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CRISIS OF TJE SOUL. DR. TALMAGE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF OPPORTUNE ACTION. Isaiah's Vivid Presentation of the l'er sonality of Christ-A Present Saviour. Quench Not the Spirit-The Bible is New Every lour to the Truly Converted. LONDON, July 24.-The attendances at the services conducted by Rev. Dr. Talmage continue as great as ever. At every stopping point during his lreach. Ing tour he is greeted by phenomenal audiences. The sermon selected for this week is entitled "The Soul's Crisis," from Isaiah lv, 6, "Seek ye the Lord while he may be found." Isaiah stands Lead and shoulders above the other Old Testament authors in vivid descriptiveness of Christ. Other prophets give an outline of our Sayiour'E teatres. Some of them present, as i1 were; the side face of Christ; others t bust of Christ. But Isaiah gives us tht lull length portrait of Christ. Othei Scripture writers excel in some thingi -Ezekiel more weird, David more pa thetic, Solomon more epigrammatic Habakkuk more sublime-but when yoi want to see Christ coming out fron thi gates of prophecy in all his grandeu and glory you involuntarily turn to Isa iah. So that if the prophecies in regar< to Christ might be called the "Oratorii of the Messiah" the writing of Isaial; the "Halleluiah Chorus," where all th batons wave and all the trumpets coni in. Isaiah was not a man picked up on of insignificance by inspiration. Ili was known and honored. Josephusam Philo and Sirach extolled him in thei writings. What Paul was among Li apostles Isaiah was among the )ro)lhets I come today with no hairspun theo ries of religion, with no nice distinctions with no elaborate disquisition, but witl a plain talk on the matters of persona religion. I feel that the sermon I preacl this morning will be the savor of lin unto life or of death unto death. It other words, the Gospel of Christ is : powerful medicine; it either kills oi cures. There are those who say: "I would like to become a Christian. I have been waiting a good while for th( right kind of influence to come." Ani atill you are waiting. You are wiier in worldly things than you are in religi ous things. And yet there are men wi1, say they are waiting to get to heaven waiting, waiting, but not with inteli. gent waiting, or they would get on board the line of Christian influences thal would bear them into the kingdoi ol God. Now you know very well that to seek a thing is to search for it with earnest endeavor. If you want to see a certain main in London, and there is a matter of much money connected with your seeini him, and you cannot at first find him, you do not give ul) the search. You took in the directory, but cannot find the name; you go in circles where you think perhaps he may mingle, und liav ing found the part of the city where he lives, but perhlal)s not, knowing the street, you go through street after street and from block to block, and you keel on searching for weeks and for months, You say, "It Is a matter of .00,00( whether I see him or not." Oh, that men were as persistent in seeking i Christi Had you one-half that, peirsis, tence you would long ago have fonum him who is the jioy of the forgiven spirit We may pay our debts, we may attenl church, we may relieve the poor, w( may be public benefactors, and yet ali our life disobey the text, never seer God, never gain hleavenl. Oh, that thu idea of God would help this morning while I try to show you In carrying oul the idea of my text first, how to seek~ the Lord, and in the next place, wheni to seek him. "Seek ye the Lord while he may be found1." I remark, in the first, place, you are to seek the Lord through earnest and believing prayer. God Is not, aii auto. crat, or a despot seated onl a throne wit,h his arms resting on brazen lions and ai sentinel p)acing up and down at the foot of the throne. God Is a father seatedi in a bower, waiting for his children to come and climb on his knee and get his kiss and his benediction. Prayer is the cuir with which we go to the "fountaIn of living water" andI dip up) retreshmient for our thirsty soul. Grace (ices not come to the heart, as we set, a cask of water to catch tihe rain in tihe shower. It is a pulley fastened to the throne ofI God which we pull, bringing the bless m1g. I (10 not care so munch what posture you take in prayer, nor how large an amount, of voice you use. You miight, get, (dowa on your faice before G;od, if you did not pray right inwardly, and there would be no resp)onse. You mlig.hItcr at tine top of your voice, and unless ycu had a believing spirit within, your cry would not, go farther up than tile shout of a plowboy to his oxen. Prayer must b)e believing, earnest, loving. You are in your house sonme summer day, andl a shower comes np, and1( a b)ird aflrighted (darts into thle window and wheels arond the room. You seize it. You smioothi its ruflied plumage. Y ou feel its fliLt tering heart.. You say, ''Poor thing, poor thing!" Now a prayer goes out of thle storm of this world int.o the wvin dow of God's mercy, and lhe catchles it, and he feels its fluttering punlse, and lie puts it in his own boson' of aflfectioii and1 safety. Prayer is a w.arim, a.dent, lsa5iting exercise. It is the electrle battery which touched thrills to the thir,ne of God! It Is tile diving bell in which we go down into the depths of God's mercy and bring up "pearls of great p)rice." Thlere is an instance where prayer made the waves of' Gennesaret solid as grain ite pavement. Oh, ho0w many won:ler ful things prayer has accomplished! H.aye you ever tried it? In thle daSys when the Scotch Covenanters were per secuted and the eniemies were after them one of the head men among tihe Coven anters p rayed: "0 Lord, we be as dead men unless thou shalt help us. 0 Lord, throw the lap of thy cloak over tneseo poor thmogs."' And instantly a Scotch mist enveloped and hid the persecutedl lromn their persecutors-the promise it, erally fulfilled, "While they are yet, speakIng I will hear." 0 impenitent soul, have you ever tried the power of prayer? G ad says, "lie la loving and faithtul and patient." Do you believe that? You are told that Christ came to save sinners. Do you believe thatt You are told that all you have to do to get the pardon of the Gos pel1 is to ask for It. Do you believe that? Then come to him sod say: "0 Lord, I know thou canst not lie. Thou hast told me to come for pardon and I could get at. I come, Lord. Keep thy prom ise and liberate my captive soul." Ob, that you mIght have an altar In *.,* the plor, In the ktchen, In the store, In hebarn! for Christ will be willing to g,onte again to the manger to hear pray er. He would come in your place of v business as he confronted Matthew, the t tax commissioner. If a mea,ure should r come be ore congress that you thought i' would ru;n the nation, how you would send in petitions and remonstrances. d And yet there has been enought sin in * your hert to ruin it forever, and y-yu have never remonstrated or petitioned against it. if your physical health lailed, and you hdt(] the means, you would go and spend the summer in Ger many and the winter In Italy, and you I would tWink It a very cheap outlay it I you had to go all around tihe earth to get back you physical health. IIave I you made any efl,'rt, any expenditure, any exertion for your immortal and spir itual health? No, you have not taken one step. Oh, that you might now begin to seek after God with earnest prayer! Some of you have been workimg for years and years for the mipport of your fihmilies. Have you given oine-halt day to the work ing out of your salvation with lear and tremling? You came here this morn ing with an earnest purpose, I take it, as I have come hitlier with an earnest purpose, and we meet face to ftce, and I tell you, first of all, if you want to find the L,rd, you must pray and pray and Iray. I remark again, you muit beek the load through Bible study. Tie Bible is the newest book in the world. "Oi," ol Say, "it was made liundreds of Years ago, itid the learned m11n of King Jam tinsIramnilatedl it hundreds years ago," [ confute that idea by tellin you it is not ive minutes old when ("ol by Ils blessed spirit retransbites it inti) the heart. 11 lou will, ill the seckiml. of thie way of life throu:.:4 zcriptur Study, 1im h',ro (Cod' Iigh ti. to fiall upo'i the pag- you will fild that iih ese p1romil'se ae not one second oh, and that they lrop straight fion the tiione (;4 God into you - hea-t. Wiluln people ar-, xiustl.(,hb sols-iid there ite s,otme -th ii here to hi -th: re ae tlo4e who reiommei foe 6< ( ka. fntt i.i all i:ht.. lait I w nt 0 to ( tel 1 111ou t1ht the -ih i I 11 best, bok undri sul ciru l tusI.eri. Bitxier wrote. "A call to th- lco. VTted," buit ,hth LAb islthe bI Cl1,1 tl i write, "i'he Iise and Ipo-res-4 of 14 li:.:ion it: the Soul," f-1: the il is 1t". lht, i,- anid prgre. AJ An!e I .lamies r'ti rol "Avi(e I > the A ex:ou. 11itn<irei , but the lible ts the best a ict. to ;he aixolus ilnl ier. Oih, t!.e B-ht- is th(e vtg r iook you nec-d, a xioui t and inqui-iri1- soul! A diu1 s1hlier said to his m1:11e, Conradle, vive ne a drop!" The coir-ab.-e shook up the e in1etl and li - aid " 'hiere iin't, a I drop (it water in the caittei.'' Oi,') said the idyintg soldier, "thait's not what I watni feel in my knalisac-k for my Bible." Andhis coiitode Cl'nd tht -o Bible ainl rt ad hiil a fei!w of the graci OLu liromtiiss, and the d oing soldier saitd "'Al, lhat's what I want. There isn' t n thing like tile Bible I for a dh ilg sol <i,-r, is thiert, My Coril-adc?" 1Oh, blvs,ed book while we live. Blesed bok wien we ie. I rtm i-irk again, we lust w,-ek G,od throwi0h 0hurhti ordinanei-s. "Wiat,' "av y.ouI. "c"11Liat an hle saved withtu'i, goiti t,,) churh-ey' I ri-ply there are men, I tippose, in glory who have never sevi a ch 4-urt-cl; but I te ch irtis tie orctinetd mieanls by~ whinch we tare to bet brouitght, t (0 God; nid it truth a flects ti Iwhe-n wet ale atlone it, atfects us morn mnightfiy wvhen we are- in the assembly thoe tteeligs ofi iothers empilhaiinil our owni o- flings. T[he greia t law ot synm 1)athay comles ito lay andi a truth that wiotuldt take hldil oinly wvith thit graisp oit a sick mni beats miigtily amaiinst the soul with a thoulsadi heart thtrolbs, .When~ you tome into the religioui cirele come only i Ii 1)ne not,ion, and1( only for taie putrpose5--to lindl the way to Christ,. When. I see pe~ople crinie il abou lt, sttrmouts, andii critiert about, toines of voice, andI ctr ita! a bollt sermniei de. livery, they umtke me think of a mnan iot pirosin. Ilec is tondtemnedoi to death, hut ano oliice-r of the gov*erniment, brings a lpardion ani fputs it tilloil.;h the "'icket, (0 t,he prisonm atnd say s: "lIlene is your 3011 you xpet, me o i tatk, ttat pard'tonl titfert it ith Sitchi it vii as you have, with sut-! an awkwarid mannert as yotu haive?y I would rathier dtie than so1 com-I 1)piSoisile t t*ica,h notions!"' Ath, to man dloes~ not say thiat; ii takies it! It is htis life. II d. ioes Ino title Inny- ii is handued-i to1 hiin. Andl ii this nto ruuggig tli paid si from tIhe throniie I, Godt is i)itered to our SouIh, should Iwie i ot seize iit, re-gardilessa of ahl ttcriesg tet-ll g ftat it is a matter o: hieaveno '-r hellyI~ Hui. I comle now to theo last part <,.1 myv ft xt. 1 ii Iels t1s wh len we are~ to seek I tt.I ,"i- "While Ite rua:y be lotundi. ' see c-ld ,ei. ITlomorrovya Youmlav nic: soe togrn ti-ow. Toniigt? You1 may no. wii ite og. *'very h eatrt io threec capital let ters thla wiordl N-O.t-W-Now! Nig is :mi aut lf <hease. I h ear petn pIe 'iiy wuith the 1(1 of40 the headh anlt wnht i a i-viatlltmanner-, "Ohi, yes, I 'm .. 'uer' Si ox an awfl dtiseaste. It is ( "TlrosY. It is dropsy4V. It is coionum p t tiot. 1I is atl ntiral i.sordeis in 01ne, Now youI kinow theret is a tcro;ix iln ai <hst ease. I'erhtaps youi hatve ha I sonic it.( itistratt i tof it ini your famtil y. Some.it tites th - h ),yslejti ttiscl i,111 t; ( hats lotnd a;.Ilt the pa ltint and saii& " That ca:se waos sitmpleeniouagh; but1 thc crisix hats p issed. if yotu hadh called m yesterdaty or tis morim:gt I could hav.ly cured the PilliontI. It is ti))) late now; the ct-isis hats p-issetd.'' Just so it is ini the spilritul treatneont of the soul- s there is a crisis. Before that, life! A l-t ter that. deathi! Ot, my dear brother, as y.tu love your soul do not het the I crisls panss uinattendedl ti! Thecre mire sonme here who cani rememn- C her Iistances ill life wiheon, if they had I btrught ai certamg property, thecy would ' have become very rich. A few acres -I that woulhd haive cost them almost, noth-. ing were offeredh thenm. Tlhey refused temn. Aft.erward a large village or city 1 sp)ranlg up on those acres of groundi. andt r t,bey see what a mistake they made in c not, bun ing the proper!4. There was ii an Opportunity o1 getting it. It never came back again. And so it, Is in re- a gardl to a man's spiraual aind eternal for- 'i tune. There is a chiance; if you let, that a' go perhaps it never conmes back. Cer tainly that one never comes back. Tlhere is a time which mercy has set for leaving port. If you are on board before that you will get a passage fort heaven. If you are iiot on board, you miss your passage for heaven. As in law courts a case is sometimes ad- t journed fromt term to term, anid from t year to year, till the bill of costs eats t up,the enitire estate, so there are meni y who are adjourning the matter of relig- 12 ion from tIme to time, andt from year to '1 year, untif heavenly blIss fs the bill or t costs the man would have to pay for it. Why defer this matter, 0 my dear t bearer ? Have you any irtea that sin . Fl wear out ? that it will evaporate ? hat it will relax its grasp? that you iay find relig ion as a man accidentally nds a lost pocketbook? Ab, no. No ian i-ver became a Cbristian by act ent or by the relaxing of sin. The mbarrassments are all the time im reasing. The hosts ot darkness are re ruiting and the longer you postpone his matter the steeper the path will be ome, I ask those men who are before ne this morning whether, in the ten or Ifteen years they have passed in the )ostponenent of these matters, they lave come any naer God or heaven ? I would not he afraid to challenge ,his whole audience, so far as they nay not have found the peace of the ;ospel, in regard to that matter. Your iearts, you are willing frankly to tell ne, are becoming harder, and that if rou come to Christ it will be more of an ,indertaking iow than It ever would iave been before. Oh, fly for refuge! rhey avenger of blood is on the track! I'he throne of judgernent will soon be iet, and if you have anything to do to ward your eternal salvation you had Jetter do it now, for the redemption of he )soul is preciomand it ceaseth for 3ver. It is very certain that you and I must soon appear befbre God in judgment. We cannot escape it. The Bible says, ,Every eye shall see him, and they also which plerced hi in, and all the kindreds r>f the earth shall wail because of him." On that day all our advantages will come ptil for our glory or for our dis comiiture-every prayer, every sermon, every exhortatory remark, every re p)roof, every call of grace; and while tle heavens are rolling away like a scroll and the world is being destroyed, your destiny and my destiny will be announced. AlaI.! alas! if on that d,y it is lonid that %%e have neglected these mnatt-rs. We may throw them Tfl now. We'rannflot, then. We will all be in earnest then. Iit no pardon thein. No offer of salvation then. I)riven away in our wickedness-bn. ished, exile:1 forever! Hlave you ever iiragined whit will bw the solito(quly of the soul on that day inpardoned as it looks back upon its past. 1i Fe ? h,"say I ie soul, 'I had "lorioit s-tbbaths. There was one Sab a-I h in ault tini whvin [ was invited to hrist. There was Ia -4Sbbithfli morning when .Jtlius stwil and spread out his tris an invite-l mi to his holy ivart. I reftisedI hiin. I havo de. Aroyel mllysell'. I have no tte -Ase t.o blame. iNin cowtplete. Dark ke.is mniiLying, deep; eternal ! I am ost ! Notwith.standior all tilt oppor .niities I ha-.1ve h to Al being saved, I tn lost! Oh thoit lfic suitilering L-)rd ,Od A.lnight v, 1 arn lost ! ) day i jalgemient, i atm lost! 0 father, nother, brother, sister, child in glory, ti a lost!" A tid I ben as the tide goes mit Your soul goes out with it-farther roi God, farther from happiniss, and hear vour voice fainter and taiti(er mid faiiter: "Lost! Lost! Lost! j.st! 0st!' O ye tying yet immor al imen! "6euk the Lord while lie may ie found." hit I want you to take tihle hint of lie text that I have no time to dwell i- -the hint that, there is a t ime when le cannot be found. There is a mian 1n this cit.y, eighty yeari of age, who aid to iL c!ergyman wio caine in, "Do ott think I hat a inan at. eighty y ears of ge can get )al doleld" "''Oh, yes," aid the clergy man. Thi old man said, 'I can't; when I was twenty years of tgv- iln noweighty years-the spirit f (od came to mny soir u, and I fIt IL the iiort.ance of attending to these hinlugs, but I put it ol, I rT jected (od, uid since then 1 have had no leeling.'' 'Well," sid the minister, "wouldn't Coi like to have me1 piray with you?"' 'Yes,'' replied thle old narn, "uitwill Io no goodl. You can pray with rie ii oil like to.' T1hie rministe'r knelt down anid prayed mdii commi nended thre man's soil Ito Giod. I, seeitmeid to have no efect uipon hitn. \ fter arwhiue tihe last hour of theC man's it i caime, aind lthrough his (lol ruim a pa rk of initelligenice see'rtreid to lash, ud( withi his last breath he' sau<t, "1 lall never' be lorgiven." "O( seek the aoi di while he riay be found.'' ALMOST A RACE WAfl. I Neu, ciAttiackii th Town~ Marchel o,r l"(iI:NTrA iN I NN., .Jully 21.--Thi lis place vas time scenei (if great, excitCeent to lay, in tact it was only b)y the mierest hnance that a riot betwe-en tihe races Vas5 avoided. T1hris phice with its hundred inhabit inits is situratedi onl the (Gr. enville and iiau'rns Ilailroadl, about tw enty miles rem G reeniville. I t is a great p)lace for tiies( for the people ot thre Surirolund rig courntriy. Tlodhay a Ibig ne(gr'o picnic was giyen it. thle pienic grounjds. Jiu Berry a regr'o gamblI er, see ig iris oppo1)rtunit y o lIh-eve tihe unlsurspecting, bioughit coin julcrabie bat(l whiiske and wLriient, Ouit to Ire girundls, ande it was riot loing be fore t' hadri the crowd we'll ja'gged. Thie >day u' as getting very high and1( the ro wdi becamie 1boist erouas. Tiowni Ma'r haml.1 ohn l eit mnadie an at temp it to rrest, tihe gambllers. Th'iey jume iiPloin iuii, and lIeIrry with a big stick( floored ire marsihaill. Jl Iiwas terribly beaten rid cut lup before assistance arrived. Whienr ihIe news gilt, out of' Keliet,'s reaLtmnent t ii' place w.as wvild with ex itermenit. Eve'ury whiite mail wino coulid 'it a guni ior pistol w~as soon on the eerie. A teiegrami was sent to Shueriff iilreal hi at (Greenrvi lie roif lying him of1 lie tilsturbanteiiiL. 'l'he sihenriff securred an osse, anrd wvith a Chiroieole represenita iVe andi( M.t ' l). 1H. Williamis of' 'i'he ~reenville Newns wa;s soon aboard tire r'ain, boun rd for' F"ountain Inun. At very stat ion along thre road the sherifi sked lotr ine'n. Fartners left,their plows Landing in tire furrows, arnd with their uris tlung across their shoulders joined uce aherilf's posse. Everythinig was xcitement, Oil the train. E very body was asking everybody else they had ai pistol. A t one station a tore-keeper said lhe hrad lenty of' guns hat the crowd was welcomie to, but lie idni't have any ammuhnit,ion. ,Just ait iris p)articlular time guns without pow er and ball were not needed, and hits fl'er was declined. When tine train eached Fourntain Inn, tire excitement vas still running very high. Th'ie citi ens of the town had made a charge on hie negro gamblers arnd routed them. )ver fifty .shoi.s were tired oir both sides, uit 50 far nio one has been heard of' as avinig been injured, e'xcept a negro amed Mosely, whno in the excitement f tire mornent was tuaken for Bierry, 11( badly beat lip. Bierry, the ringleader, with a shot un, made iris escape to thre swamps, there he delied arrest. A posse is fter him, arid are conthdent of captur ig him dead or alive. Sheriff Gilreath nd( his posse soon aft.er their arrival ecured ord(er andl th igs quieted down, Ithough the town is full of armed men Dnight. Sanrgir Ilandi surely Ge. THErr IIAOUE, July 22.-An ooicial alegramn received hrere today from Ba hviai contirins the recent accounts of hie aw ful destruction caused on Great angir Island, belonging to IIolland, y a volcanic eruptIon on June 17th. 'he latter ad vices are to the effect that be whole Northwestern portion of the Ilandt was destroyed and that 2,000 of he inhabitants were killed. There rere no Enroneans among.te vitms. S110F AND STABBED. A MAN TRIES TO KILL H. C. FRICK THE STEEL BARON. *He Wa lel Eolemy ,f time beq)O,C, D.1 clared the Wootid-ba MI aurerer.-)v un VLlite CartrtgeN F401u1el III ils, Ase;sm sia's Minth. I''"rsinU;o, 'a ,Jutly 23.-il. C.FPrick, chairman of the Carnegie Company, was shot and stabbed at 1:45 o'clock this afternoon by Alexander Berkian, aged 21, a Russian Jew, who says he lives on Forty-second street, New York. At 5-30 o'clock Secretary Lovejoy gave a statement to the Associated Press describing the wounds. Two shots en tered the neck about the base of the skull on either side. One passed out between his shonider and the others was removed froin the opposite side of the neck. The third shot missed its aim. There is no evidence that the stab wounds are deep or that they will prove dangerous. Tiey are on tbe, right one at tne.lower border of the ribs, the other just below the hi p bone. There is no evi denco that any of these wounds will prove serious. Frick's condition at present is perfectly satisfactory. The young man who opperates the elevator says that the would-be assasin has been in and about, the buil.ling I or three days. Six or eight times ho has taken the main ip in the elevator. Each time he asked to see Mr. Boswortlh of the Carnegie Company. The shoot ing was done with a 11opkins & Allen 38-ealibre pistol. Four chambers of it are empty. When arrested the as sassini said lie was a Russian -Jew anld that, lie had been i this country four years. lie caine hele t ron Now York only a tew days ago. lie wirked, lie said, for a Singer,Sewing Machine Coin pany. While here lie stoppedl at the Merchants' Hotel. "What dia votou do this for?" asked I ispector MlcKelvey of the prisoner. "1 guess you know," was the answer. Whien Berkiman was subject. d to a second (-xamiiiiatioi, .y Dr. Myers, the police surgeon, and Inspector Nlclei ve.v, two dynuiite cart,ridgei wPre founal ill his isnmilh. The I deSp-rtl e Imlan -efised to th t t,en lie taket ouit without a fice st'roggle,dIitring which Ie! had to lieehoked until lie was bl:k inl the fave beforv, Ie Tave up ithe explo si vs. When Dr. Mylrs was ,xam Iig hil lie thought t.le was somethog I wrovgr with his nith, and he askel 4 ,iim1 to open it. Thii lie refusetd to (10 iuitil forced, and1- in so (oilg the cart ridges were found. It % as evidently the man's intention I to (xplode them in his wonth and kill I hiiunelf in the s-in inanier as AnLr- I liist Lingg, the Chicago in rket rioter i who was codeinei t,o death, tit who conin itted suicide iii prison. I t is also evident that the caps attached to Berk- i miai's cartridge would not. work, heice I the scheine Iailed. 'the inai has bein i w eighed, neasured, and has had his I photograph taken lie made no objec- I tion to tle latte r provess, seeinig, iniI tact, to relish it. A fter the dynamite caps were taken I from his 1iouth the prisoner was inore cummunicative, aiid stated that his I nane was Alexandkr l,erkiman. and that lie W1s a cigar iii:uker in Ne w York. i Said lie: "I came hivre with the express i purpose ot killing Frick." "Why did you w% antto kill him'l" asked Inspector McKelvey. Why, he was, an eneiny of the peo pie." The clerk at the Merchants' Ilotel ideniti lied lim i as t he man who had reg isteredl as "Sitiion leckerma', New1 'i or k." TIhe ci rcutustances attendinig thet shooting are related ais follow~s: A fe w minutes before 2 o'clock this after noon a dark compIlex ioned youing man,I with a .Jewish cast ot countenance, ol mled itim height and luly well dressed, enitered thle elevator in thie buildogti; whliichi is occupieid by tho Carnegie Steel: Cornyi:miy, Luinited, ..ndl asketd to be let, oif at, Frick's oflice Th'le young iman had been a fre-queiit visitor during the past few days, and D)avid Fortneuy, the elevator boy, thought nothing of his reLiluest, but, stoppletI at the second lhor anid poinited ouit the way to the ehuairma'i's privat.e room. Tw~ o minut,es later the occu pants of the building anid thle passers by on Fith Avenue were startled by three pistol slkots lired ini raid suicces sioni. Intuitively thie vict,imi was di vined, arid "Frick is shot" wetre the words soonj passimg froiin moutch to mouth oin the street. It was true. A man believed to be a crank had assauilt ed the gre'at st,eel m.st.er, butt the hat, ter, niotw ithstanning two buillet wounds arid four ugly gash's from a dagger, stilt livyes and will probably recover. The otlice of Leis.im in, a business part ner of Frick, ad iouns that, of thie< chiai rmani. L eishmeta had ci .me in, anid thei two were holding a private con ier ence, no one else beinrg ini thle room. A iewv minutes tbfort 2 o'clock I a rry lieckley, the~ oflice b my nottied( at imani hastily p)tih open the swvinugiiig gate in the iailing that. runs betweeni tie pttb lieI port ion andl thei eielo)surei where ii he desk of thie stenogr'pher4 and clerks are located. Thimee as no one near the private olli ae door, anid (lie boy I hiurrieti up to ask the~ intruder what lie wanted, bitt lie wa: too lat e, as the I st ranger hiad alread.y tetreult(lhe pri v'ate apart,inent. As lie enitered( the of lice, Prick looked up, as did also Leishi itian, to see who it s as. Firick was exti.tinijg a liun dle oh paper is. TIhie in an praiig wvithuin atboumt live feet of F"riek, and quickly drawing his revolver, puillted thu trigger. 'Thre iirst, cartridge dlid iiot exp)lode; thie stecond( shiot entered tne back of Frick's I neck, and glancing downt ward, passed to the outside below the armpit. Frick inade an exclamatiot', and jumped to the circuilar window on Filth avenue, andl tried ini vain to open it. Ills as sailant passed nearly in front of hIs diesk, and approaching close to Frick lredl again. The ball enteredl the ~ muscles on the left side of the neck and passed arotund to a lodgmnent under the right ear, where It was later reached by a probe. At this instant Leishiman threw him self on the would-be assassin and wrestled for the possession of the re- I volver. Leishman clutched the barrel andl turned the muz-zle upward as a cartridge exple'ded, the ball entering the I plastering near a glass partition. With agilit.y the dlesperatex iian drew a dag ger and attempt,ed to stab1 Leishmnan, I who was hioldin g his assailanit by the shoulder and bod y. Prick saw agleam of steel, and although staggered by the shock of his wounds and bleeding pro fusely he jumped between the men and seized the mati's arm. T1he latter freed hiniself from L4eishimani's grasp andl pluniged his dagger into F"rick's right side just above the hip, making an ugly ~ wound three Inches long, lie made t1 another lunge, this time the knmfe" striking higher up, bat the point struck a rib and glanced (nown withoumt in. ilicting much injury. T wice again was t,he knife thrust at I"rick, but he wvas merely scrat ched by these lastautempets ~ to kill him. The struxggle was in hill view of those on the street.a By this time the olhice boy andI Depu ty Sheriff May, who enteredl the olice 'y as the first shot was fired, threw them- 8 selves on the assassin. May had drawn a his revolver and was about to shoot the I elit w in the back when Frick cried mt: "Don't kill him. We have got ilm all right. Leave Iiti te the I tw." L'he man broke away and triEd to es ap, bit was s-ciired and taken t, the ,vi ral Poli4 Station. 'The prompt lct: >n of Frick saved the lives of Leish ilai and his self-appointed execitioner. 1 live minittes half a dozen surgeons weit at hand. Frick was told to l1o lown on tihe lounge, and after his lothing had buen removed the wounds were washed and the bleeding stopped. During all this time the wounded man was calm, and had perfect command of his faculties, and apparently was less excited than any other person in the room. From tilne to time he made suggestions as to how badly he was hurt., and half an hour after the shoot ing he dictatewi a message to Andrew Uarnegie about the assault, in whicl lie oid hitn he thought he would be all right. At his recluest all communication with his residence was shut off, and his brother-in-law ua. sent to inform his wife of his ilint ss and to reassure her, She gave hirth to a son ten days ago, n111( is stilled confined to her room. he was greatly distressed, but bore herself bravely when told that there was no apparent danger. She sent her ister, Miss Childs, to the oflice with in itruct.ions to return at once and inforim her of Mr. Frick's actual condition. In the meantime rick was removed to his back oflice, where the physicians made a careful examination, and at I p. Iml. the bullet was removed, and tle wotindedi man was resting easy. At no Iiillf did lie believe he was fat.ally in lured, and aft er the removal of the hul. let lie sent for his stenographers, dic tatel l letters, and asked his chiefs about the condition of affiairs a liomiestead itlti Duilesne. G1ards were placed at the doors at !:1; p. in., and admit.tance was refused to all but the olicials of the cempany .td itnmediate relatives and friends. Frick rt Nsei all inedicine until 6 )'clock, when lie was given a sedat ive V10 was soonl sleeping soundly. No mue wai permitted to see him for an rIot. i beforo his removal to his hoie, wvh;kli tok place shortly after 7 o'clock<. SANI- OR INSANE. X -cart-iiiij iuvm utigation Into tie Men ta 71:11( illi on (of A lice Mi .ullul. .1cii is, TlE ulx., 2J .1.-Yester ly tii ii:<quiry into the meintal condi i!m of Alice Mitchell was beguai in the -ri, inal court. It is now nearly five no ths since Miss 1\litchell ru hliessly le1% Fredai Ward for breaking the mys vri.ms relations thAt existed between tien. What those relations were will )rob;.'b,ly never he known. It; is iii erred from the eVidence adduced in ie preliminary examination of' Lii!ie lohnson, the alleged accessory of Alice qitchell, that they w%ere abnormal, and n consequence of this Inference, in vii9e int-rest. is felt here and elsewhere n the case. Miss Mitchell' family and ier c mnsel maintain and firmly believe hat she is insane. This beliet is shared )y many of the most eminent scientists md medical inen in the world, and heir testimony, given as experts, will 'e int roduced to establish the sound iess of the plea of prisent insanity. It is generally v xpectt d that, t lie j ury vil I Iid that the girl is ii)t of sound iiid, in whihli event she will be sent o an asylum and kept there i she be -ve:t tially discharged as satie, the crim Lai aittlurities will take charge of her tId try her for inurder. The verdict 3 i nsaiti y in I h ram n-o"Icht oI the case now pein-tig will bet atiiissile as evi lt'i:e, anid there can he 1io dloubt as to he result of thle t rial of the case pro per'. She ( will lbe aLt(l i itted on a plea >f inusaiiity, and will be relcased from 2lust odly. Thei girl was riot regarded as insane nit ii she s hed the blood of her homo texuat:l allinity, anid so fair ais can be leatrnied her act ions since shie has been in jail hat e beeni those oi a person nenitally sound. l'rison life ha~s not ilfected her health; oii the contrary, the 'ias gairn d lesh during her conihine Inent, anti is aippaieniiy a vigorous Voungi. womtan, with a good appetite, a Jodlv free troin adIntents arid a in d levoidi of care. Tlhie casual observer vould remark rather upon the comely ace andt( attractive physique of t lie gir-l hant any trace of demenitia that may 3e ltuinul in her counitenance. 'The :areful physiogomnist might., however, .Ietect some evidence of an unbalanced mlind in the ex pressiori of lien eyes. Aliss A it chell is hot, averse to appear ng biefore the public in court, anid levt r since the mturder htas she evinced muy remorse bur her act, or shame on icc--ut of the rnotoriety which it has iVt-ive her. She has displayed no unu aia: nervousness or I replidationi as the latte for holding of' t he inisaniity iquest ilppoache-lI. Site hats beeui visited v-vy ifhiy b y memberi lOs of her famil y. Eie-erdlay she walkt-d up aid d..wn thie >al >ny t lhat serves I or her promiienade, mni heri sip n as as lit.he and hier air as in :e att it waIs bieore her iinc.iicora 10' '.I to second ( <ty of(I in<:i~ iry int o the~ n* tal cond(litio of1 the i0p risone r sh (iwedi it -iinishied public intresat, thei atudi 'ice b-inig sonutwwhaut larger thiar. yes or iy. ThI,e gist. of I hei Lest iimony in rodu icedl tended t o conhirm the imptres Oiii oflheredlitary insanit.y ha vinuw been ra ill ted frini mother to child. Mir. ,J,rvey Itoturn,. er\ cy, Jr., ar-ri ved here ton ighit from er YW orkf, where lie has been porform n g uls duity as committeemanti t-m notifly -ir. Cleveland and Mlr. Steveirson o1 lheir fominatin. To a represenritat ive T The News andu Courier he said: "The rst person I melt, ini New York was 1:. 3Wall, of Wisconsin. lie tells thatt Visc-nsin's elect.oral vote wasi as cer amn for Cleveland as that of any ot tier outhern St.ate. Mir Ioraii, of Mlin lesotat, told ate the samne thing about, Visconsin. Both of these geintleimen poke positively and also asserted that. ix of Mlihigi's votes wotuldi go to 31eveland(. I was introduced to Mlr. :levehand and( to Mr Stevenson at. the totification meetinrg. Goyernor White, f Ca'iforniai made a very line speech. Wew York is considered solid. I met Ir. Ilarrity juist before leaving andi in 4)1 medl himi that lie need have no fears fi Son t h Cairolina now, as both f actions 'I thle party in that State would sup. 41r1 the Naitional t.icket. Tlht rioti ica ion iiueoting wais a tremLend(otus success, lid it looks t,o nie honest,ly ais if Clevye rind and1( Ste-vensoni will bo elected." Incaek thie Sotii Soauth. i^ Si INTIN, Jiuly 07.-It is: . hiat C.hairmiani Catrter todlay statl edl that, wi s the inttentlin of the hepubjlican ~at milli Comn itjttee to iil(ie an effort, I) carry sonie of the Southern St,ates in his cairnpaign. Alabama Is given as ie ob.jective point of the earliest at teks of the lRepubhlicans, where they -ill aid the Kolb faction, who are iak ing the cam palgn ont the cry of a ree ballot hind a lair count, the watch ord ont the Ilepuiblican banner for ears. North Carolina andl( the Vir inia are also said to be lleld which t,he tepuiblicans have uinder conisidieration S wLrthy of their eiforts. W EA VElR AN I FifKL iIta~ano chance thiatever of being elected, and the otnthern man who votes for them is Imply castlig a vote indirectly for the t.pnnhican party S An Elopement. A dispitch from St. Geoi ges to the Coinmbia Register, under date of July 21, says: Prof. J. A. Klein, Rev. Dr. 0. A. I)aroy, Dr. 0. D. Faust, J. W. Barr, 0. May, and Miss Janie Erwin arrived here today on the 11:30 a. m., train from Bamberg. At 3 p. m. E. L. Price and Miss Ruth Izard, daughter of Col. A. C. Izard, arrived by private convey ance front Walterboro, joining the Bamberg party at the Elmwood Inn. This was rathter an unusual occurance for our quiet little town, and it excited the suspicions and curiosity of your correspondent, who, upon Inquiry, found his surmise well grounded. Prof. J. A.Klein and Miss Ruth Izard of Wal terboro were united in marriage at 3 p. m., Rev. )r. Darby oillciating. Mr. E. L. 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