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HEAVEN IMPROVES.!
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Dr. Talmage Tells How God's
> Home Has Improved.
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AN OLD FASHIONED iDEA.
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The Illimitable Vastness of Paradise.
What the Future on
Hisfh Will Be. Heaven
Beautified by Death.
All out of the usual line of sermonizing
this story of Dr. Talmage concerning
the next world, and it may do good
to see things from a novel standpoint.
The text is Revelation xxi. 1." "And I
saw a new heaven."
The stereotyped heaven does not
make adequate impression upon us.
We need the old story told in new style
in order to arouse our appreciation. I
do not suppose that we are compelled
to the old phraseology. King James'
translators did not exhaust all the good
and graphic words in English diction
ary. I suppose if we should take the
idea of heaven and translate it into
modern phrase we would find that its
atmosphere is a combination of early
June and of the Indian summer in
October?a place combining the advantages
of city and country, the streets
^ _ standing foi the one and the 12 manner
of fruits for the other; a place of
musical entertainments?harpers, pipers,
trumpeters, doxologies; a place of
wonderful architecture?behold the j
temples; a place where there may be tne
higher forms of animal life?the beasts'
which were on earth beaten, lash whipped
and galled ana unblanketcd and
worked to death, turned out among the
white horses which the book of Revelation
describes as being in heaven: a
place of stupendous literature?the
books open; a place of aristocratic and
democratic attractiveness?the kings
standing for the one, all nations for
the other; all botanical, pomological,
ornithological, arborescent, worshipful
beauty and grandeur.
But my idea now is to speak chiefly
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of t?ie improved neaven. reopie some-;
times talk of heaven as though it were
an old city, finished centuries ago, when
I have to tell you that no city on earth
during the last 50 years has had such
changes as heaven. It is not the same
place as when Job and David and Paul
wrote of it. For hundreds and hundreds
of years it has bee# going through
peaceful revolution, and year by year,
and month by month, and hour by i
hour, and moment by moment it is
changing, and changing lor something
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better. Away DacK tnere was ouiy uue
residence in the universe?the residence
of the'Almighty. Heaven had not yet
been started. Immensity was the park
all around about this great residence,
but God's sympathetic heart after a
while overflowed in other creations, and
there came all through this vast coun- j
try of immensity inhabited villages, i
which grew and enlarged until they
joined ea-ih other and became one great
central metropolis cf the universe,
streeted, gated, templed, watered, in
habited. One angel went'forth with a
reed, we are told, and he measured
heaven on one side, and then he went
forth and measured heaven on the other
side, and then St. John tried to take
the census of that city, and he became
so bewildered that he gave it up.
That brings me to the first thought of
my theme?that heaven is vastly improved
in numbers. Noting little under
this head about the multitude of
adults who have gone into glory during
the last 100 or 500 or 1.000 years, I re
member there are 1,600.000.000 of peo
^ pie in the world, and that the "past majority
of people 'die in infancy. How
many children must -have gone into
heaven during the last 500 or 1,000
years. If New York should gather in
one generation 1,000,000 population, if
London should gather in one generation
4,000,000 population, what a vast
increase. But what a m?-e nothing as
compared with the 500,000,000, the
2,000,000,000, the "multitude that no
man can number," that have gone into
that city. Of course all this takes for
granted that every child that dies goes I
as straight into heaven as ever the light j
speed from a star, and that is one reason
why heaven will always be fresh and
beautiful?the great multitude of children
in it. Put 500,000,000 children
in a country, it will be a blessed and
livelv countrv.
But add to this, if you will, the great
multitude of adults who have gone into
glory, and how the census of heaven
must run up. Many years ago a
clergyman stood in a New England
pulpit and said that he believed
the vast majority of the race would
finally be destroyed, and that not
more than one person out of 2,000
persons would be finally saved. There
happended to be about 2,000 people in
the village where he preached. Next
Sabbath two persons -were neara discussing
the subject and wondering
which one of the 2,000 people in the
village would finally reach heaven, and
one thought it would be tho minister,
and the other thought it would be the
old deacon. Now, I have not much admiration
for a lifeboat which will go
out to a sinking ship with 2,000 passengers
and get one off in safety and let
1,999 go to the bottom. Why, heaven
must have been a village when Abel,
the first soul from eartli, entered it as
compared with the present population
of that great city!
Again, I remark that heaven has vastly
improved in knowledge. Give a
man 40 or 50 years to study one science
or all sciences, with all the advantages
of luboratories and observatories and
philosophic apparatus, he will be a
marvel of information. Now, into what
intelligence must heaven mount, angelhood
sainthood, not after studying for
40 or 50 years, but for thousands of
years?studying God and the soul and
immortality and the universe! How
the intelligence of that world mus
sweep on and on, with eyesight iarther
reaching than telescope, with power cf
calculation mightier than all human
mathematics, with powers- of analysis
surpassing all chemical laboratory, with
speed swifter than telegraphy! What
must heaven leran with all these advantages
in a month, in a year, in a
century, in a millennium? >The difference
between the highest university on
earth and the smallest class in a primary
school cannot be a greater difference
than heaven as it now is and heaven as
it once was. Do you not suppose that
when Dr. James Simpson went up from
hospitals of Edinburgh into heaven
more than ever the science of
^^^na^j^Snd that Joseph Henry, grad^^Vffom
the Smithsonian institution
awoke into higher realms '
Bfiosophy, and that Sir "William :
Kton, lifted to loftier sphere, un- ?
figd better the construction of the :
j^ect, and that John 3Iilton 1
Hk poetry in the actual pres- j
Hj^^^H^^Rk|hat^>n earth he had :
n^e first saints '
?|ve studied '
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But you say, "Hasn't iioaveu always t mi
been perfect?"' Oh, yesv but not :n j wc
the sense that it cannot be augmented. I mi
It has-jbeen rolling on_in\ grandeur. ch
Christ has been- there, and he never ch
changes?the same yesterday,J-today pa
and forever, glorious then and glori- th
ous now and glorious forever. But G<
I speak now of attractions outside of an
owri t Kovo tr> fpll vnu that no hi
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place on earth has improved in so- cr
ciety as heaven has within the last 70 ar
years, for the most ->f j ou within 40 lo
years, within 20 years, within 5 years, ; el
within 1 year?in other words, by the be
accessions from your own household. { m
If heaven wore placed in groups?an j al
apostolic group, a patriarchal group, a I tli
prophetic group, group of martyrs, j ar
group of angels and then a group of ! m
your own glorified kindred?which j h<
group would you choose? You might ' a
look around ana make comparison, but i tl
it would not take you long to choose. I h(
Va.1 wnnlrl sav: ''(iive me back those i y<
whom I loved on earth; let me enter}
into their society?iey parents, my j ei
children, my brothers, my sisters. | ai
We lived together on earth: let us live d<
together in heaven." Oh, is it not a J se
blessed thought that heaven has been j fii
improved by its society, this coloniza- j tl
tion from earth to heaven? j gi
Again. I remark that heaven has | 1
fTpatlv improved in the cood cheer of | f?
j ? ^ - [announced
victories. Where heaven "
t rejoiced over one soul it now rejoices ,
over 100 or 1,000. In the olden times. ^
when the events of human life were
scattered over four or five centuries of ,
longevity and the world moved slowly, ^
there were not so many stirring events !
to be reported in heaven, but now, I ,
suppose, all the great events oi" earth |
are reported in heaven. If there is any
truth plainly taught in this Bible, it is
that heaven is wrapped up in sympathy J
with human history, and we look at
Tirtea inrontiiins n f t.hr* d:iv?as teleera- I
11AVSOV w
phy. at swift communication by steam, ,
at all these modern improvements ^
which seem to give one almost omnipresence?and
we see only the secular
relation, but spirits before the throne ?
look out and see the vast and the eter- 7
nal relation. "While nations rise and
fall, while the earth is shaking with
revolution, do you not suppose there is c
amusing intelligence going up to the n
throne of God, and that the question is ?
often asked before the throne, "'What "
is the news from that world?that
world that rebelled, but is coming back ?
to its allegiance?" If ministering 1
spirits, according to the Bible, are sent ^
forth to minister to those that shall be s
heirs of heaven, when they come down
to us to bless Jus, do they not take the a
news back? Do the ships of light that 0
come out of the celestial harbor into j,
the earthly harbor, laden with cargoes ft
of blessing, go back unfreighted? Min- ^
istering spirits not only, but our loved j
ones leaving us take up the tidings. t
Suppose you were in a far city and had j
been there a good while, and you heard s
^ that some one had arrived from your ^
j native place?some one who had recent- t
| ly seen your family and friends?you
would rush up to that man, and you
would ask all about the old folks at
home. And do you not suppose when
your child went up tc God your glori- 1
fied kindred in heaven gathered around
and asked about you to ascertain as to
whether you were getting along well iu
the struggle of life, to find out whether a
you were in any especial peril, that a
with swift and mighty wing they might P
come down to intercept your perils? T
Al I TT _ A
un, yes: neaven is a grea.w;r piauc jw news
than it used to be?news sound- *
ed through the streets, news ring- t
ing from the towers, news heralded 3
from the palace gate. Glad news! ?
Victorious news! 1
But the vivacity and sprightliness of t
heaven will be beyond all conception 0
when the final victories come in, when 0
the church shall be triumphant every- c
where. Oh, what a day in heaven it *will
be when the last throne of earthly
nnnressifm has fallen, when the last ^
chain of serfdom is broken, when the
last wound of earthly pain is healed, a
when the last sinner is pardoned, when r
the last nation is redeemed! What a 0
time there will be in heaven! You and s
I will be in the procession, you and I e
will thrum a string in that great orches- 1
tra. That will be the greatest day in ?
heaven since the day when the first 11
block of jasper was put down for the
foundation and the first hinged pearl
^ ft Vvof WTAflfl 3.
SY> Uii^. XI CJUCI^ io a. uiuvivavyv i/vwn^vu
heaven now and heaven as it was, oh, P
the difference between heaven as it ?
shall be and heaven as it is now! Not o
a splendor stuck fast, but rolling on a
and rolling on, and rolling up and roll- ?
ing up, forever, forever. k
I speak these words on the changes r(
in heaven and the new improvements ^
in heaven also because I want to cure ?
o ? /? ii _ j ii.i. ? r
some ox you 01 tue aeiusiun uiat juur
departed Christian friends have gone
into dullness and silence and unconsciousness.
They are in a sirring, pic- .
turesque. radiant, ever accumulative I1
scene. When they left their bodies,
they only got rid of the last hindrance. ?
They are no more in Oakwood, Laurel
Hill or Mount Auburn than you. in
holiday attire, having seated yourself
at a banquet, can be said to be in a dark "
closet, where you have left the old ap- st
parel that was not fit to wear to the
hnr?nnr>f- A snldi<vr ^annnt use a sword ir
until he has unsheathed it, and the "
body of your departed was oniy the ?c
sheath of a bright and glittering spirit
which God has lifted and is swaying in "
the heavenly triumph. According to so
what I am telling you at present, your
departed Christian friends did not go z?
so much into the company of the mar- ni
tyrs, and the apostles, and the prophets. so
ana the potentates or neaven as ir-.to M
the company of grandfather and grandmother
and the infant sister that tar- ^
ried just long anough to absorb your 3J
tenderest affection and all the home P.
circle. "When they landed, it was not c?
as you land in Antwerp or Hamburg or ^
Havre, wandering up a strange wharf, ?e
asking for a strange hotel. They land- t13
ea amid your glorified relatives, who
were waiting to greet ihem.
Oh. does not this bring heaven nearer?
Instead of beincr far off it comes
down just now, and it puts its arms
around our necks, and we feel its breath aP
on our faces. It melts the frigid splen- an
dor of the conventional heaven into a fr'
domestic sceae. It comes very close to na
us. If we had our chore in heaven.
whom would we first see? Rather than
look at the great potentates of heaven
we would meet our loved one. I want
fn caa on/1 Ponl onrl .TacIhtq V*nf SGi
lV ,3VV ^ >. M.VA1 C4.U.VI V VO-U.U.C*, VUV
I would a great deal rather see my
father, who went away 30 years ago. I 0l
want to see the great Bible heroines.
Deborah and Hannah and Abigail, but
I would rather see my mother than to j0
see the arch an.cel. U]1
I do not think it was superstitious m<
when one "Wednesday night I stood by fre
a death-bed within a few blocks of the ba
r^hnrfli T Tvr?>nr>}if>^ nn thp nf
same street, and saw one of the aged on
Christians of the church going into Os
glory. After I had prayed with her I co
said to her: "We have all loved you sn
very much and will always cherish your su:
memory in the Christian church. You an
will see my son before I see him, and I ric
wish you would give him our love."' So
She said, liI will, 1 will," and in 20 bo
icutcs sh^ was in Jn^y.es- the last !
>rds she ever spoke. It wa? a swift J
sssage tc the skies. If you had your !
oiee beuween riding in a heavenly I
orirtt ur fi r>f*ftiir>vin? the grandest i
lace in heaven and sitting on the j
rone next highest to the throne of
3d and not seeing your departed ones,
id on the other hand dwelling in the
imblest place in heaven, without
Gwn or throne and without garland
id without scepter, yet having your
ved ones around you, you would
loose the latter. 1 say these things
:cause I want you to know it is a doestic
heaven, and consequently it is
1 the time improving. Every one
lat goes up makes it a brighter place.
id the attractions are increasing
onth by month and day by day, and
wen, so vastly more of a heaven,
thousand times more of a heaven
lan it used to be, will be a better
?aven yet. Oh, I say this to intensify
>ur anticipation.
I enter heaven one day. It is almost
npty. I enter the temples of worship,
id there are no worshipers. I walk
)wn the street, and there are no passngers.
I go into the orchestra, and I
-J tVt* wAnfc ova cncnon^a^ in
01Z I1UI I1?<H'U Cinj ui;v>a. oaj- j uuv cuu
uel. ''There is a world burning,
lerc is a great conflagration out yoner,
and all heaven has gone out to look
t the conflagration and take the vicms
out of the ruins. This is the day
>r which all other days are made,
'his is the judgment. This morning
11 the chariots and the cavalry and the
lounted infantry rumbled and galloped
own the sky.1' After I had listened
> the sentinel I looked off over the
attlements, and I saw that the fields
- - ' it
t air were bright with a blazing woriu.
said, "Yes, yes, this muso be the
idgment," and while I stood there I
eard the rumbling of wheels and the
lattering of hoofs and the roaring of
lany voices, and then I saw the coroets
and plumes and banners, and I saw
hat all heaven was coming back again
-coming to the wall, coming to the
ate, and the multitude that went off
a the morning was augmented by a
ast multitude caught up alive from the
arth, and a vast multitude of the reurrected
bodies of the Christian dead,
saving the cemeteries and the abbeys
nd the mausoleums and the graveyards
f the earth empty. Procession movQg
in through the gates. And then I
ound out that what was fiery judgment
- - ?1.1^ wTArt in <rvormr? onr] I
dy uii ea.ii.ju wasjuuncc m uw?
cried; "Doorkeepers of heaven, shut
he gates; all heaven has come in!
borkespers, shut the 12 gates lest the
orrows and the woes of earth, like
andits, should some day come up and
ry to plunder the citv!"
THE PRESS GANG.
leadquarters for Newspaper Men at
the Fair Grotmds.
The representatives of the press who
ttend the State fair this year will find
/??An*?^cs nTfi
i IUUUU UUL ^iuuuuo uauuoviuv^; v
iared for their entertainment and conenience.
This has been decided on,
nd the spacious room formerly used by
he treasurer has been given over for
he benefit of the reporters and visiting
ournalists. It is the intention of the
oanagement to have it well furnshed
and equipped in every paricular.
There will be on file at this
ffice all the weekly and daily papers
f the State. Those desiring to re
eive information will know just where
o find it.
An effort will be made to interest all
he members of the State Press associaion
in the undertaking, and to accord
.11 the visiting editors a most cordial
eception while there. Besides the files
r all papers of the State there will be
tationery for the newspaper men. and
very courtesy will be shown them,
sot only members of the State Press
ssociation, but every visiting journalst
is to bs welcomed to the office.
A great advantage to be derived from
his feature of the fair is that it will be
bureau of information for the news- j
>aper representatives. A correct tabuition
of all awards and premiums will
p fir inqrvpntion. .Tusfc as soon
3 an aws.rd is made it will be entered
n the books which will be kept on
irge tabies in the room. The work of
sporting the proceedings of the day
rill be greatly expedited and will save
mch labor to the "Knight of the
luill."
Catching On Fast.
"With fine irony the New York Evenlg
Post points out the new Americanim
shown by the Cuban iactions in
antiago province who clamor for the
^elusive posession of the spoils of of-P
cnr,c "
OC. UuLl. yy UUUj It dilj O I^aiuo
le outlook as rather discouragings
rThy? we should like to ask. Could
.ronger evidence be given us that the
slevating' process has already begun
t Cuba? Not only begun, but so far as
lis portion of our new posessions is
mcerned. virtually completed. They
ive grasped our system perfectly'
:hat is the difference between the rca
ming of Gen. Rios in favor of having
s man put into the mayoralty of Mannillo,
and that which President Harson
followed when he 'fired' Mr. Pearn
from the postmastership of New
ork and put Mr. Van Cott in his
ace. Was ever such devotion as
is to a new system of government
iOwn by a rude and hitherto barbaric
lople? They have been 'eelvated,'
vilized at a single stroke, and under
eir leaders take their places with the
st of us as American citizens living
ippily under boss government and ending
the emoluments and blessings
ereof."
Gitting a Move on Eer.
The city council of Charleston ha3
>propriated the Thompson bequest,
aounting, to about $25,000, to the
ection of an auditorium. The city
:d already appropriated $3,000 for the
irpose, and this, added to the $25,000
the Thompson bequest will make a
.ndsomc sum to be used for the large
tilding. The auditorium will have a
ating capacity of 7500 people and
li be ready in time tor tne reunion
the Confederate Veterans in Charlesn
nest May.
Hilton s.
doform Liniment is the "nee plus
tra" of all such preparations in reiving
soreness, and quickly healing
;sh cuts and wounds, no matter how
d. It will promptly heal old sores
long standing. Will kill the poisfrom
"Poison Ivy" or "Poison
tk'' and cure "Dew Poison." Will
uuteract the poison from bites of
akes an stings of insects. It is a
re cure for sore throat. "Will cure
y case of sore mouth, and is a supeir
remedy for all pains and aches.
Id by druggists and dealers-a cents a
ttle.
1)1 I.?n Igaa.* ?z&SSa~~*.*e
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE |~
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miss iviauue nuuueuu?n oatcu
Her Life by Her Voice.
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THE GIRL TELL THE STOYR. >
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Her Awful Experience in the b
Water Under an Overturned 11
boat, uetaiis or uisasier. >
Miss Maude Roudebush, one of the q
few passengers on the Atlantic Trans- c
port company's steamer Mohegan,
which was wrecked on Friday evening, C
Oct. 14. off the Lizard, arrived here k
recently on the Cunarder Etruria.
Miss Roudebush was met on the Cu- (
nard pier by a number of her friends, including
her aunt, Mrs. Roudebush,
who as Agnes Ethel was well known on j
the stage years ago.
Miss Roudebush has not yet recovered
from the terrible experience she
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wreck. She saw her mother, Mrs. c
Grandin, die in the water from injuries ^
she had suffered from the capsizing of j
one of the lifeboats. Miss Roudebush
is a beautiful woman. t
Professionally Miss Roudebush is an r
operatic singer, her stage name being t
Maude Roudez. In describing her res- t
cue Miss Roudebush said to a reporter
of The World: _ ]
"My escape was indeed miraculous, j
For more than an hour and a half I ?
clung to the seat of an overturned life- r
boat, with my head between the water '
and the bottom of the boat a couple of (
feet above me. My mother was gone,
and I thought of her loss more than of *
my own danger. j
''People told me afterward I had only
been in the water an hour and a half. (
To me it seemed an interminable period,
many, many hours in length. *
"Wi t oil 1
t? LLCll JL 1UUA KyUlLHiJ tyavo. uu AW u4i
now I realize that my being alive to- j
day is really due to the fact that my }
voice is trained and that 1 understand
how to make it carry a considerable
distance. Otherwise I doubt if the rescuers
would have heard ray cries for >
help.
"My mother, Mrs. L. Grandin, and I
left London in the Mohegan on the
13th and when the ship struck about ]
7 o'clock the next evening we had just j
gone into the dining room and were i
sitting ^t dinner. j
"With the others my mother and I <
left the table and started to go above. <
But the stewards continued to serve 1
the dinner as calmly as if nothing had
happened.
'"Several of the passengers had their
fears quieted by this and sat down at
the tables again. I was preparing to
fellow their example, when one of the
passengeas, Mr. Charles Duncan, rushed
by me shouting, 'To the life-preservers."
"My mother and I went to the head
of the stairs, where our staterooms 1
were when we were met by a couple of <
the sailors. We had procured life-pre- i
servers but did not know how to fasten ]
them to our bodies. The two sailors, !
however, attached them to us. Tliere
was still no panic on board. i
"Then every light on the ship went :
out. I think this happened four or five
minutes after she had struck. Then i
we went out on deck with the others, i
It was rapidly becoming dark and the i
scene, was terrifying. :
"We stood there nearly ten minutes i
with the two sailors who had at first ;
spoken to us at our sides. I could not i
see any of the officers, and in the noise
and bustle heard no orders given, but
two of the boats were launched. i
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"Une 01 tnem naa a numoer 01 sauors
in it. Just as the other was leaving the :
ship's side, Mr. Pemberton, one of the
passengers, threw his wife into the ;
boat, then he dropped his child after i
her, jumping himself the nest instant. ;
Mrs. Pemberton's maid made a wild 1
leap for the boat and by a miracle was (
saved.
"The two sailor told us we had bet- i
ter get into one of the boats as it was our
only chance. They crawled into a
boat and we followed. They told us j
that if the bouc floated free from the '
wreckage when the ship went down we ;
would be saved, but we had only been
there a few seconds when the sailors
crawled out, one of them saying: 'My
God. we can't die like this, we must <
try something else.'
?;Out on deck the scene was now terj
rible. People were rushing about crazy
with fright. The masts were black i
with men, each one striving to get as 1
near the top as he could. I started with
my mother to climb one of the masts, j
but when I saw our two sailors start <
for another boat we followed them. j
"Manv of the boats were still un- ]
fastened and I saw no attempt to <
launch them. The two sailors assisted j
us into one of the boats. The deck g
was now slanting badly and the sail- ]
ors said the ship must soon go down, i
In this same boat were Mr. Duncan.
Mrs. Compton Swift, Dr. Fallows and c
a few others. i
"One of the men who had a knife c
tried to pass it to another so the boat's a
fastenings could be cut, but he was? '
so excited he lost it. For a minute we t
safe there waiting without knowing t
what to expect.
"Then in an instant I felt a wave a
strike me in the face, the boat lurch- f,
ed, turned over and began to sink. I t
went down and diwn, and when I fi- n
nally came up I was almost uncon- u
sious. I came up just under the up- f]
turned boat, and in throwing my arms
about my hands caught hold of one of a
the seats. I never let go of that b
grip. # a
''After awhile I rested my chin on f<
the seat of the boat and partially s1
rested my arms in that way. Near c<
me was old Mr. Duncan. Every once h
in a while he cried out for help. Soon h
his cries began to grow weaker, and s<
then they stopped altogether. I was tl
afraid to think what had happened to
him. gi
"At times the air became so close tl
in that upturned boat I thought I would p
die of suffocation. Then a wave would ti
come and tilt up one side of it allowing c;
fresh air to blow in.
"Some time after the cries of Mr. F
Duncan had ceased I began to call for h
help. At intervals of every quarter of
a minute I cried out. 'Lifeboat ahoy!"
in ft mice that must have carried a
long distance. I kept this up for at
least 45 minutes, but if my voice had ^
not been trained it would have given
out long before that and the rescuers *c
would not have found us until too j
late. t
"While I was calling for help I could ^
feel the head of some one bumping e(
against my besom. I put one hand
down, and, feeling short hair, knew n;
that the head belonged to one of the ^
sailors TTiiO nad assisted us into the
boat. w
;;1 was still calling for help vrben the sa
boat "was turned violently over and I w
fell exhausted into to th^ bottom, still S
clinging to the seat. Then some one
grasped hold of me and dragged me into }
a lifeboat/' ^
.i r~rr.\ *?*"?rrni
chanbl^bt explains?" r
?$ Jlakes a Good Witness for Free i
Silver
We are indebted to Republican [
'nited States Senator Chandler, of ^
?'ew Hampshire, for a revival in a slight
e<rree of the silver question. The way *
e presents it will not be objected to t
>y any party, and is put briefly as fol- g
dws: ^ ^
The report of the director of the mint
rill show as to the world's product for c
807 as follows: 1
rold s237.504,S00 c
Silver 236,730,300 (
In 1801) the product approximated:
\o)d ?215,000,000 c
Silver 213.000.000
The coin in existence July 1. 1890, .
* ' ' l
?as:
xold H0C8,800,000 j
tilvor 4-O70.o00.000
Truly it seems as if nature were oh
lie side of bimetallism at 15 1-2 to 1.
)oes any one believe that if the above
tew silver for 189(5 and 1897, as well
is the new gold, had been added to the
world's money any harm to any human
>eing would have been done? On the
:ontrary. it would have benefitted all
>'umanity, and the Sawyer woolen mills
it Dover would not have failed.
In explanation of the last clause it is
o be said the New England woolen
nills, as well as those in other parts of
he country, are suspending because of
he falling off in the demand for wool- .
>n /roods: and vet the Dinslv tariff on J
aw wool and wool manufactures is the <
righest in the history of the country.
STor are the wool growers prospering. (
["hey are holding off for better prices, ]
vhile the woolen mills are shutting ]
lown because increased prices f?r their '
/roducts have cut down consumption .
md actually increased foreign irnpor- :
ations. It is a queer condition. :
The present state of the woolen in- :
lustry in manufactures, with the low ;
>rices and slack demand for raw mate- :
ial, afford remarkable facilities for a
Dhilosophic study of Dingleyism as emjodied
in the wool schedule. It can
vait. however.?Washington Po3t.
THE METEORS WILL FALL.
[t Will Be a Sight Worth Sitting Up 1
to See.
A meteoric display of magnificent <
aroportions visible in South Carolina, ]
s expected next Monday and astrono- 1
ners have put those interested on no- ]
ice, so that the darting balls of fire !
ian be seen and fully appreciated. The i
lisplay, which is to be seen every thir- <
;y-three years, last seen in 1866, when i
;he ignorant people thought the stars <
yere falling. The metoric showers al- :
.vays cause a great deal of attention and i
;heir appearance is always a signal lor i
:he ignorant and unknowing classes to <
jxpect judgment. One of the most
magnificent showers -was in 1833, and '
this display of meteors caused iiitenre !
excitement. The stars began falling in i
the evening before the people went to i
bed and after several million apparent
stars had fallen the people decided not ;
to go to bed, as it was generally believed
that the final day was at hand.
out the people Have been wrong in
their belief that the stars were actually
falling. The meteors are tiny substances
millions in number, which come from
the constellation of Lso. Why they
come has never been ascertained by
those most learned in-astronomy, but
they come without any apparent reason
and they come at the rate of twenty-six
miles o second. The world is
moving at the rate of eighteen miles a
second and in an opposite direction to
the meteors, which makes the flight of ;
the meteor more than- fifty miles a second.
There are millions of meteors 1
which we never see as they pass and
it is ody those meteors which are
burned by contact with the earth's
atmosphere that we see. The mete- <
* 4.1.
ors we do not see sweep past tne earcu
md are gone for thirty-three years, returning
and crossing the orbit of the
sarth on the morning of November 14th. i
Everybody has heard of the time when i
the stars fell. This was in 1883 and it
was one of the first showers of meteors :
which had seriously attracted attention
in these late days. The shower of 1S83
was wholly unexpected and even the
istronomers did notknow what it meant.
SALTJDA BTJ2SC0ED.
One of the Varied Experiences of a
Live Little Town.
The Saluda correspondent of the
Grrecnville News, under date of Novem- .
ber 2, says: ,
c;Our little town was again thrown ,
into quite an excitement this moraing <
>ver the absconding of one of our lead- j
!ng merchants, George Merriam. Mr. j
VIerriam came to Saluda something ]
)ver a year ago, representing himself i
is hailing fiom Illinois. He soon jained
the confidence of most of the j
eading citizens by his keen insight ^
nto business and upright dealing. ]
"He secretly sold his store and stock <
>f goods yesterday, or last night some '
ime, and before day this morning had j
leparted for parts unknown. He left t
. good many of the best citizens in the f
'snnn." It seems that he tried to ob- t
ain every dollar he could before i
akin* leave.
"Dozier Mobley is a loser to the
mount of $400 or $500. Mr. Maxwell
or about $300 or $400, Mr. Dean somehing
over $200, and a great many
lore for less sums, ranging from $10 t
p to $15, besides the wholesale houses 11
rom whom he bought goods.
';Some of the losers were caught by !!
ccepting Mr. Merriam's checks on the ?
ank of Johnston for various amounts *
nd nionev in exchange there- I s
jr. The persons who were thus a
kindled have telegraphed all over the ?
ountry for the authorities to appre- *
end hira. Besides many of them P
ave gone to Augusta as they had rea- n
)n to believe that he was niaking for ^
2at city. o
' Jfheis caught it will very likely "
o hard with him, as many are not in
ae best humor It was a well laid -
lan of his and seems to have been ancipated
by him for some time aod he
lught a good many."
Merriam was arrested in Augusta n
riday, and will be taken back to Saida.
I
a.
Party of Seven Lost. si
Frank J. Walker, of Atlin City, who C
lme down by the Farralson en route to g
hicago. brings meagre news of a story T
lrrent when he left the north of the p
>ss of a party of seven Californians, n:
eaded by E. F. Englehardt, of Fassa- ri
ena. from which locality all seven w
ailed originally. The casualty occur- w
1 in a swamp lyiDg between the new ai
jld fields and the terminus of steam
avication from Bennett lake. As
early as could be ascertained the party
ist the trail, being inexperienced ba^k- joodsmen,
and wandering into qc ^kmd
forming the bed of a dry creek, '
ere engulfed. A searching party was
;nt from Atlin City to investigate, but g
3thing had been heard from them when ^
'alker left. The nr.mes are not obined.
*
v?(
\
toaiggj g < gg ?
~~ LOWER THAN IS YEARS.'
I
I Table That Tells the Story of the ^
Staple's Downward Course.
' Cotton is probably lower than it has
)ee:a any time since the civil war. In g1
he memory of none of the present P
A - 1 11
iduc lias Lilt; ^uuiaiiuu iUi liic
;taple been as low in the past thirty e
*ea:rs as it now is. Since the opening E
>f the cotton \ear on September 1. it
las declined from 5* ccnts for mid- j?
"
ilmg, to 4? cents, at wmch it is now c,
juoted. a drop of '> cent, or $*2..")0 on a o
>00-pound bale. *
The Columbia Record says while tl
.here have been greater drops than this c
n i. similar space of time, such a de- ri
slice with prices so low as they have 1
r? io o cAnV.nc VJ atxt f a + formers nf D
u tJUlAVUC WiVIT l/V bliv V A. *
;he South, depending on cotton as their s
jreat money crop. The decline has ^
Drought cotton to the lowest point in t(
ts history in decades and given the h
narket a feeling of gloom which hardly e
lescribes the sentiments of the unfor- v
;unate producers. How they can pos- &
sibly derive any profit from the present 0
prices it is hard to see. As a matter c
)f fact, they probably are not getting
)ut of their cotton what it cost them to a
produce it, no matter how economically ^a??
If 10 o kliiA VAor? i 3,
?UC> 1U.II XG.L XXX O- X. V iO ?* V1UO JV/ttl
:or the cotton grower. h
The following table of quotations on t
November 1. for the last ten years, will a
;ire some idea of the present unfor- a
rnnate state of the market. The first b
;olumn gives the quotation for spot ^
nicdling at Columbia and the second ^
md third the quotations for January s
md March delivery at New York: c
Columbia. New York. b
L89S 4 5-8c 5.17c 5.2Gc f
1897 -4 5-l(jc 5.85c 5.94c o
L896 7 l-8c 8.11c S.23c t
< ~ r\ p- t / r\ c*i\ . r> r\i v V
Lsyo o <-ioc o.ouc o.yuo u
L894 5 3-lt?e 5.54c 5.69c t
L893 7 l-2c 8.23c 8.38c b
1892 7 l-2c 8.19c 8.42c c
1891 7 5-8c 8.35c 8.55c t
1890 9 l-8c 9.68c 9.79c r
L8S9 9 3-8c 10.02c 10.16c n
1888.. 8 15-16c 9.68c 9.88c a
From September 26 to October 26, r
;his year, the maket was unchanged, d
middling being quoted for a straight
month at 4| cents. Factors were gen- t
jrally nopelul tnat tms. was tne lowest *
point that would be reached. There v
was a good demand almost continuous- c
ly at Liverpool, and the market held
3teadily until Thursday, when weak (
ness, which had been apparent for a few I
days, culminated in the decline, which, ?
Dn Saturday, brought the price down to i
if cents, at which it has since re- r
mained. The immediate cause of the 2
* .1 1 . . .1 * . 1 : _ 1 ^ n
turtner drop is saia 10 nave Deen an es- ^
timate by Mr. Neill that the present c
crop would be one of 12,000,000 bales. ^
Mr. Neill has been more fortunate in v
his estimates than maDy others who t
have essayed to predict past crops, and t'
considerable reliance is put upon any g
statements made, or alleged to have
been made by him. There is no rea- a
sonable doubt, any way, it is stated, c
that the crop is another great one and *
if Mr. Neill made the estimate referred a
to it evidently found ready believers c
abroad. t
The outlook aDDears to have no sil- c
very lining anywhere. Especially is
this true of the territory immediate?^
about Columbia. Reports from an area .
of seventy to one hundred miles, as j
well as the cotton being received, show *
that the quality of the crop was mate- 1
rially injured by the storm and bad |
weather, so that considerable of it wili *
only grade as ordinary or good ordinary c
and bring from 3$ to cents a pound, *
if the present quotations continue.
There is absolutely nothing in it for 1
the planters at such returns, and the c
prospect for them is far from agreeable, 5
so fai as their cotton crop is conwrned..
'
With an enormous crop this year *
coming on top of the previous two 1
large crops, the outlook for prices another
season, unless there is a sure de- *
crease in the production, is something J
that is really quite painful for cotton
men to consider. The low prices may *
work out the salvation ol-the planters ;
by forcing a reduction in the acreage, ^
but such has not yet been the result of ,
low prices in the past, although at no *
time has there been such Door returns
to the <rrowers as now.
Dead Beats.
A conductor on one of our passenger s
trains is also a steward in his church, 1
and carries around the collection basket a
it the public service. It is -said that a
3D. one occasion, passing by a man who t
lid not contribute, the ticket puncher, v
ifter urging a contribution, reached up 1;
in a fit of absent-mindedness for the s
bell cord with a view of putting the de- c
iinquent off the train. Of course, he t
ffas confused and tne congregation p
unused, but the incident fails not, d
ieverthele3s, to point out the moral as t<
veil as adorn a tale. There arc a num- ti
Der of so-called Christians who are b
iimply dead beating their way on the 1^
'gospel train." The State makes them n
)ay their taxes, the "lodges" make s;
hem pay their dues, but not being ^
breed to shell out for the support of T
he gospel, they show how little and it
nean they are by stealing a ride at the o
sxpense of their brethren.
A First Regiment Flag. 1
Mrs. Joseph K. Alston has presented |
o the First regiment a beautiful regi- I
aental flag, which was purchased by
he subscriptions of the ladies of York- ?
ille, Winnsboro. Newberry, Judge 1
Sonet, Mrs. Alston and Mrs. Heath, of s
iaurens. It is of blue silk. On one $
ide is the palmetto tree and coat oh S
rms of the State, and on the other ?
ho onot nf armc r>f fho TTnitftd States. &
n her letter Col. Alston says: "Please 1
resent this flag to the regiment in my J
ame, and immediately upon the mus- I
jring out register it among the 'achives |
f the State' in memory of the honored |?
ead who sacrificed their lives in their W
ountry's cause in the fateful Hispano* gj
Lmerican war."
Onr Men Do Well.
The first battalion of the Second
outh Carolina gave an exhibition drill gc
nd sham battle in Savannah Thursday 'r
fternoon. The drill was a decided
iccess from every point of view ami
olonel Thompson received many couratulations
from competent critics
he sham battle was between two com- T
anies on each side, and the officers I
lanaged if skillfully. Blank cartdges
were used and about 8.000 shots y
ere fired. Thousands of spectators
itnessed the drill and sham batt'e
ad applause were alike vociferous.
ill
Ho Negro Need Apply. - p(
Mr. W. H. Stalling, the new Repub- va
can postmaster at Augusta,- has to
msed a great row in his party by forjtting
the existence of Negroes and U
atting white men in all the offices
'e is doubtless of the opinion that the
lack wing of the party was sufficiently
swarded by Hanna at the St. Louis 0
invention.
THE OLD RELIABLE, f
t ^
he Oldest Eailroad in the United j
States of America. I
Mr. L. A. Kaimcrson, traffic manaer
of the South Carolina and Georgia
lilroad, has compiled some interesting
iformation about his road, which is j
lie oldest in the United States, and]
xceptmg a few short lines DUilt in
Ingland in the early 20s, the oldest in *
be world. The South Carolina comany
was organized May 21, 1828, and
uring 1829 six miles of the road were
onstructed. At the start horse power
nly was used. Then a premium of
500 was awarded to the inventor of
be endless chain process, which was
aleulated to move passenger cars at the
ate oil 5 miles an hour. In 1829 and
830 sails were substituted for horse
ower. This experiment proved highly
atisfactorv. as it carried, when the
rind was right, 13 passengers and three
nnc nf ir.-in of f-Vio <-.? 1A milna on
iour. This means of locomotion, how-' ^
ver, came to an abrupt end one day,
rhen the wind suddenly changed and
ook the sail, mast and sailors and all
verboard in a gale which drove the
ars at 15 miles an hour.
In March, 1830, a contract was
warded to the West Point foundry of
sew York to construct an engine guar- ^
nteed to make ten miles an hour and
iaul three times its weight. This was
he first locomotive built in America,
nd it was called Best Friend. It was
four-wheeled concern, all the - wheels
ieing drivers. These wheels had iron
tubs, with wooden spokes and felloes,
"he boilers was vertical, like an oldtyle
porter bottle. The machine ex- I
eeded in power the wildest hopes of
oth the railway men and the builders,
or it proved capable of carrying a load
f between forty and fifty people sixeen
miles an hour. On June 18,1831
lowever, a negro fireman held down
he safety valve, and as a result the
toiler exploded, landing the whole con
ern in the ditch. The accident was 1
hought at first to be the result of fast
unning, as the train was at the time
aaking close to eighteen miles an hour,
nd shortly afterward the following i
esolution was adopted by the board of
irectors: ,
l. No greater speed shall be made by
he enginees than fifteen miles per hour
riih one car of passengers, twelve miles
rith two cars, and ten miles with three
ars." |
The nest engine owned by the South
T J J ll. ITT 4 (
yironna roaa was nameu. tue nest j
^int. and made two miles in eight j
ainutes, The State legislature stepped j
n at tliis point and declared that this j
ate of speed was excessive and dan- '
:erous to human life, and as a con3e- i
[uence the company put a ' 'barriar' j
ar an each train. This "barrier5' car j
ras a flat car loaded with cotton bale?, '
rhich was expected to *ct as a so:rt of (
>rake, and diminish the force of the j
all when the passengers hit the j
PAiind
These experiments. Mr. Emerson j
ays, were among the early experiences (
if this historical road. They began j
rith. horse power and sails, and today, :
ifter a varied experience, extending \
iver nearly three-quarters of a century, |
he company possesses one of the best ;
quipped roads in America. )
. {
Lyncher Killed.
AVmt 6 o'clock "Wednesdav morninsr ]
n Augusta, Ga., a Negro named Will \
lobinson attempted to rape Miss Min- |
lie Walker, but was foiled in his pur- I
>ose. Later he was arrested and con- j
ined in the jail. The occurrence ex- I
sited great feeling in that section of j
he city in which the young lady lives.
3uring the nighl; about 500 armed J
nen, including a number of soldiers in
samp here, formed in the ball park
ieveral blocks from the jail. About 1 |
'clock formed in a column of fours |
hey marched to the jail, in which 20
)olicemen had been stationed and denanded
the surrender of the Negro.
Upon being told by Jailer Collins
hat the jail would be defended one ,
>f the attacking party shot at the pc- '
iceman holding the lantern. A generil
fusilade then followed. William
tfoore, a volunteer soldier on furlough <
eas shot through the head and will die.
1%a TOO a o Vko
ft ilCU lie 1C11 1>1A^ aiutva n wvuiimvuvm*
sone of the policemen were injured.
The Eight Men Lynched.
The Edgefield Chronicle says: ';We
tave conversed carefully with six or "
:ischt of the best, quietest and most conervative
citizens of the Ropers-Repubican
section, and with one accord they
,ssure us of their stem conviction that,
s regards the late horrible assassinaion
of Mrs. Atkinson, the right men
rere made to pay the penalty with their
ives. These good citizens says that
ince the inquest, facts and circumstanes
have stadily continued to point to
he three -lynched men as the real peretrators
of the bloody and atrocious |
eed. We are glad?more than glad? .
o hear and to chronicle this status of
tie matter; for, the right men having
cen made to pay the penalty, it simp7
becomes a matter of our own judg- *
lent and of our own'safety, and of the
ifety of our wives and children, how
'e take care of ourselves, and of them,
'he outside world may rave madly, but
; is always easy for bystanders to malce *
bservations."
1 HILTON'S b
2 &- * - iB THELIYSK 1!U *'
fj SIDNEYS, as its name impart?, t
St i? * sfcJraiiator and regulator to MB J q
i e- * or^ns. lssae &est I a
M yiedWn?* to ft'* digest:- ? |M >
? ^rtvsaus H' Oore> ^F; j |
Hj StU'OUisilCc?* 4-fW "U :|
K aty* vri?niD TWrsy mtaa^- #t'f* !#? I
& -aking, raiievui^ *ca3? u; si- ? i
Mp oac* froze disorder of tees eoi Sp f
fll g&rix. iiel:e?es &ii stomaca gl
|& ws&iea. L> entirely vegetable. v I =
g? >?c. 5>. 4UCt i* o- a ootue. 6oic ^
K y ^Urwi>, SQ<j 6 :- ft j jj?
KrJrrxy iro^ Ce&xsb^ t 3? I
Urh7*J e-g. g"erally a?d t J S
HE MURRAF DRu<j CO
Columbia, S. 0 ' |
l'I?E CITY BY THE SKA.
he Keeley Institute, 10
I
. E. Corner Yanderhorst and Smith
' Streets, p
CHARLESTON, SO. CA, g
Atlantic Ocean Surf Bathing, Yatch- jg
g, Boating and Fishing. Trolley and
;rry Rides, 1, 18 and 23 miles. Sulli- .
n Island and The Isle of Palms all "I
be enjoyed while under treatment for
Whiskey or 'Morphine Addictiin.
im ; i?
peub oru vctuuci auu 1U1 uv iac -uuj^ [
Keeley Institute in the State.
A. Happy Home
' : ---y|
t inor*?4?<l toa-fol i <o-> 1 4mi?. M \x
tb-' me?t o'lifc ><v procuring a good
IMi NU Oi* ' UU AL
-: .* . ; /
fagic hw? ? reflait? f?in?pee. mm*. kcep?
your cbi:<?r*u ? nam*:.
RUM KM H I'*R
v
'
'on oiily oroce . ? -.re prrr-? ^
?*d you ?o!ecl a jro?o ?*> ?
5if
4
I CHALLENGE J
-1
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inyboase in Anun.ii co a; pnc*?
TERM. |H|
r-J
0 tio*^ uat i>-?ov?l v. Oiv >* ?* I *tt
gi*e r?<?oe^lf 'mu. * * l-zht difference.
vTaiia.iJij? i
folly caarvEU* nr Inj.ra nouts ?M w
rvi.t'nn t? t it *
uwr* l TAIL ^
%
=5
!"o for pno*? *ad term* *u3 tor ?Uci
^rstH cat*!ojroe?.
YOURS FOB
pi A> * ? <? !I(W ; NT-5"
M. A. MALONE, M
1509 MAIN STREET,
* a
mmmsmmmsm
^ From Maker Direst to Purchaser.
IA Good 1
m m
I Piano I 1
win last a (? I
HSWmffiS lifetime ?* 1
iryrnti^nL. mkm
XS flBS
S *p0of p^m H
MWMdtm will last a few ffls
HnmfiTmmSri Ifl years and ?SX ''TTi
"J rYi^ttrWH five endlea 5W
p Tfie '^HP vexation. j*U
1 Mathushek S ~|
Is always Good, always Reliable, ?fi
S always Satisfactory, always Last- ft
ing. Yoa take no chances in bay- 98
costs somewhat more than a IS 3
(jci eheccp, poor piano, bet is moch the StU
?B cheapest in the end.
S No other JEiigh Grade Piano sold so ag
reasonable. Factory prices to retail rBI
Sjj buyers. Easy payments. Write nc. JK|
LUDDEN & BATES, S' j
PI Saraaaak, Ufc, ?bJ StwTtritClty. y X^-- -
iddress: D. A. PRESSLEY,: Agent.
Columbia, S. C. jj|K;.;|
Saw Mills. |
If you need * saw mill. any siie. -writ* >=j|
me before baying elsewhere. 1 h*y
the most complete line ct mills of aay %
dealer or rnannftntartr in th* 8oath.
Corn Mills.
Very highest grmdt Stones, at un tro*iIt
low prices.
Wood-Working
Machinery.
PUntrs, Moulders, Bdger, Be-Saws <
Bud flaws, Laths, etc. .
Engines and
Boilers,
Talbctt and Liddell,
Endeber* Rice Holler, in stock, qu5ck
delivery, low prioea. j
V,C. BADHAM? 4
-r~'
1326 Main ftr.et
COi>U\iHi o + !
GOME AND SEE II! j|
We will exhibit at the State
Fairfo be held here Nov, .* d
13th to 19th, in oper- -^^4
ation a f "1
IOMPLETE MURRAY ft INNING
COMPLETE ifiURRAY WINNING
System,
YSTEM, m
milt by Liddell Co., Charotte,
JST. C.
This wili afford all ini: fcteJ ?* oppormni- _
7 of netiuc '-he most modrin ahd timp est of J
innltig la*cliinerj, You cau't afford ti
Lisa it
a n araircs & nn
I1U IUC luauuuicuu aiv/ ^u^puuvx ...
i(j baronial halls of heaven, and the
eat organs of eternity, with multudious
banks of keys, are closed. But I
>e a shining one at the gate, as though
e were standing on guard, and I say:
Sentinel, what does this me?n? I
lought heaven was a populous city,
[as there been some great plague
veepig off the population?"' ''Have
? ? 1-.?J fllfl CAn.
iv m wriri iw
Uacfcit??ry htd Hill tujp'y f'?rji0<juait?8
Coluu;h;?, Jj. C.,
Near Uuion Depot, ^
Columbia 8. C.
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rake Care of w
Your Property. |
>avt; muiiey ujr is.ctrjjiug yuur
Gins in thorough repair.
Yon get better results .
please the public
and save your
iWX TIME AND LABOR.
Fourteen years practical ex- 3
erience in the ELLIOTT GIN
HOPS at Winnsboro, S. C., . Jj
\ a guarantee of good work.
Send your gius at once to
le undersigned, v|p
(V. J, .ELLIOTT,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Located adjacent to the To
ir Engine Work. July27 3m jpj