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BT E. B. MUEBAY & CO. ANDEESON, S.C., THUESDAY MOENING, JUNE 2, 1881. VOLUME XVI.?NO. 47. THE REVISED BIBLE. Howit Is KeceiTBd ?y tho Clergy of Atlanta. Atlanta Constitution. The excitement over the revision of the St. James version of the New Testa? ment is beginning to touch Atlanta, and yesterday a Constitution reporter called upon several prominent ministers of the city and .secured expression of opinion concerning the necessity for, and the probable future of, the revision. The book is gotten op in a number of styles oflbinding and printing, and retails at pri^cea varying from fifteen cents to uix teen dollars. The twenty-fire cents style will probably have, the largest sale for the .present in Atlanta. It is neatly printed, unabridged, and will answer all purposes for comparisons. A few copies ? o?the edition have been on sale for a few days, bat owing to the fact that they were not advertised, the sale has been limited to about three dozen copies.? The books will be here in great 'numbers in a.few days, and, as General Evans remarked yesterday, the probability is " that the Bible will have such a universal reading as has never been known in this country bet?re. - The first.'use'of the new version in the pulpits of Atlanta was mode Sunday, by Rev. E. J. Cooke, pastor of the Marietta street Methodist church. He took for bis text a portion of the 37th verse of the 18th' chapter of John, which is as follows: "To this end was I born, and for this . cause camel into the world, that I should .bear witness unto the truth." The new version is as follows: "To'this end have I been bora, and to this end have I come into the world that I should bear-witness unto the truth." BeVrB^C.Foute, rectorof St. Philip's church, preached strongly against toe revision Sunday, taking the position that the Christian religion will be weakened by the changes, and that its enemies will point to them.as an evidence that the teachings of-tbe past were incorrect. .He thinks it will be a club in the hands of Ingersoll, the Universalis? and the TJui tanans with which, the religion of Jesus Christ will .be pummeled. He is deci? dedly against the revision, but declined to submit to an interview... -Dr. p.. W. Qma, pastor of the First Baptist church, said that he had not seen the revision, and would-jiot express an opinion until: ho .had, made a thorough stndyj?fthe changes. Dr. J. H. Martin," pastor of the r ret Presbyterian church, hod not seen the revision, but said that from the extracts which he had seen he was inclined to Tavor it, although he considered that the translators bad made some infelicitous changes,,-: He had always considered a revision desirable. . Bev. C. A. Evans, pastor of the First Methodist church, said: "iron are aware that I preached a sermon on the subject a few'days ago, in which I indorsed the revision. The interests of Christianity demand a pare 'translation of the word of God. A llying language is liable to change and words take oh new meanings. This with the .errors of translation and of grammar rendered the new version absolutely necessary. I look upon the book which is now before as in the light of a revise proof sheet which, when sub*, jected to the criticisms of the world, will be itself revised and'then presented, to us as a pure and trustworthy translation. It will take some time to get it generally adopted. Many people influenced by the reverence . they have for the Bible of their . lathers will not accept it at once, but the intelligent ones must admit its superiori? ty, and when this generation has passed away I predict that it will have gained an almost universal adoption. One thing is certain, it will create a Bible reading within the next two months such as we have never experienced before." Dr. Spaldingr of the Second Baptist church, said: "From earliest manhood I was taught by my father to consult the Greek text when studying any port of the New. Testament. The efforts of* various per? sons to improve our verson of the scrip tares were very commendable. Camp? bell and McKnight's translation, and the revision of the American Bible union, furnished much light to those who con? sulted them. This present effort is in the right.direction, nas been made by those who command general confidence, and will result, I do not not, in supplying the world with- a revised translation which will win its way to the front rank. By slow stages it will move forward, commending itself steadily to the en? lightened judgment of Christendom." jRev. John W. Heidt, of Trinity church replied as follows to a querry from the reporter. I am glad of the new revision. It is the result of patient, faithful work. Per? haps no fairer search for truth could have been instituted. The text has been studied, compared, tested by every rule of translation and construction, and the final rendering agreed on. I coufess to disappointment in some changes. They affect my preconceptions and limit mean? ings which appeared broader, but perhaps I shall understand them better on closer study. The completion of the new ver? sion is most timely. It finds the Chris? tian world engaged in Bible reading as perhaps never before; and now a fresh interest is excited to compare the old and new. The word of God will be more to the world on account of this revision than at any former period. This condition will be favorable to the spnad of gospel truth throughout the-earth. I am not afraid of the new Bible. We have the old one, too, and both are sufficient for j instruction in righteousness. As King James* version was slow in coming into general use, so will this Victoria version e; not eo slow, bit requiring time. God speed the knowledge of His word." Bev. R. J. Cooke, pastor of the Mariet? ta street Methodist church, said: "You wish to know what I think of the revised version? Well, after several months reading about it in papers, mag? azines and reviews, and after a careful study of the book itself, I conceive it to be one of the grandest achievements of the century : and certainly it ought to be when some of the ripest biblical scholars of Europe and America, have given it their deepest thought enriched by vast accumulations of sacred knowelge. The critical study of all ancient manuscripts known previous to revision has settled forever the authority of the second text, and when we remember that this was done by men thoroughly acquainted with the destructive criticism of the rational is schools of Germany, England and France, we cannot too highly appreciate the labors of those men of God who have given us His blessed word bordering on absolute purity. The rendering of the text is all that can be desired ; it is clear euphonious, and critically close to the original, as every minister must know who has any knowledge of the Greek text. In numbers of places it is infinitely superior to the old version in bringing ont the real idea of the evangelist or apostle, and the latter fact will give such an impetus in time to the Christian thought as was never before dreamed of. It is a treasury of rich jewels to all think? ing preachers. ' Some opposition will be made against it by those who love the old, through association, which is natural, and by others who perhaps have been disappointed in the sectarian expecta? tions and most assuredly by ignorant ministers who will try to prejudice the people again-1 it. Ten or fifteen years elapsed before Ki ng Jam es' version twined itself around the English heart, but six or seven years will suffice for this. I used it last Sabbath in my pulpit, and ! will continue to do so. I want my peo? ple to have the word of God. The Methodist Episcopal church deposito? ries will have enormous sales of the new version, at least among our preachers who are moving in advanced lines." An effort was made to see Bishop Beck with and Dr. Boggs, but they are both out of the city. Another Shooting Affair Between Rev enne Oflicers and a Citizen, Another shooting difficulty has occurred between Revenue officials and a citi? zen, out this time the citizen receives the shot instead of a Revenue officer. The usual two-sided story reaches us, and we will give it just tv, we heard it, reserving comments"until we are in possession of all the facts. The story of the Revenue officers as related by Gary to a gentle? man from whom we derived it is as fol? lows : They found Joab Alexander, stand? ing in the door of the house, (whether still house,, or dwelling our informant did not know), and when ordered to surrender be fired at Perry Looper, bnt overshot him, whereupon Looper "palled down and got him." Another report from the Revenue side is that the bullet, or shot from Alexander's gun cut a lock of hair from Mr. Looper'B head. The other aide of the story is (and it is di? rectly from the neighborhood) that the Revenue officers surrounded Mr. Jere? miah Powell's house about daylight or a little before, and making their pres? ence kno*n, Mr. Alexander, who is a son-in-law of Powell's and lives in the house with bim, weht to oue of the doors and opened it. When he did so, he saw TrW F. Gary and Lee Fisher standing ?in the doer with a gun pointed at him. He thereupon turned and went to the other door, (we strpppose there were only two doors to the house), opened it and ran out in order to make bis escape. Looper was at this door, and fired at Alexander, the shot strik? ing him in the hip and side. Alexan? der ran about ten steps after being shot and fell. The Revenue officers went to him gave him some whiskey, carried him back into the house ana left him. Dr. King has since extracted one buck shot from his body, and Dr. Priest, three squirrel shot. There are sixty or some snot holes in his body, about four or five of them being buck shot the others squir? rel shot. Alexander was spitting , up blood on last Sunday morning and was not expected to live. We will publish all the particulars when we obtain them reliably, with such comments as we think the affair demands. Alexander lives In a cove called "Rocky Bottom," in the mountains of this County, near the North Carolina line. Since the above was pal in type, we have conversed with a gentleman who visited Mr. Alexander on last Sunday. He informs us that ho learned from Mr. Alexander's and Powell's families that Mr. Alexander did not shoot at Mr. knife about his person, being in his night clothes'. Mr. Alexander says that Lee Fisher had the gun pointed at him at the first door ho opened, and when he went to the other door, be saw Looper, with his gun, and could have snatched it from him, bnt knowing Mr. Looper and being friendly with him, he did not think be would shoot him and concluded to run off, knowing that there wo* a warrant against him. Looper shot twice and Lee Fisher once at him. He ran about 160 yards instead of ten steps before he fell. The officers carried him back into the house by his request, but never said a word about his arrest. The gentleman 'from whom we get this information thinks Mr. Alexander will recover, notwith? standing 78 shot entered his left hip and thigh.?Ptckena Sentinel. The Insanity Dodge. In murder trials these days the plea of insanity has become so common as to be regarded almost a matter of course. If a man, harboring in his breast the resentments of years, meets the object of his dislike on the streets and shoots him down, it is suddenly discovered that he was insane; if filled with bad whiskey he goes home at night and beats his wile to death, he is found to be insane; if be hunts up a poor betrayed girl, whom he calls sister and savagely murders her, he is insane; if he deliberately points a gun and pours a handful of buckshot iuto the body of au aged father, insanity come to bis relief, and the more cooly planned and diabolically executed the better; the greater the atrocity, tbe more I powerful element it becomes in tbe de? fence. In point of economy, at least, for justice does not meet consideration, it would be better to repeal tbe criminal code as it applies to murderers, and send them red-bandied to some friendly asy? lum to be treated and turned loose in a little while indulge their insane freaks on other victims. There is a judge in California, howev? er, who does not believe in the insane dodge, and recently sentenced two men who were tried for murder and put iu the usual plea. The Judge instructed tbe jury that the insanity must be established at the time tbe murder was committed, not by inference but by unquestionable proof, not by tbe opinion of experts, but by facts which left no doubt in the minds of thejury. If judges generally took this view of it justice would be more frequently dis? pensed and murders would be less fre? quent.?Charlotte Observer. ? A farmer of London Township, Ont., noticed one morning that a wild goose had joined hin flock. Somewhat surprised at this sudden change to domes? tic life, he carefully observed tbe behav? ior of the visitor. He soon learned that it had not actually joined its barn-yard releatives, but only appeared at meal time. Further investigation showed that after the goose had thoroughly sat idfied ber own appetite she would pick up an ear of corn and fly away. Greatly interested by the strange conduct of the bird, the farmer one morning watched the direction of its flight. It was but a short distance to the river, and be notic? ed that after circling tbe goose dopped apparently into tbe river. Going down tbe bank, be discovered bis visitor stand? ing by a companion who was lying on the ground and feeding on the ear of corn. In order to understand this restaurant project be walked up to tbe feeder and found that it had been so disabled that it could neither walk nor fly.? Without disturbing it he return? ed and morning after morning watched tbe generous goose carry away an ear of corn. Finally the visits ceased, but shortly afterwards the sick gander himself waddled into tbe camp and gob? bled up tbe corn himself. He has re? mained all winter, and the indications are that he has made up his mind to set? tle down and go to housekeeping. Looi He did not have even a pocket THE COMING COTTON CROP. Important and Interesting Roports From the Principal Cotton-Growing States. On April 16, in summarizing tbe cot? ton situation, BradstreeVs pointed out that the receipts for the preceding four weeks had been larger than for any cor? responding period in this history of tbe trade. For the past four weeks a like story can be told. Reports to the editor of Brandtlrett't summarized in that jour? nal of May 14, shows that on May 5 there was more cotton on the plantations in the South than, at the same date last year. Indications continue to point to a confirmation of the estimate of 6,422,000 bales for the old crop. The journal named, referring .to tbe course of the cotton market for the next few weeks, srrys that it will very probably depend very much on the weather reports from tbe Sooth. The effect of the last crop has been fully discounted, and whether tbe final outturn is 6,400,000 bales, or 6,500,000 bales, it will have little influ? ences on prices hereafter. Feeling. that this is the most important feature - in the cotton trade at.the moment, it has taken great'care to be informed as to tbe pro? gress of planting and tbe prospects of the growing crop. Full reports as to tbe acreage planted with cotton this spring being impossible at this early date, tbe best available data bearing on the con? dition'and outlook of the new cotton crop are given,' and are summarized ?s follows: Reports from North Carolina and Vir? ginia point to an increased acreage of 7 per cent. The new crop was planted ten to fifteen days later than last year, but owing to the favorable weather for tbe last three weeks, part of the time lost has been regained. A large increase in tbe use of fertilizers is noted, and labor is as good as last year. South Carolina reports an increased acreage of .full 8 per cent., a large in? crease in the use of fertilizers, and that the crop in some regions is earlier tbau it was last year. The crop prospects are said to be quite equal to those of last year. Georgia advices are to the effect that about the same acreage as that of last year has been planted with a large in? crease in the use of fertilizers; The crop is reported as very promising, though perhaps fifteen days late. Florida reports a - slightly increased area planted, and though late in planting the fine weather for the past two weeks has placed' the. crop in good condition. Alabama advices state that a slight decrease is noted in the acreage planted, and that planting was fully fifteen days later than last year. Telegraphic reports state, however, that owing to the favora? ble weather for the past two weeks, tbe crops are as early as usual, and that tbe prospects are.good. Mississippi has about the same acreage as las) year .on uplands. The use of fer? tilizers will be largely increased. Plan? ting was from eight to twenty days later than last year, but a part of the delay has been, recovered, and the .crop pros? pect is good. Louisiana has about the same acreage as last year,'though planting is fifteen days later. Late advices by mail state, that the out loot- for the crop is good, and tbat it is from ten to twelve days latter than lost year. . Texas advices announce increased acreage of five per cent. The compara? tively small increase in this State is ex? plained by the large amount of railroad building, which has absorbed a large proportion of available labor. The crop was three weeks later than last year, but for tbe past three weeks tbe weather has been very favorable. Reports by mail say that the stands are good, and pBrt of the delay in planting has been recovered. Arkansas reports an increased acre? age of about six per cent., and though the crop in most localities was later than last year, it is reported to be in fine con? dition, and prospects for the crops are good. Tennessee reports about the same acre? age as last year, with planting twelve to thirty days latter than last year, but the crop is only ten to twenty days later. The over flow of tbe Mississippi River has interfered with planting in some in? stances. These reports, which are based on the observation and exper'^nce of cotton growers cotton foe tors and others through? out tbe States in which the great sta? ple is raised, point, therefore, to a largely augmented use of fertilizers, an increased acreage of cotton, with the crop thus far in good condition. The drawback occa? sioned by the delayed spring has, in part, at least, been offset by an unusually fa? vorable season since planting. Special telegraphic advise? from Memphis and New Orleans speak of tbe serious damage doue in the largest cottou growing coun? ties in Louisiana. The following tele? gram, received by the editor of Brad ttred's this evening, brings information as to the damage done by floods in Louis? iana down to date: "Alsatia levee, about forty miles above Vicksburg, cave way on tbe morning of May 11, anrl by evening^the crevasse was 250 feet wide, with water rushing through it at a tremen? dous rate. Tbe crevasse is widening and deepening, no ef orte? being made to check it. Tbe water is now pouriug down Bayou Macon, and great damage will result from it. In the parishes of East Carroll, Tensas, Madison and Con cordia, tbe crops have been planted, and were well advanced. Can pcarcely hope fur the water to recede in time to admit! replanting." Solomon and the Blacksmith.? The story goes tbat during tbe building of Solomon's temple, the wise ruler de? cided to treat the artisans employed on his famous edifice to a banquet. While the men were enjoying the good things his bounty had provided King Solomon moved about from table to table, endeav? oring to become better acquainted with his workmen. To one he said: "My friend what's your trade ?" "A carpenter." "And who makes your tools?" "The blacksmith." To another Solomon said : "What is your trade?" "A mason." "And who makes vour tools?" "The blacksmith." Tbe third stated that he was a stone cutter, and that the blacksmith also made his tools. The fourth man tbat King Solomon adressed was the blacksmith himself. He was a powerful man with barred arms, on which the muscles stood out in bold relief, seemingly almost, as bard as tbe metal he worked. "And what is your trade, my good man ?" said the King. "Blacksmith," laconically replied the man of tbe anvil and sledge. "And who makes your tools?" "Make 'em myself." Whereupon King Solomon immediate? ly proclaimed him the king of mechanics, because be could not only make his own tools, but all other artisans were forced to go to him to have their tools made. ? The political outlook in Virginia grows brighter every day, and it is doubt? ful whether Mahone will bo able to make even a show of fight in the fall. AN AWFUL CALAMITY. The Canadian Thames the Scone of the Latest Steamboat florrow. London, Ontario, May 24.?This evening at 7 o'clock the steamer Victo? ria, with over six hundred excursionists on board, was returning from Spring Bank, and when near the Cove railway bridge, one mile below the city, the boat suddenly collapsed like an egg shell and became a total wreck, level with the wa? ter's edge. All of the passengers were instantly plunged into the stream, more than oue half of them being underneath the debris. The first news of the disas? ter which reached this city was brought by survivors who struggled through the streets wet and weary. The news fell like a thunderbolt and a stampede took place for the spot. Arriving there a hor? rible sight met their view; fifty or sixty bodies had already been recovered and were lying on the bank. Those arriving from the city from every direction crow? ded around anxious to Bee if any relatives were on board. About one thousand families were represented on the excur? sion and the wail of anguish that arose at the sight of the victims was heart? rending. Fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters rushed about panic-stricken endeavoring to identify friends. By 7 o'clock about eighty bodies were recov? ered from under the wreck. Almost every minute some victim was brought to the surface and conveyed to the banks, The steamer Princess Louise was early brought to the spot and the victims placed on the upper deck. Fires were lighted on the bank overlooking the riv? er. Petroleum torches were brought and the search was continued until night. About one hundred and fifty, corpses have been secured. Among the dead are Jas. Robertson, Manager of the Bank of British North America; J. C. Fereditb, Clerk of the Dividend Court; VVm. MoBride, Assessor and Secretary of the Western Fair Association; Mrs. William Asbburn; Wm. Milman, of Montreal, Commercial Agent, and two sons; J. Rogers, plumber. All is con? fusion at the present moment. The lan? ding at tbe foot of Dundas street is now crowded with people, all waiting in breathless expectation for tbe arrival of the steamer Princess Louise with the bodies. The total loss will aggregate one hundred and seventy-five. Mr. Mat? thews, night editor of the Advertiser lost his wife and two children. Harro Mart, of the Free Press, lost his wife, two chil? dren and sister-in-law. J. Siddons, of the custom service, lost one boy. Dr. Oronbyatekna lost a boy, aged 10, and Miss Bayley. Among the missing are also Alice Deadmen of New Brighton, MisB Griffith of Bucks street and Alfred Trimble?probably lost. A full list cannot yet be obtained. All is in tbe deepest confusion. The newspaper staff, like all else, are sadly demoralized, all having friends involved in the calamity. The whole city seems almost demented to-night. The accident was certainly due to gross carelessness. The boat was overcrowded to a disgraceful extent. Manager George Parish was expostula? ted with by several at Spring Bank and urged not to let tbe boat go out in that overcrowded condition, but he is repor? ted to have replied "All right; I know ray business," or something of that sort. Samuel Stewart, a stove merchant, one of those who protested, left the boat at Spring Bank with bis family. Several hundred more remained there unable to get passage and had to walk home?a distance of four miles?to-night, no con? veyance of any kind being available. Tbe telephone was in constant use be? tween the water works and the city by friendly inquirers. This disaster will put an end to the pleasure steamer bus? iness, as hereafter people will not ven? ture. The river which has been the subject of many jokes and puns on ac? count of its supposed shallowness, is in reality in many places twenty or thirty feet deep. 3.20 A. M.?The work of recovering the bodies at the scene of yesterday's disaster is still going on actively. Up to this time 170 have been fouud and most of them were brought to this city. All of the undertakers' shops are besieged and coin us are going out by tbe score. The crowds at tbe river bank and at the steamer landing here have not dimin? ished. Among the bodies identified are those of the two daughters of James Burns. The excitement seems to in? crease as night advances. A large num? ber of bodies remain on the grounds at Sulphur Springs baths awaiting claim? ants. A Gander Leads a Blind Horse.? It is said that the greatest difference between man and brutes is shown by tbe love and friendship existing in the hu? man family, which is never seen in tbe lower orders of tbe animal creation. But it sometimes occurs that a community of feeling is exhibited in as marked a de? gree by the brute as can be found among human beings. Mr. Phillips, a well known citizen living on the Franklin 1 Pike, six miles from the city, owned an ' old blind horse. A flock of geese occu : pied tbe pasture joining with him. An old gander, seeing the difficulty tho horse hud to go around, attached himself to the horse, leaving his fellows fur that purpose. All day long the gander could be seen going in front of the horse, giv? ing signs of his presence by a constant cackle, the horse following the sound. The gander carried the horse to tbe best pasture and to water. A perfect un? derstanding was had between them and they seemed to know what each wanted. At night the gander accompanied the horse to the stall, sat under the trough, and tbe horse would occasionally bite off a mouthful of corn and drop it on the ground for his feathered friend, and thus | they would share each other's meals, j Finally, on one Sunday, the old horse died. The gander seemed utterly lost, wandered about disconsolately, looking everywhere for his old comrade, refusing all food, and at the end of a week he, too, died, although his life was but just be j gun, for a goose will live forty or fifty years. This is a true story, and can be j verified by numbers of persons who often i saw the strange parties marching around, j and displays the wonderful affection that ! sometimes springs up among the lower I orders. A Hanging Which Was iu Fun Besnlts Fatally. Intelligence of an occurrence at once comical aud tragical, comes from Union Grove township, in the northern part of this county. One day last week a youth of the name of John Brown, aged 20 or 21 years, with a view of breaking a little urpbew of the habit of eating dirt, which he had unhappily contracted, took him out to a tree and told him of his purpose to hang hfm for his vile habit He accordingly tied a rope around his neck and swung him up to a limb. After let? ting him hang a while, for the purpose of frightening him thoroughly, he cut the child down, but unfortunately the exper? iment had been carried too far. The same night tho child died. No one as? cribes to the uncle any criminal purpose, and?he has not been taken into custody. ?SiatesvUle {N. C.) Landscape. Belshozzar's Feast. On au eminence commanding a view of the typical city of Babylon, a worn pil? grim exclaimed that "I cannot enter this paradise, lest I become so enamored of it tbat I shall lose all desire to reach the heavenly." No marvel was it, tbat with a deep sigh be turned bis back upon this gem of the East. Babylon, one of the most magnificent cities that ever existed, was the capital of fertile Chaldea. The alleged first king of the world, Nimrod, is supposed to have founded this city. It was built in an exact square, each side being fifteen miles long, consequently embracing an area of two hundred and twenty-five square miles. The modern world will never cease to wonder at the vast proportions of that gigantic wall which encircled tbe city. This structure was three hundred and fifty feet in height and eighty-seven in thickness?broad enough for six chariots to drive abreast. Tbe illustrious Nebuchadnezzar made this city the most magnificent in ., the. world. Its- hanging gardens constructed under his matchless hand have never ceased to be the wonder as well as share tbe admiration of mankind. Even the artistic Greek reckoned them one of the "seven wonders of the world." In these gardens the largest trees grew at an ele? vation of three hundred and fifty feet. The temple of Belus was surpassingly magnificent. Tbe graven images and vessels were of massive gold. The tem? ple, probably built on tbe foundation of the tower of Babe, was the most eleva? ted structure ever reared, being consider? ably higher than the loftiest Egyp? tian pyrumid. Lavish as was the expen? diture in erection and adornment of the temple; its- treasures besides amounted to morertban $100,000,000. Nebuchadnezzar's palaces were not surpassed by his other stupendous works. The old one was four miles in circumfer? ence, the new, eight. A subterranean passage beneath the channel of the river afforded means of secret communication between these two mammoth buildings. An endless variety of animais wore repre? sented in life size, on the walls of these palaces, and at each entrance were mag? nificent gates, 'made of brass taken from pillaged Jerusalem. But the time was approaching when the "golden city" should be "brought low." The mandate had gone forth from the Most High that when Nebuchnezzar's "son's son" should sit upon the throne this proud, wicked city should fall. Tbo beginning of its decline dates from the ascension to the throne of tbe wicked and inefficient Belshazzar. Cyrus the Great besieged the city.and during two years constantly challenged Belsbazzar to meet bim in an open combat. But the Baby? lonians, who had been the terror of all nations, now cowardly shut themselves within their walls. The king having collected a twenty years supply of provis? ions and believing his wall impregnable felt that sooner or latter Cyrus would be forced to raise the siege. He therefore in the pride and arrogance of his heart gave himself up with his courtiers to every species of revelry and voluptuous? ness for which this city was famed. But there came a night the record of which baa come down through all the centuries. A singular train of circum? stances were conspiring to bring about one of the most tragical events known in tbe annals of history. The whole city was plunged into festivities, and joy ana mirth ruled tbe hour, for the king would do honor to a thousand of his lords. The city presented a melo-dramatic scene. As the contending hosts of Cyrus engirdled the city, a queenly moon ap? peared to bepresidinggoddess,?why was she, too, not in commotion? But she threw a soft, melow glamour over tbe peerless city, rendering it more enchan? ting, even, than by day. Lovely ripples on the Euphrates danced and quivered. Figures fantastically arrayed now con? cealed in shadows, again emerged into light. Everywhere bright lights gleamed out over the city, while tbe king's palace was all ablaze with myriads of many col? ored lign ts. But for the boisterous sounds of merriment, it would not have been difficult to imagine this a scene in fairy land, and that the distant strains of music floating out on the bosom of the night, were the bewitching notes of syrens. The interior of the palace was a maze of gorgecusuess, No description could convey an adequate idea of it, for such displays of regal pomp as were made by the kings of the East are unknown to moderns. Belsbazzar, his wives, lords and attendants were all aglitter with richest oriental gems. There tbe sump? tuous banquet was spread. No viand was wanting which might tempt the palate of a king. Again and again tbe ruby cup was replaced. And as if his own drinking vessels were not massive enough, tbe king ordered the sacred templo service, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from Jerusalem, to be brought immediately to this banquet. Made all the more joyous by quaffing wine from vessels dedicated to the God of Heaven they praised their gods, the workmanship of their own hands. All was merry in midnight rev? el. But, behold! the king is aghast, his eyes stare, his whole frame trembles, as if some demon had seized upon him. His court regard bim with amazement. In the same hour a dismembered hand appears on the wall in the full glow of light, tracing strauge characters. The king cries aloud. "What means it?" "Where are my magi, my astrologers?" The wise men are assembled, but their knowledge is baffled. The report of con? sternation is carried to the apartment of the queen?mother. She hastens in, and tells the king tosend for Daniel, the ser? vant of God. He comes, and after re? buking the impious king, interprets tbe symbol?. "Mene, Mene, Tekel, Uphar sin." God hath numbered tby kingdom, and finished it. Thou art found wanting. Thy kingdom is divided and given to tbe Meeds and Persians. But why did tbe king tremble at eight of the mystic characters ? might, it not be a harbinger of good? Nay, his con? science told him it was tbe forerunner of that doom which bis evil doings merited. Ho knew tbat he was that instant offer? ing a stupendous insult, which Heaven would not permit to pacs unrebuked. So soon as tbe king's curiosity bad been sat? isfied, he returned again to his revelry, ; drowning his terror and troubled thoughts in the wine cup. On went the merry dance and music. Belshazzar lapsed deeper, and deeper into drunken? ness, saying to himself "Soul, take thine ease, eat, drink and be merry," while God said, "Thou fool this night is thy soul required of thee." Whilst this midnight carousal was Erngressing a very different scene was eing enacted in another part of tbe city. Cyrus, tbe Persian, by means of a deep channel, which lie had constructed, turned the river out <Df its course, and as the brazen gate over it had been left open by the careless feasters, he took advan? tage of the circumstance, and passed his army into the city through tbe river's bed. Meeting with no resisteuce they marched upon the palace and struck down the guard. A band, led on by two Babylouian deserters, dashed in, mowed down tbe royal attendant, plunged their 1 sword into the kings heart, and "Baby Ion tbe Great had fallen.'W. L. K, in Associate Reformed Presbyterian. Lessons Iu Love Making. Don't love too many at once. Don't d ) your spooning in public. Give your little brother taffy and get him to bed-before yourchap comes. Recollect that a wedding-ring on your finger is worth a good many of them in your mind. Try to find out by some means wheth? er your intended knows how to earn a decent living for two. Be reasonable; don't expect a man working for $8 a week to furnish you with reserved seats at the opera every other night. Don't be afraid to show the man of your choice that you love him?provid? ed, of course, he loves you. Love is a double-sided sort of concern, and both have a part to play. Don't try to bring too many suitors to yotir feet. They have feet as well as you have, jandyou may see one pair of feet Walking off from you some day you would be very glad to call back. Keep your temper, if you expect your other-half-in-law to keep his. If he dos en't suit you give him ticket?of-leave. If be does suit you don't expect him to put up with your humors. Deal carefully with bashful lovers; lead them gradually to the point, (of pro? posal, of course,) but don't let them sus? pect what you are at, or they might faint on your hands, or go crazy on the spot. It is said'lovers' quarrels always end with kisses. This is partly true; but if you are not careful those little spats you indulge in may end in tbe kisses you covet being given to some other girl! If it is possible, try to suit your sisters, cousins, aunts, grandfather, neighbors, friends and acquaintances when you hap? pen to fall in love. If you can't suit them all, don't worry, for the thing has never been done yet. If you use powder, don't give yourself, away. For instance, it would be well to spread a handkerchief over the shoulder of his broadcloth before you lean thereon. If his moustache happens to look a little powdery, there are several ways in which it could be brushed off. Don't imagine that a husband can live as a lover does?ou kisses and moonlight. He will come home to his meals as hun? gry as a bear, and any little knowledge of cookery you can pick up during courtship is about the best provision you can make for future happiness. Remember that nature has put every man under the uecessity of having a mother, and that the latter is not in any way to blame if she is regarded as" the bitter part of a sugar-coated matrimonial pill. If you feel in duty bound to be her sworn enemy postpone this duty till you know something about her. Don't seek advice in love affairs from an old maid who had been crossed in love, a bachelor who had been jilted, a woman who married her husband's pock etbook, or a man who happens to be henpecked. Don't confide iu your girl friends; to keep a secret in a love affair would kill them. Don't consult your miuister; he'll have the marriage fee in view. If you go to your family physi? cian he'll say your liver is affected in place of your heart. If you must get in? structions from somebody, why not ask your mother how she used to manage things with your father? True love didn't run any smoother in old times than it does to-day, and, since she knows how it is herself, we cannot think just now of any better way to advise you.? Exchange, Uncle Mose Expounds the Scriptures. Jim Webster, a saddle-colored Bport, provoked a quarrel with old Uncle Mose, and the consequence was that tbe old man got on his muscle and gave Jim a fearful pounding. They were, however, separated by mutual friends before any very serious damage had been done to either of these distinguished colored citi? zens. "You got de better ob me dis time," said Jim, wiping the end of his nose with his elbow, and examining it to see if there was any blood on it. "Dat ar is de fust time I eber knowed de hind leg ob a mule to grow on outen de shoulder ob a rheumatick ole niggah." "Dat ain't hit," responded old Mose, running his arm through a hole in bis coat in his efforts to put it on. "Do trouble wid you new-fangled niggahs is you don't search the scriptures." '?What's dat got to do wid dis pusonal altercashun ?" "You asked me to fight yer, didn't yer?" "Dat's a fact." "And ver knocked me fust, didn't yer?" "Dems de kerret returns." "Well, den, ef you had searched de Bible you mout hab knowed in advance what was gwine ter be de result ob de campaign." "Will yer please expound dat are, Uncle Mose?" "De Bible says, ask and ye shall re? ceive, knock and ye sball be knocked. You asked and yer got it, didn't you? You knocked, and yer got de wind and some ob yer teef knocked, did't yer? I tell you, Jim Webster, and all you ud? der Bob Iugeraoll sinners, dat dar's whole keerloads ob wisdom iu dat blessed book, ef*yer studies it prarfully and in de rite speret."?Qalveston News. About Editors. Every editor loves to have his friends, and particularly his readers, call on him. They belong to the same family, as it were. But when you call to see the editor don't stay too long. Editors are generally very busy in business hours. If you have any suggestions to make or news to commuuicate, state it in as few words as possible. Don't offer any ex? cuses or indulge in a long preface to what you have to Bay. Blurt it right out; tell the editor you wish him well, and bid him good-day. Editors dote on such men as that; they love to receive calls from them. Don't argue with them; don't try to do it; he has no time for argument while at his work. When you write to an editor for publica? tion, make it short?boil it down. Pitch right into the middle of your subject, and be sure to stop writing when you are through. Editors always like somo tbing fresh and origionl in the way of communications, and are especially fond of news. But the editor must always be the judge of what is worthy of publica? tion. Of course every writer thinks his own production the best, just as every mother thinks ber baby the prettiest that ever was born. But the editor may be so stupid as to have a different opin? ion. Ifso, it can't be helped. Don't try to argue him out of his notion. If be is too stupid to appreciate a good thing, you cau't expect to remedy his dullness. You may think you are a good deal smarter than the editor, and that may bo true, but the editor may be re? sponsible and you are not. There is no class of people so covetous of the good opinion of others. It is well to remem? ber tuat fact.?Printer's Circular. The End of My Monkey. I haven't auy monkey now, and I don't care what becomes of me. His loss was an awful blow, and I never ex ect to recover from it. I am a crushed oy, and when the old folks find what their conduct has done to me, they will wish they had done differently. It was on Tuesday that I got the mon? key, and by Thursday everybody began to treat him coldly. It began with my littlest sister. Jocko took her doll away, and climbed up to the top of the door with it, where he sat and pulled it to pieces, and tried its clothes on, only I they wouldn't fit him, while sister, who is but a little girl, stood and howled as if she was being killed. This made mother begin to dislike the monkey, and she said that if bis conduct waa such, he couldn't stay in her house. I call this unkind, for the monkey was invited into the house, and I've been told wo must bear with visitors. A little while afterward, while mother was talking to Susan on the front piazza, she beard the sewing-machine up-stairs, and, "Well, I never, that cook has the impudence to be sewing on my machine without ever asking leave." So she ran up stairs, and found that Jocko was working the machine like mad. He'd taken rue's night gown and father's black coat and a lot of stockings, and shoved them all under the needle, and was sewing them all together. Moth? er boxed bis ears, and theu she and Sue eat down and worked all the morning trying to unsew the things with the scissors. They had to give it up after a while, and the things are sewed together yet, like a man and wife, which no man can put asunder. All this made my mother more cool toward the monkey than ever, and I heard her call him a nasty little beast. The next day was Sunday, and as Sue was sitting in the hall waiting for moth? er to go to church with her, Jocko gets up on her chair, and pulls the feathers out of her bonnet. He thought he was doing right, for be bad seen the cook pulling the feathers off the chickens, but Sue called him dreadful names, and said that when father came home, either she or that monkey would leave the house. Father came home early Monday, and seemed quite pleased with the monkey. He said it was an interesting study, and ho told Susan that he hoped that she would be contented with fewer beaux, now that there was a monkey constantly in the house. In a little while father caught Jocko lathering himself with the mucillage brush, and with a kitchen knife all ready to shave himself. He just laughed at the monkey, and told me to take good care of him, and not let bim hurt himself. Of course I was dreadfully pleased to find that father liked Jocko, and I knew it was because he was a man, and had more sense than girls. But I was only deceiving myself and leaning on a broken weed. That very evening when father went into his study after supper, he found Jocko on bis desk, he bad torn all his papers to pieces, except a splendid new map, and that be was covering with ink, and making believe that he was writing a President's message about the Panama Canal. Father was just raging. He took Jocko by the scruff of tbe neck, locked him in tbe closet, and sent him away by express the uext morning to a man in the city with orders to sell him. The expressman afterward told Mr. Travers that tho monkey pretty nearly killed everybody on tbe train, for he got hold of the signal cord and pulled it, and the engineer thought it was the conductor, and stopped tbe train, and another train just behind it came within an inch of running into it and smashing it to pieces. Jocko did the same thing three times before they found out what was the matter, and tied him up so that he couldn't reach the cord. Oh, be was just beautiful! But I shall never see bim again, and Mr. Traver says that it's all right, and that I'm r onkey enough for one house. That's because Sue has been saying things against the monkey to him ; but never mind. First my dog went, and now ray mou key has gone. It seems as if everything that is beautiful must disappear. Very likely I shall go next, and when I am gone", let them find the dog and the mon? key, and bury us together.?Jimmy Brown in Harper's Young People. A Real Enoch Ardcn. Rochester, N. Y., May 18. Patrick Ivens. nine years ago, left bis wife and two children at Auburn and went to Dakota Territory to Beek his for? tune. Three days after Iiis departure Mrs. Ivens received word that her hus? band was dead, and never afterward heard anything concerning him. Tbe poor woman sold what little property she bad and came here to earn a living. By hard toil she mauaged to support herself and children, and she led aa honest and industrious life. In 1878 she won the affection of John H. Hughes, bookkeeper for a large dry goods house, and was mar? ried to him, and the couple have lived happily and comfortably together since. Yesterday Ivens appeared in town and hunted up his wife and children, and ap? peared astonished at their good fortune and contentment. He expressed himself as amazed at his wife's marriage, and said he never caused notice of his death to be sent her, but regularly remitted her the sum often dollars a week during his entire absence. He says the whole thing has been a put-up job on him by some person who has been taking bis money. Mrs. Hughes refused absolutely to sepa? rate from her present husband. Her friends says tbey have good reason for doubting Ivens' Btory about his constan? cy and remittances. ' There is no doubt, however, that Ivens bears a strong love for Mrs. Hughes, as, after endeavoring by every argument in his power to induce her to again live with him, the interview between them being a calm and deliber? ate conference, he said he was convinced that she was happy in her present lot and he would never again disturb her. He at once started again for the West. The man'sstraittbrward conduct while here and the broken-down spirit he man? ifested when he left town have created the impression that after all his story was true. The belief is gaining ground that the couple have been separated by some rascal who has regularly benefited by bis meanness, as Ivens, on his return from the West, went straight to Auburn after his family, tbinkiug tbey were still there. ? "I feel," said tbe fat passenger, as tbe train crossed the Ohio line, "that I am in the land of statesmen. There is a smell of the Postoffice in the air, and tbe low, sweet sound of a consulate is heard in the dewy distance. I see the shadowy forms of marshals yet to be, and out of the dreamy gates of the im? possible I see the sad procession of never to be Supreme Judges. It is a dear and favored land, this graud old atmosphere of Presidents." ? M. P. Key, of Huntsville, Ala., has just received a patent for a gun which has tho capacity of firing 3,000 shots per minute. News and Gossip. ? A Flemingsburg, Ky., dentist ex? tracted 300 teeth in one day. ? Army worms are troubling the wheat in some sections of Kentucky. ? A railroad is projected from Monroe, roe, North Carolina, to Newberry, South Carolina. ? Fine veins of the richest copper ore is being developed in a number of coun? ties in Virginia. ? Up to this date twenty-five counties in North Carolina have declined to grant retail liquor licenses. ? Ex-Senator Thurman is comintc to the front as the Democratic candidate for Governor of Ohio. ? Jesse Cavity, a Bath county, Ky., widower with six children, has married a girl thirteen years old. ? Seven hundred dollars per letter is what Uncle Sam's mail costs on one of the Star Routes in New Mexico. This i3 what the contractors call "building up the country." ? A couple of fellows who were pretty thoroughly soaked with whiskey got into the gutter. After floundering about for a few minutes, one of them said: "Jim, let's go to another house, this hotel leaks." ? Assemblyman George H. Williams, the only colored man in the Ohio Legis? lature, has fallen heir to ?50,000, and will retire from business and politics and devote himself to a history that he is writing. ? A dispatch from Kansas says that tbe measures taken to discourage emi? grants from going to that State on ac? count of the new temperance law have failed, and that immigration is larger than ever before. ? A dispatch from Waco, Texas, says that a solid mountain of fine red, brown and white sandstone has been discovered near Reagan, on tbe Texas and Pacific Railroad. Experts pronounce tho stone to be equal to any in America. ? Four noblemen of distinguished families in the Austrian Empire and ono editor, now hunting and fishing in Flor? ida, are to visit Minnesota and Dakota in June, to study in the system and econ? omy of American wheat raising. ? The Illinois House of Representa? tives has passed a bill prohibiting all railroads in that State from changing their rates of freight without giving sixty days' notice of the change, by posting the change in every station along the line, under heavy penalties. ? A New York physician of extensive practice has been affecting many cures of his lady patients complaining of lame backs by prescribing slippers and woolen stockings for a week, to be followed by wearing low, broad heels to their shoes, in place of the high French heels that had caused their ailments. ? Southern cotton mills have made money while their Northern rivals were being satisfied at holding their own. After such experience perhaps the South will turn her hand to other industries, the raw material of which she has in abundance. There would be more money in it than in politics, and more honor, too.-iV. Y. Herald. ? The hangman who bungled the ex? ecution of the Nihilists at St. Petersburg had primed himself for the task by swal? lowing too much brandy. He was, in fact, drunk when be officiated at the gib? bet. He was heavily flogged in payment for his services, but this did not add any impressiveness to tbe remembrance of a spectacle which excited the horror of all who witnessed it. ? Once three of the ablest Senators we ever had?Webster, Clay and Cal houn?set out to destroy a President. At the end of a prolonged struggle tbe "triumviate" gained considerable expe? rience, but Andrew Jackson won the fight and became the strongest President with the people that had been known. Mr. Cockling is neither a Webster, a Clay or a Calhoun. ? A volume of smoke rises constantly from the midst of a deusely wooded mo? rass in Wakulla county, Fla, and has for at least fifty years been a mystery to the people of that region. The spot is five miles from the nearest point to which any person has ever penetrated. The negroes believe it is an entrance to hell, and regard it with awe. Some of the whites accept the theory of a volcano. Judge White, of Tallahassee lately or? ganized an expedition to explore the swamp, but failed to make a way in the tangle of rank growth. ? Friends of the Administration say that it has been determined to have an Administration party, pure and simple, not only in New York, but in Pennsyl? vania, Indiana, Illinois, and all other States where it has been the custom for senatorial bosses to run the machine. If the senatorial bosses choose to fall into line, well and good. They will be taken care of according to their deserts. But the Federal patronage in every State is to be used to strengthen the Administra? tion, and not to advance the interests of any leaders or factions or cliques. ? United States Senator Thomas C. Platt, who yesterday resigned his posi? tion, was born in Owego, Tioga county, this State, in 1833. Very few people, however, would at sight of him think he is forty-eight years old. Mr. Platt is a very rich man/bis large interests being in the great lumber regions of Michigan. In early life, especially while he was a student in Yale College, be was very frail, but his business had much to do with restoring his health. While Mr. Platt is known among business men as a "practical" person, who pulls wires, ma? nipulates machinery, and know the inch? es in a political or business boom, he has a circle of good fellows near him who are very fond of bin1.. It may be inter? esting for Mr. Blaine to learn that on one occasion, when Wm. Walter Phelps was asked to name the best fellow he ever knew, he said : "I am inclined to think it is Tom. Platt." ? Love to Christ smooths the path of duly, and wings the feet to travel it; it is the bow which impels the arrow of obedience; it is the mainspring moving the wheels of duty; it is the strong arm j tugging the oar of diligence. Love is } the marrow of the bones of fidelity, the j blood in the veins of piety, the sinews of spiritual strength; yea, the life of sincere devotion. He that bath love csu no more be motionless than the aspen in the gale, the sear leaf in the hurricane, or the spray in the tempest. As well may hearts cease to beat as love to labor. Love is instinct with activity, it cannot be idle; it is full of energy, it cannot content itself with littles; it is tbe well spring of heroism, and great deeds are the gushings of its fountain ; it is a giant; ! it heapeth mountains upon mountains, } and thinks the pile but little; it is a mas? tery mystery, for it changes bitter into ! sweetit calls death life, and life death ; i and it makes pain less painful than en? joyment.?C H. Spurneon.