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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.
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