The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, July 17, 1889, Image 1
VOL. V. MANNING, CLARENDON COUNTY, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1889. NO. 32.
TIHE MIGHTIEST WEAPON.
Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage's Sermon
at the Brooklyn Tabernacle.
Row the Whole World Has Been Con.
quered by the Gospel - Christian
Philosophy vs. Worldly Philoso
phy -No Weapon Like the
Gospel of Christ.
"The rmightest weapon is the Gospel,"
was the subject of Rev. Dr. Talmage's re
rent sermon at the Brooklyn Taberbacle.
His text was, I. Samuel xx, 9: "There is
none like that; give it me." The preacher
said:
David fled from his pursuers. The world
runs very fast when it is chasing a good
man. The country is trying to catch David,
and to slay him. David goes into the house
of a priest, andasks him for asword or spear
with which to defend himself. The priest,
not being accustomed to use deadly weap
ons, tells David that he can not supply him;
but suddenly the priest' thinks of an old
sword that had been carefully wrapped up
and laid away-the very sword that Goliath
formerly used-and he takes down that
sword, and while he is unwrapping the
sharp, glittering, memorable blade, it flashes
upon David's mind that this was the very
sword that was used against himself when
he was in the fight with Goliath, and David
can hardly keep his hand off it until the
priest has unwound it. David stretched out
his hand toward that old sword and says:
"There is none like that; give it me." In
er words: "I want in my own hands the
word that has been used against me, and
inst the cause of God." So it was given
Well, my friends, that is not the first
the last sword used by giant and Philis
e iniquity which is to come into the pos
ion of Jesus Christ, and of His glorious
urch. I want, as well as God may help
e, to show you that many a weapon which
has been used against the armies of God is
yet to be captured and used on our side;
and I only imitate David when I stretch out
my hand toward the blade of the Philistine
and cry: "There is ione like that; give it
to me."
I remark, first, that this is true in regard
to all scientific exploration. You know that
the first discoveries in astronomy and geol
ogy and chronology were used to battle
Christianity. Worldly philosophy came out
of its laboratory and out of its observatory,
and said: "Now, we will prove, by the very
structure of the earth, and by the.movement
of the lieavenly bodies, that the Bible is a:
lie and that Christianity, as we have it
among men, isa positive imposition." Good
men trembled. The telescope, the Leydezi
jars, the electric batteries, all in the hands
of the Philistines. But one day, Christiani
ty, looking about for some weapon with
which to defend itself, happened to see the
very old sword that these atheistic Philis
tines had been using against the truth, and
cried out: "Theretis none like that; give it
to me!" And Copernicus, and Galileo, and
Kepler, and Isaac 'Newton came forth, and
told the world that, in their ransacking of
the earth and heavens, they had found over
whelming presence .of the God whom we
worship; and this old Bible began to shake
itself from the Koran, and Shaster, and
Zendavesta, with which it had been covered
up, and lay on the desk of the scholar, and
in the laboratory of the chemist, and in the
lap of the Christian, unharmed and unan
swered, while the towers of the midnight
heavens struck a silvery chime in its praise.
rdalaswas. not
make it." Christian philosophy plunges its
crowbar into rocks, and finds that the world
was gradually made, and if gradually made,
there must have been some point at which
the process started; then, who started itI
and so that objection was overcome, and in
the first three words of the Bible we find
that Moses stated a magnificent truth when
he said: "In the beginning."
Worldly philosophy said: "Your Bible Is
a most inaccurate book; all that story in the
Old Testament, again and again told, about
the army of the locusts-it is preposterous.
There is nothing in the coming of the locust.
like an army. An army walks, locusts fly.
An army walks in order and procession,
locusts without order." "Wait!" said Chris
tian philosophy; and in176GS, in th'e south
western part of this country, Christian men
went out to examine the march of the locust.
There are men right before me who must
have noticed in that very part of the country
the coming up of the locusts like an army;
and It was found that all of the newspapers
unwittingly spoke of them as an army.
Why? They seem to have a commander.
They halt like a host. No arrow ever went
with straighter flight than the locusts come
--not even turning aside for the wind. If
the wind rises, the locusts drop and then
ris again after it has gone down, taking
the same line of march, not varying a foot.
The old Bible right every time when it
speaks of locusts coming like an army;
worldly philosophy wrong.
Worldly philosophy said: "All that story
about the light 'turned as clay to the seal'
is simply an absurdity." Old time worldly
philosophy said: "The light comes straight."
Christian philosophy said: "Wait a little
while," and it goes on and makes discover
ies and finds that the atmosphere curves and
bends the rays of light around the earth,
literally "as tht clay to the seal." he Bi
ble right again; worldly~philosophy wrong
again. "Ah," says worldly philosophy, '-all
that illusion in Job about the foundations of
the earth is simply an absurdity. 'Where
wast thou,' says God, 'w hen I set the foun
dations of the earth?' The earth has no
foundations." Christian philoso phy comes
and finds that the word as translated "foun
dation" may be better translated "sockets."
So now see how it will read if it is translated
right: "Where was thou when I set the
sockets of the earth.?" Where is the socket?
It is the hollow of God's h and-a socket
large enough for any world to turn in.
Worldly philosophy said: "What an ab
surd story about Joshua making the sun
and moon stand stilL. If the world had .
stopped an instant, the whole universe
would have been out of gear." "Stop,"
said Christian philosophy, "not quite so
quick." The world has two motions-one
on its own axis and the other around the
sun. It was not necessary in making them
stand still that both mot,ions should be
stopped-only the one turning the world on
its own axis. There was no reason why the
baiting of the earth should have jarred and
disarranged the whole universe- Joshua
right and God right; infidelity wrong every
time. I knew It would be wrong. I thank
God that the time has come when Chris
tians need not be scared at any scientific
exploration. The fact is that religion and
science hag struck hand in eternal friend
*ship, and t~e deeper down geologry can dig
and the higher up astronomy can soar, all
the better for us. The armies of the Lord
Jesus Christ have stormed the observatories
of the world's science, and from the highest
towers have flung out the banner of the
cross, and Christianity to-night, from the
observatories of Albany and Washington,
stretches out its hand toward the opposing
i'entific weapon, crying: "There is none
1lke that, give it me!" I was readin'g
this afternloon of Herschel, who was looking
at a meteor through a telescope, and when
it came over the face of the telescope it was
so powerful he had to avert his eyes. And
it has been just so that many an astronomer
has gone into an observatory and looked up
into the midnight heavens, and the Lord
God has, through some swinging world,
flamed upon his vision, and, the learned man
cried out: "Who am I? Undone! Unclean !
Have mercy, Lord God !"
Again, I remark, that the traveling dispo
sition of the world, which was adverse to
morals and religion, is to be brought on our
side. The man that went down to Jericho,
and feflamdst thieves, was atype of agreat
many travelers. There is many a man who
is very honest at home, who, when he is
abroad, has his honor filched and his good
habits stolen. There are but very few men
who can stand the stress of an expedition.
.el weeks at a watering place hias namned
many a man. In the olden times tiod for
bade the traveling of men for the purpose
of trade because of the corrupting intluences
attending it. A good many men now can
not stand the transition from one place to
another. Some men who seem to be very
consistent athome in the way of keeping the
Sabbath, when they get into Spain. on the
Lord's day always go out to see the bull
fights. Plato said that no city ought to be
built nearer to the sea'than ten miles, lest it
be tempted to commerce. But this traveling
disposition of the world, which was adverse
to that which is good, is to be brought on our
side. These rail trains, why they are to take
our Bibles; these steamships, they are to
transport our missionaries; these sailors
rushing from city to city all around the
world, are to be converted into Christian
heralds and go out and preach Christamong
the heathen nations. The gospels are infi
nitely multiplied in beauty and power since
Robinson, and Thompson, and Burckhardt
have come back and talked to us about
Siloam, and Capernaum, and Jerusalem.
pointing out to us the lilies about which
Jesus preached, the beach upon which Paul
was shipwrecked, the fords at which Jor
dan was passed, the Red Sea bank on which
were tossed the carcasses of the drowned
Egyptians. A man said: "I went to the
Holy Land an infidel; I came back a Chris
tian. 1 could not help it."
I am not shocked at the idea of building a
railroad to the Holy Land, I wish that all the
world might go and see Golgotha and Beth
lehem. If we can not afford to pay for mule
teers now, perhaps when the rail train goes
we can afford to buy a ticket from Constan.
tinople to Joppa, and so we will get to see
the Holy Land. Then let Christians travel!
God speed the rail trains and guide the
steamships this night by putting across the
deep in the phosphorescent wake of the
shining feet of Him who from wave cliff to
wave cliff trod the stormed Tiberias. The
Jatanese come across the water and see our
civilization, and examine our Christianity,
and go back and tell the story, and keep
that empire rocking until Jews shall reign
Where'er the sun
Does his successive journey run.
And the firearms, with which the infidel
traveler brought down the Arab horseman
and the jackals of the desert, have been
surrendered to the church, and we reach
forth our hands crying: "There is none
like that; give it me!"
So it has also been wiih the learning and
the eloquence of the world. People say:
"Religion is very good for women, it is very
good for children, but not for men." But
we have in the roll of Christ's host Mozart
and Handel in music; Canova and Angelo
In sculpture; Raphael and Reynoidsin paint
ing; Harvey and Boerhaave in medicine;
Cowper and Scott in poetry; Crotius and
Burke in statesmanship; Boyle and Lieb
nitz in philosophy: Thomas Chalmers and
John Mason in theol.gy. The most bril
liant writings of a worldly nature are all
aglow with scriptural allusions. Throurh
senatorial speech and through essayist's
discourse Sinai thunders and Calvary pleads
and Sileam sparkles.
Samuel L. SouthardI was mighty in the
court room and in the Senate chamber, but
he reserved his strongest evidence for that
day when he stood before the literary soci
ety at Princetoncommencement and pleaded
for the grandeur of the Bible. Daniel Web
ster won not his chief garlands while he was
consuming Hayne, nor when he opened the
batteries of his eloquence on Bunker Hill,
the Rocking Sinai of the American revolu
tion, but on that day when, in the famous
Girard will case, he showed his affection
for the Christian religion and eulogized the
Bible. The eloquence and the learning that
har' been n ' cm.+Uem
our sl . Where is G ibbon's historical pen1
Where is Robespierre's sword! Captured
for God. "There is none like that; giye it
me!"
So, also, has it been with the picture mak
ing of the world. We are very anxious on
this day to have the printing press and the
platform on the side of Christianity; but we
overlook the engraver's knife and the paint
er's pencil. The antiquarian goes and looks
at pictured ruins, or examines the chiseled
pillars of Thebes, and Nineveh, and Pompeii,
and then comes back to tellius ofthe beast
Iliness of ancient art; and it Is a fact now,
that many of the finest specimens-merely
Iartistically considered-of sculpture and
I ainting that are to be found amidst those
ruins are not fit to be looked at and they are
locked up. How Paul must have felt when,
st'anding amidst those impuritIes thatstared
on him from the walls and the pavements
and the bazars of Corinth, he preached of
the pure and holy Jesus. The art of the
world on the side of obscenity, and crime,
and death.
In latter days the palaces of kings were
adorned with pictures. But what to unclean
Henry VIII. was a beautiful picture of the
Madonna' What to Lord Jeffries, the un
just judge, the picture of the "Last Judg.
ment?" What to Nero, the unwashed, a
picture of the baptism in the Jordan? The
art of the world still on the side of super
stition and death. But that is being
changed now. The Chrigtlan artist goes
across the water, looks at the pictures, and
brings back to his American studio much of
the power of those old masters. The Chris
tian minister goes over to Venice,looks at the
"Crucifixion of Christ," and comes back to
his American pulpit to talk as never before
of the sufferings of the Saviour. The pri
vate tourist goes to Rome and looks at
Raphael's picture of the "Last Judgment."
The tears start, and he goes back to his
room in the hotel, and prays God
for preparation for that day when
Shriveling like a parched scroll,
The flaming heavens together roll.
Our Sunday-school newspapers and walls
are adorned with pictures of Joseph in the
court, Daniel in the den, Shadrack in the
fire, P.aul in the shipwreck, Christ on the
cross. 0 that we might, in our families,
think more of the power of Christian pict
ures! One little sketch of Samuel kneeling
in prayer will mean more to your children
than twenty sermons on devotion. One
patient face of Christ by the hand of the art
ist will be more to your child than fifty ser
mons on forbearance. The art of the world
is to be taken for Cui:st. What has become
of Thorwaldsens chisel and Ohirlandajo's
crayon? Captured for the truth. "There Is
none like that; give it me!"
So. I remark, it is with business asumen
and tact. When Christ was uponearth, the
people that followed him, for the most part,
had no social position. There was but one
man naturally brilliant in all the apostleship.
Joseph, of Arimathea, the rich man risked
nothing when he offered a hole in the rock
for the dead Christ. How many of the
merchants in Asia Minor befriended
Jesus? I think of only one, Lydia. How
many of the eastles on the beach of Gali
lee entertained Christe Not one. When
Peter caime to Joppa he stopped with one
Simon, a tanner. What power had Christ's
name on the Roman exchange, or in the
bazars of Corinth? None. The prominent
men of the day did not want to risk their
reputation for sanity by pretending to be one
of his followers. Now that is all changed.
Among the mightiest men in our great
cities to day are the Christian merchants
and the Christian bankers; and if to mnor
row, at the Board of Trade, any muan should
get up and malign the name of Jesus, he
would be quickly silenced or put out. In
the front rank of all our Christian workers
to-day are the Christian merchants; and the
enterprises of the world are coniing on the
right side. There was a farm willed away
some years ago, and all the proceeds of
that farm to go for spreading infidel books.
Somehow matters have changed, and now all
the proceeds of that farm go teward the
missionary cause. One of the finest print
ing presses ever built was built for the ex
prs spros of publishing infidel tracts
an ok.Now it does nothing but print
Holy Bibles. I believe that theo time will
come when in commercial circles, the voice
of Christ will be the mightiest of all voices,
and the ships of Tarshish will bring presents
and the Queen of Sheba her glory and the
wise men of the East their myrrh and frank
incense. I look off upon the busiiness men
of our cities and rejoice at the prospect that
thir. tact and ingenuity and talent will,
after awhil. all be brought into the service
of Christ. It will be one of the mightiest of
weapons. "There is none like that: give it
mo !"
Now. if what I have said be true, away
with all down-heartedness! If science is to
be on the right side, and the traveling dis
position of the world on the, right side, and
the learning of the world on the richt side.
and the picture making on the right side,
and the business acumen and tact of the
world on the right side-thine, 0 Lord, is
the kingdom! U, fall into line, all ye peo
ple ! It is a grand thing to be in such an
army, and led by such a commander, and on
the way to such a victory. If what I have
said is true, then Christ is going to gather
up for Himself out of this world every
thing that is worth any thing, and there will
be nothing but the scum left. A proclaina
tion of amnesty goes forth now from the
throne of God saying: "Whosoever will, let
him come." However long you may have
wandered, however great your sins may
have been, "whosoever will, let him come."
0, that I could marshal all this audience on
the side of Christ ! He is the best friend a
man ever had. He is so kind-He is so lovely.
so sympathetic. I can not see how you can
stay away from Him. Come now and accept
His mercy. Behold him as He stretches out
the arms of His salvation, saying, "Look
"into Me, all ye ends of the earth, and be ye
saved; for I am God." Make a final choice
now. You will either be willows planted by
the water courses or the chaff which the
wind driveth away.
VALUE OF EXPERIENCE.
sensible Suggestlons on Domestic Govern
ment ani Kindred Topics.
A well-known writer has said that by the
time we have learned how to live we are
ready to die. It seems to be one of the
most difficult things to profit by the experi
ence of others. Each person prefers to test
for himself the quicksands from which he in
warned, and thus the same ground is often
gone over. If older people could learn to
treat the young with less arrogance of su
perior wisdom, a great deal of trouble
would be avoided. There is nothing more
exasperating in the world than to see our
own youthful foibles repeated by our clil
dren, and it Is natural to condemn with
special severity that which, possibly, a bit
ter experience has taught us the folly of. A
little confidence rather than severe and
often (to the receiver) senseless commands
will avail in such cases. The young are
apt to be extravagant, to love beautiful sur
roundings so much that in an effortto secure
a portion or become a portion of the beauti
ful world- they neglect the means toward
that end, which is a competency of this
world's goods. When an established income
is secured, theyoung man orwoman can buy
pictures and many other minor things which
it would be gross extravagance for them to
purchase before. Great patience and only
patience can avail in such cases. Wise,
motherly words, and complete confidence
of the child who is at fault is the only rein
edy for the repetition of extravagance.
Harsh methods avail nothing, and only
serve to build up a barrier between the
parent and child. Nothingis more unfortu
nate than for any word or accidental occur
rence to make a child feel that he is unjustly
treated or put under irksome or harsh re
straint. A recent writer says, not until we
are fellow workers with God in His universe
do we become His free children. The mother
must make her daughter feel she is a fellow
worker with her, must confide in her and
treat her as an equal, gain her opinions,
even if she at the same time wisely and
secretly guides those opinions. Too many
parents treat children who have arrived at
13 r}, nl r,.4s if -they werenere
slaves to do and follow tieTr comtfands, al
are shocked at their ingratitude if they find
them unwilling to accept such a position.
N. Y. Tribune.
A STORY FOR WIVES.
its Truth May Be Doubtful, But Its Moral
Is Above Criticism.
A wife once retired for the night, worn.
out and petulant because of her many
cares, and her husband's absence when she
thought he might have been at her side.
After a time he came home, sat down tc
his desk and worked long and hard at his
accounts, while she lay looking out at him,
and feeling angry that he seemed wholly
unmindful of her. When he had laid away
slate and books she saw him unlock a
drawer, and take from it a pictur-e, which
he lingered lovingly over, tenderly kissed.
and then replaced. Her woman's curiosity
was roused, and she determined to know
more of the matter. So, while he was get
ting ready for bed, she feigned sleep. He
soon slept soundly, and then she crept from
her place, like a thief in the night, took the
keys, unlocked the desk and drawer, and
found that her husband had been kissing a
picture of herself, which was taken when
they were first married. Thcn she wa
cagrined.and mortified becaus'e she had not
been a-more loving wife, and went hack to
bed with new resolutions formed. In the
morning she put on a wrapper that was
clean and very becoming, a collar and bow,
and carefully brushed her hair. When her
husband came in to breakfast he looked at
her, caught her in his arnms and kissed her.
Then he asked the children if the little
mother didn't look pretty. She was wise
enough not to forget the lesson.-Christian
Advocate.
-There are evil-disposed persons whose
only pleasure-at least, whoye chief pleas
ure-consists in doing harm to other people
and society, and they work at such mnaler
volence as if it was a settled piurpose with
them, and as if, further, they felt called to
that kind of employment. What a growth
it has been from the sweet innocence of
childhood to such perfection of diabolism I
-United Presbyterian.
-A kind heart is a fountain of gladness
aking every thing in ita vicinity freshen
and smile.-Irving.
The Experiment Farm Buildings Burned.
At a little after 1 o'clock yesterday
morning the farm buildings at the State
Experimental Station, about a ile anid
a quarter from the city, were discovered
to be on fire, and with the most of their
contents werec soon destroyed. Captain
Gaillard, the superintendlent of the
station, was notified of the lit-e, lbut at
his arriv-al on the scene found the fir-e
under too great headway to be checked.
The fire was evidently of incendiary
origin, and as it had beeni start -d
at a point directly in pront
of the stalls where the stock
was tied, it was found im ossible to
save any of the animals, andl a hor-se, a
cow and two mules perishied in the
flames. Thbe total loss is'about $4,000,
on which, for some unaccountable rea
son, there was no insuratee. The large
barn and~ scale building, both of which
were burned, were valued at $1,200, the
machmnery and farm implements de
stroyed amount to $1,800 in vae be
sides $200 worth of fertilizers in the
barn, 250 bushels of corn and a lairge
lot of for-agc wats consumed. Only a
mowing machine and one eart were
saved. Susp1icionI as to the p ar'i is who
set the fire( is unde-rstood to reisi on I wo
neroes, who basxe fe-en i-mloyedi ona
he farm. but there is no0 positive evi
dence as yet as to theirguilt.-4b/mnbbi
Register, July 1-3.
Violent Cloud-Burst in New Mexicot
ALBUQUERQUE, N. Mf., July 11.-Wetd
nesday night a cloud-burst occurred on
the Santa Fe road a few miles above tis
city, and all trains from thme North,
South and West are delayed. Tihe tracks
for several miles are washed away and
two bridires are gone. It was the most
violent cloud-burst that has ever occurred
in Newv Mexico, even steel rails being
twisted into all kinds of shapes. . tust
before the burst cecnrred a violent storm
raged in thme mountains aud i-aii de
enled in torrenlts.
DISASTROUS FLOOD.
THE VILLAGE OF JOHNSTOWN, NEW
YORK, INUNDATED.
Railroad Bridges, rills and Other Build
ings Wrecked-Fifteen or More Persons
Swept Away by the Collapse of a Bridge,
on Which They Were Standinn Watch
ing the Angry Waters-The Flood Ex
tends Throughout the Mohawk Valley.
AMSTERDAM, N. Y., July 10.-It is
now reported here, with some evidence
of truth, that 15 persons were drowned
at Johnstown, N. Y., in yesterday's
flood. There is no telegraphic commu
nication between this city and John
stown, and that place can not be reached
except by driving.
UTICA, N. Y., July 10.-The tracks of
the New York Central Railroad are
washed away at Fonda and Aiken.
Great damage to property was done, not
only at Johnstown, but all down the
Mohawk Valley to Amsterdam. All
Central trains are now running over
West Shore tracks, which were not dan
aged, although at one time last night
they were covered with water for a dis
tance of fifteen miles.
NEW YoRK, July 10.--A special from
Johnstown, N. Y., says: The water
which caine up over this village last
night has subsided greatly this morning,
but has left scenes of desolation in every
direction. The water rose fifteen feet
and overtlowed everything. It has now
fallen about eight feet below its highest
poit.
Ten people are reported missing. The
bo(ies of four have been recovered.
These four are all Johnstown people.
Those whose bodies are recovered are
Charles Frear and two other men named
Sokely and Yost, and a fourteen-year
old boy named Steadwell. The drowned
and missing people were among a
crowd of from thirty to fifty persons
who stood on a stone bridge crossing
the river at Perry street, watching the
rising waters. They seemed regardless
of danger until the bridge gave way
and they were precipitated into the
flood. lihe bridge was about twenty
feet high and fifteen or twenty feet
wide. It was a single arch structure
and was crossed by the street car track.
The stone bridge was swept away at
about 7 o'clock in the evening.
Two iron bridges of the Johnstown,
Fonda and Gloversville Railway were
wrecked and seven or eight other
bridges were carried away.
Two tanneries, owned by Simon
Schriber, were swept away, and Schri
ber's and Anderson's dams were broken.
dlown.
The water in Cayadutta Creek began to
rise at 4:30, and the stream was soon con
verted into a raging torrent. Of the
men, women and children who were
thrown into the water by the breaking
of the stone bridge, the larger number
was saved by means of ropes thrown to
them from the shore.
This morning the fire department is
engaged in search for more bodies. The
water is still very rough and dangerous
for bo itt Thjinag d. fa td rise. irn
e :ayadutta was very sudden, and is
attributed to the effects of a cloud burst.
Besides the sweeping away of bridges
and tanneries, there is much damage to
buildings which are yet left standing.
The electric light plant was washed out,
and the town left in darkness for the
night. All communication by wire is
cut off, save through the long-distance
telephone, over which this message is
sent.
AL1nm, N. Y:, July 10.-A special
to the Union from Johnstown, N. Y.,
says: Fifteen persoins were carried] down
Cayadutta Creek last night. Four bodies
were recovered this morning. The
heavy rains last night choked the streams
and tlooded the districts. Schriever's
large mill in this place wvas carried
away. Twenty persons were on the
Ferry street bridge when the arch fell
into thme rushing torrent, which was
tilled with wreckage and humanity.
Ciis for help alarmed the residents.
Chief McDonald, with President
Northrup, of the village police. Justice
Anderson and others orgauized a search
ing expedition Lanterns were secured
and parties went along the stream with
ropes to assist in the rescue. One per
son was seen splashing and plunging in
the water near the Johnstowni, Fonda
and Gloversville Railroad bridge, one
quarter of a mile dowvn the stream. As
he floated past those on shore he
criedl. "For God's sake, help me!"
He was swept by in the
current, so close to shore that a.man
who wvas in a boat secured to a pile of
wreckage got hold of him, but owing to
the swift current was enable to hold
him, and he was swept under the float
ing driftwood.
Two other persons came down a nmo
ment later, clinging to a plank and
shouting for help. They wecre swept
out of sight below the railroad
bridge.
At 4 a. in. the body of Burt Stead
well, 15 years of age, was recovered
from the debris at this place. An hour
later Albert Sokely was pulled out fi om
ud~er the driftwood that had lodged
back of Evans's mill. Soon after the
body' of a man named Treadwell wvas
found in same place. Ar 9 a. in. the
body of Charles Frear. 55 years of age,
a carp~enter, was uncovered from utnder
lhe wreck at Evans's mills. The bodies
are badly bruised. They were re
iovedh to police headquarters, where
they wtill remaiin pending a Coroner's in
quilest.
Chai-les Abhott was carried down
fromi t he Fecrry street bridge to thle dam,
whicLh lie went over, going dowvn a dis
tance of 16 feet. but lie muiraculously
scceedled in swimming ashore and es
caping withiout injury.
Peter Evin, a stone mason, says lie
went (lawn with fifteen others, and was
carried tinder the F'erry street bridge,
~ut succeeded ini getting out below. lHe
was bruised about the face.
Purdy Case rescued two men named
Nell is and Vosburg, by means of ropes.
Citizei:s are engaged this morning in re
moving thie wreekage of Schriever's mill,
inear tlie dlepot, where they ihunk other
bodies have been lodured. It is believed]
that two mier who went down on a plank
lost t heir lives at thle data, anid that their
bodies were carried down ihe stream and
are no' w Ihoat intg in the Mohawv~k River.
No one know' how many people w~ere
drwned or who is imissitng, The flood
was so great andl the current so swift
that no help could be rendered without
great dainger.
The State street iron bridge and the
railroad bridge were both swept away.
They were large structures.
Yesterdlay afternoon, dariig the heavi
est part of the storm, Main and Bleecker
streets. in Gloversville, were flooded
with wvater. Thme new pavement itn
Bleecker street was torn up for several
blocks. A number of residences in the
upper part of the town are en
tirely stirrounded by water. The
foudatiom walls of a'newv stone build
street, Gloversville, were partly carried
away. Two iron bridges on the Central
and the Fonda, Johnstown and Glovers
ville Railroad at Fonda are gone.
The pecuniary loss will not he so very
great. The railroad and street bridges
in Johnstown were large first-class
structures. The Ferry street bridge con
sisted of an arch spanning the entire
width of stream. It was upon one of
the plank walls that the people were
standing when the arch was carried
away.
Schriever's large mill is entirely
wrecked and will entail a loss of about
$10,000.
There are several small buildings in
the village which are partially ruined,
their foundations being undermined.
Many of the bridges on the country
roads along the valley are gone, and
some fields of grain are partially covered
with water.
The loss of property at Gloversville
will probably be covered by $3,000. It
is quite likely that, including the loss of
the bridges in tihe Mohawk Valley at
Fonda, $20,000 will cover the damage
wrought by yesterday's storm.
GET TOGETHER GBEENEACKERS.
A Call for a National Convention of the
Party Issued from Washington.
WASHINGTON, July 7.-George O. Jones
issued to-night a call for a National
Greenback Convention, closing as fol.
lows:
True Greenbackism amounts to reli
gion with thousands of honest men in
this country, all of whom must hereaf
ter act with the National Greenback
party or cease proclaiming themselves
Greenbackers-those who favor a dis
tinct American policy regarding its
finances, who believe that full legal
tender notes (greenbacks) issued by the
government for value received in pro
moting the general welfare constitute
the money which marks our advancing
civilization, make the best money the
world ever saw and should become the
permanent circulating medium of
the American people, the life
of whose free government they
saved, and that a party bearing their
name should be perpetuated to keep
these great trutLs constantly before the
people. Those who believe with the
prophet of old that "money answereth
all things," and that no other reform
can be wisely considered nor honestly
determined until the great economic
wrongs brought about by bad legislation
have been corrected and the money
question forever settled in the interest
of the whole people; those who agree
with these views and are willing to act
in accordance with the spirit of the
resolution passed by the Conti
nental Congress in 1773, viz., not
to eat, drink, wear nor use anything
manufactured in Great Britair, nor
after one year trade with any one who
deals in goods brought here under the
British flag; those who will pledge their
sacred honor to hereafter work faith
fully to build up the National Greenback
party and to carry out its principles, ob
jects and purposes, are requested to
meet in their pectfl ~States and Con
~gressior ills ric'ts on o oe-' fnis
day, September 4, 1889, and appoint one
delegate and one alternate to attend the
National Greenback Convention hereto
fore called to meet at Cincinnati, Ohio,
Thursday, September 12, .1889. In
States and Congressional districts where
our party is not now organized, those
who approve of this call are requested
to come and participate in the proceed
ings of the convention.
Address communications to George 0.
Jones. Chairman, Grand Centra! Hotel,
New York city.
WATER FOR FUEL.
An Alleged Invention Designed to Bevo
tionize Everything.
What appears to be an important in
vent on has recently been made public
in Phillips, Wis. It is no less than the
practical and cheap use of water as fuel.
The appliance consists of nothing but a
piece of gas pipe from two inches to six
inches in diameter, as may be desired,
and of convenient length to fit a cook
stove or a parlor or other heater, with
short legs or stable support to keep it
in position. This is placed in the stove
with one end slightly projecting, to
which is attached a vessel of water with
stop cock conduit from the water vessel
into the pipe.
Before reaching' the steam chamber
the water passes through the important
part of the invention, the part that con
stitutes or contains the great discovery.
By means of it the water may pass into
the steam chamber, while the steam can
not pass out. The part of the pipe. con
taining the steam chamber is within thbe
stove, although a small part may be
without if desired. To this the heat of
a moderate wood or coal fire is applied,
so as to heat the steam to a high temi
perature, say.300 degrees or nearly 400
when it passes out of a small orifice im
mediately into the midst of a bed of
coals or fiatne. fromt burning, wood or
coal, when it is at once -raised to the re
quired temperature, 400 degrees or
more, to be immediately decomposed
into its gases-oxygen andl hydrogen
which instantly become tiame.
Only a moderate summer fire of wood
or coal will be required the coldest day
in winter, the gaseous flame furnishing
the balance of the heat needed in the
coldest room. The capacity for red ucing
heat may he regulated to suit require
ments.
When it is knowvn that hydrogen
flame yields a heat in burning five times
greater than carbon, or about 2,000 de
grees to 2.500 degrees, one may form
some idea of the capacity of this little
contrivance for prodlucing heat.
By increasin~g the temperature of the
gaspipe to about 400 degrees, the vapor
may be decomposed into its gases before
exit from the pine, and in such cases it
is emitted in a jet of blue flame. lu either
case the oxyhydrogen flame is easily
produced and with a very small con
sumption of fuel.-Light, Heat dd
19eier.
Suicide of a Maryland Veteran.
BALTIMORE, July 1.-Colonel William
P. Zelhinger, formervy commanamder of
the Fifth le-gimenit, NM. N. G., shot him
selhf fatally at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon
at his home in t his city. The cause is
unknown. ie served in the Confederate
army during thle war and achieved a
reputation for (distinguishedi gallantry.
He comnianded the Fifth Regiment dur
ing the great railroad riots in 1877, and
his resolute bravery and good judgment
on that occasion gained him great
credit. He retired from the regiment
several years ago, but recently accepted
the command of Company E.
Orangemen Celebrate the 12th.
NEw YORK, July 12th .--The Orange
men of this city celebrated the 12th of
Jaly to-day by gathering at an uptown
park, where they .had a pairaLde, pienic
PLUG-UGLIES PULLED.
SULLIVAN AND HIS BACKER AR
RESTED AT NASHVILLE, TENN.,
Upon Request of the Governor of Missis
sippi-The Boston Bruiser Resists the
Officers and Threatens to Knock Out One
of Them, But is Finally Brought to His
Senses by the Chief of Police.
NASHVILLE,. Tenn., July. 11.-When
the Northbound Louisville and Nashville
train pulled into this city at 10:33 this
morning a crowd of people surged
around the car to see John L. Sullivan.
who was known to be on board. A
rumor soon obtained circulation that a
requisition was in the hands of the po
lice, several of whom had boarded the
car, and an officer reached over, with
handcuffs in his hand, and seizing the
slugger's arm, pulled him out into the
aisle of the car. Sullivan resisted.
Billy Muldoon, who occupied the same
seat, put his head out- of the window
and cried to the crowd: "Gentlemen, I
demand American protection." His pa
tiiotic wail was greeted with a variety
of resporses. Some cheered Sullivan
and begged him to "knock the coppers
out." Others cried, "Hurrah for the
Nashville police!" "Hit him with your
club!" etc. One youngster who was
hanging on the outside of the car win
dow, ducked his head behind the sill and
informed the crowd that "The cops have
out their guns."
After a brief struggle, Sullivan was
taken from the car and hustled to a car
ringe. In the scuffle he drew back to
knock down a policeman, when Chief
Clack stuck a pistol in bis face and told
him if he struck he (Clack) would kill
him.
The officers next grabbed Charley
Johnson of Brooklyn, Sullivan's backer,
who resisted vigorously, but finally be
gan to cry with pain.
During all this scrimnmage Muldoon
sat quietly by and was undisturbed.
Mike Cleary, Sullivan's other second,
hid in the excitement. and - one other,
named Lynch, jumped off the train.
Only Johnson and Sullivan were de
tained, though others were wanted. The
arrest was made by authority of a tele
gram from Governor Lowry of Missis
sippi to the Nashville Chief of Police.
Sullivan has retained ex-Attorney
General W. H. Washington, who says
that .the officers went beyond their au
thority and cannot hold their men. An
immediate attempt will be made to get
the parties out on a writ of habeas cor
pus.
Governor Lowry's telegram offers a
reward of $1,000, and it is believed that
if released on the present charge Sulli
van will be rearrested, in order to b
iecure time for a requisition to be ob
ained. -
The arrested belligerents are now at
the police station, in conference with
t
their attorney.
Eiissippi's Law Against Prize-Fights. t
JAcKsoN, Miss., July 11.-An act of C
1882 imposes a penalty not exceeding v
p1,000 nor less than $500, gr imprison- V
nent for twelve months, or both, a
prize-fighting~ A paf causnig death
is guilty of murder; if mayhem, penal
ties are provided for. Aiders and abettors
are subject to a fine of not less than
$1,000, or jail for six months, or both.
Trying to Catch Kilrain.
CoLuMBUs, 0., July 11.-Governor
Foraker received the following telegram
to-day from Governor Lowry of Missis
sippi: "Piease direct the Chief of Police
at Cincinnati to arrest Jake Kilrain,
Charles Mitchell and Pony Moore, and
hold them iuntil a requisition can reach
you. Charge, crime of prize-fighting
~in this State."
In reply, Governor Foraker repeated
the telegram to Col. Philip Deitch, Chief
of Police of Cincinnati, and asked that
official to act in accordance w'th Gov
ernor's Lowry's request. Governor
Foraker also sent a telegram to Governor
Lowry, saying: "Your request has been
complied with."
Jake and His Friends in St. Louis.
ST. Lotms, July 11.- Kilrain andl his
party arrived he~re this morning. They
were rather timid about showmng them
selves, until assured that the police were
not looking for them. They seemed to
be in dread of Governor Lowry of Mis
sissippi even at this distance. Kilrain
seemed pretty badly used up and not in
very good spirits.
Sullivan and Johnson Released.
NAsavl.E, July. 11.-Sullivan and
Johnson were released here on a writ of
haeas corpus~, and leave here to-n'ght.
WHAT A LUXURIOUS PRESIDENT.
Brother Harrison Scratches His Back
Artificiafly:
Mir. Harrison has an article of furniture
of which he is .very proud, and which is
always to'be found on his table in his li
brary. It is one of -those contr-ivanccs
with a peculiarly shaped handle used for
scratching the back in pl.aees inaceessi
le to the hand.' He rece'ifed it lis a
present from a young lady in Indiana
pols.
Mr. Harrison is very weak on the sub
ject of b ack scratching. This is well
known ~in Indianapolis. H~e would
frequently, while talking to a friend or
a client in his little office out there, in
terupt the conversation by getting out
and requesting the one with whom he
was talking to scratch his back. From
this he got a great deal of enjoyment;
as much, perhaps, as Sandy did while
going through the operation, which
always brought forth from him the ad
jurationi: "God bless the D~uke of
Argyle"
Mr. Harrison's back scratcher has an
ivory handle. He uses it when no
member of his family or no close friend
is near to run his finger nails over just
the spot that yearns for sensation of
titillation. Otherwise he prefers to
have the scratching done by hand.
If any gentleman who hankers greatly
for an office will so far overcome his
natural trepidation as to boldly go up
and andl scratch gently and soothingly
Mr. Harrison's back lie may consider I
himself as put on the pay roll.-C'lerec
Hydrophobia from a Cat Bite.
A little three-year-old son of Mr. P.
I. Walsh, time-keeper in the shops, wvas
bitten on the cheek by a cat several
weeks ago. The wound was cauterized
and healed over, and iio further notice
was taken of it. About a week ago Mrs.
Walsh and her children left home for a
visit to Wilmington and Beaiufort, N.
. On Tuesday last Mr. Walsh received
telegram informing him that his little
son was in Wilmington very ill, having I
been attacked with hydrophobia. He<
went down forthwith, but the sad news i
reached here yesterday morning that
the child had died the night before in I
great agony. The remains came on last
night, and will be buried here to-day.
k~ine-av Frienw lrenc-.
"The Holiday Time."
"When the merry frogs are sporting
In the river rushes rank,
And the pickerel are lying
In the shadows of the bank;
"Wbe we hear the milkmaid singing
In the lilac scented lane,
And knee deep in the clover
We behold the lowing train;
"When the sun is brightly shining
In a sky of cloudless blue,
how pleasant is the knowledge
That you have no work to do:
"That bonesth the leafy larches
You can watch the swallows fly,
As a dreaming, idly dreaming,
On a mossy bank you lie."
HUMAN SACRIFICE IN AFRICA.
Atrociously Cruel Burial Rites at the
Grave of a King.
The steamer Congo brings news from
New Calabar of a most revolting sacri
fice. It seems that a few months ago
the old King of Eboc died, and, as is
customary in that part of the country,
the I raders from New Calabar went up
to pay their respects to the new mon
arch. The traders were aware that for
a short time after the old King's death
the "Iu In" rites are performed, but
they thought that these were over. The
deceased monarch's name was Imphy,
and to the horror of the English traders
the "lu Iu" ceremonies were at their
hishest when they entered Eboe Town.
The rites had oeen in operation for
about two months, and already about
orty people had been slain to appease
he "It In" gods. The old King was
hen lying in a grave which had been
lug for him. The hole was a large one
mnd deep. Lying in the same grave
were nine of the King's youngest wives,
iad their deaths had been brought about
n the most cruel manner. Each of the
>oor creatures had both br wrists and
tmkles broken so that they could neither
valk nor crawl. In this state, and suf
ering the most excruciating pains the
infortunate creatures were placed at the
)ottom of the grave, seven of them ly
ng side by side. The body of the King
vas then laid on them in a transverse
lirection. The two remaining women
rere laid down by the side of the King,
ying exactly like the manarch's body.
'o food or water was. given to the poor
reatures, who were left in that position
o die. It is said that death did not, as
rule, take place for four or five days.
our men were stationed round the
rave, armed with clubs, ready to knock
ack with these weapons any of the
romen who, notwithstanding their
naimed condition, were able to crawl to
be side of the grave.
In other parts of the town further hu
aan sacrifices were taking place. Sus
ended from various trees were tz e
odies of several men. These poor fel
ws were also enduring the most agoniz
ag death. In most instances holes had
een bored through their feet just by
he ankles. .Through the -holes ropes
ere drawn, and-the men were then tied
a high tree. Their heads were, of
nurse, hanging downward. The men
rere there left to die. The traders, as
bey were proceeding. along,. were un
rilling witnesses of a fright crifi
'cat eectition-- ' y a num 'r o
natives in a group, and went to the spot
to see what was taking place. To their
horror the white men saw a native tied
by the feet and neck. The rope attached
to the neck was thrown over a tree in
one direction and the rope attached to
the feet was tied to a tree in the
opposite direction. The ropes were then
drawn tightly, and when the body was
distended to its utmost length, aliothe:
native with a hatehet struck the neck
and severed the head from the body.
The head was taken to the grave where
the King was lying, while the body was
eaten by the cannibal natives. The
white men could do nothing to stop the
barbarous praictices, as to interfere with
these "religious customs" would not be
tolerated by the natives, an:1 the lives
of the traders would have been in peril.
They, therefore, made as quick a retreat
from the town as they couild. The
traders learned that for eachi of the fol
lowing ten months there was to be a
sacritice of seven mecn.-London Standl
ard.
CAPTAIN DAWSON'S EAELY LIFE.
It is Admitted in Charleston that His
Name Was Reeks.
(New York Enun.)
The letter printed ini an out-of-town
paper over the signature of "One Who
Knows." and since copied extensively,
stating that Dr. Cronin had a brother,
an Englishman, who was known as
Father Reeks and was a priest in St.
eorge's Cathedral, London, is declared
by Clan-na-Gael friends of Dr. Cronmn to
be anot her attempt to blacken his char
acter. The object of the letter, they
say-, is to stre-1gthen the supposition that
Dr. Cronin was an English spy.
Dr. Reeks is well known in England
as a writer on church subjects as well as
a priest, and in the last edition of the
3fonths appeared an article under his
,ame entitled "The Catholic Hero." It
yas. declared yeszerday that Reeks is
tis true namie, and~ that he was an own
:>rother to Captain Dawson, who was
hiot in Charleston by MeDow, D~awson's
ceal name h; v"eg been Reeks.
CHARLEsTON, July 7.-The publication
n the &S on Saturday of the rumor
~oncerning Father Reeks of St. George's
..athedral, Lor'don, and Dr. Cronin,
tud their alleged relation to the late
Daptain F. W. Dawson, created quite a
~ensation here. It was known only:
Lmong Captain Dawson's intimate
riends that his real name was Reeks.
mnd that he had a brother in the priest
tood in London. Father Reeks visited
his city some years ago, and was inti
nate with Captain Dawson, although it
v'as not generally known that the two
vere brothers.
An intimate friend of the dead editor
aid to-day that Captain Dawson got his
tame from an uncle, Admiral Dawson,
who adopted him in his boyhood, andl
~ducated him, intending to provide for
iim. The Admiral, however, died be
ore the necessary papers had been
Irawn out, andI yotung Reeks, or Daw
on. was left to make his own way in
ife. He. had left the parental rof of
iis own volition, and refused to retturn
o his parents or to reassumne his name.
Fust at that time the war between the
tntes commytenced, and young Reeks,
till bearing the name of Dawson, em
>arked on a blockader and came to the
onfederate States, where his career is
rell known.
The story that Dr. Cronin is in any
ray related to the Reeks family is not
redited here.
Fire at Wilmington.
WILMINGToN, IN C., July 10.-The
laning tmill and sash and blind, factory
f Parsley & Waggins were destroyed by
ire this morning at :3 o'clock. Two saw
nills were saved. The loss is from $10,000
o $15,000; partially covered by insur
nee. The schooner Vrooman, lying at
he wharf loading with lumber, was
oured The total loss isaot $30a no.
KING COTTON.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE GROW
ING CROP THE PAST MONTH.
The Crop Later.by a Week or Two Than
That of Last Year-The Caterpillar and
Boll Worm Make Their Appearance in
Mississippi and Texas..
WASHINGTON, July 10.-The June re
port~of the statistician of the Department
of Agriculture shows an improvement
in the condition of cotton during the
past month. Early planted areas are
well advanced. That which was planted
in May. and that which had not ger
minated before the season of drought,
is late and small. There was frost
nearly throughout the cotton belt
on the last of May and
first of June, which prevented germina
tion, already long delayed,-and arrested
the growth of plants. There is general
complaint of the cffets of a dry and
cool season continuing through May and
into June in delaying germination and
growth and favoring prevalence of lice.
West of the Mississippi, especially in
Texas, the season is considered a wet
one, and June rains, continuing till the
(lay of report, began at an earlier date
than in the Atlantic States. Their effect
has been to improve the stand, which
was very defective, and advance the
growth of the plant. The preva
lence of rains left the fields some
what grassy on the first of July,
a condition which a few days of sun
shine since May have remedied,
except on plantations having too large
an area for the number of ploughs
available. The crop was generally kept
clean during period of drought.
The wide variation in the date of
germination has had the effect to make
the crop later by a week or two than
that of 1888, and stand is .not so good.
Some plants came up in April and some
late in June.
The percentages of condition by States
are as follow: Virginia 83, North Caro
lina 85, South Carolina 84, Georgia 86, .
Florida 90, Alabama 87, Mississippi 91,
Louisiana 92, Texas 90, Arkansas 83,
Tennessee 82; general average 87.6. -
The caterpillar and bol worm haze-- --
appeared in Texas and Louisiana and
in some parts of Mississippi. The set
ting of. lights and catching of the miller
that produces the cotton worm have
been general, promising mitigation of
future depredations.
THE TOBACCO CROP. -
WASHINGToN. July 10.-The crop re
port of the Agricultural Department for
July shows a large falling off of the area
in tobacco, amounting to over 23 per
cent., on both cigar and manufacturing
leaf, the latter sustaining most of the
loss. - A preliminary estimate
makes a reduction of 30 per cent.
in Tennessee, 34 in Kentucky, 44
in ]ndiana, and 30 in Illinois, with
smaller reduction in Ohio and Missonri.
The general condition of tobacco falls
h-+of 90.
BELZ'S FIGHT FOR LIFE.
Attacked By a Gang of Masked Men,
He Cuts One and Gets Away.
APPLETON, Wis., July 10.-Albert
Belz, a boatman, residing on the bank
of the Fox River, in the lower part of
the ciy of Appleton, was attacked about
midnight Sunday night byjmasked men,
and only escaped after a hard fight, in
which at least one assailant was savagely
cut with a knife.
It has been popularly reported that
several weeks ago Belz eruelly beat and
muistreated his wife so that she was
forced twice to leave him, bput each time
returned on his promises of reform.
On the night mentioned Beclz wvas lying
on the river batik, half asleep, waiting
for some late rg-boats to come in,
when~ he was awakened by the presence
before him of a dozen or fifteen men,
one holding a rope. The features of all
were concealed by masks fastened within
their hat brims. One seized him by the
collar, jerked him to his feet and at
tempted to throw the rope over his head
and lead him to a tree near by.
Belz, now thoroughly awake, fought
dlesperately, oatchiing the noose in his
teeth so that it could not be put over
his head. Three times Belz was borne
to the ground by his assailants, but
each time he rose again, all the while'
endeavoring to reach the river and
throw himself in. Being a strong man
and nerved with the frenzy of despair,
he tore away from all but one, and to
gether they rolled down the bank almost
into the water.*
Hlaving but one man to fight, Belz srtc
eeeded in drawing a large pocket knife,
with which he stabbed his assailant in
the wrist, shoulder and groin, rendering
him helpless. Then he jumped into a
boat andl made his way across the river.
The wounded mail, carried away by his
companions, was bleeding so profusely
that the trail was easily followed to a
house several blocks away.
A physician was summoned who pro
nounced the wounds very serious. The
man's name is John 3Mailor. Hie re
fuses to confess the munes of the rest of
the gang. lHe says they meant to make
an example of Belz. No arrests have
vet been made, but thle authorities are
working dilligently Oil the ease.
YELLOW PINE LUMBER INDUSTRY.
Complaints of High Treight Rates in the
South.
MioNTGOMERY, Ala., July 1l.-The
Southern Yellow Pine Lumber Associa
tion met here to-day. Delegates were
present from Alabama, Georgia, Florida
and M1ississippi. The report of the com
mittee on freight rates was read and
was unfavorable. The cominittee had
waited on andl written to otlicials of,
roads running into their territory and
had received muany promises, buit no re
duction of rates. President J. J. White
of Mfississippi stated that the interests
of the association are suifTring on ac
count of highl rates, and inrged mlembers
to unite in an effort to secure better
rates.
J. M[. Rivings, tile secretary, reported
that lie had statements from sixteen
mills, showing their anuanal eut for the
year 1888 to have been 16i.>.000,000i feet.
This represented about half the mills in
the association.
The next nmeeting of the atssoceiation.
will be held at Birmin:am. Ala.. in
October.
Condemninig the Clan-na.-Gael.
LONON, July 10.-A dispatch from
Rome to the slowl:ard says: .\rchbishop
Fehan of Chicago, having made a long
report to the Vatican throug~h Cairdinat
Simioni on the crimmnal acts of the Clan
na-Gael, the Pope has given instruettons
that authority be. granted thie Arch
bishop to take whatever imeasutres he
may deem opportu le to de lare the
Clan-na-Gael in opposition to tha
(Churr-h,