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v; IP Makes mam RiGHT. ? DR. TALMAGE SAYS CHRISTIAN ^YJS REVOLUTIONARY. Nit a KfC s?S laateclilfy. b: t a Eobc?t FoiceforEet c Ior ;1 e "Woild Bel'sion i? Not Pete-, bit Vfi!l be th* Final Rosol% Tbis discourse o Dr. Talrrsge is revolutiocary for seed in families aid churches nrd nations and especially c-pprcpriate fcr these timts; text, Acts xvii, 6, "These that have turned 9 tfce wcr'd upside down, are come hitbfr also." Tters is a wild, bellowivfr mob around the^ hcuse cf J*son in Thessa We do tot wist* to hide the fi.ct that Christianity is revolutionary aid thai its tender, cy is to turn the world up side down. Our religion has often been misrep resented as a principle of teare and mildness and fastidious nets, afraid of crossing people's prejudices, afraid of making somebody mad, with silken gloves lifting the people up from the church pew into glory, as though they were Bohemian glass, so very delicate that with one touch it may be demolished forever. Men speak of religion as though it were a refined imbecility, as though it were a spiritual chloroform, that the people were to take until the sharp cutting of life were over. The Bible; so far from this, i^Q vaIWAW rtf QC *A. icpiJLUV iwigxvu w* w *vbust and Drawny?ransacking and up setting 10,000 things that now seem to be settled on firm foundations. I hear some man in the house say, "I thought religion was paace." That is the final result A man's arm is out of place. Two men come, and with great effort put it back to the socket It goes back with great pain. Then it goes well. Oar world is horribly disordered and out of joint. It must come under an omnipotent surgery, beneath which there will be pain and anguish bsfore there can come peifect. m health and quiet. I proclaim, there- i fore, in the name of my Lord Jesus Christ?revolution. The religion of the BibJ^ wili make a revolution in the family. Those thino* that. arpi wrnnc in the familv circle will be overthrown by it, while justice ana harmony will take the place. The hu?band will b3 the head of the household only when he is fit to be. I know a man who spends all the money he make 3 in drink as well as all the money that his wife makes, " and sometimes sells the children's clothes for rum. Do you tell me that he is to be the head cf that household. If the wife have more nobility, more courage, more consistency, more cf - ? all that is right, she shall have the supremacy. You say that the Bible sajs that the wife is to be subj3ct to the huaband. I know it, but that is a husband, not a masculine caricature. There is no human or divine law that makes a woman subordinate to a man unworthy of her. When Christianity comes into a nomestic circle, it will give the dominancy to that one who is the most worthv of it. As religion ccmes in at the front door, mirth and laughter will not go out of the back door. It will not hop Ele the children's feet John will lugh just as loud and George will jump higher than he ever did before. It will s'ial from the little ones neither b; U nor bat nor hoop nor kite. It will establish a family altar. At gels will hovtr over it. Ladders of light will reach down to it The glory of heaven will steam upon it The books of remembrance will record it, and tides of everlasting blessedness will pour from it. Not such a family altar as you may have seen where the prayer is long and a long chapter is read, with tedious explanation, and the exercise keeps on until the children's knees are sore, and their backs acbe, and their patience is lost, and for the seventh tim9 they have count p/} all t'ria rounds in Ihft rhai* hut T mean a family altar iueh as may have been seen in your father's hous9. You may have wandered far off in the paths of sin and darkness, but you have never forgotten that family altar where father and mother knelt importuning God for your soul. That is a memory that a man never gets over. There will be a hearty, jojful family altar in every domestic circle. You wiilnot have far to go to find Hannah rearing her Samuel fcr the temple or a grandmother Lois instruc ting her young Timothy in the knowledge of Chris;, or a Mary and Martha and Lsza>us gathered in fraternal and sisterly affection, or a table at which Jesus sits, as at that of Ziccheus, or a home in which Jesus dwells, as in the house of Simon the tanner. The religion of Jesus Christ, coming into the domestic circle, will overthrow all iealousness, ali ianglings, and neace and order and holiness will take pos session of the home. Again, Christianity will produce a revolution in commercial circlesFind me 50 merchants, and you find that they have 50 standards'of whai is right and wror-g. Yen say to some one about a merchant, "Is he honest?" "Oh, yes," the man says, '"he is hon est, but he grinds tha faces cf his clerks!" He is honest, but he exaggerates the value of his goods. He is honest, fcui he loans money on bond and mortgage with the understanding that the mortgage can lie quiet for ten years, tut as so an as he gets the mortgage he records it and begins a foreclosure suit, and the sheriff's writ comes down, and the day of sale arrives, and away goes the homestead, and the creditor buys it in at half price." Honest? When he loaned the money, he knew that he would get the homestead at half pries. Honest? But he goes to the insurance office to get a policy on his life and tells the doctor that he is well when he knows that for ten year* he has had but one lung. Eon est? Though he sells property by the map, forgetting to tell the purchaser that the ground is all under .water, but it is generoos 1o iiim to do that, for he throws the water into the bargain. I saw in some paper an account of a church in Boston in which, it is said, there were a great many plain people. The next week the trustees of that church came out in thep3perand said it was not so at all. ' l&ey were eleg&rt pfep'e sxd highly conditioned people liat yrtrt there,' Xnnl: laughed ?>ut?lght, tsd when I laugh I : laugh ?ery loudly. . ''Those people," I said, "are afraid of the sickly sent! mentality of the churches." Now, i my ambition is not to preach to you i so much. It seems to me tnatycu must ba faring sumptuously every day, and the marks of comfort are all about you. You do not need the gos pel half as much as do some -who never come here. Rather than be priding myself on a church in front of which there shall halt 50 splendid equipages on the Sabbath day I would have a church up to whose gates there should come a lorg procession of the suffering, and the stricken, and the dyiDg, begging for admittance. You I do not reed the gcspel so much as they. You have good things in this life. Whatever may be your future destiny, you had a pleasant time here. But those dying populations of whicn I speak, by res son of their 3 ?X--. want ana suueriDg, wusicvw w their future destiny, are in perdition now, and if there be any comfort in Christ's gospel for God's sake give it to them! Revolution! The pride of tbe church must come down. The exclusiveness of the church mftst come down ! The financial boastings of the church must come down! If monetary success were the chief idea oi the church, tnen I say that the present mode of condust ing finances is the best. If it is to see how many dollars you can gain, then the present mode is the best. But if it is tbe saving of souls from sin and death and bringing the mighty populations of our cities to the knowi edge of Q-cd, then I cry revolution ! It? is coming fast. I feel it in the air. 11 hear the rumbling of an eartfcquaie that shall shake down in one terrific crash the arrogance of our modern Christianity. The sea is cohered with wreek3, and multitudes are drowning. We come cut with the church lifeboat, and the people begin to clamber in, and we shout: ''Stop! stop! You must think it costs nothing to keep a lifeboat. Those seats at the prow $1 apice, these in the middle 50 cents and these seats in stern 2 shillings. Piease to pay up else flounder on a little longer tilJ the mission boat whose work is to save you penniless wretches shall come n:/?!r Trmi nn Wfl SRVft Hiiu j-?; V -ft JN/V*. . . w ? . ^ only first class sinners in this beat." The talk is whether Protestant churches or Roman Catholic churches are coming out ahead. I tell ycu Protestants, this truth plainly?that until your churches are as free ss the R:> man Catholic cathedrals they will beat you. In their cathedrals the millionaire and the beggar kneel side by side. And until that time comes in our churches we cannot expect the favor of Gcd cr permanent spiritual prosperity. .Revolution! It may he that before the church learns its duty to the masses God will Ecourge it and come with the whip of omnipotent indignation an/} rf-riTTA out th? mrvnp.v r?h sneers. j It may be that there is to be a great day of upsetting before that time shall come. If it must come, 0 Lord Gad let it come now! ( i la that future day of the reconstructed church of Christ the church building will be the most cheerful" of all , buildings. Instead of the light of the sun strained through painted glass until an intelligent auditoiy locks green and. blue and yellow and copper colored, we will have no such things. The ' pure atmosphere of heaven will sweep out the fetid atmosphere that has been kept in many of our churches based up from Sunday to Sunday. The day of wliich I speak will be a day of great revivals, 'i'nere will De such a time as there was in the parish of Shotts, where 500 souii were bora God in one day?sush times as were seen in this country when Edwards gave the alarm, whenTennent preached, and Whitfield thundered, and Edward. Payson prayed; such times ss some of you remember in 1857, when the voice of prayer and praise was heard in theater and warehouse and black smith shop and factory and engine house, and the auctioneer's cry of "a half, and a half, and a half," was drowned out by the adjoining prayer meeting, ia which the people ; cried oi\t, "Men and brethren, what shall wis do?"' Ia those days of which I am speak in? the services of the church of God will be more spirited. The ministers of Christ, instead of being anxious | about whether they are going to lose | their place in their notes, will get on fire with the theme and pour the liv- ( lng truth of God upon an aroused auditory, crying out to.the righteous, 1 "It shall ba well with you," and to 1 the wicked: "Woel It shall be ill . with you." In those days the singing ' will he very different from what it is now. The music will weep and wail ! and chant and triumph. People then j will not be afraid to open their mouths when they sing. The man with a cracked voice will risk it on "Wina ham" and "Ortonville" and ''Old , Hundred." Grandfather will find the pkcs for his grandchild in the hymn; ; book, or the little child will b9 specta- ; cles for the grandfather. Hosanna : will meet hosanna and together go , climbing to the throne, and the angels . will hear, and God will listen, and the gates of heaven will hoist, and it will j be as when two seas meet?the wave of earthly song mingling with the ' surging anthems of the free. Oh, my God, let me live to see that { day! Let there be no power in disease or accident or wave of the sea to dis appoint my expectations. Let all other sight fail my eyes rather than ' that I should miss that vision. Let all other sounds fail my cars rather than that I should fail to hear that sound. I want to stand on the mountain top to catch the first ray of the < dawn and with fljing feet bring the ' r>aire ArsH r?V? rrA < clattering hoofs that bring on the King's chariot may we all he ready, I with arches sprung and with hand on J the rope of the bell that is to sound the victory, and with wreaths all twisted for the way, and when Jesua < dismounts let it be amid th9 huzza! i huzza! of a world ledeemed. Ah, my friends, thera is but cce ' standard cf the everlasting right aad of the everlasting wrong, and that is j the Bible and when that principle shall get its upon cur commercial j: houses I believe that one ha.'f of them : will go over! The ruin will begin at ! one-end cf the street and it -will be crash! crash! crssh all the way down to the docks. "What is the matter! Has there been a fall in gold, "ob, no. "Has there been anew tariff?' "No." "Has there teen a failure in crops?" "No." "Has there been an unaccountable panic?" "No." This : is the secret: The Lord God has set 1 up his throne of judgment ia the ex charge He has summoned the righte ! ous and the wick'd tn ccrne fcef<.r.? him. What was 1837? A day of judgment! What was 1857? "A day 1 of judgment! What was the extreme depression of two years age? A day of judgment! Do you think that God ; is going to wait until he has burned : ! the world up before he rights these ! 1 wrongs? I tell you, nay! E70ry day . | is a day of judgement. The fraudulent maa niles up his ! j gains, bond above fcond, United States securitv above United States security, ; emolument above emolument, until hie property has bccDme a great pyra- 1 mid, and as he stands looking at it he thirksitcan never be dest: oyed, but the Lord Grod comes and withhis little iss^taiAs^ ^ssssss^sbssss^ Gn?er pushes it all over-. You build a house, and ycu put into it a rotten beam A mechanic stacd ir.g by says: "It vrill rever do to put thst beam in. It w II ruin your whole buiJdiBg.5' But you put it in. The house is completed. Boon it belies to reek. You call in mechanic and ask: t.-rm. _i. i_ ??.;.v wnai IS liiO UUlllcr ?'Hii iuia uuui I What is the matter with this wall? Everything seems to be giving out." Sajs the mechanic, 4,You put a rotten beam into that structure, and the whole thing has got to come down." Here is an estate that seems to be all right now. It has bee.* building a great many years. But 15 years ago there was a dishonest transaction in that commercial house. That one dishonest transaction will keep on work ing ruin in the whole structure, until down the estate will come in wreck and ruin about the possessor's ears? one dishonest dollar in the estate de oil Viio noccscctnna T hftVft niuii^iim^ (til ^ seen it again and again, and so have you. Here is jour money safe. The manufacturer and yourse'f only know how it can be opened. You have the key. You touch the lock, and the ponder ous door swings tack. But let me trll you that, however ?rmly barred and bolted your money safe may be, ycu cannot keep Gcd out. He will come some day into your counting room, and he will demand: "Where did that note of hand come from? How do you account for this security ? Where (I'd .you get that mortgage from? What does this mean?" If it is all right, God will say: "Well done, good and faithicsl ser7ant. Be prospered in tbis world. Be happy in th e wcrld to come." If it is all wrong, he will say: "Depart, ye cursi'd. Ba miserable for your ini quitiss in this life, and then go down and spend your eternity with thieve* and horse jccieysand picitpccxeis " You have an old photograph of the signs on jour street. Why have these signs nearly all changed within the last 20 years? Does the passing away of a generation account for it? Oh, no. D:es the fact that there are hun dreds of honest men who go down every jearacccuut for it? Oh, no. This is the secret: The Lord God has been been walking through the cjnimerclal streets of our great citie?, and he has been adjusting things accord icg to the principles of eternal rectitude. The time will ecme when, through the revolutionary power of this gospel, a falsehood, instead of being call<d exaggeration, equivocation or ? ? n i? T ?i--J ~ i;*? CVas.iUU, Will ld ur&uucu a lie, <uju stealicgs that now sometimes go under the head of percentages and commissions and bonuses will be put into tbe catalogue of state prison cffdnses I Society will be turned inside out and upside down and ransacked of God's truth until business- dishonesties shall come to an end, and all double dealing, ana God will overturn and overturn and overturn, and commercial men in all cities will tbrow up their bands, crying out, "These that have turned tbe worM upside down are come hither." Tbe religion of Jesus Christ will produce a revolution in cur churches. The noncommittal, do nothing policy of tbe church of God will give way to a spirit of bravest conquest. Piety in this day lesms to me to be salted down just so as to keep. It seems as ii the cnurchwere chiefly anxious to take care of itself, and if we hear of want and equator and heathenism outside we say, "What a pity I" and we put our hands in our pockets, and w#>i fppl a-nund for a 2 cent Diece. and with a great flourish we put it upon the plate and are amazed that the world is not converted in six weeks. Suppose there were a great war, and there were 300 0C0 soldiers, but all of those 300,000 soldiers, excepting ten men, were in their tents or scouring their muskets or cooking rations. You would say, 1'0! course defeat must come in that cass." It is worse than that in the church. Millions of the professed soldiers of Jtsus Christ are cooking rations or asleep in their tents, while only one man here and there goes cut to do battle for the Lord. "But," says some one, "vre aie establishing a great many missions, and think they will save_the masses." No; they will not .b'ive nunarea thousand of them will not do it They are doing a magnificent work, but ev<ry mission chapel is a confession of the disease and weakness of tiie church. It is making a dividing line tetwcen Ifce classrs It is saying to the licfci and to the *eli conditioned. ' If you can pay your pew rents, come to the main auciince room." It is saying to the poor man: "Your cost is too bad and yourshoes are not good eEOugh. If ycu want to get to heaven, you will have to go by the way of the mission chapel " The miss ion chapel has become the kitchen, where the church does its sloppy work. There are hundreds and thousands churches in this country? gorgeously built and supported?that sven on bright acd sunshiny days srj cot half full of worshipsrs, and yet Lhey build mission chapels, because by some expressed or implied regula tion the great masses of the people are k* p'. out of the main audience room. h?ai:t and mine. Sin must go down, 3ur pride must go down, our worldli ? pk,;O? m QTT 1 LitSv JjUUSL gu uunu, iua> uungiw^j Mme up. Revolution! ' Except a mati be borne again, he cincoisee the kingdom of God." Why not now let the revolution begin ? Not next Sabbath, but now. Not tomorrow, when pou go out inio commercial circles, but now. Archias, the magistrate of Thebes, *as sitting with many mighty men, irinking wine. A messenger came in, bringing a letter informing him of a 3on:spiracy to end his life and warning bim to flee. Arcbias took the letter; but, instead of opening it, put it into kio o-T-rl CQlH to fVlft m PSCAn CrPiT* Li to ;AfVftOW MUM fcvr who brought it, ,lBasiae.cs tomorrow." The nexi day he died. Bjfore he apened the letter the govern ment was captured, fi'hen he read the letter, it was toa late. Today I put into the hand of every mm and woman who hears or reads these words a message of life. I: says, ' Todav, if ye will nesr his voice, harden not your heart." Dj not put away tlie message acd say, 4 Tiais business to ccorrow." Thi3 night thy soul may be required cf thee! A Warning* To the Editor of A few days ago I got information of fm effort ia my district to collect membership fees in an alleged Partners 3ecret Organization Comoany with head-quarters at Columbia, S C This company, it is alleged, was originated by tbe Cotton Convention represent icg ?he ntire cottcn belt In consid eration of the fee and tbe promise on the part of the farmer to cut down bis cotton acreage, the companv guarantees 10 cents for cotton in 1S99 and irdemnity to the farmer. 1 have made an investigation and want to say to the farmers* that no such organ:zUion has been authorize by any Cotton Convention. Any claim of that sort is an imposition and without the ucs - l.j.u c ai- a ~ ^^ biUiiiby ui u^LLK, n*. oiuji/ar c JLL JI W may be going oil in other districts and states, I desm it my duty to expose it through the public press. J. Wm. Stokes. Washington, P. C., May 4, 1S98. CROP CONDITIONS. THE WEEK-Y BULLETIN OF THE PRESENT SEASON What Yonrg Ciopt s. e Doicg-Wl at the ObaeiT6r? A 1 Omtv.e S ate K poit to fieu <n?rter? -Tn- ln'O m*llon OoniOil<Jat?d. The following is the weekly bulletin Ox* the condition cf the weather and crops of the Stat as issued Tuesday from the United States weather bureau here: The week opened "with seasonable warmth, but by the middle ef the week the temperature fell to almost fretz'rg over the central countier. Ice was, indeed, reported, from various points and as far southward as Hampton and Barnwell counties, with heavy white fro^t on the morning cf April 28.h over the Stite generally, including the vicinity of Charleston. On that morning the temperature was as low, or lower, than the previous re cords of the weather bureau, extending over a period of 11 years, show for the third decade of April. TUa (. i i. i .Luc v;uiu wottuicr uiu uub laab iuU? and the week ended with temperatures considerably above the normal, The average of 43 pJacei reporting mean temperaujre was 58 for the week while the normal for the same period is approximately 68. The temperature ranged between a minimum of 34 on the 23th at 8a. tuc and Little Mountain and a maximum of 90 on Hay 1st at Batesburg. The old, heavy rain cf April 20. 27ih was general over the State, and in places accompanied by high winds, sleet and hail. Jn the southeastern portions of the State the rain was ne? ded, and in the vicinity of Charleston more would prove beneficial, but generally this rain fell on an already saturated soil, causing minor creeks and branches to overflow, and in Edgefield ccunty damaging lands washing them. Considering the area and typographical diversity of the Qf f U A i vi 11 mAn wAmnvIrA U1a //\? kjwatc, buc XOIJUL AXX rfoa icmaiaauic iUi even distribution. Four places only, out of 47, reported amounts of less, than one itch; 12 of from 1 to 2 inches 19 of from 2 to 3 inches; and 12 with 3 irches or more. The foJlowiDg excessive measurments were reported: Mont Clare 4 00, Oakland 5 25; AJcolu 5 50, Shiloh 5.25iocnes. The average for the State was 2 37 and the normal for the same period is anproximately 0.78s The sunshine averaged 74 per cent, of the possible. The prevailing winds were frcin northwest to northeast generally cold and at times high and were an important factor in making the weather unfavorable on crop3. All correspondents, without excep tion, characterize the past week as having been unfavorable on the growth of crops, by reason of too rain nr Ir?w fpmnprdtll'ps nr both as the bad effects of high winds in pkces. Little progrtss was made in planting corn and germination of recently planted corn is slow. It is coming up to irregular stands, although some sections report fair stands. Much re- i planting is necessary and worms are damaging corn bidly in placss. The cool weather caused it to look yellow i and checked its growth. Eitly corn1 is receiving its second cultivation. Some bottom lands have been planted, but the recent rains made them too wet. and stopped planting operations on them. The recent frost did not ki'l any corn. Bice seeding is practically completed for early planting, but the cool weather injured the stand and vitality of the young plants which was made during the week. Transplanting of tobacco is nearly finished in the more southerly di3 tricts and is well under way in Marion and Marlboro couniies. The ground is in good condition in regard to mois ture, but too cdoI for the young plants. It jury from cat worms is also reportel. Melons were killed by the frost of the 28th, in places, and badly set back everywhere. The reports indicate a very poor stand of melons and point to a late crop. The fruit outlook i3 on the whole very promising, a few localities only report total destruction by the frost ia early April, while a few scattered re ports indicate that peaches and plums j are dropping badly. The frost of the week did no injury to fruit First crop ) of figs evidently destroyed. Heavy shipments of strawberries from Fior- j ence, Marion, Darlington and Marl- j boro counties were msda this week, j Oata continue to look promising, ex - j cept in Jeffries Creek section, where j they are a failure Wheat is heaiiDg j and growing nicely, although some- j what jellowed by the cool weather. Pastures have improved rapidly. GUr- J dens are later than usual, but are | yielding early vegetables enough to supply local demands over the whole State. Farm work is well up to the requirements of the varicu3 crop3. J. W. Bauer, Station Director, Columbia, S. CWhat I< Cora. The battleships of modern times are a necessity to any great nations which intends to maintain its rights and pro ICC b 1W3 luocmus UU< bJLIQXJL UCftV V. An outlay of somathinglike $5 000,000 is required to construct and equip a ship which would take high rank in any modern navy. After such a ship is coaiplete the expense of maintaining it is very heavy. This item for each of our big battle ships is now about $1,500 a day evea when they do no firing. The daily expenses of our navy are now over $50,000 a day. The total annual expenses ol a fii*st ova aotinrtotc/) o4- . ^IOOO oxo ^.ouiuav^u ab ^>ux?, COO, divided as follows: Pay of officers,ere* and marines....$326 003 ; Rations 48 U00 Equitment 12 000 Navigation charges 6 000 Ordnance 18 000 Construction and repairs 13 000 Steam, engineering 32 100 General supplies 14 000 . Medicine, surgery, secretary's office and incidental expenses 78 000 The c:>st of ammunition used during an engagement is immerse but it is of course impossible to estimate this in calculating the expense of a navy. Repairs to warships, cruisers and other craft even iu time of peace is large, but after every engagement it is necessarily immense, evan for the viuiur. War on a modem basis is a ler ri5c absorber of mon^y and there never was a time when the importance of morej as a factor in war was anything like as great as it is now. A Scrarce One. Mary Powers, a young Konan of Milton, Pa., was put under the influence of ether, about ten days ago to have a tooth pulled out. Physicians were able only to arouse her for a time, and the next day she fell into a trance that lasted for forty eight hours. When she came cut of it she predicted that a well known I man of that t wn would die at 6 o'clock ! I that night, and he did. ! CUR S^DiERS !f< vVi R. Ecir 1h<y Are ClcthsC and "&fl it Tb?y A?? Or. Ii wiil be interesting to many to know bow our soldiers fare while in active service The ration of a scldier UEder the army regulations is as follows: Fresh beef 20 ounces, or pork or bacon, 12 ounces: flour or soft bread' 18 ounces, or hard bread, 16 ounces, or beans or peas. 2 2 5 ounce?, or rice or hcminy, 13 5 ounces- potatoes or onions cr canned tomatoes, 16 ounces; ccffee, green, 13 5 ources, or c< If^e, roasted, 1 7 25 ounces, or tea, 8 25 ouec^s: su gar, 2 2 5 ouncts; vkegar, 8 25 ??allocs ; soap, 16 25 ources; salt, 16 25 ounces; pepper, 1 25 ounces, candles, 6 25 ounces. To cook these rations there are camp kettles and mess pans carried by the ortl/4 o y-% r? aitnaw fi ra A w aau uic iiuua vx zacat ovens, lar?e rcetal ovens, easily transported, bat carried on wagons The fire irons are wo upright rods four feet high, with a six-foot rod across in a horizontal position, fasten td tc hooks at the ends of the uprights, Oq tee horizontal oar iron S hoo'js are *u p?ndtd and from these kettles hang ov<.r tne fire. Eich soldier tas a meat can 6x5 inches in ov?tl shape, 1-j inches thick. It is compcsfd of two parts clamped together. They may be taken apart and used ai frying paas, in case ihe soldier gets separated from the larger u'.easils. Ia his haversack the soldier carries two days' rations and a knife, fork and spoon, and strapped over him he takes a blanket. Ia his belt he carries two hundred rounds of ammunition. The uniforms also are a matter of interest, xs they are emirely different from anything heretofore in use in the army. Brown canvass has been adopted because it is not sa good a target as blue- IL wears better, turns rain better, and is lighter and cooler. A LOUISIANA DESPLFUCO C'fa Two Me: and !a FZii?)Jy Rldltd With Bal.'e s Hlmseif. Gorprr^l Anthony Cieary was shot and kilit-d Friday at New Orleans by Dennis Burrell. alias Brown, a nfgro. Burrell ?L:d and after a long chase took refuge in a barn at the corner of Bernandotte ard 81 lomon streets. The police and a crowd of cit'zsns sur rcuiided the building. Tnr negro came to one of the dcors guarded by Patrolman Trimp and shot him through the right side of tbe body, causing almcs: immediate death. Bur reii was finally cornered by the po lice and citizens aLd his body riddled with bullets. Burrell was wanted in the psrish of Si. John, -where he stole a $100 bill from the house of a negro named Jotnson. He boarded a train on the Mississippi Road and on the way down tot tie city he became involved in a row with Conductor Morris. He shot the latter in the right hand and jumped from the train. This morning ne was pointed out to the police. ! Sergeant Jacobs and Corporal Cleary attempted to arrest him and he opened fire on them. The first shot grazed Jacob's neck aad the tecond entereu Clears'a head. Jacobs drew a pistol and fired several shots at Burrell and the latter returned the fire. Burrell iau away but was finally kilKd. FAMINSINNAVAtS*. S?nt?>rG)im)Q Says Amsrlc?ta Are Snfteiins la the I?liid. 0 sir g to the war demonstration in nearby waters, ths island of Navassa, one of the small islands of Carribean sea, cff the west coast of Hayii, i9. threatened with a food famine. Ee ports of the distresssing condition of affairs in the island have reached here, and Senator Gorman, cf Mary land, today called the attention of the president to the s'.ate of affairs and tie necessity for relief of some sort. _ la view of its proximity to Uuba, Porto Rico and the islands in those waters, and the fact that Spanish ves st Is at any tim* may intercept and attack veisssls goid? tnere, commerce with the island has been suspended There are represented to b9 about seventy Americans on the island, mostly from Maryland. Ssnitor Gor man urged imm?diate action and the P.e;ident promised to take the matter up and determine what could bs done. It was *u??ested ;ha- a merchantman with supplies n,i^h; be sent uidtr ts cor: if * w^rihip to cirry supplies to the inhabitants and cary off those who with lo leive. Prize J In W?r. The manner in which merchmt vessels and their cargoes captured in war are disposed cf is not generally understood ou'side of naval circles. A word of explanation, which we find in the Atlanta Journal, may be interesting * - J 117 L ^ r rtrt' /\/ A 110 our reauers wuou a vc?ot wi a I hos i'e nation is captured the capturing vessel or part of its crsw must convey it to the nearest available p^rt in which a pr:'z? court sits. Tnis ccurt condemns and seJls the captured vessel ai.d cargo. If the ship making the capture is inferior or even cqaai in strength to the captured ship tne cap luring crew is entitled to the entiro net proceeds of the sale. If the capturing vessel is stronger than its captive one-half the proceeds go to the crew of the former and one half to the government it represents. Tho onn^rlinrt mflr.t of the nrize money is a more complicated matter. To commanding officer of a ft set receives one twentieth pait of the pro ceeds, whether the capture is made by one vessel or ail the vessels of his fbst. The commanding officer of the squadron fl^et receives one-fiftieth part of the money awarded. The fleet captain is entitled to one hundredth part of the award made to any vessel or vessels of the il;et or squadron with which he is serving, except in a case where the capture is made by tue ves sel in which he is serving, and in such cess ha shares in proportion to his pay with the other cfficsrs and msn on board the vessel. Ine com inlander*/a single vessel gets one tenth of the money awarded to his vessel, if it is acting at the time of the capture under the commanding officer of a fl;et, jquidron or division, and a. ' u ~ i# f/>!inor inripnpn ictce iwe^ueiiia jj. r ? denily. Aft^r the chief cfficers are thus satisfied the remaining members of the crew or crews are given motey in proportion to their regular pay. AH maratime nations have the prize policy in time of war. It is believed to be profitable because it encourages naval cfficers and seamen to enterprise, activity and boldness in preying upon the enemy's commerce. Many men have won moderate fortunes in ship priz-1 mon^y This was especial Jy true in NcJson's great cruises, which swept both French commerce and the French navy from the seas. [ Q lite a number of our naval cfficers j and men will probably come back ! from the war with Spain a gocd deal better off financially than they were before. Twelve Fisherman Drowned. rhirinc the recent storm twelve men mostly from New York and Brooklyn, were drowned from schooners off Hatteras, and in addition to this the schooner Mystery is reported missiDg and is supposed to have foundered wiih all on b?ard. SCENE OF THE BATTLE SOME FAC rS ABCU r MANILA'S K3TORY. PEOP-E AND COYM ROE. Stracge ''oa hern OVj~ B th O leutal *nd Spanish m Cbai ac.er-Rich In Prcdacts and Exports- Sblpstf Evsry Nation Fill Its Port*. Cavite is a foiiifiid seaport town on the island of Luzon, on which Manila, the capital of the Philippic e Islands, is situated Cavite is in the Bay of Masila, and about ten mile3 southwest of the city of Manila. The town of Cavite has a population o? over fi^e thousand and the population of the port is Jess than six hundred souls. There is an arsenal at Ctvite. which is the capital of the nrovince of iL n A TU A ? ft f 1 /> A /s/ 4 U A Icnic^. What has 'he man cone so greatly to cffcnd the peopk? He has been entertaining Paul at,d his ccm r&des Tte irob suricund tee house acci crj: "Bring cut these turbulent preachers. They aie interfering with our business They are ruining our religion. Tr-fy ar* actually turning the world upside do*r?." The charge was true, for tfree is ncthins :h?t so ictsr'trcs with sip, there is roshin* so ruinous to tvery form of es'ablishcd infquity, th<re is totting that hss such undencj to turn ifce world upsido dowr. as cur glorious Chrisiianiiy. Tee f<cl is that the world row is wron? s:de up, and itnudsto be turrtd upside down in order tbat it msy be right side up The time was then men wrote beofcs ertiilii g thtm' ApoJcgks fcr Christi 1 amty." I hope that d^yiras passed. We want no more apoicgi s for Christianity. Lst the apologies be on the part of those who do no4 believe in cur religion. We do not mean to maha out trimnrnrr>i?<? in ih* rr.?Iter. iUO 2rt&UJU l>tiixic. IJJC J cisiuciito ux iug governor is situated there, and the place is the. chie/ naval depot of the Spanish possessions in that part cf the world. BUILT ON SEA AND LAND Manila, the capital city of the island of Luzon and of all the Philippine Islands, is also situated on Manila Bay, at the mouth of the Kiver Pasig. The city forms the segment of a circle betwe en the river and the sea, and its su burbs extend over numerous iVets, formed by the river and its brarcbes The river Pasig is proloDgfd iDto the Day by two piers. At the end of one of them is a small fort, and a lighthouse is situated at tbe eiid cf the other pier. Ytssels of small tones go can go up as far as the bridge wbicn crosses the river. The town stands 'on tbe south aide, has a dilapidated look, but is said to be stroDgiy fortified. Oa the north side is the Binondo sutu-b, which is the residence of the foreign merchants and the great centre of trade. It is mere populous than the city itself. . SPANISH AND ORIENTAL. Manila has both a Spanish and an Oriental appearance. There are long lines of heavenly mounted batteries, dark looking churches, strange looking to*cr3 and aascive houses of solid ma.'onry. These micgle with light iillle houses, cot aees, in grcves of tropical treee, raised from the ground by posts, in order to permit the free paisa? e of the waters in the rainy sea son. Th9 streets are straight, mostly unpaved and almost impassible during the 7aicy season. Ia tfce city the houses are two stories high, and each has its central courtyard. There rt side the heads of the stale, the church at d the army, and all those who claim to belong to the aristocracyThe bridge across the river leads from the city proper into the Binondo suburb, where a street, called the Escalta, runs to tfce right and to the left. It is lined witn innumerable shops, stores and stalls,and is usually crowded with people of various races. Bejond the Escalta is a colony of Chinese, Indians and half castes, who do business a3 goldsmiths and j;wtl ers, painters and enameller*, oii and 1 soap merchants confectiontrs tndj keepers of gambling houses and cock shops. Tbe o:her suburbs have each a special character. For instance, San Ferando is the seat of the great cigar manufactories, and Santo Mesa is the centre of the cordage manufactory. At the Alciicerfa suburb the Chinese sampans discbarge their cargoes; the fishermen and weavers inhabit the suburb of Tontfo, and its gardens supply the markets *ith fruit for its embroderies. P*cd is where the artisans and artists live, and , health seekers flock to Santa Ana and San Pedro Macati. SOME FINE BUILDINGS The principal buildings in Manila are the Cathedral, the palace of the governor, the palace of the archbish nn ,Vio t/->urn Vial] Q hftailMflll hllilrf in? ; ten churches, belonging to ihe different religious triers; several mo nisteries, a number of convent?, the arsenaJ, three colleges for young men, two colleges for young women, the supreme court building, the prison, the civil hospital, the university, the marine school, the commercial school, the theatre, a large building, the custom house and the barracks There are several large squares in Manila, the largest of whico is the Prado, in which is situated a bronze statute of Charles IV. FOUNDED IN THE 16TH CENTURY. Manila's municipality dates from the year 1571, when the city was founded t>y L- gpaspi. - It is a splendid nat ural trade centre, and rax.ks vsiih Caicu ta and Batavia. B^ing the chief port in" the PniJippine Islands, all ?- J? a ?M Uieir pruuu.'Jiiux.a ujw tucro auu xlb bsrbor i3 visited by a very great number of vessels of all sorts and Biz s. Its ?xports consist of su^ar, too iC2J, ia aigo, Minilahercp aad cordage, gold dust, birds nests, ccffce, sapanwoud, mats, hats, hidts, irepaog, tortoise shell, cigars, cotton, rice, eic. Its max u acturers are chiefly cigars and cheroo:s, a government monopo ly; co.'dage from the filaments of the abaca; beautiful fabrics, known as pinas woven irom the fibrts of the pineapp e leaf, aad a'terward exquisitely embroidered; various other cloths rradi of the abaca filament, pure arid mized, cotton fabrics, mats and cigar cases. SUBJECT TO EARTHQUAKES In 1645 Mani.'a was nearly destroyed bj earthquakes, which hava since frequently a-d severely visited the place. A British flifct captured Manila in 1762. aad held it for fifieen months; when it was by treaty restored to Spain. The population of Ma"1 ? 1 L. nna, wiiii us suoutds, is auum. xou, 0C0. The Philippine Islands belong to the Malay An hiptlago. Next to <Juba they are the most valuable colonial possession of Spain, la all there are about 1,200 inlands in the Philippine group, tne principal of which are Luz3n, Mindanoa and Palawan, with Mindoio. Panay, Negros, Zsbu, BohoJ, Leyte, Samar aaa Masbate aod many other smaller islands. Their total area are <s',imated at about 115.528 tq iare mile5, and the total population is estifi fifin nrwi nc k\J UV auuui W wuVjVww uv/uwi The islands are of volcanic formation, and are travtrsed by a chain of mountains from north to south, ris ng in some of them to 6,000 feet. The' coasts of most of the islands are deep, ly indented by the sea, and the large islands are well watered by large streams, with estuaries which firm excellent harbors The high temperature and abundance o? moisture cause luxuriant veg etation so that the islands a *e capable of yif-?diog almost all kinds of colonial and Earcpean produce. R'cs, milJet mai'z?, sugar, ind'go, hemp, tobaccD, cc ff e and c rtton are raised, and the products include sa??, cccoanuts, ba nuas, c'nnimon, b te', many fir.e fruits, timbsr for shipbuilding and dyewcods. ISLANDS FULL ( F ANIMAL LIFE. Buffaloes and most cf the domestic animals common in the United 3ta*e* are reared, and the horse, introduced by the Spaniards, runs wild among the mountains. The antelope, fox, wild cat ard monkey are among the wild animals found in the Philippine islands. The cayman is to be found in the rivers and likes, tortokes abound on the shores, fi9h are very plentiful and serpents are numerous. Amen? the birds of the ^island are the parrot, a species of pheasant, pig< on* ff; iftanimate? fo^Is." The mineral products are gold, copper. iron, lead, mercury, sulphur and coal The exports amount to about $16,COO 000 annually, and the irrpcr's consisticg mainly of cottons, machinery, coal, iron, umbrellas, earthennroi?A V?oXTOr?>. ?r^]fir>c QnnfiWi! fit.** amounts toabbut $15,COO.OCO annual ly. The islands were discovered by Magellan 3n~152i, and were settled b7 the Spaniards in the reign of Philip II after w$cm they are named ?New York Tribune. ~A Fearful Secord. The report sent to congress recently by thein^irsiate commerce commis s:cn on the subject of safety appliacces on railrcad engines and cars contains information which shows how neces sary was the legislation to compel rail roads to provide thi3 equipment. Iu 1893 congress passed a bill, which was approved bv tne president, ri quiring all rai'rotds' ergaged in interestate commerce to adopt safety brakt s and couplers. Five years was the time allowed for compliance with this iaw. This limit expired on the first cf Ja^t Jauuary. Ouly a few raiiroads bad at that time complied wiih the provisions of the act. Many of them had done almost nothing toward iq lipping their cars and engines in ac-.or dance with the requirements of the statute. The deliiq^ent compares asked for an extension of five years, but this was refused. The commission cid, however, agree to give ttem j two jears longer, but wa^rntd thtm | that if they did not comp'y with the latf within that time the penalties prescribed would be enforced. On the Srst of January, 1S93, only fortj two railroad companies came up to the requirement of the act, while 483 companies were delinquent. *v"? A M /io?\ f A / nil HijLicij ULVC per V'CJUb v/i. an i.ug luvvr i motives in use had been provided with j proper appliances, but ttey had b en \ placid upon comparatively few freight | cars. 'The commission's report givtsj the statistics of the killed and wcuca ; ed in railroad accidents durirg the i past five jears as follows: Killed. Injured, j 1893... 2 727 31,724' 189 4 1,823 28 395 : 189 5 1,811 25,096! 189 6 .1 861 29,969 ! 189 7 1.732 27 ?23 : Grard total........ 9 954 13S.407 : . Thtse are frightful figures. I-:s | probable that all the railroads in the \ noAd outside of the Uni:ed Satts j k lied and wounded a far smalitr j number of pertons in the same period 0: the 831,688 men eniplojed in rail j road se*vice in tbis country 9,954. or | 1.2 per cent w<.re kiikd -nd.133.407, ' or 16.7 per cent, were wounded; i'te | mr.yct 1 Q /sf or/?'/^4ar> to iros l r. the central wtstern, the soutb Atlantic ; and .ha middle southern states. For! all these seciiors tfce statistics are j startiirg. For the central western! states the number of railroad employ ! <8 kllltd and injured during five! j years was oce-fourth of the entire j number employed. In the SvU'h At ! j laatic states the loss was even heavier, : ] being 26 per ccnt and in. the central s ;uthern states it was worst of all, rising to 23 per cent. The Atlanta Journal very tiuly says these figurts are awful to conteirp'ate. Many of these fatalities and injuries could have--been aver'.ed if the railroads had pro: J _1 l 2 i.l_ 41. - L ^ ^ ~ t A , viufcci intir irams wim me ten saitiy appliances. It seems that seif-interest would have caused them to do so, but! siLCe they would not of tfceir own | accord provide for the reasonable pre- j lection of their employes coigress very properly stepped in and under the interstate commerce sctc.:mpel!ed thtmtodoso. We do not doubt that as soon as the railroads have complied with the safety appliance act we shall see a great falling off iaih.2 number of deaths atdin juries to their' employes " Army of Invasion. preparatiocs for the embarkation of the Uoited States troops are rapidly being completed at K-y West. S;ven of the transports to be used carry io 2 the soldiers and th?':r horses and s;jp plies are now at Port T*mpa Th^y are the Comal, Alleghany, Berkshire, Florida, Whitney, Gus>ie and Deca tur H Miller, the last named arriviog todav from Baltimore.' Nearly all of the ships have been given a full sup ply of coal. Loose cVJkes and downj cushions bring only a negative sort of co nfo.-t to a woman who is suffering with some disease or derangement of tht o^epos dis4intlr feminine. Sonar cloihes abd some poauiots make the pain and the discomfort se:m Jess. Perhaps the nerves sra mosia'fected and this in turn diotarbi thdigestion. Nothing will tv<r com plettly relieve but a radical cure. The start of so called 'fern i le.com p aints" may be a very slight thing in deed. It may be that in the be^inuice some small bygenie measures would step the trouble. Ceruirjly at this time, a little bit of the right medicine would stop it Whf n tbe trouble te comes worse, it is harder to cura, but still it can be cure J. Dr. Pierce's. F.? v.rite Prescription will positively cu^-r any trouble of tbis character I.oiav be absolute!v relied upon. Itatfoidlasting relief to a woman whoso nat ural mcd33ty has kept her froncoa sultiDg a physician. Send 21 cents in one ceat staaaps to World's dispensary Medical Asicc a tion, Buffalo. N. Y., and receive D.Pierce's 1008 pa?e ' Common Senst Medical Adviser," profusely illastrat ed. A happj i >' mother is the - ' } happiest being ' v. - 'world. r ?V "*"?> in her -. a;s :s the dear /" T iSSal ^ttle life ? s. I jMa part of her verr v - /;>->? ovrn lif ?nesif ling, trusting: / * /' ?' ac<^ n<^ent I \\r^^r/ ?n her pro.-, ctirg J I \ ^ love, is-the .-v. :e?f I \ est, most sacred rt / / 1 \ sPons''kjlity of a wo/ \ \ man?s wristario?. Jv ^ \? \ But ntr.r.y ;; worm: appioachir.g the time 0f motherhood fee's (f) most deeply its duties and trials. She is burdened ./ } with a sense of anxiety and unreasonable foreboding I / ](U This ?tate of mind is tinfavorable both to the A mother the child. A prospective mother :::*.> "s'.^ure herself against the slightest fer.r t>: danger or excessive pain by the use of Dr. Piero-'s Favorite Prescription, during the pirio<i expectancy. This "Prescription"' <es the coming of baby absolutely safe a:.-! comparatively painless. . It gives elastic endurance to the yr; specially concerned in motherhood, a:ic healthy vitality to the' nerve-centres. Il makes the mother strong c:.tj-:f::l. r five? V.-t reVuiKraiive r. I' ' r-. abundant nourishment and jw.idts constitutional health and energy for the child. It is the only posit: v ?r-< i :5c for all diseases of the feminine f-rcijuisn:. f"ev:*ed l>y an educated and skilled specialist in this particular field of pr. ctier. 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