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VOL. XLVI. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1891. NO. 49. TALMAGEIX KENTUCKY WITNESSES TO THE TRANSFORMING POWER OF CHRISTIAN RELIGION. "1 iivim. TV.. Generous Action of Madame Soatag?* The Missionaries and Their Keward? Ignorance ?>t Unbelievers. Ilsoir Bkii>?k. Ky., July 12.?A vast concourse of people assembled this morniug on the historic <-amp ground at Iliuh Bridge, Ky.. to Lear ])r. Talmage preach. They came lrom all thfi surrounding cities, towns and neighborhood. A large contingent trom Louisville and anotner irom uincmnatl were present. Many of the visitors have remained here | since yesterday afternoon, when Dr. Talmage preached in the same place. The text of his sermon this morning w as from * Avtsiii, 15, "We are witnesses." Standing amid the hills and groves oi Kentucky, and beior this great multitude tliat no man can number, most oi" whom 1 never saw before and never will see a^ain in this world, I choose a very practical theme. In the days of Georse Stephenson, the perfector ot the locomotive engine, the scientists proved conclusively that a railroad train could never be driven by steam power successt fully without peril; but the rushing express trains from Liverpool to Edinburgh, and from Edinburern to London, p have made all the nation witnesses ot the spiendid achievement, Machinists and navigators proved conclusively that a steamer could never truss the Atlantic ocean; but no sooner had they Mjrcessiuliy proved the impossihiniv"o1^iff^?iuT!tlertakiug than the work was done, anil the passengers on the Cunard, and the Inman, and the National, and the White Star line are witnesses. There went up a suti'aw of wise laughter at Professor Morse's proposition to make the lightning of heaven his errand boy, and it was proved conclusively that the thing could never be done; but now all the news of the wide world put in your hands every morning and night has made all nations witnesses. i>o in the time of Christ it was proved conclusively that it was impossible lor him to rise from the dead. It was shown iogcally that when a man was dead, he was dead, and the heart, and the liver, and the lungs having ceased to perform their offices, the limbs would be rigid .3 ?n ,,o?l t'cjuuu iiu <ji uiuuuu ui aiv/u.-stii. They showed it to be an absolute absurdity that the dead Christ should ever get up alive; but no sooner had they proved this than the dead Christ arose, and the disciples beheld him, heard his voice, and talked with him, and they took the witnesses stand to prove that to be true which the wiseaeres of the day l-j ?i ? Vn/v Hip rpcnrr? imu piu?cu tu uc , v.,~ of the experiment and of the testimony is in the text: "Him hath God raised from the dead, whereof we are witnesses." FOU.V OF THE AGNOSTIC. Now let rce play the skeptic for a n.oment. "There is no God," says the skeptic, "for I Lave never seen him with my physical eyesight. Your Bi de is a pack of contradictions. There never was a miracle, Lazarus was not raised from the de?d, and the water was never turned into wine. Your religion is an imposition on the credulity of the agc-s." There is an aged man moving in that pew though he would like to respond. Here are hundreds of people with faces a little flushed at these announcements, and all through this throng there is a suppressed feeling which would like to speak out in behalf of the truth of our glorious Christianity, as in the days of .i._ ant "\\~p are witnes tut: icai, ^?.v, ... ses!" The fact is that if this world is ever brought to God it will net be through argument, but through testimony. Yuu might cover the whole earth with ai-ologies for Christianity aud learned treatises in defense ot religion?you would not convert a soul. Lectures ou the harmony between science and religion are beautiful menial discipline, but have never ?aved a soul and never will save a soul, l'ut a man of the world and a man of the church against each other, and the mail of the world will, m ail prooability, gee the triumph. There are a thousand things in our religion that seem illogical to the world, and always will seem illogical. Our weapon in this conflict is Jaiib, not logic; faith, not metaphysics; laith, not profundity: faith, not scholastic exploration. But then, in order to have laith, we must have testimony, and if live hundred nnu, or one thousand men, or five hundred thousand men, or five ~ 4 "" ?? >.} tall ,-,,0 Hiot lilKV numon men up auu have fell the religion of Jesus Christ a ioy. a comfort*'a help, an inspiration. I am bound as a fair minded mau to accept, iheir testimony. I want just now to put before }ou three propositions, the truth of which 1 think this audience will attest with overwhelming unanimity. The lirst proposition is: Wt are witnesses that the religion of Christ is able to convert a soul. The Gospel may have had a hard time to conquer us, we may have loTrorto it back, but we were vanquished. You say conversion is only an imaginary thins. We know Metier. "We are witnesses." There never was so great a I change in our heart and life on au\ other subject as ou this. People laughed at the missionaries in Madagascar because they preached ten \ears without one convert; but there are uany thousands of converts in Madagascar today. People laughed at Dr. jud?on, the Baptist missionary bectise he N kept on preaching in Burmah five \ears without a single convert; but there are many thousands of Baptists m Burmah T> 1 TV Morrisf ? ? l?;aay. Jl'eopje mu^utu In China for preaching there seven )ears I without a single conveislon; but there fere ma.- y thousands of Christians m todav. People laughed at tt;e -"^^"^s.ouaries for preaching dt Tahiti ior Ijtteen years without a single conversion, ar,d at the missionaries for preaching iu bengal seventeen years without a single inversion: jet in all these lauds there lYinltitn/foQ r>.f ( hr?Qf??n<s tod&V. But why go so fur to find evidences of s'le (^spel's power to save asoul? "V? e mossinesses." We were so proud that vTman could have humbled us; we were .^o bard that no earthly power could have melted us. Angels of God were all nr. und about us; they could not overtime us; but one clay, perhaps at a Methodist anxious seat or at a Presbytia :au catechetical lecture or at a burial or ou horseback, a power seized us and !u:ide us ijet down and made us tremble and mace us Kneel ana made us cry tor mvivy, and we tried to wrench ourselves away ironi the grasp, but we could not. I it ilung us tiat. and when we arose we w tr<- as much changed as Gourgis, the hv allien, who whent into a prayer meetw iih a dagcer and a guu, to disturb the meeting and desroy it, but the next day was found cryins: "Oh. my ijreat sins! Oh, my ureat Saviour!'' aud tor eleven years preached the Gospel ot Christ to his fellow mountaineers, the last wods on his dying lips being "Free race!" Oh, it was tree grace! MILLIONS COMFORTED BY THE GOSPEL. There is a man who was .or ten years ! a hard drinker. The dreadful appetite bad sent down its toots around the palate and the tongue, and on down until ihey were interlinked with the vitals of ihe body, nrnd and soul, but he has not taken any stimulants for two years. vv'hof- riu) \'nt femnernn(ie .-tome.- ! ties. Not prohibition laws. Not moral j suasion. Conveisiou did it. "Why," I said one upon vhoa) the great change had come, "'sir, I ii.u? just as though 1 were somebody else." There is a sea captain who swore ail the way from Xew York to Ilavaua, and from Havana to j San Francisco, and when he was in port he was worse than v.hen he was on sea. What power was it that washed hia tongue cleau ot profanities and made him n nsfllm singer? (Conversion bv the I Holy spirit. There are thousands ol people heie today who are no more what they once were than a water lily is a nightshade, or a morning lark is a vulture, or day is uight. 2S"ow, if I should demand that all those people here present who have felt the converting power of r?ligion should rise, so lar from being ashamed they would spring to their feet with lar more alacrity than they ever sprang to the UaUCC, me ICiUS uiiu^uLiy mm liicu c.vhilaration us they cried. "We are witnesses!" And if they tried to sing i!ie old Gospel hymn they wou.d break down with em*, tion bv the time they got to the second liue: Ashamed of Jesus, that dear friend On whom my hopes of heaven depend? I Ixliich )vn fMc m\r cliNiilO That I r.o more revere his na*Iie. Again, I remark ihat4,we are witnesses" cf the Gospel's power to comfort. When a man has trouble the world comes in and says: "Xow get your mind otl' this; 50 out and breathe the Iresh a:r; plunge deeper into business." What poor advice! Get your mind off it! when everything is upturned with the bereavement, and everything reminds you of what you have lost. Get your mind oil' it! They might as well advise you to stop thinking, and you cannot stop thinking in that direction. Take a svalk in the fresh air! Why. along that very street, or that very road, she once f aCCUIIlpHUiCU VUU. v/ui, UI liiai iiiaoc plot she plucked llowers, or into that show window she looked fascinated, saying, "Come see the pictures." Go deeper into business! Why, she was associated with all your business ambition, and since she has gone you have no ambition left. Oh, this is a clumsy world when it tries to comtort a broken neart: I can build a Corliss engine, I can paint a Raphael's "Madonna," I can play a Beethoven's symphony as easily as this world can comfort a broken heart . And vet you have been comforted. How was it done? Did Christ come to you and sai: "Get your mind ofl' this. Go out and breathe the fresh a;r. Plunge deeper into business--" Xo. There ? <Xz> d LUtuuit nucu ug v.aiug j vu haps in the watches of the night, perhaps in your place of business, perhaps along the streeL?and he breathed something into your soul that gave peace, rest, infinite quiet, so that you could take out the photograph of the departed one and look into the eyes and the lace of the dear one anu say: "It is all ::ight. She is better oil". 1 would not call her back. Lord, I thank thee that thou has comtorted my poor heart." DIVJ^E HEALING I'OKTHE SICK SOUL. There are Christian parents here who are willing to testify to the power of this Gospe l to comfort. Your s<?n had just graduated from school or college and was goiug into business, and the Lord took him. Or your daughter had just graduated from the younsr ladies' seminary, and \ot; thought she was going to be a useful woman and ot Ion:* life, but the Lord took her. and vou were temoted to say, "All this culture of twenty years for nothing!" Or the little child came home from school with the hot fever that stopped not for the agonized prayer or lor the skillful physician, and the little child was takeu. Or the babe was lifted out ot jour arms by some quick epidemic, and you stood wondering why Go<i ever gave you that child at all if so soon he was to iake it away. And yet you a>e not refining, )ou are not fretlul, you are not lighting against God. What euabled \ou to stand all the trial? "Oh." you say, "I tooK the medicine firvl irorp mv su*k annl. Tn mv dis tress 1 threw my self at the feet of a sympathizing God; and when I was too weak to pray or to look up he breathed into me a peace that I think must be the foretaste of that heaven where there is neither a tear nor a farewell nor a grave." Come, all ye who have been out to the grave to weep there?come, all ye comiorted souls, get up oil' your knees. Is 1 ,>rv >wivi-?>r in til snfltllP I ihe heart? Is there uo poorer in this religion 10 quiet the worst paroxysm of grief ? There conns up an answer from contorted widowhood and orphanage and childlessness, saying, "Ay, ay, we are witnesses!" Agaiu. I remark that we are witnesses of the fact that religion has power to j give composure in tlie last moment. I j i shall never forget tlie tirst lime I con fronted d??ath. We went across the corn- j lields in the country. I was led by my j father's hand, and we came to the farm- j },ouse where the bereavement had come j ana we saw tne crowd ci wasous auu carriages; but there was one carriage thai especially attracted my boyish attention, and it had black plumes. I said: What's thai? what's thai? Why those black tassi-ls at the top?" Aud alter it was explained to me I was lilted up to look upou the bright lace ol an aged Christian woman, who three da>s belore had departed iu triumph. The whole scene made au impression I never for! got. IT IS NO KEAKSAY EVIDENCE. la our sermons aud our lay exhorta- j lions we are very apt. when we want to bring illustrations of dying triumph, to go back 10 some distinguished personage j ?to a John Knox or* a Harriett Xeweil.; But I want you lor witnesses, r want j I tc know if you have ever seen au\thing j to .-nake you believt that the religion of Chriii can give composure in the dual hour. Now, in the courts, attorney, jury and judge will never admit mere ; he res ay. They demand that the witness ! j must have seen witn ms own eyt-s. w J heard with his own ears, and so I am j critical in my examination of you now, j and I want to know whether you have seen or heard anything that makes you j believe that the religion of Christ gives ; composure la the dnal hour. "Oh, }cs,"yousay. "Isaw my father j avl Mother depart. There was a great j din'erence in their deathbeds. Standing i by the one we lelt more veneration. By i the other, there was more tenderness." ' Before the one you bowed, perhaps, in awe. In the other ease you felt as if you would like to go along with her. How did they feel in that last hour? IIow did they seem to act? Were they very much "frightened? Did they take hold of this world with both hauds as though they did not want to ?ive it up? **Oh, no," you say; "no; I remember as though it were yesterday; she had a kind word for us all, ana mere were a lew memeuioes distributed among the children, aud then she told us how kind we must be to our father in his loneliness, aud then she kissed us goodby and went asleep as a c.iild in a. cradle." What made her so composed? Natural courage? ' No," you say; "motnerwas very nervous; when the carriage inclined io the side of the road she would cry out; she was always rather weakly." What gave her composure? Was itbe2ause - i_ - J:J - - - u r..? fka SUtJ UlU LiUO Cell C IJJUUU iui juu auu ULic pang of parting was not great? "Ob," you s<y, "she showered upon us a weal lb of aliVction;no mother ever loved her children more than mother loved us; she showed it by the way she nursed us when we were sick, and she to;ied for us untii her strength gave out." What, then, was it that gave ber composure in the last hour? Do not hide 15.. 13e frank and let me know. "0." " \ou say, "it was because she was sog od; she made the Lord her portion anu she had laith that she would go > '"!-oV-t tn olnrv un/i that, d'p Shr?1ll<1 CCA Cllfc li V IW ^IV/i J , V?v,v .. w all meet her at last at the foot of the throne." UNCOUNTED MILLIONS OK WITNESSES. Here are people who say, *'I saw a Christian brother die, and he triumphed." Aud some one else, "1 saw a Christian sister die, and she triumphed." Some one else said I saw a Christian daughter die. and ahe triumphed. Come, all ye who have seen the last moments oi' a Christian, and give testimony in this cause oa trial. Uncover your" heads, put your hand on the old family Bible, from which they used to read tbe promises, and promise in t he presence of high heaven that you will tell the truth, the whole truth aud nothing but the truth. With what you have seen with your own eyes and vvnat you iisve uecuu ?nu yum u? u ears, is there power in this "Gospel to give calmness and triumph in the last exigency ? The response comes from all sides, from young and old and middie aged. "We are witnesses;" You see, my friends, I have not put before you an abstraction or a chimera, or anything like guess work. I present you aflidavits of the best men and women, living aud dead. Two witnesses in court will establish a fact. Here are not two wituesses, but millions of witnesses on earth aud in heaven testifying that there is power in this redgion to convert the soul, to give comfort in trouble and to aiToid composure in the last hour. If ten men should come to you when you ars sick with appalling sickness and say they had the same sickness and took a certain medicine and it cured them, you would probably take it. Xow, suppose ten other men should come up and say, "We don't believe that there is anything in that medicine.", "Well," I say, 4,have you tried it?" "Xo, I ne\ er tried it, but 1 don't believe there is anything in it," Of course you discredit their testimony. T&e skeptic may conit: and say, "There is 110 power in your leligion." "Ilave you ever tried "V.? nn" Thpn Hvannt'" Let me take the testimony of the millions of souls that have been converted to God and comforted in trial and solaced iu the last hour. We will take their testimony as they cry, "We are witnesses!" LOOK FOIC TIIE STAR OF BETHLEHEM. Professor Henry, of Washington, discovered a new star, and the tidings sped by submarine telegraph, and all the observatories of Europe were watching for t hat new star. Oh, hearer, looking out through the darkness of thy soul, canst thou see a bright light beaming on theeV "Where?" you say, "where? IIow can I liud it? Look along by the line of the Cross of the Son of God. Do you not see it trembling with all tenj *iri t K <-* 11 Knna Tt* ueiliess rtuu ucmutn^ huu an uvyt, jlu is tlie Star of Bethlehem. Deep horror then ruy vitals froze, Deathstruck I ceased the tide to stem, ?Vlien suddenly a star arose? It was Star of Bethlehem. Oh, hearers, get your eye on it. It is easier lor you now to become Christians than it is to stay away from Christ and heaven. When Mine rfontag began her musical career she was hissed off the stage at Vienna by the friends of her rival, Amelia Steiuinger, who bad already begun to decline through her dissipation. Years passed on, aud one day Mme. Sontag, in her glory, was riding through the streets of Berlin, when she saw a little child leading a blind woman, and she said: "Come here my little child, come here. Who is that you are leading by the hand?" And I the little child replied: "That's my mother; thai's Amelia Steininger. She used to be a great singer, but"she lost her \oice, and she cried so much about it that she lost her eyesight." "Give my love to her," said* Mme. Sontag, "and tell her an'old acquaintance will call on this afternoon." The next week i:i IStrlin a vast assemblage gathered at a ber.eiit for that poor blind woman, and it was said that Sontag: sang that, night as sbe had never suug before. And she took a skilled oculist, who in vain tried to give eyesight ?vAAf Klin/1 ivnnrion T~r?Hl i LU IUC pVl VilliVI iiuuiuu. .*?v day of Amelia bteininger's death Madam Sontag took care of her and her daughter after her. That was what the queen of song did for her enemy. But oh, hear a more thrilling story still. Blind, immortal, poor and lost, thou who, when the world and Christ were rivals for thy heart didst hiss thy Lord away?Christ comes no-v to' give thee sight, to give thee a home, j to give thee a heaven. With more than a Sontags generosity, he comes now to meet your need. With more than a Soutajj's music, he comes to plead for thy deliverance. Au "?xc?ll*ul" Ilank Failure. Louisville, Ky., July 10.?The Falls City Bank, established in 18C5, went 10 the wall this morning, making an assignment to the Mechanic Trus"t Company and closed it doors at 701 West Main street. LiabiliLles $431,300, of which $223,900 is du? the clearing house, and deposits are $191,700, assets nominally $123,000. From the beginning ot the financial panic last year the bank has been carried alons by the clearing house, being on the ragged edge all the lime. It has been known for several days that ii was only a matter ot time belore it would have to gc. Depositors will be pa;d ia full and stockholders will get possibly 30 cents ou the dollar. The capital stock is $000,000. J. T. Moore is president. Bankers regard the failure as an excellent one, as creditors were getting ready to bring attachments. Mother aud CbllU Kllied. Hi vvf.v. III.. July U.?Mrs. Raymond and her little four-year-old son were struck ;ioU killed by a passenger train on the Ohio and Mississippi iload near here this mdrnicg. Mrs. Raymond was picking berrfes. and her child strayed on ibe track. The mother tried to rescue the lad, but both were rup- over and killed. \ \ CAMPBELL NOMINATED. THE TARIFF ISSUE ACCEPTEl) BY OHIO DEMOCRATS. i One Ballot all Necesvirv to Decide Who I Should Lead the Hosts Against McKln ley?Foraker Receives Slight Attention? Plutform Adopted by the Convention. Cleveland, 0.. July 15.?Campbell wins, and will again lead the. Democratic hosts of Ohio. The Democratic Stale convention was called to order at 10.30 o'clock this uiorniug. From .the rear of the stage a large number of woman viewed the proceedings with interest. State Chirman Jno. A. Norton called the gathering to order. He delivered a long speech, cali * - ^ aP*1,A ing aueuuou iu uie miywL.im;c ui mc campaign and its issues, and asking the delegates to bury uassion. lie closed by introducing Allau W. Thurman as temporary Chairman, who .vas loudly applauded as he came forward t* speak* THE CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK. The son of the.Old Kornau began as j follows, "in his speech nominating Maior McKiniey, Governor Foraker said even the wiles of the devil seemed unable to kill the Democratic party, which undoubtedly meant that it will never be destroyed by the ltepublican party, Evidently the fact must have occurred to him that this grand old Democratic party lias seen the birth, growth and death of every political organization that has ever risen in this couDtry. Now an organization that connot be killed, even by the evil spirit, must be iumortal that is, it can never die, and in the eud it will certainly put all of its enemies under its ieet, including Major McKinley and the liepublican party." The speaker criticized the po'.lcy of the Republican party in raising the average rate of duties from 47 to 57 per cent., in clothinu; the President of the United States with unconstitutional powers; in I pernicious class legislation, driving the American marine ott' the high seas; in assisting England in her attempt to establish nonometalism; in adding in a sbort*time 2,000 names to the list ot officer holders; in blocking all legislation for months in the endeavor to enact the infamous, villainous and partisan force bill. Continuing Mr. Thurmansaid: "I most earnestly oeseech the farmers, whose interesls are identically the same as my owe., to follow this course: The wild schemes of the Government loanin;? monev uDon warehouse certi ilcates or upon lands, the taking possession of railways and telegraphs by the government, internal improvements tbat are demanded' and a dozen other minor issues that all lead not only to greater taxation, but to the rankest kind of socialism, I says to them, put all to one side and stick to the tariff issue until you get what i3 due you." He continued at le th to discus3 the tariff law in its relation to the farmer and industrial classes, and dwelt in strong language upon the tin plate in lquity, ana conciuaea Dy saymg mai, last fall protected classes poured out money like water, intimidating workmen and strainiog every nerve to carry the McKinley district. Iu conclusion he said; "Interenched monopoly will cot surrender without making a desperate struggle; thersfore, I implore every man in this convention to work after he leaves here with his whole soul for our success. Let uo pergonal differences or feelings of disappointment in any way deter you, b;'t be dilligent, be active, be alert; orgaui/e in everv school district, and above all, be courageous. Lat there be no dod-ring ?+.io icoim. tl-iia ia no timp fV>r fninf upvu 1>U10 MVUV/, bu?4 *>J MV W4MV -w*. ?M.M. heartedness, but a time when true and brave men should be willing to fight with their whole power for what they know to be right." PERMANENT ORGANIZATION. Ex-Congressman Frank Leblond was elected permanent chairman, and made a brief and eloquent speech. Geu. Armstrong of Cleveland, moved that the convention adopt the picture of a victorious rooster as the device to designate the Denocratic ticket, the recent ballot reform law requiring the selection of some device. 'lI think," said Gen. Armstrong, "that the convention should adopt as the emblem of the Democratic party of Ohio, the old gamecock rooster. [Cheers and applause.] Republicans will recognize that as our symbol, and every man who every voted the Democratic ticket can put his mark under the rooster." [Cheers and applause.] Geu. Armstrong's motion was adopted by acclamation, THE PLATFORM. Afier a session lasting from 10 last night, with slight intermissions, till G thu morniLg, the committee on resolutirtnc ronnvrpfl mainrit.v and minority re ports. The iormer declares: "We are opposed to all class legislation, and believe in a tariff levied for ti e sole purpose of produciug a revenue sufficient to defray tbe legitimate expenses of the government. economically administered. TARIFF ISSUE ACCEPTED. "We accept tbe i33ue tendered by the Republican part/ oa the subject of the tariff, as represented by the so-called McKinley tariff act, confident ilat the verdict of the people ot utno win oe recorded a^amst the iniquitous policy of I the so-called protection, champoined by the Republican party in the interest of a lavored class against ihe masses. ON THE SILVER QUESTION. "We favor a graded income tax. We denounce the demonetization of silver in 1873 by the party theD in power as the iniquitous alteration of the money standard in favor of creditors and against debtors, tax payers and producers, and vvbicti, by shutting on one or uie sources i oi'supply of primary money, operates continually to increase the value of so-'1, depress prices, hamper industry and disparage enterprise. "We demandthe reinstatement of the constitutional standard of both gold and silver, with the equal right of each to a free and unlimited coinage. THE BILLION* DOLLAR CONGRESS. "We denounce tbe Republican Billion Dollar congress, which by its extravagant expenditures, exhausted tbe surplus in the national treasury, left there by tb? Democratic administration, and " '""lo'l a /lati.*it- Sll hft 111111 PS dfiH u. uviiv?v ?, ? - potic rule for tree discussion in the house of representatives. THE FORCK RII.L. "We congratulate the people on the defeat of the o lious force bill, demanded by the Republican president and championed by the Republican party lor t-.e purpose Ul peipeiuauiii; itc iuic vj jyvivertmg the constitutional powers ot the government, destiojintj free elections, in order, as declared by Speaker Keed, kto register voters, supervise elections, count ballots and declare result.' PENSIONS. J "We favor liberal and just pensions to I I deserving and disabled soldiers and sailors who fought for the maintenance of the government, and like pensions to their widows and orphan children." The platlorm also dec ounces the Hebrew persecution in Russia. THE MINORITY REPORT substitutes the following plank on free trade and the uulimited coinage of silver: 4,\Ve believe in hon?st money, the coinage of gold and silver, and a circulating medium convertible into such money without ioss, and we oppose all legislation which tends to drive either gold or silver out of circulation, and believe in maintaining the coinage of both metals on a parity. The majority report was overwhelniI : 1 1 iugi_) uuupceu. nominating speeches for governor began at 1 o'clock. Mr. Follett, of Cincinnati, placed Xeal in nomination, and at the conclusion of his speech tl.e convention went wild. ! Gen. Michael llyan nominated Gov. Campbell. He said he was there to contradict the statement that ill the Democr its from Hamilton county are opposed to the present governor for renoininaliou. j foraker's monument. , He caused ureat laushter by alluding to Foraker's defeat, saying a bauged up I editor and a patent ballot box were all that was left to commemorate the memory of the once miizhty Foraker. i campbell, on first ballot. Gov. Camnbell was renominated <>n the iirst ballot, amid great enthusias n. In accepting the nomination he gratefully acknowledged the honor paid him. He referred to the successes of the Democratic administration in Ohio, and re| butted the Republican charges of extravagance. A NATIONAL FIGHT Continuing, he said: "The battle before us is essentially a national one. Not only is this true because the result must seriously cfl'ect nest year's i'ederal elections, but also 1 * ^ * T -c /\u:^ u?. because ttie itepuoiicaus ?n uuw uiivc unreservedly identitied themselves with every phase of the iniquitous legislation accomplished or attempted by the fiftyj first congress. THE REPUBLICAN ''LOST CAUSE." "In their platform they have reaffirmed their adherence to the iofamous force bill?the Republican lost cause?a measure so obviously designed to destroy tree elections that Republican senators, unwilling to viola' e their conscience and oaths, refused to indict it upon the country." lie concluded as c. 11 . ioiiow : A WORD TO TIIE ALLIANCE. "Let the well-meaning men who train undernames of the Farmers'Alliance, or of People's party, and who seek to remedy the real grievances brought about by Republican legislation, remember that no third party can succeed, but with us, and as a part of us, they can help to swell joyous hosannas that will peal to heaven from tax burdened people of the entire country when the glad tidings 20 forth next November that we are yet in possession ot the old Republican citadol, now the Democratic Buckeye State." t f ftmwr.ftr AT. V. Marauis jLUCUUCUCILI V VI V l VI. v - A was renomiaated unanimously. AN AMUSING APPLICATION. Tli? Illiterate Kequist for a Charier from a Colored Body. Cot.umbia, S. C., July 1L?Oue is always stumbling across something interesting in the Secretary of State's oflicc. and even in so dry an oflicial document as an application fbr the charter of a corporation or a society, there is sometimes that which will raise a laugh. Of such a nature is the following application of a colored organization in Marion County: The St. ofS. C. July 7th 1*91 Slate Secretary of South Carolina JL>ear sir we the under Sign, have Gathered our selves to gether; and looking at our Present condition and seeicg our Prosper, that Bin upon us for the last 25 years, desided that their is no hope fir us; in the State of South Caiolina, and we had well gether our Selves to (jether, and leave for and other State ? - it. and while we was meditating over me Subject, a thought was handed down to us by the all mighty, who Rules Both heven and Earth, liice unto this that we needed a new organization among our selves; and upon that thought, we call a Body of mens to gether and organized a society Known as the Days of Labor and. we do hear By apply to the State of South Caroliua for a Cnarter: and our objects is thus, lirst to; teach our People how to work, for the upbilhns of our Race second to care more for the helpless, and sick, third to try and turn the minds of our un thousbllul peoples; four to advicate the cause of the State, where they wer I3ied and Born, five to care more for the EdgGrcatlonal of our '".:'ldren, than we have here to lor; we hope that you will Give us the full charge ot the Charter if it are granted to us, and also what sorse must we apply to for further instruction if any neaded w eating your Reply the Boddy mintion J lie low 1. J. 2sT. Hamlin; 2. S A. Billion; 3. A. R. Stafford; 4. E. Harlee; 5. It. j Stephenson; H. X. S. Stephens; 7. J. R. j Royster; 8. J, R. Coniichcd: (J. W. .\.j Hameltoo; 10 t>. C. Kennedy; 11. H. j Jackson: Totel no 12?S. J. McNeil; 12. i \ou Will Please address AIosk II a melton & Co. Little Hock, S. C. The applicants were informed that the Clerk of the Court was authorized by law to charter benevolent societies and in all prob ibility, "the Days of Lab>r and (K)nigh(s ot Toil" will soon j be a full fledged society and read}' to aid I in the "educashon" of their people around them.?Register. >Irs. Davis'a uecisiou. Xi;w York, July 11.?Mrs. Davis, the widow or the late Jefferson Davis, who has been scjourniDg at the New York Hotel in this city for some time past, in a letter forwarded to the citizens of Richmond to-day, states that, after much deliberatioD. she has decided to give Virginia the care of her hus band's body. She brieily reviews the claims of the various States to her husband's remains, and urges the fact that in the | fullness of fame he did not belong to any part of the country, but that in liichmond he received "generous and unwavering support in the darkest 'iour of the Soutu's defeat. : She relers to her personal sacraiice j ,-r, ,,n t>iu imnp nf dwelling near i iu jn mg "ij "r- ? <=. lier husband's resting place, and ex- j presses the hope that the Jitatts of the j Confederacy will also relinquish their I 'cherished plans for the sake of gratifying the majority of the veterans of the rSouth who have urgtd .Richmond as the proper place for him who loved (them ajl and labored for their glory. f [ CUPID CUTS A CAPER. , ALFRED SUARTZ BRINGS HIS SWEET- | HEART FROM AUSTRIA. On Arrival She Informs Her Lover She I>i<ln't Lilif; />ls Lr.oks, and Starts oil the I Lone Journe., Homeward. Columbia, S. C., July 14.?Alibred Quartz was the saddest man in Columbia yesterday, lor l'ic rose-i.-dored dream of his uneveutful, hard working life had been rudely, suddeoly swo,?t away by the faithless action of the irirl whom he intended to make his wife. All the way ii'om sunny Aastiit came Alfred, ju-it a year a^o, w.th ambition bealim; high i within his breast, and the sweet assurance that her whom he loved would | come over and join her fortunes with his, j should he make his way in the New World. ; Aud he did. In the course of events he drifted to this city and eiiirasied in his trade of Inker. By his careful moae nf livtn>r Allred amassed duke a tidy sum of raouey, and he sent a portion of it to his sweetheart, Marie Epple, of Vienna, with the request tiiat she come on at once. The young woman !e!t her native country at once, and took passage for America. Although wild with the impatient desire to see his loved one, Alfred could not go lo New York to meet her and bring her on to this city, and so he waited. Yesterday morning Marie arrived on the train from the Metropolis, and her lover was waiting for her at the depot. !Tq l.n/l m.wlo m-fMi'irottrms for them to 1.JLW/ lilfcV4 - be married at once, and had prepared her a home,?humble, but still a borne. Now Alfred is almost a dwarf in size and by no meaus handsome. Ilis personal excellencies atoned for this among his few friends, howev ;r, but his aopeiran.-e proved the death knell of all his hopes. He had looked forward to the meeting with ail th? longing that his simple mind was capable of, aud bis future happiness seemed centered in Marie. Perhaps the fair Marie thought that he would <:rovv. :snd that the air of the new and mystic contineut would improve his looks. When the Coast Line train steamed into the depot early pesterday morning, Alfred was waiting anxiously at the gaits. Through the win i? i (low or one 01 tue curs ne s;ivv .uuiic, iiuu executed a war-dance in his glee. 13ut his joy was dashed to the earth. Disappointment was plainly visible on the young woman's face when she caught sight of h-:r diminutive lover. Evidently the climate had done nothing to increase his stature, or make him belter looking, as she loudly hoped it would. When they met, Marie dismayed poor Alfred by coolly telling him thai she had changed her mined aud was content to remain plain Marie Epple lor the present. A long and stormy interview followed, and the crestlallen lover left his faithless sweetheart, vowing to do something desperate in his terrible disappointment. Jdarie remained m we uum mc next train left, when she started back on her long tedious journey to her home. She told a Register reporter in broken English that she was very mad at beiug dragged all the way from Vienna for nothing, and that she was going right home. She just had money enough to get back. Al'red was despairing his luck last night, and lamented the loss ot his hard earned savings, which he had given to Marie. The poor baker swears that he will now romain a bachelor the rest of his natural life.?Register. Au Alliance Uoit. Fokt Worth, Texas, July 11.?The following resolutions, having a national bearing, were adopted to-day by the auti sub treasury State convection of the Farmers* Alliance. "Resolved, That we denounce the sub-treasury and land loan schemes and governmental ownership of railroads as a violation of thelirat principles of good government, as paternal in their character, as centralizing jn their tendencies, and if enacted into the law they would create such a horde of national oflice-holdeis as woulrl fasten the clutches of the party in power upon the throats of tpeople so strona-lv that tne voices of honest, pa triotic "citizens would no longer be heard in the control of government affairs. ''Wedemand that these ruen who are not farmers be removed from the national and .State ollicts of our order, and that none but those who have their interests in fanning be allowed to iill such places. We now appeal ;o all honest members of the Alliance throughout the l'nited States to unite with us in putting down this common enemy atid disgrace of our 0:d<-r. To this end we most earnestly revommmd the brother Alliancemen of the l'nited Statts to meet ia national convention at St. Lonis on the third Tuesday of September, ISHi. "Ht-soh eti, That we most heartily endorse the course of Don. U.S. flail president ot tlie Stale Alliance of Missouii. in refusing to concur in the action on the case ox C. \V. Macune at Ocala in opposition lo the sub-treasury scheme, etc* "We earnestly pledge Mr. Ilall our support in the noblf and manly effort to r:d the ord* r, both State and national, of all shacklts which will retard its >trer.gth for ultimate success." Mounter In Human I'orni. New York. .ju1> '.'.?A newspaper 1 - 7 :'* ?-*-T ?lm slt.itA reacueu uhp city tuu r? uu>u n.^ of Chihuahua, Sauta Ilosa. South America. which contains a startling story of cannibalism in Brazil. According to the article, the horrible least'in? oceured at Salinas, in t!ie Slate ot Minas. Brazil, where the human monster, a man named Clcmente Vierra, was caught in the very ! act ot eating a portion of tii" remains of one of his victims. The editor ot the paper Cida I)' Lc-opoldina saw Yierra in jail, and a^ked the prisoner it It was true that lie had nourished himself on human liesh. "Yes, sir," answered the n?iirAnf.v tilllft [ fllid n) \* iriends. Bas:lo, Leandro uud others, have eaten human tlesh: in fact, we lived on it." The story jrcea on to relate the killing and eatimr <A St.-vend persons, untii linally, when victims r/canie scarce, Yierra and JJasilo killed one of their compauious and devoured h.im. Yierra later on killed Basilo. bu' had only eaten ! a part of me i;odv when he was arrested, j The rest of Basilo's retrains war found | packcd away in r. barrel. prepared with { nnnnr* o n#l qo t j Kat;il l':?i 1 of ? < * mtiitsl. Clinton, la., .July i:{.?During the j afternoon jierlWrnauc:- of Adam Fore- i paugh's show the crane broke upon j which William, of Ilaolon brothers, gymnasts, were performing. He fell! to the ground, missing the net, and j striking upon his head, broke his neck, ] dying almost instantly. TILLMAN VERSUS TALBERT. It Looks Like a Drawn Battle at Edsrelield. Edgefield, 6. C., July 10.?The gath ering of the Edgefield County Alliance to day took the shape of a protracted meeting and a love-feast. It assembled at 11 A. M. and adjourned at o.30 P. M Mr. S. L. Reedy presided, with Mr.S. B Mays as secretary. The business of the meeting was dis- j patched promptly. The election of ofticers resulted :is follows: President, S. L. Heed; vice-president, I. B. Jones; secretary, 6. B. Mai s; treasurer, Dr. W. II. Timmer.nan: county lecturer, James P. Bean; assistant lecturer, P.D.Ouzts; chaplain, the Iiev. J. D. i'arish. Executive committee, D. P. Lagrone. W. S. Allen ?nd J. W. Aiton. Delegate to State Convention, S. L. Keedv; altern iue, vv . ??. uuiouu. After the elections as above speeches were made by Distriect Lecturer Gaston, Col. "VV. J. Talbert and Governor Tillman. Mr. Gaston's speech was on the following points: Tunctual attendance, unity of action, education, abolition of nation.il banks and free and unlimited coinago of silver. Col. Talbert spoke of the policy of the Alliance and followed the line generally of his speeches heretofore published. Governor Tillman also spoke on Alliance principles and the course of the Alliance to insure its success as an organization. After the speecaes several resoiu- j tions were offered, as follows: Resolved, That the endorsement of the sub-treasury scheme has a tendency to disrupt the Democratic party. "This resolution was tabled. Resolved, That the Edgefield County Alliance adopt the Oeala pi itform, i with the omission of the sub-trelisury plank. The third and last resolution was offered by Mr. Williams, of Grey Township. It was Resolved, That the Edgelield Alliance do adopt the Ocala platform. This resolution was not pressed nor put to the hoase and was therefore not carried. Col. Talbert spoke for two hours and a half, and is said by his friends to have made the best speech of his se.moc: iio iv*? vfrv frpnuentlr aDnlaud ed. Governor Tillman was very warmly i received by his Edgefield friends, and his speech" was characteristic, earnest, J forcible, and at times humorous. While j he wbs speaking inside a large crowd of friends from the country and town outside were patiently awaiting the close of the meeting "to call him out ile declined, however, to make another speech. It was expected before the meeting this morning that there would be a conllict between Governor Tillman and Col. Talbert. Outside of criticisms, however, which have been repeatedly referred to, the meeting was quiet and Harmonious, the delesates in an excellent humor with themselves and everybody else at the close of the six hours' session. Those who oppose cr are negative on the sub-treasury business say that they desire moie enlightenment before they commit themselvef to it, and the prominent sub-treasury men say the passage of the "Williams'resolution endorsing the Ocala platform was not necessary, as the St. Louis platform had been endorsed and that Alliance men by a great majority endorse it, whether formally or not. The sub-treasury men at the meeting claim that, although no resolutions of instructions were passed, State Deiecr*iP R<?edv is a sub-treasurv man and also the district delegates. The fact is both sides in the meeting to day claim a victory of peace- Those who differ with either side can read over the record.? Xews and Courier. America Must Feed the World. Washington, Juiy 13.?A report on J lie harvest prospects in France and Europe has been received at the state department from Commercial Asenc Grillin. of Limoges, France. The Xatioual Millers Association of France, the report says, has just issued an estimate, trorn /->a r-nfll 1 TV 1 fLl fSi - 1UUIJUCU UU vtijf , of the probable wheat harvest of France and Europe for 1S91. The estimated yield of wheat for 1S91 will be 82.779,000 hectoliters. This is the maximum estimate. It will be 31 per cent, less than the harvest of 1890. Ilussia. Tunis, Egypt and some of the Danubian provinces with have a fair harvest, and in Hunguray it will be below the average this year. The estimates given by the millers. the report says, are optiraisuc. ine desire to create an impression that there is a better supply than really eyists is all done with a purpose; they went to buy graiD as cheaply as possible in those fortunate countries that have an abundance to export. In conclusion, ihe report says that not only France, but all Europe, is looking longingly to the wlitat fields of the United States. Last year many hoped that Soute America would help supply the deficit, especially the Argentine Republic: but today no mention is made of those countries. The fact, as recently stated, is that the bread of Europe must come 'rum America. Shot Doad In a Field. Uatesuukg, July iu.?.\ews reacueu here this afternoon that one Press Wise, a notorious negro tough, who had be^n working at Prater's Mill, in Edgeiieid County,"was killed to-day in a lield. It seems that cue day last week Wise had a difliculty with a white man and deal: him a severe blow on the head with a hook. Since that, time there has been bad blood among the whites, or a part of the whites and blacks, in that neighborhood. Wise and his companions, it is said, have been wa\laying trie roaas witn uouoie-uarreueu sauigun*. Xo one seems to know who did the killing, as there were no witnesses present. He was a bad negro and had the reputation of being a bully.?News and Courier. Trajlc Sequel to a TragedyChattanooga, Tenn., July 15 ? Judge James A. Warder, who shot and kiiiei his son-in-law, S. M. Fugette, and dangerously wounded his daughter, Mrs. Fugette, while 3he was trying to save her husband's lite, cn January 18 la.sr, snot inmsen in me ri#ut ear eany this momiutf at the stone cottage on Lookout Mountain. lie survived until 1:45 o'clock t^.is morning. Judge Warder was the district attorney of this city at the time of the murder, which was the most appalling tragedy known in this State. Intense grief and remorse gradually unsettled his mind until he became but a shadow of his former self. Found Dead In B?<1. Auousta. Ga., July 8?Julius Xeilpon. a voutig Dane who has been over live months in Augusta, was found ~ ^^ J V-vio am??q n?ith iirau iU uid L/uaiuiu^ nuuoc tvuoj unu live wounds in his stomach, three of which were fatal. He had been unwell and it is not known whether it is a case of suicide or murder. !T0 MAKE RAIX TO ORDER. UNCLE SAM TO SEE WHAT HE CAN DO ASA RAIN DOCTOR. A Pxrty of Scientists Bound toe Kansas to Try and Break the Windows of Heaven with Dynamite Guns and Bailcons. Washington, July 14.?Some time within the next few clays th. re is going to be a uoise out in Western Kansas. Uncle Sam's rain-makers are bound thither with a provision of explosives sufli.'ient to stock a fair sized volcano io active operation. They take with them t.hreescoie ballooas, each ten feet in diameter when expanded; likewise about one hundred kites nve feet high, a freight . mi- fnll nf nmn/lon tvir>rf-or? trt Hrr> hnmhs "" from, and many thousands of pounds of dynamite, gunpowder, nitroglycerine aud other powerful agents for agitating Dature with spasms. If there is not a second deluge in the region mentioned within a fortnight it will not be for lack of effort on the part of Gen. Dyrenforth and the department of agriculture. Seven thousand dollars yet remains of the ?9,000 appropriated by Congress for this purpose, and so there is no need to economize on the fireworks for the preliminary experiment. Because it is a matter of history that storms have often followed heavy cannonading in warfare, it has been thought desirable to attack the sky for this meteorological purpose with a regular line of battle. A. convenient and excessive!}' and plain will be selected for operations, and the wooden mortars will be planted across it in drills, as it were, for a distance of about two miles. They will be loaded with dynamite, rackarock and other materials caculated to agitate the atmosphere as much as possibl i, whde at suitable intervals of space the balloons will be arranged for ascension. Simultaneously a flight of kites will be let loose in the air. The three-score balloons will in them- " ; selves represent an extraordinary scientific novelty. They are all completed, now, and each one is calculated to hold about five hundred and twenty five cubic leet of gas?one-third oxygen and twothirds hydrogen. The oxygen is put in ^ 1 .1 > UrSli. UUU LLieu LLH; uv uiuj;cu. jjav/u uailoon upon being inilalcd ascends under control of a double wire, which serves instead ot'a rope to hold it by. When it reaches the desired height the button of an electric iuslrument on the ground is touched, a spark ignites a fuse in the balloon, and the oxygen and dydrogen suddenly combine with a terrific explosion. Experiments made within the last few days in this city show that suck an oxjhydrogen balloon thus ignited ? produces a really tremendous detonation, the cloth or paper vessel itself appearing for an instant and by daylight | like a ball of lire. Few things can be imagined more curious man mis paeuumenon, which signifies that the two gases, at the touch of lire, have united in the shape of a drop or two of water, which fluid consists oi two parts of hydrogen and one of oxygen. But, as has been said, the balloons will be supplemented by great kites, each of which will be held by a doubled wire instead of a string. Their tails will carry dynamite and other explosives, which will be set off in the same way by the electric spark. Meantime, while the oxvhydrogen bags explode and the kite tails go bang, tue oariea moriars win vomit forth rackarock to the heavens all along the two-mile line. Tor at least two, and possibly three, days the racket " " will be kept up. Then the expedition will hoist its umbrellas and calmly await the downpour, consoled lor the inconvenience by the acclamations of the ag- ? ricultural population. It must not be supposed, however, that this bombard nent of the heavens will be conducted without scientific method. Before it is begun the observers of the expedition will ascend in a suitable balloon, and find out by the way the hygrometer works at what level the cxplosives may be most advatageously set oS". j m If they discover the greatest amount ot M of on nf nnp f-.hAiisand / five hundred feet, that ia the stratum of ^ifl air m which they want to work.- The / theory of the matter no one pretends to - JH understand very thoroughly, but it is imagined that the artificial combustidcation, as scientific men would say, makes"' a sort of vortex or hole in the air,"Into which the heavier moist particles rush, so as to occasion condensation and precipitation of ram. It is sum'sed also that the small particles of water made. ' by the explosion cl the combining oxygen and hydrogen form a sort ot nucleus for other particles to gather about. * Another important idea is that t'ae watery particles in the atmosphere, being heavier tiian the rest of the air, are shaken out of it by concussion and fall upon the earth. If the efficacy of explosives for producing rain is proved, it is supposed the farmers will make it itieir business to establish detonating plants, employing for the purpose balloons, kites, mortar bombs, or what not. The balloons to be used in the approaching Government trials cost about *22 apiece, but the expense entailed for a score or so of these would be of no consequence to a district for which a sin.le good shower might signify 10,000 or even $100,000 of value. Crop-* Devastated by Grasshoppers. Brush, Col., July 15.?Ten miles south of here grasshoppers are devastating all plant Jite which lies in their course. Their operations extend over a scope of country twelve miles in width. They are moving north and bid fair to lay waste all crops which they come across. The ground is completely covered and so numerous in parts f s to be an inch deep. Several upland larmers have lost their entire cops. Many of these farmers have suffered for the last four years from drouth, and it is feared great distress win o<; causeu oy his new misfortune. They All Do It. Green"wood, .S. C., July 11.?From an authentic source your correspondent has ascertained that the following _ State oflicials enjoy the felicity of riding on free railroad passes of the following numbers: Lieutenant Governor E. IJ. Gary, No if;; J. W. Gray. No 17; J. E. I Tindal, No 4; Dr. Samson Tope, No 12; | Gen. \V. II. EUerbe, No 2; Col. J. Gary [ Watts, -No 111; Cole Blease has one, but the number could not be ascertained, so also has Representative John R. Harrison, of Gretnville, and Dr. Fuller, of Lauren?; who came here on the 9th to attend the big Alliance meeting-. Killed by Lightning:New Orleans, July it.?-A special from Clifton, JJoscue county, Tex'se says the house ot S. P. Andersen, fifteen miles west of that plac<% was Struck by lightning last eight. Anderson's wife ?ud three daughters, all that j were in the house at the time, were I killed. The build)ng was burned to the ground. 4