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mS 4 4 &?*$>< 1 *#= t d a _ . A % 4;! IP - :| % ? / .?? .$<&, ^ IS? ,> %.. ' % i A. j^? %% m, j^i ? ,.4/^4: !R m*# hi! it# "friiitiifirt iii riii|4 1211111 irsrrii i ii idti* - JT It I i ii iMiy ^a-??jp2# wUv VOL. XLVi. WLNNSBOKO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4. 1891. NO. 12. TABkLnaCLE i'ULl'IT. I DR. TALMAGE'S SECOND SERYON ON | HIS OLD WORLD JOUKNEYS. H*- i'ii Col: i!: lcril :o:i of 1l?<; Truth of | thf> ifiiMurw i*? fi e Ttst1u>uiiv ol the Cities riM<1 ii!v<srr. >:. ! 1*?kc<?. of f.<iu; ako. Bijooki.yn. Oct. *J5.?'The tendering of the First ircna'.u iu ]) Minor, by (:*uilmant, on the great or^an of the * iJrocklrn Tnbtiracle this morniusr, br I i;ro:'cssor lieary Kjre Browne, the or- J L-auisst, held 'l e va>t i-oaiircsjatiou spc-,I- j houutl with profoundr aioiion. Dr. Tal- j n.age oreacthc.] on * "Sailing Up the Nile," lite second sermon oi' the series entitled ' From ihe I'vranne* t<> the Acropolis; i.t. What I !i2 iX-Tpt and Greece i onfirmstory of il.e Scriptures." ilis Ust was Fxekie! .xx n, 9. "The Ilirer T* Mine srv' I Have Made It." Aha! This is the River Nile. A br<?wn j or \ellow or silver cord on 'which are j Lunj; more jewels ol thrilling interest j t hun on any river that was ever twisted } ii the sunshine. It rii pies through the j ' .ook ot Kzekic-j, and f.ashes in the books j -t Deuteronomy ani! Is.-.iah and Zecharia | Tid N&hurn, and on i:s oauks stood the ! nighties of " arv r^-vs. it was the! rvsta! cradl< iM-jSi and on ius bauks Marry tJ"C ! tiy-i, :?rried the iuhtut J'.suis. To tin L-.rihphtce o! this ivt r '.\ast)< i: cir tiion and defeat of xpediticn? ihi- :i; iraber. ivci Ruin\ ea: a o Bayard Tajlor, ur ::reat A ve: ea<.. traveler, ^rote, JSince Coin"> I.l- tir ? looked upon h>an alvsdor. li er ill hss but one oa;o-j ion ofinu t.; . Ic lor her bestowal, aud J aat she v-st. . cs jr ::.;n who 3hall lirst j irink :ri :n . o foan ains of the White Nile iauk-r -j ^uo"- iields of KlhraaNjan?.'' t e vi.-to very of the ourtes-.?Mh< In most people was i . casidercd li\.pc;nihility. The ma-j .'arias, the wild liasis, the savages, the I ucciimliil'k- -teeps. the vast, distances,! stopped all ti e expeditions for a>res. j Uut the White 2s;:e would do little] or j^ypt it' thi: wore all. It would Keep Ils iictiik- ::uri E^ypt would remain n desert. Ik! from Abyssinia there onus nhat 's calltd the Blue 2sile? which. t!;ou_;i dry or nearly dry halt the vear. uu>.; r nenf-ndous raius about ihe middle ( ' Jt-.r.e rises to great momentum. and ;h:-> Blue Nile dashes with tuddt-n i':!iux nto lite White Nile, which >n cotistquei-ce rises thirty feet and their combint-d waters Inundate Egypt Willi a rich s*.-;i which drops on all "the lieiils and ^anlv-ns as it ia conducted by tftches and sluices n:-?i canals every i -vliitl-er. The greatest damage that ever came j to Egyp! car.", by the drying up of the j liiver 2S";le. *nl the greatest blessing by its healthful and abundant tlow. The famine :n Joseph's time came from the lack of sulli< k-nt inundation from the Nile. Not er.ouiib Nile :s drought: too much Nile is freshet and p'a^ue. The rivers of the earth are the mothers of its prosperity. If by some convulsion of natsre the Mississippi should be taken from North America, or the Ama/on from South Amcrica, or the Danube from Europe, or the Yenisei from Asia ?what hemispheric calamity! Still, there &:e other rivers, that could fertilize and sare these countries. What happens to the Nile, happens to Egypt. The Nilometer was to me very suggestive as we went, np and down its damp si one steps and saw the pillar marked with notches telling just how high or low :;re the waters of the Nile. When the Niie is vising four criers every morning ru i through the city announcing now manv feci, the river has risen? ten feet, ilfte-.n feet, twenty feet, twen" - > * * - .j. 1- _ 2 _l_ i. I ty-icur it'oi? ana tiicu uie rigat ueiyui of water is reached the gates of the eanaU ate ilurg opon and the liquid and refreshing benediction is pronounced on all the land. As we start where the Mile empties into t e Mediierrs'ean sea, >re behold a wonderful iullsilnient of prophecy. The Mile in very ancient tiroes used to have seven mouths. As the great river approached the sea it filtered the sen at seven different places. Isaiah prophesied, "The Lord shall utterly destroy the touyuc oi the Egvpiian sea and shall smile it ia-tlif seven streams." The fact is they are all destroyed but two, and Herodotus said these two remaining are artificial. Up the Nile we shall go; part of the way by Egyptian rail train and the! by boat, and we shall understand wiiv vise Jib v -Ives such proniinence to t!ii- -iv- . which is ths largest liver '" ! all t: earhr -b'i one exception. lint belbii we r a: ' the train we must take a :o;<r :-i A--xaralria. It f*as foumad I v .1-:. .mi r the Great, and wp.s U:*: :>'c Y 11:, the Tar:*, the j Lcuclon ? : i - Torijpk-s. p i;a- j ets, icuijt.iiii iTv :*<:c pUlim-u and ef-J lie re see ni v a II architectural ami Ddeuic ur fr.nd .-v.ee-mcss. Apo!-1 Ioj. the flr.?iii ut vvi : i in xew Tertamem times *? -ne pec pie tried to li^ke a rival to iV.i:l ih d I er<. Here MiU*, the Slither < ;' !hr se-nd bock n?' the X(-ff Tt?'.;;n. ex:-.r<d under Xwo's I anaiiten::'. ;V?'.n: he-re trie ship sailed that It*it :ini iheu'ev/ strug_;l:ni: iu lhe IruJuTs of 2*Iellta. I'.ut Alexander, for this or that thimr. KccordiP-' lo the t of the visitor. v.*a? to :r.e nit^t Me-r-ait:!:^ I eeau>e it hail he en the sue' :' :'.e ^ vutest library t: :> t the wi rid ev saw. ;-?.r5?id?hi?c the lact that ' e ;?M ' " pri'ili!:^ had not been invented. r?ev- a " la.arvd thousand v;.l. umes ;*::< a;' the <>f a siov.* pea. - * ' - . l c Uui <:<;; :t : : went ur:t:?.r i:.e uu'cn "i ; fcesU-iiers. i ?:!i and destroyed j aiKiiu. a^ah:. bat the Arabs came aioiur lor us lit.:- demolition and the ibur ll. . us;ihd h;uhs cf the city m-re heated with i':osc volumes, the fuel lastinu s x luon'J s. ard we re ever lhe* kiudied :it -u; h kariui cOst. Only one hook has Icon able to with- j stand the bombardment. atui thai hr.s j gone through without smell o! lire on lis lids. No sword or >;>c-ar or musket :or its detenst. An unarmed New Te?taucnt. An unarmed O'd Testaneut. retiu\uintr;ioici.nd triumphant. There | sust be sonv.-thinsr Hipernatural about! | Conquer-t of books! Monarch of 1^ ooka! All the i ->o.ks oi all the s^es ia pp {l the hhrs' ies -at shone by thin one ||gi >ok which \ >ua ;d i carry to church in jjjak pocket. >o ineihouiiiit amid the ashes BBS. Al*x:indri:-.n n?rane>. kljui iiii a be >.rd *he E^ptinr. rail train Ini: up ii.e Minks ot the Nile! Look { of the n i;-low an:I .see those camels eelius for '.' c inr,K -iilou of their load, .d I think -ve nii^it take from them 'scion* o1' < ut- *.veakutss and n??.e?i of ^ine help or- w< take ur-on u.-the j Smc-et pr ;. '??* i '-n* ?. : men uisd beasts | K for the homes :< which the poor j inhabitants are co:tiir, ibr t!iO most purl; hovels of mud. But there is something i iu tue fcenft that thorough enlists u*. j It is the novelty ot wretchedness and a j scene <>: picturesque rans. For thousands ol' rears this laud has been under ; a very damnation of taxes. Nothin* i bui Christian civilization will roll back i tlui influences hich are 'Vpoilln.f ine _ KgyptJaus." There aria and j puJacc.i, but they belong to tan rulers. ! Abuut Ist-ic u::<jer ine valiant Muriel j l>fT. tho Mamelukes, who arc the. iiu-i est horsemen in the world. came like ;t j hurricane upon Napoleon's arm?, but they were be itcn back by t!;e French in one of the Scrccst battle? or all lime.! Then the Mamelukes turned their hor-1 ses' heads the other way. and in desper- j atk-n backed them against the French troops, hopiujr the horses would kick the tile out of the French regiments. The Mamelukes, failmir asain, pluu^eii i isto this Nile and were drowned, the j French were fs?r dajs fishing out the i dead bodies of the Mamelukes t< - ^t'i thy \ valuables upon their dead bodies. Xa- j poleon, at ihe darinj u. these Maine- j iukes. exclaimed, "Could I hare united j the Mameluke hotse to the French in- j fan try, I would hare reckoned myself master of the world." This rid2 alonrj ihe Xiie is one of the most solemn and imprvs.ive rides of ai!j my life time, and our emotions deepen as the curtains of the r.iaht fall upon all j-urroimdit.^s. But we sha 1 no', h; satj i-iied until we can take a s':ip and pas?! ri?iit out upon tl.eie won Irons waters! [and between the banks .-owded with! ! the story of empires. | According to the leyd p ncil ru;-rk in j ray I>iljle it wasThank^ivi <:ay r.ioni; ing. Nov. 28, 1889. that w: \\ mr iur. land friends we stepped aboard tha <1%/. Vila f, r?' i'.. T I ; JNLVciUICL \Jll tiJV/ i i.C * . vu.%.niuvv.ti.i ' [call to prayers had bee a sounded by the j priests of that religion. th? .Muezzins. i from the four hundred mosques of Cairo j [us the cry went out: "G d irreat. X: [bear witness that there i> no God but} | God. I bear witness that v ohunmed :8 ' j the apostle of Go i. Com'' to prayers. j : Come to salvation. God is great. There j ! is no other but God. i'rayers are bett< r j than *l?#ep." As wc slowly move up the majestic j river I see on each bank the wheel*, the | pumps, the buckets for irrigation. &:!d see a man with his foot on the treadle of a wheel that fetches u;> the water lor a garden, and then for the first lime I understand thai passage la J)cu eionomy j i which says of the Israelites alter they j ! had sot back from Egypt, "The land j ; whither thou goest in !o possess it is not 1 as the land of Egypt, from whence ye j came out. where tnou sowc-dst thy seed.; and wateredst it with thy foot." Then ; I understood bow the land could be j watered with the loot. ilow do you j suppose I felt when on the dock of thai j steamer on the Nile I looked oil upon ; the canals and ditches and sluices: through which the fields are irrigated br j that river, and then read in Isaiah, -'The i burden of Egynt?the river shall be j wasted and dried up, and they shall turn j the rivers far away and the brooks of | defense shall be emptied and dried up;' and they shall be brokers in the purposes ! thereof, and that make sluices and ponds I lor tish." That Thanksgiving morning on the Nile I found my text of today. Pharaoh in this chapter is compared to tht dragon or Hippopotamus suggested by the crocodiles that used to line tha banks oi this river. "Thus saith ti.* Lord God: Behold I am against thee Pharoah, kin* of Egypt the sreat dragon that lietii in the miust of his rivers, which hath said ; my river is mine own, and i have made it for myself. Hut I ^rili put hooks in , thy jaws and I will cause the llsh oi' thy . rivers to stick unto thy scales, und i will bring thee up out of the midst of thr rivers, and all the tish of thy rivers shai! : stick unto thy scales, and the land oi fKoll K? on,I itroaftv ar?i! Y J OliCUl * i/'O UVCViVVV UU'? ?**lOW? they shall know that I am the Lore; because he hath said the river is mine end I have made it." While sailing on this river <?rstO[ pin.: atons of the- villages, we see people on the banks who verify the P>;b!u descrii>tion, lor they are uow a? they were in Jibl? times. Shoes are now taken cil'i in reverence to sacred places. Children earned astride the mother's shoulder as in Hagar's time. W>.-:ncn with profusion ol jewelry as when Kebfcca was alHanc- j' ed. Lentils shelled into the pottage. as j! wlien Esau sold his birthright to ^ct j J such a dish. i'Le same habits of sa'uta- j, tion ss ;when Joseph and i.is brethren j! fell on each other's necks. Courts of j' law held under bipr tr'-c.n ?.? in olden | times. People makimc b1 .cks with'-ai i: straw, [compelled bv lircunstances use stuhbic instead of i-'ru.*:. 1 * I'lying over >'-c standing on ;he lank- / in >jri[?tu~rt d-;vs <;.'2 11 tr-'.'.n^o'v. '; rsprejs.tables, pelicans, he ons.ctak-?os 1 and lulldnches. (jn : .!! -.des thi-M1 river sepuiehcrs. \*l!ln-.v of ; ;?? ai-;s thers. (fides oise;.u:e::e. . Xati'-ns of ?cpulckers. Am: one tempted to ! eali il an empire of tombs. I never s;>w j' such a place ssEirrpr ii ft,-v m^v.;*. j, A ad now we uudr-r^tand V'i eomplan- j n:g sarcasm of the l-raoiitt^ wi.on rSf-y | v.-ere on the way from Liry; * to Canaan,; j "Because there are no craves in Kg'.pi} 1 a<L thou taken us nwav to *':? hi lit? I' williiarcess." Down Jitc river bankcome the buflalo and th<* cattle or Kiat ; t" oriak. And it w.ti the an*,-of these cattle Hint inspired I'hnroah's ; drr-a.n (if the Iimu kine and the hit kine. , ?iere we disembark a little ivlilie tor j ( Mrmphis. oil (r:i;n the >>:!e to the ri^'ht. J. Memphis founded bf the first hiu^ of Ej*pi and !<>r a i;:n^ v-'hde ib-j eapi?;d.:, A cdy of u:;irb!<j anil i-okh Iloms <>i tho i Pharaohs. C'iiT r.in. t-rrj miies in cir-l< cumfcrcnc?. Vast colonnades through i; one hundred yar*, < ; nearly ten times J as loin; us Liic United States have exist- j; ed. Ik-re is a recumbent statue sew n- j tv-iive feet Ion::. ]?r<T./.cd yatetrays.! A necropolis c-tiif'd "ths haver; (f the j bif st.'' Ilt-ro ,io?#ph was prime rnitiller. Here l'2'.araoh rrc?Ireii Jacor>. All possible spkmdor* :?'? ? built up into this rota! city. iC;:*-kicL Jrrc- J miah aud I?aiah speak ol it us #cnii' lhi?:? wonderful. j, >."ever did I visit a <- ty wWa such ex- i altt'd anticipations, and n-wr did mv : anticipations drop no :lat. Xot u pillar | stands. ZS'oi a wall is unbroken. Not i a fountain tosses in the sun. Even the | ru;.is nave been-ruined nad all that re-j mains are chips ot msrbit. small pieces : ot fractured sculpture and splintered j human bones and there a letter of some i elaborate inscription, a t< e or ear of a | statue that once *ioed m niche of palace j wall. Ezrkiel prophesied i.'s {dotting out, and the prophecr h:;? been fnriliod. i i>ui O,K;K 10 uic^Mic "y ; you reach Tiisbts. in script ;re calu.u the <- itr i!" 2sHundred gatea Thrbes. A quadrangular city four m:ks from limit to limit. Four great temples. Uvo of them Ktirn.ic arid Luxor, one? mountains of exquisite sc'::ptcr and gorgeous urean;* solidilkd '.n stone, statue o: Rumens h( tight hundred andelghiy-stveu tons m weight nnd serentT| live leet high, but now fallen and scat t? mv. WhUs abloom wi^h the battle-j of t:<*TiUirh i. Thehts mighty arid miotutL livi- iiuiidivd years. Then she j wont down i;> I'uJiuhneQt of Ezexicfsi pri.jivt; y concerning the Ci'v of No, * which was another name for Thebes: "I ! will t-X' cuie judgement in No. I will cut oil the luultirudes ot .No.'' .Jeremiah also '.ropht-sie.l, "Thus saith the Lord, I v. hi puuist: the multitudes of N o." t isin i.it v" <>* i iirrhr.i aii'.i u'l tl'.O CJth'j'* lie.id cities of E?\ pc iterate and r.-iter- | site ihe verudty of 'he scriptures t-fili:;? tin* same story which Moses and the prop.iels toid. Have you noticed how i iod kept back the?eareh;i'o!ogic;d coulirmtilions of the ihbie until our lime, when the air Is full of unbelief about !he tnruthfulness of thenar old book ? Lie wp.ited until tiv printing press had been set up in its oerftcted shape, and 1 wJ :?u^v L'le submarine vuvne v.?s .un: t.-.c world was iatt-Uigent enough to appraise l-.st ism my, ami then he resurrected Iiie lis-ad cities of the earth, and commands ihem, saying: "Open yo:ir ion* sailed lips and r>pr-ak! Memphis aud Thebes. i.s the IJihie ts ne?" "True!" respond Memphis and i het.f-s. "i/abylo:>, j i3 the Bonk of Daniel true?" "True!" respond Babyion. "Hums o' l'alestine < and Syria, is th?* X* tv Testament true y'' "l'rue!" respond the ruins all the way t'rjzo Jopp.t to tin": Dead s<?a and fro ii Jerusalem to Damascus. What a mercy- that this testimony of th:j dead cities should come at a time vi eri the Bible i - especially assailed. a id this v;cri; wili go ;>n until t;? ve: i.y of liie .VP ares will be a- c r t.an :o uli sem-ihl.' men and worn* n as I :!*tt two ;md t-vo i ak.; four, as tii. t. an : v.sc.-les trhir.gl-.! is one waich ha-? two c.i its "-ides eq:ad, isth.it the damett-r! ? ! a circle is a line drawn through tho j c-at' r and ter ninated by the .nrcum- j i jiX'Lce. ys certas-n any uiaMioffiaticai i't iih!3Sfration. T-.V'j grrat n^tio:,'--. Egyptuad <lr ec-\ j tl'oli matize-i :rid a; moat came t<> battle i>: cue hoc it. a ?-t r>y 'f ' -Esehyius." trtv i !?Vvt\T!;sn krvr. a i ?vt-r- ; e J that in the great library a? AIe\a:i- > .'ira here w::s no ?*i.py of ".Eiehyius." i The i'ljyptirin king seat r.p to Athene,! C:e.oe, to berrow t ie book unci mr.ke a C3pv of it. Athens demannwl a deposit seventeen oi' thou^aRd seven hui-dnd dollars as security. The Egyptian King recei rt-ci the book, but refused to return tuat wliicri he had borrowed, anc. so forfeited the seventeen thousand sev?.n hundred dollars. The two nations rt.se in contention adeeming that one book. Beautiful and mighty book indeed! iiu' it i-; .t book of horrors, the dominant idea that we are the victims of hereditary influences from v. hich there is no esoape ! and that fate rules the world, andal-J though the author does teii ui i'rome- j inettc, who was crucified on the rocks ; lor sympathy for ma ikind. a power!td j suggestion of the sacrifice of Christ in ih.ter years, it; is a very poor book compared with thai, book \v!.:ch we hug to onr hearts, because it contains our only guide in hfe. cur only comfort in death, and our oniy hope for a blissful immortality, ii two nations could afford to struggle for one copy of ".Eschylus." how much more can all nations afford to struggle for the possession auti triumph of the Holly Scriptures? li.i: the dead cities strung along the JMie not oiiiv uemoasii lnuueui.y, uuti thunder down the absurdity of the iiicd<rri doctrine of evolution which says 'die world started with nothing and then rose, and human nature began with nothing but evolved into splendid manhood aijd womanhood of itseli. Nay. the sculpture of the world was more wonderful in the da\s of .Memphis and Thebes and Carthage than in the days of IJoston and Mew York. Those blocks o:' stone weighing: three hundred tons high up in the wall at Karnac imply machinery equal t.y, if not surpassing1, the nr.ichin'Ty of the Nineteenth century. 1 How was that "statue of Harness, weighing eight hundred and eightyseven tons, transported from the quarries two hundred utiles aw ty and ho-.v was it lifted? Teli us, modern sua- : shinists. How were those galleries of rock, stiil standing at Thebes, lilied i7ith paintings surpassed by no artist's 1 pencil of the present day? Tell us, : irtists of 'he Nineteenth century. The ut;:-ia. ciues ui r.gyv:, su juu mo iu<,\c hit enough pillars or statues or sepui- 1 triers or tempi* ruins io teli the story? .\iemphi3, iligdoi. ilierapolis, Zoa?}, 1 i ntrbe^. Goshen, Carthage?ail of thtni 1 :levelopmg downward instead of upward. They have vvolutcd from magnificence into destruction. Th? (Jcsptd ~>z Jesus Christ is the only elevator of : individual and t>o::i;iI national chara^Lfcr. Let all the living cities kno^r th;'t po:np and opulence and temporal prosperity are no security. Tho^e ancient cities lacked nothing1 < ivai cood mora's. iJissipalion and sin : v.* ihfra.a'-u unless uLsipatu-ri and;1 ? u a:* haii> d, the? will so;:^ d y slay i: : ra:?ru c:t\"-s. .." d leav.: oar :?alacc3 !: -L- rciiaadist. aau our g^derie* o; hi t | :.:il ( ar city hail r i il.v in t;?e o-ist as j ! we f.n:'jd /Jcvphi' on the alt-rnO':i I that Ch; nkssriv: <? day. And if the I: z* dosa. r:e i. at: on vili go ' iow . "Oil," ; <>'.! say. ''that is iciipo.-t- 1 s:.y-t have .-toe- so long?yea, uv--r < i uri.drcd years a-, a nation." ""hy, o h.:it Of that? Thebes :-.'0:jil iivo huni *: ?.{ yr-ar?. Memphis stood a thousand \ -.r.- . U'-d <:v< net :sr%t-t. One day wi'i' Lord is a? a IheuS'iud y -a: s \\ id :> taousa: years as one day. Ktim andd^ .uid.ery and bad politics are iuore rapidly working the deslrne- ' l-cn of our Ataeric :n cities than sin of Fluv kind and all kinds worked for t'r* destruction of ihe cities of Africa, once ' so mighty an 1 now so prostrate. But tii-ir gods were idols, and could do 1 no;ii:i:>c t'xetrp". lor cs^uafcciucn;.. : (Jod cliri heavens and sent his Sua to redeem the nations. And our c'.cifs will no; go down, ;a:d r.iir na'iou vtill -ioi. w-rish because the compel is g<>iu? lo triumph. Forward! all srhouls anil ejllejros and churches! For card; ail reformatory and missionary orgy:iix:tt:vn>. Forward! * :! theiniluences .uarsnaled to bic-ss the \vorid. Let ourj1 modern European and American cities ! listen to the voice of those ancient! raties re=urrfcled, and by hammer and j; chisel and cro.vbar b'c compelltd to il^ak. I t-he voice of those ancient :-i;ivs i? ho.jfsi* Irons, the exposure of forty ccnturie.s and they accentuate ' siotriy v.ith iijis that w-re naisied for ajre.s. not ao toother those dties alontr (Le A";]': intone ih*.?? wd?: "ifei-r ub. f?.?" ;vs are very old. and It is hard for u>. to tT-eak. We were wise- lor.^ before A then.* learned her lirsl Season.' Vv'e saik-d our ships while yet naviga- j i;o.i was unoorn. These obelisks, tnese pyrs idds, these fallen pillars, these J v\ rrrkfci ienitilpy ?hc-n folossi of Mack sjranae. ;h<\se wrecked sarcophagi untie: the brow of the hills, tell you of *~Iiat I was in grandeur a;id of what 1 an c :nir-c do.?n to he. V.'e sinr.rc s:\d-'' vro Ml. our learning couM not s>tve j ::s. .Sv those half obliterated hicro-1 ^iyp;;ic3 0:1 yondvr waih Our archltec- i \ urz could i?ot sav? us Sc- the panted | coiu'uns of Phihe. and the shut'eredj temple of . Our heror* could! not >ave r.t. Witness Menes.. Diod-Tiis j ihiintsfcs a;:d I'tolrmy. Our Gods Am:::on and Osiris co n'ci rot sr.vr i:s. ti:-lr fallen tempos ail along the four ih:m.->and lailts of .V iie. Oh. yenio.iern cities get some other God: a God wno can help, a God who c:ii: pardon, a Go3 [ who can save. Callrd up as we are for a littit; while to give testimon;?\ again j the sands of the d-sert will bury us. j Asli^s to ashes, dust to dust!" And as thfS" voices of porphyry and granite erased, all the sarcophagi under the iilils responded, "Ashts to ashes!" and the capital of a lofty column fell grinding itsrlf to powder among lh*? rocks, and responding, "Dust to d'.isi V" INHUMAN SCUUNUKcl.. Hi- Sr:!r?ss and Maltreats Cryl'.SUJ'S;? I CJ> ildreu. Duijlin, Oct. 2S.?Some startling testimony was given to-day at the trial of Kev. Samuel Cotton, s rector at Caraogh, County Kildare, cluirged with criminal nrgleet and ill treatment of children in the Ci;rnogii orphan*?;;, i liev. Samuel Cotton, who has conducted j the alTairs of the orphanage for m.-.nv | year*. has made many appeals to the j public i\>r rmanciul aid and has received j large bums or money by subscription: for the maintenance of the orphanage, j Owing to numerous complaints which I have been made against that institu-j iion, the Society lor the J'roieciion of Children recently wade an investigation into ti:e manner in which the orphanage was conduced and thereby a horrible state of a?'airs was revealed. The agents of the Children's Society, during their investigation, found that | the children of the orphanage wer? in an emaciated, lilthy and ragged crmdition and - hat they were covered with j-'arasii es. TLo!ces of one ol the children. ic w: .s U'MiSed to, had v.' eo. -ii. Anothrr. a girl. hsd been .rh.iine-t ty the legs t<> a log j'i" roouv; o t'r.e 9" --- ,1 . ' .tie u.r.u .?. 'v iii j. j j tiif hicst por-sibie e.Hudtion. In the kitchen i f the orpt ana?e found ;i iv.by, six reeks old, co\e/eu vrlth. dirty raps ar.ti dying cf odd had inattention. Othfr children were to. ndi i:i ths same apartment crouchc 1 '.round! a small ,ire almost frozen Mid half starved. All wen- w:-ak ant siCKlv ,-ad their growth h-?d be-in slur;ted bj the i.rt-atmeat received ueuer Kev. Mr. Co:-1 ton's management. The sanitary condition of the- whole ( ptabiirthment was found to he peri'oet!y horrible. The '.rails and iloors v-*jre in beastly condition and some or the beds used by the unfortunate children wore merely old boxes and packing cases lilled with stale hay. It was shown that all the children wore kept ui a perpetual state 01 terror by lie v. Mr. Cotton and that It would bo dillicult even to imagine a more deplorable or blamable state of things. Cotton was .uinmittert for trial, bail, however, beiag allowed in order to enable hi:n to attend the Synod of the diocese, of which body he is a member. A locally Treasurer. JiEAUFOliT, S. C., Oct. 22.?A 1BU33 meeting of the citizens of Beaufort was held at the hall of the Washington Steam Fire Engine Company to consider the resort of the committee ap-1 pointed to investigate the indebtedness of the town and the dtlicit in the accounts of the absconding ex-treasurer. Major W. II. Lockwood was called to the chair. Mr. E. W. I3aii?y, of the committee, read their report. The total bonded debt of the town .^,1 +-/-* 1n/-? CO OfUl 'Pnn frlol WclJ3 IAJ UC 3>%/,VW. XAiv uvu- I cit caused by the operations of the .'ate: treasurer amounted to 65,-132 32; of this $1,361 00 is based uu orders for pay eailorsed by him and received and "held by the merchants ot the town in payment of accounts. It seems that ail checks for salaries have to be signed by the inteadant according to the ordinance, so that these orders <vre probably worthless. The rest of this deficit consists partly of false balances. A cash balance of Silo, reported to be on hand at the time of his leaving, uas found wanting. The total amount of the tloalicjr debt of the town is 6L5,UT2.U5. Mr. Thos F. Wal.sh, of the committer, stated thata check for $313, in favor of "E. A. .^ciieptir or order," hfd been issued by the intendant and had been altered by Taylor to be payable to "E. A. .Scheper or bearer" and been cashed. Mr. E. A. Jjcheper stated that tre interr-st on his bonds which the cheek r as supposed to have represented had never been pnid. It was stated by the committee that their investigation of th^ deficit had not extended back more than fi!;rt.?on luonM^ ;:r,d that the in dioations were that an investigation covcrinjf the time previous io that period would disclose a much larger I;*Licii. Mr. W. 11. McLeod ottered a motion to request the inteiulaiit to offer a reward of -5500 on behalf of the town for the apprehension of S. E. Taj or. After considerable discussiou the motion was rejected. Taylor is reported to be now in Philadelphia, his old home. 8. J. Bamp[Md. the colored cleric of Court, read an ordinance whit:: .-hows that ail checks for disbursements of the tov n fa.ids must be sijncd by the Inter,flan'., of which he said the endaat - to be in total ignorance "i.'hw responsibility Verthis deileit nay r<s: either on tli-r int^ndant or the individual members <>i .' "utncil. a.1: Ta^ior ::id not give borjd :i.; required bylaw, Eift! he was oioc'cu by the coi:i-cil. This may relieve ihe taxpayer:? lnm i ihe burden. ;Gvn. II;iTn:>ion n-> t-?? ASIlaa<-?. Ualtimoke, lud, oct. 2i.?l^xI'nited St.atfs Senator Wade II;;ir.p^on is visiting in this city. lit* say.-; he i:j L>;it of pontics. and intends in 'he future to k^ep in tho background. The Farmers' Alliance, he said, is rapuily ibsintegraiing in the South, and within the next four years it will completely disappear. "This will be the case not rmiy in South Carolina, but ihroughout the whole South. The people there are rapidly awakening to the absurdity of the demands that the organization has promulgated, and are gradually drop ping oil' and forswearing all allegiance to the Alliance. In my own State the Governor who was elected by the ?enti- j mirnt that secured my defeat for reflection to the Senate has already j broken away in a great measure from the Aillance measures and is catering in his administration of the affairs of the Stale to the conservative and better thinking element. The uprising was j founded on demagosruery and fanaticism, and therefore cannot have a long | existence. We are too conservative a j people, and too fair minded in our j judgment of right and wrong in popu-! lar government, to permit any sway by j secret societies. In my opinion is is folly for any one in this country to en- j ter into a controversy v^it!i a Farmers' i Alliance adherent na the sub-treasury | plan. The measure is so palpably [ v.Toricj on its face as to make it absurd j to ail who have the prosper!}* and welfare of the country at heart. This feature of the Alliance has never been j fully accepted in the :x>i;th. and I ha*, e j too much confidence in our people to think that it ever wiil be." I>r. liond I*?rdosc:l. Coi.L'MKiA, Oct. 21.?Dr. John IT.! Ucnd. who was convicted before Judge i Norton in June. 1S?. at Charleston and who will be remembered as a member of the corpse trust, a conspiracy to defraud insurance companies in two c&srs, and was sentenced tne penitentiary for four yaars, pard?a*d by Gov. Till-; man to-day. The pyrdon ww recommended by the board of directors and orlicers of the penitentiary. * y OUR FLAG INSULTED. BUT UNCLE SAM WILL TEACH Tr>E INSULTEP.S A LESSON. Tli<; United State* Formally Demands S;;t[ 3<f:ictioa For the Munlcrous Assault ! IVlttdo Upon the Iis.ltImuran Sailors jt V(tll>:\ral?o?Tht-re Mny 15o War. j Washington, Oct. 2 4.?Socrota-y Trr^y said this morning that further stuJy of the cipher dispatch recciy d fro.n Capt. Schluy of the Baltimore, ? a Thursday, showed that, in addition .0 the k'.lliug 01 one man au?l serious .y 1 wounding six others, thirty-five oth-..r 1 American seameu were arrested and detained by the Chilian authorities at t :3 a. ,t sr:d w..at they were afterwards examined aud dismissed, as there was no proof that they had been guilty ol any This eoutinn-, Capt. Sob ley's other j s^aiemcnl ih-t t!ic Americans were uu-1 sirr;icd. sober ami well behaved at the lime of (he trouble arid also indicates that at least 40 men out ol the JJalt'move's contingent of 275 men were the objects of the raifc of the mob. It also appears aow that up to the date of Capt. fc>ehley,s report the Chilian authorities had taken no steps tu arrest and punish any of the Chilians responsible for the air. ,ai oiikial. thoroughly familiar wit"; ail the liijts in p.'ss-ission of the Goven nif tt. p:>:ui*d ;at this morning that .S v.*a :i L.'^ :i'ier different in its mater -.1 ft.a arc iromtho Ualiuu all'air at NV v Or afs, the men in one caso beh pratically citizens of the United State-, while in the other the\ wore the United S'.a .es uuform and were attacked for thai, reason. lit- said that it was a (Jell??eia .e insult ,o the American ilag. n EdjiKss i>>:haxiji:i). j"axtiago, Chiie. Uet. 20.?John Tu abuli. another of the Baltimore i me :, died today. lie h:..d received "o lc3 > than twenty stab wounds, sever. 1 oft'iem penetrating his lungs. Action instructionsirem Washin.'ton. Minister Esau today, after makii/4 a brief but pointed summary of the fac.. ; involved in the recent trouble, iornuuy j deniauded reparation l'rom the tjovernment of Chile. ilr. E^an expressed in distinct terms the teelinu of great indignation which the State Department at Washington feels at tho whole ail'air, anc informed the Junta that this is no informal suggestion: that his government expects some kind of satisfaction lor the assault upon the Baltimore's crew, and demands an immediate ex- j plauution of the whole aliitir aud reparation for the inj uries inflicted. The opinion pnvails among foreign i ministers thai, the Junta will imm-> { diaiely make the reparation d emanded. j The sympathy of the foreign residents is entirely with Capt. Schley, and Minister | Egan's action gives ureal satisfaction, j THK XAvA'i FOltCE WU COULI) ilUSTEli. Xkw York, Oct. 20.?At the Brooklyn navy yard no lurther orders ha\ e ! been received to fit out ships since the I Boston nailed for Valparaiso. la ci^.' I of necessity, there are nine vessels which could be fitted out for scrvi.-e?LI c Philadelphia, Atlanta. Bennington, Concord, Petrel; the Monitor Miantonoraa' i, now at the yard: the Chicago, i ll Stated Island; the Newark at Bos to;:, and the Kearsarge, in the North river. Five or six of these vessels could Is ma ie ready in three or lour days, and Lite otiters with very little delar. anxiety tx england. London, Oct. i!G.?TLe n; ws of ti e critical relations between the United States and Chile has excited iivt.lv fate > est iierc, especially in circles interosti i in hou-.h American trade. As Ka^Iis 1 c:-.r;tal virtually controls the nitrate; d? posits, and is established in that control moi'c firmly than ever V>- the result ni the war. there io a general desire or, the P*n oi those interested for peace. War b-ii wern the United S'utes and Ch;iw v. O'z.'-i mean. sooner or !*!*: . a blockade oi Chilean ports and interference vilii iori ign i:'iulc. Destitution i:i .Mexico. Sax Antonio. Texas, Oct.23? \V.T. iloocrtson, the- contractor for the con s'r ic'.ioii of the Durango extention of the Mexican International Railroad, arrived here yesterday. The destitution am;>Mg the people of "that section of Mexico, iie says, is even worse than reported, f -.e drought not having been broken. 'J he government has removed ternpor ari!y"the duty on corn In the famine s; r'ekf-n district. A lev uays ago ar' a v gait by land owner living near Torrco, named JJaieras, received a bi,; nisi.!? m-cu', of corn, the price of which ! . : PtHjed at ol per bu.-ihel. When 11. e po< r, starring cattle herders iu the vicia ty learned of his action, a mob "i'j ?.!u ;n goc together, ana proceeding toi Knkra's houo took him out and shot him to deaih. The Oldest Man 0:1 Earth. MoDoxoron, October 21? Old Un-Jle Iliram Lester, the oiliest murt on earth, who is nearly one iiui;drKl and thirty years old, ami a M s. Mosley, left on tilt* up Train to-night f >r At-anra, in eare of Professor Dav s. Mr?. Mosley is seventy years old. Mr. Le: t>r procured a marriage license bel'or-j hcVft, and they will be joined >n the holy bunds of matrimony at the grand stand oat at the exposition grounds next Saturday at high noon. .Scr;?!?l*>cl by a Ould of Tobacco. PiiiLLiPsituno, J., Oct. 22? George Lisenhart, aged sixty-nine, was found dead in bed yesterday morning at Lis home, near KitteroVille, Pa. He was addicted to tobacco, and usually took a che>v before retiring. lie did so the night of las death, and a portion of the quid got into his windpipe and he was strangled to death, lie was a veteran of tii? late war and Ir-ft seven children. White Man Lynched. Columbia, La., Oct. 21.?John Hush, a younjf white man, was lynched Menday night for the murder of IIa?er Sterling, an old colored woman. The murder was a very brutal one and en- j tircly unprovoked. The cas* fxcited a ; great deal of indignation, and }Iond; v ] night a mob of masked men took Ruth j iroai the jail and hanged him from the , limb of a tree in the jail yard. Spsafclnc of bualto Stories. IIoltox, Kans., Oct. 21?a most ast mishing discovery in the snake line has just been made hen. .\ den containing thousands of black snakes, rattle.-nakes, blue racers, copperheads and other varieties has be-'n found, and f->r two days the men who made the di-> co\ cry have been killing snakes. The repiilt-3 are wound together in a gisr;'..tic ;all. Rattiers hav- b^en killed fro u v. !;;ch e-gliteeii r;:t"v!e have been takt n. MurUerer {< TIans:. ( uAnT^iisTON". S. C.f October 23.? iia n->, tne negro who shot Mayor lit ar-emati. of Spartanburg, soms weeks , was today conucted of murder an sentenced lo be hanged Noveml r 20. Tiie jury was out only ten m: utes. f A PRETTY TOUGH STORY. A Gamo of Cards in "Which liivlsiljle | VersoJ'.s l'layed. Philadelphia, Oct. 20.?Tliis story was told me by a young medico, and we I ali know that medical students are oi' a peculiarly reserved, reticent and sober race, averse to exaggeration and remarkable for the veracity of their anecdotes. lie who related the following: astonishing experience told me that it took place at St. Bartholomew's or perhaps it was at Guy's or St. Thomas's The essential thing ia that it took place at a hospital. a. ; .1 V. ~ ~ C it was evening-. *;::u iiui ntie. unc vx ; the resident house physicians?a young man, with a friend also a young rnedi- j cal man whose evidence can be procur-1 eel to corroborate the story?was playing a double dwnuiy, witii an accompaniment of tobacco and whiskey and water. They had been playii.g some time, noticing- unusual happening. They were seated at a square tab!'*. One of them at the beginning of a newgame had to deal with his own dummy, jas is trif rules at double dummy. When he had finished a most wonderful tiiiug happened. The cards of the two dum; iniib were taken up by invisible IkuhI:;, i which -irrangei1 them and held then i.i the usual fan-like torm. It was sail the car ts wrr;- in the air. The * w> men io?>k'-l at each other and at *.his phenomenon with a stupefaction. Ifj they had not been men of science they I would have lied, shrieking. Then one of the dummies' hands were sharply rapped 0;i the table. "That means play," whispered one oftaem, and, -.vita a gasp, he led. The play oi the invisible dummies was all right. The leading partner took the tri.k and returned, changing til?; suit to -.how the hand I she held. 1 sny she, because by this! time there were visible the hands audi arms that held the cares but nothing [ more. One ol' the players was a wc- j man. with bare, arms snowing irom a j sleeve of white lace; h-;r lingers hadj rings upon them. fhe other was a man's, with an ordinary coat sleeve and white cult". The men put down tli^ir pipes and removed the whiskey and water to another table. They played the frame in solemn silence. Presently it became apparent that the lady played a masterly *ame. She held good cardi; so did her partner. They scored in the first rub?double, treble and the rub, and in the second?treble, single and the rub.! ".Never," my narrator told me, "did I j play with a liner player. She seemed to { know by instinct where every card in the pack was. Al the end of "the dou-1 ble rubber the arms disappeared. They j went away as they came. I have never , seen them since, though I often invited : them to come bv dealing the cards on j the table. I have often wondered who the lady was; young, as I gathered from the appearance of her arms; a gentle woman, as was shown bv the taper lingers and the rings and the Jace and j a certain way of carrying her arras. Frolicsome, as proven "by her sitting! down to play with only her arms visible; unmarried, from ihe absence of a wedding ring. "Who could she be? Why was she brought to the hospital? What is her story? Why did she die so young? Aboye all, how could she, at he*r early as?e, have acquired such a knowledge of whist? It is very rare to iind a girl playing whist even decently. Perhaps, after leaving the hospital," he aadecl, with some delicacy of experience, "she may have found opportunities tor practice. As for her companion, he was comparatively uninteresting. lie had chalsed stonf-s on his lingers, and he was only a mediocre player. He neglected his partner's lead, he bottled her trumps, and once ho ihvew away the king of trumps, not even Irving to ?av.j it by any obvious linesse. l>ut the lady ?the lady?she. indeed, was divine!" Trait; Robbers Caujrht. Deal Kio. Texas, Oct. 22.?Full details nf t he nursuit and capture ot the I Southern L'acilie train robbers reached here to-day. The pcsse struck tbe tr-ul at a place near Juno Tuesday, caugut si gut of the robbers in a deep canon en the Live Oak, near Grierson Springs, in Crocgetr County. The posse approached unseen to withina hundred yards of the men, when Captain Jones ordered a charge and a running iight followed. Langsdou soon weakened and gave up and Tom Fields soon alter wards finding himself hard pressed surrendered. Wiilington and Flint ran several miles when the former's horse was shot fr>ai under hi in. I le left- the animal and took up the side of the mountain but. Captain Jones was right upon him and cut off his :etrea:, whereupon he surrendered. Fiint then ran at full speeda distance of ten miles, firing back upon his pursuers as he went. The lire was j returned and iie was nacrtailv wounded iu the left breast. lie fell off his horse and sitting up i:i 'he read coolly produced a pencil and paper and wrote a will bequathing his effects to his brother. He then pulled a *.istol from his belt and blew his brains cut. sixty or seventy dollars tn gold coin was found 1-!- .* .u A w. 1.^,1.. f ill ills aiuuiiu ma uuu\. uvu had S'500 in greenbacks in his vest, poclcei when searched. A sack on a pack horse : contained "? iOO of Mexican silver. Flint's body was buried. I he posse arrived at. Comstock, this :.'oi:nty, to-day . with the prisoners, and will go Wesr, . by to-night's train to El Paso. Sheriff Keller went up to-day with warrants . for the men. Captain Jones refused to deliver them to him. The Reformers IViu. Charleston',S. C., Oct. 22? Ficken i< has a majority over Jiryan for mayor j of 217. The reformers elect 15 alder- ( men and the Regulars The alder- j; men re-elected are: C. S. Gadsden. J. A. i Smythe, A. -J. Riley and II. L. Cade, all j Regulars, t>mythe and Gadsden are re- 1 elected by majorities of 2 and 2f> res pectively. The Reform aldermen have ; majorities ranging from 4 to 202. The Reformers elect 4 out, of '5 school ' commissioners. On tha Hoard of A I- 1 dcrmen there are 7 Germans, 2 Irish men, and the rest natives. There are : only 3 Roman Catholics on the board, i The total vote polled was about 34(>C>, | out o? a total club list of ?io71. Tiiej] Urgiila-s failed to poll the full strength ] bv about 18'JU votes ami the Reformers bv about S'JO. The Regulars take the defeat cheerfully, and tiiere is no talk of a bolt. i J A Galiaut Octogenarian. j .Siioals. Ind.. Oct. 28.?A farin house [; two miles East of this city, belonging j io William Elliott, was burned last; evening with all its contents. Elliots and his wife, both about bu years old, were doing work on the farm when the : house was discovered on lire. Elliott, : being an invalid, was scarcely ai>io to; get to the house. Ilis ?y;fe ran into t;:-i ! burning building to save one of the i b?ds and soiue clothing, but as she ; started out the roof feil in and ernvn-M her to^death. Elliott attempted t j \ re;?cue*.s wife, but was too feebie ! and w" 'aiso turned so badly t iat be is i r.ot nv.v'-tpii rn live Xeiarh'iors ar rived 0;3 the scene too late to be of any aid. !: HEADS LIKE ROMANCE. How Convict, Convicted of Forgery, I Ss;our?-ii l'rcrdosn, Jkksey City, >'. J., Oct. Aj new and mol remarkable feature in the case of Charles ]>. Stoddard, now coiltilled iu IIu<taon County jail lor i'or^in^ checks, has just come to ivr'-t. A littis less lhau two years ago Stoddard. then | masquerading under the n.irne ol llenr; 13. Davis, was convicted ol similar ol-j leuces in Xashville, and was sent to! Tracy City, a branch whon in Tennessee. to serve a term of six years. Ke was put to work ia the mine?, j This year, however, lie obtained Ins freedom by one or the boldest and moss in genius ruses that criminal ingenuity ever devised. The discovery or ilia fraud has k-d Governor iiuchauan, oi Tennessee, to rank a n requisition 0'i Governor Abboii, oi Xcw Jersey, in order that the prisoner may be tried for the crime by which ne secured his jibed v. It appears that Governor Buchanan a lu\v months a^o received a petition purporting to b-- signed by 'if:*' of ibe leading resident? of Covington. asking for Stoddard's a leaaccompanied by a letter, p fijr:a:abh dirr v by X. V,\! ]>abt:st. ft' o Cut.) <. ! Dab ':.icl; JJeadle. reputable an I wcii-known attorneys oi thai plac*-. Tnr -e: tor w raves n story ofroiuan- e r.boiv Stoddaid or J>avis, a* he was ki-ov.n in ihe Tennessee prison, and recites m s/rc-at deian how he v/a; the victim o a con?;;ir?iC.) planned ani | engineered by a waked rod avaricious i stepfather named as. iherriih and abetted by the hitter's v/Lkcd brother.! Tins step-father's cruel oouduc!, the' letter allied, drove the piisoner to clis-' sinalioc. and tlio slcD-ftt asr bv limn! i' had him convicted oi forgery so he lulyi:; en joy the csiite oi' Davis' raother, sonin , ?00,000. ); Uabtist v.'a* :na::o ir -ay that he had, secured the <: vision "1' Si.crriirs estats. \. which would giro the prisoner the snug j sum oi' $37,000 to oe^'ia iii'.; anew. Thu i letter also staled that a riute oi a conn- j dential character had beea sent to the j ' Governor to hand to Stoddard, because i' the lawyer could not consistently hand i; it to him. and then continued: "Give;, him kindly admoi.ition and godspeed. I He has some mom-.y with him. ai.dshoud '{ he need more, and not be suitably clad, kindly meet his needs and I will send a check. lie is a Mason and a member of 1 the Alliance, and his brothers here are i very anxious to hear oi' his prompt re- i; lease. < i "I trust that the acknowledgement of H this letter will be the news that Davis is 11 Tree." After this charming bit oi naivete ; which paved the way for Stoddard to ' filteh money and a suit of clothes from j the Governor, the unique document says . that Dav's and his friends will be satis- ; lied with the punishment oi Sherrill, and . that the signature of every citizen in \ Topton County could have been obtain- 1 edtothe petition. The "signers.h it 1 goes on to say, "are all iirst-class citi- . zens and deeply interested m the mat- < ter. Justice demands his immediate pardon, and I ask it as a personal favor, uuu >uiuicvci jl ciiu uv icuuci jvui administration successful and for your ; future advancement in political life will 1j be done, as you know, cheerfully." The signatures attache: to thepeti-j. lion include the sanies of S. L. Cock- ; roit, attorney general: T. D. Flippen. I j Judge of the Circuit Court; Daniel Smith, j? sheriff of Upton county, and many I others, including the lav,* trai of p.abtis:. i ?Ss Deadle, to which the writer of the ' letter was supposed to belong. Stoddarci ' v,*as duly released. and me (Joveruo; |u only discovered the fraud when he spoke j ^ lo one o" the supposed s utlers oi ti-.c: ] petition, who denounced the whole thing! j as a fraud. j: Stoddard's trial will ce:a;; oh' in a few j. days, and under the iaws o; New Jersey j. he can be scat to the State prison for!! ten years. After that he can he sent to j. Tennessee, hut not before. POPE BEGINS REFORM. j Til*: >Ttiiu??r;r of . jc! ictov.-. ;.i.w Clsi lis to {i t;u: I)av;a. J Columbia, S. C,, 'At. 27.?The; governor io-i:iy i-sucd a requisition on j ihe governor ol Isorih Carolina t'-k&ries Ch:isto-'h-.w. ( ; ! i.-red, who wanted i.-r larceny in "TpartatTcar.r.p Christopher is in AVucviile ana will t _ |1 t iken to ; partanbur:: tomorrow. TllC "Ass-jfiibiy.' Cliu ;;i t'iC IcaUiliL j social organizations in tiio city, was; ^ reorganize!: r.oday -oil wiii s'gnulize its ; * reorganization a cotillion j. Tuesday of th? la'., week. It will j 2 La a very lar.e uiia.r and v.'iil make L'. =r : j connecting hak the i;<;ulinuoa3 round j of social festivities during the Stale's ji gala. . 11 The comptroller general is oa h:s me-t- j i tie iu regaid to the insuran ;o companies j? that 'nave made returns of their uross j; reecipl lor taxation and today he issued j ' orders to auditors i? immediately invcv1 I tigale this matter ik:>ro?n*:dv, by liitvia* i ,L agents appear bed-. : thrm for oxamina-j Llou under oat ii. :j Attorney General Pope today coin- g nleted a plan for reorganizing the en- 5 grossing department of the legislature. \ After mature rellection he has decided 1 lO reduce the number of solicitors and J1 clt-rks. lie will c.ill u^on the following,: Lo serve: -J. M. Johnson. of the fourth i * circuit; II. .Nelson, of tiie fifth; O. L.'} ichumpert, of the sixth; M. F. Ansel, j} oi the eigr.th. j he number o; clerks j lias been cut down aucl the lollov.'iug | appointments mad',-: .j.V. Covington, j' Florence, chief; II. T. Wardlaw. Abbe-j . nl'e; William Keiley, Charleston; i t James Ftux, IJannvei!: I). H. VTitbcr-j spoon. Ulaeksburu;; S. A. Vance, j I Laurens; Maury Sim*. CV<umb:a: W. Ir. j t Slack, jr.. Columbia; II. T. Tovniseiid.;}, L'uion. S'J General Pupa says if after the le^isl^-i ] Lure convenes; he ilnda it ue:essary to} * mre others they will be secured prompt- [ !y. lie believes ibis sweeping reduction [r 5 demanded in the in teres;, of economy, j j but if after a practical demonstration j [ tic sees he is in error he will ud<e steps i { Lo see that tbe public !rt'.rest* do nctj; :-:i;itr.?.'ireenviiie 2>Vw.s. it J'owder mill K.v'Iiut"-. i ^ I'itt.-uu . < ?-.:t. 23.?The Chronicle- i . rtdegn:pb's Onio. special j; :ays: Shortly hi-tur- tbrt*:.* o'clock iiis j _ mornlnir th- ch./e mil' ol' tbe Ohio!? I'ovrder Works, io-juttri; fow miles 11 North ol here, ^piocloc. killing two; men, The mas Mrutjrs and >en homer*, and C'Jin:-ii.'tely <'.c-.st- oyij^ tho mill. Ai; he time Ihe conta'i.- -.1 OOj kegs oi I s powder, Hid the muiij-.iud remains oi.! t Lat- men *.ver>' s-.rafci-ml a i over a ieii j 1 ;-cie lieid. Tho v.;.! ha-. ,ee:i rrniv.::.^ j ? 5our months ?n?l is - omp.-ratively n- .; j J he men Killed ?vere the only two em-11. ployed in the mil! this morning. \ A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION. DISASTROUS RESULTS Or THE COLLAPSE OF A BOILER. Ono Man Killed, Several Injured and a Million Dollars WortU of Property n^stroyed. Louisville, Ky..Oct.20.?Uy aboiler explosion here this afternoon one man was killed, several persons injured and nearly half a million dollars worth of propMty destroyed. At C o'clock William I!. Adams, a fireman at the eiectric Jigh: plant of the Louisville Gas Company, was throwing coal in the furnace when one of a nest of seven boilers burst. The shock in the vicinit>r ? !? li :ra on an *?frtnn?i!rn A nowia icy v. c40 ?.jl1 uuuazx*;. ^xuai:ij was thrown to the ground with terrific icrc?, and received such internal injuries that lie will die. The shed in which tlie boilers were located was completely demolished and pieces of iron and of timber and showers of red-hot coals were thrown in every direction. A great mass of iron and a deluge of burning coals were thrown across the narrow alley into the "ear of Kauffman & Strait's big retail dry goods store, and the wall of the store was carried away. Half a dozen clerks were gathered about the bookkeeper, Sol Dreyfus, at the back of the store. All were caught in the wreckage. but it is believed all escaped alive. Dreyfus was seriously injured but not u-.ngeroasly, Carrie Dinkelspeit, Ilattie ? finis ana" Lena Sickles were [slightly injured. in a moment apparently the whole building was in flames. The weather nas been very dry lor two weeks and the wreckage and goods burned like tinder. An alarm was turned in from the automatic lire alarm box in the CourierJournal building and the department was quickly ai work. The fire in the wrecked bcilding was at once beyond control and attention was turned to saving the Courier-Journal building, iwo doors north, and the Polytechnic Library building, two numbers south. A water tower was manned and the hose in the Courier-Journal building were attached and turned through the side and rear of the building, and fc ..Leen lire engines were put in position and set to playing upon the flames. - 'Villi all this force it was half an hour before the flames gave way and an hour before they were under control. At oiiv time it seemed that the CourierJournal would certainly be burned. 1'he few printers who were in the composing room Pft and the reporters and . ditors who were on duty gathered Lheir valuables and prepared to escape, most of .them actually leaving. But Lhe wind was from the north and carried the heat in the opposite direction. Iiy strenuous efforts the Polytechnic im' T.-? i nrr .in fho cnnfh re-ac eaxj-Ar? with heavy da;:;age by water to the books, pictures and other art collections. The .ire caught and burned out the two upper tloors of J. V. Escott & Sons, dealers in pictures, line mirrors, wall paper ind photographers' supplies, and the two lower lloors were ilooded with water till hardly anything was saved. On the south Creroiie's confectionery and Sorter's millinery store were slightly :1am aged. The principal losses are nearly as can :icw be learned is about as follows: [\ainTman oc Strauss, retail dry goods, 5tock $30,000, nearly covered by insurir.ce; Bamberger. Bloom & Co, owners )f building, $80,000. insured; J. Y. Es;oit oc Sons, line wood work and supplies, 830,000, insured; Polytechnic Lijrary, building, books, etc, 81,000, part- ^ y insured; Louisville Gas Company. r;7.500, covered by insurance. This evening the miners decided to ?:ill out all the men in the district. i'kis will include one thousand men working at the advance. John Mattei. with his wife and infant child, applied to the authorities tor.i-jbt for food. lie said he was a striking miner and they had walked from Ccnnellsville here, having tasted nothing for nearly forty-eight hours. Tne mother was too weak to suckle her babe, Liud, to save the little one's life Mattel said he cut his linger and allowed the child to drink his blood. The couple were terribly emaciated, andthechiid was almost dead. Pood and lodgings were funished them. Mattei tells an iiv. iul story of privation and suffering among the miners. The Famine in Kussia. v>.. I y r* *T* T-* T99 Pfi-nArfQ X . JL J + 1 J.\\ r? VVU. J*\)\.?T\SI. %JkJ iron: the provinces of ijunbirsk and Saraara show that the local government is unable to co?s with the prevailing .distress and that relief has not e^ote districts. The .vork of disErnjatiofr^j^^Pgrly orja:d;xd. Xum'oers of prospfrou5Tp8Sw-w^-r *? ;ji:s are receiving help while many who - - v ire entirely destitute are dying of hunger. The authorities have forbidden he local press to record the state of af.'airs. The Zemtoos (or provincial aslemblies) are panic stricken and are uterly unable to remedy the disorder. L'ne supposed reserves of grain are missng. It has beeu discovered that when he Czar ordered the distribution of the eserve gri"n in the government graniries, the ciiiciais aid not dare acknowl:-Jsre that the stores were empty and ried to make up the delicency from the nilitary granaries, in order"to conceal heir peculation, it is feared that this rill greatly hamper the military comnissariat ih the event of Russia engagng :u war. Funds lor the relief of the tarving people have also been deplorajlv mismanaged. In some districts vliich are under powerful patronage here is more than an abundance of reiei. while in other distcicts no heed is ^ ;aid to starving peasants. Many govirnments employees complain that heir superiors deduct a certain amount rem their wages for a relief fund, thereby leaving them poverty stricken. Xho l reuibled. London*, October 28.?A private telenarn dated at iliogo reports a disasrous earthquake in Japan. A severe hock was experienced at Os^ka, a sea>ort town 01 3."0,G00 inhabitants, on li<; i0'- nd of Hondo, and in many bingo or.'j of the lirst cities of Japan. L'he destruction of life and property vas very great, ^o severe was the iiiuck tliat ii number of houses were hrown to the ground and many occu>ants were caught in the falling buildups and crushed to death. A larce lumber of persons succeeded in esir.ping from their tottering homes only o meet.death in the streets. There s no means at present of estimating ue total loss of life; in fact details of he catastrophe :ire very meagre as all he telegram 1 wires in the districts afectiid wore broken by the l;dling of ioies. The dispatch, however, states hat it. i-j known that in Osaka alone i!i-ii;r>th l!sh fortninq t.hfl names of iiito hundred of residents of that city. Rastisnatism.?Js-.aes Jfaxton, of Sa;ann:;h, (ia., says he had Rheuxatism. ;o bad that h<i could not move from he b'jd cr dress without help, a:-d that tried many remedies, but received c reHel until began tiie use ot P. P. (iJri'?i:!y Ash, i'OKe Root and I'otasdir. ij, ar.d T.v;o bottles restored him to ieatth. ; A