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A a* jA '"'^l I }? ^ >^j^' ^ j^/ I VOX, XLVI. WINXSBOEO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1891. NO. 9. THE TAlSKliXACLK I'ULPi T. DR. TALWAGE A3KS THE QUESTION, "WHAT WERE YOU MADE FOR?*' jjjjg BiiTrxtTiik^u tioiu uohn xv|tl, ST, "to Thi* i-'jjil Whu I b?ru"-AM ab!? Lm?couri.e Pr?mlc'! <>r ?n v.Scene. Bkoollyn, Oct. ?A most impres- j sive scene is ;hai .vnn-ss-ci \u the Brook-; lyn Talercju le, *hcn ai the oj ening oi the morning set vice 7.000 persons oa the j mam lloor, io :wo uallrriv.s and the] adioiuiu^ rooms, rise and i>in^ the Dox- j ology. This moimr.'i ia addition to the ! coiijjresational sinking i'ror. Ilcurj j Eyre Browne rendered from the orgau, I "Theme aud Variations in A," by Cramer. I)r. TalKitsit's text wm taken Irotn John 18:37, "To this end was I bom After Pilule had suicided, tradition says that his body thrown into the Tiber, aud such storms ensued ou aud i about that river thai thi? body was taken j out aud thrown into the Phone, aud similar disturbances swept that river and its banks. Then the body w?s taken out and removed ii. Lausanne . ^ and put iu a deeper pool, which imnuuliately becan.:- the a nier of similar atmospheric and aqi.a ous disturbances. Though tiiest: an; umcilul aud l-iise traditions they show the execration with which the w??ild looked upon Pilate. It i was before this man when he was in full life and power that Christ was arraigned ! as in a c<,urt o: oyt r and terminer. Piiate i said 10 his prisonci: "art thou a kins;. | then?" and Jej?us answered: ''to this end I was 1 born."' Sure enough, although all earth and hell arose to keep him down. He is today empilaced,eathroce i j and (.c?r? ntu-(i Kitij; or eaiUi and kin<; of beavtu. "To this u:d was I bom." That is what ho came for, aud that is what he ucco.apl ished. By the time a child reaches ten years of age the i r.rtnU bv y:n to discover that child's dt stiii t, hut b) the lime hi or she k reaches liUteu >ears o! a^e,the question * is on the child's lips: "What am I to be? What urn 1 jroing to do? What ?ra* I made lor':" It in a sensible ami righteous question, and Lhe youth ough: to r keep n asking it uutil it is so full? answered that the \oung man, or the woman can say with as much truth a3 its author, though on a less expensive scale: "to this end was I bom." There is u.o much divine skill shown m the ph)sic:tl, mental and moral con stituiion of the ordinary human being to suppose that he was constructed without auy divine purpose. It you take me out on some vast pia:n and show me a pillared lemple surmouuted by a dome like St. Peter's, aud having a floor of pre Y cjuus am: arcnesmat musi nave ^ taxed lbs brain of greatest draughtsman 10 design, and walls fcroiied and niched and j.nneitd and wainscotted aud painted, aud should ask what this building was put up lor, aud you answered: "lor mottling at all," how could I believe 30U? And it is impossible lor me to believe that any ordinary human being who has iu bis muscular, ueryous and cerebral organization more wonders than Christoper Wren lifU d in St. Paul's, or . Phidias ever chiseled on the Acropolis, ^ and built iu such a way that it shall last long after St. Paul's cathedral is as much a luin as the Partheuon?that such a being was constructed for no purpose, and Lo execute no mission, aud without any dirine intention toward some eud. The object of this sermon is to help you to find out what you are made lor, and help > ou find you sphere, and assist you into that condition where \oucansay with certainly aLd emphasis and enthusiasm and triumph: "to this end was I ooru." L- First, I discharge you from all response sibility ior most ot }0ur environments. You are Dot responsible I'or your parentage or grand-parentage. You are not responsible for an? of the cranks thai tnav have lived in your ancestral line, aud who a hundred \eats before jou were born ma> have lived .1 st>le of lite that r-.oie or less i: fleets \ou todav. Youaie not letponsible lor the fact that your lempeiument is sang^ne. or melancholic or bilious, or I\uipba.tic, or neivou*. Neither are you responsible ior the place ot \our nativity, whether among ine yranue lulls <>I" New Zn^laiui, or the cotton plantaticna of Louisiana, or ou the banks of the Clyde, or the Dnieptr, or the Shannon, or the Sem*. JNeiu.er are }ou risponsible lor the religion taught iu your lathers house or the1 imli?ien. Do not bother \ouiseb about v.hat ,\cu cannot help, or about circurn' slai cefc that >ou did not decree. Take ihinns as the\ are- and decide the (iue<ation so thai \<-u shall be able saleiv to to sa%: "to this end was I born." How will )ou uiciee ii'.' By direct application to the only b<jing in tbe universe who U competent to tell you?the JajhI Almighty. Do 3 cu know the reason w hy he is the onh one who cau tell? Because ne can sec e\cr}iain,' oeiweeuyour cra-e ule and > cur <;ravc. though ihrijiave t>3 eiyhty \cat> And besides Uuu, he i I he on!} bti:u: '.vlio can tee \Nhat l:us L been hapi < i.m:; ;or the la*t 5l'0 irars Igk iu\our aiite?:i'N!. line, uud lor tin u?imds g||i ul \ea:s cle^r b:?k lo Auam, ami fhere is Lot out J eist-u in all that aiKCsual IIP hne ol 0,01 (' J: artf Lui has somehow tiliecled >e-tir c! arscler. and e^en old ^ __ Adatn i'iuitclf wilUt-riifiimts turn up in >our disposition. '1 he unit bein^ mat eau lake ail things that pertain L<? } wu into consideration is God, and he the one >ou can ask. Lile is so short we have no tin.e to experiment with occupations and picie s:ol,s. The rca>on we Lavt so tiead failures is that parents dtc:??e'or children whatthej shall do, orel:d(i:?u ihansehes. wrotyi.i on b\ some v? hi in or lancy, decide .or L themselves wnhoui any imp'.oration of divine izuidi'iwes. ^o we have now in pulpits men making sermons who ouyht to to :n blacksmith shops making nlougshares, anil vse have in the la,* those who instead of ruining li e ca>es oi their clients cuijbi to be pounding shoe lasts, and u< etors who are the worst hindrances to their patients' convalescence, tii-iv* u iv luuuo^a^'vc vsho ought to be whitewashing board it net*. \v};;]? iLtrt vie otheis making Iritks who ought to be remodeling constitutions, or bh'-viug planes who ought to be uaubli.imi.ns; literatures. Ask God about what worldly business jou shall undertake until yon are ?o positive you can :u earnestness smite 3our hand on >our plough handle, or >our carpenter's btneu or jour JnackI stone's t ommer.taries, or Tour medical dictionary, or your Doctor Dick's Didactic Thto'og}. baym-: "lor litis cud was Ibotn.'' There are children who eatly dtvelop natural affinities tc-r certaiu stales of wo:k. When the father I oi the astronomer Forbes was going to London, he asked his children v. hat , present he should bring each one et them. The boy who was to l>e an u<i I 1 tronomer. cried <.ut wi>nn;j me a telescope!" Ami there are children \v. win you liuil ail by themselves drawing or their slates, or ou paper, ships or hou-if s or birds, and vou know t!.*v art to h;: draughtsmen or >ulisis <-i come kind. And u/u !ind ollh-rs ('inhering; out ditlieu!t problems with rare interest aud ?U'-ces*. jtud vou know liiey are to be matiifematicians. Aud others making wheels aud strange contrivances, and jou kno.v thev are goim: to he machinists. Aud others are loundexperimcntin; with hoe i and plough aud s:ck!e, and you kn -<r they will be farmers. And others are always swapping j*ck-)ini\es or bails or b2ts. and makiuir som-dhim? bv the barrio. aud they are iiointi to be mwrchants. When Abbe de Ranr* had *o advanced in studying Greek that he couid translate Auacreon at twelve years of a^e, there wa? no doubt Ufl that he was intended lor a scholar. I>?l in almost every lad there comes a time when he does cot ku^Tr what lie was made lor, and his parents do not knoT. aud it is a crisis that God alone cau decide. Then there are those bora for some especial work, aud their litneas does not developuutil quite lute. When I'hilip Doddridge, whose sermons und books have harvested uncounted souls tor glory, bejjan to studr the miuutrv. l)r. Calaruy, one or the w:>- st and b?-si men, advised him to turn thoughts to some other work. Isaac JJarrow the eminent clergyman and Christian scientist?his books standard now though he has been dead over 200 years?was the dishedrtenmeut of his father, who used to say that if it please;! God to take any of his children away he hoped it might be his son Isaac. So some ol those who have been characterizeu forthe;r stupidity in boyhood or girlhood, have turned out t'.ie mightiest beuelactors or benefactresses of the human race. These, things being so, am I not right in say iag that in many cases God only kuowwhat is the most appropriate thing for ycu to do, aud lie is the one to ask. And let all parents, and all schools, and all universities, aud a!l colleges recognize this;, and a large number of those who spent their best year* in stumbling about among businesses and occupa tious, now tryiag this ano now trviug that, and failing in all. would be able to | <;o ahead with a dehnite, decided and tremendous purpose. saying, "to this end was I bora." But mj subject now mounts into the momentous. Let me say that you are made for usefulness and heaven. Ijud^?: this from the way you are built. You .go into a shop where there is only oae wheel turning and that by a workman's foot on a treadle, and you say to yourself: "here is some thin;.: a -od beiug doue, yet on a small scale;" but if you go into a factory covering many ac.es. and you tind thousands of bands pulling on thousands of wheel*, and shuttles living, aud the whole scene bewildering with activities, driven by water, or steam, or electric power, you conclude that the factory w.is pat up to do jreat work and on a vast scale. Xow, I look at you, a? d if I should lind ihat you had only one faculty of body, only on? muscle, only one nerve, il you could see but could not hear, or could hear and eot see, if you had the use of only one loot or one hand, and, as to Tour higher nature, if you had only one mental faculty, and >ou had memory butnojudgmt.nl, or judgment but no will, and if yuu had a soul with only one capacity, I would say not much is expected of you. iiut stand up, oh mau, and let me look you squarely m the face. Eyes capable of seeing everything. Ears capable of hearing everything. Hands capable of grasping everything. Mind with more wheels than anr factory ever turned, more power than Corliss engine ever moved. A soul that will outlive all the universe except heaven, and would outlive all heaven il the life oi other immortal* were a moment short of the eternal. Now, what has the world a riyht to expect of you? What has God a right to demand of you? God is the greatest of economists in the universe, and lie makes nothing uselessly, and lor what purpose did He build your body, mind and soul as they are buiil? There are only ivru beings :u the universe who can ahswtr thai question. The angels do not know. ltic scnoois < o nut know. Your ki died cannot certainly know. God kuow?, and }ou ou^hl to kuow. A factory runnmn at an expense of ?500.000 a and turuiuir mil goods worth 7U cm is a year would not in: such an iucougiuity as you. oi: man. with such at-nn-inliuite equipment doiu^ nothing, or u>'xi i<> n'?ihiug. in the wa\ ot uselulue&s. *-\rhat shad I do?" >ou ask. My brethren, my sifters, do uot ask inc. Ask Ged. Tiit-re's some path of Christian us.efulue-3 opeu. li may be arougn path, or it may !>e a smooth path. a lou^j path or a shoit path. It may bs on a mount of conspieuity, or In a valley unobserved. bu:. il is a path on which you can start wim :>ueh iatth and such satislaotion and audi certainty Lliat ><-u cau cr\ ><uL in the face of earth and IirII and tieaven: "to this emt ?}?. * I born." Dj not a ail for t. xtraoruinary qualification?, i'lriiip the Conqueror gained his greatest v ctOlies sealed on \ mule, and if you wait for s!>iue capanMJUt:' Duoephaius 10 ride into >.!ie cwntlict T-'u wni ne?er ^ei into th?_ w<;ild-K:?ie fi^hi at all. ivimsou sie'* the L<>;u\> enemies with the jawbone ?: the .i*upide*t be.isi created. :>hamgar slew >ix futaired 01 tbe Lord's enemies w:th an ox-goad. fuller God. spiliie cured the blind muu's ... . ! V" . M' a . . A i-ves iu Liic _*e\T j. ts.aiueiii story. Take all the JUcuity tou have and say: "V Lord he:c U \v:;al I r:\ve, shovv .ne ii.o held jiiiii back mr up It omnipotent power. Any w hero, any hour, miy time I lor (rod." Two ulivu ri<iiu^ oa horseback camr :< a trough to water the horses. While 'he horses were drinking one "t i!ir n.on to th& other a j U-w words aboat the value ol the soul, and then Liu v rode away. and iu opposite dir?otioi>>. i>ui tiir words uttered >\vre the s?alvatiou of tin*. one ?o whom :hev were mured, and he became the Kev. Mr. Chauioiou. one t?t i.ie most distinguished missionaries in heathen iauds; lor \eais wondvriu^ who did for him the Christian kindness, aud not tiud:ng him cut uutil in a bundle ot hooks sent him to Atrica he lound the biography ot Brainerd Tuylor and a picture o.r j him, and the missionary rvco-ruized the j ?ace in that book as the man who. *t ihe watering trough for horses, had said the thiiiij that saved his soul. Whac opportunities tou have had iu the past! What j opportunities jou hare no*! What opportunities >oh will h we in the days to | ccmr! Put on your hat. oh vroniMi, this at'ternoou, and in and comfort i that vouii^' mother who her babe j last summer. Put on your hat, oh mail, and wer ami see that merchant who was compelled yesterday to make an a>siiiiiment; acl tell him oi the everlasting riches remaining tor all tho>e v> in> seive the Lord. C'au you feiu^? Go ami siuu lor that man who cannot get well, and >cu will help him ieto heaven. Lot it he your brain, }our tongue, >our eye-. your ear*, your hrari. your lim_rs. \ uur haiuis. \our fret, your body. \our urnd, your sou!, your liic, your death, \our time. your eternity for God. leellng iu your ?oui: "to this end was i born." It may be helpful to some il l recite inv own experience iu this regard. I started the iaw without asking any divine direction. I consulted rny own tastei. 1 liked lawyers and court rooms and judges and juries, and I reveled in hearing the rveliiigkuvsfus and the Bradleys of the New .Jersey bar. and as assistant ot the j county clerk, at 10 jears of age, I ! ?earched titles, naturalized Foreigners. | recorded deeds, received the confession i of judgmc-uts, swore witnesses aud juries'! and grand juries. But after a while I tell j a call to the Gospel tuiuis ry and entered j it. and I tell, so e satisfaction iu the f w?rk. But one summer, when I was. resting a'. Sharon Springs, and while seated in the p.irk of that village. 1 said to m*sell, %ii: I have an especial *ork to do ii: the world 1 ou^ht to find it on'now." and with that determination I [?ra\ed as I had n?*ver he tore prayed, and not the divine direction. and wrote it dowu in m r memorandum book, and I sa.v my life-work then as plainij a* I see it u*/W. Oh do not be satisfied with general *hr?:cUons. (Jet specific direction!-. Do uot shoot at random. Take aim and .Ire. Concentrate. Napoleon's success in battle came tro 11 hi* theory ot breaking through the enemy's ranks at one point, not trying to meet the whole line ol' the enemy's iorce by a similar force. One reason why he lost Waterloo was because he did not work liis usual theory, and spread his force out over a wide range. Oh Christiau man. oh. Christian woman, break through somewhere. Not a general engagement lor God but a particular engagement, and make n answer to prayer. If there are sixteen hundred million people in the world, theu there are sixteen hundred million difi'erent missions to fullil, difi'erent styles of work to do, dill'erent orbits in which to revolve, and if you do not net ihe divine direction there are at !?as:. fifteen hundred and ninety-nine mi.liou possibilities that you will maUe a mistake. On your knees before God get the matter sealed so that you can lirmly say: "to this end wa< I born." And now 1 come to t::e crmateric consideration. As nrar as I can tell, >ou were built for a happy eternity, all trie disasters which have happened to V?-ur nature to be overcome uy tne rioou of the Latah if yen will heartily accept that Christ!'/arrangrment. We are all rejoiced at lie increase of human lona:crity. People liv<-. as near as 1 cau observe, about t<n years longer than ! th?y uoud t?>. Tiie modern doctors do not bleed their patients on all occasions as did the former doctors. In those times it a man had fever, they bled him, if he had consumption the v bled him, if Ijh had rheumatism they bled him. and ii Liiey could not make out exactly what was the matter th;?y hied him. Oiden time phlebotomy was death's coadjutor. All tiiis has changed. From the way i { t-e people skipping about at SO years of a^e. 1 conclude that life insurance r.omi.auie* will have to change their table of nsks and charge a man no mure premium at 70 tiian they ustd to do wiien iie was CO. aud no more premium at oO than when he was 40. Bv the advancement of medical science and the wider acquaintance with the l*ws of health and the -act that people know better how to take care of themselves, human life is prolonged. But do you realize what, after all, is the brevity of our earthly state? In the time when people lived seven and eight hundred years, the patriarch Jacob said that his >ears were few. Looking at the life of the young-1 est person in this assembly and suppos- j mg he Jived to be a nonageuanau, now snort the time and soon gone, while bauked up in front of us is an eternity so vast that arithmetic has not figures enough to express its lengt \ or breadth, or depth. or height. For a happy eternity you were born unless you run yourseii nuainst the divine intentions. If standing in ,>our presence, my c\e should fall upon the Jeeblest soul here as that soul will appear when the world lets it up, and heaven entrances it, 1 suppose I sho lid be so overpowered thai 1 should drop down a* one dttud. You have examined the iamily liibie and explored the family records, and you may have daguerroty pes of some of the kindred ot previous generations, you have had photographs taken of hat you were in bo>hood or girlhood, and what jou were ler. >ears later, and it is very iutercstini to any one to ue able to look br.ok upon pictures of what he was ten, or twenty or thirty \ears a^o; but have you ever had a picture taken of what you ru iv be aud what you will be if vou seek alter God and feel the Spirit's regenerating powei? Where shall I piaut the camera to take Lne ?Meture? I plant it ou this platform. I direct it toward you. Sit still or stand still while I take the picture, it shall be an mstautaueous picture. There! I have it. It is done. You cau see the picture m its imperfect slate, aud ijet i some idea of what it will be wiuu thoroughly developed. There is jour resurrected body, so brilliant ilmt ;?.c nnniwiMV >un is a !,.,n h nt" midnight compared with it. There id jour s< ul, -o pure that i-.Il the io;c(^ of diabolism could not spot it with an imperfection. There is your beitl^ so v and so o.vilL that flight from heaven to Mercury or Mars or Jupiter ami back airaiu to henv.j11 would not wearr you, and a fl orid or: each shoulder would not crush you. Aa eye that shall never shed a tear. An energy that sha'l never leci a lati^ue. A brow that, shall never throb with pain. You are youui; ajpiin. though you died o! decrepitude. You are well a^ain though you couched or shivcrud yourself into the tomb. Your every-uay associates are the a posies and prophets and martyrs, and most exalieu souls, masculine and feminine, of all the centuries. The archangel to you no embarrassment. God hi&mself jour present and everlastiuj; joy. That is an instantaneous picture of what \ou ruav be. and what I am sure soi ju of you ?ill be. If you realize that it is an impeded pictur-, ny apolojy is what the Apostle John saio: "It doth not yet appear wnat weshall he.'' "To thi?end j was I born." If I did not think so I j would be overwhelmed with melancholy. The world does very well lor a lit'le while eighty, or a huudrod or a hundred and liny year?, and I think that human Ion- i ^etiiy may ^ct be improved up to that j prolong* iiou, lor now there is so little j room between our cradle and our grave ; we cannot accomplish much, but who | would want to dwell in this world fur all eternity: Some think this earth will finally be turned into a heaven. Perhaps i> may, l ut it would have to undergo radical repair* and thorough eliminations ami e volutinsand revolutions and ! transformation* inrlnite, to make itdesir- i able fur eiernal rtsideuce. AH the east J winds would J.ave to become nest winds. and all the winters changed to springtide?. and the volcanoes extinguished, :tfni the Oceans i T?> Litt-Ir l??-?t:nd t.J'ti epidemics t'orimlcn ciiirsiti'**. and the world so fixed up that J :hi:ik ii would i.ukc more to repair I!ii< ??!.i world Uian to make an entirely ne?v oat;. 1 Jut 1 must say 1 do not care where heaven ! > it' we can only i there, whether a ::ardeui'/ed Atiicri -a. or an Kjuparuuisel i Europe, or a worhl central tin- whole universe. " I o this t-M t! was Ilium.'* I" eucli one of ih could Sa\ * 1;at. wo. wouid u<> with iaces sinning and hopes exhi1erant -mid earth's worst misfominates aud laia'.s. Uulr a little while and theu tiic rapture. Only a littiu while and ! then Uie reunion. Only a little while 1 aud then the ir?iiislktiraiio:i. |. Ln the seventeenth century, all Ku-11 rope was threatened with a wive of j i Asiatic barbarism and Vienna was es- j riooiallv n*il Thft lcini/ ;ifi 1 his : . ;ourt had fled and uothiui: could save ihc city iroru being overw helmed uuless the kitiij of 1'oland, .John Sobkski, to whom ihey had scut forhelp.&hoa>d with hi* army come down for the relic, ami from every roof aud tower the inhabiting ot Vienna watched and waned and hoped until on t':e morning ot Sept. 11, the rising Min threw an unusual and unparalleled brilliancy. It was the re- i flection ou the swords aud shields and < helmets Oi John .Sobieski and his *irruv ' coming down over the lulls to the res-; 1 cue, and that day, not only Vienna, but I Europe was saved. And etc > ??u not, * Oh >e souls. besieged with siu and s.,r- \ row, that lijiht breaks in, the swords and the shields aud t :e heimets of divine res- \ cue bathed in the rising sun oi'heav-nly ! ; deiiverauee. i.ot ?.verylhiuir else go j ratlier tiiau let heaven i-o. What a . strange tiling it mu*i bo feel one's j i self bom to ;tn earthly erowu. but you \ \ have been bora ;or :> thoruc on which you may retail alter the last monarch ot all the earth has <:one ty ilust. Invite 3'oa to star I novv :< ?r your < wn cognation, t-> come i:i ami take the title deeds to youreveriaslir.i; inheritance. Tiirrsn^h an impassioned prayer lake heaven am! all of its raptures. What a p?.?>r larthin^ is ail that thu world can oiler you compared with pardon here and lil"<- :mmortal beyond iho stars, utj.ess In - side of them, there be a place have enough and beautiful enough and irrand eroii^h tor alt tin: ransomed. Wherever il be, in 7,-hat world, w he: her nearly frl.ir away, in this or >fRic orthtr constelhiuon. hail home of li^ltt :\i:?l iov<; and blessedness! Throa^'i the atoning mercy oi Christ may we ail .ret then-! An I nciviii'y Vt-.:r<>r. | Kansas City, Mo.. Oct 2.?Iv-ris^s City, Kan., now com j to the front ~ii.ii a regulation ^iio^t >loiy. r. is not of the common, ordinary ghost which prowl around deserted in.use.*. ;?ut a iull-ihdgt-d ghost 01 a policeman. uniform and ali. Two >ea;s ago a iVucemau Ih-nry James was on th.j b?v.t leading toward the Southwest boulevard, and was very regular in passing such point*. :*o nuich so, in fact that the people used him in place of a clock, for they knew That when James parsed It was a certain h")ur of the nuht or day. as the ease ''A I iuaj uc. I v One morning James w*s found ljinu' J drad on tlie sidewalk with an ugly hole i in the back of his head. " t lie had been struck with a pickax^. I which was afterwards Jound nearby, covered with hair ami blood. Not the I slightest clue was ever found whicii t would point to the perpetrator of the i deed, aud after a time the natter was s relegated to the annals of mysteries. i It seems, however, that .James ii<i not t rest. easy in his grave. and it is now said t that his form can be see.n on a moou- r light, night patrolling the beat jus' as he did in former davs when he was in 1 the fle3h. i The people living on the beat say that i he can be heard walking with the same i m?raswr*d tread as formerly, and he ap* i pears as plainly as if he were alive. IIh is never seen from the street, but ( always from th*1 windows of the houses. ! When the people try to set nearer and ( see what it is tne form vanishes ont of ? sight and appears no more that night The other policeman were ai lirst dls- t p^sed to scoff af theso-caiitd ghost, but one night one of them saw the specter, r and now imt chief Is compelled to have ;i t^o men walk the b'-at. :'o;- the patrolmen will not^o alone. One now lias to goto protect the other. It. is difiicult to Gnd any one who i'.as f sren the ghost, but all can tell what ^ their neighnor saw and what they heard. 3 I'hey say that James walks alunjf every ' nlffhtatthe same hour and diaDDears ; at the spot, where hi-, body was found. I The appearance is Jit 1:2') o'clock inj the morning, and it is supuoseft t ??-ir ;iy | was murdered at tnut hour. j$ Gr<tv*rnii<! :-ic* J Jul) v. t New Yokk, October &?A daughier ' was horn to Mrs. Grove* Cleveland * shortly after midnight. I'lir mother 'I and daughter are doing w*dl. 'i'h- i:n- v portnnt news did not become known t down-town unti! nearly noon, fheii it spread with the utmost rapidity, nofh ' in the city and lo oiher parts ot the ^ country. During the afternoon many t (lowers were; sent info Mrs. Cleveland t and both father and mo'j^r received hearty congratulations. Then i.i?s- seijger boys betran ro move up the avenue with telegraphic messages from ail parts of thr ci-untry. Kx-l'resident Cleveland w;js evido.th ;? pleAned c;- a ^ when seen about tho n*-ent addition io his housenoid. Ho received the press reprf&cr.M'ive* in :)i- drawing room, v and anticipating the question *.h<it s would be asked him said: "Ye.-, it is 4 true. My a if- was s.tMy deliver'd of jT a little g:rj this r.'.<n mng at aix uiir.uies j past uiiiJniyrh'. and both mother and s child are doing spHedifiv. Mrs. C:eve-1 [ land h:?s rtst<d iiuirtlv ;:11 d-.v. The' . . . . . .. ... ... .. .. 1 r cuim !? *irung unu ii-tw. ;w.:i < *.. >; birth weighed eight pounds " i ( A .'Iansa * ? in i [ San Antonio. T;:.\.\>. 'Jet. ?>ohu I II Parlon. an Anjeri:;a.i. who past two years has .eon unianed in i he i miuuiu' buHinef-.H near !U:ii. ii.- the) Slate of Hidalgo. Mexico. arrived | yesterday, He hrim^ i'lfonnadon ot a j bloodv Indian outbreak. v/nich has lV>r j t some time been in nro^resa in t!?e dis- j i trict o! Tulameu^-.'. in li.ul State. The trouble is the <mti:ro.vih o- adis- j y jitue between severs:! colonics ot'Span- ] t inrds and Germans and the Indian*.! * The news settlors attempting b> settle }T. on tlie lands oi'the uat'vo. the Indians I resisted their attempts to evict Lhe:n and i much bioodshed has resulted. Parian ! j sa\3 inai a lew (ia\s neinre nepaiim e t. a settlement ot whites was attacked by < Indians nearly t?ro hundred pro;?lc were f massacred, including nu n. "'onion and y children. The colonists have appealed v to the Government for protection and ?ereral battalions of troops arc on their way to tijo scene * :' the truuble. t UoHSfwii A11 v?-. 1' Boston. Oct. 0.?Tiie immense pack-! ii'x e.Viablbh sseai ofJohn I'. Squire A: ; ; Co. in East Cambridge a?M Soruervi'.le,, ^ was partially destroyed by lire to-ni^ht. j The lire caught in the hoi' builunu in which were 1,500 live he^s. T!:ese an;mals wers "all so-isted to death and the t building laid tiat. li I'EIUSilEl) IN FLAME. rHREE BURNED TO DEATH AND OTHr.RS INJURED. I <?;!< ?! null Jelremeu AlUed tUe In I>own thy KJre Es<:ni>e-FIrcinao .\Iurj?^y I nuis llis Wlto'a Corpse la the Buriil:ijt Hautd. 1 oiik, Oct. 5.? l'hree persons A't-re barued to death early this mornn? in a lire in a live-story brick tenement house at the corner of Hudson ind Domiuck streets, and two others fery badh burned, ormso seriously that recovery is not expected. The dead are: Mrs. Annie Murphy, 32 years old, of 362 Hudson street; Miss Katie Dunn, 22 pears old, a dressmaker who boarded with Mrs. Murpny: Josephine Ryan, 5 years old, of Washington, J). C., Mrs. \f ii mKr'o n i t./'A *P la \ ? * ti *lu\ or A* Vf?_? t* 4 -rs >tL iu lJliJ J liicmjuiru cue. jjxcki. UIJU I). Toohey, 11 years old, Mrs. Murphys' <n:i by her iirst husband; nis injuries irr pronounced fatal; John TooQey 9 7ears old. Mrs. Murphy's second son; his injuries perhaps fatal. The fire was discovered at 2:20 o'clock :h!s morning, when Policeman Mcjratli hear-! a sound of breaking glass w hich he thought, was caused by burgars. Running up to the store on the ground floor ot' 2*12 Hudson, occupied by ). Krat'/.enstein, furniture and uphols,ery, hebroke a pane of glass in the window when there immediately poured jilt a heavy volume ot' smoke. The polcenum rapped lor help and Roundsman [Ivan and Detectives Cox and Gargan la.sieneu to his aid. Ttieysent out an ihtric, then bro;ce in the doors of the :n<:in enrraace to tiie house on the Donw ri'ck street side. Fianies and smoka -u-hed out and drove the policemen >a -k. The stairway leading to the up;>e/ il?x?r was a winding one, the centre :'orming shaft that was filled with a . olumnof ilames. It was evident that f, would be impossible Tor the inmates jf trie house, fifty in number, to escape >y the stairs, Policemen hastened to lie lire escape on tne irontoi tne umlaut ami shouted to the panic-stricken JCi upants nor, to attempt to descend by .h:: stairs. Then they climbed up the jsc ;pe and aided men, women and chilJr-.-n to descend. In this they were tt)d;d by trie liremea, who had quickly aniwi-red the alarm. Firemau Lucas t;n V( ciiing the tilth lloor found in the r. <-.r oi.rn Malt.iew Ryan, a box maker, *.to s i widower, and" his three children :?1ttcaloverpoweied by smoke and unable .o fv-lp themselves.* He draped them o 'he window and with the aid of i.ls o nrades succeeded in getting them l'>'.vn the lire escape safely. .lust then h'i hooK and ladder truck No. 8 drove in and one of its liremeil, Matthew Murphy, sprang to tile grour.ii sboutng "Great God! :ts my house; where ir?; my wise and child?" Before any could stop him he rushed through .he ilanirs and .-moke and fought fiis a ;.y up btiiirs to the fifth lloor. There ie "found the body of his wife burned dmost beyond recognition, lying in the ladway just outside her apartment. A ittie further a*aj was the burned form >f little .Josephine Ryan, the dead wonan's neice. She was still living, but lied soon after. The body of Miss Kate Dunn was found at the foot of a adder leading to the roof. She had videnrly been overcome by smoke and (urned to jfHtli ^hiieseeking to escape. L'wo t>ovs John and Martin Toohej, SIrs. Murphy's str-psons, were found in ,hu room. They were removed to the oorna of the Monticeilo Club across the it,reel where the half-dressedtenantshad 'o'irtd refuge. Thence the boys were aken to St. Vincent's Hospital. Marin foohey was terribly burned all over lis body and cannot survive. Ills broch r John is not ho badly burned, but It s iVared he may be fatally injured by nhaling smoke, Mrs. Murphy was narried to Fireman Murphy only one nonthago. Sne was the widow of Polceinan Tuohey. Xine families resided in the hous* and famliy had an average of thre? >oarders. The lire broke out in an uni isitpied wood house in the cellar, and . * police said this mormog that it was )i incendiary origin, but they would iut. say on what this opinion was based, fhe acmal.damage to the building will io; exceed 81,500. John Toohey died it,o'clock in great agony. S*v#>n r?r*o>iM Kilted. Chicago, Oct. 4.?A boiler explosion iboard the steamer C. W. I'arkrr killed i-v?*n persons and seriously injured n,?ny others i:i the nelRhborhood of Vrcher avenue bridge, on the south )ran-hof the river, about 4:30 o'clock his afternoon. The tug C. \Yr. Parker, n company with three >?:.her tugs, was reaped in attempting to tow th<- coal f.niu-r U.S. i'lckardsout of a draw of J ne bridge when the explosion occurred. I'hreo of tho killed wvre employe'-a of he lug, and tfieir bo'li^s have not been liseovered. The other persous klliod vf-ro standing on the bauJcs of the river, o which a number of spectators had >r; n i.'rawn to witness the removal of ]si> steamer Fickards, wh:ch arrived on ;,r. unUy from Buffalo with a cargo of o il. The vessel had run aground in hj draw, and four tugs u>re putting r- !i every eliort to move it, when o;.e if thwn, tf:e C. \V. Parker, exploded. In !>; % / .fuhiJM's l.ooker. MoNTUJiAL.Oct. 2.?A dispatch fr>>ra it.. .John?, X. F., ?ays th\t two ymsHs, lani'-d i'ie I'ars-e and the Amazon, r*nrned fiom Labrado laden njthli-h. '.ire overtaken by the recent violent 'orm, driven ashore and became total v.?ck?. The captains and cre^s. ninbrdng ten or eleven men, were all Irowivd. In the s;?ine gal* the Bios:i,';other Labrador vessel, on rourn, struck on (lull island. Notre I).itin* >;r?. and went to pieces. Four or rive ii '! perished. f.V loss of the Newfoundland 1 >rig Vnndlia, at Scatierie, has created a lainfnl seusaiion here, as Capt. Iliih.r I ilarvey, a very worthy and highly e ofct-d c-iii/.en of sr. Johns, with his \ n*.* and child, piirislieu in the wr?ck. I'ri'-ir bodies ?er->! recovered. A Sufi Fnte. CmcAcic*. Oct. 2.?When the through ram on the Iiock Island Road pulled nto Knglewood this morning Oondueor Dickey misted one of his paissu:t rs. She was a lady and had come all h- way through Iroui Denver. After N roughly searching his train for the dicing woman he telegraped to Blue ^i:ii;?I to ?h" operator tnere to have the nek east and -.vest of Blue Island gone \?-r. About two milei west of Blue sland the body of the missing pas.sent-r was founil lyin^ beside the track. >hs had probably gone out on the plateau of trie car and arcidently fallen ft'. Nothing was found to identify the roman. Tnk *11 irnu theSlierlfT. IIklena. Ark., Oct. 1 ?It is learned 'um?. .sheriff* Ilnrrifb nf Varlnn* A rlr ri'i Cat Isl:iud lust nifhl having in largo nine of the thirtet-n colored I'.t-ker ?riotfrs who killed Inspector Iiilt-r in Arkansas last Friday. Th? >hrri!l was on his way to Mariana where 10 was gointr to put his prisoners in ail, but the party was overtaken late k'jL night by an aruifd posse who took ^e prisoners aft^r a sharp struggle and ringed the entire party. AN EARNEST APPEAL For Co-Operutluu in Aid of the Movement I for a Prohibitory Law. Columbia, S. C? Oct. 8.?Rev. II. | F. Chreitzberg has the following appeal! iu the Southern Christina Advocate in j furtherance of the prohibitory move- j meat. A bill is pending in the Legislature of our State looking to the prohibition ot the liquor tratlic in South Carolina. It has been drafted with cure, and will be further amended before it is put on its passage by guarding the weak points iu similar billa iu others Slates, it it i* passed it will be the strongest iaw of the kind extant. That it will pass there can be no doubt if the friends of humauity will rally this once more to the woik. To gain this consensus of eil'ort the Good Te nplars of Columbia, have appointed a committee. That committee has sent out a circular letter aud.a number oi' blank froms of petition to every minister ot the Gospel 111 the State, irrespective of denomination or color, whose address coald be obtained, to ever? Deputy in Good Templar Lodges and Divisions of the Sons of Temperance. Twenty odd thousand of the petitions has thus been sent out. Shall we succecd? That depends now j upon the willing co-operation ol the I friends of the cause. Will you pardon | us if we continue to urge your attention ! to this nutter? The woik is yreat, but J it has beeu so divided lhaL a thorough j canvass can be made uo one burden td. If you cauuot s:.ve this work your immediate personal attention, will you kiudly enlist some of the iiooct women of your chaise or neighborhood, so man tIv to this movi; meat may be allowed the privilege of putting himself upon record against the unjust. crucl, lawless, disgraceful trallic in intoxicating liquors, and peddling of human souls and family happiness for revenue. Let no namy be omitted. Let ev?rj voter, white and colored, have an opportunity to t>i^n. Designate them so that the number of white aud colored can he ascertained. We are terribly m earnest. We beheva that wc ?h<tll eu.> ceed: but should we fail, let it be on the sale of li^ht. Brother, think for a luief ?j?acc upon waat we are trun^ to do. Think ol tLe untold number of our people who a:-c in agony on account of this trallic. Think honr it antagonizes aud nullifies the werk of the church. Think of the thousands of souls it shores oil into the pit ot woe e^'cry Tfar in our beautiful Slate, and by a yrant ot authority by the! State. Think how impossible it is for this traffic to conliuuo without levying its victims from the present rauks oi the I innocent. Think then of the boys and j girls ol the present who must sutler in a lew hhort >ears to come. O. in tf.e name ol high heaven, if the^e are to be harmed and deatrojed by tfiis curse of il io TilocriPA r*P nltu/lipq if. }i^ OitAvj ^iU?UV - -- " done in violation of a righteous law enacted bv the will of the people. From our benced knees, suppllcatiug the Divine blessing, let us press forward in this work of freedom and reform. God will help us to throw dl' this material, political and moral parasite if we will only help ourselves. For long years meihodi hare been discussed; let us ceaae talking now and put some method in operation. This petition method is the best we have at nanJ now. Now for a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether, lor God and home, aud beloved Carolina. II. F. Chkeitzbekg, One of the Committee. A Letter to the Farmers. Columbia, S. C., Oct. b.?The following circular letler to the farmers ol South Caroliua was issued yesterday. Its object is to interest the farmers ol the State in the furnishing of samples of agricultural products for the State exhibit at the Augusta Exposition, which will be held from November 3d to November 30th instant: To the Farmers of South Carolina: The powers aud duties of the old Board of Agriculture have been d&rolved upon the Board of Trustees ot Clemson College. All the en erg j and money heretofore used by the Department. of Agriculture iu other ways are now being directed to the building of that institution. But the Trustee! are not unmindful of ihe importance ot utilizing every opportunitj vrh ch otl'crs to advertise our resources. It has. therefore, been determined to make au exhibit ol our products and industries at the Augusta Exposition, which opens on the 3d and closes on the 30th ot November, i The committee in charge or the work j respectfully asks the earnest co-opera-1 ttou and help ot our farmers towards iuruishing samples of agricultural products?com. vheat, rye. oats, rice, barley, potatoes, turnips, etc., I'he value ot such exhibit# depends upon the purity and quality 'he arLicie and ot its be In;: displayed iu liberal quautity. ( Persons idling to contribute or sell ex- ! tra iin? samples of ihe.s<? things will as- ; sist us greatly if they will at once noti y i the Secretary r-t State. who will forward tavs. and the arl'clr.s can then be | shipped to Augusta. I* the article to j be exhibited Is bought only the name ot j i!ic cf-unty will appear; if it is coatrib-1 uteci the name o! the donor will i>e placed upon a. We a->. onr brother farmers to yive t:* prompt help in uiak-1 ing a creditable i.'Uplay <1 uirm pro-'-j ucis. Respectfully. J>. K. TII.LM.OI. T ^ , V ? T J. E. '.Vanxamakek, Comniiueo. j Klllxl by ? Dot;. 3 >altimoue. ()ut. 2.? Mr.i. Mary G1*-mdeiriiny, aged 35, was attacked by a bull dug at hfci home this morning. ihc brute i>it h'.-r three times, au>i finally fastened bis teeth in her side, dragging h? r sutne distance. Mrs. tless, hearing ! her screams, came to her aid. and was in turn attacked by the dog, which bit I her severely on the leg. A man passing j rushed in aud t^eat oft trie dog. Mrs.) (Jlendenning is dying: Mrs. JI?-ss may j rcCoTer. Two liioiulvrluK (r?n*rali. Callao, via Panama, Sepr. 2U.?It now seems, if the report tie true, that tne Congressional^ owe their victory chiefly to a terrible mistake committed by the generals, liarbosa and Alcerroca, who took each others' forces for those of the common enemy during the battle of the 21st, and had a desperate encounter In which both generals were killed and of which the Congressionals took advantage. Fol*one<l br Wli?l I'arnnlix. Ottawa, Ont., Oct. 5.?Eight child- j ren, from three to ten years of age, were j poisoned yesterday by eating the berries j of the wild parsnip, and art: not expect- j ed to recover. They were playing about j the streets last evening, and seeing ! some plants growing with bright red : bt-rries on top, ;ite a quantity or me ner- ' ries,; which were sweet and pleasant. Shortly after all the children were tak- j en violently ill. I Tr.t: i;.-.i;i. ?.f i'.ti I.o:%*Jx?.v, lj:t. jiriiahi and Ireland were .-larLicd it:i~ morning by tiie utterly u.dowktv.i ibr announcement that Charles Stewart L'arnell, the noted Irish louder, died suddenly yeasterday evening ul his homo in Urighton, It *u:ts been 'vi: kn<> .% ;; ;!mt Mr. l'j.rliclI bus not cisjv?vvr^i 'ho best o' health iur \ears past. aui it uas beeu noticed and w.deiy l ) n mealed upon that, since ?.i:e O'Sueu divorce developments became a mutter oi' public notoriety, and since political troubles came upon him, lac ureal Irish member oi Parliament had grown thinner. and thai lie had perceptibly a^ed in appearance, but nobody expected to hear of his death, and no inkling as to his illaess had reachcii the newspapers. Only at this hour, 1 P. 21., has itbetu j possible to ablain the details ia regard j to the death oi I'arnell. He died at his J home. Wal'ji'i^hain Terrace, Urightou, * at 11.30 yesterday evening. His death is said to have been indirectly due to a chill, which he caught last week, aud which at lirst was not regarded.as being oi' a serious nature. Parneli, however, grew worse and a physician was called +l,j. tfio iwliofi! /ir vy lliLl LliO l&OUiu Liactu uii\s jyvbi.ii.i~Lv ?? uu vi.tiered to take to his bed. This vvas on Friday last, and from thai time I'arueli lo?t strength and Jiually succumbed. The exact mture of the disease which caused the death of the Irish leader has i not yet been made kuo?u. From the day lie took to his bed, however, the r>ute of his hea.th has been such as to necessitate the evusiant :uteut:oU of two physicians, but .u <<t their incessant and ur.iirii.-T elforts to prolong or .-ave his iilt i'.uuiMi gradually sank lower and i? w<: uuth lie xpived in the arms of Mr* I'arnvlh who nueriy prostrate-: by ti:e shock experienced through her liu-b uid's death. !':? v.v:Hcwi'l-on. Inku* V<>kk. Oct. ' ).?Tl:- iA-iiiocratic clubs oi the cit> of Xe'.v l'oik tendered ** reception to Hon. itosxed i.\ .Flotvor. iJeinoiralii candidate lor governor. :n i!ie eiuuh.>use, 017 Fifth avenue. Ii a nytahio gathering of prominent Democratic citizens oi the metropolis. including ex ['resident, (/lover Cleveland. When ihe ex-president, t literal Lis appearance was a signal io: an cnthusiastic outburst of applause, w.jiciieoathiues tor several minu'.rs. IIis meeting *vith Mr. Flower !.vi.- characterized i>7 the heartiest": goodteelimr. and the cheers were redoubled. in response to eric? for a sneech, Mr. Cleveland said: I'robabiy you .ire cf the opinion that 1 have been nr.ro interested the last lew uajs vvit!i a :::n-vo'.er i.jun i am \rii.Ii actual. pr;i:t: [;.au/liter and applause] i to t-ay ihat that nou-voter wou't !<e able to help the Democratic parly u:uit prohibition a^ain.st woman suiiVa^e has been repealed. fileuowix! laughter and applause.J When 1 come into tin* home ol Democracy, into li.e Democratic almoiphere, aii mv en-.husiasm fur the pr:ncipics of our grand party is a'.vakened and intensified. We are now entering a contest, in ?hich I do not want to be left out. This is a lime when every Democrat must do his lull duty. Never has there beeu a time when the Democrats had a greater incentive to work for party success. it uives me the greatest pleasure, to be a'-le to say that the ticket nominated merits and should icceive the earnest support of every true Democrat. Our success this fall must be attained by systematic, untiring and intelligent work. The contest must be won by personal cllbrt. and I hope that every Democrat in the city and state wili do his utmost, lor thai success which 1 am confident we shall obtain. Mr. Cleveland spoke tcr about lifteen minutes, and wan repeatedly applauded. Victim of Kowdv;sm. Louisvillk, Ky. (Jet. 3.?On the Louisville and Nashville train testerday morning Miss Lena Me E wan, of Frankfort, was shot by a drunken netrro. Miss McEwan had besn to Louis vllly la attendance upon the Satellites of Mercury ball, and was returning home. Thu tr<iin was crowded, and many occupauts were negroes. George Allt-n and Wes Watson. colored. had been drinking heavily i;n.l were very boisterous. Wm. Wiiev, a white man, was going wiia ayouug lady to his home at Anchorage, lie left his sear a moment to get a drink and when he returned Watson had taken his place. A quarrel ensued and Wiloy jerked Watson out of the sear-. Uiiit-r negroes here interfered and the white mm on the , train came lo Wiier's support. George , Alien pui'ed a kniie ar.d Watson drew ' a pistol and iired. There was grrat confusion fin- a few moinrnts ar.<! when it , .subsided it w:io i'ound that Miss M;:Kwan had been ?!:ot. The. balltvok ellc< I under fherigh! eye and ranged downward, lodging in the muscles of tt-.e , neck. The negroes at ihe next station ' left the train and escaped, but were recaptured and brought ifie to await tie: . result o! Miss Mchwan's Injuries. She is in a critic.li eondtti ;r? at ii?.-r home in Frankfoit. \V.i:!t i Trii>t. CHICAGO. Uoi. '.'.?A ^pfcial from C.ttt.riesl'Hi say?: A Cf,nv; mion o: plant- i. or* of i Man i eoaon :u (!.:s stale i* ' calied t?.*r Thur-de.y no:-;;, lor u:e pur-1, poac 01 a jtj-nbii.c xra-ust ( ihosaleo f'ltf.i! sfuu. j Theo'-kvt i.s i" cM-'ri :i combination ( by whin (Jeor-ria. Flerida and t!.e j Eirytian grower.- <?: staple cotton , wiii be deprived o; the (."avoJ'na s'-od. , It is bclitvcti that the outside <vorld ;. } , li pendent upon the. u-^e <>f the Carolina ? M'Ct! for ilift of ilstaple. ar.d { if they can Ik; provenLed from obtaining the ^ed. this quality will ctaierierate s; rapidly that the sea island p!an> ers of South ('iir-.-hua v.*iIL praet'edliy control ;he ii::s; cotton nutrof the worid. t'i.e. c-'rnuuiteo have !?i.:n at work f<?r >oi;j'.' :::ne iJivparluu a plan fur con* bin ilion. an;! :t is believed no v that the combine will be uleeted Tuurs- , flar. 1 (irow l*: til ?fc<_* Aiii;t!.<"c'. OiiCAtifi. 3.?Ex-('ofiKre.s>nian |' Weaver, of low,;, who is stopping here, said t"da;y: "My trtpeonvinc-s me th*t the Southern people are lacking to the ; Alliance standard and the Ocaia pint form. The: Alliance will have a candidate for speaker and Alliance representatives '.v.li he el seiy wa'ched whib* in , Washington !,v their constituents." i Suicide 5(i Mayksvillk. s. Oci. Yituun i Robert Mayes. who drew lar^c- funis oi : money irom tlt*j banks in tins city about ; a year aire ami ilr?I. but after a lew j months returned. shot hiimcU' at his j home in Maycsville. S. to-day. The i parricuiars have net been obtained. the ; cause :> reported to bo ;ir: troui'le? i with parlies'u }?*ew Voi Th** Graham Xews very orm-tly s.iys S tiie farmer.-} nave ;:S mue'i njrhi to u~- : m-ind what they need as any other class 1 of people, and beir.aT in tin: majority ; they can demand and aei it and noc, i leave tin- Demo'.-ratic party either. < ON ELECTROCUTIONS. DR. M'DONALO'S STATEMENT ON THOSE AT SING SiNGIt KuIIv Cunttrms the Accoantd Given by t!U Uuitrtil Press Sreic.>?laoniibilitv Iust:itttaucous aud Death Syeedy. Albany, X. Y., Oct. l.~Dr. Carlos F. Mac Donald, *'!io superintended the electrocutions at Sing Sing, to-day made *.-.1 '.-\nvTicr ?r.af,eniHnf. which in par>h LUC IVUVMVA&A^ ? oartieular verrities the report of the United Press sent out on the day or the electrocution. In this supplementary report ot the details of the executions which took place at Sin# Sing prison last J uly it is stated that in all these cases, one electrode was so applied as to cover the forehead and temples and the other?a large one?the calf of the ri^ht leg, except in the case of Joseph Wood, in which it was applied to the left leg, in consequence of the existence of an ulcer on the right one. The electrodes were thoroughly wet with a solution of salt and water before the current was turned on and were moistened at intervals when the current was interrupted, with the same solution thrown on tnem with a syringe. Slocum entered the execution room at 4:33 a. m. and passed at once to the chair. The restraining straps and electrodes were adjusted expeditiously and without resistance, ami the electric circuit was completed for the lirst time at 4:35. The lirst contacc lasted twenty-seven sfcconJs at the ead of which t;.meit was broken but the pulse was stiil found to lu.ytirifr ctrnnfrhv ami between one. WV. o - * ' ? - arid twelve minutes later a noisy respiration becanic established with considerable regularity. The current was i:r.mediately reapplied and continued -? lor seconds, i tespiration had then ce^sta"entirely and permanently and /> trie heart beats had also cease.i. Alter Slocum's body had been removed consultation among the medical gentlemen present seemed to point to tne unam- . aious feeling tnat it was quite possible ' that the long continuance ct the current ; : was not so siginlicaut a factor m pro- ' . %r' during rapid cessation of the heart --beat, as the sudden impact of making and breaking the contact and for that reason the next execution was conducted a iittie differently. Harris A. Sniiicr entered the room at a. in. Tin; ilrst contact was tuaue _ at o 08 a. m.. and continued ten seconds; was tntn interrupted to allow of wetting sponges; was again made for ten seconds and again the sponges were w ct, and a third contact was made for ten seconds. Three contacts ot ten seconds each were thus made, at tne end of which time there was no effort at respiration, but the pulse was beating so lirmiy and regularly that it was deemed expedient to again close the circuit for nineteen seconds, at the end of which time'the h^art had permanent;}' Ceased beatiug. it will be noticed that in the lirst case the pressure was applied lor tiftythree seconds in ali. At the end of th.tt time respiration and the heart beats had ceased permanently, in the second case at trie end of three contacts of ten sccouds each the heart beat was stili strong and at the end of the fourth application of nineteen seconds that had entirely ceased, it Will appear from this that the duration of the current was quite as important an item as the making and breaking of a contact. it was therefore determined to make the contact in tae next case a little longer, interruptions being necessary to permit of moistening the sponges. Joseph Wood entered at 5.32 aud_the electric current was completed at 5.34. Three contacts of twenty seconds each ^ ^ were made at the end of which time respiration had ceased permanently; no puise could be felt at the wrist and no neart beat was heard on examination. Jugiro entered the room at 6 a.m. At 6.02 a. m. the current was closed for the first time, and three contacts of fifteen seconds each followed, with two intermissions of twenty seconds each. When the current was finally broken a very slight ilultering was relt at tne wrist, lu this case extreme heat was noticed in the region of the knee above tne point where the lower electrode had been applied and a thermometer held against the skin for only lifteen seconds ran up 113 degrees, the highest point it registered. At 0.17 the chest was bared and cessation of the heart was confirmed. From the experience had in these case:?, the report says we are inclined to the belief that, while unconsciousness was instantaneous and continuous from the iiist moment of contact in esch * case, ytt in order to insure that death supervene as rapidly as possible it was necessary to continue the voltage employed in thes:; cases for from lifty to sixty seconds. In each case the temperature of the water ne ir to and lit the eug-'s of the eiectrodes was raised nearly, if not quite, to the boiling point, so as to blister the skin more or ;ess extensively. There was absolutely nowhere any smoking, charring or burning. An luhumau Fat her* a Crjnim /*?? ? ? T V C / ' ( ^ J l i\i*r*n a v- ? vi.v^ Jlonzemer. white, has been arrested for shooting his ihiricen-ycar-old daughter. Motizenier is stated to have left his wile and children several months, lie went L>? Mvr.nL l'k-asaut in company with another r;ia:i and proceeded to the resilo*?ce oi his wite, canying u double barrel iruu loaded with bird shot. IIis [laughter saw him coming and i an away frightened. Mon/.enier ordered her to 4op which she did not do and her father inking (ieliberase aim iired. The shot struck her on the lower portion of bob v. She was taken up in an insensible coalition. A .Sesisat ioa *t Vieiina. - v_ j Viexxa, Oct. 2? A profound sensa- B Lion h:o? been created by a dispatch ^ from lMehenbsrg, Bohemia, which while announcing the safe arrival at that pl.ee of the'Emperor Franois Joseph. al?o brings the startling news that di:ring last night an attempt was made to blow up tne bridge at Rosenih :l,a su!?urb of R'eichenberg, by means jf a bomb. Fortunately the plot was discovered and frustrated. It is supposed that the bomb was placed there :n hope of killing the Fmperor, whose train crossed the bridge in question. No arr- sus have been reported* Smothered In Cotton S*t<5. liALKicii, X. C.. Oct.3.?Willioughby > iuIs, of Wayne county, on going into >tis barn, wherein a large quantify of cotton wai stored, discovered his ive year-old daughter Mary with her and a portion of her budyin a hole in t.he cotton dead. She had Imitated iier brother, aged twelve,in digging the iole. and while the latter went to the iO'ise she deepened the cavity and stuck lor head in it, but owing to the heavy presure of the cotton from all sides was unable to draw herself out and was >i;:Othered. Gov. Tillman* has called a convention to meet in Columbia, during Fair week to discuss the World's Fair mat;er. All cities, alliances, boards of trades, etc., are requested to send delegate.,. A