The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, February 21, 1894, Image 4
AT THE TABERNACLE.
REV. DR. TALMAGE PREACHES UPON
THE WORTH OF RELIGIONAn
Interesting aLd Eiciaent Sermon
From Ctro Words ol Solomon?"WJedom
Is Bstcer Than Kubiei>"?The True
Christian Spirit.
Bkocklyx, Feb. II.?In the Tabernacle
this fjrenoon Rev. Dr. Taimase
preached to a crowded audience that
filled the yreat building lo overflowing,
tfce subject of bis sermon being 'Rubles
Surpassed," and the text Proverbs viil,
11, '"Wiyf'im is better than rubies."
You have all seen the precious stone
commoi-ly called the rubv. It is of dead
red color- The B.ble makes much oi u.
It glowed in the first row of the high
priest's breastplate. U^der another
name it stood in the wall of heaven.
Jeremiah compares the. ru^dy cheek of
the Nf-Zarites to the rubv. Ezcklel poin's
it out in the robes of the kiCir of Tyre.
Four (times does jjoioojon use It as a
dymboi by *Lic't ' > exiol wisdom or religion,
always sen.-ug its value as Detter
than rubies.
The world does cot a^ree as to how
the precious stones w foemtd. The
ancients thought that amber was made
of drops or ptrspiranon ot '..he aoddess
Ge. The thunderstone was suppo?ed
to have dropped from a stormcioud The
emerald was said to have been ma-.ie of
tt<e fir fly. The lapis lazuli was taougni
to have hsen bora of t5e cry of a a la
dian giaat. And mceern mineralogists
say that the precious s:ones were maHe
of gases aad liquid.-? To me the rabv
seems like a spark iron the aavil of the
setting saa.
The home of the genuinegruby is Bur
ma*h, and 60 miles from its capital,
where lives aad ieLns the raier, called
"L- rd of the Rabies," under a careful
governmental guard are these valuable
mines of ruby kept. Rarely has any
foreigner visited them. When a ruby of
1 <rge valae was discovered it was brought
forth with'elaborate ceremony, a processioa
was lormed. and, with all baaaered
pomp, military guard aad princely attendants,
the gem was brought to the
king's palace.
Of great value is the ruby, much more
so than diamond, as lapidaries and jewelers
will tell ycu. An expert on this
subject writes, "A ruby of perfect color
weignmg ave Kirais is worm at iuc wcoeat
day ten times as much as a diamond
of equal weight." It was a disaster when
Charies the Bold lost tbe ruby he wa3
wearing at tbe battle of Grandson. It
was a great afllaence when Rudolph II
of Austria inherited a ruby from his sister,
the queen dowager. It was thought
to have had much to do with the victory
of Eenry V, as he wore it into the battle
of Agincourt.
It is the pride of the Russ'an court to
own the largest ruby ot all the world,
presenied by Gustavus III to the Russian
empress. Wondrous rub\! It has
ekctnc characteristics, and there are
lishtnings compressed in its double six
sided prisms. What shall I call it? It
is ircz;n hre! It is petriHed blood! In
all tbe world there is only one thing
more valuable, and my text makes the
comparison, Wisdom is better than
rubies."
But it is impossible to compare two
tilings together unless there are some
pslnts of similarity a3 well as of differ
ence. I am glad there :s noting JacEing
here. The ruby is more beautiful
la the eight and under toe lamplight than
by day. It is preferred for evening
adornmect. How the rubies glow and
bum and flash as the lights life the darkness!
Catherine oi Aragon had on her
finger a ruby that fairly lanterned the
night.
Sir John ilandeviile, the celebrated
traveler oi 400 years ago, said thai the
emperor of Chica bad a ruby that made
the eight as bright as the day. The
probability is that Solomon, under some
of the lamps that illumined his cedar
palace by night noticed the peculiar glow
of the ruby as it looked in the hilt o' a
sword or hung in some fold of the upholstery
or beautified tbe lip of some chalice,
while he was thinking at the same
time of the excellency of our holy religion
as chiefly seen in the night of trouble,
and he cries out, "Wisdom is better
than rubies."
Oh, yes, it is a good thing to have religion
while the sun of prosperity rides
high and everything is brilliant in fortune,
in health, in worldly favor. Yet
you can at such tiaie3 ha< dly tell how
much o! it is natural exuberance and hew
much of it is the grace of God. i3at let
the sun set and the shadows avalanche
the plain sod the thick darkness of sickness
sr poverty or persecution or mental
exhaus'.ion fill the sou! and fili the house
and fill i.he world; then you sit down by
the lamp of God's word, and under its
l!ght the consolations of the aospel come
out?the peace of God whi-:b passeth all
understanding appears. You never fully
appreciated their power until in the^
deep sight or trouble the^IJiyise^amp"
^?w rcveaiea their -exfijatsitentos. Pearls ana
?aeeTfcy&tsTcr the day, but rubies fcr the
night.
All the books of the Bible attempt in
some way tbe assuagement o> misfortune.
Of the 150 psalms of luvid at
least 90 allude to trouble. There are
sighing* in ever, wind and tears in
everv brook and pangs in every heart.
It was originally proposed to call tbe
president's residence at Washington,
'TbePalace" or "Toe Executive Mansion,"
but after it was destroyed in the
war of 1814 and rebuilt ii was painted
white to cover nn the marks of tbe
smoke and lire tbat bad blackened the
walls. Hence it was called "Tne White
House." Most of the things dow white
with attractiveness were once black with
disaster.
Whatjthe world most needs is the consolatory,
and here it come3, our holy
religion, with both hand3 full of anodynes
and sadatives and balsams, as in Daniel's
time to stop mouths leonine; as in
Shadrack's lime to cool blast furnaces;
as m Ezekiel's time to console captivity,
as in St. John's time to unroll an
apocalypse over rcckv desolations. Hear
its soothing voice as it declares: "Weeping
may endure for a night, but }oy
cometh in the mornics." "The mountains
shall depart aod the hills be removed,
but my loving kindness shall not
dspart from you." "Whom the Lord
loveth he chasteneth." "They shall
hunger no more, neither thirst any more
neither shill the sun light on them, no:
any heat, for the lamb which is in the
midst of the throne shall lead them to
the living fountains of water, sua God
shall wipe away all tears from their
eyes."
The most wholesome thing on earth is
trcuble if met in Christian spirit. To
make Paul what he was took shipwreck,
and whipping on the bare back, and
penitentiary, and pursuit of wild mobs,
and the sword cf decapitation. To
make David what he was it too-: ail tsat
A U:* L _ 1 .1 ^ _ rt . ? _ * i
Amietnei aca sau: ana Aosaiom anu
Goliath and all tbe Philistine hosts could
do against him. It took Robert Chambers'
malformation of leet to make him
the literary conqueror.
It was bereavement the.*, brought
William Kaworth of Wesley's ticce
from wickedt ss to an evangelism that
won many thousands for heaven. The
world would never have known what
heroic stu2 Ridley was made of had cot
the fires been kindled around his feet,
and not liklne their slow work he cried:
"I cannot burn! Let the lire come to
me! I cannot burn!'' Thaok God that
there are gems that unfold their best
mini?o?n?ea? iiiwpx? ?h
siories under the lamplight! Thank
God for I he rub)!
Moreover, I acn sure that Solomon
was right in sa\iog that religion or vr3sdom
is belter than rabies, from the fact
that a thicg is worth what it will fetch.
Religion w;ii fetch solid happiness, and
'.tie rusy will not. [a all vour observation
did yon ev--r rind a person thoroughly
felicitated by an incrustcnent of
j-welfr? As you know more of yourself
than auy oce else, are you happier
now with worldl/ adornments and successes
tl*au betore vou won them? D:>e*
the picture that cost yon hu;.dr'-ds or
t^r.naonrfo nf flnllars nn TOilf wail brlCiT
\ou as much satisfaction as the euiir^v
me that at the ?-sp^ose of $5 was buc^
upon the wall when you fjrst began to
keep boose?
D > aii the cutlery and rare plate tbat
yLtier on your extension dining table,
surrounded by fluttering quests, coDtain
more of real o.ixs thaw the plain wara
of \our ilrsi table, at wlrcb sat only two
Does a wardrobe crcwc'od w.th costly
an ire ?ive yon 'uore satisfaction than
your 0r?: c.'othe3 closet with its four or
CV3 peg-? Did not the plain rms set v>n
the tnira S.-<_er of your lek hand on the
day ot your betrothal yive more^ladne^
than ttie ruby thac is now enthroned oa
the third ficuer or your right. haaa?
if in this jouiuey of life we have
learned anyttiin^ we have leaaned that
this world neither with its emolucnenrs
nor sia'us can satisfy the sojI. Whv,
here c >me us many witnesses as I wis^
to call to the stand to tes'Uv that before
blijh heaven and the world, in companionship
with Jesus Christ and a ?0 d
hope of heaven, they feel a joy t^at all
the resources of their vocabulary tail to
express. Sometimes it evidences itself
mio ejaculations of hosana, sometimes
in d> xology, sometimes in tears, A
?- ? -J m rt 1 ?f ftp
cuLiver'fu uanvc ui jllju;o m c.
said, "How I l?ng for my bed, not thai
I may bleop-I he awake ofteD ana lorigbnt
to hold sweet communiou with my
God ?
If so mishtv Is worldly joy that Julius
II, hearicg Lis armies were triumphant,
expired, and if Talva, hearing
that the B )man Senate decreed him an
bouor, and if Dionysius and Sophocles,
overcome of jjy, expired, and if a shipwrecked
purser, waiting on the coast of
Guinea in want and starvation at the
sight of a vessel brioging relief, fell dead
from shock of delight, is it any surprise
to you that the joy3 of pardon and heaven
rolling over the soul should some
times be almost too much for the Christian
to endure and live?
An aged aunt said to me: "Da Witt,
three times I have fainted dead away
unaer too great Christian joy. It was
In all three cases at the holy communion."
An eminent Christian man while
in prayer said: ''Stop, Lord; I cannot
bear any more ef this gladness; ifc is too
much for mortal. Withhold! Withhold!"
We have heard of poor workmen or
workingmen getting a letter suddenly
tellies tnem that a fortune had been
left them, and how they were almost b? side
themselves with glee, taking tLe
first ship to claim .the estate. Bat, oh,
what it is to wake up out of the stupor
of a sinful life and through pardoning
2nd that all our earthly existence will
be divinely managed for our best welfare
and that then all heaven will roll in upon
the soul!
Compared with that a spriag morning
is stupid, an August sunset is mane, and
an aurora has no pillared splendor, and
a diamond has no flash, and a pearl no
light, sod a beryl no aquamarine, and a
ruby no ruddiness. My Gracious Lord!
My gloiioas God! Mv precions Christ!
Eoll over on us a few billows of that
rapture. And now I ask you, as fair
minded men and women, accustomed to
make comparisons; Is not such a joy as
that wortu more than anything one can
have in a jeweled caskei? Was not Sol
omonricht when he said, "Wisdom is
better than rubies!"
There is also something in the deep
carmine of the ruby that suggests the
sacrifice on which our whole system of
religion depends. While the emerald
suggests the meadows, and the sapphire
the skies, and the opal the aw, the ruby
suggests the blood of sacrifice. Tbe
most emphatic and startling of all colors
hath the ruby. So'.cmon, the author of
my test, knew all about the sacrifice of
lamb and dove on the altars of the tomple
and he knew the meaning oi sacrificial
blood, and what other precious stone
coui j he so wrll use to symbolize it a*
toe ruby. Red, intensely red, red as the
blood of the greatest martyr of all time
?Jesus of the ceaiuries! Drive th?s
story of the crucifixion out ol the Biole
and the doctrine of the atonement out of
our reli ji -n, and there would be nothing
of Chrip'i.nity left for our worship or
our admiraiion.
Why shouid it be hard to adopt the
Bible theory that; our redemption was
purchased by blood? What great brides
e ver sprung itsarcnes; what temple ever
reareS its towers; what nation ever
achieved its independence; what mighty
good was ever aoue without sacrifice ot
life? The great wonder of the world?
the > ridge that unites the3e two cities?
qast tire lite of the first atchiiecl. Ask
the sh'pvardsoi Glasgow and Xew York
bow many carpenters went down under
accidents before the steamer was
launched. Ask the three great trans
continental railroads how manv in their
construction were buried uader crumb
ling embankments, or crushed under
timbers, or destroyed by the powder
blast.
Tabulate the statistics of how Tiauv
mothers have been martyrs to the cradle
of sick children. Tell us how many men
sacrifice Derve and muscle and brain and
life in the effort to support their bouse
hulcis. Tell me How many men in .England,
in France, in Germany, in Italy,
in the United States, have died tor their
ccunry. Yicariou3 suffering is as old
as the world, but the most thrilling, the
most startling, the most stupendous
sacrifice of all time and eternity was on
a bluff back of Jerusalem, whe~ one Being
took upon himself the sins, the agonies,
the perdition of a great multitu' e
that no man can number, between 12
o'clock of a darkened noon and 3 oxIock
in the afternoon, purchasing the ransom
of a ruined world.
Dive in all the seas, explore all the
mines, crowbar all the mountains, view
all the crowned jewels of all the emperors
and find me any gem that can so
overwhelmingly symbolize that martyrdom
as the ruby. Mark you, there are
many gems that are somewhat like the
ruby. So is the cornelian, so is the
garuet, so is the spinel, so is the balis,
so the gems brought from among the
gravel of Ceylon and Xew South Wales,
but there is only one genuine ruby, and
that comes from the mine of Burmah.
And there is only one Christ, and he
comes from heaven. One Redeemer, one
Ransom, one Son of God, only "one
name given under heaven among men
by which we can be saved."
Ten thousand times ten thousand
beautiful imitations of that ruby, but
only one ruby. Christ had no descendant.
Chnst had no counterpart. In
the ligf*d up grandeur and glory and
love aid sympathy of his character he
is the Incomparable, the Infinite One
?''the only wise God, our Saviour."
T at- oil liogrfo -all hnmoa a]] firriM ill!
iJUV USil UUl?l M4i MA* ws.MX.Wj u*.
eternities bow low before him! Let his
banner be lifted in all our souh!
In olden times Scotland was disturbed
by freebooters and nirates. To rid
the seas and ports of these desperadoes
the hero William Wallace fitted out a
merchant vessel, but filled it with
armed men and put out to sea. The
pirates, with their liaff inscribed oi a
death's head, thinking tbey would get
an easy prize, bore down upon the
Scottish merchantman, wlu.a the armed
men of Wallace boarded the cratt of
\
the pirates a&d puttfce-i ia c~;*i<:3 -;n = [
rheo for port una*:* the Scotch j
fag flving. And so our sou!-, assaivi | <
of sin and dpalh and hell, throus'-: I "
Christ are rescued, and the black lH? j
of sin torn do*'n, ard th* stripped fu? !
of Ui? cross ir> hoisted. Blessei be Cod j ,
for any sigi;, for any signal, for w.\ j
preciou stone tba* brir.gs to mi-nd thr ;.
price paid for such a rescue.'
I like the coral,for it seen.s th? solin- !;
itied foacn of breakers, ana 1 like the 1
j-isper, for it gathers IT cc: >rs into it(
bosom, ?.nd I i:ke *he jet, ftr it corn
pr-sse* 'he shadows cf many mid
nii'h*s, a-id I like the chrvsopras- be- '
cause i's purp:e is iduumi-d with a
<'qa!1 heaven of stars, acd I like
o.iiysolo'e for i?"s waves or color,!1
seem on lire. Hut this morning noth- j:
inu so impresses ma as the ruby, tor :r ;
depicrs, it. typitirs, it suggrs;.s "the ]
U .-d o? J^sus Christ th*c cleans^U; '
from aii sin." "Without the sh-dd'.rtg j ]
of t-l.jod t.'iepe is na remission." Yea. j
Solomon was ri^ht wheu iu iny text he
said, "Wisdom 's barter than rub?"S." \
To bring out a c-j.itrast that wi)i ii- J
lus*rat,e my text I put before you tw ? 1
last earthly scenes. The one is in a j
ro<>m wi:b rubies, but no religion, and
the other in -> room with religion, bnr '
no rubies. Y >u enter the lir-r. room,
where an yifluentand worldly man ?s .
about to qut this life. There is a ruby 1
oq the mantel, possibly anion* the va- 1
s?s. Trereisa ruby in the he.i'.'drtss
or the q-enly wif*. ?
On tn?- li >ger ot 'he rtyinpr man there J
is h ruby. Tne preser"vof t. lese rui ies f
j implies opulence ot ail kinds. The p!c
tuivs on the walls are heirlooms or ih" y
Trophies of European travel. The csk- f
taias are from foreign looms. The ;
rugs are from Damascus or C-iro. The !
sofas are stuffed with e/.se and quie- \
Tvu? ?-,vl I r,,i?L>
CUUC. a. ar; u'iaao i.v/11 w^vo- 1
we.rd and forward ou lullabies. The i
pillows are exquisitely embroidered. ;
All the appoin; merits of the room are '
a peroration to a successful commercial
or professional lift*, liut the man ^
has no religion, never has had and iisver
professed to have. There is not a
Bible or one religious book in the
r?om.
The departing man feels that his c
earthly career is ended and nothing ?
opens beyond. Where he will land
stepping off from thi3 life is a mystery, |
or whether he wiil land at alJ, lor it t
may be annihilation, lie has no pray- c
tr to off-r, aiid he does not know fto.v g
to pray. .\ro hops of meeting again in
another state ot' existence, lie is (
through r.vith this life and is sure of no other.
The ruby oa the mantel and g
the ruby on the" wasted finger of the 1 c
dsrarting one say nothing of the ran- I
soming bloo.i which they so rnighiily t
typify. So far as giving solace or ilia- t
mination to a departing spirit they are t
a dead failure. Midnight of utter t
h opelessness drops on all the scene.
Auother room of mortal exit. Keli
gion and no rubies, i>ne never had ]
money enough to buy one of these ex- c
qmsites. 8 metimes she stopped at a r
jeweler's show window and saw a 1 ow
of them incarnadining the velvet. She t
had keen taste enough to appreciate c
those gems, but she never 0wued one j
of them. sha was not jealous or ud- j
happy because others had rubies while &
she had none. But she had a richer "r
treasure and that was the grace of Go;i ~
that had comforted her along the way <
amid bereavements and temptations
and persecutions and sicicess and pri- c
? -.1 - ^11
I VriUUUS dUU UirtlS UL an ovi IS. -Wi*
she is going out of life. I
The room is bright?not with pictures
or statutes, not. with upholstery, ]
not with my of the gems of mountain s
or of sea, but there is a strange and l
vivid glow in the room?not the light ?
of chandelier, or scar, or noonday sun,
but; somothing that outshines all r>i
them. It must be the presence of supernatural.
From her ill urn i air d fuc 3 c
I think sne must hear sweet voices, i
Yea, she does hear sweet voices? 1
voices of departed kindred, voices i
apostolic and prophetic snd evangelic, t
but all of them overpowered by the i
voice of Christ, saying,, 'Come, ye bless- ?
ed of my father, inherit the kmghom." r
From her illumined face I think she
must hear rapturous music. Yea, she
does hear rapturous music, now soft as ^
solos, now thunderous as orchestras, J
now a siintly voice alone, now the '
hundred and forty and four th ?usaLd
in concert. From her iliumnined face <
I think she must breathe redol^nc-. s
Yea,she does inhale aroma from ulf e f
gardens whose ilowers never wither i
from the blossoms of orchards 1
every tree of which bears twelve t
manner of fruit. From her ,
illu;n:ned face I think she j
must see a glTious sight. Ye3, she
sees the wall that h^s jasper at th* .
base,aod amethyst at th^ top, and bloc J
red rub'.e3 between. G^odby, awett
sr>ul! Why 3houM you long-r stay? ^
iTour work all done; your burdens aJi '
carried; your tears all wept! Forward ?
into the light! Up into tae joy! Out <
into the grandeurs. I
And after you have saluted Christ >
and your KindivG searcn out nira o: j
the palaces of Lebanon cedar and tell :him
that >ou h*ve found to be gion- f
ousiy true what thousand of years ago
he ass-rted in this morning's t?-xf, ?,
"Wisdom is better than rubies." In "
those burcissed palaces of our God ,
may we all m?et, for I confess to you
that my chief desire for heaven is not (
the radiance cr to take t he suggestion ;
of iue text??not <ti6>~-cuji?S?e nce of the
scene. My one idea of heav~jj
place to meet old friends?God, naH
oest friend, and our earthly friends ai- t
ready transported. Aye, to mtet the i
millions to whom 1 have never seen, ?
but to whom I have administered in t
toe gospel week by week tnrough r
journalism on both sides of the se?,ai:d '
throughout Christendom, and through {
many lands yet semibarbaric.
For the last 23 years every blast of
injustice against "me has multiplied
my readers all the world over, and the .
present malignancy printed and utter- ,
fed because our chnrch is in lioancial ?
struggle after having two great struct- J
ures destroyed by fire and we compelled
to build three large churches?I say lr
the present outrageous injustice in
some q .-ters will multiply m> audi- ence
in aiJ lands if I can keep in good (
humor and not fight back. s
A gentleman tapped me on the shoul (
der summer before last on a street of <
E iinburg and said,''I live in the She:- [
land islands, north Scotland, and I ^
read your sermons every Sabbath to an ;
audience of neighbors, and my brother ,
live in Cape Town, and he reads them r
every Sabbath to ah audience of his ,
neiguoors. Ana i uere aau lluw say (
to the 40,000,000 of the earth to whose
eyes these words will come that one of 1
my dearest anticipations is to meet (
them in heaven. Ab, that will be bat <
ter than rubies!
Coming up from different continents (
from different hemispheres, from opprs- <
ite side of the earth, to greet each | other s
in holy love m tbe presence of the glor- <
ious Christ who made it possible for us <
to get there! Our sins a'.l pardoned. ;
ou: sorrows allebanishe, never to weep
never to part, never to die! 1 tell you J
that will be better than rubies. Others ,
may have the crowns, *nd the thrones *
3nd the scepters. Give us our old friend 1
back again, Christ, '-ths friend who I
sticketh close than a brottu.-r," and all 5
the kindred who have gone up from
bereft households, and nil our Iriendswhom
we have never yet seen, and you ,
may have all the rubies, for that will ;
be "better than rubies." ]
Instead of the dying kis3 when they .
looked so pale and wan *nd si-.-k,it v,-.!i .
be ihe kiss of welcora-j on iips jut>ii ?at
with song, while standing on Uoors j
paved with what exquisiteness, under (
ceilings hung with what glory, bounded j ]
by walls facing us with what splendor j,
amid gladness roiling over us with i;
what doxoiygv. Far better, inlinitely j
Detter, everlastingly better tnau rubies, j;
Ax effort is being made to establish}'
the Louisaua State Lottery at Tampa, j;
Fla. Gov. Mitchell has another serious j
matter to deal with, and it is to be ]
hoped he will be more successful! than
he was with the lighters. :
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Vv'.vsiUXGTO.v. rVb. 0 ?Cp.itirT.an
J-uifcmiiigs. or to.: House Naval Coranittrf,
li-ts ccaipic'^d 1 fie remrlt'd of
.fat: c >ajiri!i!"- up.>a la-? flyman res:}"u*jo!\
?"j-cl?rintj the premiums
3aul r"f sp^a'.'t 11 iv u v-ssels are a:t-ss:Ve
-4'- i ffcfekic.2'f'i r"?Tr?in f:jirn*-r
:-i\ inarifs o~: it score.. Mr. Oil innings
p-rfa^-S his n-porn :>y calling
itreiitl.JU tt> th? ?.n:ir Mr. n J'tc:sn
iouer.i ti. secure fne ira ueinate adop,jolj
->i r;?H resolu'ion svitMout retVrenca
i? t he eoaimii'ee. lie says a patim^
rll'.jrc has ye^n .;sa<le t?> u'uarrh fac'.s
.0 warrant no inve Meatiun. Mr. HoJnar
has introducM Mr. J. II lie Syper
h agt nil em a:, of rxcrlient reputation
vh'j h ci fnrri!-s.t-d the Tacts upon which
t? c i??r^es -v-re ins-'!; bn*. *vhea the
; . sjcmitit?- ai'csp'ing Mr Hoima-t's esimar*
cf ?he called for
'iicis noi>e w<jre pirseo'e-i. The witdid
not beJi?*ve that any naval
'Ulcer und \ e-n parry to a corrupt-comHiia'iO'J,
bar bttll' Ve i t'1.4r- i-fie preidmum
U>v was un wise and r va* r^k!ej
rtv-ag-inc-* had brea sa?wa.
app:-~r d that. Mr. Syper k^ew notb ,
fg o!' f>y fra-'.d or 01 oavi construc,;o:i
or tnairje^rio^, but relied upon
lews j.jp r rveorts. lie named experts
vho wouM support uis statements,
.hat the designed engiaat-rs could cal:ulate
f he s teed o< \ 7is?tl within a
I'aarterof a knot, but when one of hem
rLniu.i nnccihii'u /*f
'*00 Vfl'l' U UV V4V Ui? M VA
)reilic itig* the spsrd v/rhiu a krur. or a ,
cuot and a half. Oaef Engineer Mel7il?e
h-:d denied that ?he pr?r.l;e-.i >n :
:ou d be mnde within half a knot hug
jo had other naval experts.
The commit --e foucd that ths charge
hat the i' s / :* were purposely drawn i
o &e..-ure ;.hau the contract speed ,
y<is nor b >r::6 oat and the same was
rueof the dlieiTHt.:on that unusu! an
improper m;uas werv t:s-d to fore.? the ;
r'es3el3 on trui trips, damaging the ,
nachinery. i
The rv -rr next taxes up the question
>f Mr. SyiK-r'i motives iu passiog th< i
:hargrs. It quotes the testimony co
ihow that he declared that he appeared
pro bono publico, a patriot" ana that
:e ha'I deiihd any coac-crn in the inred
ujtion of the lii-tir resjlu'ion pressing
Mr. Holm iq's resolution on the <
a me subject.
Than it quotes Svoer's letter to the i
3rainps .S-p:. 2S.h l ist saving that he
lad important information at their i
ervice: Knd continuing this evidence i
>t ex representative ILizrlton who
l.-oiv 11,. i, ..liiiiir r-> ilnr.mn h#> sat3 it
vas prrparedin Super's otlice in forma- :
iou fur.usa^d >)y 3y? ;r. la further at- i
ack upon the cnaracter of thewitness, j
,he report sa> s: ]
Tbe lltdman prermbleand res3luiioo
were introduced into the House Dec.
:3. On his tirst appearance btfore the j
loaimitiee Mr. Syper was asked; "Did
ou prepare a copy ui cbar. resolution ?" i
ills reply was, "Xo sir." He wa3 (
hau asked whether be had knowledge i
if ihe resolution before its introduced
lis reply was, "Yes, sir; I haJ knowedge
anu that resolution probably or;- ;
nnats-d from the suggestions maae by- 1
ne based upou th-se newspaper artiles."
l'utber alo^g, be was asked, :
Didyou firmer the resolution?"
lie replied, "VVfjv? It is not my
:hlld."
He wasagain asked, "You aid nor
jrenareor caused it to ue prepared?"
Elis reply w?s, "I did nor. prep ire it,
but I had a talk with Judge Holrnan ;
leveral times and showed Lim tbese
lewspaps: arilcies and gaye this infor- (
i.'C*UUU.
TTas h? Cr.1z7.or Anjjiy?
Brooklyn, Feb. li.?A sensation
u the very "large an kinds was created
his morning in S-. Paul's R iman Cathoic
Church, the oldest consecrated church
u Brooklyn. I1, arose trom an attack
spoa the pai'-or o? the church, the Ilev.
Villisai J. Hili, at the very siens 01' the
lUar bv iiis assistant, the Rev. Dr. IVick
V. iicDona!ed The trouble occur ed
at the 10 o'clock Mass wi:ea 'he
urch was crowded vrth worshipers.
bV-bsr IIII :s about 5."' . jars of a^e. aud
r. was uuder his succ-*sstul administraion
that the parish has bee-i f;etd from
JebL, and w\s consecrated some years ,
i?0. D*. McDonildca'ae to the parish
rom Ne-vark, X. J., and wa3 originally
rom the diocese of Cloyne, Cork, Ire
add. lie is a highly educated man, his (
ravelled widsly, and it is paid has once
>r twice beert in ecciesiadcal trouble,
le hod staed to Father Ilill, it is said,
siit he had sufl'ered troin soueaiag or toe |
jiaiD. He is of powerful ph\<:qu?,
vs'fbioi about 250 pou'ids. I).-. Ale
[).>ria'd had been a.ipoini-d b? Filhe.r
I 1 to cwie'orale M .?.< a* 10 o'clock and
ils'T- the High Mass at 11. During tbt. ,
;<:lobi?Lioa r f t! e icrmr-r the whorsbip- 't
)srs were auazed to see Dr. McDoaaid
pprosch Father Kill, who (fi'eredto .
issi.-r, "it the c Koration, and strike turn
i vioie;:: blow, kii'.cg the ins-O? o ihe
lo'-r. 13 ;f :re F.Dtr Hill could arise
L>r. McDona'd c^.ois to u:e ohanoel rail,
Uid, geaticulaii ir wHd:y. -exclaimed that ,
:here had te^n a consi.irncv between ,
Father Hill and Bishop McD >na!d to
I five hiai fro:?: the -/bess*. He then
.uroed ard agaia a^auit.ed F^her 11:11.
The rcfishioners fina-iv iuslie l fv-r vard (
Kid held him unnl the arrival oi officers,
irfwas subs'qjcntJy. taken to 81. i'ev
.r'a 11 !3pi'.a! focjicjiaient iucharcc oi :
m cfiber. I . is said tiiaTEe had been
!0ti:ieu I'u the Bishop's secretary
,iiat he at uid not be made a regular
jr'est cf the crcese, au !, this fact
veghed upon his mind. lis ha3 many J
riendi who believe hua to be insane.
aiar* ?r of ?n A.?et Conple.
Knoxvillu. Texn. Feb. 9.?Henry
;noder.v. a^d 9:, aed his wife, age'* 70,
vcre murdered on Tnursdav night, ]
ibouL 8 o'clock, in Union Cou. /, eigh- |
.sen miles from Kuoxvilis. The news
)f tragedy rescue-; ibis place about noon. .
Cno old ^a:i w.ts very wealthy nud was
:aowa to have a iarge sum of roonsv
:oncea!ed abou- his home. His grand- :
id living with him had occasion to go '
>n an errand to the mill near by. lie ;
_ J\ ^ ~ rl ^ C -I r*r i \zr \ moo Ire./!
~ J'-Jl U-IU *T L. Tf KJ UJUCD.WV
ncn ca the outside armed wkh revol- ,
?ers. He spr:m? back, bat a volley was !
iiaci and Snoderiy tell dead. Another '
vas 0re3 and Mr , Saodeily was killed.
Fhe burs ars covered the yuunc man
?ritb their pistols and ordered him to
ind his graccf-'her's money. The boy
pulled the drawers out of the bureau and
:mpticd them in the bed. Finding an
pportumty while taay i*ere searching
or the money he sprang out o( th? door
iscaped to alarm The neighborhood. Afsearching
the I.cut? the burglar?
svu!';e:I two line 'ior=eand escaped :n Lhv
'irccticu o! Knoxviile. It [3 said they j
;ecu;ed only $200. No accural descrip.:ca
cculu be yiv<.n on account of the
. aas'st, but ii;e rohaers were trailed to
wiihia live milts Knoxvilie. It it bv
eved they were city men and may ;>.
jonceaitu somewhere around here* Ti:e
joiice and a force of deputy sheriffs are
scouring the oi;-v aud county.
Tht 'Z7 Were
Kansas City, Mo, Feb. 13.?Reports
received ner^ tod<*y trom Oklahoma
*Qd the Indiaa territory m iRe iv, alj^o
.t certain tnat at lease, thirty lives
tvere less during the great storm of
Sunday. M-tny isol:t'ed honesteads,
where the families were poriy prepared
'or the w'inrtr,ear:COL be n-ard from
lays, and po-sib.y weeks, and mer-s is
reason'o Relieve u:ar, tniriy wm cos |
represent th* total number of the dead.
La Western arsd Southwestern Kansas
there was tireat suirenug aac1 is probable
that in more thanooe bouse dea^l
L?c:dic.; vill some u.-ty be 1'ound. The
tf-orst of the storm v. as rwer in the
Missouri valley toaay, and as it is
growing warmer and is cioudy it is
act ualiKely that the sr;ow will be melted
iuddemy causicg iloods in mauy
streams.
A
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KG.s NCMiNATcD.
W5 ; Opp ?Se 1 D ><bo2 s'-lc N :i 'uc-? ?
A S r>.n: e r>l'x u*v.
J3ii::iixoham, Ala., Feb. 8.?The
>ta:e cjnvratioa of tae Jefferson ian,
Democrats or Kolbites in*! the People's
party '.vas hel-i her^ to day and a fall
St*te ticket nomiaatfd to oppose the i
regular Di*aoor:itic ticker;. ,
The People's party held their Srate
eonventioa this morn'n? at the Winnie
Davis Wizwaxn. A. Longshore presidtd
as chairman. An invitation rcv.s
received from tne Kolbi'.es to j iin the u (
m their convention. I?. was accepted
but no* without some disesssious
Tne Feoplr's parry adopted a pi itform
which endorses the Omaha piat- (
form dec!.inas for an income tax.de- ,
mauds a free ballot and a fajr count
and opposes the repe-il of the 10 per
cent tax ou Sta'e banks.
At noon The K doite delegates came
into the hall and the two conventions
c >mbined into one. Judge Z-ili Gasiou
of lintier County was niide perm men;
chdirm tn.
The following State tiek. t was nomin.ited:
For Governor, Reuben f. Kolb
of M.'f.tgomery; for Secretary of State
J. C. F vjvine of Crenshaw Oo;in'.y; for
Auditor, W. F. B. Lynch el M^coo
0 maty;for Treasurer, T. K. Jones of !
ilale County; for Superintendent cr
Education, J. F Olivei of rail* >oosi
County; for Auorney General, Warren
lieese of Montgomery.
Captain K>lr>, when he came forward
to accept the nomination, was
greeted with loud applause, whica continued
for several minutes. He read a ,
af?eech in which he denounced the Djmoera^y
ana reiterated all nis grievances
against that party from which he
bolted c<.vo years ago. He was follow- ,
ed by F. G. Bowman, J. C. Manning
und others who spoke in the same strain
The convention adjourned until 7
o'clock to night, wnen it reconvened
and adopted a platform. The attendance
was much smaller than had been
expected.
The following is the platform adopted
at to-night's meeting:
1 V?> dftmnnd a free vote and an ,
honest count. j
2. We demand the passage of a contest
law for Slate officers.
3. We demand the tree coinage cf ,
?old and silver on the basis of 16 10 1.
4. We clemanil the expansion of the ,
i-irculwting medium to SoO per capita. (
5 .We protest against tne control of
the circulating medium by corporate ,
enterprises. !
(J. We demand a tariff for revenue
and that the revenue necessary to meet
Jie expenses of the government be (
ra'.sed'so far as possioJe by a tariff on ,
importations and that this tariff be a s
levied as to protec: thelaoorer in the (
mine?, the mills, the snops and on the ,
farms, and their products, against the
labor of foreign countries. ,
7. We demand a national graduated
income tax on salaries or incomes in j
excess of reasonable expenditures of '
the; comforts and necessities ot life. ,
8. We favor more lib eral educational j
facilities for the masses and a better j
and more efficient administration of
the school laws.
9. We demand th-it the convicts shall ;
be removed from the mines. (
10. We demand that the present lien ,
i*W3 be so amended as to give miners <
fti" same benefits accorded to otner ,
Laborers and the enactment of such
laws as-.vili secure t) tnn payment? .
of wt?ges in lawful money semi-month
iy.
11. We favor the creation of the office
of State ins Doctor ot weights and meas
lire*, the election of mine inspectors
and the inhibition of worsing children
under 13 yenrs of age in the mines.
12. We favor the development of our ,
nuteral resources and the upbuilding
of industrial enierpries and to oat end, (
we invite the investment of capital, (
pledging the enactment of such laws
as will afford encouragement and ,
protection to all legitimate invest- |
ments.
The Shenft K lied.
i
Wharton, Texas. Feb. 9.?News
h.as just c >me to town tuat SheriG; '
Hamilton JD;ekson was killed ab"!*.e
to An at 3 o'clock. In company with ;
Sheriff Townsend, of Columbus and
D-puties Hope, Hearatt and Wells they
Lad located Braddock, the murderer o'
Constable Townsend at Weimar, While <
entenns: a thicket on the east side of ,
ihe river, about three mile3 below
Llincbo Grando. Braddock was suddenly
discovered* He be^an riring at close
quarters upon SieirfF Dickson, who was i
killed instantly. Immediately one of ih?
posse ;uado "hort work of Braddoes. i
Hie murderer was shot and killed in an
ustant. Mr. Diek3on was married oaSv
a t^w weeks ago. Braddrck, the dead ;
x Kunn (KTOOrfH for t rCJ} n
ucafcjcitiu*? uuu t^oui uhwau
robbery and killing two nesioas, but ;
relea ed, A ie\ weeks ago he was put,
oft au excci sioa train and tired in?,o it,
for which he was locked up at Weiruar
When Constable Townsend went to teed
him Braddcck cut him to pieces and (
escaped. Constable Hearatt returned .
at 10 o'clock to-night. He reports tnat !
when II. H. Moor?T, who had been h!nd ,
io'^ Braddcck, was called on to butjn- .
tier be fired cn the ofSeers, but without '
elect. They returned the Arc, kiliiui :
Moore. The res'ro who has been sup j
pii'eg Biraddock wiia food was brou^o: ,
in and j ailed.
Djsastioas Scorm.
BeuiLN, Feb. 13.?Reports of loss of
life and damage to property by yester- .
daj's storm*continued to be received
from all parts of the country. Among
the many dispatch received, giving details
of the storm, is one from Hideburs?,
a srnail town in Saxony, one from (
l^cz.in, in Mecklenburg Scnpwerin, ;
onu from Rintein, in Hesse-Xassau,
and cne from Soncterburg, on the south- '
west side of Island sf Alsen, in the
Baltic. At Rsadeburg, a scaffolding
upon which a number of men were
working was blowa down :.nd four of <
the workmen were instantly kiiied.
Some of the other .men who tell with
the scaffolding were injured. At Pen- (
zlio, a house was blown down and all
the inmates were buried in the ruins.
Seven children were either crushed to
death or scaff seated. At liintelc, the
tallchimney of the stove and giass
works was blown over, .Some of the
bricks struck three persons, killing
them instantly. At Sonderburg, a
bridge collapsed and several penons
who were oa it were killed.
Kobberf.
Columbia. S. C., Feb. 9.?Last (
n^hi about 10 o'clock a trio of ne^ro
vagabonds forcibly entered a colored !
u-.nact's house on the farm of General
HamplOD, about four and onehalf miles
Jrom Columbia, and, at the point of a
pistol, be was made to give up all of the
rations he had In his house. They then
marched him out and made him go with
them to the residence of Miss Hampton,
i'here they broke into the store house
and appropriated many things such as
clothing.and groceries. From ihere. not
being satisfied *:th booty obtained, tnev
ciine oacK a cms up ice roau auu urcne
into t ie 3toie houje of Col. John Haskell.
While there a white a?.a on the
place ilicovered them and fired upon
them, but li ey made their escape. The
supposition is thov belong to the lot 0!
new np^roei who have come heie in the
hope ol yetting wortc at the new miil
when it commences business.?Journal.
Ball'd.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. 14.?
Jun:ee Gillespie rendered a decision tor*av
in the preliminary trial el' George
X. Ilensoc, charged -^ith the murder of
Jacob 13. Wert. The justice admitted
the de'endant to bail, placing 'the bond
a'. $10,000. The banker promptly executed
the bond and was released from
custody.
Q'J-iN W EXPncSSID
L*8t? AUisiic I! ti t -? - 1 - :,a:J j
!
Give* Vivi'*.
Eli:or Co!r.nrib::i Roister: Lisbon!
Alliance at 'he re^u'ur meeting, 02 i
Feoru ;ry 10. passed *vo sets of r- so- j
iutions, and revues' that a copy of |
each bj sest to th*- Roister for pub!i 1
catioc. Tiiej areas roilows:
Whereas, certa;n self-constituted;
leaders, who are no* Democrats, arej
undertaking1 to take charge of and con- i
irol the JivffDrm movement in South J
Carolina, and whereas we, the rr.esb^rs
of Th Alliance as we!1 as Democrat*,
promised the people or'! .is S'ate
in IS'JO, tnat w? would "Of disrupt ?-r
Ll'-stro7 tiie Deawentic p r-.y, ao<l upon
which the niic'tiriery or tne puty
was aiiowed to t?c g:v-u to us: now
therefore b^ it res ;:ve1 by the L'soon
A'lianct-:
First., That we mean lo personal [
riisrep-?et <>r want of aSle^i ince to the j
priatMp'ts of th'' Alii me* srhen we
b jldly proclaim that- no third party I
man or LI-publican, whether he is <m |
Allirncemnn or not, or the enter of
'.lie Alliance orgnn or no% need, attempt
to l-'-a; us into revolt; 8g/?.in$t the
Democratic party of this nation or
State, and we protes: as houe?.t rr.ei'
and Democrats against any in'erference
in our faction*! movement from
either Editor Bowden or any man who
is not fully identili-d with the D^no
cratic party of the country.
Second, That we fully endor-e the
agreement as to th'; calling of a March
convention e.ter-n ?nv> Detwe-n Governor
Tillman and Senator Ir;>y, and
will tallow their lerl because wp know
that th-y &*ve beer; true am: iv> - > |
Reformer.*, and no man who is : : :?
of thin Democratic party or who a;!!:!ates
with c,ur opponents shall receive
our countenance or support. Tnia is
piam language b it we mean what we
say.
Whereas some little men of large
ambitions,desiring to briDg themselves
into notice, have been a little too previous
by assuming to speak (from
Wright's Hotel) for the people and to
call on a gentleman (sshose political
fjesignt has failed him, consequently
he has lest the Reform paths) to call a
March convention, therefore b=it r3
solved:
First, That March is rather early to
set out a gubernatorial plant", as only
one M ireh drawing has ever matured.
Second, That we notify the politicians
and would-be leidersshat the people
ure going to tdk-.-i a band in selecting
their public servants this ye ir.
Third, That the people had better o-t
consult ed before anj of their true leaders
are asked to tak<* a back scat.
Fourth, We would aavhethe politicians
to bs car?ful how and what kind
of a slate they m-?ke, as tie people,
being natura'ly clumsy, wouiy be apt
to smash it.
Fifth. We would notify would-be
leaders tfiat the farmers are atteadiDg
to the skimming of the political sor2hum,
and have done some efficient
skimming in the past "..nd w.ll
rcontinue to skim uatii they hive ihDU'-earicit;
Sixth, '.Ye would advise the antis cot
to rejoice too ma ;h over the treachery
o? a r'?w so-called Uef>-ms:r, lor ihey
should remember th-.t t'je in *.iu r-ohoo!
of li-m keep in the rua of the chauoe!,
:?nd only the skipjacks get into shoa:
waters, rnase a splatter and are tusen
in bj h;i-v!*3.
W. L. Cunningham, President.
A. K. Holmes, Secretdry.
Lisbon, Laurens Ojuaty. Feb. 10,1804.
Murdered oy h?? So as.
Mobile. Ala., Fen. 14.?A special to
the llejfis'er frcm St. Stephen's Aia
Says old Has Rodders cf the-Keenton
r.ainhhAphn IVa^h i nortnn firtwnt.v
disappeared oa .January 28. When inquiry
was made his soils. Alien, aged
18, and Benjamin, aged 15, said tie had
gone to Texas. Tin boys bad considerable
mon,jy which they spent freely.
This aroused suspicion, and a searcn or
the premises resulce \ in hading Rodgers'
corpse in a shaiio.v grave under
the kitchen floor. JLJiood on the walls
of the bed room showed where the
murder had been committed. An inquest
was held and a verdict rendered
tnat the death whs caused by blows
from an ax-* by parties unknown, but
Allen and lien j-nam were arrested and
held without bail charged w?.<h killing:
their father. They were lodged in jail
at St. Stephen's today. Th- guards say
that on the way to jail II 'U confessed
that when the murder was eommittfd
he was in the yard, having gone thereto
escape seeing the deed d-me. He heard
the tatal blows and heard his father
?roan three times. Returning and
tindiug nis father dead he asked Allen
why nc ha-i killed him, and Alien re
piled there was noLumg else to do, as
nis father had threatened to do him up
if he did not by next morning ;iad the
new plough line he had 1-jS*.
A li >om<THEjr.
London, Feb. 15.?A Freushmao,
who is supposed to hive been an Auarchist,
was blown almost to pieces ;oaight
in Greta which Park, ^ar by
were, found the fragments of a botile,
which evidently cad contained explosive
material. The park keener heard the report.
of the explosion, which came from
the direction <4 the observatory, and
ti&stoa:&3 ihiihe.% bet found a man :<- ?? imr
ou the flxr,covered wii.ii bwvd. iLs
baud and wrist had been b'ovn a va<\
bis face ;ind body r/ere covered wrh
wounds and there was a g-ipicg wound
in his stcmacb, a portion ot the mteslincs
protruding. K-J was only ably to
jay '"Take ojc ho ne." Where his horns
was could not be learned from the papers
in his pockets and he was therefore
conveyed to tbe Seaman's Hospital. He
died halt an hour after reaching there.
The conjecture of the poiice is that he
stumbled aud fell and in this way caused
the explosion of the contents ot the bottle.
wiich was in his pocket. The man
was about thirty years cfage. English
and French papers found in the man's
pockets showed that he wa3 Martial
Pourdio, a foreign Anarchist. lie was
one of tbe foreign refugees and is belived j
to have been ia London bat a few]
months. What look him to Green which J
P?rk h:is noL haen discovered.
Ma'der^d.
St. Louis, Feb. 14.?A dispatch from
Oklahoma, I. T., sijs that seven persons
were i'ounu dead iu a housa there
It is reported that their threats were
cut, and that the father of the victims
left a nor.esayiug he had murdered his
family to kee[> them from freezing: to
death, adding that ns would commit
saicde. The dispatch says tint 20 persons
had ro 'evh
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GEXEKaL AGSW,<
A Prdi'etotic City.
Mai'imi. Mex. Feb 16? Malvern
V. Crestvoah, an English m:niDg man,
vicii kao*-n throughout S uthwpst Mexico.
arrive-J brre to <Uy from a long over
and journey through the Sierra Madre
M u.'itaios. his srariing point being
(.'uhcin, near Ihe Pacific coast, ia the
S ate of Sinaloa. He claims to have
v-suc'I a f-action o? country never before
visited by a while man of tbe present
..cnc.f.1*1 ini^ 1 Hat Vio ^icr> * larcra
and bdutiful dtcer;ed c>ty. He states
rh t the wonderful c;;v i3 situated about
esgHtv miles w?3t ct Lake Coloiado, in
;hevery recesses ot tbe Sierra Madres.
[i occupies a basin about ten mile* loos;
f>y e;<jt!t oiles *ide. Perpendicular cliffs
su round the basin on all sides, rising to
a height ol hundreds of feet. The only
en'r icce to the city is through a deep cmvon,
which has a width of about SO feet.
Mr Cre*worth states that he stuaabled
iu u the secret entranca quite by accident.
He srives a vivid description of
he deserted city. The buildings, he
s?.ys, arc constructed'. f reduoce blocks.
rt?eajb!:nsi granite. The business blocks
are two and three stores in height, and
are entirely d'ffrrent in architectural
<)e.-i2n from the struc'.ures built by the
Az'.ecs and Spaniards. Tae street* are
very narrow, but are laid ou', in regular
ord?r. In the city is a small park, wh'ch
is overgrown wirh rare floweri and
iropical vegetation. He entered the
business houses end decaying re? idences,
but fouod very little of value except
borne remarkable and strange ornaments
m*ids ofstooe. He believes that the city
was looted at the time that it was de-erted,
whenever that may have been.
No rccords or writings of any kind rrere
* ;und, nor did he see any skeleton that
won d give an iJea a3 to tbe race ofpeop:e
who it one time inhabited the city.
Xonc of the natives of that section of
country had ever heard of the dacerted
city. Mr. Cresworth is making ailigent
inquiry of tbem. Mr. Cresirorth's story
is very startling and remarkable, hat It
is believed by those to whom he has
related his experiences, He will orgo'iwh
on avrv^ition tr> motrft It thnrflOJtb
exploration of the city.
Staits OuC Nakad.
Boston, Feb. 15.?"Paul Jones," a
aauae assumed Dy one of the Boston
Athletic club, why, on a wager, Is going
:o circumnavigate thb glone, starting
without money or clothes, has made hi*
start from the Boston Press club. By
the terms of the bet he must circle the
earth, and he will not be permitted to
beg, borrow or steal. '-Jones's" clothes
were apptal3?d by the committee, and
he returned to a room where he disrobed
in the presence of as many members
of the club and visitors as cared to
pay him 5 cents each. After undreeang.
he sent out and bought with money
he had taken in 11 cents worth of paper
out of which he ingeniously made himself
a suit of clothes for temporary
use. Liter in the evening he sold this
suit at auction to a retail merchant for
$5 He then went to the reading room
of the club, where he gave a shorl entertainment?he
is something of a gen*
ious?and here again he charged an *dm
ssion fee ot 5 cents. By this time be
a<-.d money to buy back his underclothes,
which he did. In giving his
entertainment he had occasion to use a
fe\v trivial articles, which he hired,
from the steward of the club. He
t?ave another entertainment at the club
and from rhe proceeds bought himself
a suit of ciothes. He was treated several
times during the night, and a number
of cigars were given him. Theee
he turned into cash whenever he conld
liQd a buyer. He goes from here to
1'irk where he hoptt to eara
sjtne money bafore leaving for lagoiud.
Pitiful Lament !i>n*.
WiLKESBARRE,Pa., Feb. 13.?An extensive
cdve in occured at the Gaylord
mine of the Kingston Coal Company at
Pij mouth this morning, A large number
of miners and laborers were at
work under a section of the roof which
has ior some time been considered weak
without cny warning whatever, thi
roof, consisting of rock and coal, fell in.
It is nut known as yet whether any
of the men were killed outright, but it
is known that thirteen of them are
hemmed in in one of the gangways.
Tneair supply is now shut off and the
chance of living for any length of time
is very small. An army of rescuers are
ha:<j at work trying to reach the entombed
men. The relatives of the men
shut in the mine are gathered about the
nia na or>r? their la.mAntJit.fnna
are pitiful. The section of the mine, in
which the men are imprisoned, Is a
portion of the Baltimore vein, which at
this point is very thick, and they were
engaged in placing large timers as a
prop and support for the roof.
Too Many wires.
Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 15.?A
special to the Times-Union fromOcala
Fia., says: Several months ago Frank
Jenkins of Valdosta, Ga. eloped with a
youog woman of that piace, deserting
his wife and babies. Jenkins and his
paramour came to Lake Weir, Fla.,
where they passed as Mr. and Mr*.
Denkins. Denkins soon deserted the
young woman and came to Ocala,
where he ingratiated himself into the
affections of Miss Myra Frencher, a
highly respected young lady, and married
her. Today Denkens, alias Jenkins
was recognized by a gentleman from
Valdosta, and he immediately fled. His
latest wife has sworn out a warrant for
bigamy.
DeaUi ol Representative StMelza.
J ones ville, Feb. 10?Capt, John R.
Jeffries died here this morning. Capt
Jeffries has been to Columbia to attend
a meeting of the board of trnstaee of
vJemson College, and waa taken sick
here on his return. He suffered intensely
for a week with blood poison, contracted
in nursing a sick son after having
a finger hurt on a wire ftnee
Capt. Jeffries was a member of -ho
Legislature from this county, and State
lecturer of tha Farmers' Alliance.
Many old soldiers in Kershaw's brigade
willrecollect him from Manassas to
Appomattox.
Fianora acd Organs.
Now is the time to buy summor plan
825 cash balance November 15th 1SW.
Will buy a mno at spot casn pn?e 3io
cash, balance November 15fn 1868
Will bay a organ at spot cash pric?.
See the list to choose from. Steinway,
Mason & Hamlm, Mathushek and Stirling
Pianos, Mason & Hamlin and
Stirling Oralis. Fifteen daya Uet
trial and freight both ways if n*t ?atiafactory.
A large lot of nearly new and
second hand Pianos and Organ* at bargains.
Good as new. Write for prlwi
W.NMVjmo. Columbia, S. C.
^IORE.
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'ATS FAIR,-5K)VE5?BER|8, 1893.
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ALSO MADE TO US
FOR TYPEWRITER'S*
SUPPLIES.
Y Agents Wanted.
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COLUMBIA C. S I
What Will Become of Parvls.
Jackson. Miss., Feb. 14.?Attorney
General Johnston, in the name of the
State, has made a motio-i in the Supreme
Court in tne case of Wiii Purvis
to have the question settled ia order to
hare a new sentence passed either by *
the Supreme Court or Circuit Court, a* %
the Supreme Court may see proper to
determine. The motion will be present- .
?d to the Supreme Court next Mondav.
Section 3467 provides that tne sentence
of the Supreme Court in all criminal!
cases brought before it shall be executed
in like manner as if passed by
the court in which the prosecution or
lgmatea, wnne secuon i-ioi proviues
tbat the mode and manner in whch the
Circuit Court may resentence a convict
where the conTict has not been executed
according to the original judgment of
the court, ond this provides that the
convict shall be brought before the Circuit
Court on a writ of habeas corpus.
The question which aris^e is whether
thiscass, in which the sentence v. as
not executed by the sheriff was pronounced
by the Supreme Court and where
tha sheriff was acting under the mandate
of the Supreme Court, comes
within the terms of Section 1451 and
whether it is a case proper for the Circuit
Court to award the new sentence.
The whole nutter can be realily determined
on this motion by the Supreme
Court and the proper direction
f lren by the oourt In the premises. Exhausted
inquiry confirms the belief
heretofore telegraphed that Purvi will
be dealt with under Section 1451, Code
ofl8C2,that the Supreme Court bas
aothing to do with the case and tbat it
will be so stated.
* * iv"-7? FATS THE FRE1G81 . r
\?j :"itrercs Prices for Goods ]
.Has to and Sse What Yeo Cm Sail
1 ' 8ZX
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v.. _/.v, .i w.^h. f?p.\ UJ
iT4arass
ail p,ric^a.
J. $69?r,f?~$37
Just to introduce Ihvrn.
jj| So freig'it njiid on this Orgjgfj
g?n. Ouaranieed to us a
jppj| p^cd1*411 0r ruoncy r?"
iTlrjHwil Plush PARLOR SI" ITS, consisting
<c &-Sr, Arm <-hxir, Rocking Cn.-ilr, Divan
as*i 2 nidt tlfciirs ?worsii $4-5. Will delivet
it to your 'Jfcpot for $33,
... This No.}
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with 21 >v
lEref^lfl
* to year
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IS"*? only ^2
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pnceilg.
i?6 ETSSW ]?iCESa
via A *tt*r$x??enLs. for Owssgai.
CM LY $*8.50
deflnroed toyo'irdepot.
^C$Sl?*s8^^^onsr3. ~ ~?
?fc? mauuC-.-r-tBrer pays all V^fS
fca?x]? i:v* xod I Nfcll them ^8
o rev for 642.73- B/jSJ
wa flo*mo.tee every one a
SnSWg r"'g ^
A $eso ?:>55
T-lui Irr olfc?loge<s of Furniture, CooJcing
R*k^ <ks by Carriages, Bicycles, Organs, Pi W.
Tia ?? ?. Dinner Sets, Lamps, <tc.. and
2U.1TE HOKSY- Address
L.r.PADGBTT
Machinery
- ^
Commission ?
Agents.
o
Witk a view to mutual advantage, we
invito *11 parties who intend buying Jmaefaiaery
to correspond with U3 before piac- \ '
lag their orders. We are confident or our
ability to tare money to our customers, ana
e&ly ask toe pportunity of proving the
faet. A
Besides machinery of iall kinds,, we
deal largely In Buggies, Wagons, ana otfeer 49
renlelet. Write to us.
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Xice .Planters and Rice Millers can
buv a ?lngle machine that will clean,
hull aad polish rice ready for market
for $380.00.
Corn Millers can buy the best French y
burr mill, m iron frame, fully guaran- j
[teed, capacity ten bushels meal per m
fcour, tor Sllo.00. m
vSaw Millers can buy the variable ^
; iiicnoa ieea ua-Lioacii Jim irom / jL
S1S0.00 ud to the largest sizs. /^H
I Also Gang Rip Saws, Edgers, Swi^r /A
Saws, Planing Machines, and all kinds r ^
of wead working machinery.
"Talbott" Engines and Boilers.'
Special discounts made for cash. ^Hj
?. C. BADSAM, 7 I
COLUMBIA. S.C,