor's Court next day and wasenoined to stay In his store. lie had ]ust i . short time before passed Mc Bride's c tore and stopped at the door aud looked i s a, and in loud words said he was wait- J 2 IN THE LEAD. The Kapid Strides Made in the Southern States. Baltimore, Dec. 31.?The Manufacturer's liecord publishes in this week's issue its annual review ot tne inausmai i progress of the south for 1S90, showing j great activity and prosperity throughout! that sectoion. The total assessed value of property for 1S90 is nearly 84,500,000,000, a gain of 8270,000,000 over 1889 and of SI,600,000,000 over 1880. The number of national banks in the south is 500, with an aggreate capitol of 8200.763,705, an increase during the year of 104 banks and 810,635,000 capital. Ten years ago the south had 220 fctional banks with a to'tal capital of ^G8,9s5. According to the report of Kited States comptroller of curH^net earnings of all southern j^Tks for^the ^twelve months an averagen^pe^em^x?^^^|M canital. Onlv two southern nation? banks failed during the year, and bcth of these failures were due to dishonesty in management, according to government reports. During the year 2,499 miles of railroad rcere built in the south, against 2,296 miles in 18S9. Gross earnings of all southern railroads for the first eleven months of 1890 were $100,894,517 against ?90,290,470 for the same time in 1889, an increase of 810,*304.047. The total value of foreign exports from ill southern ports for the first eleven months of 1890, was 8208.293,000, an in urease of 824,141.010 over tne corresponding months of 1889, while the increase ' in the balance of the country was only 54,834,477, the increase at southern ports jeing live times as great as the combined , ;ain at all other United States ports. The production of pig iron for the year ' foots up to about 1/.(60,000 tons, a gain }f 3i)o,000 tons over 1889, of 830,000 tons )ver 1888, and of more than 1,000.000 ; :ons over 1887. ' ] The total production of cotton for the ; ast six years has been 42,uOO,000 bales, ' .vorth, including the value of seed sold, 1 ibout 82,300,000.000, or an average of learly 8400,000,000 a year. The consumption of cotton by southern mills was 549,487 bales last year ' igainst 200,000 bales in 1885, a gain of : )ver 100 per cent. During the year 3,- )Yi new manufacturing enterprises, cov- ! ;iixjg cvcijr vaijicii> ,UJ. IIUUI ;ack works to :^c ?\;srks, were organzed in the south, irking a total during . ;he last five years of over 17,000 new en- j ;erprises. * : Commenting upon the statistics of the , soutlvs progress, The Manufacturers' 1 Record says: . The past twelve months have been a )eriod of unprecedented activity in every | lepartment of industrial and commerci- J il enterprise in the south. Every factor ( n business reflects general activity. The i ailroads have been cro wded with freight 1 >eyond their capacity. The banks have lauoatLcu au cuuiuiuuoi) ??i*jicaocu v uiline of business and have earned hand;orae returns - upon their capital; agri:ultural and manufacturing products lave been put forth in great quantity, md there has been a tremendous flow of :apital from every direction to the south j eeking investment. The past year has j lot been one of booming nor abnormal * tevelopement, but it has been essential- 1 y a period of steady growth upon a solid ; oundation. The south has been put to evere tests during the past year, out it ias sfnnri thpm nil with nut. strain nr in. - ury, and stands better in the eyes of the vorld than ever before. An abundance >f everything that fields or factories ield, has given the south ample reources with which to stand all strains Hid to meet all demands. Fight for Political Llfo. Topeka, Kan., Dec. 31.?Senator In;alls ?.ame to Topeka to-day for the pur- j tose oi Holding: a consr itation witu nis t aanasers. To-day is also the fifty-sevnth anniversary of his birth, but this C act was not known when the date for 1 he conference was set by Chairman t 3uchan, of the Republican Central Com- * mttee. The conference was extensively ? dvertised and the city is full of Repub- 1 lean politicians. Senator Ingalls has ^ imaged a suite of rooms at the Cope- ^ and Hotel until after the Legislature t ias adjourned. Neither Senator Ingalls lor Mr. Buchan, who is managing his ( ampaiirn, would sive any statement for ^ mblicantion to-day. J ] "You see I have made quite a r?puta-1 ( ion for discretion'within the past two i reeks and do not wish to blast it," 1 emarked Senator Ingalls. Mr. lngalls will remain in Topeka ? o-morrow, returning to Atchison on an 1 vening train. He will return to this 1 ifw ofYrn* 41 ? r* T ArrTc?! a tn y/\ /*An?nnoo + /"\ ity aiiAsi IU j emain until after the Senaatorial elec- ( ion. The Alliance leaders arc consider- j ,bly disconcerted by the confidence < rhich Senator Ingalls's managers are * [isplaving. Frank McGrath, president I if the Alliance, said to-day : 4'The only hing we have to fear is that some of our i eprcscntatires may be suddenly called '< ipon to leave the Capitol." State Senator W. J. Buchan, Kansas 1 ;itv. Chairman of the Republican State ( Jeutrai committee, is reported as hav- ' ug suid to-day to a supposed supportor , if Senator Ingalls that the great work , let'ore the friends of In?alls now is to | irerent, if possible, the Alliance ( aembers of the Legislature from going ] a to a caucus. If a caucus can be pre- j ented, he holds there is a fair probalility of re-electing Ingalls. But if the t ui'.ance mcmoersgo into a caucus xnere i 5 no possible hope ; the man they nomi- i late will be elected on the fir^L ballot. 1 i ^Ia?y Skaters Drowned, t London, Dec. 31.?A terrible accident s reported from Warwick-on-the-Avon. 1 Vhile several thousand skaters were i lisporting themselves on the river at l nat pi.ace ineice suaaemy ana wuuuui i? , word of warning cracked in the middle '? ti e river. An immense lissure opened, i hrougli which five hundred of the I katers were plunged into the icy waters, s V cry of horror arose from the specta- ( ors, while the fortunate skakers lost 110 i irne in reaching the river banks. When ; he iirst shock was over, a number of i teople hurried to. the rescue of the i Irowning skaters and a number of them vere pulled out, but it is feared many t vere arownea, as a large numoer are i x aissing. The latest reports state that 11 eventeen bodies have been recovered^J .mong them several women. An Indiana Trasedy. Fort Wayne, December 26.?Wesley [uilis.a prominent young business maM if New Corrydon, ' ii^rlli outli of here, sho^M diss Verona^gJ THE INDI%| The Report of the Fight Capt?!?i "Wallace ConWg Cm An A, Dec. 30.?Col.^M reached Pine Ridge Agency thi^H TxritX flm n&ValTV IU? THWli CIIV-/ l-, \s J v-.t-i u T %*~?j ?-? surviving prisoners. He reports tv^B ty-live of his men killed aad thirt^ four wounded in the fight at Porcelain Creek yesterday. Gen. Brooke has since the tight revoked his orders for *. tin/1 Cir trams iu tairy yuauucia cuuu uuuu guard. There "is on ly a remnant left. A special to the Bee from Rushville, says: "At daybreak this morning thirty Indians" belonging to Two Strike's band tried to capture a provision train of the Seventh Cavalry two miles from Pine Ridge. The Indians were all killed. "The remains of Captain "Wallace arrived here at noon to-day, and the body will be sent to Fort Robinson. The people are flocking into town by the hundreds from the territory bordering 4-lw. ? uu iuc icsci>ot:uLi. ^ ^ from Agent D. F. Roger. Ridge, Indian Agency, Dec<*^fl5R9: "On Wounded Knee Creek this morning while the soldiers were disarming Big Foot and his band, after their sur render, a ngnt tooK place wnicn resulted in the killing of about 300 Indians and several of the soldiers, including Captain "Wallace, with a number wounded. Two Strike and his i>artv, who are camped on "White Clay Creek, just below Red Cloud's house, opened lire on the agency, from the hill tops opposite the-boarding school, wounding two soldiers. The police returned the lire, killing two of Two Strike's Indians and wounding two others. Ttcn Kf.ribp unn his hnnrf hnvp rpt/rpflf ed in a Northwesterly direction and it is supposed is trying to make his way back to Bad Lands. ' "Thus far the Pine Ridge Indians have taken no active part in the..war, butBigfootj Slow Bear, Kicking Bear and Two Strike' have been and are still making Jisturbances." gone for the body. Columbia,- S. C., Dec. 31.?Among the passengers who changed trains at the union depot this morning was Col. R. M. Wallace, of Sumter, and he went Qorth. lie is bound for the Pine Ridge Indian agency, some distance from ^moho \r<ihrocL'o He is going on a sad mission which Is no less than to bring back to South Carolina the body of his brother; Capt'. Wallace, of company K of the Seventh United States cavalry. Last night he received a telegram trom the agency stating that couriers from the Bad Lands had arrived there stating that a desperate conflict had )ccurred on Porcrlian creet between ;he United States troops and Big Foot's band of Indians. The Indians had been captured and j .vere being disarmed by Col. Forsythe's; ;roops, when they revolted and pounced iDon the trooDs." Then Capt. Wallace vas killed and Lieut. Garliugton, also i i native of this State, was wounded in j ;he arm. Several soldiers were killed nefore the troops could repel the at;ack. Many Indiaus were also killed, ireatexcitement prevailed,and fears: vere entertained that the friendly tribe vould rise and destroy the agency. CHANGED HANDS. rij? Agricultural Department Transferred to Clemson College. Columbia, g. C.,' Dec. 31?The agri:ultural department has at last chang;d hands. A very long session of the )oard of trustees of Clemson College vas held last night in Governor Tillnan's office, Governor Tillman being vresent. Definite action was taken on ,he following matters: Governor Tillman, Secretary of State Dindal and Mr. J. E. Wannamaker vere appointed a sub-committee of the )oard, with powers to look after the State's interests'in the department of igriculture until the property is finally n possession of Clemson College, rhey have also duties to perform in elation to Clemson College, being, in act, trie representatives or tne trusses. Mr. J. P. Smith, of Anderson, was sleeted chief clerk of the department, 'ice Mr. A. E. Gonzales, who resigned, tfr. Smith will probably report for luty to-morrow. Mr. "Withers, who -vas assistant clerk under Col. .Butler, las been retained by the sub-commit,ee. It is undersood" that Mr. Withers's alary has been raised from $30 per nonth to 8125 per month, the rate at .vhich the chief clerk was paid. The following gentlemen were seected as guano samplers: Mes' . Drossland, from the northeast section, jhanklin, of i'endleton. Hardin, of Iraontrilla A fniipth moniliul' will hp ippointed by Governor Tillman and; Sir. J. E.AYannamaker. It was determined to go on with the ivork at Clem >on College as far as the ivailable funds will permit. Prof. Hardin, of Clemson College, .vas placed in charge of the department i )f chemistry. lie was at work in his. lew office to-day. lie said that 'it .vould be several days yet before - he ,vould be able to familiarize himself! j 'th the matters of detail. There are mo assistants in his department who :ome over from the old regime. Prof. { [Iardin was instructed to continue the malyses of fertilizers. Secretary Sloan was instructed to' :ake charge of the experiment station iere. lie visited the place this mornng and received the books, other property, etc. Prof. Ilardin will probably eceipt for the chemical property at ;he experiment station to-morrow. The department building will be sold ; JV tne SlDKlug' iuuu cuuiijjibsiuu auu ill of the removable property except ;he museum will be transferred to the Jlemson College some time in March. Governor Tillman, Mr. J. E. Wannanaker and Secretary Sloan pushed ;hings to-day in order to relieve the ;itnation with regard to the shipment )f fertilizers. There are now on file rvith the chief clerk of the trustees ibout a dozen applications for tags, ?vhich applications include a great lumber of tags. By the construction of the Act l'or :he'abolition of the department it is leld to be the rule that the applications :'or tags accompanied by the cash must je sent to State Treasurer Bates, who Jknotify^Tecierk of the trustees of ueW BroS the iM missi^S that six^H were kiilecWH ther particuHHj ceived. ^S| ' First intima^H the mission was botW afternoon, by acouriW with the startling sion building, where thex^H ber of Catholic priests and^H hundreds of children, sraM by ho3tiles and had been se^H The cavalrymen, who had scarceJJH any rest for four days, were instaSH in the saddle, and with a couple Hotchkiss guns started on a gallop fo^H the mission. As the dispatch was b?written the roar of guns could be 0H "Two Strike, Little Bull and other chiefs ran away from the agency Monday night, after hearing of the "Wounded Knee Fight., taking with them , a hundred warriors. They also compelled the old chief'Bed Cloud to accompany them under the threat of death. -It is these Indians who attacked the supply train and raided the Catholic mission." The 2sinth Cavalry was an hour behind the Seventh in reaching the spot and they found the Seventh in a tight place surrounded by the Indians. The latter disappeared, however, when they. sawjreinforcement arrive for the caval ry./ine miantry were also onerea, dui were not needed. The damage done Jo "v":~ the troops is small, Lieutenant Mann, of Company E, Seventh Cavalry, was wounded through the side. The first Sergeant of Company K. was also wounded. treacherous actions of the friexdlies. Omaha, Neb., Dec. 31?A special to the Bee from Rushvilie says: "A blinding snow storm, which is fast assuming the proportions of a blizzard, began. falling here and at the agency at 9 o'clock this morning. Advices ara that the fight was kept up nearly all night at the late battle ground wittaa? a few miles of the agency. x>y reasons ui me suspicious actions of the alleged Friendly Indians in the eamp near the agency, troops were called in from the field. It transpired late yesterday evening that the large camp of Friendlies, located South of the agency, is made up almost entirely of old men, squaws and children. The question is what has become of the supposed large number of Friendly bucks located there until yesterday. . A half breed courier who was through that camp last night reports that nearly every able bodied Indian in this "Fripnrilv outfit had slmnftd j away after dusk and joined the hostiles. ' v r j The Friendly Indians at Pine Ridge now, he says, are principally squaws, and those not able to fight. Up to 11 ... o'clock this morning, however, every- -'M thing is reported to oe quiet, both sides resting on their arms and each waiting for some move Irom the opposing forces. That further fighting will occur there seems no doubt. If the Indians should make an onslaught .during the storm, they would undoubtedly have a great advantage. The danger is that they will now break V&I away to strongholds "in Bad Lands and b? reinforced by the Rosebud, Stand- V ing Rock and other Indians. Indian signal lights were again plain- -9 }y visible last night in the rough conn- ^ try twenty miles North. particulars of the fight. "Wounded Knee Creek, Dec. 29.? Bright and early were the troops up m this morning. At 8 o clock they were ordered to be in readiness to move. At that hour the cavalry and dismounted troops were massed about the Indian village, the HQl?tLkiss euns overlook- i ing the CLjroS^HHfcjeyrdsaway. 'n Colonel Fo^ffl !$SfeAgfeM&rai dians to coirH Thej came ana^H til counted. TbX were then throvffl pany K. CaptaB pany B. CaptaiJJ The order wafl Indians to go jra cn returning M of them-had^ once began fl suiting in fl iuujj.il* ? pleted the ifl panies K jfl of a suddfl the grounfl the troop* troops n fearing fl own co irfl men anofl battery? Scon fl them slfl The eqfl and d^liCuH matec? wounfl now ifl numbB nian^fl out rfl ThM dowiffl i3g" killet^imil^^^man^B Arctic fame, was shot? at the elh" ' Tro^^h^camj^BM enemy in every disfiS To say that it I feat, twelve Indafl cavalry, expresses? faintly. It could? sanity which prdH It is doubtful fl either a buck ofl Big i-lO V ^ MB i be