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TALMAGE'S SERMON. ] DISCOURSE DELIVERED IN OSKA- ! LOOSA, IA., SUNDAY, FEB. 21. Hoavenly Congratulations ils Theme. The Nearness of the Celestial and the1 Terrestrial-.Joy in Heaven Over the t Repenting of One Sinful Soul. OSKALOOSA, Feb. 21.-Rev. Dr. Talmage preached here today to an enormous audience. lie expects to be absent from home about ten days, dur ing which period he speaks in as many cities. The subject of his sermon was "Heavenly Congratulations.)' Ilis evi dent intention was to make worlds that seem a great way off f1om each other ap pear very near. lik text was taken from Luke xv, 7, "Likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that re penteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons who need no repent,ance." A lost sheep! Nothing can be more thoroughly lost. 1 look through tile window of a shepherd's house at night. The candles are lighted. The slieplherd has just placed his stall' againsin, t maul t1. le has taken o' his coa,, sheken out of it. tile dust and hung it up. I see by the candlelight that there are neighbors who have come in. Th11e Slep herd, tagged out with the long tranip, sits down on a bench, and the wife antd childre' and the neighbors say to him, "Come, now, tell us hlow you found the poor thing?"' "Well," he says, "this morning I went out to the yard to look at the flock. No sooner had I looked over the fence tian I saw sonethug wrong. The tIet was they (lid not count right. N;%ey-fi. e, nil ety-six, nil ety se ien, nivety-eight, nipety.nine-only ulnety-n; e. McDonald, you know we had a hundred. And I Wondered which one was gol:c, and 1 began again, an( 1 ccunted nincty-five, ninety-six, ninety seven, ninety-eight, ninety-nine. Well, I whistled up the dogs, and I started on the fields and across the bridges, and I tracked the moors, and I leaped the gullies, but no bleating of- the poor thing did I hear. I said to myself, 'Tile Jamb must have fallen into a ditch, or a pack of wolves from the mountain mlust have torn it to pieces and sucked its life Out.' But I could not give it up. You see it was a pet lamb. It was that one with tile black spot on the rigit shoulder that use( to come and lick may Ian(id as I crossed the icid, and somehow 1 could not give it up. So L went on and on In( on until after awhile I ieard the dogs bark, and I said, 'What,s that?' Then 1 hastened to the top of the lill, and I looked (Iown and there I saw tile poor lamb. It had fallen into the ditch, and as I came where it was aid bent over tile ditch and stooped down to lilt the poor thing out, I wisll you could have seen the lovimlg and iniploring andi tender way it looked at. ine. I lifted it out, and it was al! covere(d with tihe slush and the mud. It was an awil thing to do, but I lited it out, alid it wias so lame and so weak it could no'. walk alone, so I threw it over ily sihouil ders and I started homeward, and tile cOudition of that lanb ) on may judge of trom the coat which I have just hung up. But I traniped oil andl( oil intil it, is sale in the yad, poor thing! Tliank God, thank God! ' Then tile slepherd's wile upread the table and brought. out the best Ilae tiat, tIe cibinl could afford, andl they sat, up very late that nigh., and thecy talked, and( they ilughed(, and they sang, and they ate, and( they dirauk, and they danced, and told over anId over] and( over againi thle st,ory of tihe lost sheep that wasi found. Witih such tederni'tess and( rus'ticity of illustration does Christ, represent, thme .soul's goina: off' and the soul's coming back, when lie says, '"Likewise there is joy In heaven among the anigels of God over one sinne1r that reCpenteth, more than over nlint,y anid ine just piersons that nieed no repe-tance.~'1'To repent. is to feel that you are had, and( to he sorry about li, and1( to tiurn over a new leaf', and to pray for forgiveness and( help). Just, ats soon ats a mani (does thail. they' hecar right away of if. inl heaveni. Theilre are no gossips in glory gomng around to chlatter aind laugh whent a1 man1( falls, but. L,here aire maity souls In glory whlo are glad to run ablou.tutind tell it whlen a main is saved. TIhe news goes very quick from gate to gate, and fronm north wall to south wall, and fronm east wall to wvest wall, and1( in thlree inuite's every citizen of heaven hlas heard of' if, for "there is joy in hleaven among the angels of God over oneC sinner that re pentethi.'' 1 cain very easily understand ho0w there Llhould be joy in heaven over* a P'entecost iith thtree thlousand souls savedh in oce daiy-no( mtyktery abioutt that; I can und(ersftand1 how[hero shtouldl be joy int heaven over the Patrishi of Schiotts, wh'len four hlund(red(ls 18were saved under oiie sermlon of' Mr. Living stonl; 1 can uniderstand1 how thtere shiould lbe joy in heaven over the great atwak Cing ill tile time of Ilarlanud Page, wheni in one year four huLndlredl and1 seventy thrtee thlousandl souls were brought to i God in the Untited States; I can under stand very easily how there should1( be .10y mn heaven ovetr live hlunIdred thious andO sotils convetrtedi in 1857, in this country; b'ut mark you, my13 text anniouni-t ces there is jioy iin heaven amlong the angels of' God over one, just oite, sint- ] ner that rep)etethl. Some catthedlrals have onle tower; c some cathedrmals have two, thrtee, four i towers. Did you ever hear them all a ring at once? I amt toldl that the bell in 3 the cathedural of St. Paul trings only on E rare occasions, for instatnce, at tile death I or the birth of a king. lIInve you seen i; a cathedral with four towers, and( have a you hleardl them all strike into one great chilme of gladness? Ilere is a main who c is moral, HIe Is an examlie to a great < many professors ot religion it some things; he never (did a nmean thinig in his t life; lhe pays all htis debts, and is a good citizen andl a good neighlbor, but lie saysi he is not a Christian. Some day the Holy Spirit conmes into hisa heart and lhe sees that lie cannot do- < pend upon is morality for salvation.i lie says: "0 Lord God, I have been (de pending upon my good works; I find I am a sinner. and 1 want thy salvation,a. Lord, for Jesus' sake, hlave mercy on met" And Godl pardons htim, and im mediately one of the tnwers of hleavenI strIkes a silvery chima, for there are four towers to. the hteavenly temple. Here is a man who Is bad; lie knows lie Is bad, and everybody else knows lie is bad, but he Is not an outcast-far from being an outcast. HIe moves in resp)ec table circles. But one day, by the power of the Holy Ghost, h1e rou5s up to see Is sinfulness and he says: "0 Lord, have merc.y! I am awae-r and itlthout thee I perish. Have me.r e yl'' (od hears him. and immediately two of the towers of heaven strike a sil very chime. But here is an outcast, Hie was picked up last night out of the gutter nd carried to the police station. He as been in the penitentiary three times. ( Ic is covered and soaked with loath- I ormeness and abomination. Arousing iom his debatich. lie cries out: "10 God, ave mercy on me. Thou who didst itrdon the penitent thiel, hear me cry , mercy." And the Lord listens and ardons, and no sooner Is the poor ( retch pardoned than three of the great owers of' heaven strike up a silvery hime. But here is a wait of the street. ohe passes under the gasli-rht, and your oul shudders with a great horror. No >ity for her. No commiseration for her. As she passes down the atrect she icars a song in a midnight mission, and LB she Fsten to that song she hears: All may come, whoever will, This Main receives poor siiners still. She puts into that harbor; she kneels ay the rou.-hI benca near the door; she ays: "0 Lord! Thou who didst have iercy oil Mary Magdalen, t. ke mY blistered feet oil LI: red hot pavmenleit i hel'." God says, "My datid.ter, thy sins are forgivu' d,hee; go In )Cace." Now, all the tour Lowers of heiaveln strike a silvery chime, and they i)who pa4s through the celestrial st,reet! sa): "Whatls that. Why, the vor:st sinner must, have been save(d. Ilear all the Ilour towers rin. and ring and rina-!"' "*And i there is joy in lieatveil among tie angels of God over one sium r that ru penteth."1 My subject impresse.s you, I think, with the t6ouit that it is possble tor 1us to alul!gmlent the happiness of heaven. People think that souls befire the throne are as happy as they can he. I (Icily it. Look at that mother before the throne of God. When she died she left, her son in this world it va.abond. Thatson re pented of his iniquities and clic to God. The report of that sallvation has reached heaven. Do yuji tell ie that, mother before the throne of God has not her joy richly augmentedl? There is many a man in this house today who could go out with a torch and kindle a new bonfire of victory on tho hills of heaven. I you would this day repent and cOmle to God, the news o your sal vation would reach heaven, and then, hark! to the shout of' the rinsomed. Your little child went away from you into the good land. While she was here you brought her all kinds of bicautiul presents. Sometimes you came home itt iight. fall With Nour I)oCkets f'ull of' gilts for hier, and no sooner did you put your night key into the latch ttiall she began at you, saying. l'"ather, what have you hbrougit me?" Slis no before the throne of God. Can you b)ring ier a gift todai3 ! You may. Coming to Christ rind repenting of sin, the tidings will go RIp to throle 0of God and your childl will hear of it. Oi, what a gift for tier soul today. She wi!l skip with new glailliess Lin the everlasting hills when she hears of it. I was it Siarpslurg during the war, [nd one(! day I saw i sergeant dash past i i litliere i o'se, the blood dripping 'ron the spurs. I said, "That. sergean't laust, Oe ing oi i very illiportant lIs sage, he must he carr.i ing a very iim. portant disliateh, or he wouldn't ride like that.'' I lere are twot angels of (ota flitting thi.ougi the house, Ilitting toward the throne ol qiick dispatch. Vhat is the news' Carrying up the story ot Bouls repentant and torgiving, carrying the news to the throne of (,ed, catrryinig the news to your kmiired who are for e2ver siaved. Ohl, "'there' is joy ini hea ven amniug thei antels tof Gd )fovter one1 siint'r that,t repen)ltethi.' ' And suippose t his whlel auidienice sIahld turni to the Lordot leavani wouldt be0 illed wvithi dtx Olt)gies. () heaveni, beat,5 witi ail thy hianimers t'iat the rock niay brtieak. O heavii, strike wvith all Itihy ceaiming swordls tha:t our soulS Ilmay be0 free. "1 was8 reamdiing o1 a kIng who, alter gainting ai great victory, said to his urins', "'No, no shouting; lht, everythiing be in (uitt; no shouitIng.'' ljut if' this houlr youri soul shiuldl come1 to ( od. ':ahiing ctlol slop thle shot'uteo t h~ ile arimi at f Gott before the thruone. for "tha c it jo y inllheatvel among tie atagels of' (in ttrerci tOi sInmier thait ir'peieth,.' chair and1( a tacanlt pite' for the depted,iict blut if in sime of 5 t.uri hiouiehtol youi for those whot have. gone awiay fr'oml you inito tht ntext wVorif, Itie vacanit c'hairs and10 tIe v'acanti phites 5 would ouiiiitneir those whiichei1 ocuiedol. I on1ce said to you there nre no vacant ebiis in heaven, bult Ii't'eenlt that. flight, beside youri lovecd one in that good landl there is a 'ivaant (char. nita inmate v'aant by is a viacanat chiair lour youl. W'il )ou take ilty My subjecot alsto ituipresses mei wt'ithi the idea' thai:t heavteni and ('arth are mi dos tsymp'il aty. Pe(olple tal1k of hieaveni is thought it were a1 great way oft'. 'hiey say it us th udreds of' thoitusandits of' niles belbrei' tom reacht the first sItar, antI lben y'ou 1o btundiredis of' thtouisandts tot uiles be'foie you get to t.he secondl stiir, mdit then it is miltlOin of milieOs beCfore' ou reach heaven. Th'le say heaven is tie ceniter of the urniverse antd we are on thc rim of the un!iiese). T1hait is not hie itdea tof my text,. I think the hecart f heaven hecats very close to our world. iii ' asure dtistan(ces by the time taken o traverse those dlistancces. It used t,o be a long thstanice to San rancisco. Many weeks an. t.nonthis ere passed before y'ou could r'eachi thaut Ity. Now it, is six or seven daiys. It, sedh to be sIx weeks before youi couild oyago from here to Liverp)ool. Now on cian go that distance ill six or seven itys. And so I mecasur'e the dlistinmee etwcein eart.h alld heave,n, anti I tint! it only a flash. It, is one instant, here ndl anot,ber instmant there. It is very Car' todaiy. DJo you not ieel the breat,h I' heaven on your face? Christ says in nie p)lace it is not, twenty-four hours' istaunce, when he says to the penitent, hief, ''This day, this da.y, shalt, t,hou be ith 1me ill pairadise.'' 1I, is not a tday, 1s not an hour, it is not a minuto, it is Oh, how near heaven is to earth. By ceanic cable youl sendO at message. Asi is la xpensive t,o sendo a mnessauge, youli omlpress a great deal ofet eaing ill it cBw words. Sometimes mn two wordtsC 'o enn put vast mneaninig. Ando it, eems to me that the angels of God who arry news from cart,h t,o heaven need o0 take up this hour ini regard to youir o.il, only two words in order to kindle withi ghidness all the redeemed btefore I ,he thlrone, only two words, "Father ' taved,'" "mother saved(,'' "soin savedl,"' 'odaughter saved."' And '"there is joy I Hi heaven among tile angels of' God over an sianer that reetth My subject also impresses me wIth the fact that the salvat,ion of t,he soul is of vpst, Importance. 1f you should mak e l*200,000 this year, do you 'suppose that aews would be carried to heaven? I10 would not be of enough importance or ,gnficance to be carrIed heavenward. [f at the next quadrennial election you te made presidentiof the TTnited mtat lo you sUppose that, news would be :arried to heav,,n? Do you suppose hat. the news of a revolution in France )r Spain would be carridC to heaven? L'Ihes thmns are n(ot ofl'enough Impart- A mtieC, but th tent i ln itemi that is sure o be carrivd. It it; tle salvation of' (our soul. It is your repent,auce before iod. A The Ilyiig hoofs of Go-Vs couriers lash through the gates anld the news ,oes from gate to mansion, and from nansion to temple, and from temple to hirone, and "there im joy in heaven" Long the angels of God over one sin ier ;orgiven. It must be of' vast import- T MC to be of any moment in heaven, four salvation, in that land where glad- di iesses are the everyday occurrence, in ju hiat land where the comiion stones of rc Lhe field are ja.per aml emerald and rt .hrysoprasus tund carbwicle and sir- h IIlt onx. And1( yet, thle news of your salva ltin makes jv beore the throne of (,od. b you reliellber years ago, a stage P' driver in the Vl1,e mountains becilia e very rechles. lie had a large iumiber i o 1)seng.z s on the stt, and tia b .sUve N as dm;wnt by six horses, wild aud ktilgo verabl-, av, iaI lie drove near tihe (I ITACpr ie, and he irf)ve (l1, the stage N ith ]-its preetous ireight rollIng down the u einkient, and many were slain, but (I few were savvd. I suppose when they c wrote hioet they ywrote Vith (-oil- r 1!rattlati'n 1.t their rescue. The c angels Gi (od look down and they t t,ey see maenil driving onl the edge of ( griat preipick-s ol' ruin anid (lttiger, v drawn by will, leaping, Icaming and 4. ungovernable perils in this lil'c, and if I any shtall escape before they capsize, do r you not sul)ppOse the atigels of God re Joice. erying: "(ood, good! Saved c 'rlilm sint, saved fromn death, saved frou I lell. saved toreva-r!" The supretme couri, of the United I States d:es not adjourn l-r anythin-, trill- 1 in-. It mui-st he ,lic death of a cabinet iintister. or tl,e death of a poesident, or soie mi.Lter o' very great moment. I W hen I lind till heaven adjourning its t other jois for this one .Joy i make ap nay mind it is of very great importance it heaven can n1l'ord to ailjourn all other ( festivities to celebrate this one tritmplih. F Do I ()1u wonder that so luanly of' these I Christta people have toiled night anid (hiy iml this work of 'soul saving, if' it, is of I such vast importauce? Do you wonder t that Nettleton and Finley anud Mishop. Ashurt.y and John Weslev and George vhitlifiehl and Paull and ainvels and Christ and (tod .tripped themselves fhr f the wor ? Aromid that on soul circles the mist., the lire, the darkness, the joy, thu anthem, the wailizn, the halleluijah I an(] the woe of' (vod's ulliverse. If the soul is saved, then lip crnes to) triumpet 1Lt liigerns to) harp and ianmier to bell ant "there is j4y mlilong, tle angels of c God over that, one soul lorgiven.'' For C stch a soul 1 plead llaving 1011nd in ily Own experience that this religion is a coitfort and a joy, I stand here to comimend it to you. Inl the days of mty infancy I was carried by ('hristiai parents to the house of c ('od, and consecrated in baptisit to tle t Father, anld tile Sot, and tih! loly a (tiost;, but that did not sv ie. fi i: alter I im-v I was tatught to kneel at I lae t Clristian fatily altar with father aid t IOther and brlithers and sisters, the e tmost or them now in glory; but that did 1 tiot save m1e. i n aft'r time I read )oddridge's "Riso il 111d progress" anild Miixter's "Call to the i 1' 111on verted,"' and1( al1 the religious biooks airouitity father's houilseihld, bitt thtat. did not Save me 1. Ihitt one4 (lay te voice of t.hlrist camle into tty hieart I saym tg, "lIe~pen(t, repen4it; believe, l)ie- t lie ce,"'an 111 accepted thre (offer ot mlercy, and1( thtoughi no4 dout,t tere was mor01 1 jy 1lit he:a ven over the con1Version ot I 44 ter soul1 s 1 ' "lause of thteifr fairreaching U iiihtien ce, I v'er'ily believe 4 whten I gavye t nI nar a at .t ( ;od thre were sotme sfiit s a inl Ilaven thte glatidelr for rt.e dleed,i "The rre is j oy int heaiv:- -imte14g the ana- n L'4l 1- God :.re Vine s.1'5114i thitat repen51t- 4 etha " 'iTurna ts ifaay to the LJrdl who14 J bough..1o. 1 .PIt tis wvhole autditence Ii SurrIIth1 r' iten.wilvei to .14stas Chbrist. If lot' ten, t lIy, lilt V year8 yout hav'e 11ot pia.vi (. be'giit no(w to pr'ay. ( "'1)ha," .\0 iV, "'I (in't plray."' ('an you h nout .0iy, "t; 4! he4 incra''iiil t.o mei, a sini- a Tflwni Can you naot look 1t1 the thI'rne of p1 tul r.y Y "No," you sary, "I c!an't, look lp tt .''" t'au . 144 tt i thaen give Of someiL- II hti ina Iiw1'1 hspit at? lie was sick arnd s4 wuiferinug atl d.s inig, anad wvanted speed 'iy to go away trotm all suffe'ring and g pam,I anid 1he said to his comrades in thle i loSpit atl, "I t is str ange to4 me that dJesas lot-sn't see0 meW whenif he goes through tI tre at. night.s anid takes othiers to him i t t . lie goes through here and( lie does aot see ime. 1 must 14e asleepI and1 he Y Iei'sn't know I want to go. e. "N ow, I tell you holw I'll arrange it. Ii '11 go to sleep with my hand1( up and Ii ben01 whetn desuis comes through thae Ii *ispital by night lie wvill see my hand a ifted, and ho will know by that I want si o go wVith him." So it was done. For c hart night ,Jesus wvent through the has- a p.ital and took the suffering lad, and the next morning the nurse pass nig through the wards of the lies- I iitali saw a dead hand lifted bracedh mt one side against the pillow, and the a eft hand holding tlae elbow otf the righat !1 irmn. ,Jesuts hiadl seen the signarL and n~ maswveredl it. Oh, sick soual, wounded b ou)1t, dying soual, canst thou not give t< om1e4 signal? Wilt thou not lift one v aand or one prayer? Ghod grant that y his daty there maty be joy in heaven ti itmong the angels of God over youtr soul a sorgiv'en! c Thety Watitl the. EarWth. ( SA N I" I A NCISCO, l"eb. 19.---The State e D)epartmnent will lie astonished when ita etis in a few days the formal claim of hIe sarilor's on the Baltimore who wvere til yvoundiedl by the Valparai so mob. L,aw- d e*r Alleyne Orr hats the cases of' twven- ( y-ftour lmen who were all wouanded in p he4. stieets of Valparaiso. They were r< tilols or coal hteav'ers, bait they want uig mnoney for their rough handling by te Chilians. Tiheir comtbined claims oot tip 81,305,000. The largest sutms Ire demnanded by ,Johni IIamflton, sail. >r, antd J erimniah Anderson, coal hesaver. I'hiey tapply for $150,000 apiece. 11am Iton 11a1s three bad wounds and declares .!ere Is still a piece of a Chili an (lagger n one andir that it refuses to heal. AnI herson is disabled b4y several wvounds, he most serious being~ in the jung. )threr claitms vuary from $10,000 to s:3, 0)0. An Ugly OuttIng AA'raty. GRIEENVILL.E, Fe'b. 40.-A fatal cut lig arffray iccuirredl art Fountain lin, A ixteeni miles below this place, this ri rfiternoon. Will 1"owler, Fd Mlartin N mnd J. I1. Poole biecamtte involved In a V lularr-el which resulted in Poole beIng ra mrt to pieces. A messenger was sent N 'or Sherifl (Gilreath requtest-fng haim to ah irrest F"owle.r andt Mfartin. 'lThe sheriff ni ('ft at onee for the scetne of trouble. F fowler says he will resist arrest and ni ronible is feared, as Sherif GtIlreath 1s Y tamne and will make an attempt to bs 'feet his arrest If lie can be found. g I'he parties are aill conlnecede( by mar- fi rige and the row is the outcome of an <Il old family eud.nA TO OPPOSE TILLMAN. N ADDRESS TO THE DEMOCRATS O SOUTH CAROLINA. Convention of tie Democrats in the 4tate Who Ara Opposed to the henoln) nation of Goy. Tillanan to be Held Im Dolumnbla li March. i the Democrats of South Carolina: We ask you to consider without preju cc what we say to you, and let your dgment, be governed by an intelligent gard for your own interests and di eted by your love and respect for th< ,ate and her pe,)ple. Ws,e are not trying to stir your passion e general accusations which we can not rove, or to excite vain hopes by ext,rav. gant promises imposkible to Fulfill. W o not wish to undo any good that hae een accomplished or to reverse an3 ulicy which the ima,jority of our lellov -iocrats favor. We ask you to join us in an honest uited, deterimined e'for', to reiove the angers confronting our people, th( vils under which they suffer. We must ustore peace and good fecelimg aion,, urselves, that we may stand and worl )gether and give that mutual liel) ant ordial co-operation necessary for th( rell being of any community. We cal o nothing while we are divided Int( ostile factions ad ndeiOibors are sepa itted by political distrust anl discord. We submit that the course of the pres nt State administration tends inevit,a lv to continued irritation, division an anger. In the campaign of 1890 th Ilublic was deceived with pronises c eforms which have not been kept; all c hose who expressed their distrust c hese promises were then violently de tounced. Evcn such of these as, despit lie bitterness with which they were as ailed, accepted and supl)orLe(l thi vill ef the majority of their fellow demu crats, have been treated as enemies Ud the present indications are that ti iroscription is to be continued and ex ended. Recent public declarations b Lose high in authority assure us tha hose who were fro.n the first friends an oliowers of' the lead of our State a( ainistration, but who went with hir >nly so far as their consciences woul Ilow, and then resisted or oppose iis purpose, ara likewisc to be put un ler ban. Representatives of the pec olc have bcen slandered, reproached an lerided as "driftwood," because the ould not in all things think and ac vith the governor, and dared to vote ac ordimg to their judgmeuts. We ar penly informed that strong efforts wil e iade to secure at the coining electio; lie choice of a legislature iore obe(ien u the governor's demands, more pliabl( . yielding to his will than the last. A circuit ,judge has been rebuked in au Ilicial message because his decision 01 lie bench, did not accord ili the wisiei nd opinions of the executive. The leg Aature elects the judiciary. Control o lie one means the control of both ali( lie centralization of all the powers o mkin, (xpounding and executing thi twas (powers given b.y the constitutior )r the safety of the people to the keep i4 of' three distinct brancies) into ti ands(1 of one mail. The present management of our party ppiarently ill fll symlpathiy wit,h thl urposes and( dlemiands of the governo md wit.h his hetlp, has incorpor'atedl iint< ie iules ofi the party new (devices t'o er'ipetuatingt the power now held ani inaxmg' it mlore dhillicult, f'or the miajorit' I I net (demlocratic voters 1o wlthlstan( eI r'wer of' t,he iiachiinc con trolfed b; miliorit . T het tenidency of all these acts an< visions) andui conitiinued strife amlonig us he. siins ot the times warn'i us that un 'ss there is a chnge we may have t< most)e betw%eenl slavish sub:nissioin to initernus and( degr'ading4 despotismn or r To av'oid these dlangers, to restor<. iin(e amldhim iony to our party ant Luople, we call ov. all democrats whit ilih to secure a conservative, safe, cfli, enm. State government, r'epresent,ing u >lid democracy at hlomle and com aniding the good will iind( coinfilce 01 ic world at large, to give us the activt lp of' t.heir influence and votes. We pledlge ourselves aiid those wh< ilnk and)( act withl us to abideC laithfutll3 Ic dficision of t,he State demfocr'atic con. lintion), to malike this tighlttfor good gov. 'ament, the freedom of legislation, thi( (I6pend.enice of' tIhe judmiiry and th< bert,y of' the peopIle withini the p)art,j nes; but to make it, eariiestly, cour (cously andl persiste.nt,ly in every town lip of every count,y of' the State. WV i1l on all (democrat,a who are willing t< withl us on the pledges and1( for thie tirpose ab)ve announced, to assembhi mass meeting at, their respectivec cour Duses on such (lays as they may see i 3d elect dele.gates to a convention to b( slod in Columbia the fourth 'IThursd3a, M arch, 1892; which conivention shai S authlorized L,o name a State tickel be submitted to the dlemlocrati( Dters and the Stat,e dlemlocratlc con ention calledl to nominate a St,ati cket, for the democratic part y. Wi ik that each county elect to till movent,ion hereby called as iiany dee ates as it is enftitledh by tihe tiles of tihl arty to send1 to State conventions. W e are moving for tile peace, stirengtl ad prospierity of' the State we love, an< r tile happiness, freedom andi safet,y o 10 people we honor. We lnytto ever; emocrat to help ill this work for Souti 'arolina andl South Carolinians, for tin rinciples of dlemocracy and thei part~ ~preoenting those p)rlnciplecs. EI)wAnn McCU1A y, WVAmE IAMPTiON, J1 AMEs F. IIA wr, JOHN C. S1mlEPiPA R ), EL. H. MUInlAy, ,JOHNSON IIACGOoI, WILLIAM MUNRIO, .JAMEs L. GaRn, M. P. IIow E, A. B. WViLLrv M~s. Shortened by (10 Mile. WILMINGITON, N. C., Feb. 19.-Ti tianttc Coast Linie today laid the lasi iiI upon thleir Fayetteville JBranch ir orthI Carolina, which connects ths rimingtoni and Weldon aind Floremn ti roads at the State line betweei orth andi South Carolina. Thit ortens the Atlanttc Coast Line sixty ies andh brings Charleston, Navannah horida. Columbia and Augusta fliat uchu nearer to Washington andl New ork. It gives practically an air linm i'ween Charleston and Norfolk,* withi -ades not in excess of forty feet to tht. ile and a maxi mum curvative of tout agrees. The Atlantic Coast Line it in West Tnda isat.mat route. Another Fight Opened. COLUMBIA, S. C., Feb. 20.-Al again. The railroads seemed to be tormined to give the Attorney Gen and his assistant as much work as t can do. Another big law suit is ab to be begun and it will be a lerig 0110. Yesterday Mr. 11. L. Abney, re senting the tichmon(d and Danv system, Mr. Barron, representing Atlantic Coast Line, and Mr. McQuq the agent of the South Carolina 11 way,1visited the office of County Tr urer Campbell and tendered him in c the same amount of taxes that t paid last year, and ignored the ass ment of their property that was In and that so signally differs from returns made by the roads. I reasurer Campbt:ll informed tl that he could not accept the amot that were tendered as they were be the amounts at which the roads m assessed. Upon this the parties pic up their cash and departed. This wits done, it is said, in ev County of the State. In this Cou the anount to be collected from roads is very large, the taxes of Scuth Carolina Railway being at $4,500 and the others proportiona large. The Columbia, Newberry t Laurens Railroad was the only r taxable in t his County that offered full amount of its taxes according the revised assessment. The So Bound Road is not yet taxable. the other roads In this County offe to pay the same amount of taxes t they offered last year. Of course Treasurer had no alternative and cc do nothing but refuse the amounts i dered as they were below what roads were charged with. -ly this move on the part of the r roads the State failed to receive at S175,000 that is duo it. The resul this big deficiency cannot yet be f told. When the matter comes to trial probable that all the roads will bit their cases, and make a test case of 3 of them. The railroads will light - matter vigorously and will employ e rnent legal counsel to represent thel A Register reporter called at Co troller General Ellerbe's house yes day af ternoon to ascertain his view: - the subject and enquire what woulf done. The Comptroller was in and could not grant the intervie .%, it is stated that lie will light vigro . on this question.-Register. Electropoise. Why suffer with sickness or dis 'vhen you can be so easily and qui cured without medicine by the use the Electropoise. Rev..N. V. Edmunds, of Sumter C., writing undvr date of May 20. 1 says: For two years past Mrs. E., suffered with what was regarded malarial attacks, which began at, I May and continued through the s iner and fall. Her sickness last s mer was more severe and more tracted than that of the year bef and we, therefore, looked forward i apprehension to its return the pre: season. Early in the year she bel the use of t he Electropoise, and continued to use it ever since with the u.e of other remedies. At preq her health is excellent,an:1 there ar( indications of the return of her mah AIK EN, .S. C., Sept. 19, 189 i Thle Electrovoise has worked v ders in my household. 1 introduce to Mrs. Cuthbert last March as a re dy for rheumatism, and since then has laid aside stick and crutches anl able to attend to all of her house? dluties. Another member of my fa',r by using it is better than she has been, and 1 myself tind it an admir; tonic when tired out after thlree se ces 0on the Sabbath. Several par hlave investep in this instrument cause of our experienice and ex pros: of opinion. Very gratefully,' REV. LUCIUS CUT H BElt A 40 page book, describing tr ment and co: taining test,imonials If all sections' and for t.he cure of all eases, mailed free on appllcation, dress, ATL'A NTIC ELECTiOPOISE ( 222 King St., Charleston, S. ( Senator irb)y oan the Call. WASiIINnTON, F eb. 22.-Senator I was engaged with his constanlthy-gr inig correspondence when I called at apartments in the Metropolitan 11 today. "I see in the Carolina papers," sal "a call for a convention to nomina man to dlefeat Governor TIillman. chairman of the party have you a thing to say concerning the call?"' "Nothing," said lie "except to that I am amused at time imconsiste of these leaders. In 1890, when thej 1p1e of tihe State, who believed in ormning the St.ate Governmi thought it necessary aind wise to ca convention anid nominate a candid these same men, whose names are ,pended to this call, threw up tI handsi in holy horror and cried < 'T'his is treason to tile Democracy this State; this Is Mahoneism, and t they ought to be read out of the pai The success of that Convention pro tihat it was right. I am glad that I Convention has been called; first, cause it means that our troubles sI be0 settledl in a sensible way Inside D lemocratie p)art.y, and second, it jum lies what the ring polit.icians and ne papers claimed to hlave been irregi ,and1 undlemocratic in the farmers 1890. 1 hope that the campaign wil conducted ini a quiet, conservative '(ecent wvay, and that we will never again In South Carolina, during a litical campaign, what we saw at Columbia meeting in 1890. But for patriotism and wisdom of the Tilln ites at that meeting, and thme pluci I Governor Tillman, there might h rbeen bloodshed. Any mian who is ni inated will receive my hearty suppe -News and Courier. Thinkn it 1. hIlli. W^A1II!NWTON, Feb. 18.-Senm Jfames L. Pughi has written a lette the D)avld IB. 11111 Clurb of Lauder< County, Alabama, on the Presiden situation. lie says that Senator] is a self-made man, wvho has been full view of the people (during his tire career, and has had uninterrui success in all his aspirations.' elections in New York, a doub' State," he continues, "have been hi contested, and 111l1 has niever been feated as a candidate. No man history has been subjected to sevi scrutiny and attack by a more poi Ifal and marvelous adversary t D)avid B. 111l1." Senator Pugh also s'tys that ] closed his splendid career as Gover by an achievement that has attrat attention for the great skill and mairkable benelits attached to it for D)emocracy. The credit of secur New York State for the Democr party was due to him. The Senotar closes by making prediction that David B. 11111 will carried to time National Demoor Convention by delegates from 3 YoLk, New Jersey, Connecticut Indiana, and that with this supporl will be nominated, with Giray of diana for Vice President. The tic] the Senator says, will be invincible. * --- -- - - - - r-- - No Hill-Tillmxan Deal. It CoL'UnA, S. C., Feb. 18.- Governor de- Tillman was slightly indisposed today, )ral and being fearful (if an attack of the hey grip did not leave he EX cutive Uan out sion during the day. Lhy The Bureau man called on Governor Tillman during the evening, and in a re- conversation inquired what inrorma tion there was at this end of thie lino ille concerning the "Hill-Tillman deal " the which was reported in the Washingto'n ren, dispatches. Governor Tillman stamped it as a fairy tale on the part of the correspon. s dent. hey 'What in the world do we want Bsd money here for in our campaigns?" lie aide said. "We can carry everything with the out money. I did not know that Dr. Pope was in Wpshington until I saw it tein i le News and Courier, and if Sena. lots tor Irby wanted to see Mr. HIll or his eo emissaries he could very easily have ked (lone so in Washington, it occurs to me. 1 do not know a thing about the visit. I certainly have never heard of any ,ery deal" nty Governor Tillman was asked who the the was his preference for the l'residential out nominee of the Democratic party. 1lo said that lie had not yet decided, but that he was not in favor of Cleveland. :ad When asked who, he thought. would t be the preference of the South Carolina to delegates to the nominating Conven ,to tion, he replied: "Further than thAt All they will not be in favor of Cleveland red I could not prognosticate." Governor hat (illman did not seem to think that the the people had exactly made up their minds uld as to their candidate. -News and Cour en- ter. the Only an Experiment. The Columbia Register says the stores all- that are to be started in this State by Out the Union Store Company are to be re t of garded for the present as experiments. )re- Colonel D. P. Duncan, who is a good and safe business man, thinks from his t is inside knowledge of the proposed work nch ings of the stores that they will prove one a great benelit to the farmers of the the State. At any rate the Alliance has se mi- cured terms that render any harm to the n- Alliance entirely impossible. The Al mP- liance is freed from all entangling re ter- sponsibility and liability as co-partner i on in the stores. The State Exchange i be will not be dropped. Its organization vell will be kept up, for it will continue to but control the fertilizer business and un uisly til stores have been started throughout the State the farmers in the sections without them will continue to order m their goods through the Exchange. :kly oIAPadiett Ta_jilthe Vrefbts ', A GREAT OEFER THAT MAY NOT AoAI 890, BE REPEATED, So DO NOT DELAY, has "STRIKE WHILE THE IRON Is .OT." as Write for Catalogue now, and say what )BUt paper you saw this advertisement in. .n1- Emember that I sell everything that um- g es to furnishing a home-ianufactur pro- ing some things and buying others in the ore largest possible lots which enables me to ote wipe out all competition lent HERE ARE A FEW OF MY START gan LING BARGAINS has A No. 7 Flat top Cooking Stove, fuji out size, I 5x17 inch oven, fitted with 21 pleco. lent of ware, delivered at your own depot, no a reight charges paid by me, fo, id.only Tweive Dollars. * A gain, I will sell you a 5 hole CookiL 0. RaIge 13x13 inch oven, 181.6 inch top, Lit ted With 21 pieces of ware, for T1iR 'oi- TEEN DOLLARS, and pay the tre:ght. t. d it your depot. me- 11)0 NOT PAY TWO IPRICES Vol. d s I will send you a nice plush l'arlor sut.,. od walnut frame, eli,ier in combination or iybanded, the moest stylish colors for 3350 ve tolyour .iailroad station. freight pai(l. beI ll also sell you a nice Bediromoes uit rvi- cnsisting of B3ureau with glass, 1 hig:. ties head Bedstead, 1 WVashistand, 1 Centic be- table, 4 cane seat chairs, 1 cane seat anid ion back rocker all for 16.50, and pay iriga4 to your depot. Or 1 will send you an elegant Jed roomn ',suit with large glass, lull nmarble top, r or eat- I 50, and pay freight. 'om -Nice window shade on su>ringt roller I iJO dis- Enut $aoil gean wtar day aiwcc, 4.0-1 Ad- W alnut iounge, i.o0 Lace curtains per window, 1.u0 0 cannot describe everytiiingi in a smal 0-, advertisement, but have an iiense s.r -contiing 22,600 feet of floor room, with ware houses and factory buildings in other. parts of Augusta, making in all the aar-i rby gust, business of t,his kind under one man-i w- agement in the Southern States. Theiise his storesand warehouses are crowvded witiu >tel the choicest productions of tile best facto ries. My catalogue containng illustration i of goods will be nailed If you will Kinu.y e say where you saw thiis advertisement. -i As pay ireighit. Address, ny- L. F. PAOGETT, Proprietor l'adgett's F4uiulture, btovt say and Uarpet Store, ]tc i110-1112 Broad Street, AUG UST A. (hA teo re- .. * First Class Work. uei r ut: hat vy.' his V ery Low Prices. be iall the sti ws LIar Bug gles, Carriages, Road Carts, Wagons, of itc., Warranted Second to none. be see 1)0 the the an. Inquire of nearest (ealer In these goods, of or send for Catalogue--Mentioning thi9 ave paper. KOLLER & ANDERSON itor to tale tial BUGGY COMPANY, lill en Rock Hill1, S. C. -*MADE EASY! de- " MOTHERs' FRIEND " is a scientifiC. in ally prepared Liniment, every ingre irer dient of recognized value and in rer- constant use by the medical pro ian fession. These ingredients ar ecom 111 bined in amanner hitherto unknown -he FRI END" - ac WILL. DO all that is claimed for te it AND MORE. It Shortens Labor, Lessens Pain, Diminishes Danger to atic Life of Mother and Child. Book Few to " MOTHERs "mailed FREE, con nd taining valu.dAcl information and ,he voluntary testimonials, In- Sent by express onreceipt ofprice$1.50oper bottle [Ot, BRAOFIEL.0 REGULATOR CO., Atlanta, Ga. Talbot & hon, MI anuriaturers o ENOINES, UOILElRS, COTTON SEED Oil, MACINERY, and all kinds of TOBkCCO MACIILNERT, CORN AND WllEA'T MILLS TURBINE WATER A 1IEElLS, SAW MIAN, WITH RAPE FEED, or BELI' AND VARIAlEL, LFRICTION FEEi), IMPROVED DOGS, AND BET WORKS AND TIMER GUAG'ERS, graduated to sixteenth of an itch 620o to $600. Brick Machinry and Wood Working Machinery a specialty. Planink Machines S200 and upwards. Drying Kilus for Brick and Lubner. Every yard should) have one. Plans and drawings for const,iictlon fur nished, Wo sell the highest grade of Machinery - and at low prices. V. C. BADHAM, GENEI:AL AENT, Con'UuM[,A, S. C. Feb 19-1v. YREEALL ]KIN fr Cr.of all .m:r T r - - .~ LA rIA MOST SKILLE WORKME, -.110 .j.. . HYA 1 the bes pLc inu bo uth GroAtinaH oA Souther SatLe o WOe so fatin,i Aomeria ad Ia1ia rbe Work. A kind~s of Cemetery Work a s.peciality. M A SO NlI., Send for prices and: I in formiatios (. F. 19. HY ATT April81y COLUMBIA, S. eme a 4 t' ta