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VOL. XIX. PICKENS, S. 1., IIIURSDAY, JULY 24 MEETING IN fflVAVIN. WE SHALL RECOGNIZE EAGH OTHER IN THE OTHER WORLD. rhw Ejoqutent Discourse of Dr. Talmigo on thmoFlocognlization tIf Friondim and Robt tivOe in H1env"n. neo Dial. Titge preacled t anl enor Mouls ol: gathering at Wia a, Miun., ii Sunday. His subject was, "Meeting Our Friends in Heaven." The eminent clorgyman took for his text 2 Saimuel, xii, 23: "I shall go to him." His sermon was as follows: There is ia very sick child in the abode of David, the king. Disease, which stalks up the dark lane of the poor and puts its 9luotherillg hand on the lip and nostril of the wan and wasted, also mounts the palace stairs and. b g over the pillow, blows into t e of a young prince the *frosts of ,flin and death. Tears are wine to th king of terrors. Alas! for David lie king. He can neither sleep,nor (.at. and lies prostrate on iis face, weeping and wailing until the palace rings with the outcry of woe. What are courtly attendants, or victorious armies, or conquered provinces, inder stw-h circumustances? What to ai.pt!yc)t ar'e'spleg'tlid sur roum s~ when his childfis sick? elln days have passed on., ' Then in tliq "reat hougo two eyel,~s are -enitge .1 ds4ti folded, two litt. a, art still. The servant 'r 'he tidings 4(tP~ ,"ll, still to the king, I ', make up their minds to te -ji lieystand at lie door whispew- t the mat ter, and David hea-. ' , and he looks u 111ud1 says to ,.' "Is the chld dvadC . "Yes, .'/is dead." David rouses himself up, washes him self, puts on new apparel, and sits dowl to food. What power hushed that tempest? Whaf strength was it that lifted up that king whom grief had dethroned? Oh, it was the thought thatl he would come again inito the posession of that darling child. No grave digger's spadecould hide iim. The wintry blasts of death could not put out the bright light. 'There would be a - forge somewhere that with -silver haniner would weld the broken links. In a city where the hoofs of the pale horse never strike the pavement he would clasp his lost treasure. He wipes away the tears from his eyes, and clears the cloking grief from his throat, and exclaims, "I shall go to him." Wias David right or wrong? If we part on earth will we meet. again in tife next world? "Well," says some one, "that seems to be an impossibili ty. 1eave is so large a place, we never could find our kindred there." Going into some city, without having appointed a time and place for meet ijg, you might wander around for weeks and for months, and perhaps for years, and never see. each other, and heaven is vaster than all earthly cities together, and how are you go ing to find your departed friend in that country? It is so vast a reailu. John went up oin one mountain of inspiration, and he looked off upon the multitude, and le said, "Thou sannds of thousands." Then lie caime upon01 a greatecr altitude of inspirationi anid looked oil' upon it again, and lie said, "Teni t;housand times ten thou sand." And then lhe came on a high er niount of inspirationi, anld looked1 ofl again, and lie said. "A hundred and forty and four thousand and thiausands of toonisand." And lbe e:uiie oni a still greateir height of' in spiration, and he looked ofl' again, and exclaimed, "A great multi tude thaizt no0 man cani numibeir." Now, I ask, how are' you goiingtotinid your friends ini such a throng as that? Is not this idea we have been enteirtaiining, after' all, a falsity? Is this noctr'ine of fu turie recognization of friends in heav en a guess, a myth, a whim, or is it a granitic foundation upon wvhich the soul pierced of all ages may build a glorious hope? Intenso question! Every heart in this audienice throbs right into it. There is in every soul her'e the tomib of at least one dead. Tremendous quest ion! It makes the lip quiver, and the cheek flush, aind the entire natture thrill: Shall we knowv each other there? I get letters almost every month askingmoi to discuss this sulbiect. Iget a letter ini a bold,1 schiolary hand, on1 gilt-edge p)aper, asking mie to discuss this ques tion, and I say, "Ah! that is r,curious man, and he wanits a cuious11 ijuestioni solVed. But I get another letter. It is written with a trembling hand, and 0on what seems to 1)e a torn-out leaf of a book, and her'e and thiere is - the mark of v, tear; and I say, "Oh that is a brokeni heairt and it wvants to be comforted." The ob.iect of this sermon is to take this theory out of the region of surmise and speculation into the region-d6f positivo certainty. People say: "It would be very pleasant if that doctrine were true. 'hope it may be tirue. Perhaps it is true. I wish it were ,true." But I believe that I cani bring an accumulation of airgument to bear upon this mattdr which will prove:the doctrine of future 1 ecognition as plainly as that there is any heaven at all, and that the kiss of reunion at the celestial gate wvill be a~ certain as the dying kiss at the door of the sepulchre. 'Now, when you are going to build hip you must get tho right kind of - t ber. You lay the keel and mnake t framework of t,he very best mate 13, the koeolson, stanchions, plank ar, counter timber-knee,,tr.ansoms of solid oak. You mnay build ai Syclone comes on it will go down. Ne may have a 'eat many beaus tif gheories about te future world. built out of our ovn fancy, and they thay do very well as long as we have smooth sailing in the world, but when tue storms of sorrow come upon us, and the hurreano of death, we will be swamped-we will be -foundered. We want a theory built out of the solid oak of God's eternal word. The doctrine of future recognition is not so often positively stated in the Word of God as implied, and you know, my friends, that that is, after ill, the strongest mode of affirmation. Your friend travels in foreign lands. He comes home. He does not begin by arguing with you to prove that there are such places as London and Stockholm and Paris and Dresden and Berlin, but his conversation im plies it. And so this Bible does not so positively state this theory as, all up and down its chapters, it takes it for granted. What does my text imply? "I shall go to him." What con solation would it be to David to go to his child if lie would not know him. The Bible indicates, over and over again, that the angels know each oth er; and then the Bible says that we are to be higher than the angels, and if the angels have the power of rec ognition shall not we, who are to be higher than they in the next realm, have as good eyesight and as good capacity? What did Cluist mean, in his conversation with Mary and Martha, when le said, "Thy broth er shall rise again?" It was as much as to say, "Don't cry. Don't wear yourself out with this trouble. You will see him again. Thy brother shall rise again." The Bible de scribes heaven as a great home circle. Well, now, that would be a very queer home circle where the mem bers did not know each other. The Bible describes death as a sleep. If we know each other before we go to sleep, shall we know each other after we wake up? Oh, yes. We will know each other a great deal better then than now, "for now," says the apostle, "we see through a glass darkly, but then face to face." It will be my purified, enthroned, and glorified body gazing on your purifi ed, enthroned, and glorified body. Now, I demand, if you believe the Bible, that you take this theory of future recognition out of the realm of speculation and surmise into the re gion of positive certainty, and no moro keep saying, "I hope it is so; I have an idea it is so; I guess it is so." Be able to say, with all the concen trated energy of body, mind and soul, "I know it is so." There are, in addition to these Bi ble arguments, other reasons why I accept this theory. In the first place, because the rejection of it in plies the entire obliteration of our memn ory. Can it be possible that we shall forget forever those with whose walk, look, manner we have been so long familiar? Will death come and with a sharp keen blade hew away this faculty of memory'? Abraham said to Dives, "Son, remember." If the exciteal and lost remember, will not the ent,hroned remember?. Again: I accept the doctrine of future recognition because the world's expectancy aflirms it. In all lands and ages this theory is received. What form of religion planted it? No formi of religion, for it is received under all forms of religion. Then, I argue, a sentiment, a feeling, an anticipation, unive"'l4ly planted, must have been .iod-implantcd, and if God-implanted, it is rightfully13 im planted. Socrates writes: "'Who would not par't with a gi'eat deal to purchase a meeting with Orpheus and Homer? If it be true that this is to be tile coniseqIuence of death, I could evenl be able to die often." Among the D)anes, wheni a master dies his servant sometimes stabs himself that lie may serve his master in the future world. Cicero, living before Christ's 'omling, said: "0 glorious day wvhen I shall retire from this lowv and sor did s'enle, to associate with tile di vine assemblage of departed spirits, anid nlot only with the one I have just no0w mentioned, but my dear Cato, the best of sons and muost faithful of men. If I seemed to bear his (death with fortitude, it wams by no means that I did not most sensibly feel the loss I had sustained. It w~as because I was supported by the consoling re flection that we could not long be separated." Tihe Norwegian believes it. The Indiani believes it. The Greenlander believes it. Thme Swiss believes it. Tile Turk believes it. Un der' every sky, by every river, in evei'y zone, the theory is adopted; and so I say a prineiple universally iimplan ted must be God-implanted, and hlence a right belief. The argument is irre sistible. Againm I adopt this theory be cause there are features of moral, temperament and features of the soul that wvill distinguish us for'ever. IHow do we know nach othorl iln this world? Is it merely by tia color of thle eye, oi' the length of the hair, or tile facial proportions? Oh, no. It is by the disposition as well as by natural aflinity, using the word in the very b)est senise and not iln the bad sense, and if ill the dust 0our b)ody should perish and lie there forever, and ther'e should be no resurrection, still the soul has enough features and the disposition has enough fe'atures to mnako us5 distiniguishiable. I can understand howv in sickness a man will become so delirious that he will notknowv hisown friends b)ut will we b( blasted with such insufferable idiocy, that, standing beside our friends foi all eternity, we will never guess whc they arc? There is a mother before tihe thrlont( of God. You say her joy is full. Is it? You say there canl be no aug rjenitation of it. Cannot there be' Her son was a wanderer and a vaga bond on the earth when that good mother died. He broke her old heart. She died leaving him in the wildernana of sin. m is befor te throne of God now. Years pass and that son repents of his criUes and gives his heart to God and becomes a useful Christian, and dies and en tors th gates of heaven. You tell me that that mother's joy canrot be augmented. Let them confront each other, the son and the mother. "Oh," she says to the angels of God, "re joice with me! . The dead is alive again, and the lost is found. Halle lujah! I never expected to see this lost one come back. The Bible says natiomn .:- to be born in a day. When Chinla ev to God will it not know Dr. Abe V When India comes will it not know Dr. John Scudler? When the In dians come to God will they not know David Brainerd? I see a soul entering heaven at last with covered face at the idea that it has done so little for Christ, and feel ing borne doNi with unworthiness, and it says to itself, "I have 110 right to be here." A voice froimt a throne says, "Oh, you forget that Sunday sc1hool class you invited to Christ! I wias one of them." And another voice says, -You forget that poor man to whom you gave a loaf of bread. and told of the heavenly bread. I was that man." And an other says, "You forget that sick one to whom you gave medicine for the body and the soul. I was that one. And then Christ, fromi a throne over toppilng all the rest, will say, "Inias much as ye did it to one of the least of these, you did it to me." And then the seraphs will take their harps from the side of the throne and cry, "What song shall it be?" And Christ bending over the harpers, shall say, "It Shall be the Harvest Home!" One more reason why I am dispos ed to accept this doctrine of the fu ture recognition is that so many in their last hour on earth have confirmn ed this theory. I speak not of per sons who have been (delirious in their last moments and knew not what they were about, but of persons who died in calness and placidity, and who were not naturally superstitious. often the glories of heaven have struck the dying pillow, and the de parting mani has said he saw and heard those who had gone away from him. If ow often it is in the dying moments parents see their departed children and children see their de parted parents! I came down to the banks of the Mohawk river. It was evening and I wanted to go over the river, and so I waved my hat and shouted, and after awhile I saw some one waving on the opposite bank. and I heard him shout, and the boat came across. and I got in and was transported. And so I suppose it will be in the evening of oar life. We will come down to the river of death and give a signal toour friends oil the other shore, and they will give a signal back to us, and the boat comes, and our departed kindred are the oarsmen, the fires of the setting day tinging the tops of the paddles. Oh, have you i4ever sat by such a deathbed? In that hour you hear the departing soul cry, "Hark ! look! You hearkened and you looked. A little child pining away because of the death of its mother, getting weaker and weaker every day, wvas taken into the rooin where hung the picture of her mother. She seemed to enjoy looking at it, and then she was taken avsy, and after awhile died. In the last moment that wan and wvasted lit tIe one lifted her hands, while hecr face lighted up with tihe glory of' the next wvorld, anid cried out, "Mothxer !" You toll mec she did not see her mother ? She did. So in miy first settlement at Belleville a plain imian saidl to me, "'Whiat do you think I heard last nighit ? I was in the r'oom where one of miy neighbor's wvas dyinig. He wvas a goodl man, and lhe said lie heard the angels of God singing b)e for'e the throne. I haven't miuch poetry about me, b)ut I listened and I heard themi too.' Said I, 'I have no doubt of it.' *Whiy, we are to be taken up to heaven at last by minimlsterig spirits. Who ar'e they to be '? souls that went up from Madras, or Antioch, or' Jerusalem ? Oh, 1no; 0our glorified kindred are going to trool) around us. 1Heaven is not a stately, formal place, as I sometimes hear it described, a very frigidity of slen'dor', where peop)le stand on cold formalities and go round about with heav'y crowns of gold on their heads. No, that is not 11y3 idea of heaveni. My idlea of heaven ini more like this: You arc seatedl iln tihe evening-tide by the firoplace, youri whoile family there, or nearly all of them-thor'e. 'While you are seated talking and enjoyinug the ev'ening hour' there iis a knock at tihe (1001 and. the (1001 oplens, and ther'e comes in a brlothler that has been long absent. lie has beeca absent for years, you have nlot seen hiim, anid no sooner' (10 you make up your mind that it is certainly be, than you leap up, andl the question is who shall give him tile first embrace. Thlat is my idea of hkeavenl--a great hiome cir'cle where they are wvaiting for us. Oh, will you not know your' mothler's voice t.here She wvho always called you by your first name lonIg after others had giv'en you the formal "mlister' !" You were nover' anything b)ut James, or John, or George, or Thomas, or Mary, or Florence to her. Will you not knowv yoiu' child's voice ? She of tihe bright eye, and tile rudd(y cecek, andl the (quiet step, who camne ill from play and flunlg hersel0f into y'our lap1, a. very'3 shower' of mlirth andl beauty ? W~hy, the picture is graven inl your' soul. It cannot wear' out. If that little one should1 stand1 on tile other' side of som1e1 hleavenily lill and call to you, you wouldl hear' lier' voice above the burst of h eav'en 's grecat orchestra. Know it ? You couldI not help but know it. Now I bring you this glorious conl solation of futurer~ecognition. If you could get this theoryt into your hleart it would lift a m-rnamano sha,1ww that are stretchiig across it. When I was i lad I used to go out, to the railroad track and put my ear down on the track, and I could hear the ex press train rumbling miles away, and coming on; and today, my friends, if we only had faith enough we could put our ear dowii to the grave of our dead, and listen and hear in the dis tance the rumbling on of the chariots of resurrection victory. () heaven! Sweet heaven ! You do not spell heaven as you uised to spell it. You used to spell it li-e-a-v c-n. heaven. But now wlien you want to spell that wor1d you place side by side the faces of the loved ones o wh ae gone, aid in that irridiationl of light and love, and beauty and Joy you spell it out as lever before, in soig-s an(l iallelujals. Oh, yo whose hearts arC down il - der the sod of the ellietery, chlier ill) at the thought of this reunion ! Oh! how iuch you will have to tell thei when onlce you le(t them: How much you have been tirough since you saw the a last, On ilthe shining shore you will talk it, all over. The lieai tachus. The loneliness. The sleepless nights. The weeping untiil yOU had 110 m10ore 11power to weeq), be Cause the heartN was withered and dried up. Story of vacant. chair, and epilty cradle, and little shoe only half worn out, never to be worn again, just the shape of the foot that once pressed it. And dremis When you thought that tlie departed had come back again, and the room seemed bright with their faces, and you started ipl to greet them, and in the ef'ort the dreail broke and you found yourself standing aimlid-roon in the midnight--alone. Talking it all over and then, hand in hand, walking up and down in the light. No sorrow, 1no tears, nio death. Oh, heaven! beautiful heaven! Heaven where our friends are. Heaven where we ex pect to be. Oh, how differeit it is oil (art'hl from the w!y it is in heaven when a Christian dies! We say "Close li,, eyes." Inl heaveln they say, "Giv him a palm." On earth wo say, "Lei him down in the ground." In heav. en they say, "Raise him on a throne. On earth it is, "Farewell, farewell. In heavenl it is, .Welcome, welcome." And so I see a Christian soul coning down to the river of death, and lie steis into the river, and the water comes to the anklh. He says, "Lord Jesus. is this death?" "No," say Christ, "this is not death." And h wades still deeper down into the wa ters until the flood comes to the knet and lie says, "Lord Jesus, tell me tell ie, is this death?" - And Chrisi says, No, no, this is not death." Au he wades still further down until the wave comes to the girdle and th( soul says, "Lord Jesus, is this death?' "No," says Christ, "this is not." And deeper in Wades the soul till the bil low strikes the lip, and the departing one cries, "Lord Jesus, is this death? "No," says Christ, "this is not." But when Christ has lifted that soul on a throne of glory, and the pomp and joy of heaven Came surging to its feet, then Christ says: "This, oh transpueted soul! This is death!" A WILD RIDE. P 'assenger4 4)1n anit 1xpresA 1111ave at Sesi tion4-Anl En~ginee.r L.oc'kedi in 3a Mad3 F*iro man33's Atrnua -A~ '' T ii lig 1tory of3'4 a I nir nread1(thi I.scapei3 from3 nea,t h3. 'JANI>iLii..E \Xis., dJuly 1 i.- -Th<' p)adsenger's on (lie Chicago anid Nort hi wvesterni express hiad a wild ride yes terday while a struggle for life 'anid death was going oni between thie fire mani inal engineer. Oni the~ Iloor oi (lie lo(omiotivye cab lay Enginieei Steve lilbot tinig, Ipowerless in th<i grasp~ of ar miaieiii. The insane man his face blackened b.iy coal dust, hii clothing stripped fromi his botdy, ii the life and deathI st rug.gle, brandish ed a wrench, which lhe had clutchet from the enmginecer's tool box. .Both his arms were in the grasp of the die Apairing man beneath him, but th( men on the dep'hot platformn at Cly nmn, One oft the townis through wvhiel the train passed, could see that h< had nearly freed himself', anid that in another mnonment, unldess some h ell shoul comec, the miurder'ous blow o: (lie wretdchi wouild fall. The maniac was Firemani C. L Hastings. Neari WXatertown lhe h aC stepped fromi thle tab to the tendii to (col, li. e did not return, and Engineer flotetting reachied baclh from his scat, puLlled aside the cal2 curtain, and lookedl out. As the cur taiiinmovedi asido Hastings boundet in from the tend(er anid (clutched th< engineer about the neck, aind thr'ew him headlong to the swaying fooi boartd. Thiere the two stiuggled as the train dashed 0on itt a full rate 0: sp)eedl. The engine left without fresh fuel wvas slowly losing steam, hut rushiei on at a rate that (could( mean niothing less than a fearful tiragedy at the firsi iiwitch. As the train swept p)ast Clymma without stopping the p)assengers ana t.raini cro'w realized (lhat somnething was wrong, anti a p)arty hurried for' ward. Writhing amid str'uggling among the blocks of coal on the teni der, they saw tihe engineer and1( hi maniac assailant. The latter' wa~ ov'erpowered1 anti taken to the bag gage car. A niomenit after lie fain ted. Consciousness dlid not returm untilltwelve hiours had celapsed. Th<1 hot woather is giveni as the cause ol his insanity, antd there are fears thati lie cannot recover. --A HlpOeial to the Louisville Even. ing Times fromi Newv Albany, Intdi ana, says: The (Gosport accommnoda tion train on the Menion iroute colli dod( with a freight train at Smith vill, a flag station eight miles souti of Bloomington at 8:301 o'clock. Ter lives arn lost A MOONSHINE MUIDER, APPARENT CLEARING UP OF THE AS. SASSINATION OF BEN ROSS. "Little Hill" Iloward Makes it Confession II lIs Couslin the Man Who Fired the Faiia1 shko-Itoss Killed for Treaon to mock. iI(derwi. (Oreenyio Nows.) The mystery surronnded the kil lig of Ben Ross, in February, 1888 has at last. been cleared up by thi confession of William L. Howard who was arrested last week charget vith the murder and is now in jail Ben Roms, the murdered imian, was I m1o0Vshinler ail was a Inember o onc of the strongest and lost secre m1oo'shinli organizations in thi World1. It is not known whether regiular organization exists, but it i: known tiat it is next to impossibli to conviet anyone arrested for reve nie offienses, and that a criminal ei hide froml the oflicers for years inl th< mountain fastnesses. The fate of i traitor is death and this is so wel, known that not a man dares to com mu1in icate with a revenuo oflicer, ani if once seen talking to one lie is ul der the ban of suspicion forever Every stranger entering the county is a suspect and lie hal butter quick ly prove himself not a revenue oflicel or a detective. The sherill' and oth er coiuty oflicers are received witl hospitality and the people have ofter assisted Sheriff Gilreath in makin arrests for offenses against State law On the most serious charges the mar wanted has been known to come t( the sheriff and surrender, and if then were others implicated, the arrestet man would go out and bring them in A revenue ollicer is most bitterly ha ted, and the people consider that th< making alnid selling of Whiskey is I privilege that the United States gov ernient has no right to interfer with. They resort to an1y desperat measures to protect themselves. On the day when Ben Ross wia killed lie had been to the city its witness in a revenue trial befor Commissioner Hawthorne. Ther were a number of people from th same section in tile comimlissioner' office. Some of them heard Ben Rosi say that he was getting tired of th< old ring and if things did not go bet ter he intended to break it up by tel ling the whole thing to the reveiu ollicers. It seems that Ross ha been suspected, and his remarks ii the court room reached his sect i o ahead of him. While sitting in fron of the fireplace at his home til Iight, he was instantly killed by shot throuph a window. Several itm rests were mnade, but it was impossi ble to unravel the mystery, and al those r-rests were dismissed at th, preliminary hearings. "Little Bill" Howard's coifessiol wits made freely and voluntarily i few days ago and was written down He was advised not to make it, bu said he knew what the consequince would be. Howard confesses tha lie was present when Ross was kil led and that William M. Howard alias "Big Bill Howard, a firs cousin, wits the murderer. Ie say. that "Big Bill" spoke to himi a dozei times about. killing Rtoss anmd that li refuiised to have anmythting to dlo wit l it. ''Big JBill" told himt that. if' li (lid not go along with him he wouk kill him (Howard.) "Big Bill" had I double barrmelledt shot gumn and wan ted him to take a weapon, but lie ire fused. They went to Ross's hioutse and "Big Bill" wenit upm on the piazzi while "Little lill"' stood near by After thie shoot ing the two men walls ed about a huniidred yar'ds and the(' sepmaratted, "Big Bill" going hioim and "Little Bill" to thle house of' M1 M~looni. As the two men walke' away froni Ross' house Il>ig fill] saidI to is comist aioni iat he iouigi lie "got him that t ime. Dep)uty iMarishal Fisheir ha~s hee(' working tup thie ease. "'Big I ill Hiowardl is hiding ini te neighbl) hood of his home and1( could niot b found1( by Sheriff' Gilreath on Snda3 It is said, however, lhe will suirrem A WVom(erfu'l Stonie. KiswroN, (Oa., July13 14.-Mr. Johi Me Craniey, living ntear here, has founm a miost wondoerfull stone. Whil plowiing oni aI samidbar in the Etowa river, lie sauw somiethinig shinin, with the most birilliant of lights jus to one side of him. lHe stoppIed hi plowv andi wemit to pick it upl. It wa a clear white stone, the size of al egg, reflecting iln one way iall the co ors of the rainbow. Tlurniing it ove( the colors took on the('chairneoter of spirit level, following each other ui through the c intre of thle rock till at wer'e gathered in one end. Mr. Me Cr;mney has been offer'ed $1,000 fori but refuIlsed it. lie will hike it ti Atlanta to have it tested1. It many b) a diamond. It omits a pe'rfect: white light ini the dark. charged with niot having done any thing. It has dlone muchi. Muelh that will havQ to be uindone, am mucm(h thait the people will have cans. to regret. It has dtoomedl to (de struction all that has been accom plishied b.y half a dozen wars and thi wisdlom of l100 years of statesman ship. It has done too much. Th peop)le shouild give it an eternal resi if they are ever again p)ermitted to g, to the polls5 and vote.-Cincirnnat En<quirer. --During a marriage ceremiony cenitly ini a church at Christiasbourg Va., a goat de'libeCrately walked and interrupted the ceremony b~y gi' ing the groom a grand send-off wi'd his head. The bride fled to tho pulp for safety. WOMEN LAID BRUIN OUT. Itrave Fight of Two Molus Itiver Matrons Both Unutirt. VANCE1ono, Me., July 17.--There is still a little of the old time pioneer spirit to be found among the women of tle present day who livo in the sparsely settled regions inl this sec tionl. It has cropped out0 no more plainly than in a i thrilling incident at; Molus River. a plovinlcialtown, a few nights sme,- i 'which two women were the heroines. Itoderick McDonald, who lives in one of the reilote parts of the settlement, was abseit from homo, leaviig his vife and Iiister. as the sole defenders of his hiousehohl, and most successfully did they show that they were able to cope with the task. Just at. dusk the two woinen, wAio were blisy about thieir household duties, wverc suiddenilyv attracted hv at bellowinlg it w g the at tle inl the barnyard. Tlicy listened( for a mo Ineit ,anld were colvile< d that the t noises were those of terror amnonig the Without the slightest hesitation the women arined theiiselves with the only weaponls at hianld, tin axe amnd a pitchfork, and sallivid forth to Illeet, the foe, and a mIost formidable op ponent they found. Only a few steps had bevi takeni before they sawil an e)lol.lnot s black bear, who stood tggressively await mg them. At either side of himiI lily il ox, which had fallen under his heavy blows, while the rest of the (-little were0 huddled closely i1 1One corner of the yarl. bellowing piteous ly inl their fiight. The women lost no tiie. Mrs. McDonald, excited at t lie sight of tlie dead animals, rushed it the hear vithi a pitchilork aid thrust L it <e) iito his ieck. A. roar of igle'd amger and pamiii followed. and with I SWVVep of 11f his paw h0 stIruck th e weapon fron her haiids and sent it rattling oin the other side of the 4 yard. 1 The othir woimai had inot bve idle L, in the nieaitiime. aid as the beai e inade this Imloveinilit she struck it him with an atxe. disabling one o' his S forelegs, Mrs. McDonald ran for hei i pitchfork, recovered it., anld the tw< lucky women then wentat briun with - hammner and tongs. Mrs. McDonald - worried him with the pitchfork il 3 while lier compailnionl did dteadly (xe 1 cutionl. with the It.se I Tle battle wits short and sin) 1 andl([ the i tbear was dead in t few nio t metils. He was very latrge Itid old t and two hunters with rilos wou it have considered hin a good capture The woiv1n had their clothes bdl, - torn, but, beyond a fow scratches alnI 1 the fright, stuffered 110 injury. HIS DYING CONFESSION. t Dick Iawo'm Staleneao.t Aboutit. KIIilug ill, VifN 1a4d DIaahgor. Tit(e writtei coifessioi of DicIk Hawes, the notorious wife aid child imurderer, will never hie published inl -mok form, as was teetued. The following details, which arcoiltained inl tihe coifession, ('leatr tip som1e of tle 1111'steries of the clitn, anid are now ilade ptublic foi the first t.iike. H awes states ini the conifessioni Ithat lie dhui not ('0ontempi late( th inuri i ders unitil Friday niighit before they were c'oninuiitted on Satunli-ay niughit. It, was t hen' his wife re'fused to leave the city, ats she had promiiise'd to do, and the plani of )uttinig her outt of the way for good wats<(tilekly decided ton. DeVet hiliv(' lilinte<l in vaili f'ou thet conveyancei('' Itwe's w'as suppijose't 1to liatve' used to remlove hieir body t< 0' the lake, aiial his- 'onifessioni t'cars i - tt part of' thle miyst.ery. H-1is wi f< d. iawlh chiildhren were'( imicedi'(( to drinil li<i or' iiit il both11 wvere intoxietid titawl fthen, utmier somen pre'tetxt, thiey were'( taken(I to thiw htke and iimrder'ed on the' b;miks, aioul thleir hodlies wert( thrownii ini. heyt' were'( not killeui it thei house, its it hits atlw'ays ben'ti supp)hosed. H[< -says the niegr'o win,lii Faniieit Br'yanut -who was con vited at is i s at('(ompili('(, atssistedt hiimi from beiningi to (end, atnd when the bloody work wits finiish ed(, they swore( at teririb)le oath nievei Sto beitray"t eaichl other's stecrt. TheC conif(sfion1 admiits tImtt Fitnny Bry31'anit told( the trut h in her1 testi mon;iy tha Hawes( took littfle 301ay Sf'romn her hiotise on Mondally nigh t. t Maliy wuouild hiav.e beeinimurtdered on Siturhay night, but t hey co)uld not Sindultce her'1 to drinik the li<fiuor, iand ano thr hm' hdad1( t.o be atduopted to t rid of heri. a wriote( thaStl hflly deserved the late t A I)aageirous Tilek. Co(uju raui., S. C., July 14*.---Onx Sun daLy nighit ia party of yotung negr'oes ihlinjg .John hiobinisoni, a fifteen yea1 (old boy3, aleep on a bridge near thR outskir'ts of the city, thecy determinoi to plaiy a tritk on hiim. A quantit3 of hea'ivy hipper was1l priocured anm -saturattedi with kerosene oil, and se curely tied around the naked legs o the sleeper. A lighxt was then ap plied. Tihe boy3 sprang up an~d thi - flames ran upl his legs. He screamc< -foxr assistance, and a white man liv img nxear by, wvith his hands, toro th< -burning paper and clothing off. Th< Sboy i,s very dangerously injuiredi andi his.rescuer had his hands serious y burned. 1 - -T wo freight cars loaded with six toeen tons of powvder exploded at 'King's Mills, 0., Tuesday afternxoon G causing the explosion of the cartridg< factory, which set fire to thmos n-round ing buildings, about ten of whici -were destroyed, and kilJing six per t sons and wounding twenty men and women. DEATII FLEW FAST. SUDDEN AND AWFUL STORM ON A WISCONSIN LAKEf. A Stestamer Overtaken and Capelzed-Men, Woumien and Children Thrown Struggling into Anging Water-Awful Scenes of the Temilvest-nescuitg Parties at Work. LAKE CrrY, MINN., July 16.-Sunday night just before dark a disastrous cyclone bore down upon this com munity, and in a few minutes nearly two hundred people were killed. What appeared to be an ordinary electric storm was noticed coming from the west, but in half an hour the whole heavens were converted into a lightning lined black canopy of death. A little before dark a ter rific wind struck the village, driving (very one in doors. Trees were up roote builinis wrecked and much <limi e done in the short time the stor I lasted. In a few moments nINw was abroad that an excursion h)oi with over two hundred people oil it was capsized in the middle of Lake Peppin. The boat was the st-vaimer "Zawing, which came down from the Lake Diamond Bluff, a small place about seventeen miles north of here, on an excursion to the encampimeut of the First Regiment of National Guards, which is being held a mile below the city. The steamer started back on the homeward trip about eight o'clock and although there were signs of an approaching storm it was not con sidered in any way serious and no danger was anticipated. The boat was crowtded to its fullest eapacity, about 150 men, women and - cildren from Red Wing and Diamond Bhiff being on board and about fifty people on a barge which was attached to the side of the steamer. When about opposite Lake City the boat began to feel the offects of the storm blut the officers kept on their way. The storm increased as the boat con tinued up the lake and in fifteen min utes wits at itsheight. Nearing Cen trd Point, about two miles above Lake City the steamer was at the iercy of the waves which were wash iig over the boat, and all was con fusion. The boat momentarily ran on a bar and the barge was cut loose and the steamer again set adrift into the like. A number jumped over board and swamn ashore. As tho barge floated again into deep water those on the bar , saw the steamer as it was carried i6>lessly out into t middile of, thle laHt%1 a nymV _ being tossed about on - raging waters were horrified to see the steamer capsized and its cargo of 150 people thrown into the lake. The barge remained there untd they were drifted near shore, or swain ashore. Iliere were a number of ladies who were brought to the beach by strong and ready swimmers. As soon as the iormn struck the boat Captain Weathoin gave instruc tions to run the boat itato the Vis cousin shore, but it was too late. The waves were too strong to permit the workiig of the ruidder. After the barge was cut away it was carried to the iile of the lake and& boats wvere lowered by thle crowv and the more WI cool headled p)assengers were devoted to pr'eparations for the worst. A dozent or more secured the few life preservers that were to be found and juu ped into the water, preferring to take their chanices. In five min utes more the wvaves began to wash intol the boat and till the lower decks wvhile hiailstonies asN large as hen's eggs came dlown upon the heads of the )eole, while a huge wave struck the craft on the side at the same inlomenJtt that a1 terrific blast of wind, more horribly forcible than the others, c:une upi and1( carriedl the boat over. All of the pletll on board, 150 or more, were thrown into the wvater somec being caught underneath and others thrown inito the wvater. The b oat turnied bottom upwards, and only'ii about twenty-live people were observedl floatinig on the surface. Tiheose caught hold of the upturned bottom, those first securing a posi tion assisting others. In fifteen min utes more twventy-five or thirty who hadl ob)tained safety on the boat could ob)serve 1no others. After the crewv and passengers had mtade a thorough search in the im mediate vicinity of the boat they be gan a more extensive search. After ward, hiowever, as a flash of lightning lighted the surface of the lake,by,the brilliant light the dress of a drowi ing wvomani or child was observed, b)ut it was impossible for those who witnessed the horrible sight to render any aid. Those remaining began to call for help from the shore. Soon the storm began to abate and in a half hour lights were observed flitting about on the shoreonear where thme steamer had been drifted before help could reach it. The poor crea tures who remained to tell the horrors of the night wvere againi compelled to -suffer further horrors of the oloments. A hail storm burst wvith no word of wvarning, and as they were just be.. gininig to hope that they would be taken off by the citizonsof Lake City, the boat again turned over, this time on -its side and all of the twenty-five passengers wvo hurled into the water and drowned before they could be brought to the boat by those who succeeded in remaining afloat and holding on the ship's side. It Recquirce n. Head. A.: "Preaching don't require much head work." B.: "Tha.t's what I thought untiml T readl in a paper the other day that a colored preacher had conquered a stubborn mule by butting him."