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SOME H EARITS. Through days a-weary, niid Pecnes sc dreary, Some heart in the siadow must stay, While the aching eyes scan gloomy skies For a light In the far away. Through tie darkness deep, dread agonies And steai the roluctant perfume Of the flowers rare, that fate seemied to dare, On the grlof stricken soil to bloom. Through the dismal years, of weeping and fears, Somo hearts. wIth thoh burden of woe. On the grim highway, whero io rn beams play, 1hrough the blackness of night nmst, go. Some hearts must weep, whilo other hearts sleep, Ne'er dreaming of pain or sorrow, Soni hearts are sighing, sone hmarts are crying O'er visions of dread tomorrow. Some hearts mllust kneel and tile chast'ining feel, As hopes that were framed in the past Fall into decay, and swift, pass away, Too frail, through suffering, to last. Some hearts are aching, and silently bieak Lig, While the lives of others are crowned With rarest delight, that never takes ifight, Where despaIr's dark face nover frownmid. LESSONS OF A LAUGH. Rfi. Dr'. Talmagdtd Uineussmen Anot-her Unitre 8ut1'Ject. BRooKLYN, July 15.- Itfv,. De. Tal mage, who is now in Australia on his round the world journey, has selected us tile subject for Ilis sermon through the press today "Laughter," the text being taken from Pealm exxvi, 2, "Then was our mouth filled with laughter." and Psalm ii, 4, "lIe that sitteth in the heav ens shall laugh." Thirty-eight times does the Bible make reference to thIs con tiguration of the foat ures and quick expulsion of breath which we call laughter. Sometimes it is born of the sunshine and sometimes the mid night. Sometimes it stirs the sympa thies of angels, and sometimes the cach innation of devils. All healthy peo)le laugh. Whether it pleases the Lord or displeases him, that depends upon when we laugh and at what we laugh. My theme today is the laughter of the Bible -namely, Sarah's laugh, or that of skepticism; David's laugh, or that of spiritual exultation; the fool's laugh, or that of sinful merriment; Gord's laugh, or that of infinite condemnation ; heaven's laugh, or that of eternal triumph. Scene, an oriental tent; the occupants, old Abraham and Sarah, perhaps wrink led and decrpit. Their three guests are three angels-the Lord Almighty one of them. In return for the hopitiah ty shown by the old people God promises Sarah that she shall become the ances tress of the Lord Jesus Christ. karah -laughs in the face of God. She does not believe it. She is aflirivhted at what she has d]one. Sh'e denies it. She samjs, "I didn't laugh." Then God retorted, with an emphasis that silenced all dis putation, "But thou didst latigh!'' My friends, the laugh of skepticism; in a11l ages, is only tile echo of Sa rah's laughter. God says hio will lie. complish a thing, and m10n1 say it can not be done. A great multitude laug1h at the miracles. They say they are coin trary to tie laws of' nature. What is a law of' nature? 1I, is God's way ot dloing a thing. You ordinarily cross a river at, one ferry. Tomuorrow you change for one day, and you go across ansothler ferry. You made the rule. IHave you not the right tochmange ii? You ordinarily come inl at that door of the church. Suppose tha~t nlext Sabbath you should come in at the otiher (tool? 1t is a habit you have! Hlave you not a right to chango your hlabit? A law ot nature is God's habit -Is way of domng things. 11*he makes tile law, has 118 not a right to chlange it, at alny time hewants to change it? Alas. for tihe folly of those who laugh at God when h1e says. "'I will d1o a ting.'' they responding, "You canl't (do it.'' God says that tile .Bible is true-it, 15 all truie. Bishop Colenso laughs; H erhe rt Spencer laughls; Stuart Miii laughs; great Ger man universities laugh1; Ilarvardl laughs --softly! A great mans of theO learned inIstitutions. With lonmg rows ot protes sors seated on tile fence betweenl Chris tianity andl infIdelity, laugh sofiy. Th'ley say, "We didn't 1augh1." Thlat was Sarah's trlek. God thundera -from tile hleavens, "But thoeu didstlaugh! Tihe gardlen of Eden was only a fable. There never was any ark bIlt., or if it was built it was too small to have two of every kind, The pillar of' lire by nlight was only tile nlothern hlghts, the 10 pia gues of Egypt only a briltilint speelmoue of jugglery. The sea parted because tile wiind blew violently a great whilie from one direction, Tile sun andl mloon did not put themselves out of tile way for Joshua1. Jacob's ladder was only horizontal and picturesque clouds.* Thle destroying angel smiting tile the firsthlorn in Egypt was only cholera inifanitume be come epidemic. Th'ie gullet of tile whale, by measurement, was too, small to swallow ap~rophlet tile story of the immaculate c'>ncep tion a shock to all decency, Th'ie lame, the dumb, tile blind, thle halt cure d by mere human surgery, Tile reInrrec tion of Christ's friend Onlly a beautiful tableau. Christ and Lazarus andl Mary and Marthla actmng thleir parts well. My friends, thlere is not a dloctrinle or statement of God's hloly word thlat, has not been derided by tile skepticism of the day. I take up thlis book of King Jaes translation, I censider it a perfect Bible, but hlere are skeptics who want it torn to pieces. And no0w, Withl this Bible in my hland, let me tear out all those portions whlich the skepticism of this day demands shtall be torn out. What shall go fiest? "Well," says some one in the audince, "take out all thlat about creation and about tile fIrst settle ment ofthbe world." Away goes Genesis. "Now," says some one, "take eutal that about the miraculous Auidance of the children of Israel in the wilderness," Away goes Exodus, -"Now," says some one else in the audience, "there are things in Deuteronomy an'd Kings that are not fit to be read," Away g Deuteronomy and the Kings. "Now" says~some one, "the book of Job is a fable that ought to came out," Away goes the book of Job. "Now " says some one, "those passages in thme New Testament which imply the divinity of Jesus Christ ought to come out." Away go the. Evangelists. "Now," says some one, "the book of Revelation--how pre posterousi It represents a man with the moon under is feet and a sharp sword in his hand." Away goes tile book of Revelation. Now tihere are a few pieces left. What shlall we do with them? "Oh1," says some man in tile audi ence, "I don't believe a word in tile Bible, from one end to the other." Well, Jtlisafltone. Nowryou have put out the ith ht for the nation. Now it ls th itharknecas of'eternal midnight. How do yon like ii? Tit I think,, my frlepds, we had bet ter keep the Bible a little longer intac t. It has'done pretty well for a uood many years. Then there are old people who flnd it a comfort to have it onl theIr laus, and chiflren like the :tories in it. Lit us keep it for a curiosity. If the Bible is to be thrown out of the school and out of the court room, 8o that nien no more swear by it, aind it is to be put in a dark corridor of tha city library, the Koian on one side and the writings of Confucius on the other, then let us each keep a copy for hiimsell, for we might have trouble, and we would want to be under the delusions of its consolations, and we might die. aid we would want the delusion of the exalted residence of God's right ha'.'d, which it inentions. Oh, what an awful thing it is to laugh III (od' face and huln his lievelation back at him. After awhile the (lay will come yhen they will say they did not laugh. Then all the hvpercriticisms, all the cariattirefs and all the learned sneers In the quat terly reviews will be brought to judgment, and amid the rock ing of everything' beneath, and amid tihe 11 iming of everything a)ixve, God will thunder, "But thou did8t laugh!" I think the most faremating laughter at Christianity I ever remember was a man in New I-Agland. 1le made the word of God seem rediculous, and lie laughed on at our holy roligion until ie caie to die and then he said, "My life has beeni a failure-a failure dlomestically-I have no children; a ftilure socially, for I am treated on the streets like a pirate; a failure professionally because I know but one minister that has adopted my sentiments,'' For a quarter of a centu. ry he laughed at Christianity, and ever smnce-Christianity lis been laughing at him. Now, it is a mean thiug to go into a man's house and steal his goods, but I tell you the most gigantic burglary ever in vented is ,he iroposition to steal these treasures of our holy reiii:n. The meanest laugh ever Uttered is tihe laugh of the skeptic. The next laughter mentioned in the Bible is David's laughter, or the exprest sion of spiritual exultation. "Then was our mouth filled with laughter." ie got very much down sometimes, but there are other chApters where for four 1ime3 he cails upon the people to praise and ex ult. It was not a mere twitch of the lips. It was a demonstration that took hold of his whole phynical nature. "Then was our mouth lilled with laugh. ter." My friends, this world will never be converted to God until Christians cry less and laugh an( sini more. The horrors are a poor bait. If people are j to) be persuaded to adopt our holy ra- I ligion, it will be becauso they have made up their im inds it is a happy religion. They don't like a morbid Christianity. I I know there are morbid people who enjoy a funeral. They come early to 1 see the the friends take leave of the i corpse, and they steal a ride to the I cemetery, but all healthy people enjoy a wedding better than they do a burial. Now, you make the religion of Christ sepulchral and lieiraelike, and yclu make a it repulslve. I say plant the rose of Sharnon aloig the church walks and col- t umbine to clanb.r over the church wall I and have a smile on the lip and have r the mouth lille(' with holy laughter. There is no man in the world, except the Christian, that has a right to teel an i untrammeled glee. 1Ie is promised ev erythiing to be for the best here, and he 1i on the way to a delight which will take all the processions withi paulm branches, and altl the orchestras harped andl~ cymballed and trumpeted to exp~re's ''Oh,'' you say, "'I have so much trouble.'' lave you more thani Paul had? What does he sal? ''Sorrowful, yet always rejoicing. l'oor, yet making many rich. Iftaviing nothing, yet, 1p08 Sesasing all things.'" Thie merriest laugh I think I ever heard has been in the sick room of Ghod's dcar chiilren. WVhen TJheodosius wvas put, upoii the rack, he suffered very great torture at the first. Somebody askedl him how lie enduruied all that, pai n Oi, he rack, i~e replied. ''Wheii I was first put on the rack, I suffered a great deal, but, ver y soon a young man in wvhite stoodl by my side, andl with a soft, and comfortable handkerchief lie wiped the swveat from my brow, and1( myl pains were relieved,. It, was a puishmiient for me to get, from the rack, because wvhen the pain was all gone the angel wvas gone." Oh, rejoice evermore. You know how it is in thie army-an army in encampmeut,. .If today news comes that, Our sides has had dlefeat, and tomorrow another portion of the tiings conmes, saying wve have had another diefeat,, it, dlemorai/')s all the host. But, ii tihe news coimes (if victory todlay and victory tomorrow t~he whole iamy is impalisionedl for the con test. Now, in the kingdom ofoiir Lord Josus Christ replort, fewer deteats. Tell us the victories-victory over sim and death and hell. Rejoice evermore, and agami I say rejoice. I believe there is more religion in a laugh than in a groan. Anybody can g'roan, but to laugh in the mide t ot banishment, atui persecution an d indlescrlhbable trial, that required a D)avidl a D)aniel, a Paul, a modern hecroino. T1he next, laughiter menitionied ill the Bible that 1 shall speak of is the fool's laughter or the expression of' sinful mer - riment. Solcmon was very quick at simile. When he makes a comparison, we all catch it, What is the laughter of a tool like? ie says, "lt is the crack hung of thorns unider a pot.'' The ket tle is swung, a bunch of brambles is p~ut uinder it, and the torch is apliied to it, and there is a great iioise, anmd a big blave, andl a spuLtter, and1( a quick extin guishmnent. Then it is dlarker than it was before. Fools' laughter. The most miserable thing on earth hs a bad man's fun. There they are-10 men in a barroom, they have at home wives, mothers, daughters. The imp~ure jest, starts atone1 corner of the barroom.ni and crackle, crackle, crackle, it goes aill] aroundh. In 500 such gufl'aws there is not one item of happIness. They all feel bemoaned, if they have any con scIence left. Ihave nothing to (10 with men or women who tell immoral stories. I have no confidence either in their Christian character or morality. So all merimenlt that springs out, of the defects of others-caricature of a lamie foot, or a curvedf spine, or a blind ey e, or a (leaf ear-wIll be met with the judgments of God either upon you or upon your cliii dren. Twenty years ago I knew a man who was partIcularly skillful In imitating the lameness of a neighbor. Not long ago a son of the skillful mimnie had his leg I amputated for tile very defect whIch his father had mImicked years before. I do I not say It was a judgment of God. I heave you to make your own Inference. do ah merriment born of dissIpatIon, I that which starts at the counter of the] drinking restaurant or from the wine glass In te hionme tilrele, the maudlin< simper, t le mfeamngless joke, the satur. nallan gibberish), the paroxysim of mIrth abou. uiothing which you sometimes see in the fashIonable clubroom or the ex. qulsite parlor at 12 o'clock at nIght, are the crackling of th~orna uinder a p~ot. Such laughter anud such sIn end in (leath. When I was a lad a book came out entitled ")ow Junior'a Patent Ser. mon." It made a ereat stir---a very wide laugh-all over the country, that book did. It was a caricature of the Christian ministry, and of the word of God, and of the day of jud gment. Oh, we had a great laugh. The comment. ary on the whole thing is that the au. thor of that book (lied In poverty, shame debauchery, kicked out of' society and cursed of Almighty G'od. The laugh ter of such men is the echo of' their own datmivation. The next laughter that I shall men 6ion Ra being in the Bible is the laugh of God's condemnation, "Ie that eit tlth in the heavens shall laugh.'' Atrain "The Joird will laugh at him." Again, "I will lauh at his calamity.'' With such deionsl ration will God gie-t every kind of great sin and wickednes,. But men build up villanies higher and higher Good men almost pity God be cause he is schemed against by ncii. Suddenly a pin drops out of tho muchinery i' wickedness, or a secret is revealed, and the foundation be ginis to rock. Finally the whole thing is demolished. What is the mattei? I will tell you what the matter is. That crash of ruin is only the reverberatlon of' God's laughter. In the money market there are a great many good men and a great niany fraudu. lent men. A fraudulent man there says, "I mean to have my million." lie goes to worx reckless of honesty, and he gets his first $100,000. lie gets arter awhile his $200,000. After awhile he gets his $500,000. "Now," ho says, "I have only one more move to make, andf I shall have my million." He gathers up all his resources, lie makes that one last grand move, ho. fails and loses all, and lie has not enough ioney of his own left to pay the cost of the car to his home. l'eopic.cannot. understand this spasmodic rcvulsion. Some said it was i sudden turn ill Ecio railway stock, or in Wcs tern Union, or in Illinois Central. Some said one thing and~. some another. They all gueased wrong. I will tell you what it was, "le that sitteth in the heavens laughed.'' A man in Ne w York said he would )0 the richest man in the city. Ilie left i his honest work as a mechanic and got i into the city councils some way and in ! 10 years stole $15,000,000 from the citv I government. Fifteen million dollaral [I had the legislature of the state of E New York in the grip of his right hand. t suspicions were aroused. The grand c ury presented indictments. The whole c anti stood aghast. The man who ex- t )ceted to put hall' the city in his vest L )ocket goes to Blackwell's island, goes c o Ludlow Street jail, breaks prison and i :ocs across the sea, is reariested au( 1 irought back and afrain remanded to jail. v Vh3? "Ie that sitteth in the heavens auhied."V Itome was a great empire; sho had n forace and Virgil among her poets; ( he had Augus us and Constantine o miuocg her emperors. But what mean hie deficed Pantheon, and the Forum 1l runed Into a cattle market. and the bro :en walled Coliseum, and the architectu- a al skelton of her great uqueductt? What 1 vas that thunder? "Oh'' you say, "that c vas the roar of the battering rams against t ter walls." No. What was that qui. ; l? 01'h!" you say, "that was the tramip of iostil s legions."' No. The 1 riuiver andi the roai wvere the outhuurst, af' oimimpotenit laughter from the defied 1 11d( insulted hieavens. Rtome tdled God, and( he laughed her down. Thohes (1e liedI God, andI he laughed her (down, . INinevch defled God, and lie laughed her lown. Babylon detied G od, and ho laughed her do un- . There is a ereat diflerence huetweeni God's laneh and( his smle. his smile is sternal beatliude. He a niled when David sang, and~ Miriam clapped the Lym)bals, and1( Hanniah madle garmeiits for her son, Paul preazhed, and Johinj kindled wisdh apocalyptic vislin, and1( whieii any man has anything to (d0 and does it wyell. Ibis annle! Why, it, is the 15th, of May, the apple orchads in full bloom; it, is morninig breaking on a rippl ing sea; it, is heaven at, hugh noon, all the hels beating the marriage peal. But his laiighter--may it, never fall on us! It is a condeminationi for our sin ; it, Is a wastine' away. We may let, the satirist laugh at, us, andi all our1 comp~anions may lauigh at, us, arnd we may be made t.he target, for the muerrlment of eartit and hell, but, God frbid that wve sould1( ever come to the h'allillment of the propheay against, the re jectors of' the truth, "'I will laugh iat your calamity.' But,, my friends, all of its wh o rejiect Christ au:.1 the pardon of the gospel mtust come uimer thaitimomendous bom bar'dment. God wants us all to repent,. ie countsels, lie coaxes, he importunies, and lie (lies for' us. lie comes dlown out of heaven, ie puts all the world's sinl oin one shiouller, ho punts all world's sor row on the other shoulder, and~ then with thmat. Alp on one sidle aind that Iimalaya oin the other lie starts u1n the hill back of .Jerusalemn to achieve our salvation. ie puts the palm of his right foot on one long spike, and( hte puts the palm of lis left foot, on another long spike, and then, with his hands spotted with hits own blood lie gosticulates, saying: "fook, look andh live ! WVi th the crimsoni veil of my Bacri lice I will cover uip all your sIns. With myl dying groan L will swallow up all your gr'oansa. Look! Live!'' But a thiouisanud of you turn your back on that, and then this voice of invitation turns to 1 tone divinly ominous, that sobs like a himnoom through 1,he first chapter of' Pro, verb~s: "lHecauso I h ve called and ye refiused, I have stretched out, my rightI hiand( andh no man reegardled, but ye have set at naught, all my counsel and would none of' my reproof, I also will ladght at yoor calamity.'' Oh, what, a laugh that I 8-a (lee) laugh, a long, reverberating I aughi; at) overwhelming laugh; God I ~rant we may never hoar it. But in bhis (lay of merciful visitation yleld your ieart, to Christ that you may spend all four life on earth under his smile anid iscapo forever the thbundfer of the laugh )f God's indignation. The other laughter mentioned in t~ue B~ible-the only ons 1 shall speak of--. 5 heavetn's laughter, or this expression >f eternal triumph. Christ said to his hisciples, "Blessed are ye that weep tow, for ye shall laugh."'1'That, makes no k~now positively that we are not, to 'pe'nd our (days in heaven singhig long nioter psalms. The formalistic andl itiff' notions of heaven that some peop~le 1 uave would make me miserable. I am llad to know that the heaven of' the Bi. I 31e is not, only a place of holy worship, C )Ut of magnificent sociality.t "'What,"' say you, ''will the ringing t aughi go around the circle, of the saved?"' I say y es, pure laughter, cheering laugh ,or, holy laughter. It will be a laugh >f congLratulation. When we meet a riend who hias sudd~enly come to a for--~ tune or who has got over some dire sick. eaes, do we not shake hands, do we net laugh wIth him? And when we get to heaiven and 8e0 our friends there, aeme of thei~iihwng come up out of'great trl bulhaton. mhy, w..w.ll -y t __ _1 Of them, "The last the I saw you vOU had been auflering for six weeks under a a low intermittent fever, ) or to anothl we will say: "You for 10 years were limping with the rheumatism, and you wore full of complaint% when we saw YoU last. I congratulate YOU 'm tisl oternal recovery. We shall Iauh. Yes, we shall con. gratulato all those who have come out of great fluancial embarrassments in this world because they have become millionaires i heaven. Ye shall laugh. It shall be a laugh of reassociation. It Is just as natural for us to laugh when we meet a friend we have not seen for 10 years as anything is possible to be natural. When wo meet our friends from whom we imve been parted 10 or 20 or 30 years, will it not be with infiite congratulation? Our perception quick ened, our knowledge improved, we will know each other at a flash. We will have to talk over all that has happened since we have been separated, the one that lie been 10 years in heaven telling us all that has happened in the 10 years of his heavenly residence, and we telling him i return all that has happened dur ing the 10 years of his absence from earth. Yo shall laugh. I think George Wliite'ield and John Wesley will have a laugh of contempt for their earthly collisions, and Toplady and Charles Wesley will have a laugh of contempt for their earthly misunder staudings, an1d the two farmers, who were in the lawsuit all their days, will have a laugh of contempt over their earthly disturbance about a line fence. Exenption from all annoyance. Immer. sion in all gladness. Yie shall laugh. Christ says so. Ye shall laugh. Yes, it will be a laugh of tiiumph. Oh! what a pleasant thing it will be to stand on the wall of heaven, and look down at 3atan and hurl at him detiince, and Eee him caged and chained, and we forever [ree froin his clutches. Ahal Yes, it wil be a laugh of royal greeting. You know how the Frenchmen cheered when Napoleon came back Irom Elba. You know how tile Eaghsh cheered when Wellington came back from Wfaterloo. -You know how Americans ,heered when Kossuth arrived from Hun. (ary. You remember how Rome cheered vhen Pompey come bak victor over ?00 cities. Every cheer was a laugh. 3ut, oh, the miglhtie- greeting, the glad. [er greeting, -hen the snow white cav dlry troop of heaven shall go through lie streets, and, according to Lhe book >f1 Rvelation, Christ, In the red coat, the rimson coat, on a white horse, and all lie armies of heaven following on white orsee! Oh, when we see and hear that avalcade, we s'iall cheer, we shall iugh. Does not your heart beat quick. y at the thought ot great .jubilee upon rhich we are soon to enter? I pray God that when we get througlu rith this world and are going out of it we iay have some such vision as the dying hbristian had when he saw written all ver the clouts in the sky the letter 'W,1' and they asked, standing, by is side, what, lie thought that letter 'W"P meant. "Oh," he said, "that Lands for we lcome." And so may It e when we quit this world. "W" on n the gate, "W" on the door of the nansion, "W" on the throne. Wel. .ome! Welcoit! Welcome! I have >reached this sermon with five prayerful vishes that you might see what a menn ling is the laugh of skepticism, what a )richit thimg is thie laugh of spiritual ex ultation, what a hollow thing is the laugh >f sinl uu errimenit,, what, an awful thing a the laugh of condemnation, what a adiant, rubicund thing is the laughi of Iternal triumph. Avoid the ill. Choose he right. .es comnfortedl. "'Blessed are e that Weep) now-ye shahl laugh, ye Oholtera RIagOM. S'. P wr .n sinUini, .July 15 .-The Tholera continues to spread with alarm ing rapiditv throughout the city. Yes Lerdlay 218 fresh cases and 69 deaths were reportedl. F~rom Jluly 8 to todlay noon 875 cases and 294 d1eatha~ have been reportedh. The exceptitonal means ures in the periods of such an epidemic are enforcedt rigidly. The prefect has ordered that all wine shops lie closed on Sunday and1( holiday. T1he city is pla cardled with instructions as to the beat means of p~reventing and treating chiol era. All f'actories, theatres andl railways are undier orders to take special precau tions against the spread of the disease. I testaur ant keepers have beeni directe d hy the municipal authorities to distribute beiled water among the poor without charge, Several public buildings In the city and in the suburb~e are to he used as cholera hospitals. Today the Metropoli tan, asaitstedI by the chief' clergy, p~rayed publicly in St. Isaac's Cathedral that the pro ress of t.he epidemiic be stayed. IHundreds of cholera casses are reportedl f'rom the proviinces, where the percent age of deathts is exceptionially high. Prendorgaat Hiangsd. Cirlo 0, .July 13.-l'rendergast was1 hanged at 11:48 this morning. At 11:42 a hush fell upon the throng in the cor ridor and( far down the sombre halls could be heard the muffled tramp of the funeral cortege. A few mornents Later Sheriff Gilbert and Jailer Morris appeared at the right of the scaffold. Lte prisoner, pale and unsteady, walk ad behind them. lie stood without ap parent nervousness, though a trifle weak and unsteady as lisa arms were being pinioned, le seemed deter ninedl to die game and looked calmly ut on the assembled crowd below him. A. white shroud was next placed about 1rm, and barring a little restless mo ion of the eyes, looking dlown mand 'romu side to side, he madeo no motions. I ailer Morris now placed the rope about uls neck, the white cap over his head, nd Prendergast, game to the last, had aken his last look of earth. An in tant later, at 11:48, lhe shot downward, is head twisted to one side, his neck Laying apparently been broken. Slow y swaying back and forth, lie hung for few moments while physicians held ifs wrists. A slight spasmodic move nont of the legs was all the sign of life apparent within the loosely hinging white robe, Musical Homes are Happy HomIen. llave you ever noticed it? (Jail to nind the homes of your friends who tave a good Piano or Organ in the Louse. Are they not brighter and niure attractiye than those where the ivine art of musIc never enters ? To >0 sure it costs to buy a good instru aent, but it lasts many years, and will >ay its costs many a thousand times ever by interesting the young folks in heir honmes. Don't make the mistake hough, of investing haphazard. Pose 'ourself thoroughly by writing Ludden b Bates Southern Music Ihouse, S3avah ah, GIa., the groat music house of the outh, established in 1870. They have uppliedui0,000 inatframents to South rn homes, and have a reputation for air prices and honorable treptmnent of ustomere; and they reprpsent the lead ng pianos and organs of America Ch ytake pleasure in Qorrespondling spadng'reecatalogues, eto EXCITING SCENES, PISTOLS DRAWN AT THE EDGO'EF1ELD) CAMPAIGN MEE TING. The llaImburg A HIinavit 'roitoodi by Son ator Imutelor Mutd Overnor TI1latitua Ill d t Vouantor Aindciavlt-At Oni Ti.e a Rot was in sight. i'IELD),8- C., July 19.-The samt Providence which has before prevent. ed the shedding of blood at campaign meetings in this State initerposed again today. 'Nith eyes glaring .ike tigers, with hands on pistols and with open dirks and knives ready for deadly exe cution, it lacked only one overt act, only one blow, to have precipitated a battle which would have left a hundred dead and wounded men on the platform and grounds of Academy Grove. Inno cent women and children would have suffered and the consecquences would have been horrible. I have seen trouble in crowds before. I have seen the eyes of men dance and the muscles quiver. I have seen the hand go to the pistol pocket, the glim mer of the bright weapon and the smoke clear away after the trigger was pulled, but I have never seen wili er or more ferocious expressions in the eyes of human beings than was exhib. ited here today. I looked at any mo ment to see a shot fired and to see the fray commence. The scene of the trouble was on the speaker's stand. Right here it is well to remark that the lives of every pu-). lie man are endangered by permitting anybody on the stand but those enti tled to be there. With a racked stand and every man possessing a pistol few bullets will go astray. At the first in timation of trouble desperate men crowd on the stand to be in the heat of the fray. If everybody was forced to stay on the ground the danger would not be so great. In case of a row there would be room and opportu rity for innocent people to get out of harm's way. The row occurred just before the closing of the meeting and during Sen ator Butler's speech. It was precipita ted by the uncalled for remark of a man to Senator Butler. It would have come, however, with almost anything or any remark. It was in the air, and nothing was needed to cause the explo sion. Senator Butler did not intend it, but if he had not lost his temper to some extent the trouble might not have been so intense. The veteran of battles and bullets let passion get the better of him for a few minutes. lie not only called a man a liar who had insulted him, but repeated it two or three times. Ile had become exasper ated by the cheering for Tillman and was in a mood to vent his anger on any man. The crowd numbered 1,200 people and was male up of the most peaceble and the most desperate men in E Jgelield County. Governor Tillman had the majority ot the crowd by several hun dred, although Butler supporters were to be seen in all directions. As the in terest to the public will centre in the speeches of the Senatorial candidates and in the trouble which was the out growth of those speeches, I will only give them. I will simply give the facis and let the public make up its mind as it sees fit. During the speeches Governor Till man sat toward the back of the stand, talking with friends and listening to the candidates. He has changed his white helmet to a dingy yellow one of the same style. Senator Butler sat near the front of the stand. lie wore the old straw hat which has crowned his head from the first day at Rock 11111 until now. in his right hand he held the long walking cane which some friends gave himi andl which he cherishes. wI 1,1 OVElR I[LM AN. Governor Tililman wvas greetedi wvhen lhe advanced to the front with a tu mult of applause, wvild cheering and a wvaving'.of hats. flis partisans rose to their feet and jumped in the air and~ yelled. I have known Governor Tillman for years and have reported many a speech of his, but I never saw a tear in his eye until today. It camne when lie opened his speech by saying that his heart was filled wvith gratitude to the people of Edgefield, to home people, those who had stood by him on every occasion, ie talked of his previous campaigns and wvhat. he has dlone for the people. Voice: "llo v Is it that taxes are higher?'" TJillman: "l'hey are not and~ you knowv it." Governor Tillman said that the peo ple are dlivided., but it wvas through no fault of his. Hie said that liutler now spoke of the antis andi the uncles, i~e toldl howv the uncles had been imposedi on for years until they re belled. lBut her is hustling to get the votes of' the uncles, but will not get them, If ever a man triedl to ridle two horses my friend, the General, is that man, i~e has lost the love and respect of i~ho men who supported Sheppard. but they are going to support him because they hate me. One of the produest (days of his life, Governor Tillma-> saidl, was wvhen the .Edgefield Rifles came to his asaistanco uring the Darlington trouble and were followved on the next train by the E'dge iieldi Ilussars. Irrespective of political feeling, the men of Edglield were sol diers. A literal volcano of applause fol lowed the Governor's remarks on thuis subject. Mr. Tiindal advIses, said Governor Tililman, that the uncles allow the an tis to come back into the family. I don't object if they are penitent and honest, and if they no longer claim to lbe the best people on earth. For Gott's sake let's have peace if these people really want it." The Governor t~urned his attention to national politics and saidi that a shaking up of the antis is needled in Washington. (Laughter and applause.) 'Taking a silver dlollar from his pocket, Governor Tillman said: "The News andl Courier and those other little flee dogs say this is a dishonest dollar." Voice: "Ihand it over here; I will take it." About fifteen minutes was given to national affairs and Governor Tifllman ended his speech by saying to Butler: "I want to notify you that unless you withdraw your accusation that I ran at Ihamburg I am prepared to prove that the men who make that charge are liars." The Governor said this In the most dramatic manner imag inable. and set down amid a whirlwind of ap. plause, and a waving of hats which wats almost blinding. Senator Butler who was sitting in his chair, turned to Tillmmn and hand ed him the certificate which appears elsewhere. Tiliman told him to read~ it whlen his time came and he (Tillm an) would read the one he had. Four or five beautiful bouqnets were handed Governor Ti llman, BUlTLiIR's INTRODUCTION. Butler was received with strong ap plause. ie said that there was appre hension all over the State that the men of Edgefleld would gtratinn devil in them today but lie believed there would be good order. With pithos in his words, Butler said he was glad to see so many of the fair daughters of ldge Held present. lhitler made a fervent appeal for peace aid Ifor the cessation of bickering and stri fe. (eaneral littler said that lie endorsed the noble sentiments of Mr. Tindal. Ile endorsed every word and believed that Tindal'a advice could be accepted by every man of every faction. Tillman, General Butler said, accused him of ridding two horses. if he (But ler) was any judge Tillmnan is riding four. Tillman: "But keeping in the mid die of the road." Butler: "Yes, but allow yourself plently of margin on each side." "1 ow much sugar has he put in your gourd ?" asked Butler of the audience. Voice: "Ilow much have you put in there during eighteen years in the Senate?" (Counter cheers and Hp. plause.) Butler' "Just keep quiet now. I know I am bitting you in sore places but you must take it." Butler jumped on Tillman harder than lie has for days and accused him of being stingy and penurious. Ile charged Tillman with not paying his subscription to a itoform paper. The yells and applause for Tillman partially drowned Butler's voice and the noise was terrilic. When it was over Butler said that every time he hit Tillman the (lover nor's supporters wince and try to drown out his voice by cheering. Butler said that ho had been riding only one horse since 1876 and that horse was the deliverance of the people. Ite told what he had done in 1870' and of his varticipation in the Hamburg riot. . While speaking of the Hamburg riot 11. Townes asked liultor if' his (But ler's) house had not been burned by negroes because he took part in the riot. "Yes," answed Butler. J. 0. Atkinson, a Tillmanite, who was standing on the stand to the right of Butler, said: "Yes, but you denied it in Washing ton." Butler turned like a panther and (puck as lightening said: "1'hat is a lie; an infernal lie." If he had stopped at this there might not have been any trouble at that time, but he repeated what he said two or three times. Men began to surge toward the stand while Butler continued his denuncia tion. In an instant Charles Hammond jumped upon the stand, followed by II. 11. Townes, each with his hand resting on the butt of a pistol in his hip pocket. It was then that the desperate men of both sides jumped upon the stand and those of less courage moved off. Hammond and Townes got behind Butler, and Tillman's friends crowded around him. The antagonists began to glare at each other and to talk in strong language to each other. Pistols were changed from one pocket another to be convenient for quick use. It was a squally time. The excite ment is beyond discription. Atkinson did not move one inch from where he had been stanaing. Ile was surrounded by excited men. General Butler quickly removed his wits and worked masterfully to check the riot which seemed imminant. Till man aid likewise. Each appeared to men of both sides to stop jowering. They begged those trying to get on the stand to stay of andi those who were al ready on to get cit. Amona' some of the men toying with their pistols wvere several known to have been in thrilling al[frays and noted for coolness. Tfhe uproar continuied f or what ap peared to be tin minutes. D~uring thmis time the hundreds of men who had re malned on the stand had got'sen red for action). I. know it to a foct that almost every man had singled out a target for his pisto andl merely awaited the signal to turn loose. The excitement gradually subsided, but was really opposed. Butler resumed his speech to try to get the addience b~ack in its former dis position, lie gradually gre y salty again and there was another oti reak of cheering for Tillmani. Butler got mad again andl saidl there was an attempt tp drown his voice with their braying. 'Any common jackass," he said veho miently, "may bray, biut I do not pro pose t~o be0 stopped in free speech by a lot. af blatant jackasses. I can not bef frigh tened. I have seen too much o real (danger to be intimidated. "Governor Tillman says I am not in this race. lie says lhe wvill beat me. I say if ho will leave out his rings and give me a separate box I will beat him three to one in Meriwethier townhp whore both of us live." iihp Butter charged Tillman with being a ring andh caucus man and said it was cbarged that there is a ring controlling the Gubernatorial race. TPillman, ho saidl, has not danied thnis charge. Turning to Tiilmamn l3nt her exclaimed "I dhare you-I dare 'mu, sirin, to give me a primary. You will never (10 it be cause you are afraid. Even ring won't save you." Butler attacked Tillman for his do. rnun station of Cleveland. Butler took from his pocket the cer tilicate relating to Tilimnan at 11am burg, lie said that he had not consid ered it a mnatter of much importance and had not intendied to refer to It again, but as Tillman had demanded it he would give it. The certificate is as follows: THAT1 CERITIFIGATic. "This is to certify that at Hiamberg, July', 1876, we, the undersigne d, were present and that Mr. B. R. Tillmnan was not seen by any one of us when the iring began. That we were in the thickest of it from atart to finish, and if he had been there we should have seen him, and certainly dlid not after the tiring began. (Signed) WV. HI. HLammondl, T1. P., Hammond, L. V. Storm, It. D. Storm, Jiohn M. Hhighitower, 0. W. Walker, .Jos. B. McKie, John A. Butler." TIhe reading of the certificate linished Butler sat (lown). The Governor waited a fe w secondis and walked to the front, ils eyes were flashing, lie readi the following certificato refuting the charges of the others: ".Southi Carol ina-A Iken County. "T'o all concerned: This is to certify that on the night of the hamburg riot, in 1876, we, the undersigned, were in the town of- Hamburg from the begin ning t~o thme ending of said riot, and that we know of our own knowledge that ii. R. Tiliman stayed In said town aund did his whole duty until the ending of the said riot. (Signed) "Henry Gitze~n, L. W'. lteeseJ.O0. Hlolder, W. IL. 11. Butler, IRoese, G. W. Medlock ,J. F. Atkins, S. B. Mays, TI. A. Hays, .1. A. Timmer man, S. W. Miller, W. F. Itoper, J. C. Lanham, J1. A. White, TI. N. immeor man, W. 1". Doebey." (Some of these men are iButlerites.) As the-(Gornor read each name lie asked the signers if they were not with him and they anusweredi in the aflirma tiye. Another row was expected at any mbjaute during the reading of the certll~ate, blit it did not materialize. A lluge number of men who had not signed the certUloato shouted to Tillinan: "Yes, you were there. We were with you and saw you." 'Cho Hamburg riot incident was wound up by the following from Qov. 'illman: ".f any man doubts that (roferring to the certificate) let him meet me on the public square." While Tillran was reading. ten or fifteen of his friends surrounded him. A whirl wind of applause followed him and a hundred of his admirers warmly shook his hand. Dux up a Small fortune. 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