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AT THE TABERNACLE. c t DR. TALMAGEON THE LESSON OF THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN. True Repentance le a Godly Motirow teo r SIn-llytbe Deeds of the Law No Flelh e Uan lie Justinled, and Se. t he )1elf Sat n ted Are Uondennt. BROOKCL,YN, July 2.-- Rv. Dr. Tal mage had selected as his subject for to- I day a picture of contra it, "Arrovaince 9 and Humility." the (ext beine Ilike xvili. 13, ' God he mierciful to 'ie a sin. I ner!" No mountain ever hadi a mnre bril- i Ilant coronet than Alount Alorial. The e glories o the a.icient templo hlized C there. Thle mountain top was not ori". ( inally large enou-4h to hold the te1mple, and so a wall 600 feet hili wes erccted, V i,nd the iounitaln was built out into 1 that wall. it was iatthait poitthat Ci satan met Christ and tried tto 1pe-tiade tl him to cast himself down the 60n Ivet. t The nine 'ates of the temple ll:slid the v light of silver ntd !old1 an1 ('rinthhin h brass %y%i.oc'4rit.hiat I,ras: n :S tiie h precous stvio.- Ineked ild t Il ' mi'd 111141 s .cryst'li:.et. thiie fle isell wa4 wit, so very large a st nc lire. bt the c"Ilrts et and t'ie alljiunts 41 l the archit CIteI'(! w made it. hall' a nile it cireimferttce. .in We stati and look ol ilpon that. won- lI drouis structurle. Nt' h 11rmlitiel? 0 What, s41trange appearanceIl(.( ill thInmly Isit 1irc? WIv. . pcenIS aA it ilwere a mit mIan.sion all kit)411(d inlto 11:111e. \VIIhat'm -9( the Imlatter? Wb hy . '$ the hour o11 1orn- w in-ty sacrillee, ilnd It sm110ke on i, allar uit rises aid lrs Ioit o Ihe c.evi c atnd si out ofl lite door .1 d wreathes- Iv 011t 11u- a tain tolp with fids of smoke, torou1i ti which glitter picious stonv-t giathiered tnd burnished by royal muniience. i I see two mien mounting the steps oI 1h the biilding. I'ley go si<e lby side; 1i tley are very nl ike; no sympathy be- I tweti theni- thet oeil( the phdarisee, Ir p)roud, arroanit. pom t, lie -oes ip (G the steps of the huihim'. lI secils 1y I his niatner to sa: "'alar the txvck! A Never before camte lp these Steps sutch L goodiess aind col4ceic;tion. " 0 eside him was the public,1an1, howed h1 down seetinillgly With a load (It his nt heart. I'hey rCah 1the it,closutre 'or 5 worslilp in the inidst 41 ofthe temple. The )hiarisee v(wsvl14s. lio p to the gate 0 ol'the holy ot, 1ohes. lie Ceel:s lie is I worthy to stanid there. Ile says pr,t . t tically: "I ami so holy I want t.o Lo into t the holy of holies. 0 l,ord, 1 am a ve- 1l ry good miani. I'm a retmarkably good I man. Why, two days in the week I caL r absolutely ii,thiig. I'm so good. I'm I very t_enerous 1m1 iy cVonduct toward the poor. I have no syiiatiy with the I Common rabble; especially have I none with this poor, miserable c iminioia e, I wretched publitati who hillipened to come ip the stairs beside ne."' The publican went clear to the other side of the inclosure, 1as far away From 1 tlhe gate of the holy of holics as lie couIld get, for lie tel unwort.hy to stnd neatr the sacred place. And the Biihle says lie stood al'ar oil'. Standiipg oi the op posite side ofthis inlosure he hows huis head, and as orientals when they hiave any trouble beat . (heir brea1sts, so lie Ie. t gins to )OU11n1 dik IT reat 11s he Tries, "C'od hie merciltil to me1 at sinnler!'' Oh, was there eve' it vreater contrasy(?C The incense that walted 1tat. mornin rl-4 from the priest's c.enser was- nort so4 sweet as t,he buhlicani's prlayer 11loatinc '. into thle ope1 tng heavens, w luleh thle I pr'ayer of the plutirisce died1 lohs con. tempt)OI1s lipis and1( rol~ledi dhown intoLl his s airroganut henet. Worshippluig there they '4 jolm eacti otht:r a1114 go sidet bly side ((OWn) ,r the stepfS, thle luisi'iCe Cross8, wyrefeb ed, |i acrid, saturnine; the publicain wvitht hii 1I face shining with' the very joys til hteaveni tI for, "'I tell you hi thatnin welnt d14own to 4 er." ai Now I put, L.I 41ub11l1icamn's prayerCi uni der anal11 8is, atul I discver' itnL t'e lirst p lplace thait lie wits per:txidol oft 11s 8i1- a ttlness. Ho was1 an0 honeitst man, he j, wats ai tai!'the0rer, lht was act ottleer (41 .v thie Lgovernmt)clt. The1 tOpub ilicansi were IS taixi.leatrr, and1) ('er says 1t 81 they I' were thei adi 4timentt I >l the s'ta1te. ()l' LI course they w4ere s'liw>mew:tLt, 11opopular. -iti heeause Ileople thent dlid not 1.i ke to pa eri1 4 their taxes an~y 1better 1than1 pet.le no(4.v -In like to pay their t .t xt., andl theret welre maniy w ho dilihked them'ii. N ill, I sutn.t ol 1pose( thIs pub14lan, tis tu enthere ir. t! was an honorable man11. H' hol aln ot lice of tust. There were man11y h arii t l things sa1( idbtout him, anid yet, sttutlitng m there in tlettitimelosltre 44t the teligle st ness5 andi p ower-0, lie ies 441t I irom1 the w very depths ol his sti icken sti>il, "I-.;od be metifull LI) mei a siie."' Hv' what i process sluolI 1 prv that I am a sin- w nier? By whazt process05 shaill I pro)ve thait. Yout are-I a siniter? Shall I atsk youti to wei.gh your moi4tiveIl, to 51ean1 your ate- '' tionis, to estimaiite you41r behiol)i I will do niotlintg 44t the kindl. I of Plan1 (ot the wotrk t[hat Wad)4 hais ano iev~ed 11 for your salvationt.sl Yo 1o ~Ow m14th a1 stormll to thle he. 4(al t anid you see wr'ecker-s put on. their rough es .lackets aid idunchI the hzt'eroat andi( thenl th shoot the rockets to nhot w that hielpl is dri commeI) out into Lhe thrteake'rs, andii you1 w imedliately try. "'A shipwreeck!" Antd vi when I see the L.ord dJesucs Christ pult. y( ting aside1 robe Iatul crownl and( lunch mu Ou)t oin the tossinig Seal ol human suffer' lng and satani i hate, going ouit inl to the au~ t,bunderme~ sutrge ol ((eath ii Iery, "A ' u0 shiipwi ek!"' c .I know that our soul11 mire tht eaditilly as lost by the work Go] 111 halotte to) save au them. Are you i.sinne ry Suppose you Iii 1)a( a commlereii.f agent in Charleston w or San F"rancisco or Chlieniti, andl youi to were paying him prompItlIy his sairy, and( you 10ound out. aflter a while, that t notwithstandling hIe had airawni the salar y cc lie had given nin!e-teenths of all the 11 .time to some other't commetrcial estah)- at lishmuent.. Whly, yo(ur itdiga o .would know no bounids. A tid yet that tm ijust the way we have treutted the s lIe sent, u18 out into this w(4rbi to .serve him. lie has L.akeni gooid care ol r us-hie has clothed us, hie hasi sheltered 1t us, and lie has surroundedi us with 11)0 s 000 bemefact ions, and yet many of us au have given nmne-teenths~ of our lives Ito n the servmce of tihe world, the 11esh~ and a the devil. Why, mly Ieiend, the BilIe ( is full of conlfession, a1al 1 dlo not ind ~ anybody Is pardoned unttil he has "(on- h fessed.o What did David isas? "I will confess I my transgressions unto the Ljordl" it What dId Isaiah so)? "Woe us me be- t) cause I am a man of unclean lips." ~ What dld Ezra say? "Our iniqumties are e Increased over our head, and our tres pass IS grown up into heaven." Arnd among the millions before the thironie of God tonight not one got there until lie I confessed. The coast ot eternal sorrowa is strown with the wreck of those who, I not inking the warnIng drove with the argo of immortal hope into the white t anRled foam of the breakers, iepwit! the voice celestial cries, r Nor longer dare delay, The wretch that scorns the iandate dle a And neets the iery day. I ut. I anale3' L'e publican's prayer ( slely Further. and I fil(] that he cxpet- I tf no relief throuih God's mercy. Why i id noti he sav I an an honor-hle man. VhI it I vet $10 taxes I pay them riiht u i >ver to the government. I ulve Full a vtemission t,o alybody t,o audit my fc- i cunts. I appeal to thy justice, 0 (od! I le made no such plea. IIe threw him- t elf flat on God's mercy. D IHave you ayiv idea thaI. a man by reaking oIl the scales of the leprosy an chniige the disease? Havo Iou any lea that you tan by cianging vour life a hange your, heart that you C 11' M pu- 11 btase your wav to heavet? Com, try it. I, ome, brmlu, all the bread you eve.- Lave c r> the hunimry, all ii himedicicooU ever I ive to ite sick, aill the kind wordls vot 1 ave ever uttered, all felit kind deeds I iat lh ie ever distintguished volt. AflI t weml all uip into Ie tremintillotui Ig.re- ( ate ol 'ood words nuid .vorks, and then b1 on will sve Iaul sha pen his kuife as o Scuts that. spirit oIfs c! .ati-Aftaetioi, am Serwt.s, "By I lie deeds of the law there lail I)o flesh he justilied.'" : Wed say a thoul4and Inenl in this aIudi- a Ive, it I am not .o) tget, Ithin' in the a of peace from (,od in 1good works. t >V am I to be saved? By merey. ere I stand to tell the story--iercy, ercy, I ti sul'erint-' Iercy, sovereign t ercy, inlinite Mercy, omniipotenti er,-y, everlastin,, mercy. V h1 y, it ems in the lible as it' all language ere exhIALIusted, as if it were stretchedi itil it broke, as it all expression were I ruck dead at the leet oi propiet and I Iostle aind evangelist when it tries to 4 -scribe (wod's mercy. Oh, qsty8 some one, Ulat is only add -., to my crime if I come and confess ,!Iore God and seek his mercy. No, ' The nmurderer has come, ar.dI while was washint- tile blood of his victim oml his hands looked into ti face of od(1 and cried for mercy, and his soul As been white in God's pardonhig love! 1ud the soul that has wandered off in le streets and down to the very gat.es f h1el1 halts coie back to her father's ouse, throwing her irms around his eck, and been saved by the mercy that ived Mary Magdalen. But, sav somec one, you are t,lrowiiv pen that door 0f ercy too wile. Nil, W.ll throw it open wider. I will L ke lie respoln'si4ility of saymng that if aill his audience, Instead o being 'atlered i a semicircle, were placed side by side a one long line they could all march ight, t,hi oug h that wide open Ilte of nercy. "Whosoever," "whkosoever.'' )h, this merci of Gtrod. There is no line ong enough to hqitil it; tbere is no1) adder lonI,_ enlou-i to scale it; there is 10 arithmetic facile enough to calculate t; no anlgel's wini can ly arotiss it. liealveilY harperst aidedo by choirs ovith Iteef, like the stiff, canitlot ii si hatI itrmilolny of tmerey, mercy. It unil i tihe rlumbling ol the celeitial te. I hear if, i tie chilming of the elestial towe's. I see it lashm1in'-, in the 11itted and1 downcast coronet,s of the aved. I hear it inl the tiItundering tread >l the balnnered host round about the brone, and then it comes Irom the harI's uil crowns and tirones and processI9mis 0 sitl down, unexpres-ed, )n a throne vertoppin.g all heavenl-the throne of lercy. I low I was altl'ec ted when some one oldl mte in regaird t.o that accident oni son1g I slandc s"iund, whieni 0one poor w.o 11an camne antd got, her hand on a raILt as hie tried toI save hiereself', but those who Oire on the raft Lthought there was nto 10om lotr her, and one1( man1 camte and o s t cruelly heat anitd bruised her hands| nu.il she fe:1; till. O hi, I bless G od that u.s iteboat (it the gospel hats room a tugh Itor the si. teent lhndred il ilions thei race-ro11 o Itr one, trom ior 1 aill, I push. this analysis ol the pubhlican's :ayer'i a step hirther andl lindl that, lie dlid lt, expet any mercy exceplt byv jlead u;ifr it. I le did ntot, lohol his hiameis to ther as somlie do, say ine., "'It I 'm to satvedl, I'll lbe savetd; if' I'm to he lost, II he lost, andti there is niothingi lt'r tie I do.'' I Ie knew what was wvorth hav wvas' .ioruth asking totr; hence t,his rii'st cr'y ilf the text. "(Gotd be mlerci Ito me, a sinned"' It wais tin earnIest j.:.tyer, and( it isi a.raciteristi' ill all Blible prayers thatr ey were answeredl. Thte blind man11, I .od, thait I may receive my sight;"' .e lepletr, "It'd if thou wilt, thou canst aike mle cleani;' 'smlkinig Peter. "LI ord yre tlt';"' the puli cant, " (1od be0 mterCi I tol mie, sinniert!"' But, it you come iup th the till of yourt linger atnd tapj t, theI ite ot mtercy it, will no(t opIen. You1 ive got Li) havtie the earnesness i15 f9 t,he ariior who, del 'tatedl antI pursued, dits hun ts fr.omt his hith1 eredl steed and w ithi tin tleted dasts p.ouds at, the pailace Yuou have &eat to have thte earnestness the manit who itt midnight in the f'outithiI try hits a sense ol sullocation with the use itn fliames, goes to the window anid ittts toI the firememn, "'Iei p!"' 0h't ii.orgiven soul, it you were in full earn L 1 mliLdht have to c'ommaniuid silence In e tudiltory, folr youtr pratyers would own the voIee o1 the speaker, 1and( we 11uhl have to pause ini the great ser w! It Isl because you do not, reaillze uir sin b)efore (God thiat you tire not this >mlenlt cryinig mercy, mercy, mercy.a T1hts prayer of' the pubtlicani was also humble prayer. The phIarisee looked , the putblicanl looked ocown . You j ntuot, be saved as a metap)hysician or a rhetorician; you cannot, he savedl ias artist; you cannot 1)0 saved as an of ital, if you are ever saved at all, it, || be as ai sinner. "( od be mnerciftul me, a siner!"' Another chatracteristic of the prayer the puliclian was, it, hadl a ring of itidlence. 1I, was not, a cry of despair. s knew lie was going to get what, lie I ked tot', iIe wanltedh mtetv. IIe asked t it, (expectingL it. And do you tell b C, O man, that (God has pIrovied this il ivationl andli is not goinig to let, youi ye it? c Ii a nmn builds a bridlge across a er, will he not, let people go over it? S ai phlysiclian "ives a prescript,uon to ab :k mlan, will lie niot let, him take it? If architect p)ut,s uIp a building, will lie it, let, people inl it? I (God providlesp rIvation, will lie nlot let you have it? hi, if Lt,ere he0 a pharisee here, a man i lit says:. I am all right. My past lile y ss been right.. 1 don't, want the pardon tl the gospel, for I have no sin to par- t< in, let me say that while that man is j' that mood there 1s no peace for him, L' iere is no pardona,no salvat,ion, and the g robability is lie will go down and sr)end C termit,y wit,h the lost plharisee ot the text. C But if there be here one who says, I rant to be better: I want to quit mny ins; my life has been a very imperleet ife; how many things have I said that I t hould not have said; how many things< have doene I should not have done; I rant. to change my lire; I w.nt t.o bei iow; let me say to Ruch a soul, God iA eady, and you are near the kluidom, or ather you have entered it, for no man ays, I am determined to serve (od and urrender the sins of nmy fire, here, now, ,,;onscrate iyvelf to the Lord Jesus hriat who d'ed to redeem tue-io man) " .om the depth of* his moul mas that bul, e is already it Christian. M1y unc)e, Ile itev. Smiel li. Ta iage of' Auimt-ta, (.,Wa s in 1101 lon-, tie streets of Ati-_,u4ta one (v, .70 til lt saw at mani, a black ima, slep cot rom l the sidewalk out, itnto oh street, ell tke his hat off aid hr)%v vt rv Iowly 1. ly uncle was not it a man wIo'1 deantudel wa hsacoulotisies, andti ie ild, "What dl. Ch Oil (14) 11h it lot?" "1h," says the ian, wrt 'ilmm;a, t'le. (A1er iiiehi, I w,in -iin r longII the mtreOt, and14 1 had at burd-m1 ()n -y tilioulider, and I was siek, atd I w lwt ullg'ry, 1111d I vallie to tile 4lo4 ol o y .ir I biurell, aRod ot( veru prw'tvlimr al)i)i od e 'iurcifhi' to ae, at siineil' !alld I Lool tere at the door ll! ehlou-lh to eitt, y say tjo iat it i miI could Ittler S 11a1, prayer tromn thll eepths (A his smtil 'I od would pardon bin and li ..ally tke 11 im to Ilea Ven. Thell I put Ily ill-d.m KI 1 mIy sh i<ler, aid I '4taI ted hoie. I S' ot to my li)tiie, ial I sa', down, andl I aWd, '(,*.Idlbe mn .reib'l to mI , a sitil r!' tit. it 1_olArk-r and larker, ati- then, i ass1a, 4) do )n on ly knegefsL, a1l i l aid, (Gd be mercilul to me. a ,inne !' I' Lid the burden -ot I ca vier, anl it -,-lt arker and d irker. I kntow nol, what ill o. Then I vot, down on Iv Lice, al I ried, '(iod be aaerclfiul , ) aime, a si er!' and tway oil I saw a light, e ai 1 And it cae warvr and nearer and i CIir r until itl wias bright in tiv heart, and I 't rose. I am happy now-the birinei i-4 F dil gonie-and I gaid8o to myselt it ever i . 1 net you in the street, I would re-t, clar >f the sidawalk, and I would b) )w d.) VII (d take my hait ol' bef'ore you. I feef I ,hat I owe miore Io you t,han to :lay I:tier nau. That, is IhC reiolal 1i a >w 1 bore you. I t II *1, are tlre not uiany i )y who call Il LIter this liayer, [11 y11y(r f the black 1 Ma1, the prayer of til piblivanl, "G( ) tI o fhe imeltl to mie, *L sitner!" While I gr hall it t,he sermon, will you not ill ut ter ity I ([4) nio, say audibly, fbut tater vei it down Im the dipatlis ot'yolur(i )I als' con - P[ se o1i4iesS. Yes, the( sighl -oevs all I tlrolc!h til galleries, it _,oux ill th'rugh ti the JeINs. it _oes allt I r a!l t Lheme aisloe si"lh ater sih-(dod be 114rcilti to m,e, a sintlci! (Have you all uitterdl if? N.a, there is 1)[e smill that, fals not, Ith-rel i,--t lm pro1l fu ut,ter il, t;,, hard to itt.er it. ) lIIoly Spirit, dt-sco-nid 11ponl that, ().a hiear! Yes, le boe4ins to breathe i ow. No bowin- of Ol. heild yet. nm fi I A' I - t,- , et, a nat the pray.er k4 hI i - al nnllg it is bornl, God C lierifill *to e int!, at mlintier! llatvt! all uUut r,!- it':' Tiillr bU I itt,e' IL myself. Cor to oll-, it all tihe botise needs to litt.er it. mi'-e than my w owln 41u1 --(iod he muereihil L.o Iu', a sm 111! -u u st ere-r li1r W f e 1 Ni. K1R .I:i;, .1 lily .- -A tiorri biv ciim oe Was liueartlAett t the lower lairt of hI t ollity today, ill vonst-414111enve of which" lauil Tisoni, a Ieret,oloro respetae I t negro. (c3inet 1ivarw bling lynicihv<l by an i'IAglialnt (ptoredI m1ob. .\eordilg (t'l 'isonl's own conitession hllle o:1 l.t WIl Iesday had 1 row wiith hIs Wite. din g VV Which lie struck her over ti hea-1 w ith I a loadi'd whip handle, which 1,flled lea C ro tthe ground. lIe Was horrilivid to find tlat the lick had beenl fat l. anld to t cover titp his crimen , Ie dragLe t,he i body off toa 21creek ini I he s watmn, t.hlrewi her in',14 and drove a1 stake tharoullghi her loth ig and( lInaionied thle hao'ly to the hot thin of1 the creek, whecre if, remaii(ed (In til fltande by a1 sea1rchingl party to,Iay. Since the wVoman hasx beeni ((ise ."14 romi hier hoaie the susphiiu acion 242 if the husband2(1( ledf aunmly to b eliee i that here had beeui Iotal p1lay, and14 a search-1 na party was1 orgaiz7ed, in~ which Ti ht was an( eflti husiasL1 tic laer, ainid by4 s e arefuliily a1rranaged plot (( iaa4d t a . "ad the party to whaere theo hoty wasi liddenI. Thefi corone4r wasl senlt for .aal mn inivestigaltionr begun , wh'lichi las'etl inti l Tisoni broke dow an 22d mad1k.e p ahov'e conftession. !! stal 2teudi a ist hat1 lie had1( sla11ppet lasx wife in t he face 'ecauise she w.nuld anot, worik, atiil shie e'll in1 the creek and14 was dro'1wned, and hat nut,I knaowina-g whaiit to do. he steak er dtown ultider the walter'. Slibse 1 ieently, lhe conifessed that1 hle hiti her 1l v ith the loadted whv ip. Scores (f I ne troes hadl gathlere4 1( di rig thle itapiest, ,nd for a while it looked a1s if TisonI . VOilId he straIlng Ii p by a1 mob)14) of his own ace24. Theyw3 werel, however, dixsitedi r'oml this, and1( 'T'ison was1 hunstled' 'ft to ja'l, t4) await( tr'ial lor' wife4 22nur- r er. --Statte. lad WVAxai N4iT'ON, ,J'uly 5.--Withiina thme ext tean day1s onei of the most, aimpirtat agaI f'i12hts evei' coniIdcd ini the history 3 1' t,he coun(try will be stat et h ere, The j lat,tIe will be lonag drawnVl 41 otaii fill1 o)1 'r erson(al interest,t(o ever'y manl( In South rr 'alrolia. C . S. Nett.le, of IDarhiugtoun, : bl bitter' o1pponent,of dllCisnarLy h1 v. hlis Ih4 eeni here for' sleeral daiys past,. Ya'es- di 3rd1ay hIe we'011,over to ltiimore ad old a conferece with N ichioltas lond, a b romlinent, att,oruney af 1.hat1 city. Thlese a12 .go wall exhaaust, every resoiurco thde re 'allman's hbobby. T1Iche bttle wall be , >u tht, out, ini Washinztont, and paromaases 0 > be at hot, one. Mr. Nett,les said4 toaday la 1111 it wldI( be uaselessi to4 test t,he ciase 4. a Carohina CI'urts, wIiuch are 4 natirel y nde1r the con troll of' T1il lmiana's paty ). (e4 [o willI not dlivulge his plan of ati mha, m I he does not, wish to agive At,tor2ney r2i eneoral T1ownisend4 the advl1iantageZ oaf recparinlg for the 1ight. "Th'le case wilhl re 5 opened0( inl ten (lays,'' lhe said, "and141bi ion lot T1illhnan and his carowd loo0k out, 34 >r squtalls. If' theo &'epeal of' the law was21 ut, 20 now t vote ini South C;arolia, a 8 i'epeal wvould beC c:irriedI by ani ov'erl- 2 ouirier- an! ATLANTA, ( a., dJ tily I.-- lion. N. ('. lanchard, of I souIisianaI, chiairiIlIli 4)1af rae I louse comm(fittee( on1 ier and .'i21( arbors, pa21ssed th rongh Aclauit a 1 h is orniing on hits retuarn homen f romt Vashington. leing asked hisviw ancernilng the call for thae e'xtra1 ses On anid the probable repll't of' I he tl herman act,h liinhiestatingly approv I of the I 'resident's call for t,he asseta lng or Congress, of the Shermian act, i e said: "That maeaLsu2re was etedtt( y 'tepublican Congress, the Ilouse resided over by jBeed as Speaker, andi as voted agaInst b)y ever'y l)efmocrat the lower house, imcliding myself' thi {e knew thlat it was a make-shift, andf ilt it was framed by a hatnd laostilae > silver. Subsequenit eventsL hatve tt astlled oppositioni whlich bill e'ncounl Pa lredt from silver &advocates in Con-Li ress. I favor Its repeal, but1 thinak 'lat there should be a subs)titu1te adlopt-LI El in lieu of it, whlichi will recogizie tile rinciple of binmetallismn In somne efl'et le from, anad which carries out t,he ledge made in the last National bli )emocratic platform for the repeal of da he 10 per cent, tax upon the note issue ve at States banks. Oa these lInes, I think -dr he repeal of the Sherman act, will 1)e th ALIVE IN HER COFFIN. ro- viiss log 111tvacor w.?i 111tirled t rl inig WASIIINOioN, Itl ..jtIly 5.-A. e Stidifled anim:ii .Li>:i i r n )tol I trI.om rrs T', hrep mileg West. of White ven. Tih sto)rv i, c-> the oict, oiat a ,il.! wi't di,3l tinif- niaiw,iq tlt,er I - ! wvd,!C1l. Iler hII-hbandi becamie tnted withli Lihe1 hellel thit 13h14) had en burl alive. Ile evtIttually loit i inidI. To sa'tiy hii his triends re ene<d O th_rravv, anlti their horror IC, >VOred Oti,. Ik Iu-1p1s1tigicinl I mi waa a terrible reality. Y mtir c. >ri-;ll,h ve .1i, -t f. 1 ('h Vlter 1 t d V and [*')Itell it, L-) h)', s3 b 1ii.hily corremcl. Te wom-i hai enl hitrield bmorl nva'lratl t<s >1u.14on A. aketi plae, atid Oh hu-h ui he tile it ravIll- Inia (iac. Morris.-m's ik a klrtti) vLlleli 6il It(-d ill hei' WetMrl toni . o i Mi)eI. ttor CharliA Ht w,er'zi hilh er didse r 1 eir %(11*1 : ,) lesivinp! his -,,u 'c) lake .r1 o4 0, lril. Thl! lat'r Rix m ith tvir mn Irried Mi,4,4 Calthinl !l1ader. e ir- w nl b ai)v a n hin,i occurrii ) i) ar 1he6r (xi1ten 11 uniil one dav Mir. )1rl wat. l<ell Ill. Sht %went.. t.) beQi ii Irmoit ict n ver awwe, D)r. J1 line- WVillard, whohla-I b) i ' l t iua ' .-i i l lvswia Fi. veihes, wat Lt-l11an .a her. e ide , la') wiie waiot nulA kow4 ti--milo1. tthe hiuiand ila-I t Sev ral '-s"A Wn a-iAtr-ta hi n. ''i at dis- %hltin had1 actually I-tkeni placl A m11,11i, t i- was Lie "I :ipl um u'l t I hv -ii n thle, hIu-s i 4 i t e .-e a d !cmr a ,e t:ia. tierv Was tit ir!et i vi i ble1i, ane.1 verhinw unt to s ihw tha. Itati had really set u11 Liural I , Al-IMr Om bural ol hik wifi- Ohe iuek hich ligehad experienced( seemu:d to uar a wa grIdIto ual '11 Y, ni!d ne day > ni 01 I ll", L . him alnd tI ll himi t,l at -eviolks to their marr aiitem thera ill heen s14)v to priodi,. hyvsteria Ill '.hat Owhnr. wai a _,ravf p-)SiPilty ()I r( havill.; been-i h:t.ell aliv. Theiti rri-ll x.hou ht, Ihit. his witO izti ) siblylh ive teen buried alivo tiutied hi iht aiid iy. iunt"il li:1ally Iw am ii :i.,111ahiile, Ile behleve I la!thiiZ .- ha t ..O h : lakeni Iro: him :1 1i i! .-in atd :t!.-it .hat she wvas S: t . cel h plead his c.:lie ait hlis tinds wvere fiialk induced to 4tinh) i r-tve. AU-rin 1y11 a doz-n Iii hi tillmented h11ish.1iul. I)It t e pr.)rem ()I' V'iv di It , l't aWOI he r;).lained pltet q i t onil e Illin was rethed. IV! d.eni b(.11 til L 'x,,ktC,I a ricoIll 11,111y be pie:. .4 un-ii t ii wai rem-eni . r iie Ii 11I hl hI ee bl ried allve, a d all evidences goLi to i p;-oVi sull a ri! it hhn t p were iti illy ar p kr it. Te b!dy wa i Itrne-l tle down air The -,lhiiit I tie lilv&r whImken, het r.,)h -.A w4wr. Iir fif shredh, h lir dik - N-vlh:l :lld ll,n It1r, sho-vin h where a wviimi hat Im-n hotatth Ii liou i*ntzy 1' beiawliti1)il r her a st i I ihi. K iJul lill,., to l know : in -h i .t lut r ly i ire t 1 ! of1 a oei ~ H <-lrt l ie ch.? ( 'ulheI!rt ',I, 1htal it cr e)t 1'e 1.1te W . S t 111hert it, iNiw A!wativ, I )n M1mday ater ni ih> - ;uiI lhe dx.lates i f her c-irt "t, :ieil 1.1- O her lrver, and was ' .d i iaru- iain Wy, tg 11 -rnc Alnnetohs il .- he cgeoo y (1took U.ti ad10 ea the mtaesi bing theb wix ('ueran fthetr, dbaut tof hec -ie ;handnb leon luesi. T.m trnr'iaule ii 11the Stnn ti oul blon run thep uletis all hvidkeys rmte iti tts iortly aOler lhe btothal Mas. Ctunbert an' fit hr died an th't will of coi inhSite i) ithe maridhr. re lnch iC hi ver'io.r 'lilten yo ar et.e me 1 ar ' hitodealer ti warther yivrig t .hau. tie sourl toarry no1 lne l'-hout leStateno theu tris,e xt the ty1( Ot teIuilis~hn irv.sit what aol-s h w>ise setheciiel 811( the iily,81 anotind It prot.nhltixn tlie Hs' t:ar|belton the tatherd of oei hIcalit iTh ol t Iune wahekidi al who di tiarded her Enlishh>e. h I Nu nAlTaf wAaOls, 1 3.h --res a jst. I e 'o'.ortilie trhinucyint. oui:y m a-:t,o, .nealy 5.1W The bmwr in(wree,ot' in tojnitn wliEt-h tiong r(ltr in th uh n Wes tn itithat thav geutinltpea oi wuii~ct( proset scvt on aw, ucngti r1e demand hlos ntchoi every vrmn at5 l mete itin the antry thenthp ris whIver cldost (10y, tte rtining ih whal cottlit,bt aniid orcends ery everyfioy the cmerial die iniainsot of ts nity have rmsoyved in viay that ethieren olcing bf t.er io,ighe maone to ke knwna thepa 4118g. fIprsnaivso tecm -0 Twelve Years of Establishied Merit. -0 A WAlNIN(. To TIHK 'um.1c:-As a matter of j,lstice too tiselvis aill to the reptitation of I)r. Ixslle E. Keeley's )otible Chloride o f Gold ltemedies, for the eire of the liquor, opium, morphine, and tobacco liseases and Neu. rasthenila, we warn the public that these reinedles are used by no institution or saii Uriuim in tho United States except tlhoie established by or Coliuipaniy, itider the i-ii. form name of "The Keeley 11stitute." All others clkilning to use Dr. Keeievy's iomedies or feritmuhe are frauds and finm posters. The Keeley Istitutes established in Vari ous parts of tho 1111i'e States now umnher ninety, With three In Europe. where tlw Keeley Treatment is administore<t andotilel, Keeley Remedies so'd. vo, however, at tion all to exauninie well and kiow that they are deal'ir. with gentine repreinta tives, authorized by iti, before taking treat. mnent or purchasing remedies. Tile misleading establishImeits use the namie o1 "lli-Chloride of God," or similar titles. Thie ul,wsp%p-%rS oftenl fail to (1s. eriminate slificliently to know t1itt they are imitators. T4his is atter of pthilic wel tare, ani hence this warnitig. lespectf illy, THE H IIS, AF E. K i-.:.i.:v !o CURTis -1. J UDD, See. ailu T1ras. I)wioHr, I ,i.., Dc. 15, 1.ij,. For literattire or further information re garding the Keeley Treatment, addiess THt,:KE-:E.:1,N,%'srrru-rF- ope s. (J.. AT CoTMIU. . Anmllt-r tigait. CIA.1TM IA, S, C., ,1UV -.-Anolte r i0ht, ison lhand bi-tween the adminis tration and tle IticlmondI aitd ] ln ville Iaro0ad Comny th-tt is sure L) eid up in the courts. It may only be a sort, oh blul', a piece of brute-n tilmen, as it were, or it i ty nianl ia Ii.hlt to the :i. ish, more probably tie .itter. The road lis is. lied a :reulahr to all its vim. !)IOees t-) hland!e Nlta >irs in this S,a-tt that ire shiplpd by the dispunsary otilv hilit vith regard to liquors ihipped from h.--.ond the horders (4' the Stsi.e, the emplo s Ct ar in;st.ictad it) ha,nil]e LIic,b ai heretohore. Thi is in clear vi ()atiol of tile DispenRary law atid a de fiance of it. The law forti.ls railrodi amid express companies to bring luiuors inn the SU.ate tiless Hey are shipped to the Diispeosry Ijlrovilej heavy Penial.ties lor its violat.ion. overnor Till w 0 1 as asked ab,mft ,ii< e-s'erdayjjV and said that as ICXecutive le would en. foree the law and woulhI putimish any vio 1ation1 Of it, eVen by all emplol.yee ')I the road. Il'it, was law i. must, he obeyed, aid it it was not. law let tihe courts say so. Governor Tilinan is of tie opinion that the roads Would att.empt to bring, very little i<luoirs int.o the State that way oliely hut mi- 'hit, aLtempt t, brini it, clo.tkel il) in soite way. All tile whiskr y t,hat. c.m b: ho1nl Coing14 iuLo flie Sia..e ill violation 0I the law Will h stizedl at4 the lw enlorced. -Itiister. ('1tcAio, .1uiiy 5.-At. the elevatet station at theI World's Far 'Ur'Vundt4s 13ast1 ni,11hit, there Was a p1a4iC. We1 Itht ru ih after tle fir.eworks was Ltu 1ea:. es'. iit elevated employees b1ca-i1e alarm e atbe siz oh t,he croWid gatiered ol the 1:at.h>rm and stoipedl any miore of then troin coming up the steps, tell. ing themi it was not safe. This peci l)ita.td ni panic on thei platform andi ini t,hie scrambuile at, least. 100t Ipeop)le were traminpletd. l" Iteen peopile wtere set, to t,be hiospi'.al im an amulanice when it, was over. Nearly all o)f t,hem ha>i fainitedh, and nine of Luhem were seriously inittred. T'wenty-Six Kinttf. St. l'i.:Ti-nsn u, .iimly 4.-A terrible disaster, result ig ini a large loss of hi e, occuired t.oday oni thei steamer Al tens, a boat, eiiiployed ini the river L.radl- t)n the Volga. Tfhe steamier, with tl ite n tillinbtr of patssengers ot)I hoard, was applroachling lKomaniiiov, when3l the boil gers. Anmng the dead is 4Gen. 'eft ruishiewsk i. I'fie explosinili tore thie up~per part, of the steameitr t'o piici s. I Iurninmg coal was blown fromi the ftr naces.' and1( set fire to) the wreek(. 'ITim bioat burnmed tto the wamter's edI e andt then sank. WhIere to buiy I 'ianots anmd )rgans representing the w~orld's greatest miia ker s. Seincmway & Sons1 1Piaiios, Ma Ltiuishek i anuos, Miasonm & flamn ij anios, Steri nu Pianios, tM tsoni andi11;i Ha in Organs, Sterlinrg Orgaiis. Lo4weSt ')rices alfways. ECasiest terms poi)5 b)le. All freight, paidl. Complete titi free. 1'v e years guarantee. One pirice' to all. Ejumare tdealing, Money saved. We dio niot ask big prieos as inu;ny dealers dlo, antI then coimie (d0 wn. Ouhir mt,tto' One price to all anid that the lowest. We ship oii ii fteen (lays' firial to any depot, and pay Irtught bioth ways if niot, satisfact,ory. Write ho lilustrat.ed catalogue. N. WV. Tirinoip, Colunm bin. S. C. -. TO - F-ARMERS M&NUFACTURERS: As a matter of bustlics Interest to you aiit oumrslves we ask y m t,o allow us thie privIlege of making est,Imates upon01 any machiner'y you ma; wish to buy befior placing your ordetr', elsewhiere. Our facilIties a' ind conniietimi- wvit.h mni ifactuirers are suchi that we cani <tlot on the same goods as low pIrhces ais ares obt.alm able in Ameriea. It is lbmt a narrow: mindt that woul pass by tihe home dhealeir to pay anm equal or greater primen to a ftorieigii deaier or nmanufacturer. Only give us time opportumnit,y amid we wilhi serve you to ad1vantager amid keeip at hio)mie a smnalh paint of time money which is going away from our State to enriichm tt,hers. W. H. Gibbes Jr., & Co COLUMBIA, S. C. SAW M1LLS 451:0,00 TO-5900.00.M SNOINESRBLl&luJ TO SUIT. 300 IN STOCK. famBARn a CO. Anusta.A. ' Enidorsed by the U. S. Government. The' etiency of Dr- 1Asl1 E. Ke[Oeley's Dotble Chlorido of Gold Itomedies has >een)' publicly acknowledged and thor omghly recognized throughout the clvilized world, that the receont endorsoment by the Goverment removes all questions of doubt 1s to their virtue and genuIneness. On February 13, 1s93, General Wi. 13. Frank - lin, President of the Board of Managers of the National Military HIoUes for Disabled Soldiers and Sailori, anthorized a contract with the Leslie E. Keeley Co. for the nse of Dr. Keeley's ltlvdies in the seven Na tional and t wouty.one State llnoes in the United States. G'wenleral Franklin, in a letter legarding this voitract ald Dr. Keeley's Henedles, sp-aks emphatically of '"the great good the future ais in store for the unfortunate vic tims of Ateololism," giving personal thank., to Dr. Keeley for enabling the Board of Matagmrs to granit this "great boon to the unfortuate veterans under their chaige." For literature or f(u ther information ro garding The Keeley Tireat ments for Liquor, Opium, Morphine, amil Tobacco diseases, please a(hiress TI 14'E ,EKle,1VY I NSTITU TEF, COLUMBIA, S. C. "MONEY WELL SPENT" Is the usual and 1ierited Verdict 10rOnOunGed bu voliGuliolders as tanai le evidence ol the ster lina worth ol insurance in the EQUITfBLE LIF. * AddL'Css Ilh]Uili'c to W. J. RODDEY, MANAG:R IOP l ii: 'AR )l.INAS. ROCK HILL,. . . S.C. or a Trip to the World's Fair Free, T. X. L. T1IIE EXCKL'Si0i{ Li NIMNEN T, . The great palin alleviat.oir, is strictly p and free' fromu opiae-: all kiuunls,. relieve,'s linu in all its formuas wvl.f with each bot tlie, for1 25 Cents Sol by drnuggists every wheure. Six bottes by expre ss f or 51. I'rep)aredu by3 T1. X . Company. (C. Mi. h)iumpsy, Mianager,) 23o Mlainu Street, Cohnnhi,a, S- U. THlli I MU ltiAY i)lUG UOMPAN Y. WVholesa!' . Agents, (Cu) h nnbia, s."C. lFu lupartiuunlars senut by3 muall for two stamips. Augusta, (Ga., F'Ol( PR IICES O N OF14 Al,L 'KIND)S. V CH KA PElI ilA N i N Tliil'E SOUill WViOD WVORK ING MA Cl NERiY BARRiL'EiL STrAVE " GINNING GRBAIN THRIlESIllNG" SA W MI[LL RICE llULLiNG" ENINES AND 11OILERS. State Agency fo)r T1albott & Sonis' Engines andi Boilers, Saw andl Grist Mi ils,. Brewer's Brick Machinery. D oublo Screw Cotton P resses. Tihomnas' Dlrect. A?ting Steamu P'rese4's, No Belt. Tlhomnas' Seed Cotton Elevators. llall and Lumnuis' (hinis. Engleberg Rice Ilullers. II. H. Smnith CO'S WVood-Working Maclhin ery, Planers, Band Saws, Monidmas, Mortlsers, T1enoners-omuiprising com. I rytoi eq,nipent for Sash, D oor, andl D)eLoachle's P'lantation, Saw MIlliIs, varia tble feed. Hing Flttingst and MachiinerySuppiies.. Wteme for prices. . V. 0. RA DIIAM, Manager, COLUt~MBIA. S. C. THE CROPS. Iirvi-yot 1Iafir Coniditlsion Thriougholt M Ito State. hI Olwg is. 1a c0111pletR inid-1n1111 n r weather a elro1) bWIll#tin N'ite lavit o; iIne4day by Stiato Observer Hir- p1 Tn, froTni his olli:-e in Coinnbla: hu :,i n1fl-ratitre for tho week Ii beten t in one 1) toIr degrevs below ithe -inal, and the raiufall deticiit ftrom to 1.50 inchips except in o(i, or two h Itities where heavy lovati showerni o 'ri d. hr 'he temporature deliciencv for .1 ii t s a i follo xs: A ligni t.-t 5;i & ire s, ' arl zst on 29 legreo4, S.vann-ti 7 4W., 'es. Ciarlotte 51 lecr'eet", Columbia tiegrei-s. M Il'he excess Iin rainfall for .1 tinti ha4 ft very i trked. Alignst.a :i.17, Chiav fon It 22, Savanth 2, CliarlotLe 3, ('()hllnbi:t 1 .47 incehes. C ['lie following t:01o Shows t e inlomn iiperAiture, a'i I,otal rainf till for Oit vk at sel,et -,-( stat.lons: lt.is.............T .) i tgstine ................. . ' 0 t I i ..eeill...e................ s u) Ill Mg trt e w ............. T 0.11 I (ilgsi1.:................. -is i$ A vt ilah... .............. 77, 2.2 It lridale............ .......... . 7.8 (.I Aushilrg .... ... .... .... 78 1181) W aokville .. .. . .. .. . 0 00 it o Ii'tlittii. ................... 7. .01 i 'v1 1 it o )d ............ .. OA 10ut vannal. ...................... ( I I 'e lle t ................. 43 S3 i ; i 0mrtanlbil"' ........ .... . -4 17,-11 larlot,t( ................. . - o.72 Ver lw,. .. . . .. . .. .. .. .. . .. if .[1 t ornc'f.... ................. i 22 b -NTs. W ukiig hi-tw; giss bWing killed; "pl,li rni need I at; all l oi warti coril I tid( % ; bot tli Corn Vt ing w ll; coton,W mligh lat and smuall, growing tiv-ly; (Are lwas -,w%n th,an nsmi d. .UderISW Conlity Cropi be-gia.l:l ' :ete unti ; corn li I co 'I aKiri % lng well: ' arc liv ;ttp'uilttrin; L inne5 ' a 'ss rm v . (, ieelvilbt. 'onilly \ltieb grai.' ki ll 1; mitlook IOr C01r11 andl Cot!fAm im 'oved; whot ait itr; ) til gi ; 1 s h aiI' h opl; gardi-ls goodl; w:0'!rme >114 );- ) I t It't oil alI tI ollig wt, S part:mw!bur ('omity -- C'014):1 looking :u ill', <'rn N o-il atol i - u bi'bylit l:iile b\a[In ilit hll ; w i va l I' iiro- 't'n l'. t it( 'vver; v1di :ooki. 1 l't&jn ('nlty- Wvvk goodltillr work g (All, gr.I Ssy crops; I'arnier.- still a 'ek lIWI-h1o114 wit ht c I tI on: ll os ti, i oh i 1r1l bItng hitoby; it y-elo i; lo a hs 011l gasrOwiIng; OaIS jg heret into 1.rNs inl f'air ('011ditiOn:. J) ('ro!) lineq,' 'iSot n set. Cane; uns i . ti iblo lll t i- as; gr.Ardlns goo;i; Frult, (1-iing 1 tpr; col,I'm growing Icely.i York (l'i"ity- --larniers w=ll tI' with w Ark: lpsi graniAthain I"sl iS LISs ML. L1 'ek st-r li t --Cq1(' 1t silall ;ni ti -ry few blots; iwts pot;ithOw., - r t 1vas il-l rillrain. l. 174 'ont y Ioo I win (-at hcr; gr,-ss vanislied:; e4'Whn rvv >v lig tk hIIAllny appe-ara-1c'; lat.! s )'v Fi I p t . i lio so rtiblill t i l'ora t. i )to a gAolI stilit'l corn I iti Iby an I okinu itll; rain it e d . 'ewar tre, .7: r; ntii all, ttract. Newbitrry Comity IR OiW, .-.Ot I ti c'r iand C0' ollw wel.1; c trw lks hite; stand-i (IM',igWdby gra l' ltake a weck o:. s lo elt I ilt !ps; pros'pect f'r cot.ton CrOp$ Wi VICe aes1 vo (l in si of I tst .1l ly at-d It; itlni lailing, fas't.: w LSi I'l I (tily silt' antlo I >wi elir utd.; Lii-i ('FaId larte; iini tLerible grai s is yit ; y tiel t:t ooili. u'w ii wesll; r noi nI.< (an ' >ttonl t itr few''mk oiiores laeopeuc i inratger i halropa xpcd i nvrhsons il lyilg <nt. tAeI etigsot elk this weak, is inleen thay I t, few dI Sraout. orrin, hne b e m<e . t.ha< 'on ie r uvn