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7u. Z. iii te doubt, d strlfe f e lite; bit Ftghs, and tears Mr wthe yeare, toD and fade blooM life's bunimer made, At hat thoughts each otier chaso k look upon your facel E o tlqk your motions give. One Ak less have I to live. DWtaI realize this thought, th such solemn meaning fraught, n some new-born joy drew nigh In the happy days gone by And your slight hands all ioo slow Round about your face did go? Ah those tardy hours have paw ed Would they were not now so f ast! Neveir stopping in your flight, Never pausing day nor night; Not a moment's rest you cra% v From the cradle to the grave. With a never-ceasing motion, Steadfast as the tides of ocean; &M4tig everwore to hurry, -Ne without a moment's lirry! Till our worn hearts almost pray Thatyoa would a moment st y. All things rest-the cloud at, noon, And the leaves In nights of .lune, And the grIef-bewilderedI bi ain Win sleep falls like softest rain, And the stars when day awakes, And the day when llesper shiakis Gleams of gold fioin out, tho .kies Into wondering lovers' eye. You alone sped on your way, Never resting night nor (ay. Yet what joys thesL hands It tvs, tiu 4hi !It Golden lays with raptture frauight, Golen (lays by sunlit fottinit, Golden days on breezy inottntaiin, Days Mati mtoro divinle by love Ihan by radiance froin alove. Ail those hands that tothe sense Bring such joys anid bear thelm hence, Could we know wiat Time conceals .Neati those little ticking wheels! Yet when those slight hands shall mlark That last iour when all grows dark, And shall still keep ticking on When earth's light fromI mo is gone, Little vatcl, your face shall ii ,till a memory sweet to me, Though diviner light may shine On theso opened eyes of mine. For your hands that never eeaso Bring at last tho perfect peace. AT TIl: TABElNACI1le. DR. TALMAGE CELEBRATES THE EX TINGUISHMENT OF THE DEBT. A (reat Iay ii the It Imtor% of I tie Itroolk lyti Totheriaeclt--r. 'aliouage Sieakia of the Ite,incIngo tf I-4raol A ft er the iti Isge Over tina I(OHl So. BRoH INN, May 2S.-Thfis wsi one of the greatest days in the history oi Brooklyn Tabernacle. Te music, n strutmental and congregational, was ol tle most joyolfs ty1w.-the hylins, the, prayers and the sernion were celebra tive of the entire extinguisliment of the floating debt oi $140,0(10, accumuiated from the disasters which required the building of three itumense churches. Text, Exodus xv, 20,21: "And Minam, the prophetess, the sister ol A aron, took a timbrel in her hand, and till tle women went, out, after her w itl timbhirels and witLh dances. Aid Miriam an. swered them, Sing ye to tihe Iord, lor he hath tritimhilied gloriously; tite iorse and his rider hath ie tlrowin into tite sea.1" Sermon!zers are iatually so lusy in getting thec Israelhtes sately t,brtought the p)arted ited sea antd the Egyptians sub) merged in the returning wat,ers that bitt little Limo is ordhinarily Civent to whtat the Lord's peole did taller thtey got, well up, high and dry, ont thte betach. Thaltt was the beacht of thte Red( sea, wichl is at its great,est witith 20(0 miles antd as its least width 12 miles WVhy is thte adjee-. tive "'Ited"'used ini deserbint' this watery it, is called the lied sea because thte mountains Otn its western coast look tis 1 though sprinkletd witht brick dust, and the water is colored with red sea weed and has red zophyte atnd redl coral. This sea was el by Ite keelu of' I Egyptian, Phtomeltan tand( Arabic ship. I ping. .it was nto insigniiient, tond or I pudtdle on thte bieotch o which tty text calls us to stand, I hear utpon i II the only anothter name. Ant inistru ment ol' tttusic madi~e out oh a circular t htoop, with p'eces oh tmetal iset int thte sides of it,, wichi tmat.e a jingling sountd, and over whtich hoop a piece of parh-\ ment wais distended, and this was lit auteni by the knuckles ol the perhormer.I The isralites, stantdintg tin the beacht h of the lied sea, were making ntulsie ontt their deliverence tromi the pursuing ' Egyptians, and I hear te Ixratellhisht men wvith their deep bass voices, ande I I '.iear the timbrel of Miritam, as site leads I te women mt thteir jutbilee. I b:thter I lively inistrumnet, youi 'ay, Ior ieligiouts ii Pfrvlce--the tinmbrel ori tambi outitte. lIut I thtmk G~od santioned it. Antd I tatthetr 01 think we wtll htave to putt al httle mnore ol' si the festive ini.o our religious services antI lt drive out the dlolorouts and1 lutnereail, tand el the (lay may comec whten thte timbrel bt will resumne its place in the santctuary, It But, thtat whtich octcupied the ttention ht 01 all the~ mlCn and( wvoment o! that Is- hi ralitish htost was thte telebratin o thtetr p victory. They htatd crossed. fThey hatd 'ti triumiphied. Thtey wet. free. d More wonderlul wtas i,his victory and! al dlefeat titan when the hosts tofltichartd la over came thte hosts oh Salathn at A zotuts, w~ thatn when at, ianntockbiun Scotland was of set free, thanit when thte .l'sarl of .Northt- tI umuberland was drivetn baick at Branham a Moor, than when at, te btttle of Wake- I field York was slain, tItan whent at bos- Itu worth Fieldi ltichartd was left. (dead, tIhan b)1 when the Athtetians untder Miltiades at 1 Marathon put thte l'ersians to fiightt, for th: thts victory of my text was gained wvith oui, swortd or catapult, or spear. 'lThe w Weapon was a lifted andt pirostrat,ed sea. el "And Mirlami, the p)rophtetess, Ite sis-- w ter of Aaron, took a ttunbrel in hter htantd It and all the women went out ater hter mv with timbrels and with danices. Aund tt Miriam answered them, Sing ye to t,he st Lord, for lie hath triumphed gloriously- b the horse and is ritder hiath Ite thrown Ii into the sea." Brooklyn Tabernacle todav feels ti much as Moses and Miriam didl when al they stood on the banks of the Rted sea a after their eafe emergence fromn th3 wa- n tera. By the help of God and t,he gen erosity of our friends here and else. a where, our *140,000 of float.ing chuch 1 debt Is forever gone, and this house t1 which, with t,he ground uponi which it r stands, represents *410,000, 1 thtis (lay 1: reconsecrate to God the Father, God the .Son and God the Holy Ghost,. A strang- Ij er mIght ask how could this chimch gzt Into debt to an amount that would build severaf large churches. My answer -Is. Waves of destruction, stout, as any 4 that ever rolled across the Ried sea of mTV texi. E e.Examine all the pages of church his ty, and all the p)ages of the world's hwtoy, and'show me an oaganlzation, :~.. 'g ~ t acred or tecular, that ever had to buih bree great structures, two of them de ,troyed by flre. Take any of your big !ePL life Ilsurance companies, or you )izvest storehousee, or your bigges ninki. or your biggest nOwspapcr estab Iiinlits andi let, them have to buik .hree times on the same IoIudatiou, an< t would cost them a stiinggle, it iot dei tolit-on. My text speaks (f' tle lRet W1e1 Olice Crossed, but one lRed sel Aould tiot !.ave so much overcome us i. wa-A wil.h us ted i 1i SAafter lIed sea l'brie Iteo setW! Yet t4d:ty, thanks b LtW (oid, We sand1l mn the Ohore, 111141 witl marn imd cornet iu ab*ence (A it fim brel we Ch111l: ' Sinig sie un l.o the I"nrd for tie hath trimm )hI eoiisiv. Thi hol-44i tid him lide h- ib le iIIr-Owi ill t.he seat.1 111t, why the great (x IISO el till 9trucIure ? My atinwer im, 1114e ifilinee: sity 44 it, anid 'hle firmilesvs ol* it, I t cos over 31,410 It, di. the cellar, bel'o-r mne Htone wa%; hnid, reachinz ats tilh 11ounhiltiol dloes from 111A , LO .treet and the--,i hte builing of the hous,- wa constrictell I a Wa1y, wo aro tol by ex periecced bulilde!rn %Om had1 not,inw to do with it, flr lr.&iili of lollitlioil atni v.all uich .ts characterizes hardil a1ny fathiei buildinl., of 11i4 l,Y. TIo 1! th1 dhay ( %omr de-ati andil 11nin14, andl Io 11ur chilb"r41 aid aill('lhibreti ittLer u it will tand here a Ious! 44 (el and -ate ol licaven. For inc personallv this it a tinieC ,ladness more than lgne or pen 4 Lype (,,%it ever fell. For 21 years I ha Ien b1uildag vhiurthes in Brooklyn an ieeing ,theinl burn down, uitil I felt rould ediure .he itrain lito longer, a-id 1111(h Written ily resigninionl 11 pasI nd1111 had appoint,ed to read it two Sal hathlls ago and cloie my woik in 1Irool lynl forever. I tell, t:t, ily chielf wor w11a ,CL to bel doue, lit that I coUld n< do it with the Alp% on one tihioulder anl the iiI 1i11'laa ol tLie other. Jiut (o has itilerf*cred, 1ad the way iA clear, an 1. am lire. and (Xpect to ie Itere luit imly work (ei earth is dole. W hy lihould I Want to go away Iroi Irooklyi ? I ha11ve o110 sympl,blly Wit t(e p)bIlir PCentimnlit, which delatiiini ouir eltived cty. S;)me piople inuke i a lart, f1 their religion to cxcoriatc ant helittle the place of their residence, anl ,here s1111 beenk MMore damage, filla"icii an<d Iora], done to our city by this Iv percrlticismi than (eril eet I e e.41nted Thlie course of our city has been oinward id tipward. We have a citizenshii niade 11up of hiundreds of thoutiands of 11 FOOd men and women ai s ihIbt tihe alth, Itnld 1 feel hiolloreld ill bein a citi. en of' Brooklynii and propose to stay kere 1unitil I joinl the population inl tie 'ilent City out yonder, now all abloom vith spring flowersi--sweetL t-ypes ot ebilrection! My thainks muml, ho lir-st, to G land hen to aill who have contributed bl arge gift or sm1111111 t this (.mialcipationi. 'hank t,o the men, Women and chill. Iren who have iel1ped and someftimefi Aelped With .eit marilikes that I linow mus1t8 have wonl tie appliluso It tll( lleacuis. It you coldl only read witl mo ia tew oi the thouginsds of letter liat have cotme to ily desk in Th Uhrititian HecaredI office, yout wouli know how deep their sympathy, hov large M.heir sacrilice ha1s. been. "I hav, 4old lily bicycle and now send you th ilmoley,'' is the laguage f of one iobl young mai who wrote to. The Christiam leald. "This is my dead son's,gili, t me, and I hive been led to send it t you,'' writ.es 1a miot,ber ini Ithiode Islamii A b)lindt tct,Ogenariani inlvalid in York Pa., ecils his milte and his pirayci Thaniiks to 1111 the n1ewslpper pres I InIv you noIticed how kind and1( syml paltheCtic all1 the secuIlar' lie w.lpper hav beenm, 1and4 of course5 all! the rel igioni niewspapers, with two4 or' three nalsty ex epjtions5? Youl lay thatit neCwspaper;C Iomietimes0 i'ets tinlLs wrong1. Yes8 lilt whlich of uii doces nott stomeitimes gc: ,iimus wrongl'. If y,oui wanit to 1ind1 i nail wvho 1ha.1 never mnade a mistake, dt: iOt, waste your1 time b y lootkinig mi tlh ehulpit. Thanlks t) the editors and1( re >Orter1s and14 pulblishlers. tintlemanhl 'I lbe.lirooklyni 1and New York perinitmll )lr(ss, if you1 never replor't fel y thii elst liat I say, pllease to r'eport that. Y'es, I see youi ar*e gettmug it all do0wn. As ai churcht'l we fromi this dlay iiako CIow departuire. W~Ve Will p)realch imoreC ristructive sermilonls. We will oIler lore fait,hful prayers. We will do bet. er work in 111lll partments. We Will 1 t,he auitumn res5ume our Iy college. Ve will till all 1 ithoms o)1 this mai1i ificenlt pile with work for (Ghod 1and4 sut 'rinir hiumaity. More prayers havie teii olleredl for this cha~rchi mnd on both ides the sea than for' any church t,hat has ver' exisIted, an1:1 nil those prayers will C aniswered. (Clear the trnck for the hooklyn Tlaberna:clel "'Sing( ye0 to the ,'iid'ltft he hiathI triumiiphed gloriously. ie horse 11nd4 hi~ ridler hath lie ,hrowni Ito the sea.'' Ilut do yho) noth 11 nOwy reially th ink t.hat, 111 Ali iin of 1my5 text1 rejoiced too 14))? 1)h> you 11o1t iinik she oiighit 44o lIve waLitedI till the I srealitish hi ost go4 t Cari over to (Canaan before she struck e'r k nu k les against the timibrel or 111 tmhuit? M iriam! Y ou (10 well to, ive (the tambhhouineil ready, hut wahi t a1 Lthe bef4re youl play it. You are not, :at through tile journiey from Egypt to IC IPromiised I and. YouI will have to 'ink (out, of the hitter wvater' of' Marahi, id mlaniy of1 your armuy will eat so iartily of the fallen qtuails that. tbey ill <beC El colic, and1( youi will, at, t,he foot, Sinai, hie scaredl witsi th.under, and ere will lbe hiery serpents in the way 1(1 many battles to light, and last of all e mudd(y Jorn to cross. Miriaml 1 Wve liE objcCt,ions to t,he tamblourinle, it do not, jingle its behs or thuhmpl its ~htened p)archmnentf until you are allI rough. Alh, my frienids, Miriam was right. I f B neOver shiout,ed vict.ory tih1 we got oar through tihe struggles o1 this life, C weouldt inevei shout at all. Copy the rhit of Miriam and Moses. Tlhe mo ent you get, a victory celebra'lte it. Th'le mec aiit pllace to ho0h( a jubtilee0 for the fte crossing of the Ied' sea Is oii its ach antd betore you leave it. It. Is aw 1, the dielayed hotsanlas, the lbelatedl illeluhas, the p)ostponedl doxologies, the ains of than ksgivmng coming ini so long iter they are due. ft, is said1, do not, re lice over a r'evival t,oo soon, for the Ow members mnight, not, hioltd out,. Do not thank (God for t,he money you latde t,oday, for tomorrow you mirhl )se It,all andl more. Don't be to) grate 4l for your good healt.h totdai, for to borrow you may get thie grip. I)o ut) 40 too glad abouIt, ' our conversion, tor 'eu mIght fail from grace. D)o not, re olce too soon Over a church's deliver ucee, because there mIght,1) hiasters ret, to come. Oh, let us have no0 more idjourned gratitude! The time t,o thank lodi for a rescue from temptation is t,he nboment you have broken the wine flask. 'The time to thlank (hod for your sal 'ation Is the moment after the first hlash 'f pardon. The l.Ime to be grateful for lie comfort of you bee, soul.., e first moment of Christ's appearane at aI the mausoleum at Lzarue. 'Tae time V for Miriam's tambourine to sound its ri most Jubilant Uoto Is Atfe moment the ai last Isreallte I'Uts his toot on' tile saud g of' the varted inland o.ean. Alast that ' W heni God's mercies have su 'It SwIft wings, our prtaiseis Shouhi havo such - ".Wden teet, I NoIIC tltt M0ir1ii,'s sonl. in my text 9 lud for its burdell the overt.hrown cav alry. I t was niot so much the infatury c or the nmen "I loot, over whoseI deleat d she rejoiced wit.h rinitig timbrel, but i o'r I hu men onl horse.back--tho mount- ri -vd trool*! "The horse aid his rider b fiath litt ihmowni into ifhe se."1 There is e soiiltir terribb inl a cavalry charge. V 11 i4 0 ' it it imn t like a sorlilt aft)ot, hu1 i a h1yon0I eI , ortr01 O kiAim With a a V'i, noig unthing but thesrength of - his own micle tan smew, for the cav , air.Im n a..hdi t . trvunt,h o) is tW i'rm ilit a-viul putune i4 a bteed at, full a 1a1a1lop. Tremitiidtius arm of war is the , avale'! "siphuso ays that, in that h >st that e - crohcdh li Rod sia there were 50,000 g cavalt-r.msn. Epaminondas rode Into I I bat,tL. wii.i 5,000 cavalrymen and Alex. b V ander wili 7,000. Marlooroigh depend- I i el onf lik cavalry for E.he triumph itt r lBfetilenhim,. i, Was 1101, alne the StlUW c ,f tat deip uled" the i runch armuies in re .1 treatt [rom Mosicow, lbut thet Itnoutetd Cosacki. (javairymen decided t,he hat, I ties of Ig!tutheli anl Pi4misic and Will- I r cheste'r and Ilsniover CourthoUse and I I Five Forks. Some of' yon have been) il f, ti the relent'lem reiiis .ied (I 1y For rest or o I Chaliners or Morgan or Stulart, of the it t S.utlierti Sid, or I'lcasanI.on, or \vilsonl 0 r or Kilpatrick r Sierkla ofW the north- Y S n sid. 'ie army saddles are) the .i toncs cI batt.le. II ur'rimes in stirrluips L C are fhe c;lval lnien. t t N, won-.il!w !Aalr MIia.n vas chielly di 1_rallf that h ii ypt1 E.itif l atvil (aalr'yMen, U d1 purlsuin , the Imtealites (lown t.) miaayC( tI the I00 .ea, were tisaddhld, un1stir- bi I rut11(q, Anlhrsed. iriam strick the w "*(AdAtr Of the tamWtiine with1 the flll I .1 nI of (wr r ii igh t hiand whten she camnep I ti ,11i. b'.ar of 1te nutsic, "'_The horse and fe 4 hik, rider hah he thr4own into the sea."1 to A h, u irind .01, it is te nouited troll- LO b hait we' : m uu'. The I tle trol as I bes we can endure The cinder in the th th I ey, .1he splhinter. Imil d the ial, thle t'o .thorn in the foot, ti -occial f"Holit, the I af nicniiI ile inivid(i )1.-A ' il )l O i or the rmil irks that sla. il The annoyances and vexations oi la foOt we van cniquer, fIt alas for the Imloillfunl disastcrs, the hercIieveilen ts the up hankriipcies, the prsecutions, the ap- a pallijnj,g sicknesses thht charge upon ui, wi as it were, witi u1pliftedI battleax or fa: onuinthg thunder holt of' power. wt There fkAe tipise amniong my hearers or ag realder.i who have had a whole reuriient 01 of t1ounted disast ers ciaritng u0pon them th lut, lear t. 'hie smiallest, horselly on or the neck ol phtraoili's war charger pass- to mg between.j the Irystal p lisades o the upliaved li( sea, was not, more easiily drhwed by the Illing waters thia ,he 50,000 hehneted atu plumed riblers oil tlic backi of the .7)0,000 eihintl anti ca parisowd var char.gers. se And I have to tofl ou, h, child of' m I God, that the i,ordti, who is on your side of now and orever, has atliii dispOsal and itj e under his comil.1i all windi, all Ight. lij nitgs, alI time and all etermlty. Come akl look mie ih tie face while I. uter the i word of ( Com ' i to speak to you, "No weapoti tormied against you o sall 11osp ' ." )i't thirow away your 1. t.atnhloulrinle. Y (ii will ' watf it a18 1ure'n ,as you 3it there atnd I stand htere, and y -the Itune y'ot wilIf y'et yhty on it, whethi- g .'er statriihnon 1 lleach of imec 4)r llchl 1 - of Eternlity, will be thie tuin thtat Miri nam phi yed whent site cr'ied, "'Sing ye to i tihe I jr'd, for hte hathLi tr'i11umphed0 glori- a onisly, the hlot'se andIc his rideri htath lie 1thirowni intoIi the sea. I ex' ['ct to hlave agoodi laughi with - oui in hi~~eaven, for teI ile says8 in I Atke sIi ( chapter, twenty- first ve'rse, a "'IlessedI are ye that w:eep now, for ye shtall iauzhi.'" We shall not, spendl idl eLteity pbsahnt siniging, hut sometimes at mi trevtew of the itasi, as C hist says, wve . shall laught. Thetre is no( thing~ wr'ong in a laughter, .it all dhepemi'! on what, yo r linhd atf and whient you laugh, and hiow you lauighi. Nothimg it seemIs will more ro thioroughily kindle oar heavenly htilarilles after we have got insida the peCarly gat,e thanli to see how ini tis world we got, scaredl at tings which orught, not to have A frightenedi uts at all1. 1 [ow oftenl we work ourselves lil info a tgre, te54w abtIit nothmg! ha T1hie i Ied sea hielbrte maiy b e deep1, andh en the iz!yptian cavalry behmnd us may be se Well tiotited, btut if we trust t.he I ordi bo we will1 go thrtoutgh no4 moreI' huirt by the fat wvater than whent ini bhood04 we rolled ta (iur garmnts to thie knee and baref'oot dc crossed the~ mea dow hbrook on the old1 m hiomeistead. Th'fe odds1 mflay seem1 to be Le all ag.ainst yout, lbut I git4ess it will be0 all gra ighat wit,h you if yout have Ghod onl your an side anid all thte angelic, chterubic, ser aic anit fd archanatgel ic k ingdlomts, " 'If lai God bie for yout whoc ennt he( ninust so you?"''o L:tay hold of then i ird ini pralyer, and( of yo)u will go free, as did lRichard (.ecil w with c20 of' misstontary money in htis *,r saddile bags, and thie lnghiwaymen grab- 'h lbed his hoise by the briidhe and told htnm dr'o to deliver, and fe ltIa~yed G od for safety hisi anid suddetnly onae of the robbeh)rs saidl: Mr "Mr' ( cih, I once hteaurd von ptreach- V lloys let the u.entlemtanl go."'T' Iut, let mec criticise Mir'iaml a litt1le for' y the ma)trumIIent of mic5 she( emlployed in dat thie divine service onl t-he sandy b)each- List Whyi3 not fake somell other istrumienty ti The hart'l wVas a satcredi inistrumenllt. ore Why (fidl she not fake thiat' Th'ie cym- we bal wais a sacred insttuomen t. Why did site not take that? Th'e trumpet was a iye sacred mnstruntf. Why dfid she nlot se take thiat? Amid that, great host t.here utCd murst haKve been icusical intstrument,a tiot more used iti r'ehigus service. No She 11 took that which she liked the best and on wvhich she could beit, ex press her L'ratulationt over a nlationls rescue, first thtroughl the retreat of the waves of' t,he lled sea, and then thr'ouAh thte clapping ~b of thte hands of their destructjin. Sol1 en withidraw liy criticism of Miriam. Let,o every one, take hter or his best tmode of1' divine worship and celebrationi. My at idea of heaven is that, it is a p)lace where tog we can (do as We Itlease anid have every- the thing we want,. (N ( courte we will do exe niothm ig wi ong~ ntiii wantt notittg harm- the lul- kIll I low niutch of' the miaterial andI physi. nlel cal1 will finally make til the heavenly Ont world I know not, but I thInk Gabriel badI witll have hIs trumpet, and D)avid is Th'li harp, and 1l[andel his organ, anid Thal. takt berg his piano, and the great Norwe- getl gfaniperformer his violln, and Miriam thal tier tumbrel, andl as5 1 cannot make the miusic on any of' them 1 think I will move around among all1 of them and listen. liut there are outr friends of the 1EIl Scotch to venanter chutrch, who do not fore like musical instruments at all in de- tax vine worship, and they need nLt have rag I tell Duncan and McL~eod and Bruce cor they need never hear In heaven a single itha ring hrum or a single organ i le shall all do as we please in t dtant place if through the pardon id sanctfying grace of Christ we e et there. What a day it will bo wl e stand on the beach of heaven 1 iok back onl the Red' sea of I orld'a sin and trouble and celebr ie fact that we have got through, i t dvdr, and got up,.our sins and :oubles attempting. to follow g Lear down under the waves. rimson floods, roll over them i rown them, and drown them fore, What a celebration It will bi surrected bodips standing on each, whose )eddles are amethyst i merald and agate and diainot Vhat a shaking of hands! What ilking over the old times! Whal tbilee! What art opportunity to vi a thiE world we have so little time Lat.. I am looking forward to eter Mcalities. 'o be with God and n( Li against, himli. To be with Ch nd for ever feel hi4 love. ''o v )getlier itd robes of whito with th ith whom on earth we walkei toge r in black ratinent of monrning. ather up tle mieubeirs of our se.itte Amiles and etibraco thei with no V arrassintit., thoulgh all i1w1avOn )oking (;I. A mine in Scotland caveid in aught amid the rocks a young t1 /hlo in a *( w. days wels to have h uitedt ii, holy marriage. No o ould get heart to tell his aillianced Ile death of lher beloved, b).t some ( lnde her believe 1ia, le had chfani is Iind about the nmarrialze and w Iilly disappearedI. I"ifty years paMI 11, when one day the Ininers, delvi the eart h, suddenly catie on the bc that yong min'n, which had all tih ears betin kept from the air and looli ist as it was the day of I he cailamt trong, manly, noble youth. lie ire looking as on the <lay lie died. I i) one recognized the silent form. A '.er a while they called I he old dhabitants to come aid see if any c mld recoguized him. A woman, w 3nt form and her hair snowy wi ith years, came last, and looking tli te silent froi that hial been so ce) etely preserved gave a bitter cry a 11 into a long swoon. It was the o whiomi hal a century before she w have been wedded, looking thenji when in the days of their you eir affections had coiniingled. 1; e emotion of her soul was too gri r mortal endutirance, and two da ter those who 50 years before were 've joined handis in wedlock weri, it married in the tomb, and side le they wait for the resurrection. My friends. we shall come at 1a ,on those of our loved ones who lot o halted in the journey of life. Th il be as fair and beautifuil--ye Lrer and more beautiful than whi parted from them. I may be ol e looking upon chil.1hood or youl i, my Lord, how we have miss, em! Sepreted for 10 )ears or 20 yei 50 years, but together at' the la geti'er at the lAst! .Just think of' ill it not be glorious? Mirian ng again appropriate, for deal ling on the pale horse, with his fo ois on all our hearts, shall have be irever discomforted. I see them now-the glorified inbled for a celebration nightier a ore jubilant than that, on the ban the Ied sea, and from all lands ai Ces, on beach of light above beach ght, gallery above gallery, and throt )ove thrones, in circling sweep of 1 )0 miles of surrounding and upliea lendor, while standing before tht i1 "sea of glass mingled with fir Licheal, the archangel, with swingi ',epter, beats time for the muiltitu Ouls chorus, crying: "Slug! Sing! SI e to tile Lord, for he hath t riumpi loriouslv; the hoirse andi is rit ath hie thrown into the sea." CYCLONES CONTINUE. ra'i tensba' ainet I!l,i i i Agi a isa I Path of i)ostructian. lloP'i, Ark., June 1 .-df oward coun its s.vept b)y a terrific strin of wL id rain yesterday aft,ernoon, resulti loss of life and great, destruction operty. County Assessor Stews ted two chiilidren are reportod killeid ir Ilapse of' their house. Many bridL d trest,les along thme diflerent re adls were wrecked. Sevetal hunidi et, of' ',h Arkansas & Louisiana Ru all wore washeid away. Train servi is aband!oned. At Hlarrisurg t intly I ,umber Comipany's pro)per us swept, away. Anmongi the in juir o D)avld Rtobert,s, fatall.y; ,Jacob H de and wife, slightly. The loss operty is $20,000. William Marti ing twelve miles southwest of' her d his farm house washed away. Tr tire country Ia wrecked from t,wo yen miles southwest. It'un and ha Lih fell hecavily',, aod J1uduen (ibson 'm house, three miiles souith, was t, Ily wrecked. At Guernsey half zen houses were blewn down an my inmates seriously hurt.. At, Ne advillo a destruct,ive hail storm di at (danmage to crops antd residence dl kiiled a large amon, of' stock. Mux-:MMJS, Jutne I .-A n A pp)eal.Av uche sp)ecial front lLosedale. Mise i'a: A cyclone struck this town at Llock yes tord ay alte rn(oon and the ro the windl crownerd thme cries of i unded. Theim scene was awful ini mdeur, andiu beggars dlescriptior e killed aire as follows: W. L.. Rot (coloreJf minister) and wile. Tih , i wouinded e-a braces thre following s. Capitain Miller, ,Johnt Water, A l"oote, JLcins Veai', Lynn RLobin.soi e two last iinmed are colored. 'iTver houliRs were eit,ber wreckedl or bad! naged. Amiong themi were t,he Hal and Methodist, Churches and t,he e Oank. Many cabims occupied by co d 1)e01l1 were bloNn dlown and lenc< 'e carried b)y the wind like straw, I ILAN, T1enii. .June 1.-A destruc wind and rain storm struck th L,ion yesterdtay morning and contin throughout, the dany. The destruc to crops, buildlings, e tc., wias o Wreckeud. VRONiK, l'a,, June l.-Yesterda rning a special train on the Tfyron Clearfld railroad composed c Iter Main's circus cars got beyon trol of' the trainmen and came (low mountain with fearfuli rapidity. A I station tile train was wrecked an iials, men and broken cars piled ui stcher. Several tigers and lins mad ir escape and only after the greatef rtion were they recaptured atn at not until one of the tigers ha ed several domestic animals in th thborhood. Six imern were kille right and twelve or fourteen other ly Injured, some of them fatalls circus is a complete wreck and wfi A several (lays to get properly t( lier. The wreck fs one of the wore t hasi occurred on tis division an worst in the number of lives lost. A Ileinous t rime. [ACON, GIa., May 25.-A special fror avilleo, Schley County, says that th r-year old daughter of .C. II. Wal receiver of that county, was o.ul ed to-day by a sixteen-year-old negr aed Blake Harris. Harris has beei 'imitted to jail and Wall is willini oil. CONGRESSIONAL CONTESTS. bat - 1er There Are Nine Seats in the New Hou Ver md. .his WAS1 I NUTON, June 1.-Clerk Ker ate of the House lit Ilepresenttitlves, has, i mUd pMUruanc wit, the law, not.1fled col )ur testants over ditpit,ed seats i the Hou )I1e it appear bef'oro him ptirsonallV, or t2 h, attorney, at the opening of' the sealt nd pack-iaeI of testiloly inl those easl rer. which have reached him. The :bjecL mr to have the narties to the contests agri t e pon the pat,s of the testimouy whic Ind they tit sire 1o have printed as a part, Ia the records ol'l'e eas a. Thie middle a .1nl i.I fix( d as th dtflu f the ceo for .VITim notilication eloe the prelinim nal ries (' the cotitests for seats in tli ver Hoti4e. There will be nine of them, at ist, t,hey will be more than usually inti-ras ilk inw. Thei will, for one thing, furisti me rellex of the politleial tulKturo whic th- vame to the stirince ill tie last, Uongre To sional election. red For the ir t titte since th'e Itepubl ica I and Democrat.ic parties were sharply ai Ito rayed ill contest therp will be contestaol Ihr set.a ill In he Iloso who ilbelot I I otber tan tl.e ie two parties; al for Lit rirst time since lt Deinocrats I egame tie ce>mtrot of alflairs ist the Southern Statet of ihere will be io N-pubilicli conteita ne1 fr South Caorlili I. e(d (G'corgia furnishes a case i which ull- noisy tifI mlore or I si pJsti'erous youn led man, who was a mumber of the a 1g IHouse, I Lthe coltetlut t. Ile wa dY elected to dhc Iil.y-econdm (ougresa it (a Demoorat. ut after Ie --,ot to Waish ed 'ikt.ot inc 111 .Ile h ader, of the Fa sa L.Mers'7 Alliance conitin ,ent. ILU3tiam is Thonas E. Watson, and he want t sea. Wd J. C. C. Black, :ho got 17, ?st 772 votes as tih Demiocratit candidatc ne wi ie Watson received only 12,333 a th thie Ppulist candidate. It was Wat ite i who gave tho country the qtiery on "Where am I at?" lie will piohabl. mI- know when the Hiouse sels through witI Id his claims to a sCat, in that, body. lie To tLe Poptuist pari,v the Hlio. B. A P,'alfe of Telmeisee, i3 ielebted for tl t oli.test that is to ie made for his seat it t'. 11. Ti rasier, who ran against i-ii a at. te candiatle of that, pa- ty, will he hi y. Opponent. Mi-. Diloo -ot 1:3,038 voLe to aid Thrasher 12,920. at IKan is furnishes ti entry oil the othe jy side of tle ledtb-er. There a man wh< ran as the 'opuliit and Democratic can t, didate is contestinlg the scat ofr a t0 ig piblicati. The Iepublican is E. 11 y Fut-ston-Farmer FuiRton, of I.be f>l i, horn Voice. lie got but 83 votes Imort Mt than his opponent, It. L. Moore. d1 1, Vrirginia, 11he Populists come to Lit front again. .J. Tlmiias Goode, who, rs :ts the candidate of that party, got 7,48 votes, is contesting the seat of* . tj 1-pes, who got as tie Democratic can Li *,. 's didatej 11,:330. ije coutest, from Nortl ,i Carolina is kn str&ilIt party lines, r Thomas Settle, tI,e I(ciubican holdei n of the seat, will have to IWove his tick agaist the claim of A. It. A. Williams Is- Settle got 14,360 votes and Willhalm id 13,71W. Populist atd Prolibiijn can, ks didates drew -1,792 votes from Williams it It was a close fi,,mit anyway, but file in "f -tajou into it of tih l'opuliidst and Pro L. hibition elements retdered it more in J,LeregtLintf. Im Illinois lurnisies a straight light be tween a tepubican und a Democrat ng Itobert, A. Childe, the tepublican holde th- of the seat, got, but 20,872 voles to 20, ng s35 fVr Lewis Stewart,, the D)emociat,. ed M%issouiri provides a contest between ier Republican and a Democrat. Charle s. Joy, ai ltepublican, hlolds Ihet seat, arn .Jolm J. O'Neill, a Denx cratic ex-mem bcr, is the contestant. Joy got, 14,9C1 he votes antd O'Neill 14,902. T1here wern a few P'opulist and Prohlibitionl votes bitt not enough t,o chiange t,be result. ty From far-ofl California coimes a con 11test, the closest but one of tihe wholi gbatch of'mne. 5. O. Ihilborn, Rtepubli o'cani, had a pluralit,y ol 33. lIe got, 13, ar 163 voL.es to 13,130 for W. 13. lEnglish SDemocrat. There were 3,500 votes cas Sfor a P'oputlist, candidate and 278 for P rohibition candidate. iAlabama comes up with a contest. 0 course tihe P'opuhests figure in it. .Jamne! eC J. Cobb, whiom Tom WVatso)n chiarai ICwith ulsi. t,he celebrat,ed inquiry t "WhVler*e am I at?"' holds tihe seat, iIe ii a D)emocrat, and received 13,357 voLes, Mat,inW. Whatley wanuts it,. lie is t lpiubist aund got 11.318 votes. S The closest, :onltest is fromi Michigani, George P'. Rtichardson, a .Democrat, holds tile certifIeate of electi,tn, and oCharles .E. Bielknap, a Itepublican, is t,he conltestant. There is only ten votem d (ill erence between, them, Wtchardsos a having' 20,095 votes to) 20,085 for Belko a O.) The~ amingt featur'e of L,he con-. ti. est is that if Belkniap had nt demnanded] wl a recount hie wout have got the certiti (1caLe, as he was elected on the firsi count. It11 will be noticed that most of thu a-votes im t he cotntertedl cases were close. This fici, tozether with utnusal ele menits entterinlg into t,he conteats com. hoe)11 to malike the sett,lement, not, only iterestuig, but strongly t.o emhaZsize a remarkable epoch in the history of Coni. 'reSSi(4nal eilectin.-Columbia State. A (tar 1,4) Mq of'(Iorks. ( O-t:MtiA, S. C., May3 21; .-Tlhere is not longer any dloubt about the expeeta lion of the Dispensary doing a corking business. 'FTie corks for the Dispensary were received yesterdIay and footed uip a total weight of 2,200 pounds. Think of li! Or.e shipment of twenty-two Shundred pIountds of cork, more than - has ever been shipped into thIs State a dluring one year before. Thtings are I. e' ery day assuming better shape around L- the D)ispensary. Tfhe force of' convicts is are busy putting in the macinerry and -erectinir the fences around the build .ing. The now engine is in place and 7. the brick work Is almost comnplete. The engine is si tuated at the western end of the building. The shaftfng through the centre, from which the power that y will run the different bottling, corking e and( washing machines, has been run *f arnd is about readly for use, except the d placing of a few of the pulleys thereon. n T2he.elevator is in place andi is a big one, t capable of holdling several barrels at il one time. The ladies who will be em p phoycd wilt have nothing but labelfng, e corking and sealing to dto. Thieir work t will be light, and, buit for the fact of i being employed Iin a whiskey establish LI mont, will find1 nothing objectionable a in it. Their surronadings otherwise d1 wll be-as pleasant as they will 1find in s general business, and no doubt less .tiresome rhan in many of' the stores. 1 ,Journali._______ Asiatic Chiolera. QUJARAN'TINE, S. I., May 20.--Dr. Nash, the rep)resenitative of Dr. .Jenk - lns, in Hamburg, report,s by cable this Smornin" one (leathI from chlolera in that city_yesterdasy. 'TheI c')mmittee oin the prevenition and( deitcton of cholera, .constitutedl by thIe Ssnate of' Iamburg ) dleclared oillially t,oday that the clerk u supposedl to have been suffei-lag the pro r vlous week from dIarrhoea, died Sator day last from Asaiatic chnlar . COVERS HErtSELF Wi TH GL Y. Sreenviile Pays Homage to Hon. tor in Dais r, REEN VI LLN,S. U., M'-y 30.--Green n ville people had really iood reason to 1. be oroud of the demonstral too made this le morning in behalf of the city on the ar y rival of' tle funeral Lraiu bearing the bo. d dy of Mr. Davis to Iichmond. Con Is sidering the unseasonable hour the nun Is her of people priesent at the depot was e wonderful. There were probably one h thousand to l(teen hundred of them, a, 3 )f least half beile la'fies. )f The velerans hal the plaeo of houor. 3. as they should have had. They were drawn up n line along the mxn track . and were under command of Col J. A. e Hoyt, president of the S-irvivor's Asso d ciat,ion of this county. Behiud them t. were the two loqj1 militia companies a under command of Col J. C. Boyd, of' j h the 5th regiment, the Greenville Guards - Capt- Snyth, and the Butlers, Cipt Mooney. Behind the two lines; were a massed the general body of citizens. -- Governor Tillman sat in a carr iage a most ,.1' the time talking q lietly with o riends. Adjt. Gen Farley was also e presen . There was general disappoint d ment, among Greenville pool)le at the , failure of Gen Capers t1 come here to . loin the train. The train was announced to arrive here at 1 o'clock and a large I number of people were at the depot at 12.30. L The traiu came in at 2.30 o't,loc k. Just before its arrival tie city balls be i gtu to toll, auil a3 it rolled 8I)vly to . the depot in the brilht moonlight, the - lie of veterans and111 men in the crowd a uncovered and stool with bare,i heads I R and in silence, while the militiamen pre sented arms when the train stopped, Mayor Eflyson, who was inl ch1Arge of* a tihe train, appeared and was mt by Col - HoyL who said: "Greenville and its visitors, repr senting South Carolina on this OccAsion have come to pay homage to tie illus- I trious dead. The veterans of the Sout ern (onfleleracy are here with a last, fond tribute to their departed chieftain. .'he motheis and daughters have come to lay their oil'erings upon the bier of our great leader, and a younger aenera tion testifies that the princilples for w hich he contended yet live in the hearts of Southerners. All these join in saviii that the people whose destinies were dt rected by hin for four years oU moment ous history hold his iervices in loving, grateful remembrance, and as his ashes are being carried to their final restint, place they would emulate his devot,i)in, which shrank from no sacrifice and qua;led before no peril, and even at this & int>ropitious hour of the night, the aged veteran and the frail, delicate w )m in are here to honor the memory of Jetlr 801 .1),tVs, tihe baloved chieftain of the historic Soutland." Mayor Ellyson responded in a fefl ve ry briel words of appreciation. Capt Mooney., Capt Smyth, Col Hoyt, Ex. Lieutenant Govern)r Mauldin and Lient 8t Rich ardson, of the Butler Guards, went into Mayor Ellyson's car by special in vitation. Cavt Moonev, in behall of the Ladies' Memorial Association, carried a magniticent Il>ral device, crossed swords. to be laid on theI EX- VresidlnLs bier. It was made with a palue'.to wreath binding the blades, atd wai the work of Mrs. Wilhiam Wilkins. r Capt Smyth, in behalf' rd the Surviv. Oirs Association, presenuted a beautiful banner, a r'eproduaction of the Conteder i ate battle flag ia flowers. It, was inade of' candy tuft and verbena, Frenchi pinks I dal iesa and lenerfew and was a wonder. tul product, of taste and skill. I t was t,he work of Mrs J. E. Beattie and Mrs .J. P. Miller, whv had been requested by the survivore to prepare it.. Sergt Dargan, of' the Greenville Guards p)lacedl upon t,he bier for that company a wreath of palmet,to leaves, whichi were brought from t,he low coiun try for this special purpose. Miss Sue Cleveland Harris sent, in a magnificent, bouquet, of magnolias, long heat p)ine, laurel and orange blossoms. A n exquisite bunch of Ifllies, bound with Ia palmetto wreath, was t,he work or Mrs. HI. B. Bist, and was sent ini by her. The car cont,aining the reimaini was thrown open for a few minutes, and in that time several hundred people went t,hrough it, the band playing a dead march, the balls tolling in the .Jist.ance andl the bareheaded veterans and line of men in unifoam standing at, present arms. At the tap of the engine bell as the train moved slowly out the mIlitarv fir edi three volleys In honor of the (lead j{ statesman and soldier. Lost '.n Florida. ] JIACJ(sONVILLr, .June 1.-C. W. Comnan, onnected with the State Zool. A ogical Society of New Jersey, with headquarters at Trenton, has disappear edl mysteriously and is supposed t,o be dead. Nearly five months ago he came to Florida and began explorations in di the country about, the heaudwaters of the St. Loucle river in Dade country, hopIng to find phosphate dleposit. Since .January 17 his family has heard ii nothing from hIm and he has inever re turned to Sewall's point on Indian river where he left hIs trunk. Trodayli his brother-in-law, E. M. Shaw, ofi Patterson, N. J., arrived and will organIze a searching party at 'rTiaville " with the hope of finding some track of the mnissIng man. Ils wife is now in Massachusetts. The man was of steady habits hut foul play Is not expected. TnItE success ef the dispensary dtepend(s upon the way in which it Is operated. Pianes and Organ. Where to buy Pianos and Organs representing the world's greatest ma kers. Steinway & Sons Pianos, Ma thushek Pianos, Mason & Hlamlin P1 anos, Sterlin Pianos, Mason anid H am lin Organs, Sterling Organs. Lowest prices always. EIasiest terms possi ble. All freight paid. Complete outfit, free. Five years guarantee. One prtce to all. Equare (dealing, Money saved. We (10 not ask big prices as many dealers do, and thenx come (10 wn. Our w motto- One price to all uad that t he Bl lowest. We ship on fifteen (lays' trial n. to any depot, and pay fretghlt, both G: ways if tiot satisfact,ory. Write for G] llustrated catalogue. N. W. Trump, 82 Columbia, 8. C. * R 4$5O8.00 TO $900.00.> T MNOINtSR&BOL.KS i TO.SUIT. 100 IN STOCK. 1 t.OMBARD 4 00.. Augustb.pM MUTUAL mii" r ncr"e a 46th YuAa Uolutaba, S. C IV -TO FARMERS AND yI: AINUFATURERS: As a matter of builnes i interest to you - nd ourselves we ask you to allow us the rivilege of making estimates upon any achinery you may wish to buy before acing your orders elsewhere. Our facilities and connections with man* facturers are such that we can quote on he same goods as low prices as are obtain bMe In America. It is but a narrow.mind hat would pass by the home dealer to pay ai equal or greater price.to a foreign loaler or manufacturer. Only give us the opportunity and we will 'arve you to advantage, and keep at home 6 small palt of the money which is going way from our State to enrich others. W. H. Gibbs & Co., COLUMBIA, S. C. $50 ir a Trip to the World's Fair Free. T. X. L. TuE EXCELSIOR LINIMENT, 'he vreat pain alleviator, Is strictly p and free fron ophates:of a% kind.i, relieves pain in all its forims wl.( properly applied. Full diree tions anid guei card on a Free Trip to the World's Fair with each bot tie, for 23 Cents Sold by drugglists:everywho . Six bottles with six guesses by express ir $1. Prepared by T. X. Comptany. (U. M. Dempsy, manager,) 230 Main Street, Columbia, S- C. 'TE MURRAY DRUG CGUMPANY. Wholesale Agents, 0lumbla, S. J. Full particulars sent by mail for two amps. a,ps. WRiT.E TOI L.. F. PAIGE'Tr', Augusta, (Ga., FOR PitiCES ON FUJRNITIJRE OF ALL KINDS. HE SELLS CHEAPER THAN ANY HOUSE SSU R A NCF A n e.sy Imnsof -uecuring your wife and miily against want in thme event of your ath. A creditable mieans of secnring a better ancial standing in the business world. Tlhe most safe and profitable means og vesting your savings for usue in after lars. All Life insurane i i good. Tihe EQUITABLE LIFE is the best. For full iparticulars, addirein W. J. RODDEY, ManagEh FOR TI[E (CAROLINAS; ROCK H11LL, S. U. 001) WORtKIN(* MACHINERY. EUCK AND) TILE " LRtREEL STAVE " [NNING [lAIN THRJESUINO LW MIILL [CE uHULIJNG RINES A NI) BOIL ERS. ate Agency for Talbott & Sons' Engines and Bollers, Saw and Gist Mills. *ewer's Brick Machinery. muble Screw Cotton Presses. iomas' Irect Acting Steam Presses, No Belts. zomas' Seed Cotton Elevators. all and Lummus' Gline. igleberg RIce Hlullers. Bi. Smith Co's Wood-Working Machuin. ery, Planers, Band Saws, Monlders, Mortisers Tenoners-comprising co'n p!teqnIpment for Sash, D)oor, am(i Wagon Factories. Loache's Plantation Saw Mills, vavia bie feed. iting, Fittings and Macluryqpls. Wrlit me for prices. y upis V. C. BADIIAM, Manager, COLUMBIA. 8.0,.