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J j Large size, * L 7 3. l. uorues ior THE TEMPLE OF DIANA. DR. TALMXGE DRAWS LESSONS FROM THAT STRUCTURE. On the Way from Smyrna toM^phesus. Bandits, Bobbers and Pilgrim*?Present Appearance of the Place Where Paul Fought with Beasts. Brooklyn, Nov. 15.?Dr. Talinage continued this morning his series of sermons entitled, 4'From the Pyramids to the Acropolis." This sermon, which is the fifth of the series, is concerned with the doctors visit to Ephesus, of which city, with its wonderful temple and other buildings, he gives a vivid description, with characteristic exegetical coma ? -1 a menis on ooscure passages 01 ocnpcure. flis text "was Acts xix, 34. "Great is Diana of the Ephesians." We have landed this morning at Smyrna, a city of Asiatic Turkey. One of the seven churches of Asia once stood here. You read in Revelation, "To the church in Smyrna write." It is a city that has often been shaken by earthquake, swept by conflagration, blasted by plagues, and butchered by war, and here Bishop Polycarp stood in a crowded amphitheater, and when ho> Askp-d to ffive nn the advocacv of the Christian religion and save himself from martyrdom, the proconsul saying, "Swear and I release thee; reproach Christ," replied, "Eighty and sis years have I served him, and he never did me wrong; how then can I revile my King and Saviour?" When he was brought to the fires into which he was about to be thrust, and the officials were about to fasten him to the stake, he said, "Let me remain as 1 am, for he who giveth me strength to sustain the fire will enable me also without your securing me with nails to remain unmoved in the fire." History says the fires refused to con sume turn, ana unaer tne winas in? flames bent outward so that they did not touch his person, and therefore he was slain by swords and spears. One cypress bending over- his grave is the only monument to Bishop Polycarp. But we are on the way to the city of Ephesus, about fifty miles from Smyrna We are advised not to go to Ephesus; the bandits in that region have had an ugly practice of cutting off the ears of travelers and sending these specimens of ears down to Smyrna, demanding a ransom. The bandits suggest to the friends of the persons from iffbonithe ears have been subtracted |98gft|^^^k^todiave the rest ried off to the rubbers deb arid $7,5.00 was paid for his rescue/; The bandits were caught and beheaded, and pictures of these ghastly heads- are>.on sale in the shop3 of Smyrna folr-any persons who may desire to have something to look at on their way to Ephesus. There have been cases where ten and twenty and thirty and forty thousand dollars have been demanded by these brigands. We did not feel like putting our friends to such expense, and it was suggested that we had' better omit Ephesus. But that would have been a disappointment from which we would never recover. We must see Ephesus ?associated with the most wonderful anostolie scenes. We hire a snecial railway train, and in about an hour and a half we arrive at the city of Ephesus, which was called ''The Great Metropolis of Asia," and "One of the Eyes of Asia," and "The Empress of Ionia," the capital of all learning and magnificence. Here, as I said, was one of the seven churches of Asia, and first of all we visit the ruins of that church where once an ecumenical council of two thousand ministers of religion was held. THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF ASIA. Mark the fulfillment of the prophecy of the seven churches of Asia; four were commended in the Book of Revelation and three were doomed. The cities having the four commended churches still stand; the cities having the three doomed churches are wiped out. It occurred just as the Bible said it would occur. Drive on and you come to the theater, which was 660 feet from wall to wall, capable of holding 56,700 spectators. Here and there the walls arise almost unbroken, but for the most part the building is down. Just enough of it is left to help a VmvII/Q If nr\ no I f liic luiagiuauuu uuuu. iu up ao ib was when those audiences shouted and clapped at some great spectacular. Their huzzas must have been enough to stun the heavens. As I took my place at the center of this theater and looked around at its broken layers of atone, gallery upon gallery, gallery upon gallery, piled up into the bleak skies of that winter day, and thought that every hand that swung a trowel on those walls, and every foot that trod those stairs, and every eye that gazed on that ampintheater, and every voice that greeted the combatants in that arena had gone out of hearing and sight for ages on ages, I felt a thrill of interest that almost prostrated me ainid the ruins. Standing there we could not forget that in that building once assembled a riotous throng for Paul's condemnation because what he pre;iched collided with the Idolatry of their national goddess. Paul if led to get into that theater and address tfc? excited multitude, but his friends held him bad: lest he be torn in pieces by the mob,' #jad the recorder of The city had to rend the riot act among the people, who inn' shrieked for two mortal hours til! tin ! throats were sore and Tile/ were b.'.-.e in the face, "Great U Pi?n.i of the Ephesiansl" Now we step into the stadium. Enough of its walls and appointments are ?s# to show what a stupendous place it must have been when used for foot races and tor fights with wild beasts. It was a building 08O feet long by 200 feet wide. Paul refers to -what transpired there in the way of spectacle when he says, "We have been made a snect&els.** ?as_ Paul savs. "1 have fought with beasta &t Ephesus." ;tn ex- | pression usually taken a* figurative, but I suppose it was liteniMy true, for one ; of the amusements iti that Stadium was j Co put & disliked man in the arena with ' i a hungry lion or tiger or panther, and let the tight go on until either the man ! or the beast or both -were slain. It must have been great fun for these : j haters of Christianity to hear that on j I the morrow in the Stadium in Ephesus ; j the missionary Paul would, in the pres: ence of the crowded galleries, fight a hungry lion. The people were early j there to get the best seats, and a more i | alert and enthusiastic crowd never asj # i | sembled. They took their dinners ! with thmn And was there ever a ! ! more unequal combat proposed. Paul, j according to tradition, small, crooked | backed and weak eyed, but the grand- i est man in sixty centuries, is led to the ; center as the people shout: "There he i comes, the preacher who has nearly ; ruined our religion. The lion will | make bnt a brief mouthful of him." PAUL'S MAGNIFICENT FIGHT. It is plain that all the sympathies of j I that crowd are with the lion. In one j I of the underground rooms I hear the i j growl of the wild beasts. They have J i been kept for several days without tood | j or water in order that they may be ; especially ravenous and bloodthirsty, j What chance is therefor Paul? But j you cannot tell by a man's size or looks ! how stout a blow he can strike or how keen a blade he can thrust. Witness, heaven and earth and hell, this struggle of Paul with a wild beast. The coolest man in the Stadium is Paul. What has he to fear? He has defied all the powers, earthly and infernal, and if his bodv tumble under the foot and tooth of the wild beast, his soul will only the sooner find disenthrallment Bat it is his duty, as far as possible, to preserve his life. Now I hear the bolt of the wild beast's door shove back, and the whole | audience rise to their feet as the fierce i brute springs for the arena and toward j its small occupant. I think the first j plunge that was made by the wild beast at the apostle was made on the point of a sharp blade, and the snarling monster with a howl of pain and reeking with gore turns back. But now the little missionary has his turn of making attack, and with a few well directed thrusts the monster lies dead in the dust of the arena I and--the^ apostle puts his right foot on the lion and shakes- ilhn, and then puts his left foot on him and : shakes him?a scene which Paul afterj ward uses for an illustration when he I wa^ts to show how Christ will triumph i over death?"he must reign tiHhe hath j put ^11 enemies under his feet;" yes, j under his feet. Paul told the literal ! truth whei! he said, "I have fought ! with beasts at Ephesus," and as the lplural is used I think he had more than j or several beasts were j As we I structure, the whole scene came back upon us. But we pass out of the Stadium, for we are in haste for other places of interest in Ephesus. To add to the excitement of the day one of our party ! was missing. No man is safe in that region alone unless he be armed and knows how to take sure aim and not miss Sre. Our companion, Dr. Louis Klopsch, now the publisher of The Christian Herald, had gone out on i some explorations of his own, and through the gate where Paul had walked again and again, yet where no man unaccompauied should adventure now. But after some time had passed, and every minute seemed as long as an hour, and we had time to imagine everything horrible in the way of robj bery and assassination, the lost travelor\rvaof?n^ fn r?nr?niro fmtn nnflina id a,yt/C'al * VVC-l ? v i t vui VUA ViAWUV J party a volley of expostulation for the ! arousal of so many anxieties. ! In the midst of this city of Ephesus once floated an artificial lake, brilliant with painted boats, and through the River Cayster it was connected with the sea, and ships from all parts of the known earth floated in and out carrying on a commerce which made Ephesus the envy of the world. Great was Ephesus! Its gymnasia, its hippodrome, ! its odeon. its athenaeum, its forum, its aqueducts (whose skeletons are still ! strewn along the city), its towers, its i Castle of Hadrian, its monument of Androclus, its quarries, which were the granite cradle of cities; its temples, built to Apollo, to Minerva, to Nepi tune, to Mercury, to Bacchus, to Heri cules, to Caesar, to Fortune, to Jupiter j Olympus. What history and poetry I and chisel and canvas have not pre seated has come up at the call ol ar- | : cbjeologists' powder blast and crowbar. \ THE KXPL-OKKR'3 REVELATIONS. But I have now to unveil the chief i wonder of this chiefest of cities. In 1863, under the patronage of the Eng- j i lish government, Mr. Wood, the ex- ! piorer, began at Ephesus to feel along j , under the ground at great depths for j roads, for walls, for towers, and here it ! | is?that for which Ephesus was more | : celebrated than all else besides?the i j Temple of the Goddess Diana, called j I the sixth wonder of the world, and in j j 1SS3 we stood amid the ruins of that ; ' temple. ine^nrinff pillars, transfixed ! by its sculpture and confounded at j what was the greatest temple of ldol; itry in ail time. As I sat on a piece of one of its fallen columns I said, "What ( sarthquake rocked i$ down, or what j hurricane pashed it to the earth, or un- i | der what strong wine of centuries did j I the giant stagger and fall." There j i have been seven temples of Diana, the | j ruins of each contributing something j for the splendor of all its architectural successors. Two hundred and twenty years was [ I t)iis last temple in construction. Twice j j ioag as the United States has stood | ' was that temple in building. It was nearly twice as long as St- Paul's cathej dral, London. Lest it should by <iis turbed by earthquakes, which have at- j i ways been fond of making those regions j [ Jtheir playground, the temple was built | j on a -marsh, which was made firm by ! I Layers of jciiareoaf covered by fleeces of j i wool. The stone came tioiu the quarry ; ! near by. After it was decreed to buii'q { j the temple, it was thought it would be { j necessary to bring the building stone j from other lands, but one day a shep- j herd by the name of Piyodorus, while I w?.f/?hinor iiis flocks saw two rams florht- I I ing, and us they missed the interlocking j of their horns and one fell, his horr; ! j knocked a splinter from the rock and j showed by that splinter the lustrous whiteness of the rock. s The shepherd ran to the city with a ; piece of that stone, which revealed a I quarry from which the temple was I built., and every month in all ages ! since the mayor of Ephesus goes to j that quarry to offer sacrifices to the i memory of that shepherd who discov- j ered this source of splendor and wealth for the oities of Asia Minor. In re moving the great stones from the quarry to their destined places in the temple, it was necessary, in order to keep the wheels, which were twelve feet in diameter, from sinking deep into the earth under the unparalleled heft, that a frame of timbers be arranged over which the wheels rolled. To put the immense block of marble in its place over the doorway of one of these temples was so vast and difficult an undertaking that the architect at j one time gave it up, and in his chagrin j intended suicide, but one night in his sleep he dreamed that the stone had settled to the right place, and the next day he. found that the great block of marble had by its own weight settled to the right place. ' The temple of j IHana was four hundred and t wenty- j five feet long by two hundred and ' twenty feet wide. All Asia was taxed to pay for it. It had one hundred and twenty-seven pillars, each sixty feet high, and each the gift of a king, and inscribed with the name of the donor. Now you see the meaning of that passage in Revelation, just as a king i-* 1 i.i? -:n?? presenting uue ui puioiu w wuo i temple of Diana had his own name chiseled on it and the name of his own country, so says Christ, "Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and I will write upon him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, which is New Jerusalem, and I will write upon him my new name." How suggestive and beautiful! GREAT WAS DIAXA OF EPHESUS. In addition to those pillars that I climbed over while amid the ruins 01 Diana's temple I saw afterward eight of those pillars at Constantinople, t-? which city they had been removed, and are now a part of the Mosque of St. Sophia. Those eight columns are all green jasper, but some of those which J ?? T\ Inwvnht of I?r?K ->cn 1 c filUUU 11-1 X/iaCLlCL ? OrU were fairly drenched with brilliant colors. Costly metals stood up in various parts of the temple, where they could catch the fullest flush of the sun. A flight of stairs was carved out of one grapevine. Doors of cypress wood, which had been kept In glue for years and bordered with bronze in bas relief, swung against pillars of brass, and resounded with echo upon echo, caught up and sent on, and hurled back through the corridors. In that building stood an image of DiaDa. the eoddes- The 'ion ' that image had dropped pluinb oukof heaven into that tempie, and the sculptors who really made the statue N or image were put to death, so that they could not testify of its human manufacture and so deny its celestial origin.' It was thought by intelligent people that the material from whioh this idol was formed might have dropped out of heaven as an aerolite. We nave seen in the British museum, and in universities of our own west, blocks of stone hurled off from other worlds. These aerolites were seen to fall, and witnesses have gone to the landirg places, and scientists have pro- i nounced them to be the product of other worlds. But the material out of , which the image of Diana was fashioned contradicts that notion. This , image was carved out of ebony and ] punctured here and there with openings kept full of spikenard so as to hin- \ der the statue from decaying and make j it aromatic, but this ebony was oovered 1 with bronze and alabaster. / A necklace of acorns coiled graceful- < ly around her. There were four lions < on oach arm, typical of strength. Her head was coroneted. Around this figure stood statues which by wonderful invention shed tears. The air bv strange machinery was damp with descending perfumes. The walls multiplied the scene by concaved mirrors. Fountains tossed in sheaves of light and fell in showers of diamonds. Praxiteles, the sculptor, and Apelles, the painter, filled the place with their triumphs. CrcBSUS, the wealthiest of the ancients, put here and there in the temple golden heifers. The paintings were so vivid and lifelike that Alexander, who was moved at nothing of terror, shuddered at one battle scene on these walls, and so true to life wjls a painting of a horse that when Alexanders horse was led up to A v\ rvsvis-vvi na OTVA v\ 1o o A. IW Ut? UOg&Ui IAJ CWO UUD i^V^l O L3 OA* customed to greet another. One paint ing in that temple cost $193,750. The treasures of all nations and the spoils of kingdoms were kept here for safe deposit. Criminals from all lands fled to the shelter of this temple, and the law could not touch them. It seemed almost strange that this mountain of architectural snow outside did not melt with the fires of color within. The temple was surrounded with groves, in which roamed for the temptation of hunters, stags and hares and wild boars, and all styles of game, whether winged or four footed. There was a cave with statue so intensely brilliant that it extinguished the eyes of those who looked upon it, unless, at the command of the priests, the hand of the spectator somewhat shaded the eyes. No wonder that even Anthony and Alexander and Darius cried out in the words of my text, "Great is Diana / if flio " One whole month of eacli year, the month of May, was devoted to her worship. Processions in garbs of purple and violet and scarlet moved through it, and there were torches and anthems, and choirs in white, and timbrels and triangles }n music, sacrifices and dances. Here young m<--n and piaidens were betrothed with imposing ceremony. Nations voted large amounts ro meet the expense of the worship, i Fisheries of vast resource were devoted to the siippo** of tliis resplendence. \ Horace and Virgil and Homer jvent *1 J ?t iJ ?Tx5-4 V ! into riiapsoaies wane aescriouig pun* ; ^ worship. All artists, all archaeologists, ! ? all centuries agreed in saying, ''Great j ^ is Diana of the Kphesians." ^ Paul, in the presenoe oi this Tth.ople G of Diana, incorporates it in his figures of speech while speaking of the spiritual . temple, "Now, If any man uunu upon this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, etc.," and no doubt with reference to one of the previous temples which had been set on tire by Herostratus just for the fame of destroying it, Paul says, "If any man's work shall b8 burned, he shall suffer loss, etc.," and ali up and down Paul's writings you realize that he had not only seen, but had been mightily impressed with what he had seen of the Temple of Diana. NOTED CHRISTIANS OF EPHESL'S. In this city the mother of Jesus was said to have been buried. Here dwelt Aquilla and Priscilla of Bible mention, who were professors in an extemporized theological seminary, and they taught the eloquent A polios how to be eloquent for Clirist. Here John preached, and from here because of his fidelity he was exiled to Patrnos. Here Paul a i rained rlio mncrir?fll fnr which Ephesus was famous. The sorcerer's of this city pretended that they could cure diseases, and perform almost any miracle, by pronouncing these senseless words, "Aski Cataski Lix Tetrax Damnaraeneus Alston." Paul having performed a miracle in the name of Jesus, there was a lying family of seven brothers who imitated the apostle, and instead of their usual words of incantation, used the word Jesus over a man who was possessed of a devil, and the man possessed flew at thein in great fierceness and nearly tore these frauds to pieces, and in consequence ail np and down the streets of Ephesus there wa* indignation excited against the magical arts, and a great bonflre of magical books was kindled in the streets, and the people stirred the blaze until thirty-five thousand dollars, worth of black art literature had burned th ashes. But all the glory of Ephesus I have described has gone now. At some seasons of the year awful malarias sweep over the place and put upon mattress or in graves a large portion of the population. In the approximate marshes scorpions, centipedes and all forms of reptile life crawl and hiss and sting, while hyenas and jackals at night slink in and out of the rains of buildings which once startled the nations with their almost supernatural grandeur. But here is a lesson which has never yet been drawn out. Do you not see In tha^empla of Diana an expression of wh^Wtheworid needs? It wants a Grod Th<* can provide food. Diana as a hiutreLs. In pictures on many of the ?oins Ishe held a stag by the horn wiii one Juana ana a ouaaie oi arrows in the olher. Oh, this is a hungry ^rldi iSianacould not give one pound Sf meat ofc one mouthful of food to the milliona-of her worshipers. She was a of people*never have enough to eat. It is only in the countries where the God of fpaven and earth is worshiped that the y^tsi majority have enough to oat. Let Diana have her arrows and her ifcumcls; our God has the sunshine, and the growers, and the harvests, and in proportion as he is worshiped does plenty reign. So also in the temple of Diana the world oppressed its need of a refuge. To it from all parts of the land came debtors who could not pay their debts and offenders of the law that they might escape incarceration, but she sheltered them only a little while, and whila shp fernt t.hAm frv>m arrasf. slir> could not change their hearts and the guilty remained guilty, but our God in Jesos Christ is a refuge into which we may fly from all our sins and all our pursuers, and not only be safe for time but safe for eternity, and the juilt is pardoned and the nature is transformed. What Diana could not io for her worshipers our Christ accomplishes 3or us. f .RocL: of ages cleft for me. Let me hide myself in thee. WHAT DESTROYED EPHESCS? Then, in that temple were deposited treasures from all the earth for safe keeping. Chrysostom says it was the treasure house of nations; they brought jold and silver and precious stones and coronets from across the sea, and put them under the care of Diana of the Ephesians. But again and again were those treasures ransacked, captured or destroyed. Nero robbed them, the Scythians scattered them, the Goths burned them. Diana failed those who trusted her with treasures, but our God, to him we may intrust all our treasurer for this world and the next, ind fail any one who jrnts confidence in him he never will. After tho last |asper column has fallen and the last iemple on earth has gone into ruins md the^vorld itself has suffered demolition, tip Lord will keep for us our best treasures. But, notice what killed Ephesus, and what has killed most of the cities that ie buried in the cemetery of nations. Luxury! The costly baths, which had oeen the means of health to the city, became its ruin. Instead of the cold baths that had been the invigoration of the people, the hot baths, which are only intended for the infirm or the invalid, were substituted. In these hot uofha man tr lotr rro rso-f t-Vi^ -f J r\ KAAl+lAJ iUJ A.UVOW VI bUU IJUiV. Authors wrote books while in these jaths. Business was neglected and a lot bath taken four or five times a lay. When the keeper of the baths vas reprimanded for not having them varrn enough, one of the rulers said, 'You blame him for not making the ; lath warm enough; I blame you be- j >ause you have it warm at all." But that warm bath which enervated j Epnesus, and which is always enervat- I ng, except when followed by cold baths no reference, of course, to delicate conititutions), was only a type of what vent on in all departments of Ephesian ife, and in luxurious indulgence Ephe 1 .1 At, - 1 A A * 1 - - M us ien, auu lue iasi inangie 01 music ?as tingled in Diana's temple, and the ast wrestler disappeared iron+hergyup laslu/ns, and the last racer took his garand in the Stadium, and the last pie* vas 1 eard in her Forum, and, even he sea, as if to withdraw the last comnercial opportunity from that metvop jis, r^weawd down the beach, leaving ler without the harbor in which had loated a thousand ships. Brooklyp, ! s'ew Tork, London anu all modern ities, cisatlantic and transatlantic, take raniing! What luxury unguarded did for all. Opulence and splenuor God grant to all the people, to all the cities, to all the lands, but at the same time, may he grant the righteous use of them. USE THIS WORLD, BUT IN THE' SERVICE OF GOD. Gymnasiums? Yes, but see that the vigor gained in them be consecrated to God. Magnificent temples of worship? Yes, but see that in them instead of i conventionalities and cold pomp of j service there be warmth of devotion ! and the pure Gospel preached. Im i. i > v~? v..*. 4-v.?? pubiiig ^uuu iiULUico x uut hi tacui let justice and mercy rule. Palaces of journalism? Yes, but let all of the printing presses be marshaled for happiness and truth. Great postoffioe buildings? Yes, but through them, day by day, may correspondence helpful, elevating and moral pass. Ornate dwelling houses? Yes, but in them let there be altars of devotion, and conjugal, filial, paternal and Christian fidelity rule. London for magnitude, Berlin for universities, Paris for fashions, Rome for cathedrals, Athens for classics, Thebes for hieroglyphics, Memphis for tombs, Babylon for gardens, Ephesus for idolatry, but what shall be the characteristics of our American cities when they shall have attained their full stature? Would that "Holiness to the Lord" might be inscribed upon all our municipalities. One thing is certain, and that is that all idolatry most come down. When the greatest goddess of the earth, Diana, enshrined in the greatest temple that ever stood, was prostrated ; at Ephesus, it was a prophecy of the i overthrow of all the idolatries that have cursed the earth, and anything we love more than God is an idol, and 1 there is as much idolatry in the Nineteenth century as in the First, and in ; America as in Asia. As our train pulled out from the station at Ephesus, the cars surrounded j by the worst looking group of villains I ever gazed on, all of them seeming in a.wrangle with each other and trying to get into a wrangle with us, and we i moved .Jong the columns of ancient aqueducts, each column crowned with | storks, having built their nests there, ! and we rolled on down toward Smyrna, and that night in a sailor's bethel as j we spoke of the Christ whom the world ! must know or perish, we felt that bej tween cradle and grave there oould not be anything much more enthralling for body, mind and soul than onr visit to l Ephesus. .? ^ A Bright Retort. ?V .. , , . ... it is saia or a certain literary woman tlia' she ia never at loss for a reply, and ! ne/er misses an opportunity to say a bright thing. "To begin with," remarked the | friend, "he has a perfect Niagara of a i forehead I" "Whatr said the other. "Do yon ; mean to tell me the poor man has a cataract over both eyesT?Exchange. Talk's cheap, but when it's backed up by a pledge of the hard cash of a financially responsible firm, or company, of world-wide reputation for fair and honorable dealing, it means business! Now, there are scores of Sarsaparillas and other blood-purifiers, all | cracked up to be the beat, purest, | most peculiar and wonderful, but i bear in mind (for vour own sake.} there's only one guaranteed bloodpurifier and remedy for torpid liver and all diseases that come from bad blood. That one?standing solitary and alone?sold on trial, is Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. If it doesn't do good in skin, scalp and scrofulous diseases?and pulmonary consumption is only lung-scrofula?just let its makers know and gei you money back. Talk's cheap, but to back a poor medicine, or a common one, by selling it on trial, as' "Golded Medical Discovery" is sold, would bankrupt tlic largest tortune. Talk's cheap, but only "Discovery'' is guaranteed. Cl3 mans Coming to America. St. Petersburg, Xov. 14.?A large number of German colonists along the Vulgcr River have become discontented with the condition prevailing in Russia, and many of j them have determined to give up ' their holdings and leave the country. ; A large number will go to the United i States. The emigrants are thrifty ! and industrious, and a majority of I them are fairly well to do. I Ho^s This. ? We offer one hundred dollars reI ward for any ease of catarrh that ! cannot bo cured by taking Hall's ! Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo, 0. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believed him perfactly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligation made by their firm. West & Tnuax, Wholesale Druggist, Toledo, 0. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo 0. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter- ' nally, acting directly upon the blood /-I i\> ?. r, ftftn I b ft aiiu luuuuur* nui latra iuu njatcuii. F. -J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0. Sold by all druggists, 75 cents 4! Senator Irby Talks. Satisfied the Alliance Men Are All { Good Democrats. Correspondent Greenville News. Laurens, S. C., Nov. 12.?I had a talk with Senator J. L. M. Irby this mornine- and he talked very freclv of I o * * the many subjects that are interest- ! ing our people now. "When asked who he thought the Democrats would nominate for President next Senator Irby said: There is not one of the Democratic candidates more objectionable to the Farmers' Alliance than Cleveland on account of his views on the silver question, but I am confident he will be nominated, and when he is I believe the Alliancemien of South Caroi* *ii .?-ii i iiiia lau liuo ime ana suppcri; liim almost to a man. There may be a few like Keitt who will not vote for him, but thev will never amount 7 * to much. 4iThe Farmers' Alliancemen of this State are Democrats and they may be relied upon to vote for the Democratic nominee, if it is the devil. JLJUCJ L^JLLC Y C 1X1 LX1C BUU"tl CttOUl J and will do all they can to have it embodied in the platform of the national Democracy, but if it is not that will not affect their support of the nominees.'" "When asked by a bystander, an enthusiastic Tillmanite, whether those who supported Haskell last year would be allowed to vote in the primaries next year, Senator Irby said that being chairman of the State executive committee he must decline 2 * * 2.1. 1 - to express an opinion on mat question "at this time." He said that those who voted for Haskell last year were "disorganized Democrats.'' and at the next meeting of the executive committee, which he would call about January 1st, they would decide whether such "disorganized Democrats" were included in the definition "all known IJeifiocrats" laid down by the_ constitution of the Democratic party oFSoutfc Senator Irby said when asked j about the outlook in State politics i appear that he would havean^MP ble in getting it. Referring back to the celebrated "March convention" Senator Irby said it was absolutely essential to Tillman's election and that Tillman would never have made the race without that nomination, for, if he had, it would have justified all those accusations that he only "wanted office.'' Senator Irby said most emphatically that he did not believe that the farmers of South Carolina endorsed in the least the talk of bolting and third party, so freely indulged in by Polk and Keitt. Recommends it to Everyone. u Thinking that a word from me might be the cause of others receiving benefit from S. S. S., I write to say that I have been a sufferer from Eczema, which my doctor called pink heads. Small blisters would form on my limbs, would break and ooze, and cause large sores to form. The odor arising would be very disagreeable, and I would often be laid up from one to two weeks at a time. The disease would break out about every two months. I tried various physicians and treatments, but re ceived no permanent relief until I was induced to try S. S. S., and felt the benefit from it in a few days. I continued the use of it until I had taken three bottles, which was over a year ago, and I have not had the Eczema since. I believe it is thoroughly eradicated from my system. I feel sure that S. S. S. is the greatest blood remedy, and I would recommend it to everyone afflicted with any form of blood poison, for I believe they will receive like benefits that I have." John A. Brard, Louisville, Ky. We will mail free to any address a most valuable treatise on the blood and skin. Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga. Two young ladies named Peer, in Milwaukee, are said to be nearly ready for admission to tlio bar, at which their father, mother and sisters are already in practice. To have two cities in one State is nothing uncommon, but to have one city in two States is. Texarkana, is both in Miller county, Ark., and ( Bowie county, Tex. Dr. G. W. Earle, Pickens, S. C., ( writes: 4T recommended B. B. B. to 1 j a man ttuu uttu auuwcu ivi with a malignant ulcer on his leg, i th$t seemed to resist all other treatment. After using four or five bottles the ulcer began to heal and his j leg is now sound and weU-' ? ANOTHER OFFICE SIGGESTEI). A Commissiouer to Look After Insurance Taxes. The Annual Keport of Comptroller General Ellerbe?The State's Idea Regarding Honest Assessment Embodied? Shortage. The State. The annual report to the Legislature of Comptroller General W. H. Ellerbe, made public yesterday, is a document of especial interest to every taxpayer in the commonwealth. The paper is exhaustive, and contains statements and suggestions of more than ordinary significance. Other interest attaches to the paper inasmuch as the department represented is one of the main arteries in the economy of the administration. The salient features of the report are as follows: ANNUAL SETTLEMENTS. As required by law I have personally attended to and made the an nual settlements in edfch county, except in a few counties where I secured the services of a competent agent to make such settlement for me. These settlements in many respects, in several of the counties, have not proved satisfactory. Numerous errors were detected, and in some cases inexcusable irregularities wer8 found, and in others a shortage A of accounts of treasurers; and in one M county (Union) embezzlements of ^ the school funds. were discovered. jflsS This case has been turned over to the courts as required by law for strict investigation and action. The fltjjmfls errors detected have been corrected, SwBH nn/1 oil miino r-\1 ono/1 1 t? 111n rMikl'A auu CL11 WICV^CU. IXC CITC JTvTTTIXC treasury, except in Charleston, where is there due from State taxes$480.35 from KaHUHSfi county taxes $4,912.76, and school MMMhBHB and poll $2,802.18, a total of $8,195.29; and in Sumter county $617.49 Jlp9ra3n -^emState taxes, $36.89 from county HnMlH taxes, Trirm i^^WmIwHW I ea^jpBqo pas The grows out of presenting a which properly ^ been allowed in the smwhI^ 1888-89. Information comes county treasurers in some posit county and school funds^i bank and receive therefor a small rate of interest on such de- 0H| posit, and often parties holding jroHBw8| claims against these funds are told jaMMBB that no money is on hand to pay ^BHMb them. ?| A CHANGE SUGGESTED. KgSflgll The irregularities that have been thus revealed suggest to my mind + Vio + onmn nlinnnraa olinnl^ Kfl ?Yl(l {\ck tiiat OVU4V/ VXAUAi^Vk? w in our system of county collections and disbursements, and while it may have objectionablo features I am now of the opinion that one disbursing officer for the State would remedy the existing difficulties and irregularties. A slight increase of the force (clerical) in the office of comptroller general would enable the work to be done and nearly every county in the State having State depositories in them the general public would not be inconvenienced nor additional expeneses be incurred by such a J|19B system of county and school disbursements. The penitentiary, Sinking Food I Commission and other institutions of ? the State under the law collect and disburse money. The adjutant and SIh insnector general disburses the jt w ^p39h99h money appropriated for the support of the militia when he is not a ffifflSH bonded officer. The habit of extending the time for the payment of flpgWftHSB taxes operates injuriously upon the annual settlements required by law. flOHH The time should be fixed at about the first of January for the payment A?BeRSS of taxes without penalty and not in- MymnH terfered with except in extraordinary ease. The system of one disbursing office would save the expenses and^^^HBHHB time necessary to send the comptrol^^S&Bgn^B! ler general to the thirty-five countie^^^MHMSBBj in the State and make his oversiglj^P^aBBKMHI continuous or daily instead of as n(?8&|g9HHflH only at the annual settlements. ^kSp|mSHhR9 There is also an old balance du Kershaw county, coming over, ever, from a compromise of maJ|y|SN^^^HHBEBH there in the settlement for theJ|lfiB|ffi j:? ;i j-cLuiig jvai. luo?grztna?jn^?CWMMttJIIIIum this county has taken the land under order of court JE8S^^^fcggB8BKB speedy adjustment is hoped INSURANCE DEPARTMEy^^^^^^^SiiiBSBB I heg to call your attentiQ^^^SS^^BHffiHEBB (continued on 2d