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DP,. TALLAGE S SERMON."] SAVING WISDOM COMPARED TO A ! | PERFECT CRYSTAL. Kelljjion Superior to a Crystal in Exact- i nes*, la Transparency. in Symmetry I and in Beauty?Souis of Sinner* the j Crystallization of Mercy. New York, April 10.?The eagerness to hear Dr. Talmaize's sermons at the Christian Herald services on Sunday evenings in this city continues unabated. As usual there was this even-' ing a dense mass of people waiting out-1 ~ " * - " **-_? 1 t/ _ rv I side tiie Academy 01 .music long ueiurc the hour for commencement and every seat in the huge building was occupied in a few minutes after the doors were opened. Dr. Talmage had preached to an immense audience in the mornimr in the Brooklyn Academy of Music. His text was: "The crystal cannot euual it" Job. xxviii: 7. Many of the precious stone ot the Bibies have come to prompt recognition. But for the present I take up the less valuable crystal. Job, in my text, compares saving wisdom with a specimen of topaz. An iniidel chemist or mineralogist would pronounce the latter worth more than the former, but Job makes an iutelisent comparison, looks at religion and then looks at the crystal and pronounces the former as of far superior value to the latter, exclaiming in the words of my ^ text, '-jiue ciysuu tauuyt c^uai Xow, it is not a part of my sermonic design to depreciate the crystal, whether it be found in Cornish nvne 01 Ilartz mountain or Mammoth Cave or tinking among the pendanta of the chandeliers. The crystal is the star of the mountain; I if it is the queen ol the cave; it is the ear j drop ot the hills; it finds its heaven in the j diamond. Among all the pages of ua-1 tural history there is no page more interesting to me than the page crystallo? ""-graphic. Tut I want to show you that .lob was riizht when, taking religion in one hand and crystal in the other, he declared that the former is of far more value and beauty than tiie latter, recommending it to all" people and to all ??ThA / wefol Mnnnt ages. ut^iiuius;. jlLi\y vijonii k equal it." Iu the first place I remark that religion is superior to the crystal in exactness. That shapeless mass of crystal against which your accidently dashed your foot is laid out with more exactness than any earthl}* city. There are six styles of crystallization and all of them divinely ordained. Every crystal has mathematical precision. God's geometry reaches through it, and it is a square or i4 is a rectangle, or it is a rhomboid or in some way it hath a mathematical figure. Now, religion beats that in the simple fact that spiritual accurracy is more beautiful than material accuracy. God's attributes arc exact. God's decrees exact. God's management of the world exact. Xever counting wrong, though he counts the grassblades and the stars and the sat ds and TTTo nov/iv I LllKZ pivviv.tuvvo UVT V4 V*V.M.* i ing with us prependicularly when those j providences ought to be oblique, nor tateral when they ought to be vertical. | Everything in our life arranged with- J out any possiblity of mistake. Each j life a six-sided prism, liorn at the j right time; dying at the right time. There are no "happen-so's" in our theology. If I thought this was a slipshod universe I would go crazy. God is not an anarchist. Law, order, symmetery, precision, a perfect square, a perfect rectangle, a serlect rhomboid, a perfect circle. The edge of God's robe of government never irays out. There are no loose screws in the world's machinery. It did not just happen that Napoleon was attacked with indigestion at Borodino so that he became incompetent for the day. It did not just happen mat John 1 nomas, me missionary. on a heathen island, waiting for an outfit and orders for another missionary Jour, received that outfit and those orders in a box that floated ashore, while the ship and the crew that carried the box were never heard of. The barking of F. W. Robertson's dog, he tells us, led to a line of events which brought him from the army into the Christian ministry, where he served God with world-renowned usefulness. It did not merely happen so. I believe in a particular providence. I believe God's geometry may be seen in all our life more beautifully thau in crystallography. Job was riffht. "The crystal cannot equal it." Again I remark that religion is superior to the crystal ^transparency. We know not when or by whom class was first discovered. Beads ofit have been found in the tomb of Alexander Severus. Vases of it are brought up from the ruins of Herculaneum. There were female adornments made out of it 3000 years ago?those adornments found now attached to the mummies of Esrypt. A Sreat many commentators believe that my text means class. Wha' would we do without the crystal? The crystal m the window to keep out the storm and let in the day?the crystal over the watch /IAI A i-nf ucicuuiii^ ito uiavuiuwij^ jv/i allowing us to see the hour?the crystal oi the tclescope by which the astronomer brings distant worlds so near he can inspect them. Oh, the triumphs of the crystals in the celebrated windows of Ilouen and Salisbury? 13ul there is nothing so transparent in a crystal as in our holy religion. It is a transparent religion. You put it to your eye and you see man?his sin. his soul, his destiny. You look at God and you see something of the grandeur of his character. It is a transparent religion. Inlidels tell us it is cpanue? Do you know why tnev ten us it is opaque? 11 is uecause they are blind. The natural man rcceiveth ^not the things of God because they are spiritually discerned. There is no trouble with the crystal; the trouble is with the eyes which iry to look through it. We pray for vision. Lord, that our eyes miiiht be opened. When the eye-salve cures our blindness then we tind that religion is taansparent. It is a transparent Bible. All the mountains of the Bible come out; Sinai, the mountain ol the la*v; l'isgah, the mountain of prospect: Olivet, the mountain of instruction; Calvary, the mountain of sacrillce. All the rivers of the Bible come out: Ilidekel, or the river ot paradisaical beauty: Jordan, or the river of holy chrism; Cherith, or the river of prophetic supply; Nile, or the river ot palaces: and the pure river ol lile from under the throne, clear as crystal. While reading this Bible alter our e\cs have been touched by grace, we lind it all transparent ana tnc earth rocks, now with crucifixion agony and now with judgment terror, and Christ appears in some of his two hundred and titty-six titles, as tar as I can count them?the bread, the rock, the captain, the comman lor, the conqueror, the star, and on and beyond any capacity of mine to rehearse them. Transparent religion! The providence that seemed dark before becomes pellucid. Now you liud God is not trying to put you down. Xow j you understand why you lost that child i and why you lost your property: it was j to prepare you tor eternal treasures, j And why sickness came; it being the pre- j c ursor of immortal iiivenps.-tmi-o, And I now you understand why they lied abcut J you and tried to drive you hither and thither. It was to put you in the ^lorl-! ous company of such men as Ignatius, I who, when he went out to be destroyed : by the lions, said: * I am the wheataud the teeth of wild beasts must first grind me before I can become pure bread for Jesus Christ;" or the company of such i ?~-.t: r. ' A. " -ally- u . mc-n as Polyc^rp, who, when standing In the midst of the amphitheatre waiting for the kons to come out of their cave, i and destroy him, and the people in the 1 naileries jeering and shouting. kiTbe I I'ons for Polycarp." replied: '-Let them j come on," and then stooping down to-.7 fVk/a TX-* 1141 ltOOQfQ WPTP I ^ cii U UJC M ilViV/ wUV ITUU t/VU*. vsr >i v? | roaring to irei out, "Let them come on," Ah, yes. it is persecution to put you in glorious company; and while there are many things that you will have to postpone to the future world for explanation, 1 tell you that it is the whole tendency of your religion to unravel and explain and interpret and illumine and irradiate. Job was right. It is a glorious transparent. The. crystal connot equal it." I remark again that religion surpasses the crystal in its beauty. That lump of crystal is put under the magnifying glas3 of the crystailographer and he sees in it indescribable beauty?snowdrift and splinters of hoar-frost and corals and wreaths and stars and crowns and cas" : + ? Tlio iCiiJHiOIlS OI CUUSpit. UUUS ucaubj. jluv fact is ilut crystal is so beautiful that I can think of but one thing in all the universe that is so beautiful, and that is the religion of the Bible. Xo wonder J this Bible represents that religion as the day-break, as the apple-blossoms, as the j glitter of a king's banquet. It is the joy of the whole earth. People talk too much about their cross and not enough about their crown. Do you know the Bible mentions a cross but twenty-seven times while it mentions a crown eighty times? Ask that old man what he thinks of religion. lie has been a close observer. lie has been culturing an (esthetic taste, lie has seen thn snn ri<?r-s of a half a centurv. He has been an early riser. lie has been an admirer of cameos and corals and all kinds ofbeautilul things. Ask him what he .hinks of religion and he will tell you. "It is the most beautiful thing I ever saw.'' 4>The crystal cannot equal it." Be .utii'ul in its symmetry. When it presents God's character it does not present Ilim as having love like a great protuberance on one side of his nature, but makes that love is harmony with his justice?a love that will accept all those who come to him, and a justice that will by no meaus clear the guilty. Beautiful religion, in the sentiment, it implants! Beautiful religion in the hope it kindles! Beautiful religiou in the fact that it proposes to garland and enthrone and emparadise an immortal spirit. So'.omon says it is a lily. Paul says it is a crown. JLlie Apocaiypse sa.>s it is a iuuuimu kissed of the sun. Ezekiel says it is a foliaged cedar. Christ says it is a bridegroom come to letch home a bride. While Job in the text takes up a whole vase of prccious stones?the topaz and the sapphire and the chrysoprasus?and lie takes out of th's beautiful vase just one crystal and holds it up until it fleams in the warm light of the eastern sky, and he exclaims, "The crystal cannot equal it." Oh, It is not a stale religion, it is not a stupid religion, it is not a toothless hag as some seem to have represented it; it is not a Meg Merriles with shrivelled arm come to scare the world. It is the fairest daughter of God: heiress of all his wealth. Her cheek the morning sky: her voice the dance of the sea. Come and woo her. The Spirit and the Bible say ccme, and whosoever will let him come. Do vou agree with Solomon and say it is a lily? Then pluck it and wear it over your heart. Do you agree with Paul and say it is a crown? Then let this Ixyv * AI1W r*r\y-f\Ty r? i VA11 | iiuui uc >\jul wivuuuvu. jw? agr_-e with the Apocalypse and say it is a springing fountain? Then come and slaku the thirst of your soul. Do you believe with Ezekiel and say it is a foliaged cedar? Then come under its shadow. I)-) you believe with Christ an>! say it is a bri.le-groom come to fetch | home a bride ? Then strike hands with ! your Lord the King while I pronounce you everlastingly one. Or if you think with Jub that it is a jewel, then put it on your hand like a ring, on your neck like a bead, on your forehead like a star, while you look into the mirror of God's word you acknowledge v'the crystal cannot equal it." Again, religion is superior to the crystal in its transformations. The diamond is only a crystalhzation'of coal. Carbonate of lime rises till it becomes calcite or aragonite. Red oxide, of /xwr.rsf rtllJ^AO InfA r*\tr\C%Q o n fl KyL ) OIUJU/jCO iucv vuuvu uuv* octachcdrons. T\ose crystals which adorn our persons and our homes and our museums have only been resurrected from forms that were far trom lustrous. Scientists for ages have been examining theses wonderful transformations. But I tell you in the Gospel of the Son of God there is a more wonderful transformation. Over souls by reason of sin black as coal and hard as iron, God by his comforting grace stoops and says: 4 They shall be mine In the day when I make up my jewels." "What," say you, "'will God wear jewelry':" If he wanted it, he could make the stars of heaven his belt and have the evening ciouci :or ine sanaais 01 ius ieei; but he does not want that adornment. He will not have that jewelry. When God wants jewelry He corner down and digs it out of the depths and darkness of sin. These souls are all crystallizations of mercy. lie puts ihem on and He wears them in the presence of the whole universe. lie wears them on the hand that was nailed, over the heart that was pierced, over the temples that were stun?r. They shall be mine," saith the Lord, " in the day when I make up my jewels." Wonderful transform ation! '-The crystal cannot equal it" Tiiere she is, a waif of the street; but she shall b: a sister of charity. There he is, a sot in the ditch; but he shall preach the Gospel. There, behind the bars of a prison, bi"-r. he shall reign with Christ forever. Where sin abounded grace shall much more abou.d. The carbon becomes the solitaire. "The crystal: cannot equal it." Xow, I have no liking for those people who are always enlarging in Christian meetings about their early dissipation. Do not g into the particulars, my broth crs. Simply say you were sick, but make no display of your ulcers. The chief stock iu traide of some ministers and Christian workers seems to be their early crimes and dissipations. The number of pockets you picked and the number of chickens you .stole make very poor prayer meeting rhetoric. Besides that, it discourages other Chris tain people who never got drunk or stole anything. But it is pleasant to know that those who were farthest down have been brought highest up. Out of infernal serfdom into eternal liberty. Out of darkness ;nto light. From coal to the solitaire. "The crystal cannot equal it." But. my Iriends. the chief transforming power of the Gospel will not be seen in this world and .not until heaven breaks upon the soul. When that light falls upon tiic soul then you will see the crystals. Oh, wh it a magnificent setting tor these jewels of eternity! I Sometimes hear people representing Heaven in a way that is far from attractive to me. It seems almost a vulgar Heaven as they represent it with great blotches of color and bands of music making a deafening racket. John represents Heaven as exquisitely beautiful. Three crystals. In one place he says: "Her light was like a precious stone, clear as crystal." In nnnthnr nlare he savs: "I saw a Dure river from under the throne, clear as crystal." la another place he says: Before the throne there was a sea of glr.*s clear as crystal." Three crystals! John says crystal atmosphere. That means health. Balm of eternal June. What weather after the world's cast wind! Xo rack of storm cionds. One breath of that air will cure the worst tubercle. Crystal light ou all the leaves. Crystal light shimmering on the topaz of the temples. Crystal light tossing In the plumes of the equestrians of hear? ?'1 ~ T?nf /.r?r'c< o 1 en on wmie uyisca. ijui< mu cannot equal it." John says crystal river. That means joy. Dee.) and ever-rolling. Xot one drop of the Thames or the Hudson or the Rhine to soil it. Xot one tear of human sorrow to embitter it. Crystal, the rain out of which it was made. Crystal, the bed over which it shall roll and ripple. Crystal, its inhuite surface. But "the crystal cannot equal it.'' John says crystal sea. That means multitudinously vast. Vast in rapture. Iiapture vast as the sea, deep as the sea, strong as the sea, ever changing as the sea. Billows of light. Billows of beauty, blue with skies that were never clouded and green with depths that were never fathomed. Arctics and Antarctics and Mediterra neaus and Atlantics aud PaciQcs in crystalline magnificence. Three crystals, Crvstal light falling on a crystal river. Crystal river rolling into a crystal sea. Bat "the crystal cannot equal it." Oh, says some one, putting his hand over his eyes, "can it be that! who have been in so much sin and trouble will ever come to those crystals?" Yes, it may be?it will be. Heaven we must have, whatever else we have or have not; and we come here to get it. "Hew much must I pay for it?" you say. You will pay for it just as the coal pays to become the diamond. In other words nothing. The same Almighty power that makes ! the crystal in the mountain will change your heart, which is harder than stone, for the promise is '*1 will take away your | stony heart and I will ?ive you a heart of flesh." "Oh" says some one, "it is just the doctrine I want; God is to do everything and I am to do nothing." My brother, it is not the doctrine you want. The coal makes resistance. It hears the resurrection voice in the mountain and it comes ! to crystallization, but your heart resists. The "trouble with you, brother, is the coal wants to stay coal. I do not ask ? -? l /)aam /? *-* /-l I ' T*i o I ! YOU to turuff upeu LUC uwi auu ?.ii vuiu7? in. I only ask that you stop bolting and barring it. Oh, my friends, we will have ; to get rid of our sin. I will have to get | rid of my sins and you will have to cet | rid of your sins. What will we do with j our sins among the three crystals? The crystal atmosphere would display our pollution. The crystal river would be befouled with our touch. The crystal sea would whelm us with its glistening surge. Transformation now or no transformation at all. Giv? sin full chance ! in your heart and the transformation will j be downward rnstead of upward. Instead of a crystal it will be a cinder. In j the days of Carthage a Christian girl was condemned to die for her faith, and a boat | was bedaubed with tar and pitch and j filled with combustibles and set on fire | and the Christian girl was placed in the boat, and the wind was off shore and the boat floated away with its precious treasure. No one can doubt that boat landed at the shore of Heaven. Sin wants to put you in a fiery boat and shove you o2 in an opposite direction?oft from peace, I off irom LrOa, on irom neaveu, everiast| ingly off; and the port toward which you j would sail would oe a port of darkness, I and the guns that would greet you would j be the nuns of despair, and "the flags i that wouid wave at your arrival would j be the black flags of death. Oh, my brother, you must either kill sin or sin will kill you. It is no wild exaggeration when I say that any man o: woman that wants to be saved may be saved. Tremendous choice! A thousand people are choosing this moment between salvation and destruction, between light and darkness, between heaven and hell, between charred ruin and glorious crystallization. Much Ado Aboat Nothing. Laurens, April 15?Senator Irby's irritation at the invitation extended by Prof Evans to Col Haskell to make a literary address before his school in June has not been previously mentioied in this correspondence because it was thought that subject might injure Laurens's chances for getting the girls' industrial school. In a conversation this morning Col Irbv stated to me that his sympathies Kaon cnilctAr? wU.h f.hfi town to ??et the industrial school aDd that he had intended to work for it; that the town had asked him to use lus influence and that he was doing so. but, feeling: that the tow.i endorsed the action of Mr. Evans, he had given notice that he had withdrawn his influence and would have nothing more to do with it. He further said that he does not intend to light the efforts to get the school, and that all differences between the town and himself iu regard to the matter had been healed, deciinins:, howecer, to state the grounds of the treaty. It is presumed, therefore, that Senator Irby will work with the citizens generally to get the school loc ited here. While politics will of course be en'.irely ignored, Col. Haskell has hosts of friends who will give him an enthusiastic welcome when he comes to Laurens.? Xews and Courier. 3Iocc? Killed Mae Men. Rockingham, X. C., April 16.?This morning a rather startling story comes to light about John 13. Mocca, the Italian storekeeper, who was murdered in Charlotte Saturday night. The story was told by Dr. J. D. Westervelt, Jr., of Gaffney City. Mocca lived there for several years, and consequently Dr. Westervelt knew him well some years ago. Mocca told him?in fact, he made no secret of it? the reason he came to America was because his hands were stained with the blood of nine of his countrymen, ard he came to America to seek rest and quietness. Mocca said that twelve years ago he was a merchant in Italy, and late one night, when the streets were almost deserted, ten men came in his store to rob him. He defended himself with his stillettc, and killed nine of them in the room,where they attacked him, the tenth one fourtunately escaping. Mocca said that the sight of nine dead bodies lying in blood upon one floor was such a horrible sight although he killed them to save himself it was ever Deiore him. There was no case made against him and public sentiment generally endorsed and applauded him for ridding the country of the murderous thugs, but he closed out his business as early as possible and left the scene. Beiits His Wife to I>?ath. White Plains, April 1G.?Jesse Lockwood is one of the oldest residents of Purdy's Station, and during his three score years here he has been greatly respected. He has been afflicted with the grip of late, which is said to have made him temporarily insane. On Saturday last he took a club and bwat ills wire so severely as to cause her death. Believing t.hat he was commanded to do so by the Lord. She is sixty-one years of age. Lockwood is sometimes cailed a religious crank. He is said to hare rung the church bell of the Methodist Church a few days ago, at the same time proclaiming that the Lord desired him to make a human sacrifice of life by killing his wife. 32111s for Seaator. PnTVOVTAV "KV Anril Ifi?Rosrpr O. i 0 -v/Mills, of Texas, while visiting friends here, stated that he would not stand for re-election to the lower house of Congress that he was serving his last term. However if the people of his State desire to keep him in public life, they must send him to the United .States .Senate. - - I? h - -J J ?? ? ? A BLUNDER OF THE LAW. I ONE MAN HANGED FOR ANOTHER i MAN'S CRIME I Ou his Deathbed Uircl Confesses that he j Killed Hawkins, lor the Murder of j whom Whitu was Hanged in Spartan- j btirjr. Ashville, N. (J., April 1G.?The hanging of Tom White, u white man, in Spartanburg about twelve years ago for the murder of Pet Hawkins, a colored man. will always be remembered as a remarkable execution. It happened just at a lime when the white and colored races were decidedly at daggers' points, but which had no influence or oearing will be seen later, piayeu a prominent i part in it. Shortly after the first row | the two white men went into a bar room, which then stood in Church street, and afterwards Pet Hawkins and a crowd of colored satellites came into the same bar room. Tom White was rather drunk, perhaps in that peculiar condition when whiskey has ihe effect of deadening the senses, although the man can still stand up and light. It is believed that White was too drunk to know anything when the shooting occurred. Hawkins aud the white men got into a row, and during the melee Hawkins was shot and killed. A pistol was found in White's hand, and he was arrested as the murderer. When the trial came on Bird was the principal witness against White. The circumstantial evidence was so strong that White was found guilty, aud was sentenced to be hanged. All alonii White professed his iunocence, and declared that he had not killed Hawkins. When the execution took place, just before the cap was put over his face, White said: "I am an innocent man, and I am now to suffer death for another man's deed." He was executed, and there was a good deal of talk about his last words; but nothing was ever done to ferret out the other of whom White - poke on the scaffold. Dick Bird soon afterwards left Spartanburg and went over to Polk County, in this State, where he got into some trouble and then went over into McDowell County- Last year he sLkened and died. While on his deathbed he made a fell confession of his crime iu permitting Tom White to be banged for the murder of Pet Hawkins. Bird went on to say that he killed Hawkins, but put the blame on White; that the evidence, taken altogether, was against White and that he had permitted him to be hanged lor the murder, although he had nothing to do with it. This will startle some people iu Spartanburg, perhaps, but there are some who heard of the confession some time ago. Whether the confession was written out I have not been able to learu, but the facts above were obtained from an excellent source. My informant is one of the best known men in Polk, in this State, and Spartanburg and Greenville counties in South Carolina. He is a detective and kne.w Bird and White, well, and is sure of his facts.? News and Count: . Governor Hoss Very Mad. Austen-, Texas, April 17.?Bad blood has generated between Governor Hogg and several members of the Legislature. It is all because the Governor went home to Tyler to vote last Monday, instead of voting at the Capital. Yesterday afternoon a resolution was passed, with a preamble setting forth that the Constitution requires the Governor to reside at the Capital during the session of the Legislature; that this made the Governor a legal resident of Austin at the late election; that, instead of voting here, he voted at Tyler, and he was therefore subject to prosecution for illegal voting. The resolution itself is as follows; "That his Excellency, Governor Ja3. Stephen Hogg, be and is hereby authorized to reside at the city of Tyler during the term of his office, and his said residence there shall begin and date from the Gth day of January, 1891, and that his residence at said place be, and the same is hereby validated from the said 6th day of January, 1891, and that this resolution take immediate effect." This was meant to be insulting, and is so considered by the Governor. lie has notiiled Senator Johnson, who wrote the resolution, and Senator Harrison, who introduced it, that he "holds them personally responsible." The interven+ s\-F P-^innAcy r*r?lxr nrcvfinfl nPfQfni tlUJLI VI JLXIUXlViO KJLAXJ pvivni-vv4 v ?sw?.wrv? al encounter last night, and it is generally believed that there will yet be serious trouble. Prepurine for War. St. Petersburg, April 15?In spite of the peaceful utterances of government officials everybody knows that Russia is mating extensive preparations for war, and that her rivals are, on their side, making counter preparations for a great struggle which must sooner or later take place. Russia has been spending enormous sums in construction of strategic railways, and in this and other ways arrangements for the transportation of large bodies of Russian troops to the Austro-Cierman frontier is almost completed. This movement of Russian lorces towards the frontier of Germany and Austria would, four years ago have required six months' time, while by the use of the new strategic railroads a month's time is all that is necessary for the vast concentration of troops, which is looked forward to in possibly the near future. A Frightful Collision. Cleveland, O., April 18.?A frightful wreck occurred on the Lake Shore Railroad at Kipton station, about l'ortv miles west of Cleveland, early this evening, in which six postal clerks and two engineers were killed. The fast mail, Xo. 14, bound east, collided with No. 21, Toledo express, just as the latter train was about to pull on to a siding to I?t the fast mail pass. The fast mail was rimniDg at full speed onrJ tho fnrfo nf fhp nnllisinn \v:is SO great that Loth engines, three mail cars and one baggagecar were completely wrecked. Nearly All Recovered. London, April 15.?It has been announced that up to date there had bce.i recovered the bodies of 451 of the pasenters of the British steamer Utopia, which on March 17. while on a voyage from Italian ports for New York with 700 Italian immiyrante on board, rau into the bow of the British ironclad Rodney, lying at anchor in Gibraltar bay, and sank soon afterward. There are still sixty-four victims of the disaster to be accountcd for. r The AV-'iiih^r ami iiife Crops. The following weekly weather crop : bulletin of the South Carolina weather i >>< -i..-mr-rjiHfiTi with the ['liited I on the case. The idea of a white man being: hung for the killing of a negro was rather repulsive to a great many people who had sutler i under negro domination and misruie, but the law took its course and the man was executed in the co unty jail. But he sufl'eied the penalty of a crime with the commission oi which he had nothing to do. and which was laid to his account by the man who did the killing. The facts of the case were about as follows: Pet Hawkins and Tom White, both of whom were under the influence of whiskey, had a quarrel, which resultH. in a row. This was quieted, however, but the two antagonists were still angry. White was of a raiher wandering disposition, possessing nothing but an abundance of "shreds and patches," and lived around the bar-rooms. Pet Hawkins, the colored man, was of a similar disposition. For some reasen another white man, named Dick Bird, became involved in the quarrel, and, as states signal service, was issued Saturday: The following has been compiled from the weather crop reports received at this station: The weather for the past week has been very favorable for farming operations, and in nearly every section it has been all that the farmers could wish. The temperature and sunshine has been above the average?the nights have been warm, and therefore beneticial and conducive to the growth of all crops. There has been* bat lir:le rain and conlined to a few localities. No disasterous results reported except in the Johnston section of Edgelield County, where a heavy rain ana Hailstorm occurreu, doing considerable damage to the fruit and vegetable crops. Farm work has progressed rapidly since last :eport. and the larger proportion of the corn crop has been planted, and that portion np is growing and in a healthy condition. A considerable urea of the cotton crop has been planted, and if the present condition of the weather continues a few days longer nearly the entire crop will have been planted. The small grain crops never looked more nourishing at this season of the year, and the prospects now are that the yield per acre will be unusually large. I All apparent danger from cold weather having passed, the fruit crop, which was somewhat injured by the recent cold ? *11 An/i of + na i*rni'f j Sllcip, Will UC <til <l v ci a^c vnc, uo iuu uiuu in those sections producing the largest and linest quality have riot been materially injured. Thf truck farmers have experience little or no damage from the cold. Vegetables of all kinds are in a satifactory condition: the yield of Irish potatoes will be decreased, caused from imperfect stands. The season has been so backward that farming operations have been greatly retarded. but the weather is now so propitious that farmers are working with a will and hope to have their crops planted in due season. The Cleveland Interview. St. Louis, April 23.?,state Treasurer Lou. Stevens returned from New York last night. When asked this morning -.1 1. l\atu'Dnn UUUUL Lilt? jJUUnsLlCU uucmtn himself and ex-President Cleveland in reference to the position of Cleveland on the silver question and the next Presidential campaign, Stevens said: "I regret very much indeed that so much has been said about the matter, and that 1 have been placed in so unpleasant a position in regard to it. I bad not the slightest idea that Cleveland would have any objection whatever to use being made of what he said in the State from which I came or elsewhere." Stevens was asked if the reports that have appeared were accurate, lie replied: "Xot by any means," I did not write a line of the interview that appeared in the Xew York papers, nor did I see it after it was written until it appeared in print. If it had been submitted to me 1 would have struck out fully one-half of it. It contained much that Cleveland said, but also what he did not say, and if I had known just what its tenor was to be I would have removed many of the embelishments. Cleveland did not annonnce himself as a candidate cnnl-o ;?c .1 -nrivntfi mtizen. fib ClXly UULl OJl^VikV MV tv V.V? v__. When I asked him what be would do in case he was President and a free coina ge bill was presented to him, he Jaughed and turned the question by saying that it was a long time until 1894. I would prefer not to particularize the mistakes in the cccount of my interview with him further than to state that if it had been submitted to me I would have struck out about one-half of it." T. IVI'Canta Stewurf. Xew York, .April 23.?Mayor Chapin, of Brooklyn, appointed T. McCants Stewart, the colored lawyer, a member of the Board of Education, in place of Dr. Philip S. White, deceased, who was also a leading colored citizen. Mr. Stewart was born in South Carolina about thirty-six years ago, and was educated at the Howard University at Edinburg, Scotland. On his return from Europe he became a professor in a college in South Carolina, and subsequently "* 11 - TTa utoc in a jueuiociist aiiuiatvi. jlj.& charge of the Sullivan Street Methodist Church in this city for a short time. Retiring from the ministry, he went on a business aud educational mission to Sirra Leone, in Africa and on his return stuuied law aud was admitted to the bar. He has been successful as a lawyer. He obtoined an absoulate divorce from his wife a few months ago. Formerly lie was an ardent Republican, but he became a Democrat a few years ago, and during the last mayoralty campaingn in Brooklyn he worked hard for the election of Mr. Chapin. He is in great demaud a* a stump orator. It is expected that he will take an active part in the debates in the Board of education. He received a handsome compliment from Surrogate Abbott not Ions ago for skiil in conducting 1 case before the Surrogate. j A Uustle for a liank. [>0 Anril 02?"\fiss I L liU, i(t, Masrgie Scbutt, of l)erry, this county, died last week. Miss. Schutt's relatives i liad been puzzled to know what she did | with her money. She lived like a perverse old maid, and indulged in no luxuries or frivolities. Three days after her fuueral two ot the youn<r women of the house concluded to clean up the room occupied by Miss, iichutt. Mrs. Jennie jJennett unearthed a large, well-made, heavy bustle of ticking. With the remark, "Well, here it goes, Kate," Jenuie threw it into the liames. Taking a second thought she pulled it out again. "It seems awful heavy for a bustle," said she; "let's rip it open." When turning it over to insert the scissors a piece of green paper was seen sticking out of a hole in the seam. The green paper was a bright 820 bill. Scissors were thrown aside ana deft fingers took their place. The whole thing was ripped open. There was a feminine scream. There Jay tens, twenties, lifties, and nestling in tlie bed of greenbacks were shining gold eagles aDd double eagles, and some silver coin. The find netted .89,000. The mone} will be divided between her two sisters, with a neat reward to the girls who discovered it. The old bustle will be covered with tinted *atin, '-- ---I ?.i.u -il-l.-ms ovwl nunilpll down UeCKCU W1UI llijuuiio emu A - to generations. Centipede iu a Colifeo l'ot. Little Hock, Ark., April 21.?News has just reached here from Baxter county that a family of live campers, named Baldin,from Tennessee, en route for Texas, died in awful convulsions. The citizens suspect that a band of Gypsies who had been poisoning catties | in adjoining counties, had poisoned the spring near which the family had camped, and lynching of the band has oeen imminent and only postponed by the counsel of the cooler-headed, who insisted that they must wait until they had proof positive. This wise counsel prevented a deplorable tragedy, as yesterday morning the remains o"i a large centipede was found in the coffee pot1 out of which the campers had drank, and this deadly poison undoubtedly caused their death. A Younjj Lady Equal to Her Ta*k. Pittsbukg. April 22.?Miss. Wilma Schuck, of Allegheny, bus sprang into notoriety by horsewhipping J oh a Kaylor. 6ne alleges that Kaylor had been circulating stories derogatory to he: character, and she made several attempts to induce Kaylor to retract, but he refused. Rev. Fathei woeltel. of St. Leo's Catholic church, determined to settle the matter, and be called both 'I'hp iittfriiDt at LU icoiuciivv. auv ..v. K _ peacemaking failed dismally. Once outside the rectory Miss. Schuck went at Kaylor ana ;gave him a sound thrashing with a blacksnake. V1CKSBURG POST MASTERS HI P. Opposition to Hill's Appointment Unabated -Threats of Lynchins. Jackson. Miss., April 16.?The con ferc-nce of prominent citizens of Vicksburg and Jim Hills, the recently appointed colored postmaster of Vicksburg, did not take place today as expected. Hill asked tor such a conierence, hoping that some arrangement could be made, and expected the committee to meet him here today. From prominent citizens of Vicksburjj it is learned that it was not deemed advisable to hold such a conference, as nothing could come of it, and that the only thing to do under the circumstances was to let all'airs take the regular course. Many prominent people of Vicksburg regret the uafortuuate condition things have assumed, but could not, with the deep feeling of the populace, guarantee that Ilill would not be | harmed in case he uudertook to take charge of the office. On the contrary, gieat fear was expressed that he would be. Uill was seen today by a United Press reporter, and asked what he intented to do about the matter. He replied that he did not know, but felt disappointed that the conference meeting he asked for had not been held, and could not understand why his communication had not been answered. He still has hopes of such a meeting, and thinks all differences could be reconciled in some manner satisfactory to all parties, lie said he had no desire to thrust himseli upon the public of Vicksburg against their protest, but believed many of the best citizens there thought the only proper thing now was a peaceable submission. He said he had no desire to call on the United States Government tor protection and sincerely hoped that a.resort to such measures would not be nec essary. Mayor Booti), oi vicKsourg, called on Governor Stone today and personally gcknowledged receipt of the Governor's letter counselling moderation on the part of citizens, advising against extreme measure ot any kind beins: resorted to, and suggesting a committee oi the cooler heads to talk the matter over with Hill. It was reported that Booth would present the Governor a petition lo sign asking Hill to resign, but it is not thought he did so or that the Governor had anything new to add to his letter. Officers Scalded. Uxiontoavn, Pa., April 16.?Sheriff McCormick and his handful of deputies clashed with the striKers at xoraer works near Connellsville this afternoon and a riot ensued. He arrived there about noon and began the work of eviction. lie had put out several families without encountering any resistance, until he came to the house of a Giant polander named Fred Strousack, which he attempted to enter to carry out the furniture. Strousack rushed forward, but was thrust aside. Then the women of the household rushed on the officer. One seized a tea kettle, and, pouring some boiling water into a pan threw it in the officer's face. Others struck at him with whatever they could reach. The excitement meanwhile had spread to the crowd outside, which numbered fully 200. They attacked the deputies at the door with stones, and several of the deputies were struck. McCorrnick, seeing that his force was j powerless m the lace or sucn a moo, cameo utand drew his men off, amid a shower of stones. Strousack was afterwards lodged in jail here. Deputy Crawford, with a posse, will go to'Leisenring, No. 2, in the morning, to evict a dozen or so families there. The riotous element is in the ascendency there now, and serious trouble is apprehended. There Is >*o Shortage. Camden, S. C., April 16.?The bugaboo of a "shortage" in the school commissioner's office has proved to be a farce, as predicted in this correspondence. The vouchers in the office of the clerk have all been compared with warrants or school claims, paid by the treasurer, and evarything has been found correct So if there is anything wrong up to date it is the complication which have been in existence for several years, and which are said to be nothing more than that the school funds were not kept strictlv separate from other moneys. There is no "shortage" anyhow. It is pretty hard for a yi.ung officer, who has always tried to do his duty, as ex-Commissioner Clark has, to be accused unjustly of having a shortage in his office, and the accusers should be more particular next time. The New Orleans Grand Jury. Xew Orleans, April 23.?Tbe grand jury after a short session, during which time quite a number of prominent citizens appeared before them and were questioned as to public opinion concerning the affair on the 1-ith of March, adjourned until Friday. It is said a large number of names have been furnished to them, and if these are indicted in consequence of the affair the name of every man found to have assisted in breaking down the jail doors will be included. Tbe present inquiry is about the last chapter of the llennessy case as far as the grand jury is concerned, and is expected to close shortly with a comprehensive report and several more indictments. Kiddled with Bullets. Greenville, S. C., April 16.?James Ilolliday, a white man, instantly killed John Crews, colored, four miles from Central, in Pickens County, yesterday. The two men had a dispute at a sawmill, which Crews had been operating well, and refused to give possession to Hoiliday, who had leased it. Crews struck Hoiliday with a monkey wrench and threw a weight at him. Hoiliday had a shotgun loaded with buckshot and fired. J Crews was riddled v/.'th bullets. The coroner's jury exoneraied the slayer, who surrendered himself to the sheriff of Pickens County.?State. Shot Over a Gami ot ?ards. Greenville, S. C.. April 22.?A negro named Thomas Abercrombie has been shot and fatally wounded by a white man named Perry Hill, near Simpsonville, in this county. Hill and I Abercrombie were playing caras m me woods and a dispute arose as to who won a certain sum of money, when Hill shot Abercrombie, as stated. The ball entered the left side of abdomen and ranged toward the back. Sexatou Reffer denies that he said he would vote at Washington with the Republicans. lie agrees with the Republicans on all but three thingsmoney, tarill and railway policy. But he is 110 longer a Republican, nor is he a Democrat. "I do not expet," he says, "to pay any attention to the politics of my fellow-members, l have grown bigger than party hammers. Rheumatism.?James Raxton, of .Savannah. Ga., says he had Rneumatism so bad that he could not move from the bed or dress without help, and that he tried many remedies, but received no relief until he began the use of P. P. P. (Prickly Ash, Poke Koot and Potassium,), and two bottles restored him to health. Kheumatism is cured by P. P. P. Pains and aches in the back, shoulders, knees, ankles, hips, and wrists are all attacked and conquered by P. P. P. This great medicine, by its bloodcleansing properties, builds up and strengthens the whole body. A complete Bedroom Suit for S16.5U freight paid to your depot. Send for Catalogue. Address L. F. Padgett, Augusta, Ga. % *? Pianos Riid Organs. N. W. Troip, 134 Main Street, Co- ! iumbia. S. C., sells Pianos and Organs, direct from factory. Xo agents' commissions. The celebrated Chickering Piano. Maihushek Piano, celebrated for its clearness of tone, lightness of , touch and lasting qualities. Mason & j Hamlin Upright Piano. Sterling Up- j right Piauos, from $225 up. Mason & Hamlin Organs suroassed bv none.Ster ling Organs, $50 up. Every Instrument guaranteed for six years. Fifteen days' trial, expenses both" ways, if not satisfactorv. Sold on Instalments. Gr?st Cotton Fire. Memphis, April 9.?At 11 o'clock tonight the cotton sheds of Ilill, Fountain & Co. caught fire it is supposed, from the spark ot a locomotive. At midnight the fire is burning fiercely, and the entire sheds, in^vhich are stored between 8,000 and 1*0,000 baies of cotton, will probably be destroyed. The loss will reach $325,000. Insurance unknown. The importance of purifying the blood ctnnot be over-estimated, for nnro vmi r>^nnnt. #>nifW W 11 LIU U U puig i 'ivvy^i tT vwi ^ good healh. P. P. P. (Prickly Ash, Poke Koot and Pottassium) is a miraculous blood purifier, performing more cures in six months than all thesarsaparillas and so-called blood purifiers put together. notice; i Before assuring your life, or investing your mon ey, examine the TwentyTear Tontine Policies of THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE United States, Policies maturing in 1891 realize cash returns to the owners, of amounts varying from 120 to 176 per cent, of the money paid in, besides the advantages of the Assurance during the whole period of twenty years. The following is one of the manv actual cases maturing this year: Endowment Policy No. 64.925Issued in 1871, at age 27. Amount, 55.000. Premium, ?239.90. Total Premiums Paid, 54,798. ResultS at end of Tontine Period in 1891: CASH SURRENDER VALUE, ?8,449AS, (Equal to ?176-10 for each ?100 paid in premiums, which is equivalent to a return of all premiums paid, with interest at lyi per cent per annum.) "Or, in lieuo cash, A PAID-UP LIFE POLICY FOR ?19,470. (Equal to ?405.80 for each Sioo r>aid in nremiums.') OR, A LIFE ANNUITY of ?633.55 One fact is worth a thousand theories There is no Assurance extant in any company which compares with this. The Equitable is the strongest company in the world and transacts the largest business. For further information address or apply to the nearest agent of the Society, or write direct to W. J. EODDEY, GENERAL AGE.>T, April 8-3m BOCK HILL, S. C. THE LARGEST STOCK, -r r.T*rr * r* ?\ Trr/\nTr\fT7\T ALUSI YY LOWEST PRICES Soitl Caroliia Mle Worts, F. 3. HYATT, PROPRIETOR. Is the best place in South Carolina 01 Southern States to secure satisfaction in American and Italian Marble * All kiuus of Cemetery Work a speciality. TABLETS, HEADSTONES, MONUMENTS, &cSend for prices and full information. F. H. HYATT, April Sly COLUMBIA, S. 0. CHILD BIRTH MADE EASY! " Mothers' Friend " is a scicntific ally prepared Liniment, every ingredient of rccognized value and in constant use by the medical profession. These ingredients are com- 1 bined in a manner hitherto unknown "MOTHERS' FRIEND" WILL DO all that is claimed for it AND MORE. It Shortens Labor, Lessens Pain, Diminishes Danger to .Life of Mother and Child. Book to " Mothers " mailed FREE, containing valuable information and voluntary testimonials. Sent bv express on receipt of price $1.50 per bottle ' BRADFIELO REGULATOR CO., Atlanta. 6a. sold by all np.t'ggt?ts. LIPraiN EROS.. WholeMle Drajgtoto, Sol* Proprietor*, Lippmaa's Block. Sarsnnah, Gfc, FINESfiOW^fes. Ask for catalogue. TERRY M'F'G CO.- Nashville, T*nn - | PaflEflit Pays ielimi |A Great Oefer that hay not AgjSH 2 be &epeated, so do not dsla7, 2 "Strike While the Ikon is Hot." 9 m ?| Write for Catalogue now, and sa.r what! ?pat>er you saw this advertisement in. 3 fl I Remember that I sell everything that! igoes to furnishing a home?rnanufactur-| tiug some things and buying others in the| (largest possible lots, wlucn enaoies me tog |wipe out all competition. i'HERE ARE A FEW OF MY START-! I LING BARGAINS J ;V-j | A No. 7 Flat top Cooking Stove. fulif >'size, 15x17 inch oven, fitted with 21 pieces! ?"~| ^of ware, delivered at your own depot,; ^all freight charges paid by me, for ;only Twelve Dollars. % Again, 1 will sell you a 5 hole OookmJ I JRange 13x13 inch oven, 18x26 inch top, fit i 1 |ted with 21 pieces of ware, for THIR-i sTEEN DOLLARS, and pay the freight to; m avour depot. | a gDO NOT PAY TWO PRICES FOR' M 3 TOUR GOODS. j 1 | I will send you a nice plush Parlor suit,i Bwalnut frame, either in combination or' ^ thft most stylish colors for 33.50J |to your aailroad station, freight paid. ! | 1 will also sell you a nice Bedromoa u?t; fconsistiiig of Bureau with glass, 1 hig!:j Shead Bedstead, 1 Washstand, 1 Centre] Stable, 4 cane seat chairs, l cane seat andj <l |back rocker all for 16.50, and paj frebchij " fto your depot. I Or I will send you an elegant Bedroom isuit with large glass, full marble top, fori |$30, and pay freight. 8 ^ ?Nice window shade on SDrine roller t 40* J Elegant Jarge walnuts s\ay clock, 4.00, |.a u lounge, 7.00 3 H Lace curtains per window, 1.003 9 I cannot describe everything in a small| advertisement, but have an immense store* containing 22,600 feet of floor room, withj ware houses and factory buildings In othe rj parts of Augusta, making in all the lar- ^ gest business of this kind under one management in the Southern States. These storesand warehouses are ? crowded with j the cheicest productions of the best facto- ' ries. My catalogue containing illustrations of good s will be maiied if you will kindly say where you saw this advertisement, i pay freight. Address, . H L. F. PADGETT, Proprietor Jfadgett's Furniture, Stove and Carpet Store, 1110-1112 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA.fi 1 m m woman. | ^ ^ ? . P Tvfli purify and ritalize your I blxKi, or.-?.t a s?ood appetite and giro your ? ? -vhoii- -jvceta f.or.?? an?t strength. * A |>rorti?i?.*nt railroad ssyxrrintODdeat at 2 "4 >?van:Mjl. >;u:T?riug with ^ "lari-i. DvsTiep < 2 *i?i. a;,*) kh?fluiatism sa; .. .oiji i 'I P. I". r. b*s r.over felt so well in his life, au ' } t .V'-If or .1 he co jld livefoivrw, if he x-uii 5 always ."it P. 1'. P." ^ tf If you tired out fr...<in<? 3Ss^v>^ jj do** oouiliieHiont, take 8 *iii^ i p. p. p. I i j If you are Jeellss: brdly In the Spring 8 -> and out of sorts, take if p. p. p. i I | if your digestive organs need toning up, ?| j take g i p. p. p. i I If V ou suffer with headache, indigestion, ? >j debility and weakness, take I P. P. P. I M If you suffer with rervoua prostration, g nerves unstrung and a general let down Jg ^ of tlxe system, take gj I P. P. P. J !For Blood Poison. Rheumatism, Scrof- & /" ula, Cld Sores. Malaria, Chronic Female fa Complaints, takd a - '< i! P. P. P. I I Prickly Ash, Poke Root I and Potassium. I J The best blood puriHer In the world. g ? j LIPPMAN BRnS., IVholesale Druggists, if j ? S?ili> Proprietors. * .) Lippsia>"s Block, Savannah, Ga. a victory for the sailor MACHINERY. Exhibited side by side with its leading competitors at the State Fair, 1S90. The Superintendent and Committee of ? the Mechanical Department, in inspecting those features not included in the Premium List, deem worthy of special mention the Sailor Seed Cotton Elevator. Distributor and Cleaner exhibited by "W. H. Gibb?s, Jr., & Co. The system operates most efficiently, and much improves'the sample, facilitates the cinning of wet cotton, and saves largely in labor and cost of handling. The Committee recommend to tne tanners of the State an investigation into the merits of these devices. [Signed.] D. P. DUNCAN, for Committee. W. H. GIBBES. Js., & CO.. Columbia, S. C. State Agents and Dealers in first class Machinery, Buggies, Wagons, &c. Special?To test the advertising vatae^ of The State, we will sell to any farmer x. referring to that paper one of the best Dow Law Cotton Planters made for 4.25, cash. The usual price is ?3.00. W. H. GIBBES, Jr., & CO. "why not use qdhs? MURRAY'S IRON MIXTURE IS A GENUINE BLOOD TONIC! MURRAY'S SARSAPARILLA is a Blood Purifier and Spring Medicine! "We are the Manufactures and Sole Proprietors of both. This is the time of the year the system requires a tonic and the blood a purifier. Our stock of Drugs. Medicines; Chemicals and Druggists Sundries is completeOur facilities for filling your orders cannot be excelled, We solicit your patronage. The Murray Drug Co., COLUMBIA, S. C. First Class "Work. V ery Low Prices. Busgies, Carriages, Road Carts, Wagons, etc., Warranted Second to none. Inquire of nearest dealer in these goods, or send for Catalogue?Mentioning this paper. rtai r r d xt a n n r p c n m n U L i. ?. n n U v ii u u u I< BUGGF CO.. KOCK HILL, S. C., JB