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AT RE TABERNACLE. REV. DR.TALMAGE'S ELOQUENT SER MON ON THE HARP AND JAVELIN. An Extremely Vivid NWord Picturo-Poi li That Uai Is Avolded--Javins of Wit of Irony, ti m'phi,try aii(i of iliie,n BROOKLYN, SMaV 14.-li11s- b cirnimon this forenoon in the Brooklyn Tkibernat cle Rev. Dr. Tahage brouglit i) a novel and practical coilnjunction 'I.tt isi mu gested by i text perhai neve: hot.r e cLosen. The openm in mi, h!l hy organ and cornet, and joind inu by thous. ands of voice.i, was. Befoye Jehlovahl's awfill throne Ye nations boNw With safnred joy. The Fubject announecd was I- 1iri and Javelin,'' the text bqiw_ I Samu, 1, ei_t1 - teenth chapter, 1,!b ud t lk vio verses: "And Dav' tyd wi h aud as at other time. ;-'d ire iU; a *#0' Javelin 1nS-ml', b,:;i 1. A S t al I the jivelin, t.r iw fl. I v'. .1 Davideven to t!4 w81; wp 4!l David avol(hd ow, i .1 twice "' Whlat ,Ipct agiant, v1111d >av a nate W, a b b' composlled .-u: David w iro t 'V 1 !f . 1 one a isp l dho: and hc : . :1 111)(I ullv d -,l %. i-; I 1, brh vn (r <) ! h t iL fil'. &ut ' l1 10. 4 II.d : t i u 1 v I n ' i pr tharp,d11 1; NI b - Wemtet 1 the) h hr st t144 14 I ' I i: nt,'4i V''''2 t il i l sIrbal n :, h' li x.-I! 4,(11 I'j t wo4, 4 n() the bl w have I :' avMl . 41 ' - T e 4 nhit s1j 4 his har tI 441. 4 4 4 - ill 411 1 C 4 4v i'11 n low. I tion*4 'd th theMtw the141 hI ' lutie I tin t'. 44 4 E!:rar. 1 i: 4 the <~'' m; 4 , 4: II tte V fri te I :1' l p'..11 I thre 44, n' m 1 i 'ILI (,.n~ roid in a b, lii i44 4I , n 'e ennf we,4 4.I1p. 1't''e I'.'1 14 2; on cly to -'''1 Ill4 44C'~'l x fCeste baeiut h th 1)i4th,te otw, t time otuo i iy th te ilu~ h one p il Dai' skhhll;id h te l inhav's W i ll IO:]. 1:y (o nehs te shap d4 L11( ~e1) mtedne brpywl'1( ll a l intu-twhc ebs krth Ilwto mint wr scs a rlr.~h as it flail3 u? auresetoak The eiine A hltaohcayso o cuatv drgswlldoThin oware I. tas he mercin. buwa riotm'h fal oreparati'n brsrpio,btam auto kmfels oshiap, butds 4o u t na c . B t h: v h n i h r David, one of the wisest and best of ll aes, stands before us in thh text ad. mimi8toring music for nervous disord-r mdt(] cerebral disturbance. Ant Davit Yas rialht. Music is the mightiest torca a all theraputies. Its results may no' ieil as suadenly as other formili of cure, ,mt it is just a s wonderful. You will 14)vcr kuow how much suf-erin And sor rmw ivsic has assuaged and healed. A lold ill 1110 United, States army * tid hat ou the days the reimmental band pha.yed near tbe liospitals ill sick and V0ohnde riIvived, ad - iii who were so tamne they could not walk before t!ot up and %V 'At out and sat Im the sulshine, and tgie so d'spr'ited that thle. never cXpnctk- to g't lomle lic,at ito p xk th. r h.al-go-ge anid ask almi tim a les w"stamboal antid rail tra'i. Th,od n;m;s. tile empr:, wrathfUl al ' + b':havior of tho p)ple of Aultoe'i, woou somle si:1fiu-ii proViwaLti tmre (iv IIIe sta'Iui ot cm;>'ror 1 an(d em Pres'l, r'Rolir'd Se icrel y to Iminis,I Clem, IuL -fim p, knowlmi thtt eLlW Vm prr l a ;:roup of ims sing to him w : :c at 'c tabl I', taught the b I a Iti V. v ) i'l which tIle p > p'e bncn'e:I their had h-havlor, and Iiha: 10diner the p iffios (f the mu-e, * i .m: "The city of' Antiocb im Ior men.'' T,m ra.o of Achilles wa.s a 4u: (:e by~ a harp.'; Ascleiuildes 4a--vay',ed r) b14' ioultiudsc; by a harp. A!or L' e battle of Yorktown, whou a mulls.i,iln was to ) utllor atl mutat imn, arl(l ht'Are the diys 0i at'e1Cheies, the wotinded art.ist called fo: at muiical in rumenit't and lost -ot a not. (lulil " the 40 minute- of amputat'on. Filipp i m, ih rvat imisici, c.frl't-onted 'n wti mry credit')r, played so nchiant Iv be-re hi I t1i it the creditor for. v " (h). alni g we the dob 'or 10 ui'i's more to aiL aae other creditors. Al ( Iinilt phy-iCianl of' oldki Litule - -!pl:tv.!Jcd (oi c-r-M , carrying Oure theo vu t1ar) that all Iiluents Of the o"I c-mli h". cured )y tausic. Tie lld.cal i mnials never report their re > .a by thIis ms d1v. 1.01 m . 1 i. whlat il ht Ihsu ha-; Imanly a s:ilt of God Oliw-,41 I heartche wii -a hymn 1mmC or smn. or played!; iJ..t mil o! ~ I'll s)4m- while buriing at, th' stake. I cr' keys of piano Or Or"Aln . 1 1: It ihas walki-d.! Yea, in chiurc! :: 11 1 '1:1 rollet peace over a thous I I, %hevorriod, p)UrPIeX-,d a1111 a14 / - V. While thec are limn 1 au I A i r'10y for the jub)iant, tIre IS a 'J o "itide"l anld ".A.11am 0 n 'i ' "Como e D:se-msolau-," 4 h I p rtf!i ds 1n li 1retto.i (A It C wV miodes ofl tuiCehil ("i phyv"ical ani'lmlntal di-lr d u14 edCI m1 me-lie.i conven .. i read abroad).( 1n med ica ~ '-nd i Is h:h tmlitie that some al u of soui that have becin uni y muic,v weal and lnn 'it woi kdi What p:)w. r v' t SM I.l, whth'r. lli tcvr v (abl an u:ie wat-wip on-n vrto% bk..a.) utt but mnW I'hI,, wasiol hmt1, mad nu.1e,4C am0 It i h su oli al 9'm1 i e.. 'NrI e iiWi ('1 , 1. 1 !t .va -- 1 n I lim-' ' w ib ;4 w I lil 4 (I * .- . I'us 41.1 the fu sl hm414 Ilii I . - :r'' a i" b: \ul hi'!, ui 1)11-: 14 e 1rn !!a .n el44li 1 n t14111he pfaurnd itta t *. *4hae Iuicei ra1Ck, ml ith a I 1 14 uj1(14!iZ of pho- ht aln- t u ,' ~ s: quiv ef the hr:o1 ne of o Watinal )anthe10. The hrc - 41 Ii u A ieiti tilVLi i S tj w t a't414 i th e tr ofsia th-e . t iiisr a al..* h'. doxooand an d tr unpet 3 1i h( l' 1ot tonde i inote da ellu 4 11t4 41ICi it shoh a e fundou, that~d Ii c'I4(1nie. I" sol not, wo-t utI' io.f( th i IilC00 ransome soulred res: (4. lt' te rthei thonel of g aI Ii' 13,000e hadOI been saved by f * 4i4111. Whed tswo mie huch h41 takyeath int? )iIarcais thoe I rSL t1)1 inu iu'ali:centro the u51nivofee 1)l!C8 hV.IfC of oxlogie a(tu(I trumpIets. h od and iag reara ctien shut that Cillw)I IIn t wto make moeofmuic NCC to thee. le :( hit at thmsi aoo Wtof' plared of "-r8 [11reat etite' aoty-sie fon<t Chargh le 42 1414.k. tor thei laes, ndl the cred01 t l1tup. hAt treirsd manye of' faern C I' of d tohe' the histian conlies 3 Ih4 at tuhe eermnato verd they looke 41) n'1 s i ixh thIrdred.'' Whoy b cn to ', whdat lths beenL accomplithey byot 'V'ark4 i: We nley s7.00 ho yns, ry Lic1ndregatinat i inagra ofhisi to h c ould tbe her wo lesI off? Ii ihnti mydr fre o'rhnd Dicws i-oe > la et all( ~itooI hurln) conducid a 0 11nkmi-sln af teau l ht drnenss atotued he ht, a ayhe uthfomsno ther-d h!cstwoen of: the land mt tat a - reent campriag,r andewhle neitty,or- . capon used 5tg wags Lie song (h e.L iNsear ed micGo, toee,iu mui,1 rnpBrNearer Wonthere. t wce boun and it al hs mighto hu'dreds an nsur salotof death a It. opnfo inrs adie and youhea firt arge pas 1 len ncasin or tile anecollnd the daloo t mh~ tolen msto the fidl es thougher 1 ined ga the slecn ulshvesatheyloedp1 b, cad turth vfrom hey decta them bud. I Busa t tt in hras ha tov lin for sacred soundi. In many church. i Os the i-vein of ciiticisml. has killed the I MU1sIc, ivelil (htti f Fron org-iii loft or 1 rom ai>i -ox ol. Or3t thitiperten'4itive S u!'4 iv-Ah:1 timeda a D.vi:l' harp. Thosam( ot people s') !raid Lit'- y mav n ,) sinw, cen il -ally,; r will n->ts at all or sigWith iuk'I ]0 -V t)it t.11tt no on,-, heari them. Il tumiy a clairch: the javelin of criLI clitim hai Gripple' Cl,.h fha'rp o) worshlip. It satan mail I ihin ce al1 thl StdIly SChi>Il S'A ,-; .-m' ! Ohe bytmn3 of Christ lan _:s-up Il WoubM !:Ii! hi-s greatest a-hievmn: W ha the mlflen:lial song shall rime (:t l 1, is beig id--e realy). lere .VIl )1 - slu.hi a n t vo..e.4, such .! e > t:1lrA-P<l powe of sin: and 'vita'! C!tW r0i 't1e., ti 'l tiaj!'1y, such li!nnitity,atlh esit'nej a lid hemils t>ei nipl:n ttyaci :to that% it will Ie ini i m iale 1> k'no v w1i'r.- e'et,l S,1Itiand na'-n-t u It 0i10:1, roll mn, roll tip, ih(it milbi-tnialhan-! 3C .in 1 i F su!jiec It rjec'.ed op. 1) )i-iti.y a revg. 'Whv dii nt. D i. via pick Ip Siull's j lvceliln a!)d-I hutl it ) tck :v tia n? IDtivi:A ia-I a skilltul arm. I.I doIsit. ued (m aoiither octasion hI(. coul.! i:d a "h' , anul h'3 C Ihl have eai Iclu1 tip hat j Ivelin, timed it it S tl, It w ou!d be assasi-o, and lift thi lo t>ini! atd ,L -ticnted monster aS li*.-; ul-ider Ci a - li e ha1d left G i:L 1i'-d1 i a 1i 04. 0Th, D.W111 y l(Ov I--, yoir o'lice. No, It). MNku aud wo meli lWil p ,yer ot titi or pen or lil- I .-) -atiy to a'1 eu lt-ttired a %t.,g . Ii-it, bIOtter iinit-e Davi(. ] .t.er imi tate I).ivd an I let th. j ivelin lie af. your fe-:. an I kvep the harp in your hau . D) n- rike ! hick. Dat ot, play he g mI ) t, o i r ta,. G Io:, inl IS hi :ry elks (A BAj. .ut, 1 it [3!e.::a tAeaicral, -VlIo was br>u ,I: e i >pive t ) th' tetI of Timur. IIe liaI a n'l the antiix-re of Timur ad biii mon. Tinjur aa1 Lo him 1-IIad y't:1 vaiq -ish-!d t4, I au i,-)t it-norant A, 1 th law i.hMI yoti reserved1 for my wil aoi my frlm, but I di-shki tW re - dI!I!t v. YxiUf3ad hon->r arec secure .ld I ''alI exi>r lmly tratitude to God > m canntiey to -1an." Beautiful! It ' ! on Chrimti:m's ongue or eui ar lal!t I i-i inp', andl muore damage to the >au h > m->i",t e thle me agit4 v La!ai i . Wi:t! A jave it hu.' c I ; a 1d falcin at. your feet aIV! Y' i 1- it b.i'lKh-k aiin? Yes, I iw--, ! p!.liin. I loartedc it Irom her a Vd iv practiced it all my a=.1 A o:ks %vo anl by the help a Ved 1 vIa n)L picke! tup I 1 -I : 11 ' - i all Illy lotIzi and preached t m l n. i! hoa or (t ml 3t, of i i61 I~~~ -I %V .' J it Q V h -At o;i : ..) 1- i l, lic whe're it rpii ir hall up m your muiseunm s a ui' T leepeu.t vounid .i by' a' jr-iU hy i i L sharp b ~ ~ ol.le: ! tho handle11 t 0 hi aw i n . I !e.Iv: at to yo,u eM Of thaL 1*14ht >'. m11y hubjev that tho fact h:t' a in- aviaines dodues is not l'a n i h ; i " tr t . :-I tIextsays that I via u. t L l. iiibia ) "David avoided wt hi 'ttnt twice-thtat is, Vok-i tI I lVCI 1 was 111,ng he stepped mt t)! i rli itr mt or bent this way or im', i hr r word, he iodged. But til I 'i"e who limve read the life of David U1>-' hV wL-i noit wking in pro.w I3 I >tvid li:il i:il's, buat cowvardize VoI '. W;i,,-;o was I iuemi about I la I hin, ivenit a, to leet the liaua!, wh > w, I aine:x, abouit ten'l feet lighi, it, ..: b:iI g unlldertak ing md t he ieq Uahmies of the st-'tiggle were so I raiat ihat it s tuk the giant's idea of I toe l:dh-rcans, anda lie suggested to the a tIle 1' h>w that ha' would make a line ( in nei Ii>r a buznr,.atd or a jackal. "aComfe C] > iu', anad I will tgive thy lIb sh unton ic lawls of the~ air and to the beasts t i thle lield." C When Datvid waent out to mneet that ia tant andl comtiuiered him,n he demon- t rate-J, as he did on other occasions, 'J IS :outraLre. Bait 1 am so glad that i hlntatiul Ilung that javelin, Da:vi-l j odgedl it, or the chief work of his life e 'mild neve'r have been done. What a c -sson this is to those who go into use ess dlangzer and expose their lives or< tir reputations or their usefulness nntecess.urily. When duty dlem'ands, t o ahead, thou gh all earth andl hell op- I osO. I)odge not one inchL from the I ightr position. But when nothir'g is' ivolved, stepa back or step aside. Whfy stand( ini the way of per!bs that I oil can tyvoid ? Go not itito qiixotic 1 at!les to light windmills. You will 4 ft of tuore tse to the world and the< hiurch as an active Christian man i hani as a target for javelhns. There ro Chrnistiatns ahvways ini a light. If -I icy go into churiaches they light there. I I t.hey go tto presb)yter ies or confer- I tces or caonsociat ions they fight there. ly advice to you is, if anything Is to be' ainedot for God or'the I ruth, standl out I t.he w vty of the jauvel ins. I Samuel I viti, ii, "David avoided out of his re'senice twice." Wasnington was as mighty in his re-1 reaits as ini his advance-s. Uis army 'ould several times have been des royed if' he had not (lodged, liei uadged on Long Island, he (lodged ou ewa .Jersey heights. incoln oni his ay to inauigu rat ion at W ashingt on was ~atted1 for by asssassinis, but lie took riother'i tr-aln and dodge gd the dlespera oes. We ha:ve high examiple of the I act that some(timetas a mati waill servet goal best hby disappieari ng from tis or hat place, this or that entvironmuent. A tola baroaughit Christ to the top ofi hie rockr back oif Naz:iret h. T(hey (lid oh like hais preaching, and they pro o5e to hitui Ihim idown V the precipice. hit whale they waero getting ready for hie mai:ssacre Christ diarted Into the rowd tttd amnid the conftision escaped Caperntetiui andta conitinued( e'xercls ig dhevils anid coolitng fever-s and tilling shiners aind givinmg healthy circulation I blood to paralysis andi cttring demen a and( tuing cor-pses into living ten atnd wotmen and doing his chief 1 'ork. What a good thing hie dlodgedl the; ro(wdl on the rocks back of Nazireth! ikewise at JTeruasalem one da5 , while e was auttering imp and( down In alomon's porch waating for an oppor inity to say kind wordls or do a useful ced, thle people proposed to pay him >r his self satcrilices by stoning him >deatth, but the record is. "li e escaped it of their hands." See also in my sub~ject the unreason blo attitude of javelin toward harp. (hait had that hiarpa int David's hand ~ met to the javelie in Said's hand? ad the vibrating strings of the one uirt the keen edIge of the other? IWas I iere an old1 grudge between the two imilies of s weet sound and sharp cut? i ad the triangled ever Insulted the s olished shaft ? Why the deadly aim f fthe detroyinir weapon against the a astrument or soothing, calming, heal aig soutnd? Well, I will answer that you will tell ine why the hostility of many to thie gospel, why the viru-. nt attack against Christian religion, 'hy the angry antipathy of so many to is most genir most mnviting, most sluttatory imb -uce tinder all the eavens'? Why will men a le their lIves to t fritimrDa an neangm amd arri... t WEATHER CROP BULLETIN. ShoitVng the C,1mditi,1n off the Crops in S ',uh (Oi,olina COLUMBIA, S. C., May 17.-The temperature for the last week has been dacidedly below the normal, especially the tirat four daVs, and has caused much cotton to die and retarded the growth of all crops. The rain was below the normal and beneficial to all cropl except cotton. Durinur the past few days of sunshine and warm clear nigihti crops have im. proved rapidlv. The ra-m this afterno.>n and thiti even iu, over the Western counties was be iinnin: t. b need-d, and accompanieti, as 't was with high temperature will be ot incalculable !. ctelit to the former. THl (- OEOROIA PORDEt COUNTIES, Cotton-Cold winds and cool nights have !riatly injured cotto. On sandy or grav lan:l muzh has died, leaving a had staud. Youlng' cotton is beint killed by cut w>ris. Tho youn,g plant looks blue or red and cannot grow tor the lack ol warm rains and sunshine. Sonie roA> n,-*.; bn . done, Chopping progressimi_. Corn-Cut. worm- amt killing corn in mnow. localitie 4. 1 wlanid corn btiu de stroyeA by tud worms. Corn looks well. WIeat auvl oats aro almo3t a fitilure. Oi1s wli run ab >t h.lli a crop. Wheat is good in som pirts of lhrnwell Couum:,. Soiall _rains, gardens and friits imucI iu)rov,l by rains. TiiE C)AS'T COUNTIES. Cotton- I'lie temperatuce vas too low for cott.oii, bu' b.aciical to v,egeta bWe.s, Ir pi') ne. espacially. Rains and susiie inchave, been bmwnicial to all crop:-. S)i c )tt n killed by cold winds has been i)lanziLcd over. Correspnidents froin differe'it sec;tious report "cotton good and beia rapitly I wd to a stand'' "'ChoplOi lcou. cotio it iarly over with an av:!rio s.tand.'' ''Cotton not a good stand. b! i .m1 piLt to a stauir and not much ire)iantin' bol- g <n "Sca Island cotton is a air stand.'' Georztlwn Coun y reports no stand on bottom landf, bt hbill sides an( sandy lands na lt)oki,i_ well. Corn-('orn guerally vrowinL weil but had stan.(1:4 Worm very dcshruc!ive to corn and rice alid will c:>utinu: to injure corn un tl sta'.dy warm we ithcr. 0 its-R" _cent rains saved spring oats; another cood rain will uAke a two-third crop. GIUldns (10111 well. Fruit plenty. fiood acason for putting out sweet polato slips. THE NORT11CAROLINA ORDEIR COUN Coiton-T,e r:IILts have ICn too cool fIor cotton and muc'i of it looks sick and shriveled, and on sandy soil and on dam)) places is reporlt.d dyini!. Hoeing commence (I; staiis ):)or. Corn-Cerni hia;s I)~ I Lrcallv itm proved by rainls and look% wel', aithougb muich in,j!ired by cit worms; somo on b)to im l reported as dyin,. U p. hI am bh:c wVO:ed. W e ad o(a:.-Wjit.r and iLI oits are ' u f ralme and ing o!ts not muIch i I. Small urain has been i_ruaLly inrvel by recent rains. Wheai',d .1 fairly wcll. Gardets are sulerin-' trom ciu, worms; vrass tJr W ing rap1lly; mcns look wvell; for 'ign Vaneity "It iums droppin i oil bjut other T1hl il 3iDLE CouNTIES. Co ton--Man y complaints arc made of th.be havoc hv cut, worms anid bud wo:mus. Planting com;pleted; boeing begun. Coto ha*iIs beon decidedly in juredl by col-l, and laree qu~antities of' t,he plants are dying, with 1no need at hand to rep)laIlt. Rieports from Richland County are encouraging; t.he cotton do. lag welhl, the stand about the averazo. Replant,ing finished and most farmers commenced chopping. Corn-Corn, while benefited by recent rains, has been retarded by cold The stand is good andl generally doing well. Wheat and oats are growing well but will not be an average crop. J. HI. HIARMON, D)irector. Catcinmg Up WIith the It,8asas. WASIIINGTON, May 17.--The rumors which have beeni in circulation in the Inteiior JDepartmerit duriug the last several wveeks, wvhich bring in serious questIon the oflicial integrity of' W. E. Simonds, late Coimmissioner of Patents, took a taneible lormu today by the filing of formal charecs against Simnonds and Foster & Freeman, attorneys in this cit y for the Bell Trelephlone Company, alleg ing improper ispe -,tion1 oi the secret files in the celebr'atedI Drawhau:lh tee phone cases and the unlawful taking of' copies thercof l>r the private use of Simonds andl of the B.ell Telephone Company. 1t also al'eges collusion in this matter, wvhich also involves t,he of ficial conduct of Chief Clerk Bennett, of the Patent Oflice. The Cominis 8ionl is requested t,o issue~ a rule upon01 Simonds and Foster & Freeman to show cause why they should not be barred from p)racticing before the Patent OffIce. The petitioners are Church & Church, who stand hi-Ah among the patent, law, ters of this city. One month ago Church & Church seait ai commlumication to Commissioner 8Seymour, embodying these ullegations in a ireneral way, wit,h out,, however, specifying names, r'sd asking that an invest,igation be he Up to this t'me n]o report as to the com-. missioner's indlings has been received. 1teads Like ai Yarn. BooN VILLE, Mo., May 17- Edie Ilickam, an aged niegress, Is the plaintiff In perhaps the most remarkable case ever triedL on the Courts of this county. She Is ani old ex-slave, andl brought suit against her master, Josieph Ilhickamn. of this county, f'or live diollars a month wages asma family domestic for twenty tour years, during whIch time she claims to have been kept In ignorance of her emancipation. Tfhe suit was instrituted here in 1889, for $1,400, and resulted In a judgement in her favor for $700. 1'he de fendant appealed to the Kanisas City Court of Appeals, which remlandled the case to the Circuit Court of this county, which now redders a decision for tile defendant. A ,mnotion for a new. trial hva been fied, and puiblic sentitnent Is in favor of the old negress, who has tolled for her master for a quarter of a century without remuneration. Fl'orida'g (Good Example. TA LLA HIAssE, Fla., May 17.-A bill has passed the Senate forbIdding rail road companies to make "aruns" of trainmen longer than thirteen hours each and compellIng at least eight hours to elapse between runs. It is allegt d that several recent accidents were due to engineers and conductors belr1g phy sically exhauste.] from continued train work. In one Instance they were on dlut,y twenty-four hours without sleep or rest. The bill has raised much in dignastion anmongi railway ofilals, who threaten, If the bill becomes law, to cut down the tralimenl's wages and reduce the train service. igainst Christ and the gospel? Why he javelin of the world's hatred and lage against the harp of heavenly love? Cou know and I ]in Pw men who get vrathfully red in the face and foaming Lt tho mouth, and use the gesture of he clinched fist, and put down their eet with indignant emphasis, and in 'oke all sarcasm and irony and vituper %tion and scorn and spite at the Chris ian religion. What has the Christian -eligion done that it should be so as sailed? Whom hath it bitten and left 6vith hydrophobiac virus in their veins hat it should sometimes be chased as Lhough it were a maddened canine? To head off a'id trip up and push lown and corner our religion was the dloim1inant thought in the lifb of David liume and Voltaire and Shaftesbury aid even the Earl of Rochester until one day in I princely house in which they blasphemously put God on trial, and t he Earl of Rochester was the at torney against God and religion and received the applause of th) wlho'.e company, when suddenly the earl was struck inder conviction and criew: "Good God, that man who walks up rightly, who sees the wonderful works of God and has the uses of his s-nses and reison, should use them in defying his Creator! I wish I had been a crawl ing leper in a ditch rather than have acted toward God as I have done." Javelin of wit, lavelin of irony, jave lin of scurrility, j velin of sophistry, javelin of hunian and diabolical hostil ity, have been flying for hundreds of years and are flying now. But aimed at what,? At sonethingthat has come to devastate '.lie world? At somethiog that slays nations? At something that would maul and trample under foot and excruciate and cruch the hu m:i race? No, aimed at the gospel harp-harp on which prophets played with s-)mewhat lingering and uncertain fingers, but harp on which apostles played with sublime certainty, and martyrs played while their fingers were on fire. Ilarp that was dripping with the blood of the Christ, out of whose heart-strings the harp was chorded and from whose dying groan the strings weoe keyed. Oh, gospel harp! All thy nerves i-tremble with strit-s of self sacrifice. Harp thrummed by flingers long ago turned to dust. Ilarp that mnade heaven listen and will yet make Ill the earth hear. Ilarp that sounded pardon to my sinful soul and peace )ver the grave where my dead sleep. [tarp that will lead the chant of the )Iood washed throng redeemed around he throne. May a javelin slay me be ore I Iling a javelin at that. Ilarp vhich it seems almost too sacred for n to touch, and so I call down from heir thrones those who used to finger t and ask them to touch it now. Come down, Wiliam Cowper, and run 'our fingers over the strings of this arp." Ile say3, "I will," and lie plays: There is a fountain filled with blood. Dra wn froin linainel's veins. Come down, Charles Wesley, and ouch the strings." Ile says, "1 will," aid lie plays: .lesus, lover of my soul. Lvt mie to thy boso 11 ly. Come down, Augustus Toplady, and weep your fingers across this gospel tarp." lie says, "I will," and he plays: Rock of Ages, cleft for me, Let e111 hide myself in thee. 'Collie down, Isaac Watts, and take his liarp." Ile says, "I will," and he )lays: Alas, and did my Saviour bleed, And did my Sovereign die? T. 1'. Bliss, come dlowni and thrum this ~ospeol harp." iIe says. "-I will," and e0 pl:tys: llalleluiah, 'tis done, I believe onm tile Soil. neffable harp: Transporting harp! iarp of earth! IIarp of heaven! HIarp aintly and seraphiic! Harp of God! Ih, I like the idea of the old monu lent in the ancient church at Ullard, ear Kilkenny, Ireland. The sculp ire on that monument, though hiseled mode than 1,000 years ago, as ppropriate today as then, the sculp uire representing a harp upon a cross. 'hat Is where I hang it nowv; that Is there you had better hang It. Let the avelin be forever buried, the sharp dge duwn, but hang the harp upon the ross. And now upon our souls let the har ps if heaven rain music, and as when the un's rays fall aslant in Switzerland at he approach of eventide, and the shep merd among the Alps puts the horn to mls lips andl blows a blast and says, Glory be to God," and all the shep merds on the Alpine heights or down in he deep valleys respond with other >last of' horns, saying, "Giory be to od," and then all the shepherds uin over their heads and-kneel in wor hip, and after a few moments atf sil nce sonme shepherd rises from his nees and blows another blast of the morn and says, "Thanks be to God," md all through the mountains the re ponse comes from other- shepherds, Thanks be to God," so this moment et all the valleys of earth respond to he hills of heaven with sounds of ~lory and thaiiks. and it be harp of arthly worship to harp of heavenly vorship, and the words of St., John in he Apocalypse be fulfilled, "1 heai d a roice from heaven as the voice of many vaters an'J as the voice of a great hiunder, and 1 heard the voice of harp rs harping with their harps." i)evastateli by WVater. WASIUJNON, May 17.--News from lie flood ini Ohio and1( PennsylvPnma coni inue to come in; the followin"- itms are lie most important: Meadlville, Pa., is sull'erlang the worst, iun(iat,ion in its history. People are aken fromi seconJ stories of houses in 'oats. New Castle, Pa., is having a iimilar experience. The furnace facto ics aud mills in both places are floodled mnd stopsped. ErIe, Pa., is suffering leaivily and repsorts one case of drown m Theli Lake' Shiora Railroad docks at ishitabula, Ohio, are uinder six fect of vater, Four feet of water is in the inioni depot, at Meadville, Pa. At. Youngstown, Ohio, t,he fire (de 'artmnent was busy all night and this Lnornling rescuimng pseople in boat,s. The imerican tube and iron company is umi or water and it, is expected t,bat tonight lie Brown Bonnell iron company's mill nil be inundated. Titusville, Pa., is fagain visi!,ed by a lestrumctive flood, causing great dlistress o poor families and entailing great loss 'f property. Oil Creek is rising six achecs an hour. The condit,ions are ye y similar to those of several years ago whien a firs broke out amo.ig the flooded ii refIneries. Great dr';d is now felt ist fire may start. Busin ass is entiroly suspended and ndl railroad service Atopped(. All the treams in Western Pennsylvania are ill or overflowing. Much the same Inte ot aflaire prevails in the lake re ions of Can'ida where forty eight hours f rain has fallen. St. Catharine, Ont., inundated. Another Outrage. GREENVILLE, May 15.--A negro wo ian was ouftraged near Piedmont on aturday night. Her assailant was a egro. The colored people of that sec Ion are hunting the man, and if found hey wil lnch hlm.-S_,at. closlu Out. CHARLESTON. S. C., May 17.-A Re porter for theNews and Courier yester, day made some inquiry with a view to [luding out what truth, if any, ther< was in the ofteL repeated reports about town to the effect that the liquor dealers of this city have for some time been using telir uttermost endeavorE tC dispose of as much of their stocks as possible. Some inquiry unto East Bay yesterday morning leaves little doubt as to the correctness of the reports. The liquor men are apparently not placing any great hope in the possibi lity that the Supreme Court may declare the Evans law unconstitutional within the next few days, and are going ahead upon the supposition that the worst is to happen. Large quantities of the fine brands of brandies and wiskeys are reported as being 1D1 by some housee at exceptionably low figures, and the general opinion prevails that the dealtr will leave no stone unturned to lessen their stock of such goods as rapidly as may be. The Reporter called upon the senior member of one of the largest firms in the State yesterday and asked him what truth there was in these re ports. le said that it was perfectly true that his house was selling out their stock of line whiskeys at greatly reduced prices, aud he added that the course would be continued by his firm, "is it true that some of the dealers of this city are shipping large quanti ties of goods to other States-cities like Savannah and Augusta for instance?" was next asked. In a measure I believe that it is entirely true. For intahce, my house has this morning shipped a lot of goods consisting of six or seven barrels of fine whiskey, to Savannah, and this is not an isolated case. We aro now making and will continue to make every elfort to dispose of our stock as rapidly as possible, but even: with all of our efforts I do not think that we will succeed in getting our stock off of our hauds be fore the 1st of July." Several other gentlemen, all well knowd in the business, were seen and spoko to and each of them endorsed in stibstrace the report given above. A Slick Itasca?. SPARTANBURG, S. C., May 17. Some time ago a gmtleman by the name of W. H1. Irwin came here from Atlanta and too& charge ot Spartanurgls little bucket shop. le got a number of young men to dealing with him and dit a thriving business. After a while they noticed that in their speculation the) steadily lost and never won, so they sus pecied something crooked and deter. mined to lay a trap for the manipulaior. Oavl f the yount, men went to Irwi n and teillfg him that he was on to his g,ame, made the proposition that they go into t i e business of defi auding the pat. rons of the shop together. The young man was to lurnish thf suckers and Irwin was to do the rest. Irwin acreed and there was where he lost, his bouanza. The young mvan uot a frieud to put up *10 on futures. Irvwln at or ca tave hii pseudo.partner $5 and kept the other. le dId not make any i tlort to speculate; of course he w-s exp.sed ved iade to give up as much as he had of his ill-got ton gatu. The pressure was becoming too great on hin, and Saturday night he departed for climes unknown, leaving behind some poorer bt wiser youn.2 sneculators. The sehemec he worked was this: In ha~ shop[ he wo)uhl p))t lieultonUs reports ot the mnarkets sruch as wvould cause has patrouis always to lose. After a abhile the discrepancy between his reports andl those ini the daily papers was n2oticedl, and this led to the detec tion of bis rascality. ie did an exten Aivo business for some time before he was caught, aod it i.s said that some of the young meni lost rathier heavily. At any rate Irwin left Spartanburg se-veral hundred dollars ahead In the game. Columbia Register. A Murderer's Neok Saved. COLUMBIA, S. C., May 17.--The State of tis morning says: Governor Tiilman yesterday concluded a famous case when lie conmmuted to lire in tihe State penitentiary tire death sente nce of Napoleon Lavelle, the white Charleston wife murderer. This case had been be fore thre courts and the Governor for three years. The murder was a most brutal one. Alter his first conviction the attorneys of the man appealedi to thre State Supreme Court. The appeal was dismissed and then several other appeals alto on various technicalities followed nleet.ing with a similar fate. Then it became noised abroad that Li volle was insane and appeal was nade to the Governor on that ground. Governor Tillmar. did everythuing ihe could to lind out whether the man was insane or not. A commission which he recently appoied to examine him was divided as to whether lie was guilty or not, aind equal numbers of the board were on each side. It left the Governor ':1 a predicament. Yestsrday tie grant edl the commutation, lie gives his rea sons for so doing as foltows: "bMy own inclinations and feelings were to hang tis man; because I do not sympathize with wife murderers and I have no sympathy for any man who kills his wife for any cause. But I was con front,ed with the fact that all five of the members of the commission agree as to his brain being diseased now and at the time o1 the murder. In additiou the oinaion of Dr. Babcock as to the man's lack of responsibility create a grave doubt and I feel compelled to give him the benefit of the doubt, Paine an4t Organsw. Where to buy Pianos and Organs representing the wvorld's greatest ma kers. Stein way & Sons Pi'anros, Ma thushek P.ianos, Mason & llamhin P1 anos, Storlin Pianos, Mason and llam lin Organs, SterlIng Organs. Lowest prices always. Easiest terms possi ble. All freight~ paid. Complete olttit. free. tive years guarantee. Onei price to all. Finare dealing, Money save-]. We do not ask big prices as many dealers (do, and then come do wn. Our motto- One price to all aind that the lowest. WVe ship on fi fteen dlays" trial to any depot and pay freight both ways itf not natisfactor y rite for Illustrated catalogume. N. W. Trump, Columbia, S. C. *' SAW VILLS e4$1B0.00 TO $000.00, MGIIINES& BOLaRS TO SUIT. 900 IN STOCK. L9MBARD * CO., Aulgtt09 PENN Dividends annually after MUTUALmiums or increase FEI inhurance. Great LIF E dIienbihty Une 46th YEAn naia,s a n. $50 Or:a Trip to the World's Fair Free. T. X. L. THE EXCELIOR LINIMENT, The reat pala alleviator, is strictly p and free from opJates.of all kinds, relieves pain in all its forms wil properly applied. Full dirI tious and guess card on a Free Trip to the World's Fair with each bot tle, for 25 Cents Sold by druggists everywhe Six bott'es with six guesses by expross for i. Prepared by T. X. Company. (C. M. Dempsy, manager,) 23a Main Street, Columbia, S- C. TIE MURRAY DRUG CGMPANY. Wholesa!e Agents, COlumbla, S. C. Full particulaIs sent by mall for two stamps. stamps. VRtTE TO L. F. PAUGETT, 4 Augusta, Ga , FOR PRICES ON FURNITURE OF ALL KINDS. HE SELLS CHEAPER THAN , ANY HOUSE IN THE SOUTH, MACHINERY. We Invite the Attention of Buyers to the Fo.:lowinig SPECIA LTIES: Brewer Brick Miachiines and SupplIes. Liddeli &omnpany's Boss Presses, Saw Lane Manufacturing Company's Saw Mills, and Shingle Maclines. Farquhiar Agricultural Engiues and Thlreshiers. Locomotive and Return Tubular Bolersi Shafting, Belting, Pulleys, &c. Deering Reapers, Binders and Mowers. PRICES AS LOW UPON M iCHINERY OF EQUAL QUALITY, AS CAN BE H AD IN AMERICA. W :1. 33I J L, & CO., COLUMBIA,s.C. WH A'T IS LIFE ASSUIRANCEF? An easy means of securing~ your wifeand family against want In the event of your death. A creditable means of securing a better financial standitng in the business world. The most safe and profitable means of investing your savings for use in after years. All Life Insurance is good. The EQUITABLE Is the best. For full particulars, a.ddress WV. J. RODDEY, Manager, FOR THE CAROLINAS; ROCK HILL, 8 C. WOOD WORKING MACHINERY. BRICK AND TILE BARREEL STAVE" GINNING GR AIN THRESHING". MAWV MILL RICIC HULLING" . EN'INES AND BOILERS. State Agency for Talbott & Sons' Engines and Boilers, Saw and Grist Mills. Brewer's Brick Machinery. Double Screw Cotton Presses. Thomas' Direct A"ting Steam Presses, No Belts. Thomas' Seed Cotton Elevators. HIall and Lummus' Gins. Engloberg Rice Hlullers. II. B. Smith Co's Wood-Worring Maclina- 4 ery, Planers, Band Saws, Mouldei s, Mortisers, Tenlorers-comi prising corn plote eqnlpment for Sash. Door, and Wagon Factories. DeLoache's Plantation Saw MIlls, -varia bie feed. Belting, Fittings and Machinery Supplies.. Write me for p rices. V. C. BADHAM, Manager, COLUMBIA, A, o..