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DR. TALMAGE'S SERMON. fo G -c SAVING WISDOM COMPARED TO A at PERFECT CRYSTAL. to A Iteligloi superior to a Crystal in Exact- C tic nes, in Trans,araic.. In Symmetry yc and in 11cauty-Soitla of Sinners the til o0 Crystallization of Mercy. W Nt-W ,Yomc, April 19.-The eager- 6 ness to hear Dr. Talma,-c's sernions Ill at the Christian Herald services on 8un- jC day evenings in this city continues un- il abated. As usual there was this even- Il ing a dense mass of' people waiting out- fo side the Academy of Music long before al the hour for commencement and every g seat in the huitie building was occupied l' in a few minutes alter the doors were C( opened. Dr. Talmage had preached to w an immense audience in the morning in r( the Brooklyn Academv of Alusic. 1[is A text wias: "',Tle crystai cannot e(ital it,' gl .Job. xxviii: 7. ~ ln Many of' the precious stone of the Bibles P have come to prompt recognition. But I for the present I take up the less valua- 0 ile crystal. Jo), In my text, compares a savimg wisdom wit,h a specimen of topaz. .1 An infidel chemist or mineralogist P would pronounce the latter worth more it than the former, but Job makes an in teligent comparison. looks at religion an(d ti then looks at the crystal and pronounces C the forimler as of far superior value to 0 the latter. exclaimin--, in the words oft my it text, "The crystal cannot, equal it." s Now, it is not I part of' my Seriomic y design to depreciate the crystal, whether t it be found in Corinsh minc or 1Hartz . m1ounmitainl orAlamminoth Cave or tinking C among the peildaita of the (iandeliers. V The ciystai is the star of the mountain; t if it is the queenl o1 the cave; it is the ear drop of the hills; it finds its heaven in thi e diamond. Among all the pages of na tial history there is no page more in teresting to ie thian the page crystallo graphic. But I want to show you that 11 .loh was rilit when, taking religion in : one hand and the ervstal in the other, I lie declared that tle i'ormer is of ar j more value and beauty than tite latter. ITCeomm1endin" it 1o all people and ho all I iages. declarililnl- "The crystal canmot til i . In the first place I reiark I thalt religioi is superior to th(, crystal in I exacf ness. Thet shipeless mnass feriys- at :i against wh1ichl yoIur aciditlen tly dashed k your foot is 1111d out with more exact. f ness than ainy eartihly city. There are six styles ol crystalIization and all of' i hein diviniely ordauied. E'very erystal lts matIe iat ical precision. (god's 11 geoietry reaches thiough it, and it is 1 a 1ihaluare or if is a rectanigle, o1 it is a p ihomioillid 1or in some wvay ithath a math- h ematical figure. Now, religion beiats it that in the simple filt, that spiritual ae- u curracy is Imlore beanutiful thai1n material b ncvurney. (iod's attributes atre exatct. rt Codl's decr-es exact. (god's manage mtent of the world exact. Neveri count- I ing wrong, though le counts the grass lades an1)d the stirs and the sat di and P the cyles. II is providences never dea-il- s, Ing with us prependiciarly when those '1' Provideices ought to be oblique, nor k tateral wheli they ought to be vertical. ic ,Vverything inl our life arranged with- E out any possibliLty of mistake. lEich lift. a six-sided prisim, l in at the V right time; dying at, the right time. t TIhere aret nto "happen-s't~O's"' ini our1 the- ii ology. IL' I thought this was a slip- C shod untiverse 1 woul go eratzy. G od is not aii ainirch ist. L .aw, oirder, sym- 8 meteryi'~, precisiioni, ia perfect squar'e, a r iierflect irecang le. a serflect thomb oid, a perif ect circle. ThIe edce of Glod's robPe a of governmienit never frays out. Thiere ii are~ nto loos screwui(~s itt the worb'l l's imat- ii chmnery. I t did not, just happen thfat (. N apolcon was attacked wit hi indiges- ' tioni ait. .lor'odiio so tltat hie beicaitne ini- I c'ompletent for1 the dtay. 1t dlid not just L happen thamt J1olin Thom:a, thle iss 55On- hi airy. Onl a lieathen island, wai:ting feri an a mutflit antd orerms fot anothter miseio iary V loutr, received thfat outfit ail thos< (t- Ih dersx in a box that tioated ashiotre, whiie y the ship and thle icrew that (carr'iedl 5 the box were neveri heatrd ot. The bark- hi img of F. W. ll obertsoni's idog, lie tells a~ us, led to a line of ev'ents whicht brought it himt fr'om the army into the Christian a imistry, where lhe ser'ved (God with y' worl-renownedl usefulness. it idid not f< mneirely happen so. I believe in a par- .si ticubar pr'ovidenc~e. I believe Glod's ge-3 a omietr'y may be seen in all our1 life more It beauthfully thtan in crystallogr'aphy. y .Job was igh~lt. "'The cirystal cannot y .A gain I remtark tat r'elig.ion is supe- V 3rior to thte crtysftal iniftrainspaurency. We ta know not when or' by whom aiss was yi first discovered. Hetads of'It have been v found in the tomb of Alexander' Sev'erus. nt Vaises of if ar'e br'oughit up fronm the iruins of lIculaneuim. Thiere wer'e fenmale c ado1(rnmtenits nmade out of it 3000 years d aigo- those adioriiments found now at- C fachied to the mummies of' Eigypt. A eu gr'eat manty commentaitotrs believe that c my f(xt means glass. Whaiii wouhl we 01 do without thme er'vstal? 'IThe ctrysttal mt a~ the winidow in) keep out the storm and 0o let, ini the dtay-thie crystal over' the watch It iffeindinmg its delienate machinery, 3yet S. allowimg us to see the hour-the cr'ystal LI ofi the telescope b3y which the astrono- I mier brinigs distant wotrlds so near' lhe can G mtSpect, themit. O hi, the ttriumnphs oif the ni ertatls in the celebrated windlows of' b~ IHouien and i Sailisb ur'y? lInt thiere is hi nofthinig so ftrantspart,'t mi ai cry'3stal as" im (uri hioly religion. 1t is a tr'anspartentt us re(lig'ion. You put it, to y'our' eye and oiu see man- his sin, lis soul, his el de.stiiny. Ytoui look at God and y'ou see t1 something of the grandeuri of' his charace- ei ter'. ItL is a tr'antsparenlt r'eligion. Infidels hi tell its it is optiue? D)o you know why iI they tell its it, is (31pa flue? It is because ( they are blind. T1he naturtal man receivetht di not, the thiings of' God because they' are si~ spir'itually discerned. Th'lere is no troubie of' witht the crystal; tIe tr'ouble is with (lie wi ey'es whicht try to look throught it,. We ut pray for visitn, Lord, thtat our eyes thi mighlt lie opened. Wheit the eye-salvo pi cures our blIndness th.en we intd that st1 religion is taansparent. th It is a transparent Bible. All the' uj mountains of the Bible come out; Sinai, ti( the mountain of the law; Pisgah, the TI mountaIn of p)rospect; Olivet,, the mount- sli tain of' instruction; Calvary, the muoun- h< taln of saciice. All the rivers of the pz Bible come out; IHidekel, or thte river of' bu paradisalcal beauty; Jordan, or t lie river C of' holy' chtrlsm; Cheritht, or the river of gi prophetic supply; Nile, or the river of cr palaces; and the pure 'river of life from ::r under the throne, clear as crystal. Whtile reading this Bible after our eyes have w been touched by grace, we find it all m transparent and the earth reeks, now D] wIth crucifixion agony and now with or judIgment terror, andC Christ appears in fl some of hs two hundred and fifty-six st titles, as far as I can count them--the Cl bread, the rock, the captaIn, thte corn- es mander, the conqueror, the star, and on ni and beyond any capacity of mine to re- nt hearse them. Transparent rel Ilon! pt The providence that seemed drk' be. th *e becomes pelluoid. Now you find d Is not trying to put you down.. Now u understand why you lost ttat child d why you lost your property; it was prepare you for eternal treasures. nd why sickness came; it being the pre-, rsor of immortal juvenescence. And iw you understand why they lied about u and tried to drive you hither and ither. It was to put you in the glori s company of such men as Ignatius, to, when he went out to be destroyed the lions, said: "I am the wheat and o teeth of wild beasts must first grind e before I can become pure bread for sus Christ;" or the company of su-h en as Polycarp, who, when standing the midst of the amphitheatre waiting r the lIons to come out of their cave, id destroy him, and the people in the tileries jeering and shoutimi, "The >ns for Polycarp," replied: "Let them me on,'" and then stooping down to ard the cave where the wild beasts were >aring to get out, "Let them come on," .h, yes, it Is persecution to put you in orious company; and while there are any things that you will have to post. )>e to the future world for explanation, tell you that it is the whole tendency your religion to unravel and explain id interpret and Illumine and irradiate. >b was right. It is a glorious trans. Irency, "The crystal connot equal I remark again that religion surpassek ic crystal in its beauty. That lump ol ystal is putunder the iagnifying glasi the crystallographer andl he sees i: mdescribable beauty-snowdrift an inters of hoar-frost and corals ant ,reaths and stars and crowns and cas, ,llations of conspicuous beauty. Thli let is that crystal is so beautiful that I an think of but one thing ini all the uni erse that is so beautiful, and that i lie religion of the Bible. No wondet his Bible represents that religion as th ay-break, as the applc-blossomis, as th litter of a king's banquet. I L ii the joj f the whole earth. People talk too much about their crosw Itd not enough about their crown. Do on know the Bible mentions a cross ut twenty-seven timIes W1hile it m,111 ions a crown eighty times:?*! Ask that old 111mn what he 0h .ks of religion. I le as been a close observer. Ile has been] il turing an :stlic tic taste. lie Ihas seen lie sun rises of a half a century. lie as been anI early riser. lIe has beenan dlir.er of caileos and corals and all inds of beautilul things. Ask him what e links of religion and lie will tell you. It is the most beautilfil thing I ever Iw." '"The crystal cannot equal it.' Be intiiui in its symmetry. When it resents God's character it does not resent llim as having love like a great. rotuberance on one side of his nature, tit makes that love in harmony with his Istice-a love that will accept all those ho come to lim, and a.justice that will 0' noi means clear the guilty. Beautiful ligion, in the sentiment it implants! eautiful religion in the holse it kindles! eautiful religion in the fact that it pro )ies to garland and enthrone and em tradise an immortal spirit. So'omoiin Lys it is a lily. Paul says it is a crown. lie Apocalypse says it is a fountain ssed of the .sun. Ezekiel says it is a haed cedfar. Christ says it is a bride ooii comie to letch home a bride. hile .11> in the text takes up a whole Ase of precious stones-the topatz and ie sapphire and the cirysoprasus-and e takes out of th's beautifuil vase just ne crystal and holds it up until it leanms in thie warm light, of the eastern k y, and lhe exclaims, "Th'le crystal :an oct equal it.'' Ohf, it is not a stale religion, it is not a tuplid religion, it is not a toothles hag s sonie seem to have represented it; it is ot a Meg Alerriles with shrivelled arm mice to) scare the world. It is the fairest iughter of God; heiress of all his wealth. er cheek thle morning sky; heir voice e dan11ce of' the sea. Come and woo ar. The Spirit anid tihe Bible say ecme, ld whosoever will let himn comei. D)o u agree wIth Solomon and say it, is a ly? Then pluck it, andl wear it over ur heart. D)o you agree wit,h Paul and Ly it, is a crown? Th'len let tis~ ur be your coronation. Do you rewhthe A pocalypse and say isaspringing fountain? Then come id slake the thlirst of your soul. D)o >u b)elieve with Ezekiel and say iL is a liaged 'edlar? Thlen conie undeir its Imdow. D)o you b)elieve with Christ iad say it is a bri,le-groomi comie to fetch inme a bride ? Then strike bands with our Lord the King wvhile I p)roniounce on everlastIngly one. Or if you thin~k ith Job that it is a jewel, theii put it oin our hiand4 like a ring, on your nieck like bead, on your foreheadl like a star. hile you look into the mirror of' God's urdl you acknowledge ''the crystal en at equal it.' Again, religion is superior to the 'ystal ini its transformations. Th le amond( is only a crystalization of' coal. arbonate of' lime rises till it becomes dectte or aragoniite. Ited oxidle of >pper crystallizes into cub)es and -tachedrons. TIhose crystals which lornm oui peCrsons and our homies and ir museums have only beeni resurrected onm forms that were far fromi lustrous, :ient,ists for ages have becen exanilninl" eses wondlerful tranisformat,ionls. hut tell you in the Gospel of the Son of od there is a more wonderliul transfor ation. Over souls by reason of sin aick as coal anid hard as iron, God by s coimforting grace st,oops and1( says: l'hey shall be male 'n (lie day whien I ake uip my jewels.' "What," say you, "v 'ill God wear iew ry ?'' If lie wanted .0, lie could nimke e stars of heaven hi belt and have the 'eimig cloud for the sanidails of hIs feet; it lie does not wint that adornimnt. e will not have t.iit jewelry. Whlen ad wants jewelry tIe comes down and as it out of tile de pthis and1 darkness of' i. These souls are all crystallizations mercy, lie l'atsi them on aiid iIe 'a them in the presenlce of' the whole iverse. iIe wvears thiem on the hiandi iut was niailedh, over the heart, that was ~red, over the temiples that were m11. "'They shall be miine,'' saith Lord, "ini the (lay when I make iiy .jewels." WVonderful transform a a! "Thie crystal cannot, eqiual it" iere she is, a waif of the street; but e, shall b3 a sister of' charity. There is, a sot in tile ditch; but lie shall each tile Gospel. There, behind thle rs of a prison, but he shall reign with ist forever. Where sin aboundl d ace shall much more abound. The *rbon becomes tile solitaire. "ThIe ystal canniot equal it." Now, I have no liking for thlose people lio are always enlarging in Christian eetmgs about their early dissipation. o not g( into the p)articulars, my broth a. Simply say you were sick, but make > display of you; ulcers. The chief ck in traide of some ministers and iristlan workers seems to be their rly crimes and dissipations. The mnber of pockets you picked and the mber of chickens you stole make very or prayer meeting rhetoric. Besides it, it discourages other Christain peo ple who never got drunk or stola any thing. But it is pleasant to know that those who were farthest down have been brougifn highest up. Out of infernal serrdom into eternal. liberty. Out of darkness into light. From coal to the solitaire. "The crystal cannot equal it." But. my friends, the chief transform Ing power of the Gospel will not be seen in this world and 'not until heaven breaks upon the soul. When that light falls upon the soul then you will see the crystals. Oh, whit a magnificent setting for these jewels of eternity! I Some. times hear people representing IIcaven in a way that is far from attractive to me. It seems almost a vulgar Heaven as they represent it with great blotch es of color and bands of music making a deafening racket. John represents Heaven as exquisite ly beautiful. Three ceystals. In one place he says: "Ifer light was like a precious stone, clear as crystal.'" In another place he says: "I saw a pure river from under the throne, clear as crystal." In another place he says: "Before the throne there was a sea of glass clear as crystal." Three crystals! John says crystal atmosphere. That means health. Baimni of eternal .June. What weather after the world's cast windl No rack of storm clouds. One breath of that air will cure the worst tubercle. Crystal light on all the leaves. Crystal light shimmering oil the topiz of the temples. Crystal light tossin In the plumes of the equestrians of heav en on white hiorses. But 'the crystal cannot equal it.'' John says crystal river. That means joy. Dee, and cver-rolling. Not one drop of the Thamc or the Hudson or the Ithinc to soil it. Not one tear of human sorrow to embit ter it. Crystal, the rain out of which it was made. Crystal. the bed over which it shall roll and ripple. Crystal, its infinite surface. But "the crystal cannot, equal it.' John says crystal sea. That, means multitudinously vast. Vast in rapture. Rapture vast as the sea, (eel) as the sea, strong as the sea, ever changing as the sea. Billows of light. Billows of beauty, blue with skies that were never clouded and greeti with depths that were never fathomed. Ar-ctics and Ant,aretics and Mediterra lieans anid Atiantics aid PacifiCs in crystalline magnificence. Three crys ttis. Crystal light falling on a i cystal river. Crystal river rolling into a crys tal sea. 11at "the crystal cannot eiual i it.' Oh, says soie one, putting his hand I over his eyes, "canl it be that I who have 4 been in so much sin and trouble will ever coie to those crvstals?" Yes, it may< be--it will be. fleavenl we must have, I whatever else we have or have not; and I we come hicre to get it. "llow much must I pay for i?''you say. You will pay for itjust as the coal pays to becowie thle' diamond. lit other words nothing. t The same Almighty power that makes c the crystal in the mountain will change r your heart, which Is harder than stone, l for the promise is 11 will take away your e stony heart and I will give you it heart t of llesh.'' jV "'Oh'' says some one, "it is just the doctrine I want; God is to do everything and I am to do nothing.'' My brother, t it is not the doctrine you want. The coal i makes resistance. It hears the resurrec tion voice in the mountain and it comes to crystallization, but your heart resists. t The trouble wit,h you, brother, is the coal wants to stay coal. I <fo not ask you to tbrow open the (door and let Christ in. I only ask thait, yotustop) bolting and < barring it. Oh, my friendls, we wvill have; to get, ril of otir sin. I will have to get rid of my sins andl you will have to eL iid of' your sins. What will we (10 with 1 our sins among the three crystals? T1he I crystal atmuosphere would display our pollution. TIhe crystal river would be 1 befouledl with our touch. The crystal ' sea wvouldl whelm us with its glisteniing surge. Transformation now or no trans formation at all. Give sin full chance I in your heart and the transformat,ion will be downward instead of up)wardl. In- n steadl ota crystal it will be a cind(er. In the (lays of Carthage a Christian girl was ( condemnedl to (lie for lien fatith, and a boat I was bedaubed with tar andl pitch and filled wit,h coimbustib)les and set on lire 2 and( the Christian girl was placed in the boat, andu the windl was ofhf shore and( the boat Iloatedl away with its precious treas- 1 tire. No one can dloubt, that boat, landed at the shore of IIcaven. Sin wants to j ptit yotu in a fiery boat and shove you oil t i n iolpposite direction-ofi from peace, y oilf fronm God, off' from heaven, everlast ingly oil'; and the p)ort, towardt whichi yotu i would sail woul e a port, o1 dlarkness, t andi( the gunis that, wotuih greet you would e be the guns of' despair, and thme flags ~ that wouild wave at your arrival would be the black flags of dleath. Oh. my brother, you must, eit,her kill sin or sin will kill you. It, is no wild exairgeration when I say that any man or woman that wants to be saved may be saved. T1re mendous choice! A thiousandl people y atre choosing this moment bei.ween sal-i vation and1( destruictioni, between light t andl( darkniess, betweeii heaven and hell,d betwveen charred iruin and glorious crvs. t tallization. '~ 1 Much Ad. Alanut Nothiug. L A UR E N5, A pril 15-Senator Ir by 's r irritation ait the Invitation extendeld by l'rol Evans to Col hlaskell to make ah l iterary address before his school in ,June ' has iiot been previously mentioned in ~ this correspondence because it wvas thioughit that subject might in itre ~ I aurens's chalnceb' for getting the g'irIs' iidutstrial school. in ai coniversat,ioni t,his moniing' Col I rby stated to me thiat, his synmpathiies had1( been enilsted with the town to get lie industrial school and that lie had in tended to work for it; that the town had 0o asked him to use his influence and that,~ lie was (doing so. but, feeliing that, the I towai endlorsed the action of' Mr. Evans, 9 lie had given iiotice that lie had with-s drahwn his Influence and would hiave niothin)g more to (do with it. lie further i sai(d that lie (hoes not intend to tiht, the at efforts to get the school, andl that all wj diff'erences between the town and himt- ti self ini regardl t,o t,he matter had been tI hea'ed, declining, hiowev'er, to state the c< grou~nds of the treaty. 14 It Is p)resumed, therefore, that Senator a Irby w ill work with the citizens genera.ly r to get the school hoc uted here. While politics will of' course be en irely ignored, Col. hiaskell has host,s of friends who will give him an enthusiast,ic ~ welcome when lie comes to Laurens. News and Courier. Nearly All Ieoevered. [ LONDnon, April 15.-It has been an- Il nounced that up to (late there had been f recovered the bodies of' 451 of the pas- e' engers of the British steamer Utopia, ' which on March 17, while on a voyage n from Italian ports for New York wit,h 700 Italian immilgrante on boardl, ran in t,o the bow of the British ironcladl 11(d ney, lying at anchor In Gibraltar bay, a and sank soon afterward. Trhere are still sixt,y-four vIctims of the disaster to a be accounted for. V BLUNDER OF THE L )NE MAN HANdED FOR ANOI MAN'S CRIME. 3n his Deathbed 1ird Confessev ti Killed Hawkiu, for the Muril whom Whito, was tlngetI in Spl burg. AsIVlLLI,, N. C., April 16. lianging of Tom White, a white i Spartanburg about twelve years I' the murder of' Pet Hawkins, a c malan. will always be remembered remarkable execution. It happene Rt a time when the white and co races were decidedly at daggers' pi but, which hlad no influence or be oi the CaSC. The idea of a WIhite being hung for thle killing of a negr rather repulsive to a great many p who had sulfl'ered under negro dol Lion andi mierule, but the law Loc course and the man was evecuted 1 county jail. Biut lie suffeied the p ty of a crime with the commissii which lie had nothinig to do, and I was laid to his account by the ma did the killin. The fixets of the ease were ahm follows: Pet I[awkins and Tom 1% both of whom were under the inth of' whiskey, had a quarrel, which r ed im a row. This was quieted, ever, but the two antagonists wert [mIgry. White was ofi a raLtier wa Ina disposition, possessinl. nothinm an abundance of "shreds and patel and lived around the bar-rooms. Hawkins, the colored man, was ofl" ilar disposition. For some reasoti oter while man, named Dick Bin mame involved in the <luarrel, am 6vill be seen later, played a prom part in it. Shortly afi.er the first lic two white mien went into a bar r 6Vhich then stood in Church street ifterw irds Pet Hawkins and a crol colored satellites camte into the saI ,oom. Tom While was rather t erhaps inl that pecillar condition % vhiskey hats the elfect o1(1ldelil enses, although the uman canl still . Ip and light. I t is believed that Whi(e was too d 10 kinow aIm1ythii.g wlhen1 the shootin .urred. I lawkins and the white Im 'to a1 row, and durm the melee I dils Was Shot and killed. A pIAtol bunm' ill White's hand, anmid he wa 'ested as the murderer. WIen the -ame on Bird was the principal wil Lc,tamst White. The circumstantial lence was so strong that White blind guilty. and was Sentenced 1 an.ged. All along White prolfesed his i cice, and declared that he Ilad -illed lawkins. When the exec ook place, just before the (-itl was ver his ftee, White said: ''I ati a ocent main, and I am now to si loath for anotlheri mau's (ee(d.'' lie xecuted, and there was a good de alk about his last words; but not ras ever done to ferret out. the c >f whom W lite - poke on the scafl'ol Dick Bird soon aterwards left : anburg and went over to Polk Cor n this State, where lie got into roible and then went. over into Dowell County. I ast year lie si:k tn(d died. While o his leathbei nadle a fr.ll conlfession of' his crin: ler'mittinig Tomn White to lbe haniget lie murder of l'et IIawkins. Biird mi to sayv that, lie killedl lawvkins, ut the blame on White; that thet hence, taken altogeter, was ag bWhite andl( that lie had per'mittedl i ie hianged lor' thle mmdl ter, althou.g indl nothing to d1( with it. This willI startle somie peole int . anbu)irg, perhaps, butt there are vho heard ( of' te confessioni some go. Whether the con fessioni was en out I have not been able to k ut, thle facts abjove were obla r'oml an excellt source. Aly inu< .nt is one of the best known mer yolk, in this Statte, and Spatrtatnburg reenville counties in South Caro) Ie is a (detective and1( knew thrrd Vhite, well, and is sure of hai fact ews and( Courier. Governor Hiogg Veory MaLd. AUsTriN, TixAts, April 17,-jad hi as generated between Governor 1I nd( several members of the Legislat t is all because the G~ovetrnor went h o Tyler to vote last Mlonday, in sLt oting at the Capital. Yesterday afternoon at r'eso1iLuion assed, with a preamible settinig f' hat the Constituition re<luires the rnor to residie at the Capital during ession of the Legislaturme; that rade the Governior a legal residei tustmn at the late election; that, ins5 i1 voting here, lie voted at 'l'yler, .8 wats therefore subject to prosecu or illegal voting. 'fThe resolutioni ii 3 as follows: "Thlat his Excellency, Governbor tephen IIogg, tie and is hereby aut r.ed to residle at the city 01' Tlyler' du lie termi of his otlice, and his said ence there shall begin and( (late I hie 6th day of .Jaimatry, 18191, antd is residence at saidi place be, and amne is hereby validated fromi the th (lay of' J1anuary, 1891t , anid thatt Lsolutiont take imlmedliate effect." TJhis was meatnt to1 be insuiltinig, 1 80 conid(ere<d by thie G overnor. as nlotillei Senator .Johnison, whlo w to resolut tion, anid Senator II arri 'ho mitrodlued( it, I ht lie "hiohds tI on of f'rienids only prievented a pert encounter last n ightl, andi ift is ge. ly believed that there will yet be s is trouble. STi. .l'1i'icTiCunt'l(, A prif 15, lit s the peaceful utteranices of govi ent ofhicials everybody knows 1 itesia is mnak ing extenlsiv 'Qprepatrat i >r war, amd that her rivals ar'e, on t ] de, miakimg cotunter p)reparationis I' rent struggle which must soone't ter take place. Iluissia has been spe g enlormTous suims in eonstruct,ioi rategic railways, anid inl this and( ol ays arranlgements for the transp,o on of large bodies of liusianti trool 10 Austro-German frontier is alui >mpletedl. This~ mlov(ieent of lhusy >rces towardls the fronitier 0of Gierm iid Austria wouild, four years ago li Mluired six moniths1' time, while by se of the neOw strategic rilroadl onth's time is all that is nlecessary 1e vast concentratioil of troops, t .looked forward to in possily tIhe nt iture. A F'righztiul 'oniniosa. CL :vElL A ND, 0., A pril 18.-A f ri1 ii wreck occurred ont the Lake st alliroad at Kifpton station, about ft tiles weost of Clev'elanid, early t rening, im which six postal clerks vo engitneers were killed. Thelie ail, No. 14, bound east, collided v o. 21, Toledo express, just as .tter train was abouit to pull on1 ding to let the fast mail pass5. ist mall was running at fuill g Id the force of the collision wvas reat that L,oth engines, three mhail c id one baggage car were comCpIel racked. VICKbBURG POSTMASTERSHIP. Opioition to 111111's A lointmnent Uis H ER ihted-Throatv of I.yueiing. JACKSON, Alibs., April 16.-T.he cor at lie ferenco of praminent citizens of Vickt at he rofburg and Jim Ifills, the recently al oi ted colored postmaster of Vicksbury rl i- did not take place today as expecte( 11111 aisked for such t conference, hopin -Tle that some arrangement could be madi Ai,. mt and expected the committee to meet hii ') for here today. Fromt prominent citizen loredl as a of Vicksburg it is learned that it was it I just deemed advisable to hold such a cou lored ference, as nothing could come of it, anl )>mts, that the only thing to do under the cii a cuistaices was to let all'urs take L1i nan regular course. Many pronlinent pc( w ple of Vicksburg regret the uanllortunat mn-le condition things have assumed, but coul not, with the deep feeling of the popt k its lace, guarantee that Hill would not ) 11 the harmed i case lie undertook to tak enal- charge of tile oflice. On the contrarl II o 7leat lear was expressed that he Wou1 b1')e. Ilill was seen today by a UTnite who Press reporter, and asked~what he il tented to do about tie matter. lie r( it as plied that !1,; did not know, but felt d! appointed that the conference ieet,in 'ence he asked for had not been held, an sult- could not understand why his cotmun low- cation had not been answered. IIe sti still has hopes of such a iecing, and tuitib IibUt-all dillerences could be reconciled i s, nisome manner satisfactory to all part,ie Pes; lie said lie had no desire to thrust hiln let' supt ton tie public of Vicksburg agaim s their protest, blt, believed mny1i'v of thO a best citizens there thougit the on1y prol er thing niow wa-s a peaceable submi as sioa. Ile said lie had no desire to ca nt on the United States Government Ik protection and sincerely hoped that a rt D sort to such mleasures would not be net , essary. Mayor Boothi, of Vicksburg called on Governor Stone today and pe' e bar sonally ucknowledged receipt of th Governor's letter counselling moderu the oil the part of citizens, advisinl againlst extreme measure of any kin tan )ein- rtsorted to, and si-etinstmg' a con run I tee of the cooler heads to talk t lI:tter over with 1ill. It was reporte i that !Booth would present, the (toveirn ta petition to sign asking 11111 to resiter' Ian- h ut it is not (ought lie did so or that ti wa Govenor lhad aisthing new to add t s a."' his letter. trial_____ .less M114pec i K Iled Nine Men1. evi- lb '4C IN(;IAN, N. C., April w.-Thi was mornig a rather stairting story come o be to light about John It. Mocca, the Ital ian storekeeper, who was murdered ii 11110. Charlotte Saturday night. The stor, not was told by Dr. J. 1). Westervelt, Jr ILion f (Rafiney City. put locca lived there for several year. an consequently Dr. Westervelt kneN him well some years ago. Mocca, tol, ifler him- -in fact, le made no secret of it was the reason lie came to America was bc I or caulm his hands were stainied with th hing blood of nine of his countrymen, aed i4 ither came to America to seek rest and quiet d. ness. par- Mocca said that twelve years ago i nt, was at merchant in Italy, and late on g night, when the streets were almost du Mc- serted, ten men came in his store to ro ed um. Ile defentded himself with his stil 1 heco letto, and killed nine of them in th leroom,whiere they attacked him, the tent, ICilone fonurtuniately escaping. or Mocca saidi that the sight of nine dea avent- blodies lying ini blood upon onie floor wat but, such a horrible sight although he kille< evi- .thtem to sauve himself it wvas ever befor unI1)t 'iiiim. There was no case made agains ni to -him and pitblic senitimnent genierally eri b lie .(dorsed andi( appllatrrded him for riddinj the country of the inurderous things, bu o. h* le close-d out h is business ats carly as po~ omne silid left the see, timie iieait ili 1s wio to alnt.. .%'it- Wi1TE Pii ,A INS, Ap)ril l(;.-.-,ess aen, Lock woGd is one of the oldiest resident med( of Purdy-t','s Station, and (luring his threi >rni-sore yeanrs here hte has been greatly re in specte. IIe has becen aillictedl with tin arid ''rip of late, which is said to have mado iiat. htiim templlorarily insane. On Satur'da3 arid -last lie took a clb atnd b)eat his wife s< s-- severelv as to cause her tdeathi. Believ .rng that he~ was command(edl to do so b thne Lord. She is sixty-one years of age lood LAckwiood is sometimes cailed a religi ogg ouis cranik. iIe is said to have rung th< ur Ie. chuircht bell of the Mlethodist Chutrchi a omne few days ago, at the samie time p)ro, Ud of claimimig that the Lordl desired him Pc ,matke a hiuimn sacri ice of' life by killino n 'as his wife,. Lrthi sov- Milila for sona&tor'. the Put N(ICroN, Ky., A pril 16.-Ifoger Q this Mills, of Tlexas, while visiting friende t of here, stated that lhe wvould not statnd foi Wend re-election to the lower house of (Con andt gress thiat lie was serving his last term, Lion I lowever if the pledPt tof his State (de self sire Li) keep) him inii public li fe, they Imuist sendt him to the I -niLed Statet .Jas. 5 eiiate.. hior rinig I'inoM anel Organs, resi- N. W. TIutMr>, 134 Main Street, Co. ruin Iii nmbia, S. C., sells Pianos and Organs, thiat direct I rom fauctory. No agents' comn lie mlissionis. 'The celebrated Chickeing said P'iano. Alathurshek Piano, celebrated this for its clearnetss of tone, lightiness of toruchi andI lastinrg qualit ies. Mlason & anud 1lanml in Upright i atno. Sterling Up. lie r'ighmt I anos, from a225 imp. Alas-on & roto I lamin Organns surtpais.wd by nloit. St('r son, ling Organs, 650 rip. Every Inlst ru menit iem guia ranrit.eed for' six years. Fi fteenr (la-s' en- tialh, ex penlses bo) hi watys, if niot satis. ;on - fact orv. Sold out Iinstalments. eri- Gireat Cotiton Fire. M -11011'ii is, A Ipril 9.-A t IIl o'clock to l iilht the cotton shueds of If ill, F"ountain .& Co. caunghit, fitre it is supiposedl, fromn pite tIme sparik (it a locomotive. At inihtt 'rut- the fire is bur a.ing fiercely, iand the enitire ud sheds, ini wich arue stored betweeni 8 - 01r 000( ttndi l0,(000 bates of cot,ton, iil p Jrob or a atbly be dt.ye. Th'le loss wvill reach or &.'5.0t00. Insutiiranice uniknowni. (Of iheuportnc of purifying the lien blood coninot be over-estimiatetl, for rta-wthout, puire blood you cannot enjoy t-good fihli. P. P'. P'. (Prickly Ash, P oloke iP)00 aind P'ottatSSlium) Is a mirac tutloius blood0( purifier, performIng more iiicures ini six inonths than all the satrsa pi3rlarillats and so-called blood purifiers thputt together. ai lihieumatism.-Jamets Paxton, of Sa for vannuahi, (a., says lie had lLhieumnatism ichi so bad that he could not mnove fromn ear the bed or dress without help, arid that lie tried miany remedies, buit received lit relief uintil he began the uiSe of P. P.* hit- P'. (Prickly Ash, Poke Root arid Potas ore slim), andi two bottles restored himi to hi hiumats i urdby P. P. P'. Pl'alas anid aches in the back, shioulderso -. kne ankes, hips, and wits are alI thi a,,ace arid cornquered by 1P. P. P'. tha 'rhis great iiedicinie, by its blood fu cleansinrg propert'es, bilds upj arid eiStrengthens the whole body. so A compt,e BedrooniSiit~for $16.50) airs freight paid to your depot. Send for ~ely .Catalogue. Add res L. F. Padgett, Aulanta, (an Before assuring your life, or Investing your mon. (%Y, exIinI1no the Twenty Year Tontinle poqlices of I t THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THlE United btates. Policies inatuiing in 1891 realize cash returns to the owners, of aulounts varying roni 120 to IN per cent, of the moiey paid in, besides the advantages of the Assurance during the whole period of twenty years. Tihe following is one of the nmanv actual cases maturing this year: Endowient Policy No. 64.925. Issued in 1871, at wro 27. Amount, ;5,000. Pireiniui, R2311.90. Total 'reniunl' Paid, E S U L T S at enld of 'j olitille Period in 1891: CASIL SUlRRENDERl VALUE, -8,449.45, ]i u lo'4176-10 fre c R10(n pidb inl p1-vIn itIll-; which i, eqiialvint to :I I .. r% turn of' all premilnlmn lmit, LI with initerest at 7' pvr r cent. pvIr anlin.) Or, inl lieu o cash, A 1'AI-U LIFE POLICY FOlt l19,470. A (Equal to $105.80 for each SIN0 paid inl rel tu. A LIFE A NN TITY of f;;;;.55 One fact is worth a thousand theories 'There is no Asmurance extant in any con pany which cmpares with this. The Equitable is the strongest company inl the I world and transaets the largest business. - For fu ther information address or apply - to the nearest agent of the '-,ociety, or writ, Sdirectto 3 W. J. RODD.EY, April -1- - It- OCK H1ILL, S. C. - TIE LARGEST STOCK, MOST SK(ILLED:v WVoltKMEN, LOW EST llUI's. F. H. HY ATT, Is the bet,~ place sin South Carolinoa or Southern States to s~eure sat isfactionl iln A melricanl and Italian M arble Wot k. All kinus of Cemetery Work a spcaiy TA 13lLETS, 1IEA USTONES, MON UME'T'$, &c. Se ad for prices and full iniformnation,. F. H. H YATT, April 8 .y COLJU hl IA, S. U. HY NOT U2E OURS? MUR RAY'S IRON MIXTURE 1S A (OENUINEi lIt0o1) TONIC! MUJliAY'S SAltSAP'A1llAA is a lIO(ood Purifier and1 Spring Medhicine.'~ WYo are the Manufactures andI Sole Pro prietors of hoth. Th'lis is theo timei of the ye'ar the system req lres a tonic anId the blood( a pur ier. Our stock of D)rugs Medicines. C hemi catls and Dr)auggista Sund rics is co1npletet. Our facilities for filling your orders carnnot be exc(eled, W esolicit your patronage. The Murray Drug Co., LIPPMA N BROS., Wholesale Drnggists, 3ols Proprietors, ILippman's Illock, savannah, 0* FINE SMW CA 00-Ask for tal.uor'ne. TERRY 'F'0 Cr ' . o Padftt Pays the Freidt. A GREAT ORFER THAT MAY NOT AOAIN BE REPEATED, 80 DO NOT DELAY, "STIKE WHILE THE IRON 18 HOT.'' Write for Catalogue now, and sa what paper you saw this advertisnment n. IRemember that 1 sell everything that goes to furnishing a home--manufactur. Ing some things and buying others in the largest possiblo lots which enables me wipe out all competition. HREY ARE A FEW OF MY START LING BARGAINS A No. 7 Flat top Cooking Stove, full size, 15x17 inch oven, fitted with 21 pieces of ware, delivered at your own depot, all freight charges paid by me, foi only Twelve Dollars. Again, I will sell y,u a 5 hole Cookin Range 13x1 3 ich oven, 18x2 Inch top, it - ted with 21 pieces of ware, for T11R 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 83.50, to your .iailroad station. freight paid. I will also sell you a nice Beeironios uit consisting of Bureau with glass, 1 high head ledstead, 1 Washstand, I Centre table, 4 cane seat chairs, 1 cane seat and back rocker all for 16.50, and pay freight to your depot. Or I will send you an elegant Bedroom suit with large glass, lull marble top, for $30, and pay freight. Nice window shade on soring roller$ 40 Elegant large walnut8 day clock, 4.00 Walnut lounge, 7.00 Lace curtains por window, 1.00 I cannot describo everything in a small advertisement, )ut have an immense store containing 22,60 feet of floor room,-With ware houses and factory buildings in other parts of Augusta, making In all the lar gest business of this kind under one man agenent in the southern States. These storesand warehouses are crowded with the ch ice:>t productions of the best facto ries. My catalogue contaiing illustrations of goods will be mailed if you will kindly say where you saw this advertisement. I pay freight. Address, L. Fa PADGETT, Proprietor l'adgett's Furniture, btove and Carpet, btoro, 1110-1112 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA. ICI' ~"didine SWOMAN. i 'iri'y and vitalize your -4ni - l . ;:nand give your rail r:u! -:*riiteindept at -.M l r g will h-%--i !t'P. - I-a ;al: t F4k . u l ired out fr .... .. 4 --i il - muamet, tako If you arn feelini bmdy in the spring uid uat of sorts, take P. . P. I yrf diUestivo orgens need toning up, . .P. If v im ufr with headnehe, indigestion, W O deiht am weanss, takeca P. P. P. I If youf suffeYr with rervousposrtin tn'rves unistrunig nsui a genaeral let down of t be systema, taLo . PmP {For luone1 Polso,n. Rheunmatisam, Scrof u tla, (Id 'Hores Malaria, Chronic Female Lomplllainata, take P. P. P Prickly Ash, POke Root Teand Potassium. The et bloat puarinehr in the world. LAIPMAN ltlOS., Wholesale Druggists, LlAPPMtA'4 BJMCK, Sav'annaah, Ga. VicTougy Fout TiKEi SAILOR. Exibiited side by side with its leading -compei)titors at the State Fair, 1890. The Su perinte'nden t and Committee of the Mechanical D)epartmnlct, In inspecting those fe'atuires not incliuded in the Premhumn List, dteemi worthy oif special menOhtion the ' Sailor Seed Cotton Elevator. D)istributor arnd Cleaner exhibited l.y W. 11. Gibbcs, Jr., & Co.' Thei system operates most efficiently, and mush improves the sample, facIlitates the gininlg oif wet Cotton, and saves largely in labotr anid cost of handling. Th'le Conunittee recommnend to the farmi ars of tie Stati an investigation into the mierits of these dieviees. (Signed.] D . P. DUlN CAN, for Committe. W. 11. GlliES, J R., & CO,, COLUMBIA, S. C. State Agenis and D)ealers in first class M:iehin ery, lI nggies, W~agonsx, &c. SPl';IAI.-To test the advertising value tif T H E STrAT-:, we will sell to any farmer referringi to that paper one of tihe best Dow Law Cotton P'lanters made for 4.25, cash. hes usual price~ is $5.10. W'. 11. (IJBES, .Jn., & CO. CIIILD BIRTH - - - - MADE EASY ! "MoTHens' FaIrNw I" i scientific ally preparedi liniment, every ingre dient oif recognized value and in constant use by the medical pro fessioni. These ing;redients arc coml b)inedlin amannerhintherto unknown "MOTIHIERS' - FRIEND" - WllL D)0 all that is claimed for it AND) MOR E. It Shortens I .:abor, Lessens Pain, D)iminishes Danger to Life of Mother and Child. Book to "~ MoTIuRSs " mailed F~RPE H con taining valuable information and. voluntary testimonials. Sent by expre ona receipt ofrpace $i.50 per biottlo9 BRADFIEL.D REGUL.ATOR CO., Attanta, Ga. HOLD1 ilY ALL. D)IUI(OISTS. First Class WorkE. V ery Low Prices. 4 iuj,ggles, Car riages, Road Carts, Wagons, te., \V arrantedt Second to none. 4 Inmluire of nearest dealer in these goods, >r' send for Catalogue-Mentioning thuIs >aperi. AOLLER &ANDF,RSO4 BUGGY CO.. ROCK HILL, 8. C..