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AT THE TABEIRNACLE. "LIGHTNING OF THE SEA" THE SUB JECT OF DR. TALMAGE'S SERMON. He Likens man'S .yourney Through Lito to a bip'd courso Throuigh the Oceau--Our Worth Is nuowf by the loodu Doce That Live AIter Us. BROOK LYNj Feb. 18.-[u the Brook lyn Tabernacle this forenoon Rev. Dr. Talmage preached an unusally attrac. tive and eloquent gospel sermon to a crowded audience, who listened with rapt interest. The subject, w is "The Lightning of the Sea," the text selected being Job xii, 32, "le maketh a path to shine atter him." It for tie next thousand years minis ters of',religion should preach from thiIs Bible, there will yet bq texts unlex pounded and unexplained and utinappre elated. What little has been smd con corning this chapter in Job fron which my text is taken bears on the caritro versy as to what was really the levia than described as disturbing the sei What creature it was I know not. S Lte say It was a whale, Some 8sey it was a crocodile. My own opinion is it wasi a sea monster now extinct. No crentire now floating in Mediterinean or Ahllu tic waters corresponds to Job' descrip. tion. What mcst intereste mie is thait asi it moved on through the deep it hlet tl waters flashing and resplendent. in tIhe words of toe text, "le maketh a lioth to sllue after .him." What was tit illumived path? It was phosphores'ence. You find it In Ohe wiko ot a sini i. the night, especia)) alter rough weatiber. Phosphorescence i, the lighti!t (.1, the sea. That this figure of spececl is Cor. rect in de-cribing its appearan.uice I z.im certilfed by an incitutu:. Atter ci osam( the Atlantic the lirst time and writing from Basic, Switzerland, to an Ameri can magazine an account of my v.yage, in which nothing ioro fascinated me than the pbssphorescence in the ,hlp's wake, I called it the lightning of the sea Returning to my hotel. I found a book ofJohn Ruskmn, and the first. eltence my eyes fell upon Wavs hIs desciription of phosphorescence, in winch he cnlhlt it "he lightning of the sea.'" Down to the postollice I hatened to get the manuscript, ail with grelat labor and home expense got possessioni o~f tile magazine article and put quotation marks around that one sentence, although it was as original with me as with, dohin Ruskin, I eupposed that nline.tenths of you living so near the seacoast have watched this marinogappe arance called phosphorescence, anld:;L hove that. the other one-tenth may s(mie day be 8() happy as to witness it. It is the waves 0 the sea diamonded. Lt is the inflores cence of the billows--the waves ot tile sea crhmsonedh, as was the deep after the sea fight o1 Lepanto-the waves of the sea on fire. There are times when from horizon Lo horison tile entire ocean seems in connib gration with this stianige sIpledl(oir its it changes every m11om1ent Li) tamier or more dazzling color on ill sides of )ou. You sit looking over the tall'rai o1 the yacht or oceat steaoer, wlatc!ing 11and waiting to see what new thlig he Gd of beauty will do with the AtlaL'tic. It. is the ocean in transfiguration; it is the marine world casting its garments o glory in tile pathway of tile Almiighity as he walks the deep; It is as inverted fir' mament with all its stars gone down with ,lt. No picture can present it, for photoprapher's camera can not bei suc cessfully trainedl to catch it and before it the hand of' the painter dirops its lpe) cil, overawedl and powerless. This~phosphorescen is 1 the applearanitce of myriads of the animual kingdom rising, falling, playing, flashing, living, dying. These luminous anmmalcules ior nearly 150 years have been the study of' natural ists and the fasc',nalion and solemnilzation of all who have brain enough to think. Now, God, who liputs in his Bible nothi ing trivial or useless, calls the attention of' Job, the greatest scien tisit of his day, to this phosphorescenes, and as the levia than of the deep 5weeps5 past pints out the fact that "hue makethi a path to slune alter him." 1s that true of us now and will it he true of us wvhen we have gone? Wilt there be subsequent light or darknesas? Will there be a trail ot gloom or' good cheer? Can any one between now c'd the next 100 years say of us truthufulily as the text says of the leviathan of the doeep, "Hie maketh a path to shine after him?'' For we are moving on. While we live In the same house, and transact busmeiss In the same store, and write on the same table, and chisel in the same studio, and thrash in the same barn, and worship In the same church, we are in motion andl are in -mar y respects movinv~ on, and we are not where we were 10 years ago, nor where we will be0 10 years hence. Moving on! Look at the family record, or the aii - manac, or into the mirror, and see if ny one of youjis where youi were. All ill ato tiou, Other feet may t'p and stumble and halt, but the feet of not one moment, for the last 60 centuries has trippledl or stumbled or halted. Moving on! Societ.. moving on! Thie world moving en! Heaven moving on! The universe mnov mug on! Time moving on! Eternity moving on! Theretor'e it is absurd to think that wve ourselves can stop, as wve must move with all tihe rest. Are we like the creature of' the text, mak~ing our path to shine after us9 it may bo a peculiar qtuestion, btit my text suggests What influence will we leave in this world after we have gone through it? "None," answer hundreds of voices; -"we are not one of the imnmortals. Fif ty years after we are out of' the world it will be as thotugh we never inhabited IL." You are wrong in saysmng that. I pass down through this audience aiid up) through these galleries, and I am look ing tor some one whom I cannot, find. - I am looking for one who will have nlo influence in this world 100 years from now. But I have found the man who has the least influence, and I inquire Into his history, and I find that by a yes or a no he declded some one's eternity. In time of tenrptation he gave an. afllrma-| Live or a negative to some temptation) Which another, hearing of was induced to decide in the same way. Clear on the other side o1 the next mllIon years may be the first you hear of the long reaching inftnence of that yes or no, but hear or It you will. WUI that f athuer make a path to shine after him? Will that mother make a path to shine after her? You will be walking along these streets, or aloni that country road, 200 years from now in the character of your descendants, They will be affected by your courage o1 oqur owardice, your-hpurity or your de ~~pr~v~yor holiness or your sin. You A" ~ ~ ~path to shine after you or sOme mountain two rivulets, one which passes down fito tie rivers wik pour out into the Paclifla ocean, and El other rivulet flowing (own into the r ere which pass out into the Atlanti ocein? Every mnan, every womati stands tat a point where words uttere or deeds done, of prayers offered, declid op)oste destinies and opipsite nterni ifes. We ece a man planting a tree an treadiing the sod firmly on either side c it and watermtai I. in dry weathcr an a arcat care in its culturn, andl he neve plucks any fruit trom its bough, but hi children will. We airp all plaiting tree that will yield fruLt hunldreds of years al ter we are dead - orchards of goldc fruit or groves of ded0l V tats. I aml 0 .o f,1asiated with t1 p1)ios)hior C( tce inl the track of a ship that I hitv SOmietimes watched for a lon-, while an have seCn iothitng oni the face of' th deep hut hlIcIknes. Tbe mouth of wa ty chiasmis that looked like gapiig jaw ci hell. Not a spark as big as the fireil nt it wute Kerolt of' surf; tinot a tap-r tc iilufmit)nato t migity sepuilchers of (den ships; darkiness 3,000 feet dh ep aid moo thousantds of icet long and wide. Tha is the kind cf wake thati a had mmal leaves behind him ats ha e plows througi the ocr 11 of this ilif toward the vaste OC"tin of the ureat Future, N .ov. suppose a man scated in a cor ncr vrocery or btiiiess ('1o1 atmo! cleris. !ivos hinselt to jolly s1ck)ticisml u ht;hs it tbo lliblo, make sport o the wii acies, speaks of pordition in jokei aid laughs at revivals as a frolic and a the ptassaaie of it fuaneral procession ih1411 wys solonmre sonsible p001)14 says, " 14(03s, let's take a drink." Ther is in that rcu) a young mila Who ti Iaki i a 8en trntigl Y nRainst tom la 't' lit, --qd 1rays ii ht, aaid mornmng ani r-adis his Aihbe, sd is asking God fe edp dLay by day. But that Oauflav xment ChriAtianity makes thim lo;o li iP t I Facred thinis, and he gives ua Ssibath anid church and morals, aim gvos from bad to worse, till he falla unl der dissipations, dies in a ilazar hous md is huried in the potter's field. Anoth r young man who heard tha jolly skepticism. made uip his mind tha "it nakes nO 'differeuce what we do o say, for we tall come out at the rigl place," and began as a coniscquence t ulirloil. S3ome monley that. camne int h1s haids for others lie al)lplied to hI own uses, thinking perhaps he woul make it straight some other timl, and a would be well even if hie did not make straight. Ile ends inl the penitentiari That scoffer who uttered the joki agaiinst Christianity never realize( whi bad work he was dolhig, an'd" ho lpasse onl through lifa and out of it and into future that I am not now .;oing to depici I do not. propose with a searchlight t show the breakers of tle awful coast o which thnat slip is wreckcd, for my blu nssi is now to watch the sea after ti keel has plowed it. No phospheresceut an the wake of that ship, hut behind two houis structling in the wave; tN young omen destroyed ny reckless skep CStmi, anit umil 1tumined o.eanu benac aid on all sides Of t1hem. BlaichcnC3 darkness'. You know what a glorious good mi Rev. John NewtLonL was the most Ot 1: life, but before his conversion le was ve ry wicked sailor, and on board the sh IJaraich iidelil-y and vice in the im oft a youanmg an1, principles which d stroyed him. Afterwards the two mu and Newton tried to undo his bad wo but in vain. Th young mai beca -worse anmd worse and died a prollhigal horrifyitug with his profriittes those wI stooid by hiim int his last moments. But I tjind hero a man who stirts o1 tm life w' the determination thI at 1: wvill tiever no( tiutlerinag but hi wuiil ftr to :alleviate a. and never see discotarig intL but. he will try t o cheer it, am never meet with taybod.y buat. lhe wil try to dto him goodi. Getting his strerngt irom Goid, ho starts fromn home Wit high l)ipurpos ot (oing all the~ good ha canl possily (10 m one (lay. W' hietlher staandmtg bohinda( the counitei or talkhlug ina th business otlice with pen i ehiind hais ear, or making a bargai ith ia tel low trader, or tout in the field discuissinli with his next neighabor thm wisest r'otationi oIf crops, or in the shoe~ mnaker's shmop poumnding the solo leattaei thbere iis somertlhing in his taco, and in hi pharseology, andl~ in his annter that den: ornstrates the grace of God in his hearl lie cani talk ont religion without awl wiardly driagging it ina by the ears. II lovesi God anid loves the soul a of ma wh lom he monei Itan 1 is in teres ted irn thel i'renn tt andi eternoal destiny. tFor 501 or 601 years lie lives that kin ot lhte anda themn gets thaoaugh witha it an goes into hecavent a ranisomned 50ou Ihut I ama not. going to descanbe thue poi in to which that ship has enatere d. I ai i'ot, goinig to describie the Pilot who nu im outaside at the "jig htshuip."' I ama not going Li) say anything abot the crowdls of frieuds whao met him c he (hrystallhino wharves up .vhicha l goes ona stepis of' chrysoprases. For Gc am hdi ords to Job) calls me to look the path of foamn in the wake of thia shaip, ad I tell you It, is all agleam wil raplenadors of kimdness dlono mind ro llang with illumined tears tht wel wiped awaay avid a'ttasah with 'aongra ulationus, aid clear out to tho hiorizona tall dire'ctious is the sparkling, fltashin bailloin) hosphorescenlce of a Chris in life. '"ioe maketha a pathi to shui alter hijm."' And here I correct onie of thie nmet ntionls which at, somae timle takes tpC sesion of all of uis, and( that, is as to ti brevitry of human life. Whon .I bul some v'ery useful mana, clerical or Ia in lisa thirtieth or fourtieth year, I sa "What aiw asate of energies! It was liar by worth whdle for him to get ready f Christiana work, for hie haa:l so soon quit, it.'" Buit the fact. is that, I may it suare ay man or woman who does ar good ona a large or small scale for a li on earth tis long as thes world bastif Sickness, trolley car accidents, decath il self, cant niojmore dlestroy his life diri thecy can temar cdown one of the rmtga Saturn. You cana start ones good wor< one kind act, one cheerful smile on mission that will last until thme wornd b< conies a bonf ire, and1 out of that blaze will pass8 lito the heavens never to ha as long as God lives. There were ina thme seveniteenth centi ry men -and aWomen whose names yc never heard of who are today Influent meg schools, colleges, churchles, nati om You caan no more measure the gracioul results of their lifetime tuhan yotu coral measure the length stud breadth an depth of this phosphoresceno last nigh following thes shalt of the White Star hta 1,500 out at sea. llow the courace an consecration of others inspire us to fo] low, as a general in the American armn cool amid the flyinag bullets, inspired tembling soldier, who said afterwar< "I was nearly seared to death, but Isaa the old man's white mouetache over hl' shiouldher and went on." Aye, we are a following sometody either lu right< Wrrong dIrectIons. wdays ago I stood beside ti a4 caslget .of a ~goapel minist 3f and in my remarks had 0ouvasion td re h call a snowy night in a farmhouse e when I was .a boy and an evangelist . spending a night at my father's honso 3 who said something so tender and beau tiful and impressive that it led ie into the kingdom of God and decided my destiny for this world aind the next. You will before 24 hours go by, meet some man or woman with a big pack of care and trouble, and ( you may say ' something to him or her th it will en l dure until this world shall have been so r far lost in the past that nothing but 1 the w'retch of angelic memory will he s able to rialize that it ever existed at all. 1am not talking of remarkable men and women,butof what ordinary folks can do. L am not speaking of the phosphorescenco in the wake of a Com panit, but of the phosphorescence in the track of a .Newfounoland fishing smack. God makes thunderbolts out of spirks, and out of the small words and deeds of a small life he can launch a power that witl flash and burn and thunder I brougle the eternit.ies. How do you like this prolongation of your earthly life by deathless in fluenca? Many a babe that died at 6 i months of age by tile anxiety created I ti the parents heart, to meet that child in realims seraplic is living yet in the transformed heart and life of those parents and will live on forever in tile history of that family. Lf this be the opportunity of ordinary souls, what is the opportunity of those who have es pecial futellectual or soelal or mone tary eq. ipment? llave you any arithinetic capablo of estimating the iniiluen:co of our good and gracious friend who a few days ago went up to retl.--George W. Childs 3 of 'hiladelphia ? From a nwspaper - that wai printed for 30 years without I one Wordi of defaniation or scurrility r or scandal and put, ing chief eriphasis on virtue an11d Ohrity and clean intelli gence he reaped a fortune for himself andtlien distributed a vast amount of it among the poor aind struggling, putting his invialid and aged reporters on pen s0ns, until his name s'.ands every a where for large heartedness and sym faLthY and help and highest style of t Christian geutleman. t In an era which had in the chairs of r its journalism a Iorace Greeley, and a t 11enry J. Raymond, and a James Gor o dor Bennett, and an Erastus Brooks, o and a George \Villiam Curtis, and an s Irenaeuis irime, none of them will be d longer remembered than George W. 11 Uhilds. Staying away from tie unveil ing of the monument he had rearedl at large expense inl our Greenwood in memory of 1'rafessor Proctor, the as tronomer, lest I should say som'ething In praise of the man who had paid for d tile monumienit. By all acknowledged a a representative ol the 10,iest Ameri -t ca journialim. D if you would calculate his influence ti for good, you must count how many i- sheets of his newspapers have been pub e hshed in tile last quarter ofi a century, e and ho w many peo ple h ave road them, I aud the effect not ont- upon those o readers, but upon all whom they shall 'i. inliIence for all time. while you add to H all that the work of the churches lie lielp build, and of the institutions of mercy he help foun:. Better giv'e uip beforo you start the imeasiring of the itl phosphorescence in the wake of that is s1111 of the Celcstial line. Who can a tell the post mortem inilluence of a i) Savonarola, a Wi niereid, a Gutenberg, )d a Marlborough, a Decatur, a Toussaiht, 3. a Bolivar, a Clarkson, a Robert Raikes, et a Harlan Piage, who lad 125 Sabbath rk scholars, 81 of whom became Chris'ians and six of them ministers of the gospel, SWith gratitude and penitence and ' worship .1 mention the grandest lie m that waa ever lived. 'Thiat, ship of light l was laiunche'd form the heavens nearly IL L000o years ago, angelic hosts chanting, 8 anid from the celest ial whiarves the v ship sprang into the roughest sea that -ever tossedl. Its blilows were imadie upl d of the wrath of meni and dlevils, Ihero I dlie andl sanihedrimic pers~ cuitionrs stir i ring the deeip with rett wramh, and all Ste hutrricaneLs of wvoe smote It until on tile r.>cks of Golgotha that life struck with a resounid of agony that ap~palled the earth and the heavens. 'But in the wake of that life what a ii phosphoirescence of smiles on tile cheek I of souls pardoned, and lives reformed, s anld nlations redleemed. TIhe milieu e nium itself is only one roli of that i rradiated wave of gladness and beine , diction. In the sublimest of all senses S it miay be said of him, "lIe maketh a pathl to shine after him." But I cannot look upon01 that umi nosity that follow s shilps without real e izing how fond, tihe L~ord is of life Thlat lire of the deep is life, myriads of r creatures all a-swim and ai-play alnd a-romp in parkM of- marine becauity laid out and~ parterred and roscated and blessomed by omnipotence. W~hat is the use of those creatures called by the ~. naturalists " crustaceans " and " cope 't pods, " not more than' one- out of hun - ii d reds or billions of which are ever seen it by human ey e ? God cnratqd thorn for the same reason that lhe creates Ilowers it in places where no human foot ever nI makes them tremble, and no human e nostril ever inhales their redlolence, and d no humni eye ever sees their charm. SInl tnle botanical world they prove that Ga (d loves lowers, as inl the marine h world tihe phiosphlori prove thlat ho loves ~life, and he loves life in play, life in SbrillIancy of gladnesi, life in exuber And so I am led to helli-ve .that het )loves our life if we fuilill our milssioni ,as fully as the phosphori fulfill theirs. t- Tile Soin of God came " that we mlight 18 have life, and have it more abundant hy." But I amn glad to tell you that cull mn God is not the God sometimes do s- scribed as a harsh critic at the head of to tihe uiniverse, or an infinite scold, or a -y Godl thlat loves funerals better than y, weddings, or a God that prefers tears to laughter, an omnipotent.- Nero,n f'erociouls Nain i Sahib, but the loveliest Beinlg in tile universe, loving ilowers Sand life and play, whether of phosphori to in tile wake of tile Majestic or of t he human race keeping a holic ay. Y Butt i~ ark you that the phosphores fe conce h< s ai glow that thenight monop . oliz'es, and .L risk you not only whlat -- kind of intluence youl are going to leave n in thle wvorld as you pass through it, y[ but what light are you going to throw across tile world's night of sin and sor arow ? People who are saIling onl y smooth sea aind at inoon do not needl much sympathy, hbut wvhat are you go Sing to (10 for people inl tihe night of mis fortuine ? Will you drop oni themil shladow, or willl you kindle for them ' phosphorescence ? u At this momept there are more peo pie crying thlan laughing ; more people .on the round world this moment a hungry than well fed ;.miore hlouiseholds5 d bereft than homes unbroken. What d are you going to do about it ? " Well," t says yonder soul, " I would like to (10 e something toward illuimining the great ocean of human wvretchedness, but I cannot do mulch." Can you do as much as one of the phosphori in the middle of the Atlantic ocean, creatures smaller than the point of ai shlarp pin '? " Oh, yes, " you say'. 'Then do that. Shine I Standi before a the looking glass and experiment to 11 see if you cannot get that scowl off >r your forehead; that peevish look out of youtr lips. Have at least one bright to ribboii fni your bonnet. Embroider at it ine- waann somewhere in the midnight of your apparel. Do not any longer impersonate a funeral. Shine l Do say something cheerful about society and the world. Put a few drops of heaven into your disposition. Once' in awhile substitute a sweet orange for a sour lemon. Remember that pessimism- is blasphemy, and optimism is Christiani ty. Throw some light on the night ocean. If you cannot be a lantern swinging in the rigging, be one of the tiny phosphori back of the keel. Shine! "Lot your light so shine before men that others. seeing your good works, may glorify your Father which is in heaven." Make one person happy every day and do that for 20 years, and you will have made 7,300 happy. You know a man who has lost all his property by an unfortunate investment, or by put ting his name on the back of a friend's note ? After you have taken a brief nap, which every man and woman is entitled to on a Sunday afternoon, go and cheer up that man. You can, if God helps you, say something that will do him good after both of you have been dead a thousand years. Shine ! You know of a family with a bad boy who has run away from home. Go before night and tell that father and mothor the parable of the prodigal son, and that some of the illustrious and useful men now in churcb and state had a silly paessge in their lives and ran away from home. Shine ! You know of a family that has lost a child, and the silnce of the nursery glooms the whole house from cellar to garret. Go before night and tell them how much that child has hap pily escapei Isince the most prosperous life on earth is a struggle. Shine ! You know of some invalid who is dy ing for lack of an appetite. She can not get well because she cannot eat. Broil a chicken and take it to her be fore night, and cheat her poor appetite into a keen relish. Shine I You know of some one who likes you, and you like him, and he ought to be a Chris. tian. Go tell him what religion has done for you, and ask him if you can pray for him. Shine! Oh, for a dis position so charged with sweetness and light that we cannot help but shine I Remember if you cannot be a levia than lashing the ocean into fury you can be one of the phosphori, doing your part toward making a path of phosphorescence. Then I will tell you what impression you will leave as you pass through this life and after you are gone. I will tell you to your face and not leave it for the minister who oill ciates at your obsequies. The failure in all eulogium of the de parted is that they cannot hear it. All hear it except the one most interested, This, in substance, is what I or some one else will say of you on such an oc. casion : " We gather for offices of re spect to this departed one. It is im possible to tell how many tears lie wiped away, how many burdens he lifted, or how many souls he was, un der God, instrumental in saving. His influence will never cease. We are all better for having known him. "That pillow of flowers on the cas ket was presented by his Sabbath school class, all of whim lie brought to Christ. That cross of flowers at the head was presented by the orphan asy him which lie befriended. Those three single flowers-one was sent by a poor woman for whom he bought a ton of coal. and one was by a waif of the street whom he rescued through the midnight mission, and the other was from a prison cell which lie had often visited to encourage repentance in a young man who hadi done wrong. " Those three loose flowers nean quite as much as the costly garlands now breathing their aroma through the saddened home crowded with sym pat hizere. 'IBlesised are the dead wvho die in the Lord. Trhey rest from their labors, ,mnd their wvorks do follow them.' Or if it should be the more solemn burial at sea let it be after the sun has gone down, and the captain has read the approprIate liturgy, and the ship's bell has tolled, and you are, let down from the stern of the vessel into the resplendent phosphorescence at the wake of the shou. Then let some one say in the words of my text, "IHe makethi a path to shine after him." Ditched by Fiends. Los ANUELEs, Cal., Feb. 16.-A special from Maijave says: The South ern Paciic ovetland train No. 20 was held up and wrecked at Roscoe, about twelve miles west of Los Angeles, about 11:30 last night. The switch was thrown anid the train run on a short spur, throwing the engine and two cars off the track, Engineer Dave Thomas is badly injured and Fireman Arthur Masters and an unknown tramp was shiot and killed. 'he robbers blew the express car opera with bombs and robbied it. The amount taken is not kno wn . There were three men in the gang and they started north on horse back after the robbery. Another special from Sari Fernando says :Several men boargded the train at Burbank and at Roscoe their accom p laces ditched it and commenced shoot ing. The Wells Fargo express car was blown open with dyniamite and the money taken. The tireman was caught undler his engine and uuly lived about one hour. Engineer Thomas jumpedl and took to the brush, though it is re ported he was injured; and an uin known tramp, who was stealing a ride on the pilot was killed, It -is reported that the robbers escaped with several sacks of gold. The tramp who was killed was a youth named Granger. ils body iand that of Fireman Masters were brought here several hours after the robbery. Got the 0 overnor's fliitters, COLUMnrA, S. C., Feb. 20.-Constable Chiappelle saw a suspicious looking box at the Union dlepot yesterday. It was markced "bitters." The constable was certain that the box contained some thing more than peanuts or photograps andi ordered it conllscated and sent to the State Dispensary. When it ar rived there it was found that the box was .directed to Governor Trillman. Then it was karned that a New Or leans concern which wants to sell bit ters in this State had written to the Governor requesting to be allowed to send a box of the bitters to be analyzed. They were told to send the bitters, and Secretary Tompkins seat the firm a cer tificate from the Dispensary admitting the box to the State. The firm did not got the certificate, but concluded to send the box anyhow. They stated in a letter that they did not get the cer tificate. The laugh was on the consta blo when it was discovered what he had done, but lhe is satisfied as he knows he was doing his duty.-Rtegister. IC iii Jrnlgo Whiite. WVAsHNoTrON, Feb. 19.-LPresident Cleveiand today nominated Senator White, of Louisiana, to the vacant seat on the Supreme Bench of the Uni ted States, and the Senate promptly confir med the nomination, which came in the nature of a surprise to the Sen ate. All sorts of rumors were afloat during the morning relative to this ap pointment, in which the names of Sen ators G*ray and Faulkner were men tioned but not that of the Louisiana DEMOCRATS IN CAUCUS, NEW YORK'S TRAITOROUS MEMBERS BENOUNCED. ItRsolutloOs Adopted Callg on Demo creta to Vote for or Against I he Sewunfor. ago 1olonmg 11111 and Foritt i Q uoritin. WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-The Dem ocratic caucus this afternoon, which was held immediately after the adjour. ment of the House at 4 o'clock, was noticeable for two reasons. In the Ilrat place, the utmost harmony existed among the one hundred anti thirty gen tlenen present oa a very material pro. position having reference -to the Bland wsigniorage bill; and secoidly, for. the severe criticism indulged in by the members up~n the action of the New York Dainocrats far the past week and who were absent this a' eruoon. When the caucus met, Mr. iolman read the call, which ishowed that nine Ly members had allixed their signatures to that document. The roll was then called and disclosed the presence of one hundred and thirty memoers. When the clerk had (inished, it was obvious that none of the Democratic members f the New York delegation were pres- - Sit, although a number had been in at- I tendarice at Ithe session of the House i this af ternoon and hoard the call read. The first speaker was Biand, th author I of the pending bill. Bland offered the lowing preamble and resolutions: 1 Whereas, Thirty-two Democratic members of the House are now absent from the city, and whereas, twenty eight Democartic members of the House are present and intentionally fail to vote on the pending silver bill, thus breaking a quorum. Rlesolved, filrst, That it is the duty of every true Democratic member of this House, now absent, unless on account of sickness of himself or family,to im mediately return and discharge the du ties or his office. Resolved, second, That it is the duty of every Democratic member of this House to attend the daily sessions thereof. Resolved, third, That it is the duty of every Democratic member to record his vote for or against the pending sil ver bill to the end that a quorum be obtained, and said bill speedily dis. posed of, and the Iouse proceed to other pressing business. Bland then made an earnest speech In support of his resolution and strong ly censured the opponents of the bill for obstructing legislation. Ile especi ally animadverted upon those Demo crats who have co-operated with Ro publicans in not voting and in pursu ing other questionable legislative meth ods. Blana was followed' by Springer, who also favored the resolution and appealed to absent members to appear and vote at the sessions tof the House Ile pointed to the fact that during the contest for the repeal'of the silver pur chasing clause of the Sherman act, all Democrats opposed to that measure had promptly responded on every roll call; had furnished the necessary quorum, and had contented themselves with speaking and recorded their votes. Springer appealed to the constituents of absent members to urge their mem bers by telegraph and letters to appear in the House and vote on all questions. Hie had never kno wn an occasion before when any number of Democrats re fused to come to a Democratic caucus and to take counsel with their D~emo-' eratic brorhers. He regretted this not. only on account of the pending legisla tioni, but on account of divisions and dissentions which wouid be engenered in every congressional dlistrict in the land and make future success impossi ble. The breaking of a quorum by members ef a majority ought not to be resorted to. It was a parliamentary revolution, and would destroy the pow- I or of the party in the majority to legis late. When dpringer had concluded, Byv num of Indiana, In a brief speech, of fered a resolution fixing the failure to - make a quorum on the Republicans. H~e offere this resolution as an amen ment to the Bland resolution, which was still before the caucus. Instantly the hall was illied with murmurs of1 dissent, and the Bynumi amendment was atorAce voted down by a large m-a jority, the explanation being that the D~emocrats were responsible for the breaking of the quorum, as they wer e the party in power, and it was their 1 business to see that a quorum was pres ent After Williams of Mississippi had spoken briefly in favor of the Bland resolution, a vote was t aken and it was adopted unanimously. Thiereuwon B land offered anoth er resolution. whiich was as follows : "Resolved, That it is the senso of this'caucus that the pending bill shall be the special order of business of the House to the exclusion of all other bus iness until finally disposed of ." There was no objection, and the reso lution was adopted. Boatner of Louisiana then took the floor with a resolution wvhich was so radical that it was at once voted down, and furnished an excuse for a motion to adjourn that was immediately car ried. Boatner's resolution i nstructed the committee on rules to bring in an order imposing special penalties for failure to vote and make a quorum and for absenteeism. It was quickly. disposed of by a vote of 61 to 42l,after which, upon motion of Richardson, of Tennessee, the caucus adjourned. Tnmc President has appointed a South ern man -to the Supreme Bench in place of Judge Blatchford, who died some time ago. This is well. We need some good States Rtights Democrats on the Supreme Court Bench. DE3NST "THE WORLD'S GREAT THE MACHINE The Oni: FOR TYPEWRIT'ERLS A.T TilE STs "NO MACHLINE COULD: BE ANIY BIETTER. iT lti PERFECT." privave statement of one of the Judges. Responsible Oounty J. WV. Gi-ib G*ENERA~L AGECNTa8 LIFE AT CLEMSON COLLEGE. Nearly 500 Studente in the areas school. Prparallo, for Work. 0I4EMgON COLLEGE, Feb. 22.-Four hundred and eighty-three cadets have Leorted for duty, and of this number 195 are new. The recruits are all in :ne large company, in charge of Capt. It. E. Lee, but as soon its they have been drilled sufficiently well, eight com panies will be formed. E ich company is to bave about cqual numbers of old tnd new -cadets. There will be two battalions, each composed of ' four 2ompanies, and on Saturday afternoons there will be regimental parades, with Mr. Shanklin, tutor in mathematics. and Mr. Bly the, tutor in English, as majors, and Lieutenant Donaldson as oolonel of the regiment. There is some talk of organizin brass baid mmong the cadets, and 0inis be done the regiment, with the flag which Lieu 'enant, Donaldson presented to Canipa ay C. for being the best drilled com pany at :Ulemson, and the field music, will present a very fine appearance. President Craighead yesterday morn ug divided the cadets of the college flasses into agricultural and mechani. %al students, and it was seen that there Was about an equal number in both lepartments, and not as some had pre licted, a big majority in favor of agri ,ultural students are being given work )u the farm, garden and at the bara. l'he mechanical students as yet have lone but little work, but will coin nonce in a few days, as supplies of utmber, etc., are being put in at the ihops for their use. The professors are busy now exam ning and classifying the new cadets, which will soon be* completed, and the ecitation will begin. Physical exam nations are being hold daily by Dr. Redfern, but as yet no one has been re Cused admittance into the college on tccount of failure to pass the examina Aon. A good many old cadets, and some lew ones, who received appointments )y the examination held In January, lave failed to put in their appearance, md preparation is now being made to Ill their places from those who have ;he highest grades but failed to win ,he appointments. Several have al eady been admitted who came on at ,he opening and remained, watchtng ror a chance to enter. It is safe to say that in a short' while the barracks will be filled with 600 cadets. Measure ruents are being taken for the uniforms, md in about six weeks all will be in jeans. The laundry is doing very nice work indeed, as good as any to the State and the board is decidedly better than it was last year, in fact. There is perfect harmony among the cadets. rhey have organized an athletic asso 3iation, with Mr. 11. G. Cliff as piesi lent, and several baseball nines have been formed, and during the coining season Clemson is going to have some very line games, not only among the [o1me teams, but with Furman Uni versity, Wofford College and others. A few nights ago one of the new ca lets was passing the post of a sentinel. lie had on a very large, showy badge, which seemed to be the pride of his whole being. Having failed to give the countersign as he passed; the senti nel said, with a very stern look upon tis face, "Give me the countersign." "Oh, friend, I can't part with this," r.utting his hand over his badge, " my mother gave it to me. "-State. Stock Burned. ANDEnISON, S. C., Feb. 17.-Col. B. F. Drayton's barn on his borne place two rniles west of here was destroyed by Ire last night. On the first floor of the arn his herd of Jerseys, several tine rood mares and other stock wvere itabied and wvere all burred, the num >er being of pottle between forty and Ifty, of horses and mules eight or ten. i. large quantity of corn andi hay aud >ther forage was also destroyed. In urance only $500. Loss between 35,000 and $6,G00. The origin of the ire is unknown. WVhen discovered at, a. m. the entire building was in lames. Wvreckn an ea CH[ARLmsTON, S. C., Feb, 19.--Capt. r. M. P~eck with of the shooner A. HL. lowe, arrived from New York Wednes lay reports a very eventful voyage. )apt. Peckvwith says: "On Sunday, ?eb. 11, off Hatteras, heading south vest cne-half west, eight miles distance >assed a sun ken three-masted schooner >f about 500 tons in 12 fathoms~of wa er, mast heads on top water. The nast heads were bright, topmast heads >ainlted white, blue flag at mizzen to sail uone, main topsail hanging- over he spring stay, peak halyard blocks rone from mast heads, topmast rigging spring stays wire. Going around liat eras we saw a sunen steamer. The nast was half out of water. A Ihorrible Murder. S1.LrMA, Ala, Feb. 17.-The little vii age of Stanton, Cinelton county, is ini a itate of great excitement over the m ur lering of Miss 'Jessp Rucker, Thursday night. It was avanged yesterday morn Lng when the dead body of a ne~ro was Lound riddled with bullets lying near the scene of the dastardly crime, anc mother negro suspected is missing I'he place whore Miss Rucker was as aulted and murdered is a lonely place and as this unfortunat woman is dead there is no way of getting at the detail. sf the terrible crime.. PEanors arid Organs. No w Is the time to buy summer plan $25 cash balance November 15th 1893. Will buy a Piano at spot cash 4riee $10 eash, balance November 15tn 1898 Will buy a organ at spot cash price. See the list to choose from, Steinway, Mason & Hlamlin, Mathushek and Stir ling Pianos, Mason & Liamlin and Stirling Organs. Fifteen days test trial and freight both ways if nost eatis factory. A large.lot of nearly new and second hand PIanos and Organ. at bar gains. Good as new. Write for prices W.N.Trump, Columbia, S. C. . VIzORE. EST TYPEWRITER." TfHAT TOOK r A w a r d LTE~ FAIR, NOVF EIMKls, 1893. T ONLY AWARD WAS :IO MADEC TO US FORl TYP1BWRITER'S BUPPILE. Agente Wanted. bes & (Jo., OLUMBIA C. 8a I New York. NEW YOIx, Feb. 21.--Carl J. Jattle a. gwa 08Otal clerk, 85 years of age, liig nCarleqto 8..., and running between Charlesto ' and uing -~ ~ -asa a nd Washington, D. 0., was arrested In this city today on i telegra from Chief or Police Moore, Of WVathin~tO". charged with "41acmt Iog Maud Gilbert, it girl or 15, living In Washington. Jttle Is alleged to have taken the girl away froni the latter city ou Monday, ?ebruasy 12, and brought her to this city where the couple put up at the Coleman House for a few days, later going to i furni.ahed room at 146 West 15th street, where they were When arrested. They passed under the name of C. II. Ford and wife. Jattle was held in 83,000 ball for examination on Fri day, and the girl was turned over tQ the Gerry Society. RW?? HP*~: S "W MjIL Aice Plauters and Rice Millers can buy a single mchine that will oleaft, hull and polish rice ready for market for $350.00. Corn Killers can buy the best Frenohb burr mill, in iron frame, fully guaran 4eed, capacity tone bushels meal per thour, for $115.00. Saw Millers can buy tho variable fi lotion feed DeLoach Mill from $190.00 up to the largest sizs. Also Gang Rlip 8aws, Edgers, Swiig Saws, Planing Machtnes, and all kinds of wood working machinery. "Talbott" Engines and Bollers. 8pciail discounts mudo for cash. *eV. C. B&DfAi, COLUMIA. S. C. Machinery Commission - Agents, -0 With a view to mutual advantagel we uvite all partles who intend buying ia hinery to correspond with us before plac ng their orders. We are confident or our kbility to save money to our customers, and mly ask the opportunity of proving the act. Besides machinery of al1 kinds, we~ teat largely in iiuggios, Wagons, anct othaer renlos. Writo to us. W. H, Gibbes Jr., & CO, COLUMBIA, 8' C. --THE F~R aor A riul tul u in. ~eral Plantation Uao, have earn tlon as the best on tne market. For Simpililty, .Durability and Esonomy in fuel and water THE TOZER Has no Equal. T~5 PAYS THE FREIGfl t;s kUiome Prices for Goods I - - I-~1tlous and See What You Cu paIs ~.$69 oq-"s37. * No freight paid on, Lti Or - -~ ganb. U1nra t~eed to be a i on organ or money re. n~f, .\ rn ( hai, Roecing Chair, Diva:N I Ip~j~-~tnI- > -wo i$45. Will dellves p.- h2 A. A 1W f DEWINTG MACINW wit i all idattnenta, for --O Ni Y $18.0 deolivoredr to yotur depot. -4 l'heo 1mnufnetit~ttirer pays all ,he e'x pani 1 anitd I Rill ithem n Lo you for A4,45.'/8 an guanrantfee every 0one a s.rgain. No freight paid A.*owfO PIAN4 Ea iid tr r.ai)~~si or iuoniture, Cooking r-- iidi-y Cama, Bicycles, Organs, Pt-. Lr(n. ToHte. ).innewr Bet-a, Lamps, &c., and4 JAVE MONNY. Addrean [A. F.PADGETT "hCLA