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-,. Wff BY REV. DR. TALMAGE. ie Speaks of the Fight Between the Powers of Light and the Powers of Darkness-Christians Need the Help That Comes from On Uigi. BROOKLYN, Jan. 4.--Dr. Talmage's New Year's sermon is a ringing battle cry to ministers and Christians every where, calling upon them to join in a combined charge on the intrenchments of sin and Satan. It made a deep im r ession on the vast crowds who heard trin this city this morning, and at The Christian lerald service to-night in New Yol k. The enthusiasm at the latter service was increased by the ef fective aid rendered by a large volun teer choir which has been organized fron the audiences, who sung with a volume and fervor seldom equaled. Alter the singing of the hymn com nhencing, Conic, Holy Spirit., heavenly dove, With all thy quickening powers, Dr Talmage preached the following sermon from the text, Luke xxiv, 49, "Tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem un til ye be endued with power fron on high :" For a few months, in the providence of God, I have two pulpits, one in Brooklyn and the other in New York, and through the kindness of the print ing press an ever widening opportuni ty. To all such hearers and readers I come with ain especial nessage. The time has arrived for a foi ward move ment such as the church and the world have nev r seen. That there is a need for such a religious movement is evi dent from the fnct that never since our world was swung out among the planets has there been such an organ Ized and determined effort to over throw righteousness, and make the Tenl Commandments obsolete and the whole Bible a derision. Meanwhil( alcoholism is taking down its victim by the hundreds of thousands, and the political parties get (own on their linees, practically, saying: "Oi thou al mighty rum jug! we how (own lelforc theel Give us the ollices--city, statc and national. Oh, gi %ve ius the ollievs, and we will worship thee for ever and ever, Aimen." The Christian Sabbath i meanwhile, appointed for physical, iental and spiritual rest., is being secularized and abolished. As i( the had publishiig houses of oir owit country had ex hausted their literary filth, ithle French and liussian sewers have been invited to pour their scuirrility and moral slush into the trough where our Amer jean swine are now wallowing. Mean while there are enough houses of in famy in all our cities, open and un molested of the law, to invoke the om nipotent wrath which buried Sodom under a deluge of brimstone. The pandeioniac world, I think, has massed its troops, and they are at this moment plying their batteries upon family circles, church circles, social circles, political circles and national circles. Apollyon is in the saddle, and riding at the head of his myrmidons would capture this world for darkness 4ind woe. That is one side of the conflict now raging. On the other sido we have the most magnificent gospel machinery that the world ever saw or heaven ever invented. ]n the fir-t place there are in this count ry more thain eighty thou sandl ministers of religion and, take them as a class, more consecrated, holier, more consistent, more sell deny ing, more faithful men never lived. ~I know them by the thousands. I have met them in every city. I am told, not by them, but by people outside our profession, people epgaged in Christian a nd reformatory work, that the clergy of America are at the head of all good enterp)rises, and( whloever else lii t hey may be depended on. Tlhe truthI of this is dlemonstratedl by the fact thlat. wvhen a iniister of religion dhoes fail, it is so exceptional thi at tihe ne wspapers report it as something start hng, while a hundred men in other callings may g.o downi without the miatter being con sidered as especially worth mention ing. In addition to their eq(uipmenit in moral character the clergy of this country have all that the schools can giv'e. All archicological, rhetorical, scientifle, scholastic, literary attain ment. So much for the Christian min istry of all denominations. In the next place on our side of the conflict we have the grandest churches of all time and higher style of membership and more of them, and a host without number of splendid men andl women who are <loing their best to have this wor!M pturified, elevated, gospel ized. lBut we all feel tnat something is want ing. Enough hearty songs have beenm sting and enough earnest sermons preached within the last six months to save all the cities of America, and sav ing the cities you save the wvorld, for they overflow all the land either with their religion or their infamy. Several times ina the history of the church andl the worldl has the power from on high bcen demonstrated. In the Seventeenth century, after a great season of moral depression, this power fromt on high caine down ulponl John Tlllotson and Owen and Fiavel arid Baxter and Bunyan, and there was a deluge of mercy higher than the tops of the highest. mountains of sin. lIn the Eighteenth century, In England andl America, religion was at a low water mark. William Cowper, writing of.the clergy of those (lays said: Except a few with Eli's spirit blest, Hlophni and P?hineas may describe the rest. 'The infidel writing of Shaftesbury and -' jobbes andl Chubb had done their w rk. luit\power from on high came ii h-b both the Wesleys and Lady 1 untington on the other side the At lantic, and upon William TIennant and Gilbert Tennant and D)avid lirainerd on this side of the Atlantic, andl both hemispheres felt the tread of a par doning God. Coming to later date, there may be here and there in this au dience an aged man or womani who can remember New York in 1831 when this power from on high descended most wondrously. It came upon pas tors and congregations and theatres and commercial establishment". Chat ham Street theatre, New York, was the scene of a most tremendous religious awakening. A committee of Christian gentle men called upon the lessee or the thea tre, and said they would like to buy thu lease of the theatre. lie said, "W ha do you want it for?" They. replied "For a church." "For wh-a-at ?" salh the owner! For a church," was the re ply. The owner said, "You may havu it, and I will give you a thousand dol lars to help you on with your work.' Arthur rappan, a man mightily perse enoted in his time, but a man, as J.saw r,him in his last days, as honest and pure and good as any man I ever knew steppdon the stage of old Chatham theare as the actors were closing their morning rehearsal and said, "There will be preaching here to-night on thia ~ tg;" and then gave out and sane IZWtt suoh people as were there theol .a:Ae voice of free grace cries, escape to the mountains. For all that believes Christ has opened a fountain. The barroom of the theatre was turn ed into a prayer room, and eight hun dred persons were present at the first meeting. For seventy successive nights religious services were held in that theatre, and such scenes-of mercy and salvat ion as will be subjects of conver nation and congratulationt among the ransomed in glory as long as heaven lasts. But I come to a later time-1857 - remembered by many who are here. I remember it especially, as I had just entered the office of the ministry. It was a year of hard times. A great panic had flung hundreds of thousands of people penj iless. Starvation enter ed habitation that had never before known a want. Domestic life in many cases became a tragedy. Suicide, gar roting, burglarly, assassination were rampant. What an awful day that was when the banks went down! There has been nothing like it in thirty years, and I pray God there may not be any thing like it in the next thirty centur ies. Talk about your Black Fridays! It was Black Saturday, Black Sunday, Black Monday, Black Tuesday, Black Wednesday, Black Thursday as well as Black Friday. .1'his nation in its extremity fell help less before the Lord and cried for par don and peace, and upon ministers and laymen the power from on high de scended. Engine houses, ware rooms, hotel parlors, museums, factories, from 12 to 1 o'clock, while the operatives were resting, were opened for prayers and sermons and inquiry rooms, and 13urton's old theatre on Chambers street, where our ancestors used to as seruble to laugh at the comedies, and all up and. down the steets, and out on the docks and on the decks of ships ly ing at the wharf people sang, "All hail the power of Jesus' name," while others cried for mercy. A great mass meet ing of Christians on a week day, in -Jayne's hall, Philadelphia, telegraphed to Ftilton Street Prayer meeting in New York, saying, "What hath God wrotight?" and a telegram went back saying, "Two hundred souls saved at our meeting to-day." A ship came through the Narrows into our harbor, the captain reporting that himself and all the crew hld been converted to God between New Orleans and New York. In the busiest marts of' ou r busiest A mericai cities, where the worshipers of Mammon had been counting their golden beads, men began to calculate, "What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his soul?" The waitvrs in restaurants after the (losing of their day's work knelt among the tables where they had served. Policemnen asked consent of the coiin issioner of police to be per iitted to attend reghigious meetings. At Albany members of the New York legislature assembled in the room of the court of appeals at half-past 8 o'clock in the morning for prayer and praise. Printed invitations were sent otit to the firemen of New York saying, "Come as suits your convenience best whether in fire or citizens' dress, but come! come!" Quarrymen knelt among the rocks. Fishermen knelt in their boats. Weavers knelt among the looms. Sailors knelt among the ham mocks, Schoolmasters knelt among their classes. A gentleman traveling said there was a line of prayer meet ings from Omaha to Washington cit, and lie might have added a line of prayer meetings from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast, an d from the St. Law rence to the Gulf of Mexico. Many of my hearers to-day are what the world calls, and what I would call sp)lendidl fellows. andl they seem happy enough, andl are jolly andi obliging, an(l 'if 1 were in trouble I would go to them with as miuch confidence as I woutld to my father, if lhe were yet alive. But when they go to their rooms at night, or wh1 eni tihe excitements of social and business li fe are off, they are not con t ent, and they wvant something better thant this world can offer. I tinder stamnd them so well I would, without ainy fear of being thought rough, put my right hand on their one shoulder ami imy left hand on their other shoul decr and( Push them into the kingdom of God. But I cannot. Power from on high, lay hold of them! Y ears ago, at the close of a religious service in Brooklyn Tabernacle, a gen tleman most distinguishmed in appear ance, and with remarkable cerebral dlevelopment, camne forward wvith his wife and daughter, andl saidI to mec in a most courteons and elegant way, "Let me introduce you to my wile and (laughter, who wish some counsel in regard to religious matters," and the three sat (down. After I had convers ed with the wife and daughter 1 turn edl to the gentleman and said, "Perhaps you have some interest yourseif In these matters?" "None whatever," was the reply, polite yet firm, hut be lore the meeting had closed I saw his hamndl lifted to his forehead and his eyes closedl, and I said, "Sir, have you not changed your mind, andl are vou not thoughtfuli on this subject?" iIe said: "1 am. Since coming to this seat 1 have sought and found Christ as my Saviour, and I have but one desire more, and that is before I leave this house to join my wife ando daughter in making profession of the Christian re ligion. I have been known as on the wrong side long enough." What was it that had comae upon him ? It wvas power from on high. At thme first communion after the dedlication of our former church three hundred and twenty-eight souls stood up in the aisles andl publicly espoused the cause of Christ. At another time four hundred souls; at another time five hundred; and our four thousand flive hundred membership were but a. small part of those who within those sa2redl walls took upionI themselves the vows of the Christian. What turnedl t hem ? What savedl thenm ? Power from the level? N~o. Power' from on high. Butt greater' tiings are to be seen if ever these cities andl ever this worldl Is to be taken for God. Tlhere is one class 01 men ando women In all these as semblages In whom I have especial in terest, and that is those who had good fathers and mothers once, but they are deadi. What multitudes of us are or phmars! We may 1)e 40, 50, 80 years 01(1, but we never get usedl to having father andI mother gone. Oh, how often we have had troubles that we would like to have told them, and we always felt as long as father and mather wvere allye we had some one to whom we could go! Now I would like to ask if you think that all their prayers In your behalf have been answeredl. "No," you say, "but it is too late; the old fol'ks are gone now. I must courteously contradict you. It Is not too late. I have a friend in the ministry who was attending the last hours of an aged Christian, and myi friend said to the old Christian, "Is there no trouble on your mind ?" The old man turned his face to the wall for a few moments, and then said: "Only one thing. I hope for the salvation of my ten children, but not one of them is ye savd. Yet I amn sure they will b.Gdmeans towait untIl I am gone." So he died. When my friend tLid of the cirealmstances eight of the ten ha~d found the Lord, and I have no doubt the other two before this have found him, Oh, that the long poet loned answers to prayer for you. my j irother, for you, my sister, might this tour descend in power from on high. The history of these unanswered SH :rayers for )ou God only knows. They nay have been offered in the solemn birth hour. They may have been offer 'd when you were down with scarlet T, fever or diphtheiia or membranous lroup. They may have been offered ' iome night when you were s.und 0 asleep in the trundi bed, and your mother came in to see if you were t rightly covered in the cold winter night. They may have been offered at that time which comes at least once in th' almost every one's life when your in( father and mother had hard work to make a living, and they feared that 91 want would come to them and yo'.. or They may have been offered when the of lips could no longer move and the eyes were closed for the long sleep. " Oh, unanswered prayers of father h1 and mother, where are you? Ii what room of the old homestead have they S hidden ? Oh, unanswered prayers, rise in a mist of many tears into a cloud, Il and then break in a shower which shall co soften the heart of that man who is so hard he cannot cry, or that woman who m is ashamed to pray! Oh. armchair of bil the aged, now empty and in the garret Im among the rubbish, speak out! Oh, staff of the pilgrim who has ended his i weary journey, tell of the parental tl anxieties that bent over thee! Oh, fam- bIf ily Bible with story of birth and deaths ia rustle some of thy time worn leaves, - and let us know of the wrinkled hands that once turned thy pages, and ex- pr plain that spot where a tear fell upon the passage, "O) Absalom, my son, my e son, would God I had died for thee!" m Good and gracious God! what will of become of us, if after having had such a devout and praying parentage, we never pray for ourselves! We will pray. to( We will begin now. Oh, for the power pr from on high, power to move this as- si, semblage, power to save Brooklyn and 1) New York, power of evangelism that qu shall sweep across this continent like an ocean surge, power to girdle the round earth with a red girtle dipped in the blood of the cross! If this forward ' movement is to begin at all there must gi be some time for it to begin, and why w' not this time? And so .1 sound for your ti ceors a rhythmic invitation, which, W: until a few (lays ago, never caie un- de der my eye, but it is so sweet., so sob- Se ling with pathos, so triumphant with thi joy, that whoever chimed it, instead of at being anonyuiou, ought to be imnor tal: Thy slis I bore on Calvary's tree; dis The stripes, thy due, were laid on me, si' That peace ami pardion might be free- g O wretched sinner, collie! CC Burdened with guilt, wouldst thou be blest'.' pu Trust not the worl; it gives no rest; as I bring relief to hearts opprest O weary sinner, collie! Come, leave thy burden at the cross; 1.1 Count all thy gains but elipty dross, ize My grace repays all earthly loss O needy sinner, colie! li Colie, hither bring thy boding fears, Im Thy aching heart, thy bursting tears, . 'TIis mercy's voice salutes thine ears; M 0 trembling sinner, coine! e - -. - ~ toi A Fatal F"all in Charleston. ho CHA iLESTON, J1an. S.-Yesterday morning, about twenty minutes before 4 o'clock, a iost horrible tragedy was ciC enacted at 198 King street, the premises YIc of the Forest House. Daniel F. Berry, N( one of the three male occupants of ge Room 11, at the Northeast corner of hii the highest story of the house, precipi tated himself full thirty feet below de upon an old wagon body lying in Mr. p< Thomas's furniture yard, breaking his elii neck and otherwise injuring his body. m It appears that Berry had been drink- , ing for the past two or three days. On Wednesday night he got on another spree, and was seen in some of the low--~ est dives in the city. IIe reached his II boarding house yesterdIay morning af ter a night of reckless disipation, about to half-past 3 o'clock, and hastened to his to room, which wvas also occupied by two of' of' his friends. T1hie noise mai~de by him ut in going across the room to the windowv awakened the two occupants, Miller andl Jackson, but by tihe time they ,c were arousedi to consciousness Berry had fallen from the window and was I a mangled corpse. w Daniel F. Berry was over 50 years of bil age although lie scarcely looked 40. iIe lived a few miles from the town of foi Marion and has goodl conlnections. In Th Radical ti mes hIe was app)ointedl Sheriff of Marion County, and( servedl for four an years. Ever since that time lie has lie becen familiarly knowvn as "Sheriff" ca Berry. When sober he was a quiet and tal peaceable man, but dIrinik was his great, enemy and wvas the ultimate cause of his ruin. to ExoduM of Negroose. en Ciiu'Auo, Jlan. 3.- -A special from Tlo peka, Kansas, says that 11ev. II. T. Fos ter, colored, who w~as a canidi(ate for ed1 AudIitor for the State on tile People0's Sc p)arty, has come from Kansas City with su twenty families of colored people1 from g, Mississippi en route to leniiesy, O)kla- bil homia.'IThese fai i es niumber' abou t Foster says "This is but t he beginininlg of a tremendlons e'xoduts of tile coeloredl o people from the South. Tihousands will an leave thle Southern States within the w'c next sixty dlays. We look upon O.kla- tio homa as our peaceful haven. Mniy of toi the coloredl people of Alississippi are thi refusing to enter into ne0w labor oni- lie tracts and( those thait have property are M diisposinig of it." l' ester saidl further that, the opeing of ('heyenne, A rlaaho aiid lawoI Ilni lands, which is to oicur in Febr'uary, is0. attracting maniy of his pleople to the e territory. t S:ma.ll Pox in TeOxas. tl GA.v ESTrON, Tlex as, ,1 an. 8.-IDr. ph Iluthierford, the Texas IIealth Oflicer, m<l has ordleredl a strict State quarantine against San Antonio, Hlouston andI Yoakuim on account of a few cases of smallpox at those points. No railway 1pa can take any bodhy away from those oin places until IDr. Rutherford gives a .lit permission. In the Southern part of 114 T'exas smallpox exists nea'irly all tile ram ime. IL is saidl that Sani Antonio Is isi never wvithiout a case, but the disease ter ~s usually conitned to an unclean part cli f the town inhabited by Mexicans. A th<( row cases hav'e appearedh at IIouston da md one or two have been reported at to San Antonio. Galveston also has aho !ase amnd the people here are hourly C 3xpecting to be shut OKT from commu ilcation with the outer world. A S100,00O Fire in Augusta, Gan. AUOUsTA, Gai., Dec. 31l.-Auguista ke iad a $100,000 fire this morning at 5 the )'clock. L. A. Rt. Read, dealer in thie whiskies, loss $30,000; insuredl for $20,- wh X). Jlames J1. Baile, carpets, $14,000; lie Insurance $8,000. Nicholas Kahrs, gro- thi ::eries, $37l,000; insurance $16,000. D. bil Sancken, groceries, $14,000. D)amage i to the Rloberts' building$2,000. bil Hero of The Day. ic BURILINOTON, Ia., Jan. 7.-Lute Bro- art berg, a telegragh operator, averted a hi terrible calamity here by rare presence a of mind and bravery. Miss Elsie Jor dan, a society lady, while skating, broke through ihe ice, .lroberg went to her assistance, and broke in also. Hie foK caught the lady as.she was going under n the ice, and after a five minutesi' life is i and death struggle. dragged her out. 01 The yonng mauli ts be hro of tbb hour, dli 'HE FORCE BILL DEAD. REWD WORK OF THE DEMOCRATS j( 0 AND THE SILVER MEN. C c a Force 11M1 Dispiaced by mRae silvor a leasure--Most of the Republican Sena rai- J alken by Surpine at theIt Result of 9 3 lhe Action of the Senate. WASilINUTON, January 5.-VhilC r Itepublican Senators were concoct a scheme to pass the force lill n d ite o' Iemocratic oppomitioti, the min ty, under the magnilicent, leadership Senator Gormatu, side tracked it al- I )st before their oppoiwnts realized ( w it was accomplichet. Soon after the Senate convened to-day V nators Gorman, Faulkner, Cockrell, L irri, Vest and other active )emocrats e neluded ,hat the hour had arrived to ike a bold move to stave off the force I and take ip) one of the financial c tasures. Senator vest, of Missouri, a Ls chosen to make a motion to take up a silver bill inl preferetice to the force t 1. In the meantime Senator Gorman d ascertained that seven andi perhaps lit Republicans would vote for such a L)position. Fiially Senator Jones, of .vada, made his first appearance this ision and joined his colleague, Stewart, opposing the force bill in the interst, silver. SrEWARWTS o'OPPORTUNE OF FER. V Better still. Senator Stewart volun- L .red to make the motion. Thus the 1, gpesition came from the lIepublican v le. Word was passed around on tle C .mocratic side and every man was re- U ested to be on dut,y at a certain hour. I On the Itepublican side all save the lit anti-force bill men were in total iorance ot the Democratic pro- t imnie. After the morning business ts disposed o1 a conterence report oin - local railroad measure caie up and ts being di4icussed. The Vice P1resi- c tit went out for luncheon, leaving nator Harris, of 'einnessee, one of 1 ablest pailiamentarians in the Senl , to preside. ExP'LOIN(i THE. 10,311MU. Ln due timi the coniferenec rort was C osed of and Senator George- of Mis sippi was about to coilude his speech inist the force bill, but before lie pro .dled, Senator Stewart, startled his ite blican associates by moving to lay de tle electioiis bill and consider the ver bill. Such a suggestion at such a time, and t in such a source, completely demoral- t d Senators Sherman, Spooner. Frye, 'arts, Platte, Dolph1 aiid other ltepub an leaders. "( ranmiiiotlier'' Iloar al )st exploded with suppressed rage and onishmlent. It was uin1derstood that arvtlhing was to be settled satisfac ialy to the Republicans at a caucus to 1 held to-night. s 10AlWS VA I N ITICn'STr. f Fially Senator floar recovered sutfli- r ttly to protest against Senator George S Iding tle - floor to the Senator from i ,vada andi was proceeding to deliver a t acral scolding to all who differed with ni. ,"enator Gorman could not alfo*d to al in sentimentalities in the midst of a litical battle, so lie called the Macusa usetts Senator to ordler, holding thatt a >tioin to considler a particular mnesure 1 is not, debatable. Senator IIarris promptly sustained tie a int oi order, thus checking Senator( >ar's flow of language. Senator George thien wanted a chane make a personal explantion, but he ) was called down, andi the quiestioii whether thie silver bilt should be taken was submit ted t) the Senate. TIilF ESUIii'llI[SE CO)MiLETE'F. ]iefo)re half of tie pecople presenit could ilize the exact situation the clerk was tie midst, ot a roll-call the result of ichi would decide the fate 01. (lie force 1, for (lie present at last. lIn the meantimie Senator IIoar sent Vie President Morton andI Senator Imunds to come to has rescue. M\r Morton hurried into (lie chamber ci appeCaredl somcwhlat surprised to ir from Senator HIarris that (lie roll II was oni Senator Stewart's motion to cc up (lie sitver b)ill. There wvere expiressionis of approval in| galleries when Vice P'residlent Mor 1 dieclaredi Senator Stewart's motion eriedi by a vote of 34 to 29. iiOIST WITl TI'll 1R,IIOWN PETAIl!). There was also some surprise ex press when it, was found1( that the two new nat,ors from Idaho, one of whom wvas orn in to-day, were among (lie eight publicans to vote against (lie force I. I)F:MoCuiCiI sMlii:S. The D)emocratic Seniators could not aceal their gratification at the result, :1 uinder (lie cover of thie cloak room Its they exchanged heart y conagratula- u is andtl commifenitedl m thie hia.hlest, ims oni (lie aamlrab)le management of ir leadler, Seniator ( orman, and his iteniaints, Senators Faulknier, VTest, rgani, itlarris, andi( oth ers. n31A N TlIINKS Tii aE Ti'ilE IIAD('o3ME. Nelltor (hOrmiaii mia intalnld his usulal uposur*e andI simply said when spo0k to oii thie subject thfat "'a majority of Senators conicluded( that thie first, md.a in thie new a year wvas very goodl ic to legislate in behial f of all (lie peo of (lie U'nitedh States ini preference to re part,isan mneaisure. '' Mo0nTON NOT i3'LI CATi'). Renator llarris was pileasetd .with the L lie played, b)ut lie assur'ed every whoi( atpproachied lim on the sabject t Vie President Morton knew not,h of (lie prograimme when lie ternpo thy vacated (lie chair. Senat,or Ilar-' wvas also ignorant of what was coin 1latedl until after lie assuamedth(ie Lir'. iIe was aware thiat something o1 kind was c'ointeimplate(f during thie r, but hie did niot, kniow (lie wvork was >C (lone while lie was presidinig. iIe ai tfs (t'at, thie b)ilf now goes on (lie ~ Ieiidar .mdt can only be takeni up by a al jorit,y of a (tuorumii. J SENATIOR 1hOAR AS (ASSANDRCA. 'I enator IIoar fels his dlefeat ve ry w lily anid predicts thie destructIonof Repulican piarty. iIe conidemns1 ro act.ion of those Republican Senators al o voted with (lie D)emocrats and says til believes that they would (10 the same 11 ag over again, even after the financial ' f I is dlisposed of'. He r'efuses ,to say ~ ether lie will contInue to press the further, but intimates that it is prac thy dead as long as eIght Republicans - opposed to It. He probably regrets haste In helping to seat the two new tators from idaho. .EDMUNDS DOES NOT DESPAIR. 3enator Edmunds claIms that the ce bIll is not dea, but comes up as anlahed busIness when the silver bill Ilsposed of without a separate vote. hoe eually mnent parllamentarlans !erwih him.-Ne~ws and Courier. A'~.: Matter for Investigattoon. COLUMnlA. S. C., Jan. 7.-A inal'er 'ich is as yet too vague to warrant con ctures aifVcting the integrity of any no, came to light to-day. Col. Lips Dmb, late superintendent of the pCn 3ntiary, who turned over the institution nd its belongings last Saturday to his aecessor, Col. Talbert, informed him ,at the re had been a shotrage of some 8NO) inihe cash, that is, that the ca-sh hown by the books as being oi hand ,as tha 'imount in excess of what was eally on hand. Mr. W. 1). Bateman, vho was Superintendent; ipsconb's lerk, and who was clerk of the board of irectors, had made the amoint, good, as 'ol. Lipscombni informed. Col. Talberl. 7nder these cireumstanices Col. Talbert ought, the advice of I ttorney General 'ope, who advised him to have all the Id books of the institution locked up mntil an examination could be made, and ew ones put in use. A new set of books vas therefore procured, and the former 'ooks are to be gone through to discov r where the error is. The Lame Walk. Pitiful indeed is the condition of hose who are conflned to their beds or hairs unable to walk. How grateful ,11 such must feel when they recover rom their helplessness. B. B. B. Botanic Blood Balm) has made more han one lame person happy. Mrs. Emma Griffiths, Unitia, Tenn., vrites: "My little boy had scrofula so ad his knees were drawn up and his nees stiff, and he could not walk. H[e eri vel no bellet from medicines until tried 1. D. B. After using it a short ine only, lie can walk and has no ain. I shall continue its use." Mirtle M. Tanner, Boonville, Ind., vrites: "I had blood poison from irth. Knots on my limbs were as irge as hen'R eggs. Doctors said I vould ie at cripple, but B. 13. B. has uredf me sound and well. I shall ever raise the day the men who invented Hood Balm were born." Engines and Hollers. Attention is directed to tile adver iswmient of Talbott & Sons, to be found n another part of this paper. The outh Carolina branch is locatel at 'olinbia, with Mr. V. C. Badhan in harge. The 'albott exhibit was one of the iiost notable at the recent State F ir t consisted of a handsome 20-ho-se rngine working the machinery in the pacious "Machinery I lall." This ngine was built at the Talbott works n lZichmond, Va. Its high finish, its vork manship and design, gave it great >romiinence, and evoked many wor(ls >f praise. The engine took the first >remiumii among stationary elgines, mW. was sold on the grounds. Talhott & Sons build only the high ,st grades of machinery, and their ex ensive bussiness attests the satisfac ion of their customers. Wiaylaid fit rilm Store. IAAN(AsTI'R, S. C., Jan.8. A most astardly attempt to murder Mr. L. C. 'aysiuer and rob his store was made oil ist Friday evening by a negro, Jesse ison. A bout sindown lie secreted imself in the room in the rear of the tore used for dressing collins. .)ust be ore dusk Mr. Paysner went into this oomi for a chair. The negro, who was ecreted behind some furniture, made a u1nge at him with a knife, cutting brough his coat, collar, cravat and shirt id iilicting a slight wound about his keck. Tle thief instantly fled but left is shoes in tile store, that were identi ied as belonging to Jesse, who was ar ested. The prisoner at first denied his ~uilt but afterwar'ds confessed. Sever di gold rings and watches which had efn recenitly stoleni from Playsuler were eturnedi by di fferent colored people who1 aid that lienson madle themt presents >f them.- -Ledger. Pianos and( Organis. N. W. TlIucMP, 134 Main Street, Co iuimbia, S. C., sells P'ianos anId Organs, irect from factory. No agents' coml nissions. The celebirated Chbickering 'inno. Mlathushe11k Piano, celeb)rate-d 'or its clearness of tonle, lightness of ouch and lasting qu'alit ies. M1ason & lamlin Ulpright Piano. Sterling U'p ighit Pianos, from $225 tip. Mason & lamlini Organs surpasse<l by~ none. Ster ing Organs, $50 lip. Every Instrument fuaranteed for six years. Fifteen days' -rial, expenses5 both ways, if not satis 'actorv. Sold on Inlstailents. Terril,le Exp)loo. V I :NNA, Janl. 3.-A terrib)le explosion if lire dlampI took p)lace to-day in the Prinlity pit, near tile P'olish town of )stran. F"ifteen bodies have been re 'overedi andl twenty-four millers are nissinlg. Three hundred and fifty other nen in thme mTine escaped by the 0open hiafts. A complete iledroomn Suit for $161.50 reight paid to your (hepot. Send for sataloguie. Address L. F. Padgett, .ugusta, Ga. LOW PRICES WIll BE MAD)E ON ['ALBOTT SON'S ONGINE5 AND) BOILERS. SPECIAL EST IM ATlES ON SAW MILL4S, U OlRN MILh4S. PLANERS AND MA CIIINERY GlENEltAL~LY AT BOTTrOM FIGURES. t, C. Badham, Gen. Agt., COLL3EIIBI A, M, C. Iuy the* T1albott Engine; It is the best. COLLEE FOR WOlME, COLI31IBEIA, S. C. Th'is College and Institute for Women id1 Girls opened October 1 under auspices ore favorable than its most sanlguine iend1s hoped for. The grounds, buildings, )pohntnments and fulrnlshhn gs areO unequlal d among board ing schools In tIle Souith. le historlo old Hampton or Preston place as boulght, the mansion repaired and re ted, a larger and finer building construct I for the chlapel, domitories and recitation >ims. 'A corps of teachers unexcelled ill bility andi experience is now teaching in io College. rNem the 1st of January to it of Februlary offers a convenient tinie for ew pupils to enter, who are chlarged only -om date of entrance. For terms, &o., [ldress tile rresident, the R EV. WM. R. ATKINSON, ColumIbia, S. C. N PAIN Pat- I-lays flio Fri791.ht A. GtsA. 4.0E1'l TH \T MAY NOT AGAIN BEI RIPI \TLCD, 60 DO NOT 1ILAY, "STul- W11LE 'TH!; luW:N 1 1 10v.'' Write fo, Catalogue iow, uid : vjjht paper yousaw this advertisemtent in. Renembor that I sell everytl'ing that goes to fiti nishing a homie--n'anufactu ing some i.i'lgs aid buyin" wlhc,0 tt largest pet ible lot.4, Which e OeWs mI lo Wipe out all Coilpeti tion. IERE All E A FEW O MY STA Y MI LIANG A3ARGAiNS A No. 7 Flat top Cooking Stove. fullb size, 15x17 ine-h Oven, fitted wvith 21 pioe.,f, of ware, delivered it Your 4)Wnl depot, all fireight charges paid by 111w., n1411 only Twelvo I)ollars. Again, I will sell you a 5 hole Cookling Range 13x13 inch oven, 18x26 inch top, lit ted With 21 pIeces of ware, for TIllit your depot. 1)0 NOT PAY T'Wo PritCES FOr YOUR GOODS. I will send you a nice pllush Parlor suit, walnut frame, either in combination or banded, the most stylish colors for.33.50, to your .tilroad station, freight pahl. I will alsosell you a nice Bellroios uit consisting of Bureau with glass, 1 high head Bedstead, 1 Wazistand, 1 Centre table, 4 cane seat chairs, 1 cane seat and back roeker all for 16.50, and pay freight to your depot. ? Or I will send you an elegant Bedroom suit with large glass, full marble top, for 30, and pay freight. Nice window shade on spritm roller $ 40 Elegant large Walnut8 day clok, 4.00 Walnut lounge, 7.00 Lace curtains per window, 1.00 Icannot describe evurything in a small advertisement, but have an immense store containing 22,600 feet of floor room, with i ware houses and factory buildings in othor'j parts of Augusta, making In all the lar--. rest business of this kind under one man-! agetment in the Southern States. These; storemand warehouses are crowded withlit the choicest productionsof the best facto-i ries. My cat alogue containing illustrations ' of goods will be mailed if you will kindly say where you saw this advertisement. 11 pay freight. Address, L. F. PAMGETT. E Proprietor P'adgett's Fuimltuie, tove and Ctapet.Stoiv, 1110-1112 Broad Strcet, AUGU -_, GA wil n-;' .n - v1;al1.e your i'n'o,--.ai 'oad TP*Nand cgivoyour v. Pny toll,.h Ii14th. A promini ,'vtralroadi rinltendlntrt t va'nih,,su:Y,-rinv with '-G i1 y m a L. r. 1.a nevr fkt . T'lk life, lml k n:ai ii h e co,; bi 'ho o ;cal0, C it' ho could Ill aw -o I ircil oult fr 40 .1,1.. - n SP. P. If you ar.3 feel,ig ' tho * ring -'t f-i ut of sorts, taklj P. P, It yuitr digestive orge 'S id toning up, tako P.P. P. If yt orr-tfr with hleheai, indigestion, -4 uobaihty ant weakr,-., t4Lo It yot Iuffr with rervous prostratioan, nerves nstrum m- a ge naraila lth don' of th se tao P. P. P. For li1oo41 Poai. Rhicnmtfin. Herof uzia. Ci! I nora's, Maltariua, Chroncie 'mal Comzpluinta4, take ~P. P. P. Prickly Ash, Poke Root and Potassium. The best bloo<l purifler In tho world. LIPP1.AN IIOS., Wholesalo Druggists, Solae P roprietor, LYPPMiN's Il,0CK, I3avaninah, (Ga. READ) TEIE.5E FxlI:AUttE. Farm Wagons, complete with body etc. 2 3-4 in 'Thimble Skin................gm5 8 in TIhimble skin...---.-........... 41.00 3%' in Tllhle Skin................. 2400 One Ihorse Wagons, $24.50, $2d.50 and $28.50, Warranited secondl to no~ne. Write for Circuilars. Buggies, Carriages, Road Carts, &c., it 10 per cent less than regular pices. Send foir Catalogue. Th'lis offer is for only :30 dlays in ordler to redluco stock-so order at once. HOLLER & ANDER.SON BUGGY CO.. ROCK llILL, S. C., .,.a w iitung iiiue don tis paper. TPO~N I l MOST APPHO)VED! .J pl ans, wvithi Suction l"an ori S!il('d Belt Sceud Cottoni Elevator furiiiheitd at COTT"1ON (t I \ S and P'ltESS;iS (41 best, nakers. Th'lom,as lIl Rla tks. 1)aerinitg Mower, (Corhin ii Iarrows iad I'lanet, Jr i, U'ultivators. A large stoc'k of P ortable and Stationary ilnning and( 'awv M'i ill Enginies on hand. State Agenits fo,r C. & tI. COOP'Eli & CO'S Corlis Eu ~ines L ane Sawv Mi lls anid Liddell Comn )any's compJleto4 hine. W. I1. Gil I ES, ,Jn., & CO., Near Uniion D)epot, LIPPEAN BROS., Wholesato Druggiat., Gale Proprietora, Llppman's Block, Savannah, (Ia FINE SHi TAU .ATAsk for cataioguie. STERRY M'F'G CO A'sHit.L E. T . Mustang Liniment for MAN 4 and BE aST FOR j FotyYears THE 1--Y ALL e Avi TT -Ny AT LAW, PICK ENS .. 1; S. C. Mlonoy to loan on casy terms, on well secured paper. Oflice in Court 'love. July 26'88. WEI S& O1Z1, J. E. BOGGS, Greenville, -, I . Plekens, S. C. TE11 111 ORN N:'OGGS, w L ATTOnNEYS AT LAW, PICK ENS, C. 1., S. C. M. le. A,,si:r, C. L. HOIORTHxoy Solicitor Sth Circnit, Pickens, S. C . G reenville, S. C. ANSEL:i & IIOLILINGSWVORTIL. ATTonuNEYs A ND Ci UNSLOnIS AT LAw, l'ICK ENS, C. I f., S. C. Pr-act i(ce in all the courits of the State, andI atte*ntion given to all business entrust edi to thenm. 'mrh 14-88tf. lii LVL E L DON 3 22 Maint Street, Greenville, S. C. Gas givenl every 'thursday and Friday, andl teeth extracted without pain. XT M. NOILWOOUD, D).3D. S. DENT IST. G R E E N V [IL L E, S. C. C;orner M%aln and Coffee Streets. D)R. J. B., CARPENTER, D)ENTIST, Wii ImI fon at 041( I.iberlyi on and after the 1st October. HIe gu rantees all hIs work () be first class, feb 13'90 D}: J P) (2 A 1> E DElN TISTr, 4& IR E E Ni V 1 1111 E, M. C. ChIle over Westmtoreland Bros. & Duke's Drug Store. Jan 1 '898. flR. FRANXiK SMIT H Is now permlanenItly' len ted at liasley, S. C., and respectfully offers hIs professional servIees to the publie generally. .Jan 2 90. J. C. Fitzgerald, PH OTOG RAPH ER, GREENVILLE, S. C. Over Westmnolandl Brothers D)rug Store, All wvork done by the inst antaneous process, Also muake enlIargemuents from old pictures to any size ini water colors, crayon, India, lik, oil and plain photographs. oct 21 tf. MA1NSONHOUSE, G11I EN\VILLE S. C.., [r E MANSION IIOUSE HAS L een newly refitted and excellently furnished. It ls first class in its ap polnments, and Is one of the best hotels In 4 ho South. Situated In the healthiest ud~ ost dehlghtful locality in the country, It m0erss,rior s,ttratctlons to vitiltors and nofsnocannot be excelled in any cty.,