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"iHUMDRUM ABOLI6hhd I' '." " drl oui DR. TALMAGE PREACHES ABOUT Er SPICE IN RELIGION. li ed Why People Do Not Go to Church--Wor By stip Shoulid lie Like the Oteringw queen eu 11alkis Sent Solomon the Wise MeJett of in Enlivening Servicew. I BROOKLYN, May 3.-The capacity of F the new tabernacle was fully tested this i morning by the vast audience which as- 1 sembled to hear Dr. Talmage in his d handsome and spacious church. Ile is 0 now preaching there morning and %ven- a ing and the Christian Herald services In New York have been discontinued. lUhis has caused much regret to many people in that city. A memorial wis prepared V an(d signed by influential citizens asking Dr. Talmage to continue the services. Ile could not see his way to comply at the time, but, as lie was evidently im pres,ed by the warmth of the welcome y given him in the metropolis, and deeply moved by the good that was done, it is not improbable that i the near future . he will agai.i be found duplicating his usefulness by ministering to two con gregations, as he has been doing during the past seven months. His subject, this morning was "Iltulidrutm A bolislie(, n and his text, 11 Chronicles ix, 9, "Of . spIces great abundance: neither was there it any such spice as file Queen of Sheba c gave King St'lomion."' What is that building out, yonder, git tering in the sui? Ilaye you not heard? It is the I louse of the Forest of Leb anlon Kill, Solomon ha1s just taken to it his bride, tile princess of Egypt. You see the pillairs of the portico, and a great a tower, adorned with one thousand . shields of -o( d, hun! on the outside of t the tower-Ilve hundred of the shields of -oh(h manulactured at, Soloion's 0 ordher, five hunIred were captured by David, his father, in battle. See how they bilaze hi the noonday sun! Soloiion goes ill) the ivory stOrs ol his throne between twelve lions in 4tatu arv, and sits down on tle back ol the golden hull, the head of lthe bronze beast turniIed toward the people, 'Thie inil I anid attendants of, thie kin!! are so an1y113 that the cItleris tof the p ehie have to provide every, aty onle iir1411'eld Sheep 8 and thir1celn oxenl, besiles the birds anti the venlisonl. I hlear the stalluping" and pawing of four thoisauil fine horses II the royal stables. There were impor- t tant. ollicialA who had ciartge of the wioik of gatlerinig the Srraw and the harley i fIor these Ilorses. King Sooiilon was an - eairiv riser, rinhtiol says, and Ised to C4 take a ride out at daybireak; aid when e inl his while ap):rel behind the swiftest hior'ses of all the realm, and followed1 v by Imouinitedi archers inl purple, as the cav itnlde <hlshed throuLh thle streets of ' ,Ierusaleil, I suppose it was somethi wolth getting Ill -at .5 o'l Ik il th e morning to look at. 1. Solomon wIs iot like some of the k kings of the piresent ilay -crowied imi hevility. All the splendor ol* his lplace I and retinule Were eclirsed by Is Intel-Il letual power. Wlhy, lie seeied to know everything. lie was the first, great nat uralist the world ever saw. Ileacocks h from India strutted the basaltic walk, h and apes chattered in the trees, and deeis stalked the parks and there were aqua- r<4 riums with foreign fish. atul aviaries with ' foireign birds;;ind tr'adit ion says these a birds were so well ta'nedi that Solomon h~ might walk elear across the city undl(er e the sidadow oteir wm i Iis as t hey hav. hi (cred and fiittedh about iiim. More thban this, lie had a great ire iuta- t1 t ion for the coniuiidriimis ail ri<uidlcs that L lie made and guessedi. le and Kin'' tl 11llram,i his ineighibor, used to sit by thei~ hour and ask riddles, eaich one paityig si mi money if he could1( not anlswer orw guess the riddle. 'Thie Solocimonh inavy ' visited 1all thle worbi , and thle sailors, of alI courise, talked abou iit th e wealthi of' their dh' k ings~t, and abou)it the riles and enie- a' malls that be miaide anid 01lveil; and tihlie c< news spreadl until (Que'en lialkis, away eC oil southi, heariid (of it andi senIt me) ssn h:I gers with a few r'iddles that she wouhi to like to ha~ve Soloinmoii solve, and1( a few m1 puzzles which she would like to have a hiim find out. She seiit among ot her li~ things, to Kiln! Solomon, a diamnonid m wvith ai hiole so smuall that a needle could1( to not, penietraite it, askinig him to thread of that diamondl. And Solomon took a 1li woirmi andl pt it at the o)peining ini the w' diamond, and the worm crawledl through, VC leavmng the thireadt in the dimond. 'The i <iieen also sent a goblet toi Solomon aisking him tio till it wi'.h wafer that did Vi niot, pour fromi the sky, andi that (lid not rush out fromn thle earth : and im medi aIely Solonion put a slave on the back oif a1 sifit hiirse and galloped him11 aroundt pti andt airounid the liurk unitil the hioise was ire niighi exhauistedl, anid froml the persyiral- Ill tion of thie horse the go ble t was fitlled. s Sh e also sent Kimii Sioimon [5ti girls in le bcoys' dress, wondterinig il lie wvouhl lbe iu aicuite enioiighiI t ii out, Ithe d'ect'oii. yt immnediately Solomion, whlen lie saw hec them inash51 t heir faces, knlew11 f rom the vi' way'1 theiy app)llied thie wa'tter thait it wan W nll a clieat. SC Q.uieen Itaikis was so pleaised with the thi acu'(tenetss of isolomonli,thaitsh sid: "Uii 'll cht just go an td see him for haniiself." w< \' oder' it ciomes te cavaleatie- hit>rses w< tiuihaldromeies c, eb ar'io ts aindl chariot- wi ('ers, jiniglinig harniless andt clthteirin' wt booccts, andic hiniiii shiielhs, an-l ftiin! a enlsIius, atlch ippujcig' tymbilais. The Lai l)ici' is .'uatir.dedi with the lierholne. 1al shue bingiits ciamonjt, andit saflroti, and11 to ner t5~( sut ies. As the retinue il sweept th~rough tihe gale, the armed th i eurdts lh hale the iromla. ''llalt!'' ery il the chiariotetes, as the wueels grmdIt the us gravel in front oh Ithe pilaredl portico of' Ia thedroedaiesare driven up to the t) king's store-houses, and1 thie 'tindles of Sie ermplholht are uinloaudedl, aind the sacks oftw cimnamon, and~ the boxes of snices are it opened, theC puirveyors of' the palace this- :es cover what my text annllounces: ''Of sices, gre'it abuntdance; neither was m~ there any such spices as te Queen of'p Sheba gave to King Solomon.'' WVell, my frienids, you k i.ow that all m theologIans agree ini maki'ig Solomon a U type of' Christ, and maiking the Queen sr of Shieba a ty3pe of' every truth-seeker; n aind I shall1 take the resp)onsibility of' a Baying that all the spikenard. and cassia, h~ atid frankincense which the Queen of o Sheba brought to King Solomon are ti mightily suggestive of' the sweet spices b of' our holy religion. Christianity is not b) a collection of sharp technicalities, and1( ci aDgular facts, and chironologicall tables, o: and dry statistics. Our religion ls corn- ti pared to frankincense anti to cassia, but sl never to nightshade. I t is a bundle of li myrrh. It is a dash of' holy lighlt. It is si a sparkle of cool fountains. It, is an LI opening of opaline gates. It is a collec- hii thon of spices. Would God that we wore mi as wise In taking spilcs to our Divine i' King as Queen Blalkis was wise In taking al the sples to the earthly Solomon! What dl SV' uK teekts LO haV -lie liun.:rurum ven out of our life and t,he humdrum ,o,* our religion. Tbe American, and glish, and S ottish church will (lie ot mndrumunless there be a change. Au tor from San Francisco wrote me sav lhe was getting up for his paper~ii mposiun from many clergymen, (is. ssing among other things. "W-ty d< t people go to church?" and lie wantei y opinion and I gave it, in one sentence ,ople do not go to church because thei nuot stand the humdrum. The fic that most people have so Iuch huium tin in their worldly calling that the > not wr n t to have added the humdrur religion. We need in all our sermon id exhortations and songs and Prayer iore of what Queen Balkis brought t Alomon, namely more spice. The fact is that tile dities and care f this lif'e. coming to us from time t me, are stupid often, and insane, an itolerable. Here are men who hav cen bartering, and negotiating, climi wf, poutiding, hammering for twent ears, forty years, fifty years. Oi reat long drudgery has their life beet 'heir lace anxious, their feelin,g hN urnbed, their days monotonous. V hr i necessary to brighten up that itan! le, and to sweeten that itan's acid dih osition, and to put sparkles into ti Il's spirits? The spicery of* our liol Aigion. Why, if between the losses< fe there d ashed a gleam of eternal gait between the betrayals ef lifle the itle the -leam of the undying friem lip of Christ; if in dull time: in bus ess we found ministering spirits llyin and fro in our oflice, and store, an top, every-day life, instead of being Lupid monotone, would be a Ilorit isitation, pendulumnia between cahl tisihetion and high rapture. low any woman keeps house withot lte religion of Christ to help her, is lystery to me. Tl,o have to spend Li, reater part of' one's life, as many wf ieti do, in planning for the nmeals, i titchintg garments that will sooln be ret gain, and dei0oring breakaures, an apervismig tardy subordinates, an rivil'-, oilf. dust that somi again will sel le, aidj doing tie same thin day in an ay oil, and year il aInI year out, 1ut lIeir h: iil vers, and tihe back stoopz ni the 4pectacles (-,'rawl to the eyes, ati mle grave breaks open itunder the thi Oe Il the shoe-oh, It Is a long m1nllo my! But whenl Christ coies to th rawig-room, and comes to the kitelet Rd coelics to the nuiirsery, and comes t )e dwellin',, then how cheery becoi l1 womanly duties. Site is never alon ow. Martha gets through fretting ant tins Mary at the feet, of' iesus. A ty long Deborah is happy because sh iml help Lapidoth; Hannah, because sl mi make a coat for young Samuel; Mit m, because she can watch hIer infim 'ot,er; Rachel, because she can hel -r fither water the stock; the widow ) Urepta. hecause the cruise of oil is bein plelishied. 0 womtan, having in yiou in1try a liest, of boxes caltainlg al nds of, condiments, why have yOU 1no ied in your heart and life tile splicer. ou(t holy religion? "-Martha! Martha ou art care'ful and troubled abou ai things, but one thing is leedltui i( Mary hath chosen that good par hiteh shall not he taken away Iron r."7 I must cotiess that a glreat deal of' th 'ligion of this day is uttetly itnsiphV 'here iN nothing piquant or elevatin bout it. Men and women "o aroun ummmtill p)salmls itn a tmnor key'; an ulituriug tie llncholy, andlI teir wor'shi as mI It tmore signs thanil rnapture. WV L t d1toubt, their Piety. Oh)i, noi. Bir icy are sittinlg at a feast whlere thte ':o0 as~ forgotten to senson thte food. Every' I ing is flat ini thteir' experClieceI andl r litr conlversationl. Ema.i:ncipated Jtron ay to a mlagnlificenlt heaven, they ae thIouIgh they wer'e trudginig onl towart i everlastintg Botany 11:ay. lteligiot >es not, sem to agree witht thteml.I ems la catchi ml the windc-pipet ant(' lie mie a ttghtt strangulation inistead of at hi lariation., All the itnfidel books tha Ltve beeti written from Voltaire (dowI IIlerbiert Spenceer, have not dotne s< itch damage to our Christianity as lu. bii'ouls Christians. Who wanlts a re ioni woven out of tile sha~dows of' til hdt? Wily go growling Oin your wa) celestial enthrtonement?~ (Come1 tl thiat catve, and sit clown ill lie warmn ~ht of the Sun of'lRighteousness. A wa3 to your1 odes5 to mlanchiolv antid liet' y's "'Meditations among the Tombs.' teit let ourm sontgs abound, Antd every tear be dlry; t''re tateing thtroiught Emlanut'i' grotnne Tjo fairer wutrbdsoti hight. I IiIe to say, also, thait we need it It moure sptice and enlivenlmn.ti 0111 htgiotus teachting; whlethier it, lhe inl thte alyer'-mleeting, 01' in tile Sabbaith edi moret' fresh air andi sunishline inm 011 Igs,afit Iiturt heart, anld 0111 hleadt. 1k ii wonder that, the wvorldi is so far from img cotivetedt whlen y'ou findl sc) httle i'acity iln tile pulpit andlt ill thte pew' e watnt, like the Lord, to planit iln our rmlonls andic exhtortations mlorec lilies otf a fie'lcd. We wanlt fewetr rhetorical ilthoraitions1, and1 ft.ewer' sesqiiedai ian >rdis: and1 whleni wye tal1k abiouit, shadows, do not wlanit to sapf atdumbtrationi: andtc tit lto talk aboutt itiitsynerai:sii's: or1 ii Itreachi that Gotspe'l wichil i proptses maike all imeni ha ppyt, honest, vi'ctori s, and1( free. lit othe1r words, we wat s lie so in all the cldieiet depart mlts of' work tct whlich the L.ordl calls .Let u1s be ptlainl. Let us he~ eartnest. '1 us hte commou-iti~sensical. Whlen~ we k to t,he 1)eople ill a vernlacularu they ni under'mstand, thley will be ver'y glaud coime aund receive thle trutthi we pre-V mit. Wotubi to Gotd that QueenI lalktm d'~t drive hter sptice-laiden tdromedlai'ies all our sermon1t)ts atic prlayermmeet,inl htortationus. More thiani thait, we wanumt miore li.e si Sitice Inl our Chtristaan work. Tihe >or do1 not wanmt so muich to be grroanued 'er a1s sunlg to. WVitih the bread, timd ediemnes, and theC garments you give em, let, there be ani accompaniment, o)f miies andi hrisk encou ragetment,. D t stanh and talk to them about thec retchiedness of their abode, and the muger of their hooks, amid the hardcnese their lot. Ah! they know it bettei ail you cani tell them-n Shlow thenm the r'ighmt sidie of the tinmg, if there b)e 111n eighlt side. Tell thiem good timens wil time. 'lell them that for thie cildrer PGod there is illmmort,al rescue. WVake tem up out of their isBtolidity by an in lirmng laugh, anid whmile you sendl( in hielj ke the Queen of Sheba also send in tht >ICes. Th'lere aro two ways of meetinm 1o poor. One is to come into thmei >use with a nose elevated in disgust, ai uch as to say: "I dlon't see how you re here In this neighborhood. it acu ly makes me sick. There Is that bun s-4ake it. you poor mi8erahin wret.i -U1 tu.4-kv Ote 1mLt -t." Auiothor wu) is to go into the abodo ,of the poor iu a tv tanner which seems to sa1: "'le, I blesswid Lord vent me. iIe waS poor h himself. IL is not mao for the !ood I o aln go11in1 to try to do Noti tha it is for hi the good you can do Inc." Coming in V that spirit, the gift will be as aromatic c as the spikenard cvn the Ueet ol Christ, It I and tiall the hovels in that alleY will be it , fragrant vith thie spice. ~ We nieel more spice and enliveiment c t in our church muusic. (Airelies sit dis- s - cussimg whether they shall have Choirs, I y or precentors, or orgratis, or bass-viols, y 1 or cornets; I say, take that, which will t s bring out the most in pirmg music. If s S we had hlf its much Zeal and spirit in A 1) our churches as we have in the songs of 1 our Sabbatl-sclools, it would not be lon', t s before the whole earth would qiuake 1. o with the coming God. Why, in imlost 'I A1 churches, inilie-tenltis of tle people do c not sing; or they sig so feebly that 'I - the people at their elbows do not know a y they are singing. 'eople mouth anid r c mumble the praises ol (;od; but there is t . not more than one out of a liuindred wo lit) m.kes "a joy tl noise" unto the Rock 'I ., of our Salvation. Sometimes when the t v; congregation forgets itself, anl is all a b- u sorbed in t the goodness of' Grod, or the i c glories (i heaveni, I get anl intimation ot , y what church music will be a litmindred s >!' years from now, when the coming tel-n i; cration shall wake ip to iLs duty. S e 1 promise a high spiritual blessing to c I- any one who will sin. in churc, and li i- who will sin,_ so heartily that the people I g all aroniml cannmt help but sing. Wake a i up! all t1w cihurches from iangor to a San 1rancisco, aid across ChrisLendo in. s It is not a matter o' prel'erence; it is i a matter of religious diLuty. ()I, for fift,y v times more volume of )Isound. (, ermnan i it chiorals Ini (ernau cathedrals surpass e a us. aIn(d yet (1ermany has received notlh e ing at the hands ot (;od compared with < -A merica, anid ouglt the acclaim in Ber- e 11 lin be louder than that in Brooklyn' i t, Soft, lonlg-drawl-out, music, is appro-- t If priate I'r the dra,viig-room and appro- I I priate lOr the concert; but St. .Johil gives c iti idea of the sonloro"us and resonAt I con01rega1itional mingiil ahpI'IproIiate for t cihurches when. inl Osteniin., ti te t -i - - le suirNice fitltivull lihne says: "I I d IeardI a _irea t vi.ice as the vi ce of a reat I m mltitdc, a1 a:mI ith. voicO o maNy % wti I 's, I I 1 th Il it! vo i) i I mIi hty t IiI - j Iu r'ie pllgii I 11, 211 a iit ii I i'm'i c d rin s. tlLaleujah, Ifor th i o d (i G I timiprslct aen t reign eth ie iiit Al .Joinl with me ill a crus'lN, -ivin- me \ lIt only y urhcarts, (t the 1iih v up lifsin o:'your vospiue, ad Iivv wea, can, throlgh ('brist's r ,tig 50,0110 SOLI- into) the kinl-donmi (1 ('bri."t. Ani ar1tmie ant, th o ei t' ll aths a. 'erlm, they may talk dowi; t, a vast audi-, en joinliin oin ne .n tvi i iA in isltible. aWould .IIat ( n Iaikis uIhtl drive all her sp'ice-idenl dromdcaries inito our Cahuch toSiC. "Nithe r was there any t Sch Spice as the Qteel of Sheb _ave , Kic., Solomlonl." tj t Now I want to impress thisae with the fltt that reuion is sweettness and perfni, and spikenard, and msake1 cense, :t1i all sweet spices to,_ethvr. Oh," voau Say, my have not looked at1, it as such I thought itr% ws a iuisance: it had tr te a repuilsi.a; Itii bei my brvath as though it were malodlo)r; I havec been , appalled It its advance; L have said, i I I *have atiy relig,ioni at all, I wvanlt, to hlave tas litte rfIit as is po,sibl to -Pat thrlough ith." hoi.o that ail mistke t' y iu isv made myh brothler :Thei rel,i |ian a ofChit isa dage prsent taiii 1verlst igw wethlenie. it couter acts al tcroble ofni sin t evel t, oaths~ i thel cri.aiit, a andl lifue ws ii helt llicg ai.igi, swetn il thecupof b~cittr maedintil. ii throw a iiliow otni it (igl(loom iifith ofne lahit-~ C 11tiwre. Iti'Ii han rts acin elstide, ' ah'aot.' andage. ford lthtml stungJoii ii Ihnaisnit, ii-lif ligattuloltheri- t~ wine hae was li pstoigctl A nis it isI heood fl iiiiad in.aitefr iniel.gath b mnidsti ow pi i:h s a nomphe tonii o f iane r it ies fi celn fthr mal evoiers ufere, it wllre,u "The 3(rsoint's. C,elatI fWluy' dungvon-the s ligtdo tohe lhin- tl 0n1 aie iii"tAelshini'grctte.lAnd it is and tIor hrheatis, and th loalha ib andr lowic irits m u for soul.Smeof;r it, iei ie wrtoen I fori alnisrs Yes, th itill uhea daisli:tur ei srws eidim l bWen tid i,vou lifk so iad toua wshed I 3'ou cauhltn ot Alsf th e lounhae J sand: thi hortb e and the lipd wthad is wen he wote " i I V I hcV ' anth mwth d' ofsuchday ase Ih covere bf'een se<hg tn i tih wouie imust e ii toe towninto I w m narws rbi the grollie allaon a:c widow ftiory,aii iflmamu i chb. n l here d hav b.esnetimes iis youra l hit men et wihed 21i inu tob e u fthis lief. ~ eV ouh have f' Piisiio said:t "Oh,i hiiftw swye o m lipspould det i] bIei W,eist.loig otohealet" andr wshed a 'toui couble i'l otter iou in gour ist hyc slumbert ithe oe,e mmf purieen as andmgum 'I adisieY havi te si"Oh, howbeau- tie tinlety aie t m ush i t h'e ltomb. 'lhI h -sh onwas chr. I mlera ae itroudgeh tlesteet ades, d~in sappomiitment b er- ayli olei!y Bin timuh asik aly mhoetoie ' n itis adc th avie fel ntotskrrow ta;'d een hufer crying diafprtpifmimn T la ii toh askx iitm iroiall suc or,hw ro mra a n of rise aot oe- chaim tim idw.I er nor ad, h litlerioahl pwsent est, hopin1 to I t borw 1 tier waee a abou ovei(e ofX s the totgot (ifr body e andtii putith einaox, au ut eil t ii walon p an stare, downithevi tst oan ire the cemetery aimt, th funtt h lighnttem chib th tiheal;ets for ing: "4a ing Itit sitme km midtr ofte rgme bhaIctmy mthe! tow Andp it is salt tar s theoi terle looked 01 Aor-saw te crymgie ofteor sic, which ti ayross the gravin of' woui en-al sh mlng tiied o earth-it se slehe Quoe v e of'ae wase oerf cAr, tae iisuhat pgre,mny of perue asaesng-ag then tead L'Dear cin.o, is ee.o a isasweceiteor alt is comorta I ise u ruetianiruiontrbym this s'selIcneip o strugloen ters "Thle.yo shallesun- p gern n molre,enithrirstiany mcolr 1, n ietoer halwayhe so lm, nd hm, o Ianyl hoe;forul, m whic h ilhds i in thes a Andronsse couches ofilourtsk A and b a Scrsete graef yti ousea, li th:g 0, ofheouse to cedar, carrield ncho amidch : asti lid'' and he a NW old Christian mun go to his room and tilt down on the ,air beside the stand. and open the Bi- ' Ie and begin to read. Ito read on and a, chauter alter chapter, hour after our, until his itce was all aglow with of I, tidings iron heaven, and when the to lock struck twelve, lie arose and shut be is Bible, and sa I, -Blessed Lord. we D re on the same. old terms yet. Good- II ight, good-night." Oh, You sin-par- 11 hed and you trouble-pouied, here is th atisfaction. Will you come and get it? th cannot tell you what the Lord offers In oni hereafter so well as I can tell you D ow. "It doth not yet appear what we TI ha!l be." Have you read of the Taj eii Inhal in India. lin some respects the in iost majestic building on earth? Twen- th y thousand men were twenly years in Cl uilmn it. It cost about '16,000,000. E 'he walls are of marble, inlaid with cor- th elian from Bagdad. aid turquoise from 'hibet, and jasper from the Punjaub, D nd ameth.sLt from Persia, and all man- or er of prt cious stones. A traveller says m iat it seems to him like the shming o1 tI( n enchanted castle of burnished silver. w! 7he walls are 215 feet high, and from ev Ibe top of these springs a dome thirty h( uIore feet high, that (ome containing the m lost wonderful echo the world has ever di vown; so that ever ain( anon travelers lit tanding below with flutes, and drunis, wi ud hiairps, are testing that echo, and the pr ounds from below strike upi and then so ome (owni as it were the voices of an- th els all around about the building. D here is around it a garden of tamarind, bl id baixan, and pal - . and all the floral th lories of tihe ransacked earth. But that of i only a tomb of a dead empress, and it se 5 tie compared with the grandeurs re vhich God has builded for your living and mimortal Spirit. Oh, home of the bless- C ! Foundations of gold! Arches of ti ictor.3! Cap-stones ot praise! And a cc onie in which there are echoing and re- w choing the hallelijahs of the ages. And p< rOunkd about that mansion is a garden- sa lie garden of God-aind all the springing D [untains are the bottled tears of the te hurch in the wilderness, and all the in rimrson of the flowers is the (d) hue pI hat was caught up fCrom the carnage of pi arthily uirtyrdoms, and the fragraince t14 the prayer of all tie saints, and the ti roma puts into utt.er lorgetfulness the ti asia and the spikenard, and tihe frank- ti l(eise, aInid the world-renowned spices cc ich the Queen Bialkis, of Abyssiinia, D nl-4 at the teet of King Solomon. at Vheni shall these eyei thy heaven-built ul walls And pearly gates behold, 'hy bulwarks, with salvation strong c And streets of shining gold' "' cc Through obduracy on our part, an1 t 1rough the rejection of that Christ who iakes heaven possible, I wonder if any F is will miss that spectacle? I fear! Ie ii! The (iueen of the south will rise p in judgment against this generation ti 1d condemn it because she came from we uttermost parts ot the earth to hear i ic wislom of Solomon, and behold, a reater than Solomon is here! May God rant that throuih your own practical -perience you may find that religion's ays are ways of pleasantness, and that I her paths are paths of peace-that it c per!time no v and perfume forever; Old there was ain abundance Of Spice' I neither was there any such spice as the i !ueen ol Sheba gave to King Solomon."1 1i in MillionP4 of Caterpillarm. 3, CiARLO rTTi-, N. C., May 2.-The Car- 1) lina Central t,ralininuen hav'e been hav' cig peculiar ex periencees with caterpil- de irs for four or live days past, and( it is re muethring unheard of in the railroad of istory of tis St ate. .Just Eaist of Lurn-c erton is what is known as "Big c wan p,"' and( the railroad goes throughc .on ai trestle work, broken here andi rre in the* solid pori,ions of the wamtp by vtinhankimenits of earth. L-ist inda ranry of caterpillars began d ing out, of tire swainpj, and wh'ien rey reachedl tire streams over which te trestles carry the rails, they massed I tihe railroa1 and proceedied t,o crosst ire I restles. The rails and ties were welredh several incehes deep. Tire lirst train that dliscoveredl them as brought to a stand still, tire driv- I Lg wheels of tire engine sllingg 'oundi as if thre rais had been ti roroughrly oiiled. T[he engineer ex rusteti the contents of his sand box 4ore he got through thre swamp and achedl a clear stretch of the track. It b] as thought that the trip wourld be tire wj i of tire caterpillar trouble but the g ~ry next (lay tile train encountered p iot.her army of caterpillers crossing u re trestle and had same diffcuity. TIhe ci hrarlotte bound passenger train yester- p ly hrad a similar experience andl the p issenrgers say the scene was something oniderful. Th'ie rails and crossties of re trestle were actually obIscured from v giht by tire caterpillars and ground 5( 1(d swamrp on each sideC of tihe track L (!re litteredl with fragments of mil- he ans of caterpillars from Lire wheels of nl eusinig trains, anid fromi this an unena- P. irable stench arose. Where tire cater- Si lIrs camre from is not kno wn. Th'ie hei rmers on this side of the swamp ex ess nO uneasiness for the safety of err crops so long as tire advancing mry persists in uising the trestle as itsk cans oif getting across streams, for at me of' thremr have got more than hlf T ty across before a traini wouild come el :)!g and (convert themr into fertili zers. st Prob,able D)eserters. CowU Ciinisr, TIex., April 28.-- fr ie fates solution of tire mystery suir- Ci uninrrg tirefifty-two human skeletons A ear t had( oni the banks of the Oso Kat oin irear here last week, is contained ini letter received froml Wiiliam Payne, anrager of tire l'armers' Alliance |Agri-' itural ass ociationi, at Whlitewright, Mr. Payne says that shortly before e close of tire war, between severnty ve and( eighrtv of hris comrades left unt counrty, TIexars, for Mexico. They er.e expcctced to return, b)ut not one of oni has ever bleen hecard from, arnd lie inks that they were pursued andi urderedl. Tire letter concludes as fol w s: "One hrorse was found near Cor pus r brristi, and that is our only clue. Theyp crc alrrmed, and I thmi'k the.y surren- re iredl and( were murrdered."' Th'leir biuriual place, if this was tire ca ace, wou'd( indicate thlat they were 0 arsud and hremmied in by water, as ero is 11o conceivable reason wiry they rouhli reach that point unless fleeing to loidl capture. It is b)oleved thuat thre ddrers were deserters. Experts.say that tire skulls are riot ~ ose of indians, arid they believe LIhi )dies are those of' tire lunt county aserters. Further search for tile exact lrmber of skeletons wyill be made. Terrible Tale of WVoe, llACINE, Wils., May 3.--Two wveeks go tIre brother of Mrs. JIames W. Pal- et ter, a prominent railroaid main of mahia, shot himself whrile sull'ering om an attack of tire grip andl was rought here for burial. Last W~ednes or my 1er husband died rind was buried ad yesterday her mother (lied. IIer ttle 6-year old son is very sick and H I rs. Palmer herself is lying attire polit l' death. The prevailing disease being ie cause or all the sickness and dat.h. T hE C%A4L:TON DEMOC;'ACY. presentaton to be 1ased on the State Constitution. CHARLESTON, April 30.-The voice the unterrified Democracy of Charles. a was uplifted to-day and its song will heard all over the. land. The City mmocratic Convention, which met in bernian Hall at noon, consisted of 5 out of tue 144 delegates elected. In e ranks of the delegates were many of u men who answered to the roll call 1876 and quite a number of the young Dmocracy who have grown up since. tc object of the convention was to deavor to heal the breach now existing the party. It was presided over at e outset by Major Edward Willis, the lairman of the Municipal. Democratic iecutive Committee, who, in calling e convention to order, said: "1 believe the best interests of the emocratic party will be promoted by en door deliberations. I urge the Dst liberal and unrestricted reeistra on. I favor primary elections that 11 be fair and impartial, recognizing cry organized faction of the party. I pe your deliberations will be such as any spare the citizens of Charleston 5sension, bitterness and excitement :ely to grow out of the long campign lich is before us. It is the duty and ivilege of the municipal Democracy to alter our rules as to adopt whatever ere may be in the rules of the State emocratic Committee which will ena , us to act in concert and harmon y with e party. We owe it to the members the Democarcy of Charleston to lect the best men in our ranks to rep sent us." (Applause.) B. II. Rutlege, Jr., was then elected lairman of the convention. On mo >n of State Senator A. T. Smythe, a mmittee of twelve, one from each ard, was appointed to considor and re )rt what, changes, if any, were neces ry in the coustituthin of the municipal emocratic party. This committee, af r a recess, submitted a report, which efect adopts the constitution of the Lrty adopted by the State Democratic Lrty in 1890. It provides for the elec. )n by the convention of a new execu re committee which is to servo until e meeting of the Democratic Conven >n in the Full. The members of the mmittee are to be Ruggested by the emocratic ward clubs. The represent Ion in the convention is to be based Pon the membership of the ward clubs under the State Democratic party natitution. In other words, every ncession was made to the demands of e reformers. After electing an execu re committee, the convention adjourn . subject to the call orthe committee. Another convention under the au ices of Mr. Ocktv .ohen will be held i Monday next. At this convention e delegates N ill be selected by the De ocratic ward clubs recently organized the city, and it is expecte ! that a unicipal ticket will be put out. The gular Democra 'y will not nominate it@ ket until fall. It should be mentioned that a very nsiderable number of the Democrats Cherleston have enrolled theniselvea the newly organized ward ciubs. It not improbable that the May conven. mi will be captured by the regular De ocrats. There are in the city not ovet 500 registered voters, white and black, enocrats and Republicans. At the Democratic primaries yester .y nearly 1,300 votes were polled. Nc port was made to-night of the number reformers who voted at the wardi ib meeting for delegates to the May nvention .-Regis'.er. Pianos and Organs, N. W. TRUMP, 134 MaIn Street, Co mbia, S. C., sells Pianos and Organs, rect from factory. No agents' comn issions. 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 Done. Ster g Organs, $50 up. Every Instrument jaranteed for six years. Fifteen days' jal, expenses both ways, if not satis ctory. Sold on Instalments. The importane~ of purifying the oncd cannot be over-estimated, for ithout pure blood( you cannot enjoy ood healh. P. P. P. (PrIckly Abh, oke Root and Pottassium) is a mirac eous blood purifier, performing more ires in six months than all the sarsa irillas and so-called blood purifiers it together. Rtheumatsm.-James Paxton, of Sat tnnah, Ga., says he had Rheumatism bad that he could net move from ie bed or dress without help, and that tried many remedies, but received relief until he began the use of P. P. (Prickly Ash, Poke Root and Potas tm), and two bottles restored him to altha. Rheumatism is cured by P. P. P. :sins and aches in the back, shoulders, iees, ankles, hips, and wrists are all Lacked and conquered by P. P. P. dis great medicine, by its blood oansing properties, builds up and rengthens the whole body. A complete Bledroom Suilt for 816.501 eight paid to your depot. Send for italogue. Address L. F. Padgett, ugusita, Ga. HRY NOT USE OURS? WUlURAY'S IRON MIXTURE IS A GENUINE BLOOD T1ONIC! MU RRAY'S SARSAPARILJLA s a Blood Purifier and Spring Medicine! WVe are the Manufactures and Sole Pro ietors of both. This is the time of the year the system riuires a tonic and the blood a purifier. Our stock of Drugs. Medicines, Chemi Is and1 DruggIsts Sundries is complete. ir facilities for filling your erders cannot excelled, We solecit your patronage. he mVurray Drug Co., _COLUMBIA, S. C. 'irst Class Work. V ery Low Prices. BuURgles, Carrages, Road.Carts, Wagons, 3., Warranted Second to none. Inqaire of nearest dealer in these goods, send for Catalogue-Mentioning this per. OLLER & ANDERSON BUGG*Y CO.. ROCK H ILL, 8. (1.L NOT1C! Before assuring your life, or investing your mon. ey, examine the Twenty Year Tontine Policies of THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY ' OF TILE United States. Policies maturing in 1891 realize cash returns to the owners, of amounts varying from 120 to 174; 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, $5,0o0. Premium, p239.90. Total Piremiums l'aid, $4,798. R E S U LT S at elnd of 'I ontine Period in 1891: CASH SU RREN DER VALUE, t8,449.45, (Equal to $176-10 for each $100 paid il prelilms, Which is equivalent to a te turn of all prellmsills paid, with interest at 7 ' iw- r vent. per annm1.) Or, in lieu o cash, A PAI)-UIP LIFE POI,ICY FOlR l9, 170. (Emal to 9-105.80 for each %106 paid in rllmliums.) OR, A LIFE ANNUITY of 8;::3.55 One fact is worth a thousand theories There is no Assurance extant in any com pany which emnpares with this. The Equitable is the strongest company in the world and transacts the largest btusinless. For further information address or apply to the nearest agent of the Society, or write direct to W. J. RODDEY, April 8-3m ROCK IILL, S. C. THE LARGEST STOCK, MOST SKILLED WORKMEN, LOWEST PICES Solith CalllRa lMarlll WOlts .F. H. H YAT T, Is the best place in South Carolina mz Southern States to secure sat isfactioni inl Americanr and Italian Marble Wot k. All khnms of Cemetery Work a speciality. TIALBLETIS, 11 EAD)STON ES, MONUM ENTS, &c. Send for pries andl full information. F. H. HYATT, April81y COL~U.1BiA, S. C. CH-ILD BIRTH-I **-MADE EASY! "MoTHEns' FIEN " n i scicntilic ally prepared l.ininment, every ingre dient of recognized value and in constant use by the mnedicad pro fession. Thlese ingredients are comn binedlin amanner hither to unknown "MOT hERS' -FRIEND" - WVILL D)O all that is claimed for it AND MORE. It Shortens I.abor, Lessens Pain, Diminishes D)anger to C Life of Mother and Child. Book to "' MoTIIRs " mailed FREEl, con taining valuable information and voluntary testimonials. Sent by e xpress ont receipt otf pt ice $i.50 er bottle BRADFIEL.D REGULATOR CO. Atlanta, Ca. BOLD nY AILL l'RU(GGIWi'.. * - A SUR CUE D C ILL rFEVR1 FINEC L IPPA BROS., liolesl Dr TsERRY Ma'.n.'.GOm 'm.Vt .r kGIRAT ORIt.Fn TMAT MAY NOT AOAIN BF, 1EPICATFI), so Do For mei,AY, "6TRIK E W H II F'PmI IR.N 18 1101T.0 Wi ito fo4r Cutri-u - nfw anjU.,ay whjj, aper you saw this idvertisemient in. Hitebeber that I sell e urythling that oes to furnishing a home--manufactur. ng sone things and buyinu others in the -irgest possibl lots. which onables tie to vipo out all competition. LIEIE AIL A FEW OF M Y STA RT. LING BARGAINS A No. 7 Flat top Cooking StoVe. full ;Ize, 15x17 inch oven, litted with 21 pieces >f ware, delivered at your own depot, ill freight charges paid by oe, for mily Twelve )ollars. Again, I will sell you a 5 liole Cookin Range 13x13 inch oven, 18x26 nich top, lit J ed with 21 pieces of ware. for Tllit rEEN DOLLARS, and pay the I relght to (our depot. DO NOT PAY 'WO PIO1CES 1Ot YOUR GOODS. I will send you a nice plush 'arlor suit,, ovalnut frame, either In combination or anded, the most stylish colors for 33.50, A) your jallroad station. freight paid. will aIso sell you a nice Ie-Iroinos ilt lonsisting of Btureau with glass, 1 high. mad Bedstead, 1 Waslist,iil, I Cent,re able, 4 cane seat chairs, I Cane 0Aat and ;ack rocker all for 16.50, and 1my freigh ,a your depot. Or I will send you an elegant Bedroom uit with large glass, tull uarule top, lor p30, and pay freight. ice window shade on sprinL roller $ 40 IGegant large walnut8 day clock, 4.00 Valnut Lounge, 7.00 bace curtains per window, 1.00 1 cannot describe everything in a small %dvertisement, but have an inmense store ,ontaining 22,600 feet of Iloor room, with lVare houses and factory buildings in other arts of Augusta, making in all the lar ;est business of this kind under one man kgenent in the Southern States. These itore.,;and warehouses are crowded with he ch"ice:,t productions of tle best facto 'ies. Aly eatailogue containig illustrations )f goots will be mailed if yoU will kindly my where you saw this advertisenonL. I ay freight. Address, L. F. PADGETT, eroprietor I'adgett's Furniture, otove and Carpet 6toit.,, ,110-1112 Broad ztreet, AUGUSTA, GA. Kp W14AN itdt giveo your - I . ul r ..h' -. - dei, - - e.nvhtilleize.;l,.r iiral outltro.-. w,. p.n 1 ..u*1S, tak, - :ryuare p Sli lyv.. !' the spring P P. y ir dl.'stive (rge o need toning up, ~P P. P. If you ,uifer w ith r er-vous rstratilon, nerves unsi ring and~ a genwral let doxwn rf the Pytein talo P, P P.l I D r.)lint!tOrf Prickly Ash, Poke Root and Potassium. T1ie best buloodI innfer in the world. r.iPPMAN UltO8.. WVhuc!i-sal Druggista, LUM lg.i i. S;annuah1, GIa. LOW PRIICES will he madie on TALBOTT & SONS' ENG INEIS A NJ) 1101 []Elts, >eroial estimates on \alcinery generally at biottomi liures. OlIN 31ILLS, - . SIl5 to S375. LANElLS andi AATCIllmS, $200 to iWV MILLS, with IRope Feed, Variable Friction or llelt Feed, $200) to $6i00. We particuularly call attention to these tw Mlills. They hiave patent diouble net set wvorks and are the best muIs on the arket. Cotton Gins andi Presses at low figtures. T. C. BADHAM, GIGNERlAL AGENT, Coi,uMiiiA, S, C. J1u the Tlalhlt Engine, it is thme best. Fe i19-I y. YEA IBIl ECERY. xhiibitedl side by skie with its leading coinpetitors at tihe State FaIr, 1890. 'I T Suplerinutendlent and( Conftnittee of (. .Mtechatmnia lpartmlenit, in inuspect ing ' ose featunres not incmlutded in the P'remhlutm :t, dheem worthly oif spe.cial mention theo uLi r Seed Ctton Elevator, D)istribuitor idt Cleaner exhIbited biy WV. II. Gibbes, -& Cot. Tlhme systemi operaites moost effieien tly, and iteh lniproves the sam pIe, faelhilates the muing tof wet cotton, antd sauves largely In bor and( etst of hiantdlng. Th'le Comtmittee recomnmend to1 the farm soft the Stauto an investigation into the wrIts oif theso dlevices. [Signed.1 D.J P. DU1N CAN, for Comndittee. WV. 11. G(UllES, Jn., & CO,, CoI.UMrnA, 8. U. State Agtents and. Dealers In first class achinetrf, Iluggles, Wangons, &c. SP'm'CIAIL -To test the atdvertising value THEi 4TATE, we will sell to any farner ferring to that paper one (of the best Dow tw Cotton lanters miade for- 1.?', cash. nusual pricn Is Rn nn