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TALM AGE'S SERMON, j Suicide wassubjectof eminent divines sermon. ? Sane Man Who Suicides is Traitor to God. Infidelity Cause of Self Slaughter. Enter Eternity Through God's Command. Ipfc This sermon of Dr. Talmage which we send out today seems startiinglv appropriate to this theme when so many are leaving this life by their own hand, an evil about which all reasonable ]>eople are agreed; text Acts xvi. 28. "Do thyself no harm/' Here is a would be suicide arrested in his ftaarllv attpmnt IT(> was a sheriff and. accordingly to the Koman law. a baliff himself must suffer the punishment due an escaped prisoner, and if the prisoner breaking jail was sent^ ' enced to be endungeoned for three or four years then the sheriff must be endungeoned for three or four years, and if the prisoner breaking jail was to have suffered capital punishment then the sheriff must suffer capital punishment. The sheriff had received espec ial charge to keep a sharp lookout for Paul and Silas. The government had not much confidence in bolts and bars to keep safe these two clergymen, about whom there seemed to be something strange and supernatural. Sure enough, by miraculous power, they are free, .and the sheriff, waking out of a sound sleep and supposing these ministers have run away and knowing that they were to die for preaching Christ and realizing that he must therefore die. rather than ^ -.go under the executioner's ax on the rn: morrow aud suffer public disgrace resolves to precipitate. his own decease. ( But before the sharpT~~kee?>^littering dagger of the sheriff could stnke4ii?_. heart one of the unloosened prisoners arrests the blade by the command. "Do thyself no harm." Id olden times and where Christianity had not interfered with it suicide was considered honorable and a sign of courage. Uemostftenes poisoned nimself when told that Alexander's embassador had demanded the surrender of the Athenian orators. Isocrates killed himself rather than surrender to Philip of Macedon. Cato, rather than submit to Julius Caesar, took his own life, and three times after his wounds had been dressed tore them open and perished. Mithridates killed himself rather than submit to Pompey, the conqueror. Hannibal destroyed his life by poison from his ring, considering life unbearable. Lycurgus a suicide, Brutus a suicide. After the disaster of' Moscow Xa poleon alwavs carried with him a prepm * aration of poison, and one night his servant heard the ex-emperor arise, put something in a glass and drink it. and soon after the groans aroused all the attendants, and it was only through utmost medical skill that he was rcsusciItated. Times have changed, and yet the American conscience needs to be toned up on the subject of suicide. Have- you seen a paper in the last month that did not announce the passage out of life by one's own behest? Defaulters, alarmed at the idea of exposure, quit life precipitately. Men losing large fortunes go out of the world because they cannot endure earthly existence. Frustrated affection, domestic infelicity, dyspeptic impatience, anger, remorse, envy, jeaiousv, uwuiuuuu, misanthropy, are considered sufficient causes for absconding from this life by pans green, by laudanum, by belladonna, by Othello's dagger, by Jialtcr, by leap from the abutment of a bridge, by k firearms. More cases of felo de se in the last two years than any two years of the world's existence, and more in ^ the last month than in any 12 months. The evil is more and more spreading.-Scotland, the land prolific -of intelL monfc? crronnor fllQT) 4V/VVU.C4X UVitV g;MUUVi VUMU Hugh Miller, great for science and great for God. He was an elder in St. John's Presbyterian church. He came of the -best highland blood and was a descendant of Donald Roy, a man eminent for piety an_ ;he rare gift of second sight. His attainments, climbing up as he did from the quarry and the wall of the stonemason, drew forth the astonished admiration of Buckland and Jiurcnison, tne scientists, ana ur. Chalmers, the theologian, and held universities spellbound while he told them the story of what he had seen of God in "The Old Red Sandstone." That man did more than any other being that ever lived to show that the God of the hills is the God of the Bible, and he struck Lis tuning fork on the rocks of Cromarty until he brought geology and accordant in divine wor ship. His two books, entitled "Footprints of the Creator' and "The Testimony of the Rocks," proclaimed the banns of an everlasting marriage between genuine science and revelation. ( On this latter book he toiled day and ; .night, through love of nature and love of God. until he could not sleep and i his brain gave way, and he was found j dead with a revolver by his side, the < cruel instrument having had two bul- < lets?one for him and the other for the ,< gunsmitn wno at tne coroner s inquest was examining it and fell dead. Have you any doubt of the beatification of Hugh Miller after his hot brain had ceased throbbing that winter night in his study at Portobello? Among the mightiest of earth, among the mightiest of heaven. i*1*- ' r i T,# No one doubted the piety of "William Cowper. the author of those three great hymns, ;;OFor a Closer Walk With God,'' "What Various Hindrances We Meet." ''There is a Fountain Filled 1 "With Blood"?William Oowper, who ' shares with Isaac Watts and Charles Wesley the chicf honors of Christian ! hymnology. In hypochondria lie rc- i solved to take his own life and rode to ; the river Thames, but found a man i seated on some goods at that very point < from which he expectcd to spring and ' rode back to his home, and that night ] threw himself upon his own knife, but i the blade broke, and then iie hanged ; himself to the ceiling, but the rope broke. No wonder that when Cod mercifully delivered him from that 1 awful dementia he sat down and wrote i tknt nfh#?r.hvmn rnst as memorable." ' God moves in a mjesterious way His -wonders to perferm. He plants his footsteps in the sea And rides upon the storm. ir?" ' , / Blind unbelief is sure to err And scaa his w"rk in vain. God is his own interpreter, i And he will make it plain. , * . A % While we make this merciful and righteous allowance in regard to those who were plunged into mental incohe- : rence 1 declare that the man who in the use of his reason, by his own act, snaps : the bond between his bod}' and his soul, goes straight into perdition. Shall 1 prove it? Kevelation xxi. 8, "Murderers shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone." Kevelation xxii, 15, "Without are dogs and sorcerers and whoremongers and murderers." You do not believe the New ? ?-- > m 1.? XeSUUUCiU. JL U'Jil pviilaj^ wu Wiiv?v the Ten Commandments. "Thou shalt j pi, fer i F \ nr-nTr.irrr^.ViT.i.., .j " ii ?ot kill. l>o you s^.y that ril! these 1 jvf?T to t?ki??,7 nl ti<<~ ]il^ i l i>!' others? Then 1 ask you if you are ! not as responsible for your own life as ! for the life of others? God gave you a ! ' special trust in life ami made you the ; custodian of your life, ami h<_- made you the custodian of no other life, lie < rave you as weapons with which to defend it two arms to strike back assailants. two ci'cs to watch for invasion, and a natural love of life which ought ever to he on the alert. Assassination of others is a mild crime compared with the assassination of yourself, because n the latter ease it is treachery to an especial trust. It is the surrender of a castle you were esj>ecially appointed to keep. It is a treason to a natural law. and it is treason to God added to ordinary murder. All the good men and women of the Bible left to God the decision of their earthly terminus, and they could have said with Job. who had a right to commit suicide if any man ever had. what with his destroyed property and his body all aflame with insufferable carbuncles and everything gune from his home except the chief curse of it. a pestiferous wife and four garulous people pelting him with comfortless talk while he sits on a heap of ashes scratching his scabs with a piece of broken pottery, yet crying out in triumph. "All the days of my appointed time will I wait till my change comes." Notwithstanding the Bible is against this evil and the aversion which it creates bv the loathsome and ghastly spec taclc of those who have hurled themselves out of life, and notwithstanding Christianity is against it and the arguments and die useful lives and the illustrious deaths of its disciples, it is a fact alarmingly patent that suicide is on the increase. What is the cause? I charge upon infidelity and and agnosticism this whole thing. If there be no hereafter, or if that hereafter he blissful without reference to how we Tn-tHfrreWiQw we die. why not move back the folding "dorrrs .between this world and the next? And ^ h?n our existence here become? troublesome wliC t.qXjvvl*3 right over into elysium? Put this down among your most solemn reflections. There has never been a ease of suicide where the operator was not either demented and therefore irresponsible or an infkVl I challenge ail the ages and I challenge the universe. There never has been a case of self destruction while in full appreciation of his immortality ana of the fact that that immortality would be glorious or wretched according as he accepted Jesus Christ or rejected him. V/Mi oov if ic o 1-mcinftaa trrmVilo nr JL VU 1 w ip ( > Kf UOiUV>UU V4 vv* v? w V* you say it is electrical currents or it is this or it is that or it is the other tiling. Why not go clear back my friend, and acknowledge that in every ease it is the abdication of reason or the teaching of infidelity, which practically says, "If you don't like this life, get out of it, and you will land either in annihilation, where there arc no notes to pay. no persecutions to suffer, no gout to torment, or you will land where there will j xi _r 1._; _ -it. : DC every Ming giurious ;mu iiunnug cu pay for it." Infidelity has always been apologetic for self immolation. After Tom Paine's ;'Age of Reason" was published and widely read there was a marked increase of self slaughter. Have nothing to do with an infidelity so cruel, so debasing. Come out of bad compauy into the company of those who believe the Bible. Benjamin Franklin wrote. "Of this Jesus of Xazareth 1 Tiavr? tft sflv tlinf tlir? svstfim of momls he left and the religion lie has given us are the best tilings the world lias ever seen or is likely to see." Patrick Henry. the electric champion of liberty, says. "The book worth all other books put together is the Bible." Benjamin Rush, the leading physiologist and anatomist of his day, the great medical scientist?what did he say? "The only true and perfect religion is Chris tianity." Isaac Newton, the leading philosopher of his time?what did he say? uThe sublimest philosophy on earth is the philosophy of the gospel." David Brewster, at the pronunciation of whose name every scientist the world over bows his head?David Brewster saving, '"Oh, this religion has been a great light to me, a very great light all my days."' President mi t __j_ _ ?. liners, me great rrencn statesman, acknowledging that he prayed when lie said, "I invoke the Lord God. in whom I am glad to believe." David Livingstone, able to conquer the lion, able to conquer the panther, able to conquer the savage, yet conquered by this religion, so when they find him dead they find , him on his knees. , Salmon P. Chase, chief justice of the i supreme court of the United States, ap- : pointed by President .Lincoln, will taice ; the witness stand. "Chief Justice i Chase, please to state what you have ] to say about the book commonly called ; the Bible." The witness replies: 1 "There came a time in my life when I j doubted the divinity of the Scriptures, : and I resolved as a lawyer and judge I would try the book as I would try any- I thing iu the courtroom, taking evidence < for and against. It was a long and seri- ] jus and profound study, and. using the < e ?:j _?i: ?auie principles ui iuuuw; in una icu- : zious matter as I always do in secular < natter 1 have come to the decision that j the Bible is a supernatural book, that i it has come from God. and that the only ] ?afety for the human race is to follow j its teaching." "Judge, that will do. ] So back again to your pillow of dust on i the banks of the Ohio." Next I put i -1 . .t i , n upon tiie -witness stana a president 01 < the United States?John QuinceAdams. "President Adams, what have I rou to say about the Bible and Chris- I tianity?" The president replies: "I 1 have for many years made it a practice : to read through the "Bible once a year. 1 My custom is to read four or five chap- . ters every morning immediately after i rising from my bed. It employs about i m hour of my time and seems to me the ] most suitable manner of beginning the i lay. In what light soever we regard i the Bible, whether with reference to i revelation, to history or to morality.it ] is an invaluable and inexhaustible mine of knowledge and virtue." "Chancellor Kent, what do you think of the Bible?" Answer: "No other book ever addressed itself so authoritatively ind so pathetically to the judgment and moral sense of mankind. " "Edmund Burke, what do you think of the Bible?" Answer: "I have read the Bible, morning noon and night and have ever since been the happier and better man for vnorlinflp "UV. I1 X V/CIV4 1 ?! ,. Young men of America, come^ut of , the circle of infidels?mostly made lip , [>f cranks and imbeciles?into the com- ; pany of intellectual giants and turn , vour back on an infidelity which de- ( stroys body and soul. : Ah. infidelity, stand up and take thy < sentence! In the presence of God. ; anirels and men. stand up. thou mons- I ter! Thy lip blasted with blasphemy, they check scarred with uncleanness. : thy breatn loui witn tne corrupuon ox the ages! Stand up. satyr, filthy goat, i buzzard of the nations, leper of the 1 centuries! Stand up. thou monster. . infidelity! Part man. part panther. 1 part reptile, part dragon, stand up and i take thy sentrncc! Thy hands red with the l'!"OM i:! W1,i: 1 ? illOU '.(.isb'-'l. ; f]iV frot ryjtsi.r?!i !] < JiUl'i:'!' : llir??uirl? \v 11i *!i thou has vaded. stand ! u]> and take thy sentence! I><uvn wit'- j thee to the I'it ami sup-on tlic .sobs an<I | * irroans of those thou hast destroyed am! j let thy music i?e the everlasting mis- j cjrere of those whom thou hast damned! j I brand the forehead of infidelity \ with all the crimes of self immolation for the last eonutry on the part of those who had their reason. My friends, if ever your life, through its abrasions ami its molestations, should seen; t<? be unbearable, and you ( are tempted to quit it by your own be- i best, do not consider yourself as worse than others. Christ himself was s tempted to cast himself from the roof : of the temple, but as he resisted so resist ye. Christ came to medicine all wounds. In your ; trouble I prescribe life instead of death. People who have had it worse t than you will ever have it have gone j { songfully on their way. Kcmeniber ; that God keeps the chronology of your ( life with as much precision as he keeps ^ the chronology of nations, your grave ] as well as your crcuie. Why was it that at midnight, just at ] midnight, the destroying angel struck j the blow that set the Israelites free from bondage? The 430 years were up | at 12 o'clock that night. The 430 years " were not up at 11. and 1 o'clock would \ have been tardy and too late. The 430 . years were up at 12 o'clock, and the de- ' stroying angel struck the blow, and 1 Israel was free. And God knows just ] the hour when it is time to lead you up from earthly bondage. By his grace, i nut tlio wnr<t. of tliinirs. but the "vv fc"v - ? O" 7 ? best of them. If you must take the . pills, do not chew them. Your ever- i lasting rewards will accord with your 1 earthly perturbations. just as Cains , gave to Agrippa a chain of gold as heavy as had been a chain of iron. For the asking you may have the same grace . that was given the Italian martyr. Al gerius. who down in the darkest of dun- ( geons dated his letters from "'the de let-table orchard.of the JiCsrrrSe prison." < A-rrdTcmember that this brief life is I surrounded by a rim ?a very thin but ! * - i i very important rim?ana close up to that rim is a great eternity, and you had Letter keep out of it until (iod breaks that rim and separates this from that. To get rid of the sorrows of earth do not rush into greater sorrows. To get rid of a swarm of summer insects leap no; into a jungle of Bengal tigers. There is a sorrowless world, and it is so radiant that the noonday sun is only tiie lowest doorstep, and the aurora that lights up our northern heavens, confounding astronomers as to what it can be. is tiie waving of the banners of the nvnr-fv^nn r-omo to take the conauerors home from curcli triumphant, and you and I have 10.000 reasons for wanting to co there, but avc will never get there either by self immolation or- impenitcney. All our sins slain by Christ who came to do that thing, wc want to go in at just the time divinely arranged, and from a couch divinely spread, and then the clangs of the sepulchral gates behind us will be overpowered by the clang of the oppning of the solid pearl before us. 0 (iod, whatever others m?" rrivn v?n 1 {'lirwtiiin v; uffv a Christian's death, a Christian's burial, a Christian's immortality! BROOKLYN VS. VIZCAYA. The Spanish Cruiser's Captain Tells Story of Fight. , In speaking of the buttle off Santiago \ in which the Spanish squadron was completely destroyed. Capt. Eulate. of the j Vizcaya, said: ;'The entire squadron was ordered to \ devote the fire of their guns to the ; cruiser Brooklyn, because it was be- ! lieved that she was the only ship in the American squadron that could overtake us. When we got out of the harbor my ship was second in line, and I saw immediately that the flagship Maria Teresa was getting a tertible baptism of fire. It was frightful. The Texas and the Brooklyn was just rid- ' dling her, and in fifteen minutes I saw 1 she was own fire. The Iowa and Ore gon were firing on the Oquendo, and as ] yet I had not been badly hit. The ] Brooklyn was a half mile closer to us ' than any other ship, and I determined ^ to try and ram her. so that the Colon 1 and Oquendo could get away, and I ( started for her. She was a good mark, -v with her big broadside, and as I started I thought surely I would get her; but ] she had evidently seen us. and very * * ' i "t ^ i i j. ... .i i_: T rpncKiy sne turned aoout. anu matting u * short circlc came at our port side, so s that I thought she would ramus. I r moved in toward shore so that 1 could c avoid her. and then I saw that the Oqu- a 2ndo had gone ashore also, her steam J pipes evidently having been severed by ' i shell. The manoeuvre of the Brook- c lyn was beautiful. We opened a rapid ] Eire at her with all our big guns, but 1 ihe returned it with terrible eifcct. '"The Oregon also hit us several ! times, but the Brooklyn's broadside 1 crashing into our superstructure simp- - ly terrorized the men. We worked all )ur guns at her at one time, and I don't v see how she escaped us. She simply * irove us. in to the shore, at one time * lghting us at 1,100 yards. Onesliell c Event along the entire gun deck, killing ^ iialf the men on it and wounding nearly ill the rest. A shell from the Oregon s !iit the superstructure, and it was then v :hat. wounded and knowing we could ? not get away. 1 struck the nag ana * started for the beach. 1;I did not instruct the men to load 11 iheguns at all. and T don't know why c they were loaded. We were on lire badly. and when those men who were 0 llive started to swim ashore, the Cu- a bans on shore shot at us until the 11 A.meri?an ship arrived and stopped ? them. The Brooklyn had prevented *:ne from getting awav. for I could have s beaten the Oregon out. as I had a two mile lead of her. 3Iy orders were to L tryand sink the Brooklyn, and I tried a to carry tlicin out. I did not tlii?ik that lier battery could be so terrible." "Head Money." s More than $200,000 will be paid bv J this Government as '"head money" to Jthe officer;-- and sailors who destroyed *Lervcra's feet. This is according to t the law. which provides for the pay- c nirttit rtf ?1(1(1 n 1iam<1 IY>r r>vr>rv v.irm nn the ships of an enemy when these ships \ ire destroyed. A few of the officers 1 trill receive pretty good fortunes. The I law governing tlie distribution of this 11 money is very explicit. There are exact <~ provisions for carrying it into effcct. J ind every Man. according to his rank. ' will be paid in due season. According ^ i a 1 * ? < 1?a orwl man s\? sjomn. i l\j nit ia\> cut; uivii vi k.*u.iAA|*ion's fleet will be entitled to $100 for jvery officer and man on board the six Spanish ships that were destroyed oft' Santiago. Kecords in the Bureau of <. Intelligence at the Navy Department v show the complement of (ifticcrs and I men on the ships, as follows: Yizcaya, c 5"0; Maria Teresa. 500; Almirantc I: Oquendo, 500; Cristobal Colon. 450; t Furor. (57; Pluton, 70; total. 2.0S7. On t this reckoning the Government will pay s to the officers ami men of Sampson's f fieet. $208,700. f * ? .i mi .I'.oru iiV nmm CROP (ONDITIONS. WEEKLY WEATHER AND CROP BULLETIN ISSUED. Nhat the Observers all Over the State Report to Headquarters. The Information Consolidated. rm .1 it in. j lie ionowing is tiic wecKiy uuiicun )f tlic condition of the weather and rops of the State issued Monday by Director Bauer of the South Carolina section of the United States weather tnd crop bureau service: TEMPERATURE. The week was cooler than usual, with i deficiency in temperature averaging tbout 3 degrcos per day. The first of ;he week was warm with maximum .emperatures generally above 90 degrees md reaching 100 at Batesburg on July y. the last of the week was much cooler, .vith maximum temperatures ranging between 80 and i>0 degrees, except on July 11, when they were generally beow 80 degrees, which is unusually low for the first decade of July. The minimum temperatures were not unusually low, ranging between 65 and r8 degrees, with an extreme minimum for the week of (50 degrees on July 7 md 8. at J,oopers, Pickens county. flic average temperature for the week ivas 7!>. and the normal for the same period is about 82 degrees. The rainfall during the past week was tVell distributed over the entire State md came in the form of showers on successive days after July 4, enabling the ground to absorb the greater portion. and the soil is now thoroughly saturated. Over tlic central, western and northwestern counties .the rainfall was in places excessive. The following heaving measurements in inches and hunT V li l 1.1. f\.A r- ?) ). ureuuis wererecorueu: uoiumua Spo.icer 4..">0; JJarksdale 8.51; Govan; 3.00; Society Hill 0.52; Oakland 5.10; Shiloli 4.15; Pleasant3. 10; Liberty3.75; Greenville 0.18; Sanday Flat 5.75; Kivcrview 5.50: AValhalla 3.45; Trenton 3.45: Ella 0.20; Estill 0.50; Camden 5.03: Che raw 4.33; Charleston 5.00; St. Matthews 3.19; Allendale 3.00; Batesburg 3.10; Blackville 4.01. Ten additional measurements of from 2 to 3 inches and nine of less than 2 inches were received with a minimum measure ment of O.SS at Walters. l"'or the State the average rainfall for the week was 3.40 inches; and tlio normal for the same period is approximately 1.29 inches. An apparently general cold rain set in early today (July 12) with temperatures generally below (50 degrees and a fresh to brisk northeast wind. SUNSHINE AND IIAIL. Cloudiness prevailed during the j-..? v UlCULUI J'Ui LIUII UI UlU CI1U C3Umated percentage of bright sunshine fortlie State was 40 per cent, of the possible, and over the central and western counties was generally much lower. There was a light hail storm in York county on July 9. but crops were not injured. i_u.MJi.iiu.> ur unurs. Abundant moisture and generally favorable temperature caused marked disprovement in the conditions of all growing crops. In placcs there was too mucli rain, particularly on sandy soils, and heavy rains damaged crops mid washed terraced lands in the hilly portions of the State. A few correspondents report damage to crops on bottom lands which were overflowed, ivhile over the greater portion of the State the ground has been too wet to t > . rn i i i? . 13 - juitivate since luesaay, ana neias are becoming grassy. However, the injury to crops caused by the recent rains, is not as yet serious, and- a few days of irying weather will afford opportunity jnougli to clean fields of corn arid :otton, and complete laying by, which :ias been delayed, while the good effects of the rain are inestimable, and vill last to maturity. Old corn was too far advanced torn vrle nmtnrifv in nlnr-fs t.r> show in licit mprovementj but late corn is now in ine growing condition. Laying by is veil advanced, but was delayed by the ains. Correspondents report the corn ;rop more promising now than any time ifhce planting. Cotton made rapid growth during the veek and is putting on ''weed" very ast. Fields are becoming grassy in )laces and some complaints of rust and shedding were received, while lice have lot entirely disappeared but the genr?rAn ic nnf iffccted to any marked extent by these idverse conditions. Cotton is fruiting icavily and continues to bloom and put in bolls freely. Sea island cotton is naking rapid growth and looks promsing. The tobacco crop is developing rapidy into a line one. (Jutting and curng is now general, and some of this ear's crop has been marketed. liicc is doing well. The showers vero very ueuciiciai un rice. iinu ;uhough the crop is poor in portions of Jamberg county, it is up to an average ondition elsewhere in the rice-raising listricts. Large quantities of sweet potato lips were transplanted during the reek under favorable moisture condiions. The prevailing cloudiness also avored this work. Melons are becoming plentiful, but uost correspondents report them smallr than usual. Apples arc dropping kuiiv. readies f good quality arc plentiful. Pears re scarce. Grapes are doing well in uost places, but excessive rotting is eportcd from Darlington, Oconee and irrcenville counties. There will be few cuppcnong grapes in Barnwell county. Haying made little progress during he week. Pastures are growing fast ~/l ?ff..wl '/inrf IJU UiLUiVl V AWUVUt giuiiiujj. He Was a Smooth Article. A dispatch from Gibraltar tells a long ton- of a pseudo-wealthy Mexican who ras lionized for six weeks at Madrid and ?adiz. where he dined- with Admiral "amarn. who inspected the fleet and he defenses and in every way won the onfidence of tiie officials, only to disppair the moment a warrent was issued or liis arrest. He turned up afterward n Tangier and confessed to the corrcs>ondent of' the Dally News that his lame was Fcrnsandcz and that he was a aptain in the Second Texas Rangers, lis Spanish decent, he said, enabled lim to decive all the Spaniards while ethig as the confidential agent of the "nited States Government. Loved the Ocean. vJorfrnrif Trim rlinr] of Jouldsboro. Me.. at the age of 93 years, ras a .sea captain in his earlier years. Ic lived near the sea. and it was his ustom to have himself taken to the teach when the weather was fair, and here lie would sit until his friends reurncd him to his cottage. Once his ight was regained and he saw the ocean or a moment, and the light went out orcver. i ! __ " i WHAT WIS SjSUyKJBJU ' ! I By the Fall of the City of Santiago de Cuba. The territory surrendered to us by Gen. Toral makes about ">.000 square miles. The Spanish soldiers to be sent to Spain is estimated at 10.000 men. Major Hopkins, the military aide to Secretary Alirer. this afternoon had spread before him a huge map of Cuba sliowinsr the surrendered zone turned over to the American troops. The line begins at Aeerradcros, about 15 miles west of Santiago harbor and then runs due north about 25 miles to Palmo Sormna. Had the line continued due north it would have passed west of Holguin. thus taken the Spanish garrison at that point. Evidently Gen. Toral wished to avoid the inclusion of IIolguin, so the line turns abruptly to the northeast at Palmo and runs to the coast town of Boca del Sagua on the south coast. The extreme length of this surrendered tract is about 110 miles and the extreme width about 50 miles, tapering to a less width and making in all about 5.0U0 square miles. It is a rugged, mountainous country, with very few towns of any size. SANTIAGO THE CHIEF POINT. Santiago with its fine harbor, is the main point, while Guantananio is second in importance. II. J. Allen of Kansas City, who had just come from Santiago, was with Secretary Alger during the afternoon and gave him some interesting details as to the character of the country now surrendered to our troops, lie said the country was so wild and rocky that it afforded practi" j i.1 ? - : J cany no camping grounu jor ;i euiisiuerable body of troops and in his opinion there was not a point in this sweep of country suitable as a base of operations for an army. Except the Spanish force at Santiago numbering about 10,000, Mr. Allen says there are no Spanish troops within the surrendered zone, as it lias been overrun by (Jarcia's forces. The Spanish garrisons are at Manzanilloand Ifolguin, to .the west of the surrendered zone. Mr. Allen says these Spanish garrisons do not exceed (5.000 men. I i . n n I i ins. lie s:i3"s, is urun. u;u~eiu. stjsLimun;. Mr. Allen left Santiago only last Saturday. At that time lie says there were two suspicious cases, thought to be yellow fever, in the hospital at Siboney. VALUABLE GARRISON POINTS. The navy department had not heard up to the close of office hours to what extent the American fleet was participating in the Spanish surrender. With Santiago in our hands the way will be clear for Admiral Sampson's fleet to enter the harbor and proceed up to the wharves; as soon as the torpedoes and mines at the harbor entrance are removed. The fortifications of Morro castle. Socapa, Cayo Smith and others are included in the surrendered zone. The possession of these fine fortresses, particularly Morro castle, will afford valuable garrison points for a large number of men. The terms under which these strongholds are surrendered are not yet known in detail, but it is regarded as likely that their big guns pass with the surrender. "While the fleet i o . j-- x- o I wui soon oe iree to move up iu cauuago city, some doubt is entertained in naval circles whether any good could be accomplished by such a move, as it might subject some of our sailors fro the contagion existing within the city. SPLENDID FIGHTING MEN. A Foreigner's Glowing Tribute to tlie United States Army. Major de Grandprey. military attache of the French embassy, has just returned from the American headquarters near Santiago, where he has been observing for his government the progress of military operations. lie paid a glowing tribute to the fighting ability of our soldiers. ?:'I have the most complete admira" >! l AT-: J? won lor your men, saiu jjaujui uu Grandprey to an Associated Press reporter today. "They are a superb body, individually and as an army, and I suppose not through the world is there such a splendid lot of fighting men. It is the fighting characteristic of men which is most apparent. They arc aggressive, eager for action, never needing the voice of an rtific'pr to thikIi thorn forward. Another marked charcteristic is the self-reliance of each man?what wc call the character of initiative. It is almost unknown in European armies, where every movement, and the move to meet each action of the enemy, awaits the initiative of an officer. .But with your men, they fight to the front, meeting each emergency as it arises, overcoming obstacles ' u?_L ? oy tneirown initiative. oucu swiicnant fighting men make an exceptionally impetuous army, for every unit contributes in their resistible onward movement. The Spanish troops do not have this same characteristic. They are more passive, more cautious. lieside the impetuosity of such fighting material, it has the effect of inspiring. a moral among the troops, making them feel that success is assured, and at the same time carrying disorder and depression to the ranks of the enemy." Major de Grandprey says the fighting about Santiago is something entirely different from the warfare of European and other armies of modern times. The dense vegetation and tangle of tropical vine makes it imtn nlianrvo tlm usual military formations. As a result, there is little or no effort to fight in solid formation. Every man is lighting for himself. pushing forward through the shrubbery, vines and tall grass. It is impossible to see the enemy. AT I-_ J. n ,1 cnnol-c iuajur UK \jria,HU|?I tji aiou oj/vauu highly of the efficiency with which the American troops and supplies were started on their expedition and debarked in Cuba. This lias come in for considerable criticism in this country, but Major de Grandprey says that, considering the brief time allowed for equipping the expedition, remarkable results are secured. European military expeditions, such as those of England or France, to Africa.or other points, he says are planned six months ahead, which allows ample time for working out the most minute details. Dr. Whitsett Resigns. Dr. William II. Whitsett has resigned the presidency of the Southern Baptist Theological seminary in the hope of putting an end to the controversy between his friends and his opponents growing out of certain publications in which he expressed views on points of church history in which many members of his church did not agree with him. The resignation was conveyed in the following telegram: '"Hon. Joshua Levering, president board of trustees Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Baltimore: ;I hereby resign my office as presi dent of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and professor of church history to take effect at the close of the session of 1S98-9. (Signed) William II Whitsett. \ - -ill] II 1-? THE UNIFORM COTTON BALE, j 1 A Circular Letter From a Leading An- j gusta Cotton Man. The following circular letter of much interest to cotton growers, and those who handle it. has just been issued by J. II. Sloan of Augusta. Ga. Dear Sir: We take the liberty of calling your attention to the importance of exerting all your efforts in favor of the adoption of the standard size cotton wllir-li is :i half* iii:ii1o in n liros*; box measuring on the inside -4 inches wide by 54 inches long and deep enough to make a bale weighing about 500 pounds. The complaints made by the transportation companies and the foreign mills about the difficulties of stowing different size bales, and the damaged condition in which the American cotton is received, are so numerous that we are sure a great discrimination will be made against our cotton next season, unless there is a change made and an universal size bale adopted and enforced. After a number of experiments with bales of all the different sizes it was found that the best results could be had from those made in press-boxes i4 inches wide by 54 inches long, and this size lias been adopted as the standard by all the western and gulf States; also bv the convention in Atlanta. Ga.. last May. This size (24x54) was found to press to a greater density, and, when pressed at the compress, the bagging usually placed on a bale of cotton would then cover the bale completely and prevent any damage. It is well understood that the more cotton that can be stowed m a steamer the less the freight, and consequently, the more tlie cotton grower will receive for his crop, it naturally seems that a few inches in the size of bales would make no difference, but a few inches running irregularly through an*ocean steamer amounts to a great loss of space and in stowing bales of irregular sizes, they arc so screwed in odd shaped spaces as to often Ureak. and nearly always are torn and fwisted out of shape by the time they reach the foreign ports. J he lost spaces also iorni air passages, and in ease of a fire the damage is much greater, consequently the insurance is higher than it should be. The same complaints are made by the railroads, and by the mills when they .put their cotton in werehouses. "We think we have fully explained the reasons for this change, and that it is to your interest to do all that is in your power to have every one make this change by next season. As a general rule, the press-boxes will have to be made smaller, either one way or both. This can be done with very little expense by lining the inside with boards, one lining on another where the size is to to be reduced several inch; s. Then the follow block can be sawn off to fit the box. The cost of making' this change in most cases will not exceed ?5.00. This amount is too small to spare, and thereby .continue to suffer loss caused by discriminations in the past, as well as additional ones that will surely follow. The European mills use about threefourths of our cotton crop, and of course il 1 J- ixl. a"L . tney nave a great aeai 10 qo wiiu uie price of cotton, therefore it is to our interest to see that it is shipped in the condition they want it, and % reducing the damage and the cost of transportation, the grower -will get that much more for his cotton. AVe hove received letters from a mainri+T nf <rirmr>rc in mir +/>rritrvrv and they promise to alter their pressboxes to the standard size. We respectfully solicit the co-operation of all growers and those interested in the cotton crop, to urge the ginners the imporance of making all bales of the standard size, as the success of this movement and the benefits to be derived from it depend upon them. We are confident that a large majority of the ginners will thoI-A <2 /vVinnorj* Vmf it. UiUIVV tlllO V1IU11qV> MUV AV WVVVMWMi J that the change be as near universal as possible. We are anxious to hear from those that are interested in this movement, and especially those that have made this change. BLANCO DESPERATE. Frenzied by Cervera's Defeat He Tries to Kill Eimself. According to advices from Havana. Governor-General Blanco attempted to commit suicide when he learned -beyond doubt that Admiral Cervera's squadron had been annihilated. Long before the Spanish Admiral's dash ont of Santiago harbor all Havana had been boasting of his ability to outwit the Americans. and when misleading dispatches gave the impression that he-.had eluded the American fleet the demonstrations of joy in the Cuban capital partook of the nature of a festival. When the true report of the defeat came it was discredited until definite confirmation from Madrid no longer left room for hope. Gloom settled upon the city, all gayeties were stopped and very public and many private buildings were draped with crane. Bianco was in his palacc when intelligence reached him, and he became almost frenzied. He was closeted with his staff and General Arolas. of the Spanish forces, discussing the news, when he made the attempt on his life. After a struggle he was subdued and disarmed; but the shock was so severe that lie was prostrated and compelled to keep hi* bed for several days. When he arose his first order was to prohibit any food supplies leaving Havana for interior towns, where the distress is most poignant and where many are dying oT starvation daily. This and * 1 11-?- P x! 1 l%4. otner vaiuaoie miormauun ?<t5 uryugm by Jose Pauline Blanco, who indignantly repudiated a suggestion of kinship with the Governor-General. He says lie is a loyal Cuban, and escaped to avoid the necessity of fighting against his own cause, as every male in the island who is able to bear arms is being pressed into the Spanish service. He obtained a fisherman's permit to go outside 3Iorro. and at (j o'clock Monday morning put off in a small boat. A Death Dealing Shower. Some idea of the awful rain of shells poured into the doomed Spanish squadron on the morning of July 3. by the pursuing American battleships may be gained from the number of shots fired from the battleship Oregon. From the time when Private O'Shay of the battleship Oregon iircd the first shot from her forward G-pounder, until the Cristobal Colon turned toward the shore, the Oregon fired 1.77G shells. Of these 1,670 were from her pounders. The big 13-inch guns were fired 34 times. ~ 1 4.1. . the S-inefi guns zs times ana me oincli 24 times. The 1-pounders were fired 20 times. The destruction caused by some of the shots was fearful. One 8-inch shell which penetrated the turret of the Almirante Oquendo exploded and killed every person inside blowing tr> y ' r i IVI" " F m iiai?MBa?M? A SPANISH GENTLEMAN, j - ' | That is What Admiral Cervcra Has Proven Himself to Be. j On the return of the ( nitcd States ! cruiser Brooklyn to the l>lock:ulo <>!? J Santiago de Cuba. on the evening of July ' >. the Iowa reported to Commodore Schley that Admiral Cervera. the commander of the Spanish ileet was on l)oard. The commodore at once went ! over to pay his respects.- The Spanish admiral was much-east down by his defeat. but preserved a dignified and courteous demeanor. u<*twithstanding. lie said lie deeply appreciated the fact that the men of the Brooklyn did not exult by cheering when it was learned that he was a prisonei on the Iowa. He replied in response to Commodore Schley's remark that it was the fortune of war; "Yes. but I've lostmv career now that I've been defeated." Commodore Schley however, told him that such a brave deed as bringing out his squadron could never be looked upon otherwise than as a most gallant feat, upon which Admiral Cervera threw his arms around the commodore and said: "Ah. sailors always are gentlemen.'' He then said lie thought his dead would number probably 750. though he could not tell definitely. He spoke of the accuracy and dead lines of the Brooklyn's lire, saying that in the early part of the action one of her shells had traversed the entire length of the gun deck, killing and wounding probably SO men. On the Yizcayaalone there were 110 men killed. Admiral Cervcra said he feared the losses might be greater than he anticipated, for many men were below the protected decks, and when the ships were on fire it must have been difficult for them to escape, lie added that all his captains had beed killed or wounded; but later. it was found that the captain of the Cristobal Colon was saved. Admiral Cerverasaiu lie had no doubt that at least three of the ships would have gotten.away had it not been for the Brooklyn, the Oregon and the Texas. Preserving Okra for Winter. The surplus of each day's gathering should be stored for winter use. Nothing contributes more to a soup in winter thaK okra. and there is no reason why every family in the South possessed of a garden may not have not only a supply for seasoning soup, but enough to cook in the usual way. For -use in soups in winter, cut the green pods in 1 to ] inch lengths and dry in the sun. After it has been thoroughly dried in this way. expose it in a stove-pan to sufficient heat to destroy the eggs of insects that may have been deposited upon it while exposed. While still hot. pack in ordinary fruit jairs and store foi; winter. Another very sim pie method of preserving it is to place m brine with the green cucumbers intended for pickle. If put in the same barrel with the cucumbers, no water need be added as the cucumbers will make enough brine without the addition of water. If. however, the okra is stored in a vessel to itself, it will be necessary to make a strong brine to cover it. To use the dried okra. soak a day to restore the water evaporated while drying. That from the brine must be /*! ? * a it F SUUKUU iUIJg UL1VUJJJU. IHJ UUUVU lb X IV, served in this way. okra may be prepared for the table either by boiling and eating with butter, or by boiling and then rolling in meal and frying like small fish, or after being boiled thoroughly it may be cut and mashed and fried in cakes in a batter made of eggs and bread crumbs. This is strictly a Southern vegetable, than which none is more wholesome and few are better when this is properly prepared as "OkraGuinbo," "Okra Daub." or even boiled and seasoned property. The Pension Law. It is an erroneous idea that a special law will have to be passed to pension the new veterans of the Spanish-American war. The pension office is already j at work upon cases growing out of this j struggle. He who leaves both his hands in the war hospital?these members having been destroyed in the line of duty?willenjoy an allowance of ?100 a month, in addition to other perquisites allowed by the government. The same will be given for the loss of both eyes. The loss of both feet will be worth $72 a month. One hand and one foot together will be worth ?G5. the same as given for amputation at or above one elbow or knee one hand orone foot will be worth ?30, the same as given for total deafness. Should a stray Spanish bullet happen by chance to gouge out one eye ?17 a month will be paid, but if the eye remains and merely the sight is lost, tire monthly allowance will be ?5 iess. Tiit.nl deafness in one ear will be worth $10 a month, as will also the trimming off of all the toes on one foot. A thumb will be worth $8 a month, an index finger$4, any other linger $2. a big toe SO and any other toe $2. Pensions allowed for each death will depeud upon the rank of the victim, the number of porsons dependent upon him and their ;<r^< Tho widow of:in enlisted man will get $12 a month and each of her minor children $2. Widows and orphans of naval and army officers of high rank will doubtless get handsome pensions from Congress, if possessing sufficient influence and the necessary recommendations. Women nurses will probably be pensioned whether disabled or not. The death of a .soldier in battle, lighting bravely for his country always brings to his friends al home the consoling thought that the de td soldier has done his duty, and he die 1 u glorious death. But in the ease of the one American victim of Sunday's nava! engagement. George H. Ellis, chief yeoman of the Brooklyn, tiior.* is a special consolation for the friends of the dead sailor, in that his single sacrifice in so glorious a victory will immortalize his name, handing it down to future generations as that of tiie only American slain in one of the greatest naval engagements of the !:i.;<:ieenthcentury. Cottoa SmiiJfcg ftii en a^iyWe :ire hudliuz the latest impro ved AIR DISTRIBUTING AND AIR FEEDING SYSTEM FOR ELEVATING, fJL"RA NTX(r AND GINNING IOTTON. Our ty* em haddies cotteu t-Mirely by (heAir i roews ati<l m c^ur.ejtios wir>i ? ur <ii-u b!e hoi revolving press wi;b * tea in t~a:ui'er the cost of ginaia/coiioa does not sxe-ed 20 ceu?s per bi'.e i urrovem-n: in saa:ple ' of cot'oii iD storm yearj from >-"? to ]-er bale. 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