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THE HEALING TOUCH. au n< gr ELOQUENT SERMON BY DR. TALMAGE ki AT THE BROOKLYN TABERNACLE. gC tu The Fi8t Cure of Chri-ltiau Science st Chrimt the 1m1peisonation of All Sensi- BE tiyenetu-The Sublime Elecirie Circuit t -Medleie For Nervous People. BROOKLYN, May 21.-Rev. Dr. Tal- u mage today chose for the subject of his discourse theinquiry addressed by the Saviour to tl.ose who surrouuded hin I when the invalid woman having tucbed his garment, he asked, "Wh touched me" (Mark v, 31)? A great crowd of excit.d peopl e elbow ing each other this way and that ind Christ in the. midst of the coinmotioi. -fflew~ere on the way to see him resore to complete health a (yinig personl. Same thouwit he could eflect the cure, others thal, lie could imt. At any rate, it would be an interesting exptrimet. A verysick woman ol'.12 %cars'invalidism is in the crowd. some say her name was Martha, others say it, was Veionica 1 do iot know what her name was, )ut. this is certalin-sie had tried all siyles t of cure. Every shelf of her hum bl. home had iedicines on it. ,ie had em ployed many of the dcctors of that time ( when medical science was Ioe rude an:l C rough and ignoraut than we cani ima,iue inl thil time, when the word ph3sician or eurgeon stands llor poLtt aid (d-u (l cated skill. Profcssar ightoot gives U a list of what lie sill)poses may have been the reieldies shi had applied. I t suppose she had eI en bhslfterd 1rom hiead J to fjot and had tried . to compres., and . had ased all styles of' altr'in ent herbs, and she had beti in,ild and liaI.ed and lacerated until 1:he to her was a pla-iue. " Besides that, the ibli ind her't3 h"nidoc tors' bills had iun up i ri'ghtlully. a id !he had paid money for nines m i surgical attentidnice ai 1 r h iic ap paratis until her jourse w4iutd as her body. W hat, poor %vI1.i1a, t ari' .% u dti, in that jostlinl cront ' td? to home and to bed -m inire 0o di ,-. N. Wan and wastd uiii iunt 1h itn there, her iate disto te wah i u ii n, and ever anl at b1 iw, hcr I.' ,, h some acute pain, and ii iii i;r tears fall from the hollc. yc up,n thj, faded dress, oly nbll( t.> -timd heccan.e the crowi is so ct(e to hw b hr this way ant that. St:i a w! Wh dioyoti crowd that 11;o' bt.? 0ave you HO '.onsidtitiali ihi a d'. ;: Woman But just at that 1if1 t-ie I row d paris, and this ilvalit conmes alinot up to a Christ, but slh! is behIn.i li1m1 -.mid his ht. man eye (oV-i lt take her Ill. ,hu has heard so much about his kiiluen to the r sick, and she docs lcel o wieo ed she ( thinks it she can only just touw lui once it will do her good. She will ni,te touch hun onl the cacred head, tor that might be irrever,nt. She. will not touch him on the hand for that mi:jht seem to) familiar. '.he says: "I vill, I think, touch hi on his coat, not on theI top ot it or on tile bottom ot the maiii 1tbriv. but on the bonier, tile blue bordr, the long threads of' Ll Iri e 1 o th:t, hi tic border; there can lie iio hani in that 1 I don't, think he will hurt rme; I have heard so much about hirn. Veales that I can stand thiis no hoiger. Tw i e years of' suilerinig have worn mne out. This is my lsti ho :c.'' Aind 51h( pre'(sses through the crowdl still farther and reaches for Christ, but she cannot quite touch him. She piuishes still birther ( through the crowd and(1 kneel andit puts t her finger to the edge4 of the bluen Iirfnge u of the border. Shejulst touches it . (, uick a; as an electric s'iock there tirdlced hack w into her s.iatter'ed nerves anud shirun ken ii veins and exhiausted arteries antd panit- Al ing lungs and withierecd muscles hiealthi, 'I beautiful health, rubicund health, God W giveii anid compllete health. T1hie 12 mi years' muarch of pain and tane aniid sut - d1 ferini over suspens ion b ra 12e of ineirve a and through tunint I1 borne initanitl y w halted. 'Cl Christ rtcogn2izes tisomehow thi V lat,e mlaggrntic antd heathfulii influnence t hrioug h th the medium of the hiue hirge ti his 20r..'t mernt, had shot tut. lIe turns aud lto.ks wi upon that ex cited crowdI andI starties ofi them with the initerroagatory' it ii' my txt, sa "WNho touched mie'" Th1'le lu'iiilet by crowd in substance iep ci di: ''llow dii an we knoiu? You et in ai crowd like thlis., i and you must except to be lostledl. You ilj' ask us ai quiestionii you kino'w we c' nn t i ainswer.' ' .llut te rscab t .tl ire juvenal.ed womnan came~i up anelt I in lii m front of' Christ tuni to of th. 1le tuch andl wr told 01' the rcstoraf tt in. and .Iesus ai. . kni "D1aughtler, thiy, faith hiath nuad' ithee mi whole. Gio in peace.'' So tLiaL eyes "o us a dr'amautiationi l the io-it . Oh, mi what ai(C dotor Chit I n i en ry tone hnt of' our hiousehodlds mua y he ih' he .-:miil ';h pihysiciani! t' to othiers wi thoutI subtrlaction '1 tower i' from ourselves. Th'e con 'iex t Si a y that "I1 1as soon us this wm. CIitwas h eal ed ,I sus i felt, that virtue or s renigth blald eonet~ s out, of him. No ad<tltiion of he p tt t:hI er imi without subtraction of s trenth-I rom abl ourselves. idt you never get tired1 for Ow ot,bers? llave yuci never' riskcdl youri thi health lor' otheru 11lave I ou never er p)reached a scrimon tr tdelivertl an ex. thl hortautioin or uiiered ai buriniig prayer~tL and ai then folt alterwar-! that utrnt4 h htl: lii gone out of you?i T.jhen ', ou have ncvirth imfitakdci Christ, h is .Are you curius to knrow howv that wh garment of' Chn istI shoui ha Ii:ve wro'iughut 10 such a cure foir thtis suppliant inivali' j thie suppose thiat Christ was su.behiiriged uf with vitaulity. Y ou kniow that diseaises may be convered from city tU city by fj'e garments, as in case -of epiidenic, arid 'I O)f suppose that uarments muay lie sub- cas charged wvith liealth,i I suppose that lau Christ hatt Auch physical magnetism that wI it permeated all his robe down to thd6 ha' last threrad on the botrder' ot the b:iue me finge. .hit in addition to that theure. le" was a dliVmfe thrill, thiere was ai miracul.. BI ous potency, there was an onmmipotent, her therapteutics, without which this 12loan years' invalid wurold not have been in. gr stantly restored. ne0 NOW, if ouimipotenice cannot hlp ine others without deptletioni, how can we lie ever expect to bless the wvorldI without ani self sacrifice? A man who gives to in~ some Chiratian object, until hie feels it, a i man who In lis occupation or profession sti overworks that lie may educated his hu children, a man who on Sunday nidbt ta goes home all his~ nervous energy wrung fIr out by active service in church or Sab. to bath school or city evangelization, has to imitated Christ, anid the strenigth has pl gone out of hIm. A mother who robus herself of sleep in behalf of a sick cradle, in a wdle who bears up cheerfully under is domestIe misafotune that she may en. N courage her husband In the combat thi against disaster, a woman who by hard be saving and earnest prayer and good up counsel, wisely given, and many years ha devoted to rearing her family for God sa d usefulness and heaven,'and who has b >thing to show for it but premature B ay hairo and a profusion of deep wrin- t" as, is like Christ., and strength has ii ue out of her. * That strength or vir- a e may have gone out throu,h a uar- sl ent she has made for th- home; that fe rength mttv have gone out through the ick you knit for the barefoot destitute tat strength may go out throuh the I antle hung up ut some closet after you Iy re dead. So a crippled zhild sat every v lorning on her father'. front step so v bat when the kind Christian teacher L >1ssed by to school she niih, take hold E >f her di es anud sllde through her pale I iners. She said it helped her lii so uch and made her so happy all tho day. I kNe, have we not in tll our dwellings t narmente of the departed, a touch of i which thrills us throtigli and through. i the life ot those who are gonle thrillint! I through the life of those who st1? But, miark you, the principle I evole Iroi this I subject--no addition ot liealLI to othcr1s. atnless there be a stbstraction of stren ti From ourselves. Ile felt that stuengt,h t lad gonle oUt of him11. Notice also in this subject a tChrit I ,ensitivo to W'uman touch. We talk ibout God on a vast scale s imiuci we ardly appreciate his accessibihty-God I n itgnitude rather thau God in minutuie, kod in the intimte ra'ier than Gol iti hie infiitesimial. But here in my text ve have a God arreste. by fillerit ouch. When im the sham trial (Ai "lhrist they Ptruck him on the cliect:, we t an realize how thiat cheek tingleo wiltli i ain. W hen under the beoarin- tie t Ad a truck the shoulders at( back as Christ, - e can 'eizc how he mutist have writhed h n1(ier the lacerations,. But, here there is y sick and uervehse lini-er that just s ucles the long tlreads of the ble hi inge of his coat, aid lie looki around si ld siays, "Wlo touched me?"' I We talk about se'sitive p.-ople, but 1] litIst was the uiper3onatioi o! all sen- t. twvcness. The sliLhtest Etroke of the C nallet, linger of1 human disability w ares all the nerves (if his head and ;iLrl and hand and feet vibrate. It is Tr ), at stolid Christ, not a pilIcgiatic to bilkt, not a preoccupied Cfhrist, '.o, a r'd Chirisl,. not an iron cased Ch11r1,t, t1 aln exinisitely sensitive Chrit that i(x ulnveils. AllI the ies tt lch us touchli him if' by the hand of, to m', er we ma3ke th.e connecting iln be- - 'ieo n n hmand ourselves coiplee. h. k yo, this invalid ol the text i'ht Av. walked through that crowd all day k P1 vrivd aiolit, her suffring, and co re i would have c>m1c if she haIld nol ucied liimii. ien in Nour prayer yott Y your hand on (rist, you tou'Ah all me syml) Ipath ies of it ardent ail I -ml(l responsive nature. You know that in telegrapvy th1 I re two currents of electricity. S ) wNY 0 *1 oi put out your hand1l ol praN el to brist there are two currents-a tir ent ot sorrow rollinig! up trom heart to ,risit and a current of commiseratioil Aiig fromt l the heart of Chrisi, to you. L'wo currents. Oh, why do yo 'o uln 10pe.e W fly do yo Nit o wondleving L Iolit this and wonderiml abut t.hal V by o .you' not touchi hiimk ? A re you scky I do not think you t e 'I t worse off than this invalid of the b ext, Have you had a lon struizley I f N> not think it has been more than 12 L CIt's. Is your case hiopelcss' S > was I his of, wihlch my text is Lte diagonis and n ro'nosis. '"Oh,'' you say, "Llere are it () many things bietweeni us and Go id.'' W 'here was a whole mob between thii in- (" alfid ani dChr'ist. She l)resse: thiroui:h n tid, I guess yon can11 press tihrouigh. ( 1s your t rotuble a home troub,ley t hrwis-. shows hImself especial ly s',iim pa-. 'ietle with ijutestions of domesticity, as a hien at the wedd,imiS in Cana hec aflelvi- Li kI d a housekeeper's predicamnent1, as hiui tears rushied forth at the broken f Ole oW Mary anei Mairthia and( Luzarus. en are sometimes ashamed to wee p., here are men who if' thle tears start gy til conceal them. Th'fey think it is un- to anly to cry. Theiy do not seem to un- toi rstand( it is maanliness etid eviidenice )1 hie great heart. I am afraid of' a mlan uhi 10 does not knuow how to cry. The 10oul iris t of' the text waIs not Itfashaed to heci v over human misfortune. LoAok at no0 att deep la ke o! tears oI'ene od by' the( ti' 0 on rs of the evatngelis 'Jesus re11 'nt! ' Ilihold Chriist, on the onl11y day ( insu early triimph macina!iig '.m) Jertu- weI (im, the glitterlig domoes oliterated toi t he blimojing raini of tears mi his eyes n do his cheek, for when lie bheld i thle & i y l:e wept oven it. O) man1 of the ma- e trias, Oi woman of' the heart brieatk, \ y (10 you) not touch him. A ')h," sassome 0ne, "'ChrL(i))don .e Inr me. Christ is looking the ot,eer w y. Ch rikt has thec vast affairs of his doe 12:domi to look atf.er. IIe has thle ar- nig es of sin to overthfrowv, and1( there are Y0 manly worse catses of troule thian ini t no hie doiesni't carte aoult me, and his whi 'e is tourned1 the otiiher way.'' So hiis doe ek was turned to this invatlid1 of the i i t, lie was~ on1 his way to effect a e wh'Ichl w~as famous andio nontular and(1 l' reou,n linBt the coniext says, fe tturnud him aout.'' If' lhe wanSI' inlo the norithi he turned to thie 'Jfh' ithi: it hie waas facing to the eat. lie ah111 ned to the west. Wh.t turned him cob p1w 'The Jiihle satys lhe has no uilad- than ii1 turning. IIe rudes on in hi:s chariot, syna Ctgh thec et rnit ies. 1lie ma rchies on andli I.ishig sceptersas thlouigh they were Oh, oi'etackling ahileis on at broook's b)ank, I tl)ssinig t hriones (n ei then side of' pas awithout S tPoppin to) look which wauy ech y fill. Fromi everlasting to everI tig. 'lie tturnied im about.'' ie om all the allied aIrmies of' hell can - tIo stop at mnutte 01' divert an imch, by fil wa,sick, nierveless finger of' huimim thr<o 'ering ttrnedl cleat about, and ):h, what comulort, there is in this sub andit t for pleopile who are cal led nervotus! the course i ! is a misapplied word in that [and( v, bt I use it m the ordinary par cc. After 12 years of suif1fernn, oh, tom at nervous dIepression she must have anit !(You all know tbat a goodl deail of tro dhiemie tatkeni, if it, does not lIenre lo ves the sydtem exhiatisted, ando in tieo bleC ini so man y wordis abe "'had stif-oe cod malny thmilgs of many p)hy3sicians and i wais nothing bettered, btit rather hiol w worse. Shie was as nervous as Ti rvous could be. S.ac knew all abotut of t 3rmnia, [ail about, the atwtul appre- elet nbion of something going to happen, eX'. id irratab)ilit,y about litt,le t,hmng that WOt health wotild not have piertturbed her. the varrant, you it, Wits not a straight, oths oke she gave t,o the garmen', of' Christ, oth t a trembling forearm, and an uncer- and n motion of thie handI, and a <quivering lay 'e Wit.h which she missed the mark aroi wardl which she aimed. She did not, culf uch the garment just where she ex- h cted to touch it. ahe W hen I see this nervous woman comn. mo g to the Lord Jesus Christ, I say she ove making the way for all nervous people toti srvous people do no tget much sympa- and y. If a man breaks his arm. every. "I1! dy Is sorry, and they talkabuitll ' and down the street. If a Woman Stg s an eye put out by an accident, they ChE idy is ajk.ng about her oouvalescence.. ut when a person is sufferlog under e almt nt oL which I am nlow speak R they WN.y, "Oh, that's nothiog; she's little neivous; tIhat' all," putting a iht upon the Iost a"onlizIng of suf. img. Now I have it ni;w prescri)tion to ve you. 1 (0 no10 ask you to discard umau metdicament. I believe in it. Viheu the slIIiest thing occurs iu the Fay of sicku alas a my houiehmld, we al raps run Cor the (doctor. 'I do not want 0 (h8pise medicifie, 1, you cannot leep nihltS, (10 li-ot deLipisc bromide of >ltassIu m. ID you have nei vous parox 'sm, do i'i despise iliorphine. It you vt to trengthen up Your 33 steim, do to; dusp.Ad (lio its a t')IC. UeO all mi and proiu mdiciies. But I vatit 3 ou t-) bri- yomr iii8omilia, aid ly our irlwatniitty, an1d brinit all our WeaOkneso-i, and wi-h them tou-h r1,1. T,ouch h1U not only Oil the hCm ; his brmens, but touci h1n onl the bouldcr, where lie carrie our buirdel; ouch him on the liad where hie remem >ers al1 our 4i,rosvs; touch him on the icari, thu ceiit r oi all his sympathies. h, yi, Pulvr as i.it, iwhenl 11e said, '\Vk! hIV i n h p:iest wlh, canuotti 4. touicheid." T'he fct :C:Crit ,iiiniol. is uervoa s. \lI ti iiiitz out of dour in imilaI atil ,trict: wlere aiu " E-i'ihmau or :,i imerie:ma <i" 1 he ''e at Certain Seia Mis, mitilin oul0 doora. ,io manyv ie ts . Chr I . t, .'j a..:. !o huti .;ry, u i is ke. wet w- tIhe wla!ih of t!ne sLa, ul tLhe W1!derne"- t; up, mnd the ILr UcLtin(, and tII h,, ei k olg- o mist have 'oe) (,o.vl hi n1vOLus' system, at lact rv.d bv the C tteiint 0.hat ho lived OdI tiin on Ih Io:, . TlitL is a ugerui death ordInarill, and nany a i1l'er6'er !is v.A,t'(.J m p:tin 24 hoitri,48 u . hri ived oly six. Why? .L! %vws exua iiwuse he 1 ho moilIuted IC Ilo-lN'VI iree. Ob, it is a worlotlt barPi empath:e with all people A (Cirisian woman went. to the Itre hr dIitribu!ion. The first h e was out (2n her Christi:An erraind e ,I w a lica111nil taking auin itoxi C I rmnitall s o e tatio: iouse. af r the womati Wv:.:i (iichar.ied from cus Oy I.I Chr!Stum I.raL distributtr SaW 1'ly. Tia tract diiributcr voilf. up iL%V Lk1 iIIS aroid her neck and cd h1r. The woman said, 'Oh, my 1 )if, %Ohy d'> jo.' 1,iszs Im ?"' C\yell,? p ii'tl o tilher, "I think Jesus Christ ki me to "' "h, nto," the woman i id, '' you kss me. It breaks I 'N :I NoiNv hrS klssed mie since y mothcid." II-A, that sisterly i' her t) Chri' ist-slaried hc~r Ui ro.i to I aven. The world wants Ili!atI.y. I- is dyii !fr SY(Upalhy- - r,2 t hear:0 (.cd Clri-tLiai '131p l)thy. k<.rc I-S on nev." inl thi u s (Oa S ui : td i :,! w, it - % w; Lt,iih Christ brit >ubaif-. The li 1mekleS, atIld ' hjid a t th' )il.>i , al lalliog art with-- ha l ; deati calle.1 the ri , a L ill 'iis br .sh to Chi'st. A 1 W :iCd d0Lt'r 4 co ld iiot lue h*im11. I us w:ot tuary wuhl s ti ppailed' Ao: tht loath :e p-ttli t. \Vhat t A ChriA 1 lid lot amputate. 1 (L ihioWce. Ile did n it scarity e I".uchld h.1imi awl iu was well. Tile hI r;ii-law 4.1 the Apost!c Peter was I i 141_ lUVLr --blain (ver, tyItOid feI~bc'icip; he prit seribe14d no drops; Hie Id nmt pcu: her en plain diet; lhe )uhe~d hecr amIlsh wIas p~ erfectl y well. TI wo blind mieni come stumbling into room where Christ is. They' are e'n] rd-l sighitless. Christ did not it t the~ i'lid to see whether it was cataract I ophitlialihy- I Le did42 not put thet men to a dark roomi for three or four j eks. I coalie(uce them, and thiey r W. 'eerything. A mal~n camel to) 1 r'ISt. T1hie drumiii of h3is ear had ceased1 la vibriate(, and( hie had ai stuittering t igcie. Christ touiched the ear, and he tird; tou1(1(c< hiis t onguie, anid lie artic- g tt(d. There is a fnieral coming r of that gate-aL widiow following 'I only boy to t lie grave. Chirist c'an- 0 stand( it, andI lie p)uts his hand on tihe bi Lise, anld the obse< inies turn inlto a~ t lirrectioni day3 b h, my briother:i, I amil so glad whieni t( t:uch~i Cisti with our 4)11orrow lie ZJ' ches uAs. WVhcn out (if your grief P I vcxion111 t y4u Tilt your1 hand on k c'. Ar we tV~em pted? lie was iptil. A r'e we sick y lie wats sick. sV we periseCtct y 11 e was peorsecuated. bi we tbrrefi? He nas'~ berett. t. Ycou of Neraritin one moring El it, ou'; mat sa.w a teggar al:deep )on his ~ r' st(p. 'Te1 hrgLrar had becen all s lit inl the colid. Thle next night St. W > comllledl this beggair to comel uip aI lie hiouise andi sleep inl the saint's bed, lSr.L YOo) Iasscud th liniighit on the (l rstijp inl thle cold. SomeTibody asked ~ why t hat eccentricity. IIe e lied: ''IL isn't all eccentricity. I l it to know how the ipcor suffei'. j 01 it to kno1w t heir agonies that, I may, ipt hiz'~e with the1m and therefore j hi I .oni thlis coldI step last night." e is the way Chr'ist kniows so much it ouir soi'rows. lIe slept Oin the I' I doorstep of an i nhiospitable world I would not let him in. iIe is p~ I pathetic now withl all the su ifering ? all1 the tried anid all the perplexed. i whiy (10 you not go and( touch himu ' t otttt'r your V(ice in a mountain ii s, and there comet black 10. echoes0t, 2t) a LIts', 30( elhoes perh'laps, wveir'd echoes 0' ry voice of player, every ascription W ri'Lse every groan of dlistress, has ' ne0 reCsponce ami celestial rever-ber'a- ti u, and all the galleries of heaven airen d1 with symipathetic echoes, and a mngs of' iilstering anlgle's echo, h thle tutuiples of the redeemed echo: 11 the hearts of God the Fat,ber, Godl h~ Son andi God the Holy Ghiost sechio hi re-echot. am preach a Christ so near y01u canf hi 'h him-touch him with your guilt r( get pardeni-touchi himl with your 1 bie andi get coimfocrt-t ouch him ti a your bondage anid get manuimis- ~ i. You have seen a manti take hold wI n electric chalii. A man can with w hanid take one end of the chain, oh with the othier hanid hie may take d I of the other end of the chain. ni n a hundred pe'rsons taking hol IV hat chain will altogether feel the 01 trio powe'r. You hacve seon that f erimnent. Well, Christ with one th inded hianid taikes hold of oneC end of h~ electric chain of love, and with the fI 'r wouindled hand takes hold( of the n' tr end (of I he ('lectric chain of love ki all earthly and anugelic beings mnay tIl hold of' thatt chInIII, and around and th nd in sublimiie and everlasting cir- w runs .the thrill (of terrestrial and Jo stial and brotherly and saintly and v~ 'ubic and serapihic and archiangelic th aivine sympathy. So that if this si 'ning Christ should sweep his hand CO this auience and say, "Who m shed me?" there wouldl behundreds al thousands of voices responding: to I ! I!" su - - -he Hi E barrooms will have to go. The at e Supreme Court has decided the re ater case In favor of tihe Evans law, kr that etles the matrer. Wu TRIALS FOR MURDER. Solne Thoughts on the Subject from tho Baptist Cotier The editor of the Baptist Courier in a recent issue of that excellent p iper says he steDped into the court Mause not long ago and sat for a few moments among the silent listeners. A murder trial was in progress. We heard two of the eminent counsel for the defense. What we there heard and what we have heard on other similar occasions, has led us to some reflections ou the subject of trials for murder. It seemed to us that an exceptionally good man was on trial for his life. It is true, he had killed a man, but if we were to judge from the argument of the counsel, the killer was all right and the killed all wrong. The lawyers said he did right in taking the life of his fellow man; "he did just as you would have done, gentlemen of the jury, and just as any other honorable gentleman would have done." The slayer was a hero, he was almost a martyr, and the grand jury, the solicitor and the judge must, have felt very fadly for taking part in the work of prosecuting this hightminded, brave and model citizen! The accused, no doubt, was surprised to know that he was such a good man. Wiat his attorney said about him must have been a revelation to himself. 'he question arises, can the attorseys themselves believe what they say when they are speaking of the "prisoner at the bar" in such fine terms as we coin menly hear during the murder trials? Can they believe it when the mian's lite has been a contradiction of all they say ? If they do not believe it, how can they say these things? The sincerity of the average lawyer is doubted when he ex travagantly exalts the character of the slayer and says hard things of the slain -trying to throw all the blame on the latter for bringing a great "misfortune" upon the former. In most cases, to an unprejudiced spectator, it looks like the dead mnan is being tried and condein ed. Ve are sure that the counsel for de fense has too nuch latitude. lie not unly defends the accused, but he brow beats the witnesses, he abuses the dead, aid he would make the impression that 'my friend on the other side," the sohc itor, is an ignoramus: he questions the ioiesty of the jtiror it he decides gainst him, h. criticises the judge. rhere are, of course exceptions. All I Lawyersdo not pursue this courso. The I tverage lawyer does almost anything to fain his case and clear his client. To a L nere looker-on, it seems that instead c )f trying to get the truth from the wit ieds the examination is intendea to nake the witness tell a falsehood. The vitness is entangled, confused, maie ingry if possible. To tell "the truth he whole truth and nothing but the ruth," is a thing of the past. The I oriula might as well be changed: " fell r he truth if it helps our side, only t nough of the truth to help our side, e oniething else rather than the truth if l ecessary, to hel p our side." This seems ji o be the favorite method of examining p) vitnesses in many cases. ti We believe that counsel for defence t ias abused another old principle ana >rivilege, viz , "the shadow of a doubt." Ahis has become a strong plea, perhaps lie strongest, in many cases, the cnun el can make. It usually comes at the 8 .lose of the argument. If there is a hadow of a doubt in the minds of the t ury, they are charged, again and again, I .o give the accused the benefit of the 8 Ioubt. TIhis is very well in cases of t aircumtstantial evidence; in cases of self. t .leiense, this principle, intended as a rent safe guardi, is of ten abused. "Bet Ler that ninety-nine guilty men escape han that one innocent man suffer," hbey say. As a result of pushing this >rinciple to the extreme the guilty are ~scaping every day, while the innocent( ire suffering. The guilty are escapingi Lnd the whole body politic is suffering; dj ustice, good morals, society, all a aust suffer, because a shrewd ma tipulator of evidence and law has en lidled a doubt in the minds of some I ender-hearted jurors. The favorite plea, self-defence, is r rossly abused, and by its abuse a great o Iht is made to do great wrongs si here are very fewv real, genuine cases [ self-defense. Some of our .Judges a ave correct ideas of self defense, and b) ity) give a clear dlefinition of the law, si it unfortunately they are niot allowed b revie w the testimony in charging the n ry. T he jud(ge may state clearly the ti miits of law and define the different cc nds of killing, but when the counsel im >r defense has saidl in his argument, cow, gentlemen of the jury, ti hat w~outld youi have (lone, had you irn en in the place of the accused ? Why, 'w u would have done just as5 he did," pg o average juror wvill be sure to re- dIi ember this and forget all th at was la Id im the judge's charge. "What si ould you have <tone?" That is mi iother favorite plea and with very any it decides the case for self- ts tense, a perfectly clear case of just- rc able homicide. FeelIng enters, te idence is forgotten, the ends of just- si e are defeated, the crime Is lost sight ft ,thie vindication of the law is not pi might of, the criminal comes out a fr ~ro andt walks the streets with head et ect without a blush. w The whole trial has been a farce. w 3Ople look upon it as such. Those tI ho have no regard for the rights, the pi ~rsons, and the property of others, 1r *e not afraid to take vengonce for an ti taginary wrong-they are not afraid cc kill. 'They have nothing to fear, w Ale to (dead, e'xcept the loss of time pi id money. The man who kills an- n< her may be placed in jail for a few p eeks, as a matter of protection. if chooses to remain in jmail till the it ial, <luiletl) waiting for popular indig- si ution to cool down, he does not suffer fe iy special inconveniences, lIe may pD ive lis feather-bed bronght from his la me, he may carpet his floor, lie can se ive his meals furnished from the p, >tt-I, lie can manage to get his wines bi id cigars, he enjoys the company of th s friendls as often as it suilts him, lie w ads the papers, he keeps up with all os e news and knows what public aen- w ment is with respect to his case. oi ore than this, he knows two or three pr eeks before the trial comes on who is ill be on the jury, and decides which le these men he will choose. If he th le not like the jury, lie makes up his pm 11nd to continue his case. All this Is se rong. The man who kills another th ght to be put In jail as an evil doer, ca d on jail fair, allowed to see no one ne cep)t his physician, attorney and per- ca jxs some one member of his family. hii u should not see the papers, he should de t know, neIther should the lawyers vi ow, who has been drawn on the jury w: I the court meets. it Is not strange pe at so many murderers are acquiited an hen we think of the liberty they en- bi v. the privileges allowed them pre lui aus to the trial, and the conduct of ese cases in the courts. Experience owe that It is almost impossible to nvict and punish a man who has fel mtey and family influence. If he has an y position at all in society and money di enmploy shrewd counsel, he is almost in re to come clear, no matter how richly M. may deserve the halter. These are int ern fact; we have not overstated the ini Bal situation. The people every where Is ow that these things are true. mi hither are we drtrinA? What can an we do to bring about a change? Shall we demand changes in our criminal code, or shall we abolish capital pun jshment. THE LOW PRICE OF COTTON. Congre H want.-, to vmitt Out thei caaus tf It. A i OUSTA, May 23.-It Is very impor tant that the farmer correspondents who have been appointed by the Governors of S.>uthern States answer promptly and hilly the questions sent tut by the sapecial Senate commiltee appointed to ilvest,igate 1,he cause of depression in agricultural products. Twenty of the must intelligent farm-cs in each State have been selected to eive information in reference to cton. Senator James Z. Geor-e, of Mississappi, chairman of the S-na'e commit,tee (in agriculture, wrote tho tollowing letter to J. Wash ivgton Watts, Laurens County, S. C., which is published f)r the luformation of corresponlents throughout the South. "I have not the blanks you refer to, but Von can get come if you will send the namca of tle porsons whom you wish to have them to A. B. Sheppersn, Cottoi i xchange, New York, who will send blanks to any address I do not wish the number o! correspondents in creased. 'i here are twenty for eacn SLate. I each of the twenty woul(, oh duec rdilection and after conversation with intellicent, fiunds answer t,he quesLioD$, we would get the matter ft. out riuht. Tils investigation is deemed of ieat interest to cotton farm era In the Uoited States, provided only that we have it made reliable. Usually swch investizations are c:)tifoed to ex utiatiuns of mercantile reports. The jpinious of these experts are very im. porf,ant and circular letters containing tppropriate quest-oni will be sent to a au.nber of them in each cotton raisinig itatc. It is also Imp)rt:tnt to have thq uclmcut and opini n of' intelligent armuers. A comparison of the answers )I both cl.;-es .will lead to proper con lusions. "I tUst ti.at you, and all other Carm ,rs whose names have been furnished 0 my commit,Oe by the Governors of liv tatbs in wh:ch they severally re ide, will dIvte tim. and care enough o this interesti:;q matter to make the uvestigation as complele as possiblu. Vien yOu Or iay other correspondent , aninot'. answcr questions you can say so tid omit that question. We do not ex ett cach corrusponpent to answer ful ; eazch question, but hope all will an wer ai many as practi -,able. ".The object of this investiation ex- t nds ot, uoly to furnishin- Congress ioper iiformition on which to base .medial leilation, but also to furnish 1 we farmers of the United States such ssential iniormation in relation to their d usin, ss as will enable each of them to id;e. for hiim:eff what course he shall a ursue as to tic cultivation f the par. 0 cular crop selected from those produc- h ons for which his atim is suitabl. If . is (SisoVered that there are legislative leans by wh:ch prices aay b.- raised, b ien thebe menmus cau be used. It it hall turn out iti the near Iuture that i icre is no hope for enhancinz p ices, a aen cotton raisers wilt have a lair ui ortunity of bettering their coaio.Y by uch diversifica!Moti of the crops a3in be juidgmeint ot'each shall be0 advisa-~ FAVOR AN INCOME TAX ( 'hEt PreitaIlxLnt'iaun F"indst Rea<y SuP-) r' ioorters in alli Sections. t WA2SImiNGTrON, May 25.-P'resident 'leveland hats expressed himself as be- g ag ini favor of an income tax, and t,he I eclaration is meeting with general M pproval from D emnocrati c Congress ressmen no0w in Washington. Mr. atchings, of Miss?issippi, a leading lemocrat on the committee on rules the last Congress, has this to say in ti aply to an inquiry as to his standing t4 a t he snbject : "Evrything seems to ai idicate the passage by the next Con- rr ross of a bill imposing an income tax TI Id the repeal of the tax on State si inks. 13oth measures will command tc ronig support among Southern mnem-T irs. WVe need a largei circulating u ediuml all over the country, but pal-h u'ularly in the Souith, and as to an in 'me tax that is one of the fairest W ethods of raising revenue." Congressman Thomas L. .Johnson, of ili e Cleveland, 0. district, is enthusiastic ci favor of the President's proposition. pl hen asked regardling the President's w olicy he said : "This programnie in- m eates that the repeal of the Sherman in w is to be hbrouight about by a conces- fli on to the people who Want more w oney. R "'To meet t.he deficit in our revenue to plans are generally proposed. One Imposing the t ax on sugar, coffee and a; the other an Income tax. We n ould rejoice that the administration ~ vors the latter. As between the 'oposition of additional taxes drawn oum the poorer people who pay 'JO per a nt. of our customs taxes a plan thata ill levy a tax exclusively on the rich, i hich the income tax will certainly do' td ere can be but one answver. list the d ople who reap the greatest benefit al omh the government be charged wiuthB e largest part of the expense. The ~ Ilection of ant incomne tax is fraught ~ ith many dilliculties. It certainly c its a premium en fraud, but is thisc >t true of tarift taxes and of taxes or rsonai prop)erty?" o Leading D)emocrats here, replying to c spublican criticism about the propo- hI ion to settle the money question be re that of theo tariff, sa that the l >licy is eminently wise. Kir. McMil n, ofITennessee, has expressed this nitiment in a very forcible and comn ebensive way. "The tariff fight has re en wvon," he said. "'Phe position of ki e D)emocratic party on the tariff Is th all understood,and the country by an ar 'er whelming majorIty has voted that lii B shall revise tihe tari ff In the interest p the people. We shall do that A omptly and according to the prom- y' s. li,t meanwhile the money prob- al ni Is pressing and must be met, and ere are divisions of opinIon in the dt rty as to how lie question should be m ttledl. We must get together, and ho e sooner the better. The question to nnot be postponed. Nothing Is more w cessary, therefore, than this early Ill 11 to arms In the interest of party e rmony. All sorts of opinions will be vehoped and out of this exchange of wsw will spring a comprojilse that Il surely take with the party and the ople and enable us to pass on easily m d confidently not only to the tariff, t to the other quiestlons awaiting so ion." IsillI'EMINO, A&ICH., May 25.--Snow I here atnd on territory 200 mIles east L d west of Ishpeming all day yester y. rho snow Is seve al inches deep the streets of Rted Jadlet, Mich. At I irquette a terrific snow storm was progrees all day and a fall of four N :hes Is reported. The winter's sn owr not entirely gone and the lumber-L in are complaining. The den snow rl high water is uinnrecedentea WEATHER CROP BULLETIN. Show iog the Condition of the Crops In South Carolina. COLUMBIA, S. C., May 24.-The temperature of the fore part of the weelk was extremely low, cauting light frost In exposed localities in the Wcstern counties, which did considerable damage. The cool nights have injured cotton greatly, much of it dying out. Cut worms continue to vlay havoc with corn and young cotton. The outlook is discourag. lug for cotton and oats, but more assur. ing, however, for c)rn and wheat. The past few days the maximum tem. perature has reached 90 or above with a correspondingly high minimum, giviu a mean of from 70 to 77 degrees, which i good cotton weather and a sireat imu provement has been noticed iu all crops, The rainfall has been light; no rain oc curing in some of the coast counties anc along the Georgia border. What little rain fell was on the 16th, and except it Greenville and Spartanburg Counties was generally less than one-quarter of an inch. A continuance of the Present ho weather is badly needed with occasiona showers. Along the Georgia borde" the ten perature has been too low f .r cotton, much of which Is dying. The cut worms are still at work on corn and young cot ton an< doing great jnjury. Corn looks we!l except on low lands. Oats are poor, but some improvement has laken place, same early being cut. Pastures are beginning to fail. Much cotton re ported - red and small sufforinz from "black leg" or "sore shin." In revard Lo fruit reports are conflicting. Oconce Uounty reporte fruit in abundance, wh!le &nderson County reports much of il, :alling off the,trees. Abbeville Couuty lays that fruit and berry crops are good. Aiken reports melons doing well. In the coast counties cotton is grow ng slow and much dying out and d warfed )y the cold nights. Corn doing well, Lthough worms still at work. ipring oats are tuffering for ,am. Cotton planted in Berkeley ,ouuty, to replace that xilled by sand torms, Is coming up nicely but needs ain. Hundreds of car loads of vegeta. oles are being shipped to Northern aarketi from Charlestou. They are oorer and only alout three-quarters of be 3 ield of last year. Rice is thrivia.. "he rainfall is about 4.50 inches bahid be normal since March 1st. Georgetowa County reports that re Ilantiug is in the Oorder of the dav and hat early peaches are dropping ofl, rot d and halt ripe. frem lack of rain. Oats re looking much improved. Along the North CArolna border cold ights have killed out a large am >Ut Of :tton and cut woims are incre.ising the amage. The plant is reported small ad backward, generaltv of 1,or stand adi much being plowed up and planted ver. In Union County cott.on i-3 being oed out rapidly with oaly one-halt of a rop in the fleld. Corn and small grain re doing well, oats improved somewhat ut are still a poor crop and reported to e a failure in Lancaster County. In 'ickens County frost killed some cotton ud turned corn and gardens yellow. Vlheat is doing well excep. in Union 'ounty. In the middle counties the wea'.her ras too cold for,cot.ton, the stand is ba I v broken and fully fifteen days behind. luantities of cotton reported (dying on igh and sandy scil. Orangret urg County rivorts that considering the cool weather e crops are in a fairly good condition. [uch chopping as being done. Corn e ierally doing go'od except on boLtt um Lndls, where it is being injured by orms. J. H1. HARMON, Director, Columbia, S. C. Murdered. MOBsILE, May 24.--Malil advices a te aat a t Bluff Springs, Ila.. Monday af rnoon, George Tho nas a negro shot id killed Daniel Douglass, the town arsh)al, Douglass, and a citizen, named homas B3out.well went to High & Co's ore to arrest Thomas for violat,ing a wvn ordinance. Jloth were unarmed. he negro surrendered, but when t,he ree were on the street he licked up a rIfle from the corner ot the f'ence, here lie had concealed it, and shot ouglass through the heart. He also -ed several shots at Boutwell who es Lped1 by runnIng. Some citizens ap 'oaching, Thomas drove them away Ith shots from his rifle. A son of the arshal hearIng the shooting, and see g t,hat his father had been murdered, ed a pilstol at the negro five times ithout result. The negro reloaded his in and took reiuge in the Escambia ramp. A possee was raised ansd start I in pursuit, but up to last night had >t found any trace of the negro. It is pposed he came to Mobile. 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