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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.,.
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