The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, February 06, 1890, Image 1

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VO. IX ICKE~NS, S. C., 'J IJI{SI)AY, FE BIIIJAIIY 6, 1890.NO21 TALMAGE ABROAD ELOQUENT SERMON PREACHED BY HIM IN LONDON. The Apostlos' PriMon II OUMe-Uinuktntu Chnlnn .ud liumip l)unge,-(od 'ity the l'rls net- The Pit, thme l.ton'N I)(+n, the Illsmig Furnce, ithe l+tatakI' ni 14t th.) I's'iMn for ChriNttau. The RQe. T. Do Witt Talmnag_e, D). D., of Brooklyn, preached in Londou, Sundiy, taking for his text Acts xvi, 81: "Believe on the Lord JEsus Christ, and thau shalt be saved." Ho said: Jai:s are slark, dull, damp, loathsome )laces even now; but were worse in the apostolio times. 1 imagine to-day we are standing in the Philippian d ungeon. Do you feo the chill? )o you hear the groan of those incarcera ed cues who for ton years have not seen the sun light, und ithe deep sigh of' women nh" ur' wber their father's house, and mourn o ver iheir wasted estates? L.isten again. It is tlie cbtolh'ofa .on noptiv' , or the struggle or one in a nightmar ofa grea(t horror. You lis t(' ag,t'Ju and heitra culprit. his chains *ttlei ,g as he rolls over in his dreams. r yc u sa : "God Pisy the prisoner.'' l' tth,c is another sou (l in that r son. It is It Song of joy andcl glal IeSS 'What a place to sing in! The :utftsic (.we5 witniing througa the cot - en,lor", 01 thu pri on and in all the (lark wards the whisper is heard: What's t ha ? What's tha'."'' It, is the song of Paul id iilas 'They vannot sleep. Thycv have been badly whilppted. Th'1e long gashes on I heir hacks are bleed i.g yet. They 1ie flat on the cold grot:tad, their feet fast. in w,ooden sock. Its, nd of c'turse they (an not. sleep. flu,t they can sing. .1niler, w hat are you doing witht these people? Why have they been put in here? O, thev have bwen trying to make the world bet ter. I. it that? "hat. is all A pit. or Jloseph. A 'ion's cave for Di mel. A lazing furnace for Sihalrach. Clubs for .oht Vetsley. An anathema for Philip Melinctii oni. A dungeon for ('aul aimi ih s. But vhile we arn 'tam n tig in the gloom of titmtt 1'lilipi an .dtngeo:, and we hear the mingling voie of . ah snd groan, anl hlas phttn, and hallelujnah, suddenly an enrthquake! The iron btr:: of the pris >n twkits, the pi lars crack o1l, the sot id ia oury begins to heave and rock till ali the doors aw iig open, andi t he wal1s fall withl a terrihe crash. ''he jailer, feuling himself r' sponsible for thc.-e prisoners, and feeling suicide to he lionorai,le-sin ce Brutus killed hitsel1, atd CUato killed himsel f, and Casu,ius killed himsielf--puts his sword to 'is own heart., proposing vi th one st rong, keent t.hru.it to put anii (nd to his excitement and agitation. But Paul cried out: 'Stop! Stop! Do thysel no harm. We are all here.'' Then I see the jail(r running through the dust ianid the ruin of that prison, and I Sec him throwing himself down at, the feet of tI hoso prisoners, crying out: ''What shall I do? What shall I do?', )id Pau answer: "(e- out of this placc before tLemCa i; another earthqfuakc; put han,itll and hobbles on those oiher pr isonors. lest they get away?" Not, a w,rd of that kind. Conipact, thriltitng, tremendous answer; answer meniorabil all throutgh earth and heaven: "Believe on the Lord Jesus Chrit, antd thou shalt be saved.', Wel:, we have all read of the ear th quake in Ii6bont, in Litna, in Aleppo and int Caierace; but we live in fat it uide where in all our memory there hans not been one .' vere volcanie dtistuirbance An d :a st.' Ie ave seen fifty earthquakes. H ere 's a mO in wh;o has been huiling 1.1) a 'arge' for' in '. IIis bid on the I t ine; m iarket w',as fel t in all the cit les. He t h:!uks h.e has cot beiyondl all annoy inIg ri \altin ini t.rade, and( lhe stys to1 himsel f. "Now I aln free and safe fromn allH(~ posi lprtLiubation.'' Hut, a nat ii inaIl painic Mad rkes the foun iidat ion of the eoiamercial werld, andi crash! goes aill that maegiicen.t, buisinaess es'abl ish an.lie i.t a man who hasi- built tup a1 vetry beatiiful home. H is daughters have' come home f remn ihle se minariy wt.h d ei p1lfma of grauat tion. Hiis sonls haive mrted i cin ifeIiI, honm est, t'emi pierate aund putre. When lhe evenlin g ig his are sirtuck , fthere is a happy and atnt ubroken fam ilIy circle. Bit there hasbteeni im accident down at, the heech. TPhe young miatn ventured too far out in the surf. Theli telegraph larb-dt thei~ terror' upi to thle cify. An earith-.uafke sti ucek undieri lihe foundat tionsl of ihat, beatif,dt hiomie. 1'Te piianto et'>atl. te cturtaint droppled; f-.he laueghter htushied. (Crashe! g(o all t,hosec idimiest-e htopesu, ot,u pro'(specuts, andtu ex peeid ti-ons. So my', fiend(s, we have al It. t hu shaking downi of somie great, t,ouble, and th.ere wais a time whlen we wvere ats mulch excited as this mant otf it text, and itwo cried out. as he didh "What shall I do? What shall I do?" Thelii sa me reply that the ipsl madie1101 to himt is aplpropriateo to its: "HBelieve in thbe Lord;Jesus Chrii.-l andi t hou shlt,t be savedl." TIhere are somec d ocutmei t Is of so little i lpor tnce f.haLt you do itot vcureu to pt, an y inure I-ha', your last, minm un!der themt, or e'ven y'our ini Sin -; hbit there arle somite i'ocumreints of1 no grat . imrii nnee i '0l i '.von~ wvr te out, your ful l natmae. So t.bto'iav iour inF a uit it i of the Bile is caleId , "'ILord" and~ in' o ther parit . of' thle I ible lie is e dlied '. "Jeus,"'and in other pi artM of liho Bible hie is c4led "'Christ,"' lint, hat t,here miight be no~i mattakeC abouit, tt b b-. [pa-sage, al 1,h irLe tnames comet in. tioget her1 " t hit Lordl Jesus Christ.'' Novw, who i this. Being t hat. ; ou wan tme t) C Ii Irust iand believe it.? '. en omtil ii(tscomt Ii mie~ withi credlentials anid ccert iicatcs of good character; huit, I cannttot, t rust them. Thercte is som diis honesty in1 thteir l ook<s I that mtak es mie k now I shall hie clieated if' I cont title in I hemi. You canint, ptt yourt ..etrt's confIidence~u in amn until1 youa kniow whait stiuff he i niacie of, and1( am1 I i unr'easonale this mnornintg, whlen I sto(ip to ask you wh'lo Lihis is that you want. min to trust- int? No( man woul thinitk of vet nuin g htis Ii fe on a vessel goinug out io sea, t fhat hadLl never beeni intspect ed . No, you um tst havi e li he cer tificate liung amtidIsips,~ telling how manuy tons it carries, and14 hiow long ago it wa built, and wvho buiilt it., aunt allI about it. And yon cannot expect me to risk the cargoR of'jmy immortal interests on board any craft till you tell me what it is made of, and where it waa made, and what it is When, then, I ask you who this isyou want me to trust iu, you toll me he was a very at traut1Ve person. You tell me that the conteinporary writera describe hin, and they give the color of his eyes, and the color of his hair, anti they (lescriJ)e his whole appearaico as beiig resplen dent. Christ did not tell the children to como to him. "Sufler little child ren to come unto me," was not spoken to the children; it was spoken to the 'harisees. The clildrei had come without any invitation. No sooner did Jesus appear than the little ones pitch from their mothet' arms, an avala ache of beauty and love, into his lap. 'Sufflr little children to cooi unto me.'' That was addressed to the Pihariscos; not, to the children Christ did not ask .John to put his head down on his bosom. John could not help but put his head there. Such eyes, such cheeks, such a chin, such hair, such physical conditIion and appear.. ance why it must, have been con l)letely captivating and winsome. I Suppose a look at him nwsjust, to love hii. 0! how attractive his manner. Why, when they saw Christ coming along the street, they ran into their houses, as qluick as they couad, and br ught them outt that he might look at theta. 0! there was :oniething so pleasant, so inviting, so cheering in every thing lie did, in every look. V hen these sick ones were brought out did he uay: ''Take away these sores: do n1o, trouble mne with these laprosies?'" No, no, there was a kind look, there was a gentle word, t here was a. heal tby tatilch. They coul cot, kcep away from him. I: .;lditioni to the .oftness of ear ater, there was a fieiy momentum. llow the oh hypocriter Iretbled be fore hi i. Ilow the kiugs of the earth turn( pale. lere is a plain man, with a few sailors at. I is hack, esming on the sea of Galilee,:.oiig tip N the palace of the 1'aesars, muaking that} pal nc' <luake to t he fmulii ation., anu ut, t0i ig a word of mercy ann kinidess i wii ich II robs fhrough alt the eart h, an I through all the heavens, and through II the ages O! he was a loving Christ. Ihnt it was not elliemiuacy, or insil,i(lity of chllatactt'r; it was accoi pani.d with majesty, ininite and umi)oten t.. I,est the world si on 1(1 not realize Ills earnestnaes, this Christ mounta the cross! You say: '"If Christ hits to die, why not let l[itu take soie (1011(11v potion and lie on a couch ii some hri5ht and beautifu i home? If' lIe must die, let him expire amid all kinlly attentions.'' No, the world must hear the hammers on the heads of the spikes The w'bld mtust, listen to the death rattle of the rutl'erer. '1'he world mnust feel His warm b (lood drop p)ing O1 each cheek, Whic it looks up into the face of His anguish. And so the cross must he lifted, and the hole is dug on the to. of Calvary. It must he dag three feet deep, and then the cross is laid cn the gioutnd, and the suff'rer is stret h(1 upon it, alnd the nails are )ounadled tirough nerve, and muscle, and bone, thi rough th'e right hand through the lef'& hantd; and then they siake his right hand to see if it, is fast, and then they shake his left foot to see if' it i= Inst., a nd t lien the': heave up the wood, ha f at dozenslioue Sitittl(rs umder the weight, and they put. t.he end(1 ofttho cross to the moutl of ( lie hole, and they plhmntie it iii, all the weight, of hi is body comll ing dow n for the lirst tiinc on the spikes, and while soie hold the cross upriaht. others t.hrow in the dirt anid trampi;le it dowvn, and traled it. hard. O, liant tInt t tree well an d thlorouighly , for it is to bear' fruiit. suchi as5 lit ot her t ree evert bore. Whiy did Chi't, emiuiire it? He couldi have taken those rocks, andl withI thlemu crushed Itis crtucitiers. I to conuld ha ve reached uip anul graspIed the swordl of thle omnitipot.ent (Godi, and( with one11 cleu uct t havye tonblihded themi into. perdlitioni. Uunt no, he, was to die. lie must die. 1 lis life for my life. his lifeo for yoltr Ii fe. Ini one o; t lie E'uro - pean11 cities a younmg man died on thio scaffohil for the crimei0 1 ofl murde r Somei ( timae a fteor, thle miothIier of t hiis young| mani was dy~'ing. and li he piest, ca ne in, anid she mnad e confes:'ion to thle priest thait, ahe was dhe muitrderer, an id not son: in a mnoment, of ager shte had struick her huisad a blow that slew himi. TPhe son caime situldenia v into1h le r*oomi, iand was wvashinag away the wotn is ain ( trying toI resutscit.ate hiis fat her whlen so a o one IlookedI through the window aind saw himii, and: suphi);s dl limn to ha' the criiud.~u Thatyounmg manhi died for' his own miothier. You say: ''It. wa wvonider fuil t hat. lie ntever exp~osed. ' Hu t I tell youi of a grander t hinag. Chbrist, the Son of ( od, died not for his; mot her, net. far his fat her, but tfor hiis swoirn einn is 0, such a Chr ist as thaat-so Ilovinug, so selfsaciftic mug-c-ant you not t rust ]I imyt I t hinik there are muany umiaer the sirii (itf Cod who amt sayi ig: "'I will triust. him if i you will only tell me how;" ii id t he gleat quest ion asked by iuu.-a:nds in t his a4semiblage us; "|I1lo^A how'?' AXml while I aniswer yiiuri quet'ioni I look up~ and ittler the prayer which Roiwlawnl HIill so of'eni u!eredt ini Ihe miiid4t of sermons: "M Aas. ter', help!' HIow ame you to( t rust ini (Christ.? Juts'. as you irust any one. You t rust, yiu par hltner In buisiness w'ith oimp)ortanlt tthg-.. If a commer*ci cial house give youl ia noto payable thrce mon11this hence, you ex pect, thie liaymetnt tof that. note at thle enid of' th ree montithis. Yo tht iave pecrfect con - tfidence in theitir wordl amol in their abhil ity. Youi go htome today. You ex poet I here will be food oni Ilie t a le. ai: you t.o haivte thet m.ino e.i;lidlene in ihe L oi d Jesus ChrI iSt. He says: "Yu helieve; I ak e youri sins,"' n'nd( LIhey are ali taken away. "WXhiat !" you sauy, "'before I pray any more? Holfore I read amy lb ihle aniy mforey? lRefore I cry over miy sii aniy mou e?"' YeA, this, t his momuilent ! l.-itve with ill yourl lhe s ani you arle savedl. Whyi, Chrisi. is only wait ing to t!et trom vont whait. you giv Vi t( scores of' plel eveiry dayi. Whaitu i' that? C'ontidetite. ft thlese p)etuil whtoim yo~u t rust. tday by day1~ are i ,to wor thiy than Chirist, if t hey are mo(101re fith I ul thaai ChIiri.,1m, ift the'y have dlone more thant Christ.evnr di then giv them the preference; but if you reall think tnat Christ is as trustworthy a they are, then deal with him as fairly "Oh," says some one in a light wa. ''I believe that Christ, was born i Bethlehemu, and I believe that, he die on the cross." )o you believe it wit you; head or your heart? I will illus tL ate the dilR ronce. You are in you own house. In the morning you ope a newspaper, and you read how Capi Braveheart on the sea risked his lif for the salvation of his passengers You say: "What a grail fellow h mtust. have been! His famii 6ly drorv very well of the country." i ou t he ltewspaper and sit (IOWn at the ta tile, and perhaps do not think of tha incident, again. 'I'hat is hilstorica faith Butt, now you are on the sea and it is night, and you are asleep and alie awakened by the shriek o "Fire!" You rush out on the (leek You hear, amid the wringing of tht hands and the fainting, the cries: ''N< hope! we are lost! we are lost!'' Tu sail puts out its vings of fire, the ropes make :L burning ladder in the night heavens, the spirit, of wreck hisses in waves, a1d on the hurricane deek shakes out i s banner of rmoke and larkness. ''Down with the life boats!'' cries the captain. ")owi with the lift boats!'' People rush out into them. The boats are about. full. Room only for onie more lman. You are standing on the (leek besi(de the captain. Who shall it. he? You or the captain? The cap)tain says: "You." You jump in and are saved. Ie stands there, and dies. Now bolieve that Capt. Bravo heart. sacrificed himself for his pass ens gel's, but you beileve it, with love, with tea rs, wit Ii hot. and long continued ex chiations, wit Ii grief at. his loss and with joy at your deliverence. That, is saving faith. In other words, what you believe with all the heart, 1111(1 believe in regard to your self. On this hinge turns my sermon; aye, the salvation of your immortal soul. Mrs. Ilenana, Mrs. Sigourney, 1)r. Young and almuost all the poets have 5:1id handsome things about deat h. T'herc is nothing beau tifuI about it. Wien we st.and by the white and rigid featur"es of those whom we love, and they give no;answering pressure of the hand, and n1o retuniin kiss of the ii!, V d. li. ' want a1t. anybody poetizing around a bout. us. I )eat h is loathsome ness, and mid night, and t.be wringing of the heart until the tendrils Q.uap and cuirl ini the tertuire untless Chr"ist be\ with us. I confess to you to un in tinite fear, a consuming horror, of death unless Christ be with me. I would rather go into a cave of wild beasts or a jungle of rel)tiles than. into the g'ave, unless Christ goes with me. Will you tell me that 1 am to he carried out from my bright homc, and put away in t he darkness? I cannot bear darkness. At the first coming of the evening I must have the gas lit, and the further on in life I get., the more I like to have my friends around about, me And am I to be pt ofl' for thousands of years in a (lark place, with no ene to speak to? When the holidays Come, and the gift:s are dis Lributed, shall I add no joy to the 'Merry Christmas'' or the. ''Happy New Year?' Al, do not point down to the lade in the ground, the grave, and call it a beautiful place; unless here he some supernatttral illumina ion, I shwlder back fromi it. My wihtla nature revolts at it,. But now Lhis glorious lamp is lifted above the iave, all the darkness is gone and the way is clear. I look into it row with )t; a singie shudder. Now my anxic y, as .lot about. de1ath; my anxiety is ha:'t I may live arighit, f'or' I know thlat 1 rmy life is consistenlt whenl I come to be I.it hour, and this voice is silent, 1nd1 the'se eyes ati c'losed', and1( hanIds with 11wihi I beg fo' your et)rnlal sal vat ion toda:y are0 folded over tIle still het'ilt, that thien I shaLI ll ly begini to hive. Wihat power is there in anlything o chtill mue in thle last 11011r if Christ. wrapnhs arotund mel the skirt of his own~ .larmienlt? Whlat diarkness ('anl all upl in miy eyel ids thIenl, amid the heaven - Ly daIybr'eak? () deathI, I will not fear' lIee thenll Back to thy caverni of lar knes thou5 r.111lobber0 of all t.ho ear't.h. Ilyv, thIou despoiler of fanmilies. WVith th is hat.tle ax e I hew thece ill twvain from1 helmet,01 to sanldal , theO voice of Chrlist soundling all over the earthn, and lb brough thle heaCivens: ''O dealthI, I will he thy plhgue, O grave, I will be thly destruction,'' 'To be saved is t o wake upi ill the pre'sceIC of' Christ. You kniow wheni Chrilist, was ulpon carth ho11w happy lIe inado0 every hotuse lie wenIt into, aml when lio brlings us5 up to hlis house~ how :,r'cat our' glee. i s voice has lmle music51 ill it thani is to be0 heard inl all 1the oratt oris )f eternity. 'Pal k not61 about11 ban ks (dash1ed withl eflloreus coi . Je'sus is the0 tieitf bloom11 of heaven. Wo sha11 lle tIle very face of lthbea med symiipathiy ill Bethan(1y, aticl tke t ho vi ry hand1( that. driolpped its; blood from the short beanm of' thl< tros:', (O, I wanit to stanuid ini eteri'jt.y wvitlh him. To'cwarid that hIarbor1 I steer' TowardI that goal I lun., I sh1.il Ibh sal isIi ed whe Itl awake ini h1is Ilikene"s how sweet it will be~ in thait I.good 1lam1i t) pour11 all youri hardsh15ip1s, andi( be-1 1r'eavti eetl ain,1116 loswts inito rhe (oving'1 plaini wIly it way; best, for yotu t) bt sick, and1( whIy it, was11f best, for you to in widlowedl, anid why it, was best for yot to be perscuted, aund wIhy it was lh's for6 you to h)o tried, and1( have Hlit pint to 1an elevatiomn pr'opor'itinat ft< yotur tdistquietude boro0, sayinlg: ''o suffee'd wit miiie on eathi, corne uill no(w 1and6 be1 glor'itled wih m1te ini heav D'ino (on11 wet itnt ai ) lhotuse whlerii ther'ie had been a good deal1 of troubI.le' am16 Stidl to thle womiall thelre: "Y ot 50eem to ho lonel:y."'' "Yes,"' she said famiily?" "'Only 1myself. " "ifnave yet had anyi chIildlrenl?" "I had6 sove] ciiren i~." "W'~~herie are thley?"' '"(oue. '"All gone?'" "'All."' ''All dead?'' ''All. Then01 .shie breathled aL longf sigh inuto thl 1(oneli ness anid saidi: "'O , eir, I hav hmen a~ y'o0d mrothler to the0 grave, An d Sc) there't are hmearls lir' thaI lit ar lilt erly broeken down I by the( hereaiiv( inis6 of li fe. I poinut, y(iii to "he eti uni hhn oif heOaven. Aro there an here that Iitl ammissing this muornuiny 0! you noor wait ing mai'!mo.. hl.r, y sorrow poured in no human ear, lone K ly and sad! how glad you wiill be when Christ shall disband all your sorrows iand crown you queen unto God atnd a the Lamb forever! 0! aged men and women, fed by His love and warmed by His grac" for three score years and ton! will not, your decrepitudo change r for the leap of a hart when you come to 1 look face to face upon Him whom, hav ing not seen, you love? O, that will be tiE good shepard, not out in the night. and watchiug to keep ofT the wolves, bu'. with the lambs reclining on the sun lit, hill. That will he the captain of our salvation, not amid the - r:'or, and erash, tnd t)1)Oot of battlc, but amid his disbanded troops keeping victorious faat,ivi y. That will bo the bridegroom of the church coming from afar, the bride leaning upon his arm while he looks down int.o her face and sats: ''B hold thou ert fair, my love! Behol(1 thou art fair.' TILE SFATE ALLIA N('E EXUIIANGE. 'ut lto ('acticnl W%'orcingti lihpc--1I OW ithe Iinin e i, uCailcted-- A Big 'Trnite A I scaety l ielo,d. Cireonvillo News. A reportt.r for tti.. News yes'erday vis itedf the ofllee of ch- Statu Alliance Es chuatge, which I incited it th is ciy, over ithe i'tore 't Witkn us, oue & Co..on Miin stre,t. M. L. )untldon, the State I3u:iness Agert, t.ndf iis assiytant, Thos. M. Her ry, fortnerly of Cheratw, were in the ',lice. the cChant,i;e hasi belt opn for three weeks. Over htI this ti im was de voted to co res,oudence, the ttrnishing 0~ price listr, etc. , ani thl fir t or"'er for g'. itcs iecivelI botm(elotOng over a woek ago. Now the ( i.crs comte in con ticuously ant ;+. .U ,n .ts ,u F:iud to the reporteir t htat tli i(t-iness it that shirt tiie had Ib etn highly s:ti.t::rt. v to liutscll a (l io (cl. J. C. Ci'. 'f (' c raw, the 1'reslcnt of the E clh'uwc, who Was here a few (I ys ago. hlie otlice is littId up comn fotIably amct ntniy vibitor Iii V t tcall lince iuSiness was begun. 'hCe buoicc ;s atgent has two d e ks aiiid hitairs ti th te ii ,c is carpet ed. S:ttnpleis of flour andl othcr articles arc to be teei lying aroini. Mr. )onaldson stitcd, in answer to the questiot on what p1hl the busi nest Wtta ianag,ri, that. it was ctundlucted somtowhat on the principle of a general broktratgc busincss and that tice cnoney which wis necessary to tho rnninug cx penbos of thet exchange wa. paid by the firms which sold goods through the cx chaoge, the samtte as a broker getc his pty from the tirm which he reteseuts. Mr. Donaldson said that only those irns that were known to be strictly honest and trustworthy were dealt with aad if their goods do not come up to their rep resentation in the price lists further bus iness with them i 1 stopped immediately. "1 obtaiu price lists,' aid Mr. Don aldson, "from manufacturiui catablish ments and concerns all over the Union, representing every product that the far Iner has any use for. The lowest prices are quoted These lists are constantly coming to me. 1 Prepare from these a price list which p send :t intervals or when wanted to the business agents of the County Alliances. In turu the busi uess agentts senc them to the respective sub-Al!iauce: in their (Outt y. .Then when goods are wanted, the sub.Al Iiances fin idc out how rntch and what ech member watt ts. The utice list is before them andt the meiber Icke out his pecket book and puta up the money for what he wanto. The others do like wise. An order fo; a cer'sin amount, of goods is made and the money and order sent to the county agent. lie forwards it to me andc I seitd the order to the firm or i rmts witich htantdle thet goodis andc pit the mtocey itt the baink. The goods tare stiapped dIirect to the countty aigent c)f thle (courI'ty wh;i ch orders the unods andt( if tey tare receivedl cind focin'd to umee t the riimremicecits thle mton ey is then for wacrcd ed to the firmit. "Thuis, it will be sect), everything i-c dotne oct ai strictly tcash basis atd the miembhers of thte Al lince get aidvatatge ofi the lowes WOLwho~lesale prices. '1Ithe beacuty of the plam is that a cash buisiness ts cctcouraigedc arnd the fcarmeirs will fiind themselves failling itoc a cish sytemci i nstead ' of the credJit. bui.si ne:ss. It will lbe the itcansr,"' rcaid thce buitciness cagencmt, "'of ind oing ou r people Octt of thle tiud onh i the sol id rock."' "'I have recei ved (orde:rs from inetarly ever.y ('ctunty, from it lo crry t. ic~kenis, cand miany ouf Ithem aire for irge( sumsii . Somic orders arc f-cr as manyi a 10)0 tonsi of gunoc. "If the (vchaniige gets one-t wenttiethi of thec cashi Li cole of thIe fair mers tof thle Stat it will dO. anc encoroucs bulsines4."' Mr. D)oncaldson wits asked how~ the poor fcarmersu would1( get motiney to) patron ize Lice excacge. IIue said that maictter s reguliat ed by thet subl Alliances. Sonic ticimes imeimbers ofC t he sucbAlliacicsc, whto tire ale to cl- :4o, fccrciish lihe Icncty tot theicr p cor brothlen icnemb'eri andcc take sce (cucity. Thle loansi cire madci cit -mal in* terest candc thcere is co chatrlc fo)r papeprc'. Addiciticonal clerical aissistace( will lbe iceieed tis time biincc:ss of lice e-xchange' gro ws, Theic : clint is adj- 'centc ti GIrecenv ill e hacve biecn thce mcosut lib. rat up tcct hcis time ini buiying thcroucgh thce -elchge, Uitt ev'ery councty thact htolds .'toc:k inc thce ex(:cge wvilt fall icnto line and a hceaivy binese forcc s c ipr incg il expet c-c, I ugniii'% advice l.'tnringi ter-ii, I'otNT PJEAsANT-, W. \'a., .Jant. 2. A faiily of 8~ peisonts, tcanied Halr grovot, livta ig soveratl tile. C scouthttof htero, htav e be1en poisonced by a negiro wvomnan. Four of the faittcily are report cdl decad. A manitttit au it wVomanc tare Ii'raversinig I )claware counccty, Oioi, got Iingc mamcr r'ied1 by every precherl they come tiero.'c. The fcake they work is to give tice cministerm a $20 counitterfCeit bill tandc receive $10 oir $ I5 good rnoney in retcurn. T-I'he Halo Elevctor. Ctnpcany of Chicago is prceptaring estimates for a11 elovat or to bc, used icc thIe construtctionc of a tower itt Londont, Englatcl, to ho20feet himgher than the Eiffel n --HI . G. (Goldy, of Cicago, atnd ant - othter biroker hacvet closced at conttract for the purchastoit of thrtee lartge levelandtc y' browerimes for au E-iglish syndt icte, ? The amtountt to lio paidi is about $2 s 5300,x00 / ALMOST A SAVA(aE. A WHITE MAN'S STRANGE LIFE IN TIlE SOU"TII SEA ISLANDS. Ohefor a Tlho of NatIvea -tIIn Engllh gaIRtivoosto Attonipt lIh iteCNcue if lic VIII Come Ilnck.--CIvIIzution Forgot tell. PowrLANu, Mc., Jan. 30.--The story of the wreck of the Portland bark Tcwksbury L. Sweat in the South Pa citic, and the strange story of the rescue of her crew, as told by Capt. Win. Gooding of Yarmouth, Me., has a atrugo sequel. The bark sAi led from Netcast, , New i u h Wales, M,ct 7, 1889, for hIong Kong, under charter for New York. She proeeceded until the 9th of April fol lowing, when in latitude 7 deg. 5 min. Norttt and longitude 149 deg. I1 mini Ent, she encounteted a gale and was driven ashore on Susanne Reef, near Po zent. Island, one of the group of Caroline Ivlauds, in the South Pacific. The crew escaped in one of the ship's boats and managed with great diilliculty to reach a small islet to the Northward. From this islet rfter the storm subsided they made the Island of Pozeat, which is tiaitited by a race of lierte ssvagcs. As thu boat apptoached the island a fleet of catnes put off to initercept them. There wure ab>ut thirty canoss, with eight or 11n men in each, and all were armed wi,h knivus and spears. Some of the stvages could not wait for the boat to come aioiigside, hut jumped overboard and swant to her, each man carrying a long wicked-looking knitu, held between his teeth. '['he first satvages to rea';h the boat cluahered in unut the boat was nearly swampod. Then they began to at ip the sailors of their coats and outer garments, throwing the garments aboard their own Canoes; which by this time were pad dling alongside. I'he white men were soon daspoiled of everything but their undershirts, these being left to them, aad the whole fleet drew in toward the land. When they got ashore, and while the sipwrecked crew were standing sur rmnnt dd b the itO Sy crowd if natives a mastn dieo!ed as all the others, only with a cloth about hi hip , pusled his way through the crowd and wpoke to them in thu Engliah language. To thu astonishment of Captain Good tag, to whom the man addressed himt selt, the seeming native introduced him self as Charis Irons, an Englishman, and oiered to rsnder tny assistance it was possible for him t' give. "L ttcr the captain learned lrons's his ,ory. It appears that he was left at Pozeat Island by a trading vessel about four years ago, his business being to rep. resent the trades in the cocoanut oil trade, but the vessel had never called for irons since leyving him, and he had gradually assumed the habits of the na tives and finally became so much like them in appearance and manner of life he was not in any way to be distinguish ed front the people among whom he lived, lie had taken to himself seven wives, and was regarded by the natives as a ttan of iniportance second only to the chief of the tiibe. Irons had been so long among the na tives that lie had forgotten many of the conino'i things of civiltzation. A day or t-vo aiter landing at Pozeat Captain Gooding, wIto had become in a degree uncertain 'bout his reckoning of time, not knowiig exactly whether the day was I'hutsday or Friday in the week, aske.a Irons if he knew wvhat day of the week it was. Ironea anisweredl that he did nott, aitd more that he did ntot know what year it was. Captain G4oodinig eays that the natives would oever have allowed him and his crew to leave P'ozentt if it had not b)een for the good (ilCis of Irons. Irons in erested1 himself in behlal f of the ship wrecked men and hired a canoe from thle natives with presents of English cal ico, from stores ini his i)ossession. With this canoe Captain (Goodiing, Second Mate George WV. liarrisont and one of lie shii p' crew set sail tein days after hiir arrii val at Pozear, leavinrg the re miiaintd er (of the shipi's coitmay and F'irst Mate Richard Watchman, seven men in nll, at Pozent. Th'le cap)tain an t hl is mnitt n do theiri wvay in the canoe by a rouindabout course from11 ithland to il hd , toueing at eight di lieren t ones C ano nik i g stops at each vaty ing fronm two days to a month's du, tatinon, finally arri vi ng at Ru k, where t here IS a miissionary stationi. I lere they wvere eared for by the tmis .onlaries antd obta inted thle uise of thle >OaLt belonginii to thle ttationi. Int the missiotnaiy boat they mnade sailI back to LPozeat direct and taking the miemibers of lie crew they had left there retulrnied to the muissioniary island. 'T'svo nionths after thteir- return the missionat y vessel, Morning Stat, arrived and( tsook thtem all to Ilonoluluii i, where tey bodi (ed INovembiher 18. From lionto liltu Capt ain ii(ooin rg and part of the criew wire braoightt by thIte steaimer A us tratia to Sanoi Franicisco. arriving there November 29. This story, told by Capjtain Ooodi:ng on lis retutrn, wias p)ulistedl ini the New YoIrk IIeraild's rrtLondn edition, and to dai th le matnag intg ownters of the wvreck ed bark, Chase L eavitt & Co., of this city anid Captain (Goodiing of 'tarru.outhi, are in rleeip. oif letters fromi Londoinimak ing inqu~Iiry in regatrd to the Irons who appears to figure Its pimei minister (If Ith letters are fromt thle same CsitIirce, the "PI robtate andl Di voree R egi stry, Somtiterset I foutse, L-mitoni,"' uand are si edi b y Liincel ot C . Irons. T1hte Writer says ahle Ihas reason to be lievye thle whliteI mn on PIi ozeat IsIandI is his youniigest and onli y living brother, ando says: "'We last heard of imil itI Dece~mber, 1 878, whlen lie was trtadtng wit h t he savagesi of New (huinca ini a ship that charteted from Brisbane.'' Ile gives a mit, tton de seriptton of his. brother as lie appiea redl at that tic, and( says his fulil name is WVilliam C harles Frederick Iron is. The letter to) CaptasiitnI() Gooing coniii taims ettest-ns as to) par ticulIars (of idlen tiicattott arnd inqu111Ies as Li to hw assits tanice might be senit toi the mnii at P'o zenit if lhe proves to be the Pit son1 sitighit fo. TIhie letter to Chase, Leavitt & Co. conlc\tude: "'I anid aili may peopIle !eel I sure that the Eniglishmiani mentione(lisl our brother, supposed to have been mur dered by the savages cloven years ago." I saw Captain William Gooding at his home in Tarmouth to-day. Hie said he had no doubt the man at Pozeat was the William Charles Frederick Irons in quired for. The description given in the letter from Somerset house tallies in all points with that of the man he met at Pozeat. Captain Gooding says that at his first meeting with the man at Pozeat, in sur prise at being addressed in the languge of civilization ho exclaimed: What) Can you speak English?" "I ought to," was the answer, "for I was born in London." Captain Gooding says he left Irons at the missionary station at Ruk, Irons having accompanied him there on the return voyage of the missionary boat. When they arrived the missionaries were greatly surprised to see Irons, for they had heard a report of his death at the hands of the savages in I)ecember, 1878. The party also met at one of the islands in the Ruk lageon harry Chisholm, who was at one time a shipmate of Irons. Iie was surprised to see Irons alive, having heard the teport of his death. From informat ion gathered by Cap tain Gooding it appears that both these men were at one time together in a ves sel trading among the islands. This may be the ship chartered at Brisbane that Lancclt Irons refers to in his let ter. One feature of the trading carried on by the vesenl was the kidnapping of natives from the Caroline and Northern groups to the h'ijii and other islands. It was during a trip of this kind among the New lu:nea islanders that the tight 'ecurred which led to the report (If Irons's death. The bu'iness was broken up by men of-war ten or twelve years ago, since whien Irons ha19livod i savage life at Po zeat. Claisholm, who is Irish by birth, has livud in about the same condition. lie is a ma' of intluence in one of the thtec tribes if natives inhabiting a large mountainous ishnd in the Ruk lagoon. This lagoon is about thirty miles in cir cmf,rence., and contains seven or eight islands. Captain Good in; thinks Irons Would like to return to civilization if his future suppor t were assured. He will write to London to that effect, and will nav that a letter addressed ca.c Rev. Mr. SuCliin,T missionary station, Ruk, will probaLy reach Irons without tunnicssary delay. MORE TROUBLE FOR MRS. MORRIS. Mr. Morr'is' Wilt to be Conteeted by l1i1 Relative asd the L,ife lmsurance Cor. Pnny. REinsvltA.:, N. C., January 30.-k was well known, there was more at stak< in the trial of Mrs. Morris, charged witi causing the death of her husband bj chloroform, than the mere conviction o; acquittal of the fair prisoner. There is the large estate of Mr. Morris bequeath ed in his will to his wife, and a $10,000 insurance policy on his life, also payable to Mrs. Morris. The acquittal of the prisoner, of course, throws all this into her hands; whereas, had she been con victed, the will of her husband would have been null and void. This is the home of Mrs. Morris and it is in this thriving town where most of the proper ty mentione d in the will of Mr. Morris is located. It is learned to- night that there will be several lawsuits over the matter, and there is more interost in store for the pretty Widow Morris. Relatives of the dead man will contest his will, on the ground of undue influ ence on the part of Mrs. Morris in in (ducing her husband to make its provi sions in her faLvor. The Mutual Bene fit Life Insurance Company of New York anoounce thalt they will fight the case till judglment day before they will pay over the ten thousand dollar policy. WIAsix('OTo, Jan. 30.-On Thursday last, just after Senator Ingalls concluded his speech on the negro question, he met Senator Butler,, of South Carolina, in the lobiby. As the two men shiook hands Senator Butler stid: "'Ing:lls, what in the - - do you mean by doing like this?"' evidlently re ferrn g .> his bitter speech. 'Butler,"' replied I.ngallIs, ''do you kno0w anything about Roman history? If so, perhaps you remember how the Rorium fathiers useud to get together and p)riyately laugh ever the gullibility of the Roman people." With a smile the Kansan walked awasy. An r.xtrna,rdinary Neent,e. A repiorter witniessed ani ex traordinasry scene in the vicini tv of Biddleville, N. C. In fro,nt of a smal,l Icabin m a pulIpit had tIeen iirTc tedl. In thiis :.tood ia neg re lyreachi ig" at the top o(f hisil voice. There was no cine except the reporter atnd the preacher near, and the formaer atood( and Ilis tuned, but was not no't icedi by t he speaiker. Oni inqjuiry it wasl founzd thalt the preacher was ROb)ert Bel, 'Two years ago lhe was fired from the pastorate (If the P'resb)yterin iclhuirchi at Bid dlevillIe because he woutld go) in to ble chu trch barefooted. li cwats warned agai nst this offense, an rd heed1i ng it not, onet Suni daiy, as-.he itt temt tdt to ascenrd his pu11 pit shioiess, hailf a tdozen gootd, pjienu <ieaconst seied himii and tired lim i from he clhurchi. On: thIiat, day Bell declasred lhat. hi' wou hi irceh th ree timesiC every day mi his owno yard, and lie dloes it, au ltou gh no 01n0 goes toI hear himi.--Ma con Tl'egrapL. TI'ioMAwT'(N, ( .., d1 an. 30,--Two negri womleni di (l unde(r pecuiliar cirenm Stances in ilbot eniville di stinct on Mr. W. TI. lIespess' phice ai week or so ago. One (If thenm, namred Viney Thod d, drioppedt dlead near the well at. her hiome, and1 thIe othter, SnuAn tl [speSS, wats he:lping ito pre pare the body foi burial, and( went I > th< saume well and fell withlin ten feet of t he spot whtee I lie oIlier womaflin (lied. She however, did riot die immitediately, bu0 li veil several hoiur,. 30o Secetly Evixcen ted I,it Rio. N nw Yong, Jani. 29.- Th'e captair oh the steamer La 1 lace, from Rio Jan e 'iro, report. that 8() sailors who, wt hi ittneticatd, had shioutedl in thosHtrets "Long live theu Emperor," were exe etindl necrnt.lv In nIrlinn at. Rio. THE ALLIANCE GROWING. PRESIDENT STACKIiOUSE IS VERY HOPEFUL. Ile Thinks thn Order ha. Made a Fine etiuninnir, and witl Conilnue to llrow --The Jute Trust Will be "Downed." Gen. E. T. ttackhouse, Preaident of the Farmers' Alliance of South Caroli na, was in Charleston a few days ago, having gore there to organize a sub-alli ance in Charleston County--the first is etituted in the coast section. In a con versation with a reporter for the Sunday News, (en. Stackhouse said: "As to the prospects of the college, we have the beat reasons to believe that the suit in the United States Court will be decided about the 1st of May. Col. Orr, who has been in Washington, has returned and met with the trustees. As I underatand it an alternative motion was made-cither to hear oral argument or to submit a case to the Court in wri ting. The latter alternative will be adopted, I think, and in all probability the whole matter will be decided at this term of the: Court." "IIas the Alliance, in your judgment, Come up up to the expectations of the farmers?" "Wcll, that is rather a broad ques. tion, and one to which no one could give an all inclusive answer. But I do not hcsitate to say that the general principles have worked well. There are exception al cases in certain sections, where there is now trouble. Everywhere else I eliould say that Alliance melhod^ have been cruinuent,ly successful. In Lancas ter there is trouble and despondency by reason t,f tte fail tire of the crop.'' "'llow does the Alliance propose to meet such emergencies?" ''That is a que tion yet to be an swered." "Are the people of Lancaster members of the Alliance?" ''Some of them are and some of theni are not. But, at any rate, the Alliance cannot be expected, in such disasters, to pay a mans debts; nor can it make him able to pay them. As a general rule where a man is crooked in financial mat ters or careless in obligations he is bound to get into trouble. "But, after all these minor matters, the Alliance has surely done a great deal of good; and we are growing more rap idly than we ever did." '-What is the sire of the army now?" "Not leas than .Lirty thousand, a small proport;on of which is c, mposed of ladies. There is ati+l a great ddal of material to b enrolk '. So f.r we have formed Alliances in every county in the State except Ber:ort. Charlesten wheeled into line t' ay. Georgetown, as you hate P obably heard, has been or ganized withi the past few days. "It entails a good deal of work, but I have an inrsluablo and most efficient worker in Ir. W. N. Elder, of York. He is a great organizer, one we-l qualif. ed for this position. I supervise the work and attend to the finances of the new organizations," "how has the cotton cover for cotton worked this season? "I am of the opinion that complete success was prevented by a too wide range of subut tutes f r jute. A great peal of the si that was put on the cotton should not have ueen used. T; ,t was, however, a very excusable blunder, and especially as it was the result of the zeal and anxiety of the farmers to whip out the Jute Trust." "What impression have you made on the jute monopolists?" "You may judge of that from the fact that jute men offered ua jute this very season at 7 cents a yard." Geon. Stackhouse then went on to talk over a few other matters, which need not be published at this time. He fim p)ressed the reporter as being a thorough ly practical man, and one who talks to the point andl calls things by their name. RACE AND ItELIGION. Whr n ConForen,ce, Wilt Not be Heid i, Melmn., Aln. CHuAuJLxwroN, S. C., ,January 29. -The African Mctnodist bench of Bishops met here today, Bishops Wayman, Ward, Trurner, Disdey, Gaines, Arnett, Tanner and Grant beinig present, representing nearly all the territory in the Union. The action of the last conference ap poinuting Selma, Ala., as the place for the next meeting was revoked on the groundl of race prejudice in that city as evidened( by thle expulsion of the negro p)retteber, Rev. M. E. Bryant. As ballot between Now Orleans and Philadlelphia resultedl in the choice of P'hiladelyhia as the plae of next meeting. ()oi,o to Muabsidies. CHJARLEsTON, S. C., January 30. '1'ho~ resolution adopted b)y the execu tive committee of tho chamber of comn muercoi, on Saturday la.st, indorsing the measure unow before Congress to pay tonnage f;ubsidies to American built ships, has causedl considerable excite molnt here. It, Iu extremeoly dloubtfuil if the chambehir will approve the action of its committee, and it is also ex tremeoly iuwprobable that the state'* rep)reeentatl ives in Congress wIll accede to the request madle by them, and support ;t hie melasuire. TUhe tendency of p)ublic opinion in this city and state is opposed1 to subsidies of all kinds. I udinHN, Don't r,Ilm i[n,auti L,abor. l)ENIsoN TPEx, Jan, ').-.-Serious trouble is ar:ticipat ('dliin t l);.ChiCknaw Nation, as the timo approaches for col lect ion of the o r capita of fiye dollars le-vied on vhite residents for the privilege of performing manual labor. Aveuin-ed lie'r W5'rongs. TnuGY, N. Y., Jan. 29.-A woman gi ving the name of Mrs. McGrath, and claiing Chicago as her home, shtot E'dwvin Virth, a wvell known Inventor, ont the street here this afternoon. Firth will die. TIhie woman claims Firth do ceived her. -(en. Boulange- recently struck his forehcain agajir a chandelier in his house on the Islo of Jersey. lIe wa q1uite severel1y wounded.