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PLAGUE OF CRIME. DR. TALMAGE DISCOURSES ON LAW BREAKING. 1'olice Ielorts of New York and Brook lyn More Suggestive Than Daute's In ferno-Ways Outlined in which Chrim tians Should Work to Arrest This Plague. NEW YoRi, April 12.-Dr. Talmage, in continuance of the course o. sermons on "The Ten Plagues of the Cities," to day preached to large audiences in the Brooklyn Academy of' Music in tho fore noon and The Christian Ierald service at the New York Academy of Music In the evening, on "The Plague of Crime." Ie took for his text Exodus vii, 20, "All the waters that were in the river were turned to blood." Among all the Egyptian plagiues none could have been worse than this. The Nile is the wealth of Egypt,. Its fish the Food. Its waters the irrigation of gar. den and fields. Its condition decides the prosperity or the doom of the empire. What happens tr the Nile happens to all 1,gypt. An, now in the text that great river is icarnadined. It is a red gash across an empire. In poetic license we speak of wars which turn the rivers into blood. But my text is not, a poetic licenser It was a lact, ia great crimson appalling condition described. The Nile rolling deep of blood. Can you imagine a more awful plhguie The modern plague which aicarest corresponds with that is the plague of crime in all our cities. It halts not, for bloodshed. It shrinks from 1no carnage. It bruises, aind cuts, and strikes down, and destroys, It revels in the blood of body and soul, this plague of crime rampant for ages, and never bolder or more rampant thai now. The annual police reports of these cities as I examine them are to imle more suggestive than Iinne's infento, and all Christian peole its Well as reforimers need to waken to a present and tremeti. dous dut-y. i, you want. this " Plague of Crime"' to stop, there are servera kim, is of persons you need to consider. I'irst, tile public criminals. 'You ought not to be surprised that these people make ipl a large portion inl manv communi ties. The vast, majority of the crimil inals who take ship from Europe come into our own port. lit 119, of' the 49,000 people who were incarcerated inl the prisons of the country, 31,('o were oif foreign birth. Many of them were the very desperadoes of Society, oozilg into the 41tims of' our cities, waiting for an opportnity to riot and steal and dabatcl, joining the larn,e gang of American thugs and cut throats. There are in this cluster of cities-New York, .Jersey City and Brooklv n-4,0 peo ple whose entire business in life is to commit crime. That is as much their business as jurisprudence or medicine or nerchandise is your busilless. To it they bring all their energies of body, im11id, and soul, and they look upon tile intervals which they speti ! in prisoll as .90 much unfortilate loss of' time, just as you look upon an attack of influenza or rheumatism which fastenis you in the house for a few days. It is their life-time business to p)ick-pocke ts, mid blo0w up safes, and1( shophIlt, mid'. ply the panel game, and1( liv;have as miuchl pride of skjlba'.' their 'husiness5 as you have~ janur when you upset the argu gunshot, fracture which other suir geons have giveu up, or foresee a turn of' the m)arket as you buly goods just be f'ore they go aip twenty per cent. ft is their business to commllit crtime,. and I do inot suppose that once ini a y'ear the thought of' the immorality strikes them. Added to these prof'essi'on.tl criiminials, American and foreign, there is a large class of' menO who are im ore or' less indus tious ill crime. In one year' the piolice in this cluster' of' cities arrested .10,000 people for theft, and(1 1,0th0 for assault, and biattery, and 50).O for in toxicattion. D)runkenness is r'espion sible for much of' thle theft, sinc'e it coin fuses itaman's ideas of properClty, anid lie gets his hanlds on things that (do not beh-ng to him. Uuum is r'esponlsibile for much of' the assau't, and hattery, inspir' ing me'n to sudd(etn bravery, which they must demionstr'ate though~ it be on1 the face of the next gentiemant. Tell millionl dollar's worth of' property stolen in this cluster of cities inl one year. You cannot, as goodt citizens, be ind(epenidenlt of' that tact. It will touch your pocket, since I have to give you thle ltet that these three cities pay about $$,000,000, worth of taxes a yearu to ar raign, try and1( support t,he (crimm ial popi ulation. You help to pay thle board of' every crimlinlal from the snieak-thief that snatches ia spool0 of cottoni uip to somle man who swamps a bank. More thiatn that, it touches your heart in the mior'al deessC5ion aft the community. Y ou might as w 311 thitnk to standl in a closely~ conftinled rooml where there are fifty peo p)lc and1 yet not, breathe the vitiated air, as to st and ill a commtutnity where there is such a ereat mltittudle of the dlepriavedl without somewhat beinig contaminated. Wh fat is the fire that burns your store dlown com)1pared with the conflagration which 'onislumes your1 mlorals? W~hat is the theft of the goldl and silver from youir mloney saf'e coimpai'ed with I le thef't, of'your cil dren's virtue? Wre are all i'eady to arraign criminals. WVe shout at the toarof our voice, '"Stop thief!'' and .vhtma 'the police get on the " tracli we come out, hatless and int our slipher's, and1( assist itn the arrest. We conme ar'otnd the bawling ruflian and hustle himii off to justice, whieni lie gets in prison. what dlo we do for himy With great gusto we put on the hiatnd cuffs and the hiopples; but, what priepar'a tIon are we mnakiinx for the day whiet the handcuffs anid the hiopples 'omUe off? Society seems to say to these criinajtils, "Villain, go thei'e and rot,"' when t ought to say, "You are an offetnder against the law, but, we mean to trive you an opportuntity to repent; we mean to help you. IIere ai'e iblhes and tracts and Christiatn ttdluences. Christ died for you. Look, and live," Vast improvemlents have been mlade by introducing industries into the p)rison but we want somethIng more than hamin mers and shoe lasts to reclaim these peo ple. Aye, we want more than sermons on thie Sabbath (day. Society imist im press these men with the fact that It does not enjoy their suffering, and that it Is attempting to reform and elevate them. The majority of criminals sup pose that socIety h)as a grudge against them, and they in turn have a grudge against society. They are harder in heart and more Infuriated when they come out of Jail than when they went in. Many of' thle people who go to prison go again and agaim and again. Some years ago of. Ifteoen hondred prisoners who during, the year had been, in Sing Sing, four hundred had been there before. in a iouse of correction In the country Nhere during a certain reach of timi here had been tive thousand peopI nore than three thousand had beel ,here before. So, in one case the prison ind in the other case the ho-ise of cor cetion, left them just as bad as the, vere before. The secretary of one 0 bie benevolent societies of New Yorl mw a la fifteen years of age who ha ;pent three years of his life in prison md he said to the lad. "What hav [hey done for you to make you better. "Well," replied the lad, "the first tim [ was brought up before the judge Ii said, 'You ought to be ashamed) of vow ielf.' And then I committed a crim again, and I was brought i) before th same judge, and he said, 'You rascal 1 And after a while I committed som other crime, and I was brought lbefor the same judge, and he said, You ough to be han-ed.' "' That is all th cy ha done for him in the way of refor matio and salvation. "Oh,'' you say, '"thes people are incorrigible."' I suppos there are hundreds of persons this da lyin: in the prison bunks who woul leap up at the prospect of reformatiot if' society would only show them a W.q iito (leceicy and respectability. "Oh, you say, "I have no patience with thie rogues.'' I ask you in reply, how mu better would you have been under ti same circumstances? Suppose yol mother had )een a blasphemerand yot 1ether a sot, and y-ou had started li with a body stuffed with evil proclivitic and you had spentmuch of your time a ellar amid obscenities and cursin and if at ten years of age yovi had bec compelled to go out, and sO ., hattert anid hanged at night, it y ui( ie in wit out any spoils and sudlios your e.r manhood and womianhioc laid bet covered with r1ags and 111lii tt ald (IeI society had turned its back upon 3oi and left 3ou to consort with vagabom and wharl-rats-how much better wu You have been? I have no0 sympatl with that executive clemency whit w0oi1hl let ('rim1e run11 h001se, or wIit would sit, ill the vallery (f it court rool %It epinlg h u"ellse somlift hard1,41-hear-tv wrettch1 is bioiuglht to.inlstivc; 11111 1 do s: I hat fle safety andl life of the conum iity v demaid more poLnLtial inithience i hwhalf of public offenldtis. hi some of* the city prisons tie air like that, of the .Ilack 11ole in CalcuM I have visitedh prisons where no - swept through the wicket; it alhno knocked me down. No sunlighlt, youl men who had commited their first crin crowded in aiuom old offenders. I sa inl Onle prison a woman, with onle chi abmost )tl(], who hand icen arrested I the crime of poverty, who was waitii until the slow law could t.ake her to t. almlishouse, where %he rightfully belong, hut she was thrust in there with fi child amid the most aband- ned wretch of the townu. Many of' the offelide in that prison sleeping on the floor, wi nothing but, a vermin-covered blank over them. Those people crowded al wan and wasted and half'sulfocated ai infuiriated. I said to the men, "Ilow i you stand it, here?' "God knows said one man, -we have to stand it Oh, they will pay you when they get ot Where they burned down one hou they will hurn three. They will stri deeper the assassin's knife. They i ,tMs minlute olottingt Worse burglar:11if Some of the city jails are the best plat I know of to mianufactuire foot-pat vai.abonds, and cut-throats. Vale e' lege is not, so wvell calculated to ma scholars, nor I larvardi so well calcu lat to make selentfists, nor' Priniiecton so wv calculated to make thleologianls, as ma of our jaiae calculated'to make crin n als. AllI that those meni d> no1't kn<t of cr'ime after they haive been in Lil tllilgeoni tior some tie. Satanic imacl na:tion cani not teach themi. In t-he si feralhe s tenich andi siekeinig siurrounm imui.s oif suclh places there us notin g b hiscase for the body, idiocyv for the mini anid (dealth for tihe soul. Stifled air at dlarkness and vermin never turned thief' into an honest man. We want men like John Illoward at Sir Williamn IBlackstonec,:iand wonieni Ii EChizabetht Fry, to do for the p)risonis the U. nited States what thiose people d in other thay's for t he prisons of I':oglan I thank God for* what Isaac TI. llopp anid IDr. Wines and Mr. Ilarris at scores of others have done ini the wm of' prison retor n: but we want som t,hing more radical before wvill come th h>essinig of' him who said: "1 wvas pr'isoii. andl ye caime unto mae.'' Again, in your effort, to arrest, tli plague of crime von need to conlsidter u: trust,worthy oflicials. "'Woe unto the O lamib, when thy kmng is a child, a thy princes driniik :in the morninlg. ' is a great cahanilty to a cit,y wvhen h: men get into pub)lic auithiority. W] was It thfat in New York thieir was sui un parallelled crimio be tweeni 1866 m 1871 I? t was because the judges p'tice in that city, at that tone, for tl most p.irt, weire as corrupt as the v'an. hondis that camei before them for til TIhose were the dlays of high carmvi foi' elect ioni tri nis, assassinjat ion aii forgeiry. We had all kiiufs of' rin. Th'ere was one uman durliing those yea that got. one hundred and twenity cig thousand dol1lars in one yeair for servi the public. Ini a few'i yeats it was esl imated that there wer'e fifty millions pulic treasurie s<iuandered. In tIm times(' the ciinal hiad only to wink the judge or his lawyer woul wvink him, and the <iuestioni was dcided t' the defendhmt. O f thle ('ight thiousam people arrested ini that citfy in one veau only three were punished. These litt mat,ters weie "ltixed up.'' while the i terests of sociely were "ixedi down, You know as wvell as I do that one vi lain who e'scapes 0on13 openis fthe dhoor f< othier cr'im inal ites . Wh len the u two piel pockets snatched the diamnond pin froi the I rooklyn gtenlthemnan in a JIroadIw;i stage, ando the v'illains were arested, ai the tirial was set (dowa for the generi sessions, andi tfien the triial n ever cain anmd neveir anything mioire was heard< flue case, the pubihlic otlicials were onl bidding h igher foir more crime. It is ni comlpfimient to public aut hiotitv when wv have ini all the cities of' the counutr walking abroad, men anid women noto'; iins for criminality', ulnwhip~ped of jusw Lice Theiy are pbointed out,. to yo'12 the stieet day by day. 'T'her'e you find wi*hat are cal led th "fences,'' the men who stand betweel the thief' and the hioniest man, shlter'ine the thiief, and at great priice handmng over the goods to the owYner to whoi: t,hiey belonged. There you will fim those who are called the '"skinners," the men who hover around W alh street, wiltl great sleight of' hand in bonds and stocks There you find the funeral thieves, thi people who go and sit dhownI and mouro with families and p)ick thieir pockets And there you findt the "confidenec man," who borrow money of you be cause they have a (lead child in the lhous and want to bury it, wvhen they neve Sad a house or famIly; or they want t to to England and get a large proport here, andh they want vnn toay t e way, and they will send the money bael I by the very next mail. There are thit ) "harbor thieves," the "shoplifters," thi I "pick.pockets,'' ftmolis all over thi cities. Hundreds of them with thel faces In'the "Rogues gallery,y' yet doin: r nothing for the last flive or ten years bu f defraud society to escape justice. Whei c these people go unarrested and unpun I Ished, it is putting a high premium-upoi vice, and sayimg to the young criminal o ofthis country, "What a safe thing it ii to be a great criminal." Let the lav a swoop upon them. Let it he known !i this country that crimie will have ni - quarter. that the detectives are after it a the the police club Is being brandished L-, that the Iron door or the cell is beni 0')(eed, that the judge is ready to cal e on the case. Too great leniency t< C criminals is too great severity to so.Ie t cv. I SVrty 5~t Again: In 3our etfort to arrest thi " plagUC of' crime, you need to coiside e the i (le population. Of cource. I do no C refler to people who tire getting old, o Y to the sick, or to those who cannot ge i work; but I tell you to look out for thos h athletic men and women who will no X work. When the French nobleman wa asked wliy lie kept busy when lie had s< lar-te a property, lie said, "I keep on en -raving so I may not hang myself." e do not care who the man is. you canno ir afford to be idle. It is troil the idl II classes that the criminal classes arc imad C up. Character, like water. gets putri if iL stands still too long. Who can won e(r that in this world, where there is a much to (1o, and all the hosts of eartl and heaven and hell are pllungIng int the contflict, and angels are flying, an )God is at work, and the universe I aquake with the marching and countei imarching, that God lets his indignatio all upvon a ian who chooses idlenest I have watched these do-nothings wh 1 spend their fime stroking thei.: bear( and retouching their toilet, and criticih ' ing industrious people, and pass the ( days anid nights in barrooms and clu h honuses, lounging and smockinir and chev " in and card-playing. They arc n( inly useless, but they are dangerow Ilow hard it is for them to while awa te houis! Alas for them! If they ( no(1t know how to while away an 1iou what will they (1o when they have a !s eternity on their hands? These men fc 1. awhile smoke the best cigars, and wer ir the best clothes, and move inl the higI 4 est spleres; but I h ive noticed that vei n s4on they come down to the prison, l Ie ahnishouse, or stop at the gallows. w The police stations of this cluster i Id cities furnish annually between two at: Ir three hunIred thousand lodgints. F ig the most part these two and three hui ie dred thousand lougings are furnished I ad able-bodied men and women-people er ible to work as you and I are. Wh< es they are received no longer at one polii rs station, because thoy are "repeaters, th they go to some other station, and , et they keep moving aroumit. They g, 1(1 their tood at house doors, stealing wi id they can lay their hamids on inl the frol 10 beasclemit while the servant is spreadi , the bread inl tle back basement. 'Tlh< . will not work. Time and again, in tl it. country districts, they have wanted hit se dreds and thousands of laborers. The. ke en will not go. They do not want 1 re work. I have tried them. I have s s. them to sawing wood in my cellar to s es wvhether they waniitedh to work. I ohh'ert is, to payv them well for itL I have hem rll- the saiw going for about, three minute ke andi then I wvent down, and 'o, the woo ed1 but 110 saw! They are the pest of soci Iill v, anmd they standi in the way of' ti av Lord's poor', whlo ought, to be helpe ii- and( must be helped, and will 1be helpe< >w Whlte there atre thmousandhs of inidustrioi at meni who cannot get any work, the: ii- men01 Iwhti do not want anyi work come il-- and make that plea. 1 am1 in favor (d- thle res torationi of the ol-fashionci utt liipinig-post for julst this 0one class (d, meni who1 wVill nt, wvor<; sleepinlg at. nmg 1(l at Pub)lic expense5 ini the station housi a dumrinl! the (lay, getting their food at yot dhoor-ste I p. limiprisom ent dtoes n<i 1(d scar'e themii. Theiy would like it. .lIlac] <C wlPl S I slanid or Sing Sinig would be of c omthortable home1 for' thiemi. Thell id v.l~oubth have 110 shjebioni to thme alm: d. h ouse, for' they like thinm soup, if the Ier cannoi1t gel mioc'kturtle. I priopose Li ui for1 thmem; on1 onei side of thlem put som3 L.yV healthy work; on the other side put, e- i'raw hide, and( let them take their choic< e I like f'or that class of peCople the scat: iln bill (o ltre that l'aul wr'otc out for' Lh Thiessalonian loaters: "'I f'aniy work not is nei ther sholdl he eat.'' By whallt ho ca- of God( or mani is it, right that you shioul e, toil (lay in atiI daIy ot,, until our hIand i are blister'ed and1( 0our armis ache andi 01: It brains get numb, and then be calle 'd1,upo 10 supplort, what ini the Unit,e Iy ! States are about two miillioni loafer: :hi They ar'e a very dangerous class. Lt (d |the puliclk authlorities keep their eves oI ofItheim. ie | A gain: A mong the up~rootin1g classe a- I place thme 4.pprlessed1 1poor. Povert,y ii- a certain extent is chiast.eining; out af'l( ii, that, wheni it drives a man to the wal 1(1 andl he hiear's his children cry in vaini fi: 8. br'ead, it some11 times makes thim dIes .c rs ate. I think that there ar'e thousands< it honliest menC laceratedh Iuto vaigablondisn 1L There ar'e men01 erutshied under burden A-. 1for wich'i they are not, half' paid. WVhil of there is no excuse for crimina liLy eve se iln oppre'ssion,. I state it as a simplhe flu( to thiat mu'ch (41 lhe scoun celism of th .41 communilIIity~ is dOicosegelit, upon0 iil-treal )l imint . There are mianly 11101 and wome' idh baltered anid bruised and s tung until th r', hour11 (41 de(Spirl has3 comel, anl they~ stan le withl the k'erocit y of' a wil beast 'whic' I- hiouis. <- and( irooklyni lite thbat, is app illing an n1 shiamietul. It wllowls and( steams5 witl y puttr('factioni. You1 go diown' the stair: d wickh atre w%et and1( deco'yedl with filth it and( at. the bttom1 you41 iind thie poor1t vic ti,tms (41 tihe floor, ('oh(, sick, three-fourthi if dead, sli ning inito ita tiil darker corneW y umder' the gleam of the lantern of' tihl 0 police. Thier'e has1 not been a brieath 0 0 freshi air ini thmat, r'oom for five years ', hiteratlly. 1'hme brokenm sewer' emp)it,iei its content'ns upon43 then, and they lie al night,ini thie swvimmning tilth. The're the) whiites; Mlary Magdaleni without here' i.e. a penitan3ce, amid I ,azaruts wvithlout his God,( I Thellse arec "tile dIves"' inito whichi the( p Iick-poc!:st and( the thieves go as wvell , as a great many wvho wvouhld like a diTel" I ent life buLt caanot get it. Tfhese laces 1 are the sor'es of' tile city, which bleed 3 per'petual cor'ruption. Th'iey are the un 1 dcrIlyuing volcano tihat threatens mis wiLl .a Caracas ear'thquake. It rolls and 3 roars and suIrges'and iieaves and rocks 1 and3( blasuhomas nad dlies. And1 thiere .arc only t,wo out,leL for it: the pollet I court and( tile lotter's lcled. In otiier - wordls, they mnust either go t,o prison oi s to hell. Oh, you never saw it, you say, r Y ou mnever wvill see It until on the dal ) when those staggering wretches shah: v comeC up in thie lIght of the judment r thirone, and1 while all hearts. are belns c revealed, God will ask you what you did to help them. 3 There Is another layer of poverty and 3 destltutior., not so squalid but ainjost as d helpless. YoU hear the:incesesAt wall 9 Ing for broad and clothes and fire, Their f I eyes are sunken. Their cheek-bones t I stand out. Their honds are damp with 1J slow consumption. Their flesh is pulled ri Sup with dropsies. Tneir breath :s like 11 3 that of the charnel-house. They hear li the roar of the wlirels %' fashion over head, and the gay laughter of men and U k maidens, wonder why God gave to others &' 3 so much and to them so little. Some of' ithem trust into an infidelity like that of b the poor German Rirl who, when told in b the midst of her wretchednoass that God 1 was good, said: "No, no good God. lust P look at me. No good God." U - In this cluster of cities, whose cry of c want I interpret, there are said to be, as P 3 far as I can figure it up from the reports, P r about 300,000 honest poor whe are de t pendent upon individual, city, and state r charities. It'all.their voices could come - t up at once, it yould be a groan that a would shake tho foundotions of the city t and bring all eurth and heaven to the s rescue. But, for the most part, It suf fers unexpressed. It sits in silence, gnashing Iti teeth, and sucking the blood [ of its own arteries, wa.ting for the 1udg t ment day. Oh. I should not wonder it on B that day it would be found out that some of us had some t,sings that belonged to 1 them some extra garmt nt which might - have made them comfortable in cold days; some bread thrust into the ash hiarrel that might have appeased their o hunger for a little while; some wasted d candle or gas-.iet that might have kindled s tip their darkness ; some fresco on the coilig that would have given them a n roof ; some jewel which, brought to that I orphan girl in time, might have kept her o from being cro %,ded oil' the precipices of I, an uclean life; some New Testiment that would have told them ofIfim who '"came Ir to seek and save that which was lost." b O!, this wave of vagrancy and hunger r. and nakedness that kashes sadly against )t our front door step! It the roof of all . the houses of destitution could be lifted y so we could look down into them jst as o God looks, whose nerves woul! be stron. e, enough to stand It? And yet there they 11 arc. The fifty thouasand sewing" women r in these threo citics, some of thein in r hunger and cold, working night after - night, uutil soie times the blood spurts y from the nostril and lps. How well e their grief was Voiced by t:iat despairing woian wll) stood by her invalii hus >f band and invalid child and said to the (I city missionaty: "I am down-heart. d. )r Everything's against 'u; and the'" there I- arc other things." "What other thingy'' ,o said the city missionary. "0,'' she rc Is plied, "my slu." "What do you mean n by that?" "Well,'' she said, "I never e hear or see anything goodl. It's work '' from Monday morningu till Saturday o night, and then when Sunday comes I t can't go out, and I walk the floor, and It it makes me tremble to think that 1 have It got to meet God. o sir, it's so hard for us. We have to work so, an( then we have so mitch trouble. and then we are ic getting along so poorly; and see this %Ico - little thing growing weaker; and then to thiiik we are not getting nearer to God, to but floating away from him. 0, sir, I t do wish I was ready to (lie." e I should not, wonder if they had a good d (deal better time than we in the future, to d make upi f'or the fact that they had such A s, a bad timie here. It. would be ijnst. ike 1, dJesus to say; '"Come up and( 'tak<e the e- highest seats. You suffered with me on e' eairth; now be glorified with me in hieav :1, en.'' () thou weeping Oinc of Bethany! I. ) -th ,u dying One of' the cross ! IIave is mercy on the starving, freezing, hiomie ie less poor of these great cittes. n I have preached this sermion for foure >f or five practical reasons: Because I d , want, you to know who are the up)root >f ing classes of' socIety. Because 1 want it you to be more discriminating in y'our '; charities. Because I ,vaiit your hearts ir open with geneirosity and( you hands t( >t openi with chamrity. ]Because I wan t you di :to be made the sworn friends of' all city a evangelisation, and all newsboy's lodg y ing houses, and ail ehiildran's andi so ,.. cie'ties, and( Doir'as societies, under the y skillful manipulat,ion of wives and moth .5 era andl siste.is andl (daughters; let the _ e spare garments of' your wardobes 1)0 fit- ' a tedi to the limbs of the wan and1( shiver .ing. I should iiot, wonder if that hat you t give should com'.e hack a jeweled coronet, e or if that garment that, you hand out, ,from your wardrobe shiouild mysteriously v be whitened, andl somehow wrought, d into tle Saviour's own robe, so) in the s last (lay lhe would run his hand over it, *r and say: "I1 was naked, and ye clothed d ime." That wouldl be putting your gar d1 ments to glorious uses. I! But more than than that, I have t preached the serinon because I thought a in the contrast you would see how very kindly God hadf deait with you, andf I se thought that thousands of' you wouild Ai Sgo to your comnfortable homes, and sit ki 0 at your we'(ll filled tables, and at the r warm registers, andl look at the rouind Ifaces of your children, and that then r you wiouild burst into teairs at the re -view of God's goodness to you, and a: if that you wouild go to your room and1( .lock the door, and kneel do wn, and say: s "O Lord, I have been anl i ngraute; make eme thy child. () Lord, ther' are so many hungry and unclad and1( tunshel tere'd to-dlay, I thank theue that all lily lif e thou hast taken such g(ood care of Cme. O L Jorc,. thiere are so iiany sick and1( cripp)led ('hildIrenl to-day. I thank thee m inte are well, somic of them on I' earth; somei' of' them ina heaven. 'Ihy I goodness. ( L ordh, break S me oi -2 ,' iake mon oince and f orev'er. Sprinkled 3 1 s as I was mnaiy years ago at thei altar, 3M e while imy miothier held men, now I coiisc t'rate moy soul to thee in a hiol mer haip- 52 Stisim of' repenting tears, 'For sin'.ers, Lord. thou caiin'st to bleed, 0 Anl .I ini a sinner vibe in(ded-* 1 LordI(, I believe thy3 grace is f r' ee,d (O imagif y that glre toi niie...d 1)eathi of' iiIa aug (,rt na. WVil2ilI'oN, D)eh., Apr'il 13.- Count, lle'ihd A. Le~wenaiuipt dhied suidIn..'. I lv at hits homei, No. lt0t7 .Adamus street, in this city shortly after f6 o'clock this muorniang of typhoid f e v'er. IIls illness wvas short atnd nO 011e ouitside of' his imnnmnhate f'amily was aware that his life we in peril until the sad news of' his de(ath was ann ihoun ced. 110 was5 married A pril 2 to Miss Ellen, young e'st dlaughte'r of ex-Secretary Bayard. ie waus attached to the Swedish Lega tion (luring Cleveland's adm inistra tin, but catme to Wilmiington seime - time ago to learn practical shipbuild ing and iron working in the shop of IIarlan & Ilollingsworth. lie was titled, wealthy and handsome and aj society f:e 'orite, but he was employedA as a mechanic and had his benchE among the rest of the employees, lieF had become an excellent workman. florrie Death.T MILWAUKEE, Wifs., A pril 12.--Joseph 11am men, an employee in the Schlitz bre wery, met a horrible death yesterday by falling into a vat of boiling water. When he was missed t.he water wasf drawn off and his parboiled body found in the bottom of-thie Vat. How the aic cident occurred is not known. Fanos and Organs. N. W. TUmt, 134 Main Street, Co imbia, 8. C. 8e118 Pianos and Organs, irect from factory. No agents' com tissions. The celebrated Chickering lano. Mathushek Piano, celebrated )r its clearness of tone, lightness of >uch and lasting qualities. Mason & amlin Upright Piano. Sterling Up ght Pianos, from $225 up. Mason & amlin Organs surpassed by none. Ster ng Organs, $50 up. Every Instrument unranteed for six years. Fifteen days' ial, expenses both ways, if not satis. tctorv. Sold on Instalments. The importance of purifying the lood cAnnot be over-estinated, for ithout pure blood you cannot enjoy Dod healh. P. P. P. (Prickly Ash, oke Root and Pottassium) is a mirac ious blood purifier, performing more ires in six months than all the sarsa ,rillas and so-called blood purifIers at together. NOTICE ! 13oforo assuring your life, or Investing your mon. ey, exaline the Twenty Year Tontine Policies of THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF TllE United States. Pol icies maturing in 1891 realize cash returns to the owners, of amounts varying from 120 to 176 per cent, of the money paid in, besides the advantages of the Assurance during the whole period of twenty years. The following is one of the many actual cases maturing this year: Endowment Policy No. 64.925. Issued in 1871, at age 27. Amount, 5.000. remiumn, 5239.90. Total Premiums Paid, 1,798. R E S U L T S at end of 'I ontine Period in 1891: ASH SURRENDER VALUE, 8,449.45, (Equal to $176-10 for each $oo paid in premiums, which is equivalent to a re turn of all premiums paid, with interest at 7V per cent. per annum. ) Ir, in hcu o. cash, PAlI1-UP LIFE POLICY FOR 19,470. (Equal to $405.80 for each $100 paid1 in premiums.) OR, A LIFE ANN UITY of $633.55 One fact is worth a thousand theories here is nO Assurance extant in any corn my which ecmpnares with this. The qui table is the strongest company in the orld and transacts the largest business. For fui ther- information address or apply the ne arest agent of the Society, or write rect to W. J. RODDEY, 4(iENERAL AGIENT, April 8-3m ROCK ILL, S. C. IlE LARGEST STOCK, MOSTV SKILLED WORKMEN, LOWEST PRICES. SOiill Carolill Marlo W'ork, .F. H. HY AT T, PRNOPRKIETOR. Is theO best p)lace in South Carolina or uithernm States to secure satisfaction in ne-rican and1 Italian Marblo Woink. All 11us of Cemetery Work peciality. TIABLET1S, II EADISTON ES, MONUM ENTS, &c. Senid for prices and full information. F. H. HYATT, Aprii 8 ly COLUMIUIA, S. C. RlEAE Tg'IlE.E I gJEEgS Earm Wagons, cornmete with body etc. -4 in Thimble Skin---..............$39.50 a 'Thimble sk in.......-.......-......41.00 in Thimble Skin.----------....42.00 Jno If orse Wagons, 524.50, 126.50 and 1.50. Warranted second to none. Write for Circulars. luggies, Carriages, Road Carts, &c., at per cent less than regular prices. Sond Catalogue. Tils offer is for only 30 as in ordecr to rediuco stock-so order at OLLER & ANDERSON BUGGY CO.. ROCK HILL, 8. C.. nm writhing mention this paper. F4 F S T -X T URE ERR R'~ Co M'S F V CO 9N N Pa ett Pays the Freiht. A GRxAT OEVR THAT MAY NOT AGAIN BE REPEATED, P0 DO NOT DRLAY, "STRIKE WHILE THE IRON Is HOT." Write for Catalogue now, and say what paper you saw this advertisement in. Remember that I sell everything that oes tofurnishing a home-ianufacttir ng some things and buying others in the largest possibfe lots which enables me to wipe ot all competition. HERE ARE A FEW OF MY START-' LING BARGAINS A No. 7 Flat top Cooking Stovp. full size, 15x17 inch oven, fitted ,Ith 21 pieces of ware, delivered at your own depot, all freight charges paid by me, for. only Twelve Dollars. Again, I will sell you a 5 hole Cookin Range 13x13 inch oven, 18x26 Inch top, fit ted with 21 pIeces of ware, for THIR TEEN DOLLARS, and pay the freight to your depot. DO NOT PAY TWO PRICES FOR YOUR GOODS. I will send you a nice plush Parlor suit,' walnut frame, either in combination or' banded, the most stylish colors for 33.50, to your .ailroad station. freight paid. I will also sell you a nice Bedromos uit consisting of Bureau with glass, 1 high head Bedstead, 1 Washstand, 1 Centre table, 4 cane seat chairs, 1 cane seat and back rocker all for 16.50, and pay freight, Or I will send you an elegant Bedroom suit with large glass, full marble top, for $30, and pay freight. Nice window shade on surlng roller $ 40 Elegant large walnut 8 day clock, 4.00' Walnut lounge, 7.00 Lace curtains per window, 1.00 I cannot describe everything in a small advertisement, but have an immense store conitaining 22,600 feet of floor room, withi ware houses and factory buildings in other parts of Augusta making in all the lar gest business of this kind under one man agement in the Southern States. These storenand warehouses are crowded with the choicest productions of the best facto ries. My catalogue containing illustrations of goods will be mailed if you will kindly say where you saw this advertisement. 1 pay freight. Address, L. F. PADGETT, Proprietor Padgett's Furniture, Stove and Carpet Store, 1110-1112 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA. F TIRED MAN AND WOMAN. PP. P. will putrify and vitalize yatur Vblool,%rento a goodl appetiteand give your n holys.nt em eao ., rengtha. v A prI-0om1inent railroad .n1wrintendent at Savannah, suffering with Malaria Dppep. . 4a, and ltheauuatism hat , "ra D' in P. P. P1. ho never felt so w;,ell in hi life, an yro-Is a if lo coui live forever, if le could ahl-ays got 1'. P. 1'." if you are tired out ft . -..a and IN e confinexmnt, take 9? P. P. if you are kellng b0ly In the spring Sand out of morts, t4ke P P P. a If your digest.lvo orgars need toning up, If vu affe wih hadahe,indigestion, iP. P. P. If you sauffer with rervouas prostration, nerves unst ian nd a general let down P. P.P. For Blood Poison. Rheumaratism, Scrof- . 1 a, (li Sores Malaria, Chronic Female Y P. P.P. Prickly Ash, Poke Root and Potassium.q The best blood puriflor in the world. - LIPPMIAN BitOS., Wholesale Druggists, 801-.a Propri *oa,h LM'uAN's JILOCK. Savaninah, Ga. LOW PRICES will he made on TALBOTT & SONS' ENGINE~S AND 1101L4l11, Special estImates on Machuine(ry genecral ly at bottom figures. CORN MILLS, - - $115 to $375. PLANERS and1( MATICILERS, p300 to $1,500. SAW MILLS with Rope Feedl, Variable Friction or Belt Feed, $200 to $i;o0. We particularly call attention to these Saw Mills. TLhey have patent dolOUe act ng set works and arc the best mills on the market. Cotton Gins~ and l'resses at lowv figures. V. C. BADHAM, G ENERLAL AG ENT1, ConvUnIA, S. C. Buy thc TJJalbott Engine, it is the host. Felb 19-ly. ___~-___ COMIPETE (AENNEttEN. UTPON THlE MOST APPROVED .Jpl ans, with Suction Fan or Spiked Bolt Seed Cotton Elevator furnished.' E C8OTTON GIN S and PRESSES of best makers. Thomas Hay Rakes, Deering Mower, Corbin Harrows and Planet, Jr , Cultivators. A large stock of Portable and Mtationary Ginning and baw Mill Engines on hand. State Agents for C. & G. COOPER & CO'S Corlis En gines Lane Saw Mills and Liddell Com pany's complete line. W. H. GIBBES, JR., & CO., - - - Nearnion Depot, 5O. IA*S C LPP'N 3306., Wbc1sgu.D,e hhrlaoPh.uIep,n.....u.a.&,Sab, lexican Mustang Liniment for MAN and BAST FOR Forty Years THE STANDRD For Sale DY ALL In641.TSTS. OS. . REEMAN, ATT'ORNEY AT LAW, PICKENS C. H., S. C. All buslijess will receive prompt atten tion. OIlic up stairs in Freeman building d1 Main street. dec4tt WELLS& ORR, J. E. BOGGS, Greenville, S. C. Pickens, S. C. ELLS, olt & BOGGS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, PICKENS, C. 11., S. C. M. F. ANSEL, C. L. IIOLLINoWORITH Solicitor svh Circuit, Plckens, S.'0C. Greenvllle, S. C. A ~NSEfl & HIOLLINGSWVOL THI. ATTORNEYs AND) COUNSELOnS AT J.AW, PICKENS, C. 11., S. C.. Practice in all the courts of the State, and attentioni given to all business entrust ed to thein- mrhi 14-88tf. HoJ~ & WVELON D)ENTISTS, 122 Main Street, Greenville, 8. C. Gas given every 'Thursday and .Friday, and teetti extracted without paiu. DENTIST. (H1 E E N V ILL E, S. C. Corner Main and Cofe Streets. D R. J. B, CARPENTER, DENTISTI. Will be found at Liberty on and after ti 1.st October. He guarantees all huis war o be first class. feb 13'90 DhR. J. P. CAi It L ILE,i D) ENTIST1, GItEM,IIE,EC, N.C. Cflee over Westmoreland Bros. & Duke's D)rug Store. Jan 1 '898. DR. FRANK SMITH 18 now permanently located at Easley, 8, C., and respectfully offersis professional servieCs to the publice generally., Jan 2 90. J. C. itzgerald, PHOTOGRAPH ER, GREENVILLE, S. C. Over WVestmnoland Brothers Drug Store: All work done by the Instantaneous process.. Also mnake enlargements from old pietures. to any alze in water colors, crayon, India. ink, oil and plain photographs. oct 21 tf. MAN41SON HOUTB, GRIEENVI LLE S. C., T7 WE M ANSION HOUSE HAS. been newly refitted and excellently furnished. It Is first class in its ap poutments, and Is one of the beat hotels [ne e South. Situated in the healthiest and )St delightful localit In the country, 1IM1 mer sperior atraeIns to visitorsan. *foIae e nnot he excelled In any dIV.