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VOL. XLVI. WINNSBORO, S. G, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1891. NO. 11.
LESSON OF THE PYRAMID.
"WHAT I SAW C NFIRMATORY OFTHE
SCRIPTURES."
Dr. Talojage a Series of Sermons
on His Observation* 2n tlso Eastern
Lauds?-The "Wouti*.-rful 1'jrainltt of
Glzeh and th? L?aaon? It Teacher.
Brooklyn, Oct. 1^.?The vast congregation
at the Brooklyn Taoeruacle
this morning vas delighted by an exquisite
rendering, by Professor Henry
j?jre Browne, ou the new organ, of
Denier's second souata in G. Dr. Talmage's
sermon was the first of a series
k* intends ureachinc on his eastern tour.
entitled, "From the Pyramids to the
Acropolis, or What I Saw in Egypt and
Greece Confirmatory of the Scriptures."
His text was Isaiah xix, 19, 20: l,In
that day shall there be an altar to the
Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt,
and a pillar at the border thereof to the
Lord. And it shall be for a si^n and
for a witness."
Isaiah no doubt here refers to the
great pyramid at Gizeh, the chief pyramid
oi Egypt. The text speaks of a
pillar in Egypt, and this is the greatest
pillar ever lifted: and the text says it is
to be at the borier ot the laud, aud this
pyramid is at the border of the land;
and the text says it shall he lor a witcess,
and the object of this sermon is
to tell what th.s pyramid witnesses.
This sermon is he tirst of a course of
sermons erutled, "Prom the Pyramids
to the Acropcii-j, or What I Saw m
Egypt and t.reece Confirmatory of the
Scnmures."
We h.'d, f>n a morning of Pecember,
1889. landed in Africa. Amid the howling
boatman at Alexandria we had come
ashore aud taken the rail train lor Cairo,
Fg}pt, along the banks of the most
thcrougely harnessed river of ail the
world?the river Nile. We had at eventide
entered the city of Cairo, the city
where Christ dwelt while staying in
Egypt during the Herodic persecution.
It was our lirst night iu Egypt. 2so destroying
angel sweeping through as once,
but all the stars were out, aud the skie?
were fiilled with angels ot beauty and
angels of light, and the air was baimy
as an American June. The next morning
we were early awake aud at the win~
*vsjow, looking upon palm trees in full
eTorj^of leafage, and upou gardens ol
fruits "atiU Holers at the very season
wtien our he mes far aTvay are canopied
by bleak skies and the last i?.af of the
forest has gone down in the equinoctials.
But how can I describe the thrill of
expectation, for today we are to see j
what all the world has seen or wants to
see?the pyramids. We are mounted
Tor an hour and a hall's ride. We pass
on amid bazaars stuffed with rugs and
carpets, and curious tabrics ot' all sorts
from Smyrna, from Algiers, from Persia,
from Turkey. We meet camels)
grunting under their loads, and see buf- j
faloes on either side browsing in pasture
fields.
The road we travel is forepart of the
way under clumps of acacia and by long
rows of sycamore and tamerisk, but after
awhile it 13 a path of rock and sand,
and we find we have reached the margin
of the desert, the great Sahara desert,
and we cry out to the dragoman as
we see a huge pile of rock looming in
sight, "Dragoman, what Is that?" His
answer is, l,The pyramid," and then it
seemed as if we were living a century
every minute. Our thoughts and emotions
were too rapid and intence for utterance,
and we ride cn in silence until
we come to the foot of the pyramid
spoken of in the text, the oldest structure
in all the earth, lour thousand year3
old at least. Here it is. We stand un
oer ltie :>DatiOW ?r a siruciuie mat suuws
out all the earth and all the sky, and we
look up and strain our vision to appreciate
the distant top, and are overwhelmed
while we cry. "The pyramid!
The pyramid!"
Each person in our party had twu or
three guides or helpers. One of them
unrolled his turban and titd it around
my waist and he heid the other end of I
the turban as a matter of safety. Many
of the blocks of stone are four or live
feet biah and beyond any ordinary human
stride unless assisted. But, two1
Arabs to pull and two Arabs to push, I
found imself rapidly ascending from
height to hcL'hi. and on to altitudes terrific.
and at latt at the tiptop we louiui
ourselves on a level space of about thirty
leet square. Through clearest atmosphere
we looked oil'upon the desert,
and off upon the wiud.ng >?"iie, and oft
upon the iSphinx. with .ts lcatures ot
everlasting stone, and \onuer up -u the
minarets < f Cairo glittering in the sun,
and >onder upon Memphis in ruins, and
off upon t! " wreck of empires ?.nd the
battlefields- of ages, a radius of view
enough to iill the mind and shock the
nerves and overwhelm one's entire being.
After looking around for awhile,
and a kodak had pictured the group. **e
descended.
T saifl the dominant color of the
pyramid was gray. but :u certain lights
it seems to shake oil' the gray or cenK
Uries and become a blond, and the sil8
ver turns to the golden. It covers thirteen
acres of ground. What nn antiquity!
It ^asat least two ihcu-*aud
rears old when the baby Christ wa-? carK
__ ried within sinht ot' it by his fugitive
Po s e i > h ar.d Mary. The storms
of forty centuTPS have drenched it, bombarded
it, sha?!owed it, flashed upon it.
Tjut there it stands, ready to take another
forty centures of atmospheric attack if
the "world should continue to cx;*t.
The oldest buildings of the earth are
j uiiors to this great sonior <>1 the centuries.
Herodotus sa>s that for ten years
preparations were being made for the
building of this pyramid. It has eightytiro
million one- hundred and eleven
thousand cubic feet of masonry. Que
hundred thousand workmen at oue time
toiled in its erection. To bring the stone
from the quarries a causeway sixty feet
wide was ruili. The top stones were
lifted by machinery such as the world
knows nothiuir of today. It is seven
hundred and forty-six feet each sitie of
the square base. The structure is four
hundred and riltv feet hi?h: higher than
*rhc jathedrals oi Cologne, iStrasburs:,
itouen, fe>t. i'eier's aud ;St. Paul's, iio
surprise to me that it was ;put at the
head ot the seven wonders of the world.
It has a subterraneous rooai of red
granite called the "king's chamber."
and another room called the "queen's
chamber." and the probability is Ihat
there are other rooms yet unexplored.
For three thousaud years this sepulchral
room was unopened, ami would
have been until today proDablv unopened
had not a superstitious impression got
^.o'ro^ trial if-.p heart. of the pyramid
was filled with silver aud gold and diamonds,
and under A1 Mamoan an txcavating
party went to work, and having
bored and blasted through a hundred
feet of rock, they found no opening
! ahead, and were about to ^ive up '.he ai- j
J teni^t when ihe workmen heard a stoue i
i roll down into a seesnmgly hollow place, |
i and encouraged by that they resumed j
j their work and came in:o the under- j
! ground rooms.
The uisappoiut nent of the workmen i
| in liading the sarcophagus empty of all J
: siNcr aud gold aud p-ecious stones was j
so ureal that they /vould have assas- j
jsmated Al Mamouo. who employed j
| them, had he not hid in another pari of
i the pyramid as much silver aud gold j
; as would pay them lor their work at j
| ordinary rates of wages and induced them j
I there to dig till they to their surprise |
! came upon a( equate compensation
I wonder not that this mountain of J
! limestone aud red gritn'.te has been the I
| fa>ciuation of scholars, o: scientists, ol |
I intelligent Christians in all ages. Sir )
! John llerschel, the astronomer, said he j
[ thought it had astronomical siynUicance. i
The wise men who accompanied Xapo- j
j Icon's army into Egypt went into pro- j
'found study of the pviamid. In 1805!
I Frofessor Smyth and ins wife lived iti the {
| emptv tombs near bv the pyramid that j
they might be as continuously as possi- j
ble close to the pyramid which they were
I investigating. The pyramid, built more
thau four thousand years ago, l>ci:>g a j
complete geometrical figure, wise men j
have concluded it mist have bet.a div.
ineiy constructed. Man came t!ir?ugti!
thousands o! years to lino architecture, |
to music, to painting, bul this was per- |
feet at the world's start, and (Jo?I must
have directed it.
| All astronomers and geometricians
j and scientists say that it v. as scientitically
and mathematically constructed beI
tore science and wathemaii.> were born.
[From the inscriptions on the pyramid,
I from its proportions, from the points oi
the compass recognized i:i its structure,
from the direction in which its tun-els
ruD, Irom the relative position of the
blocks that compose it, scientists, Christians
and infidels 'nave demonstrated
that the being who planned this pyramid
must have known the world's sphericity,
: and that its motion was rotary, and how
I mauy miles it was in diameter and cirjeumference,
and how many tons the
world weighs, and knew at what point
in the heavens certain slars would appear
at certain periods of time.
Xot in the four thousand years since j
the putting up of tfiat pyramid lias a
single fact in astronomy or niathemanM
liMin fnunrl in pnnfradiet the
I wisdom of that structure. Yet they I
I had not at the age when the pyramid j
| was started an astronomer or an arehi-!
[tect or a mathematician worth men-j
tioning. "Who then planned the pyra- j
mid ? Who superintended its erection V j
Who from its first foundation stone to j
its capstone erected everything? It
must have been God. Isaiah was right
when he said in my text, "A pillar shall
be at the border of the land of Egypt
I and it shall be for a sign and a witness."
The pyramid is God's iirst Bible. Ilun|
dreds, if not tnousands, of years before
the lirst line of the Book "of Genesis
| was written, the lesson of the pyramid
| was written.
Well, of what is this Cyclopean masonry
a sign and a witness? Among
[other things?of the prolongation of
human work compared with the brevity
of human life.
So men die but their work lives on.
We are all building pyramids not to
last tour thousand years, but lorty
! thousand, forty million, forty trillion, |
i forty quadrillion, forty quintillion. j
;For a while we wield tiie trowel, or
i pound with the hammer, or measure
with the yard stick, or write with the I
pen, or experiment with the scientiiic j
I battery, or plan with the brain, and for j
a while the foot walks, and the eye sees, i
jinrt thp ear hears, and the tonsrue i
speaks. All the good words or bad
! words we speak are spread out into one
i layer for a pyramid. All the kind
! deeds or malevolent deeds we do are
spread out into another layer. All the i
Christian or un-Chnstian example we j
| set is spread out in another layer. All <
I the indirect influences of our iivts are!
! spread out in another layer. Then the
time soon comes when we put down the
implement ot toi and pass away, but
the pyramid stands.
If one of those granite blocks that 1
| just touch with my feet 0:1 this Decern I
ber morning in 18S9 as the two Arabs
I pull me and the two oth*r Arabs push
me, could speak out and teli its history
it would say: '"The place of my nativity
was down in th--; rrreat stone quarry
of Mokattan or Asswan. Then they
began to bore at my s'.d;s, and then to
drive down gre->t 110:1 wedges,crushing
against me till the whole quarry quaked
and thundered. Then 1 was pried out
with crowbars and lever.-*, scores 0: men
putting their weight on the leverage
Then chains were put. around me <tnu 1
was hoisted with wheels that groaned
under the weight, and many workmen
had their hands .on the cranks and
turned until the muscles on their arms
stood out in ridges, and ' he sweat rolled
irom their dusky loreheids.
" i h?*n I w:is {!r:iu ii bv ionc teams of
oxen, yoke alter yoke, yoke after yoke.
Then I w*s put on an iL'ciined plane
and hauled upward a?;d !.ow many
iron toois. and how niat.y human arms,
and how mauy beasts ct' iairden \\vre
employed to get n.;: to this place r.o one
can tell. Then I had t-> oe measured
and squared and compassed and fitted
in beiore I was left ht-re to do my siient
work ot thousands oi' years. God only
knows how many hands were busied in
getting me l'rom my geological cradle
in the quarry to this enthronement of
innumerable ages."' My hearers, th?t
is the autobiography of oni block of
the pyramid. Cheops didn't build the
pyramid. Some boss mason in the
world's twilight didn't build the pyramid.
One hundred thousand, men built
it and perhaps from Grst to hist two
hundred thousand men.
j So with th? pyramids now rising?
j pyramids of evil or pyramids of good,
'i'he pyramid of drunkenness, rising
ever since the time when Noah got
drunk on wine, although there was at
his time such a superabundance of
water All the saioonists of the ages
adding their layers of ale casks and
wine pitphers and rum jug*} until the
j pyramid overshadows the Great Sahara
! d'esert ot desolated homes and broken
! hears md destroyed eternities. And
!-.i< tiiP nvrntriid still ri.^es. l:tvers of
j human skulls piled on top of human
i skulls and other mountains of human
j bones to whiten the peaks reaching unto
the heavens, hunareds of thousands
o:' people are building that pyramid.
So with the pyramid of rignteouaness.
Multitudes oi bands are toiling on the
steeds, bauds infantile, hands octogen- j
arian, masculine hands, lemale hands, j
strong hands, weak hands. .Some clang- j
ing a trowel, some pulling a rope, some j
measuring tne side*. Layers of psalm
j book- on top of layers of sermons.
: Layers of prayers on" u.p oi layers of
j holy sacriiice. And hundreds of thouv J
lands coming down to sleep their last j
| sleep, but oilier hundreds of thousands j
j going up tu taKe their places, and the I
i pyramids will continue :o rise until th-* j
| millennial morning s'iids th-j completed j
work, and the toilers on these heights j
shall take off their aprons and throw j
down their trowels, crvintj, -It is liu- i
ished!"
| Your business and -nine is not to
J build a pyramid but to be one of the j
hundreds of thousands who shall ring a ;
trowel or pull a rope or turn the crank j
of a derrick, or cry. "Yo, heave!" while
lifting another block to its elevation.
Though it be seemingly a small work '
and a brief work, it is a work that shall j
last forever. la the last day many a !
man and woman whoso work never j
been recognized on earth will come to |
a special honor. The Ecumenical |
council, now in session at, Washington, j
its delegates the honored repre>enta- i
t'.ves oflifty million Methodists in all
parts oi the earth, will at every session !
do honor to the memory of John Wes-!
ley. but I wonilerif any of them will!
think to twist a garland for the mem-1
nrv nf hnmlilp Knhler thfl Mo- i
raviao, who brought John Wesley into j
the kingdom of God.
I rejoice that all the thousands who I
have been toiling' on the pyramid of!
righteousness will at last be recognized j
and rewarded?the mother who brought;
her children to Christ, the Sabbath j
teacher who brought her class to the |
koowMlge of the truth, the unpretend-!
iug man wbo sa\ed a soul. Then the |
trowel will be more honored than the i
scepter. As a great baitle was going |
on the soldiers'" were ordered to the!
front and a sick man jumped out of an |
ambulance iu which he was being car-!
rieti 10 the hospital. The surgeon asked !
him what he meant by getting out of j
the ambulance when he waa sick and j
almost ready to die. The soldier an-!
swered: "Doctor, 1 am going to the |
trout. 1 had rather die on the lieid than i
die in an ambulance." Thank GoJ; if i
we cannot, do much we can do little.
This pyramid of rock seven hundrtd
and forty feet ea^hside of the square
base and four hundred and fifty feet
high which was the tomb oi Cheops
wins for him no respect. If a bone
of his arm or foot had been found in
the sarcophagus beneath the pyramid,
it would have excited no more veneration
than the skeleton of a camel
bleaching on the Libyan desert; ^ea, i
less veneration, for when I saw the car- i
"f ? "Otiinl l-??r t!lo r\T. M-.o I
Laco \JL ci uauac;x uj ouw iva^oiuv, \sn -.-iv j
way to Memphis, 1 said to myself, "Poor
thing, 1 wonder of what it died." We
s;;y nothing against the marble or the
bronze of the necropolis. Let all that
sculpture and llorescence and arborescence
can do for the places of the dead
be done, if means will allow it. l>ut it'
after one is dead there is nothing left
to remind the world of him but some
pieces of stone, there is but little left.
All around Cairo and Memphis there
are the remains of pyramids that have
gone down under the wearing away of
time, and this great pyramid of which
Isaiah iu the text speaks will vanish
if the world lasts Ion? <notigh;
acd if tho world does not last, then
with the earth s dissolution the pyramid j
will so dissolve, iiut the memuries of |
those with whom we associate are indestructible.
They will bs more vivid
the other side of the grave than this
side. It is possible for me to do you a
good and for you to do me a good that
will be vivid in memory as many years
after the world is burned up as all the
sands of the seashore, and all the leaves
of the forest, and all the grass blades of
the iield, and all the stars of heaven
added together, and that aggregate
multiplied by all the figures that all the
bookkeepers of all time ever wrote.
That desire to be remembered after
we are gone is a divinely implanted desire
and not to be crushed out, but, I
implore you. seek something better
than the immortalization of rock or
bronze or nook. -Put yourself into the
eternity 01 loose wiiuiu juu ueip im
botli worlds, this and the Dext. Com- j
fort a hundred souls and there will be
through all the cycles of eternity at
least a hundred souls that will be your ,
monuments. A prominent member of
this church was brought to God by
some one saying, to her at the church
door at the close of the service, "Come
again!" Will it be possible for that one
so invited to forget the invite"?
A minister passing along the street
everv cay looked up and smiled to a
baby in the window. The father and :
mother wondered who it was that thus
pleasantly greeted their child. They
l'ound out that he was the pastor of a
church. They said, '"We must go and
hear him preach." They went and
both were converted to God. Will there
be aay power in fifty million years to
erase from the souls of those parents
the memory of that man who by his
iriendiiaess brought them to God?
Matthew Cranswick, an evangelist, said
that he had the names of two hundred
souls saved through his singing the ;
hymn, "Arise, uiy soul, arise."' Will
any of those two hundred souls in all
eienmy iorget iViaanew cruris wick. r
Wiil :mv of i he four hundred and seventy-nine
women and children imprisoned
at Lucknow, India, waiting: ior
massacre oy the Sepoys, forgetliaveIoek
and Outram and ?*ir David Beard,
who broke in and effected their rescue.
To some of you who have loved and
served the Lord heaven will be a great
picture gallery of remembrance. Hosts
of the gioritie'd will never forget you.
Ah. that is the way of building monuments
that shall never ieei the touch of
decay. I do not ask you to suppress
this natural dedre of being remembered
al ter you are gone, but I only want
you to put your memorials into a shape
that shall never weaken or fade. During
the course of my ministry I Lave
been intimately associated in Christian
work with hundreds of good men and
women.
As in Egypt that December afternoon.
ISb'J, exhausted in body, mind and soul,
we mounted to return to Cairo, we took
oiir last look of Hie pyramid at Gizeh.
And you know there is something in the
;:ir toward evening that seems producfivtj^.f
solemn and tender emotion, and
thaf great pyramid seemed to be humanized
and with the lips of stone it
see'ned to speak and cry out:
"Hear me. man,mortal and immortal!
My voice is th? voice of Cod. He designed
me. Isaiah said I would we be a
sign and a witness. I saw Moses when
he was a lad. I witnessed the long procession
of the Israelites as they started
to cross the Red sea and Tharaoh's host
in pursuit of them. The falcons and
the eagles of many centuries have
brushed my brow. I stood here when
Cleopatra's barge landed with her sorceries.
and Ilvpatia for her virtues was
slain in yonder streets. Alexander the
(1 pL>'t+ <undriu ynH Pfnlorntr uHmlrpH
my proportions. Ilerodotu3and 1'ilny
sounded my praise. I am old, I am very
old. For "thousands of years I have
watched the coming and going of generations.
They tarry on a iittle while,
but they make everlasting impression.
I bear on my side the mark of the trowel
aud chisel of those who more than
four thousand years ago expired. J3eware
what you do, oh, man' for what
you do will last long years after you are
dead; If you would be affectionately
remembered after you are gone, trust
not to any commemoration. I have
not one word to say about any astronomers
who studied the heavens from my
heights, or any king who was sepulchered
in my bosom. I am slowly passiDg
away. 1 am a dying pyramid. I shall
vet lie dowh in the dust of the plain, and i
the sauds of the desert shall cover me, j
or wnea tneeartn iioes 4. win go. uui
yuu are immortal. The feet with which
you climbed my sides today will turn
to dust, but you have a soul that
will outlast me and all my brotherhood
f01' pyramids. Live for eternity! Live
| for God! With the si? adows of evening
1 now falling from my side, I pronounce
T
upon you a benediction. Take it with
jou across the Mediterranean. Take
it with you across the Atlantic God
only is great Let all the earth keep
silence before him. Amen]"
And then the lips of granite hushed,
and the great glint of masonry wrapped
himself again in the silence of ;:?es,
and as 1 rode away in the gathering
twilight, this course of sermons was
projected.
Wondrous Egypt! Land of ancient pomp
and pride,
Where Beauty walks by hoary Rain's sid:;,4
Where plenty reigns and still the seasons
smile,
And rolls?rich gift of God?exhaustless
Nile.
A BURNING WELLA
Kemarkable Phenomenon In Discovered
in Kentucky
(JliAB UKC1IARD, UClOoer zi.? >v nao
promises to be as great a wonder as the
Talking Oak of Dodona, has recently
been discovered on the lands of a poor
farmer living live miles east of here,
near the Rockcastle county line. It is
a well, the clear, limpid, drinkable
waters of which are itillamable as
naphtha. The natives cal! it the burning
well. It is about litteen leet deep,
extending down through a strut i of
slate rock. It contains a wooden
pump-stock, and the water, as it comes
cold and sparkling from the depths of
the well, has no more ocier of ^-:;s about
it than pure Kentuckv licurbon whisky.
It has a slight mineral taste, and is
exceedingly pleasant 10 drink, yet ;t
dipperfnl of it coming in cont-ict with
llame will take ;it once, blazing up like
gunpowder. Its discovery, ii' the natives
say true, was rather remarkable. |
A party of excursion sis from t!:e
springs here went out. in that s-.ction in
quest of ferns, fossils and t.he like. On
their return they spied the well a."d i
stopped to get 'some water. Aw old
lady, living hard by, brought a bucket j
and lilled it with the relreshing fluid
for the thirsty ramblers, and alter each J
iiaa arauK sne pourea me reinaiiaarr <ju
the ground near the well. .1 ust at this
instant a young dudo of the p.irty lit a
cigarette and threw the match heaJleasly
to the ground. It chanced to
fall into the poured out water, which
took lire and Hashed up instantaneously,
amazing and frightening the
whole p.irty.
At the suggestion of one of the enlookers,
more water was drawn and. to
the wonder of all, it took lire as ready
as an explosive, scorching the lace and
eyebrows of the rash experimenter who
held the match. The old lady's family
has for years been usir.^ water out of
the well, perfectly ignorant of its containing
liery qualities. What adds to
the strangeness of the phenomenon is
that there is no mineral deposits any
where near. Hundreds of people for
miles around have visited this burning
well and drank as n eJl as tested the in- j
llamability of its waters. Its discovery
adds another celebrity to the numerou's
wonders for which Kentucky is famed
the world over.
Death of a lJabv.
The following from the pen of liiil
Arp Is as good as anything he ever
wrote:
'The baby is dead."
That was the sad telegram that came
to us from far away where one of ^ur
boys is living.
it saddened the household, for ^e
had never seen the child nor the mother,
and thev were to come and visit us
next month, and expected to ^e so happy.
There is trouble that is trouble?
grief that is grief. The first child, and
old enough to have twined around her
mother's heart and absorbed her very
iife. The father can love, too. and car?ss
and feel a father's pride, and he
can weep and reel desolate. Time will
temper hi? grief, but a mother never
ceases to lament the death of her lirst
born child.
It has.been more than thirty years
since we lost one, but the littlo garments
that he wore were hidden away
somewhere, and sometimes I see the
mother foudling them as they lie in the
old trunk?the trunk that holds her
heart's best treasures. It was Sterne
who said: '^jod tempers the wind to
the shorn lamb," and so in time the
young mother's grief will be sweeter
than it is sad, and she will rise from it
with a hope and a trust that she never
knew before. A child in heaven is a
bond that cannot be taken?it is not
lost?it is saved. Jiut stiil the pang of
s^peration is very crushing to the parents
heart. IIow the 7/orld shrinks
up; how mean and insiyuilieant are all
its pleasures. I hav*! felt that way. and
been comforted with the ft cling, and so j
I know has every pirent who has lost |
a child. j
A General :au:i.
V. AS111XGTON, C. II., ().. O'.-t. !!?.? j
Wm. A. Burnett, ot this city, is down j
m Fort Smith. Ark., and in a personal j
letter recently received by a friend here I
Mr. Burnett says: "Fort Smith i- q-:ite |
an historic place. The fortstilil
stands, or at least part of 1'.. T;v wail.-, j
were twelve feet high wl-en lirsi built. j
and they enclose .about nine acres, The j
United States jail is 2:1 t:;e center; nti |
to the south is the gallows. There are |
at the present time 1 ID pri>.;ne^s con- j
lined in this j;;]!, which is a large and j
substantial structure, and, when once j
behind these bars, ir,'s dollars to dougn- j
nuts a fellow will not escape. Arrangements
are being; made for auoUieriianging;
but tiie people don't pay any more
attention to a hanging ii.-re than ihey
would to a dog Sight at hoiu**. Tlit;
hanging is all don- by one man named
Malladon, about i>3 years of age. II
has broken ninety-seven necks on rh
same scaffold, and has swung off as
many as six atone tmv-. Malladon
gets 825 for every man he hangs. Some
times the hangsman gets to talking !
about the men he lias executed and
cries like a child."
II0 Cut Oil' Ilor JCitrs.
Columbia, S. C., October 13.?Fred
Kempson, an escaped convict, went to
the house of a woman in Lexington
county who had b^en instrument d in
securing his prosecution and conviction
for assault and battery with intent
to kill, tied her up an-! toid her that he
would either cut her throat or eh >;> oft'
her ears, and that she might choose.
The woman rlecitled to lose her ears,
and the scoundrel hacked thern oil with
a dull knife. lie then untied the woman
and left the neighborhood.
Th? Drtniiei!
New Orleans. Oct. 17.?Gailauo
BarreL'ona, an Italian lugger owner. was
assassinated last niirht. The afi'air bears
all t!ie mark# of Hie Matin. There was
* jolly game of cards at an Italian saloon
near the French market, a quarrel,
a stampede, and as the victim reached
the door he was riddled with bullets.
The police have arrested the proprietor
of the piaceand several others, but there
is no poof as to who did the shooting.
White >I;m Lrnrli?(I.
Columbia, La.. Oct. 21?John Hush,
a young white man, was lynched Monday
night for the murder of Ilarrer
Sterling, an old colored woman. The
murder was a very brutal one and entirely
unprovoked. The cas^ excited a
great deal of indignation, and Mondav
night a mob of masked men took Rush
from the jail and hanged him from the
limb of a tree in the jail yard.
?- j
HIS SHIP AGAINST SEVEN.
CAP'f. INGRAHAM DEMANDED JUSTICE
FOR AN AMERICAN.
lli* I'atterlesi Twice Trained ou the Arch iuko'd
Ship?A Story of the Early Days
oi our Navy Recalled by Capt tn.sra- |
ham's Deal h.
New Youic. (Jot. 2.?In these days
oi Luc rehabilitation oS the United Sta'.ea
navy we may recall with pride unalloyed
with regret the good old clays of yore
when all the world knew and respected
the prowess oi Amsrican war vessels.
And Llie death of Duncan Nathaniel Inin
f'liorloifnn < r?n T*Vulo\7
gives a proper opportunity to recall
those dafs. 3 or, a3 was suggested ia
the obituary notice published in the Sun
oi' Saturday morning, this Duncan Nathaniel
Inuraham was the hero of one of
those re uarkable episodes which made
oilier nations understand that the tail of
ti e American bird could not be pulied,
p uckcci, twisted, trod upon, or otherwise
disrespectfully used under the guns
oi an American war vessel.
There h id been (JaL?t Paul Jones and
Ommodore Perry and old Admiral
Porter, who ha! fought English and
ivench and Portuguese and the Pari ary
Sales, and all manner of craft flying
11 i?s legitimate or illegitimate, and all!
o! them had come oil' conquerors, j
Those were the days oi wooden si;ips
and saihu^ craft, when the element, of
reliance was enhanced by the big sails
a id the swarming over the sides with
cv.Uasses and halberds and all that sort
0 thing. A uo-'d p.trl of the Olivers
ti.cn were of Souihcrn families?sc'ons
o; houses that unheld themselves in
something like feudal state. These
y'jling men '.ame of excellant ancestry,
of which they were exceedingly pr<>ud. j
01 these Duncan Xathankl Ingraiiam I
was one of the best examples.
His father had been a naval oflieer, a
friend of Paul Jones and one of his companions
in lh:t', famous light between j
the &erapis atiu me lk-ii nommc uicn-|
a. J. II was quite natural that the son !
should enter the navy. He was horn j
in 1HJ2. and when i:l years old w.i" al-j
ready a midshipraitc. Pro mot ion in ;
thost; day* was as slow as now. perhaps :
a little slower, to although tuis young i
man ibunht tisrouiri: t!:e war of 1S1J, he I
'.v.x-i stiil a miiishipruan. Id 18i.v or
thereabouts, when the original David
Porter went down to the Southern waters
ol'ihe United States to attend to the
pirates who infested the small islands
and the mysterious inlets of the Gulf
and the Caribbean Sea. young Ingrabam
was aboard his vessel, and saw pirates
banned al the yard arm, and learned to
be vigilant, quick, resolute and uutUuehing
in the best school ever naval oiilcer
h.?d.
Ingraham, risen to a commander,
served in the Mexican war, and a few
years after its cWse was sent to join the
squadron of the Mediterranean. lie was
in command of the St, Louis, which is
said 10 have been the pride of the American
navy and which was certainly a
formidable ship lor those days. It was
aslcop of war armed with t:.vo 50-pounders.
On .June 22, 1853, he sailed into
the harbor of Smyrna, in Asiatic Turkey.
lie found that he was just in the
nick o' time to lake advantage of one of
those chances for fame which come to
every man, so it is said.
In the revolution of Hungary against
Austria in 1848 49, which Louis Kossuth
led, Martin Koszta was a conspicuous
figure. When the revolution wis put
down, Kossuth, Kosziii and several others
fled to Turkey and stopped in Sm\ rna.
After long negotiations the Turkish
Government refused to give then up.
Then Kossuth and Koszta went to the
United States, where Koszta decided to
settle. lie engaged in business in Xew
York, and in July, 1802, declared under
oath his intention of bccominsr a citizen
0: the United States. The next year,
having business in Smyrna, Koszta ^ ent
there and remained for some lime undisturbed,
as indeed he miu'ht have expected.
since Smyrna was not on Austrian
soil. But Koszta had so inilamed the
Austrian Government ai/aiust him that
a plot was hatched to capture him. On
June 21. 1853. a band ot Greek mercenaries
m Smyrna, hired by the Austrian
i-oui-ul. overpowered Kosztsr, hustled
i i:u into a boat and took him aboard an
Austrian r*-hii> ol' war. t!;c Iluzzar, v, iiich
was lyin^ in the harbor. It is saiil that
this ship was in command of no less a
person than the Archduke John, brother
11 the Emperor una admiral of the AusL-'iim
uavv.
At any rate. Ma: Lin KoszLa wa.- pal
irons and otherwise treated as acrimand
dangerous person. The next
v.-hen all Smyrna was talking about
liiis. a sloop r't war, the St. Louis. Commander
iuinimam. sailed into the bar1
t'iior. C'apt. Ingral.am heard the lory
< i'tho kidnapping, and the tact thai the
kidnapped man was an American etti-1
trom Koszta7.-; i'riCRds. Cap- Xu- j
LiaULLIU, W ill-* IlilU I.'CCli Hi 11 V.iil iiJ . iicil
the United states had taught (* rent
| iJritain a low lessons ol' respect for
: American citizens. was up in arms at
once. lie went abroad ihc Iiuzzar and
very courteously a-ked permission to see
Koszta. The Austrian commander, after
some hesitation, granted the request.
Commander Xn^ra iam assured himself
that Xoszta vrns entitled to t!ic protection
of the American lla^. He demanded
his release of the Austrian commander,
and, when it was refused, tent u
note to the nearest United suites otliciai,
Con>ul iirown. >:t Constantinople.
While he was awaiting an answer six '
Austrian war ships >ailed into the liar-!
bor and took up positions near the lluz-:
7.ar. On June 2'!. before any answer
iiad come lrom Consul JJrown. the St. |
Louis noticed unusual sLms o' activity i
<?n board thr- Iluzzor, and pretty ?oon I
he beirau to set under way.
Cap!. Injraliam straightway put the
St. Louis in such a position that the j
I luzzur jould not pass, and cleared his j
docks :or action. Tiis Iluz/.ar hove to.
! and li'.cn Capt. Iuu'raham went aooard j
j and said to the Austrian commander, |
j who rcceiveti himwiili irrciit courtesy: I
"What is tiie meaning of this move j
on yr>ur pur!'r"
We propose to sail tor home." replied
the Austrian. "The consul has ordered
us to take our prisoner to Austria."
"You will pardon me," said Capt Inir
rah am very calmly. "Hut I hope you
wiil uol leave this harbor with the American
gentleman \ou have kidnapped.
I! you do I shall he compelled to resort
to extreme measures."
The Austrian looked around the liar-!
i borat the line of friendly war ships and I
j then looked at fhe St. Louis, with her
decks cleared, and then smiled pleasant!
ly at Capt Ingraham aud said tiiat lie ,
thought such remarks were extremely
rash and that the ILizzar would do as
she pleased. j
I
Capt Ingraham bowed and betook him
sell" to the 6i. Louis. lie had no sooner '
got aboard than lie said: j ^
'"Cleat the guns tor action!"
And the Archduke had the pleasure j
of seeing ihe batteries ol .St. Louis turned i
upon him. II<: realized that having the j c;
wrong side of the matter, lie had put St
himself in a very bad position. The j
IIuzzur was put about and sailed back j '
to her old anchora-.e. The Archduke 'r*
seat word to Capt Ingraham that he .
would await tiic arrival of the note from
Mr. Brown.
On the afternoon of July 1 Capt lu- p;
graham got his reply. The consul at tl
Constantinople commended his course, tr
and told him to do whatever he thought
best to prevent an outrage to an Ameri
can. Late that evening Capt lugrahatn s'
sent an otlicer aboard the Iluzzar with a ?!
note, The note formally demanded the "
release of Mr. Koszta, and said that un- ^
less the prisoner was delivered aboard
the St. Louis by 4 o'clock the next alter- n,
noon Capt Ingraham would take him 0!
Irom the Austrians by force. The Arch- m
duke sent back formal refusal. At 8 fr
o'clock on the next morning, July 2, G
Capt Ingraham ouce more cleared his ti:
decks for action and trained his batteries cc
so that ihe Huz/.ar would L'ct their lull m
lbr>:e at the iir->L dis harire. The seven 111
Austrian war vessels cleared their decks
and put their men at the puns. ^
Ail this while great exoitemeut had in
pa-vailed iu Smyrna, and when the cit- t!
izens saw these last hostile demonstra- II
tions they cro ded the shores, eager to
see this oneside battie. which all knew ih
would not end so long a* the American h>
ilau'c lloate. I above water. in
At 1U o'clock the Austrian sent an
oilicor to Capt Ingraham. This otlicer J1'
tried to temp rize, out Capt Ingraham i "r
refused to listen to him. lie said: "To j ^
avoid the worst, I will airree to let the
man be delivered to the French consul
in Smyrna until your Government has a
chaucc to act. But he must be deiivered cm
there or 1 will take him. 1 cannot fail, j ti:
My cause is just. I have stated the st
time." ac
Again the Austrian sent a man to J1*
Capi Ingraham. ]>ut this time Capt
Inuraham refused torcccjve him. Then
the Austrian consul general came out ^
from Svmrna and tried his dipionmaoy.
Capt Ingraham simply repeated that the h*
French consul must have Koszta by 4 Ti
o'clock or there would be Irouole. th
At 12 oVIock a boat left the side of es
the lluzzar with Koszta on it, and one I ra
hour afterward the French consul sent 1'.
word that lv>.-zta was in his keeping. I*1
Later in the day several of the Austrian
war vessels Sailed out ot tin harbor.
Then cawe long negotiations between ^
Secretary of State William L. llarcy
aud the Austrian charge d'affaires al
Washington, M. Hulsercann, at the end
of which Austria admitted thai the q
United States was right, apologized,
and released all claim upon Mr. Koszta. "c
Capt Ingraham got a gold medal and tv
a vote of thanks from Congress, a gold (j
medal from the citizei.s of Xeyv York, aE
medals and other testimonials from 3everal
American citizens, aud a present ^
of a line chronometer and an engrossed A
letter from the workingmen oi'England, J<
raised by penny subscription. C:
As a sort of addition to this incident fo
is the story of how J. Clarcy Jones used as
Commander Ingrahani's name in a simi- th
lar episode in 1859. Mr. Jones was CI
then minister to Austria. The Austrian to
Government was most anxious that no Us
plans of the fortifications of Vienna be th
made. A young American studying w
medicine in Yienua, was making some er
sketches of these fortifications one day ac
in an idle spirit and in utter ignorance ^
of ihr> lnw noffiinst. it. TT<> ivn-s nrrpstpd ttl
and locked un tr;
Ml-Jones inquired into it aud found ca
out the truth, and explained it, fully to Pi
tlie Austrian minister, at the same time >V
requesting the release of the youujj Am- pi
erican. The prime minister refused to tr
listen, and said that the young man ^
should and would be punished. si:
vy heu Mi-. J ones saw that the Austrian J <
was yet he said: pi
Then I 'regret very much that I shall
have to bid you farewell." Jc
v'Are you going?" said the Austrian, tu
"I am indeed sorry, and hope that }'Our lit
country will be as ably agreeably repre- de
sented by your succcssor." hi
"I fear that there will not be a sue- ,,V;
cessor to me very soon." said Mr. th
Jones. * J am compelled to demand th
an audience with the Jimperor. I wisli Tl
tu ::et my passports."
\Vha'!" said the Austrian, "your!
passport You do not intend to make j ^
of this episode -so serious a alter:-"7 s:j
* {' is.a striou;. mailer/' .said Mr.
Jones, "and remind* ine of the Koszta
ens-. ( aviI luirraham is still cruising th
in the Mediterranean. by ihe ?*ay, and I O:
>iaiii be able to put him in immediate IT
knowledge of this alfair also. I have li1
the honor to bid \ou farewell." Si
The Austrian minister did not know -St
what l*u> make of this. JiuL he felt that
Americans were not proper persons to
punish as examples. mid. after de!a;v ins * '
a day or two. releasee! the voting modi- pC
eal student. .J
'.Villi the outbreak of the civil war jjg
Cr.pt Jnirrahrnn rc-'iirut.-i!, ami in March. ?'j
!661. entered .the Confederate service. ac
He wa* then G'J years old, and was Si(
assigned lirst to the navy yard at Fensa- C.
v.oia and tb.cn to Charleston, where he Ti
distinguished himself by breaking the A
blockade. Since llic war be had lived ev
very <p;ielly in his bitih-i'lace. Charles
Lou. lie was married to a irranddaiuh- ar
leroi'HomyLaurens aad John KandoipU !JJ
and thr<-u:;h his wile was connected with ~
some ct iheirrvatcst oliiecrsin the j>rit:sh
navy,?Xew York .Sun. jF
A Denial of i;?l?ji.tv'e?!u's l)ca;!i. n;
Cincinnati. Oct. i'J.?Dr. Francis ci
lUver^j ;;nd Si^nor Carlos del liio, iaie
of the m:l;kary stall" ol President iial- P'
maeeda, oi Chiii. arrive:! here verier day
en route lor New York. Neither could
speak a word of Enirhsh. They had qi|
wit!; thorn Louis J5loch, of California. ;n
as interprete.'. Through him they said
that JJalmaoeda was :i"t dead, all re- ;
poi's of suicide to the contrary not with- T~*
standing. and that they expected to meet ^
i:im :u c.v i oi'K or :u :.un'|.v.
11 r'lft. hi
\<?axokk. Va . October 1<5.?The t:r
pl;riiiiug- mills arm lumberyard of JJush be
A: Garner and lour small residences ad- Jc
joining were burned this morning, and h<
Thomas Dearen. an employee ol the C;
lirm, lost his life, lie lett the building hi
when liie lire broke out, but returned ^
to get some clothing ana money he had [,
in iris room, and was caught by the
failing roof. Loss s&>}000. Insurance
$8,000.
Change of l'aith. d:
Pakis, Oct. 17.?News of wholesale a*
change of religious views comes from
Civhors. It seems that '.he Bishop of ,,,,
Cahors refused tlie celebration of a
second mass ia i.he ckurcti of ihe village ^
of Murat on Sunday, and ihat in conse- jcc
quence of such refusal the people of tfc
Murat became alienated from Cat-jai
iiolieism and all embraced Protestantism* 1 ol
SHOCKING RAILROAD DISASTER. I
Treck of a Passense Train Near Galesburs:,
111.
Galesburg, 111., Oct. 21.?The Chiigo.
Darlington and Quincy fast pasmger
train 2so 5, which left here at
):30 o'clock last night, met with aterble
accident twenty-five minutes later
; the Tottery switch near Monmouth,
xteen miles west of here. The train
is running at a high rate of speed.
The facts show that the switch was ;
artly open, and the locomotive left
le main track and started on the side
ack; some of the cars behind kept on
le main track, and as the result the
hole train of seven cars, except the
eeper, was derailed and turnen over .
a side, the cars being scattered around
l great confusion. There was no telicoping.
There were on the engine 1
ngineer A. A. Emery and Neils An
jrson, of this city, and George Court- ,
sy, a travelling engineer, who went
it on the trip to see how the new loco- 1
totive worked. Anderson was blown "
orn the cab by steam. Emery ana ;
ourtney naa no cnance 10 escape ami ,
ieir bodies were found close to the lo>motive.
The baggage and express J
en were thrown across their cars, 'out '
ilraculously escaped injury. A young :
an named Frank S. Johnson of Avon,
hs with W. 11. Hard, of Abingdon, ,
as standing on the steps of the smok- '
g car attempted to jump off. He was
irown under the wheels and killed. '
ardv jumped and escaped injury.
The baggage car caught fire, but the ;
lines were promptly extinguished by :
aggageman John bore. Uscar Him- .
erman was pitched through the win)w
of the smoking car nnhurt. He ,
irried back to stop two incoming '
ains.
The saddest casuality happened in ;
le chair car, just back of the smoker. ;
i one seat in ihe middle of tho car sat '
r. George Allen, his wife and baby. ,
ie was next to the window, and as the ,
ir tipped over her head was driven ;
trough the window and she was in- '
antly killed. The baby war hurled ,
:ros< the car, but, save a cut on Its
iad, was uninjured. Allen received j
uises. He found his baby first, then (
'oped his way from the car for a lan- j
rn and returning found his wife ,
?ad. ,
The scene after the wreck is said to '
ive been heart reading and panicky,
lie imprisoned passengers beat out '
e windows of the cars to effect their cape.
A large force of surgeons and ;
.iiroad officials went from here and ,
urlidgton. In adiiticn to the four ,
lied eighteea were injured, but the ,
juries oi" some were so slight that '
ey left on the nt-xt train. Great sur- ,
ise is expressed that the list of the ,
;ad is not iarger.
A. Shootini Scrape iu Barnwell. *
Bakxwell, S. C., Oct. 17.?In a dif- j
;ulty here today beLween II. C. Creech, j
)liu Creech and Charley Frown the 1
ro former were shot in the neck. H. j
. Creech received only a flesh wound {
td is doing well, but his brother, John t
reech, is very dangerously wounded, j
li parties are"highly respected citizens. \
)hn Creech graduated from the South
arolina University last June. The 1
llowing is Brown's version ot the alfair 1
<iiven by his brother: On Thursday, i
e loth inst, John C. Creech attacked i
liarlie Brown while he was attending \
his business in front of his store. A \
it light ensued, in which Creech got (
e worst of it. Today Brown was j
orn/ifl Tnhri Crppfh bis brr>fh
, Henry Clay Creech, were m town,
id that he had better be on his guard,
etween 1 snd 2 o'clock Brown went to
e Citizens' Savings Bank, and while
ansaciinghis business Ilenry C. Creech
.ine in and accosted Brown under the
etcxt of selling him. a bale of cotton,
hiie Brown was examining the same,
Creech accused Brown of having
euted his brother unfairly on Thursly,
and grossly insulted him. Brown
ruck him with his fist, and immediately
)hn Creech ran in from the street with
stol in hand and fired on Brown, who
imediately returned the shot, hitting
)hn Creech in the neck. He theu
rned and shot Henry Clay Creech, incting
a slight wound. Brown surren:red
to the town marshal, who turned
m over to the sherilT. John Creech
as taken to the Molair house. It is *
ought by ine doctors this evening that ^
e wounded man's condition is better.? ^
lie State. <]
Tht' National Alliance. ^
Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 22?The ?
ate Farmers' Alliance met in secret ^
ssion to-day, with eighty-one dele- [
ites" present. The following pro amme
tor the meeting here of t
e National Alliance was adopted:
q the first day, Tuesday, November '
, the addresses of welcome will be de- t
rereu at xcrnunsou nan uy iuajyj. r
illivan and President Force, of the :
ate Alliance, and response will be by n
F. Tillman, national secretary, and |
F. Willetts. treasurer of the Alliance. :
Lie afternoon will be devoted to exutivc
session and in the evening
resident L. L. Folk will deliver his
idress. Ou Wednesday addresses will j
j made by the president of the F. M. 'Q
. A., National Lecturer J.F. Willetts, j
id in the afternoon the executive ses- s
3n will be continued. In the evening ?
W. Macuue and others will speak. s
tiursdav morning Jerry Simpson and r
lonzo Wardell will speak and in the j
'eningjohn P. Ste'le and Mrs. Anna j
. Drisrgs. Friday the forenoon ad- 3
esses will be made by I. II. Turner ^
id 15. II. Giver and in the evening L. {
. Livingston, II. L. Loucks. Saturday v
1 f. McLowell and Senator Peffer will j
?eak. and at night T. V. Fowderiy and (
an Terreil. On Monday evening Ig- r
itius Donnelly will address the coun- r
1 and 0:1 Tuesday, the last day. Wil- j
itn Krwin, Mrs. Lease, K. M. Hum- h
irey and J. W. Weaver will speak, j
ICeve.ilinc Alliance Secrets.
C'LAKKsnuRG, W. Va., Oct. 22.? i
lie members of the Farmers' Alliancc j p
Tv'cr rnuntv are excited because Jos. I f
. Twyman, an acknowledged enemy \
the society, has been revealing its ^
issworus and secrets. As he has
:vcr been a member of ihe Alliance, it |
is been a mystery where he obtained ,,
s information, and Charles, his broth- "
, who was formerly a member, has j
;en accused of breaking.' his oath. [
>scph publishes a card claiming that r
; got his infsrmatiou from .^ears and <;
nrroll, the organizers, and asserting
s right to impart it to wliom lie
eases. The matter will be referred to j
e national board at W'ashinton. ?
Death Irom Anxiety.
Mobberj.y, Mo., Oct. 22.?Last Tues- ,
iv the little twelve year old son of Mr. e
ul Mrs. Xewton Smith, of this city, \
as shot iu the knee-cap by a playmate
ith a large riile. Mrs. smith was very
ireful about the child, and for forty?ht
hours watched him-continuously. i
his morning she fell from her chair'a :
irpse. It is thought by the doctors j
tat her death was caused by mental 1
lxiety and long watching by the side .
: her boy. " " <
A TALE OF LOYE.
TEN HOURS THE BRIDE OF A ROMANTIC
MARRIAGE."
A Hardware Salesman Rescues a Pretty
Girl from Browning:?Love at First Sight
?Marriage at Midnight on Her Deathlied.
Mew York, Oct. 18?Louis I\ Rollins,
a hardware salesman of 113 Columbia
Heights at Brooklyn has just fallen
heir to 8250,000 through a romantic
marriage. His bride was taken away
from him by death ten hours after the
morr?Qfyfl/?ord7nrtnTT hoen rv^rfArmA/^
LllUllAUlgV* WVM 2.' ' " * " '
Two years ago Mr. Rollins went to
Charleston, Me., to spend his vacation.
While out rowing in a lake one day he
rescued a beautiful young girl, the
daughter of a wealthy Boston lumber
dealer, William Narcross. Kate E.
Narcross was 19, and the belle of the
Summer resort. Sbe lived with her
widower father at the old Maine town
during the summer months and at
somerville, Mass., during the winter.
It was a case of love at first sight between
the salesman and Ivate Narcross.
When Mr. Rollins left Charleston he
secured a promise from his sweetheart
that she would be his bride. Mr. Rollins
went to Somervile at every opportunity,
and the marriage was put off
from lime to time till Mr. Rollins could
secure a permanent situation in New
York which would not require him to
travel.
Two weeks ago Kate's father died,
leaving the bulk of his fortune to his
Dnly child, who had nursed him tenderly
through a long fit of sickness. The
strain of attending to her father night
and day was too great for the dutiful
laughter. She w?-xs taken ill the day of
tier fahter's funeral and never left her
room. Pneumonia set in and the physicians
told Miss Xarcross that she
must die. "Send for Louis, we must
tved before I die," was Miss Xarcross'
request. Mr. Rollins was on a long
business trip through the west for a
Chambers street hardware firm. He
fastened to the bedside of his intended
svife and arrived on the eve of the day
Defore she died.
At Miss Xarcross' request the Rev.
d. R. Winship was called in at midlight.
The physicians did not believe
Miss Xarcross could iive till morning.
'This is a very different marriage to
cvhat I had hoped for." was the dying
woman's greeting to the clergyman.
UeUvcen midnight and 1 o'clock of the
lext morning the ceremony was performed.
Immediately after the services
Miss Xarcross had a notary summoned
and she made her will, the witlesses
being her husband, the clergynan
and friends in the house. The
lewly made wife signed the document
;hat gave nearly all of her property to
ler husband in a clear broa't hand. S*io
seemed to have gained new ai-cugth
3y the marriage and the physicians
;hought they saw signs of a change for
;he better in Mrs. Rollins' condition.
ijut it was too late, for a relapse folowed
and the bride sank into a peace- ?:ul
sleep from which she never awoke.
"Good-bye, Louis, my darling huBjand,"
were her last words. The heart
broken husband followed his wife's renains
to the grave, and then returned
.o Chicago to settle up his business trip.
3e will return to Somerville at once
md settle up his wife's estate. The
Jharleston (Me.,) academy was alse renern'oered
by Miss Xarcross. She had
>een a pupil of the academy. When a
eporter called at Mr. Rollins's Brookyn
residence, he learned a rather pecu- X
lar story about another girl. It was
said without names being given, that
Hr. Hollins had been engaged to an>ther
Brooklyn girl for several years.
:t was said she was the daughter of a
Jrooidyn clothier, and that an explanation
of the queer midnight marriage
night be asked for on Mr. Rollins's return
to Brooklyn. When Mr. Rollins
vas in Brooklyn he was quite a favorite
n a large circle of friends. He was an
ixcellent conversationalist and of good
iddress, and he made acquaintance
luickly. He has been drawing a salary
>f 62,000, but may now go into busi
less tor himseu.
Their Last Assignment
Chicago, Oct. 15.?A. dispatch from
>rete, 111., says that two reporters of
he Chicago later-Ocean, named Wash>urne
and Ilenry, and McCafferty, the
pecial artist of that paper, were intantly
killed last night at that place?- - - - ??c
L'he two latter had been assigned to
vrite an article upon a midnight raiload
ride on the Chicago and Eastern
Jlinois Railroad. Washburce "was reurning
from his vacation to act as
>est man at the wedding of another
nernber of the Inter-Ocean staff. The
hree men, with General Passenger
Ygent Stone, were riding upon the lo:omotive.
Stone left them to go into
he dining car, and a moment later the
rain struck a misplaced switch, and
he locomotive plunged through an en,rino
house. The engineer and fireman
umped and saved themselves, but the
hree newspaper men were killed.
Mill Disaster at Manchester.
Maxciiesteii, X. II., Oct. 15.?The
iy wheel of 2s*o.7 mill of the Amoskeag
orporation buist about 9.30 A. M,tearng
through the floor of the first and
econd stories. Two persons are beieved
to have been killed outright and
i dozen badly wounded. The excitement
about the mill gates is very great.
'lovoTi on'rlc rrc.ro oinnlnrer? in
tip: room over the steam pumping room
:djoining the engine house. When the
vheel burst they were carried to the
>asement in the debris. Seven of them
vere caught in the heavy timbers and
ron beams and badly injured. One
lied three hours later. An engineer
tamed Uunker was taken out of the
uins dead. Eleven persons were inured
an l one girl is missing. Probacy
two or three more deaths will result
Kels Choked the Wh?el.J
Madiisbukg, 0.. Oct. 16.?The flourng
mill of U. Engieman has been compiled
to shut down the last few days
or a most unusual reason. The water
vheel has been completely choked up
vith eels, and every few hours ic would
>e necessary to clean them out. Fifteen
o twenty would be taken out each
ime, some weighing nearly five pounds,
rhis never occurred before, and is ex?
)lained that several years ago the fish
:ommission planted a lot of young eels
n the Maimi, above Dayton, which have
iow grown up, and in numbers suffl:ient
to stop a mill.
JL.J1U tuuvu v,
New Yokk, Oct. 17.?The total visijle
supply ot' cotton for the world is
5.593,402 bales of which 2,216,802 bales
ire American, against 1,919,473and 1,.28,973
respectively last year. Receipts
it all interior towns, 257,681; receipts
>n plantations, 442.814; crop insight,
1,804,380.
Losr, With All oil Board.
Boston, Oct. 16.?The schooner ReDecca
A. Taulane, Capt. zs'ickerson, of
South Chatham, carrying a crew of
seven men is no doubt lost, with all on
>oard. She left Newport Xews, Va*
lugust 28, for Galveston, with a cargo
)f coal, and has not been heard of since.
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