The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, October 08, 1891, Image 1
VO.PICKENS, U. C. E RSDAY, OC1.11BE, ,191 O;
11i1 5AV1UURt IS wi uS
OR. TALMAGE PREACHES ON TH
CONTINUED MISSION OF CHRIST.
The Scene in the Catravaniary-rie Que
tioina of the Dot-ora in tie TeassiDle.
The Tenmptations, jjqjtra%3&j. Crnj4.laj1w
and Mission uf To-day.
BROOKLYN. Selt. 27.-This is Sacro
ment Sunday at th.i Brooklyn Taberna
cle. The services as usual on these oc
caslong were very solemn and impres
sive. The morning service opened witl
the long metro doxology. The gran
oflertolre by Grison was exquisitely ren
dered by Professor Henry Evro Brown
and the service closed with tile mnjesti,
coronation h3mn. Dr. Talmage's die
course was on "The march of Chris
through the cituri s." and his tex
Revelation xix; 12, 'On his head wer
many crowns."
May your ears be alert and you
thoughts concentrated, and all the pow
era of your soul aroused, while I speal
to you of the "march of Christ througl
the centuries." You say. "give us thei
a good start, in roomns of vermillion anti
on floor of mosaic and amid corridors j
porphyry and under canopies dyed in al
the splendors of the settiing sun." Yoi
can have no sich itarting place. At thi
time our Chic-tian was born, there wer
castles on the beach of Galilee, an
palaces at Jeriuialem, and imperial bath
rooms at Jericho, and obelisks at Cair
and the Panthenon at Rome, with it
corinthian portico and sixteen graniti
columns; and the Parthenon at Athen
with its glistening coronet of temples
and there were m-untains of fine archi
tecture in many parts of she world. Bu
none of them were to be the startinj
place of the Chieftian I celebrate.
A cow's stall, a winter month, an at
mosphere in which are the moan c
camels and the baaing of shoep and th,
barking of dogs and the rough banter o
hostleries. lie takes his first journe
before he could walk. Armed desper
adoes with bivds of blood were ready t
snatch him down into butchery. Rev
William 11. Thompson, the veteran a
beloved misionary wh*m I saw las
month in Deinver, in his 86th year, ha
described. in his volume entitled "Th
Land and the Book.'' Bethlehem as hu
saw it. Wintcr heforo last I walked ij
and down the gray hilis of Jura lime
stone on which the village now rests
The fact that King David had been bori
there, had not during ages elevated thi
village into any special attention. Thi
other fact that it was the birthplace o
our Chieftain did not keep the place it
after years from si.ecial dishonor, fo
Hadrian built there the grove of Adoi ii
and for 180 jears Ahe religion theie o6
served was the most abhorient debauch
ery the world has ever seen. Our Chief
tain was conidered dangerous from thi
start. The worli had put suspiciou
eyes upon hin because at the time o
his birth, the astr,logers had seen stel
lar commotions, a world out of its placi
and shooting down toward a caravan
sary. Stardiviuation was a scienc
As late as the eighteenth century it ha<
its votaries. At the Court of Catharini
de Medici it was honored. Kepler, on
of the wisest pIiloopIhIers that the worh
ever saw, declared it was a true science
As late as t,he reigu of Charles 11, Lilly
an astrologer was called before the hfusi
of commons in Eri.land to give his opin
ion as to future events. For ages tho
bright appearance of Mars meant, war
of Jupiter, meant Iower, of the Pleiades
meant storms at sea. And as histor
moves in circles, I do not know bittti
atter a while it, may be found that as the
moon lifts the tide of the sea and t,h
sun affects the growt,h or blasting o
crops, other worlds besides those tw<
worlds may have something to do witl
the destiny of individluals and nations
in this world.
I do not wonder that thie commotion,
in the hieavens excited the wise muen or
the night our Chniefbln was born. At
he came from iniother world and aIle:
4thirty -t.hree years was again to e xchiange
worlds, it does not, seem stranite to nt
that astronomy Phiouldl have ft it the ef
feet of H-is comingt. And Instead of be
ing unb)elievmiii about, t,he one star tha
stooped, I wondekr that, all the worlds ii
the hecavens (lid not, tbat Christmna
night, miake some spJecial demnonsitra
tion. Why should tey leave to one
worldl or meteor thne hearing of tihe new
of the hnumaniz-ation of Christ? Wher
was Mars thet ighct that it did not, ludi
cate the mighty wars that were t,o co)ni
between righteousness and inil iu.)
Where was Jupiter t,hat night that, it, die
not celebrate omnipotence incarnated
Where w, re the, liades that night
that they d1(1ii ot aitnounce t,he storm:
of persecution that would assail on
Chieftain?
In watchingm. this mahii of' Chris
through the centuries we must not, wall
S before him or beside him, for U,hat wouh
not be reverential or worshipful. So wt
walk behind h:m. We follow him wih
~iot yet in liis t4een$, up a Jerusalem ter
race, to a building iJ00 feet long and 60(
feet wide, and under the hoverimg splen
dfor of gateway s anid by a pilllar Crowin.
with capital chiseled into tihe shape oi
flowers and leaves, and along by~ wall
of' bevelled minsoinry and near a miarbhi
g screen until ia group of whiite-fiuore<
p,hilosoileers and theolog iansa gat,hte
around him, and then the boy bew ildi-r
and confpund~s, and overwhelms these
scholarly septuagenar ians w ith questioni
they cannot answer, and under his (quiel
whys andh why fors, and hows andi whns
they jull their white beards wit,h emn
barrassment, and rub their wrhAkled foir
heads in contusion, and pnutting thiei
afstfi hard down on the marble floor al
they arise to go, they must feel iki
chiding the boldness thait allows twelvy
years of' age to'ask sevent,y-five yearl
of age such puzztles.
Out of this building we follow hini
into the Quarantaniia, the mountain c
temptatIon, its siden to thnis (lay blkel
with robbers' dens. Look!I Up the sidi
of this mountain, come all the t'orces c
perdition to effect, our Chiertain's cal
ture. But although wseakened by fort;
days and forty nights of abstinenice, h
hurls all Pandemonium down tine rocks
suggestive of how he can hurl into help
lessness all our temptations. And nov
we climb right after him, up the tongl
sides of the "Mount of Beatitudes," and! ft
on the highest pulpit of rocks, the Val- n
!ey of Iatin before him. the lake of Gal- m
E ilee to the right of him; the Mediterra- ti
nean Sea to the left of' him, and he
preaches a sermon that yet will trans. n
forim the world with its applied senti- ai
- ment. Now we follow our Chieftain on w
- Lake Galilee. We must keep to the o
beach, for our feet are not shod with the C.
supernatural, and we remember what ft
poor work Petet made of it when lie h,
tried to walk tihe water. Christ our el
leader is on the toi f thc tossing waves, ei
- and it is about 3.30 in the morning, and 1
* it is the darkest time just before day- ii
light. But by the flashes of' li-ihtoing a
we see him putting his foot on the crest t(
of tie waves, stepping from orest to ai
- crest, walking the white suff, solid as d
though it were frozen snow. The sail- G
ors think a ghobt Is striding the tempest, t
but lie cheers them into placidity. alhow- at
ing himself to be a grcat Christ for sail- Ii
t ors. And lie walks the Atlantic and tv
Pacific and Mediterrancan and Adriatic ol
now, and i' exhausted and afrightod a
r voya.,ers wiIl listen for his voice at hall' at
past 3 o'clock in the tuorning on any it
sea, indeed at any hour, they will hear ul
his voice of compassion and encolirage- w
ment- t
W Ae coinfntine tt, Follow our Chieftain 1()
an( here is ia blind man by tile waiside. le
It is not fron cataractofithe eye or tron, o1
oplithainia, the eye-extinguisher of the it
East; but lie was born blind. "le
opened!' lie cries, and first there is a
smarting of the eye-lids, and then a twil -
light, and then a mid-noon, and then a
shout. "I see!" Tell itto all time blind. hi
and they at least, can apprec iate it. And ri
here is the widow's dead son, and here I
is the expired damsel, and here is Laza- b
rous! "Live!' our Chieftam cries. and I
they live. Tell it through all the bereft t,
households; tell it among the graves. Ja
And here around him gather the deaf and
the dumb and the sick, and at his word C
f they turn on their couches, and blush ti
from awful pallor ot helpless illness to gl
f rubicund health, and the swollen foot of g
the dropsizal sufferer becomes fleet as a 1
roe on the mountains. The music of'the a
grove and household weakens the deal' 01
ear, andI lunatic and maniac return into tlI
bright intelligence, and the leper's breath ill
t becomes as sweet as the breath of a at
chiLl, and the flesh as roseate. Tell it to di
all the sick, through all the homes. C
1hough all the hospitals. Tell it at 12 at
o'clock at nIvht; tell It at 2 oclock in the w
morning; tell it at 3.30. and in the last el
watch of the night. that Jesus walks the tt
tempest. w
Still we Collow our Chieftaun until the gi
W government that gave him no protection, l
insists that 1he pay tax and too poor to
raise the requisite *2.75, he orders Peter ib
to catch a fish that has in its mouth a
Roman stater, which is a brIght coin (and al
yonu kno Y that fish naturally bite at any- W
thing bright), but it was a miracle that ic
Peter should have caught it at the first a
haul. b
Now we follow our Chieftain unti! for t.
the paltry sum or $15, Jidais sells Him to c
. Iis pursuers. Tell it to all the betraved! s
If for $10,000, or for $500, oror r 100 ci
your interests were sold out, considerillor h
how much cheaper a sum file Lordl of h
earth and heaven was surrendered to b
humiliation and (death. But here while Ir
VollowinC him on -. sprmn night between e
I I and 12 o'clock, we see the flash of t,
t4)rchIes and lan terns, and we hear the c
cry of a mob of Nihilists. They are t
breaking in on the quietul of' Get,h- tl
semane with clubs-hke a mob with d
sticks chasing a mad dog. It is a herd
ufJerusaem "roughs" led on by Judas to hi
arrest Christ and punish him for being i
the lovelist, and hest, bem that ever b
h lved. But rioters are liable t.j asswi the X
wrong man. llow w are t,bey to be sure eI
which one was Jesus? "1 will kiss him," t(
Ssays Judlas, "and by that signal you will tI
know on ~wm to lay your hands of air- hi
rest." So the kiss which t,hrougtitout the a]
human race andl for all thne God jn- am
tendied as tIhe most sacred demonstration hi
of affection, for Paul writes to the Ro- i
mans anid tIhe Corinthiians and tIhe Thles. i
salon ians concerang the "holy kiss," and wV
e'ter celebrates the kiss of charity, anid wV
with tbat conijunlction of lips Labanm Z
mtJcb, andi ,Josepmh meit his brethren, b
adAaron imet, Moses andi( Samuel met it
. aladJoinathan met David and Orpahm C
patdfrom Nami aind Paul separated LI
frmhis friends at, Ephesus aind the father ail
ini the patrabile greeted t,he returning"
prodigal, andi when'm the illennium shahlI ini
'me we are told rightleousness mand ei
p Ieace wviii kiss each ot,ber, ando all tIhe 1n
world is Iivited t,o erect, Christ as in- of
-sp)irationm cries oumt 'Kiss '.he Son, lest ii
lie.be angry and 3 e perishi from the hi
way''-t,buit most sacred demmonstra- ~
tionm of' reniion anid atflctioni was dese- hi
crated as the filthy lips of ,Judas touched ki
the pure cheek of Christ, and tihe hor- tI3
rid s-nack of that kiss has ifs echou In the be
.treachery and)4 debasemnt anid hyourisy er
of all ages. em
As in December, 1889, I walked oa n
hle way from J)ethiany, ami at tibe foot t,
I of lotunt, Olivet, a halt-mnile from the t,:
Swall of Jerusalem, throughm the Garden gi
of Get.hsemame, and uiah-r the eight, of
venerable olive trees niow standl(inl, C
y their pomtological ancestors havmg been 1
witnesses of tbe occurremice spoken of,
I ilhe scenme o1 horror andI of crime came ii
hacok tom me, unt'ii I shaiddered wIth tihe 11
4 hiistoricaul remiiiiicne * s
-1mn furthier fol low ing ourP great Chaief- a
itaini's umarchm through tibe cenituries, I
rtihid im'self in a crowd in front of il
, llerod's puihiiee ii JIerusai'emi, and( on a
inmovalde latforml iplacedl upon a tease- "
lated pavemienit, Pontius Pilate sits.
SAnd as once a year a conidemnamed crim- be
,iinai is pard'med. P ilate lets time people bI
choose w~hethier it, shall be an assassain wi
- or our ( ideftain, and1( they mall cay out t,o
r for the lIberation of the a.ssasaini, thus tim
u deCclaring they prefer a miurd1erer to thme le
salvation of'the world. Pihiite took a ha- hi
sin of water in front of t,hise peole amid w
a tried to wash (dlf t,he lood of this mur- Ia
dler from his hiamnds, btL he could not. t,I
They mire still lifted amid 1. see them i
f' loonming up through mall the ages, eight b)e
c iniers andt two thumbs staniding out, red at
Sw ih thie calrnage. gi
i S'ill following own Chieftain, I ascend tI
- the fhid which General Gordomi, the 11
y' great English explorer and arbiter G
a first made a clay model of'. it Is hard ti
,climubing for our Ubietainm, for lhe has o1
not onily two heavy timbers to carry on mm
r lis back, time up-right and horIzoetal n
a pieces of tIhe cross, bt lie is ann'oring
oin exhaustion cau6ed by lack of food,
loiutain chills, desert heats, whippings
lith elm-wood rods, and years of mal
eatment.
It took our party in 1889 only lifteen
1inutes to cliab to the top of the hill
1(d reach that lime-stone rock in yonder
'all, which I rolled down from the - peX
f Mount Calyary. But I think our
bioltain mnust have taken a long time
ir the ascent, lor he had all eart,h and
3aven. and all hell on his back, a lie
imbed fro n base to summit, and there
idured what William Cowper, and Johln
[ilton, and Charles Wesley, and
aac Watts and James Montgomer ,
)d all the other sacred poets have at
rapted to put in verse; and Angello,
2d Raphael, and Titian, and Leonardo
i Vinci, and all the great Italian, aud
erman, and Spanish, and French ar
its have attempted to paint; and Bos
tet, and Massillon, and George White
+id, and Thomas Chalmers have at
mpted to preach. Somethintz of'its
rerwhelin awfuluess %ou miav esti
ate from the fact that the sun which
lnes in the hPavens could not end-ire
the stin which untlitichinyly looked
lon the delu-e that,udrowned the world,
hich without, blinking looked upon
io ruins of earthquake, which swal
wed Lisbon and Caraccas, and has
oked unbianched on tihe battle-fields
Trbela, Blenheim, Megiddo, anid
I the scenes of carnat'e that have e .er
alded and drenchetl the earth with hu
an gore-that, sun could not look u pon
e scone. The sun dropped over its
cc a veil of cloud. It withdrew. It,
d itself. It said to the midnight, 1I
sign to thee this spectacle upon which
have no strenghL to eave; thou art
md, Oh, Midnight! and for trat reason
commit to tl:ee this tragecy!" Then
ie nightnawk and the bat, flew by, the
ckal howled in the ravines.
Now we follow our Chietain as they
rry his limp and lacerated fori amid
ie flowers and trees of a garden, the
adiolusf s, the oleanders, the lillies, the
,raniums, the mandrakes, (own live or
v steps to an aisle of granite where lie
ceps. But only a little while he sleeps
ere. for there is an earthquake in all
at region, leaving the rocks to this day
their aslant and ruptured state declar
ive of the tact th it something extraor
nary theie happened. And we see our
biietlain arouse from his brief slumber
id wrestle down the rullian Doath who
ould keep him imprisoned In th it
Lvern and put both heels on the mons
r, and coming forth with a cry that
ill not cease to be echoed until on the
eat resuirection dAy the door of the
st sepulchre shall be unhinged and
.m1g clanging into the debris of dlemol
lied cemeteries.
Now we follow our Chieftain to L .e
ioulder of* Mount Olivet, and withou t
ings I e rises, the disciples clutching
r his robes too late to reach them, and
-ross the great gulfs f space with one
)und lie gains that world whi-.h for
Arti-three yeats had been denied his
)impanionship, and all heaven lifted a
lout of* welcome as lie entered, and of
)roation as up the mediatorial throne
mounted. It was the greatest day
aveu had ever seen. They had him
ick again from tears, from wounds,
om ills, frema world that never appre
ated him, to a world inl which lie was
ie chic deliglit. In all the libretto of
Alestial music, it was hard to find an an
om enough conjubilant to celebrate
e joy saintly. scraphie, arch-angelic,
~illc.
But still we follow our Chieltian in
A march through the cetutries, for
visibly he still walks the earth, au-l
y the ee of filth we still follow him.
on can t,oll whore lie walks by the
murches, and hospita's, and reforima
ry institutions, and houses of mercy
sat spring up along the way. I hea~r
s treadl In thme sick room, and in the
>odes of bereavement. lie miarches ou
id the nat,ions aire gather'ing around
mu. T1he islands of the sea are hearing
a voice. rThe contAient,s are feelIng
a power America will be' hiis! Eursope
ilh be his! Asia will be his! Africa
ill be his! Austan alia will he his! Ne w
eailanid will Oe his! All the eart,h will
his! Do you realize that until now
wasH imposs51ib)le for t.he wo ldl t b
nyieirtedl? Not until very recent,lv hats
e world beeni found. Thel Bible talks
out "the ends of t,he earth"' and the
uttermost parts of the world'' as bu
saved, but, not, uniutl now hi we "the
de of the earth"' beeni d:scovered . amnd
it unt,il now have the ' 'uinermost parts
the world'" heeni reveailed. The~
svigzator (11d his wor'-, the ex plorer d d
s work, the scient,ist, did his work, anid
nyv for the first time since the world
is hieen created has the wor'ld beeni
towni, mieaisured off, and geographiized,
et last, hidden, and unmknownm tract has
en mapp)ledl out andii now the work ol
ange~,lhZzati will be biegunii with an
rnestness and( velocity as yet, uin
taginedl. TIhe steaiships aire iready;
e lighitning express trains are read);
e prIing-press are ready; toe tele
aphijand telephone are readil inilo,na
Christians are ready and now see
ni ist marclhig on t,hrt ugh thie cen
ries. Marching on! Marcing on!!
One by one governments will hdll into
to and constit,utions and( lhteratures will
or'e his name. More honored andl wor
I pped is lhe in this sear of' I hl thn at
my t,ime siince the year onte, anid thme day
stems when all nammons wIll 0o n oi e
ocession "following~ the Lamhb wvhither
ever he goothi."' .1arebmini. on, march
I on!!
Tihis (lear old1 world whlose back has
en scourged, whose eyes have been
ndedl, whose heart has been wruin',
11 yet, rival heaven. 'IThis ptlaniet's
rn robe of pa'. andl crime and dlemeni
will come ofl and the white and spot.
as and glittering robe oif holhness and
mppiniess will come on. 'rho last wound
1ll have strung lor the last t,ime; the
at grief will have wiped it.s last, tear;
e last crimmal will have repented of
a last crime andl our woild that his
'en a straggler among worlds, a lost
ar, a wayward pilanbet, a rebellions
obe. a miscreant satellite, will hear
me voice that uttered childish lplaint, in
et,blehem, and ag4onizled prayer in
ethsemanie and dlyinig groan on Golgo
ma, and as this voice cries "'Conme,''
r world will return from its wander
g never again to stray. Marchinig on,
arching on!!
Then t,his world's lov will he so grtat
that other world's besIde heaven may
be glad to reioice with us. By the atid
of pon erful telescope3, vear by year be
commng more powerfill, mountains in
other stars have been discovered and
chaimil anld vok-a'los and Canals, and thle
-tye of a1of4pihere, an(d this will go oi,
and mightier and inightlr telescopes
will be iivented tituil I shou.11 not won.
der it we will not he able to excllhi'e
si_-nals wit.h other pin1lets. And is I
have i donht. otler world. are inhat'i
ted. for1( Geod wouhl not have built. suwh
ninIgnIificent worl-houses to have thein
stand wiitout tenaints or occupants, in
tie 1inal joy ofi enith's redemption all
astronomy I think will tike ptrt, we
signalling other worlds and they in turn
signalln_- their stellar neighbors. Oh
what a day in heaven that will be when
this march of Christ, is finished! I know
O.at on the cross Christ said, "It is lin
i8lsed," bu, lie ieant, his sacrificial
work was finished. All earth and all
heaven knows that evangelization is not
0iilied1j but there will come a daay in
leavel llost rapturous. It may be af
Ler our world which is thought to have
about 1.500,000,000 people shall have
0l1 i.-s decks twice its present popula
tionl, nonely 3,000,000,000,000 and all
redeemned, and it will be after this world
l,all be so damaged bV Coulhliratiol
that no hilluall foot can tread its surface
and nio) hunmit being can breathe its air,
bWt lmno.st, cetail the day will come
wlwn'llheavvnil bIIe lintIshed and t.he
ast of the t welve gates t the eternal
city shall have chlged shut., never to
open except for the a<im,ssion except of
some u- lstia1 in bassage returling from
S;il<e other world, and Christ may strike
his scarred but hi-.aled hand in emphasis
on the atrn of the anethystine throne and
say inl substance: "All my ransoined
ones are -athered; the wNork is done; I
have finished my mnarch through the
cen)turies."
When in P13, after the battle of
Leipsic, which decided the fate of' the
lineteeni:h1i century, in some respects tie
most tr-iemndous battle ever fought, the
bridze down. the river incarnadined, the
street chokt d w ith the wounded, the
fields for miles around strewn with a
dead soldiery friom whom aill traces of
humanity had been daslied outt, there
met in the publik; square of that cii-v of
Leipsic th1e allied conq4uerors, and kings
who had -aiiel the victory-the King
'if 'russia, the limperor of Rsis-da, the
Crowi Prince ol Swcdeu--f4ilowed by
the chiets of their armies. With drawn
swords these itinarciis rNitted eact
other and cheered for the cont.iauiutl.
victory they had together gained. IIis
tory hIas inade the scene memorable.
Greater and more thrilling will be the
spectacle when the w4or!l is all conquer
ed for the truth and in front of the palace
of heaven thie kinis and conquerors of
all the allied povers of Christlan usetil
ness shall salute each other, und recount
the strugglMs by which they gained the
trimtiph, and then hand over their
swords to him who is the Chief of tle
eqnquerors. crying: "Thine, oh Christ,
is the Kin,_,dom: take the crown of' vic
tory; the crown of dominioti: the crown
of grace; the crown of glory.' "'On his
head were iany crowns.''
The Ohio CAnIIaiAgIn.
Cont'mm*s, Ohio, September 22.
Representative Itoger Q. Mills, or
Texas, addressed about , live thoisaind
Columbus voters tonight. There was
(itite a niunber of republi.:is in the
audience, and the closeit attention was
given to the speak(,r during the entire
two hours of his address.
The Tht ll aln alld ,1ackson clubs : s
corted l r. Mills f rom the Governor's
resice and1( aidllc at line appea111ranice.
*'hie sjslwakr wa introduced by GIov
ernior' Camipbiell, who was alt his best,
and was wvarmly greeted by all present.
Since the opein g of the demnocratic
caiinpaign lat, week there has been a
wonidert ui bracing up of the pleole,
and1( Gove'rn->r Campbell is now re
gardted (juite as fa~vorably in the pouols
as, the ,"Lit.tle M1ajor," who was a
prime f avorIte at odds ten days ago
The democrats aure now briinging someo
of' their st'rngest and ablest, speakers
mtol thie staute, and tiromi now initil th
close' f tne co teLst, theii repubi licanis
wuill be1 tored to light ever'y inch of
giroiuni for the' Iigh t of waLy.
Chaiinan N& Il, t ogetheri withU te
rest. ofIL t stat.e camnp.iign commliitteie,
is giviing: th e cl)se'st attent ion to all
t,he iinor details of' the work, and it is
the siiidl iia;tters and te (niet vote
that wI fl igure f.irgely in the sliiuing
up) Of t retsiiul on ihe night of the
electioni
toni neieinig ( httuber (),, ('ongrei'ss
1111nan pinlger', if Ilflinois, wvill dfevote
nearty atlI of his I ine to t hi' (O)h; caim
piaigin int,if lhe eltct ion.
Co im)ila, S. C., Sept. 2 f.--Thei ge'v
ei nor Ihas r cee d :a coinlin nicati on
from B. F". C'layton, secretary of' the Na
tional F'armers' congre.ss of' the Un'ii teid
States, stat i ng t hat ihe ele vei ithi annutal
session w ill con i'ine at Sedhal Ia, Mlissuoui
ri, N'ov. It) next. I1t is toni posed of two
dlegal Its aunt all erniates at. large t romi
each state andl one dielegate alin altier
nal e trotu iieach conlgressioinal diastr'ict.
The go ve'rnor0 is ask1e tf to appoint deile
gates for' twvo yo1urs and1 to name111 one or
miore ")oodl iiten to bel piiced oin thle
the fiWowing appifofiultis;
s,tatIe at larce F . TI.. uakhou1se,
Marion; -fis. L Keitf, Stondley's; Alt er
nai? is, I). k. Ntorrs, If ickoi y Fiat ; WV.
buLrg; 1I. .J. Seiles, Sandy flhit.
Itaiherig: IIlarry llaninoil, lietchi
TIhiird IDist.rict ,John It Ulake', Ahhbe.
ville; 1). Ii. Iiissell, A etrsonl.
F"ourt D)istriet-. -II. 11. Jtuist, Greeni
yille; T1. C. Duncean, ('mion.
riev' lIe; I Iayn eMAcMi(kIin, W innsboro.
SIxti. Jistriet-.1. I'. Diuhami, P'ow
ellsvillte; L ucus MlIntoshI, Dl)ington.
Sevtent.h District , olin .J . D argani,
Sumter; ,1., 1I. D.et ve-ns, Getorgetownu.
F'our A Ineiatii, M ide.ed
PANAMA., Sept. 25.-Ad vices from
P'erii report, the mu~trder of fouri Atiieir
cani tx plor'ers on lihe river AMaranoni.
Tfhe'y wveeCalifornians prospectinug for
giold. TIhe party conisisted f i fve, but
one-, owving to illne'ss, hail lo return.
Tlhe othners were muirdeiredl in cold blood
by the natives, who mfistooik them for
ecclesinaitlcal emisile anrl 5pies
C0 ITON PA ST RE)EM PTION
REPORT OF THE WEATHER BUREAU
FOR LAST WEEK.
Nenrly All tihe Cotton Will be H1arveotedl
by November 1-Intertntinig Itepoorti
from the Varlous (ountie.
COLUMIllA, S. C., Sept. 28.-Follo% .
ing is the weather-crop lulletin of the
South Carolina Weather Bureau for th-!
week ending Saturday:
The total amount of rainfall during
Lhe week was apparently below the noi -
nal and badly distributed; temperaturo
Ind sunshine above the averyge. and
very favorable for the opening and pick -
ing of cotton, and harvesting of hay
ind pea vines.
'I'le following are extracts from a
aumber of crop correspondents, most of
whom fully corroborate my last report
sa to my statement that the condition of
the eotton crop was 25 per cent. below
that of an average:
Clarendon Couinty-"I have seen this
week several farmers from as many va
rious sections and it Is estimated that
the corn crop is unusually fine. Cottoii
,rips have generally succumbed to the
Effeciu of the excessive rains, and it i
believed that fully '3 per cent. has been
Jestroyed. It is almost s.ife to say t hat,
nearly all tle cotton will be harveste<I
before November."
York County-"So far as we canl tell
the cotton crop is about 25 per eeni.
,hort of last year."
Kershaw Comity-"The excess o;'
moisture uniformly throughout the crol
season (growth)ca used a luxurian t wee&.
The high temperature during the past.
week, with continuous sun11sine, has
uaused 'scalding'-the leaves turn vel
low and bolls open permaturely."
Edgefield County-"Cotton on low
grouids have been benelitted by the dr
weather. Uplands have been injured
good deal, and the cotton has lost froi;
shecding and the forced opening of im
mature bolls. Late cotton will make a
poor yield. Crop lost since last report
20 p-r cent."
F:tirlield County-"Fhe warm, dry
weather has been beneficial to cottol.
which is opening in line condition."
Fairfield County-"'The condition of
the cotton crop is very unfavorable. I
usually make twelve bales to the plow%.
I shall not make over eight, and im
crop, is better than many of my neigh
bors."
-Chester County-"The last seven days
have uveiz favorable in every way to all
crops, especiallv cotton."i
Union Counity-'"1e past week has
been ain unusual week for the larmers,
allowing them to save much line forage.
Coton crop will not be what many ia:
su >)osed, below the average."
Snion County--"Ilave had anc oppor
tuniity of seeing many crops. Cottoir
seriously in jured, and will be at le.!t
25 per cent. below an average."
Aiken County--"Excessive warm
weather has opened the bolls of youn.
cotton before they were fully natureo!,
and caused the plant to shed its leaves
ha' ly."
Barnwell County-"The cot.ton is past
redemption. 'The stalk Is universally
dead, and no top crop at all. Seventy
live per cent, Is opoin, picking is pro
grossing rapidly, sind is being market*d
as fast as ginned. With good weather,
crop will be gathered by Ist November."
Williamsburg County--"No top on
cotton, and it is at least 26 per cent.
shorton the average. Corn has not beei
inju red, pease good, potatoes good. 'ir i
past ten days has ben very favorabe
for gathering cotton, and goodl progress
has been miiade."
ilamcpt,on County-"Corn 25 per cent.
mncrease ovi-r 1890), cotton :30 per cent.
decrease, potatoes :30 pe~r cent. andl pensre
10 per cent."
Oremgeburg County-"The cotton
erop on clay lands is short at least 30
pier cent, and on sandy landr; 50 ptr
cen'.. troii 'oim~iuous and excessive
rain.s during Auigust and the first part
of this month."
Lancaster County-- "The cotton crop
has been: inijuredl by too much rain duir
incg August and 1st Septemuber, also by
cool weather. TIhere cannot be mlore
hair 60~ per cet. of ain average crop).
Th'ieie is no0 'top) cottoni,' nd( i lhe bolls
arre few and wvite apart on boyrfsalk
Corni good.''b"y ak
Alariboro County-"Thce heavy rains
in Augnst and eight days in Se'pteitber
Shcowed cighit andl one-half inuches of
rain, which puIt a linale on cotton ont
salicy landus. Tlhe l avorab)le weather oh
Sep)temiber or an early frost will mcake
but little difference, as there are mno
younrg cotton b)0lls to niake."
Drili ngtonc County-''\Veat her fu
piast wVeek has beeni, except a lo('r I
shower Wedncesday a! ter'nooin, all thIat
col d be desi red. T'he rain onc Wed ner
day only slight,ly damarged the color cf
olen cotton, lbut b)eneiitedl turncips al
(id not affect other crops."
])arlington County- - "The hot, dr v
weather of the past, ten (lays has causell
not,ton1 t,o open rapidly, and increase I
thce p)ort, r'ceip)ts abnormally. Ini mtany
fiels the cottont is nearly all opeC!n.Ti
staple per cent, short of la"t yeacr. Corn
is as good as thce land will prodluce."
Newherry County-"The corn c:op
dlo.n noit net d rain. Our cotton croi S
are imuich poorer than hias been repior'
edl. All the top) crop) wss shet.dded o'd
aliter the rains ini A ugusat and the first
week ini September, and I do not tuc hink
it possile for thcis cou nty to make over
15 per cenit. of a lull crop."
lIerkeley County- *"We have hand t('o
ottuch rain for all cclops. 1I, lhas ilecof
dry for a week, favoring cotton opem'
~ig and1 picking, drying out prov isionsa
ancd favorable to hay nmakinig."
Iiicland County-"Thle cottoni crop
is badiy injured. T1he younig cott,on
has little or no fruit on it. With the
mest favorable seasoni andi late frost it
will not be over 60) per cent. of an aver
Fige cr0op."
lItchiand County- "it is diflicuilt to
say how muich the cotton crop his beenc
ihamn aged. I made last year 703 bales of
cotton. I amn almost sure that my crop
will not yield over 300 bales. My corn
erop is line." A. P'. lit~rr.y.n,
Obhserv'er Weather liureau.
Caanmallem ini Rtussa.
I .ONION. Sept. 26.-T1he hjoirilet
story ol' Cannibnalismr among the Rtus
sian peasantry ia more than c:onflimed,
for' m s.me of the afilict-ed provinces it
is Paid that starving families, giving up
all hope of rescue, are prolonginig life by
dlevtnnrhii their lidh 1.a infants.
SERIOUS BUSINESS FOR CHILE.
A Military GAuart Placed Arounml the
United Statei Legation.
NEW YonK, Sept. 28.--The Ilerald's
Valparaiso special this morning says
news of serious import readhed here
from Santiago yesterday. It is to the
effect that the leaders of the Junta have
for the last few days adopted a course
which has had the result, (if harassing
Minister Egan. The Junta has been
trying for some time to induce Mr.
EgaIn to give upl) all those who have
sought refuge inl the 1njited( States I
legation. The Junta has gone even
further than this. It has put forth the
claim that it has the right to arrest any
one, no matter of what Iatioliity,
who may be found on the street or any
where else outside of the walls of the I
legation. In k.eeping with its claim, a
number of foreigiers have been placed
under arrest. Among them are three
Americ.ms. 'IThe matter went so far
that every person having occasion to
visit the legation was ordered to obtain
permits which allowed themii to go to r
the Place. 'To enforce this rille a force
of police was pit. Oil guard outside the
legalion. This hasted until last -rida%,
when Nfinister 1'gan entered a mostt
vigorois protest to the whole pro4ceed
itg. Ilis manner wa so v ;rnes' t hat.
the police were withdrawn. It is said
that lie referred the whli itter to
t he aluthorit ies at Washiington.
A 1'JLV CA11A-:T ILAyiN-:T ((rNUI,.
%VAS!IlNW(TVON, Sept. 28.-)iploniatic
coilelicat.ions have ariqsn bet wen thue
lil el States aid Chile--how serious
calniot no%w bo statel, but sulicientlv
g rave to cause a h rriedly called coisul
tationl at thie execti ve mnansin is
morning b),tween the Presideiit. andI his
chief advisers in the State and avv
Departments. Th lle cons1tat,ion lasted
Until after 12 o'clock, Secretary Tcrav
remaning with the President until
1 O'clock. Acting Secretary W\'hai tmn.
also had olicial papers. lie said, in
answer to a (lestion a.i to whether
matters had assilme(d a serious phase
in Chile, that he! coul- not sAy anythiin
on the subject.
In ollicial circles the news from Chile
that a cordon of sohl iers had been placed
around the house of the A tnericaitn imn
ilter, that entrance coul(i only Ie ob
tailied to It. by palssport, 1*11urnished by
the J)tilila, and thiat Aierican citizen'
were being arrested on the streets of
Valparaiso, was -onsidered serious bits
iness, and wiliu ieo oflicial conlirtiat lon
of tle news can be obtained, it is gen.
erally creditel. It. is known t,llt as
far back as last Friday it long lpher
cablegram was ruceived at. the Navy
Iepartment t rom Capt. Scjhley, in ('oIn
land Of the U nited States steaner Bill
tiliore, in Chilean waters. A copy of
this was sent to the State )epartment.
Since the" Cablegratus between the
"tate and Navy I)epartments have tieen
passing with jie-ased rapidity, but the
conte-It,s of, niole of hhuew com111111nica
tions have been 1iirnished the public.
SHARP EARTHQUAKE IN THE WES T,
St. Lot 111s,aci other Cit iew stvoreiy
Sliake3.
ST. Lou:ls, Sept. 2.-At 10:15 p. am.
three almost contiiolus vi bratiomis of an
earthlquke, oscillatiig from -;ast to
West, were distinctly jelt here. Build
1ngs facing the North and South were
Visibly affected by the shock. Watch
1men in several of the tall buildings say
they became alar med arid made all haste
to reach the ground. At the Star Say
ings the compositors, who occuipyI time
filth floor, left tlithir cases, and rished
DaiIc-stricken down the stairways anl
ito the streets. A t thle opera house the
auditncle rose as if to rush fromt the
house, iet (only a fe w left. Thirouighott
the whole city the piolice report that the
people rushed from their honies ini great
alarim, ini scant att,ire. Nto datnmage to
buildlings has, as yet, beenti repoItrted.
.Ti:n ml: 1IIAUTi.:, Indt., Sept. 21--A dIs
tinct shork of (-arth<cluake was fet, here
abouit 10:50. tomight, lasting six seconds.
Win-.Iows rattled, chandeliers swayedl
ai nmny persons were niaueseat.edi by
the undulations. TIhe tl'verent ap
peareed to lbe f romii no rth to s< uith.
V iN(::NN1-:s, 10(d., Sept. 21i. -A. v'ery
p erceplt ib le shiok (It eartlijialune was I elt I
heire at 11 cloo01k toniight4, lasti n i nt-ar
ly thlirty secondius andc( aroieu iig peopule
froni their shutnbi er. Tihe- shock was also -
felt at ()1 ney, W~ash inigtoni anrd vatriou s,
ot.her places ini this v iciity1.
ST'. LotIs, Sept. 24i.- A Speia~l Iraoin
N okliernis, Ill. sa. s an ('art 1h(1 nke~ sthocfk
was t elt tlher"- Ut1:5 , andl was of lort y
se-clolis dueration.
A\ nothier dtispatche I rouct MAlascoatthilhx
st.a tes I hiat t.hee shocks were Itit thiere
at. 10:5 p. iii.
\lT. V t-:l:se)N, ill., Sept . 'ft. - A n tart.h
quake shiock was I elit herec at 10:Siip. twc
lastinig te'i seconds1. M:iany eniieeys (
were sthakeni do(wn andI thrown I on the<
roof~ (It rest e-nces. ''hie ceilin g ande I
side of the le-thodist cliurche were batdly
(daliaged.
.lacksonviilte, Spriiiglie-ld, I1 )i juoin,.
Greeniville antd selbyville, lIt, state
11:tui t shek tof earthqualidkt was cilt,
t.here t.e-ihithi,. It. lasted boultit thirty
stcoIlids. Nil dlai:cge was dloni to pro- .
pert y.
3i ee raer ef na iec recaec WV reek.
LO( N , :s, SepItembei r 25. A d ispat ch I
to thle Standardl froiii San Seblas'tian I
stys thti.t i is repeorte -tI hat St-ymour I
killed in ihe railrI;41t'cllisioni between
bergo s andit Sanr Seas.iamn. Sevearal ern
ti re laamihes perished, in' d iing the
, idge or Vitottria wvith M'e wife and
dauighiter. Sonme Engl ish t.ourists were
also krille'd. Mlost of the plassentgers
were asleep at tIme time tef the coilmaion.
Twenty were k ifIhd andt twemnty-thiree
injutred(, four of wvhome have since died,
were tx tricated from the debris. Many
chtildrena were killed. WVhen the Queen
received the niews of the disaster she
stopped the fetes in honor of' her
daughter's b>irthday and( req(uested the
minister of .justIce to st-nd her alt the
details.
The Dioemocrata of WVahicngtona.
Si'-I(<A Ni-: FA LLS, WVASi., Sepember
25.- -Thme pllatformn 01' the l)emocratic
State Convenitiont held here yesterday
dlenounlces I he 'Billion Dollar tori.
gress" and the McKinley tariff bill, tie
clares ill faLvor of at tariti for revenue
and for free coinage of A merican silver
ont a plarP*y with gold anid demnar,dinig
thiat it be made legal tendier ior all delits.,
ultic or private.
Ill MURB14At OF.11.,~ O1~
RH -T IN THE BACK BY A BRUrAL
WIFE-BEATEi,.
IIlloergiir 111t I taty a4 ;aui Off :-er to(
1111 Il'ece, M4ItIlVem I$li4 )4-atl V(Jut)4
lot titl I a nel 'aof # Jo hit, t l
Sit'lTA NBI-B<, S. (:. Sept.2.-1In
IeA. iennenian, niayor o Spa rthilburg,
va-1 Shot alaI kille I this ev nm at 6:20
)"clock by .jolii Williait. e ord. Ilue
reathe( about half ar hour Ibforv life
vas extinct.
Willians and his % i- Var1 1:1i-rel
ng1 in their housv, baya the wr'n.
ille! brn h. Mr. IItll U.Ue a;l e m
ig l.y, .11a1I wvlnt, in to counlaillud I he
ieace. Abont thle li'tle it( got in tle(
ard, TIllaCt', a wi iiui. ni A -Ila.
le .says \\iliamus was Stuinhg oil thl
teps aal his wile wa,; insil-te the h1ISt,
busing 1t.he ilayor. I'lace askel M Ivoi
killwlillanl 1f lit! nf-edr aw. l -)t r
est till! itgro. J I s itl: Na, I liive
ent for t,. plii', alld Iiw.y will Illake
It' arrest."
W illi<111 1h1-l t1 rsi' t a-b l y n
olit lii1i tao gt-t wli tof is vard, oi I,.
v"(lW lix hiilli. ;t i ttL1 h "v-'It lilt t h
rous-. I' pl -ti ' a ri. g.iilz
I U-1i- ymaair :I- a irt'! ywi A II dt".1'
it' drev til l.- oli t0L i I I - ,it%.f1 t'
l4ro lila I I i s tu i t
vI Iich I ta i" a t
t iiga (ali rt) i:, l a I
, l li t' a;L i i i p i . la - 1a ai li ,
wlrd lit ptiO iiriie . I tI a !1 IIiV. M '
11111III.I.1t I 1 1 ! " 1ra cia al' - ;W! t
polil'Llgiv0;i e M
v0l, w'hetll Owt !ilt !,(
O ile t - %li \ wiL if] a p;o5 I )II,
iltin l1 side. I bif ll i t l ite tl).)\t
lie hipl andia !WiWtI*;IvI the iit i l
iit alls load' - no -Iftir'. t
lit propwiv,l to ..urr< , ,I,ad k lalo
li)'e an Lti "'Z ) lo j a i!i I1:;. W i
ireL ia l r li:i3h:al itI in l i aii',
lie Shows .e Ij:1ce I - i I!
credi Owl \vall,
W 11'.1 arre."wt ;1w it-l ria t e
nlayor or(dered, hintl t.hod : II-Iitds
Ilea li! en It 111 1t,h a s
Sknown at prv.tiii, a;ind Wil
liii lsj W itt ai - 'a' lite 'a 'an at
hi ns's tiilv . . \ii ilt- i k, v-iii;t- -i or
It(, Alta 1101t' -)t.-I\ It- l jotit a a iy
itsa inuv <l ta . ll el lat' *. houlSI
Alert-' tht' jilwt it'.st \\ I; l I)(. M
W!ialli.-', w It ha-, 4vl itln ;l c'-.t.', allta
he mays thLt. W;HOin. n An Imating her
Uld ah Wilig ht-r lw i I-a A l:tav C;Illle
A to stopl thli. arrl- . t' I, at.ay:s he fred
Ais pistol to nctkit hill it-l atiI tirrvin
leur whenl t' ih. seugltlk- bega- i ly
wLi rolledl (illt Iho t-a 1. db1 tiid
n.ot witllvan4 thl- i>o g ru iiii ! Ot
sidet.
WI'leai.a llw i,l'l' Iaw .- a ;ld,a-i, .I'
ex it'. in? rani, a 1 a1 his ali :.- i'abitt
airalt , wa,; --erriv l t) j.t 1I' I ,,u v, Ia
yin ic ive s1 rit anp1 yucui. I I- ox li
his deed. TIli. nlv.grol S l !1,tIy it
i.nsihierably , xo ied,;u tlit . i
i gr'.ll laiy "g'. 0.-1" iai ft)
W itoiis i t n ji n a criwd to IN th
Willialus. ThIt, 1oN 1.vr eisiiahay
ex\eite . Grotips ( ptloi N ) - :ir- (i t t he
sqtiar e, ; iha l a t t i h i l taill tlk oif
lynching. SherffNi ho s is in 1ji:h
an,d will reinw n therv 1t ighLaat.
.Talhe syllipaIlby of Uhe whlconia' t a.lo
ty goes oit Llt . r'.I-cken. Ill il IItlyI v il this
biour i alliletion. LMay,r If fii "ol-A;
-aine hwire fromt NorflkP a&ow the year
M59,itila'awarlal th p ovAr v htiastll'inusm.
10it l( t ' IlIt tl ail l ll 411a -t t a 11.
I'wo years ago wlt! a%iu 0-ted ayro
irht 'ilood a( a. Lar . lIn *-s. 1a ier l,
.er a n hrie sr atqn lla it y r- o
eige. I h a orone iip; lI a t ay
LaIL ilaie t i S- bl (a tj > l:aIiifd telt tt
'a al -Ied i I I t-t.--r v a ) l
' lar-. iIl *ta |e lIie 'Theaa~ . eIe, PI
a Nte aaaIt-I-b-is, ha[. . ( ,s.. a
II ele h-as lit-.i lii b La - . I it ] 1Iown
'l-l Iloi;t Iral-iai i Ii:n'.l' at a a
jail e haim thel' h . I a ' i bremih o
hex Scontient. A a:i Vin a'iinie.-la
alints vlaiftsti i-a za. Ii- aI' V. i tS Ma)
lIIthe conte -'a.i-. 11:1 lI a .i t (arca
it ''tlea' l t|t aJ. Lit aa: a1.1i!~t
I. 1k 'raVIGr 'a'.. t'ltl i I tai 'a ia
'leaex at!- a- i, lilala ;ra sut -i ai.ia l.
I r inw l al t hi:na !r aa--.' I wn st iry
Ias n i i .' [h a a al im'h le
-illt tc'rW, ala a hrlank ?-'i( e IL a I' 's
1ttrial it loWe er ol!laaL li .1!i{
lie l ita'ha'i-av.1a lisal - l'ii a,. slev
:htli r. I ll i.ia-noaLa-a: . I 1
Vt' :. "i' oid I thith n
'i.b'rx Ila.ie Jumbled C-: - nIaaaa
hela thIikiteI orau Iih eat' F-a n-' h.li.
r''ota h> Ssiat P ira i! ther .au LI'
:Lucky ati ;ti w nt l ILIa Liaagtla
Pealu'tIT clant,alla Te ~~I'ItaliI
vtth l eaZLlJ'titV I call E N aaa'I lar (
ad l i in ill at' lioal o 'f bLao ll e I t'a(eli
hei t-bloy slItv andt'aa th-d. That sleeve~
avisedrt hi!)S aal i, couLs I and 'a' faa
Iiaato lig ha,rhoi nemIa. II,, r l. a w
Sliii etuLn k1ow whoIIVll aL teI '-e mu--de-11
a elit b r w ii i alt Il '.0 co' . i : arra h a
,vell-'itritho aSoti nlaaI h I I butP' i a ti- ,
lIveIa retItt'atl aa m lune. -~'ailis