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VOL. XXI JrUFIiMrLUARY VOL. XXI I~~~~ICKENS, Si. C-p '111UR~SDAY19~BIAR ,82.N 0 AT THiE 1ABERNACLE. DR. TALMAGE PREACHES ON RELIGION IN BUSINESS AND SOCIETY. Whatsoever Vou Do, Let It lie to 'he Glory of Goe-.There is No Work Too Small or Too 0reat for the Spirit of SOhrintianity. BROOKLYN, Jan. 24.-Dr. Talniage's sermon this iorning %Nas on the topic on which lie is never tired of insisting, and which, more than any other, con 8tituWa his message to this generation -the appliention of relIgion to the af fairs of dialy life. Ills text was taken lrom I Corhw.hmia x, 31, "Whether, therefore, ye eat or drink, or whatso ever ye do, do all to the glory ol God." When the apoqtle In his text sets forth the idea that so common an act,ion as the taking or food and drink is to oe -conducted to tbc glory of' God, he pro -clalms the imporancce of reliion in dhe -ordinary affairs o) our life. In all ages -of the world there has been a tendency to set apart certain (lays, places and oc casions for worship, and to think t'iose were the chief reilms in which reli,ion was to act. Now, holy (lays n(Id io;y places have their importance. They give opportunity for especial perlorma ance of Christian duty, and lfr regaling of the relIgions appetite, but they Can not take the place of continuous ex"r cise of faith and prayer. In other words5, a man cannot be so much of a Christian on Sunday that he can afford to be- a worldling all the rest ot the week. If a steamer puts out for Southampton and goes one day in that. directio, and the other six days in other directions, how long before the steamer will get to Sout hampton? It will never get there. And though a man may seem to be voyaging heavenward during the holy Sabbat,h (ay, ii' durirg the following six -days of the wcek he is going toward the world, and toward the flesh, and toward the devil, he will never ride up into the peacefil harb'r of! heaven. You cannot -at so much a t, the Sabbath banquet, ahat you can afford religious abstinence the other six days. Heroism and princely behavior on great occasions are no apol. Kgy for lack of right demetanor in cir eumstances insigniticant and inconspicu ous. The genuine Christian Ilif is not pspasmodic; does notgo by lits and starts. It toils on thrmu, h ieat and col( ulp stee p mountains and along do)gerous de.livi ties, its eye on tie everlasting hills crowned with the cas les of the blessed. In the first pl,ie, !we want to bring the religion ol' Christ Ino our conversa tion. When it dam breaks, and two or three villages ar-' overwhelmed, or an earthquake in South America swallows a whole city, then people begin to talk about the uncerfinly of lite, and they imagine that 1he. *are en!a41ed In posi tively religiou- cot versation. No. Y ou may talk abou 1, thke things and have no of God it a b in your heart. We ought every d-y to be talking religion. If there is an1 Jhing glad about it, any thing beantiful a.out It, anything in portant about :t, ve ouglit to be coutin uously discus.;-ng it. I have noticed that men, just in proportion as their Chris tian experience is shallow, talk about funerals and graveyards and tombstones and deathbede. The real, genuine Chris tian man talks chit.llv about this life and the great etetoity beyond, and not so much about 'he usignificant )a1F be tween these t wo residences. And yet how few circles there are where the re ligion of Jesus Ch."ist is welcome. Go into a ci.-cl evel of Christian peo p10, where they are full of ioy and hiuari :Ity, and talk ar.iou'..Christ or heaven and *everyt,hing is imhecdiately silenced. A s -on a summer day, when the forests aire full of life, chrJt.er and chiirru1, andh car-ol -a mighty chorus of bird hiarmiony, -every tree branch an orchestra-if' a hawk appear in tIhe sky every voice sions -and( tihe foresit, aro still; just so i ha~ ve seen a lively rehigious circle silencd( on tihe appearance of 11ny thing like religious conversation. No onei 1had( anythingz to say, save, perhiaps, somue old1 patriarch in the corner of' the room, who really thinks that somrething ought, t.o he .'aid under the circumstances, so he puts e foot over the other aind heaves a loa sigh, andI says, "Oh, yes; that's so, that's so!" My friends, the~ religion of Je'sus Christ is somelthmii tW talk about with a glad heart, 1i, is brighter than the wa ters; it is more chieerful than the sun shine. Do not .:o around groaning abut .your religion when you ought, to he sing-. ing It or talking it In cheerful tontes i voice. IIow often is it thatW we find meni whose lives are utt erly inconsist ant , who attempt to talk ieligion, and always make a failure of' it! My friendn, wve must live rehlion, or we cannot talk it. If a nian is cranky and cross and unconi genial and hard in his dealings, and then begIns to talk about Chriet and h"avein, everybody is iepelled by it. Yet I have heard Bi~uch men say. in whining tones, "We are miserable siii 'ners," "Tfhe L~ordl bless you," "'The Lord have mercy (on you," their conver sation int,erlar'ded wit,h such expressions, which mean nothing but canting, and1( cantIng Is t,he wolAt form of hypocrisy. It we have reailt felt the religion or' Christ in our heart~s, let us talk it, and talk it with illuminsated countenance, re memberIng that when two Chriist;an people talk God gives especial atttenin and writes dowvn what they say. l\al achi Iii, 16, "Then they that, feared the .Lord1 spako ottn one to anot,ber; and1( tihe Lord barkened and heard1 it, and1( a book of' remembrance was written." Again I remark, we must bring the rell ion of Christinto our employments. "Oh," you say', "'that is v'ery well if' a man handle large sums of money, or if be have an extensve trafil, but i imy thread and needle store, in my trimming establishment, in the humble work in life that I am called to, the sphere is too small for the actioin of such grand, heav enly principles." Who told you so? D)o you not know that, God watches the faded leaf on the brook's surfaice as cer tainly as lhe dloes the path of' a blazing sun? And the moss that creep up the aide of the rock nmakes as much ipres uion upon Getd's mind as the waving tops of' Oregon pine and Lebanon cedar; and the alder, ersikling uinder thie cow's hiof. soutids ni loud mn God's ear as Udie Onap of i world's conflagration. When you have anything to do In life, however humble it may seem to be, God l al. ways there to help you to do it. If the wheat in thechurches should be put into a hopper, the first turn of the urank would make the chaff fly, I tell you. Some men are great sticklers tot Gospel preaching. They say: "You stand there in bands and surplice and gown and vreach-preach like an angel, and we % ill stand out here and attend to business. Don't mix things. Don't get business and religion n the same bucket. You attend to yur matters and we will attend to ours." They da not know that God sees every cheat tiey have practiced in the last six years; that ie can look through the iron wall of their fireproof safe; that he has counted every dishouest dollar they have in their pock et, and that a day of judgment, will coma. T1hese inconsistent Christian men will sit on the Sabbath ight in the house of God sm1:ing at the close of the service, "tock of Ages, cleft, for ie, and then when the benediction is pronounced shut t,he pew door and say as ,hey go out, "Goodby, religion, I'll be back next Sunday."' I think that the Church of God and the -albl)ath are only an armory where we are to get. weapons. When war CoMCs, if' a man wants to tight, for his country he does not, go to Troy or Sprinm field to do battling, but lie goes there for swords and iukets. I look upon the Church ol Christ,and the Sabbath day as only the place and time where and when we are to get armed for Christian con flict; but, the battlefield is on Monday, Tuosday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Satur1ay. "St. Martin's" and "Lenox'? and 'Old Hun6red" do not amount to anything unless they sing all the week. A sormon is useless unlesi we can take it with us behind the plow antd the counter. The Sabbath day is worthless it it last only twenty-four hours. There are many Christians who says: "We are willing to serve God, but we () not want to do it. in these spheres about which we are talking; and it, seems so insipid and monotonous. 11 we had some -.:reat occasion. if'we had lived in the time of Luther, if we had been Paul's traveling companion, if we could serve God on a great scale, we would do it. but we can't in this every day life." Do not think that any work God gives you to do in the world is on too small a scale for you to do. The whole univers c is not ashamed to take care of one little flower. I say: "What are you doing down here in the grass, you poor littl< flower? Are you not afraid nights* You will be neglected, you will (lie o thirst, you will not be fed. Poor litth flower!" "No,'"says astar, "I'll watch over it to-night." "No," says a cloud "I'll give it, driuk.' ".No," says thi sun, "I'll warm It in my basom." Ther I see the pulleys going, and the cloud! are drawing water, and I say. "Wha are you doing there, 0 clouds?" An< the reply. "We are giving drInk tv tha flower." Then the wind rises and conies bend ing down the wheat and] soundinw it: psalm through the forest, and I cry "Whither awiy on such swift wii, C wind?" And it replies, "We are going to cool the check of that flower." An< then I bow down and say, "Will Go< take care of the grass of the field?" An( a flower Pt, my foot responds, "Yes; h clothes the lilies of the field, and iievei yet, has for-otten me, a poor little flow. cr.'' Oh, when I see the great heavew bending dieiselves to what seems in, signiticant mnimstrations, when I lint out, that God does not. for,iet. any blos som1 of the spring or any snowflake o the winte,r, comie to the conclusion that we can afford to attend to the min ute things in life, and that what, we dc we ought to dlo well, since there is as much perf'ct.ion in the const,ruction of a spider's eyc as in the conf'ormation o: llaming salaxies. l'lalt( had a tTble whichi I have non~ nearly forgotten,2but it rant somet,hing like this: IIe said spirits of the othii world come hack to hisa worid to fima a body and find a sphere of work. Oim spuirit came and iook the body of a king anid (<h( his work. Another spirit camnt and took the body;~ of ai poet and did hit work. After awhile Ulveses camne, ani he said, "Whyli, all the fine bodies are taken, and all the grand work is taken, TPhere is nothing lo!t, for me.'' And somec one relied, "A h! the best on has been left fhr you.'' Ul.ysses said. "'What's that?'' Andi the reply was, ''The body of' a common man, doing ii c >mmon work and for' a common i.e ward." A good fab.le for the world ani just as good a fhble for the chiurch, Whether we' eat or dIrink, or' whatsocvei we do, let us do it to the glory of' God, Argam, we need to brini! the religior of Christ, int,o our commonest trials, For severe losses, for bereavement, foi trouble thIat shoeks like an earthquakt and thatt blasts like a storm, we prescribt reli:.<us consolation; but. business man, for the small annoyances of last wveck, how imuch oh the grace of God did you aippl3? "Oh,'' you say, ''these triah are too small for such applicat.ion!'' Mi brother, they nie shaipinig your character, they are souring y'our temiper, they art wearing out your iatl'entce and they ar< making y-u less and less of a mani. ] go mnt.o a sculptor's studio and ,see hin: shaping a statue. Hie h:as a chisel in out hianid and a mallet in the oth'er, and ha gives a very gentle 'str'oke-click, click click! 1 say, "WVhy don't 3you strikt hardher?" "Oht," ho replies, "that wouk shatter the stat,ue. I can't do it. thai way. I imutst (10 it this way!" 5ii he works on, and ater awhile tli( featrues come out, and everybody thai enters the studio is charmed and fasci nafed. WVe.l, God1 has your soul uindem pirocess oi' development, and it Is the lit. t,ic anmoyances anid vexations of life that are chiseling out your immort,al nature. It is click, click, click! I wonder why somec great providence dioes not come, andh with one stroke prepare y'ou aor heaven. AIm, no GodI sa',s that is .not the way. And so hie keep~s on by strokes of little annoyances, little sorrows, lit tle vexatlons, until at last y ou shall be a glad spectasle for angels and for iiitn. You know chi, a large fortune may he spent In small change and a vast amount, of moral character may go away in r,mall depletion. It is the lIttle troubles oIf life that are hnving mor re- e.mupn ou. than great ones. A swarm o1 loc-usts will kill a grain fiell sconer than the in cursion of three or four cattle. You say, "Since I lost iny childj, nee I lost my property, I have been a d'er ent man." But you do not recoguize the architecture of little annoyances :.at are howing, diggi-g, cutting, shaping, j splitting and interjolnug your moral qualities. Rats may sink a ship. Ono lucifer match may send destruction through a block of store-houses. Cath erimc de Medicis got her death from smelling a poisonoui rose. Columbous, by stopping and asking for a pice" of 2 bread and a drink of water at a Frareis- 1 can convent. was led to the discovervy of the New World. And there,is an *uti mate connection between trifles and mu mensities, between nothings and evecy things. I Now. be careful to let none of 'those annoyances go through your soul u1ar raigned. Compel themI to adminilster to your spiritual wealth. The scratch of a sixpenny nail sometimes produces lockjaw, and the clip ofa most infinies mal annoyance may damage you forever. Do not let any annoyance or perplexity come across your soul without its mak iug you better. Agairs, we must uring the religlon of Christ into our commonest blessi qgs. Vhcn the autumn convs and the har vests are in, and the governors make proclamation, we assemble iii churches and we are very thankful. But c, ery day ought to be a thanksgiving day. we do notrecognize the comnion me. cies of life. We have to ace i blind man led by his dog beorie wo begin to bethink ourselves of what a grand thing it i3 to have eyesight. W e have to see some one aillicted with St. ViEus' dance belore we are ready to thank God for the con trol our physical energies. We have to see so-ie wounded man hobbling on his clutch or with his empty c,at sleeve pinned up before we learn to think what a grand thing God did Ior us when lie gave us healthy use of our limbs. We are so stupid that nothing buf the misfortunes of others can rou.ie us up to our blessinis. As the ox prazes inl the pasture up to its eyes in ::lovci. yet nev er thinking who makes the clover, and as the bird picks up the worm ifrom the furrow not knowing that it ii Goi who makes everything, from the animalcule in the sod to the seraph on the throne. so we go on eating, drinking antd enjoy. ing, but never thanking or seldom thank ing; or, if thanking at all, with ony half a heart. I compared our indifference to the brute; but perhaps I wronged the bru te. I do not know but that, awong its o: hor instincts, it may have an instinct by which it recognizes the divine hand that feeds it. I do not know but that God is, through it, holding commuica tion with what we call "irrational erea tion." The cow that stands under the willow by the water course chewing its cud looks very thankful, and who .an tell how much a bird means b% its song? The aroma of the flowers smells iike incense, and the mist arising from the river looks like the smoke of a morr.ing sacrifice. Oh, that we were as respon sive. Yet who thanks Gop for the wa ter that gushes up in the well, and that form in the cascade, and that laughs over ihie rocks, and that patters in the I showers,and that claps its hands in the I sea? Who thanks God for the air, the fountain of life, the bridgeof sunbe.,m, the path of Round, the great fan in a hot summer's day? Who thanks God for this wonderful physical organis n this sweep of the vision, this chime of harmony struck into the ear, this 'oft tread of a myriad delightsover the nor vous tissue, this rolling of the crim-ton tide through artery and vein, this drmf rming of the heart on our march to imn mortality ? We take all these things as a matter of course. But suppose God should wtithdca~w these common blessings! Your b) 'dy would become an Inquisition of tori aire, the cloud would ref use rain, every green thing would crumple up, anti the earth would crack 01pen under your feet. The air would cease its healttaful circulation, pestilence would SWOOp, anld e'very hlouse would become a p::tee of skulls. Streams wouldl tirst swim wilth vermini and then dry up, and thirst and hiunger and anguish and des :air would lift their scepters. Oh, compare such a life as that with the life you live this morning wvith your families about you! Is it not time that, with every word of our lips and every act ion of our life, we began to acknowledge these every day mercies'? "Whether ye eat or drink, or wvhatsoever ye do,do all to the glory of God." J)o I address a mian or a woman this morninug who has not rendered to God one single of fering of thanks? I was preaching One Thanksgiving day and announced my text, "O, give thanks unto the Lo0rd, for he Is good; for his mercy endlureth forever." I do not know whether there was any bless ing oii the sermon or not, butt the text wenlt straight to a younig man's heart,. lIe said to himself, as I read the te'xt: "'Oh, give t.hanks unto the Lord, for he is good'-Why, I have niever rend~er ed himii any thanks. Oh, what an ini grate I have been!" Can it be, my brother, that you have been fed by the god hand of God all these <days-t.hat you have had clothing and shlelter and all beneilcient surroundings andt yet have never offer ed your heart to God?y Oh, let a sene of the diIvinie goodness shown you in the oyerydsy blessings molt your he:,rt, and if you 1.ave' never before uttered the earnest note (of thanksgiving let this be the da:y which shall hear your song. What I say to one I say to all of this audience. Tfake this praclcal religion I have recoim mended Into your everyday life. Make everyday a Sabbath anId every meal a sacrament and every room you enter a holy of holies. We all have work to do; let uis b~e willing to di it. We all have sorrows to boar; let us cheerfully bear them. We all have battles to iI;ght; let us courageously fight them. If you want to (die right you nmst live right. Negligence and indolence will win the hiss of everlistint sc in, while faithfulness will gather Its gar lands and wave its scepter anti sit u pon its throne long after this earth hass put on ashes and eternal ages have begumn their march. You go borne today andl( attend to your little sphere of' dun's.~5 I will go home and attend to miy li: tiei sphere of duties. Every -mue in his5 wnl pace SiOipourer se ~inlfshl be a tiumhalmarh,anid the hnlmbllest footstool on which 'we are called te sit will be a cnqne,.... ti..o..e1 BAFFLED TIE DOCTORS, VONDERFUL STORY OF A LITTLE GIRL IN SPARTANBURG. Lu I n hich xobody Cut Exi In Wasting aail %ttrvin,- Imr ionth As- p liarent Ieath anti mtidin uturi to 111f .--A Visit to the City. GREEN Vi bniE, 8. C., Jan. O'.-T e (cws of, Iset .1un1day publishe- thle ")I-;i :viu rernarkable itory of the *ilness of little child: Probably the mlost I emni i hi' wxN in he history 3f the niedical prolesiion of his or any other country waA tht ot Ila Compton, the fo1rteen-year--: Id aughter of J. F. Cmp:on, ;- aritwr vhlo liveH fifteun luilei; nlorthea.- 01 CiJ ti ity, just ii the edge of Spartai ounty. The story is ,me of t,h' irang st ever icard or ri!ad of and i3 vou: -d 1, or by twelve physiciatis aiwi luidrk..i it' peole of tins and Spartanburg Co l y. It is told for the first t'1m; y 'V'w Cws, and is <direct rom Mr. C unltom Mdl his little, daughiker, W1h0 i, 1-0t P >arently a-i he.-%. aayChAihti. Th;.v vere botlh in the cit yeterdbi. A 'ews reportkr had beard of' h v raiLe uiIse m11anly moti S n1io but rtraied rom meintiomag it. utiL he itaw thc( I her al! hs daughier. Oin the secotnd Molday iNI MN of 1:.9t 'ear L(da Compton wai taken i1, She idnl't wvanlt ,(, eat un111 thin,:1 tora ,veek her parent; s tried to i estorc hwr vithoutl, ening for' a hician. She lid not gromy anly liett, and Mr. (.omp ,Ont 8Cent for his lamil.y phy * sic"an, Dr. W Ilte. Iie said that the litAle hairl ho 'ever und pre:-crib.d remedies. amiong .hIem caloimlel. 'D caloiel imlade herl itnsiely sick and instlad itf imiiiroving'. lhe grew rapiily worse. Two morc ph v 5xian of the me nWh,leihborhood were 'alled inl. Each hll .1 'fillereit idea of' .he disase hrom which she was sutherinr Ind echi Vrul(l haN e ll esci ielbei diler mLt medies. Nwlhinii appeInd lo do ,be patient an1y good mnil sie bl"ean to 101) like a chastised child. Tis con inued througl the day, but at night -vould nearly cease and she wouo slecp ioundly until morning. She bagan to ,omplain ot Iuatins ll the bre Ist nid itomachi and her hecad hw-7an to ittrk con vuisively. The physicians finally decided that there wast no hi-pe for the child. O.l,er ph11 sicils wIrc called in. amonV th-1m1 Dr. J. I. W ilkitson, of this ity. Ali of them decided Ult the girl c1 nidlot live. ' Tlh medicine and J 100 whch wasi given her -ias not, retaiie.i. Iv I ls time the girl doclimi.i to take aiy moore food or medicine, 4.yil thalt I hedie.e would not benll htr. Shv -. a- men,m. r oi the churcI and said lntii-i uu! prayor would help her. Simethin- oie-r a mmrith ael; . the w taken ill Mhe coriphoemd .t e i h hurting her eyes anod ; wa;il hoi before sh losW her sih :t wh she could !ee ohject but! eveI.V anr ..p peared black to her. T;,,en sihem dn tc lose thie power of Apecch. 'Tvivo) nmolt hs after a phnli eci:.n had b.cei cAf d in all that her stomach would refain -,aw the juic of wateriolon and the waici tha1t melted from ice put in her mout'i. 1'F live rn1Oths0, Slie did not swal: --% a dr1, of water. Her fither h1'augNtI ini by the hundreds of ponimds ;n thi4 city. 'ie did riot give up hupe and cpent: evrything LiRt lie had. I avcd and lht IhOuld jorrow. The nei'hbori were im rnl ISassted im i. The deathI oi t ' cild She had lint itn hed. ninler four' d..i lithouJIt 101uebinlg a mlorse' of jo :i'l or mthsilii witho(ut bJeing able3 o spea t sce. 11er se of hearinT:< r mtainal mdit by signs her i aren:s mll tr<5toodr heni(i she wimled ci ii or wate'riae iu uice. T1hie physiemns hiad a: empfl 1 o0 keep up 11eliy inje,icting I reu.ch >r'and(v andli C0i liver oil. Onae day ailterth' Pmg hail noen di lionthis, breathi seemedt to leave i':' amil ier fttier, ho wy al wtik. o.i. g, ist 0r. The sari prep ar. lions II.: bu.h d verc beluli. Not a mus~i.c of & cbil iioved, a1111 thiere wash not the lt :i en )l life . ShI ad beenl s sick s >loi, d Uat iIcr eyes had11 sunkl deep in be:- h ad. sores. covCeed hier bodyl andi s.he did niot wveigh ovier tfnty le nmds. Th!. miih.. bors camle i to express their ii s m1athy or' su1ch it wasd, I >rL tw hours. Sac Lte wvords oh s mpalthy of trijeim, bunt .hl time mi montillhi shte ieijly muitter dI that,L die was hungiry. Tlher fathier hieardl the IiuIttiri ng.. le wais it ei ieend and.. aLSked bIa chil whiat she wanited. Slim sodlshe wainted somle ih an I wanite- everybhody to piray foir her. Mr*. Compalton did mit i'a it to) get the adice or al physIician lhbout giving thme jien't lish, buti hutr riedl to the Enuotn ii rin . lie ment a nleiglhbor , who gaive himii par1 t l a( (e which lhe had :au111ght . Mi. C omplion returnried, had. thei fih i Lc ard ai gave, It to his5 daugI4lhIer. 51he stucied t:,' imee FromI it and1( swalhowed smial hmits of the I eth. Stranigm to3 say. shle re a nedl ti lo11. '[hle little -:irI be!an si,Jly toi gro w bet ter and asked I Ir atn was ?iiveni n~ hait she wa~n .ted. Th e phy icianii st ill salid she wouh niot live. Thei' 1212her .ave his dauItghIiter' 0' vrthling sheI asked foir. As5 the p)ower( ofi sp(elh 2(retrle the gui's sight grew betteCr. T1hr- liower of open inag her eyes, hioweveri, hadil It her, but, th e lid.s wer*e pulledu open and closeud by hier' parentls. TIheyV r.-mit) in whlatover p,>.sitionl they 'wI rc I' t. Weceks palssedl andl the little gir: coilni tied to strenigthecn. IHer 51ight and thle power' of openiing and1 closing~ the1 (ye 11(18 retuirnled, and11 for two mao:>this nhe has1 beenl im good hmealth~, buit is St iH weak. 11cr long i linems and lhe in'et .hat fier limbs) reminedC( In narl'y ther . tame - ition all the~ Lime, made(1 hier le"' si ' ly def'ormled. She is now re toverln' romi this dSeformiity'. She does not feel 1fny bad Il'fects of heri strange" illness tmud hIat felt no0 pains for two nmnths. D)uring I'er illness twelve ph pie:aia Iisitedl her mut her u-se batllier I I m all. Nearly ever' imud (i'peront frortn miles tround went to Mr. Comiptoni's hotme t> earn tin Conlitlon at114 hilan to hen- the most marvelous story that hi I eve" been told them. Jetorc tho little girl recovered. oi -j har:-e s.tone bruiNo ou (ach lice] caus I bei Intense suffering. Often beire ! -j he.:tio speech.ess she said that she ft e. Bonoethin in her throat like a worm at- I trh .I to reach her lingers to it to pull o0ut I [er constant, request was that a be rayed fbr and ste believes now tih Prr ver tnd a merciful God rest 'red h-:: to tealth. I"e is a pretty lit- girl, apparent nuot over eight or nice year-, oid, a: I anii%ve ':"d ItellumItI ani pleasant t all <Iuestions asked her by the teportc . M-14-N was left fir Ier while 'ie w.. ill ntid her fater brought her to the ci yeterday to let her purcha.se what sl wa-ted, and she botu.tht a ianseme bi - re'a with it. S Veral persons in the City who hte hi d f ther case. uave her presents :it she( ias told that when sIe returive1 Vtorvi 41tiiers would do ikewise.-No,v. TRAVEL IN THE WILD WEST. SVarlie-d1 Ixierlvce ,)f mn i)ny on tI Mimuri 'aiec. I.N.CiTY-, .Jan. 23.-A.ast nj w 1a tirilling one f,1r the Crew at i IMs,en ge's o1 th su S01t -bound Al issol - P'a- ic trainl. The trainl Was bh]( t.wit oico by a lyIIching party that. wi; cor ing i iurderer Robert lepler fro Ne--ada, Mo., to Lamar, Mo., where t lit har 0 gd him, and a second time by lra rob,ers, wlo robbed the express c; r 1n!. its itales. The train had hard I lft Na.,isau . lictioti, where the lync inr party took poss.-sion of it, wv th lalger signal induced the enguiv, r to 'low up again. Vlhenl the train came to a standst ' two masked inen untered the expre. car and or:hred the occupants to ho i iti thir Itanis, keeping th ctvinover ('t I wit I revilvers, wiol,e I lie train traveli d twcIve miles to Lamar. The robbe; S ilh it tihe pockets of the traimilln, tat ing 75 froil iaggagemanl 1111ll, small amounts from E x press Messengt r lokck and Travelling 'assenger Age t IBardett, of lt Alissouri 'a'-ific, hIt, had gone to the express car to escal - atinoyalev by the Imob of lyneuc'. I I the rear vars. The express niessengt r Was coiniphIlled to open t1lfcoibinati) I of, tle I l'acific Cor'u pany's sal, antd thw , w a * also riled . I'he a; o tints I r eive c , 1o\ evei', Wfas of ain ilisigilieua. ilI ilt, less than :345. \ hen the train, acrivetl at Iiiar. th d(e0 illation of the in1oh, I Ite baidi' i mir ghe-4 in the crowd of lynerivis at I fUr I, time were lost sight of. One t the - raiimen, however, soon di;sc overr I theit boarding a passing north-hm, I freij.;ht trainon the MNmphis toa. and sont, I he followiriz ispat-h to th. .Ito iI anti city marshal a, lFort Set' \Vatch for two men, no) baf - -.iw,.. roug aparancte, otne .;oiewh: r:':' I an other. Tie'. are want' her, ffr robbing 'acitic ex1pre-q, Mi SceI i l'acilie tra01'1. h m h , ;In rnii, At o ring' t:)wamV 3our city 1 t'' re .ti'o N to ::riva d (' i :.'r . S t %!, 7 0'clo()c k 11.is S o(".ining. P'olic mi" i S t'm colorted, was 11on 1t11' let terc tthen Toensuliciou: ltoki chi ete t o ii tide:Cription tif' 1.1 loblwrs givet inU t ispaib riv atii lialted tielm, when) one of tho :n dre :- his revolver ana firedt. eii v Lim let ierct d t.he poiant oni's le:ari an ii dro'ped dead oi t rhe in.stait. 'I n freight was tust Imling oute : 1w- l0bb...rs imurdp, ain eviapty b - xe; ain: loed t- hmasles in.bhortly faFr Str.: t hetite passenger trail fro Li;ular arrived and ol it, was JP,teelrV Cvt ster, of the alissonri P'acifi,, \wti wai in pusi of teha lits. y we r Sc<, .tl le>aied the'r pantlg tai .n wn. h toe out einin t .dately in pu. xri: tir ie'i freig it a7t A. M.)f i t (J ut, forc tleaitwin (1(15Ii l m:'tterger tr'li laiv) the' sen-\ I hi ti ite' (et(ectve Chet'er,l taini -o la't'on, ir hoevr, sueii dd iiir. -leOliOS ing :ei eI the mo digrtrt and t-:'e pcn ryeru rgTe attrer lien thrf off 'ars ahi tr o way to 'li-asianito:n, a di - talir:I It live miles. A di.-in-tchihadi been senrt to Ilhe . Lt( > I rsking t~I ht toss irneet.(1ii th ir: i h et:' e i wv r siurroutndltd, anid tfie m-i inal' *5i''s ere clled uponi to surrende -.rl rev >' vers, anid the jr0s c retrnd tt I Ilibr'ugh the side of the cari att tandoci. ;:nd the ptosse retuirnied thie fire' wit' Winchtetsters anti revo'lver(s':. Tihie fmI Ihit lastedi nearlyv an hourt. l'anaillIya shiti. f romn a W, inchrest er of on e of '' I 0pas I struck one of the robbi ers on I i hieai andt kdlled him. 'The other baind: I then il surrndeired. lIe( was serious.'ly woundrtedl ini lihe sid:e. lie gavet his ona: Imtine as (Chlarles Meyers, of aniisa : (City, tansa-, bitt deeliined t(o reveal t,he reSon mito,r bel(ie. lowever, thI) i' c'i.i C. -'rcis, Myrts b irithe\riiaw.' MJd., wi-as recenrtly fondi terribl)y inijur lint ont the i-'rertitk Di)vision liilro;t i t ra( k, itn t' rear of1 the ahins hiouise. I I wa' :m tpposted to hi: ye b eeni struick by Irai I. i le was~ remiloved to the :iii iniji ries i. ore caus'ed by a bitl{ksiirth of C itt od II--otd antd en tn andit atbrion511 Itv ;itigation flllowed , arni i resutlte ini i.se arresI of FJishai; ,Johnisor, a rc' titr irnan, whotc w: is last seeni with hm antId wl.) w~as spendt1uing monitey frtely, Ii is ciaiirpsd thtta t Johnson indalcr Stui. bar~keri to arcompanly him i to ti. aboveit lonrely3 spot a: ii be-at ai robbe)1 hrair of abhouti 835. lit then~i placed i on i hie track facit diown' ward, presun: I abtl.r ''itbt'r to givt' rise to the suippos. ti(li that a train had struck hunir, or' i* ord -r' that a train shiotnit rita over hi ri -' l'h tfternoon Studebaker bec:imne coi . Sis entought to remembentr what hat peC- dt, and ,Johnson v as takeni to th' alu irhouse, where Stiudi-baker' ienti ie lin as: the: inan who b,eat1 and rob ht hiir. - Johnson~i was Lunoinittedi to j:ar Sindebake is in a critica coniton rHE GRAND OLD PARTY. rIe IetpublIicl Primary witl 'Wiat it is Proposed to Do. CIIAimjlToN, S. C., Jan. 28.-The Nows aid Courier of this morning pub. ishes an interview w ith Mr. E. A. Web ;ter, Chairian of tho Stato Republican xecutive Cominittev. The following s the substatice of the interview: Tho lItpublicans of the State vill iely likely put a ftill State ticket in the ield next Novelnber if ("lhairinanl W'b iter has I he sie oIpinionm in the sum nor as hie expressed yciAt3rday. Al 'hough hel (id Inot d"!1I)itv1y State that uch a couirse) l hbee agreed ipon, he :wtmirked I litth t here was a strong sen iment aoimg the leacling Iepublicanis if I le State in favor of mainAk lg a con Lit over thIM Sate Licket text Novem beer. ' I'lisc che;in a.s ontlinid Iy Nlr. WVebsiter would "revivify the Rtepub.il oall pa%rly ill the S',tto a.ld mia!tke VOtePuI lica1 polii livelier thaI they have C,n tl alny time Since I i." ,The foro.ict fr enhivEing and veiuI 1 - citatig th' ile i blican corpse appe:arn to be a goA)l ne and ii t3vidontIv ent'e ly original witi Chairman Webstcr. Ie htn tik. ti at mich " 0cour1sf' w9,41(d re iuite th h lh- public-in pIrt aiI show to the It: ,ltAe birbtearlitIlas, i1s h 11.i r iLen dotw boetor., the r-; i stIiiengk of' the lihibbeans of thw tite. A can vIntion would b,.e !l dln ig ;i Illonth of tarcli or !pril, w'h,tcn a Sla'.t, tI-ket wol. be "sIigc sted," or some imlerst:i,liig hl:t with reference to IIe Imake-up of a ticket, Wi, thee-i "Sc gg est ions" th %- I .p Od i blns wot 41 go betire t ho pfople id WadvIcl l .le cliluls of he t icket. Tie coluty or 1Y;a-:Z,tti tiIS coul.d arrallng the coll!t.V ticki-t. Su in f t.hi ltieractf ic pri 1niry the lihubbelns wotld ho'h t:irt.s The poll Jists' would h1 I lib.d with th( countv clertk and every t,tail of the le gal primtnry election strictly adhered to Thiis plan would draw oit tho largest Iepliblican vote ever l polb.-d, :!11ed, kat Chairiman Webster, aroi-c such eni hu siaim ill the JIieilican r;iak 4 as ha [Iever bleen seen Sinlcu V"'7;. 1t w1evf can pWI a very heaNvy anld Iv -i" iuliat ' vote, ('I herf. wcl 'ne c1 ilw all right hxes,' suigg(sil .\lr. L-ithrco, andc theni pcreset cuir I ickc' to ic' voter: in November, I think we might to re ceive a goodtsupport,":ii Mr. Websive, " ticket that can show such strengtl a we woild exhibit at a primary ougli .li meet with sie cotisideratioln froIi the generd voter." lit Chai-Inlan Webster d0'.Is nlot hol for sui,itcvss;with a -ate iileket. If i, plal lie las outlinledl it to 0,I pIIslited i is vvcry likely f1r an elir1ely diffelen.I ptirpoie tia t hil, of eueiring tae conl i rol of the State Admnis!xat iwl. \Vhl:t Mlr. Webster and his (mit1l11l1 tef! woull wY-it -would I!u to shlow to i he woribl a hi'rg1'o waat they clalln is heirI I vot i; pupi'eVion. The retuni1 WOul' be uim( in sble CoI'InionaiiI coitesti. Mll \VIst.r eia limrd.t that inl (itangebr Coi'ity alt! there wero 1,200 \ote cast for I llarrisn1, and twi.. tit 1m1:un 1signeida p"..i,titll u sttiig L!.,.t, theV wur iot allo vee o vol . t' *: )rhlit iv sons. Th execiti\e coin iit er: dly x t'cijin s it can ri. sne'i si ' i : c by h zi l a e : Ti. iie'til \l r. Wvostcr, wooil hce of I I bes, P,cpublican manterial In the State. lir. Wehstvr wos of the opinioa '.h: the ntire S 01u 11h Carolina del'gato Ito Illatter* who might, constiuwte il1 Wolutt e in favor of I ,i for. rt( 'cv ouilc it 11'.! SaIc i d i t! pdt Ic Iolk) feelil' !i0ieuna t i-an. i liii(ai Ihe Inil. ni fait' li thlc reorted dl!:lff,tedin ini lhe 1 ptiblicai raiks aolt s:aw ;>i iificitlh ahcal of hi1 cciin te Uw i o ws Alr. Web-ter vvideily la: not. wl, umistial i:ni,n of s ympat.hy for ti jiliepeiflelit It-'llAcali,a,nsi of the State llo dIe-s lnot tink mucho t Iheir :ie e:oinplishcileeits or of their' Jugg~ibiit:t.: The ((Eenvenioi for theit FI)oiina~tin o, ichf gaite.s to i' N':etional lk'ec e:i (convenctttoie 'will bele a 11 ini April, nint here will noet hibe ncny ',-clI: bet 'ln t he 7. cc. p. !!ee' r-c wel dc 't : wo: k. Anothll:.r 'oi.eLtric dctitr,c-:e. \ .\siC I iNc,'T(N, ,[cii. 2.-iler('15;ii u) tt'e So)ut bct: ii t ra!e f or Seto Illcar to try te ice-ke part'y capcitl: 1:m of . it 1is ;ii cut.rage lf .%rlthi a nu-mi heer cif the I !0o1r faiily isi tcspionile Will the S'-nat'r flua ihe courage tU ('xpjcse 1' ? ine hiis inaii l)ion nioriir lai Iw(ed k (epresentat iv'e Sheir ii;at Ilccar cccd .th ie tulow'iing intecr: "'Acy I>ear l';ij.i: "'I shicf ot inv bt'h cdill's Iie. a, l' 'cf wi th my'c pcopcun ii 'lhe leter wcas in "'prinlting lc'tters,' null ats sctiad boys, li. learneing t wc.ritt, genierailVliicw. fli' becituse I in cctiragJc oi had 'been > io..ii i b Iy lto ive yeari-til ilto Shcerm)m iloarcti waI: riui! toe d -I.rred'c :rcine dinig his duity Wi'h Spatan-ll-likce heroil il lee pelace ihe l ('aowing endo fu~'te nt cn tu lt t:eIke it ti his ve'e;tb'a,c e''nlet t~I h their endc (if the Capiital. 'This was Mir I lOar's t'icicir.-ell'ent: "Hlesperltia lily re'ferredf to thet Iton George4~ l-'risihiel(lIhoar, i'niiteid State ."-'iatcir, wc'ith the re-(cineinedtlioni thi the wit hein eceteineiinies seemes to bcc ,t elnatter' wh'cichd shu be pi'fr c,rly ie ves;f.ti e Icy t hc 3'-(:.tte c :ani,ti.t- e in ivilcg(es andt elh-el icons, ai. it i, evideu1 Iiial thiec' was a ti-duetnteactioi Jenc col or.'' 'cir. I lcar, the liupresentiat ive, nit flit Sccni'it r, sahlc later: "I'lis shows thu effecls cif tarl y t.raininlg. Son[s o)h cler. gyrieni gcen(ealy inaukce up fort theiu I athers' '.i'eLx(ei'SIve piety by b. ing cx Itriciely rapidi, aned I aim afr-,id thal Souin oul!l1c t ragesx 11)hus e-ti-ly ini h b (:e(re-r oimplly b ecaunse hii gr-andunlch i. is toco had, beet I con:c-iertd it m1y cluity to I lfer the mc catter to) the Senaitol for~ Ihis e Ociin."' Ice(-i(ry inuened,cl (c )1.1 ' 2! ni.\, S. ( ., ,);aci, 2i.A spcci:t 14)o1 Th lcgistc,-tr from Ci,ester says: TIh Chiester Cottn Factory, w .vith all it~ conitents, was hb uned ti morning a 2:i'clock, 'The liro ('alight i the (dry inig rootin anud tan d by a L- isk breez <juicK ly spre-ad to thIe rest of the Ilrgi bciiddinrg. A Il the costly i ecachinres ant~ 8,00wor thl of ginigh<uns1), ready fo shiipment, were( destroyed, Total 1o: is $2201,000; insurance, $151,000. Ove two hiundred operaFitive's aire thiraw Ott o)t work. 'lThe company will rebuiltl a iii e . ande Montanicc JMangcdc. J)ANVILALE, V;i. ,Jii m 22. im j ~k and Marigatret JLashcly, colored, w' cr hanged tcoday for the mu arde r of (morg~ L~astivy rho mmont'n hs:t..d fi .~ FIRE IN A 11OSPITAL. SEVERAL OF THE CRIPPLED INMATES BURNED TO DEATH.- . I'Audemuonliumn 19egued for a Time.-Po. 1e1 aud Citizenj Aid in the Werkot Saving the Unfortunates-Hotele Open ed for Their.Accotumodatlan._* INDIANAPOLN, Jan. 23.-One of the most ;,ppalling fires in the history of Indianapolis occurred last night when the National Surgical Institution was btirned. The fire started at midnight in the olice. Above the offlice were wards for babes and their mothers, known as the A, Ii, C )epartment. Smoke was discovered before mid. night issuing from the advertising room ot the building which Joins the opera ting room back of the offlice. The or igin is claimed to have been from spon taneous combustion of chemicals which had been placed in the room. Circulars and p-apers about the room soon were ablaze and in fifteen minutes the whole lower floor was enveloped In flames. Attendants awakened all of the pa tient,i and pandemonium reigned. Slhriek,- for help went up as the inmates realized their terrible situation and the stoiutesL hearts were appalled. Police, firemen and attendants all worked dill gently and in perfect accord and many patients were taken from the upper 1loors by means of ladders and carried to places of safety. No attempt was made to save any thing ht ilif. The patients, both male and ftemale, themselves under ordinary circimistances unable barely to get ahomit, assisted nobly in the work of res |u. The view in the halls and on the st:iir ways, before the fire had communi cated to tie main building, furnished a weitl sight. Inmates wrapped in bed (lthiig crawled and helped themselves along from one floor and landing to anotl!r. Many touching scenes occur red. mch as friends stopping to assist othkrs .more unfortunate. Citizens tI urid in to help in the work of rescue. Cots % ere rudely constructed from mattres-es and strong armed policemen pick' d iup tin fortunate ones and carried them across the street to the new annex but recently purchased by 1)octors Al len and Wilson. An iummenso crowd gathered about and great anxiety was felt, for it seemed improbable that every one could have gotten out of the burning mass alive anit their fears were justiied. wo ' t) women jumped from windows. One of those was,,.badly injured, but :tnotlher wI0ho,Vas caught by a man standing in the crowd escaped serious injurv. Two others threw out their ba 1h-aw. whic wero eaught by firemen. one, or two imei jumped from the roof an( were badly hurt. Many rescued p,eople weire taken to thenearest shelter. T wo large restaurants soon had five or six liindr-:d iomates, among whom scene3 wece indescribably pitiful. The li:ijo'ity of patients in the hospital -were children under treatment for do f iorimities or disease which rendered e them. helpless. A very large number iad b t , nore or lcss burned in ad(ition t.) i heir formter in isfortunes and had be voimo separate(i from.,their mothers and mirsus. Aimong these occurred most Iitifill aid touching Scenes. Grjilif.h'.i restauraunt held the great es t iniher of suillerers. It is hardly possible to tell how many owing to the cotifitsion. The house Is unadapted to the usv to which it is put inlemergency by threv or four iundred. Seventy or (igIt.y mijore found shelter in the Wad dill louse restaurant. Nineteen bo dies so far have been taken from the 'I hoy uouldi Not Marry. iloNorul:, Va., J1an. 23.-News has reachiedi hereO of a dlouble:. suicide in i-mran klim county. .John T. Pinkard, th s;olnial a well-to-do farmer of 1' rantklin counmty, was engaged to be uniriirie<i to Miss Delia Nicholas, an at tractive young lady of the same corm Iminity. Alles D)elia's parents objected to t lie mat ch aLnd guarded against every oPipo)r unity of elopement. The young ftly procured a rope yesterday morn mng, p)roceded to the woods near her home, and, after mfaking two attempts, wa.i successful in hanging herself to a t re. A youniger sister, who missed her firom the house, went in search and -discovered lher before life was extinct, but not in time to save her. Young I 'inkhard soon hcard of his sweetheart's uint triely taking oil', and at once took a -i(ose 01 arsenic, from which he soon died. Thme bodies of both unfortunates weire bumriedl today. I':r,.kino Collogo Burned. Imm W i:sTm, 8. C., Jan. 22.-Erskine ICollege, the theological seminary of the Associate It,eformed Presbyterian .Church, was burned this morning. f''"- w bentches, dis and black .boar Is were saved. The library of the theological seminary, containing over two thioiusand( valuable volumes, was destroyed together with the college I1 -) brr and furniture. The loss is over $2,000 and no insurance. The halls of the literary societies, exhibition hal and t he chapel, three separate buildings on t he college campus, were not injured, and the exercises of the college will be resumed without delay. Erskie col lege celebrated its sem i-centennial two years ago, anid is one of the oldest and best schools in the South. It is under the control of the Presbyterian Church. T he origin of thme fire Is unknown. steameors Iiurnedi at Sea. LaONDON, .Jani. 22.-It was generally ad(imittedl today that there was no doubt that two American steamships have re cm-ly been burned at sea, and it is pro ba ble that in both cases every soul on boardi of themt lost their lives. Three mecoing steamers have reported pass t ing burming steamers, and the opinion expressedi is that they were American tank steamners, conveying petroleum to Europe. But this fact Is only well es -tLblished1 in the case of one of the burn ,ed steamers; there are fears that thc I. Second vessel may yet prove to be a I passenger steamer. Earthqu,ake In Rome. ltom:, ,Jan. 23.---There were several t shmocks of earthquake hors about 11 i o'clock last night which caused a panic throughour, the city. The Inhabitants thought their dwellings were about to fall, and they rushed into S the streets, many of them. S not waiting to save their per .u sonal effects. The theatres shook and - Ithe persons present at the perform ainces were greatly frightened.