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USEFUL SUFFERING. . TALMAGE SPEAKS OF THE USES OF ADVERSITY. - ly "It Beh.ledChriitttiSitfler"--Ttiorp -la@ Never Been SFtch an Exaiple of C.oduring Patience as We Find on the Cross. LoNDoN, Aug. 14.-Rev. Dr. Tal ,age's European preaching tour is -awing to a close, During the week o has preached three or tour times in iferent cities, following out the pro ramme already announced, and every i-here meeting lar-e and enthusiastic ,udiences. This week he speaks at eeds, Bradford, .he4lield and Derby. I'l- - _..ect chosen for today is "Use til ;uflering," the text taken belinl l.uke xxiv, 406, "It behoved Christ to suffer." There have been echolars who have :euturel the assertion that the palus of our Lord were unnecessary. Itided it was a shocking waste of tears and blood amd agoy, unless some great end were to be teached. It men can prove that no good result comes of it, then the character of (od is impeached and 0- the universe nust stand abhorrent and de nunciatory it the !aet that the Father allowed the butchery of his only begot ten Sou. We all admire the brave six hundred men described by 'Terivso,i as dashi: into the conilict. where they knew they must die, and knew at the same time that "some one had blundered,'' hut we are abhorrent of the ia who made the blunder and who caused the sacrifice or those brave meut for no use. But I shall show you, if the L ord will help ine, this morning that for good reasons Christ, went through the torture. In other words, "1t behoved Christ to stl fer." in the first place, I remark that Christ's lacerations were necessary be cause man's rescue wats an impossibil iLy except by file payment (f sonte reat sacrifice. titraged law had thin-. dered against iniquity. Man must die inless in substitut.e can interce)t that death. Let ahbriel step forth. lIe re fuses. Let Aicliael the archangel step forth. lie refuses. No lomian citizen, no Athenian, no Corinthian, no r0tirmi er, no angel volunteered. Christ then bared his heart to the pang. lie paid tor our redemption li t.ears and blood and wounded felt and scot'uyed shlotl. ders and torn brow. "it is done.'' 11caven n1d earth heard the snap of tine prison har. :inai ecased to qunke with w ith the ilollelnt that Calvay began to rock in ceilicifiximi. Chriit had suf 1'ered. "Oh," says* N-H soie, man, "'I don't like that doctrine of substitution; let every man bear his own burdens and w eep his own tears and light his own hattles!'' Why, my brothers, there is vicarious suffering a.1 over the world. Did not your parents suffer for you? Do you not suffer sometines for your childreen Does not the pati-ot,suffer for fus coun trN? Did not Grace Darling sutli'r for the drowning sailors' Vicario is suffer Ing on all sides! But how insignificant, comparea with this scene of vicarious suffering! Was it for crimes that I lai done lie groantd upon tilt' tree. Amazing PIty, graice untknown, Andi love be'yondt degree. Chirist must suff'er to pay the price of' our redemption, lBut I rema:rk iieain, the suff'erin;.s of' Christ were necesaruy in tordter thfat the world's sympaithies ighclt be aroused. Men ar'e woni to thle r'ight, and good throughl their sympathies. Thie world must foel airght be fore it enni ne't arbfht. So the crLoss wast alilowedi to be litted that the worhP's s impathI ies might, be ar'ouised. Alen who have benen obdura'~t cd by tile cruelties they haive enacted, by the inaissacres thle y fave intlic'ted,. by the horrors of' wfichf they fhave beeni ,ailty have beome little cinfhilden in the pr,esence~ of this te inig Sav'iour'. \Vhaut the swoi'd coul not tdo, what Jugg,.er nauts could not SubduetlL, thme wounided haind of'Christ hans accomplished~t. l'i'There are this moment,i rollin ls of' people hteld untder' tile s'efll of tha:t, onie saciiice. 'lhe hamumers that. S stc thne sp ike nio thne cross hiav'e broken tfhe ro(cky heart, 0f the wyorbl. NonthIing hnt1 th ag(..ies ot a Saviour's death thrmoc could rouse the world's sympahi.i. I remark again. "'It hchioved C hris t to suffer' ' thfat thle st rengthi and 'en'sis tence of the fivine i)'ll might be tdemoni - strated. WVas it thne applause of tihe wor'ldf thlat inJ.ucedl Chli ist non thait c'ru sade frm heav'n? WVhy, all the uni verse was ati I li feet. ( oubi th con Inuest of this isigiifican t planet have paid him ! fo h 'il'caer of' pain if It Lath been a mere m: tter of' applause- A 11' the hnonors of he iyce. surging at, his feet. Woufld your qunecn yie up her' thr'onie that, she might mule a milserable tr'ibe io A Iricay W oubd tihe I .ord . esuis Chrnist, on tine thront of the univei se, conme tdown to our planet if' it werec a mere matter' of' applause aund amcclamat,iony? Nor wvas it ani expe(lition undlertakenl for the accumulfation of vasit Wealthi. WVhat could1( all tihe liarvestts and( 1all thne dliamonds of' our httle wor'fld Oo for himi whose are the glories of inifinitudte and eter'nit3? Nor was it an experiment an attempt to show what he couldildo with Line hardl hearted mace, ile wvho~ wheels tine stars in their courses anid holds the pillars oil the unmvi,erse on tine tips of his fingers neededi to make no ex Iperimlent to ndnt what he could tto. Oh, I will tell you, liny [rientds, whait it wasi. It wits the undsg'uisedl, uihnitedl, all conquermng, all colisummung, infinite, eternal, onipijotent. love that opiCend the gate, that stare<d the star ini the east, with finger of light poining down to the manger; that. -:. rayed the Chiu'stmas choir above Bcthlehem; that opened the stable door where Christ was born; that. lifted him en the cross. Love t,hirst,y at the well. Love at the sick man's couch. Love at the criplhe's crutch. Love sweating in the garden. L.ove dy mng on the eross. Love wrap ped in tine grave. You cannot mistake it. Th'fc blindes t, eye must see it. The hardest heart must feel It. Tihe deafest ear must her i'. Parable and miracle, wayside talk and seaside interview, all tine scenes of his life, all the sutlrering4s ot huis death, proving beyond controversy that for our mngrate earth God has yearned with stupendous and inextingiushable love. But I remark again, "It behoved Christ to suffer" that the nature of hu man guilt might be demonatrated. There is not a common sense man in tihe house today that will not admIt thlat the machinery of society Is out of gear, that the human mind and the human heart are disorganized, that sonmeting ought to be done and done right away for Its repair and readjustment. But the height and depth and length and breadth and hate and recklessness and the In fernaI energy of the human heart for sin would not have been demonstr ated if rgainat the holy and Innocent one of Jhe cross it had not been hurled in one )olt ot fire. Christ was not the first man that had )een put to death. There had been auuny before him put to death; but they bad their whims, thdr fiAlies, their sins. their inconsitenidue. But when the mlob outsile of .Jeru,alem howled at the Son of God it was hate against goodnes", it was blasphemy agaimit virtue, it was earth against heaven. What was it in that innocent and loving face of Christ that excited the vitupei ation and the contumely and scorn of men? If he had bantered them to come on, if he had laughed them into derision, If he had de nounced them as the vagbonds that they were, we could understand their ferocity; but it was auOUFt inoffensive ness that they brandished their spears, and shook their fists, and ground their teeth, and howled and scoffed and jeered and mocked. What evil had lie dole? Whose eye sight had he put, out? None; but lie had given vision to the blind. W hose child had he slain? Nonie; bi lhe restored the dead damsel to her Mother. What law had lie broken? None; but, he had incul cated edience to goveanment. What foul plot had lie calketed against the hap piness of the race? Now; lie had come t- save a world. The only cruelty lie ever enacted was to heal the sick. Tle only ostentationI he ever (isplayed was to sit with publicans anld sinners and wash the disciples' leut. Tie only selfishness le ever exhibited was to give his life for his enemies. And yet all the wrath of the world wurged against his holy hen t. Hear the rediot scorn of the world hipsing in the pooh of a Saviour's blood! And standet there today, let u see what ani unrea sonable, loathsome, hatelifI, blasting, daiming thing is the iniquAi,y of the ulit. man heart. Unloosed, what will not sin dto? It will scale any height, it will fatthom the very depth of lici, it will re vel II all 11a,iviousliess. There is Ito blasphemy it wil! not utter, there are nio cruelties on whib li will n(ot gorge Itself. It will Wailow :nt filth, it, will brcath the air of el: tel-houtes of cor itiption and call the o1) a1ronma, it will quaflf the bliod of mu1uo1etrtal souls mlid utall it, nectar. Whlen sil n i i urdered Christ oin the cross It showed what it wotild do with thee Lord God A Ineh11l0ty it it could get at him. The vroplelt had declat ed-1 think it was Jerem!i --hatd declared centulei 1e) fore thei liuth, hut not until sin shot, out its forked tonue at the crucifixion and tossed itfstmow into t,be soul of a martvred Vsus v as it illutrat ed, I hat "thl hieart is dveeitftul above all ,tieus ant desperate!y wicked.'' Again., "I 1ehoved (lit-st to ulffer" that our aff inecis mi,,hlt be excited Chiistward. Why, sirs. the behavior of our I ;.-I hias stirred i a1fections of" a!l ose who vlie evei hafird of it. It hats hung in the art gntilei ies ()l the world with such picture as' 1"hirliindjo's "Worship of the M Igi," itN's ''.1jiac tisn of Clrist," lohin Intli4 "Christ, inl the Teiple," Tintt.nrt's "Agoidy inl tlie Garden,'' A;:elo's " Cruci1iion,' ki!d it ha cal led out I laudel's "Ms sialh" and rung Hs.etSt, chime'i in Younag's 'Nighit Tiouwhtis," and filled the psalilody of tho world with thee peui tential notes eti sorrow aned t,le hosannmias of Christian triunepi. Show me any otIer king who has so many subhjects. Whalit ic the most pot, ceci inme today ince i lIeited States, ine l"rncce, in 1-:ngleonde, in Scotelnd, in Ire land? J1ees. U t.het k inmgs have hiaed iiany subjects, lbut, where is the kIng wh lo lhad HO many athueeiring asub jects as ':hrist? Show me a rc'e imenit,of a thcous and meon iln their arii m oul I will show yeon a heattallote of tenl tilcees il inete ice t;irist's iuricev. hIowc inee ceI hstorr wihere Olet illeun teas given his pri'eLi!, asue heis life for iany one else, antd I will shlowc youd mi his-. toriy humb-eleds andcc thouisandes of' nen wh lo liha* e liec riul ly di ied tha:it Christ might reign. Aye, there aei ia ndede mien: ine this heouse whio, if needc weee, woulel Stiep o1 uted die Ier Jescxus. Their faith iay ncow secem to he iin iit, aliui somie times thte y maiuy Ic inconsiis tem i; buti let flhe fires eel mrtilyrdlem hee kiodleed, tlibrow ftem jico tIe let, eoveri .hern, w'ithi inesineus eiserplients, lc)nnde thicem, iheil ilhemo, crush LIhecii, amne I Iwcill tellI you w hat, theire his I cc y wouecIIlele, " ( 1Cm, I crd ,esues, comiei liklI e!'' Ohl, ve's! the 1'icrd .lesus hans wonc the ailttiones eel manyu eel us. Th'ere arce solie 0 c! us whoe cani .:iy this imrning, "L ordl .l esis, my lighit aend my song, myi' hoe ~~ tfor ti'e,e imy (eecationi for e ternicy.'' A Itogeitherc lecy ly thou art. Mly soul is iayishede w ith the vision. TIhou crt inie. ( 'oee, let mee clasp lice, ( omeI like, coe~I hfl, come eaeth, comic scorn andee paie comulei whirlwined aned darkiness . Imr ,cl.1esusi, I ecannot .ive thee up. I ha yehleuard t.hy~ voie. 1 h ave secoi they bI ecidine side. L ordl eass, if I I se ine gai ltiacdlepluckced Lomii Ihiaveiy 8 riens. I wo euhte wreath e 1, for thy brow. If I hade w.>me geme wocrthiy 01 the place, I wocubtl set it ine they creowne. It I Iha~d scriah- ha ebrp, I woeuhel sterike it iln thy pr:e,c lout I ':ime, Ilcst iinde ried andi uic ne, tic thriowc myself at they teed. No price t briing; Shely to thy -eeos I elhng. lbou kn cwest all tincigs. t'houci kniow 'st that I love thee. lhut I reieacrk neaain, "'It beheoved L'brist to sullee '' thact tIhe worldi might 'arn how t.o suiffer. Somnet imces pe3ople culVer because they cannot, help t,hemc selves, huet (hisat had im huis hands all Lhe weaepons to punelish his enemies, and iet in quCiescenlce lie enduered all outrage. lie mught leave hurled the rocks ~of [Lolgotha uepone his pursuers; iie might iave cleft the earth until it swahllowedl eji Is anseailants;. lie miight, lhave calleed a ie-entforcemntl or tiaken ancy thundmeer bolt. fromi the arm'cry of G~od Omcnipot ent, andc heurled it seething and fiery amflong' lis foes, but, hie ancsweredl not, agamu. Oh, my hearer! has there ever been im the heistocry of oe wvorld suchl ane ex. rimcplo of endlurmig paitience ase we llfnd ini the crose* Someic of you suffer pihysical distresses, some of you leave life,ong ail ments, acid they make you fret,ful. Some times you think t,hat God heas given you a cup too deep anid,too brimmmeeg. Some timea you ace the world lacughincg aned romping on the hhth hwacys of life, and( you look out of' the window while seated in invalia's chair. I wRnt to show you thuis cmorninia one who head worse paeins icn the head than you leave ever lead, whose back was secourgedl, who was wounded in the hacnds and wounded in the feet and euf fered all over, aind I want that example to maike you more enduring in your sur fering~ and to maeeko you sal, "Father not, my wi!l but thinie be dlone." You never heave lead any bodliy pain, and you well never leave any bodily pain thcat, equaled Chist.'s torture. "It behoved Ch'risL to suffer" that he nmighet show you how physic'ally to suffer. Some of you re perseuted. There are those who hate you. They criticise you. They would be glad to see Vot stumble and fall. They have done un accountable meannesses toward you Sometimes you fleol angry. You feel at if you would like to retort. Ltop)! Loopl at the closed lips, look at the still haind look at the beautiful demeanor of 3oui Lord. Struck, not etriking back again. Oh, if y;u could only appreciate what le endured in the way of persecution yoti never would complain of persecution' The words of Christ would by you: words, "Father, if it be possible, lel this cup pass froma me; but it not thi% will be done." "It bohoved Christ ti suffer" persecution, that he might stom you how to endure perdecution. Some of you are bereft. It, is no ran dom remark, because there is hardly i family here that has not ased uude the shadow. You have been bereft Your house is a differeut place Iron what it used to be. The sa ne furniture the sanme books, the saie pictures, bu there has been a voice hushed there The face that used to light up the who li dwelling has vanished. The patterin of the other feet. (toes not break up th< loneluesa. The wave has gone ove your soul, and you have soimieliie thought what you would tell him whei Ie comes back, but then the though has 1lashed upon you, he will neve come back. Ali! im brother, Illy Sister, Christ ha sounded all that depth. Jeus of' th bereft soul is here today. ehold hin Ile knows what it. is to weep at th tomb. IL. seems t-) me as it all storn of the worI's srrow were coipressei into one soli and tht solb were uttere in two words, "'Jesus wept.'' I Close Imly serluon with a dox-)!or) 1"ilessinl.- and glory and hionor it pOwcr he unto him that, sil teth upon i tlrone, and utito t.he J,.twhb lorevur Amen iand anien!" NAM31AR0NECIC, N. Y.. Aug. 1 _7.--j fire occtirred on the Sound Shore at tlo piace it n earl hour thie morin::, thw restibtcd in the death of Millionaire.1ab A. Bostwick aind his coachnii and loot man. The fire broke mit shiortlv aiftk ilidul-ht in the stables oI"Mr. 1ostwick Soon after lie lire broke out Nix. Dost wick, Wi) was inl his r atu at his resi delice, hurried out, on the phizza, labor ing under greatl excitemenit. iIe ha< been in il! health for solt Litme, -n seemed anx1ous to take part, inl the wir of extmguishing the lire, for lie shoul t. a: few olders, then uddenly clasp h! hmds to hlis h art and sank donvi in Conscious. li (be ill It flw mii-e.i( Aflter hard work the firemen got, tii fire under control. Then it was dicov ered that Mr. 1ostiick's conclinift an< footman were missing. They wer< known to have been sleeping in theit apartments on the second floor in the( staible. An examination was made a' soon as possible and their blackene( and charred bodies were found amon, the ruins. The (lead coachman and foot man went on a boating trip yesterdal on t,he sound, and it is sail that wheu they returned to Mr. Bostwick's plact last night they were both under the m. fluence of liquor. It is suplpose(d th the tire was Started by either of t,ae twt men carelessly Rmoking or handlini matches in the sta'ale. fEight valuable carriage horses and number of car'riages and earls were tie stroyed with the stabl, s. Thel stable: weVre compleItely gutt,ed and naoting~i wa: saved. Loss eistimjat.eci at j50i,000I. Tfh< atabiles of' Mr. Couastablle, of Arnold Constable & C'o.. were alIso destroyed w ith conitents, inlcludiini's vto rail r o s. andl hiadsome tuinoitis andt harnissea Th'lese st ablesa were rchuht. aboutI a yeni into after LIhey hini h een priiouWisly die stroiyed by tire. Th'le ho ss t . tatL tn was8 estimanitl tat $1('OU00i. Mr. I1ist wick was six tw( 3 ears of age, ind i to seven yearsi* ago was 1 anembir olfit xtXiiiLAi' coultiliiiec 0 the Si,i.lhiiid OhI Trust. I lb wealih w9'j 1st maitt at $:30.t000,0tiu. totlay the Iirst 'Thiird party S te cona veti lion ever held in N ort,h Carohnaji met in Metro pol itaii lall. I t wast cal !ed ItLo ordecr by W . It. I .m saiy, eb a anoi:n of'I the State execulitve comfhiie, wthou tnmed Martion Bitlher, I 'res id ent of Lthei State IFarmear's AlIliaince, as temportQary ebairmon, aind .l W. I )enmnark, son -in. law of the lat e L. L . l'a lk, as secretarv. Upon01 the call Iof1 coni es, it was Iiourid that only eighty of ninety-six counties were rep)resente 1. A L leasL 'one-ii of the dlelega tes p resen t hav, e fornieraly been liepu blicans, ad aiiii numbter mie colored. At the evening t essioni therei wais a veiritabale h,I1L oni te hiomie irun. Th'Ie nominee(2 for ( *vernuor, C'ol. i u-ry Skinner, inuade a1 stai tment, that lhe wtoid not 5see t:1e Stte turned ove'r t.o the lI epul ians; that, hie soughfat reftorm only through naitionalt legislationi. 'This was a bombshielll. le was callied back, andt oin reiterting whta, hie before't Saul, wits forcibly ejectedl from the'position11 to which he had been inoinaiLed Jitlinanimou' ly by acclamiationa. Dr. Inum.t of Waynle couiuty, was then nom iniaed fU overiior. 'The St . Inuais lat.frm was ioptted. I tarry Skiiner and Maon Buitler were inm itted tior l'residential Dlectors at larg. 'The contvenltin hand but I: Itte en thtusiatsm lai it, and the imh-. eattons ane that. the T1hird pat, y boomi a N ortha Carinia has reatched the r.enith. Iietlb tiiNa Alaura.. NEW YoK A ugust 12.--A speciial to the Workd from Waishingto)n, says that thie publisihed programmie of' t he l'resident's moveiietits duiniig the f all aoncluides with thle annoiineemenut, that In October he w ill make a t rip t hroug h the Northwest. It hais been learned that the trip)I is coridered esseiitial by the Rlepuiblican tnanagers in that sec tion,. and that e xtensive arrangements ire in progress. In privat.e, the man igers confess t!bat the situation there is alarming for the party, arnd the I'res (ident's is thie last caird. 'Tne P'residoent wilt be suirrouinded by Senaitor McMii in, Secretairry Itusk Congressmen Bur rows, lienderson, bolhuver and oither LIghts. Ex-Senator Spooner Is accred. ted with having suggested the journey. le confesses that nao lIe pu'blican vie tory is to be expected thei re this fall without the hardest campaIgning. Lpiig iu Stato. .'fHILAD)ELP'flu, August 13._-T1he b)ody of Boatswaims mate, Cha~rles WV. Rtiggin, who was killed in the Valpa ralso mow, is lying in stale thIs after noon in independence llall, directly utnder Liberty Bell T1hie doors were thrownt open at noon and a waiting crowd of several thousand people fifed past the remains. 'rTe body was not exposed, and the throng, which was Incessant throughout the afternoon, had to be content with viewing the casket and handsome dlecorat ion. At 2 pt m. tomorrow the body will be re imoved-from the Catafalfue and taken to Woodlawn Cemetery for interment, A L0AVE TEST. Why Arthur Remained Steadfast in Adverity. Arthur Ferris was tall, blonde, hand some, and tweuty-eight. lie was also the possessor of a long head, inherited from the maternal side of the house. lie was likewise a dutiful son. It was the two latter circumstances that had, on more than one occasion, saved him from making a triumphant ass of himself. Just fancyl If it had r not been for his long head, it is more than likely that he would have fallen desperately in love with that bewitch-' ing governess of the lastings, with whom lie had spent several weeks in the mountains one sumner five years ago. But he had given himself time to think, and had fled between two days, much to his later satisfaction. r Then there was that dear little Miss Dixon, whom Ih(e had met at the seaside. It had been a glorious evening-that last. They were sitting on the veranda, where they ight see and yet be un seen. Tie soft, dreamy strains of a Strauss waltz floated out from the ball room. Tihere was the pale, silver light Of the moo., the murnuring ripple of the waves on the beach-and all that sort of thing, which you have read about So Iany times that you have learned to sip it in the novels. Well! llsie was goiig away-too, too soonl. They lad talked in sighs ial murmurs for half an hour; Arthur's left hand clasped E'Isie's dimpled right one, his right arn was about her waist; both hearts beat vigorously, as hearts will oi such occasions, and Arthur had just opeued his mouth to tell Elsie Wtat she lad been waiting for for two wee(t,, whIen there was a step close at hantid, a rustle of skirts, and the cooing voice of the 1maternal Ferris said: "I beg your pardon, but 'Will you please excuse Arthur a few moments? r 'lhre are those miserable business af f.iirs that niust, 1i! attended to in time for tle late mail." A nld t hus was fl' saved a seeomd time. - -'or Elsie had not a cent. and neither - hal he-at least, not many of them. Thtire were several other occasions whtn his own long head, or his main nit's, had lielped him out-for Arthur was .1,0m1ewhat susceptible. But it is not (of tiese I have to tell. Hlis tiie haid come. The in-every way-desiritble young person had pre sented herself. True, she was not so vouag as sie had been; but, then, that was a mnerv trifle. She was just his OWiu age, of as good Ia family as his own, ai an heicress of considerable de g Nree. She was not- well, not exactly handsome, and was ra(Aer inclined to what is politely called plumpness; but A rthiir's mnanimna and Arthur's long lie:al give their approval-and Arthur did not care who she might be, so long a, she possessed the above qualifica tions, particularly the one involving a very neat fortune in ier own iright. Ib.ids, Arthur was getting a bit desperate. In fact, he had so far ex ve'deud his own salary and the InUternal allowance (whielh, by tilt! wayv, was as hatve asM \rs. Icerriis coul alfoh rd) that ntin iiig short of a ir ac le, or a matri imonial alliance, suich as he had been so lonag seeking, coulId save himt from get tinig into very deep wvater. AndI thus it (camte to) pass that this wt-inter fouin d hinmi engaged to Mliss Ilieuriice FielId, m uchi to the satisfaction of his tunother, who was visiting int New York, and to whocmt hei had, like the dut i ful somn lie was, seint thlu gratifying hi e wais diisappointed, hiowev-er, Ott OneI~t pat'. lie hazd pleaded atrtfulIly for tn iarh wehig btiia il a tniid h muttst go throughi a long proba :tt iinaryj pe'riodl-all1 of whtichi Arithuiir fatIiled to uinderist and. IIe hadh alw:iys been inotedl for' his persuasivei ' ioweris, an ho iad tla ttetred him tsel f that I ernit'e, withi her'm genmtlec, clhin:ging, hudic li ke ways, wouldi snuc''nh at once. Now, hie it kinownm that Miliss ltetrnice Field had not arivedi at ytears otf dlis eititn for i nthiing. Nceit her hind shte, ai nt unprepoJitSsesinif Vitinig per~son, w\th in i-:irly a hialfimilti.in in lienr own titght, p.:it.ed thrtou;h lhe e'xperienicets if teni 2.c:i:.ins withouiit gathermng unito he'rscelf imuch k nowletdge' of the ways :iit~ w til1s cof w icked mani. Slit hiad h:t at I.i n Oighitthav e bcen expectedl, ifer's t(i a high4l nutmber'n; buit, tIhus far-, lhe ge'l ntiii conernied hail failed hy reason iof thecir uniammttous dlesitre to I touch lher' piurse----to tiuc h. int thle first pl aw, thle all-imiiport anit hey to it, which was htidei away in her plumptli bosomt. A*ndlu .\in liernice Fiil was worldhlv wise in her clay antd genieratmion. Slit was cert-Iainl!y m itwie w ith Fe irris theretd ctubhlihe ino dioubt oif that. it is tguitet as icrtatini that shte was very ser'i cunsly ini love with him; bitt, with the r wi-isdo hor ltun of ('epeiencle, sheI did not let imi know on, me-hal f of wa'tiI site felt I f anytlitln(iha told Fe-ri'is that hie was a inst noi w ini a very sliaky position, lie woldh have scoffedi. II is chumn, Ed T (t'oss, who was sp)endintg the winter at the house durinig Mrs. Ferr-is' absence, hail once suggested that "'there's many a slip," but Arthur merely shiedi a shoe r at tunu, antd whtistledh serenely. It was in this frame of mind that, onle (eening in February, lie ran lightly up the steps of the Field mtanision to call ont her whom Cross unmifeelingly re ferred to as his~ "little lady love." It wais warm, andi the front door stoodt ajar. Tlhe little footman was niot ini his accustomed place, so F"erris, with the air- of one wht knew just where lie was going, stepped itnside. From the open dloor of h'atpa Field's study came the soundi of voices in earnest discus- I sion, and( one of them spoke his own ( name. iIe halted, irresolute, as would any i-ne else uinder like circumstances. Papa F'ieIld wtas speaking: "Of c'ours'e, my dear, you are your own mtistress, anti I can only advise youIi. It seems to me, however, that you have done a very foolish thtng to engage yourself to this young Ferris. True, he seems an exemplary young fellow, and lhe comes of an excellent familyt but it i.s wecll kntown that lie has only a small n'h,wance from the es tate In addition to a beggarly two thousand dollars' salary. liow do you know that it Is you and not your money that lhe wants? It is a brutal question, I I know, but it is one you have probably asked of yourself a half-dozen times, t concerning other young mn.n" Arthur, out in the hail, standing in y much the same attitude a child as sumes when speaking its first "ipece" r In school, winced, but waited for the answer. It came, in serious, though~t ful toimut, whIch plainly indicated that papa. Of course I understand how is situated financially, and - and that. But I am sure he is honest a honorable, and that he-he cares mne very much. There are a thousa ways by which I can learn tiucli ti you cannot, and - "Yes, yes; I understund. 11ut s pose you should put hin to the test; you think lie would come through -er-unscathed, as it were? Supp you,should tell him that I had lost your money and mine in unfortun speculation-that we were beggars, i had not a dollar we could call our ov Are you afraid to try him?" There was a brief silence. Then: "I don't like to tell a falsehood, pit but it would be only a 'white lie,' perhaps for the best. Yes, I'll try I to-morrow night." "That's my dutiful girl. Now along and let me work." There was a sound of a kiss, and perspiring young man in the hall I toned to get out of the house. wanted time to think, but the f thing that entered his head, as reached-the sidewalk, was a fanciful 1 ture of the petite Miss Field, with one hundred and sixty pounds of av dupois, "running along," and he smi broadly. Then he walked rapidly a to the next street to catch a cab to club, there to hold a pow-wow w Cross. On the steps he liesliated a mome "Iad I better go back now?" thought. "No; she won't have tier lit tale of woe ready, and might be put if I call to-night. I might give myE away, too. Better have time to get speech prepared." And this ast young man went in and proceede< make himself comfortable. The next evening, with his us light heart and good spirits, lie rang door bell of the Field mansion. Y Miss Field was in, Peter said. Fei went into the drawing-room and down, running rapidly over in his i the various tender speeches lie had p pared for the emergency. Bernice i a long timi' comning, lie thought, for who expected him. 'resentl1y she entered-slowly-he i1iy. ier head bent low over her am bosom, and her breath came short r fast. Ferris wvent forward to meet I his arms outstretched. lie was soi thing of an actor himself, and lie kra it. "Bernice! Darling! What is trouble with my little girl?" (Anot good stroke. Miss Field liked to called "little.") - "Oh! Arthur! Arthur! I don't kn how to tell you. It is too dreadl Papa-" "What! Has your father been--" "Oh! no, not that, bute-but wor Arthur, we are-beggars!" And Miss Field, delivering these I words with wonderful impressiven< hung her head and sobbed bitterly hind her lace handkerchief. Then it was that Ferris, like young man of action that he was, his armi as far round his tearful fian as possible, and, with Bome difficul led her to a seat and pulled her hi< down on his glossy shirt front. Ile was very, very sorry, as she m know. But it was nothing. Iler fat would recoup himse' f-lie had many fluential friends. As for her, had not him--her Arthur? lie would r lie once interrupted her to say, per, her., through a sense of false pride, cast him off now, when she most ne ced him. No, neveri ie had three thousand a year. was not much, lie knew, but they co live on it. And did she suppose, mef instant, that he had expected ive on his wi fe's ruoney? Not A thi land times, no! "We will have a real quiet 'ittle wi ling, dearest, and, after it is over, v~ill go riuie.t ly to our own little cotta n the suburbs, which you and I n ret ready in the meant imne, and the ve will be the h appiest couple in t vorldl. W~hat! Biernice. am I to r Lerstand that you laugh at my cli shed plans?" For llernice had leaped to her fc mnd was laughing heart ily. "h,you foolis'h boy3, I was on easinig you a bit. D)on't, you think I uinke a good actress? Papa anid aveii't lost a liero was Mr. F'rris' oppo'rtunit heo had dioubted him; oh, cruel blo' f she could inot trust him now, heu ould she have aiiy faith in him wiu bey w~ere married? Pei'haps, after a wecre best Anmd lhe strodhe haughtily to thne dhoc Biut this was nout part ot Miss F"iek 'rogrammne, and she did whaatany ver auch,-in-love female woulId do unzd ike circumstaLnces, so that, ini a ve' aw seconds, two people were sittin n a divan, in a very lover-like attitud ndeed. Ani hour or so hater, a young ma ialking briskly downu the street, w etlecting on the vagaries of chanjice am is own good luck. If Peter had been at the dloor-if I ad been ten minutes hater-if lie hi neez.ed in the hall-if - "It was an awfully close shave3" I eflected, and lie stop)pedh and shoc ands with himself, much to the amaa2 ient of the policeman on the corner. t. L. KCetchunm, in San Francisco Arg .aut. -Rciprocity.-Mrs. Upperson WVal r-"D)o go and Bee Dr. Pulser and is im all about your case. What's t1 so of having a doctor if you can't tru Im?" Mr. Upperson Walker-"A hat isn't the trouble. I'm afraid I 'n't truct m.'" - N V TP'-oth The Ship WVent 1)own. BlOSTION, Auk' 16.-it js [Car-d ii: Lie ship ?traciau, with 25 meon, hi een lost, with all on board, bcw ireonock tand Liverpool. The Thnraci 'as built for William 'T hmomlson. {ova Scotia. Shie started out fct r'eenock, towed by the ttugboat Sat' 'ellife, bound lfor Liver'i ool, wvhaere s las to be iged out. Th'ie crew of1' tip consisted of abo)ut twenty- live ri era. \Vhen the tngboat. and the Thrn ian wvete about three mile's from ti sie of Man, during~ the niht, a sque sine up and the ship ca(i])ized. T1I cople on the Sara . Jolilil'e heard a cm 'om the Tht acian, and cLi-n a whirlit urt-ing of the waves, as if'the ship ht one down. Th'le Sarah ,Jolliff'e turnm nd1 miade for the sp)ot where the shi ad bencui, hut. there was not sign eithi I the vessei or any .unmn hbeing. TI Lgboat rt mahmued near the, scene un ayjight., which showed that there w 0 posble char,te of' any one havil urvived. The Thracian was an enulrt ew ship, and after having Ix'en lit.t ji at Liverpioml, would have sailevd novn lcntIa. Hanged From a rre"tle. Ni VINCIti.:s iragu, KY.. Al,. l(---To:i l lrpv, the sevcnteett year ol delipe n(d - lor rado. was taken from jaill early thi nd mioring hV a loot). lie bep.;!d pil.cou: ly lor r s ie while being1 4IiA.!VI r-or I, cul. Murphy killed hi l; fatlr i co Ihl blood, was ai.ted, tL iud ald ia lenced to I. Iuue, h Vt w4 Kiveun -al new trial. While waitil or this I e wa scouliuted in Mount Steritiv, Jii. Evel aere his murderous miethods were con at tinued. -horilv .fter i iucarceratio bte ie slashed a fellow prisoner with a knit nm-,de trot an iron hoop. Last week b luarrelt d with another prisoner natue Archie Stesle, and stabbed lum to deatt with a kuI. which Murphy salid iRa pa; gived him by another priaoner. Th tud eling against, the boy murderer was a strong that it. was decided to briog hill hero l'ir -af vty. Mkurily was Inken I< run the trestle tit thn K. & S. A. oud. ji the rope wa;m (Imekiy placod ar,mund the pris Onecr a nvuk, uIld Im wa-'aked it hl AS- wilied to prav. lie "abi: I doll' I know how."' llis hantids were theli r fastelled hbitid hili), antl 4)114) (if til lyaichers pushed! him1 troili tle I.estt r le el i a distance of viit. !.'et, Ibreakin >ier his neck, lIe was l , hau.in_ until led o'clock this nhiriij,,, when hie3 was et led n,11(f anid a r te corouur'. inipiesf ver Wtas ttirt( (I over to an unetlrtaher. his: ith P'rhhiition sthxX. Sta'e Chairman Irby has iilaile( tit nt. following circ-i tr to the variowit nor he t.y chairnen of the St ate: tle ]ii-s ST-rx uit Ex1 I . ( I' ) elf ,1"'(itt A1 -.,Ang 1., IS92. 5 m riy chel, u it ill each1 conlil. is heiveUy itltArlcti d to deliVver to lth ate boa d iImaits of' vndh dhlb ItI. I to folHowing special instructions: Tim- n1.1a1rt'ers of election shall pro ual vide at tI heir respeet.ive vo ing plact-s the special ballot b,x, to be kuo wi as th es, prohibition be into which are to b -ris ecst, the Vot rs rcLiting to the <iestio gat of "l'rolbition" or "No l'rohibition. ind This 1)ux s!t It he mtivr tihe riarg re. ali-i conCriol (,I i hie .;,nid 11::lln i- s' .11 vas ti1 t ies hting tIh-ret 11 to be g..9ov ) r'e:1 by I li- ":t1 r h- applih ble I the ot.her lillot box in whith votes hit candid<teS re a. av- li. o ri e s v o -i ple h', 1 1't- . M1. I n , h ir a . .d I' . \AN :1t.1 4.[ . , N ecreEK tar,. er,t le- ' i I n't (mnui. ew I Where to bI I 'iats and Yrgan representiiiir tho world's greal-.~tm ia khe -s. Seli''-1 1 & So1. Pianos. lit ier tiishek l'ianos, l aso'i & lainh Pli Ie anos, Nteriin Piiins, Mason and lua lui Organ-, sterling Organs. Lowils Ttv e Ealwy .Ksiesl, lurmns possib4 All fueigi, paid. Comuplete outfit, frev ull 'ive years guarantee. One price t a0l. plare dealitgr, Money saved. \\e (Ito nut ask big prices as man se! dealeis (to. and then coume down. Ott notto- ()te price to all and that, thl ast 1wt St. \We -iup on lifteenl d:ays' tria S, to anty ti IL id n pa fI-ight, LO, be- a % if ;ot :-atisfactory. \Viite to ilis:r,it-d catalogue. N. W. Truoi )ut ,ce CHILD BIRTH - - - -1-MADE EASY Ad List 1: - :ci ! : - , ev r ingle er di.mt I m.. -. -d V t in te es iit It -- -N Vi to 1e .ir i: ',it. -. ).t. It ill .ifteb I d '."0 r : a <1 - ild$.t,)p h atl enADFIELD REGULATOR Co.. Atlantai. Ca. re tSO1 1 Y A t.t. titt,acd.g he - i TYPEWFlITERS ly 'd v. , v. 1, \ r.. -r . a, 3 Gonzales & Withers, 'e SMachinery and Supplies. l efore pilaintg 30111 orders~Y writiti foi Ii, PRiATT'I, W'NSJil l'AND) URO\)VN GINS IDD)lELL, COMP'ANY'S BOSS PRESSiS LID) DEL~L, CIIA NDLEIR AND) TAY LOll AND FARQUHlAR ENGINES. Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Bolleis, Sailor Seed Cotton Macinery, of Ulelting, Fittings, Corn Mills, ete, in We- wvil give you thet best services anid ti gootds at the lowest lpossible prIces. W. H. Gibbes, Jr,& Co. CJOLU MIIA, S. C. I A ug 17-3tn ___ dl A d *S r y0 Talbot & bons, - FGUtNKS. 3ULLEl.:s CORN AND WFINAT MILl $ % IW Mill,b. BRICK MACHINERY, WOOD WOWCING MACINERY, COTTON GINS, COTTON 'RMss,8. 0""nPlOtm e(tqIlPueit for largo and small L Ginorios on most tInprovod plans. a L Our Thimma dircet actiug Steam Pros and Elevator system is beyondt question. The be4t evor inventet. TI'albott's Etngines audi Saw Mills. Vami Winklo and lamnunns (lns. t4ii at low0wot pos.siblo p ic. V. Q BADHAMIt IEN I A A I NT, Feb Po- IV. R I"!R Cm.~ P .. I N KIN mr.. 1% :11,gf, 1' 1 . .n.-1. hfularls, ota Cl Om t I Al tre2tL-ti,f Cwptial)b CURES 1URI - A I. I - 1? P r eellAn1 Io.I L U2~.IT ~ a~pr1 to 9 I.I'lIU .' W e'a to4AV N A j , - 1:71 4 ri,, (15 00 Ior the at I ( ve Im Dedi floonu l.1, A Phli'h I'arilo,r Snit 6 j'iees $25.00. I (Goodm Fht lt Topj Stove 510.00. Wo jiow Shades w*itithi Frming 60 enuts. Or.)ignIs--............ ...............$39.00. Rock ing Ch ai rs..... ........ogl.0 * D iay Clockin........... ......5 50 Nick le R.omnnd C oceks..........75 ts. 'Ca rpets ............. ........25 ets u p. ..y.............................0 ets up. Laeo Curtain..-..............$1 .00 u'p, .5 44 Il'ieee Toea Set ..............5.00 10 Piece Chambrm Set........3.00 Semnd for Catalogue, S"PADGEi~~1T TI"E HIOUSE~ FURNiSHER," S- - - - iROAnwr. AIs(4Era, 4.EORM(JA. * - - L IPPMAN 8R0S.. Propeter, 1)ueoists. L.i0oman's Block- SAVANNAH, A SAW MILLS 41B1O0.0 TO sgoo,ao,6 TO SUIT. I00OIN STOOK. - LMn ARD. * GO., Augtu,tas