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T1| T&[ERNACLE. OP. TALMAGE ON HISTORIC CRUEL TIES AND MObERN PARALLELS. 111vid *41141 Reallf4tic Sc1141t a Gala Day In I.e Collsetn ()I Anclen1t ;Rome. "Christianuu mtt I.e a"--Tim M1s-irri Poliffitical ainl 1'togillstic Arena. ]BR OOKLY N, Feb. 12.-Ilev. D)r. Tal mal!e this morninilu, a:ter commilenimili onl tile Scripiltles aln)I eiving oill. hinls, in which ilt ltitte el worshipara m the ilrooklpI) 1Tabrillcle joinled, discousrel from( te I(.YL lomlaln' I, 15, "I am rea dy to prealch Ile ( "osp1e to you that tre at 11"lie aleo." tolc! Whilt i city it Was When 11jl'l visiled it! Whiat a vity it i now! ltome! The phic w re we Virgd san- ald 1ior ave satirized andl Terence hlu0ed a111 Clitiline icolspired ald ()vill 41m11a11a lzed and Nero lidh:vi and Vespasiant yvrse CtLd anld Sulla levislated and4 Cicero thu11nde1red atid Allreitis and II)ecitm and 011al!_ula and '.tulian and1( l1ah'ianl an' Conlsl -litinle a111t \lllll S leuts i,lled and P':ml thle a potepri:ached tile Glospel. I aml not much10 ol a -rtma.but I have ilnv yinc-oaillum hook 1 SLc'ev. which I Imidt. ill the winter of v.l. when I Vmt nll, Ill lle t thlIuL1 wlich I'llil entr1 Eomt- and walked upl the VeVN S)IreT he wV-tkcd ilp to se- some-. wha"It iow Ile cil,v nllnt: have looked to him lis hel calm! inl I'lnI 'hrospel erranld propo)e4; ill th text. illies oil either Hidle Il1 111c. 14efrect throlulh which tihe lit tli ssit nry adksvanui ced'. Ililed ipl wick ed"ness. 1-u:,i1roncdurmtedness. Tem pled crulLies. Altars to shaml deiies. (nliriled delu1An "Is. 'illared, arched. domd. errte almintios.Wicked ness of all sorts at a hi"lh premium and4 righteousness 90 per cent oIll. A ni now he passes by the fI'undation of a builhing Which is to be al niotL unp,jral-1. led for Vastness. Y ou can see by th,e w.all2, whi.hi have he!_,un to rise, the here is to be Somelthinlg ellnoll.1 stipenl (Ios to astoind tihe cetuililies. Aye, i. is the Colesium started. ( If the theat er at EpeguA wherllee laIu I"jIuIlt Witil Wilki beasts145, D) the t' mPle loiana. of Li 1'arthenon. of ) 'haraoh's aice I NAlmphis aild ol'olher _-i ma, buildin gs the ruinls (I Wich. l I Ive seen it, has been Fiy privile're to add s you, IIlt at ilember o my 1,atnlily asked oc recent ly why 1 had no. spoken to youl of the Colesm lit IIll'me. BincC its tural and lCiCious l(4-sons are ,o impressive. 'erhaps whle ill lIom)e the lIw (1f contra-st wroug,it 1pon Ile. I had visi tell the Mameltinle ulnIlieon where Paul was incarcerated. I bad Iesu'ed -the openlillg at tihe lop of the unIeon throuh wilcll 'aul had been lei ()Wn, it was 23 iichies )v _). 1h1e eil its hi-lest point was 7 Ieet from I loor, buit at tIle sides of the roomLi tlt ceding was 5 fet 7 itiches. The roon at its widest was 15 feet. 'I'ler-e was 11 seat of rock 2 fect, high. ThIlere was. shell 4 fect igh. Tihe oni.1 h1rnituri Wis a spider's weh susl'elded from tit root, which I Paw ly the torchIliht aieId. ThereW wts the siiterrencoll Ilissu-e fromi tI,e ilngeon to the Hliomar 4ruml, so tIlat the prisoner cotill b) taken directly roinl prison to triail. h'Ile (Iineoll a11 i built out of volcan. it' Stonle "rom1 the Albamnoonan )h, it wais a1 dismal1111( an lerrific pllace Y (u neOver sa1w coal holhe so (dark or s lorbludme. 'rhe p)lace waus to meI a nier was Vouts shocek, for I remiemberedl thla t:' be~'st ting tile woril would afford( til most8 illutstrious. heiln! excep1t 04ne that1 itI ever sa1w, anid Ii 011m 111 tha t e 1'au1 went, (lut to dIi '. From ftat spott I vis itedl thle Coliseulm, (one of tihe miost ii ' 1f rmldinli nnraelces of arcitectuire tha:t tile orldi eer sa1w. 1 tudeed I saw it mormnltl1, noon11 atnd mlght, for it, threew a1 splell 0on tme fromt w~hich I coubl1t 1not break away. Althlouerh n4w a1 vast ruin, the( C oli. 501um1 is so wvel preserv'ed thlat we catn standlt ill thledrenter4 and1( recal Il thatL 111 it once4 wastl. It is inl shap3e (1el(iso1ia, oval, obIlon1L. It is4 a'. its grea1test IlnLth Gi Ic21(t . A I'er' if had4 fatrni 'led seats hor .,,Il1' people it had14 rooml for I 5,010( m1ore1 to stanlil, soI thtatli 1(100111 plelt roubt4 sit anld stanid jransilxedl hv Its scenIes 4of401 cour4,e aitillmart,yr,14)ni ouir mode41rn. tiekels oft admliMsion, the.v 411tered b y i'voryV chleek, tand i. clheck dut'. It nea1'tr lIon w11Iithlin ia few yella Was mar11ketl, "'Sectionl I, I AIwest Tier, Sea t N o.. IS." Youl unlderstatuI ilat LIhe building1 was nIot (Ils tIutledt for an1 audtiecle to 1be' 1141hlressed Ibiy humanIl IIVOice, ailhoul gh I 1.'8f00 it 'w~ithm I r 4114 t4Ihds am11i coub11 be he4ardl a1cs it, hatt wa:s 11nade4 onl11y fo 54'4'itl, anid was cirenhIar andI at1 any, times wVas st rewni will pounded1C. 'tone huma blood,1 54) or 11114 14t1 were tooer s Vlir it wouIt4 511oiI the1( Int. 'The saittu lIaIshedi here' alId therIe withl spar1kes of 11i1ver 11( ?014.old, an Nero addiud cinnta. har mail Caligula achh d chlry-clla. Thle sides of thle a1rena was 'ompiiosrd of smIooth marbtle 11 feet hlih, s) ti.hat, tile wildi beasts if thte areui conl not chm up11 (j it.< J'e authen(lce. Oni the to)j of' thlese sides of smth)I mlarble was a metal railing huavinig woodlen rollers whliclealy revolved, so that if a pan. tiher shouldh heap) highl en.lough to scale1 thle wall antd wvithl his pa1w touchi [ny 0n0 of' the5o.->l)Iers it wOol revolve anid drOp) hlim bacek o'gain inito tile arenla. hack of this maltrle wall suRtrround(inlg tile arenia was a level platformo of stonIe a(dornied withl statues ci gods andt god. desses allr! the artistic elli.tics of mon01 arch15 and( conqIuerors. . Hiere were llovable seats for tile eml hleror and tile' imiparFial swine and1(1 5wu1n'Sses with whichl hae suIrrounide I imsielf. Before the place whereO $ emllperor sat the gladiators would wVa' immltediately alter entering the arena, erying: "Ilail, tao ar! Thlose abot to die salute thee !"'LThe differer ranlks of spectators W( e divided oy p)artit,lons studcded with miosaies of e'meraldI and beryl and ruby and dlia mnond. Great masts of woo:1 arose from ail ides of the bui'dlng, from which festoonts of flowers were suIspeaded. crossing the building, or Mq time of rain awnings or silk were suIspended, the Coliseum having no roof.' Th'le out -!de wall was incrusted with marble an. had four ranges, and the three lower ranges had 80 columflns each and arches after arches, and on~ each arch an exquisite st atue of a god or a hero. Into 180 feet of. altitu, soared the Coliseum. It glIttered ai ;' fiashed and shone with whole sunrises and sensets of dazzlement. After the audience had assembled aromatic llq. uids oozed from tubes distilled frorr iesand ralned gently on the multi Lues and filed the air with odors ot hyacloth and heliotrope and frankin rens and balsam and myrrh and saf fron, so that Lucan, th asof it: Atonce ten thousand safl'ro irrent fow i A#4 rain their odors on thl6 browd below. But where was the sport to oome I Am Well, I WOR~t into the cellars I opening off from the arena, and I saw the places where they kept the hyenas and lions and panthers ant wild boars and beastly violences of all sorts with out food or water until made fierce enough for the arena, ard I saw the unlergroun( rooms where the gladIa tors were accustomed to wait until the clapping of the people outside demand ed that they coie forth armed -to murder or to be murdered. All the ar rangemeniits were complete, as enough of the cellars and galleries still remain to indicate. V hat fi they m1st have had turning lions without lood or drink for a week upon an un-irmne disciple of Jesus Chriatl At the dedication of' this Coliseumi ,1) wild beasts and 10,(M) inimorlal men were slaihl, so that the blood of imeii and beasts wais not. a brook, but a river; not at pool. but a lake. Ilaving beno in that way dedicated, be not sur prised when I tell Volu that Eimperor 'robis on one oecanion threw into ihat arena of the OWReuin a thousand stags, a thousand boars and a thoisand ostriches. What filln it imus1t live ben-tihi sound of tiupets, t he roar of wild beasti aid the groans of dying men, while n the gallery the wives and chibirein of those down iinder the lion's 1a;w wring their hands and shrieked out, Iu widowhood and orphanage, white 100,004) people clapped thir hands, and there was a "lla. ha!" wide as Inome and deep as perdition. The corpses of that arena were pit. on a cart or dragged by a hook otit through what was called the Gate of )eath. What an excitement it miut have been when two combatants e' tered the arena, the one with swo and shield eil thi other with net an spear! The swordsman strikes at, th. man with tte net and spear. Ieo dodges the sword an,) then Ilings tho net over the head of the swordsman and jerks himi to the floor of the arena, and the man who ilung the net puts his foot on the neck of the fallen swormisman and, spear in hand, looks up to the galleries as mich as to say, "Shalt I let him it or shall I phinge this spear int% hi., body until he is dead?' The audience had two sigi) ., either of which they might give. If they wav,l their flags, it munt sp re the fallen contestant. If they turned their thtumbs (town, it meant slay him. Oc easionally the audience would wave their flars, and the fallen would be let tip, ut that was too tame sport for most occasions, and generally the thuinbs from the galleries were turned down, and with that sign would be heard the accompanying shout of "Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!" Yet It was far from being a mono tone of sport, for there was a change of programme In that wondrous Coll seun. Under a strange and powerful machnery, beyond anything of modern invention, the floor of the arena would begin to rock t-id roll and! then give away, and there would appear a lake of bright wrter, and on its banks tr: s would spring up rustling with foliage, and tigers tippeared among the jun gles, and armed men would come forth, and there would be a tiger hunt. The I, on the lake in the Coliset-ii, armued ships would float, and there woub( be a sea light. What fun! What lots of fun! When pestilence caie, in ordet to avpease the gods, in this Coliseuml a sacrifice would be made, ai-i the peo ple would throng that great i aphithe ater, shouting, "The Christ -s to the wild beasts!" and there would be 1 crackling of human bones in the jaw of leonine ferocity. ! But all this was to i.e stoppedl. 13 ,the out raged sense of public decency ' No. There is only one thing t,hait hia. ever stopped cruelty and sin, and that s Christiaiiity, and it was Christianity, whether you like its forum or not, that st.oppled this massacre of cenituirles. One day wvhie, in tme Coliseum, a Ieo manUf viet.ory was being celebrated, anid Ii(X),I t) en raptur ieil spectators were looking (dowln upon two gladiators in the arenma stabbing and slicing each other to death, ain Asiatic tiuonk of the name of Telemachus wvas so overcome by thme cruelty that lie leaped trotm trae~ gallery into the arena and ran in be tween the two sworrdsmen and pushed first one hack and then the oilier back iand broke upl the conmtest. Of co11trae the 1 aud(lience was a ffrotnted at having their s;port st.opped, amd they harled stones at fihe head of Tlelema chus until he fellI dead in the arena. Bult when the da:y was passed and t he passions of the pleople hatil co:)led offi they deplored the imartyrdlom of tIme brave and Christian Tielemach us, and as a result of the overdone cruelly the human sacrifices of the Coliseum were forever atbolished. What ai good thing, say you, thlatsuchi cruielt ies have~'i ceased1! My filjendls, t he samue spirit of r utinous amuseNOI mnts anid of moral sacrillee is abroadl In tIhe wo)rbi to dlay, althloughi it, takes otheir shapes, lI ,st siumm ini' i Oiur soitth west, li.here (occurredi'i a sce'ne oif pugiiIlim Oin which~I all (Chr istendom lookeoil dlown i, for I sawi the papers on t.he ot-her sidie of the A Ilan tic ocean giving wvhole coIn.nns of it. Will Xomeu oneO toll me In what re'spect that bruitality of la.st smmer was sumperlor- to the brettalIty of the lioman Coliseum ? In someW respects it~ was worse, tby a I' m1111ch as the lh centtiry pretends to be more nmercital andl more .lecent than the lifth century. TIhat pt.gilism is winning tadmiration In tais country is positively proved by the fact that years ago such collision was reported in a half dozen liues of newspaper, if reportedl at all, and nowv It takes tIhe whole side of a newspa to tell what transpiredl between t.. first lood dIrawn by o loafer and t throwing tup of the apt ge by the other loafer, and1( it Is not the newspapers' fatult, for the newspapers give only what the people want, andl when news Papers pult carrion on your table it is because you p)refer carrion. The same spirit of brutality Is seent to day in many v'm ecclesiastIcal cou . when a minister is puzt on trial, Loc at the countenances of the prosecutug minIsters, and not in all casr', butt " many cases, you will 110(1 no dlng but (diabholism inspires them. Tfhey let one on one poor minister who cannot de fend him uself the lion of ecclesiasticlsmn, and thle tiger of bigotry, andh thte wild bloar of jealousy, and if' they can get thme offending minister flat on his back so no one puats his feet on the nie2k of the overthrown gospelizer and! looks tip, spear In hand, to see whether the galleries and ecclesiaatics would have himi let up or sl91i. And, lo' many of the th umbs are A "wn. In the worldly realms look at the bruit ahaties of the presidental election elght years ago. Read the biographies of D)aniel Webster and Alexander II. Stephens and Horace Greeley and Charles Sumner and Lucius Quintus Cinchmnatus Lamar and ,James 0. Blaine, P-id, If the story of defamation and calumny and scandalization and diatribe and scurrility and lampoon and billingsgate and damnable perfidy be accurately recorded, tell me in what respects our politicoal arena and thme bowling and blas pheminug galleries that again and agin 00o down upon it are better than the Roman Coliseum. When I read a few days ago that the mnpreme court of the United States had tpproprivtely 'adjourned to pay honors o te two last dIstinguished men men ~ioned, and American joutrnalism, horth, south, east and west went into amentations over their darture and Baild all comphimentary things in regard to them, I asked; When did t,he nation lie about these me- ? Wals it when during I heir lift- it gave then maledic tion or now sincs- their deat.h when b" it-owing uponl them11 bwat.ifivatlonl ? Tle same spirit of ertie.t y that you deplore in the Roma Colisumn is seen in Li,) sharp appe,ite the world set-mi to have for thC (o vnfall of go.cd imion, and in the divorce of those whose im ri tal life-was thoight, accoridant,. ai ill the alsconitling of a bank cashier. ()t, my friends, the world wants morr. (t the spirit of' "I et him in p." i im1 less lte' the spirit, of "Th,u1tulbI ilown!" Thero are hummreils of mIn in t.he0 prisols o (f America Who ought, to hb filsietargebl heaise they were the victims of cir cini1stances ir- have st aftred vinoi gh. Theroarv' in all professiii 4 nii (w citpations it.on h are lomineerel over bly othlers, anl Who:Re whole life is : Stuliggle with inolist ro is opp:simtiO, alitI cir'tiinl1t1ance I havit t heir heel iniln the th robbI A:t, nI broxvin 1 ari.4. P,', r (jo(l's sake, let them uitp! A w:iy vii this spirit, of "ThlumbIlis down!" Wh1-0 1110 W,)aIi Waniit x is l,tMl i' n Ike( Tel machus to leap out oI tIth g:illers int o the areim, whiEtier he Iu a Ulilmal Catlol n 111onlk or a M't,hot:1ist.steward or a 'risbyterian ehler, and go in he twevie tIh eont(s itss. "Blessesd aire the peaceinakers, 'or ithey shall lie vall ed ti e chilIrti of (,'m!" On-hal f the worlid is down, atl t Ie other half is up, and the hali that ts i has its heel on the hal!, that. is down. If yot, as a bosi worki-in. or as a cit tractor, or am a bishop, or as a slate or n1a 1onal ollicial,or as a poteiit, factor in social life, (or in any way are oppressing any one. know t.hatt, O.h mme devil titi po.94ssee the )lmt (olisem oppres ses you. The )iticletians are not, all dead. The cellars lv;linig into the arena of life's struggle. are not all ('111pil o 1 their tigern- The vivisectimn by yomity, doctors of d10gs atil cat.s and hirds mi-st of the itime adds othoiin iIo hiiium1an dis, covery, hut, is only a contilinationl ot \respasian:s Clis'.111 The creiltivs of' the woril gem-rally begi itu nurseries, and inl homlite circles and in day schools. Thm chilI that Irasfixes a IV with I pin, or Ihe low Ivi'ling that set s t wi dogs into combat, or that buili e-a weak or crippled playmate, rI- t lie in(lifferenct that starves a calnary inil, lieedS oly 1 be Ievelopei iin oriiel to nik a lirst class Nero or a ftill armeId A pollyo It would be a gool sent ence to be w rit ten on the top tlne (of a c1lihI's book ant(i a lit, inscription t, be embroilered in the armichair of the sit.tirg room, and an appropriAte motto for juid1ge' andI jury and (istrict attorivv aIn(d Sheriff to look at inl the court house, "Ilessed are the- merciiul, for they shall obtaiii mercv !" And so the rilins of th-it. Colisemil preach to me. indeed ih Il most iuinres. Sive thitigs onla eir It are ruins. ThI( four 1,reatest, 81 Iict Ilres ever hiilt ar( in rilins. The P art lilol il lilis, thit temple of )ian.a ill rcIits tice t(itile Wl Jerusalem in r1iii, Ihv Couimit ruin.4. Indeed the i-arti itsvilf will ye be a pileof ruins. the itint -tins ii ruins, tihe seas ill riiins. the cit ie- it rins, the hemisphercs inl riuins. Yi further than that, all tip anld down tIi heavens are worlis burned iup), wirlhb wrecke(d, worlds extint. worIs aband oned. Worlds oin worils inl ruins: l1it I am1 gla(l to say it, is I ie satil old heavenl, a1(l ill t hat worldI thlere il not one riin an(d never will he a ruin Not one of the pearly gates will ive becom-e unlhinigedl. Not one cit thi amiethy~stine tower's ill e'ver' fail N o 01ne or the tlmlSionsx will ever dcay;i Not one ofi the ulicriots will e';er &c unwiivhieeled. Not on e of t he thirone; will even rock dowii Oh, mnake suire' o heaven, for It. is art evelas;tt ing hce- veni 'iThroughi Christ the I .i'd get r('udly to res idencet '4 in the et erna Il aices. Tlhe last everning beifor'e leavinlg l~int fo r I i rind(1is! anld A thcels and ligy pt al I 'alest ine' I went aclon e to 11he ~ Coiseumiii There was rnot ai livinmg soil in; all the 1i ensxe a rea. i-'.ven'l Ihowj~ accustomed c to sell ci nsi at the foiuir 4t Irances of the bldin1g ihad gzon e a way. ThIe hIac was so overwhehliiuigy silet i coublI hear ty wni hcear't heat with I ihe eico. tiocnx arousedc by 11he place andl hour. paced4 the arena;. I waclked down inti t.he denis where lihe brena'sI weii'ene kept. I :xcenidedl to tile' place where t he emtplerotr usxedi to sit. I 4clibed lip o1 the galuII'iecs form hit ich thec ilhts throngs ofpolIa :e necat 'To bireak I the :ilcec I shouti ccl, andi that Se'eiled li o awakni I lie t'chto's eho upon echo. A nl tIhose aiwakeni echoes sei'emed 14) addiresc tie, saying~L "Men (tic', but thtIelIr work hivex oi Gaudeentiis, thie aichitct, whoc p'anntM tis xl r'uitiire. Ihce I(l0,Iil c'-nsiavedI dem'w brouitght I.by TIitic Isrota .1l' iusailm, aini wvho I celled on 1 hmc'se walls, lice glhiliator' who foiughtt, in Ic his arnia. the 'm petrori 'n mpresses~ wh Io itadc pl ac- on vondeii pilalto, I hei nmilliions w-ho duicn-ig ee'n turies 'c:1. and1( rese' in thltese ctnllies' hav'e pissed atwayi, liut enough1,'c of 1thc ('olise'nt it andTs t o t ell ihe st.or' v o1 cruetlty andc 11 inm and pLi ower . I'Vi hundr( ced years cc)of loshed. Tihen, ats I atunid Iitere, Ihr icci ameute ir mec anot her buiirxt. of' ceLhoes, whIict seemed thtrobin g wi it h 14 t'hepryers' ant song~s andc gro4anx ofCh irist i;ils whc Iat exp)iredl in that ariea, cand t hey xseiee to say, "II ow mu ich it, (ost 14) serve ( oi In mtges paost, antd htow lthmk It tIl intodert centuiiei(s oiught to be. t.hcat the perse-' c tlon wvhichel redd(entedl te sandsi of' l his amp)lhtit.hieat.er htave' beent abobshedc." Andli thent I cticest.lonedl the ((coes sat here ?" TIhe ans-'' -r ('amE. ''( ionl to judi(gitenit."' "Wereci, is -:m peron Tlrajan, who s:nt. here ?'" "'(s one t j jcdg ment."' "Whtet'eis 1-impeiror' Nhaxicinus,ci who sat, here?'" "'(;on to3 1c judIlgment'1 ,, ''Whtere arm mall I he i mlt ittles wht( i- apl pedl andi sthouted antd waved thugs toa let the vanqtisheid imp, or t o hcav'e 1 ch'cm slainc ptit thuimbs dlowni ?'' The echoes aln swered,. "(so,nr to jiudgmnit."' I icn (juiredi, "AXll?"'i Andl thevy ansxwcr'ed "All." Andl I looke,l upl to t.hc sky' abeove thec rninis, and It was fli of 'i clIis- curry ing s wiftly past, aitu lihs'' cloi cis seemed as t hotugh they hal faiues, andc some of time faces smciled. imndl somcte of thorn frownted, antd th'y seemed-4 to have wings, and someW of the4 inigs wer-et moongilt andl( thle othetrs t hcttier chtargedl, and the voices of thmose' clocccs overpowered thte echoes be'neatht. "lk hold, lie comoth with cloutds' antd cv cry eye shall see him, And as I stOod( looking upl) along thce wvalls of the ColIseum thev rose h ighter' and hIgher, highter aiti hlghe'r, tint il te am phitheater 1.eemed( to lie tllUed with all the nationis of the P ist, and11 aii the nations of the presentt, andi all the na.1 tions of the future--thtose who went diowni mnder' the paws of wihll bceasts, rnd those wvho si, ii .ving fhags to let lip the conquered, and those whlo hel thtumbs down to comm nandc t heir assax sination, an:l amell anid g reat, anid em.t peror and shave, and plastor' and( peolhe. itnd righteous andc wvickedt, the amci phitheater sl-eming to r'li to inhirilte heights on alh sides of me, and ini tIe senter of thalt a1mphithI-:tter, instead of bhe arena of combatants, a great th rone' utoodh, rising htigher and highter, hliher md higher, and on It sat thle Christ, for whom th. tartyrs died and agaimnts who the DI)oeletcans plotted their per locutions, and wauring one hand to ward the piled up splendors to the right of him he cried, "Come, ye blessed," and waving the other hand toward the piled Lu0 glooms on the lft of him he cried, "Depqrt, ve cursed." A nd so the Coliseum of' Rome that E(venillg of 18819 pemed enlarged intc the~ mpltlh it,er of thle last judgment, wid I I)viod fron tinder the arch o hat, might y st.ructitre, mighty even iri ifs riim, praytig to Almighty God. through .lesus Christ., for mercy in thal day for which all other days were made ai(t ihat, as I expected ini-rcy fron -.sI imigit exorcise mercy towar( of hers and( have moro and inore of tht Sj)ir-il. of "Lft, him u1p," alnd I4es anill lss of' lihe sjirit, of " l tiit dawin." We may not. tot able to do a slim i ii-fher i-Atheiat.ios,tiL t.here is a sun in the first. ruile of' gospel arithmeti( which we aI Illmay (t. It N it hilal it simpile addit.ion: "Add to your faitl virite, aid to virtio knowledge, and t< kno wlvdge tomnperaice, and to tempor W-i E pnt ,n, aild t) patlienc godli nvis, aid Ito god lin bi h 1 -of.horly kind ie is, :till[t .i brothivrly kitidless ciar it.". VW1c111n4 41 thel Slia. I.NimN Feb. I I.-The Allian I .1t i-a er. Pl'im-ra I-all, Fromll) (,Ina.4V .hmiuarv '7, via Moville. for New York has returned to ( reenock, atLer loosin: ia inier of her crew and passentrtm it a heavy storm. Tie I'omeravian wai al)11'4, 1,500 inliles West,L boud. fron I h:mgow, on the morning of Februarv 4 whlen she encountered weaL,ber of unuIl stul severity. The gale Imlcreasled witl !_rra. Stidenness uitil a heavv sea tim ex.irctedly swetp over ilie oleck. carry i-1, lveryii tii lie'01r0 i.. Tali- deck sat lo.m, charl house, bridge antd boat wvre smaslied tasil qweL away bv th, I ru ill lidon4 lot ce of the wavet. W het the sea lid passed over the tdeck ther was a s%Ven1et of4111i, ruin, tiand i sirie'<,t (P picrishlinl'- ailorsi andk psnesCOnhl I-v ead inl Iihe waves that s.arge ahon the. dUNmant led 9teamier. Capt. Dalzie was An I lie bridge when the avalaneh itiru k the vessel. lie was swept Ir 1 his ft11 and dashed agist,IIS t hulwarkq whre lie lavatutiled aind helpless. 'I'h MCI(ni and UoirLi th Ii;ers, John C.o and John lamilton. wheo were oil th de( k with the captain. were s ovi u to,4oa and drawned. IB.-sle8 the secoind and fonleti ollic"r ii:i1n1eld, two (juarLermasters, the stewarl Iour lirst cabi assengers dill 0110 o e ind cahin passenger perished by drown .I toie and Liliaii G.bsoni of 1)alkeiti -j .ile Cailv,y ol, In)d4on1. and John Stu art o Glasgov were te first cabi iasen-.Iers loit. They we-re in Li, dkck salkom at the tina of the dimste a1ti were iuirled overboard wL..h the rt ins of the saloon. They were nev 'Seen agaiibuint tile survivors S Ay theil <t.etpairing crits vierced the Itir eye ahcve the t.hunderous roar of wat.er I'vier in1ihtdee, was the second cthi Pass8en.'erI mlissinli-. Two SIAeame als per.Ii .1 vd. F(ir x moment. alter the c-tastroplh tihte survivors were too %ttintied to ie With th2 captaii disabled and the set Mnd aid loIIIt.h ollicers drowned, lel was oo one for the moment to give ordei Irom whom order., were expected. Evi cry one looked about to see who w1 ii command. Thei the first oflic< (pilckly brought the crew Lo their sensc r and Look promit action to savo Li . steameir and its human freight, frot t. I arthetr calamity. All theo inist.rnment fore naivigation had b ieeni sweptt a way e. cep t, the alle cLompti ass by wici.h tIl Ssteamier hadl to ibe navigat.etd. ('alIt. D alziel was borne below. Ili in IjurIies wvere fatal an h111le dIedoo theo to loing mnorninig. Th'le crewv cieare away the wvreckaie andit the v'ess. I artd on its return voyage, makin its way ha :k slowly anid carefully (icuuck . The .survivyors of t.he tat s(Insers and1( crew are im a very exhiausl t:d cotndition at tor' their terribie exper' iItetric Car [)i,astter, i'ehnT GA N h, ( lre., Feb. 15.-T-ihre person~ wvere instantly killed and twer ly-hiv wCerCIe m1o C or less seriiouslyv ii illre'd by 1,.he wreck ing o1 an eletrie: er in I picr Alb inaii, a suburb oft thiis citL at1 2 o'clot k ii s at ternoon, The e': was load41. ith L schloot ;ddr m11.i reImn 1 ing to thce htomit, anuil at nmubler of bI htortis. Whbile descending . Steep hi lie hr..ikeo br1oke and the motorma~ last con tri. of the cir, which soon at -i tained a Ieriiei. speed04. ()In reaci - i' I he Iool oh the hill a car wi st rnck, andie the car wvas thro wn on i sitde stnal tdashetd to pieces. In a Litain li'4. te livex o tiLwo) men and one chi wereihedl iult and t,wenty live otheri - oe,bosa R ir ustainetd in j uric t.it:~t ran 4m)frm ai seraleha It) broken limbh ,l The k illed are:,.1. 4), 1Den nis, tarpe n te neted sevent.y 'yetars; liealini llennos, h son, a ged eighiI, and an ui'k no vni labhon ter. , lames Mcf "ee, patintero, was pirobi bly fatally injnriedt. 43e-ena4 4444n4 Ireancety. I TwoIVE men)1 nazmed I ra I logsheadl an1 I Eiirai'n ( 'asosle, of' ( reenvile, S. 4 Iarried etIIore this morninug anti took roomi at thei New York lIoItel, S->o alter, a man natmed C eo. Apro cro: oft Nw YorvVtIk city, visited themii in thei itoomt. SiortIl y alter that I loisheadi slit A 1)11 in thue righut, eye. A pjto wvas take to the Vassar' hospital, andle will dlie I Jogsheads antd Cassle were arrest,ed Tlhey claimt there was a cluorrel abou gr*een 5 oodsl, whiichi resuiltLed in IH1ogsheau shoo(tinig A ppo) ats sta ted. IlIogsheia aterard chttlxeatimedl A ppo's miannier ani wordlslriebltened huiiand madte him afrai lie was going to kill thuem. A pro~ ii nuot tell wheure lie lives in New York. II sa.ys hue was mntoxtcated whiet shuot, an tics iotde ie in green goods. iC.'unoving M r. 3)avis'g ICemaiuns. I ni'iiMONO, Va.. Feb. 10.-At a meet iug of thio Lee Camp of Confederat< \ eterans the following executIve coml ni ltee was ap pointed to confer witl the ,ilt flrson Da.vh> ..:'inment corn mtittets ini referanice to ti e rem3val o0 Mr. IDavis's remains to itichmond (h'n. [Thomais HBander, Col . J. Vt. Hide good, 12o1. .John A. Murphy, N. V U undoph, dacob 5, Allen, Cot. A. WV A rcher, Cob. William 1'. Smitth. Qiuar termai;ster D). A. Brown was authorized tt confer with the railroads with the v.Ow ofi ascertaining the cost of trans. ptortationi for the L,ee Camp to Newi O)rlteans and return as an escort to the remauins of Mr. D)avls. hetter Late Than Never. l:'A non, D)ak., Feb.11.--Waldo M. Pot. ter, register of the United States landl olbice here, who has earned the sobri. (jiet of " Father of [hue Riepublican patr ty in North Da:kota." comes out in a sicathing letter, in which lie renouness all alleghiance to the lRepublica's party anud asserts thiat the Democracy of Grover Cleveland is preferable. P'otter says that for twelve yea's he has watched the aictio)n of' the lRepublIcan bosses in the State anti has found them to be a set of tyrants who have drag geid down the party from a majority of two-t hirds of the voters to ignominous defeat A TALE OF IIORROR. ESCtPED FROM TH-. sOUTH CARO LINA MINFS Ate it s ,a stt it t.P N i Y.rk \ I'ht t Tt4rlblo TGlo if MShavdiry noid Siolrorisg l , 1f. )" Ie V t 40Wjji#1,es It 1ev t ha ut . t o4- riis h I. (t1et A way inv at Maex C.tr. A t'U-STA, GA , Polb. 0.--.,ometJ1l et ag the Atiu tsti.a Chrouie iblisied the f'ollowilir, which ws w lat ed New York, Feb. 1: Iall' a lumired people gat.herel ahoti. I lie I ormi of i prsi.ratm Italian wim) had just I'allet Irmu ;tn eimpt.y box c:arof I fireight. t.rain that puillfd iti.o0U: l'eINsylv.ia yards tin .Jersey C 'ity yestrrlay aCternoim. A naiso ol, 11:tlil)g inl I lie c itr lad at. tracL.ed 1t a-,teti onl of* hal f a devan yir(lmei anl I hey h:ll opened tIe e:tr mnly to .all hback il fright as a watt ha-', wihtit b snhol ,y. roes -m4 ()t I.ot Ihe dark car and a lagga-d1 form tell I hit. ing into their arms. For an in1s-ant, the malt lay limlip in'. thleir arms11 I.henl C."Il C-1 IIh# gr.md -I "l is lead !' cried s-veral ol' the crowd Sthat. had collt.eed. %&NaW! naw! :i w! init.tered thi i prostr.te man as It e beat. Ihe ai r w iihi ly I wit.h his Iields anulest.. Thom spriiig g t hi his fieel, ie da,1she11d . staggeringly t.h:ogh t'i cr-wd to warls tho lerrybots (Hiee anarI . the Cortlai att reet. a, he mii-ile his ,way t.othe f'rontrAil,mand grizivg tipot, the city of New York, wept.hk- a chi. then icting his hIs11) I he:1v he a knelt in prayer. ''h itman was C.millo Mafrida, and he had escaped hil'. i te w lays i-lore frot the liphsphh-.e mi-:w. ol' Soi Carolina. The gaunt I taliati, a mere s1m:vi 4w4 1, what h4 wis a Cew montis.s go. tld t' I following tory t.O in AdIvettis r' e porter amid exclailat iols o4 (I-h'rht 1as the boat. re.awhed N- w Y York eity whiicih Ie IetI 10 limk ipn as I he Lroal oW St reedlosm. "I !eft Italy eit year aigo. I c im to Aterica Lto get rich. 0:we dav a man catte to where I lived. hit, No 301 Moti roe s! reet, N ew Y ork city, i id Iold inme ! coild llate lots of in1111wy Itt the ph1os phate milles. I t.hoight (11 iy lit tle girl at, home. "The next day I got, orethe steamioat - and sailed for three (:yS. Whenl we hrided in Charleston it was I lie ihst time I was free I or tot0ths The next day we were m-rirhel into the country, - ind at night we camped near a rivur. c A log caiii was our only shelter, r andI here twenty of* tis were huddli tto gether,while a tnian with a gttu, walked t p and down outside. In the morning we were ordered ot it t sunrise, and two mikenl with guis .11lowet is the way n tothe mines. - '-( )ut en the open marsh l;illf a donii n |negro men with balls chaiied to t heit 1) feet., were at work diggimr a way at. the mud. 'T'hits Was t he phosplate mines a at s<.on we were all given spadets, aid ,.1 inade to work wi h1 the negroes Iro it t li penitentiary. c "For dinner we were giveti a piece of .8 bacon and some hollitiy. This wi-; omt meal three times i day. At night, wc slept in i loiz caht, g.irded by st-niries and at pairot' bloodhoundm 14Iluatt werc r kept. in readinesi for any convil-t whs a tried o escape. e "It. was simmer then, and S.m t)1 I men btg-mn to sicken andI die. In h vin S|We) p)h"'1ded for relshtse, bt we has -sigtned contracts s or ai .t:tr, li) i wer ei never permii,teds 1.5 !eaive t.he visitity eof theI mines(. .s "To aidd to) ott r tmlisesry wse wi rs hat . lveul to bltty lotod atnd med(lici ne 'ny ait t he companhtty's sltre, so) I.hat at. I his Itinl Iof every week w.s elI ound)1 iuselves it de1bL,. Never once sdit I receive sitse set "O'~ nce' we trit ( to4 (escape i, utt giardlI lired on tus andle sh ot otte 1)1 ourl mneni. (Oe teau ditd eIscaple atnd wen1t t -' the I t.aliant (:on11:) a t C harilisLtn, hit twi was sent back, and told its that. t.i mlatter had been0) rep1or't edls to Goernor5) Td'imaon, bul tnol(t.hiigC))I ctlethe (dole, his e" we were 1)n.(er cotttract. - "O( ne dlay I dtterm)inedt to tma ke ant -' efftirt, to e'scapje. I ailmolst.S cttetheI ri btlt, they set, t.hie hounttds ilpeon me' antlt ,, kept mei ill inth a treet all iiightI. IbeIor' ri calling them'I off. A I t'rI it. sety splirit wast brokeni. . " Oe (lay I f'ell be.uellotig into 'anl opet dit.ch/21. A pile of Isose ini isit) n phon~: Sphat.e trock r'ollted dlown ii up4 ot'.n, hindl I laiy t.here itntiticedl :il i tton wveakI te move. I hotirs ihissedl, ::ndis I c<mlid f'tee muyselfI slo wlIy fr'et'zig to de;tlth. S "D)arkness ealtuli, andlE inv cemr;'il,m -s ceasedt't to wvork asi the' iniotining is ide - b)eganl to till t he niew l:hile t'irelhs. id Suiddenily I f'elt. 50omet hingj. w.armesr t lhan ,air about my Ii tu. It wa3s '. l w 55erel s the rising Ashley. . 'A t,tirst I dliel iiot '.sre. I lone,ii. f.t s andil higherl I watal te jivts hltt myi r- 1limb1 wetre Enea:.s: Iin c.lis- ighi nii ,atisd oill iot ltiove. "'With hal energy tborn eof dlesp:ir I t.r'iedl 4 to raise lily h-:t, hbut it. w,i held in ai vict- like gra'h'.Ie. I chI't'l 10ny eyes, ands thloltghit of toy seunniy ham5 wahter' t.oaceds my~ li,s, and1( I psrayed It Sthes' saintts. I conhtll beahibe lie longer, f or' wi t.h every Ibrea t I e'iw in Ihe Swater ofi the4 riverI. k "5A s)ound of1 riiiibling ihundler r' e'chOtdin t)iy ('ars, antd the water,s of tIhe st A shel v closeds over liy in-adt. 'l'hen~l II suddenlIy liy lii'ibs~, be:cni usn-is, ailll I .strtuck oluI t for the sho)re. 'The is inl .1(1de had looenied t.he pile Itf roei(lk andi d into the river. "I'I w~as free. Thel5 thought gave itl Sstrength, ati(I as I il leed hv the iailI i. d brAidg.' 1 m'eizrd one1 of t lie piles' ajfnd after seve'ral aitteii I jt S ('latmbtten d sip to the ttestle work. "There I laly exhaiuisted all nii ght un-t til.1 t,he early mnorin1 g traint Iroth Rivan-l nahl slackenied I eel stopped ablove liy head . With great labo ' I cllimbled upon01 0one of the tr scks of' Ine [orward1 car, -and didl not remefmber anlyting t till I " 5F'i.ir'ul 0of being retaken I id t in hi b)ox car, and, comnpletely e'xhautsted,1 went to sleep). Whent I awoke t,he cat was In motin anid the dloors lock. At. -every stop) I b)eat against the dloors to attract atten'Ltion, bult nO one canme. * dve myslf' upj f'or lost and1( saiik inito a c'iilled stupor1, from which I was arousedJ at ,ersey City." ti~asht o M rdasaid lie had finsa o 301 Monroe street by the namie of San darno Carmine Sandlarno, who1 lives at. that address, was seen yesterday, andle biaid lie didl know a hma by the namels of Mafrida, but lie thioutghit lie had1 g.mes back 1.)o Itidy some tioniths ago. lie~ wua~st uprisOed to leairn thait ills' ead h.., friend had gone into. a It-'tIng deaht. Va Fight, The l)ipsatOlsry. Cii A irEroN, l"eb. 15.- l'resisIln. Man 'ouc of the1 eixcenItive comifjttee sof the Stat,eLhuor' D )alers A ssociaptionit announces todsay the appoliintI!)(lI mnt o ths. counsel atrainst te Evanis ihiptr law hit thuis (11nd ol the line. Th'Ie Chlar'les tin firms selected atre: .J. N. Nathans, Mitc-hell & Smith, aned 8immon)mi~g ig & Cappelman. Itis t.hontght, that oilier counsel will be reaieds inI Columbi!a, G4reenville and( ot.her pahrts of' the State. -8t.ntea. The Gobbling of Hawaii. WASIUINUTON, Feb. 15.--Tie Prem. (lent %en t to the Sen v:e tiN afterunom the trean., f.r t,h tvi i. . I)J :)t114 %V ,l a0nd iIl" iatily up n 1t reeAipt Iie SenIte eitere(d U,')>a it, conidr.mthu iu exce'itive sSQ101i. Tie treity Yvasl U. conmilteel I) 't mi.isAn3 tavocilug ai nexat,i imd orwva-rdin, all t! corre-_ snondlence which h:ia ac.urn'alLed upon tle aceives ol the State dopartment for the lait. halle'ttry. This messa ge with tile Ir. t.y will In% aIll pro')ab'ilitv e inl ide pblic to-mmrrow itternoon, but ill the nem nthnlV lI -VAIr c01,r4 p Oi IC, is (nable P t sel i al -. 4.imin, po; tti ol' tlie I rea I v which thi So atLv i-i a m,.d U) ra .1ly. 'i'iet Ii nt i 1 1),I N"t aUlilnex:rttonl in plaiii imil tin-inslakabhi- lerni4, antd pr vldes I Ia I 10.nl s4om Iomr or ill )re def Inno ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~).,Vf t-roo en rnaa, egaan by ('nuIItre Lm pe Im, Provisional ,")V. r ent 4. .h1ii11 V 1111,i1Mee inl i l 10rCO, Tihe I:%v4 lo th.w, 1I litel S1,t'vs', whiebl are t i f-ee i A btqk:, ar-- ext,I eil to lawanii. 2imi Lhere is Lio hv,t i listtirl) mi ec l th1e1 preient :.oi).)1n.y ri!4m'. 9 to ihe ta'land'. Tlie tw I mos, stil porint. mitLicles of t.hw Ireat'v rel ite to t1w pr. vi-ions l'or the dlepostil Qtti i ile I mh ie. Th,i Qi we'vi 1.-) rvcetv! miroi h 01 UtiVi S1.-1$.m 1 0 ae (S a v ar1*, i he royal 1.an111v, ari emlpeci'lliv Lite heirv- - ap), I rei:, t.o t.ie thremit. are to be illy cared ' . IT0 Chi1e promtn'11 iS (1-1. (id t' hiv makin:z- it illip vnsible lor, any i the 4chi ese niow onl iht a-I nds to mw i11 hiLo hlime I 'nited Suates. It is said L,bat verv le.v oI t.ie Chine4e will care It hIvo th.h- liai i, a.i ti.ey ire qui-,e 11.4,lM, i'l118 It here. A hir as tihe $ .000 tj) <lcbt, of Ila wil is mlernIed, tle t,e- iy proposes imt Ih 11iiLed SL.es sihl assutue it, biul, shall recA.re In rethin the various ieomemiiI- 1 i 1:i s a t n1111 tiuti.!, it is said, lio amil, 810.000,00) a yet.i, I Lis uxpevtIe Lilitt. Li islanils will be gov cie I ai a To -ritory, as Altska, or by coalnimss.iontrs, like time Dist,rie' f Co. hun !i. 'I'm. r,- wai soi oppositLion to the I)r'.i (t ol'allexation expressel .)y S311 atos Blackburn, White, Dainiel aud oth ril, hta stron-tr SpVech ill time affiroua. t've W:as imade by Salator i ll, ivh'r Was p:rLicula'lv aixtos that auLi )11 shmAid he protn. Tire seims to he )o d Chtiint th( lrx:aty will h raillieI iii a very shorl Imi ie. Ont of its4 pv) i.ionst is ,11u , 1.11( 'rovi4loinal (Govelr1nienmt miust accen'. i wvi',hinl sixty dh%s aftIer it iN ritilied i Ith S memite. When thii ratiication h i1ll' Senate is Concluled a Ila 'v applie-0l1 in L'he anmexed territory will he It'am( wi %kill havi. to be 11 ki-Aed by hoth hiol vs.-Nemo and Cnnrier W hmre to bmy Pi'anos and ()rgan roort-sfintndI tw wvorl I's gr'-at.est ina kers. ,-; "lliw;ay & 8,111s ANge j tI,111'.no l'i iu'i, P a ls. )4 Ilamli Pi -Vl0ii .i' i: P'i;os, ailon atld Huan privt i- g t s . tis iest I.orm,i A isible il 11l-'.it p.id. i Cti plete otiluil. free -ivo- y.i'ms iputr.mLant. (Mne price I all. , vl:are d-lalnn:, . Notley Sayed, W do wit, ask biigt pirici as i-in, 3J '' deaer do a i Jh i -n dov.O way it 2it a,Isfctry Wrt to tti i . .* * i i--a a-.2 a I Ai gl t -rwttg t o d hls r y it W,a ,I ltl a bo . a la 8 a l.r - . M Ala , o LL -~Ai B1O. P r...raetr.tr, - t -Tl it- r I 24 ' I i it . 1 e nt -ly eii I itt , ry er l grt pptt -V) I ar in te' t bre lo tin! Ml tOg 'a . t. rIb-r'2u lonto a N I.)P , ri.-k Ash,mll Pfker LmA BrOS., yerto dpriert NI UG IJn' ALck inAVmANe. LIF re dividens .a bitiic. J q .ua vaeu antrt.* md in W . (J L ,Al NI, ( hmed for t Y A R>> #:t 1 ho n 1 D Padgett Pays the lj't A large Illustrated Ca lug hubdrsdefoCdess Stoves and Baby wrl1 mailed fMe If you me paper. I wi sell you F etc., just as cheap 0 y them iIn large Dios, freight1toYour 46pou Here ar a raw daap) A No. 7dal top Cookia 20 cooking utensils, deill depot, forSi$UG.ft d 6hole Oookingiw cooking utensils, de der, for 1800. larg I no of Star tion. 8pelsagent iStoves. A nice Parlor SuI4 drS foshlopi line of Parlor &I * A Bedroom Su bedstead, onalose suit 9 Pieces; ahave 9 delieed anywis Other butta both s) expensive. M yds. of vd.-wide I pair NoUlngbam\ o hains, 2 h A n4ce Window 8 for0ce'nt&. No freight paid on talus unles ordered with other goods. bend for atalo Hegu- l L.. 1'-ar 805 Broad Stre visi I efflct T l e m .i t a rt I r .Nffli 0 Tun'rit 1)' t') Life Polt7-14 To WinPjI ast all t, jthe preraiumz . sanml than under theo, ..... anep, andII the 8am10urA able in 20, 25 or 30 a -.0( 1114' ........... .... Grr.aik..2.......... Mhe -inIlS .-tsnel '.............. . r . TA' '20,1 -5 d Glst ula .41'lnn i broic~Of Ulcers Ihas h y I in "I G T 70 1 " (lifti t .\i( y.r .. ....... .. ::r wr iiti laulaa. .o. Guitlesdilee.. *n. MANAGER FOIL Til E ( RO0CK 11ILL,. Talbot A9 KLNGINES3. BOILER5, BRICK MAUI WOOD w -PMANT BR0 MACH IN .T.ippmnan's13 Complete equaipme~, "forBOIliB Ginneries on n'ioet Jjnr,. Cur Thomas direct acting fievator system isbeU ' Th'le best eve>OK M ACIH Taibott's Eng:ies'and GOD) W. Yan Wnl ...............SumcrU ....PrsperiJit . Newberist ..( 'lintOt [ bj, freenv*.,act ,. Atat -.......... usi evet - mrlott, // r~n,3A 2 na<d * ~ ggies b I IPPMAN B' 3 IA * ;Eas * ~~. on MAN SAW MIL 4$5160,00 TO $000. CNOINS&B0IL TOBSUIT. i00OIN ST