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OLD TOILS KhUAlLUJ. ; DR. TALMAGE OEUVEPS A DISCOURSE > ON REMINISCENCE. I t If. r* Api?rr>5?r|SoincMmes to Cant* ui - j 1 p'ltn th* I'unormin c.f Our Livee In :i j Splrlt?f(;rnli'nil(>!(>(!.vl ForHii I51w i J C ins*. I Brooklyn*. Aul\ C.?ilev. Dr. Taimajje has chosen us the- to; <c 'or today a panorama o! reminiscences appropriate t to the season, the text ^elccted bemir < Psalm xxxix, S. "While 1 was mu>:n;r the lire burned." 11 Here is David, the psalmist. with the forefinger of his :,:ht hand a_r>.:Rf:t ii:s I j temple, the door shut :?eain>L the world, 11 engaged in co;>templ Uion. And :t I \ would be well lor us 10 uik<? :!h-. same j posture otti o. clesiuir the door airamsl < the world, while we sit down in sweet 1 solitude to contemplate. * In a small island oil the coast 1 once passed a Sabbath in deli^hilul solitude, j or I had resolved that I would have one ! day ot entire quiet b< f^re I entered upon , autumnal work. 1 thought to have j spent day in laving out plan? for Chris- ] tian work, but instead oi that it became j a day ot tender reminiscence. I re- ( viewed -my pastorale. I shook hands < with an old departed frieud. whom L ( shall preet as:ain when the curtains ot life i are lilted. The dajs of my boyhood | tame back and I was 10 years of aye. ' ami I was 8, and I was ">. T tic re was 5 but one house cn tne island, and yet 1 from Sabbath daybreak, when the bird \ chant woke me, until the evening melted J into the bay, from shore 10 shore ihcre , were ten thousand memories, and the , proves /-'ere a-hum ith voices that had ( long ago ceased. I Youth is apt too much to spend all its time in looking forward. Old age is ; apt too much to spend all of its time in i looking backward. People ;u midlife 1 and on the apex look both ways. It : would be well lor us, Z thiuk, however, ' t<=> spend more time ia reminiscence. By : the constitution of our nature we spend most of the time looking forward. And 1 the vast majority of the people live not so much iu the present as iu the future. f I find that you mean to make a reputa- ( tion, you mean to establish yourself, , and the advantages that \ou expect to ] achieve absorb a great deal of your time. ; But I see no harm in this if it does not make you discontented with the present ' or d;squalily you for existing duties. < It is a useful thiugsorretimes to look Ko<?i- onri epd jTia Hqru'prs we h'i.ve es- I capeu, and to see the sorrows we have suffered, and the trials and wanderings of cur earthly pilgrimage, and to sum up ' our eDjojments. 1 mean today, so far as God may Lelp mc, to stir up your ( memor}' of the past, so that in the review you rruy be encouraged and urged to pray. There is a chapel iu Florence with a i fresco by Guido. It was covered u;> with two inches ot stucco until our ; American and European artists went i there and alter4lcng toil removed the i covering and retraced the fresco. And ; I am aware that the memory of the past with many of you is covered un with ten thousand obliterations, and I propose : this morning, so ior as the Lord may ' help me, to take away the covering that tbe old picture may shine out a^ain. I want to bind iu one shea' all your , past advantages, and I want to bind in ; another sheai all your past adversities, j It is a precious harvest, and I must be < cautious how I swing the scytne. i Among the greatest advantages ol i your past life was an early home and its t surroundings. The bad men ol the day t tor the most part dip their heated passions out of the boiling spring ol an un- j happy horue. We are not surprised ( that Kyi on's heart was a concentration f of sin when we hear hismoihcr was 1 abandoned, and thai she made snort of 1 his infirmity and often called him k'the ] lame brat." j&f \7ho has vicious par- j ?- , tnJ.s_haSrto light every "ffifch ol his way if j he wpuld maintain his integrity and at . ast reach the home ot the good in fieiy- , en ~ ' Perhaps your early home w^s in the city. It may have been in Ihe days wben Canal street. New York, was tar : uptown. That old house in the city may have beeu demolished or changed into stores, and it seemed like sacrilege to you, for there was more meaning in j that plain house, in that small house, , than there is in a eranite mansion or a ' turreied cathedral. Looking back this mormon, you see it as though it were 1 yesterday?the sitting room, where the < loved ones sat by the p'aiu lamplight, i the mother at the evening stand, the j brothers and sisters? perhaps bng ago ' gathered into the skies?then plotting ' mischief on the lloor or under the table; : your father, with a firm vo'ce, command- ! insr silence that lasted half a minute. ] Oh. those were ^cod da\s! If you had : your toot hurt, your mother always had ; a soothiDg salve to heal it. If you were \ wronsed in the street, von- father was 1 always ready to protect you. The year ] was one rcund ot Jrolic and mirih. Your greatest trouble was au April 1 shower, more sunshine than shower, i The heart had not been ransacked by i troubles, nor nad sickness broken in, ' and no lamb had a warmer sheepfold { than the home In winch your childhood \ nestled. j Perhaps you were brought upiuthe , country. You stand now today in ( memory under tl.e old tree. You . clubbed it for fruit that was not quite ripe, oecause you could not wait any j longer. You hear the brook rumbling ' alon~ the pebbles, You step a^ain in- ; to the furrow where your father in his i shirt sleeves shouted to the lazy oxen. Ycu frighten the swallows irom the 1 rafters oi the barn and take just one e^ j and silence your conscience by Jssymg they will r.ot miss it. You lake a drink asa:n out oi the very bucket , that the old well . fetched up. Vou 20 for the cows at night and find them wagging their heads through the bars. Ofttimes in the dusty and busy streets < >cu wish ycu were heme again on thai ( cool grass, or in the hall o! the farm- s house, throuch which there was the < breath of new mown hay or the blossom < ot buckwheat. You may have in your windows now ' beautiful plants and llowcs brought from j across the seas, but not 011 a of them , stirs in your soul so mnrh memory J as the old ivy and the yellow sunflower that stood sentinel along the gjrden ( walk and the for^ctmenois playing hide < and seek mid the long mass. The fa- 5 ther who used to come in sunburned .< Iran ine ueics and sit down ou me ticor- i sill p.nd Wipe the sweat from his brow t may have cone to his everlasting rest, i The mother who usod to sit at the door 1 a little bent over, cap and spectacles on her face, mellowing with the vicissitudes ] of many years may have pat, iTown her j gray head on the pillow iu the valley, ( but ior^et that home you never will. , Have you thanked GcdJorit? Have ycu rehearsed all tl ese blessed remi- ( uiscensesi' s)i:, thank God lor a Christ- r im lather. Thank God for a Christian t mother. Thank (iod :or an early Christ- t lan altar at which you wore taught to kneel. Thank (iod ior an early Christ- f ian home. 1 hrinix to mind another pas sacein the hisiory of your life. The day j came when you set up your own house- * hold. The ; days passed along in quiet i blessedness. Vou twain ?;il at the la- . ble morniDg and night and talked over "j your plans for the future. The most in- N significant ail'air in your life became the \ subject'! mutual consultation and ad- r r:scrnen\ Ynu were so happy you telt -ou nfver cu^I he any happier. One day a dark cloud hovered ov^r our dwelling, and it go?- darker and larker. J>ut out of that. cloud the* hini'jff nifssf-n^r of <Jod descended o incarnate an immortal .spirit. Two :.n^ i.'.Tlfl.l i-,r i nn tit urn'i 1 imirnpV I UUC irr', Titas vn ?*v* v . ~w, md you were t?> lead them. A gem to la.ih in heaven's coronet, and you to >olish n. eternal a?es of li^ht and Urkmss watch in? the sUr'.irtg out of i newly created beinir. Vou rejoiced and you trembled at the esoonsib'lity thai m your possession in immortal treasure was placed. Vou waved una rejdced and wept and wonI'-reJ and prayed and rejoiced an I wpt and wondered; you were earnest, n supplication that you might lead it .hroutfh life into the kingdom of God. rhere was a tremor iu your earnestle^s; tn-re was a double iuterest about hat- home; there was an additional inerest why you should stay there and >e l'aithfill/and when in a few months rour house was filled with thr- music i! the frhild's? laushter vou were struck ,hrou?h with tne fact that you had a stupendous mission. Have you kept that vow? Have you neglected any of these duties? Is your loin" as much to you as it used to he? [lave those anticipations b^en gran ied ? God help you today m vqjir solium r-.-mines per ice and let his mercy all upon your soul if your kindness ms been ill requitted. Cod have mercy >n i he parent, ou the wrinkle3 of whose face is written the story of a child's sin. Cod nave mercy on the nother who iu addition to ber other pangs has the pang )i' a chiid's iniqui;y. Oh, th^re are many, many sad ounds m this sad world, but the sadaes* sound that is ever heard is the freaking of a mother's heart. Are mere anj here who remember that in that home they were unfaithful ? Are there those who wandered off frpm that early home and left the mother to iie with a broken heart? Oh, 1 stir that reminiscence today. I iind another point in your life history. You found one day you were iu the wrong road: you could not sleep at night. There was just o?e word that seemed to sob through your banking house, or through your ollice, or your shop, or your bedroom, and that word was "eternity." You siid: "I am not ready fur it. () God, have mercy!" The Lord heard. J'eace came to your heart. You remember how your hand trembled as you took the cup of the holy communion. You remember the old minister who consecrated it, and you remember the church otliciils who carried it through the aisle. Yon remember the old people who at the close of the service took your hand in theirs in congratulating sympathy, as much as to say, "Welcome home, you lost prod; gal," and though those hands haye all withered away that communion Sabbath is resurrected with ail its prayers and songs and tears and sermons and' transfiguration. J lave you kept those J vows ? Have you been a backslider 'i j God help you. This day kneel at the foot of mercy and start again for heaven. Start today as you started r rniitu imnr mii! hv* that", rftmi tUCU. A i. VV4.)V J'/?k ? aiscence. But 1 must not spend any more of my time in going over the advantages ot your life." I just put them all in one ?reat sheaf, aud 1 bind them up in four memory with one loud harvest song, such as reapers sing, liaise the Lord, ye blood bought mortals on earth! L'raise the Lord, ye crowned spirits of ifaven! But some of you have not always had i smooth life. r>ome of you are now in :he shadow. Others had their troubles years ago?you are a mere wreck of what you ooce were. I must gather up :he sorrows of your past life, but how shall I do it? You say that is impossible, as \ou have had so maoy troubles md adversities. Then I will just take ;\vo, tiie lirst trouble and the last rouoie. As when you are walking along the street and there has been music in the distance you unconsciously find yourselves keeping step to the causic, so tvben you started life your very life ;vas a musical timebeat. The air ;vas full of joy and hilarity. With ;he bright, clear oar you made the joat skip. You went on and life grew brighter, until, after awhile, suddenly i voice from heaven said, "Halt!''and irou halted. You grew pale. You conn-cited your lirst sorrow. You had no idea tfeit the llush on your child's cheek was "an unhealthy llush. You said it cannot be "anyrk'Jlg serious. Death in slippered feet walketf "Kwud. I about the cradle. You diil not hear the tread, but alter awhile the truth Hashed on you. You walked the tloor, Oh. it' you could, with your strong, stout hand, have wrenched the child trora the destroyer. You went to your room and you said: 'God, save my child! God, save my shila!" The world setmed going out in darkness. '"You said: "I cannot bear it, I cannot bear it." You felt as if you could not put the lasnes over the bngtt eyes, never to s?e them again sparkle. Oh, if you could have taken Lhat little one in your arms and with it leaped into the grave, how gladly you would have done it! Oh, if you :ould let your property go, your houses ;o, your land anil your storehouse go, ?owglaj?y you would have allowed :hem to depart if you could only have sept that one treasure! JJut one day there arose from the heavens a chill blast that swept over Lhe bedroom, and instantly all the ight went out, and there was darkness ?1 hi<'!r mr.rLrv irnnenr>t.r;ihlH_ shud .lering darkness. Hut God did not leave you there. JNIercy spoke. As pou were about to put that cup to your lips God said, "Let. it pass," and forthwith, as by the hand of angels, another cup was put into your hands. It was the cup of God's consolation. Axd as you have- sometimes lifted the head ol a wounded soldier and poured wine into his lips, so God puts his left arm under your head, and with his right hand he pours into your lips the ivine of his comfort and his consolation, and you looked into the empty ;raule and looked at your broken ?.eart, and you looked at the Lord's chastisement', and vou said, "Even so, Father, for so it seemeth good in thy sight.' \ K i .1 TrAn?.i,M *\U, II* >WUl II I Ob LlWUUir. ilU?V U1U you get over it ? God comforted you. V'/u" have been a better man ever since. You have been a better woman }ver since. In the jar of the closing xate el' the sepulcher you heard the hanging of the opening gate of heaven, and you felt an irresistible drawing heavenward. You have been purir and holier of heart ever since that aight when the little one for the last Lime put its arms around your neck *nd said: "Good night., papa; good light, mamma. Meet me in heaven." Jiut I must comedown to yourlat>r sorrow. What was ?t,V Perhaps it ivas sickness. The child's tread on the stair or uie lick oi uie waicu on uie <tand disturbs yon. Through the long .vearv davs you counted the figures m .tit* carpet or ih<; (lowers in the wail paper. oh, the weariness and exhausion! Oh, the burning pangs! Would Jod it were morning." would God it ivere night, were your frequent cry. [Jut you ar<* better, perhaps c?ven wellHave you thanked God that to-day you ian come out in the t'resh air; that you ire in tins place to hear God's name tnd to sina God's praise and to implore Jod's help and to ask God's lorglvelefsy J Hess the Lord who healeth all >ur diseases and redeemeth our lives rom destruction. i't-rhaps your last sorrow was ah lancial embarrassment. L cong-ratuate some of you on your lucrative proVsssion or occupation, o:i ornate i?p>arel, on a commodious residence? 'verythicg you put your hr?nd to seems o turn to gold. 1 Jut there arc others of ou who are like the ship on which 'aul sailed where two seas met, and ou are broken by the violence of the vaves. l>y an unadvised indorsement, r t\v a conjunction of unforeseen events, or by fire or storm, or a senseless panic, you have been llunz headlong:, and where you once dispensed ereat charitifs dow you have hitrd work to make the two ends meet. Have you forgotten to t&ank God for mi:r rlava nf nrosneritv. and that through }our trials some of you have made investments which will coutinne after the last bank of thi* world has exploded aDd the silver and gold are molten in lires of a burning world? Have you, amid all your losses and discouragements, forgot that there was bread on your table this morning, and that, there shall oe a shelter for your head from the storm, and there is air for vour lungs, and blood fur your heart, and light for your eye, and a giad and glorious and triumphiut religion for your soul? Perhaps your last trouble wa3 a bereavement. That heart which in ehi'.dhood was your refuge, the parental heart, ana which has been a source of the quickest sympathy ever since, has sudlenly become silent forever. And now sometimes, whenever in sudden annoyance and without deliberation you say, "1 will go and tell mother.' ttie thought Hashes on you, "I have no mother." Or the father, with voice less tender, but at heart as earnest and loving?watchful of all your ways, exultaut over your success without saying much, although the old people do talk it over by themselves?is taKen away forever. Or there was your companion in life, sharer of your joys and sorrows, taken, leaving the heart an old ruin, where the ill winds blow over a wide wilderness of desolation, the sands of the desert driving across the place which once bloomed like the garden of God. And Abraham mourns for Sarah at the cave of Machpelah. Going along your path in life, suddenly rig he before you was an open grave. People looked down, and they saw it was only a few feet deep and a few feet wide, but to you it was a chasm down which went all your hopes and j all your expectations. But cheer up in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, the comforter. He is not going to forsake you. Did the Lord take that child out of your arm3 ? Why, he is going to shelter it better than you could. He is going to array it in a white rope and give it a palm branch and have it all ready to greet you at your coming home. Blessed the broken heart that Jesus heals. Blessed [ the importunate cry that Jesus compassionates. Blessed the weeping eye i from which the soft hand of Jesus wipes away the tear. Some years ago I was sailing down the St. John river, which is the Rhine and the Hudson commingled in one scene of beauty grandeur, while 1 was on the deck of the steamer a gentleman pointed out to me the places of interest, ^ a (4 A ll f U in in i nf 1 a r? /I AIIU ac oaiu, xxii uuia lutcivai iauu, and it is the richest laod in all the provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia." "What," said 1, "do von mean by interval land?" "Well," he said, "this is submerged for a part of the year. Spring treshetscome down, and all thes plains are overflowed with the water, and the water leaves a rich deposit, and when the waters are gone the harvest springs up, and there is the grandest harvest that was ever reaped." And I instantly thought, "It is not the heights ol: the church and it is not the heights of this world that are the scenes of the greatest prosperity, but the soul over which the floods of sorrow have gone, the soul over which the freshets of tribulation have torn tneir way, that yields the greatest fruits of righteousness, and the largest harvest for time, and the richest harvest for eternity." Bless God that your soul is interval land. But these reminiscences reach or ly to this morning. There is one more point of tremendous reminiscence, and that is the last hour of life, when we! havfi to look nvar all onrnasf. exist ence. What a moment that will be! 1 place Napoleon's dying reminiscence on St. Helena beside Mrs. Judson 3 dymy reminiscence in the harbor of St. Helena, the same island 20 years after. Napoleon's dying reminiscence was one of delirium as he exclaimed, "Head of the army!" Mrs. Judson's dying reminiscence, as sbe came home from her missionary toil and her life of self sacritice for God, dying in the cabin of the ship in the harbor of St. Helena, was, "I always did love the Lord Jesus Christ." And then the historian says she fell into a sound sleep for an hour and woke amid the songs of angles. I place the dying reminiscence of [ AugusViS. sar against thf dying reI miniQfpnc'p of r.Kp aWftflft. Paul. The dying reminiscence of Augusja CSftaS-' was, addressing his attendants, "Have 1 played my part well on the stage of life?" and they answered in the affirmative, and he said. "Why, then, don't you applaud me?" The dying reminiscence of Faul the Appostle was: M have fought a good tight. I have finished my course. I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me in that day, and not me only, but to all them that love his appearing." Augustus CJBsar died amid pomp and great surrouddings. Paul uttered his dying reminiscence looking up through the roof of a dungeon. God grant tnat our dying pillow may be the closing of a useful life ana the opening of a glorious eternity. Short. Sharp and Decisive Edgefield, s. c., Aug. 9.?Capt. J II. Tillman has drawn first blood as a result of the Farlev-Irby-Tillman controversy. Yesterday afternoon he literally wiped the ground up with the : Register's travelling correspondent, W. J. Shelton. The latter gentleman was sitting on the Court House steps when Capt. Tillman walked up to him and accosted him concerning a portion of the recent correspondence having reference to the part wherein Shelton figures. They engaged a minute or two in a pretty hoc controversy, when Tillman challenged Shelton to walk down the road and fight it out. The challenge was accepted. When they reached a point in front of an old stable about three hundred yards down the public road from the Court House Tillman turned to Shelton and said: "Here is about as sood a place as any. I am armed, and if you are we can fight it out, JSiieJton." Sbelton said he was uot armed, and therefore Tillman made no effort to draw his pistol, but stepped up closer to Shelton'and on being given the d?d lie by Shelton he gave him the regular combination Corbitt-Sullivan lick under the chin, which sentShelton to the ground. Tillman jumped on top of him and was punishing him pretty severely when the policeman of the town came up and separated them. Doth parties was fined two dollars by the town authorities.?News and Courier. Piaqoh and Organs. Xow is the time to buy summer plan .$25 cash balance November 15th 1893. Will buy a Piano at spot cash price S10 cash, balance November 15th 1893. Will buy a organ at spot cash price. See the list to choose from. Steinwav. Mason & Hamlin. Mathushek ana Stir ling Pianos, Mason & Hamlin and Stirling Organs. Fifteen days test trial and freight both ways it n.->t satisfactory. A large lot of nearly new and second hand Pianos and Organs at bargains. Good as new. Write for prices, X. W.Trump, Columbia, S. C. * May ana December. City of Mexico, Aug. 8.?One of the most remarkable matrimonial events on record in Mexico is reported from Coaizicoalcos, where a sprightly old gentleman, 99 years of age, whose name is Santiago Imibell, and who hails from the P-iillpine Islands, married ft "ond looking crirl of 16. rich and he - longing to one of the first families in Mamtililan. He took tbe precaution of fretting himself baptized half an hour before the ceremony. PRELUDE TO THE BiTTLE THE FRIENDS 0^ FREE SILVER HOLDS A COUNCIL OF WAR. It Does Not Seem PrO'niJ)!^ tlutt I*-?rry Hues O-iii bo Preserved 111 the Content Wbicli haH Be'?n Iinj;an?Tlif Pl*n ?1 C*m palfcn. Washington7, August. 9.?Almost every Democratic Senator was present at the party caucus hel<l this morning. The meeting was convened at 10 30 o'clock, and when the hour of noon arrived uothing deiinite had been accomplished and an adjournment, was taken until immediately after the adjournment of the Senate. The afternoon caucus was almost as unproductive of results as the morning session. Most o? the lime was consumed in the expression of individual views, wmcn cieany uemonstraieu mai i each element in the party was lirmly weded to its own notions. Oae Senator who occupied a high position in the iinance committee and whose leaning I towaid free silver is pronounced, declared positively "You can set it down as a certainty that the Sherman Act will not be repealed unconditionally." On the other hand some Senators who had sided with the President said rather despoudently that, while no tangible advance had been made toward a point where the pirtv could tie regarded a3 united, they had "not abandoned the hope that efforts in that direction might eventually result in success. It is gathered from this that the conditional repeal proposition is gaining in strength, and that it is certain the ultra silver men are preparing to follow in the direction indicated by the leaders in the silver caucus in the If.,ilea f-Arlijtr namoln ri->np^l witb free coinage at an increased ratio. It was rather a signilicant fact that the silver men appeared to have Ies3 anxiety than their opponents about tne result of the caucus, as was evidenced by their conduct while Senators were discussing the situation, a number of them leaving the room and eroing to the restaurant, where they calmly indulged in luncheon, apparently unconcerned as to what was going on iu the chamber above. Neither party in the Senate has ever been able to caucus with complete success on the subject of silver, and today's caucus was no exception to the rule; so after exhausting the possibilites of debate the caucus fell back upon the oft-tried expedient of delegating to a committee the task of endeavoring to arrange a plan of business that should be satisfactory to all sides. Senator Gorman, the chairman of the caucus, was authorized to aDDOint this committee, and the caucus itself adjourned 3ubject to his call, which will be issued as soon as the committee has reached an agreement and is prepared to submit a report for action. * Immediately after the adjournment of the caucus Senator Gorman repaired to the room of the committee on appropriations, and called into consultation Senators Blackburn, Gray. Ransom and Voorhee^. Senator (Jockrell was invited to remain iu the room. All of these Senators, with the exception of Senator Gary, were members of the Democratic caucus committee of the last session, and, although Senator Gorman had not made his apointment at the time of consulttion, their presence gave color to the expectation that they would be named as members of the caucus committee. At the conclusion of this informal caucus at 5.15 Senator Gorman said he would not appoint the committee authorized by the caucus until tomorrow. ThA r?f rnsmliprc of thp TTmiSP of Representatives who favor the free coinage of silver, which was called yesterday by Mr. Bland, was held to-day in the hall of the House, lasting from 12 noon to 2.45 P. M. At the close it was officially announced that the following ' resolution, offered by Mr. Boatner, of Louisiana, had been adopted by a unanimous vote: Resolved, That we will report a bill repealing the purchase clause of the Sherman Act and currently providing for the free and untrammelled coinage of silver with full legal tender quality on such ratio as will provide and main, tain the parity between gold and silver' Be it further resolved, That a committee of seven be appointed by the : chairman of this conference to draft I and introduce such a bill and take proper steps to secure free and full | discussion and consideration thereof and a vote of the House upon the bill -yid all proper amendments. The" provided for in the foregoing resolutions^--composed as follows: Mes3rs. Bland. Sibfey, 'jotoer, | Lane, Bankhead, Byran and Bailey. ~T By a vote of the caucus Judge Culberson was added to the committee. When the caucus met it was estimated that there were about forty members of the House in the hall, but during the two and three-quarters hours the caucus was in sesssion about one hundred members were admitted. Estimates of the number in attendance ranged from sixty to one hundred and twenty-live, the clerk of the caucus fixing the number at ninety-three and Mr. Bland sayr* ho nrrflr nnfl hnnHroH Culberson, of Texas, was elected chairman of the caucus and Sibley, of Pennsylvania, the only Democrat present frjm the Eastern States, secretary. The only Republican present was Bowers, of California. The Populist were represented by Jerry Simpson and Kem of Nebraska. The attendance upon the caucus caa hardly be regarded as a test of the strength of the silver forces in the House, for the reason giv-enby Enloe, of Tennessee. That reason was that the Democratic party was charged by the people with the duty of legislating so as to remedy the present depression in all branches ofbtisiness.and a Democratic caucus, and not a mixed conference, should have been calleito talk over the situation and to formulate a plan of relief. uf the entire Tennessee delegation many cf whom are in favor of free coinage, but one (Cox) was present at the conference. This same thing was true of a number of free silver men from other States who did notdesire, it seems, to separate themselves from their respective party organizations, even on this question. Reports from member.-* after the caucus adjourned agreed that no diflVrences of opinion were disclosed in the progress of discussion. The question of a ratio for the coinage of silver was not discussed except incidentally, and as will be noticed no special figure was named in the resolution. Speeches were made by Messrs. Culberson, Bland, Hatch and Heard, of Missouri; Grain and Bailey, of Texas; Simpson, of Kansas; Gates and Bankhead, of Alabama; Bryan, of .Nebraska; Sibley, of Pennsylvania; Boatner and Blancard, of Louisiana, and others, all In support of the object for which the caucus had bees called. Besides the action reported a motion by Mr. Bland was adopted, authorizing the appointment of a committee of , "whips," one from each State, whose ' duty it shall be to canvass the House, : discover each member's standing upon the proposed bill, and see that every friend of the measure is in his seat and readv to vote when the time oornes. This committee has not yet been ap- ! pointed. * i Mr. Bland stated after the caucus ' that it had been in every respert satisfactory to the friends of free silver coinage. The "steering" committee which he had named, he said, would probably meet a committee of anti-sil- : ver men tomorrow and discuss I the details of discussion to be had up- ! on the bill outlined in the resolution i adopted. "We will require ample ' time," remarked Bland, "to carry out the terms of the resolution and I do not see how it will be possible to come to a : vote under a month or probably six WCC&3. Jl uauuut LCil LUC UULIlUm- ; tee will have its bill ready to present to the House. The question of the ratio to be inserted in tne bill was not discussed, but it is apparent that some of the free silver meri are satislied that the present ratio of ! ? to 1 should b.e chaD^ed. We shall probably vote upon tiif pre>e'it, ratio of l'Jtol, and of tha< is deb ited, t.heu 17 r,o 1 and so on upt.o 2'.i tol if necessary'' Juiiipiu^ on Cievelnnd. Atlanta, Ga., August 0.?The Constitution will say tomorrow, ecitorially, of the Pi-es'dent's message: "While both parties arc earnestly ur^in'j; the repeal ol the Sherman law, 1 heir reasons are as opposite as their politics. The Republicans would repea ll oecau e lis repeal, uniesa louoweu ov the conditions of the democratic platform would brin^ the country to uold monoraela']i?m? a system which would increase Lhi3. value of the money which the money lenders aud sold sharks of the East have in store, a.id enable the banking syndicate to perpetuate iiselt by compelling t';e issue of bonds io secure ijold. The Democrats, on the other hand, would repeal it uh a cowardly makeshift because it stands in the way of restoration ol silver to our currency as a monetary standard. "Mr. Cleveland's message favors aud endorses the Il"publ;can policy of repeal, and entirely ignores the Democratic policy. If he 13 ri^lit, the Democratic party is wrong, an 1 has been wro:ig for twenty years. If he is light John Sherman aud his Republican colleague are right, and it is eminently fitting that that rampant force bill champion and irold monometallism Henry Cabot Lodge, should, as he did, assume charge of the*message in the San-ale and move its reference to a committee, with instructions. "The duty of the Democrats in Congress is plain and easy. They are not in a position to ji^nore the Democratic policy put forth iu the Democratic platform. Speaker Cnsn, in his speech to the nominating caucus, outlined Demo cratie duty in one blunt, sharp, seutence. 'We must redeem our pledges' "Mr. Cleveland holds himself and his views above Lhft pa-ty. He -nay be, as his iutima'.es have claimed, la platform unto himself.' Hut Democratic Congressmen caunot hold themselves above the pm'tv. The parties in the South must be held together. IS must continue to present the unbroken front. but it cauuot hold together it the peopio become convinced thct the financial policy of the Democrats is identical with that ot John S'lermia ana the Republican party. Home Folk In Washington. Washington, Au?. G.?All the members ot t?ie ioui.h Caroliua delesailon except Senator Irby aud Representative Talbert have arrived in Washington, and the letter are expected to be in the letter are expected to be in their places when Congress meets to morrow at noon. I met Senator Butler to-night and he predicts that the session will he long and the contest over the linaucial queetion stubborn. lie advocates the repeal ot the Shermau law accompanied by a provision for the repeal ot the State bank tax and the imposition ot an income tax. Tbis is not in accord with the Admiuistiration, but the Senator appears to be in a mood to accept a reasonable compromise. Representative Brawley is the only member of the delegation who is prepared to stand up for an unconditional repeal of the Sherman law and take tbe chances for other financial legislation iatee on. There are conflicting prognostications as to what the outcome of the coming session will be, but they are pureiy speculative, as tlie best informed men in the Senate and House frankly admit that they are still in the dark on the subject. Representative Shell reached here today and learned from Messrs McLaurio, Latimer and Starit all the details ot'last night's cauou3.?News and Cornier. Dlieful Happening^. Atchison*, Kan., Aug. 5.?In a conversation on the financial situation exSenator Ingalls said: "This day is balmy and sunshiny in comparison with the clouds and storms just ahead of us. The ultimate result will be redistribution ol' the assets of the country. The millionaire of to-day will occupy the pauper hut, and the pauper in the near future will ride in the chariot of the millionaire. Colorado and the other mineral States should be blotted out as States and added to the great American desert from which they were taken. The devastation of the yellow 4?2C?CJJQ^he South was not near so disastrou"Ta^rrG._ai?ii&tion in Colorado produced by the closing oFtRe uHirt&TT Thou and-? of people are walking the street's of Denver. Like the lowly Naz-trine, foxes have holes and birds of the air have uests, but the Colorado tramp hath not where to lay his head. Oq every street corner in Denver goes up the piteous crv lor bread. In Wall street the piteous cry goes up for gold. When those two panicky conditions come together in the greac Mississippi Valley, chaos and anarchy will follow/' Head aud Body Severed . Columbia, S. C., August 4.?A. railroad man named George Hall, who formerly lived in Charlotte, met with an awful death in the railroad yard in Atlanta Tuesday, lie did as so many railroad men do?stood in the middle of trie track and waited for the approach of a switcn engine which he wanted to ride on. When the engine got near enough Mr. Hall attempted to step upon the front step, but missed his footing, and fell with his neck across the rail. The engine could not be stopped, and passed over him, cutting his head clean off his body. It Is said by railroaders who saw the horrible spectacle that Hall's head rolled down an embankment several feet, and that his body jumped up and ran about Of teen feet. A .^Moonshine Murder. Greenville, S. C., August 7.?John : (J. Henson, a white man, came here Friday and testified before the United States Commisiorier in a revenue case. 1 lie has been working with a deputy marshal against blockades, lie started for his home in the mountains, about ! twenty-live miles lrom here, and staid over Friday night with a friend, and < resumed his journey Saturday morning. : Late that evening he was found in a i lonely side road, within a mile of his own house, dead, with his neck broken, his mule and wagon standing a short distance away. He was evidently killed for informing. I) afonf i v* va {trifle** RrcriMoxi), Tkx, Aug. G.?Will < Nash, ot Brazoria County, was Lrans- I ferriui? a biij herd of cattle across the i Brazos 1 liver bridge at this point to day > when the structure collapsed, carrying with it two hundred head ca'.Ue, twenty horses and two negroes, Charley and * Sam Johnson. The necroes were killed 1 as well as many head of stock. Biilev'a body was in a horribly mutilated condiLion and was recovered late to-nigbt. ( The bridge was recently built by the j Kins* Iron Bridge Company at a cost of j ?3U0,000. A week ago a similar inci- ( dent occurred on the Brazos bridge near i Calvert. t Crops D^stroynl. Huntingdon", L'enn,, Aug. 4.?The f^ruiers in the lower end of this country are maispairowr the great loss they 1 have sustained by an invasion of crass- 5 hoppers. The insects have appeared in i countless swarms and are destroying: ; every growing thing in their pith. 1 They have ruiued hundreds of tons of i h;iy and the entire crop of Timothy l seed. Now the pests have attacked < what few growing vegetables have 1 survived the protracted drought. I CONGRESSIONAL NEWS. SILVER LEGISLATION BEGUN IN THE SENATE. Metnb-?rK of Iiuh House* Kullow tbe Keatllngcf the Message with Close Attention?Klchardsioa Sworn In as ft Mem ber of the House. Washington, Aug. 8?Tbe proceedings in the Senate today were of great public interest. The routine was the same as that of the House until the President's message had been presented and read. Xot often has an executive communication been listened to in the Senate witt such profound attention and interest as tins message was. r. very Senator was seated and appeared to be on a nervous strain not to lose a word. Stewart of Nevada had moved down to one of the front seats on the Republican side and kept his eye tixed on the reader. PefTer, McPherson and Ilunton of Virginia had seats at either end of the reporters' table. Most of the others occupied their own chairs. There was no dilliculty, however, about hearing the message in all parts of the chamber. The reading occupied about tifteen minutes. As soon as it was ended, Yoorhees moved that it be printed and referred to the Committee on Finance. "Better let it lie on thi table," said Stewart, "we may want to make some remarks about it." onrr otnr motr^o fKof rflnnoot " Xi citkij vjuaui/VL uuuac.? uuau Voorhees replied, '*of course I will not insist on the motion." "Is the introduction of bills in order?" Stewart asked the Vice President but got no answer. Voorhees?I suppose that the Sena- j tor can address the Senate upon the subject of the message iust as well after it is referred as if it were on the table. The usual course is to order a message to oe printed and referred to a committee. Stewart?Very well, let it go. The message was thereupon referred to th<? Committee on Finance with orders that it be printed immediately. A large number of petitions for and against the repeal of the Sherman Act was presented and referred. Then it was announced the introduction of bills was in order. The first bill ot the session was introduced by Hill. Its title was "To repeal certain sections of the Act of July 14,1890." It was referred without reading to the Committee on Finance. The next two bills were introduced by Stewart of Nevada. Their titles were: "To restore the right of coinage" and "To supply the deficiency in the currency." The latter bill was read in full. It directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue silver certificates equal in amount to the silver bullion in the Treasury purchased under the a - A- _ ? T?i 11 i onrv aci oi juiy i-i, ioyu, ili excess ui me amount necessary at its coinage, to redee 21 the Treasury notes issued under that Act and to use the same to provide for any deficiency in the revenues of the government, the surplus of such certificates to be used in the purchase of 4 per cent bonds at their market price, not exceeding 12 per cent premium. Stewart delivered a prepared speech upon the bill. In the speech he declared himself against the repeal of the Sherman Act as such repeal would, he said, destroy coinage forever. A resolution was offered t>y Lodge, directing thn fVkmmittoo nn "Pinan^p tn ronnrh ? bill for the repeal of the purchase clause of the Sherman Act and providing for a vote on the passage of such a bill by the 22nd of August, if not sooner reached. This resolution was supplemented by another offered by Hale, lixing the hour of meeting of the Senate from and after Thursday next at 11 A. M. These resolutions precipitated a discussion in which several of the leading Senators on both sides of the chamber participated. They went over without action and will be ;laid before the Senate tomorrow. The Senate was then addressed in a set speech on the financial question by Dolph, who contended that the Sherman Act was not the sole or the principal cause of the existiDg business deDression. and that no per manent improvement could be expected so long as the destruction of the present tariff system was apprehended or feared. At the conclusion of Dolph's remarks Hoar called up as the unfinished business (coming over from last session) the question of the right of Lee Mantle to a seat in the Senate from State of Montana, but said he would not ask for its consideration until he had consulted the Senators on the other side. The Senate then at 4.50 adjourned till tomorrow:" in%ri>t^C?^tic members of the Senate will hold a ^iltwrro'aitrr^ row morning for the purpose it is said of distributing the patronage of the body. It is also probable that in view of th6 precipitation of the silver debate today that this subject will receive the earnest attention of the caucus. After this caucus decides what the .Republicans may have the .Republicans will probably hold another conference Thursday and settle tneir appoimments. in the house. Washington, Aug. 8.?The House was called to order promptly at noon. After prayer and the routine business of openiog the day's business a recess was taken until 12 45. When business was resumed the President's message was presented to the House and read. Never in the history of Congress has such interest been manifested in a State document as was shown by the members to the reading. A hush fell over the House and nearly every member followed the words of the message with intense attention. As the Cleric read the signature "Grover Cleveland" a wave of applause went over the hall. tlfkAn horl koon n']?or. TT UCLl UIUC1 uau uvtlx iwvvivu, v A v.* rail called up the case of Richardson and Belknap, both claiming to have a prima fiacie title to a seat in the House from the fifth Michigan District. Din gery moved that the matter be referred to a special committee of five members to be appointed by the Speaker with instructions to report thereon within ten days. Dingley's motion was lost. The Populist voted with the Democrats. Then came the vote on the Republican resolution declaring Belknap entitled to his seat on a prima facie case and it was defeated?yeas 114; nays 198. O'Ferrall's resolution for the im mediate swearing: in of Richardson was agreed to without opposition and Richardson came forward and qualified. On motion of Catchings against the protest of his collaague, Hooker, >ho wished the membership of the committee on rules increased) a resolu tion was adopted authorizing the speaker to appoint the committees on rule?, accounts, enrolled bills and mileasre with the membership to which they were entitled in the Fifty-Second Con ?ress and referring the rules of that Congress to the committee on ruJes. Ilielly announced the death of his colleague, William Mutchler, and as a mark of respect to the memory of the ieceased the House at 4 35 adjourne>d ill Thursday. At the cl jse of tne day s proceedings, JJlacd sent to the clerk's iesk and had read a call for a caucus n the hall of the House at 12 o'clock ;omorrow of all members in favor of :he free coinage of silver. T<tuip<jrlii? With tlie.Miil*. Spartanburg, S.C., Aug4? G. P Barrett was arrested t.odrjy by United jtates Marshal Kirby for tamperins ivith the mails. There are two charge igainst mm, an<i uommissioner uaig fert lixed the bond in each case at $1,MO. A postoflice detective has been lere two weeks workinh up this and )ther cases. Barrett bad not given Dond at sunset. Marshal Kirby has lim in safe keeping. fit E ?E'E?EY Jx?TIT17TE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. I L G-. C>)R3<:rT. M. D.f J ph , iang 6. Ii. Wnt vs, M. L>., S rtlJ 3 1CianFor the treatment of Inebriety, Opium, I (Morphine, Chloral) and Cocaine Diseases, Tobacco Habit and Nervous Exhaustion by the methods of Leslie E. Keeley, M. D-, L. L. D., Surgeon Chicago and Alton Railway and formerly Surgeon U. S. Army.; For literature or further information Dlease address THE KEELEY INSTITUTE, COLUMBIA, S. C. catastrophe at ciemwn. Pendleton, S. C., August 11.?A terrible catastrophe occurred at Clemson College this evening about 6 o'clock. While some fit'tv or more of the students were on the barracks bridge, running in and out of a shower of rain, the bridge suddenly collapsed, precipitating the entire body of boys to the ground. LIST OF INJURED. The folio iving were more or less seriously injured: W. S. Yoe, internally. W. C. McDowell, wrist out of place, bruised head and body. W. J. Strawer, chin cut and teeth scattered. T. C. Mahaffee, thigh broken. J. W. Lancaster, ankle fractured and dislocated and head wound. C. R. Cagel, shocked. \f A TTnlstPin int.^rnallv ininrwi. C. E. Ocodstine, thigh fractured. W. H. White, iatemal injury. S. C. Carter, knee and back injured. E. F. Peagues, wrist dislocated. Those painfully though not seriously hurt are: J. C. Bradley, J. C. Jowers, W. Si Reynolds, J. C. Backin, P. J. Pearman, A. P. Caldwell, A. G. Whitman, F. C. Koon, F. W. Lawson, J. E. Boykin, W. P. Wright, 0. Chappel, J. F. Barnes, C. R. Earle, J. A. Dantzler, R. J. Woodside, K. vV. Smiley, F. L. Bryant, W. H. Russell, J. W. Pitts, J..A. McDavid, W. H. .Long, W. A. Cowers, J. D. Johnson, C. W. Danly, M. A. Wice, J. J. Lowery, W. E. Henderson, T. C. Todd, H. L. Tood, F. F. Dantzler, J. F. Dukes, L.C. Dunn, J.K. Ulmer, L. L. Hardin, J. C. Manor, M. E. Jennings. Everything possible is being done to relieve the suffering of the injured. All the doctors in the surrounding country are at the scene, giving every possible attention. There is much exm'fnmonr on/1 nr.nooinaao onH ovocrcrar. I uivuicuu auu &uuooj auu gui ated reports are being circulated. Students are wiring to their parents? those that are uninjured that thpy are unhurt, and the college is sending telgrams to the parents of those who are Injured. All possible baste is being made to give tnose who have sons at the college the extent of their boys' injuries.?State. Deputy Sheriffs KlJled. Little Rock, Aug 5.?A special from Augusta, Ark., says: About 9:30 a. m. yesterday Sheriff Patterson with Deputies Ed. McElwee ana John Rainey went to Davey Crockett's house at McCoy, to arrest Will McLendon, colored. Patterson caugut McLendon by the arm and told him to consider himself under arrest. The'negro fired a pistol in Patterson's face, knocking him down. He then broke for the door, shooting McElwee and Rainey in the hQ/?b- nf tht "no/?tr hrao LHnor t hfi AAlnmn Rainey was killed instantly. Patterson recovered from his shock and fired three times at McLendon, and as the negro ran through the town not less than forty shots were fired at him. Patterson kept up his chase and caught him this morning. In the face of iwo guns and sheriff Patterson's pistol he again made fight, but before he could fire a shower of lead was put in his body and his pistol dropped to the ground. He was carried to the depot and sent to Augusta. A mob attempted to lynch the prisoner at Marion Junction. He is mortally wounded. Short Workoq Sliver. Washington, D. C., Aug. 11.?The conference of silver and antisilver men has reached an agreemeut by which general debate on the bill for tbe repeal of the purchase clause of the Sherman law is to be limited to eleven days. This will be followed by a debate for three daysuadsr the five minute rule, when voUng will begin on the bill aod the various silver amendments. Tne present arrangement is that the repeal bill will be introduced in tbe House toda\; that the accompanying resolution shall prescribe the me'.hod of procedure, and general debate shall begin at once. n-rMT^^L.O.ut, this program wlil bring the House to a vote "on^fe^tnn _ anendmeuts on August 28.h. The silver men's part ot the program is to offer, first, a substitute looking to tree coinage at the Dresent ratio, [i this is defeated, then votes will be taken on amendments fixing the latio at 17. 18, ;9, 20, in order; and, finally, it these fail, upon the Bland-Allison act. I will be Tleased to Fnrnish Prices for Harness, Carriages, Buggies, &c., Harness Leather and Saddlery, Hardware, Team and Buggy Collars, Collar Pads, Whips of all kiads, Lap Robes, < Dusters and Fly Nets, Axle Oil, Axle Grease, Harness Oil, Harness Soap, Harness Dressing, Saddles, Bridles, and any and everything kept in a first class Harness and Carriage Store. Give me a trial and I will save you money. J. S. DUNN, 136 Miin Street, Columbia, 8. C. ' i WOODWORKING MACHINERY BRICK AND TILE " I BARREEL STAVE GINNING GRAIN THRESHING " . SAW MILL RICE HULLING " t ENGINES AND BOILERS. State Agency for Talbott & Sons' Engines j onr? Rnilor* ftrist. Brewer's Brick Machinery. t Double Screw Cotton Presses. Thomas' Direct Acting Steam Presses, No 2 Belts. 2 Thomas' Seed Cotton Elevators.} c Hall and Lummus' Gins. Engleberg Kice Hullers. U. B. Smith Co's Wood-Working Machln- s ery, Planers, Band Saws, Moulders. Mortisers, Tenoners?comprising com- a plete equipment for Sash. Door, and Wagon Factories. a OeLoache's Plantation Saw Mills, variable feed. Belting, Fittings au<l Machinery^Supplies. Write me for prices. 1 V. C. BADH1M, Manager, COLUMPU, S. C. ? PADGETT PAYS TEE FREIGHT V hv r2y"xtre.TiS Prices for Coods! 'end for ahlo^ae and ;es Vv hat ;'ou Can Sare 1 C.'.'i *'" fr-f > N. \.?t ;IM I .< - J. ' ! l-.i: : - w.. ' ."""T. '"* *3 fl P fi IE Mr v: $15 < V'C7i? J. -1 :if 'ilhi-r J . .ili.nill L rr-Tj ! -iiiils, all )-i ii;i $69~"??"$37 -rust to inri'i"iti>-e tti-'ia. ]' isj No freitf -t paid??? this Or15'??'. r . %J saa. <;uarantt-od to be a "* pood oruan or money re s . JhW/ vi| ?fg^ft gu^-^ 1 ?? $S pjtgS & ^ c2 ~* 1 ^ HI rant P!-'sli P.VRr.oll si ITS, consisting of xifa. Arm Cliair. 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