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CHARLES i:. 1’. DRAVTOX,3Iaiiii-or.
\IKEX, S. C., TI ESDAY. .1$*$ 7, 1887.
YOLl 31E G.—NUMBER 34.
1 lat-: ^ Ty-jcrm -s -▼^vw^r.-tr^ni
Frofensional Advertisements. A PAGAN SKINNED ALIVE. '■
D. K. IIexdeksox. E. I’. Hi.'
Hondprson Brothers,
Attokxkys at Law, Aiken, s. ('.
Will prictif-e in the State an«l
United StateH (.'ouit« for Soulh < ‘aio-
lina. Prompt attention ifiven to col
lections.
Haviland Stevenson,
Attorney at Law, Aiken, S. C.
:n: <;n:isii».vs \\s\\ in; to an
IM im.I/S IZ>|f)TH' KA\ IN(,S
•r'<.il utt*
\’
t ion.
0. C. Jordan,
Attorney at Law, Aiken
C.
t.e?i. A. .SlierelanV Li-ellire on
Itoh.-ri (j. In^ei'ioll, the I!i^;!i I > rie*.t
ol" Moilcrn i , ii"ani-:n The limply
t' .iirei? ol" a DaiiRei-oiiH leonoclast
.\ii Lloquenl Defiyisc of t.'hri--
i ianity.
(len. (ieorce A Sheridan, of Lou-
I isiana, deserves the liianks of the
Special attention given to Collec- f -,, r iK t j a „ popjo ()f t h e
i I.’nited Stuta s for his lecture on
i “I'he Modern Pagan,” in whieli lie
| exposes tlie weakness and mon-
1 unientai stupi<iit\ r of (.'ol. Ilohert ( ».
Ingersol, the ..igii priest of Inlidelity.
i (o n. Sheridan has lieen delivering liis
leeture io crowded hoiisi-s in the great
i cities of tiie West.
In beginning ins lecture (Jeneral
I Sheridan said that lie used the name
of Jngersoll in iris address because he
is recognized upon ail sides as the
most brilliant and popular advocate
and defender of modern disbelief
living to-day in Amorien. He said he
fi j bore Colonel IneersolI no personal
ill-will; that he knew him quite well,
o( and there was no man living who
| was *he posses or of a more genial
j personality; he was a good husband,
; a kind father, a staunch friend, and a
i . ’
patriotic citizen; his heart is full of
for the unfortunate and
alllicted, and these senti-
in of lying, and fin
to know if such a beln
develop hoys and girl-
men and women. In
ignored the work of Christianity.
He neither comprehended nor appre
ciated the excellence and magnitude
of the acheivemeut s among us of the
tystein he so flippantly usviiied. If -
refused to recognize the fact tiiat this
country was absolutely theoutgrowth
and |»roduct of Christian nun and
women, and profes-i d to helieve that
all would have been be'ter without
mv more reason-
-o
p< tkrr desired n’f
f was likely to with Ingerso!:; the fact that he bos-! the sandy
? into truthful
r rom thel^dfljfof a dying pilgrim in
ert because tlie water is
en't know anything about Cod is muddy ai^ileave a man to perish,
enough. He then referred to the And yet lM*£rsoll proposed to destroy
morbid curiosity manifested relative this Cod <y ■ Christian, and then j
t > sacred tilings. Jngcrsidl wanteil to says: ‘‘'IJ^bc holiest with you, I
know too much all at once. He was havn’t an/Gorl to give you in place ;
continually complaining because he i of yours.course tlie Christian j
mid did not ea ijfct to comprehend Cod in I
ESD OF THE QEEAT DSILL.
Louisville Legion.
The prizes were as follows:
I
VIVA III IIVC THC. Clil/A-S IN \VASH-
I XGT(>N Y KSTF.HIIA Y'.
did not know
not find them
all things, and co
He savs he
Put be
cut here. Jlesayshe his full no*/; Hecould lot
otight to he able to compass ill kuowl i cause ail -vMd not be grasped should
everythin, %c discarded ? Pecause a
faculty w » limited was it good
An I in posing Ceremony on iho Pa cade
Ground—(Jen. Slieritlen Distrilmies
i lie Awards—Oflicers Oveidomled
with Prizes—The Wind and the
c
'onse
here, because after he is dead he
is so decidedly bead as to ho nowhere
and, of course, ii he is nowhere, there
is not much hope of his finding out
anything. Xmv, if this life were all
Who founded built up and preserved there was for Ingersoll, of what use is dan then TyOted from Ingersoli’s lec-
thiseountry ? To whom was Ingersoll the vast store of knowledge lie craved ture in iv9^h he claimed that “man
indebted for all the hlesshig ami nviv- ; He was thoroughly equipped for this was cw^K^'itliout purpose and ob-
i leges he now enjoyed—inlidels or to life, and yet he wanted intinite knowl- literafejBwPiout regret.” If that was
’nelivers in Co 1 ? He did not lemem- ! edge. He. said Ingersoll could not j Mr. Ingt^^ll’s God the Christian did
! Sixth avenues. It is a very handsome
| structure, particularly in theinterior.
Infantry Regiment—Stand of colors j The galleries are novel in their eon-
! (United States tlag, regimental flag struction, having been alfered about
l and guidons.) with gold, silver, and | eighteen months ago. Instead of
bronze medals to odicers. being arranged in i ews, there aro
Pattaiion of Infajitry—Of not less boxes all around the three sides. The
than four companies, first prize ^3,000. boxes are rented as they are in thea-
Second prize, if more than two com- | tres, so that a large family enn have
I pete, it 1,500—total ?I,o00. i an entire box. or a small family can
Company of Infantry—First prize, have part of a box. A irnnd many
young men rent a single seat in one
Itaiik Notes.
Washington, May 30.—The culmi-1 .f,,000; second, ^2,500; third, $ 1,500;
nafion oi
the National Drill was! fourth, $1,000; fifth, $500 — total
todestr .Uf ? Iicersol savs “nature i reached and passed exactly, according $10,500.
at
o’clock tliis
a cur:
TAN C .UN IT:Y.
is God.” «t£ell, wlmt is nature? Let 11° prograinnie,
Mr. Inge!v>l3 define it. Gen. .Slieri-j sl! ternooii, and with every element
contributing to make the event one to
be remembered.
The troops, about 2,000 in number,
were drawn up in five lines, their
centre facing the stand erected in the
I
James Aldrich. Wai.teh Astii.uy.
Alrtricli & A si i Icy,
Attorneys at Law, Aiken,8. C.
Practice in tin* State and United : .
States Courts for South Carolina.
Edw. J. Biukorson,
Attouney-at-Law, Aiken, H.
Y^’ill practice in all the Courts
this Slate
Oer
an . Freethinkers among the '*onipreIieiid all he wanted to know, j not wauj
middle of the broad drill enclosure.
list
deathless naiftes. He very much lik»
•k man for : just kee|
had not read of any one who stood "'horn his physician once ordered a
erect, with covered head, and while j ouurl champagne to ho taken in a
the great seas thundered against the ' single draugnt, or else he would die.
ships and her frail masts swayed in | “Well,” said the patient, “then I
tlie tierce brerth of the storm, cheered must die, doctor. “Why.”’ asked
and cmnfoted tlie weary wanderers j t 1 ”* doctor. “Pecause,” said the pa-1
with the sublime and
nients that there wa;
lone sw-
f >rt poss*
and glori
enumen*
INGE use
^Ifim, and Ingersoll could
tafia God nil to his little j u P on "'hich, Lieut. Gen; Sheridan
slf, and get all the com- and a brilliantly uniformed statf had
contemplating his rare
attributes as defined and
by his eloquent tongue.
8 ASSAULT ON THE RIEEE.
beridan then referred at
Gen.
hopeful state-! i'viit, “I don’t hold hut a pint.” Il j length t^Sjigers dl’s flippant and inde-
!1() (; a( j that '' vas so " ith Ingersoll. He was not j cent ass^ltsupon the Bible and poin-
i intended to comprehend the universe, j ted out
W. (juitman Davis,
Attorney at Law, Aiken, S. G. j t . m j (>nu , ss
Will practice in tlie ('Miirt 5 * of this l' l >' for ,!j ‘
Circuit. Speeia
collections.
ittrntion •'i\en to nients find constant expression
John (iary Lvans,
Attorney-at- La w.
YVill practice in the Countie:
Aiken, Edgefield and Parnwell.
ot
Dr. D B Com!nry, Drntist.
OITTUE
Eichland Avenue, Aiken, S. C.
Next door to Henry Puseh <fc Co.
Dr. 15. H.Teauii!', Dentist.
OITTUE ON
Biohland Avenue, Aiken, S. C.
Dr. J. H. Barnett, Dentist.
in |
deeds of charity and kindiuvss; he is
a brilliant lawyer, a wonderful orator, i
never failing toeharm by the splendor ;
of his rhetoric and the beauty of his 1
imagination. <ion. Sheri Ian went on-;
to say that Col. Jnger/bll discusses all
questions save one v ith candor, abil
ity and fairness, but whenever he
approaches the subject of religion,
that genial personality drops from his
shoulders, ami he becomes at once the
loudest of boasters and the most uu-
j fair of disputants. No man ever as
sailed the Christian religion with
more eloquence, less skill, worse
lat he termed the bald mis-
Ile was built upon the “pint” scale. | siatemeLfs, the senseless assertions
and not upon the “imperial quart,” j and the tcckless disregird for truth
and the world could jog along very which c.iaracfcrized IngersoU’s as-
comfortaldy without ills coniprelicnd- i snult tqyn the holy bonk. If two hull
ing it. That Ingersol! did not com-1 dred minions of people never heard
prebend God would not jostle Joho-J of tliis ImioU as Ingersoll claimed,
vah from Hisetern.tl throne and leave j wasn’t A strange that it should have
the world to chaos. While Ingersoll i caused se.ich awful havoc? And yet
would ventual!v know more about the Christian for nearly two thmis-
God than he docs at present, the irnd yeA"S had believed in this book,
speaker did not believe that the A!- j and it had been his hope and cons.da-
mighty would ever take him into full j tion. It luid some vitality left, and
jiartnership and confide to him the j looked a little as if it had some hold
they must trust to luck and nature
to bring them safely to the land, and ;
that if they vent down that was the
end of them. No such picture came
to view but on tlie contrary, there j
was seen amid the storms and tern- ;
pest one with reverent face standing j
attiie helm; calm serene, steadfast;
looking from the tumultuous waves i
to the dark el unis ah >ve an 1 seeing
far above t'oeir angrv blackness Him ;
at whose command the sea of old, in
far-off Galilee sank into restful silence !
‘ ' ’' * ■ ,l 1 1 ’ 1 '• 1 1 11 1 | secret of the subtil forces He brings j on thu4uoiiglit of the world. Ifitwas
redeemed waste places,moral or plivs- 1 1
cal. This country .vas founded by
Christian men and wonien. Upon
the storm swept coast of New Eng
land,chilled wiilieold faint for lack of
proper food amid blood and fears tin
planted the tree under whose wide
; into play ii the mighty Urania of ere- not inspired it was none the le*ss tiie
j alinn. Ingersoll did not comprehend most woqderful book in all tliis world
gravitatum, but he kept on gravita- It was"tlie book of hooks, tlie master-
ting. He di<l not understand electric- piece of all ages, and yet Mr. Ingersoll
says lie could write a far better book
himself. He then referred to the
: ity, tint he kept right on electrifying.
, •' | He did not understand earthquakes,
taken their places. General Auger
and staff came on horseback and re
mained mounted during the cere
monial. Gen. Ordwny, cheif of Gen.
Augur’s staff, formally announced to
Gen. Sheeiden that the troops were
assembled to hear the awards and re
ceive the prizes in accordance with
the decision of the board of judges.
An envelope containing a list of the
awards, sealed with a ponderous
circle of red, wax, was then handed
l>y Gen. Ordwav to Col. Black, chair
man of the board of judges, who in
turn parsed it to Col King, conductor
of dress parados. This officer rode to
a position a few yards in front of tlie
stand, opened the envelope and read
the awards, oi dering the commanding
officers of the winning organizations
to front in turn as tlie several awards
were announced.
As the name of (lie first organiza
tion—The Virginia National Guards
—was announced, and the command
ing officer was called for, Col. Kinf*
turned and said: “He is in town, sir,
and can’t he far a way.” At that mo-
-OEEIUK AT-
Graniteville, Aiken County, S. 0.
spending branches Mr.IngersoIlto-day | ,
found homo, liberty ami opportunity; ,
but fliep keplj right on quaking. He j number of hooks written by Ingersoll, i'-lent the colonel ot the Virginia
•ar of t hat God
| he now proposed with blasphem mis
breath, to sweep from tlie great uni
verse bom of his own creative energy.
Audacity, thy name is Ingersoll! In
gratitude here is a disciple thou canst !
crown with laurels for lie is thy truly j
on.
logic, so much conceit and so little! ('hinted it in io\eiom
1 •urning as does Robert G. Ingersoll.
Profoundly ignorant of the subject he
attempts to discuss, he unwisely pre
sumes upon tin* yet denser ignorance
of most of his hearers, and construes
their laughter and anplaiisc into a
full indorsement of his views and
opinions. . THE 1>E
THE IMTDEE ON THE RUN.
The speaker referred at some length
to the eontroversey bet ween Col. In
gersol and Judge Jeremiah Black, ami ! States, and proved that in every
said that while Ingersoll is puffed up i stance some Christian denomination
id not understand tiie la ws of matter, j and humously inquired which one he
yet the mvriad particles of the uni-J regarded better than, the Bible he
verse leap into taeh other’s out- complained of. Such a statement of
stretched arms, ami weave themselves Ingersoll eou'd only have emanated
into wonderous forms of stieiigtli and from a man thrown upon the ni uin-
Iieautv. lie did not understand the
troops came around the stand from
of the compartments. The boxes
are very comfortable, containing
The first five companies in tlie j easy chairs, book racks, nn'd are
above list are the prize winners, the
remainder are the competing compa
nies named in the order of merit.
For cavalry there were three prizes,
aggregating $3,500, for which there
was no competition.
Light Artillery—The Indianapolis
men $1,000.
Machine Guns—First prize, silver
trophy and $750; second $500. Total
$1,250.
Zouaves—First prize, $1,000; second,
$750. Total $1,750.
Cadet corps, best infantry company
from any regularly established mili
tary school or university, not under
United States control—First prize,
$1000; second, (if more than two com
pete) $750. Totol $1,750.
Individual prize, for best drilled
soldier in manual of arms, com peti
tion restricted to not more than two
members of any competing company
—First prize, gold medal and il()0;
second, silver medal and $75; third,
bronze medal and $50. Total, $225.
In addition to the list of prizes an
nounced to be awarded by the board
of judges, the executive committee
bestowed upon the 1st Light Battery
of Wisconsin a gold medal for pro
ficiency iii sabre drill, and a silver
medal to tlie Louisville Legion Drum
Corps for proficiency in music and
movement. When the commanding
officer of the National Rifles of this
city reported in accordance with
orders to receive the 4th infantry
lavishly ami richly upholstered. The
boxes rise in tiers,, one »y>ove the
other, so as to afford a good view of
the house.
The church was always a Drjreand
prosperous one, but when the vener
able pastor and hyndst, Rev. Dr.
men get $1,500 and the Milwaukee i-Thomas H. Hastings, resigned and the
affinily of sou! for .soul, yet the stars
upon lair maidens listening'
to tlie voice of eager youth as it whis
pers the old, old story that has bright-
lain top of conceit, contemplating
witheatrene and lofty admiration the
measureless expajise of his own ego
tism.
Iletheu dwelt at some length with
Ingensoll’s attempted absolute denial
of Lhb use and .value of authority in
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Gen. Sheridan then rapidly sketch-i "'ght with the songs of those whose j all mutters of faith and morals. In
ed the ettrly settlement of the various j souls are held close luge!her by the gers^ll, he said, as lie appeared to
ii,.! same invisible cords that, since the i himself was rt giant clutchhig the
lirtli <.f time, have been woven in the Chririfftn with one hand, tearing
with pride and poses as an intellect
ual gladiator of whom all men stand
in awe, lie never confronted but one
felt the steel bis gaudy plumage fell,
and he retreated from the field. The
Rev. Mr. Platt, of New York, a Pro
testant minister, and Father Lam
bert, a Catholic priest of that bate,
have both ably attacked Ingersoll,
'but to neither of tlie.se gentlemen lias
lie ever replied.
-Tlie world of real truth-seekers in
the fields of religion, science and
statesmanship have always been ac
customed to see opposing systems
had been the first to plant the banner j luoin of love.
ofud\uncingcivilization, and claimed i tpe universe not run ox the ix-
that on no foot of tliis great empire to
day r aid lie i.>o!: am! .> 4 :*y. with truth
an in fid. el redeemed it from the grasp
uen.
GERSORI, Pi. a x.
Sin/iiuan t lianktu
down his church with the other, and
comcmptuously kicking aside tlie Bi-
bb> at the same time. He thinks he
smash Uio Churel', hut he is niis-
^ i ( Rkken; the ciiurch will smash Iiim
of barbarism. Ingersoll claimed that j tllis ”ieat universe was not built, and j Tr»o jdiilosopliy he teaches has had its
was not run upon the basis of Robert | day. As well might a child seek to
G. Ingersoll’s comprehension. TJiere j hold this big round globe ot ours in
had been too much of the inconsider-1 I,is tin y or ])rison all the waters
la e and impertinent presentation ol , ,, ,
1 ! dimples of his baby face as lor Mr. In-
upon the subject °! | g^j-soll to try with his false philosophy
the declaration of indeiiendenee was
“tlie grandest, the bravest and the
most profound political document
that was ever signed by the represent
ative of a people.” Was it? Who
wrote it? Thomas Jefferson ? Some,
not all of it. George Mason, a de vout
Christian, ton years before Jeii'eison
put pen to paper upon the subject,
wrote the grandest part of it, and
colonel and the lioutenaet colonel
were alone on hand to receive the
prizes. Three half-cove red boxes con
taining medals were handed to the
colonel by Gen. Sheridan, who then
asked if he had anyone to receive the
flags. The lieutenant colonel then
came forward, and the large Hags with
their oil-cloth covering, making a
comfortable armful, were passed
down to them and carried away *to
tlie rear.
AH the other prize winning organi
zations were in line and their com
manding officers came forward at the
word, marched sword in hand to the
stand, saluted an.! received from the
lieutenant general tlie prizes. The
easli.awards were contained in open
envelopes, out of which projected the
ends of newly issued national curren
cy in bills of large denominations. It
! of its surging seas in the laughter i sec ‘ ,uo< l ^o be a problem with some of
rude oninions
, represented ami defended by the best j Jefferson quoted largely from him.
j leadership of each. I luxley and Ty.i- Fifty-six men signed the Declaration
one.
declaration declared that all men
were endowed by the Creator with
4 (Mi
ex-
2 50
dull. (>ladstone and Spencer have, in
scientific discussion, been arrayed
against each other mi friendly and
earne-t discussion. Catholic digni
taries have discussed with Protestant
professors the points of. difference c.-rtain inalienable rights, and , , , , ,,
bet ween their creeds, and m the po-! piessed a !.i in it nance on the piotr cl-j ,,,,,,
i... .... i i,,#• pose lie weuid not try to talk about
litieal field all tlie great representa- i ion of Dii me 1 io\ nuiu i, ami i! Jet- '
live men of tlie country welcomed i ferson, when lie signed tliis did not i
discussion as the liest method of dis- believe in God and a special provi- ;
covering and vindicating truth. The | donee, he m - :is simply a liar and a j
speaker said lie did not know which j hypocrite, and the speaker dal not be-i
to admire most, Ingersoll’saggressive I lieve lit? was eitiier, il<‘ then quoted |
religion. No man was at liberty 1° j pjs puerile gas and gush, to stay tho
presume upon the ignorance of tiie | 011Wan , an( , liUl j fcstic sweep of Go , Vii
com in u n ity and flippantly parade his j etemal tl . uth> rn c .i osing . thespeak-
I vmrva lit la ncies before the world, Ulld I
yet Ingersoll continually advanced
j “ideas” and “opinions” on subjects of
i which he acknowledged absolute ig-
of Indepeiideiiee, and there was not
, . ... ,, , ,, ,,, .. i n:... noranee. This phase ef liigersollisni
an infidel among them, unless .It-Her- 1 ”
ii i i ... , rni,: 1 was as startling as it was illogical ami
son could be counted as one. liiisi ^ ”
, , i i ... i ,1,.^ .,ii i indefensible. Ingersoll says: “1
•eeiaratioll (leelareil that alt men . u -
know notliing aliout God—not tlie
slightes.” Now that was true, ami,
\agrant laneies betore the woiiu, aim i cl . ( j ec .] aiL . ( j that the opinions oflngor-
laoll, if put into practice, would de
stroy all that was deemed the best in
the individual in society and in gov-
Knowing nothing of God, what
rigiit has lie to say, “God does not ex
ist?” Knowing nothing, wind rigiit
has lie to say, “There vas no need of
(tod’s existence?” What right t
the proud recipiants how to socuie
the hills in the fresh breeze vhieli
was blowing, take charge of tlie
boxes containing the medals, and
with their hands thus occupied, salute
as they retired. Two hands were
hardly up to tlie requirements
in some cases, and more than one
lucky commander retired perforce
eminent, and that the man who would " * hout saluting in due form.
begin this work of destruction, wheth- the er iee eist.
he smiled or scowled, langjied or j „„ .
The following is the official list of
I the award at the National Drill:
Regimental—1st regiment Virginia
National Guards (sole competitor.)
cursed, was a vandal. Ingersoll !
would rob the world of its most pre
cious truths and inheritance; take
from tlie human heart its dearest
hopes tear up the tree of life, destroy
the Bible, take from us the Christ,
and in iiis place give us the audacity,
conceit arrogance and emptiness of
the rear. The troops left Y\ ashington ! prize, he was informed that a protest
for their homes last Saturday and the j had been entered by the Washington
Light Infantry and that the prize
awarded to the Rifles would be with
held pending a decision by tlie board.
All other prizes were delivered to tlie
winners on the ground.
Following tlie ceremony the line
was thrown hack about fifty yards,
ami several of the winning companies
gave exhibition drills during the time
which intervened berween awarding
prizes and dress parade at 5 o’clock.
After dress parade the battalions
marched about the field and made
tlieir'way severally to camp, some of
them halting and presenting arms as
the others passed.
Military men are of opinion that,
(respite the weather, tlie drill was a
success, and there-is already talk of
forming a permanent organization for
the purpose of repeating it period
ically.
To Gen. Ordway, chief of sta’ff, and
Ids associates, upon whose shoulders
fell tlie weight of tlie labors of tlie
week, is accorded unstinted praise for
tlie excellence of the arrangements in
general, and largely for the manner
in whieli they have been carried out.
MORI EE WIERWKECOM E THE VISITORS
Moriee, May 50.—The news of the
victory of tile Lomax Rifles at the
Washington Drill was received with
much cnthusiiim this afternoon. Tho
cit zens have begun the decorating of
their houses, and are preparing to
give the victors a warm reception on
Wed nu id ay morning.
° su - v i Robert G Ingersoll. Gat of the
Butulliou—1, Washington Light
Infantry; 2, Louisville Legion of Ken
tucky; 3, 5th Rhode Island.
Company—1, Lomax Rifles, Corn-
force and boldness ot attack when m>
in the faniil v of t he Piv-ident.
FRANK H. Ci KTI.-S,
Feb 1. LSs7.-tt' President.
he disappeared when any one that
promUed to make the battle hot
loomed up in Ids horizon It was not
Ids purpose, the speaker sai l, to enter
into any theological or phylosopideal
defence of Christianity, hut iie be-
i that God had no rigiit to do this
ihat, or that lie is dumb to tin*
man? Wind marvellous e
man exhibits
<0 UY P’S ? a 1 d’ c k
K* H fcv ii : \2
1 r ^5 U YT | | lieved sim-erelj that ingersoll sliotthi
J Si ill ki il 1 « j be rebuked, and the philosophy he
fr m Bcnj in,in Frank! Ji o prove that !
Jngers.di's claim that J'ranklin was
an infidel was utterly unfounded.
A CONTINENT S' A V EI» '•It T; I E UI.GS'S.
The history of Amen
a gram
numbers tlie praises ot Christianity. | Cod to aeooi.ul; eritiei.-ing
A Christian King and a Christian j with his feeble intellect the almighty,
()uecu - upplied jhe gold to hudd tin and seeking to bring the inimitable
universe within tiie narrow compass
. the world has saved a few memorials
01 i of its heritage and future rest, and
anion
P-tst | pany B, ist Alabama; 2. Company 1),
1st Minnesota; 3, Belknau Rifles,
., Company J5, 3d Texas; 4, National
( ? among them was the cross ofehrist. Mr | Rifles, Washington, 1). (’.; 5, San An-
’ ' |‘ 1! j l ] Inge.'soll dcrid.ed that cross, ami prac-| toida Rifles, Texas; 5, Indianapolis
U “ at l,nI ''j ticall.^-prr.posed to crucify the Re- Liglit Infantry; 7, Toledo Cadets; 8,
was sininl.i ! _vn atom in space, a mere speck m j ( j oe , 1 -
poem sounding in i m u iort a I ; erea t ion eonli'iidinir with the (' real or i -,
1 n ’ - 'ivi.,,!,:,! siiceeed in extinguishing | p U iy R ; d, Volunteer Southron. Mis-
‘tner of the world again. If he j Washington Light Infantry, Com-
shouid
Christianity thia world wouldbe wrapt j sissippi; 10, Company A, full Rhode
s more massive
and terrible -
A New and Elegant Line of
LI
only by tile
laar in their
*d's exis-
grave; l>y
n.
JUST OUI-NBIf.
iSoorsuck^rs,
(BHi’iiiiDis.
SoihIuh ( loilis.
Call oarlv and gi t find scleetion.
F. B.
?.-o ^ T« —* /'•X f-X
i b U- I L a. r C7 C b* Cj> 5 3
TurnboSI
Launns Sfrrrf, A iL
rpilE public are
mv stock of
invitee to
meet
T
CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES.
I t night assailed, not
! ('.mi'ch but bv all v> ho
I
hearts the convietion of ii
teneeaud a iile beyond the
all who rejoiced in the wonders
J wrought and the triumps achieved in'
| the name ol tiie simple faith taught!
i ny tiie lowly N i/urine as Hi' wamier- !
i ed ihrougii tin vallevs of Judea !
jo] ^at in the purple twilight that :
I wrapt the iu'ow <f t!ie Mount of:
i (); i \ es i mi ml about v. i l h glory. 1 n -
j gersoR u-ual!y began his work of dc-
strueiinii by pn-enting to Ids audi-
j one,* sp l ri.MJs i'SUeS Hot involved i:i 1
! Ihe e .nu no i>y, and then proceed !o
| Const net facts -upposc dlo be neet s-
j sary to-unport his assunied po-ition.
' He had a vieious lialiitol su b>t it lit i ug
; his vj\id imagination for facts; of
j ereatmg lit' n oi straw, ali i tiien pr<--
'eeedingto demolish them with tre-
I meioh mi - eiie: g v.
that found our shores. Chris-
felled tiie trees and shaped
• 1 * 1 r
iian hand
them into the k<
planks and masts,
ships were built,
their cordage, and
Christians leaped i
tilled with the gale,
over surgin
ting sun.
than that which of old brooded over
Kgvpt’s sands. Philosophy offered
‘ Island; 11, Muscatine Rifles, Iowa
12, Alexandria Light Infantry; 13,
o;
ids benighted reason. There were
••'s
and ribs aed j only two classes of mou and wo men
• h
11,
Christians spun
iron Die looms of
e white saiis t hat
of God, bore them
■••s ever toward tiie s.et-
Ciiristian captain, w ith
which :'.dva:iee<l oiunions, the truly
wise—and they, always with the
modi stv born ofreveranei—and fools,
-- , osopii^ '-' ,l j Sheritian (Suards, New' Hampshire;
no hope I n the d\mg, no eonsoiation j j j Right, (jfuards, Company . known up and down the city. Un-
lor the liv.ng. He destio>s not j ] s t Yirginia ; 15, Custer Guards, 2d | questionably Rev. Dr. John U. Bax-
hudd up. ( oiistiami v on the G’ 11 'J .\[i ( .|dg;n) j pi, Fort Wayne Rifles; 2d ; t ut stands at tlie head of tlieiuinistry
trail, lifts iij) the li\iag. consoles t!' 1 * | jy, Wooster City (iuai'ils, 8tii j in New York. Even Dr. John Hall
living'aim! offers to all mankind the
eloquent Paxton was called, the
church increased in size, aftiuenee
and influence until its contributions
and congregations are enormous. Less
than a year ago Dr. Paxton, at the
■close of his sermon, without giving
any previous nofiee, asked for m >ney.
for Hie building .of a new chapel
among tlie pooler elasses over on
Tenth avenue afid Sixty-fifth street.
The baskets were passed and $21,000
were raised in a few; moments. This
is a sample of the charity of the
church and the influence w rought b^*
an appeal by the pastor. The church
will seat over 1,500, hut there is
scarcely a Sunday that there are not
2,000 people present at. the service*.
Chairs are placed in front of the
pulpit, camp chairs are distributed in
the galleries, and yet people stand iu
the aisles and by the doors, and ladies
sit on the pulpit steps.
It might he well to mention how
the millionaires, and especially Jay
Could, game to become members of
the church. It is Paxton’s magne
tism and his practical every-day
common sense that drew them. Gould
never went to church regularly be
fore. He had a pew’ for his family in
a prominent Episcopal church but
rarely attended himself. His youngest
daughter, Helen Gould, first came to
Paxton’s church. She went with a
friend and admired th * preacher very
much. Finaliy.she became a frequent
attendant and then joined the church
one Sabbath morning, receiving a
very happy tribute from Paxton as to
her Christian virtues and sweet life.
Since then, although very young, she
has been made superintendant of one
of the large missions connected with
the church, and is said to spend a
great deal of time and money among
Die poor. Slio promises to become
one of Die great women benefactors of
Die metropolis before many years
elapse. Helen’s enthusiasm over
Paxton »TTdm:edlier7attier to go and
hear him. Paxton never spares tho
millionaire and the great corporation,
and, oddly enough, all tlie niilllon-
airesand corporation managers in his
congregation like Ins criticisms.
Jiussell Sage is reputed to have said
that he got more good points from
Paxton a,s to Die way in which rail
roads should he decently and honor
ably conducted than he ever got from
meetings of directors. At any rate,
Gould was delighted. He had his son
George go vviih him one evening, and
George also was charmed.
Dr. Paxton’s salary is $12,000 a
year, the largest received by any
metropolitan pastor. Dr. John Hall,
of Die Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
church, is understood to come next.
He gets $10,000 in gold, that being the
price stipulated when lie was induced
to leave his large church in Dublin
about fifteen years ago.
John R. Paxton is a Southerner by
The Man wlio Keeps(iould Keinindcil pp-tb, and still retains a strong
of Hie i'unishinciit Awaiting Him. .Southern accent that is very notice-
Xew York Letter to tlie Pittsburg Pi-patch, able in all his discourses, and renders
A great deal is written about the ! h s,,mc A' Im ‘ rt ,o1 strangers to
preachers of the metropolis, and par- understand him at fiist.
ticularly about those who, liKe Tal-
inage, keep their names constantly
before the public by means of books,
lectures and published sermons. But
there are some very poteworty clergy
men, who draw enormous audiences
a d possess great ability, who are
rarely heard of in print, although
PREACHING TO JjiOdO.OOO.OOO.
A FAITHFUL MASTIFF.
win
u-li
seem l v
with unthinking an
-te into domains v. he
a iie'oism b‘>rii on faith in God, pilot
ed the ships through storm and temt
est, until*at last their tired win;:
Were folded, ami they ioeked ies'.fuli
on the shining bosom of tin
1 NG EU-oi.E J II :: J>KI KNPEK "i' I.IA ES.
Till' sneaker then ouoted a liigh-
which 1 am seliin.T at rook
prices. 1 buy none lent Die 1
sell as cheap as the elu ape-u.
Canned Goods in great van
from the best inn:- '■
\VM. Ti liN’t
■ «3 ■" 7 A
-l am
their Iran nas
through Die u::I
i hat foiled llet 'V
fhev -.-id.!. ( '
: i:
wise walk with heads uneovered ami
with feet unsainlailetl. ’['lie Chris
tian world may not know its lesson
pet leetly, but it has got the groat pa
gan “down mighty line” as to the
value ofhis ‘o, i .si ns’ Ugoii rei g'ou
tr pic subjects, i may trust him in some
fields, l ut not in that—not much,
first Ingt'isoll was given loan exhibition
.■]■ the of ilMeinj>cr and ill-w ill against hotli
e first Christianity and its udhcivnts. No
broke man was evci better than Ills thoughts
w orid or hi ml her than tiie -enti nients he en-
: men tertained, and the philosojihy of the
. a * i i. w gallant Colonel was both shallow and
-.mas unkind. The . oul had not lieen soft-
w iio.-e i em d ny Dm < ..utv uqfiatiou of his own
\;va- iinorins, hut he manifested an ugly
and vieious temper toward the sys
tem he opposed and iG adherents and
stippoi iers. lie was ma !, nuul clear
I]., Diroiigli, m.id from tlie polished top
of hi- i lit el leet llai dome to tiie soles ol
i Ohio; Is, Jack-on Rifles, 1st Mielii-janl Dr. Morgan Dix do not equal
j gan; IU, L uiisiaiia Rifles; 2d. Rich-! Paxton in eloquence, originality, and
land Grays, 1st Virginia; 21. Ritles, ; r •markalde independance <*f thought,
t Maine; 22. Companv C, 1st buttal-! To begin w ith, Paxton’is eongroga-
|r> ve of God, tlie universal parent.
THE RURIAE OE A UIIlHaTIAN RARE, j
After scoring Col. Ingersoll with:
the keenness of a tongue as
eritiei.sni un<! :i ' *" eloquence _\;ji mt .sota; 24. Moliiieaux Rifles, j present time than any other church
as that at Ingeisoll himsell, the Ivt* j t; <mi p.,, 1 y ]) j ;>a,| ^ew York; 25, Com- in the Uiuted States. The mere fact
urer pielured a Christian motlier i
standing bv the grave of her dead
acrid 111 | jon, New Jersey ; 23, Coiupany II, 1st ' tern contains more, wealth at tin
He Tides With all Hi* I*o\vet to
Save His Aged Mistrcsse’s Life.
Portsmouth, May gO-—Mrs. Amos
Perkins was walking on the track of
tiie Concord and Portsmouth Rail
road at Greenland to-day. She had.
with her a big iiiustifi'dog. Mrs. Per
kins is K() years old and very deaf
Consequently when tiled o’clock ex
press from Portsmouth came up be
hind her she failed to hear the en
gines wild whistle. The dog heard
the warning, however, and saw the
danger. He seized his mistress by
j tiie gown and tried to drag her off the
track.
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Id not call
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bear w
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GKOCEiriES
TOBACCO an-i OIGAHS,
TOYS, FIRE-WORKS, Etc.
AIKEN. - - s. <;
doetr.lie. h>r he Ueiieveti in
liar-. Iugei's.di once said: “i tliauk
. I;e , Motlier N limv, ti.at Dim; ha- :
i o daoied iiig>-uuity enough ill Die
hr no < I a eiiil i, \*iien attacKeO by .1
bilil.i ,'..lv*.il. In UnoW liji ;t illlie
mca.-i%%io x i.t tlie j-liape ot a lie.’'
ihat w an .or. Iiim-rsoil’s view ot ibe
(Jen. Sderidan remarked that Juger
ill at the tin!set said he (iidn’t know
nvtiiing alxitit Go<
nu.-i
OF JXEJliKEU
eeCiieo o la11\ a: ••ci
h.- knew m tiling a
iii- speuKer oi a
wlien asked to pin
hu Ve t<>11 r re«-on* I
t liavep.t any niouev
do ” ‘■•a rt the questioner.
Geii. Sheridan Dion ably ai;d gruph-
and
iposi d
ami the happiness of meetiug her
loved one in the future world,
and said: “Tiien rises she in the ma
jesty of her nature with a heroism
that is unknown outside of Christi
anity, radiant wuh hope, glorified
with joy, and site says to all the mock
ing voices of infidelity and materia
lism, in the grand words that fell from
the lips of Joli, before Homer sang
and Sapho wept. ‘Yea, though He
-day me, w ill I trust iu Him;’ and so
my friends you see the Christianity
( four days echoes with the same faith
and utters itself in same strain that
were heard in the shadowy morning
of the past, and that willstil! he heard
in the tar future of our race when
man lias learned better the old lesson
that love created this world and throbs
eternally through from the Great
White Throne do .vu to every dos date
i uin »n heu t.”
A. Washington Cadet Corps; 23, Slh l that wiDiiu n radius of half a dozen
Separate Company, Rochester, New pews on the middle aisle sit Jay J "~LY h 7' turned, saw th« danger, threw
York; 27, Governor's Guard. North Gould, Russell sage, II(her R. Bishop | ^ liamj!J alld fell fainting be-
Carolina; 2s, State Guard, Virginia; j and Henry M. Flagler is of itsell lNVee „ t he rails. Still the dog stuck
2h, Company A, 1-t Virginia; 30, Com- siRliciimt to prove the assertion. This t() um i seizing her dress
in Ijis big teeth dragged her oft the
track *o tliatonly her feet lay across
the rail. Before he could get her
wholly clear, however, the train eamo
crushing down and she was ground
beneath its wheels. The train was
stopped and the dog was found faith-
puny (', 2d Connecticut.
('avalry—No competitors.
Light Artillery—1, Battery B, 1st
regiment Indiana Artillery, (of In
dianapolis Light Artillery); 2, 1st
Light Battery of Wisconsin, or Mil
waukee Light Battery;) Battery E,
is only representative of Die wealtli
that has sittings and listens every
Sabbath to tlie eonimon-senso dis
courses: of the brilliant young
preacher.
Flagler is one of the chief directors
of Die .Standard Oil Company. He
1st battalion of Virginia Artillery, (or | sll 'S pretty well up the aisle, while j guarding the mangled remains
R. E. Lee’s Battery, of Petersburg, ! by the door; in fact within one
Yu.,) drew* for a place and accepted pv*w ol the door, modestly sits S, C.
ically sket'
(died the diflereucc iif
1, mu
l timn
p ro
tx* and In
a rear 1
Christiuni
rersol ism
l this :
od :*.g
as ;e i Mr.
Inge, s 11 w
h;;t he pr<
Hit. !
{ i ulil i
mied
to uive in
,.ht of \', h:
it he dell!
. 11 b
w iio.
7-ij * lid be
d'-.s r qved. 1
le had m
r. <abl
: “ 1
to (lestrpv*
a man's n >
use s.m,'
• MMf |»|
l-.ying:
; first
(ailisc it XV;:
ts made ot mud and oil
r —
•* 1 nal
will
no shelter
in return.
and t(» c
'>u mi*
«i- is like striking tlie cup *'* water
In (term any 35 p.w cent, of chicory is
added to coffee mid in France do per
emit. In the United .States only 4 per
c.-iit. i- added. It is u »t stated ii >w. \( r
w.iat per ie:it. of soph other adui.u-
t ion is added.
the programme, but did not appear
for drill.
Machine gun i—1, Buttery A, Ohio,
or Cincinnati Battery;, 2, Battery
A, Louisville Legion.
Zouaves— 1. Chicago Z niuves; 2,
Mompliis Miifchaiit’s Zouaves; 3.
Keek Z niaves.
Cadet Corp:—Michigan Militaiy
Academy Cadets; 2, M try land .-’vgri-
eiiltural College Cadets; 3, Betiiel
Aca-iemy (.’adets; 4, Peekskill Aea-
deniy Chelets; 5. Cayuga LakeCailets;
*!, St.John’s Yeailemy Cadets, Alex-
an iria. \’a.
Individual Drill—1, Private H. (J.
Stack' 1 . Sum Antonio Rifles; 2, First
T. Todd, the resident attorney of the
Standard and a lawyer who is
said to kno-w more about corporation
practice than 0113* man in Die nation, i
I could mention a score or more of
very l ien men in the church, embrac
ing merchants, lawyers, brokers ami
the like, hut it will suffice to remark
A friend of the dead woman had to
be sent for before he would alloy any
one to approach.
T
Strange National Iiiooi»>»Mtqiicv.
Boston Globe.
We are all descendants of English,
French, Irish, Dutch, Spanish, Afri-
that the aggregate wealth of the eon- can or other foreigners. And it shows
gregaRon E over $WK) ) 00(J,(XK). i strange national inconsistency when
While millionaires and aristocratic I we—every one of us immigrants or
society people sit down stairs, tin ; descendants of immigrants—so far re-
galleries are’ crowded morning fleet upon our own grandfathers as to
an l evening with hundreds of young ! propose a national restriction against
:n n wdii ar .- simply hound up in Die foreign immigration of to-day. If
Paxton. we curried tliis principle out to its
Dr. Paxton’s church is known as ! logical conclusion we would immedi-
Scrgf. (’lias. F. Conrid, Company B, the West P.esbyterian ino it is situa-j uteiy vacate Die AnupHcsii continent
Wasliington IJght Infanfn*; 3. First ted on West Fortv-aeeond Htreef.Jatid give it up K fhe .. They
8ergt. J. R. Waguer, Comuany A, ah at midway bvt veen .’iftli amN i^re the oiij^^ioiiu^nMil^raiits. v
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