The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, September 03, 1891, Image 1
VOL. xx PICKENS, S. C-'/. THIURSI)AY, sE 1)1TEMBER m~ 81 O5
ALL IMEN MAY BE GREAT
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THE WORLD WILL NOT KNOW IT, BU'
ALMIGHT Y GOD WILL.
Dr. T. Dae 1 itt, Taalunaue U01ll1 of Thi ng
W'.i'icu MIt asad Womien May J)_--Save
a lUamIan Slti 114r i-a'venl aslft the Lord
O N G nov .:, N.' J., Aug. 23.
This is camp enietIng Sunday at Ocean
(rove. Its ctlebration is alwais re
Rtakid as the -i cat event of the year a
lik famous religious watering place
This year the iattractions of its obser.
vance have been enhanced by Lh e prus
enee of Dr. Talmage, who preached
0his afternoon In the Auditorium. Everj
seat was lilled and every inch of stand
ilg rooli In thle aisles was oe'Upie(l
11ad the greatest. e'ntIlliAiali prevailed
It is estiiate(d tiat fully lifteen thqus
an(1 persons we,(, e able to hear the (oc
tor, an(l many others were depsiived 6
that privilege. I1is text, was I)aniel Zi
32, "-The pli) that (10 know their (,'o<
shall ie strong and1(I (14) exuloits."'
Antiochus Ejpilihaies, the old siiier
came (own three tunes with his army to
desolate the Israclites, advancing onte
tile with a hm 11red anl two traine(
elephauits, switn'n their trunks this
Way adI that. anI sixty-two thousint
iiniantry andl six thousand cavalry tioops
Ilid they were driven back. Then, th<
tecond titne. he advanced with seventy
ihousatid armed men, and had beer
aain defet ted. But the third time lie
h1l14 suctessful siege utitl te navy o
1ime caine in with the flash of their
long banks of oars and demanded that
the sieee be lifted. And Antiqchmg
ipiplianies said he wanted timo to con
-All willi his friends about it, and P'opi
liiu. oie of' the Roman embassadors
took a stall and made a circle on the
grudaround Antioebus Eiiiphanes%
atl comil )Chlei hini to (ecide before h
(tam( out, o! that circle; whereupon li
litId the siege. Some of' the Ilebrewq
lid sulimitted to the inva(ler. but some
)1 them resisted valorously, as did
EIlenizer when he had swine's flesh force<
into his iiouth, spit it out, altliough lih
kniew he must die for it, and (i(] (lie foi
it: and others, as my text says, dlid ex
ploits.
A L, HAVE TilREE Ol'P'ORTUNITIES.
An ex6loi I wouldI define to be at
heroic act, a brave feat. a great achieve
men*t. Weli," you say, "I admirc
suc thimgs, but there is no chance fai
me; mine Is a sort of humdrum life. I
1 ha( an Antiochus Epiphaneg'ta light
I also could do exploits." You ar<
right, so lar as great wars are chutern
ed. There will probably be no oppor
tunity to distinguish 3ourself in battle
The most of the brigadier generals o
this country woulI never have beer
heard of' had it nol. been for the war.
Neiher will you probably become D
great inventor. Nineteen hundred and
nifiety-lim. out 01 every tiwo thogsan
imvenitions 11ound in the patent ofice a
WVishington never yielded their authorm
enough t1imney to pay for the expensem
of'securing tie patent. So you wil1 pro
bably neviir be a Morse or an Edison 01
a Lluniphirey Davy or an Eli Whitney
There is not much probabilit.y that you
will be the one out of the hundred wh<
achieves extraorinary success in com
nercial or legal or. medical.or, literary
spheres. What then? Can you have
no opportunity to do exploits? I an
goiug to show that there are thr ce op
0 portunities open that are grand, thrill
ing, far. reaching, stupendous and"over
whelming. T#'hiey ar'e before you now
In one, if not all three of them, you muaj
<k(s exploits. The three greatest thiingi
Onl earIth to (10 ar'e to save a man, 01
save a woman, or salve a chlild.
-L- Duing the course of' hIs if'e sdbisl
* every manil gets into0 ani exigency, il
1auglhlt betwen two fires, is grounid be,
* tweeni two millstones, sits on thle edg(
of some pri''pice, 'or in some ot her wa)
-comecs inear demolition. It many be)0
financial or a mor'al or a domestic or
solcill or a political exigency. Y
*somentimes see it ml court-roonis. ' .A
younig manfl has got inito had( ~0i comanl
and lie has (iflenided the law, and lie ii
airraigned.~ All luhshling and-. 'onfuse(
h le Is in the presence of jutdge ain} j ura
and( laiw i'rs. 11ec can) he senit riah t or
in the wi'onig. dir'ectjin. le is feeim
dIisgraiced( and1 lie is almost detsnerate.
'Iet the district attorney overhmul in
Es though lie were an old1 offender; le
the ablest aiittorneys. at thle bar iteluse'tc
-ay a word Jorn him, because lhe cannoi(
a ford a conshderable fee; let the jtudg
gve nao lpptnityi for .pre'~senting; liin
mfiiatinil circulinstagees. Juurty 4.1 the
case 11 a atistle him upl to~ Autburnt 0:
Smng Siing. If' he live seventy years, foi
sevenfy 3er ('1hle will be a criminal, atu
('achl dcde ol his' life will bie blaL'ke:
than its pr'edecessor. I In the, initerreg
nuims of' prison 'life 11e cani get 1n0 work
an h111le IS gJa~l to break a window glasi
or .blow ill a safe or playvthe highway
,man 8o as to get .bjagk wvithin .the walb~
wher'le lie can get sorcthiinl! to eat at
bide himself fr'om the gaze of' thle world
ii. IE l liT 1IA~' VN EEN SA VEl.
.Why don't his father conie and~ hll
him? Ihis father usa dead. WVhy (lonl
his mfoth~er comei aind help him? She I
dheadt. Where are all theo amelaoratin:
andl( saltfariy influenlces of'aocietv? ~Tihe
dot not1 touch him. Why tdid 'not sorn
one long ago in the case uinderstand~ t ha
thiore was an) oportunity for the exploi
which would be famious inl heaven
lliuadrillion of years' after theQ earth hfa
-become scattered nwhes ine~the last wlhirl
windhy Whly did not the district attor
ney take thiat young mari inato his -pri
vate ofliec and say: "My son, I sfe tham
you are the victIm of circurlnstanice'
.Thlis is 30tur first, crime. You arc sorry
I will bring the personi 30ou wronged ill
to your presence, and1( yOu in ill aipoloigiz
and make all the reparation y ou cani
and I wvil give you another chanlice.
--Or thlat 3 oungh lan is presentedl in th
courtroomi, anid he hlas no friends pire)
enlt,, andl the jIuddec sayg, "'Who Is 30u1
..ounsel?" And he answers, "I ha~v
none.'' And the judge says5,' " Wh
. will take this young man's case?*"
And there. is a dead halt, and no on
di'ers, iand alter awhile the judge turn
to sonie atftorney, who never had a goo
case in all his lif'c andi never will, an
whose advocacy would be enough to so
. culre tIln cdt'Dlenaion Of' innonce~r ii
self. And the professional incompetent
crawls up beside the prisoner, helpless
ness to rece des pair, where there ought
ti bM a strurgle among all the best men
of the profession as to who should have
the honor of trying to help that un'or
tunlate. '..w much would such an at
tortney have received as his fee fr such
an advocacy? -Nothing In dollars, but
much every way in a happy eqnscious
ness that, would make ils 'own life
b-llghiter. anti his own dying pillersweet
er, and his own heaven happler-the con
sciousness that he had saved a man!
DEflP.'iC(TION IS niE"onNF HI3.
So there are comenircial exi1encies.
A very late spring obliterates the de
mand for spring overcoats aid spring
hats aund spring apparel of all sorts.
Iundred@ of thouvands of' people say,
"It seems we are going to have no
spring, and we shall go straight out of
w4nter into warn weather and we can
get along witlhout the usual sprIng at
tire.'' or there-is no autuinii weather,
the heat hiuiging nLto the cold, and the
tusnal-clothing which is a compromise
between summer and winter is not re.
quired. It makes a difference in the
male of millions and millions of dollars
or goods, and sone overtsnguine young
merchant is caught. with a vanst amount
or unsalable gio.ds tlhat will never be
salable again, except. at jric'es ruinously
reduced.
The young merchant. with a somewhat
limited capital is in a predicament.
What shall the old merchants do as they
see the young man in this awful crisis?
Rub their hands and laugh and say:
"Good for him. Ile might have known
better. Wjien lie has been in business
as long as we have he will not load his
shelves in that way. Iha! Ila! Ile will
burst up before long. He had no busit
ness to open his store so near to ours
anyhow." SherifF's sale! Ied flag in
the windo%: "How much is bid for
these. out-ol-fashion spring overcoats and
spring hats or ill clothing out of (late?
What. do I hear in the way of a bai?"
"Foui dollars." "Absurd; I cannot
take . that bid of four dollars apiece.
Why, these coats when first put upon
the market were offere-l at tifteen dollars
each, and now I am offered only four
dollars. Is that, all? Five dollars do t
hear? Going at that! Gone at live (ol.
lars," and he takes the whole lot.
The young merchant goes home that
night and says to his wife: "Well, Mary,
ive will have to move out of this house
and sell our piano. That ol merchant
that has had an evil eye on me ever sluce
I started has bought out, all that colth
oag,- and lie will have it rejuvenated, and
next year put it on the market as ne 4,
while we will (1o well if we keep out of
the poorhouse.'' The youlg man, brok
en spirited, goes to hard drinking. The
young wile with her haby goes to her
farther's house, and not only is his store
wiied out,. but his home, his morals and
his prospects for two worlds-this and
the next. And devils make -a bankiuet
of fire and fill their cups of gall,.and (ink
deep to the health of the ol-d merchant
who swallowed d the youn'g merchant
who got stuck on 6pring goods and went
(own., 'That, is ole way, adit sone of
you have tried it.
SAVE 1145 IN rTlS WnOnLd) ANI) TilE
N EXT.
But there is another way. That youug
merchant who found that hie had mis
eAlculated in layIng in too I any goods
of' one kind, and been Ilung of the unusu
al season, is standing behind the coun
ter, feeling very blue and biting his fin
ger nails, or looking over his account
books, which read darker and worse
ee&y timhe looks af, them, and think
ing how his young wif'e will have to be
put In a plainer house than she ever ex
pectedl to lve in, or go to a third rate
boarding house, where they have tough
liver andl sours bread live miornlings out of
the seven.
An old1 merchant comiea-ia and says:
".IW,ell, iiJe, this has been a hard~ season
.for y'<~ in ei'chanits, and this p'rolongedh
cool weather has put niany in the dol1
drums, and1( 1 have been thikitig of' you1
a good .deal of late, for jiust alter ['start
ed in business I once got into the same
scrape. Now, ji there is an.y thing 1 can
do to help you1 out I will gla'dly-do it.
- Better just put, those goodsi ont of' sight
for the present.. anid next. season we will
plan somaething about, themi. I will help
'you to some goods ithat you can sell for
me on commission,. aind I wIll go dlowni
to one (of the w~holesale houses and tell
them that I know you and will hack you
uip,- and~ il you wiaia - a few- dullars- -to
bridge (over the pr'e/ent, I can let you
have them. He acs economiital as5 you
can, keep a1 stilF upp(er lip, anid rememi
l er thait ) ou have 1'wo friends, God and
my'sell. Good miornling!'.
-lhe old iierchanit goes away and the
y ounlg man gro(s behind his (lesk, andl
-thg tears roll (hown, his dheeks. It is the
irst timec lie has c'rieal. - Disalstter madle
him mad at everttgne, anid mad at nmn
and miad at God. Bl;'t thIs 'kmudnuss
fuielt~s hiim, and t~he tears seem to relieve
his brain, and hisi splrits 'ise* ' rom ten
below zero %, eighty in the shade, and( he
comies ouitdI the crisis..
Afuout three ,eaits after, thuis yetmg
miere'bant goes into th.e old merchant's
.store and says: '.'Well, may .ol friend,
I was this mortniii thinking over what
Syotu did for ine three years ago. You
helped me out of an aiwfuil crisis in iiy
a commeiirciall hiistar'.v. I learned wIsdom,
t pro5perity has comne, and the Pallor hats
t gone. out, of my *wifp's cheeks,. and the
j roses that, were there wheni I courted
a her in her -father's h.uise have bloomed
- agum~ amid may business is splendid, andl
- I thio ti [ ought, to let. you know thbat
- y'ou savedi ai man!"'
t, In a short, thnie after, the old mer
. hanit w ho had been a good while slhaky
. In his liri tbe and wv ho lad poor spells, is
-. called to leave the world, and one morn
e ing alter he had read the twenty-thui'd
,Psalm about "'fThe Lord ia my shep
Shsi d,"' lie closes his eyes in this world,
s andio' an angel who had been for niany
- years appilointedl to watch the old man's
r dwellbng, cries upward thie news that
a the patriarich's spirit is about ascendt
3 .mg,. and( 'lhe twelve angels who keep
the twel~ve gates of heayien, unite in cry
e ing (dowa to 'this approaching s.irIt of
a the old mani, "Come in and welcome,
rI for it has been told all ov-ar these cel
jl estlal lands that tou saved a man."
- THE WORLD. AGA1NST A \vOMAN.
,- Thersoemecoexhencesin
the- life of a woman. One morning a
few years ao I saw in the inewspiper
that there was a '3otug woman in New
York whose pocketbook, containing
thirty-seven (ollarA and thirty-three
cents had been s1olen, and she had been
left without a penny at the beginning! of
winter In a strange city, and n1o work.
And although she was a strange', I (lid
not allow the 9 o'clock mail to leave the
lam ppost on our corner without curry
ing the thirty-seven dollars and thirty
dhree cents, and the case was proved
genuine.
Aow, J. have read all Shakespeare's
trage dies, and all Victor IIugo's trige
dliet, and all Alexander Sminth' traige
lies, but I never read a tragedy more
thrilling than that case, and similiar
-ases by the hundreds and thousands in
ill our large cities. Young women with
)ut money and without home and with
3nt work in the great maels ronIs of
netropolitan Ihfe. When such a case
:@mes under 3our observation, how (o
you treat itY *;ct out of my way. We
have no room iu our establishme.nt for
any inore hands. I don't believe it wo
men anyway. ' They are a lazy, idle,
worthliss set. John, please ishow this
person out of the door.''
Or do you compliment her personal
appearance and say things to her which
if any man said to your sister or daugh
Ler you would kill him oil the spot?
That is one way. and it is tried every day
in the lurge cities, and many of those
who advertise for feimale hands In facto
ries and for governesses in fa milit 8 have
p)roved themselves unlit to be in any
place outside of hell. But there iA aln
ither way, and I saw It one day in the
Methodist Book Concern in New York,
where a young woman applied for work,
and the gentleman in tone and manner
said i substance: "My daughter, we
enploy women here, but I do not know
of any vacant place in our department.
You had better inqure at suce and such
a place, and I hope you will be success -
fil in'gettin- something to do. Here is
my name, and tell them I sent you."
The embarrassed aud humiliated wo
man seemed to give way t) Christian
uontidence. She started out with ahope
lul look that I think must have won or
her a place In which to earn tier bread.
I rather think that considerate and
Christian gentleman saved a woman.
New York and Brooklynground u) last
year about thirty thousand young women
and would like to grind up about as many
this year. Out of' all that long proces
sion of women who march oil with no
hope for this world or the next, battered
and bruised and scoll'ed at, and flung oil
tile precipice, not one but might have
been saved for home and G~od and heav
en. But good men and good women are
not in that, kind of business. Alas for
that poor thing! Nothing but the thread
of that sewing gIrl's needle held her,
and the thread broke.
A CONTRAST.
I have heard men tell in public dis
course what a-man Is; but what is a wo
man? Until some one shall give a bet
ter detinition, I will tell you what wo
man is.' Direct from God, a sacred and
delicate gilt, with affectlous so great
that no measuring line short of that of'
the infinite God -can tell their bound.
Fashioned to refine and soothe aid lift
and Irradiate home and society and the
world. Of' such value that no one can
appreciate it, unless his mother lived
long enough to let himi understand it, or
who in sone great crisis of ilfe, when
all else laited him, had a wife to re-en
force him with a faith in God that noth
in could disturb.
Speak out, ye cradles, an( tell of the
feet that rocked you andl the anixiouis
f'aces that hovered over you! Speak
out, ye nurs8eries of all Chlristendom,,
andl ye homes, whlethler desolate or still
in full bloom with thle. laces of wife,
mother a ad daturliter, and help me to
define what woman is. Hut, as geograp~h
ers tell us that the (depthls of' the sea cor
resp~ondl with the~ heighlts of' the moun
tainis I have to tell you that a good wvo
manhood is not higher uji than bad~ wo
manS[hood is deep) do(wn. Thell grandher
the palace tile more awful thle conflagra
tioni that deostroys- It, TIhe gr-ander the
steamer Oregen the .more terrible her
gomng dlown just, off' the coast.
Now I shlould nlot, Wond~er if you trein
bled a little withl a sense of' responsibil
ity wheni I say that, there .is hardly a
per~son in this hlouse but may have an
opp~lortunity to save a womlan. It, may
ml your case be dlone by good advyice, or
by f)nancial help, or by trying to bring
to bear some one of' a thlouaknd Chris
Lian .inIneLnces. If, for instance, you
tinid a woman ill financial distress andl
breaking dlown in health and spir'its try
ing to support her chlildren, now that
her hI isband is dlead or- an'Invalid, dloinig
that very important and honorable work
-but which is lIttle appreciated-keep
ing a boarding house, w~her'e all the
guests, according as they pay small
boardf, or propose. wi th out pay ing-any
board utall, to dlecampl, are cibia' -of
everything and~ hard to please, busy
yourselves in tr',ing IA) get her more p~a
trons, and tell her of' dliime syrulpathy.
YeaI, It' you see a woman favored of
for'tu'ie and with all kmndly surroundings
tfiding in the hollow flatteries of the
world her chief regal'.ment, living f'or
herself' nd f'or time as if tihere were no
eteirnity, strIve to brning her io the
kingdom of G;od, as dlid thle othber daiy a
Sabbath school teacher, who was theS
mfeanls of the coniversionl of the damt(er
oft a man of' inmmense weal th, and the
dlaughter resolvedl to joIn the church,.
and she went home11 and saidl, "Father.
I am going to. joini the church, and I
want you to come.'' "'Oh, no,'" he saud.
"'I never go to chiurch." "'Well," said
the dlaughter, "'if I were going to i-e
marrnied would1 you not, go to see mle
married?" And lie said, "Oh, yes."
''Well,'' said shle, "'tis is of' more im
portance than that.''
So he wont and has gone ever siuce,
andl loves to go. 1 (10 not, know but thats
faithlful Sabbathl school teacher not only
saved a woman, but savedl a main. Thlere
may be ill tis audience, gatibered from
all parts of the worldl, there may be a
man whlose behlayior toward womlanhlood
has been perfidious. Rtepenlt! Stand
upj, thou mfastern-piece of Him sand death,
that, I may charge 3ou! As far as po0s
aible make r'eparation. D~o not, boast
that you have hecr in youir power and that
she cannot help hersell. When tihat
fine collar andi cav, i.n1 that elegant
suit of clothes comes oil' and your un
covered soul stands before God, you
will be better oil' it you save that wo
man.
YOU MAY SAVE A CII 11 1).
There is another exploit .)ou can do,
and that is to save a child. A child
does not seem to amount to much. It
is nearly a year old before it can walk
at all. For the first year and a hall it
cannot, speak a word. For the first ten
years it would starve if it had to earn its
own-lood. For the first fifteen years its
Opinion on any subject is absolutely
valueless. And then there are so many
of them. INy, what lots of children!
And some people have contempt for
cnildren. T1'hey are good for notlang
but to wear out, the carpets and break
things and keep you awake nights cry
in1-.
Well, your estimate of a child is quile
(ilferent from thatCAreheti estimate
who lost lier child this summer. They
took it to the salt amr of the seashore and
to the tonic air of t .e mountaiis, h-it Lno
he p came, and the briet paragraph of
Its lifie is ended. Suppose that life could
be restored by purel ase, h'w niuch
would that bereaved mother give? Sho
would take all the jewels from her li
gers and nek' and bureau and put them
dowd. And if told that that, was not
enough she would take her house and
make over the deed for it, and if that
were not enough she would call in all
hier investments and put down all her
mortgages and bonds, and it told that
were not enough She would sa): 1 have
made over all n' property. aid If I can
have that chili back I will now pledge
that I will toil with my owm hands and(]
carry with my own Shoulders ill iny kinid
of hard work and live im a cellar and die
in a garret. Only give ime back that
lost iarling!"
I am glad that there are those who
know something of a value of a child.
Its possibilities are tremendous. What
will those hands yet do? Where will
tihose feet vet walk? Toward what
dt stily will that never dying soul betake
sel:? 1Shull those lips be the throne of'
blaslllemy or benedictiony? Come,
chroiologists, and calculate the decades
on decades, the centuries onl ceiituries,
of its lifetime. Oh, to save a child! Am
I not right in putting that aion,g the
great exploits?
But what are 3ou going to do with
those children who are worse of than it
their father and mother had died the day
they were horn? There are tenrs of thous
ands of slch. Their parentage was
agalist them. Their name is agaiist
them. The structure of their skIlills is
against tLem. Their nerves and nius
slee contaminated by the inebiety or
dissoluteness of their parents; they ar!e
practically at their birth laid out oni a
plank in the middle of' the Atlantic
ocean, in an equinoctial gale, and told to
make for shore. What to d with L wm1
is the question often asked.
There is another question quite as
pertinent, and that is. What ire they
goilngI to (10 witi us, They will, tell or
eleven years from now. have ats nmny
votes as the same number of* well born
children, and they will hand this land
over to 'Nnarchy and poitical damnation
Just as sure as we neglect them. Su1p
pose we eheb one of' 11 Pave a hov or
save a girl. You can do it. Will you?
I will.
KNOW (11 AND iI' WrR(ON(1.
low shall we get ready for one or all
of' these three exploits? We shall make
a dead thilure if in our own strength
we try to save a man or woman
or child. But my text, sutgests where
we are tr., get eqluipmlent. '"The pleople'
t~hat (10 know their CGod seall he stron11g
and do exploits.'' We muhst know hlimi
thbrough .Jesus Ciirist iln our own salv'a
l~ion, andi then we shall have his help in
the salvation of' othlers. And while you
are saving stranlgers you mauy save soime
of' yonr o vn kin. You tink your' brothI
CIra andl sisters and~ chlildreni andi gr'and
children alf safe, but they are not dead,
and( no0 (one is saife till he is (lead. Ont
t~he English coast there was at wildl stormii
and a wvreck in the ofliinig, anld tile cr~y
was: ''all thle life'boat!"' But, I larry,
the usual leader oIf tile sailor's creCw,
was not, to be fo~und, antd thev' wentI
w ithlout, h1im, ai' brought,1 ba'k~ all the
B~y this time Iflarry, the leader of thei
crewv, a~pearedh and1( saidl, "Wh~ Iy did you
feave thait one?'" Tile auswer wa~s,
we could~ not get him inlto th e boat1.'
'"Man the lifeb~oat!"' shoruted I farry.
"andil we will gol or thal~t one." 'Nol,"
50a(d his aged mlothler, stan~dinig by. ''you
mu11st, not1 go. I lost 301ur fathier inI a
Storm~ Ilike this. and1( your bro't'tber Will
wenlt offl six yealrs ago. and14 1 havte 1101
hleardi a wolrd from Will since lhe lefi,
andf I dlon't know where lhe is, pool' Wil l.
and 1 cannol~t let youl also go, f'or 1 am11
old and dependent on yOul1.'' 11is Ireply
Wats, "'Mother, I muLst go and save that1
01ne manh, and if 1I11 am ost (God will tiako
care of you1 mI you1r old dauys."
Thle lifebOat, put 01u1, and after anu aw
ful struggle with tile sea thev picked thel
poolr fellow out of1 thle r'iggii ju Lst ill t lhne
to save hlis lif'e, and startedl form tile sholre.
And as tihey camfe withinl pealkfing dis
and tell mother it, was inracher Will.''
Oh, yes, my friends, let I a Start, (lut to
save some one for time and1( for eterniit ,
80o1e man~1, somle womuan, Sornel4 clhid.
And who knows but1 it m1ay,',directly ol iin
(directly, be the salvaltionl of (one( Of 01ur
own kindred, and1( that, will lie anl expfloit
worthly of celbration 'whien the world
itself' is sipifWrecked, and the' 81un has1
gonie out like a splark fromi1 a1 Smitteni an-3
yil, amid all theo stars are d!ead'!
D)ANV'II,LE, Va., Augulst 24). A p)o
lItical cIrcular re3cenItly issuled by Genl
eraf Mahone fell Into t he hands(1 (of ai
newspaper mall here to-dayii. T1he cir
Cnlalr begms by sayIng t hat unde41r thme
presenit election law In V'irginlia a fair
electiomn Is Impossible and conicludes as8
follows: "Our judgment is thlat we
snould not1 make nlominaiitionls for the
-~egIslature thIs fa1l1 or f (IF anly ohlice'
"where and so long as theo sane are ex
clutvely governedl by hie exist inig elec
tIon law but leave the fielt to b~e ruled
by Alliance candidates and1( independuld
eats, reserving our1 lire to be quliettly,
buit resolu',ely and unan imiously, dleliv.
ered agaist the Democratic nomlinee
wvherever there Is a chance 8o to dIrect
0o1r polItIcal infinenlce with effect."
MR. NORTHEN, SIT DOWN!
ALLIANCE PREslDENT LIVINGS CON
ORDERS GEORGIA'S GOVERNOR.
"P'ut IiI tot Jt,"' "tt.- i. n Om1t,'" velec
tie All iemen.--t citing scents at
the Meet lug of the Stato F.airmie'r' a ill
ance.
AT1..NTwr , (I.J., Autjg. 1i.---"MIist vr
Nortien, it YOU donl't, sit, I dowi I' I litve
to pult 'oi out "' The words were
hurled at. tle governor of the "*:Empi re
Sttte" of the Sout 1h, antd, as it II ecIho,
cries of, "ll, hill) cuit!" "i M iln ouI t!"
came ftrom all sides of the l rooil li
w icI the dI atiatic sk&en Ie, of Ih ich It his
was the culmination, occurred.
"You must sidown," came from tle
lips of the president of the Georgia
State Alliance, and the governor of
Georgia sat down. It was ascene wvhich
can lwt'st be claracterized as red hot.
The c!aish was expected, but It was
not, expected that ( overnor Nort hen's
defont, for thfat is what it inoimt, woul
be so pronouiced and overwlelinig.
The light het.ween 'resident. Living.
ston,. who 143 t he new congressnaan from
the Fifth district, and (Goveror Nort h
en is anl old one dating back to le last
ctipaign, in which both wert candi
dates for governor.
Livingston is the agglviti :1ca.
pion of tiit Fariers' Aliance. North
en wa.s a fariuner alnd presidlet'i o( t the
old Stit, Agiiultuti'al o('iet y. Li viig
smonl lhad thet fariervis with hun11 but
didn't knlow his oin sitr(.IlgthI ald in a
weak imoient consented to retire 'in
the Interest of harimtnv." .\fter that.
Livingston wvas no) illa tel and elec( d
to congress.
Since then the feeling het ee, the
two mien has grown inore bitter dhay by
day iiitil Northeni has pilt limself inl
the attittude of b ing 1.theP 1lir of tit
aiti-Livingston forces.
Sole time ago there was behtl at tlt.
execitive mansion a taitis of tlie di
a ffctet memiiers ot f he A.lliance.called
by Govcrnor Norlthit. A that, caneus
certain ciirges were natde atgain
Colonel Livingslt'3 adminilust rationt
and charactr, atid against th Soithern
Alliance lF'armier, ithe ollici:l organ of
the order, whose poliy Livings!to was
sipposed to dictate.
This was a secret :ii-us tmi the
charneter of the ebargeis h:is It-n kept
fromt the Iblic, btitng only vagiuely
hinted at. The proceevdings of* ti le
caicis were exposed by th' ne wspaper
anid ever bd)tY 'onnec'ted witL it has
since beeln uniider the halt so f;,r a-i tlte
great bulk of I lie order is ictrnedI.
1)r. T. ( i. G; ibson, a prominiient. lhip ist.
preacher of ()gh-thorpe womt v, was
chosen to letd the light betire die coii
vention oi Livingst.oi.
it. Was expteftd Nortliii whmil dio
that, hut, he we.tkeled.
To-day t' Slate Alliance it.'' . 'Ill
take-up ol 'he body shIowetd Irtm ite
otitset that it. wais overwhenl ill i lFI v a
Livingston body, a fact, whit-h every
hody apparently recogrnid hiu North
eli and hiis fri'iends. The governor,
I hough ntot a delegat e. was t1re ant so
was ,enator .ohi 1. G trdont.
Everybody expectedt a light i and Ih-ty
did riot. have to vait, lang.
Early tl the lilorning sesslonit, bithro
the prelimtinary work of orgamization
haid been coinplet ed. Dr. (;ibson got the
floor un a <jtiest tion of lersinal privi
lege and started io ixplaini the .\lsion
(alIeus, and was Just warilniIrg to his
subject wlu-n the poinit w\as inade thatt
he was out of order.
I'resident. Livingston sustained the
noint of order.
Gibson would not, sit, doiwi, bit I rieid
to continui speaking. \igoiItis rap
pinlg of the gavel had only the eifeit oif
ierteasinlg thte excitellnenlt ttn all sidls.
Still Gibstn wild niot sit dotwt.
"'I apmpeal I rom decision,"' lit begait,
bhlt Livingstoni CIut hin shotI by Jtt.
ting thle aptpet'l. I'The cliutir w*-s tvert
sustaml ted.
A\t this lpoint ( overn:,r Norten
jinntped1 to his eit. '"Tinit tian ha~sa
right. to bet heardl. I de'it;outI thait he lhe
vtentionl, anrd have not light t. spteak.
Sit dmytn" ' retoritd l'rtsih-ntt. I AVingt
N~'orthetn pe'rsistt tI. liv I his tintie
ev~erybiody was takinig ai himdil.
out,'' Iivtngsttit lintahlly said.
trint allI sit's of lthIe roolin. It lookeid
as i I soit ofithe birawty h-llowsx whlo
"'Sit down, sir!'' cainte Iroth t he presi
abov)~e Itie dlilt.
Iiitne beling. 1 hit con vetiontt i Iil tx.
ptressedl iit'el. it'l situnt-n al un tl
inlistakale.
edi a reso;l ut iin ptrovidinig for a path
Illg ~.' I'ii.
Tswas o. ti dil.Jil~t l'ti m-nijon
Then alreou iong exi pr ttasingteilen/
lan Colonlt's(vingtton wahs Ititmti ithnt
btr :onediser o itig vot v. ;ib'ii
o h i' C lldt'ltt il iato wLill h .<- I I v' i .
tlse was praentd tisl' inoritg 't txn
hanintg aod .prh ('ut.wat atlt ,i I ol.
tliste wsii yarts obl, :ld wsct' huane
1ow hitleI'l was lorig ura ll ist dirx
cituelt. OfLIit' niiervouset ytlit' broke Ii
thonig and .i tIoI prainr Tos wi to t~ehe
dtis tessiatg anid horribed stee it w u etn
lie drph lhshad wlashi tasa i al s cut
of and ihungoes to th body rilgby.h
msclets of ti bt ls nec. A I tie th Iaxeci
tiardwa ohvr the sprn is it ~ ttende
Clnwayorerad aentredion which the hat
ter. Iad madeandesined, tat ingutal~tn
ing thr ces of lding. li~ ie
dout ofl:. tihis lasnigh't ,tloe ltarin.c
al toarm ir, accased his ne~i'ew,,h.'L. 1n'
teri . I-'Aardn restete.cuato
COWHIDED HIM IN COURT.
An Aigeredt Woman's Revenge Up1on i
Promilnent Lawyer.
CIrIcA(I4, Aug. 22.-A pretty bru
nlette and a swishing, rawhlide played
havoc inl d(udze Kohilsaat's court todav,
11111 practically decided a long Irawn
out and -ensational litIgation over the
cu~stody ol'a child and a $30,000 estate,
whicb hlas occup'.ed thle attenition (it the$
Probate ('otrt lor many months.
The pretty womain who did the raw
hidin was 'Mrs. E-:d Alealhon, whose
hustvbanid had been charged wi th attempt
ing to poisonl his mwn child and whose
motheri-!aw has been endeavorit.g to
get possession ofI the child on this charge.
''hie lawyer who was rawhlnl is Patrick
AN[oleluigh, a well-kiiowi lawyer, who
was not lon.! ago a1 eanlida1te hor the
henhlh an-l who was assoiciatcd with At
torley II yuies in lwhli of the mnither-in
law in the case.
.1 olehr llo,h1aat was uInm.>wedl. Ile
siniy had the helli-;erents removed anl
relused the application oW i(41 dn111Ian t At
torney 11nes to np11 e1114 a penitvt), lir
coLtempt. o4'court.
iut not, only did Alicri. Mc AlTaho n horse.
whip and her husband pound the lawyer,
she also severely slashied an otlicer (d
the State, 'eter Sim'-Ith, the guardiani 01
tie ichil m) behiall ol' the State.
h'le %V!i)ppi1. oc(uirred :l about I I
o'clock todav, and was noti1 wholly unll
expected. Yesterlay, when Attorne'v
llelluIh Iud reii ui atlidavit. taken in
(' , in wh1icti M i's. AlM 1ho1 was
chared with heinz a woman or bad repui
tatfion,. andI with cloing. Immortal acts
that loly aroe.t ill court and sloutedl
with l1bishintag eyeVs and tremblinlg. lips
that the allegation was otutragreous :i
a hlbelous 1.aischlood.
So, this Iorningr whenl the handikoine
wom anI in black stood up in her se-at in
the hol v ofthe court and moved <pl4iitly
in the dilrctlion of* Attorn' M -Ilugh.
('lIerk ]'uutlermntu i uessed whnat wasi com
ingo. II e had lime on1)ly tv sho411out, ".ook
Cit!" however. before Mlt'. AII lelhon
waIs aIt, the lawyer's nAle4.
A mutinent hater a black rawhide was
laissinit Ol'rtttgh the air ati~l rai-silig livid
welts 4nt thle Ih'e and nevck oit A Itoriey
AClI L11lh. Th1e h1 lwYerI dropped hi's
brieo' an1d I'shd t the Jcornel'1' the
court rinii on the lltt o the jie. h'lle
wminanl followed andl -ave himn tihe tlngth
an(d bread'th 41o the leittlir El , tvic,
I hrile.
The"n -iatv custodian l'eter Smith
jullladd and otvI1I4!I to0:411(1 the 'orner
in whichl the sensational tLrashing Iwas
(nig o. M rrs. \Lalhon whleeled
arWu04111141 siublenly and allliLt Ini with1 a
linein'e slasho acrosis the latc . Iounii
the hevad and .!hmudd(rs ot .-;nith 1ell the
rawhitle. 4leanwh1ile thle huns4band had
taken lanl iin Lie affair. When his
wile direted lier attention t4) the Stat(
cu.-todian lie hick'ed the lawyer aill
potililed I e till firttillate Il-iltigh al
over thle (.111rt roorn.
At this poin t .J tine Koh lsa 1 t it :al(o i
the services 4f the sheirif'. and4 i cotiple
of dt' 1lis hustletd hll tlie p:rties 4mat o
collIt.
HOW ALMY WAS CAPTtRED.
A yo k'4am l'ircheci on1 44 i .Ler Made
Ternas With tihe Orcwed.
11ANOV ER, N. II., Auig. 20. Prank C.
A\Ihuy, wh'lo 1i1trde'red the' young~ w.omIani,
Christio Warden, 1inder circumstances
of peculiar atrocity a week or two ago,
was this inorning discoveredt in lr.
Warden's barn. Ah11y fired lifteen shots
at, his pursiers and slightly wouNded
A zr' Turner, or Nor wich, V I
A ('onfereree wa ~1s thein held whlet he r
I1w11 1 he 1mr 41houd be0 h411rned or ani atte'inipL
IilIde t 4) 4'apjture A hmy alive. The lalt
ter cours l'0was deot'erine 1 upon140. A
('(n)Iinitt1e4 headed04 by ex-shneriff iidg
litionis with Aliuny. The0 latter saidl,
otheise'44.j4, w.vill sell uny hI. o 111 vlal."
)''4len ouril. Now.. I ca11 upon)1 you)l inl the
11n1n.4' of law anti114 good( ortler'1.4 rest rain
youri11 anger4I and41 let the4 hi'.w taike its
444r4 ln ..ith t his 14oul114 mr41(r. I say,
ati 1144 r4 (ue4st o1 th Icount41~y 4iliials,
'wl tilha.e 14 go41 i4)ourt as5 theire ar1e 44n
Ih- [.14 4 at L.ine carthi.'
The4s' rinairks were4 greOeteod with1
('ritS 4f "Xes. ..s, etthe law lakes Its
i'oulrs4." atid it was1: :1greed tie:rt Ahniy
shiihit hei lLt ini thel hands of1 thei law.
li w is st isfactniry.. I priIi otns you) slhall
b tre' all time o4ppo4rtnity to see hin.
l-'ori inl hoe4 44n each0 sab ll of t' road(,
11ra1lihe shall 14is.a alon4g be4tw.Venl thei
14u)s."
The4 lines were'14 norined, and1 Aholy
huins'lf up)~ to, 1the she4'lIi, llowed4.4'( in
goodi orderlb I he: crowdn4'i. l Ie was taken
i oj i:d locked4 lio p.S444h'
li.\.1 10n:u, N. (C., Aug. 141. W. 11.
Vaugh.~n, a Inegro 41'ator, last, Iight ad(
drfessed a 1. itgi- atahe14'nce of1 Inegr4.oe ait
a .\lelt4ba4ist 4-hurch. lIe de'lianids that
t'x-shes he4' Inn' ioned411. arnI 51aid in the
t44urs' o4f his addre'.ss: "Th'Ie fortner
slave areS 10.4)d1ay p ay)) the114 pensIiion
linn y thalt 1goes to) the 14ohliers; and1 it
is high tinwntn 'ihe se x slave'~s w..ere dlraw.
olg I he 1einsi( I hern4is'Ieves. 'lTiis
('oun)try) blongs to thle negro and)4 the
s'4hli.r, bunt t he ne4gro4 comnes lirst, be
('1)5s' it. was 1 his haihor I hat bnuit up alndi
the country F dloinrg th)is sortt 1)f talking.
'The Vunn441ge3t. on liecordi.
W' A .1-:14.1 H,. .. Aug. 19 --l'o-day
theire wats brouighLt to t he pen'Iitenltiary
thne youngest conv4.iet, e'ver' con41victed of
iIghiway robbhery inr t his State'. II is
l)mune is Will l'dwards, and lie Is only
Ithir)t4een y.earsn ol. Ilhe committed the
enmne in Orange County in Jun~e, and
w as sucessfl'l ill obain ing mioney I roim
his Vicl imu. ie gets aI sentence of sev'en
years.
A Sltage Coachl IEb) Up,.
IlE I)A1 .rni, OREt00No, Aug. 21. -'The
I'rinev'.'ille and C'anyoni stage w..as held
up at~Ont tirty tile s fromt here laist
eveninmg by It maskedn man1) with a4 \\ in
chiest(r rifle. 'IThe robhber ordered the
driver to th~row out1 flye smualh sacksan~d
then drive on. '[he driver promiptly
obeye d. The mnail bags contained Sev
eral monley ordetrs anid registeredl pack
ngem
RAILROAD- ASSESSMENTS.
THE RAISE EXTENDS WAY INTO THE
MILLIONS. t
i'inal Figures Annou ncel Ipy the Hoard of
E41 ifalz ation I-Com iar n Willi Titoso
of Last Ve-ar -Souuio Sinil Roads Dlt:
bled.
CorL '.si i A, S. C, Aug. 22.- -The long
awaited assesslieits of the railroads of
the State, albolit Which so much has
been said, and againist which the rail
roads 1ad1ioe such a light, have at last
leLN passed uipoit Iiially by the State
board of (ntuilizatiort or railroads, and
yesterday they were at Lst made public.
Only the bare assessments per mile are
given, and Niocoupilatoris or cornpvir
IsonIs illnnoun11cedl . Therefore it is im
possible to give the exact aloint of
tie raise, but by a areful ('( ni pItationI
froni tih. dati given, it, i- foilil that
tie raise will aitiount to sear(ely less
thain .-21,1NJ,000. and Nmay be a couple
of, iliions higher. Ilhis year there is
a inuch larger nitinber of iniules of road
lieingoperated: in'the State, and the to
t al raise is insome mneasture (ile to that,
but thie actuaL raise per iile i very
large. ''ie total valutation of property
for eaih road wvas ii given out by the
'oluptroller, ani consetiently cannot
be coilpared with tile figiures of hlst
year. Tihen again several roaIs, nainm
IV: lhe Auguiisla a1t Knuoxville,
0000\10 anl lanres, ;rvenville'
';' eti., and "trtiit'urg, 4SunVIll..
Vatllt., C trolina, Kiioxvil.le ;1it \ '.
ter1, 0 at Sparlaninrg I i ai m1 C
htti utl (10 Iot Ipie':r , 1 . ,.ar's Ie
)ortS 11 all a M:P:h r'. s. lor the' have
beeni atberhed by ('hlos .I!,dvr (,nt,
lnllne.
T 1'1 r.is-. hio',ever j i so -.*--at as I"
cauH1se a geieral belici thit the ralIroadi,
especially the big'one.-; will make a fi.hth
belort' ptyiing sitch taxsi atl; carry the
mater into the courts.
Tle ligiures. as ani iicetd by the
('irilpt roller general, anl I l c ':'itri
sos with t the liguie; of 1:t', y-ar, are
given below:
Ashle lov Itiive.r lI t;aIlroa.j - rI st year
611.(ul) r li ile; this yvear 13Nn.
.At L.m ;a and Chatriotte .\ ir- Inmv-LJtst
year ei,5iMi 'per ide: thi.; year 18,
Ilclckville. Alistoni a:al iNwbrry
lJast, year $5,i ) per in le; this year
illie lIidge liailrod--I tst. year a4,
INK) pe' Inile; t his year pi.t(
Iarn well lIailroai - 1-list ye.u- S )
per inile; this year 8.500.
lBishopville Iailroad L Nst sear $5tN)
p--I tinile; this year .tN .
Carolina, Cuiituiland (;lap ard Cli
'ago- IAast year 85.00 per inile; tnis
year ,uxn.
Central Ial lt"rad Is' year -88K)
per inile; this ye ir- $1 pI.
Charlesion and S:lvannItah I'ailroai I
lI tst year - 12,0M0 per miile; this ycar
I: ,wxt.
iAshville anl Spartttiburg lU:iilr'oad -
last year '1,000 per nilt'; this year .3S
(J Ill .
Charleston, Cilirinati :1 Chicago
11'ailroad -l"Ist ya 9;;1prde
this year SI,(xtO.
Churaw and CheIser Wilr'oi_--1 ,.
3 var ( , 2,500 p1r mile; this year 4 $1,11)X).
Chern w and Salisbi r'v Ii nRailroad---Aas
year $1,0M pIer mile; this year $\Ot).
Charlotte, (oluInbia and Auigiustat
lP.ilroad-L1ast, year .l10,50 per nile;
t his yeair -I-I,tM)O.
e sIanid Jiirich---8,) per titi le.
'ort Iloyal ant( Wvesteri Carolina_
$10,000 per nile.
Chester and Lnoir liilroad -Last
year :2,5(x) per mnile; this year 84,000.
Coll11nbla and f4rteeivilie Iailroatl
Last - year ,t(8,.00 per inile; th is year
$I1,500i.
F"lot'rnce I~3I l 'iaira - -Last y-eair $4;,000
pet' nle; tis yeaIr loit.
Porgetown and Western Iailroad
Ilast, year 82,(l00( 1in-r title;' this year'
8 1,(x)m.
Laiit'rens lIailro'm)i I-lash year 1 82,io)
pier inille; I hits yeart 85,ix)i.
a ichis- IIrS t'n d A irgi sta U l failro
last ye. 1r 84,t0 II wur tIile ; thiis year 85,
i''lenuotnh, Wailt'rbor'o and1( j~airih
vi lle I ltila hist, year 3'5,ir00 per
81 niu uth; this ear vii':r ,O
last0 yeuir '-7t.( u'le t h is ye ' 17900.
atya800per fitile; thist year '810 -iflt
r'al ietto irad la~i~'n-st yar 800
peri'. ra(le; iii ht yea a.i' 0.Ilo
S out h C arol111ina lIail way-last31V yrar
yeair 55,101x1.1 per i thtis year 8t;.5t0.
E ilanntitgt on, Coluia an ;ld Aintista
iilIroad - last year 51(1,50) per- ~i Ile
this ye ir $1 I,iNu,
mni' n tlgtonr, ( 'had lione and'311 Con'
Way liailroadi -la:,t y'ear s390N 1'ert ille;
thik yeart $ 5,t(O.
WilOson a1nd Siunr'Itoni ltiilroa -
last, year S I,750i per in io; ih is year . -
t'hiaNlestoni, Sri rite ci nd( N orther'r
ialroti-as ('ar' 819)0 pier mile;
this yeari 88pii(I.
iult niiiI r, Ne wbIertry an 1 L11aur iens
l i'oad I I43st yeari s8pi per 1 iiile; thiis
y eiir 65,i00.
Geori~igia, CarI'oliina mii Nothier'n Itail.
roadii --Last51 year -591 per N mil'e-111 this
yeart thirtyv mies at310,000i~ per' mile
lI artsville Itallroadl --Last year1 (Wpt
per litill'; Il:his year' 52,(x00.
It wa'3s remal~rkedl 1ast nlight, that t'
as-'esttients had( riot been 1130le oft any i
hixed ba4sis, bit that the bourd had joint
plalced the raises where thley' saw hI.
'het boalrd, hiowev er, has done its work
and1( thle hitures iare heri~e for'311 any and alil
to seej..---The State.
A Ien tit sh:'- Crie.
I-a 'K i GtI Du1-, C2o]o.. A rig. 21. -One
of thle most liendlish er ime's eve'r c'omt
ab)out , 11 O''lock.- Some perstons5 put dy'
naiflIte in the M\et hodist churcth fuell,
arid the hell andt heil f rv were' blownvi to
atomis, endan~getrig tiite lives of mnore
t han 1(10 peoph'. The' d'eed is sIuphposed
to havi e beeni caut sed b y Itie ill~ feielinig
enigendehiredh against thie fliev'. MNIr. I 'ass
'losedh on Surnda~y. If' thle villian is
cauight he will Ibet severelyi3 det'311 with.
A ecartooni is nIow mN p.>sst'ssion of frienid
thtt was1 posted on t he lIe'v. Mr. Pass
morei'"s door.
Train ifubbbery,
A-r'1,A Nra, GA ., Aiug. 20.--T1hec Ceni
trail tirai'in s boardent tonuight. by three
niskedl mnii at, (olliers stationi, nieari
lhanrnesv'ille, andi the express miessenger~P1
wasi held upI. Paricularits meagre. T1hey
got all the money ini the saite, and IL is
believed it wais ai giood snm, pr'obably
$30.0t00