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HEAVENS BRIDAL FEAST. "COME. COME, FOR ALL THINGS ARE NOW READY. Dr. Tnlmago Pr<*ach<rs on "Invitation to a i Hn*t the lie n cuuiufe ?? nc deemed, the Guest*: and the Angels, the Cup-Beare rs. Brooklyn. May 10.?The subject of Dr. Talmnge's sermon to-day was "In iLation to' a Wedding," and the text Luke xiv., 17: "Come for all things are now ready." Holy festivities to-day. We gather other sheaves into the spiritual garner. Our joy is like the joy of Heaven. Spread "the banquet, spread all the chalii ces. We are not to-day at the funeral ~c _ wo tirp rpl?bratin<r the IUi ~< L UCAU v/uixoi) "v ^ marriage of the King's son. it ifas an exciting time in English history when (v>ueen Elizabeth visited Lord Leicester at Kenilworth castle. The clocks in all the towers and throughout the castle were stopped at the moment of her arrival, so continuing to point to that moment as the one surpassing all others in interest. The doors of toe great banqueting hall were opened. The queen marched in to the sound of the trumpets. Four hundred servants I waited upon the guests. It was a sccne that astonished all nations whe.i they nf ;< Five thousands dollars a j ll^CUU V* !? * ?? day did the banquet cost as it went on " day after day. She was greeted to the palace sates with lloaling islands, and m torches and the thunder of cannons, and F fireworks that set the night ablaze, and I a burst of music that lifted the whole tceL e into enchantment. Beginning m r that way, it went on from joy to joy. and from exci.ement to excitement, and from rapture to rapture. That was the great banquet that Lord Leicester spread in Kenilworth castle. Cardinal Wolsey entertained the Vrprwh ambassadors m Hampton court. The best cooks of ail the land provided for the table. The guests were kept . bunting in the parks all the day, so that their appetites might be keen, and then in the evening hour they were shown into the banqueting hall, with table aglitter with imp .-rial plate, and ablush with the very costliest wines, and the second course of the feast was made of food in all shapes, of men and birds and beasts, and dancing groups, and jousting parties riding ui-on each other with uplilted lances- Lords and princes and ?tl-ioir ftins clfaniiDty'tO the VUVU v?-r- ? brim, drank first to the Health of the king of England, and then to the health of the emperor of France. That was the banquet that Cardinal Wolsey spread in Hampton oourt. But to-day, my brothers and sisters, I invite you to a grander entertainment. My Lord, the King, is the banqueter. Angels of God are the cup-bearers, all the redeemed are the quests; the halls of eternal love frescoed wiih light, and paved with joy, and curtained with un~ ' '? ?? ^ ~ lvA?^nAfir\cr r\1ar?r> lading D02HIL^ cLITC LUC UiiLiv^ut the harmonies of eternity are the music, the chalices of God are the plate, and I am one of the servants come out with invitations to all the people, and oh, that you might break the seal or the invitation end read in ink of blood, and ?:*w fromnlnne hand of a dvin<r vvibii bus vibu<u>v?v ? __ ^ Christ: "Come, come, for all things are now ready." Sometimes there have been great'disappointments at a banquet. The wine has given out, or the servants have been < rebellious, or the lights have tailed; but ** I walk all around the banqueting table o? my L* rd to-day, and I lind everything complete, ana 1 swing oteu tLlc uuvj. wi : this banqueting bouse and I say: "All t things are now ready." Illustrating my text. I go on and in the first place say that the Lord Jesus Christ is ready. Cardinal Wolsey did not come into the banqueting hall until the second course of the feast, and when Va antorori hnntpfl and snurred. all the I guests arose and cheered him; but I have to tell you that our banqueter, the Lord Jesus Christ comes in at the beginning of the feast. Ay. he has been waiting for his guests, waiting for some of them 1S91 jears. waiting with mangled feet, waiting with baud on ihe punctured sides, waiting with hand on the lacerated temples, waiting, waiting! Wonder it is that the banqueter did not get weary and say: ''Shut the door and let the laggards stay out." No, he has been waiting. How much he is in earnest! c^hall I show tou? I gather up all the tears that flooded his cheek in s\ mpathy. all the blood that channelled his brow . , Jt J 1 aou DacK auuuauu uuu jwo, iu our redemption. I gather up all the groans coming irorn midnight chili and mountain hunger and desert loneliness, and I put them into one bitter cry?I gather up all the pangs that shot from cross and spike and jpear, into one groan ?I take one drop of sweat on his brew, and I put it under the glass of ihe gospel, and it enlarges to lakes of sorrow, to oceans ofagonY. That Christ to-day. emaciated and worn and weary, comes ^ o r\oihnc in tvJm h pvr-rv liCI C, auu n lUi cl j.'atovo .? u.vm >. . -w. J. word is a heartbreak and every sentence a martyrdom, he says to >ou and says to me: "Come, come, for all things are now ready. LAhasurus made a feast that lasted ISO days. This lasts forever. Lords aud princes were invited to that. You and I are invited to Ibis. Yes. be has been waiting, he is waitimr now. ether kings wrap themselves in robes of btauty and power before they come into a banquet. !So does Christ. Oh, he is the lauest of i-./v <?%;>. in !ne 'haml is thp nmninofftnt j% surgery that opened blind eyes and Wk straightened crook limbs and hoisted gfL the pillars ot heavens, and swung the twelve gates which are twelve pearls. |?Ob. what a Christ?a Christ of beauty, a Christ of power. There are not enough keoa earth to dip up this ocean of There are not ladders to scale %frhts of love. Oh, thou flower HLthy breath is the perfume of thou daybreak of the ffikion clap their hands in Chorus! Come meu erubim and seraphim |k;his, all depths, all Koll on through |fe>f universal aeHesauna. under gsgy.owers chimgplilig^rus-! Unto |w us from K made us jjjllffi liliu be He letter ^fcave no wffiS9K.nd r.o fit Give HH&oiV'S. BHScusHHIaad : oa the same platform before God. How long be waited for me! How- long he has waited for you! Waiting as a banqueter | waits for h:s delayed quests, the meats smoking, and the beakers brimming, and I the minstrel with his finder on the string ! ready to strike at the first clash of the ; hoofs at the gateway. Waiting as a : mother waits for a boy that ten years I ago went oil dragging ner Diceamg heart after him. ^Waiting. Oh, can you 1 not Live me some comparison inieuse | enough, importunate enough high as j heaven, deed as hell, and vast as eterjnity? Not expecting th?t. you can help ; me with such a eompari?_u, I simply say i he is waiting only as an all-sympathetic j Christ knows how the wait for a wandering soul. Bow the knees and kiss the Son. Come and welcome, sinner, come. j But I remark again, not noly Christ is j waiting, but the Iloly Spirit is waiting. 1 iyti_ ,1 i ? ny are sume seruiuus <x ucau ianuic. j Ohy are there sonsr that do not get tholr | wing under the people? Why are theri players that 20 no higher up than a hunter's halloo? Because there is f. missing link that only the Holy Spirit can make. If that Spirit should come through this assemblage this morning, there would be a power felt like that when Saul was unhorsed on the road to Dai mascus; like as when Lydia's heart was ! broken in her tine store like as when I 3,000 souls were lifted out of midnight ILllO miUUUUU ill U1C i)CUlCtU3l/. ?J\J wu notice-that sometimes that spirit takes an insignificant agency to save a soul? I thiuk it is very often that at just one passage of Scripture, iust one word of Scripture, a coul is saved becaused the Iloly Spirit gives it supernatural power. Do you know what it was that saved Martin Luther? It was that one verse: "The just shall live by faith." Do you know what it was that brought Augustine from his horrible dissipations? It was that one verse: "Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make 110 provision for the flesh, to fulfll the lusts thereof." Do you know what it was that saved Iledley Vicars, the celebrated soldier? It was _ 4i,.v T me one passage; ""JL>ci:?W m tuc U>JIU Jesus Cnrist and thou shalt be saved." Do you know what it was that brought Jonathan Edwards to Christ? It was the one passage; "Now unto him be glory lor ever an^ ever." On^ Thanksgiving morning lu church I read my text, "O, give thanks uuto the Lord, for he is good," and a young man stood in the gallery and said to himself: I have never rendered one acceptable offering of gratitude to God in all my life. Here, Lord, I am thine forevere." By that one passage of Scripture he was brought into the kingdom, and if I might tell my own experience, I might tell how one Sabbath afternoon 1 was brought to the peace of the'Gospel by reading of the Syro-Pbneniciar's cry to Christ where siie said: "Even the dog3 eat of the crumbs that fall from the master's table." Philosophic sermons never saved anybody. Metaphysical sermons never saved anybody. An earnest plea going right out of the heart blessed of the Holy Ghost, that is what says, that is what brings people into the kingdom of Christ. I suppose the world thought' that Thomas Chalmers preached great sermons in his early ministry, but Thomas Chalmers says he never preached at all until vears after he had occupied a pul pit he came out of his sick room, and weak and emaciated, he stood and told the story of Christ to the people. An ; in the great day of eternity it will be found that not so much the eloquent sermons brought men to Christ as the story told, i erhaps by those who were unknown on earth, the simple story of ^ * "? t i tne saviours love ana mercy, seat try lug power of the Holy Ghost, straight to the heart. Come, Holy Ghostr Ay, he is here this morning. He tills all the place. I tell you the Holy Ghost is ready. Then I go cn and tell you the church is ready. There are those here who say: "Xo ODe cares for my soul." We do care for it. You see a man bowing his jheadin praverandyou say: "That man is indifferent." That man bows his head in prayer that the trute may so to j every heart. The air is full of prayers. ] They are going up th:s morning from this assembly.. Hundreds or prayers straig it to the throne of a ltsteding God. Tiie air is full of prayers?prayers ascending noon by noon from Fulton street prayer meeting. Friday n'.ght by Friday nishi aU over this land, going up from praying tireless. Yea, there is not a minute of an hour oi any day that there are n-t supplications ascending to the throne of mercy. The church is ready And if you should this moniug start for your Father's house, there would be j hundreds and thousands in this aasem! blage who would say if they {knew it: j "Make room for that man, make room for him at the holy sacrament; bring the silver bowl for his baptism; give him full riuht to all the privileges of the . hurch of Jesus Christ. Oh, 1 .;now there are those who say j the church is a mass of hypocrites, but j they do sot really think so. It is a glorious church. Christ ^purchased it. Christ built it. Christ swung all its gates. Christ .curtained it with upholstery, crimson with crucihxion carnage. Come iuto it. I do not pick out this ruau or that man and sav ;"You may comc." I say all may come?whover j wili. "Come with us aud we will do i you g<?o-l. The Lord had promised good | ccnccruing Israel." We are a garden walled around I Chosen and made peculiar ground, A little plot enclosed by grace Out of the world wild wilderness. Do not say you have never been invited. I invite you now to the King's feast. One and all. A1!! All! But I go ! further and tell you that the angels are [ready, .^ume people think when we j speak about impels we are getting into j the region of fancy. They say it is very >i m man ivlien he has inst entered the ministry to preach about the angels of heaven, but after he has izone on further it is hardly worth while. My friends, there is not any more evidence iu the Bible that there is a God than that there are ange.s. Did they not swarm around Jacob's ladder? When Lazarus' i soul went up did they not escort it? Did not David sa>: "The chariots of God jare 20,000, even thousands of angels?" j Are tiny not represented as the chief ! harvester ol the judtxent daj? Did nor | vtie angel in one night slay 180.000 of Sennacherib's trcops? Oh, yes, our world is in communication with two j utlie? worlds. A.l that communication i isjby angels. When a had man Is to die, i a man who has despised God and rejected ! tlie Gospel, bad spirits come on suiphur! ous wing and they shackle him *nd try j :o wish him oil'the precipices into ruin , uud they lift a gudVw of diabolical exul' tation. But there is a line of angels, | bright aud beautiful and loving angels, ,ch:n_r all the way from iud when others gather heart. They are ready to rejoice. Look! There is an angel from *he throne of God. One moment ago it stood before Christ and heard the doxj ology of the redeemed. It U here now. ! Bright immortal, what news from the | golden city? Speak, spirit blest. The I answer comes melting on the air: "Come, come, for all things are now ready." Au?els ready to bear the tidings. Angels ready t) drop the I aediction. Angels ready to kindle the joy. All ready. Ready, cherubim and seraphim. Ready, thrones, and principalities and powers. Ready, Michael, the arch angel. Yes, I go further and say that your gloriil'ed kindred are rea^y. I have not anv svmnathv with modern spiritualism. I believe it is born in perdition. When I see the ravages in makes with human intellects, when I see the homes it has devastated, wheh I see the bad morals that verv often follow in its wake, I have no faith in modern spiritualism. I think if John Milton and George Whitfield have not anything better to do than to crawl under Rochester's table and rattle the leaves they had better stay home in glory. But tue Bible distinctly teaches that the gtorified in heaven are in sympathy with our redemption. "There is joy in heaven -? ?? aP riA/l /orAt? Ano e?n_ amuug iue au^cia ui vjtuu \j i \ju\* oiunerthat repenteth," and if the angels hear it do not our departed kindred there hear it? There are those there who toiled for your salvation, and when they bade you good-by in the last hour, and said, "Meet me in heaven." there was hovering over the pillew the awful possibility that you might not meet. 13utoh, the pathos when that hand was thrust out from the cover and they said goodby. For how long good-by was it? Xow, suppose you should pass into the kingdom of God this morning, suppose you should say: "I'm done with the sins of this world. Fie upon all these follies. O (Jhaist! I take thee now. I take thy service, I respond to thy love, thine I am forever"?why, before "the tear ot repentance had dried on your cheek, before your first prayer had closed, the angel standing with the message for thy soul, would cry upward, 'kHe is coming!" and angels poising mid-air would cry up ward: ''He is coming!" sll along the line of light from doorway to doorway, from wing tip to wing tip, the news would so upward till it reached the ^ate, and then it wonld flash to the house of many mansions, and. find your kindred out, and those before the throne would say: ''Rejoice with me my prayers are answered. Give me another harp with which to strike the joy. Saved, saved, saved!" At Kenilworth Castle, I told you. they stopped the clocks when Queen Elizabeth arrived, that the hind of time might ? k ^ oQ nnp mnQt. ^JUILLL LU Lii^lU iiiViu^uw cu? vuv .mwv significant and tremendous; bat if this morning, the King should enter the castle of your soul, well might you stop all the clocks and have the finger of time pointing lo this moment as the most stupendous in all your life. Would that I could come ail throuah these aisles and all through these gallaries, not simply addressing yon perfunctorily, but taking you by tbe hand as a brother takes a brother by the hand, and saying to one and all, to each: "Come, come, the door is open, enter now and sit down at the feast." Old man, God has been waiting for thee long years. Would that some tear of repentance might trickle dcwn thy wrinkled cheek.- Has not Ch/ist done enough in feeding thee and clothing thee all these years to win Irora thee one word of gratitude? Come, all the younsc. Christ is the fairest of the fair. Wait not till thy heart eels hard. Come, the furthest away from Christ. Drunkard, Christ can put out the fire of thy thirst. He can restore thy broken home. He can break that slnckle. Come now, today, and get his pardon and its strength. And the one further off, further than I have mentioned, a case not so hopeful as I have mentioned, self-righteous man, feeling thyself all right, having no need of Christ, no need of pardon, no need of help?0 self-righteous man! dost thou thiuk in those rags thou canst enter the r? im?-- r?s\A1a eonronf ieasu' L nuu cauau uut. uuu o u at the gate would tear off thy robe and leave thee naked at the gate. 0 selirghteous man! the last io come. Come to the feast. Come, repent of thy sin. Come, take Christ for thy portion. Day of grace going away. Shadows on the cliff reaching further and further over the plain. The banquet has already begun. Christ has entered into that banquet to which you are invited. The guests are taking their places, The servant of the king has his hand on the door of the banqueting-room, and he begins to swing it shut. Xow is your time to go in. 2sow is my time to eater. I must go m. You must go iu. He is swinging the door shut, Now, it is half shut. Now, it is three-fourths shut. Now, it Is just ajar. Atter awhile it will be forever shut! Why will ye waste on trifling cares That life which God's compasion spare#? While in the endle38 round of thought The one thing needful is forgot. Tragedy In a Church. Nashville, May 13- A special from Birmingham, Ala., says: "L. F. Burgess shot and fatally wounded S&m G. Atwood at Pleasant Valley churcb, two miles South of Atalla, yesterday afternoon. Thev were both members of the church. About two months ago Burges's son attempted to rape Atwood's daughter for which offense young Burgess lied the country. Hard feeliings have existed between the parties ever since, aod an altercation has been feared. When the uatter was bi ought for adjustment .d the church between the brethren, and while the committee who had the matter in hand were retired, the belligerents decided to fight, and began with the above result. Marion Smith, by interfering, received a stray shot through the liaod. The shooting occurred in the church which was fdled with people to the utmost capacity, but fortunately none were shot except Smith and Atwood. liurgess, tne eiaer, escaped. Fifteen shots were exchanged. Han Off With a Blind Girl. Cobhectox, X. Y., May 13.?M. S. Tyler, a leading bnsiness man of Damascus, I\-nn., across the Deleware River from this place, had lived happily with his wife and family for many years. Some days ago he disappeared, and about the sarut time a young blind girl, a daughter of the most conspicuous family in this part of the Dele ware Valley, was missed. A brother of the girl traced her to Xew York and back to ! Middleton, Orange County, where tie found her living with Tyler. All the brother's efforts to induce her to return home- were of no avail. The girl recently became of age and obtained $12,000, a bequest from her father, who died a few years ago. She is said to have made I over"her money and property to Tyler. A Cloud Burst. Liberty, M. X.,May 12.?A party of campers near here were washed away by a cloud burst. ?. J. Willcox was drowned, and others had a narrow escape. MAJOR TERRILL'S TALK. EXPOUNDING ALLIANCE PURPOSES, ! TPir.HINM AND REQUIREMENTS. Wh>ttlhe Alliance Obligation Demands? The Third Party?I'Jaco of the Order Hetweeu the Partita?The Currency | Question and the si.b-Treasury Hill. Greenville, S. C., May 13.--Lecturer Terrill, of theXational Farmers'Alliance and Industrial Union, spoke to about 300 people at the city park yest.erdav. A few of this number were ladies. The male part of the audience was made up of city people and country people, the farmers, of course, being 111 a large majority. The foot of the stand was decorated with stalks of wheat, oats and rye and ears of com and tlowers. The lecturer arrived at the grounds shortly after 11 o'clock. On the stand were the Hon. M. L. Donaldson, manager of the .'State alliance exchange, II. B. Buist, president of the Greenville county alliance, the Rev. J. A. Sli2h. of 2S"ewberrv. .7. Wm. stokes, editor of the Cotton iJlant and others of prominence in alliance circles. The Hon. George Washington Shell, of Laurens, sat with the audience. The farmers present were of the intelligent class and they listened attentively to the conservative remarks or Major Terrill. The exercises were opened with prayer by the llev. John 0. Wilscn. Chairman lSuist then introduced Major Terrill. Tne lecturer spoke for over two hours and at the conclusion some one in the audience wanted hiai to continue another hour. The substance of Major Terrill's address is as follows: .My friends: Again 1 am here to speak in behalf of the Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union. Many things have occurred since I last saw you. Our srreat organization has increased "^o th*dt the way it goes so will the election go in 1S92. The organization is a powerful one. We meet here to discuss those things that are important to us, to see where we are discriminated against. We are organized for the purDose of each other's advancement, so ciallv, financially and otherwise. We are opposed to class legislation and we think that the financial management of the government is iniquitous. It is sure to destroy popular government if it continues. "The duty of the alliance men is to discuss this question and all other questions that are of deep interesr to tnem. Speaking of the objects of the alliance for the mutual advancement of its members. Major Terrili said that they were to bring the farmers into closer social relations, to destroy prejudices, local and national. The farmers had had too little social intercourse with each other. The obligations alliance men took were to help each other. Prejudice was one of the main evils the alliance should eradicate. It was responsible for the condition of things today. No man is lit to hold oilice who is narrow minded and prejudiced. ';!he Farmers' alliance is making war on prejudice," he said, "and 1 am opposed to that prejudice that prevents the unity of the people. The alliance doesn't propose to discuss questions with prejudice. You have got no right to bring your political prejudices into the alliance." Alliance members must help a brother when he is sick and if npf>rl hA nlant his ^r/rn ThPV mriRt. }!<? sista brother who has taken the wrong course in anything; they must kill out immorality, andwhile'the alliance is not a temperance organization be did not believe that amember can;conscientiously take the obligation and roll in the streets drunk. The alliance is op posed to whiskey drinking and urges every brother to prevent another l'rom becoming intoxicated. In speaking of the prejudices that the alliance is doing away with, Major Terrill said that the chasm that once stood hfitwp.eri the farmers of Kansas and South Carolina was being closed. The first applause of the clay was when he spoke of John J. Ingalls' political death in Kansas. The farmers of the South should do the same thing if a man is filled with prejudice like Ingalls. The four leading grounds of the Alliance were the refusal to give lands to aliens, or America for Americans; the railroad transportation of the country in charge of the government; an honest and equal division of taxes; that every dollar shall be a dollar and the circulation increased to 350 per capita, to be distributed fairly among the people. Under this last question came the subtreasury bill. After stating that the alliance has made certain demands, and before beginning a discussion of these demands, Major Terrill said that to discuss these issues calmly and clearly the farmer ripp.dfd more nnlitical education. lie held that the alliance must not become a party and would quit it when it did so. Tney can have nothing to do with the Democratic, Republican or third party as alliance men, but as individuals they could do as they pleased aud vote for their own interests. They mustn't have leaders that they would pin their faith to blindly. The principles of the order were above any man. In the Farmers' Alliance they sought the truth and tried to elevate principles. If they voted for a man solely because he was a member of the order they prostituted their order, bnt if they found that he represented their posi tions voie ior mm. ine nuwi ui me newspapers about a third party was a how] for nothing, so far as the alliance as an order is concerned. It had nothing to do with it. The question of public lands is, he said, an important one. Is it ?best for foreigners to own our lands? I say. a thousand times, no. Let. America be for Americans. Let the foreigners become Americans before the government gives them land. The speaker advised every farmer to own his home, If ll;e lands are monopolized popular government will cease to exist. To make itseif loved the government should assist every man to own his home. I am not satisfied with the present system of transportation. We hold that transportation, witnoui, government control robs the people and controls the markets. The railroads controlled the wheat marker. Last year in the West they divided up the territory among themselves and bought wheat and sold it back to the farmers at a prolitof 200 per cent. Think ab}ut it. The railroads can build up or tear down a city. They can starve little towns and break up markets, Y >u s<-e the necessity for a change. The ai!i auce demands that the government, fix rigid rules for the control of the roads and when they do wrong lorfeit their charter. We are opposed to discrimination and all must be treated alike on the highways. The financial question is a big one. The taxes of the country are unequal. The rich man pays less in proportion than the poor man. The farmers bear the burden of the government, and we demand that every man pay tax in proportion to his wealth. 1 hold that the demands of the Partners' Alliance are right. I hold that the downfall of every nation has been from the power of money to oppress. We pay the debts 4 j and they create them. Our demands, j are radical and directly contrary to the ! policies now pursued.' The men who i have dictated the policy are the onts i with tne money. Let a Wall street j man become a farmer and he will make ! the same demands we are making: I * ^ ^ if i >v mil, me vuu lumicis guiuj; i,v uu n you don't discuss the finance? There is only one hope for the finance of the country and that is for the man who | hasn't got a dollar to get control. The I time has come when you must send men to Congress who will represent your views. There are Democrats and Democrats, and if one don't suit you, try another Every dollar ought to be legal tender. A dollar that is good with the bondholders ought to be good aoywhere. The next demand of the Alliance is that the circulation be increased to 850 per capita. There is good reason for it. It now takes more of our products to pay the debt than it did m 1865 when the debt was over two billions of dollars. Ignoring of the people's interest with immunity makes those in con i troi or anairs uoiu. me}7 can ruu goia up to suit themselves. Some men say { we don't -want the free coinage of sil! ver. It will increase the currency, and will make the bonds easier paid. Overa billion dollars is to be paid in fifteen years. Free silver to pay it will benefit <53,000,000 people while a few will not longer get the chance to enrich themselves. There is every reason why the currency should be extended and the control of the currency taken out of the hands of a few. It will increase the price of everything and that's what we want. Gold is the best money now because it pays all debts public and private. Silver can be u.aae to <jo tne same tning. They say the government i3 not a pawnshop. I don't know why. Ithoards up all the gold and loans money on bonds. If t ie government loans money on bonds I don't see why it can't lend it to us on land. I believe that the United States government ought to control all the circulation. I don't approve of a single dollar that is not guaranteed by "the government, and then we demand that it should circulate to the advantage of all men. Why can't land oe used to distribute the money as well as bonds and securities? John C. Calhoun wanted to know why the government charged the people for money when it could extend it to them direct on a land basis. There is so much money in circulation that it can't be redeemed by gold and silver. This government doesn't need gold behind her currency. This is the grandest nation God h;ls the sun shine on, and when It says ? greenback is worth S5.00 every nation will accept as such. Some smart alecks say that the demands of the farmers are unconstitutional, that they are for class legislation, &c. llow's that, when only one out of every 50,000 people get the beuelits of the financial policy of the government? The govern met is a pawn shop. It is a storage house to-day. If it is this way for one why not fur another? When the money is distributed direct to the people it will become the servant and not the master. National banks were estab iished as distributors, we oiter to distribute it by giving our lands as security. The sub-treasury scheme is not intended to increase the circulation* It will make a ilexible currency. There are three points of this question to discuss. 1. Is there a necessity for that flexi ble currency? 2. Is the basis for that (lexible currency sufficient? 3. Will it cure the abuses that we complain of to-day? I am ready to answer any question that may be put to me. It should be that the amount of money in circulation and the amount of produce for sale keep pace with each other. If the circulation keeps up with the amount * - > ? ^ i T u: oi produce mere wiu uo si.auiui.j ui price. That's why we need and why we want a llexible currency. It will be good for everybody but the speculator. The merchant and manufacturer are not to blame for the liuctuation In the price of goods. The average fluctuation in the price of goods for sixty years has been 40 per cent. We hold that we can make a flexible currency by farm products as a basis. "What number of officers will the sub-treasury create?" asked a man in the audience. "The alliance demands will not create a single appointive ollicer. They will be elected by the people who will also decide where the sites or the warehouses shall be." The principles of the sub-treasury will live forever. Is the security we offer good? It's not gold but it has a gold value. If the government can make a money basis out of bonds it can do it out of corn, cotton and other products. The sub-treasury is on the same plan as a man who own bonds. There is no difference. It is the power of the government to distribute money. Give us a flexible currency without a warehouse and we will take it and drop the warehouse p.art. When the interest of the farmers is advanced that of the lawyer, merchant and doctor is advanced. The newspapers have never done the sub-treasury justice They have never discussed the principles of it and say it is fool I OH U COO. I am here to educate the lecturers to place before our organization our demands. and I am organizing to do it. The discussion of these questions don't hurt anybody. Our order is the grandest organization on the earth because it has absolute truth for its mottoes. The speaker said when the Democratic party refused to listen to the demands of the people it would lose one humble voter. Major Terrell advised his audienee not to fall out with the newspapers for lair criticisms. We have the intelligence to open up their sophistry, ii,^ nrucc cuni.-c tn hrprtk uo our organization and rioes not want to do right you can turn upon it iQ your wrath. Malicious newspaper attacks destroy your best efforts. When they get down to slander they are too dirty to handle. lie also advised them not to entertain prejudice against men of other a vacations. The exercises closed with prayer by the R?v. J. A. Clifton. Tiie Cleveland Democracy. IJrrrALO. Ma v. 13.?The Cleveland I Vm-ocracy, Buffalo's foremost political organization, having a membership upwards of 1,700 opened its very spacious, elegant aud conveniently appointed new cluo house on Washington street this evening with ex-President Cleveland as a guest and the speaker of the occasion. Cleveland was greeted with the wildest cheering, long "continued and often re| prated. The president of the club, Herbrrt P. Uissell, delivered an address upI nn thf? mimosas and growth of the or j ganization, and in welcome to its distinI guislifd patron and guest. Cleveland, who appeared in splendid health and spirits, replied with a speech which was received most enthusiastically, every point being recognized with applause arid cheers. After the exercises in the assembly hall, Cleveland, assisted by pi eminent .Democrats of the city and County, held reception in the front drawing room of the club house to which the general public was admitted. * i > COLUMBIA'S CENTENNIAL. ' ONE OF THE GRANDEST AFFAIRS EVER HELD IN THE STATE. I ^ i HamnUn ThAn?anri? ftf Visitors?Grand Military Parade?Gov. Tillman Heads the Military Procession-Everybody Delighted. CoLtTiiBiA, S. C., May 17.?The Centennial Celebration opened last "Wednesday and ended on Friday. It was a complete success from beginning to end. Thousands of people were :n attendance, and everything passed off most pleasantly. Main street was spanned bv numerous arches and the city was decorated with flags and festoons. A rain which set in on Tuesday night and which continued off and on to the end of the celebration, did some damage to the decorations, but could not dampen the order of the enthusiastic Columbians or their visitors. On Wednesday the celebration was opened by a speech from Gen. Hampton at tbe fair grounds. The assembling of the military and the other features of the civic procession was amid strains of music and the cheers of the multitude. There were possibly 15,000 people on Main street when the various sections of the lonjj line were being marshalled Into position. The line of march to the Fair grounds was formed as follows: Cordon of police. Carriage containing Gen. Hampton, the Rev. Dr. Ellison Capers, Mayor McMaster and Dr. W. C. Fisher. Confederate Survivorsk mounted and on foot. Carriages containing State and city officials ac.d invited guests. Palmetto Regiment J?aud. The military. Palmetto Fire Company. The marshals of the parade were: John Taylor, chief; W. II. Gibbes, Jr., D. II. Crawford, G. A. Guignard, .John W. Dunnovant, F. Goodwyn, Frank 7 To ?-v-v /-vr-? T V A 1 of An In the carriages following that of the orator of the day were the following gentlemen in the"order named: The Hon. M. C. JtJutler. the Hon. William Elliott, the Hon. W. H. Brawley, the Hon. J. J. IlemphilL . Col. 11. W. Shand, Congressman Geo. D. Johnstone, Ex-Gov?rnor John C. Sheppard, Ex-Gorernor Hugh S. Thompson. o... ,r.u rp U. +U~ IlAn W T. ^/Ul. lUUUiit^s JL <? Jf JLUi, tuc ajLV/ti. 11 . jlj. Mauldin, J. P. Thomas, Jr., the Hon. John T. ilhett. J. C. Hemphill, editor of The Xews and Courier; J. K. Black man and members of the executive committee. Capt. C. J. Iredell, Aldermen J. R Allen, J. M. Smith, J. H. Green. Col. D. Cardwell, Aldermen E. J. Brennen, J. S. Dunn, H. J. Hennies. Col. S. A. Pearce, Wm. Muller. 1 T ?? - ? A# Cf.i + a uoveruor xiiimau, oeuieteuj'm ciaw. J. E. Tindal. Attorney General Y. J. Pope, Superintendent of Education II. L. Farley. Capt. George ?5runs, Alderman W. McB. Sloan As the line moved up the streets the crowds cheered their favorites, and the enthusiasm was at times intense. Long before the procession had come in sight of tho Fair grounds, and while yet the bands of music were only faintly heard in the distance, throngs of noonlp hfxrun ftrnwdins? into the cal ieries of the main building and secured seats for hearing the oration of the day by Gen. Wade fiampton. A few moments later the head of the procession appeared in sight. The carriages containing the distinguished guests of the occasion dashed into the ground. The Confederate Survivors filed around the right of the grounds and came to trie stage, ionowing Gen. Hampton, who was escorted to his seat by Major McMaster on one side and by Dr. W. C. Fisher, the president of the Centennial Association, on the other. As the grand old nero ascended the steps and appeared with uncovered head in full view of the multitude a cheer went up from the throats of the men which made the welkin ring, and from the galleries thousands of kidlgloved hands clapped an enthusiastic welcome. The scene in the galleries at this mo inent was very picturesque ana lDspiring. The bright colors of the ladies' gowns, the llutteriog of their dainty kerchiefs, their bright faces and Hashing eyes made up a picture calculated to make even the old veteran's heart burn again with the thrill and passion of youth. Immediately following Gen. Hampton upon the stage were distinguished Carolinians who had come here to rejoice with Columbia in her glory and hor -nriHe Aimnnc these were: Con o gressman W. II. Brawley, Congressman J. J. Hemphill, United States Senator M. C. Butler, Congressman George Johnstone. Ex-Governor Sheppard, ExAttorney Gen. Earle. State Senator Woodward, Ex-Lieutenant Gov. Mauldin, Ex-Governor Hugh S. Thompson, Col. A. r. Butler, Major J. C. Ilemphill, of The Xews and Courier, Col. Thomas Taylor, Col. S. A. Pearct?, Ex-Attorney General Leroy F. Youmans, Major L. W. Youmans, Solicitor O. M. Shumpert, Governor Tillman, State SeDator Sloan, Mr. It. W. Shand, Secretary of State Tindal, Attorney General Y. J. Pope, OUpei luicauciiv VJI ijuuvouwu Comptroller General Ellerbe, State Treasurer Bates. Col. il. M. Sims, Congressman W. E. Elliott. Attorney General Farley, the Kev. C. S. Vedder, Mr. Clarence js'euks, Mr. A. A. Ilowlett ot the Charleston, Sumter and Nort hern jRailroad, aud many others. Mayor McMaster, as soon as he could make himself heard, opened tbe meeting by requesting the Key. Ellison Capers to make a blessing on the proceeding's. A "\ >T/, \T mft/yy .cuter prajxi xuavui vtw*? ered an address of welcome, and then introduced Gen. Hampton as the orator of the day. As Gen. Hampton rose to respond, cheer, afier cheer went up from the crowd and the lair daughters of Carolina rose in uieir seats to give emphasis to their welcome to one of the greatest of Carolina's sons. Gen. Hampton was attired in -a dark gray suit, and from the lappel of his coat was suspended badges of the Centennial committee and of the ijurviv ors' Association. The grand old man as ne towered above the sea of human faces upturned to his, with his irongray hair brushed back Irom his forenead and fluttering in the breeze, made a striking picture. His face glowed with health, and as he warmed up with his subject he did not look a day older than he did fifteen years ago as he stood in front of the Democratic headquarters in Main street and said to the surging masses of the people: "I promise you here, my friends, that, so helf me God, if I am not your Governor there will be no Governor of South I Carolina." It was only after several moments that Gen. Hampton could proceeu with his oration. The oration was heard with marked attention and was punctured by applause at almost every period. In the closing sentences, where the orator alludes to his services to the State and bis undying devotion to hei welfare and to her people, there were few dry eyecj among the old veterans who stood before him. Mr. J. C. Davis, of Laurens, aa old i follower of Hampton, called out at the close of the oration: "In 1S7<3 Hampton was to South Carolina what Washington was to the Colonies in 177G," a sentiment which was cheered to the echo. This ended the festivities for Wednesday. Thursday was military day and a grand display our soldier boys made too. The following is the order of the parade: The order of procession is given below, showing the participants in the parade The State secured the complete list of every man in the parade, .but owing to an unforseen and irremediable accident it is impossible to give them. The order was as follows: Platoon of mounted police under command of Chief Ilig'op, and consisting of the sergeants and several privates. The Capital City Band, with eighteen pieces. uove.por numan, Aojiuani ijenerai Farley. Assistant Adjutant Genera! Watts. The Governor's staff. Maj. Gen. Moore, with Co3. W. A. Kelley, and Gen. Gerhardt Riecke. THE FOURTH BRIGADE. Then come the Fourth Brigade, the favorites of Charleston. This was the first of the military column and it was headed by Brigadier General T. A. IIusrenin and his staff consisting of Major E. T. Legare, Major G. W. Bell, acting ladiutant: Caot. Steohen B. Bell, and Dr. A. E. Baker, surgeon. The Carolina Brass and Recti Band, with, fourteen pieces. The German Fusiliers, the seniors of the brigade, with 4G men. The Washington Light Infantry, of Charleston, with 28 men. The Sumter Gunrds, of Charleston, with 34 men. The Chicora Ri-les. of Mt. Pleasant with 11 men. The Irish Volunteer Band, of Charleston, with 14 men. liie iri^u \ uiuiueers, in wiittucaLuu, with 19 men. The Montgomery .Guards, of Charleston, with. 22 men. Colored band of the German Artillery. The German Artillery, Charleston, including the band, 110 men. The LaFayette Artillery, of Charleston, with forty-four men. the third brigade. The first break in the long line of P.AliltAi?a /inrtrnKa. A t-frrvrirNC jluuu aux uino vaiuc * ?? nvin uut, ui w^o of the Third Brigade inarched. Brig'. Gen. W. E. James and staff, consisting of Col. James R. Sparkraan, commanding the regiment and acting adjutant; Maj. C. 1\ Quattlebaum, judge advocate; Maj. G. D. Sparkman, acting surgeon; Maj. P. A. Wilcox, paymaster; headed the column on horseback. The companies of the brigade came as foli lows: The Fourth Regiment Band, of Sumter, 19 men. The Sumter Light Infantry, Sumter, 30 men. The Darlington Guards, of Darlingion, 39 men. Manning Guards, of Manning, 26 men. Lancaster Guards, of Lancaster, 30 i men. Cheraw Guards, of Cheraw, 28 men. ' |_ The Allen Brass Band, colored. men came tr.e Hornet s ^\esi nines, of Cliarlotte, the only company from another State. The Georgetown Hills Guards, of . Georgetown, 2(J men. The Beaufo:t Volunteer Artillery, of Beaufort, 28 men. Gordon llilles, of Bennettsville, 22 i men. i The Patrick Military Cadets, of An derson. This squad was composed of . 30 fine looking youths who were much i admired. Gordon Volunteers, of Blackville, 28 . men. Palmetto llifles, of Aiken, 2S men. Edisto Billes. of Edgefield. 27 men. xius sttu.MJ umuAwii. i Gen. llichboiirg and stall, consisting of Brig. Gen. K. X. lvichbourg, Maj. and Adjt. Gen. \V. A. Metts, Maj. Charles Xewnham, Maj. II. C. I'atton, Maj. T. II. Meighan, Maj. L. W. C. Bla lock. The officers of the regiment, some 1 mounted and some or. foot were: Col. Wilie Jones, Liem. Cel. George IC Wright, Maj. J. K. Marshal!. Adjt. M. II. Brennen, Sergt. Maj. W. E. Goni zales. The Gordon Light Infantry, 'vVinnsboro, with 34 men. Tho T?j^hmr?ncl Vnlnntpprs t:f Co lumbia, with 40 men. The Edisto Rifles, of Orangeburg, with 28 men. The Governor's G uards, of Columbia, 33 men. The Catawba Rifles, of Hock Hill, i with 30 men. The Lexington Rifles, of Lexington, with 31 men. The Jenkins Rillc-s, of Yorkville, , with 27 men. The Lee Light Infantry, of Chester, with 33 men. The Columbia Zouaves, of Columbia . ?the only Zouave Company in the line ?with 34 men. me Jtort .ivioue uuarus, ui run ! Motte, ly men. The Abbeville lliiles, of Abbeville, , with 26 men. ! The Greenville Guards with 24 men. | The Morgan 11 iile-, of Clifton, with j 34 men. The column passed in review before Governor Tillman and staff on Elmwood avenue. The captains saluted and the men brought their arms to a carry as they passed, and the Governor and staff acknowledged the salute by i lifting their hats. At the fair grounds | the troops were dismissed, some of them going to their hotels. The Gov ernor and staff, with the staff and commnv officers. sDent a nieasant half hour together, ai;d the Governor took dinner with the soldiers at the grounds , instead of entertaining his staff at the i Executive Mansion, as he had intend ed. After the parade the Columbia Zouaves gave a fancy drill, which was . loudly applauded. During the course of the dinner Gov: ernor Tillman, in response to loud calls i irom the soldiers, made a brief speech. lie said he was giad of the opportunity of meeting the military oL' the State, j and it was with great pleasure that he i Had observed tnai uiey v. ere iiuo u?uui-1 ed by the weather, but had inarched | well thmugh mud and rain, deterra' ine<.l to do their duty in honor ot the j . capital of the State." Them were very few ol those present who had worn the ' gray, but there were very few of them . who h:ul not had relatives in the struggle, and ail of them could ap' predate the deeds of the old soldiers. He referred to the fact that nearly > all of them were visiting military, and l 1- - 1., n,X V,-, .fi-t-iiT-.il tr. thflll thp lie ucg?;cu itttir. iu cauv-^vi . i thanks" ot the State for the courtesy | they had shown ia aiding' in making' ? the centennial a success, and he hoped l that the celebration would end as it i had begun, und?-r very happy auspice-. The remarks of the Governor were greeted with vociferous applause. ' This ended the proceedings of Xiiurs day and on Friday the Centennial ' wound up with a grand trade's display. - Taken altogether the centennial was > one of the tlest things of the kind ever held in the South. ' / . L SURGING SEA OF FIRE. PILES OF ASHES MARK THE SITES OF FORMER VILLAGES. Several Counties la Michigan Are Laid Waste?Inhabitants Fighting Fire to Saye Their Homes?Story of Destine tioa. Detroit, Mich , May 12.?The hopedfor security from the recent rain did not rnateralize for the panic-ctricken inhabitants of the burned district in this state. Some idea of the vastness of the lire district can be gained from the fact that almost any two of the dozen counties now filled with fire is as large as the whole state of Rhode Islsnd. The Toledo, Ann Arbor and Northern Michigau railroad has been obliged to abandon all attempts to run cars north A ? f VnA Plni?A ?"" ?A VA wc uiaic wuuij liue. 1S. HBlgilC train and crew had a narrow " J ESCAPE FROM CREMATION yesterday. The ties in many places "were so badJy burned that the rails spread when the train went over. When near Moore's siding one of the cars in the center of the train was de- .? railed and the train crew were obliged 4- ~ *1*- ? ^ ^ A' ' tu ituaiiuuu. t,ue rear part or 1.09 irain after working until the cars began to smoke. Before they reached Farwell there'was another derailment, and all but three of toe train of eighteen cars were left to their fate. Three of the trainmen were badly blistered. The wind shifted and drove the fire to the southwest and into Xewaygo, Mecosta and Oceana counties. Cook's Station and Barton, botk in the line of the fire have not been heard from and are SUPPOSED TO BE DESTEOYED. West Trnr a f^w r>nrfh nn? ,, , - . J J ? ? w ? .?4*vw MV*. WU V/A. v ViWy has been environed by fire since early yeste-day morning and is supposed to be in ashes. Reports from Cadillac, Wexford county state that the inhabitants of all the villages in the county have been out fighting fire for the past three days, and many of the smaller places are wipea off the face of the earth. Where 1 varna and Tremont, on the Flint and Pere Marquette road once stood, there is nothing now but piles of ashes. The village of Lake has not been heard from since its last appeal for help. X ULO SWEEPING THROUGH TIIE WOODS near lied Cloud, Newaygo county, while more than 100 miles away, across the state, the little hamlet of Taft is in a gulf of flame. Monton in Wexford county, above Cadillac is cut off from communication with the outside world. The latest news from Traverse city is to the effect that the entire population is out fighting fire. Millions upon millions of logs are burning all over the ppntrA of thp cfaf-o forest fires in wisconsin. Pombina, Wis., May 12.?Forest fires have broken out along the line of the Soo road between this place and Hermansville, and are burning with a vigor that bodes no good to the cedar interests unless rain descends very soon. Just across the Wisconsin line from the station of Menominee river, on the iSoo, tbeTtnei)T-five can be seen from the railroad, which burns as far north as the eye can reach, ana from the immoflCO TnlnmA nf c rv* aIta tttV*i /-?V* o ripao if tv/AUIXIU VJL Oi-UV/ACs WlllwJJL CkiiW is plain to see that the fire runs back a long distance north fro7. the railroad. There has been no rain of consequence in this locality for two weeks or more, and everything is as dry as tinder. - 'j|| a raging sea of fire. White Cloud,Mich., May 12?Five upper townships in this county have been a surging sea of fire ever since Sunday, and it is believed that not a single one of the small hamlets is left. Field's Station, with its four saw mills ,/ and general store, is no more, and 300 people who lived there Sunday are today without a home or a roof to cover their heads. Otia, or Dingman, as it is known to the postal authorities, is but ? 1-: r__ _;?.u OTWk r* UUJUCl'UUll U1 dLLlUillU? i U111S, Wll?U ?.W people who called the place home standing around in despair. . Park City, in Lincoln township, went out ix fire and smoke yesterday morning. Nothing is left of the cluster of small houses that marked the place. Lily Station is hardly worth the name of station, as only a small hotel and a smaller railroad station are left to mark the town site. Freight cars without number and , logging trains melted away into ashes on the tracks, where they stood awaiting their loads of lumber. destructive forest tires, Warren, Pa., May 12.?Forest fires in this section nave caused aneavy loss to the oil men. The fire started Saturday afternoon, and a strong vtind blowing encouraged It yesterday afternoon and to-day, when great damage was done. It was fiercely fought and finally extinguished. The loss to tanks, oil, rigs, and to oil property alone is estimated at fully 8150.000. beyond fajilax control. Huntington, Pa., May 12.?Over four thousand acres of valuable timber lands -ire aflame within a radius of seven miles of this place, and in distant parts of the county woodland is being swept away to an alarming extent. .Mountain tires are beyond all human control andean only be extinguished by rainfall. The farmers in the whole burning district have sustained irreparable losses to/encing, and hundred-j of acres of growing grain have t)een ruined. The lires originated from either railroads or wandering bands of Gypsies. tiie damage enormous. Bellefonte. Pa., May 12.?The damage done by forest fires that have been raging throughout the county has been something enormous. All along the Buffalo Run railroad, through nearly ovorv Tvjt/?h nf timber, the fire has raged, burning miles and wiles of fence, orchards, valuable standing and cut timber. A number of logging camps have been completely destroyed. The fires still continue to rage with unabated fury in many places not yet burned over, it being a hopeless task to fight them. The loss will run into hundreds of thousands of dollars. A Startling Discovery. "" r?? ^ T*V ur T\ i y%1r AV/i UIXCIXXAJLI, i . UL. ?V jL/ix,rx.\jk\jj the analytic chemist, who is examining the viscera of W. B. Snooks, the dead groom of the unfortunate Snooks-Herr wedding feast, says there have been many such cases in the Ohio Valley and nowhere else, and that he is satisfied the poisioning came throngh milku3edat the wedding, the milk having become tainted by ihe cow eating a poisonous plant as yet unknown to botanists, and growing particularly in the Kentucky Blue Grass region. He Still Lives. Louisville, May 13-Wm. Kowe, a brake man on the J. M. and I. train, was thrown between the cars at Jeffersonville. Ind., and horribly mutilated. At last accounts, the man was alive, although his chest is torn open so that his heart can be seen through the encasing membranes. Both legs and his back were also broken.